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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 aff ect 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 qualifi ed to ‘Attack on India’s soul’ no other place to go except life been a part of our fi ght 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 fi re 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 offi cials: CJI
Staff reporter vists manhandled them. Stu Transfer done ahead of Council meet ‘Norms needed to fi lter 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 fi led charged and fi red 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 Thirtyfi ve 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 “fi l judgment. “We want to fi nd 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. tifi ed 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. Police Headquarters and at where clashes broke out on bers of students’ groups, in Whoever has indulged in and Unnao rape India Gate in the evening Sunday remained relatively cluding AISA, NSUI and instigated the violence must with heavy police deploy calm even as several people ABVP, gathered at the Arts be punished after a thorough case: Sengar ment. Two reporters of a gathered at street corners, Faculty. and independent probe of news agency were allegedly discussing the previous day’s While the police main the entire matter,” said AAP found guilty assaulted by protesters and events. Though there was tained that there was heavy Delhi convener and Delhi Mi were rushed to Holy Family support for the students’ deployment to maintain law nister Gopal Rai. Special Correspondent Hospital for treatment. Police right to protest, several resi and order, several protesters NEW DELHI said the accused will be iden dents The Hindu spoke to claimed that rightwing acti SEE ALSO Ī PAGES 2 & 3 A Delhi court on Monday held former BJP MLA Kul deep Singh Sengar guilty of raping a minor in Uttar Pra Jamia, AMU VCs present a study in contrast desh’s Unnao in June 2017. Arguments on the quan tum of sentence, which While Najma Akhtar stood by her students, Tariq Mansoor allowed the police on campus may extend to life impri sonment, will be heard on Jaideep Deo Bhanj protests in diff erent parts of Wednesday. Anuj Kumar the city. The court said the vic Delhi/Aligarh Registrar Abdul Hamid, an tim’s testimony was un As university campuses IPS offi cer, who is being seen blemished and truthful, erupted in protest against as the man who helped the and was proved to be of the passage of the Citizen VC make the decision to al “sterling quality” to arrive ship (Amendment) Bill in low the police to enter the at the conclusion that she Parliament, the reactions of campus, said late in the even was sexually assaulted by Vice Chancellors of Jamia ing that 26 persons have Sengar. However, the co Millia Islamia and Aligarh been arrested. “Nine or 10 of accused Shashi Singh got Muslim University — the two them are university students. the benefi t of the doubt universities that registered Najma Akhtar Tariq Mansoor The rest are all outsiders. and was acquitted. the most vocal protests — The students would be re Sengar was convicted of were a study in contrast. huge damage to university the psyche of the students leased soon,” he told The the charge of committing While Jamia VC Najma Ak property,” Ms. Akhtar said who were in the reading Hindu. AMU oldtimers say off ences under Section 376 htar stood by her students on Monday. She went a step room and other areas of the this is the fi rst time the police (rape) of the Indian Penal and condemned the police further, saying the university university. were allowed to enter hostels Code, read with Sections 5 action on campus, her AMU will lodge an FIR over the and pick up students. “Ear (c) (public servant commit counterpart Tariq Mansoor damage to property and pol Registrar’s hand? lier, police were allowed to ting penetrative sexual as decided to allow the men in ice action on students. The The AMU administration on enter only when the students sault on a child) and 6 khaki to enter the campus VC also said that the universi the other hand could not would cause harm to the (punishment of minimum premises. ty has requested the Ministry come out with exact fi gures campus property during any 10 years, which may ex “Police entered the cam of Human Resource Develop as to how many students protest against the adminis tend to life imprisonment, pus without permission. We ment to order a probe into were picked up/arrested by tration and it was limited to and fi ne) of the Protection will not tolerate police pre the police crackdown. the police till late on Monday. the Vice Chancellor’s Lodge of Children from Sexual Of sence on campus. They Ms. Akhtar sought to as With speculation ranging and the administrative fences (POCSO) Act. scared our students with suage the students, saying from 21 to 60, a panic situa block,” said a university offi brutality. There has been the police swoop impacted tion was created, triggering cial, requesting anonymity. CBI PULLED UP Ī PAGE 9 CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ‘Why did police beat us? We were studying’ In Jamia, entering Students recall the incident when police barged into the Jamia Millia Islamia library and hit them with batons a library is a fi rst Hemani Bhandari New Delhi “We were peacefully sitting for the police inside the library and study ing. We were not even prot esting outside. I don’t know ‘Mob’ violence cannot justify police why they hit us,” said Taj Mo brutality. In any democracy, a uniformed hammed (23), second year student of Masters in Islamic force must be an accountable one Studies as he lay on the bed at Al Shifa Hospital. Amit Baruah any bystander. Recalling the incident NEW DELHI when police entered the Ja The scenes of police per Contrasting approaches mia Millia Islamia campus sonnel barging into the li Unlike JNU ViceChancellor here on Sunday evening, the brary of a university, beat Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, native of Uttar Pradesh said Broken door and windows of the library at Jamia Millia Islamia; ing students and fi ring who has been locked in a that though holidays had (above) abandoned bags of university students. * R.V. MOORTHY teargas shells inside an en protracted confrontation been declared, he hadn’t closed space are quite un with his students and union gone home as he was prepar Standing next to him was salt in the jacket of his pock precedented. So are pic leadership, Jamia Vice ing for his National Eligibility his friend Amir Fahad who ets which he wore on Sunday tures of two students lying Chancellor Najma Akhtar Test examination and goes to claimed that a blind friend of and continued to wear on injured inside a toilet. came out openly against the library to study. his who was also inside the li Monday, he said, “My eyes Overnight scenes of pol what she called atrocities “It was around 66.30 brary pleaded with cops and hurt. I didn’t feel like a stu ice brutality in and around against her students. p.m. when police entered told them that he was blind dent yesterday. I was made Jamia Millia Islamia, which In a video message, she forcibly. As soon as they en but they abused him. to feel like a criminal”. have been captured by jour said that the police entry in tered, they started abusing of students. In the morning, conds, a cop saw us and But within minutes, police The injured also included nalists and protesters alike, to the Jamia campus and us. They had sticks in their he was shifted to the Al Shifa pulled out a male friend hid offi cials caught hold of him Jamia school students, 17 Scene of mayhem cannot be justifi ed on the beating up students study hands and were wearing hel Hospital where he under ing next to me.” while he was helping his yearold Mustafeez Mumtaz The new library inside the grounds that “mobs” in ing in the university library mets and jackets. They threw went treatment and was later Zaful Islam, a research friend. “I wasn’t protesting and 18yearold Shahzeb who Univeristy, on Monday, was a dulged in violence. The was “totally not accepta our books. My mobile phone discharged. scholar, said: “We requested on Sunday. Police threw tear nursed their wounds at the testimony to the mayhem on onus is always on law enfor ble” to her. was on the table, a cop took A female student who them to not use force on us gas shells inside the library hospital. Sunday. The bags of stu cement authorities to use “I want to tell my stu it and broke it,” he said. didn’t wish to be identifi ed but they did not listen.” building. I ran outside as Inzamam Ul Haq (21), stu dents, papers and books minimum force. dents that they are not Next, as he recalled, he said: “I’ll never forget it. Pol Malik Mahmood, fi nal they entered. They hit my dent of Development Com which were lying on the ta alone in this diffi cult mo was hit on his head and back ice didn’t care whether it was year student of Masters in Is friend and I was helping him munication, recalled how ble remained as it is. Police versus protesters ment,” Ms. Akhtar added. with a stick after which he male or female. They lamic Studies, was at the old when they hit me as well,” he stayed inside the washroom The blue coloured plastic In any democratic polity, lay semiconscious on the charged at us with sticks. I library sitting and studying. said while a doctor at Al Shifa next to the library and drank chairs were spread haywire where the rule of law ap NEWS ANALYSIS fl oor. He was taken to the Ho hid under a table and made a As police entered, he ran out Hospital took a look at his water from the taps after be and upside down. The glass plies, a uniformed force ly Family Hospital by a group short video but within se to save himself, he recalled. swollen back. ing lathicharged. Carrying es, broken. must be accountable for its Addressing a press con actions. The police are sup ference on Monday, the posed to be trained for ViceChancellor also made dealing with provocations; it clear that the university Do not club all violence they are not supposed to would register an FIR about JMI students from J&K leaving city lash out in anger against police entry into the Jamia students inside a library or campus and a highlevel in under ‘Jamia’, says VC outside a house. quiry into how it happened. Hosteller says many residents hid in washroom as violence erupted on campus The burning of buses or Ms. Akhtar pointed out Special Correspondent <> There are many destruction of public pro while 10,000 people were New Delhi areas surrounding Hemani Bhandari perty is abhorrent, but so marching outside Jamia, New Delhi Jamia Millia Islamia Vice the university, are the scenes of uniformed the police came after 10 Chancellor Najma Akthar which are not in our Rutba Aalee (20), a Political policemen beating student persons into the campus. requested the media to not Science student who resides protesters. A point of interest is that control... because of club all the violence that in the Jammu and Kashmir The pictures of nearly a while the Jamia ViceChan happened in the area on this we are being Girls’ Hostel in Jamia Millia Is dozen lathiwielding police cellor, appointed by the BJP Sunday under the name “Ja dragged in lamia ( JMI), waited outside men hitting a male student government earlier this mia” as it was hurting the Najma Akhtar the campus for her cab to Noi being defended by a group year, has come out openly Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia reputation of the university. da. She feels unsafe at the un of women students of Jamia against the police entry into “Any incident that hap iversity. “The proctor had has gone viral. Though Del her university, Aligarh Mus pened in the area... the rious concern over police come and assured us that we hi has been no stranger to lim University ViceChan name Jamia is being used. action that “irreparably are the responsibility of the such kinds of violence, cellor Tariq Mansoor went There are many areas sur harmed the psyche of the authorities... the students that what has happened in Ja on record to say on Monday rounding the university, students, besides destruc were trapped and attacked in mia is quite that he had called the pol which are not in our control tion of valuable property side the library were also the Jamia Millia Islamia students leaving the campus on Monday. * R.V. MOORTHY unprecedented. ice to the AMU campus to and because of this we are and infrastructure that responsibility of the authority It’s not as if Delhi Police deal with antisocial being dragged in,” the Vice takes years to build”. and they could not protect learnt that a bus had been were injured. We called in all was to calm each other or its Special Branch would elements. Chancellor said. The VC clarifi ed that stu them,” she said. torched. Soon after, they got the girls studying medicine to down.” have been unaware of the The issue of police entry dents staying in the univer Rutba did not step out of to know that the police had give them fi rst aid,” she said, Rutba’s parents back home mood of people, especially into a university campus ‘Psyche harmed’ sity hostels were not being the hostel on Sunday and entered the university and adding that the students in Kashmir saw the news on Muslims, in the wake of the has always been a diffi cult A special meeting of the Ja forcibly evicted following watched the events unfold students were being thrashed. thought that since they were TV and called her to enquire Citizenship (Amendment) one. So far, the police mia Millia Islamia Executive declaration of winter vaca from inside the campus. “We could see the smoke at a girls’ hostel, the police whether she was okay. “For Act being passed by Parlia would only enter a universi Council (EC) was held on tion. “Rather, they have The women in her hostel from the tear gas shells. We would not come close. me, none of this is new... I ment. For instance, after ty campus with prior per Monday where it took been advised to proceed to had locked themselves in the could hear students and pol There were a few who were have seen all this before, so I Friday prayers, thousands mission. strong exception to the en their hometowns. The hos washroom and cried out of ice shouting and screaming. severely injured and the am was okay, said Rutba who was of Muslims marched to With the ViceChancellor try of the police into the tel administration is geared fear. Rutba kept receiving up Subsequently, a huge group of bulance came to take them, among many students who wards Barakhamba Road / going on record, it’s clear campus without permis up to facilitate the residents dates on her class WhatsApp boys came to our hostel to she said, adding: “We were all left the campus on Monday Tolstoy Marg. that this did not happen in sion. The EC expressed se for their travel,” she said. group. In the afternoon, she take refuge. Many of them frightened and all we could do fearing for their safety. The anger was visible to the case of Jamia. ‘Two men admitted with gunshot injuries’ They were allegedly at JMI protest
Press Trust of India when he was hit by a “pel New Delhi let”. “He underwent surgery Two men who were appa last night and was shifted to rently part of the demon a ward,” Mohammad Ar stration by Jamia Millia Isla shad said, adding that So mia (JMI) students on haib was a 4thyear B.Tech Sunday have been admitted student at Jamia Hamdard. to Safdarjung Hospital with Ajaz (22), who suff ered “gunshot injuries”, sources gunshot injury on his chest said on Monday. allegedly at the protest site, The father of one of the is also undergoing treat
men, Sohaib Khan (23), said ment. The Delhi Police has, People stop to take a look at a bus that was gutted during the violence on Sunday. * PTI his son was not part of the however, denied fi ring at protest but was passing by protesters during the clash. Locals condemn destruction of property, violence by protesters Many are worried that things may escalate further
Staff Reporter breaking vehicles... that is blood we bleed is the same,” New Delhi just wrong,” he added. he said, asking to remain People living near Jamia Mil Jagdish (name changed), anonymous. lia Islamia ( JMI), which saw in front of whose house a bus “I was sitting in my room police and protesters clash was set on fi re on Sunday, when my driver came in tell on Sunday, condemned the questioned the logic behind ing me to stay put. By that violence and said they were allowing protesters to come time they had taken his bike concerned about the future up to Mathura Road. and set it on fi re,” said Ma of the locality. “For the last few days the mata (name changed), a resi “We are worried that protests were happening dent of New Friends Colony. things may escalate further,” near Jamia and there was The remains of the two said Punit Sharma, who some violence happening wheeler lay under a torched along with his friends was there. Who then thought it bus in front of her house. playing Volleyball at a park in would be a good idea to let Angry with the protesters, the area when the clashes them come all the way here,” she said: “They did not fulfi l broke out. he asked. Jagdish was out for their responsibility as “We hid our bikes so that a stroll when he saw protes citizens.” they would not be dam ters running towards him, People were seen taking aged... you never know what and had to rush back home. pictures of the gutted re could happen in such a situa “These people have every mains of buses on Mata Man tion” said his brother Nitin right to carry out a protest dir Road. Some even stepped Sharma. but destruction of property inside to take selfi es. “People in this area sup was uncalled for,” he added. Nearby shops, many of port the right to protest. But He agreed that opposition which had shut early on Sun for it to turn violent like to the amended Citizenship day in anticipation of the ral this... burning buses and Act was legitimate. “The ly, were open on Monday.
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Staff Reporter New Delhi A day after violence at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), protests spread to Delhi University (DU) where students de monstrated against the amended Citizenship Act and tried to enforce a strike and boycott the ongoing semester examinations. Several students claimed that police and paramilitary personnel lathicharged de
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Condemning the inci dent, Delhi University Stu dents’ Union (DUSU) presi Police launch drive to track down ‘rumour mongers’ dent Akshit Dahiya said: “It All India Students’ Association members protest against is my duty to help the stu police action at Jamia Millia Islamia, on Delhi University Spokesperson says that action will only be taken against those involved in illegal activities dents who are appearing for campus on Monday. * PTI the exams if they are SAURABH TRIVEDI identifying WhatsApp gated the violence and being circulated widely One video that went viral stopped from doing so. We students from opposing ide here to protest against the New Delhi groups and other social me created an insecure at from verifi ed handles. The was of a policeman pouring reject any lockdown call for ologies assaulted each other recently passed Citizenship The police have launched a dia platforms that “fuelled mosphere in the city, he Delhi Police urges people to some liquid inside a bus. DU and I reach out to all stu despite heavy police de Act, and against the brutal massive identifi cation drive, violence by posting unveri added. not believe rumours and re “The video claimed that pol dents to appear for exams ployment. manner in which students on the ground as well as on fi ed videos and pictures”. “A team of police person quest children, especially ice personnel were seen set without fear.” “The demonstration was were attacked by the police social media, to round up al nel supervised by a senior students, to not be afraid,” ting vehicles on fi re... The Later in the day, student meant to be peaceful... the on Sunday. Unfortunately, leged perpetrators of vio Instigated violence police offi cer is scanning so he added. policeman were trying to groups, including the Na police were seen backing members of a certain group lence that erupted in south Our investigations have cial media platforms to iden The spokesperson said put out a minor fi re caused tional Students’ Union of In the ABVP and they manhan decided to dilute the issue east Delhi on Sunday when found that rumours like tify rumour mongers. The that action will only be ta by the protesters. The time dia (NSUI), All India Stu dled other students. Several and turn it into a clash bet protesters opposing the death of students, injuries police will fi le a separate FIR ken against those involved ly response of the police dents’ Association (AISA) students were also detained ween ideologies.” amended Citizenship Act due to police fi ring, buses under Sections of IT Act,” in illegal activities. “We have man saved the bus from be and Akhil Bharatiya Vid but those from the ABVP The Delhi Police, howev clashed with the police. being set alight by police said the spokesperson. to identify those involved in ing burned down... we can hyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were spared,” said Rishi, an er, maintained that the Delhi Police spokesper men, sharing visuals of Pat “We are continuously the incident, and action will share the numbers of the held demonstrations out MA student. force was deployed to main son M.S. Randhawa said na and Aligarh as happening monitoring social media be taken only against them,” bus... it is in the workshop side the Arts Faculty. DU student Surbhi Jais tain law and order and no they are in the process of in Jamia Millia Islamia, insti platforms as rumours are Mr. Randhawa added. now,” he said. Protesters claimed that wal said, “We had gathered students were detained. AAP, Congress Arvind Kejriwal seeks AAP seeks independent probe Nuh residents condemn using students ‘police brutality’ for political meeting with Shah into ‘violence’ inside JMI gains, says BJP To hold another protest on Dec. 18 ‘Worried about law and order situation’ Party says no clash at protest held by MLA Amanatullah Khan Special Correspondent Manch, and Nagina govern NUH Special Correspondent Special Correspondent have asked Home Minister Staff Reporter Whoever indulged brary. The AAP demands an ment college student leader New Delhi New Delhi Amit Shah for an New Delhi <> independent inquiry into Hundreds of people, includ Afzal Jalapur were present. in violence [on The Delhi BJP on Monday Chief Minister Arvind Kejri appointment.” The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) this unwanted violence in ing students, gathered at MVS chief Salamuddin, an accused Chief Minister Ar wal on Monday said he had On Sunday, the CM had on Monday demanded an in Sunday] must be side the university, and the Badkali Chowk here on Mon advocate, said there was vind Kejriwal, his deputy sought time from Union said that any kind of violence dependent probe into the punished after a guilty should be punished,” day to protest against police strong resentment among Manish Sisodia and AAP Ok Home Minister Amit Shah to was unacceptable and prot “violence” that took place thorough probe he added. action on Jamia Millia Islamia the people of Nuh against the hla MLA Amanatullah Khan discuss the law and order sit ests should remain peaceful. inside Jamia Millia Islamia Gopal Rai AAP MP Sanjay Singh said ( JMI) students in Delhi, and amended Citizenship Act, of being part of a conspiracy uation in the Capital. “No one shud indulge in vio ( JMI) on Sunday. It also said AAP Delhi convener that a thorough inquiry is re the amended Citizenship the NRC and the police bru “to spread violence” in the Mr. Kejriwal had on Sun lence. Any kind of violence is that the BJP was doing “dir lent, Mr. Rai said that there quired to fi nd out who burnt Act. tality on university students. Capital. A BJP delegation day appealed to protesting unacceptable. Protests shud ty” politics in Delhi as they were no clashes at the prot the buses on Sunday. He ad Holding placards oppos “The action of the police met the Delhi Police Com students to ensure that their remain peaceful [sic.],” he fear defeat in the upcoming est carried out by AAP MLA ded that the BJP’s role in the ing the Act as well as the Na against the students shows missioner to demand stern protests were peaceful. He had tweeted. Assembly elections. Amanatullah Khan. entire incident also needs to tional Register of Citizens that the present regime can action against those guilty had also urged Lieutenant Senior AAP leader Sanjay “AAP is completely “On Sunday, there were be exposed. “Ever since (NRC), people from across go to any extent to suppress of rioting in southeast Del Governor Anil Baijal to take Singh said, “We appeal to the against any kind of violence. two protests in Okhla. In the Amit Shah took over as the district gathered at the the voice of the masses. Pol hi on Sunday. It alleged that “all steps to restore normal people to not indulge in any Whoever has indulged in, fi rst, locals and the legislator Home Minister, the Delhi chowk around 4 p.m. and ice brutality as seen on Sun AAP and the Congress were cy and peace” in the city. violence, and raise their and instigated, the violence participated, but no vio Police has been resorting to held a protest for over an day is unprecedented in a de “using the students for their Taking to Twitter over the voice in a democratic man [on Sunday] must be pun lence occurred. The second extreme brutalities on la hour. Many of them held tri mocracy,” he said. political gain”. issue on Monday, Mr. Kejri ner. We condemn the vio ished after a thorough and protest in JMI saw the police wyers, students, farmers, colours and raised slogans in A protest will be held in “We strongly condemn wal said: “I am very worried lence by the Delhi Police in independent probe,” AAP enter the campus without diff erently abled persons support of the JMI and Ali Nuh on December 18 on the the violent protests against about the deteriorating law Jamia. This is the trend fol Delhi convener Gopal Rai the permission of the Vice and even women,” he said, garh Muslim University issue, and a ‘Mashal March’ the amended Citizenship and order in Delhi. Peace lowed since Amit Shah be said at a press conference. Chancellor or the Proctor... adding: “The AAP strongly students. will be organised till Ghasera Act on Sunday,” Delhi BJP should be restored imme came the Home Minister,” Referring to Sunday’s they used tear gas, and lathi condemns brutal police ac Workers of Mewat Vikas village, also called Gandhi chief Manoj Tiwari said. diately in Delhi for this, I Mr. Singh said. protests which turned vio charged students in the li tion against JMI students.” Sabha (MVS), Mewat RTI Gaon, he added. SC gives three FASTag fallout: Kherki toll plaza months for Fight against pollution: painting pilot project roads, lasers among options witnesses 2kmlong traffi c snarls on smog tower Staff had to lift booms more than 2 dozen times to clear congestion
Press Trust of India A highlevel panel in its report to SC suggests several pilot projects Ashok Kumar New Delhi GURUGRAM The Supreme Court on Nikhil M Babu offi cial said. Such products Around twokmlong traffi c Monday gave three months’ New Delhi have been used by Dubai snarls were caused on both DELHI TODAY time to the Centre and Del Painting roads with photo municipality in parks and al sides of the Kherki Daula toll hi government for the pilot catalytic coating to clean air, so in Mexico. plaza during rush hours on Talk: Prof. Mushirul Hasan Memorial project of setting up a using antismog guns at con the fi rst working day on Mon Lecture 2019: Lecture on “Freedom ‘smog tower’ at Connaught struction sites to reduce Smog tower day after the dedicated FAS & Sons Ltd. – The enterprise of free Place here to deal with the dust pollution and setting The HLC has also suggested Tag lanes order was rolled speech in a market of control” by Goplakrishna Gandhi, former Gov problem of air pollution, up of a 20 metrehigh ‘smog that a pilot project of “smog out a day ago. The toll man ernor of West Bengal, Distinguished while brushing aside their tower’ with air purifi ers are tower”, as suggested by an agement authority had to lift Professor of History and Politics, Ashoka University. A book titled request seeking nine among the pilot projects expert panel of IITDelhi, booms more than two dozen “Mushirul Hasan – An Intellectual months for the same. suggested by a High Level IITBombay and Depart times during the day to clear Long traffi c snarls were witnessed all through the day at and Institutional Journey”, edited by Hari Vasudevan and Suranjan Das “You cannot take that Committee (HLC) to the Su A foreign tourist wearing a ment of Science and Tech the congestion resulting in Kherki Daula toll plaza on Monday as expected . * ASHOK KUMAR will be released on the occasion at much time [eight to nine preme Court to control air mask while touring Old nology, may be taken up. revenue loss. C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India In months]. We do not want to pollution in Delhi and NCR, Delhi. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA A panel from IITBombay As expected, long traffi c the vehicles queued up to convenience to them, we had ternational Centre (IIC), 6.30 p.m. waste one more year,” a said offi cials. and IITDelhi in association snarls were witnessed all two km on both sides. to lift the booms for around Exhibition: “Bronze – Single Edi Bench of Justices Arun Mis “In the report submitted be applied on a range of sur with the University of Min through the day at Kherki “Since around two third of 25 times during the day. tion”, a solo exhibition of sculpture hra and Deepak Gupta said. to the Supreme Court on faces, such as roofi ng tiles or nesota had proposed a 20 Daula toll plaza with 19 of the the motorists passing Usually, we do so only 12 by Tapas Sarkar at Chawla Art Gal lery, Square One Mall, Saket, 11 a.m. Additional Solicitor Gen Thursday, the HLC also re even on the surface of roads. metrehigh smog tower. The total 25 lanes reserved for through the toll are cash us times a day,” said Rajendra 7 p.m. eral A.N.S. Nadkarni, ap commended using of wire Photocatalytic paints con proposal had stated that vehicles fi tted with FASTags. ers, it is bound to happen. It Singh Bhati, Project Head of pearing for the Centre, told less sensors and laser meth tain titanium dioxide [TiO2] 65% reduction in pollution But the situation worsened is causing a lot of harassment Skylark, the company that Screening: A mini festival of Israeli fi lms will feature screening of Zero the apex court that they ods for monitoring which acts as a catalyst can be achieved on an aver during the rush hours with to commuters. To avoid in operates the toll. Motivation, a Hebrew fi lm directed have fi led an affi davit in this pollution,” a senior offi cial when exposed to UV rays age up to 700 metres from by Talya Lavie at Gulmohar Hall, In regard. told The Hindu. and removes atmospheric the the tower. It is expected dia Habitat Centre (IHC), 7 p.m. “How much time do you On November 25, the Su pollutants,” the offi cial said. to infl uence air quality of Screening: Alliance Française de want for implementation of preme Court had directed to The catalyst converts the more than 1 km in the down Delhi – CinéClub will screen Cher Online portal for regularisation of chez la Femme, a French fi lm with the pilot project [on smog form the HLC and look into pollutants into other spe wind direction, according to English subtitles at M.L. Bhartia Aud tower]?” the Bench asked. the feasibility of these tech cies. The committee has offi cials. itorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, Mr. Nadkarni said mini nologies to control and suggested that a pilot study unauthorised colonies launched 72, Lodhi Estate, 10 a.m. mum fi vesix months would monitor pollution. The HLC may be taken up by institu Anti-smog gun (Mail your listings for this column be needed for setting up of has members from Central tions such as IISC and IIT Antismog gun is a device Over 8,300 applications seeking ownership rights received: Puri at [email protected]) the smog tower under the Pollution Control Board Kanpur in association with that sprays nebulised water pilot project. (CPCB), Delhi Pollution Con Ministry of Heavy Industries droplets into the air through Staff Reporter and mapping thereof has the process,” Mr. Puri said. The Bench also interact trol Committee (DPCC), to fi nd out the eff ectiveness high pressure propellers, NEW DELHI been taken up on a war foot ed with an IIT professor, NEERI, professors from IIT of paints using nano mate which help particles to set Union Minister Hardeep ing. Out of 1,731 unauthor Foundation stones laid who is associated with the Delhi, IITKanpur and heads rials for cleaning ambient tle down. Singh Puri and Lieutenant ised colonies, more than Meanwhile, Mr. Puri, Mr. Bai highlevel committee which of environmental depart air, including releasing of “The committee, based Governor Anil Baijal on Mon 1,500 maps of colonies have jal along with DDA Vice is examining the feasibility ments of Delhi, Haryana, other undesirable com on the fi nding of a study by day formally launched the already been delineated and Chairman Tarun Kapoor and of using technology like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. pounds, according to offi the CPCB and DPCC, in Delhi Development Authori more than 1,100 maps have Leader of Opposition in the smog towers to combat pol cials. formed the court that anti ty’s (DDA) online portal already been uploaded on Delhi Assembly Vijender lution. When the IIT expert Painting roads “But there is a risk that smog guns may be eff ective where residents of unauthor the portal,” said Mr. Puri. Gupta laid the foundation said that pilot project here There are companies that nano materials may result in in controlling localised dust ised colonies can register Mr. Puri also added that stones for several projects in would be completed by Au develop photocatalytic production of other unde during the period of appli and upload documents for over 8,300 applications were Rohini. The projects, include gust or September next paints, which can remove sirable species such as ni cation and more suitable to verifi cation for getting ow received on the portal seek a sociocultural centre, year, the Bench said, “Can’t pollutants from the air in trous acid and formalde high dust emission zones nership rights. ing grant of ownership rights. sports complex, utsav pandal it be done in two or three the presence of sunlight and hyde, which will have such as large construction “Delineation of boundar “Directions have been gi and seamless synthetic rub months?”. ultraviolet (UV) rays. “It can adverse health impacts,” the sites,” the offi cial said. ies of unauthorised colonies ven to the DDA to expedite berised fl ooring in parks. 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Timings Protest turns DELHI At least 100 students injured TUESDAY, DEC. 17 Protests against CAA violent in RISE 07:07 SET 17:27 RISE 22:45 SET 11:25 U.P.’s Mau in clash with police at AMU WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 RISE 07:08 SET 17:28 spread to Lucknow Special Correspondent RISE 23:49 SET 12:06 Lucknow Their protest was in solidarity with Jamia Millia students THURSDAY, DEC. 19 Protests against the RISE 07:08 SET 17:28 Seminary students try to take out march, police block gate amended Citizenship Act Anuj Kumar against the Act since last ested that they were asked to RISE 00:00 SET 12:44 Omar Rashid turned violent in Mau dis Aligarh Sunday at the Sir Syed Gate. vacate hostels. “ Flight tick LUCKNOW trict on Monday following Police entered the Aligarh Proctor Afi fullah Khan ets are too expensive and the The protests against the which the administration Muslim University campus said his proctorial team got roads are blocked because of amended Citizenship Act imposed prohibitory or on Sunday evening after a injured in trying to stop the bad weather. How will we spread to Lucknow as stu ders under Section 144 in clash broke out between stu students. According to an go,” asked a Kashmiri dents of the Darul Uloom the aff ected areas. dents and the police. At least eyewitness, the police fi red student. Nadwatul Ulema seminary Restrictions have also 100 students were injured, tear gas shells and managed AMU Students’ Union here gathered in large num been imposed on Internet six of them seriously, as PAC to disperse the students for a strongly condemned the ac bers on Monday morning services, said District Ma and RAF and the U.P. police while. “But they returned tion against the students of and tried to lead a protest gistrate Mau Gyan Prakash lathicharged and showered with salt and buckets,” said a JMI and AMU. “We believe march. Tripathi who stated that a tear gas shells on the student. Then stones were that the police repression However, police closed person had instigated the students hurled at the police, injuring was conveyed by the PM in the gate of the seminary and youth to gather on the According to local sourc many police personnel, in his speech wherein he asso did not allow the students, streets for protest. es, around 7.30 p.m. stu cluding some senior offi cers. ciated the protests with a who raised slogans in soli dents came out of the Sir The police responded in specifi c dress code. The PM darity with the protesting Policemen locking the gates of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema Police lathi-charge Syed Gate in solidarity with kind. wanted to communalise the students of Jamia Millia Isla seminary in Lucknow on Monday. * PTI While the protesters in the the Jamia Millia students. “After that, the police en protests being held by peo mia University, to lead the Mirza Hadipura area alleg A woman student of the tered the campus, and lathi ple of all faiths and diff erent march. Lucknow District Magistrate dents have gone back to edly pelted stones at the law faculty said that RAF ja charged the students and political affi liations,” said Abhishek Prakash. their hostels and classes. police and torched three to wans used “abusive lan broke their vehicles,” said a Salman Imtiaz, president of 0 ‘Stones pelted’ Mr. Prakash said around SSP Lucknow Kalanidhi four vehicles parked near guage and religious slurs” source. “They entered the the outgoing AMUSU, who DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to verify and make appropriate enquiries to Once the gate was closed, 200250 students had gath Naithani said the police used the Dakshintola police sta against them. “I was trying Sir Syed Hall (North) and was also hit during the clash. satisfy themselves about the veracity of an advertisement before responding to the protesters allegedly pelt ered to lead a protest in the restraint to push back the tion, the police resorted to to make a video with my Morisson Hall and beat up SP (City) Abhishek said any published in this newspaper. THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & ed stones, bricks and slip morning. Once the main students. For a brief mo lathicharge and fi red tear friend but they charged at the students.” A student al around 1,500 students broke Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch for the authenticity of any advertisement pers at the police force sta gate was closed, some ment, 3540 seconds, some gas shells to disperse the us,” she alleged. leged that the university ad the Sir Syed Gate on Sunday or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s products and/or services. In no event can tioned outside the gate, for a stones from the pots inside bricks and stones were crowd. Sources said it was a sud ministration was nowhere to evening and started pelting the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ brief moment, police said. were pelted once all of them thrown from inside, he said. Some shots were also den surge as the Students’ be seen. “The Vice Chancel stones on policemen. company be held responsible/liable in any manner whatsoever for any claims “The situation is now un were back in. None was in The situation was brought fi red in the air, as per foot Union had just planned to is lor has yet to make a state Around 30 policemen, in and/or damages for advertisements in this newspaper. der control. All students jured, said the District Ma under control in a short age of the incident being sue a statement. The stu ment,” said a student. cluding Aligarh DIG Preetin have been sent back in,” said gistrate, adding that the stu time, he added. shared on social media. dents have been protesting Kashmiri students prot der Singh, were injured. AGP to challenge Citizenship Act in SC AMU students worry about their future
‘Indigenous people are apprehensive that their identity might come under threat’ ‘The protests will continue,’ says one of the injured lying in JN Medical College Anuj Kumar future in India,” said Naved. When the clash happened, Press Trust of India will never go against their bring the Bill, he cannot do Aligarh we all gathered to provide re Guwahati hopes and aspirations”. anything about it”. “When I regained conscious ‘Possible haemorrhage’ lief. Around 125 students Demanding exclusion of the AGP leader and Minister Former Chief Minister ness, the fi rst thing I asked “There is a sharp laceration were hit. Most of them had Brahmaputra valley from the Keshab Mahanta said the Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has the doctor was the time,” that confi rms that he was hit minor injuries and were dis purview of the Citizenship party has not left its “old said that the party had never muttered Rashid Khan, a by a sharp object. There were charged after an hour. Four Act, ruling BJP’s ally, the stand” of opposing the Act. taken a resolution support fi rstyear student of History, chances of subdural haemor are serious and are being Asom Gana Parishad, had on “Though we are a part of the ing the Act and urged the lea one of the four admitted to rhage. We considered sur monitored,” said Dr. Sathark. Sunday announced to chal NDA, our stand has not dership to clear the party’s the Emergency ward of Jawa gery but right now he is being In the plastic surgery lenge the law in the Supreme changed. We still do not stand on the issue. harlal Nehru Medical College Police personnel on AMU put on conservative medica ward, Sajid is waiting for his Court after it faced the ire of want this Act to be imple after the “bloody” clash with campus on Sunday night. * tion,” said Dr. Sathark, the se friend Rizwan to wake up af some party leaders and AGP president Atul Bora. * mented in Assam and the ‘Not the party’s stand’ the police on Sunday over the PTI nior resident who is treating ter the plastic surgery per grassroot level workers. FILE PHOTO Northeast,” he added. “We cannot go against the in police action in Jamia and the him. formed on his hand. “He was AGP president and Assam A party delegation, led by The regional party’s lone terests of the indigenous pe amended Citizenship Act. ish Kumar has said we should On a bed perpendicular to trying to throw away tear gas Minister Atul Bora said the Mr. Das, will leave for New MP in the Rajya Sabha, Bi ople, and the views ex He only has a faint memo start collecting the docu him was lying Tabrez, who shells. One of them burst in Brahmaputra valley should Delhi to fi le the plea in the rendra Prasad Baishya, had pressed by Mr. Bora were his ry of being hit by a stone hur ments.” had slept after a long and dif his hand. The doctors have be excluded from the pur apex court as the PILs seek opposed the Bill in Parlia personal and not the stand led by a policeman on the left He said the protest started fi cult night. “He has internal tried to reconstruct his view of the law and it may be ing revocation of the Act are ment, but later voted in fa of the party,” Mr. Mahanta side of his forehead. As he after news of police action in injuries in the stomach. He hand,” said Sajid, with tears implemented in the Barak scheduled to be taken up for vour of it. After that, the par claimed. had an exam of Modern His Jamia percolated to the AMU. has been hit by a blunt ob rolling down his cheeks. valley. “We will take the legal hearing on December 18. ty has been termed “traitor” Party MLA Brindaban tory scheduled at 11 a.m, he “We are like bhai-behen. We ject,” said Dr. Sathark. The “Mr Modi fi lls me with route to seek revocation of and is facing severe criticism Goswami has also been criti was relieved to know that it have to stand for each other.” doctor said it was pretty clear both anger and fear. What the Act as the indigenous pe ‘Maintain calm’ across the State with its lead cal of the party leadership has been postponed and that Naved did his Alim course that the Act was targeting a have we done wrong? Why ople of Assam are apprehen Mr. Das, a former Rajya Sab ers being boycotted from pu and had said “what is the the university has shut down from Deoband before doing a particular community but are we being targeted,” he sive that their identity, lan ha MP, appealed to party blic events. point of fi ling a petition till January. “But the protest bridge course to become elig one should also respect the asked. guage might come under workers to maintain calm as Dissidence has been brew against the Act now after the would continue...I will prot ible for graduation. “I wanted line drawn by the administra (The names of the stu- threat,” AGP leader Kumar the AGP “respects the senti ing in the AGP after Mr. Bora party MP voted in its est in my Araria [his native to join the Civil Services but tion. “There are diff erent dents have been changed on Deepak Das said. ments of the people and we said if the Centre “wants to favour”. town in Bihar],” he said. “Nit now I have doubts about my ways to show solidarity. request.) High Court annuls election Physically challenged of Azam Khan’s son as MLA voters score high Over 92% cast votes in Jharkhand poll ‘Was underage and not qualifi ed to fi ght poll in 2017’ Satyasundar Barik assist these voters and 2,504 Press trust of india ary 25, 2017, Kazim Khan DHANBAD (JHARKHAND) wheel chairs were kept rea Allahabad had contended. At a time when the ongoing dy at diff erent polling In a jolt to Rampur MP Kazim Khan had further Jharkhand Assembly elec booths. The administration Azam Khan, the Allahabad pointed out in his petition tion is registering a drop in also provided 3,432 vehicles High Court on Monday an that educational certifi voters turnout compared to to transport them to booths nulled the election of senior cates, passport and visa of 2014 elections, 92.43% physi and take them back to their SP leader’s son Abdullah Abdullah Khan mentioned cally challenged electorates homes,” said Mr. Choubey Khan as an Uttar Pradesh January 1, 1993 as his date of exercised their franchise in The fourth phase voting MLA on the ground that he birth. But in his nomination the penultimate phase on registered a turnout 62.54% was underage and not qual Suar MLA Mohammad papers, Abdullah Khan had Monday. — a drop of 2.12% from ifi ed to fi ght the poll in 2017. Abdullah Azam Khan * mentioned September 30, “In the fourth phase elec 64.66% polling recorded in A Bench of Justice S.P. Ke 1990 as his birth date on the tions held across 15 Assemb 2014 elections. The Jhark sarwani declared the elec the election in 2017. basis of a certifi cate from ly constituencies in four dis hand CEO said the poll tion of the junior Khan from In his election petition Lucknow’s Birth and Death tricts, the number of passed off peacefully with the Suar Assembly segment against Abdullah Khan, Ka registrar. physically challenged voters out any incident of violence. null and void on a plea by zim Khan had contended in the electoral roll was Highest 74.50% votes the defeated BSP candidate, that the elected MLA’s ac Mother’s service record 64,318. It is heartening to were polled in Chandankyari Nawab Kazim Ali Khan. tual date of birth was Janu The Bench unseated the note that 92.43% voters Assembly constituency in Allowing Kazim Khan’s ary 1, 1993 and not Septem Suar MLA after examining could cast their votes,” Jhark Bokaro district. “We have election petition, the Bench ber 30,1990, as claimed in the entire facts as borne out hand’s Chief Electoral Offi c noticed that voter turnout in ruled that Abdullah Khan the nomination paper. of various documents, in er Vinay Choubey said. urban centres is lower in was not qualifi ed to contest Accordingly, he was yet cluding the service record “We had made special ar comparison to rural areas. In the election of the Legisla to reach 25 years of age to of Abdullah Khan’s mother. rangements for physically Dhanbad, 52.69% poll per tive Assembly as he had not become eligible to fi ght the It too had mentioned Janu challenged voters for casting centage — down by 6.5% — yet turned 25 when he fi led election, when he fi led the ary 1, 1993 as his date of their votes. As many as 4,039 was recorded,” Mr. Choubey the nomination papers for nomination papers on Janu birth. volunteers were deployed to said. Odisha villagers resolve to oppose new steel plant Land was acquired for POSCO project
Special Correspondent mental activists joined the BHUBANESWAR meeting to lend their sup Hundreds of villagers from port to the agitating villag three gram panchayats of ers who have come under Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur dis the banner of Jindal Prati trict on Monday unanimous rodh Sangram Samiti to op ly resolved to strongly op pose the venture. pose the proposed steel It was decided that the project of JSW Utkal Steel Li villagers who were to be af mited on the land that was fected by the steel project previously acquired for the would oppose the public POSCO project. hearing for the project that Several leaders from dif the administration is sche ferent political parties as duled to organise in the area well as prominent environ on December 20.
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DELHI THE HINDU 8 SOUTH TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Left and Cong. unite in Kerala Man lynched in Kerala on against ‘discriminative’ CAA suspicion of theft; six held No one helped him while he was attacked by gang last week CM, Leader of Opposition join galaxy of Ministers, leaders and heads of NGOs Wild elephant Staff Reporter custody. A sixth accused, Sa witnessed by several onlook electrocuted in Mandya Staff Reporter THIRUVANANTHAPURAM jimon, was detained on ers who remained mute MANDYA THIRUVANANTHAPURAM A man who was tortured by Monday. spectators. Ajesh, who has A wild elephant died of In a rare bipartisan coming a gang in Kerala a few days Ajesh had been accused been receiving treatment ev electrocution in Mandya together of political forces ago over suspicion of theft, of stealing a bag, which pur er since, died of his burns, district near Malavalli of against the Centre, the Left died of his injuries at the Go portedly contained ₹ 45,000, following sepsis. Karnataka. The tusker, aged Democratic Front (LDF) go vernment Medical College and a mobile phone that be Mr. Sampath said the fi rst about 10, was found dead at vernment on Monday joined Hospital here on Monday. longed to Sajimon, said Thi four accused were autorick an agricultural field, said the hands with the Congressled The police identifi ed the ruvallam station house offi c shaw drivers. The fi fth ac forest and police officials. According to officials, the United Democratic Front deceased as Ajesh, 30, of er Sampath K.L. The gang cused, Robinson, is a relative tusker that probably came (UDF) Opposition to protest Muttukkadu, near Thiruval led by Jinesh then searched of the deceased. from the Cauvery Wildlife against the enactment of the lam here. He was attacked Ajesh’s house. Despite fail The offi cer said the charg Sanctuary in search of food, recently legislated Citizen by the gang on December 11. ing to fi nd the stolen bag es invoked against those ar probably five days back, and ship (Amendment) Act. Following the incident, from the house, they went rested would be altered as came in contact with live Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi fi ve persons, Jinesh, alias Aa on to manhandle Ajesh. murder. cables illegally erected jayan and Leader of the Op mathalayam, 28; Nazeer, The incident bore similar around the farmland. position Ramesh Chennitha alias Shahabudeen, 43; Brutality fi lmed ities to the death of Madhu, a la joined a galaxy of Arun, 29; Sajan, 33; and Ro They also branded his lower tribal youth, who was bea Minor commits suicide, Ministers, political leaders binson, alias Kunjumon, 39 abdomen and genitals using ten to death by a group in At two arrested and heads of social organisa Joint fi ght: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan welcoming All India Jamiyyathul Ulama leader were arrested on Saturday a red hot machete. The bru tappady a year ago after be NARSAPURAM tions to condemn the Bhara Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar at the protest in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. and remanded in judicial tality, which was fi lmed, was ing accused of theft. A Class IX student, who was tiya Janata Partysponsored Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala and Minister Chandrasekharan look on. * S. GOPAKUMAR sexually assaulted by a youth, law as patently unconstitu allegedly committed suicide tional and particularly dis to the Citizenship Act, 1955 countries with which India by consuming pesticide in criminative against Muslim had sought to diff erentiate shared land and maritime Today’s hartal West Godavari district of refugees and migrants aspir people on the basis of their borders. School booked for enactment Andhra Pradesh. The police ing for Indian citizenship. faith and deny their funda “While the legislation has unlawful: police arrested the suspects, Manikala Raju and Mamilla Mr. Vijayan stood his mental rights, he said. The included Afghanistan, with The police have declared ground on the State’s refusal new law denied Muslims the which the country did not as “unlawful” the hartal of Babri Masjid demolition Subramanyam, on Monday. According to the police, Raju to implement the CAA and opportunity available to pe share a border, the Centre called by the Social Special Correspondent reportedly sexually assaulted the National Register of Citi ople of other religions to at has deliberately refused to Democratic Party of India Mangaluru the 14-year-old girl a couple zens (NRC). He alleged that tain citizenship through a consider the longstanding and allied groups in Kerala of days ago. The victim the Centre aspired to lead process of naturalisation. demand of 73,000odd Ta on Tuesday. State Police A case has been registered conveyed the incident to her the country through a des Mr. Vijayan also ques mil refugees from Sri Lanka Chief Loknath Behera said against the management of a friend Subramanyam, who cent into theocracy by fi xing tioned the rationale behind and the numerous Rohingya the SC had ruled that no school in Karnataka’s Daksh reprimanded her, after which religion as the criterion for excluding suppressed mi Muslims from Myanmar to party could call a general ina Kannada district for she consumed soft drink citizenship. None of the ear norities from Myanmar, Sri grant them citizenship,” he strike without prior notice enacting the 1992 demoli laced with pesticide. lier amendments introduced Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal, said. of seven days. tion of Babri Masjid, as part of a school event on Sunday. The Bantwal Town police have booked a case follow ing a complaint against Sri Siddaramaiah, Dinesh likely to continue in posts Rama School in Kalladka town, fi led by a member of The clip of the event at the Sri Rama School was shared on Special Correspondent party high command is ex continued their stay in the leaders have expressed their their resignations are accept the Popular Front of India. social media, attracting criticism. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Bengaluru pected to ask both leaders to national capital. Some of displeasure at the function ed, sources in the party said. The case has been booked After Karnataka Congress continue in their posts. them are keen to meet par ing of Mr, Siddaramaiah and The new president is like for off ence under Sections tracting criticism. The enact Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, leaders Siddaramaiah and ty’s interim president Sonia Mr. Gundu Rao on more than ly to be appointed only after 295 A (deliberate and mali ment of demolition was one a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Dinesh Gundu Rao tendered Capital visit Gandhi and former presi one occasions and blamed the appointment of fulltime cious acts intended to out among the 20odd presenta Sangh leader, who is also a their resignations from the Leaders such as K.H. Muni dent Rahul Gandhi. them for the Lok Sabha and president of the AICC in rage religious feelings) and tions made by nearly 4,000 member of Sri Rama Vidya posts of Leader of the Oppo yappa, H.K. Patil, D.K. Shiva bypoll defeat, both are likely 2020, sources said. 298 (uttering words,etc, students at their annual Kendra Trust that runs the sition and KPCC president kumar, B.K. Hariprasad, S. R. Talks held to stay in their posts. Talks are abuzz in the par with deliberate intent to sports day ‘Kreedotsava’. school, defended the pro respectively after the bypoll Patil, Eshwar Khandre and They held talks with senior Moreover, the party high ty circles that Mr. Shivaku wound religious feelings) of Many social media users gramme. “Our students have rout, several Congress lead Mallikajun Kharge, who leaders including AICC Gen command has not accepted mar could take over as the Indian Penal Code. felt that it amounted to the just enacted events that have ers are camping in the na went to New Delhi for at eral secretary incharge of their resignations. Any dis new PCC president to inten On Monday, a video clip school management sowing occurred in the past .” He tional capital and lobbying to tending the party’s Bharat Karnataka, K.C. Venugopal. cussion on new leadership sify campaign ahead of the of the event was widely the seeds of hatred in stu said students also enacted grab the posts, though the Bachao rally on Saturday. Though some of these would be held only after 2023 Assembly elections. shared on social media, at dents. the Chandrayaan2 mission. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2019 NATION 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Increase LS seats to 1,000, says Pranab ‘Present strength based on 1971 CBI seeks more time in Asthana case census’ NEW DELHI The CBI on Monday told the Special Correspondent NEW DELHI Delhi HC that it needed more time to complete the probe Former President Pranab in a bribery case allegedly Court raps CBI for delay in Unnao case Mukherjee on Monday drew Pranab Mukherjee involving the agency’s then attention to the late Prime Special Director Rakesh Minister Atal Bihari Vaj may be entitled to form the Asthana and others, as four Probe not done by payee as a consensus buil government with majority more stages of scrutiny are SC panel to monitor der, noting that the Indian of the seats won by them left before the report can be woman offi cer, as electorate may have given but, they are also to take in filed. Counsel representing mandated under strong majorities to diff e to consideration, all those Mr. Mr. Asthana and the other POCSO Act: judge trial of rape cases rent parties since 1952 but people, who may not have accused — the agency’s then over 50% of them have nev voted for them. The man DSP Devender Kumar and Legal Correspondent Sources said Justices R. er voted for one party. date is to govern as a major businessman Manoj Prasad — Special Correspondent NEW DELHI Subhash Reddy and M.R. He was delivering the se ity party with a stable go opposed the plea, saying the NEW DELHI The Supreme Court has set Shah form the twojudge cond annual Atal Bihari Vaj vernment, but carry others court had on October 9 given A Delhi court, which on up a committee of two of its committee. payee memorial lecture in with you,” he said. it two months and had said Monday found former BJP judges to coordinate with The decision to set up the New Delhi organised by the He made a case for rais no more time would be MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar High Courts to monitor the committee came after India Foundation. ing the number of Lok Sab given. PTI guilty of raping a minor in trial of rape cases across the extensive consultations “A numerical majority in ha constituencies to 1,000 Nitish writes to PM Modi Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao in country and to ensure they among CJI S.A. Bobde and elections gives you the right from the existing 543 and seeking ban on porn sites June 2017, pulled up the CBI are completed in a time other senior Supreme Court to make a stable govern for a corresponding in PATNA for the delay of almost a year Crime and punishment: Kuldeep Singh Sengar being taken to bound manner. judges. ment. The lack of popular crease in the Rajya Sabha’s In the wake of rising incidents in fi ling the chargesheet in a Tihar jail after being presented in court, in this fi le photo. * PTI DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD majority forbids you from a strength, arguing that India of rape of women and minor separate case of gangrape of majoritarian government. has a “disproportionately girls in the country, Bihar CM the victim. was not conducted by a wo victim and her mother ex The matter came to lime ciates, kept in confi nement That is the message and es large size” of electorate for Nitish Kumar on Monday District and sessions judge man offi cer, as mandated un plained that she had been light when the girl threa and gangraped. The CBI is sence of our parliamentary elected representatives. wrote to Prime Minister Dharmesh Sharma said: “In der the Protection of Chil threatened by Sengar to tened to set herself ablaze also pursuing that case. democracy,” he said. He said the last time the Narendra Modi urging him to my considered opinion, this dren from Sexual Off ences keep quiet or else she and outside the residence of The CBI took over the in “The Indian electorate strength of the Lok Sabha immediately ban investigation has suff ered (POCSO) Act, and the succes her family members would Chief Minister Yogi Aditya vestigation of all the related has time and again con was revised was in 1977, pornographic sites. from an patriarchal ap sive statements of the victim not be spared. Soon after the nath on April 8 last year, al cases in April last year and veyed to the ruling party which, he noted, was based “A large number of children proach or an inherent out were recorded at the CBI of incident was reported, a vi leging police inaction. arrested Sengar. that goes on to form the go on the 1971 census that put and youth are watching look to brush the issues of fi ce, “without bothering cious tirade against her fath Days before that, her fath In the gangrape case, it vernment, that yes, they the population at 55 crore. pornographic, violent and sexual violence against the about the kind of harass er and uncle began. er was allegedly framed in a fi led a chargesheet against inappropriate content. In children under the carpet, ment, anguish and revicti “It [the case] epitomises case under the Arms Act and Shubham Singh, Naresh Ya many cases, videos of rape incidents are being circulated apart from exhibiting lack of misation that occurs to a vic the fear ingrained in the sent to judicial custody, dav and Brijesh Tiwari in Oc on social media, which sensitivity and a humane ap tim of sexual assault in such mind of [a] young girl in the where he died under myste tober this year. Amitabha Bagchi wins severely affects the brains of proach. It appears that so case”. countryside or elsewhere rious circumstances on April In July last year, another children and youngsters, and mewhere, investigation in against reporting the issues 9, 2018. chargesheet was fi led against such material has also been the instant case has not been ‘Fear ingrained’ of sexual assault by powerful The girl also alleged that fi ve persons, including Sen 2019 DSC Prize seen as a factor leading to fair to the victim of crime On the delay of more than adults,” the court said. about a week after the MLA gar’s brother Atul, for their crimes of rape,” he said in his and her family members.” two months in reporting the The minor girl was raped raped her, she was again ab alleged involvement in the Anusua Mukherjee included one translated onepage letter to Mr. Modi. The probe, the court said, incident, the court said the on June 4, 2017. ducted by three of his asso murder of the victim’s father. Pokhara work (Manoranjan Byapari’s The 8th edition of the IME There’s Gunpowder in the Nepal Literature Festival, Air, translated from Bengali held from December 1316 at by Arunava Sinha), a novel ED fi les chargesheet SC orders Pokhara, concluded with by Pakistanborn author Ja Lt. Gen. Manoj Mukund the announcement of the mil Jan Kochai and another status quo winner of DSC Prize for by Sadia Abbas, who grew in PMC Bank scam South Asian Literature 2019. up in Pakistan and Singa in Aarey case Naravane next Army chief The $25,000 award went pore, besides fi ction by In Press Trust of India Bank scam. The ED submit to Amitabha Bagchi for his dian authors. Mumbai ted its chargesheet, running Legal Correspondent 2018 novel, Half the Night is The DSC Prize, instituted The Enforcement Directo into around 7,000 pages, NEW DELHI He will replace Gen. Bipin Rawat who retires on December 31 Gone. It was presented by in 2010, awards fi ction from rate on Monday fi led a char before a special court set up Petitioners, who have chal Pradeep Gawali, Minister of the South Asian region, gesheet against Housing De under the Prevention of Mo lenged the felling of trees Special Correspondent been posted as defence at Foreign Aff airs, Nepal, in which includes Afghanistan, velopment Infrastructure ney Laundering Act. in the Aarey forest in Mum NEW DELHI tache to Myanmar. the presence of Surina Naru Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Ltd promoters Rakesh Wad The two were initially ar bai to construct a metro ViceChief of Army, Lieute He will be the third Army la, founder of the DSC Prize, the Maldives, Myanmar, Ne hawan and Sarang Wadha rested by Mumbai Police’s car shed, told the Supreme nant General Manoj Mukund chief from the Sikh Light re and the fourmember jury, pal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, wan in connection with the Economic Off ences Wing , Court on Monday that the Naravane, has been appoint giment after Gen. V.P. Malik headed by Harish Trivedi, as well as from the diaspora. multicrore Punjab & Maha and later taken into custody “new government” in the ed the next Chief of the Ar and Gen. Bikram Singh. former Professor of English Ninety books had been rashtra Cooperative (PMC) by the ED in October. State had set up a commit my Staff (COAS), Army offi With the appointment of at University of Delhi. submitted for the prize this tee to identify alternative cials confi rmed late on the next COAS, the next The six shortlisted books year. land for the project. Monday. awaited appointment is that Weather Watch A Bench of Justices Arun He will take over as the Lieutenant General Manoj of the country’s fi rst Chief of Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Mishra and Deepak Gupta 28th COAS from incumbent Mukund Naravane Defence Staff (CDS), expect ordered the status quo, General Bipin Rawat, whose ed in the next few days. Gen. that is, there would be no term ends on December 31. superannuation. Rawat is the front runner for felling of trees. The Bench Lt. Gen. Naravane took Lt. Gen. Naravane has the post. An Implementa scheduled the case for over as vicechief in early served as the Eastern Army tion Committee headed by hearing in January next. September. He is the senior Commander and Comman the National Security Advis Solicitor General Tushar most offi cer in the Army af der Army Training Com er was constituted to fi nalise Mehta, for the State, said ter Gen. Rawat and the go mand. He is from the Sikh the roles and modalities of the question in the case is vernment has gone with the Light Infantry and has com the post of CDS and the com whether the area allotted seniority principle in the ap manded a Rashtriya Rifl es mittee has submitted its re for the metro car shed is pointment. He will have a te battalion in Kashmir, served port to the Cabinet Commit forest land or not. nure till April 2022 till his in the Assam Rifl es and has tee on Security (CCS).
Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) Forecast for Tuesday: Cold conditions likely in pockets over Pun jab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Rajasthan. Dense fog likely in pockets over Bihar, Punjab, south Assam & Meghalaya and Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura city rain max min city rain max min Agartala...... —...... 27....13.9 Kozhikode...... —....34.7....23.6 Ahmedabad...... —...... 25....12.9 Kurnool ...... —....31.6....19.7 Aizawl...... —....21.2...... 8.8 Lucknow...... —....22.2....10.8 Allahabad...... —...... 24....12.4 Madurai...... —...... 31....20.8 Bengaluru ...... —....27.6....17.4 Mangaluru ...... —....37.6....22.6 Bhopal ...... —....19.6....11.4 Mumbai ...... —....32.3....19.8 Bhubaneswar...... —....29.7....18.9 Mysuru ...... —...... 28....17.8 Chandigarh ...... —....19.9...... 8.5 New Delhi ...... —....12.9....10.2 Chennai ...... —....30.6....23.5 Patna ...... —....21.6...... 15 Coimbatore ...... —....30.1....19.4 Port Blair...... —....30.6....25.5 Dehradun...... —....22.7...... 7.3 Puducherry ...... —...... 31....20.4 Gangtok...... —....13.6...... 5.7 Pune...... —....30.3....17.3 Goa...... —....33.6....22.4 Raipur ...... —...... 22....19.4 Guwahati ...... —....26.2....16.3 Ranchi...... —....21.4....14.5 Hubballi...... —...... 29...... 18 Shillong...... —....16.6...... 8.2 Hyderabad ...... —....28.9....19.4 Shimla...... 4....11.2...... 0.8 Imphal ...... —....21.5...... 6.1 Srinagar...... —...... 7.5.... -1.6 Jaipur ...... —...... 19...... 9.6 Thiruvananthapuram...... —....33.2....22.8 Kochi ...... —....31.6....22.6 Tiruchi...... —....31.5....21.6 Kohima ...... —....24.4...... 6.2 Vijayawada ...... —....30.1...... 21 Kolkata ...... —....26.8...... 18 Visakhapatnam ...... —....29.8....22.8 (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday
CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Ahmedabad..... 22 .16 15 ....68 ...80 ....* Bengaluru ...... 04 .52 88 ....47 ...70 ....* In observation made at * 4 p.m., Mandi Gobindgarh, Chennai ...... 10 .31 71 ....67 .....— .... Punjab, recorded an overall Delhi ...... 13 .35 70 ..318 .177 ....* air quality index (AQI) score Hyderabad ...... 14 .45 40 ..122 .....— ....* of 296, indicating a severe Kolkata...... 22 .58 15 ..208 .173 ....* level of pollution. In * contrast, Eloor, Kerala, Lucknow...... — .07 54 ..278 .....— .... recorded a healthy AQI score Mumbai ...... 10 .53 62 ..232 .165 ....* of 29 Pune...... 85 .23 90 ..123 ...98 ....* Visakhapatnam ..— ..— 47 ..... — .....— ......
Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues and monuments. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people with heart or lung disease
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DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The widening fi ssure in India’s rule of law The relationship between the individual and the state is still marked by a deep, pervasive imbalance of power gadi movement”. Adivasis who lencing the voices of dissent. plete, and even at the end of the were faced with corporate takeov process, the outcome remains un er of their land resorted to an in Fake encounters clear. Here again, then, an attempt Climate of inaction novative form of protest: they be The Chhattisgarh issue, on the at mitigating the stark imbalance India should not take comfort from its status gan to carve provisions of the other hand, is a mirror image: of power between the state and Indian Constitution’s Fifth Sche from alleged individual violence the citizen , in a particularly vio as a low per capita carbon emitter Gautam Bhatia dule — that guarantees tribal auto against the state, we turn 180 de lent and abusive context, has been f climate change is the defi ning issue of the century, nomy — upon stone slabs, placed grees to state violence against citi progressively diluted. the UN conference in Madrid failed miserably in gal upon the boundaries of the village. zens. The problem of “fake en The Jharkhand and Chhattis ast month, the news website The fi rst information reports counters”, which has long dogged garh incidents show that the rule vanising action to address it. This year’s outcome is I Scroll revealed that more (FIRs) that follow allege that the the Indian polity, was thrown into of law and the Constitution conti all the more depressing because nearly 200 delegates Lthan 10,000 people in the police were attacked with “sticks sharp relief when the Telangana nue to fail those who need it the representing rich and poor countries had the benefi t of Khunti district of Jharkhand had and traditional weapons” (an alle GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO police “encountered” four people most, and in the places where it is new scientifi c reports from the Intergovernmental Pa been chargesheeted by the police gation that the A divasis dispute); disorder” was almost as vague as accused of a brutal rape and mur needed the most. And the root nel on Climate Change warning of nearcertain catas for sedition. These people are but additionally, the FIRs also state the text or the original section. Se der in the early hours of December cause of this failure is the active trophic consequences of inaction, and an analysis from overwhelmingly Adivasis. Then, in that the leaders of the movement cond, as long as the section conti 6. complicity of the very actors who the UN Environment Programme on the gap between early December, a judicial probe have been “misleading the inno nued to exist in the form that it It hardly needs to be said that we most expect to maintain the completed a sevenyear long inves cent people in the name of sche did, the police could, and did con “encounters” — and “fake encoun rule of law: clearly, abusive laws current greenhouse gas emissions and the limit over tigation, fi nding that a socalled duled areas”, and “erecting stone tinue to invoke it to stifl e protest ters” — take place because there are enacted by Parliament, upheld the coming decade. Eventually, in Spain, the Confe encounter of “Maoists” in Chhat slabs presenting wrong interpreta and dissent; and trial courts could do not exist adequate structures of by courts, misused by the police, rence of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, degenerat tisgarh by security forces, in 2012, tion of the Constitution”. As a re and did continue to refuse bail to accountability. Without those and sanctioned (again) by courts. ed into an unproductive wrangle over establishing a had been a “fake encounter” all sult of these FIRs, individuals jailed people. The failure, thus, ex structures, the police eff ectively To break this seemingly unend market system to trade in carbon credits earned along. The people killed had not spent many months in jail. tended to every wing of the s tate: operate in a zone of impunity. In ing cycle, it is important to under through reductions in emissions, with some countries been Maoists, but innocent The ongoing events in Khunti to Parliament, for allowing the 2009, the then High Court of And stand that its root cause lies in how eager to cash in on poorly audited emissions savings villagers. reveal multiple faultlines in the le provision to remain on the statute hra Pradesh passed a landmark laws such as the sedition provi These two incidents from cen gal system, and multiple faults in books, to the Supreme Court for judgment, in which it attempted to sion, the UAPA, and many others, from the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto tral India — separated by time, but those who implement it. A centu not striking it down when it had create a regime of accountability. systematically concentrate power Protocol that preceded the Paris pact. Such horse trad united in their character — illus ryandahalf after it was fi rst the chance, to State governments Central to this regime was the re in the hands of state agencies, and ing stands in contrast to the real losses from extreme trate a gaping tear in the fabric of enacted into the Indian Penal and State police, that have found quirement that encounter deaths equally systematically, strip indivi weather events that climatevulnerable countries, India constitutionalism and the rule of Code by the colonial government, in it a ready tool of oppression, would be investigated as if they duals and communities of legal included, are facing with frightening regularity: even law in India. Put simply, even after the vague, ambiguous, and un and to lower courts, that enable were murder cases. An FIR would ways to resist (the UAPA, for exam insured losses worldwide during 2017 and 2018 togeth seven decades of Independence, clear wording of the sedition pro prolonged incarceration of people have to be registered against the ple, prohibits judges from granting er stood at a record $225 billion, while the bulk of des the relationship between the indi vision continues to make it ripe for under the section. police offi cers responsible for the bail if the police makes out a “pri vidual and the state is marked by a abuse. Sedition is defi ned as “dis The playbook of the sedition encounter, and to the extent that ma facie” case against the ac truction had no such risk cover. These dire data should deep and pervasive imbalance of aff ection” against the government, law has, of course, been replicated they invoked selfdefence they cused). have imbued the climate negotiations with urgency and power. In ways that are strikingly or bringing it into “hatred or elsewhere, in postcolonial legisla would have to prove it. In our recent history, on the purpose, but the fi nal declaration was desultory, mere similar to those employed by its contempt”. tion. The Unlawful Activities (Pre The High Court’s judgment, ho other hand, we also have had ex ly expressing serious concern at the emissions gap in colonial predecessor, the Indian It should be immediately ob vention) Act, or UAPA, for exam wever, was stayed by the Supreme amples of laws that have done the seeking to limit temperature increase to 1.5° C. state retains a range of legal — and vious that the scope of these ple, contains language that is as Court, which then passed a series opposite: both the Scheduled Climate negotiators might have tossed the more in extralegal — weapons, which it words is boundless, and bound wide and vague, criminalising of vague and unclear guidelines a Tribes and Other Traditional For tractable questions — raising $100 billion a year from can turn against its own people lessly manipulable. However, “membership” of terrorist gangs few years later, on the same sub est Dwellers (Recognition of Forest 2020 for developing countries, creating a strong frame with minimal scrutiny or when the sedition law was chal or unlawful organisations, without ject. Even this regime, however, Rights) Act, or FRA, and the Right accountability. lenged in 1962, the Supreme Court any explanation of what “member was given a goby in the recent Te to Information (RTI) Act, for exam work to address loss and damage from climate events While these weapons remain of India chose to uphold it, while ship” means. Under these provi langana encounter case, where, ple, have rebalanced the relation and transferring technology to poorer countries on rea sheathed in large parts of the claiming to “narrow it down”. The sions, journalists, activists, and acting on a public interest litiga ship between the individual and sonable terms — to the next conference a year later, but country, it is in places like Jhark court noted that only acts that had human rights lawyers allegedly as tion, the Supreme Court stayed all the state in important domains. If they cannot avoid rising pressure from civil society in hand and Chhattisgarh, where a “tendency” to cause public dis sociated with events at Bhima Ko pending proceedings (including we are to ever fulfi l the promises several countries for concrete action. One of the mo there exists an intense confl ict ov order would fall within the scope regaon in 2018, were arrested later before the Telangana High Court, of freedom and equality that the dels that will be closely studied is the Green Deal that er land and resources, and serious of the section. that year, and still remain in jail which was following the guide Constitution of India guarantees to has been announced by the European Commission, challenges to the legitimacy of the without a trial. lines), and handed over the inves all, we must learn from the social state, that their ugly reality is re Tool of oppression They have been denied bail by tigation to a “committee”, with a movements that gave birth to the with binding targets for member nations to cut emis vealed for all to see. As the years since that judgment both the trial court and the High sixmonth reporting period, to RTI and the FRA, and organise in sions by at least 50% by 2030 and go net zero by 2050. have shown, however, this dictum Court, raising once again the boot. similar ways against laws such as This approach could potentially make the EU the leader Sedition, a grey area had no impact whatsoever on the spectre of many years of imprison As the Chhattisgarh case shows, sedition and the UAPA. in global climate action, a position that the U.S. n ever Khunti’s sedition cases go back to abuse of the sedition law. To start ment without any fi nding of guilt. however, these committeeled in adopted, and China will take longer to aspire for. India’s 2017, and the start of the “Pathal with “tendency to cause public There could be no easier way of si vestigations take years to com Gautam Bhatia is a Delhi-based lawyer own status as a low per capita carbon emitter off ers lit tle comfort as its overall emissions are bound to gr ow. With a low base compared to other major nations, it In Conservative landslide, pain for Labour may well achieve its initial voluntary targets under the Paris Agreement, but a shift away from fossil fuels is in The U.K. poll was about which political personality people hated less; Corbyn and his party are now at the crossroads evitable in the longer term. As it prepares to face calls for higher ambition in 2020 and beyond, India has to in some to think that it may be too towards Mr. Corbyn, it appears Rights Commission inquiry insti good to be true. The rather de strange that his supposed Islingto tuted recently. Both Britain’s volve its States in mitigation and adaptation eff orts. pressing election result for Mr. nian elitism should be considered mainstream parties and their res Death and destruction by frequent storms, fl oods and Corbyn and Labour will of course worse than Mr. Johnson’s esta pective leaders have been accused droughts should lead to urgent cohesive action. mean a rethink of his leadership blished Etonian elitism. Further, of racism, antisemitism and Isla and the rather radical socialist di Mr. Corbyn is considered a greater mophobia. Mr. Johnson has re Amir Ali rection that he was taking the par threat to national security than Mr. mained electorally unscathed by Unfulfi lled promise ty down. Labour seems to have Johnson, perhaps owing to the fact the accusations against him des India’s eff orts to protect the personal data of suff ered especially in its tradition that in these hyperpatriotic Brexit pite a profusion of outrageously he 2019 election in the Unit al red wall bastion of the North times, Mr. Corbyn is not consi racist remarks that he has himself its citizens fall short of privacy requirements ed Kingdom was dominated and the Midlands because it did dered suffi ciently patriotic. Mr. made. ndia’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 starts e n by Brexit leading to a Boris not take a clear and unambiguous Johnson of course could easily get It is inevitable that Mr. Corbyn T REUTERS couragingly, seeking to protect “the privacy of indi Johnson victory. Much to the cha position on Brexit. This was very away with this one, perhaps con will at some stage step down as La grin of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, unlike Mr. Johnson’s simplistic slo What has been referred to as ex fi rming the other Johnson’s (Sa bour leader. The question is which viduals relating to their personal data”. But by the I they could no t steer the issues gan, “Get Brexit done”, which des treme Machiavellian mendacity muel) adage of patriotism being way the Labour Party will go? end, it is clear it is not designed to deliver on the pro enough towards the much loved pite its vapidity, or perhaps be has also been helped along by the the last refuge of the scoundrel. Should it go back to its 1990s and mise. For, even as it rightly requires handlers of data to National Health Service (NHS) or cause of it, worked brilliantly. remarkable infl uence of the right 2000s Blairite moorings that abide by globallyaccepted rules — about getting an indi the austerity measures that caused This election underscored how wing Rupert Murdochowned Labour and the future brought rich electoral dividends vidual’s consent fi rst — it disappointingly gives wide so much suff ering, especially for egregious Machiavellian mendaci press in British politics. Since 1979, With all his limitations, there has but isolated the party from its powers to the Government to dilute any of these provi the vulnerable over the last de ty tends to get rewarded in elec prime ministerial candidates en been a plodding, for his admirers, working class roots? Or will the sions for its agencies. The Bill, which was tabled in Par cade of Conservative rule. The tions. Mr. Johnson has been consi dorsed by the bawdy tabloid have even a principled consistency in movement of Labour be to the left election also became polaris ed dered to be more prime consistently gone on to win and the positions that Mr. Corbyn has that Mr. Miliband started and Mr. liament by the Electronics and IT Minister on Decem between two very diff erent perso ministerial, despite his duplicity this includes a successful Labour taken in his over three decades as Corbyn accelerated continue? As ber 11, has now been referred to a joint committee, to be nalities who were in contention to and deceptiveness. He evaded Prime Minister ( Tony Blair). Any a parliamentarian, most of them for Mr. Johnson, with his dearth of headed by the BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi. The committee is form the next government. Remar open questioning by not giving an assessment of the diffi culties that spent on the Labour backbenches. detail, expect nothing new, apart expected to table its report during the Budget sessi on. kably, both Prime Minister Boris interview to journalist Andrew more leftwing Labour candidates He was perhaps right on the Gulf from ad nauseum nostrums about Technically, therefore, this is not beyond redemption Johnson and Opposition Labour Neil. He refused to take part in a such as Mr. Corbyn or Ed Miliband War and the invasion of Iraq, free market capitalism and getting yet. But recent events have cast doubts about whethe r leader Jeremy Corbyn are unpopu Channel 4 debate on climate have faced in election campaigns when he opposed British foreign Brexit done. As The Wall Street the Government is serious about delivering on the pr i lar among vast swathes of the elec change and just a day before the would necessarily have to take in policy and its tagging along with Journal commented in 1975,“Good vacy promise. Recently, messaging platform WhatsApp torate. The election became about vote, he reportedly retreated in to account this baleful infl uence. the Americans. He has been a vo bye, Great Britain, it was nice which one people hated less. side a large fridge at Modern Milk It is remarkable that the Conser cal supporter of Palestine and a knowing you”. said that some Indian journalists and rights activists man, a business in Yorkshire, to vatives successfully portrayed Mr. staunch critic of Israel. There are were among those spied using technology by an Israeli Taking down the red wall avoid being asked questions by the Corbyn as an Islingtonian elite, a numerous allegations of antisemi Amir Ali teaches at the Centre for Political company, which by its own admission only works for To add to the irony, the manifesto “Good Morning Britain” team. The reference to the North London tism levelled at the Labour Party Studies, JNU, New Delhi. He is currently government agencies across the world. Google too had drawn up by Labour under Mr. bigger the lies uttered, the greater constituency he has represented for which Mr. Corbyn has been ac writing a book on ‘Brexit and Liberal alerted 12,000 users, including 500 in India, regarding Corbyn was hugely popular, per seem to have been the electoral re since 1983. In the greater hatred cused of not having done enough, Democracy: Populism, Sovereignty and “governmentbacked” phishing attempts against them. haps a little too popular, leading turns Mr. Johnson harvested. that the electorate has expressed with an Equality and Human Nation-State’ The Indian Government has still not come out in the clear convincingly regarding these incidents. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. Importantly, one of the fi rst to raise a red fl ag about the Bill’s problematic clauses was Justice B.N. Srikrish Mission Hindutva “Violence hits Delhi over in our country! Will the observed that we are postponed until next year To read more letters online, scan the QR code na, whose committee’s report forms the basis of the The Bharatiya Janata Party Citizenship law,” Dec. 16). nation return someday to its witnessing a civil warlike (Front page, “No deal as Bill. He has used words such as “Orwellian” and “Big (BJP)’s push for a Hindutva Nayakara Veeresha, founding principles? situation. longest climate talks end”, including India, without Brother” in reaction to the removal of safeguards for political project through Bengaluru M. Balakrishnan, Syed Sultan Mohiddin, Dec. 16). This will only make hurting the economy. On the Government agencies. In its report last July, the com the Citizenship Amendment Bengaluru Kagithalapenta, Andhra Pradesh the target set by the Paris brighter side, the increasing mittee noted that the dangers to privacy originate from Act is antithetical to the ■ Nearly 50 years ago, each accord harder to realise. It is awareness worldwide, ■ state and nonstate actors. It, therefore, called for ex principles of constitutional of us paid an additional fi ve No Act in the past 70 years Lotus on passports not the lack of technologies especially among young democracy. The new law paise while purchasing has caused so much The lotus may well be a that make it diffi cult to tackle people, about the need for emptions to be “watertight ”, “narrow”, and available makes citizenship postcards and inland letters pandemonium. The massive symbol that has many global warming; it is the lack immediate action on the for use in “limited circumstances”. It had also recom contingent on religion and to support the lakhs of East protests by the students in mythological connotations of political will, especially climate front, off ers a ray of mended that the Government bring in a law for the goes against the guiding Pakistanis who were pouring about 15 universities across (Editorial page, “Spot the among some of the rich and hope. To what extent these oversight of intelligencegathering activities, the means values of our Constitution. into our eastern States, the nation, the unrest in the diff erence between sign and developed countries. opinions will get translated by which nonconsensual processing of data takes Further, it could take away escaping persecution from NorthEastern States and the symbol,” Dec. 16) but one Rational and regulated into votes in democracies place. A related concern about the Bill is regarding the the demographic and their military government. assertion by some Chief can’t help wonder about the carbon markets have the will decide the outcomes of constitution of the Data Protection Authority of Ind ia, ethnic diversity of North This support continued even Ministers, like in Punjab and intent of the Centre in potential to make future climate talks. Eastern States, besides after Bangladesh was Kerala, that they would not selecting this symbol technologies accessible and A. Venkatasubramanian, which is to monitor and enforce the provisions of the exerting pressure on land formed, when not all of them allow the implementation of specifi cally for a ‘security aff ordable for the countries, Tiruchi Act. It will be headed by a chairperson and have not and other resources. The returned. Religion did not the Act in their respective feature’ on passports. It more than six wholetime members, all of whom are to corrections & clarifications: BJP’s top brass has clearly block our gesture. The States are clear signs that all seems deliberate and In the interview with Bahujan Samaj Party MP Ritesh Pandey be selected by a panel fi lled with Government nomi misunderstood and immigration of people did is not well with the new law. mischievous and looks like (Dec. 16, 2019), a sentence in the answer to the fi rst question nees. This completely disregards the fact that Gover n misinterpreted the people’s leave us with problems, but While Muslims are anguished another tactic employed by erroneously said that the party would never cease to be irrelevant. ment agencies are also regulated under the Act; they mandate given to it as a the governments of the day that the BJP government is the government to divert It should have said: the party would never cease to be relevant. are major collectors and processors of data themselves. licence to indulge in patiently addressed them. trying to ostracise the whole attention from the many The headline of a report on evolution of speech (Science & arbitrary decisionmaking. We did not become less community, the Tamil pressing problems. Technology page, Dec. 15 , 2019), erroneously said that a study The sweeping powers the Bill gives to the Government pushed it back by 20,000 years. The text said the estimated fi gure The social unrest and secure or more poor in the refugees staying in Tamil Bindu John, renders meaningless the gains from the landmark K.S. is 2,00,000 years. violent protests in Assam, years that followed. Neither Nadu fear that they will be Kochi Puttaswamy vs. Union of India case, which culminated In the fi rst snapshot entry titled “Visitor from far” (Science & West Bengal, Delhi and in did we nurse any sense of ill declared as illegal Technology page, Dec. 15, 2019), the width of the in the recognition that privacy is intrinsic to life and li other parts of the country will or discrimination. What immigrants. People in Carbon markets Comet 21/Borisov should have been 3,200 metres — and not 3,200 berty, and therefore a basic right. That idea of privacy is should force the a change there has been in Assam, on the other hand, It is somewhat disappointing kilometres as published.
certainly not refl ected in the Bill in its current form. government to revisit and the past few decades in the fear a loss of identity. CPI that the regulation of global The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; rethink the Act (Front page, values and beliefs of people leader D. Raja rightly carbon markets has been E-mail:[email protected]
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THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2019 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE INTERVIEW | BIBEK DEBROY Reservations need to ‘If India has to grow faster, States have to grow faster’ continue for AngloIndians Half the States are growing at less than 6%, says the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM The community’s troubles were highlighted in a 2013 report and also have exemptions. Robyn Andrews, Dolores Chew Sabha used that voice to provide an indepen & Uther Charlton-Stevens So, exemptions such as on home dent, national view of the interests of India loans, investments in provident fund as a whole. Even when supporting their own and tax savers will be withdrawn? The Union Cabinet recently approved a pro community’s causes, particularly in areas ■ If you begin to have exemption A, posal to end the constitutional provisions like education, they advanced the national Puja Mehra there will be an argument for exemp that guarantee the reservation of two seats interest and greatly benefi ted the country. tion B. Better to get rid of all. And I for the AngloIndian community in the Lok The presence of AngloIndian MLAs in many To present the economic slowdown am giving you a choice: either you Sabha and in State Assemblies. The decision State legislatures similarly provided a con as a binary of structural versus cycli avail of the exemptions or you avail not to renew this provision was based on the structive pronational voice, less tied to pa cal or demand sidedriven versus of the lower rate. view that the community is doing well and rochialism or provincialism, and emphati supplyside driven factors is com does not need these political reservations. cally against linguistic and religious pletely unwarranted, says Bibek De Isn’t it a contradiction to give a boost Our view is that this premise is inaccurate. separatism and similar narrowly communal broy, Chairman of the Economic Ad to consumption by reducing direct While Census data are not available (as An interests. Unfortunately, the present Lok visory Council to Prime Minister tax rates and at the same time raise gloIndians are no longer identifi ed as a sep Sabha has no representation from this
Narendra Modi. In this interview, SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR rates of GST, which, being an indirect arate category in the Census survey), those community. Mr. Debroy hints at expenditure cuts tax, is nonprogressive? working on the ground with members of the In recent years, under its current presi and reduction in personal income stuff like that, 9095% of national in <> I recommend one single ■ The trouble is, we want GST to be community have experience and evidence dentinchief, Barry O’Brien, the AllIndia rate to 15% for some income brackets come is generated in the States. The rate. If you want to address simplifi ed. [To] how many rates the that tell a diff erent story. And this is support AngloIndian Association has continued to provided taxpayers agree to give up data on the States’ GSDP is slightly items for the poor, it is best GST Council will decide. Let’s say ed by the governmentcommissioned Minis expand, creating and promoting positive exemptions they enjoy currently. He dated but half the States are growing not to do it through indirect three rates: 6%, 8% and 12%. When try of Minority Aff airs report (2013) on the political engagement. Other community or also says a simplifi cation of the at less than 6%. You can’t expect In tax policy but other means. Arvind Subramanian was the Chief situation of AngloIndians. ganisations have also been engaged in such Goods and Services Tax (GST) to few dia to grow faster than that. Economic Adviser, he did some exer Based on surveys conducted among peo work. It would be a great loss to the nation if er number of rates is likely to be ta If I look at the list of structural re cise that showed the average GST ple belonging to the community in a number these voices were to be further marginalised ken up by the GST Council. Edited forms — land, natural resources, la more concerned with what the State rate ought to be 16% to make it reve of cities, the report documented poor eco by hasty decisions premised on shortterm excerpts: bour, privatisation — all of those have governments are spending on. nue neutral. Today, the average GST nomic and social conditions for too many. political considerations. been pending since 1991. I am not de rate is 11.6% because a large number Among the major challenges and problems Is the economy in a slowdown or, as nying the importance of structural So, not much of a fi scal stimulus of items are at 0%. To make the GST a faced by people of the community, the re Some success stories many wellregarded economists are reforms. All that I am pointing at is should be expected from the Central simpler tax, the 28% [highest bracket port observed, the most signifi cant ones re While there certainly are success stories in saying, in a growth recession? that there are obstacles in the way of government? GST rate] has to come to 18%, which lated to identity crisis, lack of employment, the community, the existence of many not ■ There’s no point of getting into the structural reforms. Sometimes the ■ Depends on what we mean by fi s everyone wants. But the 0% must al educational backwardness, lack of proper fa sosuccessful ones must also be acknow semantics of it because this year we Seventh Schedule [of the Constitu cal stimulus. Traditionally, it means so go up, which no one wants. I don’t cilities and cultural erosion. The document ledged. A radical decision like that involving are going to end with a growth rate of tion], sometimes legislation, some either taxes or expenditure. If I don’t think the GST Council has yet arrived also explicitly commended the assistance scrapping of reservations ought to have been 5% or thereabouts. Next year it is go times the judiciary, sometimes envi slash expenditure, just because the at a decision. Newspaper reports sug AngloIndians receive from their nominated based on a thorough examination of the po ing to be about 6%. That has implica ronment clearances. The tardy GDP has declined, the defi cit will be gest some items from the 12% GST MPs and MLAs, stating that “representatives sition of the community as a whole, and not tions for what can be done to raise progress of the reforms in the past in higher [because fi scal defi cit is ex rate bracket may move to the 18% of the AngloIndian community in the State on the status of some eminent individuals. It the rates, the fi scal consolidation ex dicates that they are not that easy. pressed as a percentage of GDP]. bracket. And some items that are in Assemblies and local leaders of the com should also be noted that many success sto ercise, tax revenue and all of that. If I am to respond to the quarterly On the tax side, what items can be the 5% GST rate bracket may move to munity are working hard for the welfare and ries exist because of the work of dedicated fi gures, a large part of the growth has brought under GST is a decision of the 12% bracket. In the midst of a progress of the community”. community members, including those who There is no clarity or consensus both come from government expenditure. the GST Council. That leaves the di growth slowdown, that’s a bad idea. serve or have served as MLAs and MPs. in and outside government on the But there are limits to government rect taxes. The Finance Minister has A forward-looking move We would therefore conclude that the In reasons for the slowdown. expenditure. I am not even talking said there is going to be a relook at What do you recommend? Nomination of seats for AngloIndians in the dian government needs to continue giving ■ To present it as a binary of structu about a temporary deviation from the direct tax rates because the cor ■ It’s the prerogative of the GST Lok Sabha was a testament to the fairmind reservation to this marginalised community. ral versus cyclical or demandside the FRBM [Fiscal Responsibility and porate tax rate has come down but Council. A perverse incentive has ed and forwardlooking vision of the found The costs to the state here are minimal. But versus supplyside driven factors is Budget Management Act, 2003], the MSME don’t pay the corporate been created by the compensation ing fathers of the Republic, whose under retaining the reserved seats would demon completely unwarranted. Let’s step which is always possible in the cur tax rate, they pay the personal in guarantee. We are stuck with it. If I standing of how to build a successful strate its ability to respond to the needs of back. For four successive years GDP rent circumstances. But there are li come tax rate. were to recommend, I would say as democracy has rather uniquely stood the those among the most vulnerable people. growth was about 9%. During those mits to [even that]. A large part of go However, as with the corporate an economist: to avoid complica test of time. Frank Anthony made the case This would also be a recognition of encour four successive years, the exports vernment expenditure is committed tax rates, you cannot have reduced tions, I recommend one single rate. If for special representation on behalf of the agement for the work done on the ground by GDP ratio was about 20%. Exports – salaries, pensions, interest pay personal income tax rates and ex you want to address items for the community following which Mahatma Gand grassroots groups involved with the com grew 15% plus in dollar terms. Some ments, centrally sponsored schemes, emptions at the same time. Everyone poor, it is best not to do it through in hi agreed to his request for three seats in the munity. In the near future, the community times 19%. Sometimes even 20%. A schemes that are legislationmandat who wants a fi scal stimulus says give direct tax policy but other means. Constituent Assembly, thereby giving Anglo can also possibly fi nd representation in the backoftheenvelope calculation ed... Government expenditure does me a concession for my sector – both But let us recognise that no country Indians a voice in the creation of India’s National Commission for Minorities. suggests that at least 3 percentage not just mean Union government. on the GST and also on direct taxes. in the world has a single indirect tax Constitution. A stronger, less socioeconomically margi points of the GDP growth were be But if you do that, you will never rate. So, the best you can probably Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as Chairman of nalised AngloIndian community would be cause of exports. If I take that away There isn’t much leeway with the clean up the system that is discre get is three rates — a standard rate, a the Advisory Committee on Fundamental nefi t the nation as a whole. And the com from 9%, I am at 6%. If exports are Central government. The growth tionary and completely ad hoc. higher rate for ‘luxury items’ and a Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded munity needs all the support it can get. not doing well then [GDP growth multiplier of expenditure by State So sensible fi scal stimulus can on lower one for merit goods. Areas was the person most directly responsi would be 6%]. governments is in fact twice that of ly be a reduction in tax rates. Direct ble for the granting of these special conces Robyn Andrews teaches at Massey University, New If India has to grow faster, the expenditure by the Central taxes have to have an element of pro Puja Mehra is an independent journalist sions to this community, scattered across the Zealand; Dolores Chew at Marianopolis College, States have to grow faster. If you re government. gressivity. So, it cannot be 15% for based in Delhi. The full interview is on country. Representing an AllIndia commun Montreal, Canada; and Uther CharltonStevens at move the railways and defence and ■ Precisely. So, we should be much everyone and you cannot have 15% www.thehindu.com ity, Anthony and his successors in the Lok Volgograd State University, Russia
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Mohammed Ayoob to be the next contentious move on Six killed in Calcutta stampede the government’s agenda. It is in this Instead of protesting against the Citi context that they must particularly Six persons were killed and about 100 others zenship Amendment Act (CAA), In hold Mr. Shah to his word and insist injured – 14 seriously – in a stampede outside dian Muslims should take Home Mi that no discrimination should take the daily ticket counters at the Eden Gar nister Amit Shah at his word. This is place against them in the NRIC pro dens, venue of the fourth Test between Aus even more imperative in the light of cess. Such discrimination, if it takes tralia and India, here [Calcutta] this morn the protests and the police action ov place, is likely to be even more bla ing [December 16]. Police said over 20,000 er the past two days in Jamia Millia Is tant than a discriminatory CAA, and people had queued up in front of the coun lamia and Aligarh Muslim University, the Muslims’ case for it to be struck ters since last night for sixrupee tickets for which portray predominantly Mus down by the courts would be far the fourth day of the Test, although the lim educational institutions in an un stronger and garner even more Cricket Association of Bengal had already favourable light. During the debate support. announced that only about 6,000 to 7,000 on the CAA in Parliament, Mr. Shah The National Register of Citizens tickets would be on sale. With a frantic strug said, “The Bill has no provision to (NRC) process in Assam turned out to gle for positions, there was a stampede just snatch citizenship from anyone but be counterproductive from the BJP’s when the ticket counters opened at about 7 to grant citizenship to the refugees. perspective. Over 19 lakh people a.m. – three hours before start of play – re There is no need for Indian Muslims were excluded from the NRC list, a sulting in several persons falling down. to live in fear.” Indian Muslims should substantial number of whom were Members of both the teams were resting in hold his feet to the fi re as far as this Bengali Hindu migrants from Bangla their hotel rooms when the incident oc assurance is concerned. Their inter desh. Unhappy over the fi nal list, the CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC curred. Mr. Jyoti Basu, West Bengal’s Deputy ests can be better served by a diff e Assam Bharatiya Janata Party de DATA POINT Chief Minister, told Pressmen tonight [De rent strategy for several reasons. manded a nationwide NRC. The cember 16] that the Government would insti primary purpose of the CAA is to give tute a departmental inquiry into the stam A brake on implementation? citizenship to the Hindu Bangladesh pede after the receipt of Police reports. First, there is a good chance that the is while deciding on the extremely Asked whether there would be any judicial Supreme Court will determine that complicated process of an NRIC. Ho enquiry, Mr. Basu said: “I can’t say: I have the CAA is ultra vires of the Constitu wever, to the BJP’s extreme discom not yet received reports from the Police.” tion because, prima facie, it discrim fort, the CAA has set off a political inates on the basis of religion for the storm in Assam aimed at Bengalis as grant of citizenship. While recently well as the Central government, a sit A HUNDRED YEARS AGO DEC. 17, 1919. the apex court has appeared disin uation reminiscent of the antiBenga clined to challenge the government’s li riots in the early 1960s in undivided The “Irish Republic.” decisions, in this case the violation of Assam. This could even cost the BJP the letter and spirit of the Constitu the next election in Assam. In support of Irish selfdetermination a tion appears to be so obvious that the meeting was held at Albert Hall on Novem court is unlikely to endorse the CAA Likely to be targeted ber 17 under the chairmanship of Comman without asking for major changes. As a result of these factors, it is im der Kenworthy, M.P. There was a large atten Second, the severe protests in the perative that Indian Muslims make dance. A member of the audience called for Northeast are likely to put a brake on every attempt to prevent the contro three cheers for “The Irish Republic,” which the immediate implementation of versy surrounding the CAA from be were given most heartily. the Act. Assam and West Bengal have coming a HinduMuslim issue. This is Mr. Rober Williams, who said he was exploded in opposition to the law, particularly because they are likely to there as a Social Revolutionary, moved a re and the West Bengal government has be targeted for being antinational solution condemning the past and present made it clear that for principled as and panIslamic for agitating on be misgovernment of Ireland by the ruling well as political reasons, the CAA is half of supposedly illegal Bangladeshi classes of this country, and pledging to sup unacceptable to it. Muslim migrants. It may be all right port the demand of the Irish nation for the Third, it is best that the fi ght for the BJP in the present atmosphere right to choose its own form of Government against the CAA is led by secular in the country to play the panHindu without coercion or interference from any minded and pluralist segments card; it will be imprudent for Indian outside source. He said he was as much among Hindus and Muslims jointly Muslims to portray themselves as against armed intervention in Ireland as in rather than be turned into a Hindu panIslamic on this issue, especially Russia. That afternoon news had come Muslim issue. Portraying it as a Hin since they need to conserve their pol through that Kolchak had evacuated his mil duMuslim issue plays into the hands itical energy to confront the NRIC itary headquarters at Omsk, in Siberia (A of extremist majoritarian elements move, which will be far more perti Voice: — “He has got the wind up.”) The peo thus defeating the purpose of opposi nent to their future. ple who were fi ghting in the best and most tion to the law. eff ective manner for the selfdetermination Finally, Muslims should hold their Mohammed Ayoob is University of Ireland were the Red Guards of Russia. “I political fi re to oppose stringently the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of want you Irishmen,” said Mr. Williams, “to promised National Register of Indian International Relations, Michigan State throw in your lot with the great Labour Citizens (NRIC), which is most likely University movement.”
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