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CBI versus CBI over the past tion of the Ram temple is 2019 elections. few days. passed, it would lead to unstop- As many as 3,000 Hindu ) , Kharge, who is also a of powers conferred upon the nary situation, including the domain that any such meeting pable communal violence. saints from all the 125 com- - member of the three-member Statutory Committee under need for him to take up a more of the Statutory Committee was “We do not want violence. We munities of the Hindu religion statutory committee that selects the Delhi Special Police important assignment, should convened,” the petition reads. It want peace,” the senior VHP have come together in Delhi to ! ! the CBI Director, questioned Establishment (DSPE) Act. have the approval of the further said, “It is therefore leader said. discuss the crucial issue of ! . % ! the Government’s decision to Kharge said neither the Selection Committee...,” the clear that the decision to divest Making this assertion here building Ram temple in N O! send Verma “on leave”. In his Central Vigilance Commission petition said. “The applicant Verma, IPS, of his powers as during ‘Dharmadesh’, the two- Ayodhya. ! ) intervention application, nor the Government can cur- being a member of the Director, CBI was taken by the day meeting of Hindu seers and Turn to Page 4 ! , Kharge sought quashing of the tail Verma’s tenure. Along with Statutory Committee was not political executive in complete ) October 23 order of the Central Prime Minister Narendra Modi consulted nor was he a part of contravention of the provisions 1 Vigilance Commission (CVC) and Chief Justice of India any meeting or privy to any of the DSPE (Delhi Special ) and that of the Centre’s Ranjan Gogoi, Kharge is the decision to divest Verma of his Police Establishment) Act, CVC Department of Personnel and third member in the selection powers as Director, CBI”, (Central Vigilance ) Training divesting the CBI committee of CBI Director. Kharge’s petition added. Commission) Act and the direc- 2 ! Q Director on the ground that the “The transfer of an incumbent The petition reads, “It is tions of this Court in Vineet same were passed in derogation Director, CBI in an extraordi- also not in public domain that Narain’s case.” any such meeting of the statu- Asserting that the law pro- tory committee was convened. vides for a two-year term, % Q % In his application, Kharge has Kharge’s intervention applica- , Q $ said that even though he is a tion in Verma’s petition has #,'1(5 *,1 , ! !% member of the committee, he termed the Government’s move 4-2/#$ #12 5-*/ '51'1 was neither “consulted nor as “arbitrary and illegal”. 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Saturday. carries out against Asthana elhiites are perhaps facing Through a “secret note” on along with the outcome of the Dtheir worse days in terms rmy Chief General Bipin ! ! October 21, 2017 to probes be submitted to the of breathing fresh air. As the ARawat on Saturday 1 2 the CVC, Verma had claimed Commission by October 3, pollution levels go severe, doc- expressed concern over Q + 2 that Asthana’s role was being 2018. tors in the national Capital on attempts to “revive insurgency” 4 7 4 ! probed in at least half a dozen The CVC again sent a let- Saturday said the effects of pol- in Punjab and Assam through cases. ter on October 15 to Verma lution in Delhi are equivalent “external links” and warned if ! However, despite a lapse of reminding him to send a report to consuming 15 to 20 ciga- early action is not taken it will % over a year, the CBI did not fur- on the note by October 22 but rettes a day. be too late. , nish an action taken report to it was not submitted till “Each winter, Delhi’s air Asserting that insurgency 4 the CVC with regard to the October 23, the day the CVC pollution rises to critical levels. cannot be dealt with military 894 6 M probes against Asthana. The divested both Verma and We have to act immediately to force, he favoured adopting 2 CBI did not submit a report Asthana of any supervisory control this menace otherwise an approach in which all agen- M , 2 even after the agency registered role in the CBI. the health consequences will be cies, the Government, civil 5 & & a case of alleged bribery against Despite registration of an disastrous. We are already see- !' " ( ! $ %"& administration, military and ! Asthana, sources said. alleged bribery case on October ing an increasing number of police work in an “integrated , “The CVC has called for 15 against Asthana, Deputy SP patients in our hospital contin- ation in Delhi has gone bad as spots on their lungs,” he said. manner.” 4 M the relevant files related to the Devender Kumar and two uously complain about cough, now even the teenagers are Amidst this, to show peo- Expressing these views ) allegations against Asthana and alleged middlemen, the CBI irritation in throat and nose”, coming with black lungs. ple how bad air turns lungs here in a conference on M 7 the agency is in the process of did not send any report to the said Dr SP Byotra, Vice- “I’ve seen a change in the black, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital ‘Changing Contours of Internal + ! sending the files sought by the CVC despite the Commission Chairman, Board of Manag- colour of lungs over the past 30 along with Jhatkaa, a Bangalore- Security in India: Trends and ! Commission,” an official said, sending repeated reminders ement, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. years that I’ve been operating. based organisation and Lung Responses,’ he said attempts are )4 adding, clarity on the issue will on the progress of investiga- According to Dr Arvind Earlier, I used to see black Care Foundation Delhi unveiled being made through “external & 7 come once the CVC examines tions against Asthana as flagged Kumar, Founder Trustee, Lung deposits only in smokers and a set of humungous lungs at the links” to “revive insurgency” in
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