BJP irked at Congress for mocking Modi
IANS | November 01, 2018 15:37 ISTThe height of the statue's foot is bigger than Modi.
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The height of the statue's foot is bigger than Modi.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the listing of the Ram Janmabhoomi title suit for an appropriate bench that will fix the dates in the first week of January 2019 for the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict trifurcating the disputed site.
In his second visit to New Delhi in less than a week, Naidu will call on Gandhi as part of his efforts to bring all opposition parties on a common platform.
Interacting with BJP booth level workers via video conferencing, PM Modi said Rahul Gandhi's keeps repeating things like a 'stuck gramophone'.
Apart from the Patel bronze figure, other major attractions include inauguration of a 17-km-long Valley of flowers, a Tent City for tourists near the statue and a museum dedicated to the life and times of Patel.
His remarks came a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the world's tallest statue the 'Statue of Unity' at Kevadiya in Gujarat.
The BJP, the LJP and the RLSP had contested 30, seven and three seats of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in 2014 and won 22, six and three of them respectively.
As he sharpened his barbs, Gandhi uttered the said "chowkidar" and the crowd attending a rally here roared back: "chor hai". It was the Congress leader's last leg of a two-day visit to the state.
The Prime Minister is slated to unveil 182-metre tallest statue in the world, Statue of Unity' (SoU), at Kevadia in Narmada district on the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel on Wednesday.
In the report, titled 'Air Pollution and Child Health: Prescribing Clean Air', deaths of about 600,000 children under 15 years of age in 2016 were attributed to the joint effects of ambient and household air pollution.
However, he welcomed the apex court's directions to the CVC to complete an inquiry into the corruption allegations against Verma within two weeks.
Interestingly, his attacks came a day after the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, on Saturday, attacked the former Congress regime.
“Today there is Modi ji and Amit Shah ji. Leadership has kept changing but this party has never run on any particular person's name. This party functions on the basis of thinking and principles,” he further said.
Bharatiya Janata Party media head and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni said Gandhi was seen "standing with the corrupt" when the Congress-led government was in power between 2004 and 2014, but he did nothing for soldiers.
Surjewala questioned whether the CBI director was "sacked" for his keenness to probe the layers of "corruption in Rafale Scam".
"Workers of the Kisan Khet Mazdoor Congress from across the country will gherao Parliament on October 23 against the anti-farmer policies of the Modi government," Patole told news agency PTI.
The town is believed to have been named after Bakhityar Khilji, who is said to have invaded Bihar upon the direction of the then Sultan of Delhi Qutbuddin Aibak.
Congress alleged that 23 fraudsters escaped India under the government's watch after duping the country of over Rs 53,000 crore.
In comparison to Delhi, fuel rates in bordering states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are cheaper, he said.
He also recalled that in June, the AHP had given a call for "Ayodhya kooch" (march to Ayodhya).
Recently, a student protesting against reservation hurled a sandal at Nitish Kumar but it missed the target by a few metres.
Singh, who joined the Congress Wednesday, exuded confidence in the leadership of Rahul Gandhi saying it is important for the country's leader to have humanity, which the Congress chief has in abundance.
“We warn everyone who thinks that Hindutva has died. We are still alive. We are saddened that Ram Mandir has not been constructed yet,” Shiv Sena chief said.
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