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BJP rally stopped at Jammu; Jaitley, Sushma arrested
It was a dramatic sight. Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, aboard a BJP rath, moving slowly across a one-kilometre bridge that stood between them and Jammu. They were accompanied by 500 BJP workers. Once the procession arrived at Lakhanpur in J&K, Ms Swaraj and Mr Jaitley were arrested.For a marathon four hours this afternoon, Ms Swaraj an...
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Ekta Yatra standoff: Centre backs Omar government
On Monday, BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were forcibly escorted out of Jammu and sent to Madhopur in Punjab. Strongly condemning the arrest, Jaitley had called the action "illegal, unconstitutional and undemocratic." But Home Ministry sources tell NDTV that the state is well within its rights to take the leaders out of the state appreh...
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Ekta Yatra standoff: J&K govt seals border with Punjab
The BJP is adamant that it will go ahead with its Ekta Yatra and hoist the tricolour in the heart of Srinagar on Republic Day tomorrow. The Jammu and Kashmir government is determined not to let the BJP leaders and workers get there. And it is backed firmly by the Centre that has asserted that BJP leaders must respect law and order measures. A...
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BJP rally stopped at Jammu; Jaitley, Sushma arrested
It was a dramatic sight. Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, aboard a BJP rath, moving slowly across a one-kilometre bridge that stood between them and Jammu. They were accompanied by 500 BJP workers. Once the procession arrived at Lakhanpur in J&K, Ms Swaraj and Mr Jaitley were arrested.For a marathon four hours this afternoon, Ms Swaraj an...
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Ekta Yatra standoff: Centre backs Omar government
On Monday, BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were forcibly escorted out of Jammu and sent to Madhopur in Punjab. Strongly condemning the arrest, Jaitley had called the action "illegal, unconstitutional and undemocratic." But Home Ministry sources tell NDTV that the state is well within its rights to take the leaders out of the state appreh...
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Ekta Yatra standoff: J&K govt seals border with Punjab
The BJP is adamant that it will go ahead with its Ekta Yatra and hoist the tricolour in the heart of Srinagar on Republic Day tomorrow. The Jammu and Kashmir government is determined not to let the BJP leaders and workers get there. And it is backed firmly by the Centre that has asserted that BJP leaders must respect law and order measures. A...
