DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 (PAGE 7) Modi only prime ministerial aspirant UP Govt was negligent in preventing Will 'definitely' challenge Narendra after Indira to contest on 2 seats Muzaffarnagar riots: SC Modi in Varanasi: Sonia NEW DELHI, Mar 26: NEW DELHI, Mar 26: on a number of seats in the Raje Scindia, who had been NEW DELHI, Mar 26: who was elected in the party pri- Poorvanchal and Bihar. thrown into Tihar jail during the The Supreme Court today held the UP Government led by maries to contest from It was about a quarter of BJP's other prime ministerial emergency, to take on Ms Congress President Sonia century ago that any prime min- Akhilesh Yadav prima facie responsible for negligence in prevent- Vadodara, expressed his inabili- candidate Atal Bihari Vajpayee Gandhi. ing communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas but Gandhi today said the party will ty to face the fight against Modi isterial candidate in the country contested only from one con- This led the party to field Ms "definitely challenge" Narendra contested from two constituen- refused to direct a CBI or SIT probe into the cases. who was named later. stituency, Lucknow, though he Gandhi from a second con- Modi in Varanasi in the Lok cies, and that happened to be Ms A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam passed a slew of Gandhi said that Rawat told had contested from two seats in stituency--Medak in Andhra Sabha polls. Indira Gandhi. directions for proper investigation in the cases and for rehabilita- the party leadership that it can the past elections but then he Pradesh too, to ensure her entry "We will definitely chal- Now, Mr Narendra Modi is tion of victims of the communal clashes. field a heavyweight to take on was not a prime ministerial in Parliament this time. lenge the Varanasi seat. following the suit, adding a new "We prima facie hold the State Government responsible for the "senior member of the oppo- aspirant. She had defeated Mr Jai Pal Candidate has not been decided dimension to the Lok Sabha bat- negligence in preventing such incidents," it said. sition". All other prime ministerial Reddy, who later joined the The court said that the State Government was taking proper yet," she told reporters after the Mistry, who had won the tle 2014. His candidature from release of the party manifesto candidates from Nehru to Lal Congress. action and had constituted a special investigation cell for conduct- 2004 Lok Sabha elections from Vadodara in Gujarat was only for the 2014 Lok Sabha elec- Bahadur Shastri, Morarji Desai, Though Ms Gandhi was vic- ing probe into various cases and there was no need for a direction Sabarkantha, Gujarat, and is at natural as it was this state in tions. I K Gujral, V P Singh, Chandra torious on both the seats, she for a CBI or SIT probe at this juncture. present a Rajya Sabha member, which he made a hat-trick after Shekhar, Chaudhary Charan She was asked whether the decided to retain the Medak It directed the state authorities to bring to book all accused per- was yesterday made the candi- leading the BJP to victory for a Singh have contested from only Congress would be taking on Kejriwal. seat. sons irrespective of their political affiliations. date from Vadodara. third time. However, the deci- one constituency. the BJP Prime Ministerial can- The party has already field- It also directed that the victims and their family members be Ever since Modi's candida- sion to chose a second con- Ms Gandhi had contested It has to be seen which seat didate in Varanasi seat and who ed AICC General Secretary given protection by the State Government till the completion of ture was announced from stituency in Varanasi has come from both her traditional con- Mr Modi chooses to retain if he would be its candidate. Madhusudan Mistry, a close trial. The bench passed the order on a batch of petitions filed by Vadodara, there was speculation as a surprise to all. stituency Rae Bareli in Uttar is elected from both. The name of senior aide of Rahul Gandhi, to take on various people including riot victims seeking its direction to the Narendra Modi in Vadodara, the that Congress will change its Among other candidates, Mr Pradesh and Medak in Andhra The Gujarat people would State Government for proper probe into the cases and for a CBI Congress leader Digvijay Singh Modi would be facing Aam Pradesh in 1980 elections, held like him to retain his Vadodara is doing the rounds for Varanasi second seat from where the candidate from the seat as the investigation. Gujarat Chief Minister is con- party declared that the electoral Admi Party leader Arvind after the fall Janata Party seat, but party strategists might The petitions had sought the court's direction to the Centre and seat against Modi and the party Kejriwal in Varanasi, which has Government. like him to retain the Uttar has made it clear that it will not testing. battle against the BJP's PM can- Uttar Pradesh Government to find out the reason behind the com- At the manifesto release didate will be fought strongly further added to the interest in Ms Gandhi's election from Pradesh seat. vacate the political space by not munal clashes in the State. The PILs had also sought that the press conference, Rahul Gandhi especially in constituencies the battle. Rae Bareli in 1971 was chal- Uttar Pradesh is the State affected persons should be properly rehabilitated and the culprits contesting in favour of any can- didate including Arvind suggested that Narendra Rawat, which he is contesting. (PTI) In Vadodara, the Congress lenged by Mr Raj Narain for which has so far given eight behind the violence must be brought to book. has fielded its General Secretary violation of electoral practices Prime Ministers to the country The communal violence, which had broken out on September Madhusudan Mistry, also a and he won his plea when the and that is why Mr Modi's can- 7, last year in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining towns, had claimed High Court set aside Ms Gujarati who understands local didature from the State is a well over 40 lives. It left 85 others injured and rendered 51,000 people, SC voices displeasure over Ansal equations. Gandhi's elections in June considered move to pave the mostly Muslims, homeless. Though BJP's rivals have paving the way for imposition way for his acceptability in the The PIL was filed by Mohammed Haroon and others in the attributed the decision to contest of emergency on June 25, 1975. apex court. Hindi heartland which sends the from two constituencies to Mr Later, in 1978 Ms Gandhi The counsel for the petitioners had earlier submitted that the highest number of 80 MPs to the leaving India without its nod Modi's feeling of 'insecurity', was fielded from Chickmaglur situation in Western districts was grim as mobs had set ablaze the party says Mr Modi has been in a by-election to bring her Lok Sabha. many religious places, shops and houses. (PTI) NEW DELHI, Mar 26: Sushil Ansal to travel abroad on Justices T S Thakur and brought to Varanasi not because back to Lok Sabha. By fielding him from medical grounds without its per- Gyan Sudha Misra, however, his victory from Vadodara was When Ms Gandhi was back Varanasi, the party wants to dis- The Supreme Court today mission. had disagreed over the quantum expressed displeasure over real unsure but because his presence as a candidate in Rae Bareli in pel the perception that Mr AVUT submitted that Sushil of punishment to be given to Don't want to enter politics, happy estate baron and convict in in the holy city in Eastern Uttar 1980, the opposition brought in Modi's charisma was limited Ansal had on March 24 sought them and the issue has been Uphaar fire tragedy case Sushil Pradesh would have an impact Gwalior Rajmata Ms Vijaya only to Gujarat. (UNI) permission of the trial court for referred to a three-judge bench Ansal leaving the country with- personal exemption to appear in to pronounce a final verdict on being actor: Sunny Deol out taking its permission. a case of alleged tampering of it. MUMBAI, Mar 26: A bench headed by Chief evidence arising out of the main Over 500 candidates register Justice P Sathasivam said the While Justice Thakur case of Uphaar fire tragedy. Bollywood actor Sunny Deol retained one-year jail term of case is pending in the Supreme He has sought permission to today said he did not harbour any Sushil and Gopal Ansal as Court and he should not have travel to USA for undergoing political ambitions and hence left the country without its per- imposed by the Delhi High treatment of Hepatitis C, it said. for e-filing of affidavits would not join that field but will mission. Court, Justice Misra reduced the The Association contended campaign for "good" candidates as "Our grievance is that they jail term to already undergone NEW DELHI, Mar 26: ties and accounts under his or a candidate's affidavit can be that since Ansals have been con- and when needed. (Ansal and his lawyers) know by Sushil considering his age her name in a foreign land, lia- obtained on demand by other victed by the apex court, they but enhanced the sentence of More than 500 candidates bilities of the candidate, name candidates, general public and "I will not enter politics I don't the matter is still pending and he cannot leave the country with- Gopal to two years. have filed their affidavits elec- of the spouse and dependants, media from the Returning have any such ambition. I am very did not take the apex court in much happy being an actor as you confidence before leaving the out the permission of the top Justice Misra also imposed a tronically till now after the educational qualifications and Officer. court. Election Commission (EC), for criminal antecedents, if any. The EC has also asked state get to do what you want. I have country," the bench said. fine of Rs 100 crore on the the first time, introduced e-fil- The filing of the affidavit is election panels to quickly gathered this from my dad The bench, however, Further, it sought imposition Ansal brothers to be used for ing of affidavits for candidates a mandatory exercise notified upload these affidavits in their (Dharmendra who was in politics) allowed Ansal to stay in the US of suitable conditions on the construction of a trauma centre contesting the forthcoming Lok by the EC under the respective websites and also that (in politics) you depend on so many people to get a job done for medical treatment after sen- bail enjoyed by Ansals as no and super-speciality hospital. Sabha and Assembly polls. Representation of People Act paste them for public viewing and if you made a promise and then if you don't do it...Then it is ior advocate Ram Jethmalani, conditions were stipulated when The bench, however, was Sources said while over 500 and if it is not done correctly, in their office premises. not good," Sunny told PTI. appearing for Ansal, gave an they were granted bail on concurrent in its finding that registrations have been made the Returning Officer has the The poll body has also According to some media reports, Sunny was likely to contest assurance that he will return on January 30, 2009. there was contemptuous disre- on the various e-portals of the powers to reject a nomination. recently raised the ceiling for against Congress minister Manish Tewari from Ludhiana seat. April 11. The apex court on March 5, gard of civic laws on the part of state poll bodies, 102 candi- The e-filing facility, howev- election expenses for both However, Congress has replaced Tewari and given ticket to The bench said Ansal's held Ansals guilty in the 1997 Ansals that led to the tragedy as dates have started filing in their er, will be optional for candi- Parliamentary and Assembly counsel should have adviced tragedy, saying they were more they were more interested in statements of assets and liabili- dates this time and witnessing seats. Ravneet Singh Bittu. Sunny's father Dharmendra was BJP MP from Bikaner con- him to take permission from the interested about making money making money than ensuring ties online. the fact that a number of tech- "The election expenses ceil- than ensuring safety of the cine- Thirty-eight candidates savvy candidates are entering ing for candidates has been stituency in Rajasthan in 14th Lok Sabha. apex court before going abroad. safety of people. have already submitted their the poll fray the EC has intro- revised by the Government of Recently, Sunny campaigned for BJP candidate and former The bench was hearing an goers. The bench passed the order affidavits through the new ini- duced it as a test case. India vide notification dated Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh in Baghpat district application filed by the The court had upheld the on cross appeals filed by CBI, tiative of e-filing till now, "If the initiative succeeds, February 28. As per the revised of western Uttar Pradesh. He took part in a road show organised by Association of Victims of conviction of Sushil and Gopal AVUT and Ansals challenging sources said. its scope would be enlarged," a ceilings, the maximum limit of Singh. "If I like the candidate and he is good and needs support Uphaar Fire Tragedy (AVUT) Ansal for the tragedy that the Delhi High Court order. "This procedure is catching senior EC official said. election expenses for a Lok then I will be there. Satyapal Singh has done good things as com- seeking to restrict the right of claimed the lives of 59 people. (PTI) up and the EC is happy about According to procedures Sabha constituency is Rs 70 missioner of the city. He left everything and joined politics which the success of the new method notified by the EC, after filing lakh per candidate for all states is good. As we need that kind of people who are positive and will of filing of affidavits," a senior the affidavit on line, a candi- except Arunachal Pradesh, Goa official said. date has to provide the and Sikkim. go out and do something good for the country," Sunny said. (PTI) Non-appearance of witnesses The affidavits (Form 26) are Returning Officer an attested For these three states it is supposed to be furnished by the hard copy. Rs 54 lakh per candidate. candidates at the time of filing The e-filing procedures is "For the Union Territories, CBI examines Himachal of their nomination for contest- much like the I-T returns filing the maximum limit is Rs 70 hampers Salman Khan's trial ing a Parliamentary or an on the computer, the official lakh per candidate for NCT of MUMBAI, Mar 26: Salman also did not come to September 28, 2002, killing one Assembly seat. said. Delhi and Rs 54 lakh per candi- Chief Minister in graft case the court as he has secured per- and injuring four others. The e-filing of affidavits The EC had late last year date for other UTs," the EC has The trial in the 2002 hit-and- manent exemption from appear- On December 5 last year, the has been introduced keeping in run a pilot-project in two said in its latest communication NEW DELHI, Mar 26: run case involving actor Salman ance. His lawyer Srikant court had ordered a fresh trial on mind an error-free and cus- Assembly constituencies in to political parties. Khan did not begin today as the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has been Shivade was, however, present. the ground that the witnesses tomer-friendly filing of data by south India before deciding to "For the Assembly con- witnesses did not appear in the quizzed and his statement recorded by CBI in connection with Sessions judge D W had not been examined in the a candidate trying luck at the roll it out in a full-fledged man- stituencies, the maximum limit sessions court. alleged kickbacks made to him and State Trading Corporation Deshpande had ordered a fresh context of aggravated charge of hustings. ner for the general elections. is Rs 28 lakh per candidate for The first three witnesses A typical affidavit filed by a The importance the EC is the bigger states and Delhi and employees by some private companies. trial in this case. culpable homicide, which was CBI had registered a preliminary enquiry on the complaint of were slated to be examined Although the prosecution candidate includes his personal giving to these affidavits can be Rs 20 lakh per candidate in the today by the prosecution. One invoked against the actor mid- information like details of gauged from the fact that the other states and Union STC that some private companies made payments to its officials has given a list of 64 witnesses, of them is the owner of a laun- way through the proceedings. assets (including movable and poll panel has stated in its elec- Territory of Puducherry," it and started a probe last October. it would not examine all of dry in suburban Bandra, where The charge of culpable immovable properties), proper- tion guidelines that the copy of said. (PTI) Agency sources said Singh’s statement has been recorded in them, according to the public homicide not amounting to mur- connection with the probe into allegations that he as Steel Minister the actor had run over his vehi- prosecutor. cle on people sleeping on the der attracts a 10-year sentence. had also received payoffs of Rs 2.8 crore from a Mumbai-based The prosecution had earlier The actor had earlier been tried steel company. footpath, while the other two are submitted documents such as panch witnesses. by a magistrate for a lesser STC had given a complaint on which Aam Admi Party leader death certificate (of the person Prosecutor Jagannath offence of causing death by neg- Prashant Bhushan also wrote to the CBI Director and approached who was killed in the mishap) Kenjalkar told the court that the ligence, which entailed an Delhi High Court seeking a probe into the matter. The complaint and injury certificates (of those imprisonment of two years. filed by STC and Bhushan has been clubbed, the sources said. laundry owner could not appear who were injured in this case. The case, dragging on for The sources refused to give details of the mode of questioning as he had been paralysed. One The court had admitted these over a decade, had taken a twist but said his statement has been taken on record in the probe. of the panch witnesses was not documents after Salman's earlier this year when the mag- In the representation given by Bhushan, it was alleged that traceable, while the other had lawyer submitted his say on istrate, after examining 17 wit- Income Tax returns and affidavits filed during Singh’s nomination gone to Bangalore. The judge D W Deshpande admissibility of the documents. nesses, held that the charge of show dubious transactions which needed to be probed by the Salman is facing the charge agency. adjourned the matter to April 8 culpable homicide was made when the prosecution would of running over his Toyota Land out against Salman and referred The issue was also raised by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Cruiser on a group of persons Sabha Arun Jaitley who wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh examine another set of witness- the matter to a sessions court, as es, who were injured in the sleeping on a footpath outside a cases under this offence are alleging that Virbhadra Singh recieved kickbacks from a private bakery in suburban Bandra on steel firm during his tenure as Union steel minister. mishap. tried by a higher court. (PTI) Virbhadra Singh, who was steel minister between May 2009 and January 2011, has denied the charges. 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