'Elections for the students union in the Central University of Gujarat saw all five candidates fielded by the ABVP, the student wing of the ruling BJP in the State, losing. Three seats were won by Left-leaning student outfits and the NSUI, while one seat went to an independent candidate. All the five candidates fielded by the ABVP lost...'
'About 70 lakh people lined up to form a 620km human chain across the length of Kerala on Republic Day, read out the Preamble to the Constitution and took an oath to preserve the country’s secular and democratic character. Men and women, young and old participated in the Great Human Chain organised by the state’s ruling Left Democratic Front, mostly along a national highway...'
'Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who was detained in Hyderabad Sunday ahead of a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, tweeted this morning that he was “being sent to Delhi”. He also claimed that his supporters were thrashed by cops before he was detained. In a tweet in Hindi, Azad wrote, “Dictatorship is at its peak in Telangana. Peoples’ right to protest is being snatched.
'West Bengal Monday became the fourth state to pass a resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act. Moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee in the state Assembly, the resolution appeals to the Union government to repeal the amended citizenship law and also to revoke plans to implement NRC and update NPR, PTI reported. Left-led Kerala and Congress-led Punjab and Rajasthan have already passed a resolution against CAA...'
'BJP leader MP Renukacharya who is political secretary to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, stoked a fresh controversy by stating that he will cut all facilities given to minorities in the Honnali Assembly constituency as they "have not voted for him in the elections". "They did not vote for me in 2018 elections and I am sure that they will not vote to me in future as well. That's why I want to find places where they live in the constituency and I will cut the facilities given to them in Honnali," Renukacharya said in a public meeting in his constituency.
'...Earlier this week, police officials from Marathahalli police station arrested three people belonging to a family in Munnekolala alleging that they are illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. In addition, Marathahalli police officials also detained and later released four other Bengali-speaking migrants after questioning them. The arrests and detentions are part of renewed efforts by police officials in Bengaluru’s Whitefield division to identify alleged illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and register cases against them.
'From politicians, writers and celebrities to men, women and children, lakhs of people came out to form a human chain from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) headed by the CPI(M) organised the protest with leaders of the coalition parties leading it at different points... According to the LDF, 70 lakh people participated in the human chain that stretched across 620 kilometers.
'With the ongoing protests across India against the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens, the tribals of Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur kicked off a protest on January 23. This is the first of such protests which are scheduled to take place in other regions of the state. Further agitations have been planned at Nimad region of MP. Protests have also been planned for Barwani on January 27 and in Khargone on 28. The tribal groups are demanding that the state Assembly should pass a resolution rejecting CAA and NRC...'
'The Rajasthan Assembly on Saturday passed a resolution urging the Centre to repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), amid opposition by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which accused the ruling Congress of pursuing appeasement politics. It is the second Congress-ruled state after Punjab to pass such a resolution. Earlier, Kerala Assembly, too, had passed a resolution against CAA moved jointly by the ruling Left Democratic Front and the opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front.
'Around 5,000 migrant workers from Assam and other parts of the country were rounded up in a supposed 'document-verification drive', after a pro-Hindutva organisation alleged that they were illegal immigrants. On Wednesday evening, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kodagu, Suman D Pennekar issued an order to all police stations in Kodagu to conduct a document-verification drive.
