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Amit Shah BJP leaders' statement supporting Nathuram Godse is not party's ideology, calls for disciplinary action against AK Hegde, Nalin Kateel
• 6 years agoBJP president Amit Shah on Friday sought to do damage control on the Godse controversy by saying the statements made by Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and two MPs — Anant Kumar Hegde and Nalin Kateel — were against the official stand and ideology of the party and has referred the matter to the disciplinary committee for action.
Hindus can be violent too, claims Sitaram Yechury: CPM leader says Ramayana, Mahabharat full of 'Hindu violence'; Shiv Sena says 'change name' first
Fp Staff • 6 years agoCPM leader Sitaram Yechury on Friday, while campaigning for Congress' Digvijay Singh in Bhopal, attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party for fragmenting the society for votes through its divisive policies and went on to brand religious epics Ramayana and Mahabharata as specimens of 'Hindu violence'. In response to Yechury's remarks, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut hit back and said if the CPM secretary-general has a problem with the violence in Hindu epics, then he should change his name, which is derived from them.
As Sadhvi Pragya's entry polarises Lok Sabha polls in Bhopal, Digvijaya Singh ropes in Kanhaiya Kumar as his star campaigner
Debobrat Ghose • 6 years agoCongress Bhopal candidate Digvijaya Singh may have roped in Kanhaiya Kumar as a star campaigner to counter the sharp polarisation that has emerged due to Sadhvi Pragya Sigh Thakur’s candidacy in Bhopal
'Honoured to be associated with martyr': Digvijaya Singh responds to Sumitra Mahajan's charge that Hemant Karkare made arrests on his behalf
Fp Staff • 6 years agoDays after BJP's Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur courted controversy for saying she had cursed Hemant Karkare, Sumitra Mahajan shed doubt on the IPS officer's steadfastness as a cop.
Lok Sabha election: Amidst Madhya Pradesh's Hindutva din, development falls by the wayside in Bhopal
Bishan Kumar • 6 years agoPitted against the formidable Congress leader and former chief minister, Digvijaya Singh, Pragya Singh Thakur has to counter his proven connect with the people and party workers in Madhya Pradesh
Muslim board files complaint against BJP's Bhopal candidate Sadhvi Pragya for her 'Babri Masjid demolition' remark
• 6 years agoOn 21 April, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur had said that she would construct the Ram Temple. "I have said it yesterday and I am not denying it that I had gone there. I have demolished Babri structure. He is my Ram ji and no one can stop me from making a grand Ram Temple. The nation is Ram, Ram is a nation," she said.
Devendra Fadnavis defends Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's candidature from Bhopal, but doesn't support her comment on Hemant Karkare
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAmid the controversy created by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's statements on Hemant Karkare, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended the party's decision to field Pragya from the crucial Bhopal constituency for the ongoing Lok Sabha election.
Sadhvi Pragya Singh responds to EC notice, says she did not insult any 'martyr', only described torture she faced
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe statement by Pragya Singh Thakur was in response to a notice from the EC over her remark about Hemant Karkare, who was killed in the 26/11 terror attack.
Daily Bulletin: Congress likely to announce Lok Sabha candidates for Delhi; Narendra Modi to campaign in Gujarat, Rajasthan; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoToday's top stories: Congress is likely to announce its candidates for the Lok Sabha election in Delhi, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah to be on the campaign trail today, and more
Digvijaya Singh seeks to end BJP's dominance in Bhopal, but faces tough fight from Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur
Ashish Mani Tiwari • 6 years agoCongress workers have already started campaigning for Digvijaya Singh, and a war room has been constructed in Malviya Nagar in Bhopal.