New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) When West Bengal goes to poll in the second and last phase of Assembly election on Wednesday, the Matua community will hold an important position in determining the outcome of the May 4 results, especially in the two North Parganas districts, and Nadia.Primarily spread across North 24 Parganas and Nadia, the bloc is seen as the single most decisive swing-constituency within several key Assembly seats.From Gaighata and Bangaon Dakshin to Habra and Hasnabad, analysts est…
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Ahmedabad, April 4 (IANS) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi, on Saturday, rejected allegations that his party acts as a proxy for the BJP and criticised the Congress for failing to effectively counter the ruling party, during his visit to Gujarat. Addressing a press conference in Ahmedabad, Owaisi said: “I am not a B-team of the BJP. I am the original ‘M’ team — the team of the marginalised, not just minorities”, asserting that AIMIM represents underre…
Guwahati, March 30 (IANS) Badruddin Ajmal, President of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), launched a sharp attack on Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, asserting that the Chief Minister would face defeat in the upcoming Assembly elections and “whimper” after the results.Ajmal, who is contesting from the Binnakandi Assembly seat, criticised the Chief Minister over what he described as “constant targeting of the minority community” and expressed confidence that his party would perform str…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind President Maulana Mahmood Asad Madani on Thursday said that a growing sense of insecurity prevails among many Muslims in India, with feelings of being “cornered, unsafe, and humiliated” arising from what he described as a pattern of developments and a perceived bias in governance and law enforcement rather than any single incident.Speaking to IANS, Madani stressed that while isolated incidents are not uncommon in a country as large and diverse as In…
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) West Bengal Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday, accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being “communal”.His reaction followed after Banerjee participated in Eid celebrations at Red Road, on Saturday, where she launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Modi, reiterating her commitment to stand by the people of West Bengal.The Bengal LoP was in Nandigram to campaign for the two-phased state Assembly election, sche…
Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Expressing his disappointment over the Supreme Court order rejecting bail to his son and student activist Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots case, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas said, “For the first time in the history of criminal justice system, the Apex Court made a distinction between the accused and categorised them into two different groups, despite all of them being booked in the same case.”Ilyas, who made these remarks while speaking to IANS, also questioned the “rationale” …