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Published : Feb 23, 2020, 11:33 PM IST

23:18 February 23

Ask Trump if extraditing 19 lakh people from Assam is possible: Chidambaram to Modi

Chennai: Congress leader P Chidambaram took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the CAA, NRC and NPR, telling him to ask visiting US President Donald Trump if it was possible to extradite as many as 19 lakh people from Assam. 

Addressing a meet against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the former Minister, citing the BJP's brute majority in Parliament, asked what was the guarantee that the government would not bring in an amendment, similar to the CAA, to give a push to its idea of a "Hindu" country. 

Alleging that there was a great threat to the Constitution and the need to save it, he said countries were now asking questions over the CAA. 

"US President Donald Trump has said that he will ask questions about the CAA even before his arrival. If 6 to 10 lakh people are going to be affected, will the  visiting leader go without posing questions?," he asked. (PTI Report)

23:16 February 23

Will not attend official banquet for Trump says Chowdhury

New Delhi: Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will give a go-by to the official banquet hosted by President of India for US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as a mark of protest for not inviting the leader of the principal opposition party.  

Chowdhury said that the Modi government has done away with the tradition of allowing the principal opposition party to hold discussions with the visiting US president, unlike in the past when such meetings were arranged.

"I will not attend the banquet hosted by the President on February 25. It is a protest on my behalf," he told media. He said that the government has not extended an invite to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. 

"We do not feel good about the change in tradition by the Modi government, when the principal opposition party leaders are ignored during such key visits. In the past, we ensured the principal opposition party leaders meet the visiting dignitaries, including US President George Bush or Barack Obama," he said. (PTI Report)

22:42 February 23

US President Donald Trump to land in India on February 24

Lucknow: Ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to India, Samajwadi Party today accused the central government of wasting hundreds of crores of rupees at a time the country is in the grip of an economic slowdown.

In a statement issued by the Samajwadi Party, party chief Akhilesh Yadav also said it is ironical that Gujarat, the birthplace of Gandhiji who was an epitome of simplicity, is indulging in extravagance. 

"The Government of India is going to waste hundreds of crores of rupees of the public on the visit of US President Donald Trump to India. Lakhs of people are being arranged to say 'Namaste' to Trump. But, despite all the efforts, truth cannot be hidden. The entire world knows that slowdown has gripped the Indian economy. The Indian farmer has been pushed to darkness." 

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also attacked the state BJP government over the issue of development. 

He said that the BJP does not endorse the qualitative development works done by the SP government. 

"It was during the regime of the SP government that the Agra-Lucknow Expressway was constructed. Such was the quality of the expressway that fighter jets and carrier aircraft of the IAF could land on it. The 325 kilometre long expressway has been selected as a runway to make emergency landing," he said. 

Yadav said the BJP government in UP is about to complete three years in office, but has "hardly done anything." 

"The achievement of its tenure has been 'tukbandi' (rhyming) one after the other in the name of development," he said. (PTI Report)

23:18 February 23

Ask Trump if extraditing 19 lakh people from Assam is possible: Chidambaram to Modi

Chennai: Congress leader P Chidambaram took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the CAA, NRC and NPR, telling him to ask visiting US President Donald Trump if it was possible to extradite as many as 19 lakh people from Assam. 

Addressing a meet against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the former Minister, citing the BJP's brute majority in Parliament, asked what was the guarantee that the government would not bring in an amendment, similar to the CAA, to give a push to its idea of a "Hindu" country. 

Alleging that there was a great threat to the Constitution and the need to save it, he said countries were now asking questions over the CAA. 

"US President Donald Trump has said that he will ask questions about the CAA even before his arrival. If 6 to 10 lakh people are going to be affected, will the  visiting leader go without posing questions?," he asked. (PTI Report)

23:16 February 23

Will not attend official banquet for Trump says Chowdhury

New Delhi: Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will give a go-by to the official banquet hosted by President of India for US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as a mark of protest for not inviting the leader of the principal opposition party.  

Chowdhury said that the Modi government has done away with the tradition of allowing the principal opposition party to hold discussions with the visiting US president, unlike in the past when such meetings were arranged.

"I will not attend the banquet hosted by the President on February 25. It is a protest on my behalf," he told media. He said that the government has not extended an invite to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. 

"We do not feel good about the change in tradition by the Modi government, when the principal opposition party leaders are ignored during such key visits. In the past, we ensured the principal opposition party leaders meet the visiting dignitaries, including US President George Bush or Barack Obama," he said. (PTI Report)

22:42 February 23

US President Donald Trump to land in India on February 24

Lucknow: Ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to India, Samajwadi Party today accused the central government of wasting hundreds of crores of rupees at a time the country is in the grip of an economic slowdown.

In a statement issued by the Samajwadi Party, party chief Akhilesh Yadav also said it is ironical that Gujarat, the birthplace of Gandhiji who was an epitome of simplicity, is indulging in extravagance. 

"The Government of India is going to waste hundreds of crores of rupees of the public on the visit of US President Donald Trump to India. Lakhs of people are being arranged to say 'Namaste' to Trump. But, despite all the efforts, truth cannot be hidden. The entire world knows that slowdown has gripped the Indian economy. The Indian farmer has been pushed to darkness." 

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also attacked the state BJP government over the issue of development. 

He said that the BJP does not endorse the qualitative development works done by the SP government. 

"It was during the regime of the SP government that the Agra-Lucknow Expressway was constructed. Such was the quality of the expressway that fighter jets and carrier aircraft of the IAF could land on it. The 325 kilometre long expressway has been selected as a runway to make emergency landing," he said. 

Yadav said the BJP government in UP is about to complete three years in office, but has "hardly done anything." 

"The achievement of its tenure has been 'tukbandi' (rhyming) one after the other in the name of development," he said. (PTI Report)

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