Month: August 2014

New Delhi, Aug26 (ANI): Various political parties slammed the ruling Modi led government for providing Z security for BJP MLA Sangeet Som. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided to grant the security to Som. Manish Tewari of Congress said, “This is very uncanny about this government that the people who actually suffered in the riots do not have a shelter above their head and those who are supposed to be responsible for these riots are being provided Z security. I condemn this”, added Rashid Alvi.

New Delhi, Aug.26 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday claimed that the people of India are proud of the performance of the NDA Government and of what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has achieved in the last three months. Hussain told ANI, “The government has completed 100 days and the people of India are proud of the government and the Prime Minister for what they have done in these 100 days.” “People of India have given us the mandate to run the government for 60 months. The last three months will be considered as black days in Indian history.” Rita Bahuguna Joshi of the Congress Party also voiced a similar opinion, saying that ever since the BJP Government came to power, there has been a rise in inflation, a rise in train fares and a rise in oil prices.

New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): Buoyed after the Bihar by-poll results, Janata Dal (United) leader Ali Anwar today said that they would like to include the Left parties in the current RJD- JD (U)-Congress alliance to strengthen it further. Exuding confidence about the prospects of the Lalu-Nitish alliance, Anwar said, “This alliance will not only flourish, it will also expand. We also want to include Left parties in this and form a strong alliance to fight the assembly polls.” Speaking to ANI, Anwar also said, “Till now there hasn’t been a government so far whose popularity has dipped this much in the first three months of coming to power.” He also stated that all those who believe in secularism, democracy, and want decentralization of power will unite together. The JD (U) – RJD – Congress alliance in Bihar won six of the ten seats in the Bihar by-polls, while BJP won only four.

New Delhi, Aug. 26 (ANI): Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief spokesperson Mukesh Sharma claimed on Tuesday that many Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs are now willing to join the Congress party in order to retain their seats, after the results of the by-polls were declared yesterday. “Aam Admi Party has fooled people. Arvind Kejriwal is finding new constituency in Delhi. When the elections will be held, BJP and AAP will be defeated”, he said, adding, “Many MLAs are willing to join the Congress to retain their seats.