Why do most politically-sensitive cases involve Oppn leaders: Singhvi on excise policy case against Kejriwal (IANS Interview)

IANS | March 16, 2026 3:41 PM

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha member Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Monday described the excise policy case involving Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal as "unfortunate", alleging that the kind of misuse of investigative agencies seen in recent years had never happened before. He also questioned why most politically-sensitive cases involve Opposition leaders.

Trinamool stages walkout in RS over EC's midnight bureaucratic reshuffle in Bengal

IANS | March 16, 2026 2:49 PM

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) In a sharp escalation of tensions between the Trinamool Congress and the Election Commission of India (ECI), Trinamool MPs staged a day-long walkout from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, protesting the poll body's decision to remove several top bureaucrats in poll-bound West Bengal, including Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty.