RSS remark row: Security stepped up outside Javed Akhtar's Mumbai residence; BJP demands apology
3 years, 4 months ago

RSS remark row: Security stepped up outside Javed Akhtar's Mumbai residence; BJP demands apology

India Today  

Security was beefed up outside the residence of writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar in Mumbai on Monday after a Maharashtra BJP MLA demand an apology from him over his remark where he allegedly compared the RSS with the Taliban, a police official said. Adequate police bandobast was placed outside Akhtar's residence near the ISKCON temple in Juhu area, the official said, adding that security personnel, including women constables, were deployed outside the lyricist's home. The Shiv Sena, which shares power with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra, on Monday said Akhtar was "completely wrong" in comparing the RSS with the Taliban. Watch: BJP workers protest outside Javed Akhtar's Juhu residence

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RSS chief cautions against raking up temple-mosque disputes in Uttar Pradesh
2 weeks, 4 days ago

RSS chief cautions against raking up temple-mosque disputes in Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has raised hackles with his advice against raking up temple-mosque disputes, especially in Uttar Pradesh. The advice ahead of the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj, where the Akhil Bhartiya Akhada Parishad, the highest body of 13 Akhadas, is likely to take a position on issues, which may include the growing claims of Hindus on temples Muslim …

RSS remarks case: Lyricist Javed Akhtar acquitted as complainant withdraws case
1 month, 4 weeks ago

RSS remarks case: Lyricist Javed Akhtar acquitted as complainant withdraws case

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: A Mumbai court has acquitted veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar in a defamation case against him over his alleged objectionable remarks on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as the complainant has withdrawn the case. Advocate Santosh Dubey, who claims to be an RSS supporter, filed a complaint against Akhtar before the magistrate court in October 2021 for the offences under sections …

BJP goes to EC against Akhilesh’s remarks on Ansari’s death and ‘fake RSS’ video
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP goes to EC against Akhilesh’s remarks on Ansari’s death and ‘fake RSS’ video

The Hindu  

The BJP on Monday complained to the Election Commission against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over his remarks on the death of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. A delegation comprising BJP general secretary Arun Singh, party’s media cell co-convener Sanjay Mayukh and Om Pathak met the EC officials and submitted a memorandum. The BJP cited both the Model Code of Conduct and …

BJP attacks Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for linking RSS to Sandeshkhali row
11 months ago

BJP attacks Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for linking RSS to Sandeshkhali row

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday hit out at chief minister Mamata Banerjee for her comments on RSS being behind the violence in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal. Attacking Mamata Banerjee BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "A woman chief minister is saying so. "This is called shameful double standards," BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on …

BJP, RSS promoting hatred in country: Rahul Gandhi
11 months ago

BJP, RSS promoting hatred in country: Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of promoting hatred in the country. Resuming his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ after a break for two days in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh, Mr. Gandhi said that “BJP and RSS are sowing seeds of hatred and disharmony, whereas we have opened the shop of love”. The …

Too busy: Mumbai court refuses to hear Javed Akhtar's plea seeking relief on RSS-Taliban comment
1 year, 11 months ago

Too busy: Mumbai court refuses to hear Javed Akhtar's plea seeking relief on RSS-Taliban comment

India Today  

Mumbai’s session court on Monday refused the urgent hearing of the plea filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar, who sought revision of the Mulunad Magistrate court’s judgment against him. A member of the RSS, advocate Santosh Dubey, lodged a criminal defamation complaint against Akhtar in 2021, following which the Mulund Magistrate Court summoned him. He said on September 10, 2021, while …

[RSS - Taliban Remark] Javed Akhtar Challenges Summons, Says Magistrate "Jumped To Conclusions" In Hasty And Inappropriate Manner
1 year, 11 months ago

[RSS - Taliban Remark] Javed Akhtar Challenges Summons, Says Magistrate "Jumped To Conclusions" In Hasty And Inappropriate Manner

Live Law  

Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has approached the Sessions court in Mumbai against summons issued to him by the Magistrate court, on an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh supporter’s complaint, after he allegedly compared the RSS and Vishva Hindu Parishad with the Taliban during a television interview. The original complaint was filed by the Advocate before the Magistrate’s court under Sections 499 and …

Attend RSS 'Shakha' for Few Days, BJP to Rahul Gandhi
2 years ago

Attend RSS 'Shakha' for Few Days, BJP to Rahul Gandhi

News 18  

A day after Rahul Gandhi targeted the RSS, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday hit out at the Congress leader, saying he should attend an RSS ‘shakha’ for a few days as he knows nothing about the organisation. “He remains a Pappu,” Khattar said referring to the term which means naive and ignorant and is often used by the …

Mumbai court issues summons to Javed Akhtar over RSS remarks; next case hearing on Feb 6
2 years, 1 month ago

Mumbai court issues summons to Javed Akhtar over RSS remarks; next case hearing on Feb 6

India TV News  

A Mumbai court on Tuesday issued summons to veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar in connection with a defamation case filed by a lawyer over his alleged remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh made during a television interview last year. The lawyer, Santosh Dubey, had in October last year filed a complaint against the 77-year-old lyricist-poet before the metropolitan magistrate court at …

Mumbai court summons Javed Akhtar over 2021 RSS-Taliban remarks
2 years, 1 month ago

Mumbai court summons Javed Akhtar over 2021 RSS-Taliban remarks

India Today  

The Mulund Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Mumbai has issued process and summoned veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar in connection with a defamation complaint filed by a lawyer over his alleged remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh during a television interview. On September 10, 2021, he was browsing a video app on his phone when he came across an interview with Akhtar …

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says concept of Hindu Rashtra being taken seriously
2 years, 3 months ago

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says concept of Hindu Rashtra being taken seriously

India TV News  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said scare-mongering was being done by some that there was a danger to minorities, but asserted that this is neither the nature of the Sangh nor of Hindus. Raising concerns over inequality, he said "unless temples, water sources and cremation grounds are open to all Hindus, till such time the talk of …

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat meets Muslim intellectuals, discusses religious harmony
2 years, 3 months ago

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat meets Muslim intellectuals, discusses religious harmony

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday, met with many Muslim intellectuals including Chief Imam, Dr Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi. After the controversy erupted regarding Gyanvapi also, the RSS Chief met with Muslim intellectuals and academicians. Earlier on Tuesday, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat met with many Muslim intellectuals and discussed recent controversies and ways to strengthen religious …

JeM Man from Jammu and Kashmir Failed to Conduct Recce of RSS HQ in Nagpur in July, Claim Police
3 years ago

JeM Man from Jammu and Kashmir Failed to Conduct Recce of RSS HQ in Nagpur in July, Claim Police

News 18  

An operative of the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammad made an unsuccessful attempt to carry out reconnaissance of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters here in July 2021, a police official claimed on Saturday. As per intelligence inputs, one Raees Shaikh from Avantipura district of Jammu and Kashmir had come to Nagpur on July 13 to conduct recce, he said. Shaikh visited the …

Non-Cognisable offence registered against Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar over alleged remarks against RSS
3 years, 3 months ago

Non-Cognisable offence registered against Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar over alleged remarks against RSS

India Today  

Mumbai Police has registered a non-cognisable offence against Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar over his alleged remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Earlier, a Mumbai Police official and the complainant lawyer had said that an FIR was registered against Javed Akhtar. The complainant's lawyer had last month sent a legal notice to Javed Akhtar for allegedly making "false and defamatory” remarks …

RSS- Taliban Comment: RSS Volunteer Files Defamation Suit For ₹1 Against Javed Akhtar In Thane Court
3 years, 3 months ago

RSS- Taliban Comment: RSS Volunteer Files Defamation Suit For ₹1 Against Javed Akhtar In Thane Court

Live Law  

A Thane Court, in Maharashtra, has issued a show-cause notice to lyricist Javed Akhtar in a defamation suit filed against him seeking Re 1 in damages over his interview drawing parallels between nationalist RSS organisation and terror outfit Taliban. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate passed the order in the suit filed by one Vivek Champanerkar seeking symbolic compensation and a permanent …

Javed Akhtar gets show cause notice from Thane court for comparing RSS to Taliban
3 years, 3 months ago

Javed Akhtar gets show cause notice from Thane court for comparing RSS to Taliban

Firstpost  

The suit, filed by RSS activist Vivek Champanerkar in the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate and joint civil judge, seeks Re 1 as compensation from Akhtar A Thane court on Monday ordered issuance of a show-cause notice to noted Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar on a defamation suit filed against him over his alleged remarks seeking to compare the …

Shiv Sena unhappy with Javed Akhtar’s comparison of RSS with Taliban
3 years, 4 months ago

Shiv Sena unhappy with Javed Akhtar’s comparison of RSS with Taliban

The Hindu  

Noted poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar’s comparison of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh with the Taliban was utterly misplaced, said the Shiv Sena on Monday. ‘Hindutva is a culture’ The bloodshed, violence and degradation of the human race that accompanied the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan was “heart-breaking”. Afghanistan has become hell…the Partition which led to the creation of Pakistan was predicated on religion, …

Javed Akhtar compares VHP, RSS to Taliban, complaint filed
3 years, 4 months ago

Javed Akhtar compares VHP, RSS to Taliban, complaint filed

Op India  

On September 4, a complaint has been filed against self-proclaimed atheist and Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar for comparing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal to Islamist group Taliban. But the people who support RSS, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have the same mentality.” This is EXACTLY how self-certified ‘atheist muzlims’ like @Javedakhtarjadu manage to do things, …

BJP demands apology from Javed Akhtar for statement comparing Taliban and RSS
3 years, 4 months ago

BJP demands apology from Javed Akhtar for statement comparing Taliban and RSS

India Today  

Lyricist and film writer Javed Akhtar and films associated with him and his family may face trouble in coming days. BJP leader Ram Kadam has said the party will not allow Akhtar’s movies to be screened in the country till he apologises for his recent statements comparing the RSS and VHP to the Taliban. In a recent interview to a …

BJP asks workers, spokespersons to restrain from making provocative statements on Ayodhya verdict
5 years, 2 months ago

BJP asks workers, spokespersons to restrain from making provocative statements on Ayodhya verdict

India Today  

Ahead of the expected Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya case, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday asked its party workers and spokespersons to restrain from making emotive and provocative statements on the Ram temple issue. At a meeting of the party's spokespersons, media and social media departments from across the country, the BJP's central leadership told them to avoid …

‘HINDU RASHTRA’ REMARK Akal Takht jathedar demands ban on RSS
5 years, 3 months ago

‘HINDU RASHTRA’ REMARK Akal Takht jathedar demands ban on RSS

Hindustan Times  

Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Tuesday demanded a ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh while terming as ‘divisive’ the statement of its chief Mohan Bhagwat that India is a ‘Hindu Rashtra’. Last week, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Gobind Singh Longowal had also condemned Bhagwat’s statement. Damdami Taksal president Harnam Singh Dhuma also criticised the RSS chief’s …

RSS firm on Bharat being 'Hindu Rashtra': Mohan Bhagwat
5 years, 3 months ago

RSS firm on Bharat being 'Hindu Rashtra': Mohan Bhagwat

India TV News  

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is firm on its vision that "Bharat is a Hindu Rashtra", RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Tuesday. Addressing the Vijayadashmi function of the RSS at Reshimbagh ground in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, he said all Bharatiyas working for the nation's glory and enhancing its peace are "Hindus". "The vision and proclamation of the Sangh regarding the …

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh allows RSS events to run from his UP home
6 years, 1 month ago

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh allows RSS events to run from his UP home

Hindustan Times  

Rajya Sabha MP and expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has reached out to Rashtriya Seva Bharati, an offshoot of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to carry out their social work projects from his ancestral property in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh. While Singh did not respond to questions, a person aware of the developments said, Singh wanted the property, which is lying unused …

'What you said is unforgivable': BJP tears into Rahul Gandhi for comments on RSS, says he should apologise
6 years, 4 months ago

'What you said is unforgivable': BJP tears into Rahul Gandhi for comments on RSS, says he should apologise

Firstpost  

For the second time on Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party launched a scathing attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi For the second time on Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party launched a scathing attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his comments in Hamburg, Germany. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra asked Rahul if he had taken supari to attack Indian culture and …

RSS reprimands Uttarakhand BJP govt for dealing arrogantly with public, asks it to check migration
6 years, 4 months ago

RSS reprimands Uttarakhand BJP govt for dealing arrogantly with public, asks it to check migration

Hindustan Times  

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Thursday reprimanded the BJP government in Uttarakhand for dealing arrogantly with the public while instructing the latter to check forced migration from the hills. At a closed-door “coordination meeting” held on the outskirts of Dehradun, the RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, also directed the state government to be “watchful” of frequent military intrusions …

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