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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM TABLIGHIMATTER:GOVT SAYS CAN'T GAG SON TAKES OVER IN POLL-BOUND BIHAR Freedom of speech most abused: SC; slams Govt VeteranDalitleader, for its ‘evasive’ affidavit MinisterwithsixPMs, ing forpetitioner Jamiat-Ulama- ANANTHAKRISHNANG i-Hind whichsaid the Tablighi is- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER8 sue wasreportedinsuchaman- RamVilasPaswandies ner that it spread communal “FREEDOM OF speechand ex- hatred,submitted that the gov- pression maybethe most ernmentaffidavitaccuseditoftry- 50 yrs in public abusedfreedom in recent ing to muzzle freedomofspeech. times,’’ the Supreme Court ob- At this, the CJIsaid, “theyare life, blending servedThursdayasittook ex- entitled to makeany argument ‘I’M SPEAKING’ ception to what it calledan‘‘eva- likeyou peopleare.Thisfreedom principle with sive’’ affidavit filedbythe Centre of speechmay be the most Kamala Harris and MikePenceatthe US vice-presidential debate, at the University of Utah in in response to apetition alleging abusedfreedom in recent times". Salt LakeCity,onWednesday. “Mr Vice President, I’m speaking,”Harris said, when Pence realpolitik discriminatory news coverage of The bench, alsocomprising interruptedher.Pencelet her finish. Reuters REPORT,PAGE13 the Tablighi Jamaat issue. Justices ASBopanna and Chief Justiceof IndiaSA Bobde VRamasubramanian, made ev- RAVISHTIWARI made this remarkwhen Senior ident itsdispleasureoverthe &MANOJCG AdvocateDushyantDave,appear- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Pelting stones, egging on mob: Delhi NEWDELHI,OCTOBER8 “Rashtrapati ka beta ho ya chaprasi RAM VILAS PASWAN 1946-2020 govt flags ‘police complicity’ videos ka ho santaan, Birla ya garib ka Mumbai Police allege beta,sabki shiksha ek samaan (Whether it's the President's son TRP fraud by Republic DelhiPolicesaysanalysing twoclips, takenactiononone or the sonofapeon, Birla'sson or Weathervane who worked for that of the poor,all should get portedly throwing bricks along- East) has repliedthat action has equal education).” Dalits, friends across divide and 2other channels SOURAVROYBARMAN side rioters and egging them on been takenonthree of the RamVilas Paswan liked to re- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER8 during the NortheastDelhi riots. videos, while the rest “arebeing citethese lines,whichhehad Mausam Vaigyanik (weather- Athirdshows policemen pur- analysed and report regarding pickedupwhen he startedhis COOMIKAPOOR vane) since Paswan had the un- 4held, says Commissioner;Republic ON OCTOBER 5, the Delhi portedlymaking five injured the same will be submitted in political career —theywerepart NEWDELHI,OCTOBER8 cannyknackofsniffing out the threatens criminal defamation Government's Home men, lying on the ground, sing the due course of time afterascer- of asocialistsloganusedbythe winning side in politics. Department flaggedaset of seven national anthem. taininglocation, and exact date then SamyuktaSocialistParty RAM VILAS PASWAN’S fellow Because of his shrewdpolit- videoclips to the Delhi Police that Twodays later,the Deputy and time". (SSP). And the passion with Bihar politician Lalu Prasad ical judgment, Paswan had an MOHAMEDTHAVER ED include twoofpolicemenpur- CommissionerofPolice(North CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Yadavonce angrilycalled him a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 MUMBAI,OCTOBER8 WhatTRP PLAIN datashow EX E MUMBAI POLICE on Thursday ● Accused claims he was saidtheyhad busteda“racket” BUSINESSASUSUAL of “fradulent”manipulation of TRPs CLAIM to showhow J&K L-G visits families of labourers killed Television Rating Points(TRPs) manypeople, from BY UNNY friends with Hathras teen, involving three channels in- which socio-economic cluding Arnab Goswami's categories, watched in Shopian, assures ‘justice at all costs’ Republic TV. whichchannels forhow family denies they beat her “So farthree channels includ- long over aparticular the 19-year-old woman was ers who were killedinafakeen- ing Republic, Fakt Marathi, and time period. TRP dataare JIGNASASINHA beaten up by her brother and ARUNSHARMA counter by theArmyinShopian BoxCinema have been found to usuallyreleasedweekly, &AMILBHATNAGAR mother on September 14,the JAMMU,OCTOBER8 on July18this year. be indulging in suchmalprac- and form the basis of NEWDELHI,OCTOBER8 dayofthe incident. "Restassured,you will get tices,” Mumbai Police claims by channels to be- The 19-year-old Dalit woman IN Avisible outreacheffort, justice at all costs," the Lt Commissioner ParamBir Singh ing the “most watched”. THE FOUR men accusedinthe had died15days afterthe inci- Jammu &Kashmir Lt Governor Governor told the grievingfam- said at apress conference. Hathras assault and gangrape dent, forwhichthe four upper Manoj Sinha walked over half-a- ilies who had gathered at Tarkasi Four persons —the owners EXPLAINED case have writtentothe Hathras caste menhavebeen booked.In kilometreacross mountainous villageinRajouri district, at the of the Fakt Marathi and Box PAGE 15 Superintendent of Police, claim- astatement recordedbeforea terrain to meetthe familymem- Manoj Sinha with the family house of MohammadYusuf, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ing theyare “innocent” and that CONTINUEDONPAGE2 bers of the three Rajouri labour- members in Rajouri. 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If he Hajipurwiththelargest marginat India Todaywas available until everygovernmentfrom1989to could oblige afellowpolitician, that time, entering the Guinness press time. 2020, with onlyoccasional peri- even if the person were from the Book of Records. He wastowin whichhedid even 50 years into throughportfolioslikeRailways, Soon, he embarkedonaca- bers, had appeared immuneto Singh said “the moneyearned ods of being out of power. opposing side, or assistajour- from this reservedconstituency his public lifespokeeloquently Coal, Communications, and reer mostlycentred on anti- political pressure. through advertisementsbythese He servedasaminister in the nalistintrouble, he would go out eighttimes.Lastyear,for thefirst about what he deeply believed Chemicals and Fertilisers. Congress politics. Aproduct of AfterVPSingh, Paswan car- channels through fake TRPs will governmentsofVPSingh, HD of his waytohelp. His doors time, he lethis brothercontest ineversincehisfirstelectionwin And yet, today, it is the im- theJPmovement—hisdeathto- riedsimilar weight in the HD be considered as the proceeds of Deve Gowda, IKGujral, Atal were always open and he never from Hajipur,while he was as an MLAfromBihar in 1969. print of Paswan's political jour- daycoincidedwith the death DeveGowdagovernmentduring crime.Once we find the accounts Bihari Vajpayee, Manmohan stood on ceremony. electedtoRajya Sabha in adeal On Thursdayevening, the neythatwillbehardtomatch. anniversaryofJayprakash whichhewas Leader of theLok wherethe moneywas trans- Singh and Narendra Modi. The As aministerinVajpayee’s worked out withthe BJP. 74-year-old breathedhis lastin “Shri RamVilas Paswan Ji Narayan —hewas arrested Sabha as Gowda had taken ferred,wewillget them frozen”. portfolios he held included government, Paswan still kept Of the six LJP MPs in the cur- aDelhi hospital, following car- rose in politics through hard- whenEmergency waspro- charge without yetbeinganMP. Republic has accusedthe Railways, Labour and Welfare, verycordial relations with neigh- rent Lok Sabha, twoare Pas- diacailmentsandakidneyshut- work anddetermination.Asa claimedand spent that entire The divisions within the Janata Mumbai Police and itschief per- Food. The 74-year-oldwas