Journalist Prashant Kanojia was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on August 18 for a retweet and has been in custody ever since.
'At present there might be at least 500 Indians stuck in Iran for various reasons and we have no idea when they will come back.'
'Transparency is us watching the government and not the government watching us'
'I'm talking about that predator in your house, and how one should protect one's children from him.'
'Badle ki bhavna (revengeful politics) was never seen in Maharashtra and Indian politics, but now we are witnessing all that today.'
'Since the RJD came to power, criminals have stopped fearing the law.'
'...to address the serious faultlines that had got exposed during the pandemic.' 'If the economy is looking up this year, we could have been allocated an increase of at least 20%.'
'It is not his doing, but Rahul Gandhi is forced by circumstances.' 'In taking political decisions, everything has to get his clearance.'
'Rahul Gandhi should have prevented Nitish Kumar from going.' 'He must pacify Mamata Banerjee if he has a cause of Mohabbat Ki Dukaan.' 'He should bring this Mohabbat Ki Dukaan on the political canvas.'
'After the Parliament election results many people are confused and that is why this crisis has erupted
'The tragedy with Indian Muslims is that they do politics from the heart, not from the head.'
'Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal are the two people who have been marked and punished'
'The consecration of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya has demoralised them.' 'And, now it is reflecting in their individual reactions as they are losing hope to take on the BJP in 2024.'
Aam Aadmi Party calls Bhagwant Mann its people's choice for CM candidate in Punjab. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com traces what makes Mann so indispensable for his party.
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'We are very close to become a theocratic State where Hinduism is the official religion of the government.'
'The Constitution of India defeated the BJP.'
'He only promotes those leaders who will never show any resistance to him in future.'
'He is not acting solo.' 'The plot may have people within the Congress and outside.'
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How the demonetisation drives in India and Venezuela have played out.
'The decline of the Congress party and its inability to play the lead role in Opposition politics has created a space for the TMC to expand.'
'This award is funded by American money so I took this decision.'
'George Fernandes will always be remembered in history as the man who successfully called the railway strike.'
'People tell us openly that in 2024 we will vote for Modi.'
'Till today, we don't know how many people died of Covid in India.' 'How many migrated from cities to villages during the Covid pandemic?' 'How many corporates contributed to PM Cares?'
'They were only chanting one slogan, "Ghar jaana hai (we want to go home)".'
'The culture of the BJP has changed and the party too has changed with this new culture. 'The BJP is having bad political management, bad man management, personal management and inter-personal relationships.' 'Therefore, people like me are not in the BJP.'
'They want to win 45 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra in the 2024 general elections and joining hands with Ajit Pawar is in that direction.'
Worried over those under home quarantine going out and mingling with others, the Karnataka government wants them to confirm their location through selfies.
'Writers are always nervous.' 'If you go to a party, you will notice that the writers are always in a corner of the party, looking anxious, sweating and tense about something or the other.' 'I am that kind of person.'
'Piyush Goyal is the chief and it is always the chief who is considered to be responsible.'
'They know that if they do not tie up with the Congress, then the minorities will move to the Congress.'
'People with vested interests in the BJP don't want the Patels to get reservation.'
'It will be a long time before we will see the likes of Vajpayee again.'
'The most important thing is that medical aid reaches people whenever required.'
'There is a sense within the government and Modi that things are not as good as they were in 2019.'
'If the central government does not give rights to the people of Ladakh, then it won't be good for our country.'
Rohith Vemula's suicide exposes all of us as a nation, argues Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
