Kejriwal praises Yogendra Yadav, Shazia Ilmi

June 7, 2014

New Delhi, Jun 7: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has spoken his silence on the reports of rifts with second-in-command Yogendra Yadav.

Kejriwal praises On Saturday, the former Delhi Chief Minister tweeted, "Yog yadav is a v dear friend and a v valued colleague. Had long discussion with him."

"Yog yadav has raised some imp issues. All of us will work on it," he added.

Clearing air about the former party leader Shazia Ilmi who recently quit the party alleging a lack of democracy within the party, Kejriwal tweeted, "We will also try to get shazia back."

The party held its national executive meeting on Friday against the backdrop of leaked email exchanges between senior leaders Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav, which showed the acrimony between the two.

Sisodia, in his email, accused Yadav of targeting AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and indirectly blamed Yadav for the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle in Haryana. He also accused Yadav of humiliating the party by making internal matters public.

"An ugly fight between you and Naveen Jaihind has been unfolding for the last 15 days. It is saddening that you have made your spat public and involved the media. The party is being humiliated. Even sadder is the fact that you want disciplinary action against Jaihind. You didn't get your way so now you have dragged Kejriwal into your personal fight. When you wanted to be projected as the Haryana CM candidate despite opposition from other PAC members, Arvind backed you," the email read. Yadav was AAP's Haryana in-charge while Jaihind was the state convener.

While both Yadav and Sisodia declined to comment on the email exchange, senior AAP leader Prashant Bhushan accepted that the party was facing certain problems. "In any new party, there are bound to be organisational and other problems. The NE met today to discuss all these issues," he said.

Senior leader Sanjay Singh asserted that the party was united. "In a democratic party, there are problems because of differences in opinion. But the party is united," said Singh after the NE meeting. Party leaders said that the issues raised in the email exchange between Sisodia and Yadav were discussed in the meeting.

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Kerala’s success in handling Covid-19 could prove instructive to entire country: Washington Post

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April 11,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 11: The effective handling of Covid-19 pandemic by the Kerala Government has received a big endorsement in the International media with the latest being a report in Washington Post which suggests that the State’s success could prove instructive to the entire country.

The Washington Post quoted Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja Teacher as saying “We hoped for the best but planned for the worst. Now, the curve has flattened, but we cannot predict what will happen next week.”

"The Minister said six states had reached out to Kerala for advice. She, however, noted that it might not be easy to replicate Kerala’s lessons elsewhere," according to the Minister's office quoting the report here on Saturday.

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Priest arrested for conducting Holy Mass despite Covid19 advisory

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March 23,2020

Thrissur, Mar 23: Kerala police on Monday has booked a Catholic priest for violating the Covid-19 advisory against conducting Holy Mass in which more than 100 people attended.

Fr. Pauly Padayatti, vicar of Nithya Sahaya Matha (Mother of Perpetual Help) church at Koodapuzha near Chalakudy in Thrissur district has been arrested by the police.

Despite the strict restrictions of the health department and the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) to temporality suspend church services involving laity in churches, the vicar conducted the Holy Mass on Monday.

The police have also registered case against the devotees for violating the guidelines by attending the service.

The top church leadership including Cardinal Mar George Alencherry repeatedly urged the laity not to go to churches for Holy Mass or other services.

The faithful have been asked to participate in the online streaming of Holy Mass by bishops and priests and pray from their homes.

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India would not discriminate among religions, we are not a theocratic country like Pakistan: Rajnath Singh

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January 22,2020

New Delhi, Jan 22: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said Indian values consider all religions equal, and that is why the country is secular and never became a theocratic state like Pakistan.

Speaking at the NCC Republic Day Camp in Delhi, Singh said: "We (India) said we would not discriminate among religions. Why did we do that? Our neighbouring country has declared that their state has a religion. They have declared themselves a theocratic state. We didn't declare so."

"Even America is a theocratic country. India is not a theocratic country. Why? Because our saints and seers did not just consider the people living within our borders as part of the family, but called everyone living in the world as one family," the minister said.

Singh underlined that India had never declared its religion would be Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist and people of all religions could live here.

"They gave the slogan of 'Vasudev Kutumbakam' -- the whole world is one family. This message has gone to the whole world from here only," he added.

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Very thoughtful and eye-catching statement by Defense Minister, Rajnath Singh.

Sir, I kindly request you to convey this beautiful message to your Party’s comrades, who are deprived of this dosage for long times and are badly need of this.

Also, for those from your Party, who are, time and again, spitting the venomous rhetoric against Dalits, Muslims, Christians and others alike.

Yashwant Sinhaji is now doing a wonderful job in this regard.

You will also follow his suit for sure in the days to come; that’s what your honest statement indicates.