PM Modi on polarisation charge: 'Never spoke against minorities, but will not accept any special citizens'
7 months ago

PM Modi on polarisation charge: 'Never spoke against minorities, but will not accept any special citizens'

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Stating that the Bharatiya Janata Party has “not just today but never” acted against minorities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined that he is not ready to accept anyone as “special citizens”. The Prime Minister accused the Congress of constantly violating the secular spirit of the Constitution and said that his campaign speeches are aimed at exposing the Opposition’s attempts to appease minorities with vote bank politics. We are not ready to accept anyone as special citizens but consider everyone equal,” the prime minister said. ALSO READ | TMC pointing fingers at women suffering atrocities, opposing CAA to appease vote bank: PM Modi

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Congress is biggest enemy of minorities: PM Modi
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress is biggest enemy of minorities: PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Accusing the INDIA bloc of indulging in "vote bank politics," Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised opposition parties for undermining the constitutional rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes, stating that these groups needed to be protected.In an exclusive interview with ANI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi explained why reservation had become a crucial issue in the 2024 …

PM 'unleashing hate speech' against Muslims from every available forum: Opposition
7 months ago

PM 'unleashing hate speech' against Muslims from every available forum: Opposition

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The opposition on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "never uttered a word against minorities" remark, saying he is "lying" as he is "unleashing hate speech" against Muslims from every available forum. In an interview with PTI, Modi said he has never uttered a word against minorities, and the BJP has "not just today but never" …

HT interview | ‘PM is provoking minorities,’ says Danish Ali on PM Narendra Modi's ‘infiltrators’ remarks
7 months, 1 week ago

HT interview | ‘PM is provoking minorities,’ says Danish Ali on PM Narendra Modi's ‘infiltrators’ remarks

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Danish Ali has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of provoking minorities after he compared Muslims with “infiltrators” during an election rally recently. Congress candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Amroha Danish Ali, In an interview with Hindustan Times, Danish Ali, the Congress candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Amroha, said by using this kind of vocabulary for the minorities, the prime minister …

BJP accuses Congress of appeasing minorities to secure its vote bank
8 months, 1 week ago

BJP accuses Congress of appeasing minorities to secure its vote bank

The Hindu  

Mahesh, spokesperson for the BJP State unit, alleged that Congress had been appeasing minorities and communal forces and sacrificing national interests to consolidate its vote bank. When asked whether India progressed during the Congress regimes, Mr. Mahesh said that every government in the past had contributed to national deployment and added that the pace of development in those days was …

Women, farmers not minorities for you? PM Modi slams Opposition in Lok Sabha
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Women, farmers not minorities for you? PM Modi slams Opposition in Lok Sabha

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday replied to the "Motion of Thanks" to President Droupadi Murmu's address in Lok Sabha. Hitting out at the Opposition over claims that there was nothing for minorities in the President's address, PM Modi asked how long will they keep thinking about divisions. Several Opposition leaders voiced criticism regarding President Droupadi Murmu's recent address to …

Family members of Opposition leaders will vote for PM Modi: Jitendra Singh
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Family members of Opposition leaders will vote for PM Modi: Jitendra Singh

The Hindu  

Opposition leaders are expected to be critical of the interim Budget 2024-25 but their family members, particularly women, will vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they have benefitted from government welfare schemes, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on February 1. Mr. Singh, the Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, said the equitable schemes rolled out by …

If there are no human rights, it's not a democracy: PM Modi's pushback on human rights questions
1 year, 6 months ago

If there are no human rights, it's not a democracy: PM Modi's pushback on human rights questions

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on an official visit to the United States of America, hailed India’s democracy and its democratic values amid questions about the country’s human rights record. This comes at a time when as many as 75 members of the United States Congress - 18 US Senators and 57 members of the House of Representatives – …

‘No space for discrimination’ in India: Modi amid rights concerns
1 year, 6 months ago

‘No space for discrimination’ in India: Modi amid rights concerns

Al Jazeera  

As Joe Biden hosts the Indian PM, rights advocates question the Democratic president’s decision to honour the Hindu nationalist leader. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has denied that discrimination against minorities has existed under his government during a news conference with United States President Joe Biden. We live democracy, and our ancestors have actually put words to this concept.” As …

Indian-American LGBTQ members request PM Modi to support equal rights in India
1 year, 6 months ago

Indian-American LGBTQ members request PM Modi to support equal rights in India

India TV News  

In a new move, Indian-American LGBTQ members have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support the equal rights of the queer community in India. I would urge Prime Minister Modi to support this, to support the equal rights of the LGBTQ community in India and to understand that our children and LGBTQ folks are entitled to equal rights because we …

PM Modi has kept nation polarised: Sonia Gandhi
2 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi has kept nation polarised: Sonia Gandhi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s philosophy of “maximum governance and minimum government” translates into keeping the country in a permanent state of polarisation, “brutalising” the minorities and targeting political opponents, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Friday. Inaugurating the three-day Nav Sankalp chintan shivir at Udaipur, Ms. Gandhi said “extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary actions” and called on her party colleagues …

PM Modi accuses Opposition of ‘instigating’ migrants
2 years, 10 months ago

PM Modi accuses Opposition of ‘instigating’ migrants

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday squarely blamed the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party for the mass exodus of migrant workers from the cities during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, which caused human tragedies and led to questions over a hurriedly called federal lockdown. At that time, Congress workers stood at Mumbai stations and distributed …

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