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  • BJP functioning like mafia, operating syndicates in Assam: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

    Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday alleged the ruling BJP in Assam was functioning like a mafia and operating syndicates.
    Addressing a rally right here, the Congress common secretary mentioned, the saffron get together within the state has two “factions”, each of which have betrayed individuals.
    The Congress chief in contrast Assam’s BJP management with ‘Dritarashtra’ and ‘Shakuni’, characters within the epic Mahabharata, with out naming whom she meant.
    Dhritarashtra was identified to be a blind ruler whereas Shakuni was a political manipulator.
    “…in the Assam government, there is a Shakuni Mama- like leader and a Dritarashtra. Both of them and the BJP have betrayed the people of Assam.”
    “The ‘Dritarashtra’ who was at one time called ‘Jatiya Nayak’ (people’s leader) betrayed the six ethnic communities whom he had promised to get included in the Scheduled Tribes list. But did not do so,” she mentioned.

    She alleged that the opposite chief is like “Shakuni Mama who runs a corrupt government that only cheats people”.

    Continuing her assault on the ruling get together, she claimed, “BJP has not been able to decide who will be their chief ministerial candidate. They are not able to respect their own chief minister and spell out the name. If there is no stability and unity in the party, then how will it bring stability to Assam and assure the people to give a stable government?”

  • Congress, authorities interact in confrontation in Lok Sabha over sedition instances

    The Congress and the federal government engaged in a confrontation in Lok Sabha on Tuesday over sedition instances with the opposition celebration alleging the stringent regulation is being misused, drawing a pointy retort from Union minister G Kishan Reddy who requested it to not lecture others on democracy.
    During the Question Hour, Congress member from Telangana Anumula Revanth Reddy sought the variety of instances registered below the offence of sedition throughout the nation over the past 10 years, the conviction fee and the steps taken for his or her speedy trial.
    The focus of his query was on local weather activist Disha Ravi who was arrested within the farmer protest toolkit case earlier this 12 months and later granted bail, and instances registered towards farmer union leaders after the January 26 violence within the nationwide capital.

    Reddy, the minister of state within the dwelling ministry, tabled a written response to the query within the House.
    The minister stated 47 instances of sedition have been registered in 2014; 30 in 2015; 35 in 2016; 51 in 2017; 70 in 2018 and 93 in 2019.
    “There is no direct involvement of the Centre in sedition cases,” the minister stated.
    However, Anumula was not glad with the response. He stated he had sought particulars for 10 years however the info was offered solely from 2014-2019.
    Anumala stated, “Giving half information is taking the house towards a wrong direction.”
    He added that after 2014, anybody who criticises the federal government’s coverage, the particular person is charged with sedition.
    “In 2019, the conviction rate (for sedition) was 3.3 per cent. This means these are politically motivated cases. If a youth leader is booked for sedition and the cases drags for 4-5 year, he/she is not in a position, they won’t get a job, passport, visa. Activists like Disha Ravi are charged, but they are not able to prove anything in the court,” Anumala stated.
    He additionally requested whether or not there’s a proposal to drop the “false charges” towards farmer union leaders protesting towards the Centre’s three farm legal guidelines.
    In response, the minister stated the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) information relies on the knowledge acquired from all of the states.
    Attacking the Congress, the minister stated, “The member (Anumala) asked as to why the information was not provided before 2014. In case of sedition cases, when the Congress was in power it did not maintain any separate data on this. They clubbed it with all the IPC crimes,” he stated.
    The minister added that after the Modi authorities took cost, it began presenting a separate information on the sedition costs.
    “…After the rise of social media, after the media awareness…they also give big speeches on democracy. But even after that the cases of sedition are very less,” the minister stated.
    Manish Tewari, one other Congress member, had questions on comparable strains. He stated Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which offers with sedition was being misused and used to suppress freedom of expression.
    Hitting again, the minister stated the Congress needn’t lecture on misuse because it had used the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) towards opposition leaders equivalent to Jayaprakash Narayan and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
    Anumala and Tewari additionally requested whether or not the federal government was planning to slender the scope of sedition. The minister stated a committee on Criminal Law Reforms below the chairmanship of the vice-chancellor, National Law University, Delhi was shaped in February 2020.

    Home Minister Amit Shah has written to the chief ministers of all states, judicial officers, numerous varsities and regulation universities, regulation institutes looking for options on the proposed amendments.
    After the report is ready, it will likely be mentioned in Parliament, the minister added.

  • Goa Speaker summons state Cong chief over disqualification plea

    Goa Speaker Rajesh Patnekar on Friday summoned state Congress chief Girish Chodankar and dismissed an utility in search of to supply a further doc in reference to the disqualification petition filed in opposition to 10 MLAs.
    The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president has filed a disqualification petition in opposition to 10 MLAs who had left the get together to hitch the BJP in 2019.

    The Speaker had heard the arguments within the matter on February 26, and the reserve on it’s pending.
    The Speaker summoned Chodankar and knowledgeable him that one among his functions in search of to supply a further doc has been dismissed.
    Speaking to reporters, Chodankar’s lawyer Abhijit Gosawi stated they’d sought to supply a further doc within the matter.
    The Speaker was requested to provide his verdict within the matter as quickly as potential, as the ultimate arguments in it have been already heard on February 26.
    Ten MLAs, led by former Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, had cut up from the Congress in July 2019 and joined the BJP.

    Kavlekar is at the moment the deputy chief minister within the Pramod Sawant-led cabinet.

    The disqualification petition argues that the cut up by the MLAs was not legitimate and it attracts the anti-defection legislation, Gosawi stated.

  • Sensational allegations towards Smriti Irani, second case filed towards worldwide shooter Vartika Singh on day 36

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    Highlights: Second case filed towards worldwide shooter Vartika Singh on thirty sixth day, Smt. Irani and her private secretary have additionally been accused of tarnishing the picture of Vartika Singh, this case towards Amethi worldwide shooter Vartika Singh as soon as once more on second day in Amethi. Has been registered This time, advocate Kalika Prasad Mishra of the High Court has lodged an FIR towards Vartika at Munshiganj police station within the district. Earlier on November 23, Smriti Irani’s private secretary Vijay Gupta filed a case towards him and one other in Musafirkhana Kotwali. Please inform that Vartika is accused of tarnishing the picture of Union Minister Smriti Irani and her private secretary. On Monday, Kalika Prasad Mishra gave a police grievance in Munshiganj police station. Police have filed a case beneath Information Technology (Act) 67 on the lawyer’s grievance. Explain that advocate Kalika Prasad is a local of Dalshapur village in Munshiganj police station space. At the identical time, on October 23, the tahrir of Smriti Irani’s private secretary Vijay Gupta, a case was filed by the Musafirkhana Kotwali police within the title of Vartika Singh and Kamal Kishore Commandos. Vijay Gupta alleges that Vartika wrote a letter and made a baseless and unfaithful allegation towards me and tried to mentally disturb and injury the social picture. Its investigation is essential. He additionally accused an individual named Kamal Kishore Commando that he too tried to tarnish the social picture by making some issues go viral with out understanding the information on social media. Congress requested Smriti Irani’s resignation relating to shooter Vartika Singh, said- order a judicial inquiry PM Modi Smriti Irani mentioned … Gandhi’s personal secretary had demanded authorized motion by conducting an inquiry on these concerned. Let me inform you that Smriti Irani, who arrived in Amethi on a three-day tour on December 25, made an enormous assertion within the media, breaking the silence on this complete episode on the second day of the tour. Smriti Irani, whereas dismissing Vartika Singh’s allegations, mentioned that three instances of forgery have been filed on this case (Vartika Singh case). Fake paperwork have been written on the premise of undertakings of the Government of India. Also, there are already two FIRs registered on this (Vartika) in Ayodhya and Lucknow. He additionally mentioned, ‘Once once more I say that Amethi was the stronghold of the Congress, but when the Congress occasion has to take a sarcasm towards me, then at the very least don’t stand pawns who’ve a direct relationship with the Gandhi dynasty.’ Hearing of the case, on Wednesday, Vartika Singh reached the Civil Court Sultanpur along with her advocate Rohit Tripathi of Lucknow High Court. She had filed a grievance in MP-MLA court docket alleging a requirement of Rs 25 lakh within the title of the Central Minister to be a member of the Central Women’s Commission on the insistence of the Union Minister. All the proof, together with the difficulty of pretend letter of submit, was despatched to the court docket. On this, Special Judge PK Jayant has fastened the date of January 2 for listening to on the jurisdiction. ‘UP, Episode of 2020, UP, Episode:’ Rape, Murder, CAA’s Uproar … and Yoon Corona 1.

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