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India.com
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- India.com
Saving The Constitution: Rahul Gandhi As Police Halt INDIA Bloc's EC March
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi linked the INDIA bloc leaders march to Election Commission as a "fight to save the Constitution" and a demanded a "pure" voters list while Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi accused the BJP-led Union governmnt of being "scared". Delhi police on Monday detained Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi and a host of other INDIA bloc leaders as the police foiled their march to Election Commmission to protest over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and allegations of "vote chori" (vote theft) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Rahul Gandhi told reporters while being detained, "The reality is that they cannot talk. The truth is in front of the country. This fight is not political. This fight is to save the Constitution. This fight is for One Man, One Vote. We want a clean, pure voters list." Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra told ANI, "Dare hue hai. Sarkaar kaayar hai" (They are scared. The Government is a coward). The other leaders who were detained were Shive Sena Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, and TMC MP Sagarika Ghose. The detained MPs were coralled into a bus to be taken to the Parliament Street police station. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was seen jumping over barricades as Delhi Police stopped the INDIA bloc MPs from marching to the Election Commission's office The Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister could be seen climbing over the barricades, installed by the police to block the protesting MPs. Akhilesh Yadav jumped to the other side to continue the protest. "They are using the police to stop us," Akhilesh Yadav shouted after crossing the barricades. "We are protesting peacefully. We consider Mahatma Gandhi as our ideal..." Supriya Sule said. Senior INDIA bloc leaders- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, NCP SCP chief Sharad Pawar also joined the protest. The protest march began from the Makar Dwar of the Parliament under the leadership of Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. The MPs began their march to urge the EC to address their concerns on the alleged "voter theft" The MPs were raising slogans of "vote chor" as they marched towards the office of the poll body at Nirvachan Sadan, before being halted by Police. The Delhi Police said that the MPs did not take permission for the march. BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has accused the Congress of misleading the public. "The country can see if there is anyone who is working against the Constitution, it is led by Rahul Gandhi. SIR is not happening for the first time in the country. Congress lies about EVMs, raises the issue of Maharashtra elections, Haryana elections and creates a mountain of lies. It is their well-thought-out strategy to create a state of anarchy I appeal to the Opposition and the Congress party to raise all issues in discussion on Operation Sindoor in Parliament, the Opposition and Congress had no agenda.
Hindustan Times
2 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
Kangana Ranaut mocks Rahul Gandhi's EC protest march with ‘overacting' jibe
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was detained by police while leading the I.N.D.I.A. bloc's 'vote chori' protest march to the Election Commission of India. Actor and BJP MP from Mandi, Kangana Ranaut, has now reacted to Rahul Gandhi's protest and said that he is 'overacting' in order to gain 'sympathy.' (Also read: Kangana Ranaut not enjoying her political career: 'People come to me with problems like broken roads and naali') Kangana Ranaut said that Rahul Gandhi is 'overacting' to gain sympathy. What Kangana said Taking to her Instagram Stories on Monday, Kangana shared a news report of the coverage of the protests, which stated that Delhi Police has detained India bloc MPs, including Rahul Gandhi. Kangana took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi and wrote in the caption, 'Overacting wala lousy expression to gain sympathy (He is overacting with lousy expressions because he wants to gain sympathy).' Kangana Ranaut via Instagram Stories. About the protest Delhi Police stopped the opposition march on Monday, as they deployed personnel and put up barricades at multiple points along the route to maintain order and prevent any untoward incident during the I.N.D.I.A. bloc protest march. The protest march comes days after Rahul Gandhi's press conference last Thursday, in which he presented what he termed as an 'atom bomb' of proof over the poll body resorting to "vote chori". He claimed that there was "vote chori" of 1,00,250 votes in a constituency with 11,965 duplicate voters in one assembly segment, 40,009 voters with fake and invalid addresses, 10,452 bulk voters or single address voters, 4,132 voters with invalid photos and 33,692 voters misusing Form 6 of new voters. Kangana Ranaut contested on BJP ticket and won the Lok Sabha elections 2024 from the Mandi constituency. Kangana won in the Mandi Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 74,755 votes against her Congress rival, Vikramaditya Singh. As far as her work in Bollywood is concerned, she was last seen in the film Emergency, which she also directed.
Hindustan Times
2 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli attack. Who were they?
Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza city on Sunday (local time), the network reported. Among them was Anas al-Sharif, a journalist who had been covering the war in Gaza extensively and had a massive following on social media, and who the Israeli defence forces declared as 'terrorist'. A little after his death, a final message was posted from al-Sharif's account which was written on April 6.(File/AFP) In a targeted attack, the Israeli forces hit a tent housing journalists outside the gate of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza city, killing seven people, the Al Jazeera report said. Among them, five were journalists working with the network. Who are the Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli attack The five journalists who have been killed are - Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh who worked as correspondents, and Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, who worked as camera operators. Shortly before he was killed, Anas al-Sharif, 28, reported there was 'relentless bombardment' and that the 'Israeli aggression has intensified on Gaza City'. He also shared a video on his X account in which multiple explosions can be heard. Also read: Haunting last words of Al Jazeera journalist killed in Gaza: 'My final message' Anas al-Sharif's X account, where he shared regular updates about the war in Gaza, has over half a million followers. A little after his death, a final message was posted from al-Sharif's account which was written on April 6, and was to be published in case he died. 'I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification,' the message read. Mohammad Qureiqi also covered the war in Gaza extensively alongside Anas al-Sharif. Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha, in a post on X, said that Qureiqi was born on March 15, 1992 in Gaza's Shujaeeya neighborhood. HT could not independently verify this. He also shared a video of Qureiqi reuniting with his family during the ceasefire in January this year, which he said was shot by Anas al-Sharif. Al Jazeera condemns killings Al Jazeera has condemned the killing of its journalists and termed it 'yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom'. 'The order to assassinate Anas Al Sharif, one of Gaza's bravest journalists, and his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence the voices exposing the impending seizure and occupation of Gaza,' the network said. 'Al Jazeera emphasises that immunity for perpetrators and the lack of accountability embolden Israel's actions and encourage further oppression against witnesses to the truth,' it added.
