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"Huge queues show people want change": K Muraleedharan optimistic about UD
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Muraleedharan said, "In the last Lok Sabha election, there was no queue here, but this time there is a huge one, so they want a change. We hope we will get a minimum of 55 seats in the corporation. In other local bodies also, this time, UDF will make a comeback."
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IndiGo cancellation chaos to echo in Lok Sabha, Aviation Minister to addre
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu will address the Lok Sabha at 12 pm today on the ongoing IndiGo crisis, a day after he spoke on the same issue in the Rajya Sabha.
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Congress to train guns on centre in Parliament amid SIR debate
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
KC Venugopal is one of the senior Congress leaders participating in the debate on election reforms. Others include Manish Tewari, Varsha Gaikwad, Mohammed Javaid, Ujjwal Raman Singh, Isa Khan, Ravi Mallu, Imran Masood, Gowaal Padavi, and S Jyotimani.
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Rahul Gandhi to lead opposition charge as Lok Sabha debates election refor
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The opposition parties have been demanding a debate on SIR for months, with Congress alleging discrepancies in the voter list.
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How can any citizen be compelled to worship any God or deity?: Asaduddin O
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The AIMIM chief said that citizens cannot be forced to show reverence to any deity and added that no "loyalty certificates" should be demanded from citizens.
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PM Modi highlights role of Vande Mataram in freedom struggle; BJP, opposit
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The discussion on 150 years of National Song Vande Mataram in Lok Sabha on Monday saw leaders from various political parties highlighting the role played by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's composition in the freedom struggle with BJP and opposition members also taking potshots at each other.<
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"PM Modi is no longer the Prime Minister he once was": Priyanka Gandhi
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "no longer the PM he once was", questioning his confidence and policies in recent years.
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SP MP Dimple Yadav flags unemployment, economic concerns amid Parliament d
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to the press outside Parliament, Yadav said the context in which Vande Mataram is being invoked today differs significantly from the era of the freedom struggle it once fuelled. "Today, the circumstances are very different. Today, there is a lot of unemployment in the country. Ou
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"You are for elections, we are for the country": Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday took potshots at the BJP during the discussion in Lok Sabha on 150 years of Vande Mataram, saying the National Song "has always been dear to us, has always been sacred to us, and will always remain sacred to us" and asked if it is "sung in t
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"National song not given equal space, marginalised": Rajnath Singh slams C
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched a strong attack against the Congress in Parliament on Monday, alleging "fragmentation" of Vande Mataram and appeasement politics.
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'Congress afraid to discuss Vande Mataram': Anurag Thakur slams Rahul, Pri
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Monday criticised Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for not attending Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address in the Lok Sabha, saying the Gandhi family is afraid to discuss Vande Mataram.
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"BJP wants to own everything," says Akhilesh Yadav during Vande Mataram de
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Yadav said the song's legacy was far greater than the political narratives being pushed today, asserting that Vande Mataram belonged to the freedom struggle and to the people of India, not to any political party. "The people in the ruling party today want to claim everything as their own,
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