Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan of intimidating Jan Suraaj candidates and forcing them to withdraw their nominations from key constituencies across Bihar.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday claimed that “the increase in India’s Muslim population” was the result of “infiltration” from Pakistan and Bangladesh rather than a higher fertility rate, reviving the recurring Hindutva narrative that seeks to portray Muslims as demographic threats.
A group of 18 retired judges, including several former Supreme Court justices, has criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments against opposition vice-presidential nominee and ex-Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy, describing them as “unfortunate” and a “prejudicial misinterpretation” of the 2011 Salwa Judum judgment.
Citing Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor’s statement on security lapses in Pahalgam, Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge attacked the Union government and said “Home Minister Amit Shah should take responsibility.”
The official X handle of BJP Karnataka posted an AI image of Amit Shah holding a cauliflower beside a milestone reading “Naxalism Rest in Peace,” drawing widespread condemnation for celebrating extrajudicial killings and referencing the 1989 Bhagalpur massacre, where cauliflowers were used to conceal the mass murder of Muslims.