'Nobody is speaking up for Muslims today.' 'Secular parties too have calmed down because they feel this will hurt the Hindu vote (bank).' 'In this scenario, where does a Muslim go?'
Addressing a Social Unity Conference in Navi Mumbai on Sunday evening, Pawar also criticised the Centre's handling of the ethnic strife in Manipur, which has claimed several lives since last May.
She alleged that her partymen's counter-remarks were deliberately misconstrued by the saffron party, reflecting its "polluted" and "casteist" mentality.
Both factions of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (Arshad Madani and Mahmood Madani) slammed the Bill and expressed grave concerns over the proposed legislation.
'The 2024 general elections proved that UP is not Gujarat.'
A private member resolution seeking that the government implement the recommendations of the Sachar Committee report and other reports that have discussed the educational and social backwardness of Muslims and enact a legislation for the prevention of atrocities against minorities was moved in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament Jaya Prada on Sunday came out in defence of her mentor Amar Singh and appealed to the party leadership to prevent him from being 'maligned' by his opponents. "Despite his poor health, Amar Singh has worked selflessly for the party and even campaigned for SP candidates during the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and last year's Lok Sabha polls," said the MP from Rampur, who was backed by Singh during LS polls.
The Haryana victory will be a morale booster for the Bharatiya Janata Party and increase its bargaining power in the Mahayuti's seat-sharing talks for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, according to political analysts.
What some of our leaders were up to this week.
The parties which gave chief ministers and sent scores of MPs to Parliament, drew a blank this time.
Gandhi said the Opposition wanted the House to function "often and well" and added that it was very important that cooperation happens on the basis of trust.
The SP is not thinking of opposing the central coalition because Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 'has not given us any personal cause to take a hardline stand', general secretary Amar Singh said.
A day after being marshaled out from the Rajya Sabha, two of the suspended members said there was no question of tendering an apology over their behaviour on the Women's Reservation Bill, as they had raised the cause of women from the Other Backward Classes, Dalit and minority groups, in the House."Even if our membership goes, we will not apologise," Kamal Akhtar of the SP said. 7 members were suspended for their unruly behaviour in the House over the Women's Reservation Bill
Another meeting convened by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday with the floor leaders of the INDIA constituents in Parliament will, however, go ahead according to its schedule to formulate the opposition strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The rapprochement could open the door to an anti-saffron alliance for the 2019 general elections, reports Archis Mohan.
'Modi is not assuring the nation that if he gets back to power in 2024 and remains in power till 2029, he will not change the Constitution.'
A host of issues ranging from demand for President's rule in Uttar Pradesh over "deteriorating" law and order to the plight of ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka rocked Parliament on Tuesday.
Ending days of speculation and seeking to bury the hatchet with her sister and Congress member of Parliament Priya Dutt, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt said on Friday that he would contest Lok Sabha poll from Lucknow as a nominee of Samajwadi Party.
Both Houses of Parliament had to be adjourned on Friday during Question Hour after Opposition parties created an uproar demanding that Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor submit his resignation over the Kochi IPL ownership controversy.
The remark came at an event in Lucknow where he accused Narendra Modi of being a monarch and not a prime minister, calling him a front for 'two-three financiers'.
In a surprise move, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday decided to field Jaya Bachchan in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha. "The SP parliamentary board has decided to re-nominate its outgoing Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Jaya Bachchan in the elections slated for June 10," party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhry said. The party has also decided to field former union minister Rashid Masood for Rajya Sabha, he said.
Following the demise of the Superintendent of Police of the Hamren district during an encounter in Assam, Kiren Rijiju visited the state to meet CM Tarun Gogoi and discuss the law and order situation. Anurag Kashyap reports.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the bill giving primacy to Delhi's Lieutenant Governor (L-G) over the elected government after high drama in the House that saw uproar by the opposition and a walkout by MPs of parties like the BJD, SP, Congress and the YSRC.
With Congress parliamentarians providing protective cover, Law Minister H R Bhardwaj introduced the controversial Bill in the midst of Samajwadi Party members trying to snatch its copies from the hands of the Minister. SP members stormed the well soon after the House resumed at noon in an apparent attempt to stall introduction of the Bill, which they have been opposing along with Janata Dal-United.
Participating in the debate on the triple talaq bill on Thursday, Khan made certain observations on a ruling party member.
'The Congress in the past backed the demand, but will not support it now since the SP opposes any division of UP.'
'Episodes of targeted attacks on Muslims established that for a section of people and, sadly, even officials of the State, the election results conveyed no lessons.' 'Opposition parties must not be hesitant in speaking out whenever the mob with tacit State support targets Muslims,' asserts Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, author of Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times.
The Samajwadi Party, whose 39 members of Parliament can play a crucial role in helping the government if the Left parties withdraw support, on Monday said it would be open to giving a fresh look at the Indo-US nuclear deal, a statement that is seen as not being opposed to the Congress.
SP leaders could be behind the sting operation: Mayawati
Proceedings in Parliament were paralysed for the third day running over a number of issues, including Telangana and death of 40 children in Muzaffarnagar relief camps, preventing the notices for a no-confidence motion from being taken up on Wednesday.
The people of Amethi want to rectify their 'mistake' of 2019 and Congress workers as well as leaders are demanding that Rahul Gandhi contest from the constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the party's Uttar Pradesh chief Ajay Rai said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Congress for "misusing" Parliament to stop the country's growth and hailed Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for "understanding this conspiracy" and working to end the logjam in the House.
Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, former defence minister AK Antony, senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma also took part in the protest sporting black bands.
The opposition on Friday created ruckus in Parliament over the issue of regional language aspirants having disadvantage in Civil Services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.
The INDIA bloc has 95 MPs in Rajya Sabha of which 45 were suspended on Monday.
Wadettiwar said he was not opposed to the idea of increasing the overall quota ceiling to accommodate the Maratha community.
The Bahujan Samaj party on Tuesday demanded dismissal of the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh over the deteriorating law and order situation and staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha.
Akhilesh Yadav had won the Karhal assembly seat in the recently-held assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
The government assured the Opposition that reservation to Anglo-Indians will be considered later.
Among the parties that boycotted the proceedings of the House included the Congress, which was the among the first to walkout, followed by members of the CPI-M, CPI, TMC, NCP, SP, Shiv Sena, RJD, DMK, TRS and AAP.
