Manifesto row: SAD rejects Khetan’s apology, wants Kejriwal to say sorry
8 years, 8 months ago

Manifesto row: SAD rejects Khetan’s apology, wants Kejriwal to say sorry

Hindustan Times  

Rejecting the apology offered by Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan for comparing Guru Granth Sahib and other holy books with his party’s youth manifesto, the Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday said if anyone needed to apologise for this ‘sacrilege’, it was AAP convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. SAD secretary general Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa says the ‘blasphemy’ was committed in front of Kejriwal. In a statement here, parliamentarian and SAD secretary general Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said the “blasphemy” was committed in front of Kejriwal during a recent function in Amritsar, where the AAP’s youth manifesto was released. Claiming Khetan had displayed a “mentally sick disposition”, Dhindsa said: “There is no other explanation for the cruel manner in which he insulted Guru Granth Sahib.” The MP said no Sikh or even a Punjabi could remain silent after this “attack” on the holy book.

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In letter war, AAP's Arvind Kejriwal writes to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat; Delhi BJP says ‘stop lying’
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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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1 year, 3 months ago

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India Today  

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Punjab Govt shouldn’t interfere in religious affairs: SAD
1 year, 9 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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2 years, 5 months ago

Row erupts over AAP minister\'s presence at \'religious conversion\' event

Deccan Chronicle  

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Punjab: Former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas moves high court, seeks quashing of FIR against him
2 years, 11 months ago

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India TV News  

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4 years, 4 months ago

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India TV News  

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5 years, 1 month ago

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Op India  

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6 years, 4 months ago

SAD plans protest against distortion of history

The Hindu  

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If AAP Punjab is flirting with Khalistani elements, again, it is all Kejriwal’s fault, again
6 years, 9 months ago

If AAP Punjab is flirting with Khalistani elements, again, it is all Kejriwal’s fault, again

Op India  

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Punjab CM slams AAP leader for backing secessionism, asks Kejriwal to clarify
6 years, 9 months ago

Punjab CM slams AAP leader for backing secessionism, asks Kejriwal to clarify

The Quint  

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7 years ago

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Op India  

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After Kejriwal's apology, Punjab's Lok Insaf Party snaps ties with AAP
7 years ago

After Kejriwal's apology, Punjab's Lok Insaf Party snaps ties with AAP

Deccan Chronicle  

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Furore over Kejriwal's apology to Bikram Singh Majithia continues, Punjab AAP unit contemplates breaking away
7 years ago

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India TV News  

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Arvind Kejriwal’s apology to Majithia has brought the rift within AAP in the open to full public view
7 years ago

Arvind Kejriwal’s apology to Majithia has brought the rift within AAP in the open to full public view

Op India  

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AAP Punjab chief Bhagwant Mann quits after Kejriwal's apology to ex-min
7 years ago

AAP Punjab chief Bhagwant Mann quits after Kejriwal's apology to ex-min

Deccan Chronicle  

Chandigarh: Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann on Friday resigned as the AAP's Punjab chief, a day after party supremo Arvind Kejriwal's apology to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia drew flak from state unit leaders. Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal had on Thursday tendered an apology for levelling charges of involvement in drugs trade against former Punjab minister Majithia. However, the "meek surrender" …

'Meek surrender': Kejriwal apologises to ex-Punjab min over drugs charge
7 years ago

'Meek surrender': Kejriwal apologises to ex-Punjab min over drugs charge

Deccan Chronicle  

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Punjab polls: Badals accuse Kejriwal of seeking support from radicals, AAP denies charge
8 years, 1 month ago

Punjab polls: Badals accuse Kejriwal of seeking support from radicals, AAP denies charge

India TV News  

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Punjab polls: See through 'false promises' of AAP, Badals, says Amarinder
8 years, 1 month ago

Punjab polls: See through 'false promises' of AAP, Badals, says Amarinder

Deccan Chronicle  

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8 years, 5 months ago

SC Rejects AAP Leader Ashish Khetan’s Plea To Decriminalise ‘Insult Of Religion’ [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a writ petition by journalist and Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan, challenging the constitutionality of Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises ‘insult of religion’.Khetan was booked under the said provision for allegedly announcing that the party manifesto was as "sacred" as the 'Shri Guru Granth Sahib', the religious scripture. The Supreme …

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8 years, 6 months ago

Agitationist Kejriwal to spell doom for Punjab: Sukhbir Singh Badal

Deccan Chronicle  

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8 years, 6 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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8 years, 6 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Kejriwal, AAP leaders perform voluntary service at Golden Temple
8 years, 8 months ago

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Firstpost  

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8 years, 8 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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8 years, 8 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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AAP manifesto gaffe: SAD targets Kejriwal, demands resignation
8 years, 8 months ago

AAP manifesto gaffe: SAD targets Kejriwal, demands resignation

Hindustan Times  

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Apology doesn’t help, AAP’s Khetan booked for hurting Sikh sentiments
8 years, 8 months ago

Apology doesn’t help, AAP’s Khetan booked for hurting Sikh sentiments

Hindustan Times  

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Amarinder: Why are police not arresting AAP’s Delhi MLA?
8 years, 8 months ago

Amarinder: Why are police not arresting AAP’s Delhi MLA?

Hindustan Times  

Why is Punjab Police not arresting Aam Aadmi Party Delhi legislator Naresh Yadav for his alleged involvement in the sacrilege of Quran in Malerkotla? Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh Though he has been confronted by cops during investigations into the desecration of the holy book, police have failed to put him behind bars, he added. Accusing police of going …

Congress slams AAP for repeatedly hurting religious sentiments in Punjab
8 years, 8 months ago

Congress slams AAP for repeatedly hurting religious sentiments in Punjab

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Wednesday demanded the arrest of AAP’s Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav accused of sacrilege and asked why Punjab Police was not arresting him even after facts and evidence by co-accused Vijay Kumar. He also lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party for its repeated “sacrilegious and blasphemous” acts hurting religious sentiments of people, …

Hang me if not satisfied with my apology: Khetan to SAD govt
8 years, 8 months ago

Hang me if not satisfied with my apology: Khetan to SAD govt

Hindustan Times  

Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan, who has been booked for hurting religious sentiments in Punjab, came out with a strong apology to douse the raging issue and salvage the party’s reputation ahead of the state assembly polls on Wednesday. Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan, who has been booked for hurting religious sentiments in Punjab, came out with a …

AAP’s Ashish Khetan booked for comparing party manifesto to Guru Granth Sahib
8 years, 8 months ago

AAP’s Ashish Khetan booked for comparing party manifesto to Guru Granth Sahib

Hindustan Times  

The Amritsar police late Tuesday booked Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan for his remark equating the party’s poll manifesto to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the religious scripture of the Sikhs. This is our Bible, this is our Gita, and this our Guru Granth Sahib.” The case was registered on the complaint of All India Sikh Students Federation president …

AAP apologises for comparing youth manifesto with Guru Granth Sahib
8 years, 8 months ago

AAP apologises for comparing youth manifesto with Guru Granth Sahib

Hindustan Times  

Caught in a political storm for hurting religious sentiments, the Aam Aadmi Party apologised on Tuesday for comparing its youth manifesto with Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib. SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal termed Khetan’s equating Guru Granth Sahib with the manifesto an act of blasphemy, while state BJP chief Vijay Sampla demanded an apology for the broom on the …

Akalis burnt Quran in attempt to defame AAP: Kejriwal in Malerkotla
8 years, 8 months ago

Akalis burnt Quran in attempt to defame AAP: Kejriwal in Malerkotla

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal said here on Monday that “some forces are working to divide the country on communal lines”. Speaking at an Iftar party hosted by AAP supporters in Punjab’s only Muslim-majority town, Kejriwal also rejected allegations that his party’s MLA Naresh Yadav was involved in the sacrilege of the Quran that had …

In election-bound Punjab, Khalistan buzzword again
8 years, 8 months ago

In election-bound Punjab, Khalistan buzzword again

Hindustan Times  

With the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal training their guns at the Aam Aadmi Party for alleged “Khalistani connections”, the emotive issue of Sikh separatism has once again come to the front-burner in Punjab politics, with barely six months to go for the state assembly polls. Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal and AAP’s state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur …

AAP a 'disarrayed force', lacks pro-people ideology: Punjab CM
9 years, 3 months ago

AAP a 'disarrayed force', lacks pro-people ideology: Punjab CM

India TV News  

Tarn Taran: In a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party was a "disarrayed force", one that lacked a development-oriented ideology. "AAP is a disarrayed force and is bereft of any pro-people or development-oriented ideology," Badal said in Khadoor Sahib today. "Antecedents and future …

Echoes of Punjab’s troubled past resonate at Bargari
9 years, 4 months ago

Echoes of Punjab’s troubled past resonate at Bargari

Hindustan Times  

Hailing from Gholia village in Bagha Purana, Avtar Singh is addressed as “babaji” by Sikh protesters heading in trucks and on bikes to Bargari village for the bhog ceremony of the two Sikhs killed in police firing during protests against the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib. As thousands of angry Sikhs converged at Bargari, there were echoes of Punjab’s troubled …

Watch: Kejriwal Explains Move Against Bhushan and Yadav
9 years, 11 months ago

Watch: Kejriwal Explains Move Against Bhushan and Yadav

The Quint  

Kejriwal also expressed regret for using abusive language that surfaced in audio sting in which he purportedly hurled expletives against rebel AAP leaders Ajit Jha and Anand Kumar. – Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister He also sought to dispel the notion that contrarian voices don’t have a place in the party and said that there was respect for different viewpoints …

AAP is 'B-team' of BJP: Lovely
10 years, 10 months ago

AAP is 'B-team' of BJP: Lovely

India TV News  

Varanasi: Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely today said that Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi party was a “B-team of BJP” as the AAP leader and his family had close ties with RSS. “Kejriwal and his whole family had in their entire life followed the ideology of RSS and they also had close ties with RSS. His party is a B-team …

Kumar Vishwas apologises for comments on religious event
11 years, 2 months ago

Kumar Vishwas apologises for comments on religious event

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: AAP leader Kumar Vishwas today apologised for his comments on a religious event over which JD MLA Shoaib Iqbal had threatened to withdraw support from the Aam Aadmi Party government. Accusing parties of running edited clips of his old videos, Vishwas said, "Since I have joined the movement against corruption, all the parties are running edited versions of …

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