During a violent clash on Thursday, a police squad was attacked and several of their vehicles were set on fire following a dispute over a Ram temple in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, on Wednesday. Seven individuals have been detained, and 500 individuals have been charged. A 51-year-old man died in the hospital after sustaining injuries in a mob attack on police officers following a conflict near a Ram temple in the city of Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

As a result of confrontations between two groups during Ram Navami celebrations in the Howrah district of West Bengal, several vehicles were set on fire and stores were ransacked. One person was slain and several others were injured in a clash in Bengal’s Dalkhola, sparking a war of words between the ruling BJP and the opposition TMC.

Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, claimed she did not halt the Ram Navami rally and accused the BJP of planning the violence for a month. The leader of the TMC stated that it was not a religious issue, but rather violence sponsored by the BJP.

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Hassan, Karnataka, also experienced tension when a Ram Navami procession reached a mosque on Baaguru Road, resulting in confrontations. Four Hindu males were fatally stabbed.

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They are dismantling the federal government. They are depriving every state outside of the BJP. They are stealing our GST funds. They will no longer pay for 100 days of labor. They refer to us as anti-nationalists. Only they are nationalists, while we are not. That is what they believe. But we will prevail,” declared Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata Banerjee accused the saffron party of acting like “feudal lords” and forbidding news networks from broadcasting the protests, stating, “They (the BJP) have requested all news networks to blackout our dharna. The fourth pillar of democracy is the media. Our democracy has been annihilated by the BJP.”

“You sold LIC for Adani ‘Nandlal’. If you speak against the BJP, you will be expelled from the House. If you criticize them, they will send the ED and the CBI after you. What a trustworthy party they are! They behave as if they were feudal rulers.”

Mamata Banerjee criticized the BJP for “hiring” demonstrators to display black flags during one of her international tours, claiming that the party “paid them in dollars and claimed genocide occurred in Bengal.”

“Do you comprehend the definition of genocide? It took place in Godhra. It was the case with Bilkis Bano. It occurred throughout the NRC and CAA (protests). It is exactly what transpired in Delhi in 2020 (during the riots),” the chief minister stated.

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Mamata Banerjee began a two-day dharna in Kolkata on Wednesday to protest the alleged discriminatory attitude of the central government toward Bengal.

The chief minister, accompanied by senior party leaders Firhad Hakim, Aroop Biswas, Subrata Bakshi, and Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, began the protest on Red Road in central Kolkata against the alleged cessation of funds from the Centre to the state.

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Kumaraswamy met Banerjee at her residence in Kolkata’s Kalighat.

“Met with the Honorable Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata and held discussions. Earlier in the day, she provided a cordial welcome. We discussed upcoming elections for the Karnataka Assembly, the triumph of the Pancha Ratna Yatra, and national political developments,” Kumaraswamy tweeted.

The former chief minister of Karnataka stated that the Trinamool supremo discussed collaborating with the JDS in national politics.

“The chief minister of West Bengal stated that she will visit Karnataka to campaign for the Janata Dal Secular, as well as discuss the need for the All India Trinamool Congress and JDS to work together on a national level,” he added.

Karnataka will hold assembly elections in the following months.

The meeting between the two leaders assumed significance in light of efforts by leaders of multiple opposition parties to construct a unified opposition alliance to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections of 2024.

Notably, Mamata’s encounter with Kumaraswamy occurs just one day after the West Bengal chief minister met with her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar.

Trinamool Congress said that during the meeting with Patnaik, Mamata reiterated the need to strengthen India’s federal structure and guarantee accountability at all levels of government.

Meanwhile, opposition leaders condemned the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as an MP.

Kumaraswamy told reporters in Kolkata, “It is not a surprise, as everyone is aware of how the central government behaves.”

On Twitter, Mamata Banerjee stated, “In PM Modi’s New India, the BJP’s primary objective is opposition leaders! While leaders of the BJP with criminal backgrounds are admitted to the cabinet, opposition leaders are disqualified for their speeches. Today marks a new low point for our constitutional democracy.”

Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after his conviction by a Surat court in a criminal defamation case, sparked a massive political dispute, with the BJP claiming that the Congress leader was a “habitual loose cannon” and the Congress claiming that he was “deliberately disqualified.”

After the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha, opposition leaders criticized the government, and the Congress announced it will initiate a people’s moment on the issue.

While Congress leaders such as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party leader Mallikarjun Kharge rallied behind Rahul Gandhi, opposition leaders such as Mamata Banerjee, K Chandrashekar Rao, MK Stalin, Hemant Soren, Arvind Kejriwal, Sharad Yadav, Uddhav Thackeray, and Akhilesh Yadav attacked the BJP-led government.

Congress applauded the support of opposition leaders and stated that the task of fostering opposition unity must be undertaken methodically. It expressed confidence in the case’s legal resolution. The evening meeting was attended by party leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi in order to determine the next course of action.

Left party leaders and the Janata Dal-Secular also criticized the government. Some of them referred to the event as a “black day” for Indian democracy. Anurag Thakur, minister of information and broadcasting, and Dharmendra Pradhan, minister of petroleum and natural gas, conducted a joint press conference in which they claimed that Rahul Gandhi considers himself superior to parliament, the government, the judiciary, and the country.

He suggested that Rahul investigate the “conspiracy” within Congress to depose him.

Thakur stated that Rahul Gandhi was granted parole in seven cases and had apologized in the past.

Attacking the Modi administration, AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stated that those who wish to “destroy the nation” should remain in the BJP, whereas those who wish to “save the nation from destruction” should depart.

“Never before in India’s history has there been a prime minister with only a high school diploma. He is incapable of governing the country and is guided by his ego. I urge every Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader to consider fleeing the party, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is destroying the country. “Those who want to see the nation destroyed can remain with the BJP, but those who wish to save it must leave,” Kejriwal stated.

K Chandrashekar Rao, leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and chief minister of Telangana, stated that it was a dark day in the annals of Indian democracy.

The leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP), Akhilesh Yadav, who has distanced himself from the Congress since their failed alliance in the 2017 assembly elections, also criticized the government.

“The political challenge does not conclude with the theft of one’s parliamentary seat. The largest movement is not one in Congress. This battle must be won on the streets. Akhilesh Yadav tweeted in Hindi that the individual who filed a defamation lawsuit should level a similar charge against those who betrayed their country and fled abroad.

MK Stalin, leader of the DMK and chief minister of Tamil Nadu, demanded an immediate review of the action taken against Rahul Gandhi.

Pinarayi Vijayan, chief minister of Kerala, stated that the decision to disqualify Rahul was made in “haste” and is “yet another chapter in the BJP’s authoritarian assault on Indian democracy.”

This blatant attack is an affront to our democratic values and cannot be ignored. It must be unequivocally condemned,” tweeted Vijayan.

Sharad Pawar, leader of the Nationalist Communist Party, stated that opposition leaders must unite to defend democratic institutions.

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“The disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament is the pinnacle of Narendra Modi’s arrogance and dictatorship. This is not the time for parties to engage in conflict. “In order to protect the nation’s democracy and constitutional values, all democratic leaders must publicly condemn the BJP government’s misdeeds,” he stated.

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Banerjee characterized the disqualification as “PM Modi’s New India” and claimed that opposition leaders have become “the BJP’s primary target.”

In PM Modi’s New India, Opposition leaders have become the prime target of BJP!

While BJP leaders with criminal antecedents are inducted into the cabinet, Opposition leaders are disqualified for their speeches.

Today, we have witnessed a new low for our constitutional democracy

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 24, 2023

“In PM Modi’s New India, the BJP’s primary objective is now opposition leaders! While leaders of the BJP with criminal backgrounds are admitted to the cabinet, opposition leaders are disqualified for their speeches. Today, our constitutional democracy reached a new nadir,” the Trinamool Congress leader tweeted.

Gandhi received the support of another political rival and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, prompting Banerjee’s response on Friday. After the Congress MP was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case, the AAP national convenor openly supported him and claimed a conspiracy was being hatched to “eliminate” non-BJP leaders and parties through prosecution.

The court in Surat sentenced Gandhi to two years in prison on Thursday in a defamation case lodged by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi for his alleged remark, “Why do all thieves share the surname Modi?”

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In the eight years following his disqualification, Rahul Gandhi would be unable to run for office unless a higher court vacates his conviction and sentence.In response to Gandhi’s disqualification, the Congress stated that it will “legally and politically” wage war.

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