Kharge's Modi remark draws BJP protest in India bulletin

The roundup also covers a dispute over voter-roll software, a conditional agreement on student elections and Trump's warning to Iran.

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A remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a Congress gathering in Patna has prompted objections from his Bharatiya Janata Party, according to India's Hindi-language news channel Republic Bharat.

The bulletin's accompanying account says a young man challenged Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his comments about Modi. Kharge responded with a remark invoking Modi's father. The channel also reports an allegation that the young man was assaulted afterward. The BJP criticized Congress over the exchange.

A separate political dispute concerns access to information about ECINET, software used by the Election Commission of India. Congress accuses the commission of withholding details that the party says could reveal irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls. The commission cites confidentiality as the reason for not sharing the information, according to the report. Congress's claim of large-scale manipulation has not been independently established.

In Delhi, the bulletin describes an agreement between Jamia Millia Islamia's administration and students campaigning to restore student-union elections. Under the October 26 agreement, elections would take place within 15 days of approval of the union constitution. The administration also agreed to withdraw suspensions and notices requiring students to explain their conduct. Some student organizations remain dissatisfied because that conditional deadline does not provide a firm election date.

The coverage also includes Modi's attendance at an Indian Air Force display at Namo Ghat in Varanasi, the city he represents in Parliament. Billed as "Wings Over Ganga," the event featured Rafale, Sukhoi and Tejas fighter aircraft and marked the air force's anniversary.

Internationally, the bulletin reports Donald Trump's warning that the United States could take further military action against Iran if no agreement is reached. It says Trump used the name "Little Epic Fury" for a possible operation during remarks in Florida. The report notes that no new American military action had been officially confirmed following those remarks.

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