Former Kerala Chief Secretary, Jiji Thomson claimed that in 2016, then IAS officer Gyanesh Kumar asked him to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election as a BJP candidate from Pathanamthitta, very persuasively.
Amid backlash over mocking PM Modi during an event hosted by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, comedian Pulkit Mani announced that his upcoming shows have been cancelled.
Instagram content creator and comedian Pulkit Mani is receiving flak for mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while sharing stage with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi during a Chhatron ki Gunj event in Indore.
Rahul Gandhi gave the stage to stand-up 'comedian' Pulkit Mani, who performed a short comic act full of derogatory gestures and insults directed at Prime Minister Modi and an elderly woman whom he provided a seat during his rally.
Gandhi's allegations against the BJP and the ECI paint an utterly false picture and give the impression that the latter has been acting in an arbitrary manner, at the direction of the ruling party. However, if one looks at the legal framework dealing with the structure of political parties and their symbols, the truth of Gandhi's baseless allegations lies exposed.
The Centre’s clarification came after the Congress accused the government of yielding to US pressure by ending the zero-MDR regime for certain high-value merchant UPI payments.
The dispute then pulled in the Aam Aadmi Party as well. Another Congress supporter shared a post after AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj backed Ratna Singh in the same row over credit.