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Alimuddin killing: In a 1st,
Jharkhand Court convicts 11 'Gau Rakshaks' including BJP leader for lynching
Ramgarh:A fast-track court in Jharkhand today
convicted 11 of the 12 people accused in a cow vigilantism-related murder case.
This is the first time people have been convicted in a case relating to
violence in the name of cow protection anywhere in India. The sentencing will
take place on March 21. 11 of the accused – including a local BJP leader and
three members of a gau raksha samiti – were convicted under IPC Section 302
(murder). In addition, three of them were convicted under Section 120B
(conspiracy) – indicating that the court was convinced that the attack was
pre-planned.The 12th accused was initially being treated as a juvenile, Indian
Express reported, but the prosecution had asked that he be treated as an adult
as he was above 16 years of age. This plea – based on a CrPc amendment that
says minors between the ages of 16 and 18 can be tried as adults if it can be
proved that they were aware of the impact of their actions – is pending before
the court. Defence lawyers told The Wire that they will be appealing the
conviction.Alimuddin alias Asgar Ansari was lynched to death by a mob in
Ramgarh on June 29, reportedly based on suspicions that he was carrying beef.
His lynching happened the day PM Narendra Modi decided to finally break his
silence around the issue of cow vigilantism. Ansari was reportedly carrying
about 200 kg of meat in his van when he was attacked. His car was also set on
fire. Police had intervened, but he succumbed to his injuries soon after being
admitted to a hospital. 2 people were arrested in the case, including local BJP
leader Nityanand Mahato. Another accused had surrendered.In videos of the assault
that did the rounds on social media, the assailants were seen beating Ansari
with pieces of meat while his car was on fire in the background. Ansari’s wife,
Mariam Khatoon, had told the media then that she was certain that members of
the Bajrang Dal were responsible for her husband’s death. “They were rogues
owing allegiance to Bajrang Dal,” she had alleged.thewire
Ramgarh Lynching: 11 Including Local BJP
Leader Convicted for Murdering Alimuddin Ansari
Jharkhand victim’s widow says she does not
want death penalty for convicted gau rakshaks
Ramgarh:Mariam Khatoon, the widow of Alimuddin
Ansari who was killed by gau rakshaks on June 29 last year, has said she does
not want her husband’s convicted killers to hang. “Though they murdered my
husband I don’t want them to lose their lives,” she said shortly after a court
here found the 11 accused guilty of killing him. “I would prefer the court gave
them life imprisonment.”The court’s guilty verdict for 11 men is the first
conviction in India for gau rakshaks, self-styled cow vigilantes linked to RSS-BJP-VHP-Bajrang
Dal, who have gone on an attack-and-kill spree especially since the BJP-led
govt of PM Narendra Modi came to power in May 2014. Sentencing is due on March
21.sabrangindia
Kashmir is ours, won’t mind crossing border to
protect it: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: In an indirect warning to Pakistan,
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said no power in the world can
take Kashmir away from India and if required, forces are capable of crossing
the border to protect the country’s territorial integrity. “Kashmir is, was and
will be ours always,” Singh said, while addressing to a Summit.He made it clear
that the Govt is keen on finding a
permanent solution to Kashmir, which has been the bone of contention between
the two countries for quite some time. “We want lasting solution to the Kashmir
problem and we are open to speaking to any party,” he said.“I want to tell
those who are trying to teach jihad to innocent Kashmiri youths that they
should first learn the real concept of jihad in Islam,” Singh said, adding that
he has personally requested J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti to ignore cases filed against
the first-time stone pelters.indianexpress
‘Harassment’ of diplomats: Pakistan unlikely
to send High Commissioner back to India
New Delhi: Pakistan is unlikely to send its
High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood back to New Delhi any time soon,
reported Express Tribune on Saturday. Islamabad’s decision comes in the wake of
allegations of harassment and intimidation of diplomats of both countries, and
their families. Mahmood is likely to remain in Pakistan indefinitely or until
the situation between the countries is resolved. 2 days ago, after Pakistan
summoned Mahmood to Islamabad for “consultations” over the allegations made,
Indian Ministry of External Affairs had called it “pretty normal and routine”
and not a recall.“Our high commissioner will not return to India anytime soon,”Senior
Foreign Office official was quoted as saying by Express Tribune. Mahmood
returned to the country from New Delhi on Friday. The officer added that
Pakistan may withdraw the families of diplomatic staff from India, if relations
didn’t improve. Earlier this week, Mahmood had said, “Through painstaking
efforts over the past several months, we twice managed to ease tensions
somewhat and began making progress on some of the tracks, including on
humanitarian issues. The current approach and methods only militate against
such efforts, while holding no prospect of advancing any particular objective.
A re-think is in order.”indianexpress
To protest alleged harassment of diplomats,
Pakistan pulls out of WTO meet in India: Report
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to stay away
from WTO meet in New Delhi next week in protest against alleged harassment of
its diplomats in India. New Delhi last month invited Pakistan Commerce Minister
Pervez Malik to participate in informal WTO ministerial meeting scheduled to be
held in New Delhi on March 19-20 and Islamabad had initially accepted the
invitation. Sources in the foreign ministry in Islamabad said the situation has
changed after “repeated harassment of families of diplomats” and it was decided
to skip the invitation.“We cannot send our commerce minister to India in the
current situation and India has been informed about it,” according to a source.
PTI
Courts in J&K are divided on regional
lines, Jammu threatened by communalism: Yashwant Sinha committee report
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha led
committee has come up with a report saying religious divide in the conflict-hit
state has clearly been deepened in recent years as communalism has taken deep
roots.“People point out that even the courts in J&K are divided–the 2
benches in Jammu and Srinagar gave differing rulings on unfurling of the state
flag, for example. This has caused fissures in the state’s social stability”, report
reads. The group comprising Yashwant Sinha, Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Kapil Kak,
executive secretary of Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation Sushobha Barve
and senior journalist Bharat Bhushan had recently visited the state.The report
says the latest issue that has flagged the rise in communalism in Jammu is the
brutal rape and murder of an 8-year-old Muslim Bakkarwal girl, Asifa, in Kathua
allegedly by a Hindu.“The attempt apparently was to frighten and evict the
nomadic Bakkarwals from the land they occupied. Some local leaders of the BJP
along with an outfit called the Hindu Ekta Manch have taken out public rallies
with the tricolour in hand shouting slogans which suggest that Muslims are
pro-Pakistan and need to be dealt with swiftly”, the report reads.“A prominent
local Muslim businessman summed up how he felt saying, 'I belong to Jammu and
have never felt unsafe here. But now even I have started feeling insecure. What
am I to make out of Hindu Ekta Manch taking out a protest march waving the
national flag over the Asifa rape case shouting - Those who want Pakistan will
be sent to Qabristan (burial ground)? The only person who needs to be sent to
Qabristan is the rapist. Even in the case of a rape, we are totally divided.
This is frightening.“Communal divide in Jammu is being promoted by politically
ambitious leaders who are intent on tearing apart the rich and diverse social
fabric of the region for their short-term political benefits. Some prominent
citizens, however, lamented the fact that local civil society organisations had
not countered the communal narrative surrounding Asifa’s rape and murder.
Others said that there was no civil society in Jammu and that the space for
civil society’s activities had been taken over by communal politicians”, the
report says. It added:“Not only is Jammu getting polarised communally, even State
Assembly has been polarised after the Sunjuwan army camp attack. Increasingly
the perception is that there is a ‘Hindu Jammu’ ruled by the BJP and then there
is ‘Muslim Kashmir’ ruled by PDP – i.e. there is a communal division of labour
between 2 political allies which govern state." outlookindia
Yashwant Sinha-led Concerned Citizens’ Group
says ‘situation in Kashmir has deteriorated’
Geelani Claims To Have Spurned Talks Offer
Srinagar:Hurriyat leader and chairman of his
faction of Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Geelani, revealed he spurned efforts
by New Delhi to start Kashmir dialogue “without involvement of Islamabad” in
the process.The octogenarian leader, who remains under house arrest at his
Srinagar residence,was, according to his spokesman GA Gulzar, approached by an
unidentified officer of the IB who wanted him to “startstart dialogue with New
Delhi”.Geelani, spokesman said, turned down the offer. Urging New Delhi to
engage Pakistan in a “meaningful” dialogue on Kashmir, Geelani, according to spokesman,
told the unnamed officer that under "indifferent, apathetic and appalling
situation” in Kashmir, talks will not succeed unless the situation is
“conducive for talks between all its stakeholders including
Pakistan”."Unless and until the Kashmir dispute is addressed in its
historical perspective, all these attempts are futile. India must acknowledge the
disputed status of the Kashmir and begin demilitarization to hold a
referendum,” Geelani told IB officer, according to Gulzar. Geelani told the
officer that New Delhi must accept Kashmir as a dispute and respect the
aspirations of the people, "They should shun fanatical politics because
the need of the hour is to acknowledge the ground realities of the long-pending
J&K dispute,” Geelani, told the IB officer.thecitizen
Terror funding case: Court allows ED to quiz
Kashmiri businessman
A Delhi court has allowed Enforcement
Directorate to interrogate a Kashmiri businessman in connection with a terror
funding case to unearth the money trail.Additional Sessions Judge Tarun
Sherawat allowed the application filed by ED's counsel Nitesh Rana seeking
permission to quiz Zahoor Watali, an influential businessman allegedly having
friendship with Pakistani leaders and Kashmiri separatists, for 2 days - March
19 and 20.Watali, who was arrested by NIA on charges of receiving funds from
Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone-pelting in Kashmir, is at
present lodged in Tihar jail.He is said to be close to Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Besides
Saeed, Salahuddin and Watali, ED has also named Geelani's son-in-law Altaf Shah
alias Altaf Fantoosh, Bashir Ahmad Bhat and Javed Ahmad Bhat as accused. Hurriyat
leaders Nayeem Ahmad Khan,Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate, Mohammad Akbar
Khanday and Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal have also been charged by agency in terror
funding case.PTI
J&K Jama’at calls for an end to security
forces summoning Islamic preachers to their camps
Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) J&K has alleged
security forces of intervening in the religious affairs of Kashmiri Muslims in
various places throughout the valley particularly in South Kashmir. Expressing
anguish and resentment, JeI said organisers of the religious congregations are
called to the army camps and intimidated and harassed without any justification
and reasonable cause just to forcibly restrain them from these rightful
activities.“Some of them are even beaten for organising such religious
gatherings,” the spokesperson said. “At some places the Imams and preachers of
Masjids are forced to attend the camps for reporting the religious activities
going on in mosques and even asked to prepare audio/video recording of their
speeches and send the same to the camps which is not acceptable at all being
the worst form of violating the religious freedom guaranteed under UN Charter
of fundamental human rights and the constitution of India too.”JeI alleged
security force personnel of violating the constitution and law. TCN
Centre to SC: Don’t force us to allow Rohingya
to India
Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that
it can’t force that Rohingya Muslims be allowed to come to India.Clarifying
further its stand on Rohingya Muslims, the Centre said in an affidavit that
that those who have valid travel certificate can come to India only. The Centre
also said that if Rohingya Muslims come to India without valid certificate then
this will be against national interest and it is a matter related to internal
and external security of the country.The SC was also informed by the Centre
that India have no policy to issue identity cards to refugees. “Rohingya Muslim
refugees cannot be compared to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. India has a bilateral
treaty with Sri Lanka and so Tamil refugees were allowed to come to India. As
far as Myanmar is concerned, there is no bilateral treaty with them,” the
Centre said in the affidavit. SC was hearing a petition opposing the Centre’s
decision to send back Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar.The case will be heard
on March 19.indialegallive
Rohingyas a security threat, deport them: RSS
Jammu:RSS has supported the demand for
deportation of illegal migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, saying their
presence in J&K posed a security
threat to the country. “We do not consider them (Rohingyas and Bangladeshis) as
refugees as they are foreigners and have entered in our country illegally, RSS
Prant Sanghchalk, Brig (Retd) Suchait Singh said.Singh, who was flanked by
Prant Kariwah Parshotam Dadichi, said the state and central Govts should
identify the illegally settled foreigners and sent them back. “Why should we
tolerate them when they pose a security threat to the nation as well as state,”he
said.Criticising the previous UPA Govt at Centre and National
Conference-Congress coalition Govt in the state for allowing them to settle
down in Jammu,he said “they are totally responsible for the present
situation(agitation over deportation of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis in
Jammu).PTI
Constable who ‘helped’ terror suspect Abdullah
booked; alleged to have forged police report
Lucknow: 8 months after UP ATS arrested
Bangladeshi terror suspect Abdullah-al-Mamon, Saharanpur police booked a
constable for allegedly helping him obtain a passport by forging a police
report. The forged police report confirmed Abdullah to be a native of
Saharanpur. Based on ATS information over the passport, police conducted an
internal inquiry.“During the course of departmental inquiry, it was found the
police report sent to the Regional Passport Office had the signature of
sub-inspector Nasir Hussain posted at Deoband police station. The address was
later found to be fake. Nasir Hussain denied having signed report. On
Wednesday, he submitted an application with SSP Saharanpur Babloo Kumar
alleging that constable Satish Kumar, who was tasked with carrying the
documents from the police station to different offices, had forged his
signature on the report, which was later forwarded to the passport office,”
said Pankaj Kumar Tyagi, Deoband police SHO.Following direction from SSP, FIR
against constable Satish Kumar was lodged on Thursday under IPC section 420 at
the Deoband police station, added Tyagi. The constable has since been sent to
the Reserve Police Lines.Circle Officer (Deoband) Siddharth Singh said, “The
police report will now be sent to experts to verify sub-inspector Hussain’s
claim of forgery. The involvement of constable Satish Kumar would also be
confirmed after his handwriting too is examined.” Abdullah, is lodged in
Lucknow district jail.indian express
Does Anyone Remember Dr Kafeel, ‘Hero’ Who
Saved kids in Gorakhpur?In Jail Without Bail
New Delhi:“You think by getting cylinders from
outside you have saved lives and are a hero, we will see about that,” said CM Yogi Adityanath to young doctor Kafeel Khan
during his visit to Baba Raghav Das hospital in his home constitutency
Gorakhpur. This was after over 70 children had died because of a shortage of
oxygen, crucial as medication in encephalitis cases.Dr Khan had shot into
prominence, without trying to, as he rushed trying to secure oxygen to save the
dying children. It is an acknowledged fact amongst Gorakhpur’s medical
community that had this doctor not taken the initiative, the toll would have
been far higher. However, instead of thanking him and handing out the awards
that the state govt uses as doles, Adityanath rebuked him in front of several
staff members during his visit to the hospital. He was not in charge, was on
duty in another ward, but rushed to save the children, working through the
night. TV crews captured this and interviewed the doctor who in one of his
initial responses spoke of the shortage of oxygen that was subsequently found
not to have been renewed, because of nonpayment of dues. And despite several
reminders by agency Pushpa Sales to the hospital and UP Govt with final
warnings that further supply would be stopped until the backlog was cleared. Shortly
after Adityanath’s ‘will teach you a lesson’ attitude according to sources who
had heard him, Khan was suspended. The Citizen spoke to him at the time, found
him terrified, and too scared to say a word. All he said was, “they are after
me, I cannot speak” and switched off his phone. Others in Gorakhpur who knew
him said he was scared, and under tremendous mental pressure. As a senior
doctor said, “Khan is a good man, well known, diligent and did what any
conscientious doctor would do. He has been penalised and jailed for a crime
that is not his.Khan has spent almost 6 months in jail,with his bail pleas
being rejected.thecitizen
After Giriraj’s terror barb, another BJP MP
says: Araria, Katihar, Kishanganj will turn into Pakistan
New Delhi:Another BJP MP has made provocative
comments on RJD’s Sarfaraz Alam’s win in the recent Araria bypolls, saying the
seat is “slowly turning into Pakistan”. RJD’s Alam won the Lok Sabha seat in
Araria in the recent by-elections. “Have been raising this issue since long
that Kishanganj, Katihar & Araria (all in Bihar) are slowly turning into
Pakistan but govt’s inaction, thinking & vote bank-politics has pushed
Bihar towards the brim of destruction,” ANI quoted BJP MP Gopal Narayan
Singh.This is not the first time a saffron party leader has made provocative comments
on Araria while targeting its Muslim population.On Thursday, Union Minister
Giriraj Singh said the seat would become a “hub of terrorism,” dangerous not
only to Bihar but to the entire nation.“RJD has started a new political culture
for its political ambitions…They have spawned an extremist ideology which is a
danger not only to Bihar but also to the country in the coming days. It will
become a hub of terrorism,” Nawada MP said. indianexpress
Youth charged with raising pro-pak slogans are
not RJD men: Sarfaraz Alam
New Delhi:A day after Araria police in Bihar
reportedly booked three youths for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans after
announcement of bypoll results there, RJD MP from the constituency Sarfaraz
Alam on Friday stressed they did not belong to the party. Speaking to reporters
outside the Parliament, the newly-elected Parliamentarian also said he did not
believe in the slogans the youth concerned allegedly shouted.“Those are not RJD
men, not of the alliance. I don’t believe (in what they have said), I believe
in secularism,” Alam said. Meanwhile, Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, who
hails from Bihar, told a news channel it was “unfortunate” that such slogans
were allegedly raised in India.“It needs to be identified who these people
are,” he added. According to media reports, the Araria police yesterday filed a
FIR against 3 local youths for allegedly shouting slogans such as “Pakistan
zindabad” and “Bharat tere tukde honge” after the result of the bypoll was
announced on Wednesday. indianexpress
Araria Video Row: Tejashwi Demands Probe As He
Shares New Video With No Anti-National Slogan
Gorakhpur DM, who stopped media from entering
counting centre, promoted
UP Govt
has transferred 37 IAS officials, including 16 DMs, an official said on
Saturday. Rajiv Rautela, DM of Gorakhpur, who courted controversy on Wednesday
for barring the media from accessing details at Lok Sabha bypoll counting
centre, has been shifted and prompted as Divisional Commissioner of Devipatan. SP
has wrested Gorakhpur, CM Yogi Adityanath’s home constituency, from BJP after
several decades.IANS
Mass transfers of bureaucrats: Gorakhpur DM
rewarded, Bareilly DM, who wrote on Kasganj riots, transferred
Another blow for BJP in UP, Yogi’s minister
Swami Prasad Maurya’s son-in-law joins SP
New Delhi: Ruling Yogi Adityanath-led BJP govt
in UP has suffered yet another blow
after its embarrassing defeat in the recently held bypolls as state cabinet
minister Swami Prasad Maurya’s son-in-law Naval Kishore joined Samajwadi Party.
Kishore joined SP in the presence of party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan.
Prasad Maurya, a former OBC leader in BSP, had joined BJP in 2016 ahead of the
assembly polls in the state in which the saffron party secured a thumping win.
He is currently serving as the Minister for Labour, Service planning, Urban
employment and Poverty alleviation Depts in the Yogi govt. indianexpress
People know EVM is ‘Each Vote for Modi’: Gujarat;s
I&B minister
Gandhinagar;Praising Election Commission and
I&B dept.of Gujarat Govt for its
work on voters’ awareness, Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja on
Monday said that people have brought BJP into power identifying EVM as “Each
Vote for Modi”. Speaking in the Gujarat Assembly while putting forward the
budgetary demands of I&B Dept.to the tune of Rs 126 crore in the House,
Jadeja said that at a time when many people conspire to defame Gujarat in the
country and even abroad, Information Dept is spreading message of development
against the politics of appeasement.“If Gujarat has become number one in the
country, the Information department has made lot of efforts in it,” Jadeja
said. “It is Kaliyug, and in Kaliyug it is not enough only to be good, but it
is equally important to do good work and show it (to the public),” he
added.“Our Information dept.took up many works for creating voters’ awareness,
to increase voting percentage…and we have got results also. Voters have become
aware. Information dept.has a role in increasing voters’ awareness… Election
results have come and after the results, all these (members of Opposition
Congress) have raised objections related to EVM and VVPAT. (But) people have
identified EVM as Each Vote for Modi and brought BJP into power.” Jadeja
said.indianexpress
Congress demands ballot papers back, rejects
simultaneous polls
New
Delhi:The main opposition Congress has joined the chorus of those seeking
re-introduction of paper ballots in the elections in order to “ensure the
credibility of the electoral process.”“There are apprehensions among the
political parties and the people over the misuse of EVMs to manipulate the
outcome contrary to the popular verdict,” the party said in its political
resolution moved by senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge.“To ensure credibility of
the electoral process, Election Commission should revert to the old practice of
paper ballot as major democracies have done,” said the resolution moved at 3
day Congress plenary session being held in the national capital.In the backdrop
of different groups expressing their concerns over EVMs, the resolution, which
is being discussed and is expected to be adopted by evening, said the poll
panel has the constitutional mandate to ensure free and fair elections. “Both
voting and counting process must remain transparent to retain people’s faith in
the integrity of the electoral system.”indianexpress
TDP leaves NDA amid dissent within,
Chandrababu Naidu says PM has no time for allies
New Delhi:Carrying out its threat “in the
interest of the people of AP”, TDP, which has 16 MPs in Lok Sabha, walked out
of the ruling NDA Friday. TDP leader and AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu, who
directed his party to bring in its own no-confidence motion against the Modi Govt
, told the state assembly that “BJP allies are fighting for their rights in
Parliament” but PM does not have time to
address their concerns. Ending his party’s 4-year alliance with BJP over denial
of special category status to AP, Naidu announced in Amaravati that he had
decided to leave NDA. Simultaneously, Thota Narasimhan, floor leader of TDP in
Lok Sabha, gave notice to move a no-confidence motion against BJP-led
govt.Sources said that at TDP politburo meeting Friday morning, leaders told
Naidu that the TDP had walked into a trap laid by YSR Congress Party leader YS
Jagan Mohan Reddy whose party had already given a no-trust motion notice. They
said it appeared that TDP was a step behind its Andhra rival — before TDP
politburo, Jagan said “until we raised the issue, TDP and CM were sleeping…Now,
TDP and the rest have to follow”.In Lok Sabha, when Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
said TDP motion could not be taken up as long as there was no order in the
House, Thota Narasimhan gave another notice, asking her to “include the motion
in the revised List of Business for March 19”.Opposition parties jumped in to
to embarrass the Govt . While the Congress and Left leaders were the first
parties to declare support, TMC leader and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who
spoke to Naidu over phone, tweeted: “I welcome TDP’s decision to leave NDA.
”Mohammad Salim of the CPM said: “When the Andhra parties bring a no-confidence
motion in Lok Sabha, we will support it.” Leaders of RJD, SP and AIMIM too said
they would back the no-confidence motion when it is moved. These parties
together account for 129 seats. Smaller parties friendly to Congress are also
expected to join the bandwagon.BJP, which currently has 274 MPs — 2 more than
the magic number — and its allies including SAD and JD-U will be able to defeat
the motion. TRS, which has 11 members, also announced it would not back
no-trust motion. BJP leaders, however, conceded that a no-trust motion and the
debate over it could damage party’s image.indianexpress
Another blow for Modi Govt , opposition
parties extend support to no-confidence motion
Defeat of ego: BJP’s LS tally will drop by 110
seats in 2019: Shiv Sena
http://caravandaily.com/portal/defeat-of-ego-bjps-ls-tally-will-drop-by-110-seats-in-2019-shiv-sena/
Mumbai:Terming BJP’s loss in the Gorakhpur Lok
Sabha bypoll a “defeat of ego and arrogance”, the Shiv Sena on Friday launched
a fresh salvo at its ally, saying the party’s strength in the Lower House of
Parliament will come down by at least 110 seats in the 2019 general elections.
Sena also taunted its ally saying those who abandon their friends and “tread
the path of lies” are destined to lose. “BJP won the tiny state of Tripura.
While the party was celebrating the victory, the results of two Lok Sabha
bypolls in UP took the shine off the
win. These results have created panic in the BJP camp. The party’s 2
strongholds- Gorakhpur and Phulpur- were won by SP,” Sena said in an editorial
in its mouthpiece- ‘Saamana’.It said that since the Modi Govt came to power,
bypolls to 10 Lok Sabha seats were conducted, of which the BJP lost
nine.“Initially, there were 282 BJP MPs in the Lok Sabha, but the figure has
now come down to 272. Under the leadership of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, the
BJP has lost virtually every bypoll,” the Uddhav Thackeray-led party said.PTI
Over 100 Left organisations to hold pan India
protest against Narendra Modi govt on May 23
More than 100 Left-affiliated organisations
will hold marches in all state capitals on May 23 to protest the Centre’s
policies. ‘Jan Ekta Jan Adhikar Andolan’ (JEJAA), an umbrella organisation
consisting of trade unions, peasant organisations, agricultural workers, state
and central Govt employees, bank and
insurance workers, college and university teachers, students, women, dalits,
adivasis and environmentalists, would observe ‘Protest Day’ on May 23.PTI
SP-BSP will fight 2019 polls with respectable
seat-sharing: Azam Khan
New Delhi: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam
Khan has said the SP and BSP will have a long-lasting alliance, including for
the 2019 general election, and that the chiefs of 2 parties, Akhilesh Yadav and
Mayawati, will work out a “respectable seat-sharing arrangement”. “If we split
again, we will lose again. This alliance will be along one. We have united due
to a common enemy,” Khan said in an interview to ET. He had accompanied Yadav
to Mall Avenue residence of Mayawati on Wednesday evening after the SP swept
the Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls with the BSP’s support, and the leaders held
a discussion for almos an hour.economictimes
Maha says independent probe into Judge Loya’s death
will destroy rule of law; SC reserves verdict
New Delhi:Maharashtra Govt on Friday twisted the petitioners’ argument
before the Supreme Court on its head by submitting that if an independent probe
is ordered into Judge Loya’s death, it would destroy rule of law and
independence of judiciary. Indeed, it was the petitioners’ contention before
the Supreme Court throughout the hearing that if the court wanted to safeguard
the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary, it should order an independent
and impartial probe into the death of the judge under “suspicious”
circumstances on Dec.1,2014, in Nagpur. As the SC bench, comprising CJI Dipak
Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, concluded the
hearing of the arguments, the bench was left wondering which of the rival
contentions before it should be accepted. The senior counsel for Maharashtra Govt,
Mukul Rohatgi, completed his arguments by suggesting that the bench need not
concern itself about the rival contentions over Judge Loya’s medical condition,
and whether he had a heart attack or not, as the bench was not making a medical
appraisal. Rohatgi said so after
bringing to the bench’s notice that Dr R.K. Sharma, exhead of the forensic
medicine and toxicology department at AIIMS in Delhi, had backtracked what he
was reported to have told Caravan magazine during an interview.Dr Sharma, after
examining Loya’s post-mortem report, and the related histopathology report, had
ruled out death due to a heart attack. Rather, according to him, the documents
showed signs of trauma to the brain and even possible poisoning. Prashant
Bhushan, however, challenged the reported denial of Dr Sharma, alleging that he
was coerced to contradict. The bench, however, was, in no mood to listen to
Bhushan, and advised him to respond to Rohatgi through written submissions.The
bench has since reserved its judgment.thewire
Judge Loya’s death: Supreme Court reserves
verdict on pleas for independent probe
Stop Muslims from offering 'namaz' at 9
disputed mosques:Waseem Rizvi kicks up
storm
Lucknow: UP Shia Central Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi on
Friday renewed his suggestion to All India Muslim Personal Board that community
members desist from offering 'namaz' at 9 disputed mosques.Rizvi claimed that
there are at least 9 disputed religious places across the country-4 in UP, 2 in
Gujarat and one each in West Bengal, MP and Delhi. Besides the Babri masjid, in
question, Rizvi said were Keshav Dev temple in Mathura, Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi
and Atal Dev in Jaunpur(UP), Rudra Mahalaya in Batna and Bhadrakali in Ahmedabad
(Gujarat), Adina in Pandua (Bengal), Vijaya in MP's Vidisha and Kuvutul Islam
Qutub Minar Delhi. Rizvi has shot off a letter to Maulana Rabe Hasan Nadvi,
AIMPLB chairman on Friday, urging the board to stop Muslims from offering namaz
at these sites since they are disputed. Rizvi pointed out that Islamic laws do
not allow construction of a mosque on a land grabbed by destroying other
religious structures. “Prayers offered at such mosques are not accepted under
Quran and Sharia,” he added.UNI
‘Pak caller’ demands disputed Varanasi mosque
be reopened
Varanasi city magistrate has said he had been
receiving calls from someone allegedly from Pakistan demanding that a disputed
mosque, sealed 2 years ago, be reopened. In April 2016, members of the Deobandi
and Barelvi sects had clashed over control of the Badi Masjid in Konia area of
the city and with that, the revenue from renting out land to shops nearby. Citing
law and order concerns, the then city magistrate had sealed the mosque.
Magistrate Dr Vishram said he had received 11 calls from an unknown number just
days before a hearing in the case on March 14. indianexpress
Muslim women to march against
"anti-women" triple talaq bill in Lucknow on March 18
On the call of the All India Muslim Personal
Law Board (AIMPLB), Muslim women will on Sunday hold a peaceful protest in
Lucknow against the central Govt's proposed triple talaq bill. To be held at
the Teele Wali Masjid on Sunday afternoon, the protest will see burqa-clad
women coming together against the "anti-women" triple talaq
bill.Posters and banners informing men and women about the protest have come up
in huge numbers across the old city for the event to be held from 1 pm. The
protest is in line with similar events being organised in different cities
across the country on AIMPLB's call.To be led by women, executive committee
members of AIMPLB, Dr Asma Zehra from Hydreabad and Mamdooha Majid from Delhi
will be in Lucknow to address the women with Maulana Najeebul Hasan Siddiqui as
the convener of the programme.TOI
Muslim women’s rally against triple talaq bill
on Mar 20 in Nagpur
Nagpur: After Malegaon, AIMPLB will be holding
a women’s rally against the bill banning triple talaq in Nagpur. The Malegaon
rally a few days ago is estimated to have been attended by 70,000 women, all
wearing hijab (veil). The organizers claim a much higher number, though.In
Nagpur, participation of 25,000 is expected at the rally planned on March 20, said
Javed Ansari, convener of the event here. “The objective is show that Muslim
women are satisfied with the Sharia law and do not want any interference in the
matter,” said Ansari at a press conference held to announce the event. Before
this, rallies have been held at Dhule and Jalna as well. The rallies, which are
being held throughout the country, will be organized in other districts of the
region too, he said.Ansari said the board’s stance is that Islamic law has its
own procedures for divorce. One cannot simply divorce a woman by uttering the
word talaq thrice, so the Govt ’s intervention in the matter is not needed.On
the other hand, RSS backed Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) has announced a pension
of Rs500 per month for divorced Muslim women. TOI
Hawking said Vedas had a 'theory' superior to
Einstein’s thesis, claims Harsh Vardan
Union Science Minister Harsh Vardhan has
claimed that the late cosmologist Stephen Hawking once said the Vedas had a
theory superior to that of Albert Einstein’s famous equation, E=mc2. Dr.
Vardhan was speaking at the 105th edition of Indian Science Congress, organised
at the Manipur University here, and his address preceded the inaugural address
of PM Narendra Modi, who was also on stage. “We recently lost a renowned
scientist, cosmologist Stephen Hawking.He emphatically said on record that our
Vedas might have a theory superior to that of Einstein’s E=mc2,” Dr. Vardhan
said in his address.E=mc2 is an equation that denotes the equivalence of mass
and energy, and was first proposed by Einstein in 1905 as part of his Special
Theory of Relativity. Dr. Vardhan, who’s also a medical doctor, didn’t clarify
which specific Vedic “theory” he was talking about. When pressed for the source
of this claim by Hawking, who died on Wednesday the 14th, he refused
clarification. “You in the media should do some work and find out the source of
this statement. When you have failed, then I shall disclose the source of my
information,” he told a group of journalists.There’s no documented evidence for
such remarks by Hawking. Hawking is, however, on record denouncing
astrology.This isn’t the first time that Indian Science Congress has witnessed
bluster regarding the links between ancient Indian texts and modern astronomy.
At the Science Congress in 2015, there were claims that the Vedic texts spoke
of sophisticated airplanes.the hindu
Indian GST system among most complex globally:
World Bank
Indian GST system is among the most complex in
the world with not only one of the highest tax rates but also one of the
largest number of tax slabs, World Bank has said. It added that India has the
highest standard GST rate in Asia, and second highest in the world after Chile.
"Tax rates in the Indian GST system are among the highest in the world. Highest
GST rate in India, while only applying to a subset of goods and services
traded, is 28 %, which is the 2nd highest among a sample of 115
countries which have a GST (VAT) system and for which data is available,"
World Bank said in a report. What makes the Indian GST system even more complex
is number of different GST rates applicable on different categories of GST. IANS
DMK leader MK Stalin says he hopes southern
states come together to demand separate Dravidanadu
MDK Working President MK Stalin on Friday said
he hoped India’s southern states came together to demand autonomy for a
separate Dravidanadu, The Hindu reported.“If it [such a situation where
southern states come together for the demand] comes, it would be welcome,” Stalin
said in Erode. “We hope that such a situation arises.”Conceptually,Dravidanadu
is a separate nation geographically identified with South India and whose
inhabitants belong to Dravidian race, in contrast to North Indian Aryans.
Social reformer EV Ramasamy – popularly known as Periyar – was one of the first
thinkers to propound the concept. He had led the Dravidian movement in Tamil
Nadu.The idea fizzled out gradually after the 1960s as the southern states got
occupied with various other inter-state and intra-state problems.scroll.in
Stalin for ‘Dravida Nadu’
Karnataka: Veerashaiva seers threaten
agitation if state recommends minority status for Lingayats
Bengaluru:A group of Veerashaiva Lingayat
seers in Karnataka have said they will launch a statewide agitation if the
Congress Govt recommends minority status
for Lingayats on the basis of the report of an expert panel on the issue. The
group of seers met CM Siddaramaiah here
on Thursday. “If you do not adhere to our request, we will launch an indefinite
agitation and a decision has been taken through community leaders, seers,
writers and lawyers. Do not consider this as a threat but a request from the
community to protect its interests,” the seers said in a memorandum to the
state Govt .“If the state Govt intends
to ensure the welfare of the community, it should then declare the
Veerashaiva-Lingayats as a religion,’’ the memorandum stated. Siddaramaiah told
the seers that he would not take any hasty decision on the matter and that he
was not trying to break the community. He has in the past stated that he is
willing to recommend the status of an independent religion for Lingayats to the
Centre if the demand is unanimous.indianexpress
Ahmed Bukhari urges Muslims to unite against
terrorist forces defaming Islam
Exposing the forces promoting terrorism in the
name of Islam and thus defaming Muslims, Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari said Muslims
around the world should unite against terrorist forces defaming Islam and
should present the real picture of Islam.Shahi Imam who is on a visit to
Uzbekistan offered Friday prayer at Jama Masjid Hazrat Shaikh Bahauddin
Naqshbandi.He is accompanied by Ameer Shariat Uttarakhand Maulana Zahid Raza
Rizvi and deputy Shahi Imam Jama Masjid Syed Shaban Bukhari.siasat
Jamiat Ulama inaugurates medical camp for
806th Urs pilgrims at Ajmer:TCN
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, one of the biggest Muslim
organisations in India, on Friday inaugurated a medical relief camp for
“Zaireens” or pilgrims arriving at Ajmer from different parts of the country
and world for the 806th Urs festival in Ajmer that began on March 20.A brief
inaugural event was held at Kaidu Vishram Asthali that was attended by
prominent persons associated with the holy shrine like Sheikh Aleem, President
of Dargaah Committee, Sher Mohammad, the son of Sayed Zainul Abedin, Abdul
Wahid Chisti Angara etc. On this occasion, several Jamiat national and state
leaders were also present. They together flagged off green flags to the medical
ambulance.Maulana Shabbir Ahmad informed that that the medical camp would
continue till March 30.
West Bengal Civil Services results declared,
40 Muslim candidates qualify
The son of a former ice-cream seller,
Habibulla Laskar, is among the 40 Muslim students out of the total enlisted 321
candidates selected for appointment to the post of Joint Block Development
Officer in the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) examination, Group C. The
results were published on Thursday, nearly two years after the completion of
the Civil Service Exams. List of 40 Muslim candidates also includes 4 women.
While 33 Muslim candidates are selected under OBC A category, which comprises
90% of Muslims, only one Muslim candidate, Md Masluddin Khan, was selected
under OBC B category which comprises 42 Muslim sects. This clearly shows that
the State Govt is willingly depriving
the Muslims under the reservation schemes and this is not the first time when
they have been discriminated despite their reservation policies under maze of
OBC A and OBC B. twocircles
WORLD
Assad regime, Russian airstrikes kill 61 in
Eastern Ghouta
Dozens of people were killed Friday — and
hundreds more injured — when Syrian regime and Russian warplanes struck a
crowded market in Eastern Ghouta, an opposition-held Damascus suburb.According
to the White Helmets civil-defense agency, at least 61 civilians were killed in
the attack, which occurred in the town of Kafr Batna.Anadolu correspondent
based in the area reported that warplanes had targeted Kafr Batna’s main
market, which had been teeming with people at the time of the
attack.middleeastmonitor
Air strikes 'kill 30' in Ghouta as 'hundreds'
more flee
Turkish strike hits hospital in Afrin, 16
civilians killed
Beirut: A Turkish bombing raid struck the main
hospital in the Kurdish-controlled Syrian town of Afrin on Friday, killing 16
civilians, a monitor said. Kurdish Red Crescent medical service, which supports
the hospital, confirmed to AFP hospital was hit but did not give a
toll.According to Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the
Turkish air strike “directly” hit the medical facility.“16 civilians were
killed, including two pregnant women,” said Observatory head Rami Abdel
Rahman.No medical staff were among the dead, he told. No medical staff were
among the dead, he said.At least 15,000 people left Afrin on Friday, according
to the Observatory. AFP.
Syrian civilians flee embattled E. Ghouta and
Afrin
Civilians continue to flee Syria's Eastern
Ghouta and Afrin in record numbers as Syrian and Turkish military operations
continue against their respective foes.Roughly 50,000 people have fled the two
areas - 20,000 from Eastern Ghouta, a Damascus suburb, and 30,000 from Afrin,
in Syria's Kurdish-dominated northeast - according to some counts.Eastern
Ghouta has been at the centre of fighting between rebels and President Bashar
al-Assad's Russian-backed forces in recent days.The Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights (SOHR) has said 46 civilians, including at least six children,
were killed in air raids in the Kafr Batna district on Friday morning.Russian
defence ministry estimated that 2,000 people more people left Eastern Ghouta on
Friday morning.For his part, Bashar al-Jaafari, Syria's ambassador to the UN,
told the UNSC on Friday that more than 40,000 people were able to flee Eastern
Ghouta the day before. aljazeera
Syria's war: Offensives on Afrin,Ghouta
continue
Ongoing debate on use of chemical weapons at UN
UN 'deeply alarmed' about civilians deaths in
besieged Afrin
UN has said that there were alarming reports
about civilian deaths in the Syrian enclave of Afrin, where Kurdish forces were
said to be blocking civilians from leaving the city.UN rights office said it
had been receiving "deeply alarming reports from Afrin in northwestern
Syria about civilian deaths and injuries due to air strikes and ground-based
strikes," adding that the area is under a siege and civilians could be
being used as "human shields" by the Kurdish forces there.aljazeera
Israeli forces raid village of driver who
killed two soldiers
Israeli army has raided the Palestinian
village of Bartaa, arresting the brother of a man who has been accused of
carrying out a car-ramming attack that killed two Israeli soldiers.The incident
on Friday happened amid protests in the occupied West Bank against US' plans to
move its embassy to Jerusalem.Alaa Rattab-a-Latif Kabha, the suspected driver
of the car, was reportedly captured by Israeli security forces and lightly
injured, after he had fled the scene of the suspected attack.Israeli forces
have also suspended work permits of at least 100 members of the Kabha family as
retaliation for the suspected attack that also injured 2 people, local media
reported.aljazeera
Saudi denies Crown Prince has imprisoned his
mother
Saudi Arabia has denied claims that Crown
Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has kept his mother away from his father for the
past 2 years.According to NBC News, “14 current and former senior US officials”
have said that Bin Salman “blocked his mother from seeing his father, King
Salman, more than two years ago and has kept her away from him as the young
prince rapidly amassed power.”However, in a statement to the channel,
spokesperson for the Saudi embassy in Washington, Fatimah Baeshen, said: “This
is utterly untrue. If you would like to ask Her Royal Highness the Princess
yourself and this includes meeting her in person, we will be happy to arrange
this immediately.”The US channel is thought to have rejected the
offer.middleeastmonitor
Tariq Ramadan maintains innnocence in new
video
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/tariq-ramadan-maintains-innnocence-video-180316162248212.html
A new video by the Muslim scholar Tariq
Ramadan - dating back to mid-November - in which he maintains his innocence has
surfaced.The video, published by the French news website The Muslim Post, was
apparently filmed a few weeks before Tariq Ramadan, 55, was set to appear
before a French court.In the 10-minute recording, Ramadan - who is being
investigated for sexual assault on 2 separate counts - says he is innocent and
alleges he is the subject of a smear campaign."I would like to begin by
saying that I am totally innocent of the crimes I am accused of … With time, we
will know who has said the truth, who has lied, and, ultimately, who is
innocent," he said.Ramadan advocates a "European Islam"free from
foreign influence that promotes social integration.His supporters have
strenuously rejected the allegations, characterising them as part of a
concerted effort to defame the academic on the back of the #MeToo campaign. Ramadan
says he had been closely monitored by French authorities in the past and that
it would have been known to them if any of the alleged crimes had occurred.The
testimony comes a week after a third rape case was filed against Ramadan.The
plaintiff, a 45-year-old woman, accused him of violent sexual assault on
multiple occasions between early 2013 and June 2014.The Paris Court of Appeal
denied a request to release Ramadan earlier in February after a medical report
said his health condition is compatible with his detention.aljazeera
Rohingya children are being 'thrown on to
fires': Conservative MP demanding international action
A Conservative MP has told of the appalling
state of the Rohingya people, who she says have suffered mass murder, rape and
seeing their children “literally thrown on to fires”.Writing for Independent
Pauline Latham warned that tens of thousands more people will die if international
community does not act now over the ever-deepening crisis.She also hits out at
erstwhile democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi for refusing to help and
“kowtowing” to Myanmar’s military. Ms Latham sits on House of Commons
International Development Committee which was last month refused access to
Myanmar, raising concerns that the country is trying to censor what is
happening.MP for Mid Derbyshire describes life for the Rohingya refugees, many
who have now fled to Bangladesh, as “heartbreakingly cheap”.She said: “And even
if they survive the monsoons and cyclones, women, whose husbands have already
been slaughtered, will be preparing to give birth to children conceived by the
rape of Burmese military.“The plight of the Rohingya is like nothing on
earth.“They are a people who have been de-humanised – they have seen their
children literally thrown on to fires.”The independent
Merkel says Islam belongs to Germany, rebuffs
minister’s remarks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rebuffed
comments by her interior minister who said that Islam did not belong to
Germany. Speaking at a joint news conference with visiting Swedish Premier
Stefan Lofven, Merkel said Islam was part of the country’s culture and history
like Christianity and also Judaism, Xinhua news agency reported.“4 million
Muslims live in Germany, and they are practicing their religion here. They
belong to Germany, and also their religion of Islam belongs to Germany,” she
said. Merkel’s words came after Horst Seehofer, the new interior minister of
Germany, told German daily that Islam does not belong to Germany, stressing the
country’s traditions and cultures. Germany on Wednesday finally established a
new Govt with a coalition between Social Democrats and Merkel-led Conservatives
Union, which was comprised of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian
sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) that Seehofer comes from.The increase
of the number of Muslims in Germany triggered Islamophobia and the rise of
anti-migration populist party AfD.IANS
New York Police sued for forcing Muslim women
to remove headscarves in arrest photos
New York: 2 Muslim-American women and a
non-profit group on Friday sued the New York City Police Department for forcing
Muslim women and others to remove their hijabs or other religious head
coverings in post-arrest photographs.Arwa Aziz and Jamilla Clark, who were
arrested in unrelated incidents, say in the lawsuit that they were forced to
remove their hijabs by the NYPD to take post-arrest photographs. Turning Point
for Women and Families, a non-profit organization based in the borough of
Queens that supports Muslim women and girls who have been victims of domestic
violence, joined the lawsuit.The suit challenges a 2015 NYPD policy requiring
that booking photos have an unobstructed view of the subject’s head, ears and
face, requiring the removal of any headwear. The plaintiffs contend that policy
violates the women’s freedom of speech, Religious Land Use and
Institutionalized Persons Act and New York state law.Reuters
Pakistan: Spike in attacks on workers of
religious parties
http://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/pakistan-spike-in-attacks-on-workers-of-religious-parties/
Pakistan saw a sharp increase in terror
attacks on workers associated with religious parties in 2017 while there was a
50% reduction in attacks on workers of
political parties, a new report has said.The figures were part of a report by
the Centre For Research And Security Study. 34 workers of religious parties
died in 2017 in different incidents whereas 12 had died in 2016.In 2016, 52
workers of political parties were killed while the figure for 2017 was 28.PTI
McCabe, target of Trump’s FBI scorn, is fired
over candor questions: New York Times
Andrew G. McCabe, former FBI deputy director
and a frequent target of President Trump’s scorn, was fired after Attorney
General Jeff Sessions rejected an appeal that would have let him retire this
weekend.McCabe promptly declared that his firing, and Mr. Trump’s persistent
needling, were intended to undermine the special counsel’s investigation in
which he is a potential witness. McCabe is accused in a yet-to-be-released
internal report of failing to be forthcoming about a conversation he authorized
between FBI officials and a journalist.In a statement, Sessions said that
McCabe had shown a lack of candor under oath on multiple occasions. Lack of
candor is a fireable offense at FBI., but McCabe’s last-minute dismissal was
carried out against a highly politicized backdrop. McCabe was among the first
at the F.B.I. to scrutinize possible Trump campaign ties to Russia. And he is a
potential witness to the question of whether Mr. Trump tried to obstruct
justice. Trump has taunted McCabe both publicly and privately, and Republican
allies have cast him as the center of a “deep state” effort to undermine the
Trump presidency.As a witness, McCabe would be in a position to corroborate the
testimony of ex-FBI director, James B. Comey, who kept contemporaneous notes on
his conversations with Trump. Comey said Trump prodded him to publicly
exonerate the president on the question of Russian collusion and encouraged him
to shut down an investigation into his national security adviser.
Russia expels 23 UK diplomats in retaliatory
move in spy row
Russia will expel 23 British diplomats in
retaliation against the UK's expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats, Russia's
foreign ministry said.The tit-for-tat expulsion follows after the poisoning of
a former Russian spy and his daughter in London on March 4.Blaming Russia for
the attack, the UK said it would expel 23 Russian diplomats, the single biggest
expulsion in more than 30 years.Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were
found unconscious on a bench outside a shopping centre in Salisbury, after they
were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent. aljazeera
FLASH: VIEWS & NEWS
When BJP wins, it credits vikas; when it loses,
it shamelessly blames caste:SHIVAM VIJ
Sonia's fear that Cong is seen as a Muslim
party completes the community’s abandonment:Harsh Mander
Disclosure Filed by Aseemanand in Mecca Masjid
Blast Case Goes Missing: thewire has a copy
“Halt the Hate”: Amnesty International’s new
website to track and document hate crimes in India
Ahmed Ali: A former rickshaw puller who helped
build 9 schools in Karimganj, Assam
12 convicted for Ramgarh lynching: Why this
can be an example for other vigilantism cases: CHARU KARTIKEYA
“Our Life Has Turned Upside Down, Cannot Even
Begin to Tell You”: Ansari’s Widow After Conviction of 11 Lynchers:THE CITIZEN
Hubris Is Letting Down BJP — Amulya Ganguli
After Maharashtra, farmers vow to bring up’s
Yogi govt to its knees
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