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India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suspended spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to comments she made during a TV debate about the Prophet Mohammed. The BJP said in a statement on its website that the party respected all religions. “The BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personalities of any religion.” Sharma said on Twitter […]
The coalition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi retained power in the state of Bihar, results showed on Wednesday. Modi’s coalition won a fourth straight term in Bihar, the third-most populous state and one of the poorest in India. The alliance led by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 125 seats in the 243-member Bihar assembly, […]
Facebook banned a legislature belonging to the ruling BJP party in India for violating policy on content promoting hate and violence. Facebook’s action against T Raja Singh, a BJP leader from Telangana comes as it faces growing political pressure for seeding extremist content on its platform. “We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating […]
Facebook ignored hate speech policy to allow anti-Muslim posts on its platform to avoid ruining its relationship with India’s governing party, a Wall Street Journal report has said. The report published on Friday claimed top Facebook executive in India refused to apply the company’s hate speech rules to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politicians and other […]
A video of Narendra Modi’s party men burning effigies of Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un from West Bengal’s Asansol has gone viral. This happened because BJP workers confused Kim Jong Un with China President Xi Jinping. Angry with China, the workers hit the streets to made their fury known. They burnt effigies […]
Seven Congress MPs have been suspended from the rest of the budget session for creating ruckus in the parliament for the last three days for demanding a discussion on last week’s violence in Delhi. The Speaker may also accept the government’s call to form a committee and examine their conduct for possible disqualification. “Snatching papers […]
In a late-night political drama in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress alleged that the BJP took eight MLAs to a hotel in Haryana as part of a conspiracy to topple the state government. The statement of Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Jitu Patwari came hours after Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh claimed that a senior leader of […]
BJP leaders in Karnataka rallied behind Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal amid a controversy over his remarks that centenarian freedom fighter HS Doreswamy was a “Pakistani agent.” The saffron party leaders have extended support to Yatnal, days after he called Doreswamy a “fake freedom fighter” who behaves like a “Pakistani agent”. Yatnal made the comments […]
Vidya Rani, daughter of dead sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, joined the BJP on Saturday at an event organised in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri. Party general secretary Muralidhar Rao and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan were present at the event. “I want to work for the poor and underprivileged irrespective of their caste and religion. Prime Minister Narendra […]
Delhi’s voters came out to cast their vote on Saturday after a particularly polarised and blistering election campaign in the backdrop of the massive protests against the CAA and NRC. However, while the polling was relatively peaceful, a tweet by Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka unit was widely criticised on social media for its communal undertones. […]
Former Union minister and BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde triggered a new controversy and this time for attacking Mahatma Gandhi and calling the freedom struggle led by him a “drama”. He also questioned as to how “such people” come to be called ‘Mahatma’ in India. While addressing a public event in Bengaluru on Saturday, the Lok Sabha […]
After three tourists died at the Sunburn Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Festival, state Culture Minister Govind Gawade on Monday said that “no one forced people to attend the event.” Three tourists died in the last three days after collapsing at the festival venue at Vagator beach in North Goa district. Asked about criticism of the […]