Pawar slams PM, says he has time for Calcutta, but not farmers NCP leader in Ranchi, says BJP spewing communal venom all over country
Former Maharashtra chief minister Sharad Pawar slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday for choosing to address political rallies in West Bengal over meeting protesting farmers hardly 20km from his residence in Lutyens’ Delhi.
Addressing Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers in Ranchi’s Harmu ground, Pawar said Modi’s decision to avoid a dialogue with the protesting farmers clearly showed his priorities.
“The Prime Minister has the time to go to Calcutta and address rallies, but he doesn’t have the time to meet the protesting farmers,” said the NCP leader on Sunday, a day after the farmers’ protest against the farm laws entered its 100th day.
As Koshyari-Uddhav Fight Reaches Sky, New Episode on Helipad at Raj Bhavan Follows No Plane Show
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A day Governor BS Koshiyari was denied permission to use the state aircraft for an official visit to Uttarakhand, CM Uddhav Thackeray took off for his tour of Jawhar in Palghar district from the helipad at Mahalaxmi racecourse instead of the Raj Bhawan one which he has been using ever since he became CM.
As per reports the Chief Minister also used the racecourse for his landing upon his return. Amid conjectures regarding the CM s reason to abandon the Raj Bhawan helipad, a senior official stated that though the reason for this change of operations is unknown, it has nothing to do with the treatment meted out to Koshiyari a day before.
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Praveen Sinha (in black blazer) is seen with Union Minister Jitendra Singh in this file photo.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will have no director for now after its current chief RK Shukla s term ends today. Sources say a high-powered committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will decide on a new candidate soon and until then, the country s top investigating agency will have an acting chief.
»No One Should Do Politics Over Violence: BJP Leader Devendra Fadnavis on Farmers Protest on Republic Day
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No One Should Do Politics Over Violence: BJP Leader Devendra Fadnavis on Farmers Protest on Republic Day
File photo of former Maharashtra CM Devendara Fadnavis. (PTI)
Speaking to PTI, Fadnavis condemned the violence and said farm leaders leading the protest should introspect why such violence took place.
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Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said no one should do politics over violence that broke out during the farmers protest in the national capital on Republic Day as the matter is about the nation. Speaking to PTI, Fadnavis condemned the violence and said farm leaders leading the protest should introspect why such violence took place.