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Center-Right Owned by HT Media Ltd.‘Highly unimaginable’: Karnataka HC quashes case against BJP members over ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan
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Home Minister Amit Shah challenged Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi to stop street allegations against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and debate the issue in Parliament, speaking at a gathering in Karnal. BJP leaders, including national vice‑president Ram Madhav, accused the Congress of spreading lies to malign the SIR process. In response, Congress criticised Shah’s handling of internal security, referencing violence in Manipur and other unrest, and called for a change in Home Ministry leadership, with leaders such as Pawan Khera and the party demanding Shah relinquish the portfolio.
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings against a Mandya resident on allegation of raising slogan "Pakistan Zindabad" during a protest organised by the BJP on December 18, 2024. “At the outset, in a demonstration organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party-a Political Party, it is…
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BJP leader Sambit Patra claimed that Rahul Gandhi avoids parliamentary debates and prefers street confrontations instead. He challenged Gandhi to engage with his own party members regarding the SIR exercise allegations. Patra defended the SIR process against Congress accusations and cited data on…
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The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against BJP members accused of raising the ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan during a 2022 protest. Justice V Srishananda observed that it was ‘highly unimaginable’ that BJP protesters would raise such a slogan.
