BSNL employees are anti-nationals and traitors who do not work, claims BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde

He alleged that more than 88,000 employees would be fired from the firm soon as the government will privatise it.

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· An hour ago

Assam: Assistant Professor Anindya Sen booked for allegedly derogatory Facebook post on Ram

He has been accused of hurting religious sentiments.

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· Yesterday · 12:47 pm

Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb says Punjabis, Jats are less intelligent than Bengalis, apologises later

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the comments are indicative of ‘the mindset of the BJP’.

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· Jul 21, 2020 · 07:50 am

MP: ‘Modi government has given birth to five daughters for a son,’ says Congress MLA, sparks row

Jitu Patwari compared the failures of the Narendra Modi government, including demonetisation and GST, to daughters forced upon the country.

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· Jun 25, 2020 · 06:57 pm

DMK MP gets bail hours after being arrested for allegedly derogatory remarks against Dalit judges

RS Bharathi claimed that action has been taken against him now, almost 3 months after his speech, because he filed a complaint against the Tamil Nadu deputy CM.

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· May 23, 2020 · 11:15 am

‘Need to change this discourse’: Aaditya Thackeray castigates Devendra Fadnavis for ‘bangle’ comment

Fadnavis had targeted the Shiv Sena for their silence on AIMIM leader Waris Pathan’s controversial remark and said they were ‘wearing bangles’.

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· Feb 26, 2020 · 01:49 pm

AIMIM leader Waris Pathan withdraws ‘15 crore Muslims’ comment, claims his remark being twisted

Pathan had said at a rally last week, in the context of anti-CAA protests, that 15 crore Muslims will be able to overcome 100 crore Hindus if they united.

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· Feb 23, 2020 · 12:21 pm

‘Divorce cases are found more in educated, affluent families,’ claims RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

He added that education and wealth come with arrogance, which in turn destroyed families.

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· Feb 17, 2020 · 01:48 pm

‘Kejriwal sympathises with terrorists, questions Army,’ says newly elected BJP MLA Om Prakash Sharma

Sharma also called the AAP chief a corrupt man.

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· Feb 13, 2020 · 09:54 am

Aligarh: BJP MP says ‘go to Pakistan’ after activist Sumaiya Rana’s remarks at CAA protest

Rana had said that police measures against protestors were suffocating.

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· Feb 10, 2020 · 08:18 pm

‘Never said a word against Gandhi, Nehru,’ says BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde amid Opposition uproar in LS

Hegde accused the media of stirring up the ‘unnecessary’ controversy over his remarks and said that ‘all related reports are false’.

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· Feb 04, 2020 · 02:40 pm

BJP issues show-cause notice to Anantkumar Hegde for remarks about Mahatma Gandhi

At a public event in Bengaluru on Saturday, the MP ridiculed Gandhi’s hunger strikes and satyagraha, and claimed India’s freedom struggle was a ‘drama’.

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· Feb 03, 2020 · 08:51 pm