Kirti Azad
If Hindus still at risk after BJP rule, it shouldn't return to power: 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 ...
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Delhi polls: All 3 major parties field politicians' kin, Cong tops tally
Poonam Azad, wife of Kirti Azad who is campaign committee chief of the Delhi Congress, is the candidate for the Sangam Vihar seat
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Subhash Chopra made Delhi Congress president, Kirti Azad new campaign chief
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
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Cricketer-turned-MP Kirti Azad joins Congress after BJP suspends him
Azad was to officially join the opposition party on Friday, but the programme was cancelled in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack
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Out of favour with BJP leadership, Kirti Azad finds no place in MPs' XI
Azad didn't find a place despite having played cricket for India
BJP MP Kirti Azad's wife to join AAP
Poonam Azad presently serving as a spokesperson of the Bharaitya Janata Patty's Delhi unit
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Bail granted to suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad in defamation case
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
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Implementation of Lodha panel's reforms not a problem, their working might be: Kirti Azad
Interview with former cricketer
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