After a closed-door meeting with JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here on Saturday, party vice-president Prashant Kishor, who had publicly criticised the party's support to the new citizenship law, said he stood by the "views I have expressed".
He also attacked the Congress, saying it is no longer the party of freedom struggle but was reduced to a slave of a dynasty. Later, speaking to a private TV channel, he expressed hope that the Congress' ally in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena, would beat him (Gandhi) up with 'shoes' for the insult meted out to his grandfather.
Rahul courted controversy over his "rape in India" remark at an election rally in Godda, Jharkhand, which led to ruckus in Parliament. The BJP had sought apology from Rahul for making that statement.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hit out at the Congress, accusing it of stoking violence over the amended Citizenship Act. Shah, addressing election rallies at Giridih and Baghmara Assembly seats, said the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has caused a "stomach ache" to the opposition party.
Owaisi urged the top court to lift the veil on the CAA-NRC nexus that could become a barrier to the right to life and personal liberty available to every person under Article 21 of the Constitution, and not just to citizens.
Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Raut on Saturday reacted to Rahul Gandhi's aggressive remark on Veer Savarkar and said that Veer Savarkar is an idol for the entire nation and must be respected.
The rally was rolled out on the pattern where party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala called out senior Congress leaders one by one to come forward and address the rally. A plethora of Congress stalwarts spoke from the podium including the three Gandhi's -- Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka. Apart from them, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath, Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia also addressed the gathering.
No state can refuse to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 as the legislation was enacted under the Union List of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution, a top official of the home ministry said today.
As the Chief Minister is likely to visit Delhi next week to discuss the cabinet expansion and allocation of portfolios,Vijayanagar MLA Anand Singh, Hukkeri MLA Umesh Katti and Yellapur MLA Shivaram Hebbar called on him at his residence.
They have deceived B R Ambedkar, BSP founder Kanshi Ram and the Dalit community," he posted on Twitter. "By doing so, the BSP made Muslims feel unsafe and weakened the Dalit politics.
According to party sources, poll strategist Prashant Kishor, will also be present at the December 20 meeting.
Pankaja Munde was addressing supporters in a rally in her home turf Beed.
Palaniswami's government was Tamil Nadu's "stone age," he said, apparently indicating that the support for the Bill was a retrograde measure. The AIADMK's mask of supporting the cause of Eelam Tamils has been exposed, Stalin alleged.
This, coupled with the ongoing economic slowdown, has posed serious problems for the state's finances owing to which its development programmes are suffering, the CM informed Sitharaman.
The home minister is working for the country's unity, security and integrity and the US committee's move is an attack on our sovereignty, he said. Dubey said opposition parties can come to power in future and the matter is not about about one party. India had dismissed the commission's view, saying the American body has no locus standi.
While replying to Union Home Minister Amit Shah who tabled the bill in the House, Sharma said that though it was part of BJP's 2019 manifesto, it cannot override the principles of the Indian Constitution.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday said that the government was ramming through the Citizenship Amendment Bill to advance its Hindutva agenda.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has criticised the Narendra Modi government for not taking the opposition into confidence on key issues like the scrapping of Article 370 and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday questioned Shiv Sena's apparent flip-flop on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Fadnavis advised Shiv Sena to not come under pressure from the Congress over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
Congress is such a secular party that it partnered with the Muslim League in Kerala and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, Shah quipped in a late-night discussion on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the lower house.
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