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Modi a ‘property dealer’ for Ambani, Adani and Tatas, Arvind Kejriwal says

    AHMEDABAD: Launching a broadside againstNarendra Modi on his home turf, AAP leaderArvind Kejriwal on Saturday called the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate a “property dealer for corporates like Ambani, Adani and Tatas.” Addressing his maiden rally in Gujarat on the concluding day of his four-day “fact-finding” tour on the development claims made by Modi, Kejriwal said the Gujarat chief minister denied him appointment yesterday because he was “afraid” of facing … Continue reading Modi a ‘property dealer’ for Ambani, Adani and Tatas, Arvind Kejriwal says

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Aam Aadmi on Aseemanand

a Aseemananda, the main accused in the acts of terrorism of bombing the Samjhauta Express (February2007), Hyderabad Mecca Masjid (May 2007), Ajmer Dargah (October 2007) and two attacks in Malegaon (September 2006 and September 2008)—which together took the lives of 119 people— in an interview to Caravan magazine, has made startling revelations saying that the top leadership of the RSS had sanctioned his participation in … Continue reading Aam Aadmi on Aseemanand

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How Clean Is the “Clean Chit” to Modi

    To pave the way for BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani’s national prime ministerial ambitions, the trail of blood which followed his Rath Yatra in 1989 and his signal contribution to the movement to violently pull down the Babri Masjid in 1992 were sought to be substantially erased from public memory by a systematic campaign of his re-invention as a moderate statesman. A similar … Continue reading How Clean Is the “Clean Chit” to Modi

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No respect for human life – Teesta Setalvad

      Modi’s statement that ‘relief camps are baby-making factories’ has become iconic of state abdication and cruelty. Uttar Pradesh chief secretary’s claim that “no one dies of cold; go check Siberia” has joined this cruel iconography. No man’s land is land under international law, land between nations or disputing parties, land under dispute, where uncertainty and ambiguity govern, land that no authority or … Continue reading No respect for human life – Teesta Setalvad

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2002 riots: ‘Ethnic cleansing, genocide are foreign terms… cannot be considered’

In her petition challenging the clean chit given by a special investigation team to Narendra Modi and others in the Gulberg Society killings, Zakia Jafri had used the expressions “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide”. On Thursday, Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra dismissed both “foreign terms” as not applicable while rejecting Zakia’s petition. Ganatra also rejected the “larger conspiracy” argument raised by Jafri. Excerpts from his … Continue reading 2002 riots: ‘Ethnic cleansing, genocide are foreign terms… cannot be considered’

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Wrong on part of India’s right to use Patel: Shyam Benegal

NEW DELHI: Film director Shyam Benegal says historical narrative is never still but constantly telescoped by hindsight and contemporary conditions but, “there is however, no debate on Sardar Patel, his position was very clear on every major ideological and economic issue, and is best illustrated in Rajmohan Gandhi’s biography of him.” The veteran director was principal advisor to director Ketan Mehta who helmed the biopic, … Continue reading Wrong on part of India’s right to use Patel: Shyam Benegal

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The Sexual Politics of Modi, the BJP and the Sangh Parivar

By-India United Against Fascism The systematic use of gang-rape as a weapon occurred in the Surat riots after the Babri Masjid demolition, and an ugly innovation was the videotaping of the gang-rapes. This was not a case of some random bystander filming the attacks, but a meticulously-planned spectacle with the venues flood-lit despite the fact that electric wires to the rest of the neighbourhood had … Continue reading The Sexual Politics of Modi, the BJP and the Sangh Parivar

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The RSS and the GUJARAT CARNAGE

Adept at its role behind the scenes, the fountainhead of Hindutva, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh gave a clean chit to the Narendra Modi administration after the Gujarat carnage. Describing the violence after the Godhra incident as a “natural reaction of Hindus,” the RSS on Friday gave a clean chit to the Narendra Modi administration in Gujarat, saying that no government could have controlled the “upsurge.” … Continue reading The RSS and the GUJARAT CARNAGE

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