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Dadri lynching had no communal, beef angle: Rajnath Singh in LS during intolerance debate
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Rajnath Singh concludes his speech; Lok Sabha adjourned till Wednesday
According to the report submitted by UP government to Union Home Ministry, Dadri lynching had no communal and beef angle: Rajnath Singh in LS during intolerance debate
Pandemonium in Lok Sabha as Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaks on Dadri lynching and VK Singh's remarks on Dalit children
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P Kumar (AIADMK) underlines the steps taken in Tamil Nadu to maintain communal harmony.
Gajanan Kirtikar (Shiv Sena) raises a number of questions wondering as to how anyone protesting against cow slaughter or conversion be dubbed as intolerant. He claims that in the present situation, protests against rolling out the "red carpet" to artistes and writers from Pakistan could not be termed as act of intolerance.
NCP leader Supriya Sule says asks the NDA to introspect over issues like ‘ghar wapsi’ and ‘award wapsi’. She also underlines that the union ministers must think before they speak. "Let’s not run down Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan. They have worked globally," adds Sule.
Parliament session begins.
Lok Sabha proceedings resume.
Trinamool Congresss member Derek O'Brien accuses Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of indulging in "cowboy Constitutionalism" on the issue of obstructions in Parliament.
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There was more communal violence in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, says the Congress. Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge says: "Where the BJP is in majority, more communal violence is reported from there." Furious BJP MPs are up on their feet shouting slogans against Kharge.
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Lok Sabha adjourned.
Insisting that the word intolerance is being misused, Guntur MP and industrialist Jayadev Galla says politicians must stop dividing people on the basis of caste and religion as it only hurts the nation. "How can incapacity of the concerned state governments (in stopping acts of intolerance) result in the failure of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister," he questioned. He insists that incidents like Dadri lynching case and murders of rationalists MM Kalburgi and Narendra Dabholkar were "not acceptable", but adds that since law and order is a state issue, the governments concerned should take action.
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien asks the Narendra Modi government to clarify its stand on the Indian Constitution. Derek quoted MS Golwakar as saying: “The non-Hindu people of Hindustan must either adopt Hindu culture and language, must learn and respect and hold in reverence the Hindu religion, must entertain no idea but of those of glorification of the Hindu race and culture … In a word they must cease to be foreigners, or may stay in the country, wholly subordinated to the Hindu nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privileges, far less any preferential treatment—not even citizens’ rights.”
Congress MP Ashok Chavan asks the government about the steps that have been taken to stop farmers from committing suicide.
Responding to questions, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju says cases of violence occurred across the country, but it needs to be sorted which cases were communal and which were not. He further noted that the number of incidents of communal violence has gone down during NDA tenure.
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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy says Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will give his reply to all issues raised, including the subject of 'intolerance', in Parliament this afternoon.
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Left parties hold protest outside Parliament over 'intolerance'. Led by CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury and senior CPI leader D Raja and others, the parliamentarians held placards with slogans that read `Down down communalism` and "Rising intolerance in the country`.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who returned home this morning after attending the Climate Summit in Paris, is likely to make a statement in Rajya Sabha on `rising intolerance` today.
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BJP parliamentary party meet ends. Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says recently-concluded state polls and political debates on intolerance issue were discussed during the meet.
Senior party leaders -- LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi -- are also attending the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting.
We've a tolerant approach even towards politically fabricated propaganda of intolerance, which is why we are willing to discuss it: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
BJP Parliamentary Party meeting begins in Parliament.
Communist Party of India-Marxist member Mohammad Salim, whose remark attributed to Home Minister Rajnath Singh created a furore during the debate on intolerance in the Lok Sabha on Monday, refused to tender an apology on Tuesday. Noting that his statement was not kept in records, Salim said he will not apologise to the Home Minister. Salim had alleged that Singh was quoted by a magazine as having made the 'Hindu leader' remark after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister last year. Singh had vehemently denied it and said he was never hurt so much in his Parliamentary career as he was today.
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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is expected to speak on the issue of intolerance.
The debate on intolerance will be continued in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.