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As PM, Modi will be best remembered for mob-lynchings: Owaisi
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be best remembered for mob-lynching incidents during his tenure. Referring to reports of a man being thrashed by a mob for allegedly selling beef in Assam, Owaisi said ...These incidents will haunt Modi in his entire life that being a Prime Minister he was unable to stop such incidents. He described the reported incident as 'horrible' and the 68-year old man was beaten because he was selling beef. "...he has been in the trade for the past 35 years. Then he is forced to eat pork. These 'bafoons'...they are not fit to be called human beings...they are animals", the Hyderabad Lok Sabha member charged during a 'Meet The Press' here. "Mr Narendra Modi's legacy...the top most thing he would be remembered for is during his tenure as Prime Minister of this great country and it is because of him being in power mob-lynching happened and such incidents increased", he
CAIT slams Rahul Gandhi for "chor" businessmen jibe
Traders' body CAIT Tuesday slammed Rahul Gandhi for his purported statement that funds for the ambitious 'NYAY' scheme will come from the pockets of "chor" businessmen, and cautioned that the Congress may pay a heavy price for it in the general polls. "By calling traders thieves, Mr Gandhi has insulted entire trading community of the country which has sent gross resentment and anguish among traders of the country. "No politician in the country has ever used such a filthy word for the trading community but the words uttered by Mr Gandhi are shameful and need to be deeply condemned. The Congress party may pay a heavy price for it in the elections," CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said. Congress President Rahul Gandhi last week said that funds for the ambitious 'NYAY' scheme will come from the pockets of "chor" businessmen favoured by 'Chowkidar' Narendra Modi. Addressing a rally in the Upper Assam town of Bokakhat, Gandhi said the Congress, if voted to power, guarantees to ...
PM Netanyahu urges Israelis to vote, says it's 'sacred act'
Israeli voters were deciding Tuesday whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains in office after a decade in power as they cast ballots in a national election that has become a referendum of sorts on their longtime leader. Clouded by a series of looming corruption indictments, Netanyahu is seeking a fourth consecutive and a fifth overall term in office, which would make him Israel's longest-ever serving leader, surpassing founding father David Ben-Gurion. He faces a stiff challenge from retired military chief Benny Gantz, whose Blue and White party has inched ahead of Netanyahu's Likud in polls. Netanyahu still appears to have the best chance of forming a coalition, though, with a smattering of small nationalist parties backing him. Gantz voted in his hometown of Rosh Haayin in central Israel alongside his wife, Revital, calling on Israelis to vote and "take responsibility" for their democracy. "Go to vote. Choose whoever you believe in. Respect each other and let us all wake ..
Shah directs UP BJP to focus on Dalit voters
BJP chief Amit Shah has directed the party workers in Uttar Pradesh to focus on the Dalit votes and also on the beneficiaries of various welfare schemes of the Centre and state government. Office bearers from 16 parliamentary constituencies of the Awadh region of the state were present in a meeting, which lasted for almost three hours on Monday night. "The party president told us about the preparations for the Lok Sabha polls and our target. We were told to focus on the Dalit voters and also on the beneficiaries of various welfare schemes of the Centre and state government," Suresh Chandra Tiwari, president of the BJP's Awadh region, told PTI on Tuesday. "It was also told to us to establish contact with the voters as well as the beneficiaries of the various schemes," Tiwari said. On Tuesday, Shah, while departing from the party office here, was asked by reporters whether the party would be able to break its 2014 record in Uttar Pradesh this time. "Definitely, (the records) will be ...
Priyanka Gandhi to hold roadshow in Fatehpur Sikri
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will hold an 87-km-long roadshow on April 13 through the Fatehpur Sikri Lok Sabha constituency from where Raj Babbar, film actor and state Congress President, is contesting the Lok Sabha polls.
LS polls: CPI(M) appeals to Jammu electorate to vote for secular candidates
The CPI(M) Tuesday appealed to the people of Jammu to exercise their franchise in favour of the secular dispensation led by the Congress. The Jammu and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies will go to polls in the first phase of the five-phased elections in the state on April 11. The Communist Party of India (Marxist), regional committee, Jammu made the appeal at a meeting chaired by its regional secretary Sham Prasad Kesar here, a party release said. "The committee pleaded that befitting reply needs to be given by the electorate in the ensuing parliamentary elections in Jammu region against the present anti-people and communal dispensation at the centre led by BJP," the statement said. "It becomes the prime responsibility of the people to vote against the forces who are hell bent to destroy the age-old pluralistic character of our great nation," it added. The Congress has fielded former minister Raman Bhalla against the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Jugal Kishore who is seeking ...
Govt playing with national security in Rafale deal: Yechury
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Tuesday lashed out at the government over reports of waiver given in the Rafale deal to two foreign defence companies and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "playing" with national security. Alleging that there were several anomalies in the defence deal, Yechury said the government had not only acquired less number of fighter jets than what IAF required, but also did favours to its cronies in the deal. "Lesser fighter aircraft than what IAF required, favours to a crony who had set up a company weeks ago and now this: after dubious procedures with NSA negotiating directly in violation of processes. The corrupt Modi government will be held to account for playing with national security. "The truth about Modi and his government's actions in the Rafale scam, where exceptions were made to favour private foreign defence companies is there for all to see. No wonder the government was so terrified of a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee probe), and
Mussolini's great-grandson targets EU elections: report
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's great-grandson plans to run in next month's European parliamentary elections on behalf of a minor far-right party, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Il Messaggero newspaper said Caio Giulio Cesare Mussolini, a 50-year-old former submariner, aimed to run as a candidate for the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party. "So many people want to put Mussolini on the ballot," it quoted him as saying. Mussolini is the first cousin once removed of Alessandra Mussolini, the dead fascist leader's granddaughter who has been an MEP since 2014. Born in Argentina, Mussolini has no previous political experience but "obviously I've breathed politics my whole life," he told the daily. He described himself to Il Fatto Quotidiano as "a post-fascist who refers to those values in a non-ideological way". He said he thought he was chosen as a candidate not for his family name but for his first names, the Italian form of "Gaius Julius Caesar", as well as his sense of duty ..
Those making anti-national remarks during campaigns should be booked: J-K BJP leader
Reminding the top NC leadership that former chief minister Sheikh Abdullah was jailed for anti national remarks in 1953, a BJP leader in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday said those raising "similar anti-national remarks" should be booked under sedition and banned from contesting polls. Two-time minister Sham Lal Sharma, who recently resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP, also accused his former party of being in a "habit of backing anti-Indian forces", saying its promise to amend the AFSPA in militancy-hit Kashmir will only embolden terrorists. "We appeal to the state government that those leaders who making anti-national statements every now and then, should be booked under the sedition law so that they will desist from such remarks," Sharma told he gathering during a rally in the border district of Poonch. Sharma said that those leaders who make anti-national statements should barred from contesting both parliamentary and assembly elections. "If the Kashmir-based leaders are ...
Houses of Cong leaders have become 'ATMs of black money', alleges Naqvi
Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Tuesday alleged that houses of Congress leaders have become "ATMs of black money" from where huge sums are being recovered. His attack on the Congress came a day after the Income Tax Department said it has detected a "widespread and well-organised" racket of collection of unaccounted cash of about Rs 281 crore during raids against close aides of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and others. The Congress has slammed the raids as political vendetta and alleged that the Modi government was being blinded by revenge in the manner its probe agencies were acting against BJP's political opponents. Terming the Congress "benami sampati" (benami property), Naqvi alleged that houses of Congress leaders have become "ATMs of black money" from where "huge quantities of black money is being recovered every day". Instead of levelling charges of "political vendetta", the Congress should explain to probe agencies as well the people of the country from where ..
Expose parties taking the side of 'deshdrohis': Adityanath
Days after veteran BJP leader LK Advani remarked that the party has never regarded those who disagreed with it politically as "anti-nationals", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday said when parties like the Congress take the side of "deshdrohis", they should be exposed. The chief minister also said there was nothing wrong in what the veteran leader had said and that "Advanji was a 'maargdarshak' (mentor) of the BJP". In a blog post, titled 'Nation First, Party Next, Self Last', Advani said, "Right from its inception, the BJP has never regarded those who disagree with us politically as our 'enemies', but only as our adversaries." "Similarly, in our conception of Indian nationalism, we have never regarded those who disagree with us politically as 'anti-national," the 91-year-old leader said in his post that came ahead of the BJP's foundation day on April 6. Under Advani's leadership several people have worked and "I think that Advaniji has not said anything wrong," ...
Cong, BJP key contenders in Tezpur Lok Sabha seat
A disgruntled BJP MP crushed the aspirations of a powerful Assam minister to represent the seat, coupled with the dogged persistence of a former bureaucrat as the Congress contestant, the fight for Assam's prestigious Tezpur parliamentary constituency seems to have all the ingredients of a soap opera. Assam's Finance and PWD Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had expressed the desire to contest the Lok Sabha polls and had an eye on the Tezpur constituency but the party's central leadership played a spoilsport. The minister's name was in the candidates list for Tezpur which in turn antagonised the sitting BJP MP R P Sharma, who went on to resign from the party, even before the list of candidates was announced. Sharma alleged that the BJP in the state has been usurped by the new entrants from other parties and old-timers like him are not being given the due they deserve. "We worked hard over the years to bring the party to the position it has reached now but newcomers are ...
Country should have strong PM with only people as high
The country should have a strong prime minister whose high command should only be the people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday. Attacking the "grand alliance" of opposition parties as "Mahamilavat", he said the country should not have a government whose remote control is in the hands of a dozen people. Addressing an election rally here, he also said when the world stood with India after the Balakot air strike in Pakistan, those in "Mahamilavat" condemned him. ...do you want a government whose remote control is in the hands of a dozen people?," as he derided the "Mahamilavat" of opposition parties. Modi lashed out at the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka, saying that the two parties came together for the sake of power and to serve self-interests. Karnataka was among the states that has "always stood strong" with the BJP, he said.
People have decided to make Modi PM again: Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday claimed that people have decided to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister again.
NCP seeks action against Vikhe Patil for canvassing for son
The NCP has accused senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil of canvassing for his son, who is the rival BJP's candidate from Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seat, and asked the grand old party to take action against him. In a letter to Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan, NCP spokesperson Ankush Kakade said it was "very serious" that the Leader of Opposition was campaigning for his son Sujay Vikhe Patil instead of the Sharad Pawar-led party's nominee Sangram Jagtap from Ahmednagar. The opposition Congress and NCP entered into a pre-poll seat-sharing pact to contest 25 and 19 Lok Sabha seats, respectively, out of the total 48 in the state. Their allies Yuva Swambhiman Paksha and Bahujan Vikas Aghadi are contesting one seat each while the Raju Shetti-led Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna is contesting two seats. Ahead of finalising the seat distribution arrangement, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil had insisted that the NCP share the Ahmednagar constituency with the Congress. When ...
Turkey detains dozens more over alleged coup ties
Turkish police on Tuesday detained over 100 individuals nationwide for suspected ties to the group blamed for a 2016 attempted coup, state media reported. Tens of thousands of people have been taken into custody over alleged ties to US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen since the failed coup while over 140,000 public sector employees have been sacked or suspended. After public prosecutors in several cities including the capital Ankara and coastal city of Izmir issued over 400 arrest warrants, 127 suspects were detained, according to numbers provided by state news agency Anadolu. Raids to catch the others continued. Individuals sought included former police officers and others accused of using the encrypted ByLock messaging application which authorities suspect was used by Gulen's supporters to coordinate the coup bid, the agency reported. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Gulen of ordering the failed coup but the Pennsylvania-based preacher denies the claims. The raids
Rebel BJP MP in party's list of campaigners in Jharkhand
The BJP on Tuesday released the names of the 40 party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah as star campaigners in Jharkhand for the Lok Sabha polls.
Odisha Congress' women's wing President quits
Sumitra Jena, the Congress' women's wing President in Odisha, resigned from the party on Tuesday.
BJP manifesto offers nothing to traders: AAP
A day after the BJP released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday slammed the saffron party for not offering any relief to the traders.
BJP manifesto shower of promises, party did not fulfil 2014 promises: Sharad
Accusing the BJP of not fulfilling any of its big promises made during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, opposition leader Sharad Yadav Tuesday described the ruling party's manifesto for the upcoming election as another "shower of promises" and asked people to reject the party. Yadav, who is contesting the election on RJD ticket from Madhepura in Bihar, said in a statement that in his long political career he has never seen such an atmosphere as he had seen in 2014 and now. "I appeal to people to reject the BJP. It does not know as to how to rule the country. It has rather created an atmosphere of hatred across the country and is badly damaging the economy," he said. He said the BJP had made promises like bringing back black money, giving Rs 15 lakh to each citizen, employment to two crore youth and cleaning Ganga river, and alleged that none of them was fulfilled. "In the manifesto of 2019 no mention has been made of non-fulfilment of these promises and it has now made 75 more promises," he .