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Amit Shah does damage control on Godse controversy
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Friday sought to do damage control on the Godse controversy by saying the statements made by Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and two MPs--Anant Kumar Hegde and Nalin Kateel--were against the official stand and ideology of the party and has
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Kolkata police to probe Vidyasagar's bust vandalism
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): Kolkata Police has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged vandalism of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's bust at Vidyasagar College here during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow on May 14.
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Vote for national security, appeals Amit Shat at election rally in Deoria
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Deoria (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to voters to vote for BJP candidate Rampati Ram Tripathi not only for the work done by BJP in the past but also for the security provided to the nation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendr
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End of campaign in WB: Opposition meets EC
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A delegation of the Opposition parties on Thursday met the Election Commission (EC) and registered its strong opposition to its decision to end the campaigning early in West Bengal after violence erupted during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata
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India's soul under attack from Godse's successors, Modi-Shah must apologis
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Congress on Thursday came all guns blazing against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah demanding an "apology" from them after BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur hailed Nathuram Godse, the man who murdered Mahatma Gandhi, as a "true
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Nobody can take away Kashmir from India till BJP is alive: Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday asserted that whether the BJP government stays or goes nobody can take Kashmir away from India till party leaders are alive,
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Amit Shah incited violence in West Bengal, alleges Arvind Kejriwal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moga (Punjab) [India], May 16 (ANI): Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that BJP president Amit Shah incited violence in West Bengal during the Lok Sabha polls.
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - social reformer at centre of a modern-day pol
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A prominent figure in West Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has come under the spotlight after a statue of him was vandalised on Tuesday night during violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.
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Classic case of breakdown of constitutional machinery: Jaitley on Kolkata
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday lauded the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaigning in West Bengal and called violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow a "classical case of breakdown of the constitutional machiner
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Campaigning in WB to end tomorrow after EC's unprecedented action
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): In an unprecedented action, the Election Commission on Wednesday cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections in view of the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow on Tuesday.
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TMC delegation meets EC, submits proof of BJP's hand in Amit Shah's roadsh
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Wednesday met the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday and submitted "evidence" to show that violence seen during BJP president Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow on Tuesday was perpetrated by BJP workers.
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Kolkata: Mamata holds 7-km march to protest roadshow violence
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): A day after BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow took a violent turn, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a march here on Wednesday to protest against the clashes that took place, including vandalisation of social reformer Ishwar Chan
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