Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday has urged the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to withdraw the state government’s notification regarding the Population Register Collection (PRC) exercise, alleging that it is unconstitutional and amounts to an attempt to implement a “backdoor NRC” in Karnataka. The delegation also sought constitutional intervention in the matter.In a memorandum submitted to Chief Electoral Officer V. Anbu Kumar, the BJP lea…
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Bengaluru, July 11 (IANS) Describing the Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) being issued by the state Congress government as a “devious strategy to protect illegal immigrants and consolidate its vote bank”, Karnataka BJP President and MLA B. Y. Vijayendra on Saturday said his party would explore legal options to challenge the constitutional validity of the PRC.The party will also submit a petition to the Governor against this “patently illogical and unconstitutional” move, he stated.Vijayendr…
Hyderabad, July 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Telangana unit has alleged “systematic deletion” of voters from North India in Hyderabad and has sought the intervention of the State Chief Electoral Officer. Raising serious concerns regarding the integrity of the electoral rolls in Hyderabad, the BJP alleged that the ruling Congress party and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) have colluded to “systematically” remove the names of Hindi-speaking residents and those of N…
Bengaluru, July 6 (IANS) Karnataka Congress President B.K. Hariprasad on Monday accused BJP of attempting to manipulate the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and alleged that the party was using Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy as a “pawn” in its political campaign against the Congress. Addressing a press conference, Hariprasad responded to allegations made earlier in the day by Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and H.D. Kumaraswamy, who accused the Congress of irregularitie…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Congress leaders on Thursday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the passport has never been proof of citizenship, asking the Centre to clarify its position as such a declaration will lead to “confusion” among people.The issue gained attention after an MEA official said on Wednesday at a Passport Seva Divas event that a passport should primarily be understood as a document for t…
Bengaluru, April 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members held a protest near the Bangalore International Centre in Domlur locality on Tuesday, opposing the Karnataka government’s permission for the release of a book on JNU activist Umar Khalid, who is currently lodged in the Tihar Jail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots case. The Police detained the protesters.The protesters raised slogans against the Congress-led state…
Imphal, April 27 (IANS) The Opposition Congress in Manipur on Monday strongly criticised Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, stating that linking the National Register of Citizens exercise to the Census has created confusion among the public. Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee Vice-President Hareshwar Goswami condemned the Chief Minister’s recent remarks on the National Register of Citizens, terming them “misleading” and asserting that the conduct of a Census is not a prerequisite fo…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) With a record 90 per cent polling percentage during the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that such a high voter turnout indicates that the Trinamool Congress is already in a position to win the election. At an election rally in Kolkata, Chief Minister Banerjee said, “If my eyes are right, given the voting that took place today, I would say that we (Trinamool Congress) have already moved to a place where we …
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) As Assam voted on Thursday, and West Bengal will on April 23 and 29, one contentious issue that dominates all is that of infiltration – especially of Bengali-speaking Muslim migrants – from Bangladesh. Issues of identity, migration, and language in West Bengal and Assam are not recent, but have been there for a long time, and have even led to clashes in the past.Immigration has significantly dominated politics, particularly in the run‑up to elections. Subsequent g…
Guwahati, March 26 (IANS) Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia on Thursday said the state unit of the ruling party “completely rejects” the existing National Register of Citizens (NRC), asserting that the party favours a fresh and error-free exercise to address long-standing concerns over illegal immigration in the state.“We have rejected the NRC in its present form. We will bring a new NRC,” Saikia told reporters, aligning his remarks with recent statements made by Chief Minister Himanta Bi…