India Political Highlights | Sebi did not actively probe despite orders from SC: Congress on Hindenburg charge

Hindenburg alleges Sebi chief held investments in offshore funds used by Adani Group

US short-seller Hindenburg Research launched a fresh broadside against market regulator Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch, alleging she and her husband had stakes in obscure offshore funds used in the Adani money siphoning scandal.

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Hindenburg report: Parliament suddenly got adjourned sine die, now we know why, says Congress

The Congress on Saturday used the Latin phrase "Quis Custodiet Ipsos" or "who will guard the guards themselves" to take a swipe at SEBI chief Madhabi Buch, after US short seller Hindenburg levelled allegations against her.

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Hindenburg report: Eliminate all conflicts of interest in probe of Adani, says Congress to govt

In the wake of the US short-seller Hindenburg Research levelling allegations against Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch, the Congress on Saturday demanded the Centre act immediately to eliminate all conflicts of interest in the regulator's investigation of the Adani Group.

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Assembly polls is fight against those who hate Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday accused Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde of "bowing" before Delhi, and said the coming assembly elections are a fight against those who "hate" the state.

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MNS, Sena (UBT) workers clash in Thane as drift between Uddhav & Raj Thackeray widens

In a new low for the estranged Thackeray cousins - the workers of Uddhav and Raj engaged in heavy sloganeering in the Thane city - as a fallout of the ongoing reservation issue in Maharashtra on Saturday evening.

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The opposition is trying to create confusion. They also know that this issue. Sub-categorisation of the caste started in Punjab and then moved to Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka: Union MoS for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal

Here's what Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Congress opposing amendment to the Waqf Act

"This Waqf Board amendment issue has been going on since the Congress era. They have also made amendments to this Bill. Now, they are saying that the Parliament doesn’t have the right, then how did they make the amendments in 1995 and 2013?"

Tharoor demands fair investigation into the allegations raised against SEBI chief in a new Hindenburg report.

AAP's Sanjay Singh addresses press conference on Hindenburg report (s).

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BSP chief Mayawati chairs a meeting with party office bearers, over upcoming by-elections at the party office in Lucknow.

The Opposition is speaking in tandem with them, they have also raised this in Parliament session. It is a conspiracy to create imbalance in India.

Former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia to chair a meeting of senior leaders of AAP today over the preparations for Delhi Assembly elections: Aam Aadmi Party (ANI)

BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar slams Congress over allegations against SEBI in Hindenburg report

The former union minister alleged: "There seems to be a pattern where the Congress over the last ten years has adopted a strategy of politics of lies and is now seeking foreign help to destabilize our financial system and to create chaos in the country by attacking the independent regulator SEBI and by casting aspersions on the chairman of SEBI...Nothing in the report is credible."

Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has accused the opposition of creating confusion among people over the Supreme Court "observation" on creamy layer among SCs and STs, and asserted that the Constitution given by B R Ambedkar has no provision of a creamy layer.

It is a very serious moral question whether she will continue to be the chief of SEBI? Our stand is that she should step down. What is the response of the govt?: CPI leader D Raja

"The recent revelation by Hindenburg has thoroughly exposed the BJP govt, how this govt is backing the corporate houses, particularly Adani, to loot the wealth of the nation and PM Modi is defining the corporate houses as wealth creators, they are wealth looters. SEBI is considered to be a market regulator but SEBI chief has conflict of interest, she and her husband have stakes in market and they allow the market situation to be used and influenced by corporate houses, to further loot."

Congress only tries to digress and keep everyone in the dark. This has been their method since the beginning and they are working according to it: Jyotiraditya Scindia Scindia on Hindenburg allegations against SEBI

Here's what Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said on Hindenburg report

"The Hindenburg report that was released in January 2023 clearly states that how investments were being made in Adani groups through shell companies. The issue also reached the Supreme Court but SEBI kept asking for extensions. The report has made it clear that the SEBI chairperson herself was involved with Adani Group." (PTI)

J&K L-G Manoj Sinha hopes assembly elections in UT are held soon

After EC said that polls in Kashmir would be held “at the earliest”, J&K L-G Manoj Sinha also lent his opinion on the issue, saying that he is hoprful that the elections will be held soon.

Speaking to pressperson after after inaugurating Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre at the University of Jammu, he said, "When PM Narendra Modi came to Srinagar on 20 June, he announced that elections would be held soon. A team of the Election Commission visited here and met all the stakeholders. The Election Commission will announce the date of the elections. As the Union Home Minister said in the Parliament on 5 August, delimitation first, then assembly election, then statehood at the appropriate time. Things are going on in that sequence. I hope the assembly elections will be held soon."

Aurangzeb, Abdali narrative hots up Maharashtra politics as war of words intensifies between BJP, Sena (UBT)

The war-of-words between Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) and the BJP intensified further ahead of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly polls with the former Chief Minister saying that people of Ayodhya has made “BJP-mukt Ram” even as the saffron party retaliated by saying that it’s formal ally has left the legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and now carrying the “palki” of Aurangzeb. 

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Making efforts to ensure MVA wins by a large majority: Ramesh Chennithala

Speaking on MVA's preparation for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election, Stte Congress in-charge Ramesh Chennithala said, "We are working for the Assembly elections. Yesterday, starting from Latur, the BCC (Block Congress Committee) President, CLP (Congress Legislature Party) leader, operational leader, and our CM are all going together to every district, talking to our leaders. We are making efforts from now to ensure that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) wins by a large majority in the upcoming elections," says Maharashtra Congress In-charge Chennithala on MVA's preparation for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election.

Sebi did not actively probe despite orders from SC: Congress on Hindenburg charge

"Was the Adani issue not being investigated because the one who was supposed to investigate was involved in the alleged scam? SEBI did not actively investigate despite repeated orders from the Supreme Court... At the absolute maximum level, it destroys transparency. It is the biggest criminal conspiracy... This report has exposed and destroyed the integrity of the SEBI Chief and Prime Minister Narendra Modi...," said Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said.