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Indian Politics LIVE | RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav to meet Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge today
"Today is our official meeting. We will discuss the strategies for Bihar (elections)," RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav told ANI on his meeting with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge
Indian Politics LIVE | The government wants to divide people in the name of religion, which is very wrong: Congress leader Sachin Pilot
On the Waqf Amendment Act, Congress leader Sachin Pilot told ANI, "Our party and our alliance opposed it, but the government has got it passed on the basis of numbers. The court will also be approached. This bill has been made only to divert people's attention from the tariffs imposed by America, the condition of the economy...The government has always taken such actions to divert attention...The government wants to divide people in the name of religion, which is very wrong..."
Indian Politics LIVE | Ambedkar's birth anniversary: Political parties vie for Dalit icon's legacy
Earlier in the day, thousands of people from across the country arrived at Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur, Maharashtra to pay tributes to Ambedkar on his 134th birth anniversary and take part in various programmes scheduled to mark the occasion.
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Indian Politics LIVE | Rahul Gandhi on 2-day visit to kick-start pilot project of empowering district Congress chiefs in Gujarat
As announced in the Congress Working Committee meeting held last week, the Congress MP and leader of opposition in the parliament Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday will lead an orientation programme of party workers in Ahmedabad before the launch of party's pilot project to strengthen district committees in the state.
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Indian Politics LIVE | TTV Dhinakaran's party, O Panneerselvam part of NDA even before AIADMK re-joined alliance: TN BJP chief Nainar
Indian Politics LIVE | West Bengal Police and Mamata Banerjee govt have failed: Suvendu Adhikari
On Murshidabad violence, West Bengal LoP and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari says, "CRPF and BSF will have to stay there for a long time as the situation is very bad. Central forces will have to stay here with full power. West Bengal Police and Mamata Banerjee govt have failed. The central force will have to be deployed everywhere. Mamata Banerjee's Police has become TMC's cadre. If Hindus are attacked, I will not remain silent."
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Indian Politics LIVE | Bengal Waqf Act protest violence conspiracy to make Ram Navami celebrations unsuccessful, says BJP's Dilip Ghosh
Indian Politics LIVE | Mamata tried to create communal tension at namaz event so Ram Navami failed, Bengal BJP leader on Waqf violence
BJP leader Rahul Sinha says, "This government wants riots, otherwise, there was no reason for Mamata Banerjee to make such provocative remarks. Mamata Banerjee made the most provocative statements on the Waqf Amendment Bill, and everyone is suffering as a result of that. She tried to create communal tensions at a namaz event, so that riots break out at Ram Navami... When her plan for Ram Navami failed, she used Waqf as a weapon to incite violence. This is why Murshidabad violence broke out..."
Indian Politics LIVE | 'Mamata only stands with jihadis', Bengal BJP general secretary on Waqf violence
Indian Politics LIVE | RJD leaders Tejashwi Yadav and Manoj Jha meet Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge
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Indian Politics LIVE | 'Bengal knows Mamata is its protector', TMC leader slams BJP's 'fake news' on Waqf violence
Indian Politics LIVE | Waqf is unconstitutional, goes against rights granted to minorities under the Constitution, YSRCP leader Abdul Hafeez Khan says
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India Politics LIVE | Mamata's 'refusal' to implement Waqf law stoked violence in Bengal, says Rijiju
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "inciting violence" by her remarks asking people to protest against the Waqf Act and declaring that she will not implement it in her state.
The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, speaking at a press conference here, asked how the West Bengal CM can declare she will not implement the amended Waqf Act passed by the Parliament.
"How? How can she say she will not implement it? She is sitting in a constitutional position and the law is passed by a constitutional body, then how can she say that she will not follow something that is constitutional," he said in response to reporters' queries regarding Banerjee's statement that the Act will not be implemented in West Bengal.
In response to queries about the Waqf Act related violence in that state, Rijiju blamed Banerjee for it.
"The CM is visibly inciting violence by asking people to protest and saying that she will not follow the law passed by the Parliament," he said. (PTI)