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'Assam is not a dumping ground for Bangladeshi Hindu refugees,' says Assamese actor Ravi Sharma who joined the BJP in August and quit the party on December 10 in protest against the Citizenship Act. IMAGE: A protest in Guwahati against the Citizenship Act. Photograph: PTI Photo Assamese actor Ravi Sarma, who quit the Bharatiya Janata Party in protest against the Citizenship Act, fears a demographic change in his home state with the new legislation. Sarma. who joined the BJP in August this year, quit the party on December 10 stating that he was against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which at that time was facing Parliament's vote, because he foresaw Assam being dominated by people of Bengali origin once the Act came into force."Assam cannot take on the extra burden of Bangladeshi Hindus. Assam is not a dumping ground for Bangladeshi Hindu refugees," Sarma tells Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf. When he joined the BJP in August, one of the reasons he had touted was the BJP's interest in … [Read more...] about ‘BJP wants to make Assam into a Kashmir’

Guwahati: Protests continued in different parts of Assam, with several artists joining the agitation in Guwahati, although curfew was relaxed in many districts of the state. The death toll in Assam in protests against the amendment to citizenship law increased to four. Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an ally of BJP, said it would move the Supreme Court to exempt Assam from the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA). As anti-CAA slogans rang out in several parts of Guwahati, the All Assam Students Union (AASU) announced that it would hold Satyagarh in different districts and blocks across the state from December 16-18. Police has arrested 1,500 persons in connection with violent protests and vandalism and sent around 200 people to judicial custody. GP Singh, additional general of police (law and order), announced on Twitter on Sunday evening: “The situation having improved considerably, the day curfew is being withdrawn from Guwahati from 6 am of December 16th. Night curfew would remain from 9 … [Read more...] about BJP ally Asom Gana Parishad does a U-turn, to move SC

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on December 22 launch the BJP's campaign for the upcoming Delhi assembly polls by addressing a rally at Ramlila Maidan, which will be attended by residents of unauthorised colonies, the party said on Saturday. Earlier this month, Parliament passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019, to grant ownership rights to residents of Delhi's unauthorised colonies. It was passed in Lok Sabha on November 28, followed by Rajya Sabha on December 4. Looking to make a comeback in Delhi after over two decades, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is counting on voters living in unauthorised colonies to challenge the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the assembly polls early next year. Residents from all 1,731 unauthorised colonies in the national capital, who have been given ownership rights of their properties, will attend the "Dhanyawad Rally" (Gratitude Rally), Delhi BJP … [Read more...] about PM Modi to kick off BJP’s Delhi assembly poll campaign with rally at Ramlila Maidan on Dec 22

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari on Saturday unveiled the party’s extensive public connect strategies to prepare the ground for making the rally of PM Narendra Modi at Ramlila Maidan on December 22 a grand success. Modi is likely to address a huge rally to sound the poll bugle for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. The Delhi BJP unit would utilise the opportunity to “thank” the PM for the Union government’s decision to regularise 1,700-odd unauthorised colonies in the capital and confer ownership rights to their residents, besides launching its election campaign. Tiwari said that people of unauthorised colonies are very happy with the ownership rights and they will make the ‘Dhanyavaad Rally’ a grand success. According to an estimate, about 40-50 lakh people living in 1,731 illegal colonies are likely to be benefited by the Centre’s move. “BJP will run a signature campaign on December 14 and 15 and collect 11 lakh signatures … [Read more...] about Thanking PM Modi: BJP to collect 11 lakh signatures

RANCHI: A 48.56 per cent turn out has been registered till 1 PM in 15 seats in Jharkhand where polling is underway in the fourth round today. Elections are going on smoothly and peacefully, poll officials said. Giridih, the second seat from where former Chief Minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) president Babulal Marandi is contesting, recorded 47.49 per cent polling, the officials said. He also contested from Dhanwar, where polling was held in the third phase on Deecember 9. The JVM is contesting in 14 seats. Around 39 per cent electorate cast their votes in Dhanbad from where Disaster Management Minister and Congress candidate Mannan Malik is seeking re-election. Deogarh, where Toursim Minister and RJD leader Suresh Paswan is pitted against 12 candidates, recorded 51 per cent voting. Minority Welfare Minister Haji Hussain Ansari is among 14 nominees from Madhupur, where 56 per cent polling was cast by 1 PM. Two-time MLA of the CPI (ML-Liberation) Vinod Kumar … [Read more...] about Jharkhand elections: Nearly 49 per cent turn out, polling peaceful