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BJP MP claims women whose husbands were killed in Pahalgam terror attack lacked ‘spirit of warriors’
Opposition leaders criticised Ram Chander Jangra’s remarks and demanded that he should be expelled from the BJP.
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Case filed against Kerala CPI(M) leader after his claim about postal ballot tampering
G Sudhakaran, a former state minister, had retracted his statement and said that no such incident took place during 1989 Lok Sabha elections.
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Two arrested in Gujarat for ‘objectionable’ social media posts on Operation Sindoor
Seventeen persons have been held in the state so far in connection with similar cases.
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Madhya Pradesh HC to monitor probe against BJP MLA for remark about Colonel Sofiya Qureshi
The court said the FIR against Vijay Shah did not inspire confidence, and that it could get quashed later.
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Madhya Pradesh HC orders FIR against BJP leader for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi
State minister Vijay Shah should be charged for endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of the country, as well as promoting enmity, said the bench.
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Madhya Pradesh minister apologises for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi
The Congress said that the comment by Vijay Shah was ‘insulting, shameful and vulgar’, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dismiss him.
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‘Highly irresponsible’: SC criticises BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s remarks on CJI, but takes no action
Last month, Dubey accused the court of ‘inciting religious wars’ in the country, and claimed that it was going beyond its limits.
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Delhi HC declines BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s plea to stay proceedings in communal remarks case
The bench issued notice on the petition challenging a special court order that said Mishra’s statements in 2020 were a ‘brazen attempt to promote enmity’.
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‘Ban non-Hindus from Kedarnath’: Uttarakhand BJP MLA’s remark sparks row
Asha Nautiyal said residents had informed her that non-Hindus were ‘hurting the religious sentiments’.
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Muslims ‘can cover themselves with tarpaulin hijabs’ on Holi, says Uttar Pradesh minister
CM Adityanath had earlier defended similar remarks by a Sambhal police officer, saying that congregational Friday prayers were not mandatory for Muslims.
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Bihar BJP MLA urges Muslims to stay indoors on Holi if they object to colours
The MLA, Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul, echoed remarks made by a police official in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district on March 6.
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Rajasthan: BJP MLA calls Congress legislator Rafeek Khan a ‘Pakistani’ in Assembly
Leader of Opposition Tika Ram Jully said BJP leaders were ‘competing to lower the level of their statements day by day’.
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