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Hindustan Times
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Saini visits deras in Jalandhar, takes part in Guru Purnima celebrations
Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday visited the Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan in Nur Mahal of Jalandhar district in Punjab, and took part in the Guru Purnima celebrations. Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini being felicitated during Guru Purnima Mahotsav at Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan in Jalandhar on Thursday. Anandpur Sahib MP Ravneet Singh Bittu is also seen in the photo. (HT Photo) Union minister of state for railways Ravneet Singh Bittu accompanied the chief minister Saini, who said that this sacred day gives all an opportunity to express gratitude to the great Gurus who, by bestowing the light of knowledge, taught us the right way to live. The chief minister also visited the 'kamdhenu gaushala' located in the premises of the sansthan. Saini also visited Baba Mohan Dass Ashram in Jalandhar. 'It is a matter of great happiness that today we are all gathered here to celebrate Guru Purnima. I have been associated with guru ji (Mohan Dass) for a long time and have been taking his blessings every year,' he said, urging people to take a pledge to plant a tree under 'Ek Ped Maa ke Naam' campaign. 'The environment around us is getting polluted, and we are increasingly getting dependent on air conditioners. This will also help us to deal with climate change. On this occasion, we also have to take a pledge that we all follow the path shown by our Gurus and Saints,' Saini said. Later, the chief minister also visited Dera Sachkhand Ballan in Jalandhar and paid obeisance there.
Time of India
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Rahul Gandhi ridiculed globally too, says BJP on student quizzing him on 1984 riot
Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday lauded the Sikh student who questioned Rahul Gandhi over the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 and said it was telling that the Congress leader was being "ridiculed not just in India, but around the world". The student asked Rahul what attempts he was making to reconcile with the Sikh community and referred to the 1984 riots in his lengthy poser when the Congress MP was having an interaction session with students at Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the US on April 21. The video of the interaction was uploaded on Saturday on the Watson Institute's YouTube channel. BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya shared a snippet of the video and said the student had directly reminded Rahul of the "unfounded fear-mongering" he had done about Sikh identity under BJP rule. Questioning Rahul's previous remarks on religious freedom under BJP rule, the Sikh student said, "You create fear among Sikhs about what BJP would look like. We want freedom of expression, which has not been allowed under the Congress in the past." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Best website creation site | Build your store in minutes Shopify Shop Now Undo The student also referred to the Anandpur Sahib resolution , which he claimed the Congress mis-characterized as a separatist manifesto. He criticized the party's failure to reconcile with the Sikh community and pointed to convicted former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar as evidence of lingering impunity, and said, "Many more Sajjan Kumars are sitting in Congress party." In response, Rahul admitted that Congress had committed many "mistakes" when he was not there, but added that he was more than happy to take responsibility for everything the party had ever done wrong. He pointed out that he had publicly stated that what happened in the 1980s was "wrong". BJP also attacked Rahul for calling Lord Ram "a mythological figure" at the same interaction.
Time of India
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
After US student says many Sajjan Kumars still in Congress fold, Rahul Gandhi says I take responsibility for everything party did wrong
Jalandhar: Seven months after he sought to put BJP in the dock while speaking in the US on the issue of religious freedom in India and cited the example of Sikhs while doing so, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi faced a question from a student in the US about what Sikhs faced during Congress rule in India. The student mentioned that Rahul's party still had "many more Sajjan Kumars" in its fold. Gandhi, on his part, termed the happenings of the 1980s "wrong" and said he was more than happy to take responsibility for whatever mistakes Congress made in the past. Gandhi held a question-and-answer session during at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs of Brown University, US, on April 21. A Sikh student was the first to pose a question, referring to Rahul's earlier remark made at an event in Virginia on Sept 9 last year. Rahul's conversation was uploaded on YouTube on Saturday, and it attracted a strong reaction from the BJP. Mentioning Rahul's earlier remark that under BJP rule, the fight was about whether a Sikh would be allowed to wear his turban or a 'karra' (metal bangle), the Sikh student said, "You create a fear amongst the Sikhs about what the BJP would look like. But we just don't want to wear karras, we just don't want to wear turbans. We want freedom of expression, which under the Congress party in the past, has not been allowed," he said. He added, "For example, the Anandpur Sahib resolution , which you are probably familiar with, which talks about dalit rights, rights of water; it talks about better working conditions, anti-monopoly. It mentions nothing about separatism, but it is labelled as a separatist document." "This is something your party has done, and your party seems to lack the maturity to accept the mistakes it has made, such as Sajjan Kumar just now being tried. There are many more Sajjan Kumars sitting in the Congress party. KPS Gill is hailed as a hero," he said. Then came his real question: "You tell us to fear what India will look like under the BJP, but you've never tried to reconcile with the Sikhs. What attempts are you making? Because if you continue like this, BJP is also going to make its way to Punjab." Rahul replied, "First of all, I don't think that really anything scares the Sikhs. That is the first point. The statement I made was that: look, do we want an India where people are uncomfortable to express their religion? As far as the mistakes of the Congress party are concerned, a lot of those mistakes happened when I was not there. But I am more than happy to take responsibility for everything that the Congress party has ever done wrong in its history." When the Sikh student again asked what he had done to reconcile with the Sikhs, the Congress leader added: "I have publicly stated that what happened in the '80s was wrong. I have been to the Golden Temple multiple times, I have an extremely good relationship with the Sikh community in India and a loving relationship with them."
