Kairana Issue

The issue was first raised in 2016 by the late Hukum Singh, the BJP politician who was a seven-time legislator from the Kairana seat and its MP before his death in 2018. Mr. Singh had released lists of Hindu families who he claimed had fled Kairana.

Farmers voted overwhelmingly for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 general election that swept him to power. He cannot count on them doing so again, as a crash in commodity prices and surging fuel costs stoke anger in the countryside.

The JDU today cautioned the BJP following defeats in the bypolls today, saying the saffron party should make the ruling NDA coalition more "cohesive" and address "concerns" over issues related to farmers and Dalits, as well as the petroleum price rise.

A day before the crucial by-election in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inauguration of Eastern Peripheral Expressway in next-door Baghpat ran into controversy. Many questioned the timing of the inauguration, with his address touching upon the key matters affecting the area. One of these was sugarcane dues -- which became a ...

BJP chief Amit Shah today said that Uttar Pradesh's government with its "three and a half CMs" has failed to maintain law and order. He also raked up the Kairana issue, claiming that incidents of Hindu families being made to leave were happening across Uttar Pradesh.

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday termed Uttar Pradesh the most unsafe place in the country, while calling Kairana issue just a glance of the "ugly face" of the state.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today stepped up his attack on BJP over the issue of 'migration' of Hindus from Kairana, saying it is raising such "baseless" matters to "vitiate" the atmosphere in the poll-bound state.

'Kairana migration' will not be the main issue in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election which the party will contest on the development plank, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said.

Claiming that 50,000 Muslims migrated after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi today asked the BJP if it would send a fact-finding committee there, akin to the one sent by it to Kairana on the issue of alleged migration of Hindus.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said instead of issuing statements on a sensitive issue like Kairana it is better to act cautiously and find a solution to the problem.

At around 11.30 am on Friday, two political rallies began from Meerut and Sardana, Uttar Pradesh towns about 22 km apart. Both Sangeet Som of the BJP and Atul Pradhan of the Samajwadi Party said they were leading party workers to Kairana in western UP, where prohibitory orders are in place.

With the BJP set to make the Kairana "migration" of Hindus a major issue, Congress today accused it of playing the politics of "divide and rule" like the British to capture power in Uttar Pradesh in the Assembly polls next year.

Rejecting BJP's contention of migration of Hindus from Kairana, JNU Students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar today the residents were leaving their village in search of jobs and issue had nothing to do with any particular community.

BSP chief Mayawati today charged BJP with raking up the Kairana exodus issue to divert the attention of people from its defeat in the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council polls in Uttar Pradesh and made a fresh demand for imposition of President's Rule in the state on law and order grounds.

BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh Hukum Singh who had alleged a Hindu exodus from Kairana, in remarks that were then taken up by party president Amit Shah and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu, has now said that the people leaving their homes was 'not a communal issue'.

The issue was first raised in 2016 by the late Hukum Singh, the BJP politician who was a seven-time legislator from the Kairana seat and its MP before his death in 2018. Mr. Singh had released lists of Hindu families who he claimed had fled Kairana.

Farmers voted overwhelmingly for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 general election that swept him to power. He cannot count on them doing so again, as a crash in commodity prices and surging fuel costs stoke anger in the countryside.

The JDU today cautioned the BJP following defeats in the bypolls today, saying the saffron party should make the ruling NDA coalition more "cohesive" and address "concerns" over issues related to farmers and Dalits, as well as the petroleum price rise.

A day before the crucial by-election in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inauguration of Eastern Peripheral Expressway in next-door Baghpat ran into controversy. Many questioned the timing of the inauguration, with his address touching upon the key matters affecting the area. One of these was sugarcane dues -- which became a ...

BJP chief Amit Shah today said that Uttar Pradesh's government with its "three and a half CMs" has failed to maintain law and order. He also raked up the Kairana issue, claiming that incidents of Hindu families being made to leave were happening across Uttar Pradesh.

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday termed Uttar Pradesh the most unsafe place in the country, while calling Kairana issue just a glance of the "ugly face" of the state.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today stepped up his attack on BJP over the issue of 'migration' of Hindus from Kairana, saying it is raising such "baseless" matters to "vitiate" the atmosphere in the poll-bound state.

'Kairana migration' will not be the main issue in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election which the party will contest on the development plank, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said.

Claiming that 50,000 Muslims migrated after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi today asked the BJP if it would send a fact-finding committee there, akin to the one sent by it to Kairana on the issue of alleged migration of Hindus.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said instead of issuing statements on a sensitive issue like Kairana it is better to act cautiously and find a solution to the problem.

At around 11.30 am on Friday, two political rallies began from Meerut and Sardana, Uttar Pradesh towns about 22 km apart. Both Sangeet Som of the BJP and Atul Pradhan of the Samajwadi Party said they were leading party workers to Kairana in western UP, where prohibitory orders are in place.

With the BJP set to make the Kairana "migration" of Hindus a major issue, Congress today accused it of playing the politics of "divide and rule" like the British to capture power in Uttar Pradesh in the Assembly polls next year.

Rejecting BJP's contention of migration of Hindus from Kairana, JNU Students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar today the residents were leaving their village in search of jobs and issue had nothing to do with any particular community.

BSP chief Mayawati today charged BJP with raking up the Kairana exodus issue to divert the attention of people from its defeat in the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council polls in Uttar Pradesh and made a fresh demand for imposition of President's Rule in the state on law and order grounds.

BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh Hukum Singh who had alleged a Hindu exodus from Kairana, in remarks that were then taken up by party president Amit Shah and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu, has now said that the people leaving their homes was 'not a communal issue'.