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The deputy chief minister also alleged that all the policies of the BJP have been against 'good and cheap' education and sought an explanation from the saffron party over hike in CBSE examination fees.

Prakash Javadekar, in-charge of the Delhi BJP for the Assembly polls, accused leaders from the AAP and the Congress of "misleading" people and "inciting" them to violence during protests against the amended Citizenship Act in the national capital.

Mamata Banerjee, who has been at the forefront in opposing CAA and NRC in West Bengal and across India, has been crisscrossing the state, holding protest marches and rallies against the new citizenship law.

They were accompanied by Congress General Secretary in charge of Maharashtra, Mallikarjun Kharge and also senior Congress leader KC Venugopal along with AICC secretary Ashish Dua.

Referring to the five persons who died in the anti-CAA protests in Guwahati, AASU general secretary Luring Jyoti Gogoi dared Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to declare them as martyrs.

The swearing-in will take place at 1 pm in the Vidhan Bhavan (state legislature) premises where a total of 36 ministers are likely to take oath.

Bedi asked the Chief Minister to recall what Lord Buddha's words that 'when any one abuses and the receiver does not accept, it remains with the abuser.'

Rama Bai, who represents Patheriya Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, on Saturday evening supported the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at a function held in her constituency where Union minister Prahlad Patel was present.

The Union housing and urban affairs minister, who is also the co-in-charge of the BJP for the Delhi polls admitted to not knowing Prashant Kishor despite the strategist having worked on PM Narendra Modi's campaign in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

Hitting back at Rahul, BJP spokesperson Sambhit Patra said he has used objectionable language but it was too much to ask for decency in public discourse from him.

A prominent Scheduled Caste leader, Phule had resigned from the basic membership of BJP on the death anniversary of BR Ambedkar last year, alleging that the ruling party 'was trying to create divisions in the society'.

Taking to Twitter, Gandhi also attached a video clip with Modi accusing the Congress, its allies and 'urban Naxals' of spreading the rumour that Muslims will be sent to detention centres.

Siddaramaiah was reacting to Yediyurappa's statement in Mangaluru on Wednesday that the compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of the two persons killed on December 19 in police firing has been kept on hold till the inquiry is over.

He alleged the Centre was opening the door for the "misuse" of the new citizenship law and the NRC, saying what was "not written" in the controversial legislation holds more importance that what was written in it.

Mamata Banerjee, while leading a protest march against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and NRC, said people of Jharkhand have given a befitting reply to 'arrogant' BJP by defeating it in the Assembly elections.

Chandra Kumar Bose's dissent comes at a time when the BJP is going all out in support of the newly-enacted law and took out a support march in West Bengal on Monday.