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New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, March 31 BJP MP Nishikant Dubey clarified his remarks on Monday, linking veteran Odisha leader and former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik to the CIA during the 1962 Sino-Indian War, insisting that he had not spoken against Biju Babu personally and that he holds the legendary...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grand nephew Chandra Kumar Bose and several BJP leaders on Monday criticised the saffron party MP, Nishikant Dubey, for claiming that former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik was the link between Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the CIA...

New Delhi, March 30 Launching a sharp attack on the BJP, National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Monday alleged that the ruling party wants to consign India to "right-wing extremism" and asked when will "institutionalized extremism" against Muslims and minorities be discussed in...

New Delhi, March 30 BJP MP Nishikant Dubey refuted allegations on Monday that he disrespected Biju Patnaik, asserting that he always held the former Odisha chief minister in high regard.“There has never been any lack of respect for Biju Patnaik. When the Congress treated Biju Babu unfairly, it...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Monday said that BJP MP Nishikant Dubey needs to consult a "mental health professional" for making "outrageous" remarks against freedom fighter and former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik.Condemning Dubey’s comments, the BJD chief said...

New Delhi, March 30 – A political controversy has erupted after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey made remarks about the late Odisha Chief Minister, Biju Patnaik, prompting BJD MP Sasmit Patra to resign from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and IT in protest.The controversy began...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 – Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Assembly and President of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Naveen Patnaik, strongly criticised BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday, stating that he needs "mental health care" for making outrageous remarks about his father and former Odisha...

Bhubaneswar, March 29 BJD MP Sasmit Patra resigned from a parliamentary committee headed by BJP lawmaker Nishikant Dubey on Sunday over the latter's remarks about former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik.Dubey, in a statement on March 27, claimed that Biju Patnaik was the link between former...

Bhubaneswar, March 29 – Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has tendered his resignation from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and IT, chaired by BJP leader Nishikant Dubey, over an alleged disrespectful statement made by Dubey against the...

New Delhi, March 27 BJP's Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey made a series of allegations on Friday regarding decisions taken during the tenure of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, alleging that the Nehru-Gandhi family acted as "brokers of America" during the 1960s, while sharing documents...

New Delhi, March 19 – Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has addressed the ongoing crisis in West Asia, offering a nuanced defense of India's diplomatic restraint and countering critics who have accused the government of failing to uphold moral principles in its approach to the US-Israeli war against...

New Delhi, March 17 Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi responded to former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday, acknowledging his concerns about disruptions within Parliament and protests by her party's members outside, and stating that his observations had been noted...

New Delhi, March 17 – BJP MP Nishikant Dubey sharply criticised the Congress party on Tuesday over what he described as its "black deeds" after independence, beginning with the events surrounding the escape of the 14th Dalai Lama from Tibet on March 17, 1959, during an uprising against Chinese...

New Delhi, March 16 Former Prime Minister and Rajya Sabha MP HD Deve Gowda wrote to Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday, expressing concern over disruptions inside Parliament and protests outside by her party members.In his letter, Deve Gowda told Gandhi that he has...

Jaipur, March 15 Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has dismissed the allegation that he made casteist remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that his comments were directed at the prime minister's "character" and not his caste.The former bureaucrat-turned politician also said...

New Delhi, March 14 – A political controversy erupted on Saturday over remarks made by Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, about Kanshi Ram, also known as Bahujan Nayak. Leaders from the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress exchanged...

Lucknow, March 13 Uttar Pradesh Minister Asim Arun said on Friday that Rahul Gandhi's attempt to claim Kanshi Ram's legacy was "artificial," claiming that the Congress leader had "no knowledge of history or geography".Arun was reacting to Gandhi's remarks at an event here in Lucknow that if...

Lucknow, March 13 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that if Jawaharlal Nehru had been alive, Kanshi Ram would have been appointed as the chief minister by the Congress.Nehru, India's first prime minister, died in 1964, while Kanshi Ram rose to prominence in the political scene with...

Gandhinagar, March 13 – Gujarat Education Minister Pradyuman Vaja, on Friday, cited historical letters of former Prime Minister late Jawaharlal Nehru in the state Assembly while speaking on a private resolution on 'Somnath Swabhiman Parv', stating that the correspondence reflected Nehru's...

Lucknow, March 13 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that if Jawaharlal Nehru had been alive, Kanshi Ram would have been made Chief Minister by the Congress.Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, died in 1964, while Kanshi Ram emerged on the political scene with the founding of BAMCEF...