' ; $ ! ('8 "'('8 8 2,3&2%45 %)%). )*+,- /0," ! ?' ?)<?<: <166!156<6 15$1)56@6)6:5 $673172 5:/ 3:!)732)56/)< 3:6 <)625 3)596$ 65915A<1#6<16 <)5 31<)1!2< 3)5$19)<3 $63<)$25 3$6<))$@1 )/)$) 7 !01,22 4* =) " 6 ) " (# # '(667+ " 6 Did he want Hindu rash- returned to India after expos- Council above Prime tra?” Modi asked, asserting ing abject persecution of Minister and PMO and + " 56/$6731 that several reports, including minorities in that recently violating Supreme those of parliamentary panels, country. Court’s advise against violent he Delhi Assembly elec- had recommended a law like The PM quoted Dutt say- agitations. Ttion campaign which the CAA. ing in the Constituent Modi also accused the started as a three-corner fight Modi referred to the 1950 Assembly “so far as the side of Congress of discreetly insti- among the incumbent AAP, Nehru-Liyaqat agreement on Pakistan concerned, minori- gating anti-CAA agitation. the BJP and the Congress has minority security and non- ties are practically liquidated. “Khoob parda hai, chilman se now narrowed down to a discrimination against “reli- Those who live in East lage baithe hain, saaf chhupte direct fight between the AAP gious minorities”. Why did Pakistan live in total frustra- bhi nahin, samne aate bhi and the BJP with the Nehru not use “all citizens”? tion”. Modi also gave anoth- nahin” (Closeted to screen but Congress appearing to have he asked to counter protests er instance of Jogendra Nath would not come out in open), given up hope with its low-key against exclusion of Muslims Mandal, a backward caste Modi recited a romantic canvassing for the February 8 in the agreement. He said an leader also the first Law poem to nuance his political election. year ago before this agree- Minister in Pakistan who also message. Hardselling its five years of ment, Nehru wrote a letter to likewise returned to India development works and free- Assam Chief Minister after observing that minori- bies provided to Delhiites, AAP Gopinath to distinguish ties were being successfully convener and Delhi Chief between Hindu refugees and driven out of West Pakistan $ Minister Arvind Kejrwial is Muslim migrants from and the same was being done hopeful of retaining power. Pakistan. Modi quoted in the East Pakistan. / * )2 However, the AAP is facing Nehru’s statement in the Lok As he accused the a stiff challenge from the BJP . Sabha on November 5, 1950 Congress of telling “lies” and wo former Chief under the stewardship of Union , , - ! ' . that affected minorities com- spreading “false propagan- TMinisters, Omar Home Minister Amit Shah. by raising the question of the improve on its 2015 tally of ing to India have right to cit- da” on the CAA on account of Abdullah and Mehbooba Besides promising freebies like saffron party’s inability in not three seats. izenship and “law needed to its vote-bank politics, the Mufti, currently under polit- 2/kg atta, the BJP tried to cap- announcing its CM candidate. A few even predict that the + **+ 56/$6731 ers, Modi quoted the first Prime be changed.” Prime Minister assured that ical detention for last six italise on the anti- It is too early saffron party may get closer to Minister of the country, Drawing attention to the the CAA will not “discrimi- months, were booked under CAA protests in to jump to any the half-way mark in the harging the Opposition with Jawaharlal Nehru, to buttress persecution of religious nate” between Hindus and controversial and stringent Shaheen Bagh. pioneer conclusion about Assembly. Cinstigating anti-CAA protests the case for the CAA saying it was minorities in Pakistan from Muslims and cause no dam- Public Safety Act (PSA) that The AAP the election out- The Congress, whose and spreading “falsehood”, Prime he who first spoke of “pressure” the very beginning, the Prime age to minorities. allows detention of any indi- throughout the poll Analysis come, poll pun- prospects are dim, is likely to Minister Narendra Modi on on and “safety” of minorities in Minister gave the instance of Taking a jibe at the vidual for up to two years campaign played dits think the increase its vote share in five Thursday warned that agitations East and West Pakistan and need freedom fighter Upendra Congress on its “save without a trial. The move was safe by not getting drawn into AAP is likely to retain major- boroughs, including Delhi against laws passed by Parliament to change the law to grant Indian Nath Dutta — a member of Constitution” pitch, he necessitated as their six- the Shaheen Bagh debate and ity in the Assembly. Cant, Kasturba Nagar, and and State Assemblies may lead to citizenship to “minorities” com- All India Congress recalled unconstitutional month preventive custody kept its focus on development However, observers feel Muslim-majority Mustafabad, “anarchy”. He justified action ing from Pakistan. Modi sought Committee — who had measures during Emergency, ended on Thursday. works and freebies. It used that aggressive campaigning where party workers hope to against PDP and NC leaders in to ask the Opposition benches stayed in Pakistan but placing of National Advisory Detailed copy on P7 other tactics to corner the BJP by the BJP is likely to help it gain strength. Jammu & Kashmir suggesting whether Pandit Nehru was that his Government cannot be “communal” to raise the issue of with those supporting “open the plight of “minorities” in the secession” and lampooned neighbouring country. ! " Congress campaign of “save “This was not only Mahatma Constitution”. Gandhi’s but also Nehru’s senti- In a speech laced with ments. Was Pandit Nehru com- % $ & Palestine and Kashmir issues. humour, “shayari” and verbal munal? Did he discriminate Pakistan has persisted with its wallops at the Opposition lead- between Hindus and Muslims? proposal so far. + .+ 56/$6731817)))$ the Foreign Ministers of the February 9 to make prepara- Soon after Pakistan’s OIC on Kashmir by Saudi tions for the Council of absence at the Malaysia sum- ndia on Thursday reacted Arabia, in an apparent move Foreign Ministers (CFM). mit, Saudi Arabia showed flex- ! " # $ % Istrongly to the reference to by the kingdom to please Islamabad’s feeling of ibility in December on the Jammu & Kashmir in a Pakistan which skipped a unease with the OIC over its proposal for the CFM on Pakistan-Malaysia joint state- recent summit of Muslim failure to get the CFM’s meet- Kashmir. The Saudi flexibili- ment, while Pakistan’s effort to nations in Malaysia. The sum- ing appears to be growing, as ty, however, was short-lived as P ' ( call an immediate meeting on mit was seen by Riyadh as an Riyadh was showing reluc- Riyadh reverted to its tradi- Kashmir by Saudi Arabia-led attempt to create a new bloc to tance to convene the meeting tional position on Kashmir. Organisation of Islamic replace the 57-member group- on Kashmir on Pakistan’s India, in a major diplo- Cooperation (OIC) seems to ing led by it. request, the report quoted a matic achievement in March ) * have not yielded desired result Prime Minister Imran diplomatic source as saying. last year, addressed the OIC after Riyadh showed reluc- Khan had confirmed Pakistan’s The Jeddah-headquar- Although there has been a considered a must for any meeting in Abu Dhabi for the ##+ 56/$6731 tance to the move. participation in the summit tered bloc, which is the second meeting of the contact group move at the OIC, which is first time. India’s participation Upset with Malaysia hosted by Malaysia, but largest inter-governmental on Kashmir on the sidelines of dominated by Saudi Arabia came despite strong demand by ith an aim to counter the move, India urged that coun- skipped the event at the body after the UN, has usual- UN General Assembly session and other Arab countries from Pakistan to rescind the invita- W“falsehood” spread by the try’s leadership to develop a eleventh hour due to pressure ly been supportive of Pakistan in New York and a report by the Gulf. The kingdom has tion to then External Affairs BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) better understanding of facts exerted by Saudi Arabia and and often sided with the OIC’s Independent made several proposals to Minister Sushma Swaraj to launched a satirical campaign and acknowledge that Pakistan the United Arab Emirates - Islamabad on the Kashmir Permanent Human Rights Pakistan to avoid the CFM address the grouping of the titled “AmitShahKaUltaChashma” remains an epicentre of glob- key financial backers of the issue. Commission on the alleged including holding of a parlia- OIC which was turned down on Thursday. The party launched al terrorism. cash-strapped country. Prime Minister Khan rights abuses in Kashmir, no mentary forum or speakers’ by the host UAE, resulting in a website amitshahkaultachash- According to media The report by Dawn News voiced frustration over the progress could be made conference from Muslim Pakistan’s Foreign Minister ma.com on which seven com- reports in Pakistan, there were came ahead of the bloc’s senior OIC’s silence on Kashmir dur- towards the CFM’s meeting. countries and, according to a Qureshi boycotting the parative images are uploaded. plans to convene a meeting of officials’ meeting in Jeddah on ing his visit to Malaysia. Support from Riyadh is source, a joint meeting on plenary. The seven pictures of a Mohalla Clinic, a night shelter, is unable to see the development playground, three visuals of delivered by the AAP dispensa- Government schools and one of tion because its glasses are taint- the streetlight initiatives uploaded ed, it said, adding that the AAP on the website convey the situa- has depicted how its has worked tion in Delhi before and after the hard to develop Delhi AAP came to power.