Bittu Bajrangi arrested for stirring violence in Haryana’s Nuh

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On July 31st, clashes between two groups started over an attempt to stop a religious procession that was organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Six people, including two Home Guards and a Mosque cleric, were killed in the violence that later spilled over to Gurugram, Palwal, Faridabad, and other districts of Haryana. Several vehicles, food joints, and shops were set on fire by unruly mobs. Cow vigilante Monu Manesar sparked the communal clashes in the district. Manesar is said to have posted a video on social media in which he claimed to be attending the Nuh religious procession and called on his supporters to come out in large numbers. After a lot of uproar by the opposition, a special investigation team (SIT) was formed to investigate the role of Manesar clashes.

Then a mahapanchayat organized by a Hindu outfit in Palwal demanded Nuh district be abolished. They want this area to be made cow slaughter-free, as a committee of 51 people decided at the meeting. The committee also decided to resume the Jalahishek Yatra again on August 28 in Nuh. The mahapanchayat called for strict laws for people coming from other countries. More than 390 people have been arrested and 118 others detained in connection with the violence, but mainstream media treated this issue as TRP material. Schools, colleges, and other educational institutes were closed for a long time. The bus services of Haryana State Transport were also out of service, and the internet was blacked out. The violence was growing, but there was no control. There was a continuous blame game; one community was the target.

Finally, Bittu Bajrangi, head of a cow vigilante group in Faridabad, has been arrested for communal clashes in Haryana’s Nuh. Bajrangi, also called Rajkumar, faces multiple charges, including rioting, armed robbery, and criminal intimidation. Bajrang Dal is the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and follows Hindutva ideology. Bittu Bajrangi heads the Faridabad Gau Raksha Bajrang Force, a cow vigilante group. The group describes itself as an “animal rescue service” on social media. Its social media pages have provocative content, with many posts on “love jihad,” a term used by right-wing activists to allege a conspiracy by Muslims to convert Hindu women.

Bittu Bajrangi is known to be an aide to wanted Bajrang Dal leader Monu Manesar, also under the scanner for the violence in Nuh. Manesar, who is wanted over his alleged role in the killing of two Muslim men earlier this year, has yet to be arrested. As he evades arrest, Manesar continues to post stirring material on social media.

Bittu Bajrangi was present during the yatra. Bittu Bajrangi was arrested earlier on August 4, and was out on bail. According to a senior police officer, Bittu Bajrangi and his associates brandished weapons during the procession that was attacked by a mob. The weapons were seized by police, but Bajrangi and his aides allegedly attacked a police vehicle and snatched them back. The FIR against Bittu Bajrangi and at least 15 others accuses them of rioting, unlawful assembly, obstructing a public servant from discharging duty, armed robbery, and criminal intimidation. They have also been charged under the provisions of the Arms Act.

Founded in 1984, the Bajrang Dal is a division of Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The Vishwa Hindu Parishat had started to conduct the Ram-Janaki Rathyatra in the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh after a few years of its formation (in 1964). These yatras were aimed at awakening society. Though this was not aimed at any particular religion, many sections created communal tensions during this yatra and claimed it to be a pro-Hindu movement. In 1984, the Hindu saints in the Vishwa Hindu Parishat finally called upon interested youths to protect this yatra. To protect Ram-Janaki, Bajrangi was always there. So the group of youth protecting the Ram-Janaki Rathyatra called themselves Bajrangis. Now this group is spread all over the country.

The main objectives of Bajrang Dal in the present day are to build the Krishnajanmabhoomi temple in Mathura and the Kashivishwanatha temple in Varanasi, which are currently disputed places of worship. Other goals include protecting India’s Hindu identity from the perceived dangers of communism, the prevention of cow slaughter, the prevention of love jihad, and Hindu conversions to Islam and Christianity. It is working to reverse the effects of the Islamic invasion and British imperialism. In the name of Cow Protection, they have indulged in vigilante activities, targeting Muslims and lower-caste Hindus, mostly dalits.

Scores of poor dairy farmers, be they Muslims or Hindus, have been mercilessly beaten and murdered at the hands of these inglorious members. They do a lot of moral policing against couples who celebrate Valentine’s Day, and Public displays of Affection. However, in recent times, some of these goons have been arrested and charged with serious offenses. Supporting casteism and suppressing the voice of Dalits (even beating them black and blue), who have ultimately converted to other religions like Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity, since they get treated with contempt and disrespect They display their muscle power whenever they get a chance to dominate a particular sect.

Modi has erased N and put P instead, P for ‘pettiness, peeve’: Cong slams Nehru memorial name change

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August 16, 2023

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With the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library officially renamed the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society, the Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had a single point agenda of ”denying”, ”distorting”, ”defaming” and ”destroying” the Nehruvian legacy.

The opposition party asserted that despite the ”relentless assault”, Jawaharlal Nehru’s legacy will live on for the world to see, and he will continue to inspire generations to come. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, ”From today, an iconic institution gets a new name. The world renowned Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) becomes PMML—Prime Ministers’ Memorial Museum and Library.”

”Mr. Modi possesses a huge bundle of fears, complexes, and insecurities, especially when it comes to our first and longest serving Prime Minister. He has had a single point agenda of denying, distorting, defaming, and destroying Nehru and the Nehruvian legacy,” he said. ”He (Modi) has erased N and put P instead. That P is really for pettiness and peeve,” the Congress leader said.

But he can never take away Nehru’s gigantic contributions to the freedom movement and his towering achievements in building the democratic, secular, scientific, and liberal foundations of the Indian nation-state, ”all of which are now under assault by Mr. Modi and his drum beaters”, Ramesh said.

Despite the relentless assault, Jawaharlal Nehru’s legacy will live on for the world to see, and he will continue to inspire generations to come, he said.

The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library has officially been renamed the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society with effect from August 14, a senior official said on Tuesday.

The vice chairman of the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library’s executive council said this in a post on ‘X’, formerly Twitter.

“Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) is now Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) Society w.e.f. August 14, 2023, in tune with the democratization and diversification of the remit of the society. Happy Independence Day! @narendramodi, @rajnathsingh @MinOfCultureGoI,” the post read. It also had a picture of the Teen Murti House.

In mid-June, in a special meeting of the NMML Society, it was resolved to change its name to the PMML Society.

The renaming had prompted sharp criticism from Congress. The Teen Murti Bhavan had served as the official residence of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Govt to soon launch scheme for those who want to own house in cities, says PM Modi

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August 15, 2023

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the government will soon launch a scheme to provide relief from bank loans to those dreaming of their own house in cities.

Addressing the nation on the 77th Independence Day, Modi said his government will soon launch the scheme for middle-class families living in cities but who do not own a house.

The prime minister launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), a flagship Mission of the Central government, on June 25, 2015.

The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has been implementing the PMAY-U scheme.

According to the ministry, around 1.18 crore houses have been sanctioned under PMAY (Urban) till July 31 this year, out of which 76.02 lakh have been delivered to the beneficiaries.

15th August: Nationalism is far more complicated than patriotism

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August 14, 2023

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It’s the 77th Independence Day, and the country is in patriotic mode. India celebrates its Independence Day with infinite zeal and passion. People throughout the nation came out on the streets to take part in the celebrations. People love to carry their national flag with pride on this day and sing the national anthem or any other patriotic song. But this population is typically declining. Most of the people rest on their beds and watch PM Modi host Flat on Red Fort. Some listen to his speeches, and most people watch TV news or other bulletins.

On the other hand, vendors are selling the Indian National Flag on the road, and merchandisers are selling tricolor outfits and sarees. Everyone is busy encasing this event, businessmen want to make business, and event managers and organizers are busy for their own commercial purposes. Most people are busy displaying their patriotism on social media. Most people are naturally patriotic, but they are so busy with day-to-day chores and problems that they don’t pretend to be patriotic.

On Independence Day, when there is an atmosphere of patriotism, it automatically oozes out of them. It’s not only on August 15 or January 26, but whenever a country faces international pressure, people show patriotism. Still, there is a mad rush for this day, but one large population celebrates this day only as a national holiday or as a long weekend. The patriotic spirit is lost in most people. Our politicians are referring to how India is the next superpower and we can be Vishvaguru in no time. All this happens because of remembrance for a national holiday, not for patriotism.

Patriotism is about protecting the land we live in. Nationalism is about protecting the way we live. Since land is simple, patriotism is a fairly straightforward subject. You raise your arms when someone attacks your land. And you would group with anyone who lives in that land—Muslims, Christians, minorities, Hindus, whomever. This comprehensiveness gives some people a feeling of patriotism, but this brutality can’t be respected on human parameters. Religion is far more complicated than land. Rapes in the name of community pride, killing each other on religious lines, and parading women naked just because one group is against another group? Where is patriotism or nationalism?

People often think of nationalism in more narrow or parochial terms. Sure, it often involves narrow ideas. Not always. If you are protecting freedom of speech or equal rights for women, that is not patriotism, as you are not facing external aggression. You are essentially trying to protect your ethos or culture, as you think a culture with free speech or equality is better than one that doesn’t. Unlike patriotism, which is more like a folk concept, nationalism involves making active choices and judgments. That can quite easily lead to dominance and conflict. Nationalists do fight a lot of battles. However, they also justify that they are protecting their way of life, where massacres, holocausts, or tyranny are not allowed. Patriotism is the individual feeling of a person; nationalism is the political ideology based on the patriotism of the people.

On August 15, we celebrate Independence Day, though we are not independent. The day we say we got freedom, but for us, freedom has no meaning at all. We hardly take time to pick up a flag lying on the road, that’s the value we give! Currency has much more value than our national flag! Isn’t it? Changing DP (display Picture), uploading Instagram and WhatsApp stories, buying a flag, dressing up in a tricolor dress, singing the national anthem, watching patriotic movies, and wishing each other well—does this mean celebrating Independence Day?

77 years of independence and still people feel threatened; people around us are dying due to religious scuffles; look at the north-east and east sides of India; there are increased crimes; there is an overpopulation of migrants; students are committing suicide because of an unplanned and underprivileged education system; people are killing each other on the basis of religion, community, caste, creed, and even food patterns. Crime against women is on the rise. No jobs, no peace—political scenarios are not only unpredictable but complicated for common people. The leader, Lord, keeps quiet on most of the burning issues in the country, and we, the people, hate each other on political lines. In an independent India, we have no freedom or liberty. We never cared about all these, but all of a sudden, patriotism came into us on two special days of the year: January 26 and August 15.

What about the rest of the day? Every day is Independence Day if we utilize and deserve the freedom we received from our great heroes as a gift!

Our freedom fighters have struggled for hundreds of years, and our soldiers are fighting each day to protect us. Freedom is given for free! Perhaps that’s the reason we’re taking it for granted! Celebrating Independence Day is a conscious assertion of nationalism, while not doing so is a negation of the same. Politically speaking, I consider freedom closely related to equality. A free society requires that no group of people be enabled to control the lives of others; free people are thus equal people. If people are unequal, i.e., if some gain more power than others, be it by race, ethnicity, gender, position, or wealth, those with more gain the ability to severely influence others’ lives. Freedom, therefore, is the consequence of equality. Thus, it should be our goal to strive for equality.

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Need to find depth in our batting: Dravid after T20 series loss to West Indies

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August 14, 2023

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India head coach Rahul Dravid has stressed on the need to add batting depth following the 2-3 loss to the West Indies in the T20 series.

India played the series with a long tail comprising Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar. Spin all-rounder Axar Patel batted at number seven. In the series decider, India failed to accelerate in the death overs to end up with a below par 165/9. West Indies overhauled the target with two overs to spare.

”I think in terms of our squad here, probably it didn’t allow us the flexibility in some ways to be able to change the combinations a little bit. But I think going forward, we’ve got to look at certain areas in which we can get better. ”Finding depth in our batting has been an area we are trying to address. We are trying to do the best we possibly can but that’s certainly an area we can look at, how we cannot weaken our bowling attack but ensure we have a certain amount of depth in batting,” said Dravid on Sunday.

On the contrary, West Indies had Alzarri Joseph coming in at number 11 with their side packed with bowling all-rounders.

”As these games are going on, and scores are becoming bigger and bigger, if you look at West Indies, they had Alzarri Joseph coming in at No. 11 and he can hit a mean ball. So you have sides which have that depth. ”Obviously, we have some challenges on that front and we need to work on that. It’s certainly something that this series has shown us and we need to build on that depth,” the India coach pointed out.

Tilak Varma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mukesh Kumar made their debuts in the T20 series and Dravid was left impressed by all of them. Varma made his international debut in the series and showed he was here to stay. ”I thought all the three guys who made debuts for us in this series, stood up. Yashasvi Jasiwal in the fourth game, I thought he played a very good innings. He’s shown us what he can do in the IPL and it was nice to see him replicate that in international cricket.

”Tilak Varma, I thought, was really good, to come in in the middle order. He came in sometimes in very difficult situations. But every time, he plays with a lot of intent, plays very positively, looks to move the game along, fielded brilliantly throughout the series, showed us he can bowl one or two overs as well. ”So really positive signs from Tilak and to have that left-hander in the middle order does make a huge difference against some of the attacks that we’ve been playing against.” Prior to his T20 debut, Mukesh also played his first game for India in the Test and 50-over format.

”He debuted in all the formats in this series and I thought he acquitted himself really well. His ability to bowl at the death, sometimes he was called upon to bowl against some really big powerful hard hitters and he acquitted himself well for someone who was just playing his fourth or fifth game. ”So I think there’s some real good positives in the guys who made their debuts for us and hopefully they take confidence from the series and keep learning as they go forward.” We have few players coming back from injury in Asia Cup.

29 killed in Himachal Pradesh rains, nine of them in Shimla landslides

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August 14, 2023

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At least 29 people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, nine of them buried under the rubble of a temple and after another landslip in Shimla, as rains wreaked havoc in the state, triggering landslides that blocked key roads and brought down houses, officials said on Monday.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said nine bodies have been pulled out of the debris of a Shiv temple in the Summer Hill area and the other disaster site in Shimla’s Fagli area, where several houses were buried under mud and slush.

Up to 15 other people are believed to be trapped at these two sites.

In Solan district, seven members of a family were killed in a cloudburst.

Two houses in Solan were washed away following the cloudburst on Sunday night. While six people were rescued, seven others were killed in Jadon village, a police official said.

The dead have been identified as Harnam (38), Kamal Kishore (35), Hemlata (34), Rahul (14), Neha (12), Golu (8) and Raksha (12), Superintendent of Police, Solan, Gaurav Singh said.

In Balera panchayat of the district, two children died as their makeshift house collapsed in a landslide and the body of one of them has been recovered. Another woman died in a landslide in Banal village of Ramsheher tehsil, said Deputy Commissioner of Solan Manmohan Sharma.

In Hamirpur, the Deputy Commissioner said that three people have died and two are missing due to incessant rains in the district. He appealed to all the residents of the district to take special precautions in view of the bad weather and avoid going out unnecessarily. Seven members of a family, including a two-year-old, were killed in a landslide late on Sunday night in Seghli panchayat of Mandi district. Three people were rescued, Deputy Commissioner Arindam Chaudhary said.

“It was unconscionable…,” US Congressman Ro Khanna on Khalistani violence against Indian missions

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August 14, 2023

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US Congressman Ro Khanna has condemned the “unconscionable” attack by Khalistani elements on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco and stated that there is no place for a separatist movement in India.

In an exclusive interview with ANI, Khanna said, “It was unconscionable; there was no place for that. I condemned it very strongly. There can be no violence against an embassy against a consulate in America, and there’s no space for a separatist movement. Punjab is part of India, and that is a settled question. We need to make sure everyone is treated equally, whether Hindu, Christian, Sikh, or Muslim, but Punjab is a part of India.”

Khanna is in India, leading a high-powered delegation of US members of Congress. Earlier, in July, a group of pro-Khalistan supporters allegedly attempted to set fire to the Indian consulate in San Francisco. There was neither major damage nor any injuries, and police are continuing their investigation into the incident.

A video of the incident was verified by sources, who told ANI that the fire was suppressed quickly by the San Francisco Fire Department. Terming the attack as nothing less than a “terror act,” an official told ANI that no major damages or staffers were harmed. The Local San Francisco police department, special diplomatic security personnel, and state and federal authorities were notified and immediately began investigating the incident. Earlier in March this year, Khalistani supporters vandalized the consulate.

Meanwhile, during his India visit, US Congressman Khanna met with actor Amitabh Bachchan in Mumbai. “First of all, the meeting with Amitabh Bhachchan was such an extraordinary moment. He spent almost an hour. My phone was buzzing with texts from around the world. I mean, he’s a national icon. And that was a great honor,” Khanna said after his meeting with the superstar on Saturday.

Khanna and Michael Waltz, who are co-chairs of the House India caucus, will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address from the Red Fort on Independence Day on Tuesday. Khanna said, “It’s going to be a great honour to be at the Red Fort with the Prime Minister and see India’s Independence Day celebration. As you know, my grandfather spent years in jail with Lala Lajpat Rai… So to see India’s Independence as a member of Congress is a great honour.”

Khanna and Waltz co-chair the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans. The caucus is a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers committed to strengthening the relationship between the United States and India. On their India visit, Congressmen Khanna and Waltz are joined by Reps. Deborah Ross (NC-D), Kat Cammack (FL-R), Shri Thanedar (MI-D), and Jasmine Crockett (TX-D) as well as fellow Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans members Reps. Rich McCormick (GA-R) and Ed Case (HI-D).

No confusion within MVA, will ensure successful INDIA meeting in Mumbai: Sharad Pawar

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August 14, 2023

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday said there is no confusion within the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance over his meeting with his nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Pune.

“The MVA is united, and we will successfully organize the next meeting of the opposition bloc INDIA in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1,” Pawar told reporters in Baramati.

This was the 82-year-old veteran politician’s maiden visit to his home turf after Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde-led government on July 2.

MVA constituents Congress and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) had asked the NCP chief to clear the confusion such meetings between the uncle and nephew create in political circles.

“There is no confusion among MVA partners. We are all together and will ensure the INDIA meeting in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1 is organised successfully,” Pawar said.

Pawar asked the media not to create more confusion by asking the same question.

“Myself, Uddhav Thackeray, and state Congress president Nana Patole have taken the responsibility of organizing the I.N.D.I.A meeting in Mumbai,” Pawar said. The meeting will be held at a luxury hotel.

The NCP has no association with ”factions from MVA” which align with the BJP at the state and national and level, Pawar said, alluding to the move by his nephew.

Pawar said he is expecting to speak to NCP leader Nawab Malik, who was on Friday granted two months’ interim bail by the Supreme Court in a money laundering case.

The Enforcement Directorate arrested the former minister on February 23 last year in a case registered over the Goawala compound property in Kurla, allegedly linked to gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

Malik is in judicial custody since March 2022 and was admitted at a private hospital in Kurla in May last year. He is still at the hospital.

Pawar sidestepped a question on an editorial in Monday’s issue of Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana expressing displeasure over the “frequent meetings” between him and Ajit Pawar.

18 deaths in Thane hospital “painful, unfortunate”, says CM; high level committee to probe matter

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August 14, 2023

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Maharashtra Chief Minister on Sunday termed the 18 deaths in the past 24 hours in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa in Thane as painful and unfortunate and said a high-level committee will conduct a detailed probe.

An official release said the CM, who is in Satara at present, said health minister Tanaji Sawant and Thane guardian minister Sambhuraj Desai were monitoring the situation.

As per information provided by the hospital administration, patients were in very critical condition and some had been referred there by private hospitals, the release quoted the CM as saying.

They were admitted on different days with different ailments, Shinde added.

”A committee under the chairmanship of the state health director will carry out a detailed probe into the deaths. Action will be taken based on this report,” Shinde, who was talking to reporters in Dare in Satara, said.

Desai was present with Shinde there while he interacted with reporters.

Eighteen patients have died in the last 24 hours at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa in Thane, civic commissioner Abhijit Bangar said on Sunday.

These comprise 10 women and eight men, of which six are from Thane city, four from Kalyan, three from Sahapur, one each from Bhiwandi, Ulhasnagar and Govandi (in Mumbai), one patient is from some other place and and one is unidentified, he said.

Twelve of the deceased were above the age of 50, Bangar added. Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said eight of the 18 patients who died were in ”severe critical state” while undergoing treatment at the hospital.

He said 588 patients were being treated there against a bed capacity of 500.

On the other hand, the district civil hospital has 350 beds of which 150 are unoccupied, he pointed out.

He directed that a board be displayed on the premises to inform people that the civil hospital had not closed down but was operating from the premises of the Mental Health Hospital.

”The capacity of ICU at the Kalwa hospital was increased from 20 to 48. Many private hospitals in the vicinity refer patients to Kalwa hospital when they get serious,” Kesarkar said.

PM says oppn ran away during no-confidence motion, slams TMC’s ‘terror politics’

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August 12, 2023

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the opposition parties for walking out from Parliament during the no-confidence motion and said his government has defeated the ”negativity being spread” by them across the country.

PM Modi, who virtually addressed the Panchayati Raj Parishad in West Bengal, criticised the ruling TMC for using ”terror and threats” to intimidate the opposition in the state during the rural poll last month.

”Only two days back, we had defeated the opposition’s no-confidence motion in Parliament. We had also defeated the negativity being spread by them. The opposition parties didn’t want voting as it would have exposed the cracks in their alliance. They ran away from the House,” he said while addressing the programme.

The no-confidence motion against the Modi government was defeated through a voice vote in the Lok Sabha on Thursday after opposition MPs staged a walkout.

A no-confidence motion is a formal proposal moved by a member against the government in Lok Sabha under Rule 198 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.

PM Modi also alleged that the opposition parties ”didn’t want a discussion” on Manipur.

”They were not serious about any discussion, they just wanted to do politics over it,” he claimed. Hitting out at the Congress’ decade-old slogan ”Garibi hatao” (eliminate poverty), the prime minister said, ”In reality, they have done nothing to remove poverty and uplift the living conditions of the poor people of the country.” He claimed that the BJP government has ”taken steps for the overall development of the poor in the country”.

Alleging that the ruling TMC let “loose a reign of terror” in West Bengal during the rural polls, PM Modi said despite such threats, people have blessed BJP candidates.

”In Bengal, violence has been used as a means to threaten the opposition. But despite this, love of the people of Bengal has led to the people’s victory. But when our candidates have won, they are not allowed to take out a procession. If some take out a procession, they are attacked. This is TMC’s politics,” he alleged.