Tag: BJP MP

  • Hema Malini: ‘This election is very important…’: Hema Malini ahead of Lok Sabha election – The Economic Times Video

    Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, BJP MP Hema Malini attended ‘Booth Adhyaksh Sammelan’ in her constituency Mathura on April 06. While addressing the audience she thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President JP Nadda for giving her the opportunity to contest from Mathura.She said, “I will even better work this time. From 2014 to 2024, in the span of 10 years, I have had the opportunity to do a lot of work in the Mathura area. … This election is very important not just for the country but for the whole world.”

  • “Drink alcohol, smell thinner…but save water,” BJP MP bizarre remark on water conservation

    By ANI

    REWA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of parliament (MP) from Rewa constituency Janardan Mishra has made a bizarre remark over the conservation of water in Rewa.

    “Lands are running dry of water, it must be saved. Either eat gutka, consume liquor, smell thinner, sulesan (a kind of adhesive), or eat iodex but understand the importance of water,” Janardan Mishra said during a water conservation workshop.

    The workshop was organised at Rewa Krishnaraj Kapoor Auditorium in the district on Sunday. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.

    According to the viral video, he further said, “If any government announces to waive the water tax then do tell them that we will pay the water tax and you may waive the rest of the taxes, including electricity bills.”

    This is not the first time that Mishra had hit the headlines. He remained in the headline through his unexpected strange statements and activities. Recently, a video went viral in which he was spotted cleaning a toilet with his bare hands. 

    REWA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of parliament (MP) from Rewa constituency Janardan Mishra has made a bizarre remark over the conservation of water in Rewa.

    “Lands are running dry of water, it must be saved. Either eat gutka, consume liquor, smell thinner, sulesan (a kind of adhesive), or eat iodex but understand the importance of water,” Janardan Mishra said during a water conservation workshop.

    The workshop was organised at Rewa Krishnaraj Kapoor Auditorium in the district on Sunday. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.

    According to the viral video, he further said, “If any government announces to waive the water tax then do tell them that we will pay the water tax and you may waive the rest of the taxes, including electricity bills.”

    This is not the first time that Mishra had hit the headlines. He remained in the headline through his unexpected strange statements and activities. Recently, a video went viral in which he was spotted cleaning a toilet with his bare hands. 

  • Gujarat: Former BJP MP Prabhatsinh Chauhan joins Congress

    By IANS

    KHEDA: Former BJP MP from Panchmahal constituency in Gujarat, Prabhatsinh Chauhan on Tuesday joined Congress in the presence of party’s general secretary Mohan Prakash and other state leaders.

    He joined the party before the Parivartan Yatra was flagged off from Fagvel in Kheda district.

    Panchmahal district Congress president Ajitsinh Dabhi hoped that Chauhan’s entry in the party will help the Congress regain Kalol assembly seat, which it has been losing to the BJP since 1995.

    Chauhan has a very good hold over the Kshatriya caste in the area and also enjoys influence in some pockets of the Godhra assembly constituency.

    “His re-entry will help the party win the lost ground in Panchmahal district,” Dabhi said.

    Prabhastinh Chauhan — once a Congress member — had got elected to the state assembly in 1980 and 1985 on Congress symbol. In 1995, he had switched to the BJP and got elected to the assembly in 1995, 1998 and 2002 from Kalol constituency.

    He became a BJP MP from Panchmahal constituency in 2009 and 2014.

    He was said to be unhappy with the BJP as in 2017, against his wishes, the party nominated his daughter-in-law Suman from Kalol seat.

    “As he was feeling uncomfortable in the BJP, he has returned to the Congress camp,” a source said.

    KHEDA: Former BJP MP from Panchmahal constituency in Gujarat, Prabhatsinh Chauhan on Tuesday joined Congress in the presence of party’s general secretary Mohan Prakash and other state leaders.

    He joined the party before the Parivartan Yatra was flagged off from Fagvel in Kheda district.

    Panchmahal district Congress president Ajitsinh Dabhi hoped that Chauhan’s entry in the party will help the Congress regain Kalol assembly seat, which it has been losing to the BJP since 1995.

    Chauhan has a very good hold over the Kshatriya caste in the area and also enjoys influence in some pockets of the Godhra assembly constituency.

    “His re-entry will help the party win the lost ground in Panchmahal district,” Dabhi said.

    Prabhastinh Chauhan — once a Congress member — had got elected to the state assembly in 1980 and 1985 on Congress symbol. In 1995, he had switched to the BJP and got elected to the assembly in 1995, 1998 and 2002 from Kalol constituency.

    He became a BJP MP from Panchmahal constituency in 2009 and 2014.

    He was said to be unhappy with the BJP as in 2017, against his wishes, the party nominated his daughter-in-law Suman from Kalol seat.

    “As he was feeling uncomfortable in the BJP, he has returned to the Congress camp,” a source said.

  • Twitter war erupts between Jharkhand BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, Deoghar DM

    By IANS

    NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing political crisis in Jharkhand, a war of words erupted on Twitter between BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and IAS Manjunath Bhajantri, the District Magistrate (DM) of Deoghar.

    In a series of tweets, the DM asked who authorised the MP and his children to enter the air traffic control (ATC) room at the Deoghar airport.

    Replying to Bhajantri, Dubey claimed that he took the necessary permission from the airport authorities and that he has the right to inspect as chairman of the Airport Advisory Committee.

    देवघर हवाई अड्डा में हवाई जहाज के नाइट लैंडिंग, टेक ऑफ टेक ऑफ एवं अन्य व्यवस्थाओं के निमित्त आ रही कठिनाईयों के निष्पादन हेतु एयरपोर्ट निर्देशक को आवश्यक व उचित दिशा निर्देश एयरपोर्ट अथॉरिटी के अधिकारियों को दिया।@HemantSorenJMM @mbhajantri @prdjharkhand @aaideoghar
    — DC Deoghar (@DCDeoghar) September 2, 2022
    “Hon’ble MP Sir, I had entered the airport terminal after taking legitimate entry pass. DC is also a Member on the Board of Directors of Deoghar Airport,” said the IAS officer when the BJP MP questioned.

    “Who gave you permission to enter CCTV room? Apron? ATC tower? You breached all the norms. Pathetic,” said the BJP MP after getting the reply from the DM.

    Responding to this, the IAS officer said: “Hon’ble MP Sir, I have not entered Apron, ATC tower. This incident is better left to be inquired by the Competent Authorities.”

    Subsequently, the BJP MP replied, saying: “The CCTV information sought by the appellant is not available with the CISF/ state police Moreover, CISF/ state police is not the holder of the information and is entrusted only for providing security cover at the Airport. -Supreme Court. You breached national security.”

    On this, the Deoghar DM asked: “Hon’ble MP Sir, Few questions. 1. Who authorised you to enter ATC Room? 2. Who authorised your two children to enter ATC Room? 3. Who authorised your supporters to enter ATC Building?”

    Replying to this, the BJP MP said that he took the necessary permissions. “1.) I took the necessary permission from the Airport authorities. 2.) As Chairman of the Airport Advisory Committee, I have the right to inspect. 3.) I am in High Court fighting a case for your delay in facilitating night landing facilities. You are in contempt of court.”

    NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing political crisis in Jharkhand, a war of words erupted on Twitter between BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and IAS Manjunath Bhajantri, the District Magistrate (DM) of Deoghar.

    In a series of tweets, the DM asked who authorised the MP and his children to enter the air traffic control (ATC) room at the Deoghar airport.

    Replying to Bhajantri, Dubey claimed that he took the necessary permission from the airport authorities and that he has the right to inspect as chairman of the Airport Advisory Committee.

    देवघर हवाई अड्डा में हवाई जहाज के नाइट लैंडिंग, टेक ऑफ टेक ऑफ एवं अन्य व्यवस्थाओं के निमित्त आ रही कठिनाईयों के निष्पादन हेतु एयरपोर्ट निर्देशक को आवश्यक व उचित दिशा निर्देश एयरपोर्ट अथॉरिटी के अधिकारियों को दिया।@HemantSorenJMM @mbhajantri @prdjharkhand @aaideoghar
    — DC Deoghar (@DCDeoghar) September 2, 2022
    “Hon’ble MP Sir, I had entered the airport terminal after taking legitimate entry pass. DC is also a Member on the Board of Directors of Deoghar Airport,” said the IAS officer when the BJP MP questioned.

    “Who gave you permission to enter CCTV room? Apron? ATC tower? You breached all the norms. Pathetic,” said the BJP MP after getting the reply from the DM.

    Responding to this, the IAS officer said: “Hon’ble MP Sir, I have not entered Apron, ATC tower. This incident is better left to be inquired by the Competent Authorities.”

    Subsequently, the BJP MP replied, saying: “The CCTV information sought by the appellant is not available with the CISF/ state police Moreover, CISF/ state police is not the holder of the information and is entrusted only for providing security cover at the Airport. -Supreme Court. You breached national security.”

    On this, the Deoghar DM asked: “Hon’ble MP Sir, Few questions. 1. Who authorised you to enter ATC Room? 2. Who authorised your two children to enter ATC Room? 3. Who authorised your supporters to enter ATC Building?”

    Replying to this, the BJP MP said that he took the necessary permissions. “1.) I took the necessary permission from the Airport authorities. 2.) As Chairman of the Airport Advisory Committee, I have the right to inspect. 3.) I am in High Court fighting a case for your delay in facilitating night landing facilities. You are in contempt of court.”

  • Those tweeting ‘Godse zindabad’ shaming the nation: BJP MP Varun Gandhi

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday lashed out at those who glorified Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse on the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, saying they are irresponsibly shaming the country.

    “India has always been a spiritual superpower, but it is the Mahatma who articulated our nation’s spiritual underpinnings through his being & gave us a moral authority that remains our greatest strength even today.

    Those tweeting ‘Godse zindabad’ are irresponsibly shaming the nation,” Varun Gandhi, who is not related to Mahatma Gandhi, tweeted.

    The Lok Sabha member’s comments came amid “Nathuram Godse Zindabad” (long live Nathuram Godse) being among the top Twitter trends on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.

    A section of right-wingers have often posted comments eulogising the man, who shot dead Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948, especially on the days linked to India’s most famous freedom fighter.

  • BJP MP hoists community flag at Jaipur’s Amagarh Fort, defies Hindutva groups

    Express News Service
    JAIPUR: The Rajasthan police arrested BJP MP Kirori Lal Meena on Sunday after he hoisted a tribal white-coloured flag despite prohibitory orders at the Amagarh Fort in Jaipur. Police said that Meena has been arrested for disturbing the peace in the area. Dodging the heavy deployment of police around the fort, Kirodi Lal Meena managed to sneak inside the Amagarh Fort with his supporters and hoisted the flag on Sunday morning. A little later, the Jaipur police took corrective steps and detained the Rajya Sabha MP.

    Despite heavy police deployment in and around the fort, Kirodi Lal Meena and his supporters managed to enter the premises and unfurl the flag, following which he was taken into preventive custody by the Rajasthan Police. In a video shot by his supporters, before the police arrived to detain him, Kirodi Lal Meena said, “along with dozens of brave Meena youth, we have overcome several challenges to enter the Amagarh Fort and hoisted the flag of the Meena community.”

    Tensions have been running high in Jaipur for over a week after some Hindutva groups allegedly hoisted a saffron flag atop the Amagarh Fort which was later removed by members of the tribal Meena community who accused right-wing Hindu groups of tampering with their culture. The Amagarh Fort has a temple that is popular among members of the Meena community.

    After a video of the removal of the saffron flag went viral, Hindu outfits had raised objections. Controversy erupted as Hindutva groups claimed that Meena community leader and independent MLA Ramkesh Meena had allegedly torn off the saffron flag while it was being removed from the Amagarh Fort. BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena had accused Ramkesh Meena of misleading the community and creating disharmony. He said also argued that Meenas were Hindus and Ramkesh Meena was distorting facts.

    Tensions between the Meenas and Hindu outfits had escalated further over remarks of Sudarshan TV editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke who had threatened to visit the fort on August 1 to once again hoist a saffron flag on the Amagarh Fort.

    On Saturday, Chavhanke was booked in a police case in Jaipur for hurting religious sentiments under relevant provisions of the IPC, IT and SC/ST Acts. The FIR against Chavhanke, lodged by Girraj Meena, the head of the Surajpol unit of the Rajasthan Adivasi Meena Seva Sangh, claims that Chavhanke abused the community on his channel and hurt their sentiments.

    Given this massive row and fears that tensions may erupt in a big way at the Amagarh on August 1, prohibitory orders were issued. The Jaipur Police had tightened security arrangements to prevent anyone from going to the fort but with MP  Kirodi Lal Meena and his supporters sneaking in, the Jaipur police has been left rather red-faced.

    MLA Ramkesh Meena said that he has no objection to Kirori Lal hoisting the white flag of the Meena community.  The MLA said that they were opposed to Hindutva organizations who had announced that they will hoist a saffron flag in Amagarh. Ramkesh says that since Kirori Lal has hoisted the flag of the Meena community, he has no hard feelings.

  • Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo to leave politics; to quit as BJP MP

    By PTI
    KOLKATA: Former Union Minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo said on Saturday that he has decided to quit politics and will be resigning as an MP. He hinted the decision was partly due to losing the ministerial berth and also differences with the state BJP leadership.

    Supriyo, who had held several portfolios as MOS in the Narendra Modi government since 2014, was removed earlier this month during a major cabinet reshuffle.

    “Leaving, Alvida. Spoke to my parents, wife, friends, and after listening to the advice I am saying that I am leaving. Am not going to any other party – TMC, Congress, CPM, nowhere. I am confirming that nobody has called me,” he said.

    “I am going nowhere. I am a one-team player! Have always supported one team #MohunBagan – Have been with only one party – BJP West Bengal. That’s it!! Leaving,” Supriyo said in a Facebook post.

    “I have stayed for too long – I have helped somebody, have disappointed somebody, It is for the people to decide. To be involved in social work, you can do that without being involved in any politics,” his post read.

    The two-time MP from Asansol was among the several ministers who were dropped from the union cabinet on July 7 as part of a major rejig. His unsuccessfully contested assembly polls against Trinamool Congress’s Aroop Biswas in the last assembly elections.

    Both Supriyo and Debasree Chaudhuri were dropped as ministers. Four other MPs from West Bengal – Nishit Pramanik, Santanu Thakur, Subhas Sarkar and John Barla were inducted as MOS in the ministry.

    “If someone ask that whether leaving the politics is somehow connected to losing ministry. Yes then it is true to some extent….Also had differences with the state leadership since the assembly poll campaign,” he wrote.

    State BJP president Dilip Ghosh declined to comment on it.

  • TMC leaders will be treated similarly when they visit UP, Bihar, BJP MP warns Mamata to stop violence in WB

    After the BJP office in Asansol was allegedly vandalised by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers, BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh warned West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee to stop voilence in the state.

    Asking how would TMC leaders feel if they are treated the same way when they go to Uttar Pradesh or Bihar, he further warned the party MPs and MLAs to stay in their limits.

    Speaking to ANI here today, Singh said, “I want to tell Mamata Banerjee to stop this violence in West Bengal. How would TMC leaders feel if they are treated similarly when they go to UP, Bihar? I want to tell TMC MLAs and MPs to stay within their limits.”

    Reacting to the alleged attack that took place the very next day the TMC emerged victorious in the West Bengal Assembly elections, the West Delhi Lok Sabha MP said that victory and defeat are a part of an election but murders are not

    Stating that ‘TMC goons’ were killing BJP workers, breaking their vehicles and setting their houses on fire, the BJP leader had earlier too issued a warning to Mamata Banerjee and her party leaders in a tweet on Monday.

    “TMC goons killed our workers as soon as they won the elections, broke the vehicles of BJP workers, are setting their houses on fire. Remember, MPs, Chief Minister, MLAs of TMC also have to come to Delhi, consider this as a warning. Victory and defeat are a part of an election, not murder. @MamataOfficial,” Singh had tweeted yesterday.

    The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had on Monday alleged that 15-20 party goons of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attacked ABVP West Bengal’s Kolkata office and engaged in an altercation with the activists, assaulted them and vandalised the organisation’s state office.

  • West Bengal polls: Colour containing ‘harmful chemicals’ thrown at Locket Chatterjee; BJP blames TMC

    By ANI
    HOOGLY: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Locket Chatterjee alleged that colour containing ‘harmful chemicals’ was thrown on her face at an event in Hoogly on Saturday.

    “A coarse substance was thrown at me. When I looked up to see who threw it, I saw 3-4 people wearing TMC badge standing nearby, they did it,” Chatterjee told reporters here.

    Chatterjee is contesting from Chinsurah Assembly seat Hoogly district in state Assembly elections.

    Meanwhile, BJP alleged that the attack was carried out allegedly by Trinamool Congress “goons”.

    “TMC goons led by GP Pradhan Bidyut Biswas, Kodalia No. 2, attacked Locket Chatterjee, a BJP candidate from Chinsurah Assembly. The ‘khela’ of hatred, violence and harassment will be put to an end soon. This cowardly ‘khela’ of harassing women is triggered by the fear of defeat!” BJP Bengal tweeted.

    The first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections concluded with an estimated 79.79 per cent voter turnout on Saturday. 30 seats covering all assembly constituencies from the districts of Purulia and Jhargram and a segment of Bankura, Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur went to polls to decide on the electoral fate of 191 candidates, including 21 women.

  • Himachal BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma found dead at his Delhi residence

    Express News Service
    CHANDIGARH: Two-time Member of Parliament of Bhartiya Janta Party from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh Ram Swaroop Sharma was found dead in his Delhi residence under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday. 

    Sources said that 62-year-old Sharma was found hanging at his flat in Gomti apartments near RML Hospital in the national capital. The door of his flat was closed from inside. The police reached his apartment after receiving a phone call from one of his staff members. 

    The reason behind the alleged suicide is yet to be ascertained. 

    Two time Member of Parliament of Bhartiya Janta Party from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh 62-year old Ram Swaroop Sharma was found dead today in Delhi under mysterious circumstances#HP @Newindianxpress, @SundayStandard, @TheMornStandard
    — Harpreet Singh Bajwa (@Harpreet_TNIE) March 17, 2021

    The MP, who was reportedly getting treated for depression for the last six months, also received the first dose of COVID-19 three days back. He had also suffered a heart attack some time back. 

    Known for his soft-spoken demeanor, Sharma was all alone at his official residence as his personal secretary was in Mandi and his wife on the Char Dham pilgrimage.

    The MP has been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for long and was known for his proximity to Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.

    Sharma was the MP from Mandi which is one of the country’s largest parliamentary constituencies comprising Kullu, Mandi and some areas of Chamba and Shimladistricts, besides the tribal-dominated assembly seats of Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti. 

    He was first elected to Parliament in 2014 as he had defeated the then sitting Congress MP Pratibha Singh wife of six-time Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh with a huge margin. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Sharma defeated Congress candidate Ashray Sharma, grandson of former Telecommunications Minister Sukh Ram. 

    He was also a Member of the Standing Committee on External Affairs.

    Born at Jalpehar village in Mandi district in 1958, the Parliamentarian is survived by his wife and three sons.