Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his "riots don't take place under our rule" remark in Bihar, and dubbed it as "yet another jumla".
A Delhi Court has convicted a father-Son duo of rioting, vandalism and setting a shop on fire in the Khajuri Khas area during Northeast Delhi riots in February 2020. The court said the convicted duo was part of an unlawful assembly of a mob that indulged in rioting.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Monday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after party's MP Jaswantsinh Bhabhor and his brother Shaileshbhai Bhabhor, the MLA from Limkheda shared a stage with Shailesh Bhatt - one of the 11 men convicted for raping Bilkis Bano during the 2002
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, Gujarat government and all the convicts on a plea filed by Bilkis Bano challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
The Supreme Court will hear a batch of pleas on Monday challenging the release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
"Congress has to understand this, that whether it is 1984 riots or any other issue hurting people's sentiments, the people involved in such activities should be cornered," he said.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday hit out at the Congress and said the "'Sankalp Satyagraha'" launched by the party is in fact a "Duragraha" against Other Backward Class (OBCs) and courts of this country.
"It is clear what kind of a Satyagraha they (Congress) are doing. The killer of Sikhs (Jagdish Tytler) has joined this Satyagraha. Congress cannot stay without Tytler. He is invited by the party to every event," BJP leader RP Singh told ANI.
Former MP and 1984 anti-Sikh riots accused Jagdish Tytler joined the Congress protest at Raj Ghat, where the party is carrying out 'Sankalp Satyagraha' against the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi.