Politics

The Congress party has targeted Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the issuance of a notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen regarding proof of his citizenship. The party claimed that Kumar compromised the credibility of the Election Commission to appease Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a post on X, Congress stated: “Understand the SIR (Special Intensive Review) irregularity. The Election Commission sent a notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to prove his citizenship. Gyanesh Kumar has undermined the credibility of the Election Commission just to please his master Modi.” The party described the notice sent to Amartya Sen as “distressing” and demanded an apology from both the Election Commission and the Prime Minister. The controversy began when Trinamool Congress leader Abhish...

As the nation prepares to celebrate the Somnath Swabhiman Festival, political debate over the reconstruction of the Somnath Temple has resurfaced. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has targeted former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, accusing him of opposing the temple’s rebuilding. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also remarked that Nehru was not in favor of the reconstruction. BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi shared a series of posts on the social media platform X on Wednesday, citing several letters written by Nehru. Trivedi claimed that Nehru did not want the Somnath Temple to be rebuilt, asserting that, while invaders like Mahmud of Ghazni and Alauddin Khilji had looted Somnath in the past, Nehru displayed the “most hatred” towards Lord Somnath in independent India. Nehru’s Lett...