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  If govt tries to oust Muslims from India, it'll have to happen over my dead body: Naqvi

  India | February 20, 2020 22:31 IST

  Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbad Naqvi spoke with members of Muslim community in India TV studio. He interacted with the audience who asked him questions on anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi.

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  'Ease of Doing Haj' dream of Indian Muslims fulfilled: Union Minister Naqvi

  India | February 17, 2020 22:07 IST

  With the 100 per cent implementation of digital/online Haj process in India, the Indian Muslims' dream of 'Ease of Doing Haj' has been fulfilled, said Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi here on Monday.

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  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attacks Rahul Gandhi, says Congress is doing politics on the issue of security

  News | February 14, 2020 14:30 IST

  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attacks Rahul Gandhi, says Congress is doing politics on the issue of security. He also accused the Congress of seeking evidence of surgical strikes.

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  Union Minister Naqvi to lead delegation to Oman to condole demise of Sultan Qaboos

  India | January 13, 2020 17:20 IST

  India is observing a day of state mourning on Monday over the death of Qaboos.

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  Matter closed for people: Naqvi slams AIMPLB, Jamiat for Ayodhya decision review bid

  India | December 01, 2019 12:14 IST

  Hitting out at the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind for their decision to seek a review of the Ayodhya verdict, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said they are trying to create an "atmosphere of division and confrontation" after the matter was laid to rest by the Supreme Court.

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  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flags off bike rally from Kanyakumari to Kashmir carrying message of nationalism

  News | September 01, 2019 16:08 IST

  Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flags off bike rally from Kanyakumari to Kashmir carrying message of nationalism

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  Minority doesn't mean only Muslims: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  Politics | July 18, 2019 15:11 IST

  Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said the term minority doesn't denote only Muslims and that there are five other notified minorities: Jains, Buddhists, Christians, Parsis and Sikhs.

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  Record 2 lakh Indian pilgrims to go for Haj this year: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  India | June 09, 2019 17:33 IST

  "The number of women Haj pilgrims going without mehram (male companion) has increased this year and stood at 2,340. Around 48 per cent of the two lakh Haj pilgrims from India are women," the minister informed.

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  Education of girls' from minority communities is government's priority: Naqvi

  India | June 04, 2019 16:25 IST

  "Ensuring socio-economic-educational empowerment of minorities through '3Es' -- education, employment and empowerment -- is our target and we will work hard to achieve this goal," Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.

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  Owaisi saying 'unnecessary' things in name of religion: BJP's Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi lashes out

  India | June 01, 2019 17:23 IST

  AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi had earlier said that Muslims do not suddenly become 'second class citizens' of India after BJP's lanslide victory in elections. Naqvi said that such statements do not help anyone and under PM Narendra Modi eveyone feels secured.

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  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, a BJP Muslim face, is Union Minister again

  India | May 30, 2019 21:06 IST

  Rajya Sabha member Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday took oath as a Union Minister. He was previously the Union Minister of Minority Affairs.  

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  EC couldn't take adequate punitive steps in Bengal: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  May 12, 2019 15:58 IST

  Accusing Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of trying to turn the state into a hub of "misrule and hooliganism", Naqvi said it was possible that the administration was not fully cooperating with the EC to maintain law and order during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

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  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi hits back at Congress over Sanjay Nirupam's remark on PM Modi

  Elections | May 08, 2019 10:45 IST

  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi hits back at Congress over Sanjay Nirupam's remark on PM Modi

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  Corruption in Congress DNA, making a mockery of poverty: Naqvi

  April 03, 2019 15:54 IST

  Terming the Congress a "history-sheeter" in "making mockery of poverty", he said the party should realise that "mountain of slogans" cannot get votes for it.

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  Terrorism biggest enemy of Islam, humanity: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  India | March 15, 2019 20:01 IST

  The entire world will have to unite to defeat the evil of terrorism by isolating those who support it, Naqvi was quoted as saying in a statement from his office.

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  Modi govt has built a 'highway of development': Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  India | January 13, 2019 17:21 IST

  The Modi government has built a “highway of development” by removing “speed breakers” posed by issues related to religion, region and caste, he said in a statement issued after the inauguration.

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  BJP under no pressure from allies, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  India | December 31, 2018 16:35 IST

  Playing down the exit of the TDP and RLSP from the NDA this year, Naqvi said those leaving for their “own political reasons” cannot be stopped.

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  Driver of opposition alliance wagon doesn't even have learner's licence: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  India | December 30, 2018 16:24 IST

  Taking a swipe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his efforts to form a front to take on the BJP in 2019 polls, Union Minister  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Sunday that the driver of the opposition alliance wagon doesn't even have a learner's licence and could drive it into a ditch.

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  'Bharat' will not be 'bandh', it will keep moving and progressing: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  Politics | September 10, 2018 12:13 IST

  'Bharat' will not be 'bandh', it will keep moving and progressing. No one is paying heed to this call by Congress, their 'Mahagatbandhan' balloon will also burst soon: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, BJP leader

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  Rahul Gandhi is himself unemployed, that's why he can't see jobs created by Modi government: Naqvi

  August 13, 2018 20:19 IST

  “PM Modi has now forgotten to mention his pet schemes like Make In India, Skill India and others because all such efforts have been a big failure. Even a mattress is ordered from China for PM Modi's event,” said Raj Babbar.