Mumbai: Most Bollywood celebrities Friday condemned the incident in which Maharashtra political heavyweight and union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar was slapped by a youth to protest corruption and price rise. While filmmaker Shekhar Kapur said it was no way to protest and actor Shabana Azmi asked if there was no room for sane debate left, director Shirish Kunder felt such action could keep corrupt politicians away. Bollywood celebrities took to...
01:59 PM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: The man who had attacked Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar was on Friday assaulted by members of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The party workers assaulted the attacker, Harvinder Singh, inside the Patiala House court where he was produced after his arrest on Thursday. Singh was arrested on Thursday after he slapped Pawar at the NDMC Centre in New Delhi. Meanwhile, the Patiala House court sent Singh to...
01:56 PM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday sent the man, who assaulted Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday, to judicial custody till December 9. The accused, Harvinder Singh, was on Thursday arrested after he slapped the agriculture minister at the NDMC Centre in New Delhi. Singh slapped Pawar while shouting slogans against price rise and corruption cases. He has been arrested by the police and taken to Parliament Street...
01:14 PM, Nov 25, 2011
Ralegaon Siddhi: Angry over Anna Hazare's statement on the attack on Union Minister Sharad Pawar, NCP supporters on Friday staged a protest at the Gandhian's native village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district. Several slogan-shouting workers of Pawar's party reached the Yadav Baba temple, once the abode of Hazare, and demanded that the anti-graft campaigner apologise for his remark made on Thursday after a youth slapped the NCP supremo to protest corruption...
12:58 PM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: Leaders across party lines condemned the attack on Union Minister for Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Sharad Pawar, in the Lok Sabha on Friday. While Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that using violence was not the way, Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj condemned the attack in the "strongest possible manner". Here is what the members of Lok Sabha said: Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister: "People may have different views,...
12:42 PM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: "It won't be wrong if we call them a 'Thappad Brigade', a few people mad for cheap publicity. Just like the bikers' gang of Delhi, who enjoy spreading nuisance on Delhi roads through their late-night road shows, members of thappad brigade enjoy cheap publicity by hurling shoes or attempting to slap political leaders or other popular personalities," reacted a senior politician after the Thursday incident. The leader, who...
11:35 AM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday criticised Anna Hazare for his comments on slap to Sharad Pawar, saying this was not a Gandhian reaction. "Never expected Anna to react the way he did to Sharad Pawar incident. It certainly was not a Gandhian Reaction," Singh said on Twitter. After hearing about the incident, Anna Hazare on Thursday said, "How come he just got one slap?" Though later Anna...
09:18 AM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's comments on Sharad Pawar's 'slap' incident drew flak from all quarters but his team members insist that the Gandhian is being misinterpreted. Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal tried to clear the air, saying they strongly condemn the incident. "No kind of violence can be tolerated in any civil society. So, we strongly condemn this violence, and such a kind of violence was never a part of...
07:35 AM, Nov 25, 2011
Mumbai: Protests erupted across Maharashtra on Thursday following the attack on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in Delhi and NCP has called a bandh in Pune, Sangli and Beed districts on Friday to protest the assault on its chief. "We have asked those who love Pawar saheb to observe the bandh. We won't compel anyone," Rajpal said. "The bandh will be peaceful," Pune city NCP chief Vandana Chavan said. Bandh call...
05:03 AM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: BJP on Thursday described as "highly condemnable" the attack on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and hit out at the Congress for alleging that its leader Yashwant Sinha's comments had led to the incident. "We strongly condemn the attack on Sharad Pawar. This cannot be justified in any manner. But the Congress spokesperson is stretching this too far with his comment. BJP has never supported violence and will never...
04:31 AM, Nov 25, 2011
Pune: After committing a faux-pas in his reaction to the attack on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Anna Hazare said on Thursday night that he was ready to apologise if his remark was perceived to be "wrong". "He got slapped! Only one slap?" Hazare had said to a group of journalists at Ralegan Siddhi when he learnt about the attack today. But later he condemned the attack. Explaining what he...
01:49 AM, Nov 25, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday strongly condemned the attack on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and said such incidents expose "lapses" in security of senior leaders and Ministers. The NCP President (71) was slapped by a man at a public function in Delhi. The attacker, Harvinder Singh, claimed he was angry with corruption and price rise. "It has come to light that the same person had attacked...
12:47 AM, Nov 25, 2011
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday condemned the slapping of union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar by a youth in New Delhi. "It is not right way to protest on any issue...We do not approve of such a violent act and condemn it. There is no place for violence in society and democracy", Kumar told reporters in Patna on his arrival from his seva yatra in Bihar's Sheikhpura district....
12:31 AM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: Thursday's attack on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is the latest in a series of acts of public retribution. In 2009, Home Minister P Chidambaram was target of a shoe attack; journalist Jarnail Singh claimed he was upset at the Congress decision to allow Jagdish Tytler to contest elections. Singh eventually apologised. Singh said, "I want justice but my way was wrong. I don't want any journalist to...
09:24 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: Harvinder Singh, a resident of Rohini in the capital, slapped the Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in full glare of TV cameras on Thursday. The miscreant, who even attempted to slash his wrists, was taken into custody immediately. He was citing rising prices as the reason for his anger. Thursday's attack Pawar is the latest in a series of acts of public retribution. In 2009, Home Minister P Chidambaram...
08:18 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: Harvinder Singh, a resident of Rohini in Delhi, slapped Union Minister and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar while shouting slogans against price rise and corruption cases on Thursday. Singh was later arrested by the police and taken to Parliament Street Police Station. When asked why did he attack Pawar, he said he was angry with the Union Agriculture Minister over rising prices and corruption in the government. "The prices...
05:53 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Ralegan Siddhi: Anna Hazare condemned the attack on Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar calling it undemocratic a few hours after he had asked if he (Pawar) was slapped just once. "It's not correct in a democracy, it is undemocratic. No one should manhandle anyone. There should be protests in a democratic way. Due to corruption people are angry and frustrated but they should protest in...
05:09 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Mumbai: The attack on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in Delhi on Thursday sparked protests in his home state Maharashtra and invited strong condemnation from political parties. 'Rasta roko' (blockades) protests were held in Solapur and Nashik to condemn the attack on Pawar, who was slapped by a youth at a public function claiming he was angry with corruption and price rise. Senior NCP minister Laxman Dhoble led the protests...
05:00 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: Union Minister and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar was slapped at a government function in Delhi on Thursday. Even though the Opposition slammed the incident, they said the common man is concerned about price rise. Leaders across party lines have condemned the incident, saying everyone is concerned about price rise but violence is unacceptable. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee condemned the attack. "We condemn...
04:27 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Ralegan Siddhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, whose name was taken by the man who attacked Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar in Delhi on Thursday, reacted by asking if the Minister was slapped only once. "He was slapped? Was he slapped only once?" Hazare asked when his reaction was sought on Pawar being slapped. Pawar was slapped by Harvinder Singh at the NDMC Centre in...
04:10 PM, Nov 24, 2011
