The SAD delegation also presented a memorandum along with SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal which called for the formation of a special court for day to day trial of “all cases of 1984 Sikh genocide in Delhi to ensure time-bound delivery of justice”.
Kerala floods: After conducting an aerial survey of rain-hit districts, Rajnath Singh said, “I understand the sufferings of the people of Kerala from the present crisis. Since assessment of damage would take time, I am announcing an immediate relief of additional Rs 100 crore.”
Kerala rains HIGHLIGHTS: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday estimated the preliminary loss, due to the floods, to be around Rs 8,316 crore.
Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS earlier in June for a routine check-up, where he was diagnosed with urinary tract infection.
Addressing the Uttar Pradesh BJP state executive meeting, Rajnath Singh also praised the Yogi Adityanath government in the state, saying that he has got reports from various agencies about its success on the law and order front.
Rajnath Singh reiterated that this was not the final NRC, but a draft and adequate time would be given to settle all claims and objections.
Six TMC lawmakers were detained at Silchar airport on Thursday while attempting to visit Assam after the publication of the draft NRC. Assam has a BJP-led government.
The draft NRC was published Tuesday. After the draft was made public, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harshvardhan Shringla met Bangladesh Foreign minister A H Mahmood Ali and Bangladesh’s ruling party, Awami League’s general secretary Obaidul Quader, who is also the Transport Minister.
Unlike the Prime Minister, who had to leave behind his gift, Rajnath Singh came back with his present. But it’s not with him now — Singh has deposited in Toshkhana, the government treasurehouse for gifts received by public officials.
TMC staged protests in both Houses of Parliament today over the detention of some of its leaders in Assam’s Silchar yesterday, over which the Lok Sabha was adjourned briefly.
Rajnath Singh said, “Procedure of NRC started in 1985 through the Assam accord when the late Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister. The decision to update was taken by former PM Manmohan Singh in 2005.”
Mamata Banerjee accused the “ruling party” of discriminating against and “questioning the Indianness of Indians” who do not support it, and warned that this would lead to “a civil war, a bloodbath”.
It also asked the government and the BJP not to play politics over NRC, as doing so would be against “national interest and national unity”.
BJP launched an all-out attack on the opposition parties including the Mamata’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) and asked them to clarify their stand on the issue.
On a three-day visit to Delhi, the TMC supremo also has engagements with Yashwant Sinha and BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, two fierce critics of the government, at advocate Ram Jethmalani’s residence.
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