Agnipath Protest: On June 14, the Ministry of Defence had launched the Agnipath project for contractual recruitment in the Army. And then the fire of unrest has ignited across the country. Protests in 14 states of the country, including Bihar, have led to a fiery situation.
Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik Sunday said the 'Agnipath' scheme is a "fraud" with the hopes of youth and said the 'Agniveers' retiring without pension or other benefits will hardly get marriage proposals.
Defends Modi, says he supported him Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 15: Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik has said that he will take the name when asked by the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) on charges levelled by him that he was offered corruption during his stint as the Governor of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir. He defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he supported him when he briefed him about corruption charges. “When I told the Prime Minister about […]
HISAR, Apr 15: Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Thursday said he is not scared of losing his post for raising farmers’ issues. “I am fundamentally a farmer. My political training happened under (former prime minister) Chaudhary Charan Singh. And he told me that if you have to leave anything for the farmers, leave, but fight for them and raise their voice,” Malik told reporters here during an informal interaction. He said he is not scared of losing his post […]
The bribes were offered by people close to PM Modi, he had claimed, adding that one was linked to the BJP's ideological parent RSS and the other to one of India's top industrialists.