Tag: Member of Parliament (MP)
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Owaisi demands SC-monitored probe into Atiq’s murder
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday appealed to the Supreme Court to take suo moto cognizance of the killing of former MP Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Uttar Pradesh and constitute an investigation team. The Hyderabad MP said officials from Uttar Pradesh should not be part of the investigation team to ensure a…
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TMC maintains diplomatic silence as it mulls challenge to ECI ruling
The Trinamool Congress, otherwise quite vocal on any issue, is surprisingly maintaining an extremely conservative approach in reacting to the Election Commission of India (ECI) recently stripping the West Bengal’s ruling party of its national party status. Not a single reaction has come on this count either from chief minister Mamata Banerjee or the party’s…
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For RLD, holding on to handpump symbol is the key to its survival
Losing of state party status for the Rashtriya Lok Dal in Uttar Pradesh is like history repeating itself. From being an unrecognized, registered party in 1999 to five Lok Sabha MPs in 2009, a two-time union minister (2001 & 2011), 14 MLAs and six ministers in UP (2003-2007) and now back to the status of…
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Varun Gandhi files defamation suit against Varanasi man
Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi, has filed a criminal defamation suit against Varanasi-based Vivek Pandey, who introduces himself on his Twitter account as an office bearer of a right-wing group. Gandhi approached the court of additional chief judicial magistrate II, Abhinav Tiwari, against some derogatory comments that Pandey posted through his Twitter handle, ‘@vivekkumar_IND’, on March…