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The Congress targeted the BJP regime in Rajasthan today, saying the interests of women and their safety were being “neglected” by the government led by a woman chief minister. “The BJP made many promises in the last Assembly elections, but the government did not fulfil after coming to power,” the party’s national spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi said. She attacked the state government over crime against women, including rape. “The state ranked 5th in the country in overall crime against women for the period of 2014-16, while it stands at 4th position…

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today accused right-wing activists for death threats as also vandalising his office and demanded Prime Minister’s intervention in dealing with such anti-national elements. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Tharoor said the attacks are on people who are expressing dissent and the victims, in recent months, have included intellectuals, minorities, and various citizens of the country. “I am sorry to raise before this House the attack on my constituency office in Thiruvananthapuram and the death threats that I received from members of…