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Vijaita Singh Army deployed in Assam, Damini Nath New Delhi Delhi’s air quality in The Rajya Sabha on Wednes Tripura as violence spreads ‘severe’ category again day passed the contentious NEW DELHI Citizenship (Amendment) The air quality of Delhi Bill (CAB), 2019, with 125 Rahul Karmakar breached the “severe” votes in favour and 99 GUWAHATI/ AGARTALA category again on against. The current The Army was deployed in Wednesday. It is, however, strength of the Upper House Guwahati, Tinsukia and Di likely to improve on Thursday is 240. brugarh in Assam and in and Friday, according to The Bill amends the Citi Kanchanpur and Manu areas governmentrun monitoring of Tripura on Wednesday as agency SAFAR. The average zenship Act, 1955, and for protests against the Citizen level of PM2.5 was 265.5 the fi rst time, will grant citi ship (Amendment) Bill, ug/m3, more than four times zenship on the basis of reli the safe limit of 60 ug/m3 as gion to nonMuslim com 2019, continued for the se per Indian standards in Delhi munities from Afghanistan, cond day. and NCR at 9 p.m., according Bangladesh and Pakistan, Another column, requisi to CPCB. who entered India on or be tioned in western Assam’s CITY Ī PAGE 3 fore December 31, 2014. It Bongaigaon district, has DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD was passed by the Lok Sabha been put on standby and the on Monday. He said Muslims need not Shiv Sena participated in the “While the Home Minister paramilitary Assam Rifl es The debate saw fi ery ex worry. However, he added, debate but did not vote. has been counting crores have been deployed in the Raging protests: College students taking out a rally against changes, with Opposition “...If you expect that Mus Two MPs of the National and lakhs of people..so far Ananda Bazar area of Kan the Bill in Guwahati on Wednesday. * RITU RAJ KONWAR members accusing the go lims from all over the world ist Congress Party and the only 4,400 people have cited chanpur, where the situa vernment of violating the would be accommodated Bahujan Samaj Party were religious persecution as tion remained tense follow station in Tinsukia district Though no party or stu provisions of the Constitu here, then you are mistaken. absent. grounds to get citizenship,” ing Tuesday’s protests. was also torched, a North dent body had called a shut tion. The Opposition also ad This country will not func Mr. Azad said. Army PRO Lt. Col. P. east Frontier Railway spo down, protesters, a majority ded that the legislation could tion like this.” Claims on numbers The Congress’s Kapil Sibal Khongsai said two Army co kesperson said. The house of them students, fought be challenged on legal Mr. Shah said “lakhs and asked how the government lumns have been deployed of Union Minister Rameswar pitched battles with security grounds. Several members FULL COVERAGE: PAGE 6, 13 crores” of people would be would diff erentiate between in Guwahati city and are car Teli in Duliajan was attacked forces at several places, in CII award for also fl agged the violent prot nefi t from the Bill. However, illegal migrants and those rying out fl ag marches. by protesters and properties cluding near the secretariat. The Hindu ests against the Bill in Assam He said he was mindful of he did not explain how he persecuted on religious As the debate on the Bill damaged. Unlike Tuesday, when pe and Tripura. the concerns of people in the had arrived at the numbers. grounds. commenced in the Rajya ople responded to a shut Replying to the debate, Northeast, and all the (Hin Derek O’Brien of the Tri He said the government Sabha, a relatively quiet Curfew imposed down called by the North THG Publishing Pvt Ltd Union Home Minister Amit du Bengalis) refugees from namool Congress mentioned was forcing people to lie that morning was shattered by The State government im East Students’ Organisation, (The Hindu Group of Shah said, “The Bill has no the then East Pakistan (now that the Director of the Intel they had come from Bangla violent clashes across As posed curfew in Guwahati hundreds of people poured Publications), received the provision to snatch citizen Bangladesh) who came to ligence Bureau had said in a desh as they always claimed sam’s Brahmaputra Valley, from 6 p.m. “till further not onto the streets across the CII Award for Customer ship from anyone but to West Bengal will be given report that around 31,000 they are Indians. including capital Guwahati. ice”. Mobile Internet and da State, protesting against the Obsession 2019 for grant citizenship to the refu citizenship. people would be the imme To this, Mr. Shah said, “If ta services were suspended CAB. The protests soon went “Recognition for Active gees. There is no need for In The votes of the AIADMK, diate benefi ciaries. you ask someone if they are Railway stations set afi re for 24 hours in 10 districts of out of control as vehicles Customer Engagement” dian Muslims to live in fear. the Janata Dal (United) and Leader of the Opposition illegal, they will say ‘No’. But A railway station in Dibru the Valley, including Kam and public structures were and “Special Recognition: India has given respect to its the Biju Janata Dal were key Ghulam Nabi Azad said the we will tell them that you garh’s Chabua, the home rup (Metro), Dibrugarh, and vandalised or set on fi re. Pol Leveraging Digital Muslim population. This Bill in helping the BJPled go government did not have will be granted citizenship town of Chief Minister Sar Tinsukia. Internet services ice resorted to baton charges Technologies for Superior does not discriminate vernment push the Bill authentic records on the from the date you entered.” bananda Sonowal, was set were already suspended and fi ring of teargas. Customer Experience”, in against them. India will nev through in the Upper House. number of persecuted peo on fi re by protesters late at across Tripura for 48 hours PAGE 12 New Delhi. Ī PAGE 9 er be Muslim mukt (free).” Members of former BJP ally ple from the three countries. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 night. The Panitola railway from 2 p.m. on Tuesday. CONTINUED ON Ī Centre claims 2002 riots: Modi gets clean chit Put all courts on high alert in ExSC judge to issue resolved, probe killings JNUSU says from NanavatiMehta panel J&K, Ladakh, demand judges in Telangana not yet Report tabled in Gujarat Assembly fi ve years after submission Chief Justice wants CRPF security for courts in wake of threats Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI Special Correspondent Mahesh Langa navati and former Gujarat Peerzada Ashiq of the Ministry of Home Af to the strike call and hin The Supreme Court on NEW DELHI AHMEDABAD High Court Judge Justice Srinagar fairs dated May 31, 2007, has drances created by Jammu Wednesday said it intend The Centre claimed to have The NanavatiMehta Com Akshay Mehta, observed in Jammu & Kashmir High not been paid any heed in based lawyers in the past one ed to appoint a retired brokered a deal between mission on Wednesday gave the report that police at Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal J&K. As per these guidelines, month over the issue of crea judge to enquire into the the administration and agi a clean chit to Prime Minister some places were “ineff ec and Judge Rajesh Bindal on the High Courts had to be de tion of a new wing to register extrajudicial killing of four tating students of Jawahar Narendra Modi in the 2002 tive in controlling the mob Wednesday sought upgrada clared highsecurity zones.” revenue records. men accused of the rape lal Nehru University on Gujarat riots, in which more because of their inadequate tion of security on all court The judges issued fresh Referring to threatening and murder of a veterinar Wednesday night to end than 1,000 people were mas numbers or because they premises in the Union Terri notices to Commissioner Se posters by militants that ap ian in Hyderabad. the ongoing standoff re sacred across the State after were not properly armed.” tories (UTs) of J&K and La cretary, Department of peared in the court complex “We know that the Te garding hostel fee hike. a train compartment was On the riots in Ahmeda dakh, including district Home in J&K, and Union in Srinagar after August 5, langana High Court is al The JNU Students’ Un torched by a mob, killing 59 bad city, where a former par courts, in the wake of threats Home Ministry “to declare the judges observed, “On ready seized of the case. ion, however, said there is pilgrims returning from liamentarian was among from militants and strike the High Court of Jammu & September 7, posters threa We have only entertained no agreement as yet. It Ayodhya. Narendra Modi those killed by the rioters, it calls by lawyers. Kashmir and district courts tening suicide attacks on the this case to appoint a re asked the students not to The Commission’s report held that “The police had The judges also asserted as highsecurity zones”. judiciary were pasted with tired Supreme Court judge be aff ected by rumours and was tabled in the Legislative riots a result of any “pre not shown their competence that “the J&K police were un Censuring the local police, impunity in the Srinagar to enquire into encounter. said the movement would Assembly by Minister of planned conspiracy” or “or and eagerness which was ne able to control the situation the judges suggested they court complex.” He will do so from Delhi,” continue until their de State for Home Pradeepsinh chestrated violence”. cessary” to control the mob and need to be replaced by were experiencing “an un “Urgent steps need to be Chief Justice of India Sha mands are met. Jadeja, fi ve years after it was “There is no evidence to violence. the Central Reserve Police usual and very serious situa taken to ensure security of all rad A. Bobde remarked as The Ministry of Human submitted to the then show that these attacks were It said, “On an overall con Force”. tion”. “It’s manifest that the courts in the UTs. Equally im the hearing began. Resource Development has government. either inspired or instigated sideration of the entire mate local police are unable to perative is the assurance of Senior advocate Mukul been holding talks with the The Commission also ab or abated by any Minister of rial, the commission fi nds Suo motu cognisance manage the situation and free access to courts for all ci Rohatgi, for Telangana, students for the last two solved the State administra the State,” the Commission that the communal riots Taking suo motu cognisance should be replaced by tizens at all times,” the judges said the State was already days in a bid to end the dis tion, Ministers and police of said in its report, which runs which followed the Godhra of the current security appa CRPF... To our utter chagrin underlined. complying with the SC’s 16 pute which has led to mass fi cers of any complicity, to over 1,500 pages and is incident were really by way ratus at the courts, including and dismay, the local police Separately, the court is guidelines in cases of pol street protests, police ac direct or in direct, and also compiled in nine volumes. of an aftermath of those inci in the twin High Court com are either reluctant to engage sued a showcause notice to ice encounters as per the tion and a threat to boycott ruled out any conspiracy to However, the panel, com dents.” The panel blamed plexes of Srinagar and Jam with the lawyers or not able striking lawyers in Jammu, PUCL judgment of 2014. examinations. organise the largescale prising former Supreme the Godhara trainburning as mu, Justices Mittal and Bin to control the situation,” the saying: “Obstructing access DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 2 riots. It refused to call the Court judge Justice G.T. Na the trigger for the riots. dal observed: “Earlier order judges noted, while referring to court is unpardonable.” EX-JUDGE SAYS NO Ī PAGE 8 50th PSLV launch carries radar satellite ‘I will fulfi l my childhood friend’s last wish’ RISAT2BR1 will had lifted more than 52 Monu, friend of Anaj Mandi fi re victim Musharraf, promises to take care of his family tonnes into space, of which be used for about 17% were for commer SAURABH TRIVEDI after the latter moved to Del and asked my family mem national security cial customers. He also re NEW DELHI hi for work in 2007, said Mr. bers to immediately go to leased a book commemorat After nearly two decades, Agarwal. “One can under Musharraf’s house and in T.K. Rohit ing the 50 launches and the life has come full circle for stand the depth of our form his family,” Mr. Agarwal SRIHARIKOTA scientists involved in them. Monu Agarwal, the friend friendship from our last con said, adding that his de India’s Polar Satellite Launch The PSLV has failed only Anaj Mandi fi re victim Mush versation. Musharraf was in ceased friend was a dedicat Vehicle (PSLV) marked its twice — the maiden fl ight of arraf Ali made his last call to. extreme distress when he ed family man who took care ‘Golden Jubilee’ launch on the PSLV D1 in September “My last conversation with called me. After the call got of his mother, wife and four Wednesday by injecting In 1993 and the PSLV C39 in Musharraf is still echoing in disconnected, I tried to call small children with his small dia’s advanced radar imag August 2017. my ears. He knew he would back but no one responded. salary of ₹ 10,000 per month. ing satellite RISAT2BR1 and S. Somanath, Director, not survive the fi re. He re I thought he might have fal He hoped that like the Bihar nine other customer satel New horizons: ISRO’s PSLV lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Vikram Sarabhai Space quested me to take care of Monu Agarwal (left) with len unconscious and the fi re government, the Uttar Pra lites from Japan, Italy, Israel Space Centre in Sriharikota on Wednesday. * B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Centre, said while it had ta his family. As his childhood Musharraf during their visit fi ghters must have rescued desh Chief Minister will also and the U.S. into their in ken ISRO 26 years to achieve friend and neighbour, I will to a temple in Kotdwar last him,” he said. announce some ex gratia re tended orbits. toric mission,” ISRO Chair various mission options,” 50 launches, the next 50 fulfi l his last wish,” said Mr. year. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT lief for the families of the fi re The PSLV, which has a his man K. Sivan said from Mis Mr. Sivan said. would likely be done in the Agarwal. Hope for relief victims from the State. tory of successful launches sion Control after the The PSLV had helped take coming fi ve years. Musharraf, a resident of raf’s father and other fami Mr. Agarwal said he did not Recalling Musharraf’s visit of payloads that include successful launch. payloads into almost all the RISAT2BR1 will be used Tanda Maidas village in Bij lies in the area came forward inform Musharraf’s family to the village last year, Mr. Chandrayaan1, Mars Orbiter “We also achieved a major orbits in space, including the for agriculture, forestry, dis nor district of Uttar Pradesh, to help us with food and oth about the call immediately. Agarwal said they and two Mission and the space recov milestone of 75 launches the GeoStationary Transfer aster management support was among the 43 workers er basic necessities. I can un “After the call, I and two dis other friends went on a short ery mission, soared into from our spaceport today. Orbit (GTO), the moon and and national security. who died in the fi re tragedy derstand his family’s pain tant relatives of Musharraf trip to a temple in Kotdwar. clear blue skies at 3.25 p.m. Initially, the PSLV had a car mars, and would soon be ISRO will launch the next in Delhi on Sunday. He was now,” said Mr. Agarwal, who left for Delhi. On reaching “Musharraf came to the from the refurbished fi rst rying capacity of 850 kg, and launching a mission to the version of RISAT within the buried in the village on owns a utensils shop in the Anaj Mandi, we were asked village recently on a week launchpad, marking the over the years it has been en Sun, the ISRO chief noted. next two months, said P. Tuesday. village. to go to LNJP Hospital where long vacation. He left for Del 50th launch for the vehicle. hanced to 1.9 tonnes. The Mr. Sivan observed that in Kunhikrishnan, Director, “When I was eight years His friendship with Mush we found his name in the list hi on Friday. On Sunday, the “Today’s launch was a his PSLV is very versatile, having the last 26 years, the PSLV U.R. Rao Satellite Centre. old, I lost my father. Mushar arraf remained strong even of casualties. I broke down tragedy took place,” he said. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Timings DELHI High Court directs police to provide THURSDAY, DEC. 12 Centre claims agreement to end RISE 07:04 SET 17:26 RISE 17:41 SET 06:54 security to university V-C, Registrar FRIDAY, DEC. 13 RISE 07:05 SET 17:26 JNU standoff ; no deal yet: students RISE 18:34 SET 07:55 JNU seeks contempt action against students, police SATURDAY, DEC. 14 HRD Ministry says hostel hikes remain, BPL students to get 50% concession RISE 07:05 SET 17:26 Staff Reporter der of August 2017 directing ring protests within 100 RISE 19:33 SET 08:54 Special Correspondent examinations which are due nistration meeting, the docu such issues in future,” said New Delhi the students to protest 100 metres of the administrative NEW DELHI to begin on Thursday. On ment read. the document. The Delhi High Court on metres away from the admi block. The Centre claimed to have Wednesday night, the Minis It also said students will A senior offi cial said while Wednesday asked the police nistrative block. The university said the brokered a deal between the try circulated a document re call off the agitation while the JNUSU representatives had to provide security and as The students were also students violated the court’s administration and the stu cording the discussions, stat administration will take a “le agreed to all the decisions in sistance to Jawaharlal Nehru told not to block access to August 9, 2017, order. dents of the Jawaharlal Nehru ing that agreements have nient view” of incidents that the document, it had still to University’s administrative the building. Ms. Arora said Also, it alleged that day University on Wednesday been reached to ensure that have occurred since the prot be passed by the union’s gen staff , including the Vice as per the order, the police today working has been dis night to end the ongoing normality returns to the est began almost two months eral body. The JNUSU said re Chancellor and the Regis could intervene if the stu rupted since October 28. standoff regarding a hike in campus. ago. An earlier compromise futed that it had agreed to the trar, to enable them to enter dents did not comply with It has also claimed that hostel fees. formula from MHRD on Satur “draft” being circulated. the main offi ce building, ac it. the police also violated the However, the JNU Stu Utility charges day had proposed that the The union said while it was cess to which has been Delhi government Stand order by refusing and failing dents’ Union said there is no The document stated that the JNU administration would meeting the MHRD and hav blocked by protesters. ing Counsel (Criminal) Ra to take action to maintain agreement as yet. It also monthly room rent hikes — withdraw all cases against the ing a dialogue, after patiently Justice Pratibha M. Singh hul Mehra, who appeared law and order in the univer asked students not to be af ₹ 10 to ₹ 300 for a shared room students. In order to compen putting forward the de passed the order after the for the police, said the agen sity and remove the block fected by rumours of an and ₹ 20 to ₹ 600 for a single sate for the lost academic pe mands, the administration court was informed that the cy would comply with the ade around the administra agreement and said the room — will remain. The stu riod, the Academic Council was doing its best to disrupt Registrar has been unable to court orders and suggested tive block. The petition has movement would continue dents from below poverty will be requested to consider peacefultalks. It alleged that enter the administrative that the university talk to contended that repeated ef until their demands were line families will get a 50% and give relaxation upto two some students who were in block due to the protest by the students to resolve the forts made by JNU offi cials met. concession. However, the weeks, said the MHRD docu support of the administration the students. The court was issue. to enter the administrative The Ministry of Human Re newly imposed service and ment. It added that the Delhi have started attacking those informed about the situa block to perform their du source Development (MHRD) utility charges of approxi High Court orders regarding who were against the fee tion while hearing a sexual Violated court’s order ties failed as the agitating has been holding talks with mately ₹ 2,000 per month will notifi cation of JNUSU would hike. “As this movement has harassment case involving In a separate application, students turned violent. the students for the last two be rolled back with the costs be followed. “Not only shall shown, the JNU students will two professors. the JNU has moved the High The fresh plea for con days in a bid to end the dis to be borne by the University the campus return to normal continue to resist in the most Central government Court seeking contempt ac tempt action against the stu pute which has led to mass Grants Commission. This fee cy immediately but a fool democratic manner, in spite Standing Counsel Monika tion against its students and dents and police is likely to street protests, police action structure change will be rati proof system shall be put in of all provocations and acts of Arora told the court that the police for allegedly vio be listed for hearing on Fri and a threatened boycott of fi ed in an interhostel admi place for nonrecurrence of violence,” the JNUSU said. there was a High Court or lating the court order bar day.
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Special Correspondent NEW DELHI The Delhi Congress on Wednesday organised a protest march outside the BJP headquarters on DDU Marg against the Citizen ship (Amendment) Bill, de manding its withdrawal. It termed the Bill a “gross violation of the Constitution”. Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra said the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed in the Lok Sab ha was a direct attack on the Constitution. “The powerdrunk BJP was insulting the Constitu tion which will create divi sion and an explosivelike Women from Northeast, residing in the Capital, during a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill at Jantar Mantar on situation in the country.
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Special Correspondent ing that the BJP has been the not be ensured without en NEW DELHI biggest benefi ciary, with 90% suring a level playing fi eld While warning that electoral of known donations, he said, amongst parties in terms of bonds encourage crony capi demanding that the scheme resources and funding, he talism and distort the politi be scrapped and the names said. The political leaders al cal playing fi eld, the Congress of all donors released into the so opposed the new rules un and both major Left parties public domain. der the recently enacted RTI vowed to continue opposing Amendment Act, saying that the scheme during a Jan Yechury fi les plea in SC it would dilute the RTI Act. Manch or people’s gathering The electoral bonds scheme Delhi residents at the Jan organised by the National encourage crony capitalism, Manch spoke about how the Campaign for People’s Right said Communist Party of In government put them to Information on dia (Marxist) leader Sitaram through hardships during de Wednesday. Yechury, noting that he has monetisation in the name of Congress MP Rajeev Gow fi led a petition in the Su fi ghting corruption even da pointed out that while the preme Court seeking aboli while pushing electoral BJP had claimed that donors tion of the scheme. Commu bonds which is an instrument would remain anonymous nist Party of India leader D. for money laundering. When under the scheme, informa Raja said that schemes like the government wants citi tion accessed by RTI activists the electoral bonds were zens to account for their in showed that the government completely skewing the polit come and switch to digital can track details through SBI ical scenario, adding that the payments, why are political (the stateowned issuing challenge ahead is to fi ght parties not disclosing details bank) and the serial number money power in politics. of who is funding them, on the bonds. It’s not surpris Free and fair elections can asked a resident. BJYM protests against ‘false claims by govt.’
Special Correspondent education, employment, Sunil Yadav. “Delhi has not New Delhi women safety, clean water developed since the AAP The BJP Yuva Morcha on under the campaign — AAP government came to pow Wednesday protested at Ke Paap, Dilli Ka Yuva Bo er...,” Mr. Yadav alleged. Sangam Vihar against what lega, Kejriwal ki Pol Khole The BJYM on Thursday it alleged were “false ga. will hold similar protests at claims” made by the Delhi The protest was led by the North Campus in Delhi government regarding BJP Yuva Morcha president University. 06, on behalf of THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., Chennai-600002. Editor: Suresh Nambath (Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act).
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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019 CITY 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Fearing action, owners of Air quality back to ‘severe’ category illegal units shifting at night Level of PM2.5 is four times more than safe limit as per Indian standards: CPCB Staff Reporter Move comes after verifi cation drive begins at Anaj Mandi New Delhi The air quality of Delhi was Leaders from BJP and STAFF REPORTER back in the “severe” catego Congress join AAP NEW DELHI NEW DELHI ry on Wednesday and is like Several leaders from Delhi Days after a massive fi re ly to improve by Thursday BJP and Congress, including ripped through a fourstorey and further on Friday, ac vice president of BJP’s building housing illegal ma cording to governmentrun women’s wing, joined AAP, nufacturing units at Anaj monitoring agency, System the party said on Wednesday. Mandi, owners of the illegal of Air Quality and Weather All the leaders took AAP manufacturing units in the Forecasting and Research membership in the presence area are moving out at mid (SAFAR). of senior party leaders night fearing action from civ On Wednesday, the aver Rajendra Pal Gautam, Dilip ic agencies. The fi re had age level of PM 2.5 — deadly Pandey and Durgesh Pathak. claimed 43 lives. respirable particles — was “Prominent leaders who have A police offi cer said that A fi re at a building housing illegal manufacturing units at (265.5 ug/m3) more than joined AAP are: Brijesh Kumar owners of illegal units oper Anaj Mandi claimed 43 lives on Sunday: * FILE PHOTO: SUSHIL four times the safe limit Sharma (former Congress ating from residential pre KUMAR VERMA (60ug/m3) as per Indian A metro train crosses the Yamuna river on a cold and smoggy Wednesday. * R.V. MOORTHY leader), Shikha Trivedi mises have started moving standards in Delhi and NCR (former councillor, Congress), out after a joint team of damaged in the fi re. It has dy will conduct similar at 9 p.m., according to the activity if you experience is expected by Thursday Shivkumari Tiwari (vice MCD, BSES, police and dis been sent to forensic science drives in other areas falling Central Pollution Control any unusual coughing, evening. SAFAR model sug president, Mahila Morcha of trict administration kicked laboratory to retrieve data,” under its jurisdiction,” said a Board (CPCB). On Novem chest discomfort, wheezing, gests an improvement in Delhi BJP) and Subhash off a verifi cation drive in the the offi cer added. senior offi cer with North ber 3, the PM2.5 level in Del breathing diffi culty or fa AQI towards the lower end Chandra Mishra (delegate, district Congress),” an official area. body. hi and NCR had hit 625 ug/ tigue and consult a doctor,” of the very poor category by statement said. “We have arrested Suhail, Sealing drive A team of senior offi cers m3 — more than 10 times the SAFAR said. December 12. By December brotherinlaw of the build Meanwhile, the North Delhi from BSES also surveyed the safe limit. But the level is Delhi’s Air Quality Index 13, further improvement in ing owner Rehan. Suhail also Municipal Corporation building in Anaj Mandi more than 10 times the safe (AQI) on Wednesday was AQI is forecast towards the Correction owns two units in the build (NDMC) on Wednesday where the fi re broke out on limit (25 ug/m3) set by the 408, up from Tuesday’s 369, lower end of the poor to the A report in The Hindu’s edition dated December 10, ing. A total of 18 manufactur wrote a letter to the Delhi Sunday. “We have cut off World Health Organisation according to the 4 p.m. bul moderate category,” SAFAR 2019, stated: ‘HC nod for ing units were operating police seeking security assis power supply to two build (WHO). letin by the CPCB, which is said. “Only a few biomass linking social media accounts from the building. Imran, tance while carrying out ings for violating norms. A People are advised to the average of the last 24 according to SAFAR. fi re counts have observed with Aadhaar’. The High Court brother of Rehan is abscond sealing drive in Sadar Bazar major drive has been or avoid all outdoor physical hours. “Under the infl uence of and no signifi cant biomass had declined to order linking ing. He will be arrested and Paharganj area. dered across the city to stop activities, give morning The air quality is severe approaching western distur fi re PM2.5 contribution is of social media accounts with soon,” said the offi cer. On Wednesday, a team misuse of power connec walk a miss and close win due to low wind speed and bance, increased wind expecting in the coming Aadhaar. The error is During investigation, it from the North body sur tion,” added the offi cer. dows of rooms. “Stop any low inversion layer height, speed and scattered rainfall days,” it added. regretted. was found that a total of se veyed Sadar Bazar and Pa The police offi cer said ven commercial electricity harganj areas and ordered that the accused Rehan and Correction meters were installed in the shutdown of 45 units operat his manager Furkan alleged building. The top two fl oors ing illegally. “We have closed ly told the police that to op One arrested A report in The Hindu’s 10-ft-high walls on fundamental edition dated December 3, of the building were con 45 units, four units were erate from the building, they in Palwal 2019, stated: ‘After new MV structed illegally. sealed and show cause notic reached out to all the auth Act, fatal accidents see 300% “We have recovered hard es were issued to 23 units orities concerned, including duties at prominent spots in Delhi gang-rape case dip’. A reduction in fatal disks of CCTVs installed in operating in the area. The police, through a local man. accidents from 974 to 246 each fl oor of the building for team faced resistance in Ka Every manufacturing unit Special Correspondent works out to around 75%. investigation. Except for one rol Bagh but managed with operating in the area does Yearlong celebrations planned for 70th year of Constitution The error is regretted. hard disk, all other disks got the help of police. North bo the same thing, they said. GURUGRAM and the spirit of common One of the accused in the Nikhil M Babu Till now there was New Delhi <> brotherhood amongst all the gangrape of a teenage girl CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Tenfoothigh walls made of focus on people of India, transcend in Palwal here earlier this fl ex sheet prescribing funda fundamental ing religious, linguistic and month has been arrested. Surging ahead mental duties, a page on fun rights. Now we are regional or sectional diversi The accused confessed to damental duties in Staterun also focusing on ties; to renounce practices having raped the girl, said school textbooks and propa fundamental derogatory to the dignity of the police. The remaining gation of importance of duties women,” reads one of the 11 three accused are on the these duties over social me Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal fundamental duties. run. dia are among the plans Nodal offi cer for the programme in The other activities in The accused, Altaf, was made by the Department of Delhi clude special gram sabhas to arrested following a tipoff Justice of the Union govern recommendations for De read the Preamble, quiz con that he was at Utawad ment for States, including partment of School Educa tests, talks, seminar, rallies Chowk and planning to Delhi. tion in the list of action and runs for awareness. fl ee. Altaf purportedly told The plans are a part of a points for diff erent depart “Bytes by 70 eminent citi the police that he was yearlong celebration of 70th ments. zens at the Statelevel and partner with the girl’s fath year of adoption of the Con prepare short clips/videos,” er in a liquor business and stitution with focus on pro Activities’ calendar states an action point for the used to often visit her pagating fundamental “We have come up with a ca Department of Information house. He befriended the duties. lendar of activities from No and Publicity of diff erent girl during his visits. The “A huge wall of fl ex sheet vember 26, 2019 to Novem States. girl called him over phone of approx. 20ft x 10ft with ber 26, 2020 for diff erent “Earlier, the Delhi govern asking him to come over on preamble on one side and departments with a focus on ment had also emphasised December 4 and he then fundamental duties on the fundamental duties,” said inculcating diff erent aspects raped her. The girl’s moth other and space in between Principal Secretary, Law De of the Preamble, especially er then got a case regis — in the form of a book — partment, Sanjay Kumar Ag in schools,” Mr. Aggarwal tered against him and his where people can come and garwal, who is the nodal of said. friends accusing them of sign to show their commit fi cer for the programme in The Delhi government having gangraped her. ment,” reads one of the Delhi. has sent letters to diff erent According to the FIR, plans mentioned by the Jus “Till now there was a fo departments on the matter. the victim, aged around 17 tice Department in its com cus on fundamental rights. Chief Secretary Vijay Dev is years, had gone out to re munication to the States. Now we are also focusing on scheduled to soon call a lieve herself around 11 p.m. “This can be kept at promi fundamental duties, as the meeting of diff erent depart when the four men abduct nent places in all the State rights would not stronger till ments on the issue. ed her and took her to the CRPF personnel during a rehearsal at the Parliament House complex on Wednesday. Parliament attack anniversary will be capitals, tourist spots etc. for you do your fundamental The Chief Secretary had fi elds on the outskirts of a week.” duties. Every right has a cor even read out the Preamble the village. The teenager observed on Friday. * SANDEEP SAXENA CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC “Inclusion of one page on responding duty attached to in Urdu during the Constitu returned two hours later fundamental duties in State it,” he said. tion Day celebration last and told her mother that textbooks,” reads one of the “To promote harmony month. the accused had raped her. Her parents were not at Nod for revision in metro phase IV funding home when they abducted the girl, said the FIR. Now, Centre and Delhi government to share cost of land in 50:50 ratio 2 men wanted in dacoity held in Bihar Press Trust of India on Monday. They were re Chandni Chowk and deliver Staff Reporter which got the Centre’s nod share the cost of Delhi Me ments to the Metro Rail Pol New Delhi cently declared proclaimed the same to a jeweller in Si NEW DELHI earlier this year including tro projects on a 50:50 ratio icy 2017, applicable only for Two men wanted in a case of off enders by a city court, wan, Bihar,” said DCP (Spe The Union Cabinet on Wed the AerocityTughlakabad, and with Wednesday’s ap Delhi. dacoity of jewellery worth they said. cial Cell) P.S. Kushwah. nesday approved the revi R.K. AshramJanakpuri proval, the land cost will al “The total cost of the ₹ 90 lakh in a moving train “During interrogation, Surender hatched a plan sion in the funding pattern West and MulundpurMauj so be shared in a similar project which is ₹ 24,948.65 near Subzi Mandi railway sta Paswan revealed that one of to rob the jewellery from the of Delhi Metro PhaseIV pur corridors. ratio. crore remains unchanged. tion here have been arrested his relatives, Santosh used to carrier and also roped in his which will lead to the Delhi The decision was taken A statement issued by The contribution from GOI from Gaya in Bihar, the pol work at a jewellery shop in other associates, he said. As government and the Centre at a Cabinet meeting the government said that increases from the existing ice said on Wednesday. Chandni Chowk. In last week per the plan, they boarded sharing the land cost in a chaired by Prime Minister the move was in com ₹ 4154.20 crore to ₹ 4643.63 Surender Paswan and of April, 2019, Santosh in the local train from Sadar Ba 50:50 ratio. Narendra Modi. pliance with a September 6 crore resulting in a net in Runnu Kumar, carrying a re formed him that one Lal Ba zar Railway station and The approval pertains to Currently, the Centre Supreme Court order and crease of ₹ 489.43 crore,” ward of ₹ 20,000 each on bu Yadav would collect huge robbed jewellery from the three priority corridors and the Delhi government in pursuance of the amend the statement read. their arrest, were arrested quantity of jewellery from Yadav. Police can use simple Urdu, Persian words while registering FIR: court HC clarifi es it while disposing of a plea challenging police circular
Staff Reporter FIRs. called for 100 FIR copies to New Delhi The petitioner, Naima ascertain whether the circu The Delhi High Court on Pasha, claimed that the circu lar of November 20 was be Wednesday clarifi ed that it lar was issued “purportedly” ing adhered to. The police on had, in a previous order, di on the High Court’s August 7 Wednesday submitted the rected that FIRs should be re direction to use simple words FIR copies before the court gistered in simple language, while lodging complaints, as which noted that the words and archaic Urdu and Persian some Urdu and Persian prohibited in the circular words could be avoided. words of general use also fi were still being used while re A Bench of Chief Justice gured in the list of 383 terms. gistering complaints. D.N. Patel and Justice C. Hari “Archaic Urdu and Persian The court noted that pol Shankar also clarifi ed that words ought not to be util ice was taking steps to avoid police could use simple Urdu ised [while lodging FIRs] and usage of archaic Urdu and and Persian words while re that is what we intended to Persian words as it has issued gistering complaints. convey by our order of Au a circular and the FIRs also The Bench made the clari gust 7 in a separate pending indicate decrease in use of fi cation while disposing of a PIL before us. Urdu and Per such terms. The court also petition challenging a police sian words of general use can asked the police to put up on circular to its stations to stop be used,” the court said. its website the list of Urdu the use of 383 Urdu or Per In a separate petition, the and Persian words, whose sian words while registering court had on November 25 use has been prohibited. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI THE HINDU 4 CITY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF ‘Register new vehicle when owner In a fi rst, 66 fi re offi cials from Security guard shoots self accidentally NEW DELHI city to take part in service games A 40-year-old security guard, shows proof of disposal of old one’ identified as Madan Lal, allegedly shot himself 2nd edition of Indian Fire Services Games will be held in Lucknow accidentally while cleaning Parliamentary panel makes recommendation in report tabled on Wednesday his service pistol in south Hemani Bhandari West Delhi’s Kishangarh on Special Correspondent Acknowledging the posi NEW DELHI Tuesday night, the police said New Delhi on Wednesday. They said that tive impact of the Delhi Metro For the fi rst time, 66 fi re of the man was cleaning the Registration of a new vehicle and noting that it has, howev fi cials from Delhi will parti pistol when a bullet hit his should be done only when er, not made much diff erent cipate in the second edition stomach. He was rushed to a the owner produces proof of to the number of vehicles on of the Indian Fire Services hospital where he is currently disposal of the old vehicle Delhi roads for want of last Games to be held in Luck undergoing treatment, the and availability of parking mile connectivity, the panel now. Delhi Fire Services police said, adding that the space, parliamentary panel urged DMRC to undertake (DFS) said that this is the on matter is being probed. on Home Aff airs headed by multimodal integration at all ly time fi remen interact Congress leader Anand Shar the stations besides increas with their counterparts DDA approves change of ma has recommended in its ing the fl eet strength and fre from other States. land use in Narela report ‘The Management of quency, rationalisation of DFS Director Atul Garg The DDA on Wednesday gave Worsening Traffi c Situation fares and expansion to the confi rmed the development its nod for change of land use in Delhi’ which was tabled in unconnected areas. and said that the 66 fi remen The event is scheduled for December 20-22 in Lucknow’s in Narela from commercial to Parliament on Wednesday. There should be separate and fi re offi cers will be par Mahanagar. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT public and semi-public to Taking a grim view of the lanes for the VIP traffi c, the ticipating in the games or facilitate educational hubs in traffi c situation in Delhi, the committee has suggested. ganised by Fire Services discuss how they carry out lated events like rescue, the area. In a meeting chaired by L-G Anil Baijal, the change panel has made 107 recom “The Ministry of Home Af Games Association of India, rescue operations. confi ned space rescue, lad in land use of approximately mendations based on their the report. respectively. fairs should coordinate with a nonprofi t organization. While this is the fi rst time der drill, and tunnel rescue 36.6 hectares in Narela was consultations with Union Mi “Registration of new vehi The panel fl agged that pu all concerned to ensure free The event is scheduled for that a huge contingent of which enhances their skill. approved. The proposal will nistries of Home Aff airs, cles should be allowed only if blic transport falls woefully and safe movement of impor December 2022 in Luck fi re offi cials is going to parti Last year, 10 fi remen won now be sent to the Ministry of Road Transport and High the old vehicle is either short. There has been no ad tant persons without incon now’s Mahanagar. cipate in the games, this is medals — fi ve gold, two sil Housing and Urban Affairs for ways and Housing and Urban scrapped or disposed of and dition to the bus fl eet in the veniencing the commuters,” “There are two purposes the second time the DFS is ver and three bronze. the final notification, said Aff airs and representatives of if the occupant of a house has last ten years, the panel said. the report said. for us to send our fi remen. participating. In 2018, the officials. the Delhi government, four parking space,” the panel has It has strongly recommended The panel also recom One is that our fi remen will fi rst edition of the games Selection process urban local bodies, DDA, Del noted. It also recommended the Delhi government to en mended exploration of dedi go, win medals and make was held in Nagpur and 27 When asked how the fi re hi Police and other agencies. that insurance premium for sure addition of 6,000 more cated lanes for emergency Delhi proud. They would al DFS offi cials participated in men were selected for parti Delay in setting The number of vehicles re the vehicles should be con buses at the earliest. Taking vehicles like ambulances and so then participate interna the event. “We could not cipation in the games, Mr. gistered each day in Delhi is nected directly to traffi c rule note of poor response to fi re engines to save precious tionally and make the coun send a lot of people last Garg said that an internal up fasttrack growing. The population of violations. some tenders in this regard, lives and for twowheelers as try proud. Secondly and time due to a shortage of event was organised in the Delhi has grown from 4 lakh Expressing concern over the committee said that there well in view of their substan importantly, they will meet manpower, but with over last week of November and courts: DCW in 1901 to over 192 lakh now old and unfi t vehicles plying is a need to revise the norms tial number using Delhi fi remen from other States 500 fi remen having been re those who won were select and projected to rise to 225 on Delhi roads, the commit to invite adequate response. roads. and share ideas,” Mr. Garg cruited recently, we can ed. “A notifi cation was sent writes letter lakh by 2025. There is 112 tee recommended strict ac The panel also pulled up The panel expressed an said. now send more,” Mr. Garg out regarding the event in lakh vehicles in Delhi ac tion to ensure compliance Delhi Police, asking them to guish over nonintroduction The Director said that the said. November and those who Staff Reporter counting for 12.50% of total with the order of National focus on rule enforcement of computerbased Area Traf event provides the fi remen At the games, apart from were interested participat NEW DELHI vehicles in the country. And Green Tribunal on phasing not only at traffi c lights but al fi c Control Systems which is an opportunity to commun usual badminton, arm wres ed. After they get selected, The Delhi Commission for over 1,700 vehicles are regis out diesel and petrol vehicles so to ensure onroad disci operational in South East icate with their counter tling and tug of war events, they train on their own,” he Women (DCW) on Wednes tered each day here, stated of 10 and 15 years vintage pline like lane driving. Asian countries for 30 years. parts in other States and fi remen compete in fi rere said. day wrote to the Central and the Delhi governments over the delay in setting up CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC of fasttrack courts in the Eatery owner beaten to death by national capital. Picture-perfect “The Commission has learnt that there is an acute customer for refusing to play cards shortage of fasttrack courts in Delhi and as per the latest assessment, an Accused has been arrested, murder case registered: police additional 45 fast track courts are required. This is Staff Reporter other, Mr. Shahid also said. a very serious matter as NEW DELHI The complainant and a few currently, the fasttrack A 60yearold eatery owner others intervened and tried courts suff er from severe was beaten to death alleg to stop the fi ght. However, pendencies leading to judi edly by a 24yearold cus during the fi ght Kashyap cial delays having unima tomer after the victim re had abused Mr. Govind af ginable consequences on fused to play cards with the ter which he started punch the life and liberty of lakhs latter in north Delhi’s ing the victim. Mr. Govind of sexual assault survi Kashmere Gate, the police hit Kashyap a few times on vors,” read the letter. said on Wednesday. The ac his head after which the The women’s commis cused has been arrested, victim lost consciousness. sion, in its letter to the Cen they said. The accused then fl ed the tral and State govern A senior police offi cer spot. ments, also sought details said that the accused has The complainant and of fasttrack courts that been identifi ed as Govind come to the eatery often another employee rushed have been sanctioned by alias Golu, a resident of and play cards with Kash Kashyap to Aruna Asif Ali the government but not Kashmere Gate, who alleg yap, complainant Mo Government Hospital operationalised, number edly killed Chandra Shek hammed Shahid who used where he was declared of courts sanctioned and har Kashyap who owned an to work at the eatery told brought dead. The police reasons for nonoperation eatery in the area. The inci the police. were then informed about alisation of the same. dent was reported on Sun Mr. Shahid told the pol the incident. Additionally, the panel day and the accused was ar ice that on the day of the in The police then regis also sought information rested on the same day, the cident, Mr. Govind had tered a case under Section pertaining to whether or police said. come to the eatery around 302 of the Indian Penal not assessments of any The offi cer said that the 5 p.m. and asked Kashyap Code and a probe by a team kind on the required num victim lived in Kashmere to play cards with him. Af comprising Inspector U. Ba ber of fasttrack courts Gate earlier and had later ter the victim refused to lashankaram and SubIn have been conducted. shifted to Karawal Nagar play, an argument broke spector Satender Singh was Authorities have been but continued to run the ea out between the two. The conducted. The accused
asked to provide the infor tery known as ‘Shekhar ka argument turned violent was subsequently arrested An artist making a sketch of a woman at Rajpath in New Delhi on Wednesday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA mation by December 13. dhaba’. The accused would and both of them hit each on Sunday night, they said. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Nirbhaya case: convict’s father Delhi govt.’s free pilgrimage Air India told to pay MP seeks FIR against eyewitness scheme suspended temporarily ₹ 50,000 compensation Airline cancelled his ticket to Ahmedabad ‘He charged money to appear in interviews on TV channels’ AAP has blamed BJP for the cancellation of trains Staff Reporter Press Trust of India Citing the reports, the ad ing the convicts have ex Staff Reporter thinks that stalling free pil NEW DELHI New Delhi vocate added: “On the basis hausted all legal remedies. New Delhi grimage for senior citizens A district consumer dis The father of one of the con of said facts and circum In December last year, Deputy Chief Minister Man will make them win the elec putes redressal forum here victs in the 2012 Nirbhaya stances, it is clear that the Nirbhaya’s parents had ap ish Sisodia on Wednesday tion, then I must say that it has directed Air India to case on Wednesday moved conduct of him clearly proached the court to fast said that a scheme which will have to fi ght the elec compensate MP Devji Patel a Delhi court seeking an FIR shows that his testimony track the procedure to hang provides free pilgrimage to tion with the curse of the se by paying ₹ 50,000 for can against the only eyewitness was false and fabricated... all four convicts in the case. senior citizens in Delhi has nior citizens of Delhi,” said celling a ticket booked for for allegedly giving inter This goes to the root of his The Supreme Court on been temporarily suspend AAP Delhi convenor Gopal travelling from Delhi to Ah views to news channels af testimony and if established December 12, 2018, had dis ed, as Indian Railway Cater Rai at a press conference. medabad despite the com ter charging money, claim would show that the testi missed a PIL seeking direc ing and Tourism Corpora “Where will the four spe plainant having reached the ing it aff ected the case by mony in fact false.” tion to the Centre to execute tion Limited (IRCTC) has Deputy CM Manish Sisodia cial trains, booked for Del airport on time. “resulting into a media The complaint said based the death penalty awarded informed the Delhi govern made the announcement on hi’s senior citizens, be di Directing the airline to trial”. on witness’ “false” testimo to the four convicts in the ment that they cannot pro Wednesday. * FILE PHOTO verted to from December pay the settlement amount The eyewitness, a friend ny the accused in the Nirb Nirbhaya gang rape and vide trains. 10?” Mr. Rai asked the BJP. to Mr. Patel, the consumer of the victim, was accompa haya gang rape case were murder case. Addressing a press confe Maheish Giri termed the al “Since July this year, the Bench said, “It is observed nying her on the bus when convicted and given capital A 23yearold woman in rence on Wednesday, Depu legations as “cheap politics” Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra that the mental pain, agony the incident took place. The punishment. The lawyer December 2012 was gang ty Chief Minister Manish Si and said that it has became a Yojana has been going well and suff ering due to loss of that the ticket had been al complaint fi led by Heera Lal told the court that a com raped and brutalised in a sodia, said, “Mukhyamantri habit of the Delhi govern with the cooperation of the his reputation has to be lotted to another passenger. Gupta, father of Pawan Ku plaint was fi led with the pol moving bus in south Delhi Tirth Yatra Yojana is tempo ment to announce new Indian Railways. We had un commensurate with the “The complainant had to mar Gupta, cited some re ice to lodge an FIR in this re by six persons. rarily suspended as the schemes and hide their fai dertaken an MoU with the amount claimed, according attend some important cent media reports which gard, however, no action The woman had boarded IRCTC intimated the Delhi lures by blaming the Central IRCTC for the same. This ly the settlement amount of election meeting in Ahme alleged that witness was taken. A Delhi court the bus in Munirka in south government of the cancella government when it [Delhi scheme provided the elderly ₹ 50,000 is totally justifi ed dabad on November 28, charged money to appear had recently directed Tihar Delhi along with her male tion of trains scheduled government] is not able to people in Delhi an invalua even on merit of the case, 2012 and hence booked an for interviews, said advo Jail authorities to produce friend on her way back from December 10 on complete them [Centre]. ble opportunity to go for pil inclusive of the mental ago air ticket from the [airline] cate A.P. Singh. the four convicts before it home on December 16 that wards.” “The Central government grimage with the complete ny and harassment to the at the Parliament Ticket on December 13 so that they year. After raping and bru Mr. Sisodia said that he made trains available for the fi nancial support of the Del complainant.” Counter. Its departure time ‘Independent probe’ can apprise the court about talising the woman and has asked time to meet the ‘Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra hi government and thereby The Bench has also di was 18:40. The complainant “This calls for an indepen the status of their petitions. beating her friend, the as Union Railway Minister to Yojana’ during the elections fulfi lling one of their pre rected the airline to pay an entered the airport at 17:40 dent investigation into the sailants had thrown them discuss the issue and would in Karnataka and Jharkhand cious dreams. We hope that additional amount of where he was informed that perjury that appears to have Execution of convicts out of the bus. try to resolve it soon. for troop movements and this unexpected diffi culty ₹ 10,000 as litigation his tickets were cancelled been committed by him The court was hearing a After receiving initial AAP blamed the BJP for Mr. Kejriwal is trying to get will be resolved soon”, the charges. by offi cials of the airline,” [witness], being the sole plea by the victim’s parents treatment in New Delhi for a the cancellation of trains political mileage from this Deputy Chief Minister ad The directions came the Bench observed while witness, his testimony has who have sought a direction few days, she was trans and termed it as “dirty polit issue,” he said. ded. when the consumer forum noting the allegations. strongly infl uenced the out to the jail authorities to ex ferred to Mount Elizabeth ics”, adding that the BJP is “The BJP is trying to stall Since July 12, 32,828 el was hearing a plea moved The airline had, however, come of the case which led pedite the execution of the Hospital in Singapore, “scared of losing the upcom this project in despair of derly pilgrims from Delhi by Mr. Patel, alleging that on contended that the com to the imposition of death convicts. where she succumbed to in ing Assembly election in their impending defeat in have visited 10 destinations reaching the airport an plainant had failed to reach penalty of the accused,” the The victim’s parents had juries on December 29, Delhi”. the upcoming Vidhan Sabha in 34 trips, the government hour before the fl ight de the checkincounter on complaint said. approached the court say 2012. BJP national secretary election in Delhi. If the BJP said. parture, he was informed time.
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FIR fi led against 520 Kishor fi res fresh salvo at Cong. protests in Punjab, Haryana, H.P. AMU students Party lashes out at Modi government for bringing CAB which is ‘unconstitutional’ JD(U) over CAB stance SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Special Correspondent CHANDIGARH Ghaziabad Congress leaders and work An FIR has been fi led ‘Spare a moment for those who reposed faith, trust in party’ ers in Punjab, Haryana and against 20 named and 500 Himachal Pradesh on Wed unnamed students of Ali Press trust of india tweeted. nesday held protests against garh Muslim University Patna The poll strategistturned the the BJPled Centre go (AMU) in connection with A recalcitrant JD(U) national politicians latest outbursts vernment for bringing the their protest against the Ci vice president Prashant Kish came barely a few hours after Citizenship (Amendment) tizenship (Amendment) or on Wednesday stuck to his Mr. Kumar’s close aide and Bill 2019. Bill on Tuesday night. guns, stating that the party — State Minister Sanjay Jha had They held demonstra Superintendent of Pol headed by Bihar Chief Minis dismissed contrary opinions tions in Haryana’s Panchkula ice (City) Abhishek said the ter Nitish Kumar — should expressed by Mr. Kishor and and Himachal Pradesh’s cap students did not seek per have spared “a moment for national general secretary ital Shimla criticising the Mo mission from the city admi all those who reposed their Pavan Varma as “personal di government for bringing nistration. “Some of the faith and trust in it” during opinions”. the contentious Bill, which student leaders misbe the Assembly polls in the they termed as “unconstitu haved with the offi cers and State four years ago. JD(U) national vice president ‘Personal views’ tional”. heckled some constables. Mr. Kishor, also took a dig Prashant Kishor * FILE PHOTO Rajya Sabha member and
An FIR was registered un at Mr. Kumar for his turna president of the JD(U)s Bihar Memo to Governor Cong. workers protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Chandigarh on Wednesday. * PTI der Sections 188 and 353 of round of 2017 when he Congress and the RJD. unit Vashishth Narayan Singh In Punjab, party leaders led the IPC,” he said. dumped the Grand Alliance “While supporting #CAB, also said in the national capi by State Congress chief Sunil “to hide its failure, the Modi vernment’ but now the BJP the Centre. Those named in the FIR and returned to the NDA, the JD(U) leadership should tal that once the party had Jakhar met Governor V.P. government wanted to shat wanted to complete British In Shimla, State Congress include outgoing students’ with the remark that the par spare a moment for all those made its stand clear, leaders Singh Badnore and submit ter communal harmony by rulers’ agenda. president Kuldeep Rathore union president Salman ty “and its managers would who reposed their faith and should have refrained from ted a memorandum through implementing the Bill so that said the Bill violated the sec Imtiaz and former AMUSU not have been left with much trust in it in 2015. We must “making public their perso him to the President, re people can be distracted Slogans against Centre ular principles of the Consti president Faizul Hasan. “It to cut any deal with anyone” not forget that but for the vic nal views”. questing him not to approve from the real issues.” In Panchkula, Congress tution. is our democratic right to had it not won the Assembly tory of 2015, the party and its There is no fresh comment the Bill. Mr. Jakhar said the Mr. Jakhar said the task of workers led by Ram Kishan “This Bill refl ects the illin protest against the viola polls two years earlier. managers wouldnt have been from Mr. Varma, who also Centre had failed on the eco dividing the society in the Gurjar carried placards con tentions of the ruling party, tion of the Constitution ,” JD(U) had fought 2015 Bi left with much to cut any deal voiced disagreement on sup nomic front and the country name of religion was left un demning the amendment which can strike at the root Mr. Imtiaz said. har polls in alliance with the with anyone”, Mr. Kishor porting CAB. was badly hit by recession. fulfi lled by the ‘British go and shouted slogans against of national unity,” he said. Law student released Punjab govt. behind illegal sand mining: SAD Polling in Jharkhand today Voting in 17 Assembly constituencies from Shahjahanpur jail ‘Goonda tax’ being collected at the behest of Congress leaders, alleges Badal Press trust of india third gender voters. Arrested in alleged extortion case SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT areas, people backed by trol Board — to take remedial Ranchi Stating that there are CHANDIGARH Congress are indulging in measures to stop illegal min About 40,000 polling per LWE (left wing extremist) Press trust of India Jailor Rajesh Kumar Rai said. The Shiromani Akali Dal this practice,” he said. ing and assess damage in Ro sonnel have been deputed pockets in this phase, Mr. Shahjahanpur (U.P.) The law student and her members on Wednesday Dera Bassi MLA N.K. Shar par district. The tribunal had to conduct smooth and Choubey said that polling The 23yearold law student, three friends were booked staged a protest against the ma said that the “goons” in also ordered action against peaceful voting in the third personnel of 96 polling sta arrested for allegedly trying on Chinmayanand’s com Congress government in the the area had become so bold the erring offi cials within of the fi vephase polling for tions have been dropped by to extort ₹ 5 crore from the plaint that they had demand State, accusing its leaders of that they had put up ‘nakas’ two months, but no concrete 17 Assembly constituencies helicopters. and ten polling BJP leader Swami Chinmaya ed ₹ 5 crore from him. “patronising illegal sand (collection barriers) on action has been taken so far on Thursday, Jharkhand stations have been relocat nand, whom she had ac mining trade and the mafi a.” roads to collect ‘goonda by the State government,” Chief Election Offi cer Vinay ed on security ground. cused of sexually exploiting Ex-Minister’s allegation Akali Dal president Sukh SAD chief Sukhbir Badal. tax’,” he alleged. said Mr. Chadha. Kumar Choubey said on “Polling personnel of 188 her, was released from the The former Union Minister bir Badal, who led the sitin * FILE PHOTO Separately, a Ropar based Wednesday. polling stations were sent jail here on Wednesday. had alleged that they had protest in Mohali, alleged advocate and RTI activist Di Status report two days ago and they have She was released a week threatened to make public that reckless illegal mining clearances till now, which nesh Chadha told The Hindu “I had recently again ap Security tightened reached there and almost all after securing bail from the some video clips that showed activity were rampant in Mo means all mining taking that similar kind of illegal proached the NGT, com He said security forces have the offi cials to other booths Allahabad High Court in the him getting massage from hali and “goonda tax” was place in Mohali was illegal,” sand mining and collection plaining that the State go also been deployed in the have reached,” Mr. Choubey extortion case lodged against the law student, who was la being collected at the behest he alleged. of “goonda tax” was ram vernment as well as other constituencies that will wit said. her and her three friends. ter arrested on September of Congress leaders. Mr. Badal said environ pant in Ropar district. parties have failed in imple ness voting on December 12. The polling personnel of “The girl has been handed 25. Chinmayanand, whose “Illegal sand mining is go mental clearance had been “In January this year on menting NGT’s previous or The fate of 309 candidates, 626 polling stations will re over to her father after a re trust runs the Shahjahanpur ing on in Mohali even though deliberately not given to the my petition, the National ders in the matter. Today, including 32 women, will be turn to their respective dis lease order from Chief Judi Law College where the girl no mines were operational miners and they were al Green Tribunal had asked a the NGT has issued notices decided by 56,18,267 voters, trict headquarters the next cial Magistrate Omveer studied, was arrested under in the district in government lowed to mine sand illegally joint committee — compris to State government, direct the CEO told a press confe day (Friday) and arrange reached the jail. She was Section 376 C of the IPC and records. While mining was without paying a rupee to ing members of the Central ing it to submit a status re rence here. ments of CCTV and double granted bail by the Allahabad continues to be in judicial being done, the same had the State. “Illegal mining is Pollution Control Board and port within four weeks,” said These include a total of lock strong rooms have High Court on December 4,” custody. not been given government even being allowed in forest Punjab State Pollution Con Mr. Chadha. 26,80,205 women and 86 been made, the CEO said. Principal held after faces of 6 students ‘blackened’ They were paraded on school premises in Haryana for securing less marks Press trust of india The incident had taken take immediate action in the Hisar (Haryana) place on Friday and the girl matter. The principal of a private had informed her parents On Tuesday, Education school here was arrested on about it. Minister Kanwar Pal, when Wednesday after faces of six Her parents told reporters asked by reporters to com Class IV students, including that the family members ment on the incident, said in two girls, were allegedly went to the school to com Chandigarh that such things blackened and they were pa plain about the treatment would not be tolerated. raded in its premises for se Haryana Home Minister meted out to the children, “Whatever action is re curing less marks in a test, Anil Vij fl ayed the incident. * but the authorities failed to quired to be taken in the police said. take action against the staff matter is being taken and a A spokesman of the police of Children) Act and SC and responsible. FIR has already been regis department said that the ST (Prevention of Atrocities) On Monday, the girl’s fa tered,” the Minister had said. principal was arrested in Act. mily was joined by some oth Home Minister Anil Vij, connection with a case regis The case was registered er parents and they held a while strongly condemning tered against her and three on a complaint lodged by the protest outside the old veget the incident, said necessary teachers under the Juvenile parents of a nineyearold able market police post here, action had been initiated in Justice (Care and Protection Dalit girl, he added. demanding that the police the matter. Gram Sabha revives spirit of Gram Swaraj 17-point agenda for rural development Special Correspondent JAIPUR A special Gram Sabha held in Jaipur district’s Awania village on Tuesday revived the spirit of Gram Swaraj, with the villagers taking part in an exercise to formulate a Five Year Plan with the allo cations for diff erent sectors. A Gram Sabha in Jaipur The villagers also ques district’s Awania village. * tioned the panchayat func tionaries and government lage and asked the villagers offi cials on the expenditures to get full benefi t of various on welfare schemes. welfare schemes. The Gram Sabha was or Mr. Chaudhary said the ganised as part of Mahatma dream of Gram Swaraj Gandhi’s 150th birth anni would be realised with the versary celebrations. Awa participation of villagers in nia Sarpanch Madan Lal the formulation of develop Chaudhary said the village ment schemes on both the had been selected recently theoretical and executional as a Mahatma Gandhi fronts. He called upon the Adarsh Gram, envisaging villagers to assist the govern community participation in ment offi cials in working for the development works. implementation of all the 17 plans identifi ed for rural Vocational training development. A 17point agenda for rural Men and women from the development was evolved in village sought to know the the Gram Sabha, which was details of plans for nutrition the fi rst of its kind held in and health care of women the region. Zila Parishad and children, enrolment of CEO Bharti Dixit laid em children in the local govern phasis on giving vocational ment school and employ training to women in the vil ment.
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DELHI THE HINDU 6 EAST THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE NORTHEAST ON THE BOIL 5,000 paramilitary Protests in Assam and Tripura took a violent turn on Wednesday as thousands of people, including students, hit the personnel rushed streets and fought pitched battles with security forces over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to the Northeast Anger on the streets: (Clockwise from left) College students and locals burning tyres at CRPF, BSF, SSB The remaining 30 compa Tinsukia in Assam; demonstrators being nies have been withdrawn detained by security personnel in Agartala; troops will from other places and people protesting during the 12hour maintain law and rushed to the Northeastern Assam bandh; a policeman trying to douse a States, the offi cials said. fi re in Guwahati; and demonstrators order The troops are from the protesting in Agartala on Wednesday. * PTI, Press Trust of India Central Reserve Police RITU RAJ KONWAR & AP New Delhi Force, the Border Security The Centre on Wednesday Force and the Sashastra See airlifted 5,000 paramilitary ma Bal. personnel to the Northeast ern States, including Assam, Bus services suspended for maintenance of law and Internet services remained order duties in the wake of suspended for the second protests over the Citizen day and paramilitary forces ship (Amendment) Bill, offi along with Tripura State Ri cials said. fl es personnel were de Nearly 20 companies ployed on Wednesday in (2,000 personnel) have some districts of Tripura, been withdrawn from Kash which was rocked by anti mir, where they had been CAB violence, offi cials said. sent prior to the Centre’s de Internet services will re cision on August 5 to abro main suspended till Thurs gate Article 370 provisions day, the offi cials said. and split the erstwhile State Train and bus services of Jammu and Kashmir into were also suspended, they two Union Territories. added. Airlines halt cargo movement to NE
Special Correspondent top cargo carriers to the Kolkata Northeast. Passenger IndiGo has stopped cargo fl ights, however, have not movement to four airports been stopped yet. in the Northeast from Kolka SpiceJet too stopped car ta on Wednesday night — go movement to Guwahati Guwahati, Dimapur, Agarta and Dibrugarh while AirAsia la and Dibrugarh. halted cargo movement to The airline is one of the Agartala and Guwahati. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019 WEST 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ‘BJP still hopeful of alliance with Sena’ Eyeing 2024, Shetti announces Chandrakant Patil rubbishes reports of disaff ected Eknath Khadse and Pankaja Munde quitting party major organisational overhaul Shoumojit Banerjee Patil, adding the doors for Muktainagar in Jalgaon. Party aims to send more legislators to Assembly and one MP Pune discussion were always open Ms. Munde, too, suff ered With the Maharashtra Vikas to the Sena and that the BJP a humiliating defeat at the Shoumojit Banerjee Swabhimani Paksha’s lone Aghadi government of the had no pride or arrogance in hands of her estranged cou Pune MLA Devendra Bhuyar had Shiv Sena, the Nationalist this matter. sin, the NCP’s Dhananjay In a major overhaul, Swabhi emerged as a ‘giant killer’ to Congress Party (NCP), and The BJP leader quelled Munde, in the fi ercely con mani Paksha chief Raju Shet defeat BJP leader and State the Congress yet to decide suggestions that disaff ected tested Parli segment. ti on Wednesday dissolved Agriculture Minister Anil on the portfolio allocation, OBC leaders within the party Since then, both leaders his party’s working commit Bonde from Morshi segment Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Eknath Khadse and Pankaja have bitterly hinted that tee to rebuild the organisa in Amravati. State president Chandrakant Munde will be exiting the their downfall was engi tion before the 2024 parlia “The organisational over Patil on Wednesday said he BJP. “They [Mr. Khadse and neered by some leaders mentary and Assembly haul is being carried out is still hopeful of a BJPSena Ms. Munde] are not any within the party, giving rise polls. Mr. Shetti announced with the aim to form a new, alliance in the near future gi freshly inducted leaders into to speculation of the BJP’s his decision at a meeting of young leadership drawn ven that the two saff ron par the BJP fold but senior and OBC leaders raising the ban party leaders and workers in from the youthful ranks. We ties are “natural allies”. experienced leaders. Mr. ner of revolt. Mr. Khadse has Solapur. Raju Shetti are hoping to send more le “The two parties are natu Khadse and Ms. Munde had held parleys with Mr. Thack The farmers’ leader said gislators to the Assembly ral allies. The Hindutva ideol some issues and were upset eray and NCP supremo Sha fresh internal elections will tion of responsibilities to and an MP to the Lok Sabha ogy courses through their about certain things which rad Pawar, triggering buzz be conducted over the next new entrants and fresh tasks at the time of the 2024 veins. We [the BJP and the Se they have confi ded in me. on a possible defection to two months at the zilla and to experienced leaders. polls,” said Swabhimani na] have had an alliance for But this does not mean that either party. State levels. “The twoyear Mr. Shetti, formerly a con Paksha leader Anil Pawar. the last 30 years and I am still they are going to leave the tenure of most of the mem stituent of the Bharatiya Ja Meanwhile, Mr. Shetti hopeful of one in the future,” party.” Leaders unhappy: NCP bers in the organisation had nata Party (BJP)led NDA go said his party will support Mr. Patil, who is an MLA from Mr. Patil said the BJP’s Meanwhile, NCP leader come to an end. So, this vernment, had severed ties the Sena CongressNCP’s Pune’s Kothrud, said. ideals have been imbibed by Chhagan Bhujbal said he move to dissolve the present with the BJP in 2017 while Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi Mr. Patil was reacting to Ms. Munde since her child sympathises with the situa leadership has been taken to turning into a bitter critic of government, but he will not former chief minister and se hood, and alleged that ru tion of OBC leaders in the build the organisation anew. the Narendra Modi govern himself seek the key agricul nior Sena leader Manohar mours of Ms. Munde’s al BJP, but he does not think a By January 11 next year, we ment at the Centre and the ture ministry portfolio. “We Joshi’s statement on Tuesday leged disenchantment with Chandrakant Patil said the two parties are natural allies and highly experienced leader will have established a new erstwhile Devendra Fadna will accept it [agriculture
that both estranged parties the BJP is a mere fi gment of the Hindutva ideology courses through their veins. * FILE PHOTO like Mr. Khadse will quit his leadership at the village le visled government in the portfolio] only in the event could come together in the the media’s imagination. party in a rash manner. vel and by February 11, we State. my party is respectfully of near future and that Sena “Likewise, Mr. Khadse has Munde at Gopinathgad in ties, as is the grapevine. “They [Mr. Khadse and will see a leadership at the While Mr. Shetti support fered it without any condi chief Uddhav Thackeray been instrumental in build Beed district on December Mr. Khadse, who has been Mr. Munde] are experienced State level.” Mr. Shetti said ed the NCP and the Congress tions attached,” he reiterat would take a decision on this ing the BJP in Maharashtra 12 to mark the birth anniver a critic of his party’s func leaders and would take the the revamp will also see the in the Lok Sabha polls, the ed. Speculation has recently at the right time. along with the late Gopinath sary of her late father. All tioning, was denied a ticket right political decision… Mr. establishment of a disciplin alliance proved costly for arisen over the agriculture “Ideally, both the BJP and Munde. There is no way that eyes are on Ms. Munde’s ral by the BJP high command in Khadse will be welcome if he ary committee at the divi him as he was defeated by ministry portfolio being of the Sena ought to have come he will quit the party.” ly where it is expected she the Assembly polls. While a comes to our party [the NCP] sional level. the Shiv Sena’s Dhairyasheel fered to Mr. Shetti, who had together and formed a go The BJP State chief also would clear the air on ticket was fi nally given to his or joins the Sena… However, The former twotime MP Mane. Mr. Shetti recouped denied that a concrete off er vernment after the Assembly said he will take part in the whether she would indeed daughter Rohini Khadse, the there is no denying that OBC from Hatkanangale in Kolha somewhat with his party in this regard was yet to poll results were out as we muchanticipated ‘Swabhi be quitting the BJP or fl oat a latter suff ered a major upset leaders within the BJP are un pur district said the exercise winning a single seat in the come from the three big had the mandate,” said Mr. man’ rally organised by Ms. new outfi t of OBC communi in Mr. Khadse’s stronghold at happy,” Mr. Bhujbal said. will also factor in the alloca recent Assembly polls. The parties.
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Press Trust of India of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, in Mira Road Mumbai had broken ranks with his The wait for allocation of mi party and joined hands with Press Trust of India nistries in the Uddhav the BJP on November 23 to Thane Thackerayled Maharashtra form a government under Two persons were arrested Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern Devendra Fadnavis, which in Mira Road and a leopard ment is getting longer, un lasted just 80 hours. Ajit had skin worth ₹ 10 lakh was derlining eluding consensus recently said that party seized from them, the pol on key portfolios among the workers wanted him to be ice said on Wednesday. ruling Shiv Sena, NCP and the deputy CM. The arrest was made on Congress, according to Alongside CM Thackeray, Tuesday. sources. Though the allies Uddhav Thackeray Eknath Shinde and Subhash “The Navghar Police in have offi cially denied any Desai of the Sena, Jayant Pa Mira Road got a tipoff that discontent, sources said the might have to be content til and Chhagan Bhujbal of two persons from Dadra post of deputy chief minister with revenue, energy, edu the NCP, and Nitin Raut and and Nagar Haveli were and the Congress’ demand cation, and PWD Balasaheb Thorat of the coming to the township to for certain portfolios have departments. Congress had taken oath as sell a leopard skin,” a re emerged as the sticking As per norms, the Maha ministers on November 28. lease issued by the district points. rashtra government can ac The cabinet expansion will police said. A senior Congress leader commodate maximum 43 take place after conclusion Accordingly, a trap was on Wednesday said the Sena ministers. The three parties, of the winter session of the laid and when the duo is likely to keep home and which came together to State legislature on Decem reached Golden Nest Cir urban development portfo form a coalition government ber 21. cle, they were nabbed. The lios while the NCP, the se in unusual political circum Meanwhile, another se leopard skin was seized cond largest bloc in the 288 stances in November, have nior Congress leader said from them. member Assembly, might held a series of meetings for the party is miff ed over not The accused, identifi ed get irrigation, housing, and ironing out diff erences over getting key portfolios. “We as Ankit Thorat (24) and fi nance. allocation of portfolios. should get either housing or Ravindra Patel (25), were According to him, the As per reports, NCP stal industries department. The booked under the Wildlife Congress, which has the low wart Ajit Pawar is in reckon portfolio allocation is not yet Bring it on: Personnel of the Indian Navy and the Russian Navy stand guard as Russian warships arrive in Goa on Wednesday to (Protection) Act, 1972, and investigation into the case est 44 MLAs among the ing for the post of deputy approved by the Congress participate in the second edition of a joint tri-services exercise, INDRA 2019. * ATISH POMBURFEKAR three ruling constituents, chief minister. Ajit, nephew high command,” he said. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC is on. Goa sends Kashmir, Ram Mandir, religious Richard Branson to meet Uddhav to seek reminder to Javdekar on topics taboo at Pune college fest clarity on MumbaiPune hyperloop Mahadayi Popular competition prohibits ‘sensitive’ subjects Virgin Group founder says need to see if new govt. is as keen on project as old one Press Trust of India Press Trust of India Lalatendu Mishra Panaji Pune Mumbai The Goa government has The organisers of ‘Firodiya Virgin Group founder Sir sent a reminder to the Cen Karandak’, a popular inter Richard Branson will meet tral government about its collegiate drama competi Chief Minister Uddhav demand to withdraw the tion, have decided not to al Thackeray on Thursday to environment clearance ex low plays dealing with “sen brief him about the Virgin emption given to Karnata sitive” subjects such as Babri Hyperloop One project ka for Kalasa Banduri pro Masjid, Article 370, Hindu that will connect Pune to ject on the Mahadayi river. Muslim relations or caste Mumbai. The State on Tuesday dynamics. In Mumbai to promote his wrote to Union Minister of The annual competition, Virgin Atlantic airline, Mr. Environment, Forest and which began over four de Branson said it would be a Climate Change Prakash Ja cades ago and always draws courtesy call to clear “mis vadekar reiterating its de a full house, will be held in understandings” and to mand for withdrawal of the the fi rst week of February. gauge the new administra exemption given to the Rules for the event were re To maintain social harmony, the organisers have decided not tion’s interest in the hyper Karnataka government. leased on Wednesday. to permit entries with subjects like Jammu & Kashmir and loop project. Speaking to the media “To maintain social har Article 370. Picture shows a jawan in a deserted street after The project, fi rst mooted on Wednesday, Chief Mi mony and law and order, the the scrapping of Article 370 in Srinagar. * FILE PHOTO during the previous govern nister Pramod Sawant said organisers, from this year, ment’s rule, is estimated to a reminder has been sent have decided not to permit ranted is said on this vour subjects related to cur cost $10 billion. Mr. Bran to the Union minister, as entries with sensitive sub platform, which has a cer rent issues in the country, son’s visit to Mr. Thackeray his 15day deadline to sort jects like HinduMuslim (sic), tain legacy, and as organis he said. comes after the new govern out the issue has already Jammu & Kashmir, Article ers, the responsibility lies “My question to students ment decided to review sev Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson with Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra at a expired. 370, IndiaPakistan, Ram with us.” is, are farmer suicides, eral infrastructure projects, panel discussion in Mumbai on Wednesday. * EMMANUAL YOGINI Mr. Javadekar, who was Mandir and Babri Masjid or The rules do not say that a drought, economy, unem such as the MumbaiAhme in Goa on November 20 to subjects that comment on play should not mention a ployment, quality of educa dabad bullet train. neers at the group’s hyper <> The entire cost of Mumbai hyperloop project inaugurate International any caste or religion,” said a particular religion, but it tion not current issues? Why He said, “The entire cost loop facility in Las Vegas are the [hyperloop] could be one of the fi rst few Film Festival of India, had rule. If a group presents a must not create illfeelings do only subjects with com of the [hyperloop] project working on the project, and project will be projects globally. sought 15 days time to act play on any such subject, it against any religion, he said. ment on religion and caste will be borne by the private are ready to “get going quite borne by the Once passengers or cargo on the Goa government’s would be disqualifi ed, the Firodiya Karandak is a plat interest them?” Mr. Kulkarni sector and it will not depend soon” with the Mumbai is loaded into the hyperloop private sector and demand. rules warned. form for showcasing artistic said. A bar against a few on any funding from the Pune project, which will re vehicle, it accelerates The CM said he had per Chief organiser of the talent and not political lean “sensitive” issues was not State.” duce travel time to 20 to 30 it will not depend through electric propulsion sonally called Mr. Javade competition, Ajinkya Kulkar ings, Mr. Kulkarni said. curtailment of students’ Stating that he would minutes as compared to sev on any funding and fl oats above the track kar on Tuesday reminding ni, said, “Being too young “In the past three or four freedom of expression, he clear any misunderstandings eral hours today. from the State using magnetic levitation to him about his assurance. and amateur, participants do years, we saw that partici argued. regarding the project, he The previous government Sir Richard Branson reach the destination. “Mr. Javadekar told me that not have the knowledge and pants came with subjects The competition’s format said, “We just need to see had accorded infrastructure It glides at airline speeds he was out of station. He the depth required to handle which have been done do allows presentation of a whether the new govern status to the project. and cargo at a very high for long distances due to ul was in Spain, and returned such sensitive issues. Stu death, commenting on reli hodgepodge act combining ment is as keen as the old go Hyperloop is a new tech speed. The technology is yet tralow aerodynamic drag on Tuesday. He will look in dents are unaware of conse gious and caste lines,” he theatre, music and other vernment [on the project].” nology wherein vacuum is to be commercially and is thus called revolution to the matter,” he said. quences if something unwar said. Generally, students fa fi ne arts. Mr. Branson said engi used to transport people launched and the Pune ary technology.
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Special Correspondent ensure rape verdicts in 21 days Thiruvananthapuram A.P. to increase capacity of canals in Rayalaseema State government will table legislation in the ongoing session of Assembly The acrimonious quarrel VIJAYAWADA between actor Shane Ni Staff Reporter Andhra Pradesh Chief and sexual assault of chil gam and the Kerala Film VIJAYAWADA Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan dren respectively. MPs from Telangana Rashtra Samithi and other opposition Producers Association ap Reddy on Wednesday said the The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet parties protesting in New Delhi. * SANDEEP SAXENA peared to worsen on State government was on Wednesday cleared the ‘Strong message’ Wednesday. planning to ensure that all A.P. Disha Bill, 2019 (A.P. Cri Under Section 354E (harass The association has irrigation projects in the minal Law (Amendment) ment of women through so TRS MPs stage dharna urged the South Indian Rayalaseema region were Bill, 2019) paving the way for cial media, digital mode or Film Chamber (SIFC) to de filled within 50 days of awarding the death penalty any other form), it has been ny future roles to Shane till floods. The action plan would for the off ences of rape and proposed to sentence the over ₹ 32,000 cr. dues the actor completed the be prepared in a month, he gangrape and expediting guilty to imprisonment for two Malayalam fi lm pro said. Mr. Reddy said the the verdict in trials of such up to two years on fi rst con jects he allegedly left in the government planned to cases to 21 days. The legisla viction and four years on Centre indiff erent to pleas, rues MP lurch after he fell out with increase the capacity of tion is to be tabled in the on subsequent convictions. the producers. The SIFC is canals in the region. going session of the Assemb Under Section 354F (mol Special Correspondent the apex body of Kannada, CBI launches search ly. estation / sexual assault), im HYDERABAD Repay amount Malayalam, Tamil and Te for customs official The Cabinet also gave its prisonment is sought to be Fourteen Telangana Rashtra lugu movie makers. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM nod for introduction of the increased to a minimum of Samithi (TRS) MPs, includ spent on In eff ect, the association The Central Bureau of A.P. Special Court for Speci The A.P. Criminal Law speaking on condition of fi ve years and maximum se ing fi ve from the Rajya Sab has backtracked from a Investigation has launched a fi ed Off ences against Women (Amendment) Bill, 2019, en anonymity. ven years. ha, staged a demonstration Polavaram: A.P. compromise brokered by search for a senior customs and Children Bill, 2019, for visages the completion of in The proposed laws seek to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan for halfanhour in front of Culture Minister A.K. Ba official who was alleged to be dealing with off ences against vestigation and trial in seven amend relevant provisions Mohan Reddy told the As the Mahatma Gandhi’s sta Special Correspondent lan. Association president the linchpin of a Dubaibased women and children, includ and 14 working days respec in the Indian Penal Code, sembly on December 9 that tue in the Parliament com VIJAYAWADA M. Renjith told The Hindu racket that smuggled large ing rape and gangrape, acid tively, where there is adeq 1860, and the Code of Crimi he was for speedy trial of plex in New Delhi on Wed The YSR Congress Party has that Shane had deliberately amounts of contraband gold attacks, stalking, voyeurism, uate conclusive evidence, nal Procedure, 1973, and to rape cases to send the mes nesday demanding the appealed to the Centre to dashed the possibility of an into the country through the sexual harassment and cases and reducing the total judg introduce Sections 354E sage that the A.P. govern release of Central funds due reimburse the amount amicable settlement bro Thiruvananthapuram under the Protection of Chil ment time to 21 days from and 354F in the IPC for deal ment was in no mood to tol to the State. spent by the Andhra kered by Mr. Balan. The ac international airport early this dren from Sexual Off ences the existing four months, go ing with harassment of wo erate crimes against women Earlier, the TRS members Pradesh government on tor wilfully “insulted” pro year. Officials identified the (POCSO) Act. vernment offi cials said, men through social media and children. also disrupted the proceed construction of the ducers hours after Mr. suspect as B. Radhakrishnan, ings of the Rajya Sabha, re Polavaram project and also Balan intervened to cease former Superintendent, sulting in its adjournment release at the earliest the hostilities. Customs Air Intelligence Unit, for an hour. The TRS group In a Facebook post, the Thiruvananthapuram. The pending grant amount. served a notice to the Chair actor apologised for the re agency is poised to declare ExSC judge declines to head Telangana probe Party MPs V. Vijaya Sai him a fugitive. man to set aside the busi Reddy and P.V. Mithun mark he made to pressper ness and take up a discus Reddy, in a representation sons on the sidelines of the RTC fare hike comes into Petitioners have sought a CBI probe into the police killing of the rape accused sion on their demand. They to Finance Minister Nirmala ongoing International Film effect in Andhra Pradesh sought an assurance from Sitharaman, sought Festival of Kerala. “My re VIJAYAWADA Legal Correspondent another retired Supreme judge of the court Justice N.V. the four accused — Mo the Centre on the demand, reimbursement of ₹ 5,103 mark was misinterpreted. The marginal increase in the NEW DELHI Court judge for the job. Ramana both voiced their hammed Arif, Chintakunta the way it was conceded to crore the State had Neither I nor the public bus fares announced by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) apprehension over the ten Chennakeshavulu, Jollu Shi the members from Andhra borrowed to spend on have forgotten the insinua Andhra Pradesh State Road Sharad A. Bobde on Wednes Plea for CBI inquiry dency to seek “instant jus va and Jollu Naveen — were Pradesh, but it was disal construction of the tions against me. I had for Transport Corporation day informed petitioners — Mr. Mani’s petition had tice” and “revenge”. taken to the scene of the lowed by the Chairman. Polavaram project. given the innuendoes. I ex (APSRTC) came into effect on advocates G.S. Mani and Mu sought a CBI or a special in “Justice can never be in crime around 60 km from TRS Rajya Sabha MP Ban DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD pect the same response. I Wednesday. Corporation kesh Kumar Sharma, and the vestigation team probe stant and should not take the Hyderabad in the early da Prakash told The Hindu believe in God and my or ViceChairman and Managing Telangana government — against Cyberbad Police form of revenge,” the CJI said hours of December 6 for a re that the Centre owed about missions and the two instal ganisation. We will all Director M.T. Krishna Babu who sought an investigation Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar, in a speech at the inaugura construction of the crime ₹ 32,000 crore to the State ments of the Backward Re hopefully said the mounting losses on into the extrajudicial killing who is a respondent in the tion of a new building of the scene. but was not releasing it des gions Grant Fund too were proceed account of frequent diesel of four men accused of the petition. He said the encoun Rajasthan High Court in The accused then alleged pite several reminders. Even pending. The NITI Aayog on the price hike had pushed the gangrape and murder of a ter was a red herring, delib Jodhpur on December 7. ly grabbed the weapons of the devolution of the Goods had recommended grant of path of public sector giant into a debt trap. He said the corporation veterinarian in Hyderabad erately done to turn public The petitions urged the the police team and opened and Services Tax (GST) was ₹ 19,000 crore for Mission peace had revised the bus fares in that the court had tapped , attention away from the pol court to call for police re fi re. In the retaliatory fi re, not as per the norms laid Bhagiratha and ₹ 5,000 togeth 2015 and in these four years, Justice (retired) P.V. Reddi to ice’s inability to prevent cords of the case and further the accused died, the police down by the Centre. crore for Mission Kakatiya er.” diesel rates had increased take up the assignment, but such crimes against women. order an inquiry into the said. but even these were not re from ₹ 49 to ₹ 70 a litre, he had declined. The petitions were fi led “killings” in accordance with The CJI posted the case Final instalment leased. Holding placards , putting an additional financial Chief Justice Bobde said last week on a day the CJI the Supreme Court’s 16 gui for further hearing on De The fi nal instalment of the TRS MPs later gathered burden of ₹ 630 crore the court would approach and the second most senior delines. As per the police, all cember 12. funds recommended by the near the Gandhiji statue for annually. 13th and 14th Finance Com the protest.
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Special Correspondent will join in. Condemning the HIRAN UNNIKRISHNAN to offi cials, has now in Thrissur ban, the Elephant Owners KOTTAYAM creased manifold over the The Forest department’s Federation has alleged that Taking a dip in the Valiyath last two weeks with the con ban on parading two Guru the Forest department was odu, a stream that runs tinuing discharge of waste. vayur Devaswom elephants acting according to the through Erumeli, is part of The PCB has submitted a — Padmanabhan and Valiya whims and fancies of some the tradition of the temple report to its membersecre Keshavan — during festivals organisations, which want town, which hosts lakhs of tary and the Kottayam Dis has led to widespread prot to “destroy cultural herit Sabarimala pilgrims every trict Collector proposing ac ests. age”. They urged the de year. tion, including environment An order issued recently partment to review the However, bathing in the compensation cost, against by Prabhu P.M., Assistant decision. waterbody could expose pe the Travancore Devaswom Forest Conservator, stated ople to faecal coliform, Board. that Padmanabhan is suff er ‘Simplify rules’ which is several times over “Undertreated waste ing from sore feet and Valiya Meanwhile the Arattupuzha the permissible level (500 from the STPs run by the Keshavan has tuberculosis. Temple Advisory Board has units). The issue, attributed TDB is being discharged into The monitoring committee urged the Union and State to the discharge of partially the Valiyathodu, a tributary decided not to issue fi tness governments to simplify the treated sewage from the toi of the Manimala river. Be certifi cates to the pachy rules pertaining to elephant let complexes here, has trig sides posing health risk to derms, as animals that suff parading for various festiv gered concerns of a health those bathing in it, it also er from health issues cannot als. crisis in the region. serves as a drinking water be put in parades. Various rituals of the As per a water analysis re source for people in Kot A prayer meet is to be 1,437yearold Arattupuzha port prepared by the Kerala tayam, Pathanamthitta and held at Guruvayur on Satur Pooram require parading of State Pollution Control Alappuzha districts,” said a day, by the festival coordina the elephants, said the fes Board (PCB), the faecal coli senior PCB offi cial. tion committee, where ele tival committee. Around form bacteria count in the District Collector P.K. phant lovers and devotees 465 parades will be held ov bathing ghat at Valiyathodu Sudheer Babu said a show will seek the withdrawal of er the 13day festival, which Workers engaged in construction work in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Building activity has picked up pace in Andhra Pradesh was 5,000 units as on No cause notice had been is the ban. Festival commit will see participation by 24 with the availability of sand improving after a prolonged shortage.* K.R. DEEPAK vember 23. sued to the TDB based on tees of various devaswoms temples in central Kerala. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC This volume, according the PCB report. Stage set for maiden survey of ‘Unsecured wells pose threat to leopards in Karnataka’ butterfl ies in A.P. national park Study records 27 incidents of other wildlife species falling into open wells in the State R Krishna Kumar ram were into dry wells, ac lead author. 50 experts from Kerala, northeastern States to participate MYSURU cording to the study. The other authors are The elusive leopards, which In most cases, the Forest Aparna Kolekar, Pallabi T. Appala Naidu been roped in for the scien have been deprived of atten department rescued them. Chakraborthi from the Na MACHILIPATNAM tifi c survey. The fi ndings and tion in conservation circles, Twentynine (41%) leopards ture Conservation Founda The Andhra Pradesh Forest report will be presented at are facing an unconventional were translocated after med tion and Vijaya Kumara of Department and experts the ‘Conference of the Par threat in Karnataka: unse ical inspection and treat the Kuvempu University, from Kerala and northeast ties to the Convention on the cured open wells. ment, 28 (40%) were re Shimogga. ern States will begin the fi rst Conservation of Migratory A new paper highlights leased at the same site or The researchers also re survey of butterfl y species in Species’ to be held in Gand the high number of incidents were assisted to escape on corded 27 incidents of other the Papikonda National Park hinagar in February 2020,” of the spotted big cats falling their own, eight (11%) died as wildlife species falling into (PNP) on Thursday. The PNP Mr. Shankar said. into them. a result of the fall and fi ve open wells during the same spreads over 1012.86 sq.km. The exercise will off er a The paper “Big cat in well: (7%) were sent to zoos, with period, including sloth bear, in East and West Godavari A butterfl y in the Papikonda picture of the existing biodi An unconventional threat to serious injuries. elephant, gaur, sambar chi districts. National Park. versity of the park. The di leopards in southern India” “These falls can lead to tal, muntjac, blackbuck, The experts, led by Kera versity of butterfl y species has been published in the Open trap: A leopard that has fallen into a dry well in Tumkur stress, injury, and death of Bengal fox, mugger and labased environmental fo mundryWildlife) Anant would be considered as a scientifi c journal Oryx by district of Karnataka. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the leopard, and also pose a small Indian civet. These in rum Warblers and Waders, Shankar told The Hindu, health indicator of the park. wildlife researcher and con risk to people if the leopard cidents resulted in 11 will carry out the survey “The fourday survey , from Declared as a national park servationist Sanjay Gubbi of were reported from 10 dis premonsoon and monsoon manages to escape from the mortalities. with an aim to record all but December 12 to 15, is the in 2018, preliminary studies the Nature Conservation tricts and the highest was re (53%) possibly as a result of well. With leopards being in This emerging threat as terfl y species, and also con maiden survey during which have recorded over 80 spe Foundation and his team. ported from Udupi district lower visibility, especially in creasingly documented in sumes greater importance in duct a study on migratory the entire national park will cies of butterfl ies. Forest De As many as 70 incidents (36) followed by Tumakuru high rainfall areas like Udupi humansettled areas, any the background that the leo species in the national park be explored, documenting partment offi cials say that between 2008 and 2017 have (9), Ramanagaram (8) and and Uttara Kannada, said the open wells will need to be se pard has been recently in the Papikonda hill range the butterfl y species.” the park is home to 121 but been recorded by the team. Uttara Kannada (8). study. curely covered to prevent uplisted from the Near in the Eastern Ghats. Divi “A total of 50 experts, in terfl y species as per their in According to the authors The highest number of The falls in districts like any increase in this emerging Threatened to Vulnerable by sional Forest Offi cer (Rajah cluding ornithologists, have ternal studies. of the study, the incidents falls occurred during the Tumakuru and Ramanaga threat,” says Mr. Gubbi, the the IUCN Red List. 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Weather Watch IN BRIEF Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Heavy metals contaminating India’s rivers metals, in trace amounts, re exceeded ‘tolerance limits’ Samples from 65% quired for good health. Ho in monsoon periods most of wever, when present above the time. “Arsenic and zinc of testing sites safe limits, they are associat are the two toxic metals ed with a range of disorders. whose concentration was al unsafe: survey Shore temple facing Longterm exposure to ways obtained within the li severe sea erosion Jacob Koshy the abovementioned heavy mits throughout the study New Delhi CHENNAI metals may result in slowly period,” the report noted. The shoreline on the Samples taken from two progressing physical, muscu Not all the rivers are northern side of the Shore thirds of the water quality lar, and neurological degen equally sampled. Several riv Temple in Mamallapuram, stations spanning India’s ma erative processes that mimic ers have only been sampled Tamil Nadu is facing severe jor rivers showed contamina Alzheimer’s disease, Parkin at a single site whereas oth sea erosion. The Public Works tion by one or more heavy son’s disease, muscular dys ers such as the Ganga, the Department is awaiting funds metals, exceeding safe limits trophy and multiple Yamuna and the Godavari to construct groynes for set by the Bureau of Indian sclerosis. are sampled at multiple sites. coastal protection at a cost of Standards. Marked variation was found ₹ 95.95 crore. According to The fi ndings are part of a 20 river basins in contamination levels de PWD, every year, nearly 45 report, which is the third The other major contami pending on the season. m of the shoreline near the edition of an exercise con nants found in the samples Samples were collected in temple is declining. ducted by the Central Water were lead, nickel, chromi three diff erent seasons: pre Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) Commission (CWC) from um, cadmium and copper. monsoon, monsoon and ED attaches properties Forecast for Thursday: Thunderstorm/hailstorm accompanied May 2014 to April 2018. tions had contamination by gistering levels of the metal The study spanned 67 rivers postmonsoon. linked to Iqbal Mirchi with lightning very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kash Samples from only one two metals, six stations saw above safe limits. None of the in 20 river basins. Lead, cad The main sources of heavy NEW DELHI mir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; with lightning very The Enforcement Directorate third of water quality sta contamination by three me sites registered arsenic levels mium, nickel, chromium metal pollution are mining, likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, has attached properties tions were safe. 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DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The ‘Delhi dogma’ fallacy of the right Minister Jaishankar’s rendition of foreign policy is selfcongratulatory, critiquing history from the luxury of the present superiority, you get a fl awed analy The M inister’s speech often bold claims of a strong foreign and sis of the past. While the speech lacks clarity about what it seeks to security policy sit well with stra falls short of telling us what the advocate. He rightly states, in the tegic ambiguity, and tactical and Strength in numbers new big ideas of the Narendra Mo context of India not joining the Re reactive posturing? di government are, it is big on gional Comprehensive Economic Or is it that there is another fo A fl awed collegium system is no reason to what today’s regime thinks went Partnership (RCEP), that “eco reign policy dogma in the making hold back appointments to the judiciary Happymon Jacob wrong in the past. nomic autarky and import substi today — the socalled Modi doc he list of alarming numbers and fi gures relating to One direct result of presentism tution” are old dogmas, then goes trine? If so, is undoing past dogma the depleting numbers in India’s higher judiciary is the tendency to judge the merit on to argue, that “embracing the seen as a fi rst step towards pro he 4th Ramnath Goenka Lec of one’s past policies based on cur GETTY IMAGES new dogma of globalization with moting the new doctrine? Is that has a new addition. On December 10, the Su T ture by India’s External Af rent capabilities. To state, for in dwells at length on India’s new ap out a costbenefi t analysis is equal what Mr. Modi’s External Aff airs preme Court of India said that 213 names recommend Tfairs Minister S. Jaishankar stance, that taking the Kashmir is petite for risktaking, and global ly dangerous”. This is just smart Minister has in mind when he ed for appointment to various High Courts are pending on November 14 was a muchneed sue to the UN was a mistake positioning. He states that “not all phrasing, and one is unsure why says, “The world that awaits us not with the government. Data show that 38% of all sanc ed master account of India’s fo assumes that India could have for risks are necessarily dramatic; ma India was unable to get a deal from only calls for fresh thinking, but tioned posts for High Court judges are lying vacant as of reign policy, told in phases, lucid, cibly liberated the princely state of ny just require the confi dent calcu the other partners especially Chi eventually, a new consensus at December 1, with the High Courts of some States includ analytical and comprehensive. Mr. Jammu and Kashmir ( J&K) from lations and determined follow up na (despite the Chennai connect) home as well. Putting dogmas be ing Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan functioning at below Jaishankar’s speech, which re the Pakistani invasion during 1947 of daytoday management but and where India stands on the hind us is a starting point for that fl ects a practitioner’s handson 48. At a point of time when the In their aggregate impact can result RCEP now and what are the long journey”? half their actual capacity. The court has fi xed a time pe knowledge of India’s foreign poli dian (and Pakistani) Army was still in a quantum jump in global posi term implications for the Indian riod of six months to appoint as judges at least those cy, has, unfortunately, not yet re commanded by British offi cers, it tioning. To a certain degree, we economy of not joining it. Kashmir and Pakistan whose names the Supreme Court c ollegium, the High ceived the critical treatment it de might not have been possible for see that happening today.” Does it Foreign policy of any regime, The biggest disappointment yet is Courts and the Government have agreed upon. At each serves. In his speech, the M inister India to forcibly get back the rest mean that India’s pre2014 foreign past or present, should be judged Mr. Jaishankar’s articulation of the level of the appointment process of judges to the higher makes a strong pitch to practition of J&K. The next best option at the policy lent it no global standing? on the basis of concrete outcomes. Modi government’s policy towards judiciary, prior to the names reaching the Prime Minis ers and analysts to think beyond time was indeed to go to the Unit Does it also mean that India’s glo Even as Mr. Jaishankar off ers a spi Kashmir, and Pakistan. He argues ter and President for fi nal approval, there are time pe the “Delhi dogma” that has tradi ed Nations, which it did. bal standing, materially and repu rited critique of the foreign poli that the concerns of critics’ about tionally defi ned, and constrained, tationally, has dramatically in cies of previous governments, his the internationalisation of Kash riods specifi ed. The Memorandum of Procedure states according to him, the pursuit of In Need for nonalignment creased post2014 especially in the speech points towards very little mir and hyphenation with Pakis that appointments should be initiated at least six dia’s foreign policy. Though In the early decades of its exis wake of the rather aggressive poli concrete outcomes achieved by tan “is thinking from the past, re months before a vacancy arises and six weeks of time is thoughtprovoking, Mr. Jaishan tence, India was a militarily weak, cies in Kashmir? the Bharatiya Janata Partyled go fl ecting neither the strength of then specifi ed for the State to send the recommenda kar’s speech is riddled with several recentlydecolonised state with an vernments. He argues that “the ba India, the mood of the nation nor tion to the Union Law Minister, after which the brief is empirical and conceptual issues. array of domestic political and se Handling China lance sheet for India’s foreign pol the determination of the Govern to be sent to the Supreme Court collegium in four curity challenges, with limited re More so, what has been the track icy after seven decades presents a ment”. Put diff erently, he seems to weeks. Once the collegium clears the names, the Law Of, and for the right sources, and as a result, attempts record of the muchfabled strong mixed picture ”. Notwithstanding argue that the Government’s Kash To begin with, the speech is a pro at carrying out major military willed foreign policy of the Modi the fact that the history of any mir policy is brilliant because In Ministry has to put up the recommendation to the duct of a certain messianic presen campaigns would have been disas regime in dealing with China, easi country’s foreign policy perfor dia can militarily contain the situa Prime Minister in three weeks who will in turn advise tism of the Indian right that Mr. trous. And when faced with the ly India’s biggest strategic chal mance “presents a mixed pic tion in Kashmir, there is domestic the President. Thereafter no time limit is prescribed Jaishankar is a part of. The speech whirlwind of the Cold War, it also, lenge today? Mr. Jaishankar’s ture”, it would have been more widespread support for a militar and the process, seemingly, comes to a standstill. has a heavy selfcongratulatory and rightly so, decided to be non speech seems unsure on how to useful if the incumbent External ised solution to Kashmir, and the The Supreme Court’s recommendation now of a time tone aimed at establishing a moral aligned. The policy of nonalign deal with it even as he off ers a Aff airs Minister were to clearly ar government does not bother what limit to these appointments is welcome. It is no sec ret superiority over past govern ment was hardly woollyheaded; it strong critique of the Nehru go ticulate the foreign and security the international community perhaps, that the equation between the court and the ments, as if history began in 2014. was largely an exercise in realism. vernment’s handling of China over policy successes of his govern thinks about it. Not only does this To that extent, this is an ideologi Not only that accommodation by a six decades ago. Does his govern ment. ‘Howdy Modi’, ‘Chennai assessment reek of foreign policy Union Government has been strained by the former’s cal attempt masquerading as an weak power is not weakness, India ment have a China policy “today”? Connect’ and ‘JAI’ (JapanAmeri arrogance, it hardly sits well with a decision to strike down as unconstitutional in 2015 the objective stocktaking of India’s fo also benefi tted from both the Is avoiding the tactical pressure caIndia) are hardly spectacular government that is acutely con move to set up a National Judicial Appointments Com reign policy. camps. Would becoming a camp from China (which can have elec outcomes. scious of promoting the country’s mission which would have been responsible for ap The speech makes the cardinal follower have helped India against toral implications) via informal I am in agreement when he ar glory the world over. Let alone the pointments and transfers to the higher judiciary in mistake of critiquing history from China in 1962? The answer might summits and slow peddling the gues that dogmas can be proble fact that its Kashmir policy is prov place of the Supreme Court collegium. Since then, re the luxury of the present, re lie in the Pakistani experience in Quad helpful in addressing the matic because “dogma treats ev ing to be a disaster. ports of delays in appointments have become increas moved from the temporal con 1965 and 1971 despite being an al longterm China challenge? If in ery new approach as an ingly commonplace, with both sides testy over proce straints that forced the decisions liance partner of the U.S. deed our past failures in dealing unjustifi ed deviation”. However, Happymon Jacob teaches at the of the past: this is a methodologi Unwilling to appreciate this with China have reached us where are we to assume that broad Jawaharlal Nehru University, and is the dure. Last week, the same Bench of the Supreme Court cal error. When you fuse a meth complex early journey of a weak we are today, how can being fi xat themes and consistency in foreign author of ‘Line on Fire: Ceasefi re chastised the government for not acting on another set odological mistake with an ideo power is being ahistorical. ed with past mistakes help us and security policy are necessarily Violations and IndiaPakistan Escalation of nominations on which the government had sent back logical attempt at moral Cut to the present. The Minister frame a better China policy? bad ideas? More so, how would the Dynamics’ objections. If the collegium reiterates the names, the court said, the government has no option but to ap point the judges. Such standoff s are now inevitable. As The notso bright idea of selling the family silver grievous as it is for the government to disrupt the pro cess through delays, it is for the court to take an increas The Government may not be striking pay dirt in privatising public sector undertakings, especially the profi table BPCL ingly fi rm hand to ensure that the collegium system that it fought so hard to protect, despite fl aws, actually func 1976 and now). This means that year? Note that in spite of the huge Chinese companies in the top fi ve tions eff ectively. Doing so would be in its best interests. the Government would have paid onetime dividend from the Re oil companies; in fact Sinopec is ₹ 622.06 crore today. The current serve Bank of India, we are far the world’s second largest, just be Vacancies in the higher judiciary threaten every aspect market value of Bharat Petroleum from meeting the defi cit target. hind Aramco. While China sticks of the justice delivery system and it is the courts, an d Corporation Limited (BPCL) varies Nothing much will change in terms to stateowned national resources, very seldom the government, that always take the between ₹ 85,000 crore and of the expenditure or revenues in we are moving in the opposite di blame for any shortfall in justice. Trilochan Sastry ₹ 115,000 crore. The government’s the coming years. These strategic rection. National security also de share at present is about 53.3% sales and dividends cannot be re pends on the economic power that (which it is contemplating selling), the private sector player it is bet peated every year. We will be back a Government has. We do have Staggering spread hen we examine the pro that is worth between ₹ 45,000 ween 25% and 28%. So there will to the same levels of fi scal defi cit . plans to build perhaps the world’s Governments must do more to increase posed stake sale of profi t crore and ₹ 61,500 crore. We got be a loss in tax revenue for the Go The real way of meeting this target largest refi nery in India, with the Wmaking public sector un the company for a song. vernment after any privatisation. is to cut out wasteful Government help of Saudi Arabia, but owner public awareness of vaccine importance dertakings (PSUs), a few strategic How much has the Government In summary, fi nancially, we as a expenditure, most of which is on ship and control will be in foreign ven as reported measles cases globally during issues of national importance earned meanwhile? Since 2011, the nation are worse off by selling salaries and pensions, and ensur hands. Meanwhile with the stra 2000 to 2018 decreased by 59%, there has been a need to be considered. The first is total dividend it has earned is such a profi table venture. As the ing that the bureaucracy delivers. tegic disinvestments, we will lose an ideological one — that Govern about ₹ 15,000 crore, which is sev case of the BPCL and several other Unfortunately, the cuts will be in Government control over both spike since 2016. Compared with over 1,32,000 E ment must get out of business. The eral times the present value of the PSU ‘Navratnas’ show, they have the social sector. crude and refi ning. Nothing pre reported cases in 2016, the numbers shot up to over second is the need to bring the fi s investment of ₹ 622 crore . Let us given super normal returns to the vents China or any other country 3,53,000 in 2018. While the numbers in 2018 were cal defi cit down. The third is a estimate the present value of all fu public exchequer. Instead of sell On national security for that matter from buying up re more than double the previous year, the numbers in longterm fi nancial one: which op ture incomes that the Government ing such high performing PSUs, The ideological issue of Govern fi ning capacity in India. 2019 have already surpassed those of 2018. By midNo tion, public or privatelyowned, is would earn. One way is to use in should we not be selling the loss ment versus private ownership is Is this strategic disinvestment vember 2019, over 4,00,000 cases were reported glo better for the Government treasu fl ation and calculate what the va making ones? related to the strategic issue about akin to killing the goose that lays bally. Since measles surveillance is generally weak, ry? A fourth is about national se lue of all future fl ows would be, national security. Natural resourc the golden eggs? Financially we curity and self reliance: can India based on the present value of all es, especially oil, are a strategic na are worse off , and strategically the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Preven Issue of fi scal defi cit target be under pressure if we do not future incomes. The average infl a Another issue underlying the dis tional resource. The United States nation fi nds itself in a vulnerable tion resorted to estimating the number of measles cases have full control over petroleum? tion in the last three years has investment is the fi scal defi cit tar maintains such an underground situation. We need to see through and deaths. Based on an updated estimation model , Why do the United States, China been 4.5%, 3.6% and 3.48% in get of 3.4%, now reduced to 3.3%. crude oil reserve to mitigate any the ideological narrative coming there have been nearly 10 million cases and over and other superpowers have con 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively, There are many ideological de supply disruptions. Some compa from the developed nations. They 1,42,000 measles deaths in 2018. Last year, the Demo trol over their petroleum reserves? or an average of 3.86%. If the Go bates among economists about the rative fi gures for such reserves are: embraced free trade when it suit cratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Madagascar, S o vernment sells its entire stake, it importance of reducing the fi scal the U.S. over 600 billion barrels, ed them and are now trying to em malia, and Ukraine accounted for 45% of all reported Number crunching would forego future income of defi cit, but we leave that to the ex China 400, South Korea 146, Spain brace protectionism. China adopt cases. The situation worsened in Congo by November, Let us look at the longterm fi nan about ₹ 78,589 crore. In addition perts. Given that revenue collec 120 and India 39.1. Indiadoes have ed a market system but does not cial issue. The Burmah Shell (Ac the BPCL has also paid taxes of tions are not enough, the Govern a target to substantially increase allow this to cloud its thinking with a nearly fourfold increase in cases (from 65,000 quisition of Undertakings in India) about ₹ 25,000 crore to the Go ment is perhaps planning the sale its reserves. At today’s prices to when it comes to strategic national in 2018 to 2,50,000 in 2019) and over 5,100 deaths. The Act 1976 enabled the Government vernment since 2011. No doubt the of wellrunning PSUs to meet the reach Chinese levels of reserves issues; the control then remains situation in Ukraine is grim. After a 50% drop in the of India to take ownership by pay Government will continue to get fi scal defi cit target. If the Govern we will need nearly ₹ 2 lakh crore , with the Government. India too number of cases in 2018 compared with 2017, the trend ing ₹ 27.75 crore. One estimate of taxes from the private sector as ment does meet its fi scal defi cit which is 10% of the Central Bud needs to rethink its strategy. has now reversed — 58,000 cases by midNovember that amount in today’s terms is to well. However, the eff ective tax target by the stake sale of various get. Even if we spread this out over this year, which is 4,000 more than in 2018. There has use the infl ation factor, which is rate on profi ts before tax for the PSUs including the BPCL this year, several years, it is still a lot of mo Trilochan Sastry is Professor, IIM been a decline in the other three countries mentioned about 22.42 (between the year BPCL is about 34%, whereas for how would it meet that target next ney. There are two (stateowned) Bangalore that reported the most number of cases last year. Vaccine hesitancy has been highlighted for the stag LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. gering spread in cases globally. In DR Congo, there is low institutional trust, misinformation, vaccine shor Arbitrary, anti-secular out the antiMuslim attitude India, brings the country more such moves could be decades of his life to realise To read more letters online, scan the QR code tage and even attacks on healthcare centres and work The Bharatiya Janata Party of the BJP government. Can closer to realising V.D. on the table of the his dream of an independent ers leading to the spread of both measles and Ebola. (BJP) made a lot of the party cite a single reason Savarkar’s dream of a Hindu government’s de facto Pakistan. That the Pakistan The Philippines and the small Pacifi c island of Samoa promises in 2014 and 2019. for not including Muslim nation. The Bill could make Number 2, perhaps designed that emerged in 1947 was a country who was imprisoned serve as a textbook case of the sudden emergence of The party said it would refugees in the list of India, de jure, a country for to make stateless nonBJP mere shadow of what he had by a highly repressive regime vaccine hesitancy. Mass immunisation using a newly create one crore jobs per benefi ciaries? Moreover, Hindus, killing the spirit of voters. A question that arises wanted is a diff erent story. for more than a decade. It is approved dengue vaccine in Philippines, before the year, bring back black what is the necessity of tolerance and diversity our is: are we now even qualifi ed “We will either have a a sad, paradoxical reality money and make India a bringing in such an Act, country has so zealously to label Pakistan, divided India or a destroyed that an individual who once risks associated with the vaccine were reported by the manufacturing when there are other guarded. Home Minister Afghanistan and Bangladesh India,” thundered Jinnah on had fought boldly and non manufacturer, shattered public trust in vaccines; so low powerhouse. Now, keeping pressing concerns like the Amit Shah is fulfi lling the as ‘theocratic states’? the Direct Action Day. At the violently against her nation’s vaccine coverage led to measles and polio outbreaks. In aside all such assurances, it economy, jobs and crimes agenda of the RSS and also Rohan Rathi, other end of the spectrum military rulers is today Samoa, an error in preparing the measles, mumps, and is focusing solely on its against women? The BJP had making it obvious that his New Delhi was Savarkar who held that defending the same regime, rubella (MMR) injection led to the death of two infants. communal agenda. The earlier encroached upon the party is only for the believers India was not a “Unitarian which is alleged to have Fearmongering led to a fall in vaccine uptake, lead ing Citizenship (Amendment) personal law of Muslims of Hindutva ideology. Fathers of Partition and homogeneous nation, committed genocidal acts to an outbreak of measles. But in many European coun Bill (CAB) and the National through its Bill criminalising Kirti Wadhawan, The claim of the Home but on the contrary... two against some minority Register of Citizens (NRC) triple talaq. Further, it was Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Minister that it was Congress nations in the main, the populations of her country. tries and the U.S., vaccine hesitancy has been on rel i run against the very secular not only slow in reacting to that was responsible for Hindus and the Muslims”. The freethinking world gious grounds and primarily due to antivaccination character of the nation and crimes against Muslims, its ■ It is only a matter of time Partition is false. The theory H.N. Ramakrishna, would surely any day wish to campaigns spreading fake news about vaccine safety. its Constitution. These members even felicitated before the CAB is subject to of Partition goes back to 1887 Bengaluru see the outspoken Ms. Suu To counter rising hesitancy, about a dozen European exercises are neither the those involved in such the scrutiny of courts. The when Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Kyi of the past rather than countries have already introduced laws making vacci demands of the people nor crimes. The party’s dream of Bill marks another fallout of founder of the Aligarh A fallen idol the silent Mr. Suu Kyi of the nation mandatory. New York City too introduced such a the demands of the making India a ‘Hindu the brute majority Indian Muslim University, declared The report that Nobel Peace present who, for reasons law when the U.S. nearly lost its measles elimination situation (“A patently rashtra’ is detrimental to the voters have given to the BJP. that Hindus and Muslims laureate Aung San Suu Kyi best known to her, has now unconstitutional piece of social fabric of the nation. The gesture of allowing belong to two diff erent will defend Myanmar in the fully compromised on her status. Such laws may prove counterproductive in the legislation,” Dec. 12). A. Jainulabdeen, persecuted minorities from nations. It was in 1933 that International Court of Justice lofty principles of upholding long run, and the only way to increase vaccine uptake is A.G. Rajmohan, Dubai neighbouring countries is Choudhry Rahmat Ali, a (World page, Dec. 11) comes peace, democracy and by educating the public. With 2.3 million children n ot Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh nothing more than political scholar at the University of as a great irony, considering human rights of all, across vaccinated against measles last year, India has much to ■ The CAB, one of the most posturing, at the cost of the Cambridge, coined the word that she was once an the world. do to protect its young citizens. ■ The passage of CAB is a discriminatory pieces of idea of India and its ‘Pakistan’. Mohammad Ali acclaimed champion of A. Mohan, retrograde step and brings legislation in the history of constitutional morality. Many Jinnah devoted the last two democratic aspirations in her Chennai
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