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Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how Indian diplomacy is now on the front foot. On January 27, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla wrote a letter to the European Parliament president David Maria Sassoli. The subject was a motion for a resolution being introduced before Sassoli on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers on Sunday (February 9, 2020) organised a rally at Azad Maidan in Mumbai demanding the ouster of illegal Bangladeshi and Pakistani immigrants from the State. Scores of workers of Raj Thackeray's party were seen raising slogans in favour of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). Some of them also played musical instruments to send out their message.

Delhi Elections 2020: At Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, which has been the epicentre of the anti-CAA protests, voting took place on Saturday amid heavy security. Long queues were seen at polling stations in Shaheen Bagh, which is part of that Okhla constituency in Delhi.

A unique marriage function occurred in Gujarat's Surat when the groom arrived with mehndi on his hands to support the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The wedding procession (baraat) also saw beautifully decorated cows as guests.

Earlier, PM Modi had addressed a rally at Ramlila Maidan on December 22 last year. In that rally, he attacked the opposition parties, accusing them of spreading lies over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

A protesting Prashant Bhushan, when asked by the police to disperse, sought their ID card, but he refuses to show his documents if the NRC is implemented  

Hello and welcome to this episode of DePress Room, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how the European Parliament Defers Vote on Anti-CAA Resolution. To the relief of the Narendra Modi government, the European Parliament decided to defer the vote on the resolution against India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act till the second half of March.

While several top political leaders in India claimed that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is considered to be an internal issue, a session was held in the European Parliament to debate upon India's stand on CAA and NRC

In one part of the report titled Analysis of Bank Accounts of PFI, the ED says that the organisation received Rs 120.5 crore. There is a direct co-relation between the dates of deposits and withdrawals and the dates of demonstration against the new citizenship law. ED sources confirmed to MyNation that the deposits were intentionally kept below Rs 50,000 as the identity would be disclosed.

 

Hello and welcome to this episode of DePress Room, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how a top US official thinks that how ‘India’s Foreign Policy Shifting From Passive To One Which Vigorously Advances Its Interests’. India is moving away from having a passive foreign policy to the one vigorously advancing its interests, a top American diplomat said on Friday, attributing the trend to New Delhi’s “broadening strategic horizons” over the past two decades.

Twitterati have stood rock solid behind an Ola cabbie against whom a complaint was filed by Kanav Sharma, an AT Kearney employee for his views supporting CAA, NRC and Indian economy. 

Nitish Kumar has snubbed party colleague Pavan Varma on his views of JD(U) aligning with the BJP for Delhi polls and on CAA-NRC-NPR

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray's meeting with Muslim communities gathered severe criticism from netizens. Thackeray met the minority community with regard to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Addressing a public rally in West Bengal, BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said that it was due to the Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators that chief minister Mamata Banerjee was opposing CAA and NRC as she banks on their votes

Several leaders from the West Bengal BJP lashed out at Mamata Banerjee-led TMC for their stance on the Centre's decision on the CAA and NRC