It will begin on March 13 and end on March 21 in Lucknow
The Samajwadi Party will take out a ‘cycle yatra’ to highlight the “continued oppression” of senior party leader Azam Khan by the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, a party spokesperson said on Saturday.
The yatra will begin from Rampur, the home district of Azam Khan, on March 13 and conclude on March 21 in Lucknow, party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said in a statement.
Public anger
“The purpose of this yatra is to register public anger over the actions of the BJP government against the founder of Mohammad Ali Johar University and SP MP Mohammad Azam Khan and draw people’s attention to it,” Mr. Chaudhary said.
Updated Mar 04, 2021 | 09:42 IST
The attack came after the Supreme Court observed that expressing views different from those of the government s is not sedition. Shiv Sena symbol
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena launched a scathing attack on the Centre on Thursday saying that those critical of the Narendra Modi government are being called anti-national . Whoever critical of the government is being called anti-national and those who support the government are called nationalists, the Shiv Sena said in its mouthpiece Saamna.
The attack came after the Supreme Court of India observed that the expression of a view which is dissent from a decision taken by the Central Government itself cannot be said to be seditious.
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The 26 January farmers’ tractor rally turned violent in Delhi, leading to the arrest of over 150 people including some senior citizens. The Quint spoke to two senior citizens who got bail after spending 16 days in jail.
The first thing that comes to mind on meeting 82 year old Subedar Gurmukh Singh and 63 year old Joginder Singh, is whether their age would have permitted them to participate in violence?
Yet, both were arrested by Delhi Police on charges of assault and disobeying public servants in connection with the Republic Day violence.
They claim that they were protesting peacefully at Burari ground in Delhi with other farmers on that day.
Karnataka Minister Facing Sex-for-Job Allegations Resigns From Cabinet
In his resignation letter, Ramesh Jarkiholi said the allegations were false and that he was resigning from the cabinet to save BJP from embarrassment.
Ramesh Jarkiholi. Photo: Twitter/@RameshJarkiholi
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New Delhi: Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi â at the centre of a sensational controversy after several Kannada television channels aired images and photos from a ‘sex CD’ that allegedly featured him and an unidentified woman â has resigned from the state cabinet.
The Hindu has reported that his resignation comes hours after his brother and BJP leader Bakakrishna Jarkiholi met Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and sough a CBI inquiry into the incident.