Kirti Azad

TMC candidate and former India cricketer Kirti Azad sought to poke holes in the BJP's Hindu nationalism plank, saying if the saffron party persists in using the "Hindu Khatre mein" (Hindus in danger) narrative despite being in power for ten years, it raises doubts about the party's necessity to return to power. The former BJP MP-turned-TMC nominee from West Bengal's Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, also said the issue of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was a ploy to communalise the polls since the saffron camp lacks an impressive report card to present before the masses. In an interview with PTI, Azad highlighted India's diversity and argued against the feasibility of implementing UCC in such a varied cultural landscape while stressing that history belies BJP's claims of Hindu insecurity under previous regimes. During the Mughal rule, Hindus were not under threat; they were not in peril during British rule; even under multiple governments post-Independence, Hindus never faced any ...

Poonam Azad, wife of Kirti Azad who is campaign committee chief of the Delhi Congress, is the candidate for the Sangam Vihar seat

A three-time MLA from Kalkaji, Chopra is also a former Delhi Congress chief. He was also a speaker of the Delhi assembly earlier to which he was first elected in 1998 from Kalkaji

Azad was to officially join the opposition party on Friday, but the programme was cancelled in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack

Azad didn't find a place despite having played cricket for India

Poonam Azad presently serving as a spokesperson of the Bharaitya Janata Patty's Delhi unit

Court has now fixed the matter for further hearing on November 16 while asking the complainant to provide all the case-related documents to the accused

Interview with former cricketer