They are all mahamilawati' parties: PM Modi lashes out at Oppn in Assam
6 years, 1 month ago

They are all mahamilawati' parties: PM Modi lashes out at Oppn in Assam

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addressed a rally in the city of Guwahati on Saturday in a series of rallies to capture the North Eastern states – amid protests over the highly controversial Citizenship Bill, 2016 said aid in Assam that there is no room for "intruders" in the state as well as the country. Defending the Bill, PM Modi said we must "understand the pain of people forced to flee their homes and leave behind all they own". While repeating his BC and AD jibe, PM Modi said, “I want to ask Congress, why did they fail to confer Bharat Ratnas to those who really deserved it? The prime minister also said the BJP government was committed to make Assam the oil and gas hub of the country and in the last four years projects worth Rs 14,000 crore have been completed.

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PM Modi, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik two sides of same coin: Jairam Ramesh
10 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik two sides of same coin: Jairam Ramesh

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik are "two sides of the same coin", Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on May 11, accusing the BJP and the BJD of being "in cahoots" with each other. Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal, Mr. Ramesh said the Odisha party has bailed out the Modi …

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment
10 months, 3 weeks ago

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment

Hindustan Times  

After a relatively staid first round of polls, the campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was fired up with the opposition Congress firing salvos of wealth distribution, inheritance tax, and including Muslims in the OBC category for reservation in Karnataka to protect its minority vote bank, which is key to defend its 15 seats in Communist-ruled Kerala and increase …

Congress focuses only on one community, BJP is for all: Himanta Sarma backs PM Modi in ‘hate speech’ row
11 months ago

Congress focuses only on one community, BJP is for all: Himanta Sarma backs PM Modi in ‘hate speech’ row

Hindustan Times  

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi doubled down on his allegation that the Congress, if elected to power, will redistribute the country's wealth among Muslims, he found a backer in Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who said that while the Congress focuses “only on one community,” the BJP focuses “on all the communities.” Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. …

They're Dividing India in Name of Caste: PM Modi Attacks Oppn at BJP's Rally in Gwalior
1 year, 5 months ago

They're Dividing India in Name of Caste: PM Modi Attacks Oppn at BJP's Rally in Gwalior

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the opposition and said that they are dividing people in the name of caste. The Prime Minister on Monday visited poll-bound Madhya Pradesh where he laid the foundation stones of developmental projects worth Rs 19,000 crore in Gwalior. The PM also held a grand roadshow with Chief Minister Shivraj …

Indian opposition lawmakers rally against Modi government
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian opposition lawmakers rally against Modi government

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 100 Indian opposition lawmakers, including members of the …

Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP; Congress calls it ‘black day’ for democracy
1 year, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP; Congress calls it ‘black day’ for democracy

The Hindu  

A day after the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court in Surat convicted former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark, the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Friday issued a notification to disqualify Mr. Gandhi as the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad. ‘Insult to OBCs’ Stating that the Wayanad MP’s disqualification from Lok Sabha was the …

PM Modi attacks Congress and other opposition parties for opposing everything from Ram Mandir to Rafale
4 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi attacks Congress and other opposition parties for opposing everything from Ram Mandir to Rafale

Op India  

While inaugurating various Namami Gange projects in Uttarakhand via video conferencing, PM Modi launched a scathing attack on the opposition, especially Congress for protesting against several bills introduced during the recently concluded Parliament session including the Farm Bills. आज जब केंद्र सरकार, किसानों को उनके अधिकार दे रही है, तो भी ये लोग विरोध पर उतर आए हैं। ये लोग …

Jharkhand polls: Modi accuses Congress of spreading lies about CAA, dares party to declare it will accord citizenship to all Pakistanis
5 years, 3 months ago

Jharkhand polls: Modi accuses Congress of spreading lies about CAA, dares party to declare it will accord citizenship to all Pakistanis

Firstpost  

Modi also challenged the Congress to re-introduce Article 370 in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and scrap the law against instant Triple Talaq. Bhognadih: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the “Congress and its friends” of spreading lies over the new citizenship law, and dared them to declare they will accord Indian nationality to all Pakistanis. As …

Assam CAB protests: Angry mob sets BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire, other property of BJP leaders vandalised
5 years, 3 months ago

Assam CAB protests: Angry mob sets BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire, other property of BJP leaders vandalised

Op India  

Protests rage on in Assam for the fourth consecutive day against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 which sailed through both the Upper and Lower house and awaits the President’s assent before becoming a law. As the protests swell, an angry mob in Assam’s Chabua district has set BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire and went on the rampage torching …

Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Here's why Assam is burning
5 years, 3 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Here's why Assam is burning

India Today  

It is Hong Kong in Guwahati. Though the BJP has tried to hard sell the bill projecting it as a strategy to protect the Hindu identity of Assam against the influx of Muslims from Bangladesh, it failed to take into account the fear among the Assamese people of cultural hegemony of Hindu Bengalis. And if Miyah poets were not enough …

‘Want to Support Citizenship Bill But…’: Why Assam BJP is Pitching for Amendments to CAB
5 years, 3 months ago

‘Want to Support Citizenship Bill But…’: Why Assam BJP is Pitching for Amendments to CAB

News 18  

Just like other states in the northeast, the Assam BJP has finally decided to become a bit more frank with the party high command on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill. “Intra-party politics also explains why senior party functionaries of BJP do not want to be seen opposing the bill. The two lobbies of the chief minister and Assam’s finance minister …

Stormy Winter Session ahead? Opposition looks to corner govt on Citizenship Bill & other issues
5 years, 4 months ago

Stormy Winter Session ahead? Opposition looks to corner govt on Citizenship Bill & other issues

India TV News  

Stormy Winter Session ahead? Opposition looks to corner govt on Citizenship Bill & other issues Parliament's Winter Session starting tomorrow is expected to witness much heat as the Opposition looks to corner the Union government over issues like economic slowdown and situation in Kashmir while the Modi dispensation seeks to push through the contentious Citizenship Bill, a key part of …

Modi nails lies on Citizenship Amendment Bill; Assam roars in approval
6 years, 1 month ago

Modi nails lies on Citizenship Amendment Bill; Assam roars in approval

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down hard on the misinformation on Citizenship Bill, 2016 in a public rally in Amingaon, Assam, on Saturday which has been artificially kept alive by the dishonest English media in recent weeks. “Assam and North East will not be allowed to suffer,” added Modi “We are committed to maintaining the language, culture and resources of …

It is our duty to protect persecuted minorities from neighbouring Islamic nations: PM Modi in Assam
6 years, 1 month ago

It is our duty to protect persecuted minorities from neighbouring Islamic nations: PM Modi in Assam

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Changsari, Assam today where he targeted the Opposition over its failings to implement the Assam accord and spoke in defense of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. मेरी सरकार असम और असमिया हितों के लिए पूरी तरह समर्पित है। असम अकॉर्ड के अनुरूप ही हमारी सरकार 6 समुदायों, आहुम, मौटक, मौढ़न, शुटिया, कुश राजवंशी …

Committed to implementing Assam Accord, Citizenship Amendment Bill will not harm NE: PM Modi in Assam
6 years, 1 month ago

Committed to implementing Assam Accord, Citizenship Amendment Bill will not harm NE: PM Modi in Assam

India TV News  

Clearing the air over the implementation of the Assam accord, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was there to ensure that your 36-year-old demand of the Assamese people see the light of the day. Addressing a gathering in Assam, the prime minister the issue of Citizenship Amendment Bill is not just limited to Assam or North-East, it concerns the whole …

Citizenship bill agitators raise black flags, protest nude during Modi's Assam visit
6 years, 1 month ago

Citizenship bill agitators raise black flags, protest nude during Modi's Assam visit

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second day in Assam saw nude protests, a bandh, raising of black flags and burning of effigies by agitators over the contentious Citizenship Bill. The All Assam Students' Union claimed that police resorted to mild lathi-charge to disperse its activists who had assembled with black flags and black balloons at the Amingaon-Hajo Road, about 10 …

Citizenship bill: Protesters again wave black flags at PM Modi in Assam
6 years, 1 month ago

Citizenship bill: Protesters again wave black flags at PM Modi in Assam

India TV News  

Citizenship bill: Protesters again wave black flags at PM Modi in Assam PM Modi, who was on his way to the airport from the Raj Bhawan in Guwahati, was shown black flags by protesters belonging to the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad at Machkhowa area. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was shown black flags in at least two places here on …

Narendra Modi faces protests over Citizenship Bill during North East visit; welcomed with black flags, slogans in Assam
6 years, 1 month ago

Narendra Modi faces protests over Citizenship Bill during North East visit; welcomed with black flags, slogans in Assam

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday make a whirlwind tour of the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Tripura during which he will lay the foundation stone of the new Greenfield airport and Sela tunnel, launch the DD Arun Prabha channel and will unveil various other development projects. As Narendra Modi starts a whirlwind tour to the North …

Section 144 imposed in Guwahati after protesters show black flag to PM Modi
6 years, 1 month ago

Section 144 imposed in Guwahati after protesters show black flag to PM Modi

India TV News  

Curfew was imposed on Friday in Guwahati after protesters waved black flags to Prime Minister Narendra Modi upon his arrival in Assam, The Times of India reported. A group of people including students' who were waiting on the roadside near the Gauhati University first waved black flags at the Prime Minister's convoy then another group started shouting 'Go Back, Go …

Citizenship Bill: Attempts being made to create unrest in Assam, says Himanta Biswa Sarma
6 years, 1 month ago

Citizenship Bill: Attempts being made to create unrest in Assam, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

India TV News  

Protesters showed black flags to Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who said on Wednesday some people were spreading rumours that after the passage of the Citizenship Bill, more Bangladeshis will be allowed to come into the state. The Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities -- Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Christians -- from Bangladesh, Pakistan and …

Mass messaging: on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
6 years, 2 months ago

Mass messaging: on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

The Hindu  

Protests in the Northeast, especially in Assam and Tripura, over the Centre’s move to push through the Citizenship Bill in Parliament highlight the dangerous pre-election adventurism of the BJP. The BJP’s ally in the Assam government, the Asom Gana Parishad, an ethnic party at its core, called it quits on Monday when the Union Cabinet cleared the redrafted Bill for …

Citizenship Bill: Himanta Biswa Sarma's 'Jinnah' comment sparks protests across Assam; Modi govt likely to table bill in LS tomorrow
6 years, 2 months ago

Citizenship Bill: Himanta Biswa Sarma's 'Jinnah' comment sparks protests across Assam; Modi govt likely to table bill in LS tomorrow

India TV News  

Protests broke out in several places in Assam, with agitators stripping themselves in public in Tinsukia, over a recent comment by Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Citizenship Bill even as the Centre is planning to present the proposed legislation in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the bill …

Citizenship bill row: 70 organisations observe disgust day in Assam
6 years, 2 months ago

Citizenship bill row: 70 organisations observe disgust day in Assam

India Today  

Over 70 organisations on Monday observed Disgust Day across Assam to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016. Several hundred workers, supporters of Assam farmer organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, Assam state Congress protested against the BJP-led Centre and state government and demanded to scrap the bill immediately. Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi said, "It is a bill, which …

Protests against Citizenship Bill rock Assam, CM asks the public to keep calm
6 years, 2 months ago

Protests against Citizenship Bill rock Assam, CM asks the public to keep calm

India TV News  

Protests over the Citizenship Bill erupted at various places in Assam on Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government was working to ensure the proposed legislation gets Parliament nod. The agitators burnt effigies of Modi in Lower Assam and Dibrugarh, even as Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal assured the people that he would protect the interests of …

4 opposition parties oppose final JPC report on Citizenship Bill, submit dissent notes
6 years, 2 months ago

4 opposition parties oppose final JPC report on Citizenship Bill, submit dissent notes

India Today  

The Centre's ambitious Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 is expected to face an acrimonious road ahead with MPs of at least four parties, including the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party and the CPI submitting dissent notes to the Joint Parliamentary Committee report on the controversial Bill. Security forces blamed the outfit for the killing of 5 Hindu Bengalis seen as beneficiaries …

Narendra Modi flags off BJP campaign in Assam, assures no 'genuine citizen' will be left out of NRC
6 years, 2 months ago

Narendra Modi flags off BJP campaign in Assam, assures no 'genuine citizen' will be left out of NRC

Firstpost  

PM Modi also spoke about his government’s decision to implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord “hanging” for 35 years Silchar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured the people of Assam that no genuine citizen will be left out of the NRC and hoped that the citizenship bill will be soon get Parliament’s nod. Modi also spoke about his …

Modi trying to divide Assam on religious and linguistic lines: Congress
6 years, 2 months ago

Modi trying to divide Assam on religious and linguistic lines: Congress

India Today  

The Congress on Friday accused Narendra Modi of trying to divide Assam on religious and linguistic lines, hours after the Prime Minister announced that the citizenship bill would be passed in the Parliament soon. State Congress president Ripun Bora told reporters that the Bharatiya Janata Party did not know what it wants, as the implementation of the Assam Accord and …

‘Congress has no respect for BR Ambedkar’ : Modi accuses Congess of having no heart for Dalits
6 years, 10 months ago

‘Congress has no respect for BR Ambedkar’ : Modi accuses Congess of having no heart for Dalits

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress party of indulging in vote bank politics on the last day of campaigning before Karnataka goes to poll on 12th may. While communicating with the Bjp karyakartas from Karnataka’s SC/ST, OBC, Minority and Slum Morcha through his app, Modi stated : “Congress wants the votes of Other Backward Class community but they did …

Former bureaucrats write to prime minister on Kathua and Unnao rape cases, ask him to check 'free fall into anarchy'
6 years, 11 months ago

Former bureaucrats write to prime minister on Kathua and Unnao rape cases, ask him to check 'free fall into anarchy'

Firstpost  

New Delhi: In a strongly-worded open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a group of former civil servants on Sunday asked him to check the nation’s “free fall into anarchy” by acting tough against the culprits of the Kathua and Unnao rape cases and the perpetrators of hate crimes across the country. Holding Modi responsible “more than anyone else” for …

After Opp passes amendment to President's Address, Modi asks party MPs to explain absence
10 years ago

After Opp passes amendment to President's Address, Modi asks party MPs to explain absence

Firstpost  

An ‘unhappy’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought explanation from members of BJP and NDA allies for being absent in the Rajya Sabha. After the Modi government on Tuesday faced embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha when an amendment moved by the Opposition to the President’s Address — over corruption and black money — was passed through Division of Votes, an ‘unhappy’ …

Labour ready to engage with Modi-led govt
10 years, 10 months ago

Labour ready to engage with Modi-led govt

The Hindu  

The Labour Party that was in power when a diplomatic boycott was imposed on Narendra Modi, the prime-ministerial front-runner in India, now looks forward to engaging with a government headed by him. Asked by The Hindu on what her party’s expectations from a new government that quite possibly will be headed by Mr. Modi are, Harriet Harman Shadow Deputy Prime …

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