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Time of India
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- Time of India
CM: Operation Sindoor was a befitting reply to Pakistan
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Monday alleged that the opposition parties loved anti-national forces, but not Bharat, and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Operation Sindoor that avenged the Pahalgam terror attack . Speaking on the first day of the monsoon session of Delhi Assembly during a debate on operations Sindoor and Mahadev, Gupta said Operation Sindoor was a befitting reply to Pakistan after the Pahalgam attack in which some women had lost their loved ones, asserting that PM Modi played a huge role in protecting the dignity of "our sisters". Hitting out at the opposition INDIA bloc, CM claimed, "These people do not love Bharat, but they love anti-national forces because they see their own reflection in them." She alleged, "The name is INDIA, but if you listen to them, it feels like they are spokespersons for Pakistan… They do not trust their own Army, their own Prime Minister, but they trust foreign countries." You Can Also Check: Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi Gupta also attacked Congress over Partition. "In 1947, your party was in power. You took credit for India's Independence, but not for Partition. Why didn't you take responsibility for the 1962 Indo-China war?" After BJP chief whip Abhay Verma gave notice for a congratulatory motion for operations Sindoor and Mahadev, both BJP and opposition AAP raised slogans of 'Bharat Mata ki jai', hailing Indian Army. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo Leader of the opposition Atishi pointed out that the whole country said in one voice after the Pahalgam attack that "we need to give a befitting reply to Pakistan. We thank our armed forces for destroying terror sites in Pakistan...". She continued, "But suddenly, I saw a post on X by US president Donald Trump claiming that he stopped the war. I want to ask the BJP-led central govt whether the cost of business with America is more than the sindoor of our sisters. " The former CM questioned why the operation was stopped at a crucial juncture. Before being marshalled out, AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha criticised the central govt for accepting the cease-fire decision made by US president Trump. "Operation Sindoor was an opportunity... to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir." Home minister Ashish Sood said the two operations represented the new normal in response to terror attacks. "After terrorist attacks, dossiers are not sent any longer; instead, the Army is given a clear order to eliminate the enemy." Those questioning the two operations should be tried on sedition charges, he said. Minister Kapil Mishra said AAP leaders shed tears whenever a terrorist was killed. "The talk of taking back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir started only after PM Modi took charge." BJP MLA Shikha Rai demanded that Operation Sindoor be made part of the school curriculum. BJP's Arvinder Singh Lovely said India had become such a country that didn't bow down to terrorism any more.
India Today
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- India Today
BJP alleges attack on Hindu women in Kolkata for refusing to chant 'Allah Hu Akbar'
The Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged that a group of Muslim girls physically attacked Hindu women after they refused to chant "Allah Hu Akbar." The BJP made the allegation through a post on its official X to the post, the incident took place in Dhakuria Lake in Kolkata. The post further claimed that when the Hindu women told the group, "This is a public place, not a religious one. You can't force us, we are Hindus."advertisementThe BJP claims the women were then assaulted for refusing to follow the demand and standing their ground. 'Is this what religious harmony looks like in West Bengal? Are we in Bangladesh or Pakistan already?' BJP questioned in the incident from Dhakuria Lake, Kolkata:Some Muslim girls physically attacked a group of Hindu women after they refused to chant "Allah Hu Akbar."When the Hindu women calmly stated,"This is a public place, not a religious one. You can't force us, we are Hindus," they BJP West Bengal (@BJP4Bengal) August 4, 2025 Responding to the alleged incident, IPS Meeraj Khalid, Joint Commissioner (Headquarters) of Kolkata Police, told India Today that the police came to know of the incident through social media and no official complaint has been filed at any police station so far.'We have received information about this alleged incident from social media. No one has lodged any complaints at any police station so far. A detailed enquiry is being conducted to reveal the truth,' IPS Meeraj Khalid told India a Kolkata Police source told India Today that efforts are being made to identify the complainant through available sources, adding that, since no written complaint has been submitted, the process is taking she is identified, she will be called for questioning and if the incident is confirmed, a formal case will be registered, the source added.- EndsWith inputs from Santosh SahaMust Watch
Time of India
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- Time of India
Amid deadlock, PM to address NDA parliamentary party meeting today
. NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing logjam in Parliament, PM Narendra Modi will address the BJP-led NDA parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, a get-together of the alliance's MPs that is being held after a considerable gap, and the first during the current session of Parliament. The NDA meeting also holds significance as filing of nomination papers for the election to the vice-president of India's post begins from Aug 7. The BJP-led bloc will have to announce its candidate - whose election to the post will be a certainty due to the alliance's majority in the electoral college - by Aug 21, the last date of nomination-filing and the monsoon session of Parliament. The electoral college for the vice-president poll includes MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and its current strength is 782. If the opposition also names a candidate - a distinct possibility - then the poll is scheduled to be held on Sept 9. The meeting comes in the middle of a session which has been a washout so far, except for a two-day discussion on the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor, due to a united opposition's continuous protest against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar by Election Commission. PM Modi is expected to speak on a host of issues as the opposition has been raising the heat over the poll body's alleged partisan conduct favouring govt, and the terror attack and Operation Sindoor. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like With temperatures hitting 95°F, this is the mini air conditioner everyone's buying in the U.S News of the Discovery Undo Sources said Modi may ask alliance MPs to counter the opposition's narrative and also boost the 'Tiranga Yatra' being organised in view of Independence Day. The parliamentary party is also likely to felicitate the PM for the success of Operation Sindoor and neutralisation of the terrorists involved in the attack. Since the 2024 LS elections, when BJP lost its majority but comfortably crossed the halfway mark with allies, the meeting of the party's MPs every session was expanded to include its allies. Before the last national elections, the PM used to address weekly meetings of the BJP parliamentary party during Parliament sessions.
