Tag: PM

  • Third eye: Copyright on guarantees, experiencing choppy ride, and specific to region

    Copyright on GuaranteesWith AAP pitting ‘Kejriwal ki guarantee’ against ‘Modi ki guarantee’, ‘Congress ki guarantee’ is caught between the two. Congress believes that the patent for coining pre-poll ‘guarantees’ rests with it as it first chanted the mantra during Karnataka elections and then in Telangana polls. Congress spokespersons maintain that BJP and PM aped the party’s word play by coining ‘Modi ki guarantee’, but it finds itself in a piquant situation with ‘Kejriwal ki guarantee’ as AAP is a sensitive ally. It can’t endorse it either as it risks eclipsing Congress’ own ‘guarantees’. While some Delhi Congress leaders are wondering how to streamline the alliance with AAP and the two, yet competing, guarantees, a little bird says at least two Congress LS candidates in Delhi are raring to chant ‘Kejriwal ki guarantee’.Experiencing Choppy RideFund-strapped Opposition parties are facing a major crisis during campaigning — lack of helicopters. Apparently, helicopter companies have demanded that all political parties pay upfront 70% of hiring fee and that too in cheque. This has limited the use of choppers, making it difficult for leaders to cover more constituencies and campaign in remote areas. Last heard, Congress leaders were pushing for a chopper to campaign in the last phases. Specific to RegionEven as India has expanded its regional dialogue partners, Russia remains a close ally for discussing key developments in the region. Senior Russian diplomat and presidential envoy on Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, will be in New Delhi this week to engage with his counterparts on the AfPak region and the necessity for an inclusive government in Kabul. Kabulov, a former envoy to Afghanistan, is considered one of the best Afghan experts.

  • Congress dares PM to investigate Ambani, Adani for ‘distributing’ black money to it

    New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use his investigating agencies like the CBI and the ED to probe the charges he has levelled against businessmen Ambani and Adani that they were distributing sacks full of black money in tempos. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate claimed that the prime minister was never seen so weak and desperate that he ended up making great revelations about corruption in the country and exposing his own friends.

    She was referring to the charge on Wednesday made by prime minister who, for the first time during Lok Sabha poll campaign, accused the Congress of having a “deal” with “Ambani and Adani”, and asked if the party has received “tempo loads of black money” from the two industrialists for its leader Rahul Gandhi to stop “abusing” them.

    Shrinate pointed out that Rahul Gandhi has been saying the same thing for the last 10 years that the big businessmen possessed black money but the prime minister was not taking action against them. She said, the prime minister has gathered the courage and admitted about it. She asked when will the prime minister use his agencies like the CBI, the ED and the Income Tax to probe these charges. AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther States “The prime minister of this country has never been so weak, helpless and desperate before. Yesterday, Narendra Modi showed courage and made a big revelation on corruption. “The PM got this courage by looking at Rahul Gandhi, who is fearlessly exposing corruption, speaking out against the corrupt with great vigour and exposing Adani and Ambani. It was with this courage that Narendra Modi made such a big disclosure about corruption,” she said. Shrinate charged that looking at his upcoming defeat, Prime Minister Modi made serious allegations of corruption. “Now that it has been revealed then what is there to fear from? Get it investigated… Get raids conducted at your friends’ places. The irony is that the prime minister is making allegations but the investigating agencies and the media are stunned. Don’t be afraid… Get it checked. We will support you,” she told reporters.

    Several Congress leaders put out video messages on their social media handles asking when will Prime Minister Modi order investigation against Adani and Ambani after his big allegation.

    Shrinate also said the Congress wants to assure the people that they should not be scared.

    “Narendra Modi created 22 billionaires. We will create crores of ‘lakhpatis’, and that is our promise,” she claimed.

    The Congress leader claimed that the revelations made by Prime Minister Modi on corruption have created a stir in the entire BJP and the government.

    “The people are scared because they know that when Modi Ji can sacrifice his close aides after seeing the defeat then where do they stand,” she alleged.

    She claimed that even those officers who were working on Modi’s instructions are scared. All of them have understood that the government is about to change, she said.

    “There is a clear writing on the wall that neither the BJP is going to form the government at the Centre on June 4 nor is Narendra Modi becoming the prime minister again,” she said, adding that this has already become clear in the first three phases of polling.

    In a change of narrative on the ‘Ambani-Adani’ issue, which was until now used by the Congress to attack Modi and his government at the Centre, the prime minister also demanded that the party should explain to the people why it has stopped raising the issue as its ‘Shehzada’ (Rahul Gandhi) used to do for the past five years and asked if it has struck a ‘sauda’ (deal).

    The Prime Minister also said, “Certainly something is fishy. For five years, (they) abused Adani-Ambani and it stopped overnight. It means you have received some tempo loads of ‘chori ka maal’ (loot)… Kaale dhan ki kitni boriya bharkar ke rupaye maare hain (how many sacks of black money you have taken)? You have to answer the nation.”

  • Varanasi: PM Modi to hold road show in Varanasi on May 13 before filing nomination

    Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be filing his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on May 14 and before filling his nomination papers, he will hold a road show in his parliamentary constituency on May 13.

    Before starting the roadshow, PM Modi will first pay tribute to the Madan Mohan Malviya statue at the main gate of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Lanka.

    The roadshow will go until Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.The high-voltage roadshow is likely to see the participation of lakhs of workers from the party.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesMeanwhile, preparations are underway for the PM’s roadshow. In the Lok Sabha management committee meeting held in Varanasi, regional president Dilip Patel said that PM Modi’s roadshow will start by garlanding the Malviya statue in Lanka.”It will go to the Vishwanath Corridor via Assi, Sonarpura, Jangam Bari, Godaulia, and Bansphatak,” he added.PM Modi will be given a grand welcome during this. Responsibilities are being assigned to the workers to make the road show historic.Meetings of all the assembly constituencies in the Varanasi parliamentary constituency have been organised for tomorrow. After this, meetings will be held with workers in all 21 divisions in one day. The organisation is busy preparing with the target of participation of lakhs of workers in this roadshow.

    Varanasi is the stronghold of the Prime Minister. He won the seat twice – the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

    Congress has pitted Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai against PM Modi in Varanasi. This is the third time Ajay Rai will face PM Modi in a Lok Sabha contest

    In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi won the seat with over 674,664 votes and commanded a vote share of 63.6 per cent.

    Earlier in 2014, PM Modi fought on two Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat’s Vadodara and the second was Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.

    The Varanasi seat comprises five Assembly segments including Rohaniya, Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantt, and Sevapuri.

    The voting for the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency will be held in the seventh phase of the elections on June 1. The counting of the votes will be held on June 4.

  • INDI alliance wants to rotate the Prime Minister’s post among its leaders every year, claims PM Modi – The Economic Times Video

    During an election rally on April 29, 2024, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the opposition “INDI alliance” and their plan to rotate their leaders in the post of Prime Minister for one year each. He questioned whether the public would support such a notion, expressing concerns about handing over such a large country to someone whose face is unknown. Modi claimed that if the INDI alliance comes to power, they will work with the “one year, one PM” formula during their five-year term. He also accused the opposition of dividing the country to grab power and introducing a new formula of having five prime ministers in five years. Modi emphasised that he has been in power for the last ten years and questioned the opposition’s leadership abilities.

  • LS Polls Phase 2: PM has made a ‘liar’ image of himself, says Congress’ Pawan Khera – The Economic Times Video

    As the 2nd phase of Lok Sabha elections is underway, Congress leader Pawan Khera on April 26 hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for speaking lies during the election campaigns. “The first phase of voting for 102 seats, scared the PM and thus he lies, today, the second phase will end, where PM Modi’s sources tell him that this too has gone out of hands. Through you, I would like to warn the people of this country that lies will increase, and new lies will come up from the PM’s mouth. So, countrymen should stay alert and just like they have stopped believing in WhatsApp messages, they have also stopped believing in whatever the PM says. The PM himself has created this liar image of himself,” said Pawan Khera.

  • pm modi: ‘Modi govt is Adani govt’: Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi at a rally in Tamil Nadu

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that the current government actually is Adani govt.

    At a rally in Tamil Nadu, the Congress leader said, “Modi govt actually is Adani government, it should be called Adani government and not Modi government.”

    “Be it airport, highway, any infra project; somehow Govt of India just gives it to Adani,” he added.More to come.

  • After PM’s ‘supari to dent my image’ remark, Sibal says let us know names, they must be prosecuted

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that some people have given ‘supari (contract)’ to dent his image, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday urged the PM to name them and said “let us prosecute them”.

    Addressing a gathering at Rani Kamalapati railway station in Bhopal after flagging off a Vande Bharat Express train, Modi had said that some people are hellbent to sully his image and they have given a “supari” (contract) for this purpose, colluding with certain people sitting in India and also outside the country.

    Reacting to the remarks, Sibal said, “Modi ji’s charge: ‘They have given a contract to people. Some within the country and some, outside the country to dig Modi’s grave’. Please let us know the names of these: 1) individuals 2) institutions or 3) countries.”

    “This cannot be a state secret. Let us prosecute them,” Sibal said.

    In his remarks, Modi said, “There are some people in our country who have been determined since 2014, spoken publicly and declared their resolve that they will tarnish Modi’s image. For this, they have given ‘supari’ (contract) to various people.”

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    “Some people are sitting inside the country to support these people and some are doing their work sitting outside the country. These people have been continuously trying to spoil and dent Modi’s image,” he had said.

    But India’s poor, the middle class, tribals, Dalits, backward classes and every Indian has become the security cover of Modi, which made these people furious forcing them to adopt new tricks, the prime minister had said.

    NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that some people have given ‘supari (contract)’ to dent his image, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday urged the PM to name them and said “let us prosecute them”.

    Addressing a gathering at Rani Kamalapati railway station in Bhopal after flagging off a Vande Bharat Express train, Modi had said that some people are hellbent to sully his image and they have given a “supari” (contract) for this purpose, colluding with certain people sitting in India and also outside the country.

    Reacting to the remarks, Sibal said, “Modi ji’s charge: ‘They have given a contract to people. Some within the country and some, outside the country to dig Modi’s grave’. Please let us know the names of these: 1) individuals 2) institutions or 3) countries.”googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    “This cannot be a state secret. Let us prosecute them,” Sibal said.

    In his remarks, Modi said, “There are some people in our country who have been determined since 2014, spoken publicly and declared their resolve that they will tarnish Modi’s image. For this, they have given ‘supari’ (contract) to various people.”

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    “Some people are sitting inside the country to support these people and some are doing their work sitting outside the country. These people have been continuously trying to spoil and dent Modi’s image,” he had said.

    But India’s poor, the middle class, tribals, Dalits, backward classes and every Indian has become the security cover of Modi, which made these people furious forcing them to adopt new tricks, the prime minister had said.

  • PM’s hand-picked gifts for G-7 leaders puts UP’s artworks on global forum  

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW:  Black pottery of Nizamabad, hand painted tea set from Bulandshahr, Gulabi Meenakari brooch and cufflink set from Varanasi and hand-embroidered Zari Zardozi box were just a few specialised items hand-picked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as gift for G-7 leaders before departing for Germany.These items, identified with Uttar Pradesh and made under ‘One District One Product’ scheme of the state government, were blended with the culture of the country whose leader received the gift.

    The Gulabi Meenakari brooch and cufflinks were gifted to US President Joe Biden. The brooch, meant for First Lady Jill Biden, was a piece of pure silver moulded into a base form and with embossed design. It is a GI-tagged art form of Varanasi. Biden was gifted matching cufflinks.

    Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida was gifted the black pottery of Nizamabad, which is produced through a technique to bring out the black colour while the pottery is inside the oven. A platinum painted tea set was gifted to British PM Boris Johnson. The crockery was outlined with platinum metal paint in honour of Queen Elizabeth on the platinum jubilee of her coronation this year.

    French President Emmanuel Macron got a Zari Zardozi carrier box crafted in Lucknow with hand embroidery on khadi silk and satin tissue in the colours of French national flag. The box carried Attar Mitti – produced as a concoction of jasmine oil, attar shamama, attar gulab, exotic musk and garam masala in UP’s Kannauj.

    The Summit host, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, received brassware of Moradabad while Italy’s PM Mario Draghi was gifted a marble table top inlaid with semi-precious stones with gradients in their colour. The pietra dura has its origins in Rome.

    Senegal President Macky Sall was gifted Moonj baskets and cotton durries in consonance with Senegal’s tradition of hand-weaving passed down from mother to daughter. In acknowledgment of the common cultural heritage with Indonesia, Modi gifted a lacquerware Ram Durbar to its President Joko Widodo. The GI-tagged lacquerware art has its roots in Varanasi.

    Demolition: HC gives day’s time to govt to respond The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday gave a day’s time to the UP government and Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) to file reply in response to a petition filed by wife and daughter of Javed Mohammad, the alleged mastermind of June 10 violence in Prayagraj, against the demolition of their house by the administration on June 12. The matter has been posted for hearing on June 30.         

  • Modi restored people’s faith in multi-party democracy: Shah

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The biggest achievement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was that he restored the faith of people in a multi-party democratic system of governance, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.

    Speaking at the launch of the book Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery, Shah said Modi became the leader of the nation without any family background, which showed that the people loved him and had  faith in him.

    “Getting such a huge mandate (in 2014), without any surprise, without any family background, without political upbringing, and again people giving him another mandate (in 2019) as Prime Minister is significant,” Shah said.

    The book about PM Modi’s work in politics and governance was released by Vice- President M Venkaiah Naidu. It is a compilation of chapters written by domain experts, PM’s cabinet colleagues and other eminent personalities.

    “This book will rise up to become equivalent to Gita for those who believe in the path of building a complete persona and those who are in the field of social work and politics,” the minister said.

  • Prime Minister Modi pays tributes to Jagjivan Ram

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to former deputy prime minister Jagjivan Ram, a foremost Dalit leader of his time, and said the nation will always remember his “remarkable” contribution during the freedom movement and after Independence.

    Born in Bihar in 1908, Ram was a freedom fighter and served as a minister in governments led by Jawaharlal Nehru and later India Gandhi.

    He quit the Congress to protest against Emergency and served as a deputy prime minister in the Janata Party government.

    Modi tweeted, “Tributes to Babu Jagjivan Ram Ji on his birth anniversary. Our nation will always remember his remarkable contribution be it during the freedom movement or after Independence. He was widely admired for his administrative skills and concern for thr poor.”