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Karnataka Police have summoned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda and the party’s IT-cell head, Amit Malviya, in connection with a tweet posted by BJP Karnataka that allegedly targeted the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) community. The tweet, which was posted on May 4, 2019, has been deemed offensive and has sparked a complaint with the Election Commission. Police have asked the BJP leaders to appear before the High Grounds police station in Bengaluru within seven days. The investigation into the matter is currently ongoing.

Delhi Urban Development Minister and AAP leader, Saurabh Bharadwaj, has accused the BJP of manipulating videos. He called for strict action against those involved in such practices. Bharadwaj specifically mentioned BJP leader Amit Malviya, claiming that his old social media posts show his opposition to reservations. The allegations stem from a doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech on reservations, which prompted police in Delhi, Assam, and Maharashtra to file three separate cases.

Days before the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections, a war of words over the words ‘soujanya’ and ‘subhechchha’ has erupted in West Bengal between Trinamool Congress candidate Deepak Dev and BJP’s IT cell head Amit Malviya. Dev has accused Malviya of misinterpreting the two words and has asked Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar to educate his party functionaries on their meaning. The exchange started when Dev, at a poll rally in Raiganj on Tuesday, extended good wishes to Majumdar, the BJP’s Balurghat candidate, for the upcoming polls. However, Malviya misinterpreted Dev’s words as a congratulatory message for Majumdar’s presumed victory.
Dev has since taken to social media to urge Majumdar to teach Malviya the correct meaning of the two words in Bengali, which also have identical meanings in Hindi. Dev has clarified that his well wishes extended to Majumdar and his party workers did not imply any prediction of victory.
The incident has added a touch of humor to the intense election campaign in West Bengal, where both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters.

The debate over inheritance tax has resurfaced in India ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with both the Congress and the BJP accusing each other of supporting the idea in the past. The controversy stems from a deleted tweet by BJP leader Amit Malviya in 2014, where he expressed support for the idea of taxing inheritance wealth. Congress leaders took to social media to share screenshots of the tweet, accusing the BJP of hypocrisy. The BJP has denied the accusations, claiming that the tweet was only an idea open for debate. Meanwhile, Telangana Congress spokesperson Asma tweeted a screenshot of the tweet, claiming that the BJP had unsuccessfully tried to erase the evidence. The controversy comes amid a broader debate over the need for inheritance tax in India, with some arguing that it could help reduce inequality and increase revenue for government spending. However, others argue that it would be a burden on families and discourage savings and investment.

A political row has erupted over the issue of inheritance tax in India, with Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wanting to reintroduce the tax that was abolished in 1985. BJP leaders, including Amit Malviya, have hit back, claiming that the Congress itself proposed the idea of inheritance tax in the past. The Inheritance Tax, also known as Estate Duty, is a tax levied on the total value of money and property of a deceased person before it is distributed to their legal heirs.

Suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan was overcome with emotion after a court hearing in West Bengal’s Basirhat. While being escorted by CBI sleuths, he caught a glimpse of his daughter and burst into tears. The video of the incident went viral on social media, and BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya criticized Shahjahan as a “poster boy” of Mamata Banerjee.