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700 riots took place under Sonia Gandhi's watch: Narendra Modi

Aligarh, April 06 (ANI): BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, on Sunday said that 700 communal riots took place under Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's watch. Modi also hit out at Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for his party's government failure to control communal riots. Alleging indirectly that Sonia Gandhi controls SP, Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Modi said they were hand in glove with each other. Apr 6, 2014
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Modi has overtaken and taken over the party, BJP is only a shadow: P Chidambaram

Chennai, April 6 (ANI): Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday attacked the BJP highlighting its various flaws. Chidambaram stated that AIADMK and the BJP have a common understanding and that is why the AIADMK chief never says anything against the BJP. He further targeted Modi for remaining unrepentant for the 2002 Gujarat riots. He also said that senior BJP leader LK Advani had rightly called Modi as an event manager because he planned the Gujarat riots very well. Chidambaram further said there would be very serious consequences if Modi, with his stated positions and his character flaws, becomes the prime minister. Apr 6, 2014
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Mulayam visits Muzaffarnagar ahead of polls, says sufficient compensation provided to riot victims

Muzaffarnagar, April 6 (ANI): With just four days before Muzaffarnagar goes to polls, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday visited the riot-hit area to address a rally, seven month after the communal violence broke out in the region. Mulayam said that the communal riot was an unfortunate incident but the UP government provided sufficient compensation to the victims. Apr 6, 2014
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Bukhari brothers involve in 'war of words' over Sonia-Imam meet, Politicos react

New Delhi, April 06 (ANI): Politicos reacted in different ways after Syed Ahmed Bukhari's brother Yahya Bukhari attacked Imam's decision to endorse Congress party. BJP Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that the party doesn't want to involve in matters of Bukhari brothers and that Congress and its associated parties are all connected with riots. BJP leader Shyam Jaju said that Congress party has used Imam of Jama Masjid before also but the influence is not there now and that people are not with them. Reacting on the same, Congress leader Meem Afzal said that difference between brothers is not surprising and is a common thing. Apr 6, 2014
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attacks Congress

New Delhi, April 6 (ANI): BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slammed the Congress Party on Sunday saying that they do not have a proper face or character to go in public because they are responsible for a lot of scams. Naqvi stated that BJP is happy with the polarization of votes which will help in good governance. Naqvi further attacked the Congress and its associated parties for supporting riots just for the sake of votes. Apr 6, 2014
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Imam's support to Congress is condemnable: Yahya Bukhari

New Delhi, Apr 5 (ANI): Brother of Imam Bukhari, Yahya Bukhari on Saturday said that Imam's support to Congress is condemnable. He further asked what Congress has done for Muslims in the past. He also said that wherever Congress is not in power, they incite riots there before elections so as to polarize votes. Apr 5, 2014
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Amit Shah's statement taken in wrong way: BJP after Congress moves EC

New Delhi, April 05 (ANI): After Congress legal cell Secretary KS Mittal said that the party moved the Election Commission against Amit Shah's remark on Muzaffarnagar riots, BJP Media Convenor Shrikant Sharma said that Shah's statement have been taken in a wrong way and is misinterpreted. He said that there is no rule of law in Uttar Pradesh and the court has also said that Akhilesh Yadav government in UP is not secular. Sharma further said that if Congress wants to move the EC for the same, it is their democratic right, but at the end people's votes will give the answer. Apr 5, 2014
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Congress moves EC against Amit Shah's 'communal remark' over Muzaffarnagar riots

New Delhi, April 05 (ANI): After BJP leader Amit Shah called for revenge in Muzaffarnagar over the riots that took place in the district, Congress legal cell moved Election Commission on Saturday. AICC legal cell Secretary KC Mittal said that giving hateful and provocative speeches in Jaat dominated, sensitive area was completely wrong and that this will be spreading hatred among people. Mittal said that not only criminal cases should be filed against BJP and Shah but EC should take a stern action against BJP as a political party for violating the model code of conduct. Apr 5, 2014
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Amit Shah says UP govt will fall the day Modi becomes PM, SP calls it fascist ideology

New Delhi/ Bijnor, April 05 (ANI): After BJP leader Amit Shah appealed the people of Uttar Pradesh to vote for the party and said that the day Narendra Modi will become prime minister, the state government will collapse, SP General Secretary Ramgopal Yadav called it a fascist ideology. Yadav said that saying that they will dismiss a democratically elected government is nothing but a fascist ideology. He further dared BJP to dismiss the SP government in the sate if they had courage to do so. Further, talking about Shah’s statement on Muzaffarnagar riots, Yadav said that if they think revenge needs to be taken for the riots, its clear that the BJP had incited the riots. Apr 5, 2014
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French street artist Noir holds first solo show in London

French street artist Thierry Noir is best known for being one of the first artists to paint on the Berlin Wall, back in 1984. Having been based in the German capital for thirty years, Noir is now holding his first solo show in London. Duration: 01:08 Apr 5, 2014
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LS Polls: Mayawati urges Muslims to vote for BSP

Muzaffarnagar, April 04 (ANI): BSP Chief Mayawati, on Friday urged Muslims to vote en-masse for the party candidates during parliamentary polls to defeat main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh. The BSP chief urged them not to get swayed by promises of Congress party or Samajwadi Party (SP). She also alleged that Samajwadi Party’s government in Uttar Pradesh had hatched a strategy to further stoke up 2013 communal riots in Muzaffarnagar, if she had visited the place. Mayawati alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) government had implicated her in false cases in 2004 as she had refused to ally with them to contest then parliamentary polls. Apr 5, 2014
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Naresh Agarwal on Shahi Imam

New Delhi, April 4 (ANI): Hours after Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi slammed Samajwadi Party for communal riots and appealed Muslim voters in Uttar Pradesh to rejects its candidates, party leader Naresh Agarwal said that Muslim voters would always support the party. Apr 5, 2014
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Narendra Modi need not apologise to satisfy a fake campaign: Jaitley

New Delhi, April 01 (ANI): BJP Senior leader Arun Jaitley said party’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has got a clean chit in Gujarat riots of 2002 and therefore does not need to be apologetic to any fake campaigners who are trying to spoil his image. Jaitley was interacting with foreign journalists in New Delhi as a part of the forthcoming elections’ campaign. Jaitley said this is propaganda by Modi’s enemies and thus he does not need to apologise. Meanwhile, speaking on India’s relations with Pakistan and infiltration attempts along the Line of Control (LoC) last year, Jaitley said that if BJP came to power and any such acts are repeated by Pakistan, dialogue between the neighbours would definitely be affected. Apr 1, 2014
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