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The credit for Indore getting top rank for the sixth time in a row in the Centre's 'Swachh Survekshan' awards must go to 'safai mitras' (cleanliness and conservancy workers) and citizens instead of officials, senior Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said. Indore was followed by Surat in Gujarat and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra in the cleanest city category of the 2022 edition of the awards. "Nobody has the courage to say so except me. Sometimes one must speak bitterly too. As per me, the credit for the win goes to safai mitras and secondly the citizens. They are very cultured and disciplined due to their ancestors," the BJP national general secretary said at a function to felicitate civic workers on Thursday. Asserting that one need not "massage (the ego of)" officials, Vijayvargiya asked if the collector of Indore managed to get Ujjain top rank in the cleanliness category when he was posted there. "Indore is first because of its citizens and not becau

Updated On: 07 Oct 2022 | 4:41 PM IST

While some political observers see the meeting as less political and more personal, others are perceiving it as the beginning of a new political era in the state

Updated On: 24 Aug 2022 | 8:54 PM IST

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya made controversial remarks against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by comparing him to "foreign women"

Updated On: 19 Aug 2022 | 9:35 AM IST

Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumanth Rao filed a complaint against BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya for his remark to employ Agniveers for security at the party office

Updated On: 22 Jun 2022 | 7:32 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday alleged that the "toolkit gang" twisted his comments on 'Agniveers'

Updated On: 20 Jun 2022 | 8:42 AM IST

Following protests against the Agnipath scheme, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said that like others he would prefer to employ an Agniveer for security at the party office.

Updated On: 20 Jun 2022 | 6:50 AM IST

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday took a jibe at BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya's remark that he would prefer to employ an Agniveer for security at the party office

Updated On: 20 Jun 2022 | 6:45 AM IST

The BJP lashed out at TMC workers over their agitations across the state, following the arrest of party leaders in the Narada sting case

Updated On: 17 May 2021 | 6:27 PM IST

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday exuded confidence that his party will form the next government in West Bengal.

Updated On: 02 May 2021 | 11:08 AM IST

Countering opposition claims that the BJP, if voted to power in Bengal, will update the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Kailash Vijayvargiya reaffirmed that no such plan is on the radar

Updated On: 04 Apr 2021 | 1:42 PM IST

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday said that the party would win all the 30 seats in the second phase of the West Bengal assembly election

Updated On: 02 Apr 2021 | 7:03 AM IST

BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said the district administration as well as Election Commission has called the incident in Nandigram as an accident

Updated On: 14 Mar 2021 | 8:08 AM IST

Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was "a non-serious politician"

Updated On: 11 Mar 2021 | 7:55 AM IST

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya met actor Mithun Chakraborty in Kolkata on Saturday amid speculations that he may be joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Brigade rally in Kolkata

Updated On: 07 Mar 2021 | 8:30 AM IST

Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya alleged that the TMC government in West Bengal was involved in corruption over the distribution of relief in the aftermath of super cyclone Amphan

Updated On: 05 Dec 2020 | 9:27 PM IST

National General Secretary of BJP Kailash Vijayvargiya said that that law was targeted at inter-religion marriages with the intention or conspiracy to convert religion

Updated On: 23 Nov 2020 | 6:54 AM IST

Kailash Vijayvargiya said that Election Commission's representative promised him to appoint central security force for conducting the West Bengal Assembly election 2021with-out any fear

Updated On: 23 Nov 2020 | 6:26 AM IST

Alleging criminalisation of bureaucracy in West Bengal, Kailash Vijayvargiya said that free and fair election in that state was not possible under TMC regime unless President's rule is imposed

Updated On: 30 Oct 2020 | 7:45 PM IST

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said Chirag Paswan to not use harsh words against his opponents in Bihar elections and not say anything that can tarnish the legacy of his late father Ram Vilas Paswan.

Updated On: 27 Oct 2020 | 6:45 AM IST

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the people of West Bengal on the occasion of Durga Puja to be held later this month

Updated On: 12 Oct 2020 | 7:51 PM IST