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Jai Shri Ram

Crime

Agsar Ali made to do sit-ups and chant Jai Shree Ram by another Muslim man, Apsi Miya arrested after video goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 29 June, 2019

Apsi Miyan has been arrested for making another Muslim man, Agsar Ali, chant 'Jai Shree Ram' forcefully in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal.

Opinions

Read why Bharat Yadav was trending on Twitter as people mourned death of Tabrez Ansari

Editorial Desk - 25 June, 2019

Just as beating up someone from another faith and forcing them to chant 'Jai Shree Ram' is wrong and should be punishable so is beating up someone and calling them 'kaafirs'.

Opinions

No Prakash Javadekar, ‘Jai Shree Ram’ is not an ‘Indian cheer’, it’s a manifestation of the Hindu faith. Don’t cheapen it

Nupur J Sharma - 23 June, 2019

Unless the remainder of the interview to Times Now which is yet to be released gives a different picture of Javadekarr's answer, he came off as a defensive, confused man who couldn't stand by his or his party's faith.

News Reports

West Bengal violence: 3 BJP workers, including a 14 year old boy shot for chanting Jai Shree Ram, BJP slams Mamata

OpIndia Staff - 23 June, 2019

The political violence in the state of West Bengal continues unchecked as according to BJP, 3 workers have been shot by the police in Panchasayar in Bankura district for chanting Jai Shree Ram.

News Reports

After Lok Sabha, ‘Jai Shri Ram’, ‘Jai Ma Kali’ and ‘Allah Hu Akbar’ slogans echo in West Bengal Assembly

Shashank Bharadwaj - 20 June, 2019

Apart from 'Jai Sri Ram', slogans like Jai Ma Kali, Allahu Akbar, Radhe Radhe were are also heard during the swearing-in ceremony in the West Bengal assembly.

Opinions

Politics of polarisation: ‘Jai Shri Ram’, ‘Joy Maa Kali’ and Owaisi’s fantasy of Muslim plus Dalit vote bank

K Bhattacharjee - 19 June, 2019

The oath-taking ceremony for the elected representatives of the 17th Lok Sabha beautifully captured the precipice at which our country currently finds itself in.

Politics

BJP MPs from Bengal take oath as Members of Lok Sabha amidst chants of “Jai Shri Ram”

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

"Jai Shri Ram" has become a battle cry in West Bengal with Bengalis raising the slogan in protest against the oppressive policies of the Trinamool government in the state.

News Reports

West Bengal: Mamata visits hospital, accuses protesting doctors of hurling abuses at her

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2019

Doctors across West Bengal have gone on a strike in protest against the insensitivity shown by the state government towards the attacked doctors of NRS Hospital.

News Reports

Mamata Banerjee’s TMC to hold door to door campaign on ‘Bengali culture’

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2019

In an attempt to put a halt to BJP's bull run into the state, Banerjee has decided to start a door-to-door campaign to tell people “How Bengal and Bengali culture are different from what is being displayed by the BJP”.

Politics