Pro-Modi Salim, Salman slammed
Aligarh: The Forum for Muslim Studies and Analysis has slammed Bollywood actor Salman Khan and his father and film writer Salim Khan for praising Narendra Modi for “pure commercial gains”. FMSA, a body of Aligarh Muslim University, mostly comprising muslim intellecuals, passed a resolution here on Thursday. Reacting sharply to Salim Khan’s launching the official Urdu website of BJP prime ministerial candidate, recently, FMSA criticized Khans for practising “worse type of political opportunism for sake of pure commercial gain”. “Individuals like Salim Khan, supported by the media, were going overboard in praising the so-called Gujarat model of economic growth without verifying the ground realities,” FMSA secretary Jasim Mohammad said in the resolution.
Protest at Bhushan’s Press meet in Indore
Indore: A member of a right-wing organisation here on Friday created a ruckus at a Press conference of AAP leader Prashant Bhushan in protest against his controversial statement on the Kashmir issue. Member of RsDevpath’, an outfit headed by local BJP leader Mukeshsingh Rajawat, abused Bhushan at the press conference, and snatched off the AAP cap the latter was wearing, while shouting “Kashmir belongs to us” and “Bhushan is a Pakistani agent”. Rajawat and some 50 of his supporters subsequently arrived at the spot and shouted slogans against Bhushan and waved black flags. AAP candidate from Indore Anil Trivedi escorted Bhushan out of the hotel and took him away. The man who started the ruckus ran off, and was yet to be identified. Nobody has been arrested so far. AAP workers also protested the incident.
Alagiri: Defeat DMK candidates
Karaikudi (TN): Amidst reports that his supporters would back NDA candidates in the lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, expelled DMK leader and former Union Minister MK Alagiri on Friday asserted DMK would end up in the third place. “If the party high command continues with suspension and dismissal of cadres, how will their family members vote for the DMKIJ” he asked, referring to action against his loyalists. Alagiri, however, told the partymen to vote according to their conscience for any other party. Maintaining that his supporters were not after positions or money and were loyal workers, Alagiri said he only sought justice from the party for removing them from the party.
BJP: Do not give ad slots to Congress
New Delhi: Apprehending that the Congress may use one of its advertisements, already aired through private TV channels on Doordarshan, using one of the slots allotted to it, the BJP on Friday asked the Election Commission “to disallow this request of the Congress forthwith”. “The standard rule is that the slots can be used only for short speeches or messages by the party functionaries to whom the slots are given and also that the content should be recorded in the Doordarshan/AIR studios in a prescribed backdrop. All these norms are violated in the instant case,” said R Ramakrishna, convenor of BJP’s election cell in a letter to the Commission.
‘Unknown’ parties mushrooming in Guj
Ahmedabad: Armed with out-of-the box manifestos that promise abolition of income tax and unemployment allowance to educated youth, 48 lok Sabha candidates of 21 lesser known parties have jumped in the poll fray in Gujarat. like, Apna Desh Party, Yuva Sarkar, National Youth Party, Adivasi Sena Party, Bhartiya National Janta Dal (BNJD), etc.