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  BSNL to be privatised as 'traitor' staff don't want to work: BJP MP Ananthkumar Hegde

  India | August 11, 2020 18:53 IST

  BJP MP Ananthkumar Hegde on Tuesday said Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) employees were "traitors" who were unwilling to work and the government would privatise the company. According to Hegde, more than 88,000 employees will be fired from the public sector unit (PSU), as the government will privatise the company.

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  'Hands of those who touch Hindu women should not exist': Ananth Hegde stirs controversy

  India | January 27, 2019 23:24 IST

  Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ananth Kumar Hegde drew criticism after he said if a Hindu girl is touched by a hand, then that hand should not exist.

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  Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde apologises in Parliament for his 'constitution change' remarks

  National | December 28, 2017 15:45 IST

  "I deeply respect the Constitution, Parliament and Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Constitution is supreme for me, there can be no question on it, as a citizen I can never go against it," Hegde said.

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  Constitution under attack directly: Rahul Gandhi targets BJP over Ananth Kumar's remarks

  National | December 28, 2017 11:15 IST

  Addressing the party members at the 133rd foundation day of the Congress party, Rahul accused senior BJP leaders of tampering with the country’s Constitution.

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  Rs 1 crore bounty announced for Hegde's tongue over 'secular' remark

  National | December 26, 2017 22:38 IST

  Former Kalaburagi zilla panchayat member Gurushant Pattedar said he had announced the "bounty" because Hegde's comment had pained Dalits, Muslims, backward classes and secular people.

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  We are here to change the Constitution, says Union Minister Ananth Hegde; questions seculars' parentage

  National | December 26, 2017 13:28 IST

  Ananth Kumar Hegde said that those who consider themselves secular and intellectual do not have "their own identity" and they were also unaware of their parentage.

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  Watch video: Karnataka BJP MP Ananth Kumar Hegde in row for allegedly thrashing doctors

  National | January 03, 2017 23:37 IST

  BJP MP Ananth Kumar Hegde has landed in a controversy after he was caught on camera while thrashing two doctors and a staff member of a private hospital at Sirsi, Karnataka.