Mallikarjun Kharge took over because the Congress chief in October 2022. His tenure has coincided with the social gathering’s victories in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana meeting polls. Kharge has sought to guide otherwise. He’s recognized to devolve accountability downwards. Fluent in Marathi, Hindi, and Urdu aside from his mom tongue Kannada, Kharge has proven he minces no phrases whereas attacking his rivals.
On Thursday, Kharge reacted sharply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attack on the Congress over a letter addressed to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud in opposition to a “particular curiosity group” allegedly undermining the judiciary. Kharge accused Modi of “manipulating democracy” and “bullying establishment after establishment” into submission.
Kharge wrote on X, “PM Narendra Modi ji, You’re speaking about Judiciary. You conveniently neglect that 4 senior-most Supreme Court docket judges have been compelled to carry an unprecedented press convention and warn in opposition to ‘destruction of Democracy’. That occurred beneath your regime.” He added a choose was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. “So who needs a ‘dedicated judiciary’? You neglect that your social gathering has fielded a former HC Decide in West Bengal for the present Lok Sabha elections. Why was this candidature bestowed on him?”
Modi attacked the Congress on Thursday saying bullying and browbeating have been a part of the opposition social gathering’s tradition as he shared a screenshot of the letter to the CJI. A gaggle of over 600 legal professionals, together with senior counsel Harish Salve, Pinky Anand, Manan Kumar Mishra, and Uday Holla, ostensibly endorsed the letter.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of running a racket within the identify of investigating the now-scrapped excise coverage. He mentioned ED’s sole intention was to crush the Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) and implicate him as he was produced in a Delhi court docket on the finish of his ED remand on Thursday. The company, which denied the costs, secured Kejriwal’s remand till April 1 .
Kejriwal tried to hyperlink a “racket” within the excise coverage probe to cash acquired by the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) by means of electoral bonds from some businessmen linked to the probe. The company rejected the accusation and maintained there was proof that the AAP “acquired a bribe”.
LG criticizes Kejriwal, his spouse alleges harassment
Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Thursday attacked Kejriwal for allegedly sitting on the transfer file of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical Faculty principal over sexual harassment expenses for 45 days. The feedback got here days after Delhi well being minister Saurabh Bhardwaj urged Saxena to take motion in opposition to the accused.
Kejriwal’s spouse, Sunita, in the meantime, on Thursday mentioned Kejriwal was not maintaining nicely. She alleged he was being harassed in custody.
Mukhtar Ansari’s loss of life sparks blame sport
Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s death on Thursday sparked a blame sport with Rashtriya Janata Dal chief (RJD) Tejashwi Yadav questioning whether or not the previous state legislator from Mau certainly died of a coronary heart assault. Yadav and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi claimed that Ansari was administered poison in jail.
The RJD chief raised issues over the occasions resulting in Ansari’s loss of life and referred to as on the constitutional establishments to take suo motu cognizance of “such unusual instances”. Owaisi echoed Yadav. In his condolences to Ansari’s household, Owaisi mentioned, “The individuals of Ghazipur misplaced their favorite son and brother. Mukhtar Saheb had made severe allegations in opposition to the administration that he was poisoned. Regardless of this, the federal government didn’t pay any consideration to his therapy. Condemnable and regrettable.”
Legal professionals of Ansari, who was accused in 63 felony instances together with homicide, and was convicted and sentenced in eight of those since September 2022, filed an software in a court docket alleging that he was being slowly poisoned. The homicide of the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) lawmaker Krishnanand Rai in 2005 was among the many most high-profile instances he confronted. Ansari was as soon as considered considered one of japanese Uttar Pradesh’s most dreaded gangsters.