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Anant Kumar Hegde's controversial comments on secularism
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Anant Kumar Hegde's controversial comments on secularism
Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde had criticised the word "secular" and said the BJP government would "amend the Constitution" to remove the word from the Preamble.
Anil Vij  on Mahatma Gandhi
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Anil Vij on Mahatma Gandhi
Haryana Minister Anil Vij courted controversy with remarks that Mahatma Gandhi's image did not help Khadi and caused devaluation of the currency, sparking widespread outrage with even his party BJP condemning the statements following which he withdrew them.
Kiren Rijiju on population
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Kiren Rijiju on population
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stirred a controversy with remark that the population of the Hindus in India was going down as they "never convert people", while minorities are flourishing unlike some other countries.

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Giriraj Singh’s remarks on Sonia Gandhi
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Giriraj Singh’s remarks on Sonia Gandhi

Union minister Giriraj Singh has kicked up a major row with racist remarks, wondering if Congress would have accepted Sonia Gandhi’s leadership if she was not white-skinned.


The minister, who had courted controversies in the past with remarks during Lok Sabha elections like people opposed to Narendra Modi can go to Pakistan, also mocked Rahul Gandhi’s absence from the political scene and likened it to the “missing Malaysian airliner”.

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank remarks on astrology
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Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank remarks on astrology

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who is an MP from Haridwar, said: "Science is a dwarf in front of astrology.""Astrology is the biggest science. It is in fact above science. We should promote it."


"We speak about nuclear science today. But Sage Kanad conducted nuclear test one lakh years ago, " he added.

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