Turban is Punjab’s pride, no politics on sporting it: Manish Tewari

Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday sought that turban shouldn’t be used as a convenient political tool for political leaders when they campaign in Punjab. His remarks were directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who sported “turban” during their respective poll campaign in Punjab. “Turban is the pride of Punjab. […]

‘Useless, futile’, says Manish Tewari after Sidhu calls for trade talks with Pakistan

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Sunday hit out at Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu over his statement on trade with Pakistan and said that it is “useless and futile” to hold any trade-related talks with Pakistan until the neighbouring country stops its anti-India activities. The Lok Sabha MP from Sri Anandpur Sahib MP said, “Until Pakistan stops sending terrorists to […]

Winter Session: Manish Tewari moves adjournment motion in Lok Sabha

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday has moved an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss “to direct the government to create a record of farmers who lost their lives during farm laws protest and give compensation to their families”. In his letter to Seceretary-General, Lok Sabha, Tewari said, “I hereby give notice […]

Congress MP Manish Tewari slams Centre, says not a single objective of demonetisation achieved in last 5 yrs

Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Monday said that the demonetisation by the BJP-led government at the Centre had failed to achieve any of its objectives in the last five years. His remarks come on the fifth anniversary of the demonetisation today. On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Modi in a televised […]

Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in LS over Pegasus issue

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday moved an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha over the Pegasus report, an issue among others that has led to repeated adjournments of both the Houses of Parliament since the Monsoon Session commenced. Terming the Pegasus spyware issue ‘a matter of grave concern’, Tewari stated that ‘reputed agencies’ like Citizen Lab […]

Congress MPs move adjournment motion notices in LS over Central farm laws

Congress lawmakers Manish Tewari and Manickam Tagore on Thursday gave adjournment motion notices in Lok Sabha over the newly enacted Central farm laws. “Thousands of farmers have been protesting against the laws since August 2020. There is enough ground for the government to set these laws completely aside,” Tewari said. “The government may repeal all three […]

Manish Tewari slams corporate India, says it never criticises any budget – good, bad or ugly

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that the so-called ‘Captains of Corporate India’ have never ever uttered a single criticism of any budgets -good, bad, or ugly. “One thing that stands out on Budget Day year on year budget after the budget is that so-called Captains of Corporate India never ever have a single […]

‘MSME package is in favour of large enterprises, not the smaller ones’: Manish Tewari

Congress parliamentarian and former Union minister Manish Tewari talks to Saubhadra Chatterji about the economic package announced by the government for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The government announced the first part of its stimulus package for MSMEs. Your reaction. It is a clear case of skewed priorities of the government. […]