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  • Don’t create anarchy, instability: BJP to Congress on Hindenburg case

    New Delhi: The BJP on Monday rejected the Congress’ demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into Hindenburg’s allegations and said the Opposition party was conspiring to bring about “economic anarchy and instability” in India. The Congress has been demanding Buch’s resignation and that a JPC investigation be ordered to assess the full extent of what it described as the “Modani Mega Scam”.

    Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, senior party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad reiterated the party line that the shortselling firm’s charge and the Opposition’s criticism of the Sebi chairperson were part of a wider conspiracy. He claimed that billionaire investor George Soros is an investor in Hindenburg and is known for running a propaganda against the Narendra Modiled government.

    “While India is being seen globally as a safe, stable and promising market, the Congress party wants to project that the Indian investment scenario is not safe,” he alleged, and claimed that the Opposition party was making use of the “chits” provided. by foreign entities to damage the economy.”The Congress wants the stock market, which has given good returns to crores of small investors, to crash,” he said. He, however, asserted that investors have come to realize the “conspiracy” and rejected the attempts to jolt the market.

    “After being rebuffed by the people, the Congress, its allies and its closest ally in the toolkit gang have conspired together to usher in economic anarchy and instability in India,” he told reporters.

    The Congress rule between 2004 and 2014 was marked by several alleged scams, Prasad noted, as he questioned why such critical reports were not brought out then.”In its pathological hatred for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi and his toolkit friends, have developed a hatred for India,” he said.

  • Third eye: Congress’ media club, condition for return gift and Mama Banavla

    Condition for return gift: BJP MP and diamond tycoon Govind Dholakia found himself cornered by the party’s women MPs. After Rajya Sabha was adjourned on Friday, some women MPs led by BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, Kavita Patidar, spoke to Dholakia and reminded him about the upcoming Raksha Bandhan. Also, each of them demanded one carat diamond for tying him rakhi. A smiling Dholakia assured them a return gift if they could make a trip to Surat on Raksha Bandhan.

    ‘Mama Banavla’: Uddhav Thackeray, in New Delhi recently, used a word play to slam BJP’s central leadership. Claiming that it was insecure of top BJP leaders like UP CM Yogi Adityanath, he said the leadership was trying to cut him down to size. He added former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan has been shunted out to the Center as it doesn’t want him to become big. Thackeray said BJP leadership made a ‘mama’ out of Chouhan. While Chouhan is called ‘mama’ in MP circles, in Marathi ‘mama banavla’ means someone being fooled or duped.

    Congress’ Media Club: At a meeting of Congress Lok Sabha MPs presided over by LoP Rahul Gandhi, many were amused by an advisory from the party’s deputy leader in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi. With Gandhi sitting next to him, Gogoi said the leadership has noticed that many MPs talk to media persons on Parliament premises. He cautioned them against it by saying that “journalists are nobody’s friends” and they “are there only to get news”. After the meeting, some MPs wondered why Gogoi, who misses no opportunity to give soundbites before TV cameras in Parliament complex and who has his own WhatsApp media group, wanted others to shun the media. They concluded that his advice was perhaps aimed at limiting media interaction to, what they call, a “particular club within Congress”.

  • Hindenburg report: Parliament suddenly got adjourned sine die, now we know why, says Congress

    Congress on Saturday used the Latin phrase “Quis Custodiet Ipsos” or “who will guard the guards themselves” to take a dig at SEBI chief Madhabi Buch, after US short seller Hindenburg leveled allegations against her.

    Hindenburg has alleged that Buch and her husband Dhaval had stakes in obscure offshore funds used in the Adani moneysiphoning case.

    Tagging the Hindenburg post on the allegations on In another post on the microblogging platform, Ramesh said, “Parliament was notified to sit till the evening of August 12th. Suddenly it got adjourned sine die on the afternoon of Aug 9th itself. Now we know why.”— Jairam_Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) In a blogpost, Hindenburg said 18 months since its damning report on industrialist Gautam Adani, “SEBI has shown a surprising lack of interest in Adani’s alleged undisclosed web of Mauritius and offshore shell entities.”

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    Citing “whistleblower documents”, it alleged: “Madhabi Buch, the current chairperson of SEBI, and her husband had stakes in both obscure offshore funds used in the Adani money siphoning scandal.” The SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India), which had been investigating the Adani group even before the Hindenburg report, had told a Supreme Courtappointed panel last year that it was probing 13 opaque offshore entities that held between 14 per cent and 20 per cent across five publiclytraded stocks of the conglomerate. It has not stated if the two incomplete probes have since been concluded.

  • Governor decision on request to prosecute Karnataka CM likely today

    Bengaluru: Karnataka governor Thawarchand Gehlot is expected to respond on Monday to the council of ministers’ resolution urging him to reject activist TJ Abraham’s request for prosecution of chief minister Siddaramaiah, even as BJPJDS is pressing for the prosecution, said people familiar with the matter.

    The NDA partners have accused the CM of unlawfully gaining 14 plots in an upscale Mysuru residential area, and have started a weeklong protest march to Mysuru from Bengaluru on Saturday. Congress began a sixday counter rally a day earlier, as part of a strategy to deflect the attention from the BJP protest.

    Abraham also urged the governor to withdraw the showcause notice issued to Siddaramaiah asking to explain his actions. Siddaramaiah has said that the AICC leadership has thrown its weight behind him while attacking the governor as being a puppet in the hands of BJP, accusing him of trying to destabilize an elected government.

    The chief minister and his party are preparing to pursue an aggressive legal battle in the event the governor concedes the activist’s request, said people familiar with the matter.

    Congress has, however, not publicly spoken about its strategy in the event the Raj Bhavan grants permission for the CM’s prosecution. On Sunday, the second day of BJPJDS yatra, the opposition leaders continued to attack Siddaramaiah, while Congress rally remained mostly directed at JDS state president and Union minister HD Kumaraswamy. Congress leaders are attacking the JDS leader repeatedly as the regional party has a dominant presence in Ramanagar district, and Kumaraswamy represented Channapatna in the assembly before his election to the Lok Sabha. Kumaraswamy addressed BJP and JD (S) workers on Sunday and pledged that he would work together with BJP to dislodge the Congress regime and bring the NDA to power.

  • BRS Will Draw Blank In Panchayat Elections: Revanth Reddy |

    HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday claimed that the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will draw a blank in upcoming panchayat elections as he appealed to all Congress activists to get ready for the polls. He said leaders will take responsibility for the victory of activists in the soon-to-be-held elections.

    Addressing a public meeting at Kalwakurthi in Nagarkurnool district after unveiling a statue of former Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy, Revanth Reddy stated that the agony of BRS leaders after losing power is visible. He said if the opposition had played a constructive role, it could have won a few seats at least in Panchayat elections, adding that people will reject the opposition in panchayat polls.

    He noted that senior Congress leader Jaipal Reddy continued in public life till his last breath whether he was in power or in opposition. Paying rich tributes to the leader on his death anniversary, Revanth Reddy said he firmly believed in his principles and pursued a political career accordingly, bringing laurels to every post he held. He gave priority to values ​​in politics, the Chief Minister said.

    He also stated that Congress would have come to power in Telangana in 2014 if Jaipal Reddy was declared the CM candidate. Expected results did not come in Assembly elections after Telangana formation, he said that Jaipal Reddy expressed unhappiness over losing the opportunity to become Chief Minister from Kalwakurthi, he said.

    Revanth Reddy claimed that it was Jaipal Reddy who suggested the closure of doors and cut live telecast at the time of adopting a bill for separate Telangana in Lok Sabha. The Chief Minister said he had thrown a challenge to waive farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh by August. “We have already waived farm loans up to Rs 1 lakh. Loans up to Rs 1.50 lakh will be waived by July 31. Total loan waiver of Rs 2 lakh will be completed by August end,” he said. The Chief Minister said India Skill University will be established in the Mucherla area on August 1. The university is being developed on 50 acres at a cost of Rs 100 crore.

    He announced Rs 309 crore for the development of the Kalwakurthi constituency and said a 100-bed hospital will be set up there. He sanctioned funds for the construction of roads and an R&B guest house. He also announced Rs 10 crore to improve facilities in government schools in Madgula mandal. He said a road network will be developed from all village panchayats to mandal centers in the constituency. A four-lane road will be laid between Kalwakurthi and Hyderabad.

  • Congress promises action after crossvoting in MLC polls

    Mumbai: It’s deja vu again for the Congress unit in Maharashtra as at least 78 party MLAs cross voted during the Friday’s MLC polls leading to the defeat of a candidate supported by the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance (MVA).

    Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole claimed the Congress MLAs who cross voted in favour of the ruling alliance candidates have fallen in a ‘trap’ laid by the party.

    Notwithstanding Patole’s claims of a trap laid for the MLAs, there are plenty of red faces in the Congress leadership in the state as this was the second occasion where the Congress MLAs cross voted. In 2022 there was cross voting for the MLC polls that precipitated the fall of the MVA government and led to a fullfledged inquiry by the Congress top brass that indicated that almost a dozen MLAs had cross voted.”The official candidate of our alliance is defeated, what kind of trap is this that has hurt us more than the offending MLAs.” said a Congress MLA and party leader.

  • Third Eye: Different priorities, seeking blessings, and mission mode

    Different priorities: After an electoral experiment between AAP and Congress proved unproductive in the LS polls, Congress started the disengagement process, with most party leaders losing enthusiasm in being cheerleaders for CM Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi liquor case. Thus, most Congress leaders remained lukewarm to SC granting interim bail to the CM in a case. But Kejriwal’s lawyer Abhishek Singhvi, a leading Congress spokesman and a prospective candidate for a Rajya Sabha seat, hailed Kejriwal’s interim bail and criticised CBI for arresting the CM in the same case. Some Congress campers tried to reason this mismatch by saying that the tribe of politician lawyers tend to pick clients randomly as these lawyers get cultivated by various parties in the season of growing highprofile cases involving leaders.

    Seeking Blessings

    Just as he completes six months in office, Chhattisgarh CM Vishnudeo Sai has decided to make the occasion auspicious. Sai and his ministers will spend the entire day in Ayodhya on July 13. The CM took oath on December 13 and the seventhmonth anniversary will be spent at Ram Temple. Mission Mode After becoming Rajya Sabha MP, BJP media incharge Anil Baluni decided to set up a planetarium and mountain museum in Pauri Garhwal. He dedicated the entire amount of Rs 17 crore for the project. A foundation stone was laid. Now, after becoming Lok Sabha MP from the same seat, Baluni recently met Union science and technology minister Jitendra Singh to speed up the project.

  • Oil refinery and petro complex in Andhra were UPA Govt’s commitment: Congress

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday said setting up an oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Andhra Pradesh was originally a commitment made by the Manmohan Singh government in the thirteenth schedule of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.

    Taking note of an ET report about the Centre acceding to Andhra Pradesh chief minister and key NDA ally N Chandrababu Naidu’s demands on these projects, the Congress said that as per the 2014 Act, these projects were to be implemented within 10 years and that the Modi regime, having failed to do so, had “only initiated the feasibility study now”. It also said that with the BJP no longer in majority in Parliament, rapid implementation of the Act could now be expected.

    “An oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Andhra Pradesh was originally a commitment made by Dr Manmohan Singh’s government in the Thirteenth Schedule of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014,” Congress communications incharge Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X, attaching a copy of the Thirteenth Schedule of the Act.”In fact, the ‘ek tihayi’ Pradhan Mantri’s government was legally obliged to deliver the project within the last ten years, and IOC/HPCL were obliged to examine the feasibility of the project within six months…. The government, after failing to move for 10 years, has only initiated the feasibility study now,” Ramesh said.

  • Lok Sabha: Rahul Gandhi takes battle against Modi to Gujarat

    After challenging BJP that the opposition alliance will defeat the party in Gujarat in his maiden address in the 18th Lok Sabha early this month, Rahul Gandhi brought the political battle to the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.

    Visiting Ahmedabad to meet the party workers and families of the victims of Rajkot fire tragedy, Vadodara boat tragedy and Morbi bridge collapse, Gandhi used the occasion to launch a severe attack on Modi and BJP.

    He harped on BJP’s defeat in Ayodhya (Faizabad constituency) in the recent Lok Sabha elections and underlined that the politics of the party was based on Ram Temple that had caught momentum with the Rath Yatra of LK Advani in 1990.

    Referring to his conversation with Avdhesh Prasad, the SP member of Lok Sabha from Faizabad, Gandhi said while the people of Ayodhya did not get compensation for their land requisitioned by the government for the development of the city, the poor people of Ayodhya were not to be seen during the inauguration of the grand temple though the industrialists were visible.

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    He claimed that Modi wanted to contest from Ayodhya but decided against it after conducting surveys thrice and all the three surveys indicated defeat for him. Hence the prime minister contested from Varanasi and barely scraped through, Gandhi claimed. (Modi’s victory margin came down to about 1.5 lakh votes from about 4.8 lakh votes in 2019.)The opposition India bloc has defeated BJP at Ayodhya and the next step would be to defeat them in Gujarat, Gandhi said. He said BJP has challenged Congress by attacking the Congress office in Ahmedabad and the party will respond by defeating BJP in Gujarat.

    Taking a jibe at the prime minister, Gandhi said if Modi had such a direct connection with God, how could he lose Ayodhya.

    He further alleged that no one in the BJP leadership actually wants Modi as the leader but nobody in BJP has the courage to stand by their conviction.

    “In Congress, neither our workers are scared to talk to the leadership nor the leadership is afraid to hear the workers,” Gandhi said.

  • Rahul Gandhi on Hindus: PM Modi, five ministers lead charge; seek apology from Rahul Gandhi

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and five senior ministers put up a spirited defence as Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi came down heavily on the central government over its policies in a speech in Lok Sabha on Monday afternoon.

    In what was a rare defence seen on the floor of Lok Sabha, defence minister Rajnath Singh, home minister Amit Shah, agriculture minister Shivraj Chouhan, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju and environment minister Bhupender Yadav tried to corner Gandhi over facts and parliamentary procedures and demanded his apology.

    Modi rose twice to object to Gandhi’s remarks on how BJP fomented hatred and violence. Modi said: “This is a very grave matter. To call the entire Hindu community violent is a very serious matter.” Gandhi turned it around and said, “No, no, no. Narendra Modi is not the entire Hindu community. BJP is not the entire Hindu community. RSS is not the entire Hindu community.”

    Modi’s second intervention – that the Constitution had taught him to “respect the post of the Leader of the Opposition, which is held today by Gandhi” – drew jeers from the Opposition benches. There were jeers because the Opposition has claimed the government is trying to subvert the Constitution, a charge BJP has trashed. Gandhi was among the MPs who added “Jai Samvidhan” to their oaths last month. “It feels nice… BJP people are repeating ‘Jai Samvidhan’ after me,” he quipped.

    Even Gandhi’s stance while speaking was pointed out. Environment minister Bhupendra Yadav took out the rulebook and cited Rules 349 (12) and 352 (2) and said Gandhi was disrespecting the Speaker. Yadav said: “Leader of Opposition is addressing the House for the first time. I would like to point out two rules Rule 349 (12) and 352. First of all, LoP should know how to speak in the House. 349 (12 ) specifies the Speaker shall not sit or stand with back towards the chair. He is constantly speaking with his back towards the chair. Rule 352 (2) says ‘make personal reference by way of making an allegation imputing a motive or questioning a bonafide’ . He has not only levied an allegation against the entire government but the entire Hindu community.” Shah said, “You cannot hide such a big issue by creating ruckus in the House. LoP has said that whoever calls themselves Hindu they are violent. want to repeat his sentence those who call themselves Hindus, they talk of violence and are violent. In this country, probably he doesn’t know crores of people identify themselves as Hindus with pride. Do they all talk of violence? He should apologise for linking a particular religion to violence.”InIn another instance, Gandhi claimed that Agniveers were not getting the compensation of ₹1 crore as announced by the government. Once again Shah interjected and said: “He should put forward the facts and if these are not facts, he should apologise to Agniveers and the entire nation.” Gandhi was unfazed and said that he had put forth the truth of Agniveers on the floor of the House and the families knew the truth. “It doesn’t make a difference what I say or you say.” To this, Rijiju appealed to the Speaker to intervene: “How can he take it so lightly?”Gandhi claimed that the Agnipath scheme had been introduced without proper discussion. Rajnath Singh got up and intervened: “Please don’t mislead the House. This scheme was introduced after a lot of discussion it was discussed with 158 organisations. Such a scheme is there in the US, UK and other countries. Nobody has any problem. Making these statements without understanding is highly irresponsible. I would request you Speaker Sir to please expunge these remarks.”

    Gandhi continued, “It does not matter, you like Agniveer. We don’t like Agniveer scheme. Once our government comes, we will stop it. We don’t want it.”