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Resentment among people due to politics of BJP: Rajesh Pilot
There is resentment among the people of the country due to the politics of the ruling BJP government at the Centre, Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot said on Friday. Referring to the violence in West Bengal and BJP nominee Pragya Thakur's statement on Nathuram Godse, Pilot said it is for the first time that a constitutional institution like the Election Commission of India had to face several questions. "The type of politics that BJP has done in past few days, it has created an environment of resentment in not only the Congress and other political parties but also in the entire country," Pilot said at a press conference here. "None of the senior BJP leader neither stopped nor objected to Thakur's statement calling an individual who killed Mahatma Gandhi as a patriot," he added. "The party leadership has neither refuted the statement nor terminated her (Thakur) membership. The BJP's sidelining itself from the statement is not enough," he said further. Pilot, who is also the .
I will never forgive Sadhvi Pragya for insulting Bapu, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he will never forgive Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur for insulting Mahatma Gandhi by calling Nathuram Godse a patriot."The statements given about Gandhiji or Godse are very bad and are wrong for the society. Though she (Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur) apologised but I will never forgive her," Prime Minister Modi said in an interview with News24 TV channel.Congress leader Kapil Sibal had earlier today questioned Prime Minister Modi's silence on Sadhvi Pragya's remarks on Godse."When Sadhvi Pragya says: 'Godse a Deshbakht' and Modi is silent with Vidyasagar's statue a victim of the violent. I can only pray for my country and hope that one day the silent majority will keep violence at bay," Sibal tweeted.Sadhvi Pragya, BJP's candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, had on Thursday sparked a controversy after she called Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse, a "patriot"."Nathuram Godse was a deshbhakt, is a deshbhakt and will remain a deshbhakt," Thakur had said
Diamond Harbour key to Mamata's nephew's control of party
Diamond Harbour in West Bengal has become a key Lok Sabha constituency with the Trinamool Congress high command using the ongoing elections to reinforce Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and incumbent MP Abhishek Banerjee's position as the party second-in-command, even as the BJP continues its attacks on the "bua-bhatija" (aunt-nephew) duo.
Need to review Art 370 in J&K: Rajnath
Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh says there is a need to review Article 370 and 35-A that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir to establish whether these Constitutional provisions have benefited or done damage to the militancy-hit state. Singh's remark comes against the backdrop of the BJP's stand in its manifesto pledging to abrogate Article 370 and 35-A of the Constitution. BJP President Amit Shah has also repeatedly spoken about scrapping these provisions during the Lok Sabha poll campaign. The home minister also said a decision on holding assembly elections in the state was the prerogative of the Election Commission but indicated a decision could be announced after the completion of the Lok Sabha polls. Singh was replying to a question during an interview to PTI recently as to whether BJP thinks that abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution will help resolve the Kashmir issue which he termed as challenging. "Kashmir ek chunauti hai lekin uska hal
US slaps sanctions over Russia rights despite revived ties
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on five Russians over abuses including the killing of a prominent opposition leader, days after top-level talks seemed to ease tensions between the powers. The State Department highlighted the actions against the five people, plus one entity, as it submitted an annual report required by Congress on actions taken under a law over human rights in Russia. The law, which blocks any US assets of blacklisted people and bars them from traveling to the United States, is named after Sergei Magnitsky, an anti-corruption accountant who died in custody in 2009. Among the five newly blacklisted figures are Ruslan Geremeyev, an interior ministry official in the restive North Caucasus region of Chechnya who is close to its leader Ramzan Kadyrov. On his Telegram account, Kadyrov said the sanctions, were "clear proof that the United States is afraid of us." Geremeyev has faced accusations of involvement in the 2015 killing in central Moscow of Boris ...
Dy Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corp joins People's Conference
Deputy Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Imran Ahmad Sheikh Friday joined the People's Conference headed by Sajad Gani Lone. Sheikh joined the People's Conference at Lone's residence in presence of senior party functionaries including general secretary Imran Ansari. SMC Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu was also present. Sheikh had become the deputy mayor of SMC with Congress support. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor have been fighting each other publicly since November 2018 with both of them accusing each other of malpractices. Sheikh was injured during a meeting of the corporators in January, a month after a woman corporator had accused Mattu of sexual harassment. The mayor had claimed that the woman corporator was working at the behest of his deputy. Now Mattu and Sheikh will be working for the same party.
BJP, RSS are not 'God-Ke Lovers' but 'God-Se Lovers': Rahul
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a swipe at the BJP over its leaders making controversial remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, saying the BJP and the RSS are not "God-ke Lovers" but "God-se Lovers". The Pandora's box opened on Thursday with BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur lauding Godse as a "patriot" and issuing an apology hours later, saying she respected Gandhi and his work for the country cannot be forgotten. "I finally got it. The BJP and the RSS... Are not God-Ke Lovers. They are God-Se Lovers," Rahul Gandhi tweeted. As the row over Thakur's remarks escalated, BJP's MP from Karnataka Nalin Kumar Kateel compared Godse with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi "Godse killed one, Kasab killed 72, Rajiv Gandhi killed 17,000. You judge who is more cruel in this??" Kateel tweeted on Thursday, equating Godse, 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab and Rajiv Gandhi. Union minister Anantkumar Hegde also ...
Caste-based parties will be crutical in UP's final phase
Apna Dal, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the Nishad Party. These are the three caste based political outfits that will decide the outcome of elections to the Lok Sabha in the final phase.
HC defers hearing on parties names with religious connotations
The Delhi High Court on Friday deferred the hearing on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission to review political parties having names with religious connotations or using symbols similar to that of the national flag.
Pompeo not surprised by Putin's view on Mueller report
Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, is not "terribly surprised" with Russia President Vladimir Putin's view on Robert Mueller's report."Oh goodness, you know very little surprises me with Guy. So no, I can't say I was terribly surprised the President Putin's view on the Mueller report", Sputnik quoted Pompeo as saying on Friday.This comes a day after Pompeo's visit to Russia. He held talks with Putin and Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.During the meeting, Putin welcomed the probe undertaken by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential elections in the United States.He said that Mueller conducted an "objective" investigation, which proved no Russian interference in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign."We should give (Mueller) credit. In general, he conducted an objective probe and confirmed the absence of any traces and collusion between Russia and the current administration, which we initially characterized as complete nonsense: there ..
'Ab ki baar, 300 paar', says Modi
"Ab ki baar, 300 paar" (This time, it will be 300 plus), thundered Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election rally here on Friday.
UP minister reacts to Jinnah jibe, asks for anti-Partition certificate from Cong ally
Days after the Congress said the BJP should name itself the Bharatiya Jinnah Party, an Uttar Pradesh minister has suggested that the opposition party should get its ally Indian Union Muslim League to denounce Pakistan's founder. After Partition of India, the 'jinn' (genie) of Jinnah emerged as the Muslim League, and the Congress entered into an agreement with the Muslim League, UP's Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma said, equating the IUML with the pre-Partition Muslim League. The Congress should have sought an affidavit from the Muslim League stating that Jinnah was a traitor and was responsible for Partition of India, the BJP leader told PTI. And those who proclaim themselves as the Indian Muslim League must disown and dissociate themselves from Jinnah. This was the 'jinn' released by Jinnah, which has got stuck with the Congress, he said, referring to its alliance with the IUML in Kerala. He said the 'jinn' will not leave the Congress until the voters send the party into ...
Ukraine's coalition collapses in blow to president-elect
Ukraine's ruling parliamentary coalition has collapsed in what represents a setback for the country's president-elect's plans to hold early elections. The speaker in the Supreme Rada said Friday that he has received a notification from lawmakers about the breakdown of the coalition, which was made up of various parties including lawmakers from defeated President Petro Poroshenko's party. In last month's election, President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to disband the parliament, claiming that it does not represent the interests of the people. Dissolving the parliament is necessary for holding a snap election. However, under Ukrainian law, the president cannot do so if there is no governing coalition. Zelenskiy is to be sworn in as president on Monday.
Varanasi voters being threatened: Mayawati
BSP President Mayawati on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modis men were bribing and threatening voters in Varanasi and questioned why the Election Commission is not keeping an eye on his Lok Sabha constituency like in West Bengal.
S Korea allows businesspeople to visit North factory park
South Korea has decided to allow its businesspeople to visit their factories at an industrial park in North Korea that was shut down by Seoul's previous conservative government in 2016 following a North Korean nuclear test. Lee Sang-min, spokesman of Seoul's Unification Ministry, said Friday that the government plans to discuss with North Korean officials details for the visits to the facilities at the North Korean border town of Kaesong, where the Koreas also operate a liaison office. The announcement came amid a slowdown in inter-Korean engagement following the collapse of a high-stakes nuclear summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump in February over mismatched demands in sanctions relief and nuclear disarmament. Lee said that the ministry decided to allow the visits by 193 businesspeople so that they could examine the manufacturing facilities and other property they left behind in the North. He downplayed speculation that Seoul was trying to build .
Uttar Pradesh's final phase is biggest of them all
The final phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh will decide the fate of the country as well as the country's most populous state.
Modi better actor than Amitabh, says Priyanka
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi fired a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called him the worlds "greatest actor".
Ab ki baar 300 paar, phir ek baar Modi Sarkar: PM at last rally for LS polls
PM at last rally for LS pollsKhargone (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Narendra Modi on Friday chanted the slogan 'ab ki baar 300 paar, phir ek baar Modi Sarkar' at his last rally before campaigning for Lok Sabha elections comes to an end."People throughout the country are saying 'phir ek baar Modi sarkar, abki baar 300 par'," said the Prime Minister Modi at his rally in Khargone of Madhya Pradesh. Former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other BJP leaders were also in attendance.Modi began his speech by comparing his first election rally for the Lok Sabha polls in Meerut with the concluding public meeting. "I started my poll campaign from Meerut and today I am ending it from here. Both these cities are united with the inspiration of nationalism and fight of independence from British. Meerut is known for the sacrifice of Mangal Pandey who fought against British in 1857 and in Khargone, Bhima Nayak began Adivasi revolution was martyred for the cause. I pay tributes to ...
National pride prevails over Hindu pride in UP, so does caste factor
There is hope for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh and it is the Modi factor that is working in the rural areas once again.
UP model of dealing with goons gaining popularity: BJP leader
The Uttar Pradesh model of dealing with crime and criminals is "gaining popularity" across the country, BJP state spokesperson Chandramohan has claimed. He also said the BJP will win because of the plethora of development works done in the state in the last two years. "The UP model of dealing with goons is gaining popularity in the country," the BJP leader told PTI, ahead of the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on May 19. "On May 13, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had asked Punjab and Haryana to go the Uttar Pradesh way for dealing with goons and their disruptive actions," Chandramohan said. He said after Yogi Adityanath became chief minister, the state witnessed "a plethora of development works in different spheres, ranging from improvement in law and order to improvement in the life of people by providing them houses, toilets, gas connection and electricity". The development works by the Uttar Pradesh government was done keeping in mind the interest of the last person, and ...