Politics

Opposition parties created a ruckus and walked out of the Rajya Sabha, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be present in the House as Amit Shah was speaking. Source

Union minister Chirag Paswan announced his candidacy for Bihar elections, supporting domicile policy in jobs, aiming for Bihar’s development. Source

Senior lawyers Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned the pleas before the court flagged voter verification with a “squeezed timelime” could lead to lakhs of voters being disenfranchised. The pleas flagged how verification of 8 crore voters in Bihar is impossible before the state elections scheduled in November this year. Source

The former Chief Minister, who would tour all the 234 Assembly constituencies in the state, reiterated that the Athikadavu-Avinashi irrigation project would be further expanded and implemented to benefit all farmers. Read on: Source

Shivakumar underlined the government’s responsibility towards the electorate stating that people have shown faith in Congress and voted for it. “So we must live up to public expectations,” he said. Read on: Source

Tension gripped Mira Bhayander as MNS leaders and activists were detained by police ahead of a Marathi unity rally, despite official permission. Minister Pratap Sarnaik slammed the action. Source

Amit Shah criticized the opposition for objecting to ‘Operation Mahadev’ which eliminated three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, including the Pahalgam attack mastermind. Source

BJP calls Trump’s 25% tariff on India “unfortunate” and vows action. Congress criticizes Modi’s friendship with Trump, calling it a foreign policy failure. Source

Amit Shah stressed that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) was part of India and vowed that the Modi government would reclaim the territory. Source

Amit Shah said India had launched a “limited aggression” against terror camps in Pakistan to exercise its legitimate right to self-defence. Source