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12:21 PM

He (Kejriwal) is a leader of a gang and only gangs run from jail: BJP leader on Delhi CM's arrest

Bhartiya Janata Party leader Dushyant Kumar on Sunday reacted to the statement made by the AAP leader Atishi that 'Kejriwal will run the government from jail', stating that "he is a leader of a gang and only gangs run from jail".

 

BJP General Secretary Dushyant Kumar told new agency ANI: "It is unfortunate that a Chief Minister is inside the jail and because of his stubbornness he wants to run the ministry from there. To date, this has not happened. This is an insult to the democracy. All proofs are against him and in spite of that he is very stubborn due to which he has to face these results. He (Arvind Kejriwal) is the leader of a gang. Only thieves run gangs from jail," he said.

11:40 AM

Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha leader G Janardhana Reddy merges his party with BJP

10:58 AM

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh take jab at Naveen Jindal as industrialist joins BJP

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh slammed industrialist Naveen Jindal, saying that the latter needed a "giant-size washing machine," after the former two-term MP joined the saffron party after resigning from the Congress. "When you need a giant-size washing machine, this had to happen. And after making ZERO contributions to the party in the last ten years, saying I am resigning from it is a big joke," Jairam Ramesh said in a post on 'X'.

10:32 AM

Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP fields state chief Surendran against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad

The BJP has fielded its state chief K Surendran in the Wayanad constituency against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Scholar and former vice-chancellor of Sree Sankara Sanskrit University, K S Radhakrishnan, and actor-turned-politician G Krishnakumar will contest from the Ernakulam and Kollam constituencies respectively.

10:20 AM

Goa Congress leaders called to Delhi to discuss names for state's two Lok Sabha seats

Congress leaders from Goa have been asked to assemble at Delhi by the party's central leadership to decide on candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats in the state. "The party is considering the names of leaders like Viriato Fernandes, Francisco Sardinha (sitting MP from South Goa seat), Girish Chodankar and Amit Patkar for South Goa seat. There is also the possibility of Alemao as he belongs to the minority community," he said.

10:18 AM

BJP names 4 LS candidates for Haryana in latest list

Fielding Naveen Jindal and Ranjit Singh Chautala who joined the party earlier in the day, the saffron party on Sunday named its candidates for four Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in its fifth list of nominees. The BJP has now announced its candidates for all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state, six of whom are new faces.

9:36 AM

Arrest of Kejriwal to divert attention from electoral bonds scam: Kerala CM Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the electoral bonds scam is the biggest corruption ever witnessed in India and added the BJP government at the Centre arrested his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to divert attention from the same.

Addressing the third consecutive rally organised here by the CPI(M) against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on Sunday, Vijayan alleged the BJP-led Central government and the Sangh Parivar give scant regard to the rule of the law in the country.