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Pompeo says Sushma was not important
Washington (PTI): Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he never saw his counterpart Sushma Swaraj as an “important political player” but got along famously with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, hitting it off with him in their first meeting itself.
BBC DOCUMENTARY SCREENED AT HYDERABAD, KERALA UNIVERSITIES
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Hyderabad/Thiruvananthapuram: The first part of the blocked BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi was illegally screened by a students’ group on the campus of the University of Hyderabad last Saturday, officials of the central institute confirmed Tuesday amid reports of similar screenings across Kerala by youth organisations affiliated to CPM and Congress. Fraternity Movement, the group that organised the Hyderabad screening, thanked the audience of around
If the govt had asked for my advice, I would have told them to ignore it and that it be passed,” he added.
Further, speaking out about Anil Antony resigning from Congress, Tharoor said that he hadn’t spoken to Anil. “I think he can speak for himself,” said the Con- gress MP.
200 students for turning up to watch “India: The Modi Question” and declared it would arrange to screen the second part of the documentary soon.
The statement coincided with the university instituting an inquiry into the screening and ABVP demanding “concrete action” against those behind it within 48 hours.
Registrar Devesh Nigam said the dean of students’ welfare had rushed to the venue on January 21 and requested the organisers to stop the screening, but they remained defiant.
Veteran Congress leader and former minister AK Antony’s son, Anil, on Wednesday, resigned from all his posts in the party following “intolerant calls” and “abuses” over his tweet against the controversial BBC documentary.
Antony took to Twitter on Wednesday morning and wrote, “I have resigned from my roles in @incindia @INCKerala. Intolerant calls to retract a tweet, by those fighting for free speech. I refused. @facebook wall of hate/abuses by ones supporting a trek to promote love! Hypocrisy thy name is! Life goes on. Redacted resignation letter below.” He also attached his resignation letter.
