Rajiv Gandhi
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Pitroda's comments expose Cong's mindset, Modi govt punished anti-Sikh riots accused: Amit Shah
India | May 11, 2019, 03:50 PM IST"Thousands of Sikhs were killed mercilessly. The then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi justified it. No one was punished. Manmohan Singh was made (by the Congress) to apologise. What Sam Pitroda has said exposes the Congress' mindset," said BJP president Amit Shah
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Rajiv Gandhi in the Lakshadweep archipelago: What the world has been saying
May 10, 2019, 08:01 PM ISTSo many questions and nobody to answer. But the two biggest political parties of the country are still sparring over former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's purported vacation in 1987 in the Lakshadweep archipelago.
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Politics at all-time low, desperate measures visible: Robert Vadra
May 10, 2019, 04:51 PM IST"Politics at an all time low ...Desperate measures are visible. Hitting out at an assassinated Prime minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi, to mislead the people of India. A person who cannot defend himself...'' says Robert Vadra
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BJP rakes 1984 riots again, says ‘instructions to kill’ came from Rajiv Gandhi’s office
May 10, 2019, 12:36 PM ISTThe ruling BJP, in a tweet on Friday, claimed the above-mentioned 'fact' was on record of Nanavati Commission, which investigated the acts of violence against the Sikh community. The party added the “instructions to kill” the Sikhs came from former PMO.
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Congress has no remorse over Sikhs killings in 1984: Jaitley
May 10, 2019, 11:42 AM ISTA day after making the ‘hua toh hua’ comment, Pitroda took to Twitter to clarify his stance and said the BJP was “twisting his words and distorting facts" to "hide their failures", while reaffirming that he had acknowledged the pain of Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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BJP respects Rajiv Gandhi, that doesn't mean it won't talk about his govt's misrule: Sitharaman
May 09, 2019, 10:18 PM ISTDefence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday described Rajiv Gandhi a martyr and said though the BJP respects him, that doesn't mean it won't talk about the "misrule and corruption" of his government.
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INS Viraat row: fmr Navy chief Ramdas, others reject Modi's charge, Cong calls PM ''serial liar''
May 09, 2019, 09:06 PM ISTWhile the Congress alleged that Modi is a "serial liar" who has made Indian Air Force jets his "own taxi", the BJP hit back with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying that the "kaamdars" used India's naval fleet to strike at terror, "naamdars" used them for personal reasons.
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Ex-Admiral refutes Modi's charges on Rajiv Gandhi's 'joy cruise'
India | May 09, 2019, 08:04 PM ISTIn a detailed statement, Admiral Ramdas, who was Chief of Naval Staff then, said the then Prime Minister had gone on an official trip to the Lakshadweep Islands to chair a meeting of the Islands Development Authority (IDA) held alternatively between Andaman and Lakshadweep Islands.
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Naamdars used India’s Naval assets for personal vacations with family: Jaitley indirectly attacks Rajiv Gandhi
National | May 09, 2019, 11:44 AM ISTAddressing the gathering in Ramleela Maidan, Modi said, "Who has been treating the forces as personal property? ...have you ever heard that a family goes for holiday on a warship? This has happened in our country. The 'naamdar' family used INS Viraat as its personal property. They insulted it."
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Karnataka BJP leader slams PM Modi for his 'bhrashtachari' remark against Rajiv Gandhi
May 09, 2019, 10:16 AM ISTKarnataka BJP leader V Srinivasa Prasad has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of corruption.
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Amethi youth writes letter in blood to EC over PM Modi's Rajiv Gandhi remarks
May 08, 2019, 12:47 PM ISTManoj Kashyap of Shahgarh in Amethi has written that he was 'traumatised' by the statements of the Prime Minister against late Rajiv Gandhi.
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EC gives clean chit to PM Modi over Bhrashtachari remark against Rajiv Gandhi
May 08, 2019, 12:24 PM IST"Prima facie, we did not figure out any literal violation of MCC as given in the Election Commission of India instructions," the poll watchdog said, in a statement on Tuesday.
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200 DU teachers issue statement condemning Modi's remarks on former PM Rajiv Gandhi
India | May 07, 2019, 07:00 PM ISTTheir statement came after Modi had in a rally on Saturday targeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the Rafale issue and said "your father was termed 'Mr Clean' by his courtiers, but his life ended as 'Bhrashtachari No 1' (corrupt number 1)."
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'My open challenge': PM Modi dares Congress to contest elections in the name of Rajiv Gandhi
May 06, 2019, 11:40 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi Monday threw a challenge at the Congress, asking it to contest the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha elections in the name of Rajiv Gandhi, who he recently dubbed as "bhrashtachari no. 1".
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Country won't forgive Modi for Rajiv remarks: Raj Thackeray
National | May 06, 2019, 12:52 PM ISTThackeray joins the ranks of several prominent opposition leaders across the country who criticized Modi's statements on Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated by a Sri Lankan Tamil suicide bomber on May 21, 1991.
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'Karma awaits you': Rahul responds to PM Modi's 'bhrashtachari number 1' remark against Rajiv Gandhi
May 05, 2019, 07:59 PM ISTRahul Gandhi's tweet came after PM Narendra Modi called Rajiv Gandhi "bhrashtachari no 1"
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Sign board bearing Rajiv Gandhi's name defaced in Chandigarh
India | Dec 27, 2018, 05:28 PM ISTSome unidentified men defaced a sign board bearing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's name on Thursday, police said.
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Won't tolerate attempts to create rift between communities: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
India | Dec 27, 2018, 04:42 PM ISTHis reaction comes in the background of a statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi being vandalised in Ludhiana by some persons on Tuesday.
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Punjab: Former PM Rajiv Gandhi's statue vandalised in Ludhiana, 1 arrested
India | Dec 25, 2018, 06:13 PM ISTAccording to reports, a few unidentified miscreants painted the former PM's statue red and black. They carried out the act in full public glare and blamed Rajiv Gandhi for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna Row: No such resolution has been passed in the assembly, says Kejriwal
Politics | Dec 22, 2018, 05:09 PM ISTAam Aadmi Party tries to clear the air over its stand on conferring Bharat Ratna to Rajiv Gandhi and the resignation of its MLA Alka Lamba