JP Nadda leads mega BJP rally in Kolkata in support of Citizenship Act
Nadda was accompanied by senior BJP leaders, including West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh and national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
Nadda was accompanied by senior BJP leaders, including West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh and national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
Students termed the government as anti-minority, anti-poor, anti-students and said that they won't tolerate it.
Violence erupted following a clash between police and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) students who were protesting against the amended Citizenship Bill.
All the key issues have become a “victim” of BJP politics and hence the party really is in dire need of issues that could sail it through.
In an attack on Congress which echoed vehement opposition, Shah said, 'Statements of Congress leaders and Pakistani leaders coincide many times, as yesterday what the Pakistani Prime Minister said about the Bill and what the Congress leaders in this House said, were similar.'
Mobile Internet snapped till February 16 across the state fearing escalation of violence
Since posthumous awards can neither be returned nor rejected, the log book will record it as having been conferred on the iconic Dr Bhupen Hazarika of Assam, but a hard-hitting statement from his US-based son said that it was a dubious attempt to seek political favour when vast sections of the people in the North-east were vehemently opposed to the Citizenship Bill.
No invitation so far, there is nothing to reject, Tej Hazarika says in a Facebook post on Bharat Ratna conferred on his legendary father Bhupen Hazarika
The Nagaland cabinet has rejected the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which was passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8.
Protests against the Bill have enveloped virtually the entire north-eastern region since the Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8.
