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‘Not aimed at Opposition leaders’: Kiren Rijiju clarifies PM Modi’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ remark

‘Not aimed at Opposition leaders’: Kiren Rijiju clarifies PM Modi’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ remark

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju clarified on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent remark about "dimagi Naxals" was not directed at Opposition leaders. Rijiju stated that Modi had referred only to those who support Maoists, separatists and individuals who do not believe in the Constitution. He shared a clip of jailed student leader Sharjeel Imam's speech, in which Imam had spoken about cutting Assam off from the rest of India to draw attention to the issue.

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