Congress need not teach patriotism to RSS: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje
Mangaluru, Aug 13: Congress need not teach patriotism to the RSS, and the Sangh Parivar does not want lessons from the very people who joined hands with Pakistan and China, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje said on Saturday.
Addressing reporters in Udupi, she alleged that Congress is a party of people who insulted India in Italy and Europe.
Karandlaje said the Congress had always found pleasure in belittling the RSS and claims it alone won freedom. There is patriotism in the body and mind of RSS, she said.
Though Mahatma Gandhi had asked Congress leaders to disband the party after the freedom struggle, they still cling to the old banyan tree planted by their forefathers, she said.
The Minister said during its rule, the Congress could not take any legal action against the RSS. The motto of the RSS is to propagate patriotism and protect the country, she said.
The Minister condemned the murder of BJP youth wing leader Praveen Nettar at Bellare in Sullia recently. We fail to understand the psyche of people who murder innocent Hindu youths, she said, adding Nettar was never involved in activities against any section and always worked for the people.
The assailants and perpetrators behind the murder should be awarded stringent punishment, the Minister said. The probe into the case should also find out the motive behind the murder and the financing of criminal groups.
She said the NIA would investigate into the case in all angles and find out the perpetrators. I have requested the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure that the killers are strictly punished and he has responded positively, she said.
Urging people to participate in the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Karandlaje said the tricolour should be hoisted in front of every house in the country.
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Trump says he called off dispatching envoys to Iran talks
Dubai (PTI): US President Donald Trump said he told his top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, stating on Fox News that "they can call us any time they want”.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won't negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports. Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call Saturday night that the US “should first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade,” to allow a new round of negotiations, according to the ISNA and Tasnim news agencies in Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan on Saturday evening, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Araghchi is expected back in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Sunday.
Trump said Thursday that Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House. The meeting was the second high-level negotiation between the two countries this month. The initial 10-day ceasefire had been due to expire Monday.
The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil.
The move announced Friday is part of the administration's threat to impose secondary sanctions on entities doing business with Iran in an effort to cut off Iran's oil exports, which are a key source of its revenue.
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Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won't negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports, according to Iranian media.
Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call Saturday night that the US “should first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade”, to allow a new round of negotiations, the ISNA and Tasnim news agencies reported.
The Pakistani premier described the call as a “warm and constructive discussion”.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi concluded a one-day trip to Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Saturday after meeting with Pakistani military and government officials.
The trip did not produce a breakthrough in efforts to relaunch negotiations after US President Donald Trump canceled a planned trip by his envoys to Islamabad.
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will return to Pakistan after his current visit to Oman on his way to visiting Russia.
The report said he was expected to be back in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Sunday and would join other members of his delegation who had gone to Tehran for consultations and “instructions on the topics related to the end of the war.”
