Politics

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal referred to the BJP bringing in 200 party MPs, 70 ministers and 11 Chief Ministers to Delhi for campaigning.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner complaining against Minister of State Anurag Thakur's inflammatory remarks at poll rally in Delhi.

Maharashtra Minorities Development Minister and NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said that any Pakistani citizen can now avail Indian citizenship by chanting 'Jai Modi'.

TISS students' union members had organised a protest programme against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NPC) on the occasion of Republic Day.

Ironically, Chief Minister Kamal Nath in his speech said bonding the hearts of people was the striking feature common to India's and Congress' culture.

BJP's Birbhum district president Shyamapada Mondal said it is time to free Bengal from the Trinamool Congress and it is only possible "if we fight against them fearlessly".

Assuring that the necessary changes will be made at the earliest, Yediyurappa said we would rectify all administrative problems within a month or two and legal problems in next couple of months by amending existing laws.

Amit Shah also accused the Arvind Kejriwal government of not fulfilling its promises, and pledged to make Delhi the best capital city in the world if BJP is voted to power in assembly elections.

In a dig, Manish Sisodia said it is sad that Amit Shah's mobile battery got discharged and asked if the battery of Home Minister's phone gets discharged, how will the country function?

The party in an editorial in mouthpiece 'Saamana' cited issues like scrapping of Article 370, that provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir, new citizenship law CAA and the proposed NRC, measures which have witnessed protests.

NCP chief and former BCCI President Sharad Pawar said, 'While working in the cricket field, I had been to Pakistan for a meeting. I met several people there then who have at least one relative in India. They want to meet their relatives.'

According to the police few BJP activists had put up inflammatory and derogatory posters against Kanhaiya Kumar, who is scheduled to address a rally in in the Titagarh area of West Bengal's 24 Parganas district later in the evening.

In 1984, the area witnessed large-scale riots with scores of Sikhs burnt to death. As many as 350 people were killed in one block during the anti-Sikh riots, allegedly instigated by then Congress leadership.

A large number of security personnel was deployed at all gates of the monument, and Swapan Dasgupta addressed a session of the Kolkata Literary Meet without interruption as the students were not allowed to enter.

Kishor dared Home Minister Amit Shah to "go ahead and try implementing" the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register for Citizens, which the latter had "audaciously announced to the nation".

Seeking apologies from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said leaders of these parties have used the ongoing protests against the amended citizenship law to "abuse" Hindus.