Congress MP Manish Tewari (File Photo)

Coronavirus a bioweapon, act of terror: Congress MP Tewari

New Delhi: Congress member of Parliament Manish Tewari on Friday claimed that coronavirus is a “bioweapon” either accidentally or deliberately released to create terror. In a tweet, the opposition Congressman called the coronavirus outbreak was an “act of terror”. He, however, did not name any country for the outbreak. “Coronavirus is a bioweapon that went rogue […]

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Manish Tewari (File Photo/IANS)

Uddhav requires briefing on NPR, CAA: Manish Tewari

New Delhi:  Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Manish Tewari on Saturday said that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray requires a briefing on Citizenship Amendment Rules – 2003, to understand how National Population Register (NPR) is the basis of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and “religion” cannot be basis of citizenship. In a tweet, […]

File Photo

Congress slams govt for CDS appointment

New Delhi: Minutes after the announcement of General Bipin Rawat as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the principal Opposition, Congress on Monday questioned the Modi government’s move. Slamming the appointment, Congress Lok Sabha MP from Punjab and spokesperson Manish Tewari said in a tweet that the government had started on a “very wrong foot”. […]

Congress leader Manish Tewari (File Photo/IANS)

Shivakumar arrest a diversionary tactic of govt: Congress

New Delhi: Terming the arrest of Karnataka Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar as a case of political vendetta, the Congress on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA government of targeting the opposition leaders to divert the attention of people from the issues of economic slowdown, abrogation of Article 370 and the NRC list which […]

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari (File)

Congress questions PM, FM silence on economic slowdown – 2 min read

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over their silence on the economic slowdown and praised the Vice Chairperson of Niti Aayog, Rajiv Kumar for his confession that the current stress in the financial sector is unprecedented. Addressing a press conference at the party […]

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari (File)

Manish Tewari’s ’50 shades of grey’ remark sends twitterati into frenzy

New Delhi (2 MIN READ): In a fresh twist to the current divide in the Congress, Party MP Manish Tewari’s allusion to erotic novel ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ while debating Article 370 in Parliament on August 6 sent twitterati into a frenzy simply because there was no reference to context. Vehemently opposing the government’s decision […]