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Hope in Kashmir as Modi critic Kamala Harris takes office
January 28, 2021 By Hassan
SANJAY KUMAR
US Vice President Kamala Harris has been critical of the Indian government’s annexation of Kashmir in 2019
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party says it does not expect much pressure from the US
NEW DELHI: Some hope has sprung in Kashmir, residents of the valley say, as Kamala Harris, the new American vice president and critic of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has taken office.
Harris, who was inaugurated as US President Joe Biden’s deputy last week, has been critical of the Indian government’s discriminatory policies toward the country’s Muslim minority and its annexation of Kashmir in 2019.
Tractors rev up for massive farmer protest ahead of India’s Republic Day
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25/01/2021 - 16:50 Farmers in India will hold a rally against the government s new agricultural laws on Republic Day. NARINDER NANU AFP 4 min Farmers riding tractors will parade their machines during India’s Republic Day celebrations in the nation’s capital on Tuesday to step up their protests against three new reforms the growers fear would drive them to bankruptcy. Advertising Read more
The police in Delhi said protest leaders have assured the tractor rally would not disrupt the annual military extravaganza, which will showcase India’s newly-imported French Rafale fighter jets.
India’s Supreme Court has suspended the implementation of controversial agriculture laws and said a panel of experts will try and break the deadlock between the government and farmers protesting sinc…
NEW DELHI: Dec. 11 marked the first anniversary of the passing of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India.
However, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which introduced the law with much fanfare, has failed to implement the legislation. Some experts suggest this is a result of “domestic and international political pressure.”
“The BJP is trying to find a way out of the contradictions it finds itself in after (introducing) the CAA,” said Snigdhendhu Bhattacharya, a journalist in Kolkata and author of “Mission Bengal: A Saffron Experiment.”
“The party finds great resistance to the CAA in the northeastern state of Assam but is amenable to implementing it in Bengal, where it sees a great electoral dividend in the coming regional elections in April. The party is not able to balance the interests of Assam and Bengal.”