Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Jarnail Singh maintained that 49 BJP and RSS workers were named in 14 FIRs related to November 1984 killings of Sikhs in Delhi. He said that the cases were registered following the recommendation of the Jain-Aggarwal Committee that was formed to examine the affidavits filed by riot victims before various probe panels.
Terming the recent decision of the BJP and SAD to launch protests and counter protests against the rising drug menace in Punjab as a total charade, Aam Aadmi Party leader Advocate Harwinder Singh Phoolka said that this shows that the both the ruling parties are totally clueless about this problem and have no concrete plan what so ever to deal with this disease that is eating into the very fabric of Punjabi society.
Indirectly hitting out at the BJP for its silence on "forced" religious conversions across the country, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said these were against the tenets of Sikhism. He was speaking at political conference at Fatehgarh Sahib on Dec. 27.
A case has been filed against BJP government’s Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Baliyan in a Uttar Pradesh court for calling the state's Urban Development Minister Mohd Azam Khan a terrorist.
In the backdrop of the BJP failing to get a single seat in the Muslim dominated Kashmir valley, the Dal Khalsa today castigated the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and other splinter Sikh groups for allowing the Hindutva party to have a field day in Punjab.
The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led Indian government today formed a committee to examine the possibility of constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for reinvestigation of the Sikh massacres of 1984.
New Delhi, India: Nitin Gadkari, a former Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) president and a minister in Narendra Modi led hindutva government in India, was today fined by a Delhi court in a defamation case.
Threat to the Sikh identity is apparent and real in India as the Hindutva forces are hell-bent to assimilate the Sikhs to Hindu fold, but Badals are known for playing petty politics on this sensitive and serious issue.
Former BJP MP Navjot Sidhu faced wrath of some local youth at Bhor Camp on the outskirts of Jammu city today. Hindtuva propagandist Navjot Sidhu was campaigning in the Bhor camp area for the party candidate from Gandhi Nagar Assembly segment, Kavinder Gupta, when some unknown persons hurled stones and bricks at his vehicle.
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Badal, who also happens to be his son, recently expressed divergent views on the issue of Article 25 of the Indian Constitution, which mentions Sikhs as a part of Hindus.
For the past few days there are reports in Punjabi print media that the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) may favorably consider the cases of some of Sikh political prisoners whose release is being demanded by Sikh activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa. Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa has been on indefinite hunger strike since November 14, 2014 at Gurdwara Lakhnaur Sahib near Ambala, Haryana.For the past few days there are reports in Punjabi print media that the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) may favorably consider the cases of some of Sikh political prisoners whose release is being demanded by Sikh activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa. Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa has been on indefinite hunger strike since November 14, 2014 at Gurdwara Lakhnaur Sahib near Ambala, Haryana.
Even as the row over alleged forced re-conversions of Muslims in to Hinduism continues to ignite passions, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today stirred another controversy by saying that a ‘Ram temple’ in Ayodhya should be built at the site of the demolished Babri Masjid as per the "wishes of the people of India".
A criminal complaint has been filed in a court in Amritsar against Hindutva propagandist and Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Navjot Sidhu for distorting Gurbani Shabad to please his Hindutva masters. The complaint reportedly moved against Navjot Sidhu last week seeks registration of a criminal case against former Amritsar MP for hurting religious sentiments by distorting the Gurbani.
Gurbaksh Singh Khasla’s hunger strike entered 16th day today. He is on indefinite and continuous hunger strike since November 14 seeking permanent release of seven Sikh political prisoners who have already (over)served the terms of their sentences.
Hundreds of students of Aligarh Muslim University today took out a march against a program planned by Hindutva bodies, including RSS, ABVP and BJP. They described the proposed function as an attempt by BJP leaders to "polarise" society and claimed that Raja Mahendra Pratap's name was being misused to "encroach" upon the autonomy of the central university.
Aligarh, UP, India: Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has written to India’s minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani, warning of “massive student unrest” and a “probability of communal conflagration” if “certain elements” go ahead with their plan to commemorate the birthday of Raja Mahendra Pratap on the varsity campus on December 1.
Talwandi Sabo: Takht Damdama Sahib Jatehdar Giani Balwant Singh Nanadgarh has favored summoning of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader and former Amritsar MP Navjot Sidhu to Akal Takht Sahib in wake of Navjot Sidhu’s grave misconduct of distorting ‘Gurbani’.
Bihar, India: A BJP leader was shot dead allegedly by unidentified persons near Krishna theater in Siwan (Bihar). According to the police the incident took place on the evening of Nov. 23 when Srikant Bharti (42) was riding a bike on his way back home in Sonal Toli locality after attending a marriage function.
New Delhi: India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the terms like “Hindu Terror” or Hindu Terrorism” were not appropriate. In response to a media query that the BJP always maintained that Hindu terror was a UPA conspiracy and now, when investigation agency is under him, will he review such cases; the Hindutva leader said that the word “Hindu terror” was not an appropriate term.
Jalandhar, Punjab: In yet another bid to wrest Sikh issues from its Punjab alliance partner SAD, the state BJP has decided to support the demand for the release of jailed Sikh militants, who have completed their sentences.
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