This is the RSS chief's first visit to Assam after the BJP returned to power for the second consecutive term in the state. Mohan Bhagwat will leave for Chennai on July 22, the spokesperson said.
Congress and other opposition parties in Assam are using Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as "propaganda" to mislead the people in the polls but they have failed to peddle lies, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the members of Matua community in Orakandi. NSA Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla also present.
The Government of India will upgrade the girls' middle school in Orakandi and a primary school will also be established here by the Government of India. This is a tribute to Harichand Thakur on behalf of crores of people of India: PM Modi
The Parliament on Tuesday granted Centre time uptil April 2021 to frame rules under the citizenship law. The Lok Sabha has extended the time frame till April 9 and Rajya Sabha till July 9.
Former Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that it has shown its real face in the West Bengal manifesto.
You think democracy is declining. Youth is unemployed, farmers are protesting, CAA is there. We can't ask the people of Assam to forget their culture, language if they come to Delhi. One force,born in Nagpur, trying to control the whole country: Rahul Gandhi in Dibrugarh, Assam
Assam and West Bengal are neighbouring states, but their politics is entirely different. What is more interesting is that the politics of the lower and upper Assam also are poles apart from each other.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he will never implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act if voted to power in the state. The former Congress chief was addressing his first public rally in Assam ahead of the assembly elections due in March-April.
Accusing the opposition parties of misleading the minorities about the Citizenship (amendment) Act, Amit Shah said its implementation will not impact the citizenship status of Indian minorities.
Thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab, Haryana and west UP, are protesting at several Delhi border points since November last year against the three farm laws.
The rules under the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act are under preparation, the government informed the Parliament on Tuesday.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act is likely to be implemented from January next year, as the Central government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are keen to grant citizenship to the large refugee population in West Bengal, senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Saturday.
BJP General Secretary and West Bengal In-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya said that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is likely to be implemented from January.
Reacting to Vijayvargiya's comment, senior TMC leader and state minister Firhad Hakim said that the BJP is trying to fool the people of West Bengal.
Former IAS officer S Sasikanth Senthil, who had resigned from service last year alleging that democracy was being "compromised," on Sunday announced his decision to join the Congress party.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The development comes after Union Minister BJP president JP Nadda said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will soon be implemented in West Bengal.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Monday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be implemented 'very soon'. Addressing a rally in Siliguri, Nadda said said that the party is committed to implementing CAA and that "all will get its benefit."
The Delhi Police has named CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, economist Jayati Ghosh and Delhi University professor Apoorvanand in a supplementary charge sheet in the February riots cases, accusing them of "provoking and mobilising" anti-CAA protesters.
Hours after the Allahabad High Court granted conditional bail to Dr Kafeel Khan, he was released from Mathura jail on September 01.
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