“Indira and Rajiv Gandhi killings were accidents”

Dehradun (ANI): The killings of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were not “martyrdom but accidents”, Uttarakhand Minister Ganesh Joshi said, stoking a political controversy.

The Minister said that there is a “difference between accident and martyrdom” and what happened with the two former prime ministers is betetr called an “accident”. “If you look at History, there is a dif- ference between accident and martyrdom.

Freedom fighters like Chandra Shekhar Azad,

Ram Prasad Bismil and others, who accepted capital punishment but did not accept the Brit- ishers’ demands, were martyrs. If there is some bad incident with someone, that is called an accident,” said Joshi.

Former PM Indira Gandhi was killed by her 2 Sikh bodyguards in 1984 as a revenge for military operation to flush out extremists from the Golden Temple.

Her son Rajiv Gandhi, who was the prime minister, was assassinated by Tamil Tiger rebels in 1991 during an election campaigning.

CONG FUMES OVER BJP’S

‘NOT MARTYRDOM’ REMARK

FOR GANDHIS, DEMANDS

New Delhi (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Congress leader Harish Rawat on Wednesday slammed the BJP’s minister Ganesh Joshi for his remarks on the deaths of former Prime Ministers, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, demanding an apology from the latter. “BJP has gone mad, as no one has the right to insult martyrdom, to criticize the sacrifice. BJP should apologize for this statement made by their minister,” Rawat said. Joshi courted a political controversy

Apology

calling the killings of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi “accidents, not martyrdom”. The killings of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were not “martyrdom but accidents”, Joshi remained firm over his statement while talking to ANI. “Those who do violence like PM Modi, Amit Shah, Ajit Doval, and RSS, cannot understand pain, but we can. We should stand against the ideology which tries to demolish the base of India,” he said.

New Delhi: Leaders of Delhi’s civic body will meet again on February 6 to elect a mayor after two failed attempts last month amid a tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, has alleged the BJP is trying to capture the Municipal Corporation of Delhi by electing a BJP leader to the mayor’s post, although the AAP won far more seats than the BJP in the recent election to the civic body.

WHATSAPP BANS 36.77 LAKH ACCOUNTS IN 2022

DELHI MAYOR ELECTION ON MONDAY, WAS STALLED TWICE DUE TO AAP-BJP FIGHT JHARKHAND CM ANNOUNCES `4 LAKH AS EX-GRATIA

Ranchi (PTI): After PM Narendra Modi had announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on Wednesday announced Rs 4 lakh as compensation to the next of kin of those killed in the Dhanbad fire tragedy.

14 were charred to death after a major fire broke out on the second floor of ‘Ashirwad Tower’, a multi-storied building in the Joraphatak area.

New Delhi: WhatsApp said it banned 36.77 lakh accounts in India in November, marginally lower than the number of accounts it barred in the preceding month

The banned WhatsApp accounts include 13.89 lakh accounts which were barred proactively before being flagged by users. In December, WhatsApp banned 37.16 lakh accounts, including 9.9 lakh accounts which were barred proactively.

MAJOR GEN GIRISH KALIA TAKES CHARGE AS GOC OF ARMY’S VAJR DIVISION

Srinagar (ANI): Major General Girish Kalia assumed charge as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the elite Vajr Division from Major General Abhijit S Pendharkar, a Defence spokesperson said. Major Gen Girish Kalia was commissioned on 14 December 1991 from IMA, Dehradun into MADRAS Regiment, a spokesperson said. An alumnus of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, the General Officer has attended all-important career courses at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Army War College, Mhow & National Defence College, New Delhi, he said.

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