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VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# Q QR P report before the court, not the government. orty-eight-year after Indira he Supreme Court on Chaturvedi, in his FGandhi came to power in TMonday directed CBI fresh plea, said, “Despite 1971 on the ear-catching slogan to apprise it within two the yawning gap of “Garibi hatao”, her grandson weeks of the status of probe between the complaint Rahul Gandhi has reinvented in alleged disproportionate made/court’s directions the same theme by announcing assets case against SP lead- and the pendency of fil- his own version of “surgical” ers Mulayam Singh Yadav ing of a regular Case in strike on poverty to revive the and Akhilesh. this matter, an unusual- Congress fortune in the Lok The SC rejected the ly long period as already Sabha elections. submission of Yadavs’ counsel ers. escaped without any action As part of the Congress that the notice to the CBI be Chaturvedi, in 2005, had being taken on the matter for manifesto for general elections, kept at abeyance in the wake of filed the PIL in the top court 11 long years”. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi upcoming general elections. seeking a direction to the CBI The matter was still pend- said 20 per cent families in through idea. We have con- claimed there is enough money The SC said, “There was a to take appropriate action to ing with the CBI for registra- poorest of the poor category sulted many economists on in India and the Congress status report (of 2007 by CBI) prosecute Yadav, Akhilesh and tion of a regular case, it said. will be given 72,000 each the scheme. It will be a fiscal- guarantees that 20 per cent saying that prima facie case is his wife Dimple, and Prateek Till date, no FIR has been annually as a minimum ly prudent scheme,” Rahul said poorest families will be given made out. We are entitled to under the Prevention of registered against the Yadavs income. Accusing the Prime 72,000 per year. know what happened to the Corruption Act for allegedly and it has not only caused Making the announcement Terming it to be a “final each annually,” Rahul said soon Minister of giving money to the “Remember that in investigation”. acquiring assets more than the “some irremediable and at a Press conference post the assault” to eradicate poverty in after starting social media cam- rich and not the poor, Rahul Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Rejecting the plea of senior known source of their income irrecoverable damaged to the Congress Working Committee the country, Rahul described paign #NyayForIndia. alleged the poor have suffered and Rajasthan, I had promised advocate C A Sundaram, by misusing their power of whole case, but also raised meeting, the Congress chief the manifesto as a “historic” The CWC had met at the in the last five years and “We that in 10 days farmers will be appearing for the Samajwadi authority. serious questions of credibili- said, “The time for change has and “groundbreaking” mea- AICC headquarters to discuss are going to provide justice to given a loan waiver. I am Party (SP) patriarch and his The apex court in its ver- ty and integrity of our investi- come. This will be a ‘final sure to end poverty. “Five crore and give final shape to the them”. “If Narendra Modi can promising you today that jus- two sons -- Akhilesh and dict of March 1, 2007 had gating agencies”, the plea said. assault’ to eradicate poverty in families and 25 crore people party’s manifesto. The Congress give money to the rich people tice will be done. Scheme will Prateek, the Bench comprising directed the CBI “to enquire The CBI is duty bound to the country.” will directly benefit from the chief said the party has studied in the country, then Congress be on a phase basis. First a pilot Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi into allegations” and find out as register a regular case as man- The party manifesto is scheme. The final assault on the fiscal implications of the can give the poor this money,” project will be run then scheme and Justice Deepak Gupta said, to as to whether the plea with dated by the provisions of law being framed by a committee poverty has begun. We will scheme and has consulted he said. will run,” he said. He claimed “Why should we not ask CBI as regard to disproportionate and also report the FIR to the headed by former Finance and wipe out poverty from the renowned economists and “Narendra Modi is creating that everyday your money is to what happened in terms of assets of SP leaders was “correct jurisdictional magistrate as Home Minister P country. I promise that there experts before finalising it. two Indias in the country and being taken away and “we will orders issued in 2007...We or not”. mandatory and provided by Chidambaram. will be justice for the poor. The “This is a historic scheme we will not allow it, there will show you what is happening. would like to know the status In 2012, the court had dis- procedure law, it said. Citing the examples of Congress guarantees that 20 which has not happened any- be only one India,” he said. We have been studying this for of the probe”. missed the review petitions of Referring to the CBI’s ear- farmers’ loan waiver schemes in per cent families belonging to where in the world. It is an Asked where the money the last 4-5 months”. The senior lawyer opposed Yadav and his sons against its lier status report, the fresh three States — Rajasthan, poorest of the poor category in extremely powerful, ground- will come from and whether it The working committee, the plea of petitioner and verdict and directed the CBI to plea said that the report indi- Chhattisgarh and Madhya India will be given 72,000 breaking and well-thought will affect the economy, Rahul which is the party’s highest Congress leader Vishwanath go ahead with the probe against cated that disproportionate Pradesh — the Gandhi scion decision-making body, will Chaturvedi saying it is going to them in the disproportionate assets were possessed not only said if the party is voted to give a final go-ahead to the be used politically ahead of the assets case. by Mulayam Singh Yadav, power the Congress will iden- manifesto. The meeting was general elections next month. It had allowed the review Akhilesh and Prateek but also tify such families who live chaired by Rahul and attended Chaturvedi, in his fresh plea of Dimple and directed the by Dimple Yadav. below the poverty mark and RR by former PM Manmohan plea, has sought a direction to CBI to drop the inquiry against On the basis of Income Tax help them to live decent life. He Singh, Priyanka Gandhi, the CBI to place the status her saying that she was not Returns and reliable docu- said the scheme is part of the Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi report on probe either before holding any public office. ments of the Yadav family party’s plan to ensure mini- Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge, and the apex court or before a The court had also modi- members, the disproportionate mum income guarantee to AK Antony. magisterial court in the assets fied its March 1, 2007 order and assets were calculated at Rs 2.63 every person in the country. Continued on Page 7 case against the three SP lead- asked the CBI to file the status crore, it said. R R nion Finance Minister Mathura. She is the biggest UArun Jaitley on Monday superstar and the Congress described as “fraud “ and hum- day after famous has stooped to such a low. This bug Rahul Gandhi’s announce- iving up chairmanship AHaryanavi singer and was not expected from ment to provide 72, 000 year- Gafter more than 26 years, dancer Sapna Chaudhary Priyanka,” Tiwari said. ly to the 20 per cent of the embattled Jet Airways’ founder claimed that she has not joined His reaction came after poorest of the poor in the Naresh Goyal on Monday quit the Congress, Delhi BJP pres- Sapna was seen with him in country saying the poor are as a board member, with the ident Manoj Tiwari met her pictures on the social media. receiving one and half times lenders taking control of the and said he will be happy if she When asked about the pos- L more in the Modi-regime. cockpit and deciding to infuse campaigns for the BJP in the sibilities of Sapna joining the People won’t be taken in by which opposed the Modi the BJP leader. 1,500 crore immediately into Lok Sabha elections. Sapna’s BJP, Tiwari replied, “Only time M “chhal kapat” of the Congress, Government’s Direct Benefit Meanwhile, Niti Aayog the ailing airline. much hyped news of joining will tell.” said Jaitley. Transfer (DBT) is now saying Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar Struggling to stay afloat the Congress was circulated Earlier, Sapna said she is P Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman it would use the same in pro- on Monday said Rahul’s amid a debt burden of over board has approved immediate with her pictures with Priyanka not harbouring any dream to Rajiv Kumar and the Economic viding money to poor and promise of providing 72,000 8,000 crore, the board of the fund infusion of up to 1,500 Gandhi Vadra. join the Congress at all. And if Advisory Council to the Prime without any financial burden.

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