Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Sunday alleged that the root cause of the ethnic conflicts in the Northeast and the separatism in Kashmir is the Congress' policies when they governed the country.
The Red & Golds not only registered a hard-fought win in the first Kolkata Derby of the season, but also emerged winners in the derby for the first time since 2019.
In a pulsating encounter that kept fans on the edge of their seats, FC Goa held NorthEast United FC to a thrilling 2-2 draw at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in the Durand Cup on Saturday.
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The mass sacking came as Ukraine urged civilians near the northeastern front line to evacuate on Thursday as Russia ramped up an assault to capture territory already seized once during the conflict.
"When Congress saw its black history in the northeast, it ran away. It ran away when it saw PM Modi's resolve and love for the northeast, for Manipur...This shows that the 'Ghamandia' alliance could not listen to the truth of their allegations, and it ran away,” said Anurag Thakur.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state BJP presidents, the party's Lok Sabha constituency Vistarak and other senior leaders were present in the meeting.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday blamed the Congress' "divide and rule" policy for the unrest in the Northeast . He said that while Congress created new states in the Northeast, not demarcating their boundaries properly resulted in "states fighting each other".
Pointing towards the prevailing situation in violence-hit Manipur, Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that when there is any unrest in any northeastern state it affects the entire northeast region and the country.
The minister further slammed the previous UPA government at the Centre for “racial discrimination and atrocities” faced by the people from Northeast in the national capital.