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Charanjit Singh Channi's appointment as Punjab CM will help restore unity
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Congress leader and former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has lauded the appointment of Charanjit Singh Channi as a Chief Minister of Punjab, saying it is the "right choice at right time" by the party leadership.
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Congress high command's decision to appoint Navjot Sidhu as Punjab unit ch
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The decision of the Congress High Command to appoint Navjot Singh Sidhu as the new party chief in Punjab should be gracefully accepted by all in the interest of party's unity, said former Law Minister Dr Ashwani Kumar on Sunday.
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Govt should give due regard to the SC observation on Sedition law: Former
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister and Senior Congress leader Dr Ashwani Kumar welcomed the Supreme Court observation on the Sedition law on Thursday that it is a colonial law which was used by the British to suppress freedom. "It was used against Mahatma Gandhi a
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WhatsApp's challenge to intermediary guidelines in court is on solid groun
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Former Law Minister and senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on Wednesday said WhatsApp's challenge against the Centre's new intermediary guidelines in Delhi High Court is "based on solid grounds".
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Centre should suspend 'controversial' farm laws, says former Union Ministe
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The central government should suspend the three 'controversial' farm laws and respect the sentiments of the community for whose benefit the laws are stated to have been passed, senior Congress leader and former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said on Thursd
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Allahabad HC ruling on removal of anti-CAA protestors' hoardings is in acc
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Former law minister and veteran Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on Monday welcomed the Allahabad High Court's order of removing the hoardings revealing the identities of those who were accused of violence during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act
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Sonia Gandhi condoles demise of Hans Raj Bhardwaj
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi on Monday expressed her deep condolences on the demise of former Law Minister and Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj.
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Congress' hits out at UP police for 'manhandling' Priyanka Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Former Law Minister and senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on Sunday hit out at Uttar Pradesh Police over security after party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed that she was roughed up by a cop in a bid to stop her from meeting the family o
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Supreme Court's decision is 'supreme': Ashwani Kumar on disqualification o
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Former law minister and senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court which upheld the decision to disqualify 17 rebel Karnataka Congress and JD(S) MLAs and said that the verdict will empower the anti-defection law.
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Unfortunate that Chidambaram has been put behind bars without trial: Ashwa
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): Former Law Minister and senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on Wednesday defended party leader P Chidambaram and criticised the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for arresting him without a trial in connection with the alleged money laundering in INX Media cas
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Other parties can't dictate from where Rahul Gandhi should contest polls,
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Dismissing the war of words over Congress president Rahul Gandhi contesting from two Lok Sabha seats, former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Sunday said other party leaders cannot dictate from which parliamentary constituency Rahul should contest polls or no
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SC adjourns plea seeking law against torture
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned for Thursday a plea filed by former law minister Ashwini Kumar on the delay in defining and enacting a law in accordance with the international convention against torture.
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