Anti Bjp News

National Investigation Agency has arrested BJP youth wing leader, Jitendra Sharma, in connection with the murder of ex-RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi, making the first arrest of a BJP leader in a Hindutva terror case. Mastermind of several blasts, including those in Samjhauta Express, Mecca Masjid and Malegaon targeting minorities, Joshi was allegedly killed by his own associates in Dec-2007.

While the Home ministry is keen to bring the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill in Parliament's winter session beginning Dec-5, BJP and non-Congress ruled states have opposed the bill terming it as "anti-federal". According to BJP's Arun Jaitley, the bill was skewed against the majority community as it only recognized religious and linguistic minorities as "groups" victimized by communal violence.

Adding to the controversy over the issue, Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah on Thursday challenged BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi for an open debate 'anytime, anywhere' over the issue of Article 370 that guarantees special status to the state. Omar had earlier warned that any move to revoke 370 would reopen the issue of the state's accession to India.