Politics

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I.N.D.I. Alliance: Seat sharing formula between Congress and Samajwadi Party in UP leaves veteran leader Salman Khurshid disgruntled

OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2024

The Congress is set to contest 17 seats from the largest state while the Samajwadi Party and other small parties in the alliance will contest 63 seats.

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TMC to go solo in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, ‘desperate’ Congress still hoping for Mamata Banerjee’s change of heart

OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2024

In the meantime, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed, "Heated discussions keep taking place between the two parties but we respect Mamata Banerjee.”

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Muslims only follow Shariat and Quran: Samajwadi Party MP ST Hasan reacts to Assam govt repealing Muslim Marriage and Divorces Act

OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2024

Samajwadi Party leader ST Hasan declared that Quran and Shariat supersedes every law made by the government.

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Deeply apologise to cadre: Ahmed Patel’s daughter Mumtaz Patel shares disappointment after Congress gave her father’s stronghold Bharuch seat to AAP

OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2024

Ahmed Patel was a senior Congress leader from Gujarat, and Bharuch was his stronghold. He was a long-term Gandhi family loyalist.

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Marriage of minors, incompatibility with POCSO and modern laws: Here is why Himanta govt is repealing Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorces Registration Act but...

Dibakar Dutta - 24 February, 2024

Instead of removing provisions pertaining to the marriage of minors from the legislation, the Congress govt in 2013 increased the registration charges for such marriages from 4 annas to ₹10.

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Karnataka’s Temple Tax Bill defeated in state legislative council amid opposition from BJP

OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2024

After the passage of this bill in the Karnataka state legislative assembly, the BJP leaders of the state strongly opposed it.

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Assam govt bans child marriage for Muslims, takes one more step towards implementing Uniform Civil Code

OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2024

In January this year, Himanta Biswa Sarma informed that Assam will be the third State in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

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Delhi HC dismisses TMC leader Mahua Moitra’s plea to restrain ED from allegedly leaking information about FEMA case against her to media

ANI - 23 February, 2024

The Delhi HC on Friday dismissed Mahua Moitra's plea to restrain the ED from allegedly leaking any confidential, unverified information to media related to the ongoing FEMA probe against her.

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