All stories by SYED FIRDAUS ASHRAF
'Whatever Amit Shah says, anti-CAA protests will continue'
Rediff.com27 Jan 2020'In 2021, assembly elections are going to be held in Assam. The BJP, sitting in Delhi, is thinking everything is hunky-dory in Assam. But that is not the case.' 'People of Assam are no longer with the BJP.'
'Nitish Kumar must clarify his position on CAA/NRC/NPR'
Rediff.com24 Jan 2020'You cannot support CAA and simultaneously say there will be no NRC in Bihar.' 'If Akali Dal has a clear-cut point of view on this issue, I want the same from the JD-U.'
'Minority welfare schemes are unconstitutional'
Rediff.com23 Jan 2020'It is not the duty of government to protect minority religions or promote it.'
'Facebook, Google are like East India Company'
Rediff.com17 Jan 2020'Facebook and Google no longer need to have infantry regiments and cavalry like the East India Company because they are inside everyone's phones listening to our conversations.'
'Either Shah or Modi is lying about NRC'
Rediff.com16 Jan 2020'The Modi government thinks that once the CAA protests are over, they will bring in the NPR that will help to get the NRC.'
BJP MLA winning Muslims's trust on CAA, NRC
Rediff.com15 Jan 2020'Till the time we do not remove fear in the minds of Muslims of India, how will we achieve peace?' asks the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Gorakhpur, Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, who says he will resign as a member of the Uttar Pradesh assembly if any Indian Muslim of his constituency is evicted from the country during the Citizenship (Amendment) Act exercise.
'He pulled me by my hair and hit me in my stomach'
Rediff.com11 Jan 2020'Around 10 pm, a senior police officer from Hazratganj police station came and started abusing me with the choicest words...' 'He said he will ensure that I rot in jail all my life.' 'This police officer then told a lady constable to slap me.' 'She did that, but he was not happy with the force of the slap.' 'He got up, pulled me by my hair and hit me in my stomach and knees.' 'He was abusing me as a bastard non-stop.'
Why this JNU professor quit the Modi government panel
Rediff.com7 Jan 2020A day after masked goons entered Jawaharlal Nehru University and ran riot, injuring over 36 people with sticks, lathis and hammers, noted economist and professor C P Chandrasekhar resigned from a Narendra Modi government-appointed committee on statistics. The committee was set to hold its first meeting to review India's economic data. In his resignation letter, Professor Chandrasekhar wrote, "I regret to inform you that because of the situation in JNU where I stay, I will be unable to attend tomorrow's meeting." He was also quoted as saying, "The JNU's incident on Sunday has further undermined the faith in the system. It shows that we are now living in a different world and it's hard to work with a government in which you have lost faith."
'JNU attack couldn't happen without political support'
Rediff.com6 Jan 2020'They want to establish the silence of the graveyard in university campuses across India.' 'They cannot bear any questioning or dissent. They want subordination and obedience.' 'And that is not going to happen,' says Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat.
'JNU violence was planned by Left to blame ABVP'
Rediff.com6 Jan 2020'They are ABVP-phobic people. Tomorrow, they will say the US attack on Iran is because of the ABVP.'
These goons created terror for 2 hours: JNU student
Rediff.com6 Jan 2020'They did not spare the girls or teachers; they beat all of them.' 'We kept calling the police, but no one came.'
'NPR is the first step towards NRC'
Rediff.com31 Dec 2019'If you are opposed to the nationwide NRC, you should oppose the NPR.'
'Students asking for jobs, Modi is giving them NPR'
Rediff.com26 Dec 2019'Our country does not need an NRC. We need to improve our economy which is in a bad condition.'
'BJP's downfall has come now'
Rediff.com23 Dec 2019'The people of Jharkhand know that Modi is not going to become chief minister, so why should they vote for the BJP?'
Why this student is protesting the citizenship law
Rediff.com19 Dec 2019'I came for my national service. I am the son of people like Gandhiji, Nehru, Patel, Dr Ambedkar and Maulana Azad.'
'National security is important, but humanity is above all that'
Rediff.com19 Dec 2019'In our country, files disappear from government offices so easily and you expect a poor man to keep all his papers in orders,' says actor Sushant Singh who was removed as host of the daily crime drama Savdhaan India a day after he was seen in a rally against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act.
The man responsible for putting Payal Rohatgi in jail
Rediff.com17 Dec 2019The former Big Boss contestant posted objectionable content on her social media pages on September 6 and 21 against Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and other members of the Nehru-Gandhi family, following which Rajasthan Youth Congress General Secretary Charmesh Sharma filed a complaint.
Meet the face of the Jamia students' protest
Rediff.com17 Dec 2019Ladeeda Sakhaloon from Kannur district in Kerala has become the face of protests by Jamia Millia Islamia students against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act after they stood up to the cops who were chasing down the protesting students and beating them up, and a video of the same has gone viral on social media.
'Jamia violence began with intervention of outsiders'
Rediff.com16 Dec 2019'There was outside intervention which is what led to the initial violence.' 'Once the violence started, there was a brutal lathi-charge by the police.'
'BJP wants to make Assam into a Kashmir'
Rediff.com16 Dec 2019'Assam is not a dumping ground for Bangladeshi Hindu refugees,' says Assamese actor Ravi Sharma who joined the BJP in August and quit the party on December 10 in protest against the Citizenship Act.