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After Shatrughan, more voice of protest emerges within BJP

November 10, 2015

Patna, Nov 10: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha today reacted sharply to party colleague Kailash Vijayvargiya's dog analogy on him even as more disgruntled voices emerged from within BJP over its massive defeat in Bihar polls.

shatrugnan"People want my reaction to Vijayvargiya's remark. My reaction to small or big flies in any party is "Haathi chale Bihar,....bhaunken hazaar" (many bark but the caravan moves on)," Shatrughan Sinha said in his tweet message as a sharp riposte to BJP general secretary's remark.

BJP Lok Sabha member from Patna Sahib, Sinha popularly known as "Bihari Babu", been vocal throughout Bihar elections raising weakeness of the party and praising CM Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad which left party leaders in a difficult situation.

Yesterday he went to meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD President Lalu Prasad to congratulate them on grand secular alliance landslide victory in elections.

Sinha's utterances triggered vicious comment from senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya who likened the sulking MP to a dog.

Meanwhile, BJP MP from Begusarai Bhola Singh said, "BJP not only lost in Bihar but got drowned in knee deep water."

Singh, second term MP who has complained of not been given his due by the party even in his own Begusarai constituency, also blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Amaryadit" (undignified comments) for the poll debacle .

BJP-led NDA lost on all seven Assembly seats in Begusarai to the grand secular alliance.

An angry Singh blamed "Senapati" for Bihar poll debacle. Though he did not name anybody but apparently hinted at both state and central leadership.

Singh also vented his anger against Union Minister of State and Nawada MP Giriraj Singh for talking about beef and firecrackers in Pakistan which he said people took as an affront on them.

Senior BJP leader Amrendra Pratap Singh, who lost in Ara, admitted, "our social equation was smaller and less effective than that of grand secular alliance of JD(U), RJD and Congress".

Amrendra, a four time MLA from Ara and who was Deputy Speaker in the outgoing Assembly, lost in his fifth outing to his JD rival.

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April 20,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 20:  Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said that the government would revoke the order, which allowed the opening of barbershops and restaurants in the State.

The development comes after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) objected to the move.
When asked about the letter issued by the MHA terming certain decisions as to the dilution of guidelines, Chief Minister Vijayan said: "There is no confrontation between the State government and the Centre."

"Kerala is following all directions issued by the Centre. Barbershops will not be opened and restaurants will only provide online delivery," he told the reporters, adding that public transport would not be allowed.

"There was a decision to open barbershops but many experts have pointed out against the decision. So the Kerala government is withdrawing the decision," he said.

Earlier, Chief Secretary Tom Jose said that if needed, then the State government will make necessary modifications to the lockdown guidelines in the wake of a communication received from the Central government.

The MHA had objected to the decision of Kerala government to allow services like barbershops, local workshops, restaurants, etc., and had urged the State government to revise its lockdown guidelines.

The Government of India had said that violation to lockdown measures reported posed a serious health hazard to the public and risk the spread of COVID-19.

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to all Chief Secretaries and a separate letter had been sent to the Kerala Chief Secretary asking them not to dilute lockdown guidelines in any manner.

In his letter to the Kerala Chief Secretary, Bhalla had stated that the consolidated revised guidelines on the measures to be taken by the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India has been circulated on April 15 for containment of COVID-19.

Kerala Minister Kadakampally Surendran had said that relaxations have been given abiding by the direction issued by the Central government. He had added that the Centre may have asked for an explanation due to some misunderstanding.

India is under a nation-wide lockdown that came into force on March 25 to contain the spread of coronavirus, which has claimed 559 lives in the country. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of lockdown till May 3.

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August 2,2020

Lucknow, Aug 2: Uttar Pradesh's cabinet minister for Technical Education Kamal Rani Varun succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences.

Kamal Rani is the first minister in Uttar Pradesh to die after contracting coronavirus. She was 62.

On 18 July, the minister tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hospital.

She was later shifted to the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the minister's death.

In a condolence message issued on Sunday, Adityanath said, "Kamal Rani Varun died on Sunday at around 9.30 am. She was an experienced and capable leader. She discharged her responsibilities with competence. She was a dedicated public representative, who was always working for the welfare of deprived and oppressed sections of the society."

Kamal Rani was the MLA from Ghatampur in Kanpur. She was also twice a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

Meanwhile, Adityanath has cancelled his visit to Ayodhya scheduled for the day, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said on Sunday.

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January 9,2020

New Delhi, Jan 9: JNU students who tried to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday protesting the violence on the university campus were stopped by police and later detained.

The police also resorted to baton charge to control the mob who tried to block the traffic at Janpath. Using loudspeakers, the police also appealed to the crowd to maintain peace.

Before the students tried to proceed towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan, a delegation of JNU Students' Union and JNU Teachers' Association also met Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry officials and demanded the removal of Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar from his post.

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