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Over 4,000 Candidates In Fray For Maharashtra Polls, 28% Increase From Last Time
In 2019, when the fight was between BJP-Shiv Sena and Congress-NCP alliances, a total of 3,239 candidates contested the elections
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Arjun Kapoor’s sister Anshula Kapoor first introduced BF Rohan to THIS member of family and it’s not who you think: ‘Family me soft launch karna tha’
Arjun Kapoor’s sister Anshula Kapoor, after several reports suggesting their blossoming romance, confirmed her relationship with screenwriter Rohan Thakkar last year with a mushy post. Since then, the two are often seen posting romantic pictures with each other on special occasions. Meanwhile, Anshula recently revealed that it was Janhvi Kapoor, to whom she introduced her beau for the first time.
In a recent conversation with Hautterfly, Boney Kapoor’s daughter Anshula Kapoor spoke extensively about her relationship with screenwriter Rohan Thakkar. The star kid revealed that when she hit 29-30, she had told her family to look for a prospective match for her. At that point in time she also went on a couple of dates where she ended up meeting her current boyfriend.
While the timing coincided, and she was sure of giving this relationship a chance, she broke the news to her sister, Janhvi Kapoor. She said, “The minute that I was sure that I am giving this relationship a proper go-ahead, Janhvi was the first person Rohan met. She is a very nice, sweet, gharelu (household) but it was more she has my best interest at heart. Vo ‘soft launch’ hota hai na, family mein soft launch karna tha (I had to do his soft launch) and she felt like a safe place to do this thing,” she said.
Anshula further clarified that her other two siblings, referring to Arjun Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor are also her safe place, but they were out of Mumbai while shooting for their work.
During the same conversation, Anshula also spoke highly of her BF and revealed that he is a “much better” cook than her. She revealed that there have been no impositions that only a girl should be cooking. The sister of Singham Again star mentioned that Thakkar has no problems with being in the kitchen and cooking meals for them.
For the unversed, Anshula is the daughter of Boney Kapoor and his former wife, Mona Shourie Kapoor. Arjun Kapoor is her brother, whereas Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor are her sisters from Boney’s second wife, Sridevi.
Anshula is the Founder of Fankind, a Mumbai-based fundraising platform established in August 2019.
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Key Bangladesh Official Proposes Removing ‘Secularism’ From Constitution
Bangladesh’s top legal official has proposed to remove the words “secularism” and “socialism” from the Constitution apart from a provision prescribing capital punishment for regime change through extra-constitutional means.
In his statement in the High Court during a hearing on a writ petition filed by a group of citizens, Attorney General Mohammad Asazzaman on Wednesday sought to remove “secularism” and “socialism” as two of the four principles of the Constitution alongside the designation of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Father of the Nation.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the undisputed leader of Bangladesh but the Awami League politicised him in the party’s interest, he said, referring to the founding leader of Bangladesh who is popularly known as Bangabandhu.
The writ petition challenged the validity of the Constitution’s 15th amendment made by the now-ousted Awami League regime of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in 2011 while a two-judge High Court bench issued a rule asking the interim government to come up with its stance on the matter.
“As a whole, we do not want that (HC) rule to be scrapped,” the attorney general said, clarifying the government’s stance on the writ petition while talking to newsmen at his office.
Several people, mostly lawyers, emerged as interveners in the writ petition, some supporting the plea and some opposing it.
The 15th amendment was passed in parliament with the strength of a brute majority of the Awami League, restoring, inserting and scrapping several provisions in the Constitution.
The amendments included the restoration of secularism as a state principle, the scrapping of the caretaker government system for election oversight, assuming state power through extra-constitutional means and the designating of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Father of the Nation.
In his concluding arguments, Asaduzzaman told the court that the interim government wanted to declare the 15th amendment to the Constitution largely unconstitutional, retaining only select provisions.
He particularly demanded the restoration of the caretaker government system and the provision of the referendum in the Constitution.
The Awami League regime was toppled on August 5 in the face of a mass upsurge originating from a quota reform campaign by the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement. Three days later Nobel laureate Muhammad assumed office as the chief adviser of the interim government.
The attorney general criticised Article 7A inserted under the 15th amendment that criminalises any attempt to repeal, suspend, or subvert the Constitution through force or unconstitutional means, calling such acts as sedition, which are punishable with the death penalty.
He argued that this restriction limits democratic change and disregards the recent mass uprising that deposed the Awami League government and demanded the restoration of the caretaker government system.
“The (provisions of the 15th) amendment betrays the sacrifices of martyrs like Abu Sayed and Mugdho,” said Asaduzzaman, referring to two students who were shot dead during the July-August mass protests.
Asaduzzaman was appointed as the attorney general days after the ouster of the past regime and the resignation of his predecessor.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)