Imphal Times Supplementary issue 32 People excluded from final list of National Herald case: Setback for Sonia NRC will be disenfranchised and and Rahul, HC dismisses their tax pleas Agency deported, says Ram Madhav New Sept 11,

Courtesy THE DELHI High Court Delhi sept.11 Monday dismissed pleas by Congress leaders Sonia BJP General Secretary Ram Gandhi and Madhav IANS against the Income Tax ’s department’s decision to re- General Secretary Ram open their tax assessments for Madhav on Monday said the financial year 2011-2012 in people excluded from the final connection with the National list of the National Register of Herald newspaper case. Citizens in Assam will be The “writ petitions have to disenfranchised and deported fail,” a bench of Justices S to their country, PTI reported. Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla “3 [Three] steps will be taken said while clarifying that the after NRC,” Madhav said at a observations in the order with seminar on ‘NRC: Defending regard to the contentions of the Borders, Securing the the Congress leaders is not Culture’ in Delhi. “Detect, conclusive and have been delete [and] deport. NRC will noted only for the purpose of Subramanian Swamy before a assessed earlier. It has already The high court had on August ensure detection of illegal disposing of their pleas. The trial court in connection with issued a demand notice for Rs 16 reserved its order on the immigrants. Next step will be bench also dismissed a similar the National Herald case. 249.15 crore to YI for the pleas of the three leaders after disenfranchise – deletion of plea by Congress leader Oscar The complaint accused Sonia, assessment year 2011-12. the Income Tax Department names of illegal immigrants Fernandes. Rahul and others of The bench, in its Monday order, had contended that Rahul from voters list [and] deprive Reacting to the ruling, BJP conspiring to cheat and noted that the premise of the Gandhi’s tax assessment for them from govt [government] spokesperson Sambit Patra misappropriate funds. It reassessment notices was that 2011-12 was reopened as benefits. 3rd [Third] stage will leader Sarbananda Sonowal The stated aim of the described it as a “victory of alleged that Young Indian (YI), the non-disclosure of the material facts were concealed. be deportation.” said genuine Indian citizens counting exercise is to the common man”. He alleged which was incorporated as taxing event — allotment of The bench had orally asked Madhav said no other country will get adequate separate genuine Indian that ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given organisation in November shares of YI — deprived the the tax department not to take tolerates undocumented opportunities to prove their citizens from so-called illegal by the Congress was to divert 2010 with a capital of Rs 50 assessing officer of the any coercive step against migrants, but has citizenship and include their migrants who might be living the people’s attention from the lakh, had acquired almost all opportunity to look into the Sonia, Rahul and Fernandes till become a “dharamshala for names in the final list of the in the state. According to the hearing involving its “corrupt” shareholdings of Associate records. pronouncement of its verdict. illegal immigrants due to NRC. He, however, suggested terms of the exercise, anyone leaders. Journals Lts (AJL), which ran It said in Rahul’s case, the non- Senior advocate P political considerations”. that the NRC be implemented who could not prove that The Congress hit back and the National Herald disclosure of share acquisition Chidambaram, appearing for Madhav said the country’s in all states. they or their ancestors had dared Prime Minister Narendra newspaper. In this process, it constituted tangible material Sonia Gandhi, had said he had first Prime Minister Jawaharlal “This is a document which entered the state before Modi to fight a “political was alleged, YI also acquired justifying reassessment. In faith in the oral statement made Nehru realised the enormity of can protect all Indians,” PTI midnight on March 24, 1971, battle” with Rahul Gandhi AJL’s debt of Rs 90 crore. YI case of Sonia and Fernandes, by the Additional Solicitor the problem of undocumented quoted Sonowal as saying. would be declared a foreigner. instead of seeking “petty is a not-for-profit organisation. the bench said returns filed General Tushar Mehta. Mehta migrants in Assam and “Those who will be excluded Launched in 2015, it involved revenge”. The tax department had said were processed under Section had argued that the Congress enacted a state-specific law in from the NRC in Assam can processing the applications The income tax probe against that the shares Rahul has in 143(1) of the Income Tax Act, leaders had alleged mala fide the 1950s to expel foreigners. go to other states. So we will of 3.29 crore people who the Congress leaders stems YI would lead him to have an which pertains to ‘notice or on the part of the tax “Nehru’s great-grandson have to take a strong step.” hoped to be included in the from an investigation into a income of Rs 154 crore and not intimation’, and are not treated department but had not made should read the history and The final draft of the National register. Over the course of complaint filed by BJP leader about Rs 68 lakh, as was as “assessments”. any averments in this regard. extend support to detect and Register of Citizens was three years, the mammoth deport illegal immigrants from published on July 30 leaving exercise has been through Assam,” he said referring to out nearly 40 lakh people, several controversies, Rahul Gandhi. including some MLAs and a including allegations of bias Ajay Maken rolls out the bullock cart Assam Chief Minister and BJP former chief minister. against certain communities. for Congress protests at fuel pumps Mother fighting case to prove Agency 2014, excise duty on petrol per Sept 11 litre was Rs 9.20. But the Modi government hiked it to Rs 19.48 citizenship under NRC in Assam, Under the ‘Bharat Bandh’ per litre of petrol, which means called by the Delhi Congress that there has been a 211.7% on Monday, party workers hike,” said Maken, addressing man hangs self staged dharnas at petrol pumps Congress workers at a petrol across the city against the hike pump near Siddharth Hotel . Agency financial burden of pursuing meaning of Foreigner’s Act, in petrol and diesel prices. “Similarly, in May 2014, the Guwahati Sept 11 his mother Shanti Chand’s 1946". These tribunals get Senior Congress leaders, excise duty per litre of diesel case at the Foreigners’ two kinds of cases: those including Delhi Congress chief was Rs 3.46, but the Modi A labourer in Assam’s Baksa Tribunal (FT). against whom a reference Ajay Maken, rode a bullock government hiked it to Rs 15.33 district whose mother is Baksa’s SP Binoy Kalita said has been made by the cart to a petrol pump near per litre of diesel — an increase fighting a case to prove her extreme financial constraints border police, or whose Rajendra Place to register their of 443.06%,” he added.Among Indian citizenship committed could have led Binay to names in the electoral rolls protest. those present in the rally was suicide Sunday, the police commit suicide. The FTs — have a “D (Doubtful)” Hitting out at the opposition Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, said. Binay Chand, 32, was there are 100 such across the against them. over the rise in fuel prices, an accused in the 1984 Sikh found hanging from a tree state — are quasi-judicial The police said Shanti Maken demanded that petrol riots. Sources, however, said near his home in Dimlarpar bodies meant to “furnish Chand’s case was first and diesel be brought under that he chose to show up as all and the area around Rajghat as AAP leaders Atishi and CPI (M) village. According to opinion on the question as to ‘reference’. She got her GST. former Congress MLAs and opposition parties, led by leader Sitaram Yechury, too, relatives, Binay may have whether a person is or is not notice for appearance before “During the Congress-led UPA MPs had been invited. Congress president Rahul staged a protest at Jantar committed suicide given the a foreigner within the the FT in March this year. government at the Centre in Meanwhile, people had a hard Gandhi, marched from Rajghat Mantar. “When petrol prices are time finding transportation, to Ramlila Maidan. hiked, it affects the prices of with app-based cab However, police were deployed other commodities and leads to Tejas aircraft’s first ever mid-air aggregators increasing fare at petrol pumps, and motorcycle price rise. All the promises made manifold. Traffic was affected patrols were put on high alert, a by BJP ahead of elections are refuelling places India in elite club in Daryaganj, Ramlila Maidan senior police officer said. now falling flat,” Atishi said. Agency run of mid-air refuelling using J-K: Two militants killed Bengaluru Sept 11 the Russian-built IL-78 MKI tanker. “The Light Combat The first ever mid-air Aircraft (Tejas LSP8) has during encounter in Handwara refuelling of the indigenously successfully completed the developed light combat wet (actual) engagement Agency aircraft Tejas was successfully today by transferring 1,900 kg New Delhi Sept 11, carried out Monday, placing fuel from IAF IL78 mid-air India in an elite group of refuelling tanker,” the release Two militants were gunned countries having air-to-air said. down in an encounter with refuelling system for military The IAF IL78, piloted by Wg security forces in Guloora planes, Hindustan Cdr Siddarth Singh, village of Handwara in Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) said. accomplished the task with countries who have dry docking no fuel was North Kashmir on Tuesday. The milestone was achieved designers from HAL and developed the Air-to-Air transferred. The mid-air The identity and group at 9.30 am when 1,900 kg of Aeronautical Development (AAR) (refuelling) system for refuelling of Tejas came three affiliation of the slain fuel was transferred from the Agency (ADA) closely military class of aircraft,” months after it successfully militants is yet to be mid-air refuelling tanker of monitoring system HAL Chairman and fired an air-to-air beyond ascertained. The encounter IAF’s IL78 to the Tejas LSP8 parameters from the ground Managing Director R visual (BVR) range missile. is still underway. at an altitude of 20,000 feet, station at Gwalior. Madhavan was quoted as The IAF had ordered 40 Tejas Security forces launched a search operation turned district of Jammu and said a release from HAL, which According to the HAL, the saying in the release. Mark-1 version and a request cordon and search into an encounter after Kashmir. Weapons and has developed the light speed of Tejas was 270 knots Successful ‘dry’ docking of for proposal was issued to operation in the area early militants fired upon the other war-like stores were combat aircraft (LCA). when all the internal tanks aerial refuelling probe with HAL by the IAF in December Tuesday morning following forces. recovered from the The feat was achieved days and drop tanks were the mother tanker was carried for procurement of another specific information about Earlier this month, three operation site, Defence after the Indian Air Force refuelled. “With this, India out on September 4 and 6, he batch of 83 Tejas at a cost of the presence of militants militants were killed in an Public Relations Officer (IAF) successfully did a dry joins an elite group of said. HAL officials said in the around Rs 50,000 crore. there, an official said. The encounter in Bandipora said.