Several prominent politicians were sworn in as Members of Parliament for the 18th Lok Sabha during a session held on June 24. Among them were Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, LJP (RV) chief Chirag Paswan, and Jyotiraditya Scindia. They formally assumed their roles as elected representatives, marking the commencement of their parliamentary duties in the current session.
24 June,2024 03:17 PM IST
Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha MP from Mumbai North parliamentary constituency, Piyush Goyal, launched an attack on Rahul Gandhi for alleging a stock market scam after the market’s crash on June 4. Rahul Gandhi accused PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of being involved in the alleged stock market scam. Rahul Gandhi alleged that it’s a scam of 30 Lakh crores and the common people of India lost the alleged amount of money. Piyush Goyal blamed Rahul Gandhi for misleading market investors. Piyush Goyal said, “Rahul Gandhi has still not overcome the loss in the Lok Sabha Elections. Now, he is conspiring to mislead the market investors. Today, India has become the fifth-largest economy.”
07 June,2024 10:50 AM IST
Member of Parliament from Mumbai’s North Constituency Gopal Shetty has been a popular leader of BJP amongst the masses. He has in total three terms as a Corporator, two terms as MLA from Borivali Constituency and finally became a Member of Parliament (MP) in 2014 in the Modiji's Government. For this Lok Sabha Elections 2024, he was replaced by Piyush Goyal from Mumbai’s North seat. Just days before the Lok Sabha Election results, in this episode of Straight Talk, Gopal Shetty talks about the issues that the upcoming MP would need to undertake, the tiff between an MP and the Bureaucrats, and his road ahead.
02 June,2024 05:00 PM IST
Voting is underway for the fifth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections on May 20. BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat, Piyush Goyal cast his vote at a polling station in Mumbai. After casting vote Piyush Goyal came forward and urged people to come out and vote. He appreciated people who even in such humid conditions in Mumbai came forward to vote for their favourite candidate. Industrialist Anil Ambani casts his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde also cast his vote at a polling booth in Thane. On the other hand, Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar arrived at a polling station in Mumbai to cast his vote for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Ashish Shelar appealed to the voters to participate in the festival of democracy. He mentioned that ECI has made good arrangements and voters should follow ECI’s guidelines. He added that Mahayuti will win all the six seats in Mumbai. Actor and Shiv Sena leader Govinda also arrived at a polling booth in Mumbai to cast his vote for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Polling is underway at 49 constituencies from 6 states, 2 UTs.
20 May,2024 10:56 AM IST
Amidst the ongoing Lok Sabha Election 2024, Union Minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North, Piyush Goyal went for a morning walk and greeted people as part of his election campaign on April 28. Mumbai North goes to polls on May 20. Piyush Goyal said that the people of Mumbai are enjoying the world-class infrastructure that has started coming up in Mumbai. “We are getting a lot of blessings for the leadership and work of Prime Minister Narendra Modi... Who can forget the days when our mothers and sisters had to go to fields in villages to defecate, half the population of the country did not have LPG cylinders... Many problems have been worked upon... People of Mumbai are enjoying that finally world-class infrastructure has started coming up in Mumbai”, said Piyush Goyal. Congress has fielded Varsha Gaikwad from Mumbai North seat.
28 April,2024 12:07 PM IST
If there is one man who has transformed key sectors like power, railways, and commerce In India, its non other then Union Minister Piyush Goyal. Piyush Goyal is all set to contest the Lok Sabha elections for the very first time this year. The BJP in it's second list of 72 candidates mentioned Mr Goyal as the party's candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency. The 59 year old is one of the top ministers in the Narendra Modi government and has been in-charge of crucial ministries in the last 10 years. He has handled portfolios like power, railways and coal among others. And currently he is the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles. He is also the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha. As the Union Minister gears up to contest Lok Sabha. Watch video.
12 April,2024 07:05 PM IST
Following the fourth round of meetings with the farming leaders in connection with the ongoing farmers protest 2024, the Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on February 19 that a detailed discussion was held with Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor. He further stated that the outcome of the meeting was very positive. We had a detailed discussion on how to carry forward the work done by PM Modi in the last 10 years, he further added. What is to be seen next is if the farmers will end their protest now. The protesting farmers were demanding implementation of the Swaminathan Commission's recommendations, pension for farmers and farm labourers, and withdrawal of police cases besides loan waiver and a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP).
19 February,2024 12:22 PM IST
Congress President and LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge lambasted Congress MP DK Suresh on February 02 over his “separate country” remark. He said, “If anyone speaks about breaking the country, we will never tolerate it - irrespective of whichever party they belong to. Mallikarjun Kharge will himself say that from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, we are one and we will be one.”
02 February,2024 02:19 PM IST
Hitting out at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar for his remark on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that Pawar would send his daughter Supriya Sule to Gaza. Sarma's remarks came days after Sharad Pawar said that former Prime Ministers of India also “stood firmly with Palestine”. Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support for Israel as "unfortunate", the NCP chief said that he neglected the real issue. Pawar said "The entire land is of Palestine and Israel encroached on their land. That place, land and houses, everything was of Palestine and later Israel took over it. Israel is an outsider and the land is originally of Palestine." Pawar's remarks were condemned by the BJP. Earlier today, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said it is "very disturbing" when a senior leader like Sharad Pawar makes such "preposterous statements" NCP Leader Supriya Sule also responded to Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement.
19 October,2023 06:00 PM IST | Mumbai
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of India Piyush Goyal met Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde in Delhi on August 22. The meeting was to discuss a strategy to control the soaring prices of onion. Union Minister Piyush Goyal informed that NCCF and NAFED will be soon purchasing onions from Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and other areas where onions are grown so that farmers get the right price for their produce. “We all know that in the past few days, as per the orders by Government of India, NAFED and NCCF purchased 3 lakh tons of onion from Nashik, Lasalgaon, Ahmednagar and this region. 40 per cent export tax has been imposed on onion so that there is an adequate quantity of onion available in India. From 11 am today, NCCF and NAFED will begin the purchase of 2 lakh more tons of onion from Nashik, Pimpalgaon, Lasalgaon, Ahmednagar and the entire region. More purchases will be made in the future if needed. NCCF and NAFED will also purchase onions from Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and other areas where onions are grown so that farmers get the right price for their produce. The price for purchase today has been decided to be Rs 2410 per quintal. No farmer needs to worry,” said Piyush Goyal.
22 August,2023 02:54 PM IST | MumbaiADVERTISEMENT
