Coming down heavily on Congress and SP, CM Yogi Adityanath said, "They have no agenda and the alliance of Congress and SP was done to break into the reservation of SC, ST, and OBC. They say that if they come to power, they will take half of the reservation rights of SCs and STs and give them
"We are deeply committed to promoting and protecting universal respect for the right to freedom of religion or belief of all around the world. We have engaged many countries including India on the importance of equal treatment for members of all religious communities," US State Department
Shiv Sena Secretary and Spokesperson Kiran Pawaskar on Sunday accused Shiv Sena UBT of pressuring Muslims to influence elections, putting up banners and posters, and using Maulvis for campaigning. In a press release by Shiv Sena, Kiran Pawaskar said, "Posters are being put up in Mumbai askin
Lauding the "new India", Sam Stevenson, Assistant Editor of the UK-based newspaper Daily Express, emphasised on Sunday that it is time to start telling the positive stories of this new India on its epic trajectory to become a USD 5 trillion economy in the future.
Opposing the idea of providing reservations to Muslims, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday hit out at RJD chief Lalu Yadav over his advocacy for"complete reservation for Muslims" and suggested Lalu Yadav to move to Pakistan and then give reservations there.
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Friday said that the Muslim community is being targetted in the nation and further questioned that do "Muslims have no right to participate in development" of the nation.
Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the previous Congress government wanted to allocate 15 per cent of the budget for Muslims as "totally false" and "an outrageous allegation."
Piyush Goyal, Union Minister and BJP candidate from Maharashtra's Mumbai North constituency, dismissed the "noise" that "Muslims are in danger" claims are part of appeasement politics as he asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "never ever" discriminated.
Amid the ongoing row over reservation, Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday accused the opposition of instilling fear in minorities that reservation will be taken back if BJP retains power.
Clarifying his "infiltrators" and "those with more children" remarks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview with News18 said that he did not only talk about Muslims but spoke about every poor family, adding that the day he started doing Hindu-Muslim, he will be "unworthy of public
Clarifying his "infiltrators" and "those with more children" remarks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview with News18 said that he did not only talk about Muslims but spoke about every poor family, adding that the day he starts doing Hindu-Muslim, he will be "unworthy of public l