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TopicRajendra Pal Gautam

Topic: Rajendra Pal Gautam

‘Conversions caused by oppression, India should take Buddha’s path,’ says AAP ex-minister Gautam

Rajendra Pal Gautam accuses BJP of indulging in 'dirty politics' over 'routine' Ambedkar-related event, says winning Gujarat election is now AAP's biggest challenge.

Delhi ex-minister Gautam, who quit over conversion row, is ‘AAP Dalit face, hardcore Ambedkarite’

Two-time MLA, who handled portfolios including social & SC/ ST welfare, resigned as minister Sunday. He was at centre of Kejriwal govt’s flagship scholarship scheme for SC/ ST youth.

What are the 22 vows of BR Ambedkar at the centre of BJP-AAP conversion controversy

The AAP minister Rajendra Pal Gautam resigned Sunday after being condemned by the BJP for participating in an event in which people allegedly denounced Hinduism.

Masterstroke or gamble? AAP boot to Rajendra Gautam aimed at Gujarat, silencing RSS in Punjab

Party leaders, however, wonder if removing the Dalit leader for ‘denouncing’ Hindu deities would dent its vote share among the community.

AAP minister Rajendra Pal Gautam resigns after row over him allegedly denouncing Hindu deities

At an event on 5 October, where hundreds converted to Buddhism, Gautam was on stage and took a controversial oath; BJP attacked him for spreading disharmony.

Row over Delhi AAP minister at ‘Buddhist mass conversion’ event, BJP slams ‘hate towards Hindus’

Social welfare minister Rajendra Pal Gautam purportedly addressed the event at central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area on 5 October. AAP yet to issue an official statement on the row.

Kejriwal govt wants board punished for ‘casteist & racist’ exam for teachers’ recruitment

The Kejriwal govt has clarified that the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board, which set the paper, fell under the lieutenant governor's charge.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.