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NATION pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 15 FEBRUARY 2020 8 SHORT TAKES Remembering martyrs Kanhaiya’s convoy KERALA MULLS LAW AGAINST attacked in Bihar NAYEAR AZAD | DC with Kanhaiya Kumar said. SUPERSTITION PATNA, FEB. 14 The state-wide ‘Jan Gan GILVESTER ASSARY | DC Man Yatra’ which began on THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Former JNUSU President December 30 from Bhit- FEB. 14 Kanhaiya Kumar’s convoy iharwa Gandhi Ashram in was attacked while he was West Champaran is sched- Kerala government has been travelling from Buxar to uled to conclude with a rally contemplating to bring a Bill Arrah in Bihar on Friday. on the theme “nagrikta for effectively curbing super- This was the eighth attack bachao, desh bachao” (save stition, practices like sorcery in two weeks against citizenship, save the coun- and exorcism. The draft rec- Kanhaiya Kumar, who is try) in Patna on Feb. 29. ommendations are currently leading a massive state-wide “We had met the state under consideration of Law ‘Jan Gan Man Yatra’ against administration but nothing Reforms Commission. The the CAA, NPR, and NRC. was done to prevent such Kerala Exploitation by Sources said prior to attacks. Kanhaiya Kumar's Superstition (Prevention) Act reaching the venue in Arrah car was vandalised but he drafted and proposed by home a group of youth chanting somehow escaped unhurt,” department, warranted strin- pro-CAA slogans began pelt- Social activist Nivedita Jha gent punishment against those ing stones at his convoy. told this newspaper. Left responsible for spreading However, no one is said to be leaders in Patna on Friday superstition and putting peo- injured in the attack. Activi- condemned continuous att- ple's lives in danger. sts travelling with Kanhaiya acks on Kanhaiya Kumar’s The punishment ranges from said that slogans raised by anti- CAA tour. Earlier, his three years to capital punish- the mob during the attack convoy was attacked in ment. The CPI which is second indicate that they belong to Gaya, Nawada, Katihar, biggest ally in ruling LDF, a particular ideology. Supaul, Begusarai, Sita- wants the process to be expe- “We are not bothered by marhi and Bhagalpur. dited and the law passed this such attacks and Kanhaiya During his tour, Kanhaiya year itself. Karnataka and Kumar will continue with has been holding public Maharashtra had passed simi- his tour. It is clear that the meetings and criticising the lar legislation earlier. BJP is rattled by the BJP led government at the Though the Left parties had response Kanhaiya has been Centre for the “divisive” promised to bring the law after receiving from people of Citizenship Act, NPR and coming to power in 2016, four Bihar,” activists travelling the NRC. years have passed and things have not moved at the desired pace. CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran said the demand will be raised on Kejriwal invites PM February 20, which is also the martyrdom day of Gobind Pansare. The party will launch the campaign secular- to his swearing-in ism protection meet. Students pay tribute to the martyred CRPF jawans, who lost their lives in a suicide bomber attack in Pulwama last year at a school in Jammu on Friday. On February 14 last year, Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber Adeel Ahmed Dar drove an explosive-laden car into a convoy of SANJAY KAW | DC swearing-in ceremony was security forces, killing 40 personnel. — PTI NEW DELHI, FEB. 14 held at Ramlila Maidan. In SURRENDERED 2015 too, his oath-taking cer- Aam Aadmi Party supremo emony had taken place at MILITANTS Arvind Kejriwal has invited the same venue on Feb. 14. Prime Minister Narendra Though an invitation has UNDER LENS STUDENTS MADE Modi to his swearing-in cer- been sent to the Prime emony on Sunday at the Minister, it is, however, not MANOJ ANAND | DC TO STRIP IN Ramlila Grounds where the clear whether Modi would GUWAHATI, FEB. 14 SC clears way for former will take oath as attend the swearing-in cere- Delhi Chief Minister for the mony as he is travelling to In a significant move the state GUJARAT COLLEGE third time. Preparations for his parliamentary con- government in consultation the swearing-in ceremony stituency Varanasi on with ministry of home affairs New Delhi, Feb. 14: are afoot at the historic Sunday to inaugurate over has decided that surrendered The National Ramlila Maidan which 30 projects. militants indulging in any Commission for Women execution of Vinay served as the battleground Invitations for the swear- unlawful and anti-social activ- has set up an inquiry for the 51-year-old bureau- ing-in ceremony have also ities will be excluded from the committee which will Dismisses petition against rejection of mercy plea crat-turned-politician dur- been sent to BJP’s newly proposed comprehensive relief meet the students of a ing the Anna Hazare-led elected eight legislators and and rehabilitation policy of college in Gujarat who New Delhi, Feb. 14: death row convict in the India Against Corruption the party’s seven sitting the government. were reportedly forced Clearing the way for exe- case, Mukesh Kumar movement. local MP’s. Pointing out that govern- to strip to prove that cution of Vinay Sharma, Singh (32). The mercy The sprawling Ramlila In a near-repeat perform- ment has already started the they were not menstru- one of the four convicts petition by the third con- SC judge faints Maidan, where socialist ance of 2015, the Kejriwal- process of framing a compre- ating. in the Nirbhaya gang vict —Akshay Kumar leader Jayaprakash Nar- led AAP retained power hensive relief and rehabilita- According to media rape and murder case, (31) — has also been ayan had addressed a mas- with a scintillating win in tion policy for more than 1,600 reports, 68 undergradu- the Supreme Court on rejected, but he is yet to sive gathering during the the just-concluded Delhi surrendered cadres of the four ate hostellers were Friday dismissed his challenge the rejection. in courtroom “Total Revolution” move- Assembly polls, dealing a factions of the National paraded through the col- plea against the rejection The fourth convict ment in 1970s, has a capacity body blow to the main rival Democratic Front of Bodol- lege into the restroom of his mercy petition by Pawan Gupta (25) is yet DC CORRESPONDENT ernment’s plea for the of about 1.25 lakh people. In BJP and completely deci- and, security sources said that and forced to individual- the President. to exhaust his legal NEW DELHI, FEB. 14 separate hanging of the 2013 after the AAP’s first mating the Congress in a the proposed policy would be ly remove their under- The top court refused to remedies such as filing Nirbhaya convicts who poll victory, Kejriwal’s keenly-watched battle. formulated by the state home garments to prove that accept Sharma’s con- curative petition — the Supreme Court judge have exhausted all their department in consultation they were not menstru- tention that the Pres- last legal remedy avail- Justice R. Banumathi on legal remedies. with Assam police and leaders ating. ident did not apply his able to person and the Friday momentarily Justice Banumathi and of all the four factions of The Commission has mind while rejecting the mercy plea. fainted in her chair Justice Bhushan were NDFB and other stakeholders. also sought an explana- mercy plea and it was The top court on Friday while she was dictating also part of the bench Admitting that even after tion from the trustee of done in a “mala fide” dealt with various an order adjourning the then headed by Justice surrender of NDFB cadres in Sahjanand Girls’ manner. grounds raised by Sha- hearing on the Centre’s Dipak Misra (who later large number, there is appre- Institute College, Pravin “When the highest con- rma (26) through his plea seeking separate became CJI and since hension in the security circle Pindora and the princi- stitutional authority, advocate A P Singh incl- hanging of three death retired) which had heard that surrendered militants are pal Rita Raniga for this upon perusal of the note uding that all relevant row convicts in Nirbhaya and upheld the Delhi holding back illegal arms, “shameful exercise”, an and the various docu- records were not placed case who have exhausted High Court verdict con- security sources said that NCW statement said. ments placed along with before the President by all their legal remedies firming the award of police have been asked to keep The NCW has set up an mercy petition, has taken the authorities. and mercy petitions. death sentence by the a close watch on the activities inquiry team, which will a decision to reject the The bench said the While dictating the trial court. of surrendered militants. meet the girls of the mercy petition, it cannot Delhi government had order adjourning the The court adjourned Referring to past instance, institute and inquire be contended that the forwarded Sharma’s hearing till February 20, the hearing for February “We have made it clear that about the incident. highest constitutional mercy petition to MHA Justice Banumathi bec- 20 after it was informed surrendered militants indu- “NCW has also authority had not appl- on January 30 along with ame motionless and tilt- that the trial court has lging in anti-social activities appraised the Kutch ied its mind to the docu- the necessary documents ed towards her right but fixed February 17 for would not be eligible for get- University in-charge ments,” it said. which included recom- regained her composer hearing Centre and Del- ting the benefit of the compre- Vice Chancellor A bench of Justices R mendation of NCT of as court staff escorted hi government’s appli- hensive relief rehabilitation Darshna Dholakia and Banumathi, Ashok Bhu- Delhi, copies of judg- her to chamber.