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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MPs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Kumari Selja and KC Venugopal and other opposition MPs hold portraits of Dr. BR Ambedkar during a protest amid the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi. Several MPs of the INDIA bloc staged a protest in Parliament premises on Wednesday demanding Home Minister Amit Shah's apology for his remarks which they claimed were an insult to B R Ambedkar.
Security personnel stand guard during a shutdown, being observed to protest the proposed ropeway project connecting Tarakote Marg to Sanji Chhat, which leads to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Farmers block railway tracks as part of their state-wide 'Rail Roko' protest to press the Centre into accepting their various demands, including a legally binding minimum support price for crops, on the outskirts of Amritsar. The call for the 'rail roko' has been given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha.
A man crosses a road amid dense fog in New Delhi. In this file photo, India's Ravichandran Ashwin during a test cricket match, in Visakhapatnam. India's premier off-spinner R Ashwin on Wednesday surprised the cricketing world by announcing his retirement with immediate effect in the middle of the Test series against Australia here.
Taj Mahal shrouded in a dense fog during a cold winter morning, in Agra..