Khurshid On Minorities

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  Don't Give BJP Any Chance To Polarise Society: Congress Leader Salman Khurshid

  Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday said minority communities should be careful while raising issues and not give the BJP an opportunity to polarise the society.

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  "Politically Motivated": Salman Khurshid On PM's Outreach To Minorities

  Former Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that the centre's new outreach to minorities, including scholarships and modernisation of Ismalic seminaries is "politically motivated."

• Ministers' panel to take 'political call' on greater autonomy for CBI

  A Group of Ministers (GoM) will now reportedly take a 'political' call on whether the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI should be made more autonomous or whether minor changes to enhance the powers of the CBI director would be sufficient. The GoM met in the capital yesterday; Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was the only absentee at the meeti...

• Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota row

  Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota row

• Govt stands firm on 4.5% sub-quota for minorities; will move Supreme Court

  The Centre will challenge the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court that strikes down its 4.5 per cent sub-quota to minorities within OBC reservation in central educational institutions and jobs in the Supreme Court.

• Khurshid's remarks unprecedented, happy poll panel acted strongly: Advani

  Senior BJP leader L K Advani today called the remarks made by Law Minister Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota issue "unprecedented" and "very serious", and said he welcomed the strong action taken by the Election Commission (EC) on it.

• Poll panel examining Congress minister's remarks daring it on minorities sub-quota

  No sooner had the Salman Khurshid Muslim quota speech controversy officially died than another senior Congress minister, Beni Prasad Verma, has stirred one on the very same issue.

• Salman Khurshid's letter to Election Commission

  Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid wrote a letter to the Election Commission (EC), expressing regret over his remarks on the minority quota, the poll panel has, according to sources, decided to close the matter.

• Election Commission to close Khurshid issue after his regret letter: Sources

  A day after Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid wrote a letter to the Election Commission (EC), expressing regret over his remarks on the minority quota, the poll panel has, according to sources, decided to close the matter.

• Salman Khurshid writes to Election Commission, seeks end to stand-off

  Caught in a row with the Election Commission (EC) over his controversial remarks on the minority quota, sources say, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has written a letter to the poll panel. Mr Khurshid, in the letter has reportedly pleaded that as the law minister and as a politician, he has always strived to strengthen the law.

• Khurshid-poll panel row: Congress' different voices

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded the sacking of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for "denigrating" the Election Commission over his promise for quota for minorities in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress spoke in different voices on the issue, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying the prime minister was seized of the matter.

• Salman Khurshid should apologise to Election Commission: Advani

  With the Opposition gunning for Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid over his controversial remarks on the minority quota, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), L K Advani, today kept up the pressure, saying that the minister should apologise to the Election Commission (EC).

• Salman Khurshid speaks to Prime Minister, says ready to accept any decision

  Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday over his row with the Election Commission (EC) and clarified his stand on the issue. The law minister reportedly told Dr Singh that there is "no question of defiance and he is ready to accept whatever decision the PM takes."

• Poll panel wrote to President as Khurshid undermined authority: Sources

  A day after it wrote to President Pratibha Patil complaining about Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's "defiant" attitude on his remarks on minority quota, the Election Commission (EC), sources say, "took the extreme step" as "its authority was undermined".

• Election Commission writes to President against Salman Khurshid

  The Election Commission (EC) is reportedly planning to send a letter to the President against union law minister Salman Khurshid for his defiant attitude on the poll code. "The Commission is shocked that instead of being remorseful about the violation of the Model Code, that carries the consensus of all political parties and the sanction of the Su...