Prominent filmmaker returns Padma Shri award protesting BJP's Citizenship Bill
New Delhi: Raising his voice against the BJP led Central government’s citizenship bill, prominent Manipuri filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma on Sunday said that he would like to return his Padma-Shri award that he received in 2016.
Ever since the central government proposed the citizenship bill, protest have gripped the north-eastern region of the country. The bill which was proposed by the BJP government, will grant citizenship to the non-Muslims from neighboring Muslim majority countries i.e. Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The bill which has already been passed in the Lok Sabha, has been termed as an attempt of BJP to boost the Hindu vote bank and blatantly anti-Muslim by the political experts.
The bill will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha in the next session where unlike Lok Sabha, BJP doesn’t have majority. The bill is also expected to face resistance from the Congress party in the upper house.
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Horse injured, vehicles damaged as billboard collapses in Pune due to strong winds
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Pune (PTI): A horse was injured and a few vehicles were damaged after a hoarding collapsed due to strong winds in Maharashtra’s Pune city, police said.
The billboard crashed to the ground between 5 pm and 6 pm on Saturday outside a wedding hall near Kavdi Pat toll booth on the Pune-Solapur Highway, an official said.
The incident comes days after a giant illegal billboard in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area collapsed on a petrol pump due to gusty winds and unseasonal rains, killing 16 persons and injuring 75.
Citing preliminary information about the incident in Pune, the police on Saturday said the hoarding collapsed due to strong winds and it fell on a horse, and a few vehicles, including one brought by a band party, outside the Gulmohar Lawns wedding hall.
The injured horse was rescued and taken for treatment, the official said.
