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  NCERT’s new partition modules put spotlight on Congress, Jinnah, and Mountbatten

  Education | August 16, 2025 17:19 IST

  The modules portray Partition as a human catastrophe without parallel, marked by large-scale massacres, the forced migration of nearly 15 million people, horrific cases of sexual violence, and refugee trains reaching their destinations carrying nothing but the bodies of those slaughtered en route.

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  In over 7-minute long video, BJP blames Congress, Communists for Partition

  India | August 14, 2022 18:58 IST

  Independence Day 2022: In an over seven-minute video released by the saffron party on Sunday, the BJP indirectly blamed Jawaharlal Nehru and Congress leaders for bowing to the demand of a separate nation raised by the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, instead of opposing it.

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  Jinnah partitioned India once but BJP leaders are dividing country every day: Sanjay Raut

  India | March 22, 2022 16:53 IST

  Addressing a press conference in Nagpur during Shiv Sena's mass outreach programme in the Vidarbha region, Raut also slammed BJP for terming the Uddhav Thackeray-led party "Janab Sena".

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  Mehbooba Mufti slams BJP, says - After Jinnah, BJP wants to divide India

  News | March 21, 2022 11:40 IST

  PDP Chief and former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti recently slammed BJP. She said that while earlier Jinnah divided India, BJP also wants to follow in his footsteps.

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  Muqabla | War for West UP witnesses 'Jinnah' and 'Pakistan' yet again

  News | January 28, 2022 18:45 IST

  Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is facing a barrage of criticism from the BJP leaders for his statement that Pakistan is a "political enemy" which is targeted by the BJP for "vote politics".

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  Ye Public Hai Sab Janti Hai: Can 'Jinnah' and 'Pakistan' help BJP win big West UP?

  News | January 28, 2022 16:19 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday mounted a blistering attack on Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav for his comments on Pakistan. Adityanath in a hard-hitting tweet said that while the BJP is the follower of Sardar Patel's principles, the SP leader is the worshiper of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

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  'Worshipers of Jinnah', Yogi Adityanath mounts attack on Akhilesh Yadav for Pakistan comments

  Elections | January 28, 2022 12:38 IST

  Akhilesh Yadav is facing a barrage of criticism from the BJP leaders for his comments that Pakistan is a "political enemy" which is targeted by the BJP for "vote politics".

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  OMG: 'War on Jinnah' starts ahead of UP Polls!

  Oh My God | December 09, 2021 13:20 IST

  As Uttar Pradesh heads for polls next year, Jinnah seems to have emerged once again and become the latest centre of political debates and remarks. Watch the latest iteration of India TV's OMG on the same.

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  Keshav Prasad Maurya slams Akhilesh Yadav, calls him 'Akhilesh Ali Jinnah'

  Elections | December 10, 2021 14:02 IST

  Taking into account Akhilesh Yadav's speech where he listed Jinnah among India's freedom fighters, UP CM Keshav Prasad Maurya slammed Akhilesh Yadav in his recent statement. Maurya said that he has nicknamed the SP leader 'Akhilesh Ali Jinnah'.

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  Amit Shah attacks SP chief Akhilesh Yadav over Jinnah remarks in his LS constituency Azamgarh

  News | November 13, 2021 18:40 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday targeted the Samajwadi Party, alleging it stands for "Jinnah, Azam Khan and Mukhtar (Ansari)", and asserted that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has rid the Purvanchal region of "mosquitoes and mafias".

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  Muqabla: Jinnah's entry in UP politics ahead of polls

  News | November 06, 2021 18:34 IST

  Jinnah has once again become a major issue in UP politics ahead of the polls. Akhilesh Yadav seems to be taking no U-turn from his statement on Jinnah, which recently caused a major political controversy. Instead, he advised BJP to read India's history once again. Watch Muqabla with Ajay Kumar.

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  Muqabla: Is politics over 'Jinnah' ahead of UP polls deliberate?

  News | November 01, 2021 18:30 IST

  Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday raised eyebrows when he appeared to equate Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. This has invited sharp flak from the ruling BJP and CM Yogi. Watch Muqabla with Ajay Kumar.

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  'He should understand that Indian Muslims have nothing to do with Jinnah': Owaisi slams Akhilesh

  India | November 01, 2021 16:01 IST

  Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had sparked controversy on Sunday when he compared Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru, and said that they all fought for India's freedom. 

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  Akhilesh Yadav compares Jinnah to Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Nehru; says they fought for India's freedom

  India | November 01, 2021 0:34 IST

  Condemning the statement, BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said, "The country considers Muhammad Ali Jinnah as the villain of the partition. Calling Jinnah the hero of freedom is the politics of appeasement."

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  Jinnah's two-nation theory 'more acknowledged reality' today: Pakistan Army chief

  India | December 25, 2019 23:25 IST

  Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Wednesday that the country's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah's two-nation theory was "more acknowledged reality"

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  Government is bringing Jinnah alive with Citizenship Bill: Asaduddin Owaisi

  India | December 10, 2019 20:22 IST

  AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday claimed that the government is bringing Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah alive with the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Speaking at the Lokmat National Conclave, Owaisi said that even if the bill is passed by parliament, he will "knock on all doors" in the country and keep his point of view in front of the people.

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  Lahore property donated by Jinnah for charity grabbed

  World | September 01, 2019 20:33 IST

  The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Lahore region, has taken notice of the encroachment and asked for a report from the local revenue officials, English daily The News reported.

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  Jinnah's photo in Faizabad jail event sparks row

  India | December 20, 2018 16:57 IST

  A photo of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah during an event in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad jail has sparked a row, with the BJP and right-wing groups demanding strict action against the organisers.

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  Mahatma Gandhi wanted Jinnah as PM, but Nehru refused: Dalai Lama

  India | August 08, 2018 20:44 IST

  "Now look at India. I think Mahatma Gandhiji was very much willing to give the prime ministership to Jinnah. But Pandit Nehru refused," he said.

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  Jinnah was never respected in Bangladesh, says Taslima Nasreen amid portrait row in AMU

  World | May 08, 2018 10:03 IST

  Taking to Twitter, she wrote that Jinnah was not respected among the academic circles of Bangladesh as he had declared Urdu as the state language of East Pakistan, a region where the majority of people are Bengalis.