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Hindustan Times
3 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
‘Will you ask Pahalgam attack victims' families to watch India-Pakistan cricket match?': Owaisi to Centre in Lok Sabha
Asaduddin Owaisi of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Monday questioned the government's policy on the upcoming India-Pakistan cricket match in the 2025 Asia Cup. AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi speaks in Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Monday.(Sansad TV) During a debate on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha during Parliament's Monsoon Session, Asaduddin Owaisi asked whether the Centre would 'call the 26 people who died in Jammu and Kashmir's Baisaran in Pahalgam during the terror attack' and say that they conducted an operation, and now it's time to watch the cricket match. He also lashed out at the government over the 'accountability' of the Pahalgam terror attack, saying that the Centre should hold someone responsible – even if it is the lieutenant governor or police officials. "Does your conscience allow you to ask the family members of the people who were killed in Baisaran to watch India's cricket match with Pakistan?... We are stopping 80% of Pakistan's water, saying that water and blood will not flow together. Will you play a cricket match? My conscience does not allow me to watch that match. Does this government have the courage to call the 26 dead people and say we have taken revenge in Operation Sindoor, now you watch the match with Pakistan. It is a matter of great regret," he said. Owaisi also demanded accountability for the Pahalgam terror attack, questioning the government's security framework despite heavy deployment in the region. "Who did Pahalgam? We have a 7.5 lakh army and a central paramilitary forces. From where did these four rats enter and kill our Indian citizens? On whom will accountability be fixed?" he asked. Highlighting post-Article 370 security concerns in the Union Territory, Owaisi added, "If lieutenant governor is responsible, remove him; if it is police, then take action. But then you think you conducted one operation and people will forget. You should fix the accountability. What is your deterrence? And deterrence policy. You removed Article 370 and made a state into union territory – even after that, terrorists were able to reach the area." His remarks came after Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President and PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced that the 2025 Men's Asia Cup will be held in the UAE from September 9 to 28. India, Pakistan, UAE, and Oman are placed in Group A, while Group B includes Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Hong Kong. 'Indian cricket team will give fitting reply': RLD MP Sangwan Reacting to AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi's comments on the upcoming India-Pakistan match in the Asia Cup 2025, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) MP Dr Rajkumar Sangwan said the Indian cricket team would give a strong response on the field, just like the armed forces have dealt with terrorism. Speaking to ANI, Sangwan said, "Just how our army taught a lesson to those who shelter terrorists, our Indian Cricket team will teach them a lesson too if a match is played at an international level." The remarks came as the Lok Sabha on Monday afternoon began a discussion on India's strong, successful and decisive Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam. The debate was opened by defence minister Rajnath Singh.
Time of India
3 minutes ago
- Time of India
'LoP decided to get briefing from Chinese Ambassador during Doklam crisis': Jaishankar slams Rahul Gandhi in LS debate
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar responded to Congress's claims regarding China. He mentioned Rahul Gandhi's meeting with the Chinese envoy during the Doklam issue. Jaishankar highlighted Congress's past dealings with China, including trade agreements and technology imports. He spoke about the government's efforts to improve border infrastructure and relations with neighboring countries like Maldives and Sri Lanka. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday hit back at Congress over its allegations against the government in relation to China and took potshots at Rahul Gandhi over his meeting with Chinese envoy during Doklam standoff in minister, who was participating in the debate on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha, referred to some comments made by Congress member Gaurav Gogoi about government not mentioning China in the context of its support to Pakistan."Some mention was made about visits, including my visit. Yes, I went to China. I went to China to make our position very clear about de-escalation, about trade restrictions and about terrorism. I did not go to China for the Olympics, I did not go to China for secret agreements. The House should know that people were watching Olympics when China was issuing stapled visas to people from Arunachal and Jammu and Kashmir. This is the reality of China. Let me really tell you how is the relation with China. We heard about warning about China, caution about China and you know China is planning this and China is planning that. Sir, I want to remind this House," he over two-month Doklam crisis eruputed in 2017 following actions of Chinese Army. Rahul Gandhi is now the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha."Doklam crisis was on. The Leader of Opposition decided to get a briefing from whom? Not from the Government, not from the MEA, but from the Chinese Ambassador. He took his briefing from the Chinese Ambassador when our military was confronting the Chinese military in Doklam. This is the political thing. I spoke about the political fact, I spoke about the border fact, let me give you an economic fact. What is the economic thinking of the Congress Party about China? In 2006, the Congress Party agreed to do a regional trading arrangement with China. It was finalised during the visit of President Hu Jintao. A task force was appointed. The task force gave a positive recommendation. Through the efforts of various people, this did not happen. Let me give you the technology side. The very people today who are cautioning us on China are the people who allowed 3G and 4G to come from China. It was this Government which made sure that there was a Made in India 5G," the minister spoke of government's efforts to ramp up border infrastructure."We keep speaking about the border. The border today, whether it is border with Pakistan or border with China or any other border. If our military is today able to stand its ground, the kind of massive deployment that we saw on the China border after 2020, it is because our border infrastructure budget has gone up four times, our tunnelling, our road building, our bridge building has doubled or tripled. And this is a far cry from the period the thinking was let us not develop the border because then the Chinese cannot come in. We had 60 years of the neglect of the border. Today in last 10 years, that neglect has been reversed. There is still a lot of work to be done. So I think people need to understand, and its not just in India," he also talked of improving ties with several neighbouring countries."We have just come back from Maldives. When I hear comments about foreign policy, day before yesterday, the PM was the Guest of Honour at the Independence Day of Maldives. This is the country which during their time forced an Indian company to leave an airport. That country has today invited India to build two new airports. Look at Sri Lanka. If the Hambantota port was built between 2005 and 2008 and at that time it was actually justified that it has no impact on India's interest. I want the House to appreciate that the people who are claiming today to be the custodians of national security thinking, who say that they are giving warnings, let us look at their record, let us see what they did when they were in office," he added.
Indian Express
3 minutes ago
- Indian Express
Today in Politics: Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi expected to lead Opposition charge on Day 2 of Op Sindoor debate
After a day-long discussion in the Lok Sabha on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, the special debate continues in the House on Tuesday. Among the big guns from the Opposition who are expected to address the Lower House are the Gandhi siblings, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad MP Priyanka. At the same time, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to address the House from the government side. The speakers from the Opposition have, by and large, focused their attacks on the alleged security lapses and intelligence failure, the alleged role the US government led by Donald Trump played in the ceasefire declaration, and the aircraft the Air Force lost in the May 7-10 military offensive against terror infrastructure in Pakistan. The government countered by saying that the Opposition was asking the wrong questions — this was the crux of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks, as Vikas Pathak reported — and clarified there was no link between the trade talks with the US and the halt in military operations against Pakistan. The Rajya Sabha, meanwhile, will start the debate on Tuesday. What punches the two sides land in the two Houses will be among the top political stories of the day. The Supreme Court will take up the reference made to it by the President under Article 143 of the Constitution, following the court's April 8 verdict setting a three-month deadline for the President and Governors to act on Bills passed by state Assemblies. Under Article 143(1), the President may refer a 'question of law or fact' to the Supreme Court for its opinion. The opinion, unlike a ruling, is not binding. On Tuesday, a five-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice B R Gavai is likely to decide the schedule of the hearings, which are expected to begin sometime in the middle of August. The Tamil Nadu government has moved the court, urging it to declare the Presidential reference as not maintainable and return it as unanswered. It labelled the Presidential reference an 'appeal in disguise'. As Apurva Vishwanath quite lucidly explained in this article, in its 1991 opinion on the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, the court said Article 143 was not a mechanism for the executive to seek review or reversal of its established judicial decisions. The government can, however, file for a review of the April 8 ruling and move a curative petition in an attempt to reverse it. The Assam government is gearing up to conduct one of the biggest eviction drives of late, in eastern Assam's Golaghat district, reports Sukrita Baruah. Officials estimate that around 15,000 bighas (around 4,900 acres) of land in the Rengma Reserve Forest in the Uriamghat area of Golaghat will be cleared of 'encroachers' over two phases, with the first phase scheduled for Tuesday. Around 2,700 families, mostly Bengali-origin Muslims, live on this land. The Himanta Biswa Sarma government's eviction drive has been politically contentious, given that it comes at a time when the Mamata Banerjee government and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have mobilised over the alleged mistreatment of Bengali migrant workers in various BJP-ruled states, including Assam, framing it as 'linguistic terrorism'. Assam's neighbouring states, too, are on guard about the possible influx of undocumented migrants into their territory and have heightened vigil in the border districts, Sukrita reported last week. To know how these eviction drives play out, affecting people's lives, read Sukrita's ground report from earlier this month: 'Even if you cry, your house won't be spared': Inside Assam's latest mega eviction drive
