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BJP, TDP officially ink alliance

April 6, 2014

TDPHyderabad, Apr 6: As per the deal, the saffron party would contest five Lok Sabha and 15 Assembly constituencies in Seemandhra and eight parliamentary and 47 Assembly seats in Telangana

A fortnight-long, alliance and seat-sharing exercise came to an end around noon on Sunday with the Telugu Desam conceding to give the Bharatiya Janata Party 47 Assembly and eight Lok Sabha seats in Telangana and 15 and five to contest, respectively, in the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh in the general elections.

TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu, flanked by BJP national spokesperson Prakash Javdekar and BJP treasurer Piyush Goyal and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) co-convenor and Shiromani Akali Dal MP, Naresh Gujral, announced the TDP’s re-entry into the NDA. Others present included Y. Ramakrishnudu of the TDP and while senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya was present, the absence of the BJP’s Telangana State President G. Kishan Reddy was conspicuous.

When asked about Mr. Reddy’s resentment over certain seats, specially in and around Hyderabad being taken by the TDP, Mr. Javdekar said there was nothing like that. “You will joint campaigns being rolled out soon. We are a democratic party and all of BJP is committed,” he quipped, appearing to dismiss the very idea that Mr. Reddy could be out.

Elections to 119 assembly and 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana are scheduled for April 30, while 175 assembly and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Seemandhra will go to the hustings on May 7. The breakthrough in alliance talks came on Saturday night at a city hotel after top leader of the TDP and BJP intervened, to smoothen things out.

The two parties reached the agreement as the delay was leading to rebellion in both the camps. Even as the formal announcement was being made, there was slogan-shouting by TDP cadres outside Mr. Naidu’s residence. Among constituencies from where cadres protested were those seeking the TDP ticket for Bonda Umamaheswara Rao from Vijayawada Central and from Malkajgiri, that sitting Medak MLA of the TDP, Mynampalli Hanumantha Rao.

Mr. Naidu, Mr. Javdekar and Goyal hailed the alliance as one that would usher in a ‘corruption-free, Congress-free India’ and put the great nation on the international map. “Any small problems posed by voices of dissent and disappointment will be smoothened out,” they chorused, adding that now was the time to prepare for the electoral battle to throw the Congress out.

Mr. Naidu said the agenda at the end of the day was corruption-free governance that would propel India forward, fast-enough to make up for the 10-year slag, thanks to the United Progressive Alliance rule. “Our aim is to provide a stable and efficient Government and honest administration. I am confident that the NDA will end up with 300-plus Lok Sabha seats,” he said, to applause.

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June 22,2020

New Delhi, June 22: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be “mindful of the implication of his words” as a controversy raged over his “no intrusion” remark about the violent face-off with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley.

“The Prime Minister must always be mindful of the implications of his words and declarations on our Nation’s security as also strategic and territorial interests,” Singh said in a statement here as Chinese media welcomed Modi’s ‘no intrusion’  remarks contending that it may lead to a de-escalation of tensions between China and India.

Congress has been maintaining that Modi’s assertions at Friday’s all-party meeting that neither was there any intrusion nor was any Indian post captured ran counter to the statements made by the Indian Army and the External Affairs Ministry.

Singh said the prime minister cannot allow his words to be used by China as a vindication of its position and all organs of the government should work together to tackle this crisis and prevent it from escalating further.

“We remind the Government that disinformation is no substitute for diplomacy or decisive leadership. The truth cannot be suppressed by having pliant allies spout comforting but false statements,” the former prime minister said.

Singh said the prime minister and the government should rise to the occasion to ensure justice for Colonel B Santosh and the army jawans who made the supreme sacrifice and resolutely defended the nation’s territorial integrity.

“To do any less would be a historic betrayal of the people’s faith,” the former prime minister said.

“At this moment, we stand at historic crossroads. Our Government’s decisions and actions will have serious bearings on how the future generations perceive us,” Singh said.

Singh said China was brazenly and illegally seeking to claim parts of Indian territory such as the Galwan Valley and the Pangong Tso Lake by committing multiple incursions between April 2020 till date.  

“We cannot and will not be cowed down by threats and intimidation nor permit a compromise with our territorial integrity,” said Singh. 

The former prime minister said this was a moment where “we must stand together as a nation and be united in our response to this brazen threat.”

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August 1,2020

New Delhi, July 1: In a terrific incident with chilling echoes of the 2015 Dadri mob lynching, a Muslim man, who was carrying meat, was savagely attacked by a mob belonging to a saffron outfit in the presence of in BJP ruled Haryana on the eve of Eid al-Adha. 

The incident occurred at around 9 a.m. on Friday, July 31 at Badshahpur village in Haryana’s Gurgaon, when Lukman was transporting meat in a pic-kup truck. 

The attack was captured on mobile phones by onlookers and the video clips of the incident are now spreading on social media. 

A group of saffronite cow vigilantes chased the truck for about 8 km managed waylay it. Lukman, who was driving the truck was pulled out and brutally assaulted on the suspicion that he was transporting cow meat.

Just like Dadri, the police were faster at sending the meat to a lab for testing than catching any one of the suspects. One of the assailants - Pradeep Yadav- has been arrested. 

After being beating to an inch of his life, Lukman was bundled into the pick-up truck and taken back to Gurgaon's Badshahpur village where the goons started thrashing him again.

This is when the police stepped in and stopped them - only to find the assailants fearless enough to even take on them.

Lukman was taken to a hospital and the police filed a case against "unidentified individuals" even though the video of the incident recorded by witnesses shows the faces of the assailants.

The owner of the vehicles said that the meat was buffalo and he has been in the business for 50 years.

The police have so far refused to give a statement on record on the incident and explain their inaction as seen on video.

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April 4,2020

Srinagar, Apr 4: Two militants were reportedly killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.

The security forces launched a cordon and search operation based on intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in Hardmand Guri village in Kulgam, a police spokesperson said.

"This operation based on a credible police input was launched this morning. Two terrorists have been reportedly killed so far," the spokesperson said, adding that the exchange of fire was going on.

Earlier, the police tweeted on its official handle that three militants had been trapped in the cordon. "Same group of #terrorists trapped who killed 3 civilians recently," the police said.

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