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Hardik Patel Renames 'Reverse Dandi Yatra' as 'Ekta Yatra'
The Gujarat government said it had told the Patel leaders that they must follow "set procedure" to pursue their demand of reservations.
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BJP criticizes Chidambaram's Ekta Yatra remark
A BJP leader today criticized Home Minister P Chidambaram for complimenting Jammu and Kashmir government for "tactful" handling of BJP's Ekta Yatra, seeking to hoist the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on January 26. "We express serious concern over the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's remarks complementing the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Mi...
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BJP activists attack minister's car in Jammu
Members of the BJP attacked the car of the Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Abdul Rahim Rather, in Jammu this evening. The minister's car was passing by the BJP office in the city when activists tried to damage it. The minister drove away unhurt.The activists had just left the BJP office after being addressed by senior party leaders Arun Jait...
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BJP rejects Omar's invitation to join Republic Day function
BJP leaders today turned down a peace overture by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Omar had invited BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar for Republic Day celebrations at the Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar.The Chief Minister had told NDTV that he called Arun Jaitley to invite him, and that Jaitley responded by saying h...
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BJP leaders Jaitley, Sushma released in Kathua in J&K
The trio of BJP leaders who were arrested as they crossed into Jammu yesterday have been released in Kathua. Arun Jaitley, Ananth Kumar and Sushma Swaraj then met party workers and hoisted the national flag with them. They then headed to the BJP party office in Jammu. (Read: BJP rally stopped at Jammu; Jaitley, Sushma arrested) Earlier today, the B...
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BJP rally stopped at Jammu; Jaitley, Sushma arrested
It was a dramatic sight. Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, aboard a BJP rath, moving slowly across a one-kilometre bridge that stood between them and Jammu. They were accompanied by 500 BJP workers. Once the procession arrived at Lakhanpur in J&K, Ms Swaraj and Mr Jaitley were arrested.For a marathon four hours this afternoon, Ms Swaraj an...
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Chidambaram's statement on BJP's Ekta Yatra
A day after BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were forcibly escorted out of Jammu and sent to Madhopur in Punjab, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has issued a press statement.In the statement, the Home Minister said, "Yesterday, I spoke to Shri Arun Jaitley and Shri Omar Abdullah. I told Shri Jaitley that he and his colleagues had made t...
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Ekta Yatra standoff: Centre backs Omar government
On Monday, BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were forcibly escorted out of Jammu and sent to Madhopur in Punjab. Strongly condemning the arrest, Jaitley had called the action "illegal, unconstitutional and undemocratic." But Home Ministry sources tell NDTV that the state is well within its rights to take the leaders out of the state appreh...
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Ekta Yatra standoff: J&K govt seals border with Punjab
The BJP is adamant that it will go ahead with its Ekta Yatra and hoist the tricolour in the heart of Srinagar on Republic Day tomorrow. The Jammu and Kashmir government is determined not to let the BJP leaders and workers get there. And it is backed firmly by the Centre that has asserted that BJP leaders must respect law and order measures. A...
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Arrested, tweeted Sushma, then deposited in Punjab
As she was led away from the Jammu airport where she had been detained for several hours, Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "Arrested - cars - separate - dont know where to?" The answer became clearer as a police convoy zipped down a highway - she was being taken to Madhopur on the Punjab border. Here, Ms Swaraj and Arun Jaitley held a rally on Tuesday ...
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Arrested, tweets Sushma after Jammu airport drama
As she was led away from the Jammu airport where she had been detained for several hours, Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "Arrested - cars - separate - dont know where to?"The answer, according to sources, is Madhopur on the Punjab border. The three BJP leaders - Ms Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar - were all being forcibly escorted away from Jammu hou...
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Nitish slams ally BJP over rally for Kashmir
The BJP's insistence, on going through with its Tiranga Yatra, has once again flared up tensions with alliance partner JD(U)."What I want to say is we fight for every problem, we fight together, we are two different parties and this is a BJP's program," said BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad. Worried over a possible communal backlash, Biha...
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Jaitley, Sushma not allowed to leave Jammu airport
Senior BJP leader LK Advani has formally complained to the Prime Minister about his party leaders who were not allowed to leave the Jammu airport after they landed there this evening."I talked to the Prime Minister to register protest over the way authorities prevented Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, both Leaders of Opposition in two Houses of Parl...
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BJP's 'Ekta Yatra' heads to Jammu, govt tightens security
BJP's controversial Ekta Yatra is on its way to Jammu. The aim of the yatra, led by BJP's youth leaders, is to unfurl the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Republic Day.The party's top national leaders have decided to join the party youth wing's tiranga yatra. Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar are flying to Jammu...
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Stone pelters in BJP ranks?
In its Kolkata to Kashmir Ekta Yatra, the BJP's youth wing is aiming to lead thousands of its members to raise the tricolour at Lal Chowk on Republic Day. The BJP says it's a challenge to the separatists. But the police say some party workers in the state are stone throwers, whose agitation took the Kashmir valley to the brink last summer. Si...
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Hardik Patel Renames 'Reverse Dandi Yatra' as 'Ekta Yatra'
The Gujarat government said it had told the Patel leaders that they must follow "set procedure" to pursue their demand of reservations.
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BJP criticizes Chidambaram's Ekta Yatra remark
A BJP leader today criticized Home Minister P Chidambaram for complimenting Jammu and Kashmir government for "tactful" handling of BJP's Ekta Yatra, seeking to hoist the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on January 26. "We express serious concern over the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's remarks complementing the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Mi...
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BJP activists attack minister's car in Jammu
Members of the BJP attacked the car of the Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Abdul Rahim Rather, in Jammu this evening. The minister's car was passing by the BJP office in the city when activists tried to damage it. The minister drove away unhurt.The activists had just left the BJP office after being addressed by senior party leaders Arun Jait...
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BJP rejects Omar's invitation to join Republic Day function
BJP leaders today turned down a peace overture by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Omar had invited BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar for Republic Day celebrations at the Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar.The Chief Minister had told NDTV that he called Arun Jaitley to invite him, and that Jaitley responded by saying h...
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BJP leaders Jaitley, Sushma released in Kathua in J&K
The trio of BJP leaders who were arrested as they crossed into Jammu yesterday have been released in Kathua. Arun Jaitley, Ananth Kumar and Sushma Swaraj then met party workers and hoisted the national flag with them. They then headed to the BJP party office in Jammu. (Read: BJP rally stopped at Jammu; Jaitley, Sushma arrested) Earlier today, the B...
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BJP rally stopped at Jammu; Jaitley, Sushma arrested
It was a dramatic sight. Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, aboard a BJP rath, moving slowly across a one-kilometre bridge that stood between them and Jammu. They were accompanied by 500 BJP workers. Once the procession arrived at Lakhanpur in J&K, Ms Swaraj and Mr Jaitley were arrested.For a marathon four hours this afternoon, Ms Swaraj an...
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Chidambaram's statement on BJP's Ekta Yatra
A day after BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were forcibly escorted out of Jammu and sent to Madhopur in Punjab, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has issued a press statement.In the statement, the Home Minister said, "Yesterday, I spoke to Shri Arun Jaitley and Shri Omar Abdullah. I told Shri Jaitley that he and his colleagues had made t...
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Ekta Yatra standoff: Centre backs Omar government
On Monday, BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were forcibly escorted out of Jammu and sent to Madhopur in Punjab. Strongly condemning the arrest, Jaitley had called the action "illegal, unconstitutional and undemocratic." But Home Ministry sources tell NDTV that the state is well within its rights to take the leaders out of the state appreh...
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Ekta Yatra standoff: J&K govt seals border with Punjab
The BJP is adamant that it will go ahead with its Ekta Yatra and hoist the tricolour in the heart of Srinagar on Republic Day tomorrow. The Jammu and Kashmir government is determined not to let the BJP leaders and workers get there. And it is backed firmly by the Centre that has asserted that BJP leaders must respect law and order measures. A...
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Arrested, tweeted Sushma, then deposited in Punjab
As she was led away from the Jammu airport where she had been detained for several hours, Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "Arrested - cars - separate - dont know where to?" The answer became clearer as a police convoy zipped down a highway - she was being taken to Madhopur on the Punjab border. Here, Ms Swaraj and Arun Jaitley held a rally on Tuesday ...
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Arrested, tweets Sushma after Jammu airport drama
As she was led away from the Jammu airport where she had been detained for several hours, Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "Arrested - cars - separate - dont know where to?"The answer, according to sources, is Madhopur on the Punjab border. The three BJP leaders - Ms Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar - were all being forcibly escorted away from Jammu hou...
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Nitish slams ally BJP over rally for Kashmir
The BJP's insistence, on going through with its Tiranga Yatra, has once again flared up tensions with alliance partner JD(U)."What I want to say is we fight for every problem, we fight together, we are two different parties and this is a BJP's program," said BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad. Worried over a possible communal backlash, Biha...
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Jaitley, Sushma not allowed to leave Jammu airport
Senior BJP leader LK Advani has formally complained to the Prime Minister about his party leaders who were not allowed to leave the Jammu airport after they landed there this evening."I talked to the Prime Minister to register protest over the way authorities prevented Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, both Leaders of Opposition in two Houses of Parl...
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BJP's 'Ekta Yatra' heads to Jammu, govt tightens security
BJP's controversial Ekta Yatra is on its way to Jammu. The aim of the yatra, led by BJP's youth leaders, is to unfurl the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Republic Day.The party's top national leaders have decided to join the party youth wing's tiranga yatra. Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar are flying to Jammu...
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Stone pelters in BJP ranks?
In its Kolkata to Kashmir Ekta Yatra, the BJP's youth wing is aiming to lead thousands of its members to raise the tricolour at Lal Chowk on Republic Day. The BJP says it's a challenge to the separatists. But the police say some party workers in the state are stone throwers, whose agitation took the Kashmir valley to the brink last summer. Si...
