follow us: tuesday, december 17, 2019 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 20 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Lt. Gen. Manoj Mukund Temple will come up Slowdown not entirely Democrats bolster case Naravane will be the in Ayodhya in four due to global factors, against Trump, say he next Chief of Army Staff months, says Amit Shah says Shaktikanta Das betrayed the nation page 9 page 12 page 15 page 14 Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Students erupt in nationwide protests Don’t let ‘vested ■ Police action in Jamia, AMU ■ Opposition, ruling fronts ■ Won’t implement citizenship interests’ divide sends youth out to the streets unite in Kerala against CAA law or NRC, declares Mamata society, says Modi Cong. MP for privilege SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT motion against Smriti NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Stung by the brutal police ac­ ‘Stay away from rumours, falsehoods’ Congress member of the Lok tion at Jamia Millia Islamia Sabha Manickam Tagore has and Aligarh Muslim Universi­ Special Correspondent given a notice of privilege ty on Sunday, students took NEW DELHI against Minister for Women and Child Development to the streets in Chennai, Pu­ As violence and unrest Smriti Irani for allegedly ducherry, Hyderabad, Mum­ spread across various States misleading the House on bai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, against the Citizenship Congress leader Rahul Varanasi, Kolkata and Guwa­ (Amendment) Act (CAA), Gandhi’s remarks about rape. hati in solidarity, even as pol­ Prime Minister Narendra Mr. Tagore met the LS itical leaders held rallies and Modi on Monday termed the Secretary General on dharnas against the Citizen­ protests “unfortunate and Monday, seeking privilege ship (Amendment) Act (CAA) deeply distressing” and ap­ proceedings against Ms. Irani. on Monday. pealed to people to stay NEWS Ī PAGE 12 In a rare moment for Kera­ away from rumour­mongers DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD la, the ruling Left Democrat­ and not let “vested inter­ HC annuls election of ic Front (LDF) joined hands ests” divide society. Azam Khan’s son as MLA with the Opposition United In a series of tweets, he ALLAHABAD Democratic Front (UDF) to said the CAA did not affect In a jolt to Rampur MP Azam protest against the CAA, any Indian of any religion. Khan, the Allahabad HC on while West Bengal Chief Mi­ “No Indian has anything to Debate, discussion and dis­ Monday annulled the election nister Mamata Banerjeee ad­ worry regarding this Act. sent were essential parts of of the senior SP leader’s son dressed a massive rally in This Act is only for those democracy “but never has Abdullah Khan as an MLA on Kolkata. who have faced years of per­ damage to public property the ground that he was secution outside and have and disturbance of normal underage and not qualified to ‘Attack on India’s soul’ no other place to go except life been a part of our fight the poll in 2017. A Bench Congress general secretary Boiling point: Various organisations staging a protest at India Gate in New Delhi on Monday. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR India.” ethos.” of Justice S.P. Kesarwani Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led a The law, he noted, was The BJP, too, put out declared the election of the dharna at India Gate in the me behind bars, but I will that Kerala, with its distinc­ es said on Monday, but the Bench headed by Chief Jus­ passed by both Houses of statements after Sunday’s junior Khan from the Suar capital, condemning the Na­ never implement this black tive secular character, would police insisted the wounds tice of India S.A. Bobde. Parliament with over­ incidents at Jamia Millia Isla­ Assembly segment null and void on a plea by defeated rendra Modi government for law. We will continue to prot­ lead the widespread resis­ could be from the sharp end Speaking at a joint Opposi­ whelming support. “A large mia, accusing the Congress BSP candidate Nawab Kazim bringing the CAA and attack­ est democratically till this tance to the Centre’s move to of tear­gas shells. tion press meet, CPI(M) gen­ number of political parties and others of stoking trou­ Ali Khan . ing innocent students of Ja­ law is scrapped. If they want undermine the secular foun­ eral secretary Sitaram Ye­ and MPs supported its pas­ ble. Party spokesperson mia Millia. “An attack on stu­ to implement it in Bengal, dation of the Constitution. SC to hear pleas today chury demanded an inquiry sage. This Act illustrates In­ Sambit Patra, at a press con­ NORTH & EAST Ī PAGE 5 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD dents is an attack on the soul they will have to do it over Meanwhile, protesters The Supreme Court, which by a Supreme Court judge in­ dia’s centuries­old culture ference in New Delhi, said, of India,” she said. my dead body.” vandalised a police station agreed to hear on Tuesday to the Jamia incident. of acceptance, harmony, “Having lost the battle in Speaking at the Kolkata In Thiruvananthapuram, and torched vehicles in Mau pleas alleging police atroci­ (With inputs from Chen- compassion and brother­ Parliament, the Opposition rally, Ms. Banerjee said, “As Kerala Chief Minister Pina­ in Uttar Pradesh, prompting ties on students at Aligarh nai, Thiruvananthapuram, hood,” he said. is using students as pawns long as I am alive, I will never rayi Vijayan said the Centre the police to fire in the air. Muslim University and Jamia Mumbai, Guwahati and PTI) Mr. Modi said, “This is the to play political games over implement the citizenship had perverted the original Two men who were appa­ Millia Islamia, said it would time to maintain peace, un­ the CAA, which has nothing law or the NRC [National Re­ law by introducing a commu­ rently caught in the Jamia not hear this issue in an at­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 ity and brotherhood. It is do with Indian citizens.” gister of Citizens] in the nally polarising amendment violence are being treated mosphere of violence. “The RULES READY Ī PAGE 12 my appeal to everyone to State. You can very well dis­ that discriminated against for “gunshot injuries” at Saf­ only thing we want is that the SUPREME COURT TO HEAR PLEAS stay away from any sort of CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 miss my government or put Muslims. Mr. Vijayan added darjung Hospital here, sourc­ violence must stop,” said a FOR JUDICIAL PROBE Ī PAGE 13 rumours and falsehoods.” ‘CENTRE TO BLAME’ Ī PAGE 13 Students released, but protests continue at Jamia Govt. releases ₹35,298 cr. RTI ‘abuse’ led to ‘fear’ Demonstrations also at DU, India Gate and outside Delhi Police Headquarters in GST compensation among officials: CJI Staff reporter vists manhandled them. Stu­ Transfer done ahead of Council meet ‘Norms needed to filter requests’ new delhi dents also alleged that earlier Protests continued at Jamia in the day, there was a police Priscilla Jebaraj ment warning that it was Krishnadas Rajagopal have reason to fear.” Millia Islamia on Monday, a crackdown on students who NEW DELHI prepared to take the issue to NEW DELHI The Supreme Court was day after the police baton­ were “peacefully protesting The Centre released ₹35,298 the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India (CJI) hearing an application filed charged and fired tear­gas by boycotting examinations”. crore to the States in Goods Speaking at an event ear­ Sharad Arvind Bobde on by Ms. Bhardwaj and retired shells at students and other and Services Tax (GST) com­ lier in the day, Finance Mi­ Monday said the unbridled Commodore Lokesh Bhatra protesters agitating against 2 FIRs registered pensation on Monday, just nister Nirmala Sitharaman use of the Right to Informa­ about the lack of transpa­ the amended citizenship law. The Delhi police lodged two two days before a crucial sought to assure the States tion (RTI) Act had created a rency in the appointment of Thirty­five students who FIRs in connection with the meeting of the GST Council. that the Centre would not sense of “paralysis and fear” information commission­ had been detained by the pol­ violence during Sunday’s The decision comes at a renege on its promise to in the government and ers, despite a February 15 ice were released in the early protest in the Jamia Nagar time when several States compensate them and ex­ norms were needed to “fil­ judgment. “We want to find hours of Monday. Vice Chan­ area and Mathura Road. had urged the Centre to plained that the delay was ter” the requests. a way to stop the abuse... cellor Najma Akhtar put to All India Students’ Association members protesting at DU The Delhi government said transfer the compensation because GST collections had Senior lawyer Prashant Don’t speak as if there is no rest rumours that a student against Sunday's police action at Jamia Millia Islamia. Chief Minister Arvind Kejri­ payments, which have been been lower than expected. Bhushan, appearing for acti­ abuse,” the CJI said. of the university had been * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR wal has sought an appoint­ pending for several months, vist Anjali Bhardwaj, said, killed during the protest, but ment with Union Home Mi­ with the Punjab govern­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 “Only those who are corrupt CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 decried the police action. tified in due course and ac­ said that the violence was nister Amit Shah to discuss Protests also erupted at tion taken against them. wrong. the issue. “AAP is completely Delhi University, outside the The area around Jamia At Delhi University, mem­ against any kind of violence.