The Parliament was set to revise election laws following a Constitutional Court judgment on candidate age requirements, which rendered President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo's youngest son, 29-year-old Kaesang Pangarep, ineligible to contest elections. The legislature planned to make revisions to reverse this judgment.
There was a monetary dispute between Nihang Sikhs who attacked Shammi Puri for over 1.5 years. Nihang Parminder Singh had threatened Shammi over the phone previously but the family never thought he would come with other Nihangs and kill Shammi.
In a way, allowing them to contest elections can be seen as legitimizing their demands that would encourage separatist sentiments and destabilise the communal harmony in the region.
Drawing a stark comparison between the previous governments and the present government, Yogi Adityanath emphasized that Uttar Pradesh witnessed curfews and riots before 2017.
150 parties of Punjab Police, involving at least 500 Police Personnel, carried out raids at 264 hideouts linked with the gangsters and also checked 229 persons. The operation was planned after the questioning of several gang members arrested in the state, the police informed.
The incident happened as deceased Senthil Kumar questioned Venkatesh and two of his friends who were drinking in their backyard. The inebriated attackers then killed Senthil and 3 of his relatives with sharp weapons.
Speaking to ANI, Union Minister Nityanand Rai stated that the murdered journalist was the sole eye witness to the murder of his brother, who was killed by some miscreants a few days prior.