Sadhvi Speech

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya on Wednesday took on the former bureaucrats who wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing discontent over her alleged hate speech, and said that she had only reminded people about the rights for women.

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar took a swipe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur over her recent "sharpen the knives" in "self-defence" statement saying "virtuous people never speak about violence" and "use hate speech".

Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar attacked the BJP on Monday for fielding Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal in the Lok Sabha elections and said that people like her, with serious charges against them, will listen to the President's speech in the parliament

A police case has been filed against a religious leader, Sadhvi Saraswati, for allegedly outraging religious sentiments and creating enmity through a provocative speech in Kerala.

Despite the Prime Minister's private warnings to his party to restrain from controversial comments, a new hate speech has been delivered by the BJP's Sadhvi Prachi.

Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, whose hate speech kicked up a political storm and stalled Parliament, has been given VIP security. 47-year-old Jyoti will now have 11 para-military personnel guarding her round-the-clock, official sources have said.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke to NDTV today in an exclusive interview where he dwelt upon issues of GST, row over hate speech and the relations between the Reserve Bank and the government.

A week after her hate speech that triggered widespread outrage, Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Monday addressed two rallies in Delhi including one at Trilokpuri of East Delhi which was seared by communal riots last month.

The BJP has been asked to urgently relocate an election meeting this evening which was to be addressed by Niranjan Jyoti, the union minister whose hate speech earlier this month stalled parliament for days, with the opposition demanding her resignation.

A row in Parliament over union minister Niranjan Jyoti's hate speech ended on Monday with Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari brokering a pact to end a week-long deadlock.

With the deadlock in Parliament over the hate speech of Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti persisting, Government tonight appealed to opposition parties to leave the issue behind and enable smooth functioning of the House from Monday.

He has paid a back-handed compliment, writes Pawan Khera.

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament today formed the backdrop for protests first by the Opposition and later the ruling BJP amid a row in both houses over a hate speech by union minister Niranjan Jyoti.

The opposition today issued a joint statement seeking a resolution in Parliament to condemn union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's hate speech at a rally in Delhi on Sunday. Here is the full text of the statement:

The government has made it clear that it will not negotiate anymore with the opposition to find a truce that will allow Parliament to get back to work. This entire week, both houses have been virtually paralysed with the opposition insisting on the removal of a minister who made a hate speech in Delhi on Sunday.

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya on Wednesday took on the former bureaucrats who wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing discontent over her alleged hate speech, and said that she had only reminded people about the rights for women.

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar took a swipe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur over her recent "sharpen the knives" in "self-defence" statement saying "virtuous people never speak about violence" and "use hate speech".

Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar attacked the BJP on Monday for fielding Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal in the Lok Sabha elections and said that people like her, with serious charges against them, will listen to the President's speech in the parliament

A police case has been filed against a religious leader, Sadhvi Saraswati, for allegedly outraging religious sentiments and creating enmity through a provocative speech in Kerala.

Despite the Prime Minister's private warnings to his party to restrain from controversial comments, a new hate speech has been delivered by the BJP's Sadhvi Prachi.

Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, whose hate speech kicked up a political storm and stalled Parliament, has been given VIP security. 47-year-old Jyoti will now have 11 para-military personnel guarding her round-the-clock, official sources have said.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke to NDTV today in an exclusive interview where he dwelt upon issues of GST, row over hate speech and the relations between the Reserve Bank and the government.

A week after her hate speech that triggered widespread outrage, Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Monday addressed two rallies in Delhi including one at Trilokpuri of East Delhi which was seared by communal riots last month.

The BJP has been asked to urgently relocate an election meeting this evening which was to be addressed by Niranjan Jyoti, the union minister whose hate speech earlier this month stalled parliament for days, with the opposition demanding her resignation.

A row in Parliament over union minister Niranjan Jyoti's hate speech ended on Monday with Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari brokering a pact to end a week-long deadlock.

With the deadlock in Parliament over the hate speech of Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti persisting, Government tonight appealed to opposition parties to leave the issue behind and enable smooth functioning of the House from Monday.

He has paid a back-handed compliment, writes Pawan Khera.

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament today formed the backdrop for protests first by the Opposition and later the ruling BJP amid a row in both houses over a hate speech by union minister Niranjan Jyoti.

The opposition today issued a joint statement seeking a resolution in Parliament to condemn union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's hate speech at a rally in Delhi on Sunday. Here is the full text of the statement:

The government has made it clear that it will not negotiate anymore with the opposition to find a truce that will allow Parliament to get back to work. This entire week, both houses have been virtually paralysed with the opposition insisting on the removal of a minister who made a hate speech in Delhi on Sunday.