The word ‘secularism’ was added during the Emergency & there should be deliberation on removing it, he says. A day before, Dattatreya Hosabale of RSS had made similar remark.
Congress slams Dattatreya Hosabale’s remarks as a 'deliberate assault on the soul of Constitution'. It will stand as an unbreakable wall against such attempts, the party asserts.
Hosabale says Congress must apologise for the Emergency and excesses committed under Indira Gandhi’s watch. ‘Those who did such things are today moving around with copy of the Constitution.’
In Rajya Sabha, the BJP president also mentions Article 370 & Emergency. The BJP, in turn, faces criticism over its silence on Manipur, interaction with Bollywood's Kapoor family.
If there is even a slim possibility of democratic resistance to the Modi govt's brazen majoritarian politics of hate, then we must not do anything to jeopardise it further.
The question isn't anymore about which non-BJP party can get Muslim votes. The more relevant question is which secular party can get enough Hindu votes.
Pakistan's SSG team was not adequately provisioned for the inclement weather. If it managed to consolidate its position, the story of Siachen would have been different.
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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