Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh speaks to the media, April 12, 2025.
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India Politics LIVE | "DMK has done nothing so far for the Tamil language. The question was raised as to why Congress remains silent," asks Amit Shah
India Politics LIVE | BJP-RSS want to erase Dalit-Bahujan history at every step: Rahul on 'Phule' row
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the BJP-RSS on the row over the movie "Phule", alleging that they want to erase Dalit-Bahujan history at every step so that the real truth of caste discrimination and injustice does not come to the fore.
The film's director, Ananth Mahadevan, said it has been delayed due to objections raised by the Brahmin community and not because the censor board suggested amendments.
"Phule" is based on the lives of social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule.
In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, "On one hand, BJP-RSS leaders pay homage to Phule ji in a superficial manner, and on the other hand, they are censoring the film made on his life!"
Mahatma Phule and Savitribai Phule devoted their entire lives to the fight against casteism but the government does not want to let that struggle and its historical facts come on screen, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha alleged.
India Politics LIVE | AIADMK, BJP join hands for 2026 TN polls: EPS to lead charge, says Amit Shah
Nearly two years after parting ways, the AIADMK and BJP on Friday rekindled their alliance, with Union Minister Amit Shah declaring that the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election will be fought under the leadership of AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami.
He also slammed the ruling DMK for 'diverting' attention from key issues by raking up matters like delimitation, NEET and the 3-language policy.
Palaniswami, also known as EPS, said the AIADMK was honoured to be welcomed into a partnership with NDA . "An alliance founded on a shared vision for Tamil Nadu’s progress and prosperity," he said in a social media update.
The DMK criticised the AIADMK for joining hands with BJP, calling the alliance a big "betrayal of Tamil Nadu."
India Politics LIVE | DMK raking up delimitation, language policy to divert attention, says Shah, party hits back
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday mounted an attack against the DMK in Tamil Nadu, accusing the ruling party of raking up issues like delimitation and 3-language policy to divert attention from serious issues and warned people will seek answers from its leadership over "rampant corruption".
The DMK hit back, accusing the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of 'imposing' Hindi on Tamil Nadu and targeting opposition leaders with cases.
India Politics LIVE | Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai steps down after four years in office
BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu have always been highly critical of the DMK, and former IPS official K Annamalai, who became the party state president in 2021, was no exception. He sustained the tempo.
After serving as party president for four years, Annamalai on Friday was among the ten leaders from the state who proposed the name of party’s vice president and lawmaker Nainar Nagendran for the president’s position.
BJP senior leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the party envisaged a greater role for Annamalai at national level.
India Politics LIVE | PM Modi greets people on Hanuman Jayanti
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted people on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.
In a post on X, he wished people happiness, prosperity and good health with Hanuman's blessings.
Mentioned in epic Ramayana as a devotee of Lord Ram and a warrior of supreme strength, Hanuman is a revered figure across the country.
India Politics LIVE | TDP shielding online abusers targeting women, alleges YSRCP
The opposition YSRCP on Friday accused the ruling TDP in Andhra Pradesh of sheltering online abusers, particularly those targetting women. YSRCP spokesperson Shyamala made the allegations in the wake of TDP worker C Kiran Kumar's arrest for allegedly abusing former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's wife. Kumar was arrested based on a complaint, produced before a magistrate and remanded to judicial custody on Friday, Guntur SP S Satish told PTI. “The arrest of Kumar is a staged drama, and even though he named N Chandrababu Naidu and Nara Lokesh as the instigators, yet no action was taken. Is law applied selectively?” asked Shyamala in the press release.
India Politics LIVE | Not BJP's achievement, the process to extradite him was underway for the past 16 years: Sanjay Raut on Tahawwur Rana's extradition to India
India Politics LIVE | Murshidabad violence shows Hindus are forced to flee West Bengal, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh
"Hindus' security is the responsibility of Mamata Banerjee along with Muslims. Murshidabad violence shows Hindus are forced to flee West Bengal... It is unfortunate that this is happening in front of the state government..."
India Politics LIVE | People will never forgive the DMK because they know they are aligning with Congress out of sheer opportunism: BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan
"Kanimozhi should explain why the DMK is being so hypocritical, unprincipled and double-faced... Why is the DMK aligning with the Congress? Was it not the Congress government during the Emergency, which dismissed Karunanidhi, her father's government? Was it not the Congress Party which was responsible in 1991 for dismissing the DMK government? Why is the DMK now aligning with the Congress party?... People will never forgive the DMK because they know they are aligning with Congress out of sheer opportunism. This is why the victorious BJP-AIADMK alliance will defeat and boot out the divisive DMK-Congress alliance in the coming assembly."
India Politics LIVE | All Muslims of Assam are unhappy, says AIUDF MLA and Party General Secretary Rafiqul Islam
"Assam CM should not be under the illusion. All the Muslims of Assam are unhappy. All the Muslims of Assam want this bill (Waqf Amendment) to be repealed. BJP is snatching the Waqf land of Muslims. This should not happen, we will not let it happen. We will fight the legal battle in the Supreme Court and we will also protest in a democratic way...Muslims of Assam are very sad and we are against the Waqf property that BJP wants to snatch from us..."
India Politics LIVE | Congress leader Mujahid Alam Khan says, "A protest in being held outside mosques across Telangana over the Waqf (Amendment) Act. This protest will continue until the act is repealed. Many people have also moved to the Supreme Court over this."
India Politics LIVE | 'Can't expect action from spineless leader like Stalin': AIADMK after Ponmudy's sexist remarks
India Politics LIVE | Nadda inaugurates BJP training camp in Odisha
India Politics LIVE | Mamata trying to create Bangladesh here: Bengal BJP chief on Murshidabad Waqf protest violence
India Politics LIVE | BJP's 'dog whistle' politics won't work in TN: RJD on alliance with AIADMK
India Politics LIVE | Bengal Waqf protest violence Mamata's way to deviate people from issue of teachers losing jobs, claims BJP state chief
India Politics LIVE | Shivaji Maharaj not limited to Maharashtra, his legacy of unity an inspiration for country: Amit Shah
India Politics LIVE | Seek answer from Modi govt on Waqf Act, they made it: Mamata tells protesters
India Politics LIVE | Congress workers protest against HDK, demanding release of documents he claimed to have against state govt
India Politics LIVE | Annamalai arrives at BJP office in Chennai as party prepares to pick state chief
India Politics LIVE | 'Agenda is to remove Stalin's anti-people govt,' says AMMK gen sec Dhinakaran
"We have joined for the parliamentary election in order to strengthen PM Narendra Modi. Our only agenda is to remove M K Stalin's anti-people government from Tamil Nadu, said AMMK gen sec TTV Dhinakaran commenting on the BJP-AIADMK alliance for the TN polls.
India Politics LIVE | Ponmudy 'vulgar' remark row: VHP demands ouster, plans protest
Vishwa Hindu Parishad North Tamil Nadu on Saturday sought the immediate removal of Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudy from the Stalin Cabinet for his derogatory remarks on Shaivism and Vaishnavism 'symbols,' and said the organisation would hold a statewide protest in support of this demand on April 15.
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India Politics LIVE | BJP MLA Nainar Nagendran elected as the president of Tamil Nadu BJP unit
India Politics LIVE | 'BJP's conspiracy', says TMC leader Jay Prakash Majumdar on Murshidabad violence
India Politics LIVE | NCP MP hosts lunch for Amit Shah amid Mahayuti slugfest over guardian ministers
The luncheon meeting assumed significance in view of the differences among the Mahayuti allies over the appointment of guardian ministers of Raigad and Nashik districts. However, Tatkare asserted that there was no political agenda.
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India Politics LIVE | JD(S) MLA accuses Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah of 'luring' opposition MLAs
The Turuvekere MLA made the allegation while participating in a massive protest held by JD(S) against the Congress government here over recent price hikes and alleged corruption.
India Politics LIVE | 'Hindus killed but cops silent': BJP's Dilip Ghosh blames 'conspiracy' behind Murshidabad violence
India Politics LIVE | AIADMK-BJP alliance is a 'scam', won’t be successful: Stalin
The Turuvekere MLA made the allegation while participating in a massive protest held by JD(S) against the Congress government here over recent price hikes and alleged corruption.
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India Politics LIVE | Congress cites Tulsi Gabbard to question EVM reliability; urges SC to take note
The Congress and several other opposition have been questioning the reliability of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and their leaders have been demanding a return to the ballot papers.
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