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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 SC not to review Sabarimala Retail inflation at 5­year case, to examine ‘larger issues’ high of 7.3% in December Nine­judge Bench to decide constitutional questions raised by religious practices Food inflation up to 14.12%; shortage of onions drives spike Congress goes past forward in Delhi Krishnadas Rajagopal Special Correspondent NEW DELHI NEW DELHI NEW DELHI The Congress’ three­pronged A nine­judge Bench led by Retail inflation soared to a Assembly election campaign Chief Justice of India Sharad five­and­a­half year high of entails reminding voters of the work done during its A. Bobde on Monday said its 7.35% in December 2019, 15­year run under Sheila objective was not to review with the shortage of onions Dikshit, a clear stand on the Sabarimala women entry driving the surge. CAA­NRC­NPR, and targeting case but examine “larger is­ According to information AAP and BJP over their ‘lies’ sues” of law arising from released by the National Sta­ on regularisation of practices such as the prohi­ tistical Office on Monday, re­ unauthorised colonies. bition of women from enter­ tail inflation based on the

CITY Ī PAGE 2 ing mosques and temples, Consumer Price Index was DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD female genital mutilation only 2.11% in December 2018 among Dawoodi Bohras and and 5.54% in November Anti-CAA stir in Gaya the ban on Parsi women who 2019. in its third week married inter­faith from en­ The last time retail infla­ GAYA tering the fire temple. tion touched 7.39% was in As the ongoing protest at The Bench, however, clar­ July 2014, just after Prime Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship (Amendment) ified that it would not go into Minister Narendra Modi be­ Act and the National Register the legality of issues such as gan his first term in office. of Citizens grabs national the practice of polygamy and The hike in inflation in the media attention, a similar ‘nikah­halala’ in Islam. who marry outside their stitutional protection under Bench. The court posted the vegetables category was at dharna at Shanti Bagh in Gaya Chief Justice Bobde ex­ community into fire temple. Article 26 (freedom to man­ case for hearing after three 60.5% last month in compa­ district of Bihar entered its plained that the basis of the We will not decide individual age religious affairs). weeks. rison to December 2018. 16th day on Monday. Bench’s judicial enquiry facts of each case,” Chief Jus­ Chief Justice Bobde, who When lawyers sought to Onion prices were above the NORTH Ī PAGE 5 would be seven questions re­ tice Bobde told lawyers in succeeded Justice Gogoi, remind the court that the ₹100 per kg mark in many DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ferred to a larger Bench by a the courtroom. formed a Bench of nine, case challenging the Citizen­ major cities due to a 26% fall five­judge Bench on Novem­ On November 14, the five­ rather than seven judges, to ship (Amendment) Act was in production. JNU teachers, students ber 14, 2019. He said the judge Bench led by then examine these questions scheduled for January 22 Overall, food inflation boycott classes nine­judge Bench was only Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which concern multiple and the hearing before the rose to 14.12% in December NEW DELHI examining propositions of instead of deciding the Saba­ faiths. nine­judge Bench ought to as against a negative rate of while for meat and fish it ing inflationary concerns. The academic blocks of law raised about religious rimala review entrusted to it, On Monday, Solicitor Gen­ be heard without a break, ­2.65% in the same month of was nearly 10%. Independent credit rating JNU wore a deserted look practices believed to be es­ sought an “authoritative pro­ eral Tushar Mehta said the the CJI said cases were being the previous year. It was also The Centre has mandated agency ICRA’s principal eco­ on Monday, the first day of sential to various religions. nouncement” on the Court’s questions were too broad heard “chronologically”. significantly higher than the the Reserve Bank of India to nomist Aditi Nayar said the the winter semester, as students and teachers The Bench would not go into power to decide the essen­ and needed fine­tuning. But senior lawyers, like In­ 10.01% recorded in Novem­ keep inflation in the range of revision in rail fares, rise in boycotted classes. They said the individual facts of the va­ tiality of religious practices. dira Jaising and Rajeev Dha­ ber 2019. 2­6%. The RBI is scheduled prices of some categories of normalcy would return only rious petitions before it. Framing seven questions, Directive to lawyers van, said the Court cannot Along with vegetables, to announce its next bi­ automobiles and an unfa­ after Vice­Chancellor “We will decide questions the Bench referred them to a The CJI asked the lawyers in­ decide on the essentiality of high prices of pulses, meat monthly monetary policy on vourable base effect may M. Jagadesh Kumar was of law on women’s entry to seven­judge Bench. These volved in the case to hold a religious practices. It was and fish also contributed to February 6. contribute to a further in­ made to resign or was sacked. mosques/temples, genital referral questions included conference on January 17 to outside its jurisdiction. last month’s spike. The infla­ In its December policy, crease in core inflation to mutilation by Dawoodi Boh­ whether “essential religious reframe/add issues to be exa­ tion in pulses and products the central bank had kept around 4% this month. CITY Ī PAGE 4 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ras, entry of Parsi women practices” be afforded con­ mined by the nine­judge CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 was recorded at 15.44%, the repo rate unchanged, cit­ (With inputs from PTI) CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Oppn. appeals Nitish against NRC, open to CAA debate Feeling special! to non­BJP CMs Press Trust of India tification” but he was open ment agreed in principle to to suspend NPR Patna to a debate on issues that the National Population Re­ Bihar Chief Minister Nitish have created “turmoil”, in­ gister like it did 10 years ago enumeration Kumar said on Monday that cluding the Citizenship when the exercise was last a countrywide National Re­ (Amendment) Act. undertaken. Sandeep Phukan gister of Citizens (NRC) was Speaking in the Assembly, NEW DELHI “needless” and had “no jus­ Mr. Kumar said his govern­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Leaders of Opposition parties on Monday de­ manded the immediate withdrawal of the Citizen­ ship Amendment Act (CAA) and appealed to non­BJP Chief Ministers, who had earlier an­ nounced not to carry out a proposed nation­wide National Register of Citi­ zens (NRC), to suspend the exercise of enumera­ tion of the National Popu­ lation Register (NPR) as it is “a prelude to a nation­ wide NRC.” A joint resolution was adopted after a meeting — convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and attended by leaders of 20 Opposition parties — discussed the current Rewarding excellence: Cricketer Smriti Mandhana, left, receives the Sportswoman of the Year award from actor Sharmila political situation arising Tagore during the Sportstar Aces Awards in Mumbai as Mel Jones, Cricket Australia Director, looks on.* R. RAGU (REPORT ON PAGE 18) out of the widespread CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC protests against the amended citizenship law and the violence on HC rules Hizb ultras led police to rogue officer campuses. ‘Centre exposed’ Musharraf Ms. Gandhi asserted that Top commanders were tracked from Shopian to DSP’s house the “Modi­Shah govern­ trial illegal ment stands exposed for Vijaita Singh or colleague within the Police its inability to govern and Mehmal Sarfraz Peerzada Ashiq Department or him being in provide security to the LAHORE New Delhi/Srinagar touch directly with people in people.” In huge relief for Pakistan’s The police had been on the Pakistan or Pakistan­occu­ However, cracks in the self­exiled former dictator, trail of Jammu and Kashmir pied Kashmir (PoK). Howev­ Opposition unity were the Lahore High Court on DSP Davinder Singh for at er, investigations are still on visible as the Trinamool Monday declared Pervez least two days before his ar­ and the operation is being wi­ Congress, the Samajwadi Musharraf’s trial in the rest on Saturday, a senior go­ dened,” an official said. Party (SP), the Bahujan high treason case as “un­ vernment official said on The police officer came Samaj Party (BSP) and the constitutional”. Monday. Buildings damaged during a under the security agencies’ Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) A special court had gi­ Singh was arrested while fidayeen attack in Pulwama radar after two top Hizb­ul stayed away from the ven death sentence to the travelling in a vehicle with in August 2017. * NISSAR AHMAD Mujahideen militants, includ­ meeting. ex­Army chief on Decem­ two wanted Hizb­ul Mujahi­ ing cop­turned­militant com­ The Dravida Munnetra ber 17 for holding the Con­ deen militants and a lawyer. top intelligence gathering mander Babu and Rafi Ah­ Kazhagam (DMK), the stitution in abeyance. Preliminary questioning of agencies — the Intelligence mad and lawyer Irfan Shafi Congress’s all­weather al­ Lawyer Usama Malik the DSP has suggested that he Bureau (IB) and the Research left south Kashmir on Friday ly, surprised everyone by said the High Court point­ had been sheltering militants and Analysis Wing (RAW) — and headed towards Srina­ boycotting the meet as it ed out that Cabinet appro­ in lieu of money and wanted also questioned Singh in gar. They also made several was upset over a reported val wasn’t given for the for­ top Hizb­ul Mujahideen com­ Kashmir. phone calls on the way. remark by a Tamil Nadu mation of the special court mander Syed Naveed Mush­ Official sources said the According to police sourc­ Congress leader. and it was only constituted taq alias Babu and his accom­ agencies were looking into es, the officer arranged for The Shiv Sena too by the Prime Minister’s Of­ plices did stay in his house his connections within Kash­ the trio to move from Sho­ talked of a “miscommuni­ fice and the Interior Minis­ located next to the 15 Corps mir and outside, especially pian to Srinagar. The three cation” to explain its ab­ try, which is illegal. headquarters in Srinagar’s across the border in Pakistan. militants headed straight for sence from the group of (With inputs from PTI) high security Badamibagh “So far, the investigations Singh’s Srinagar house. “like­minded parties.” area on Friday. could not establish his links ‘CAN’T BE PUNISHED’ Ī PAGE 14 Officers of the country’s with any other police officer CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE After LS poll fillip, Cong. goes past forward in Delhi

The party’s three-pronged Assembly election campaign entails not start the process. Two agen­ cies were appointed to map reminding voters of the work done during its 15-year run under them and both tenders were can­ Sheila Dikshit, a clear stand on CAA-NRC-NPR, and targeting AAP celled and for four­and­a­half years, Kejriwal was in deep slum­ and BJP over their ‘lies’ on regularisation of illegal colonies ber. Only before the elections did he wake up to it. We will go to un­ Jaideep Deo Bhanj authorised colonies and tell NEW DELHI them the truth about this,” Mr. Azad said. he third player in the trian­ With respect to the BJP’s “reg­ gular contest for power in ularisation” of unauthorised co­ TDelhi, the Indian National lonies, he said that the Congress Congress, is looking forward to will hold rallies in unauthorised launching a campaign focused colonies and show how a majori­ on a range of national and local ty of them would not be regular­ issues and is promising to conti­ ised as they fall in zones like the nue the development it brought Yamuna riverbed, near ASI mon­ to Delhi during its 15­year rule uments, forest areas and near with Sheila Dikshit as Chief high­tension cables, because of Minister. which, according to the govern­ Enthused by its results in the ment’s rules, they cannot be 2019 Lok Sabha elections, when regularised. it managed to increase its vote share considerably and was Power ‘relief’ placed second in five out of the Other promises that the Con­ seven seats, the party leadership gress has made ahead of the elec­ is confident of turning around its tion is to give relief package up to performance in the Assembly 600 units of power to the con­ polls. In 2013 Delhi Assembly sumers besides increasing the elections, the Congress had won (From left) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor with Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra during a demonstration against the amended citizenship Act outside Jamia Millia Islamia ; Sheila pension amount to ₹5,000 per eight out of 70 seats and in the Dikshit, along with Subhash Chopra (left), at a public meeting in New Delhi; ( below) a file photo of L­G Vijai Kapoor administering the oath of office to Sheila Dikshit as the sixth Chiefmonth under the ‘Sheila Dikshit 2015 polls, it failed to win even a Minister of Delhi. * HINDU ARCHIVES/ PTI Pension Scheme’. single seat. The party has also set up a so­ After a leadership crisis arose tee is still working on it, one of attack on students of JNU, will be people that it was the Congress cial media unit to “debunk false­ in the Delhi Congress following the main points included in the resisted by voters who are aware that built the metro, new hospi­ hood and lies” that they said the the death of Dikshit in July last document would be the party’s and educated. “The Congress tals, flyovers and schools and BJP and AAP have been year, the party relied on old war­ stand that there is a vast diffe­ will ensure that any attempt to these development works will be spreading. horse Shubhash Chopra to be­ rence in the NPR of 2010 and the take the public’s attention away compared to the work that AAP Several Delhi Congress work­ come the State unit chief and put NPR of 2020 as the Modi govern­ from the failures of the govern­ has done in terms of numbers to ers said that unlike in the run­up up a united front against the Bha­ ment has added six new illegal ment with regard to economy, show how it has not done any de­ to the 2019 Lok Sabha election, ratiya Janata Party (BJP) and the looking to field young candidates clauses in violation of Article 14 unemployment, pollution and velopment,” Mr. Azad said. To where there was a lot of ambigui­ Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). in the upcoming polls, Mr. Cho­ of the Constitution,” Mr. Maken every single aspect of improving counter the BJP, he said the stra­ ty until the last day of filing nom­ Mr. Chopra said that the party pra added. said. The party has also asked the life of the people will not be tegy would be simple, “we will inations as to whether the party through its campaign will not on­ AAP to clear its stand on the is­ tolerated,” Mr. Tharoor said. get them to talk about issues fac­ would tie­up with AAP to coun­ ly remind Delhiites of how the ‘No CAA, NPR, NRC’ sue and not stay on the fences. ing Delhi and not about ter the BJP, this time the prepara­ Congress party in its 15­year rule One of the first announcements Congress leaders have been Campaign slogan Pakistan”. tions are much more organised. brought a positive transforma­ that the Delhi Congress made re­ reaching out to those protesting The chairman of the Campaign “Last year, there was a divi­ tion to the Capital, but also de­ garding its preparations for the against the CAA­NPR­NRC and campuses in the Capital has gi­ Committee of the Delhi Con­ Regularisation ‘truth’ sion within the party on a tie­up bunk the lies and misinforma­ elections was to come out with a have even shown solidarity with ven us the sense that the govern­ gress, Kirti Azad, said that the Mr. Azad said that one of the and therefore, we started our tion that both BJP and AAP have clear stand on the contentious students’ movement against the ment is trying to silence the campaign slogans which have main strategies to target the BJP campaign very late. Even then, been spreading on regularisation Citizenship (Amendment) Act exercise. voice of the people of Delhi and been finalised are — ‘Congress and AAP would be unauthorised we managed to improve our per­ of unauthorised colonies and the (CAA), National Population Re­ Launching an initiative to lis­ therefore, we are going to wel­ wali Dilli Khushal Dilli’ and ‘Con­ colonies as both parties have formance. The ground­level development they claim they gister (NPR) and National Regis­ ten to the people of Delhi on come the voices and consult gress ke 15 saal vikas hue bemi­ “fooled” the people of Delhi. workers are positive and are have brought. ter of Citizens (NRC). The chair­ what should be included in the them on what they think should saal”, which is a throwback to “There was a notification by the looking to rebuild the party and “Both parties are making pro­ man of the Manifesto manifesto, the Congress has be the key issues in this elec­ the 15­year rule of the Congress Lieutenant­Governor of Delhi on win back our vote base. Success­ mises ahead of the elections but Committee, Ajay Maken, said started a conversation with Del­ tion,” Mr. Tharoor said. in Delhi when it completely October 2, 2013 saying that the ful campaigns in Rajasthan, Mad­ are yet to deliver and we will that the party if elected to power hiites. Kicking off the initiative, He said that in every election changed the face of the city. mapping of the unauthorised co­ hya Pradesh, Maharashtra, show voters that it is only the in Delhi, will not implement the senior Congress leader Shashi the BJP fights, its intent is to po­ “We are fighting a war and we lonies should start. Unfortunate­ Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh Congress party that has work to CAA, NPR and NRC. Tharoor said, “The stifling of dis­ larise voters and hoped that in will have an aggressive strategy. ly after that we lost the elections have also brought a new vigour,” show,” he said. The Congress is “While the manifesto commit­ sent and attacks on university Delhi any such attempt, like the We will have posters reminding and the Kejriwal government did a party worker said. IN BRIEF Minister lying on scam in Two­time MLA , AAP, BJP get notices over son of Mahabal model code violation EWS house pricing: AAP NEW DELHI Mishra join AAP The Delhi Chief Election Misinformation campaign, says Puri Officer’s office has sent three Staff Reporter notices over alleged Staff Reporter AAP’s accusations as base­ New Delhi violations of the model code New Delhi Congress leader and former of conduct, a spokesperson less. “A legal notice was sent MLA Ram Singh Netaji and said on Monday. While two AAP leader Sanjay Singh on to that the allottees of DDA’s notices were sent to AAP, one Monday reiterated that EWS category and was sent Vinay Kumar Mishra, son of notice was sent to the BJP. there was a “scam” in the to a number of other people former Congress MP Maha­ The parties are given a day to price of houses for econom­ also. The notice was sent bal Mishra and a few other respond to the notice and ically weaker section (EWS), out on July 13, 2019, and this Congress leaders have place their comments on the which was increased by the legal notice has been also joined the Aam Aadmi Par­ matter based on which the Delhi Development Authori­ been sent to Puri too as ty on Monday, said senior further course of action ty (DDA). clearly indicated in the list,” AAP leader Manish Sisodia. would be decided, a senior He said Union Minister Mr. Singh said. Addressing a press con­ election official said. Hardeep Singh Puri was “ly­ Terming the allegations ference, AAP national con­ ing” about it. as “misinformation”, the vener Arvind Kejriwal said: Over 3 lakh hoardings, “Yesterday, I highlighted DDA said that DLF had con­ “We are welcoming them to posters removed the large scale scam done by structed 772 houses which the party with open hearts. NEW DELHI the DDA with respect to the have all been allotted. “The And I am sure that a day will The civic bodies removed over construction and sale of DDA meeting on December come when two crore peo­ 3 lakh hoardings and posters flats for people under the 21, 2017 on this subject was ple of Delhi will become here following the EWS category. After my attended by representatives members of AAP. That day declaration of the model code statement, Puri commented of the Govt. of NCT of Delhi. is not too far.” of conduct in view of the on this matter and the DDA They had no problem with Mr. Netaji was twice an upcoming elections, read a also issued a statement from the cost. Raising the issue at MLA — once as a BSP candi­ statement issued by the Delhi their Twitter handle, which this time is not clear,” DDA date and second time as an CEO’s office on Monday. is a big lie in itself. This said in a statement. Independent after which he statement just adds to the Responding to the allega­ joined the Congress. “I have severity of this corruption tion, Mr. Puri in a tweet joined AAP as a worker and that has been going on and said, “If they had a problem not for a ticket. I have re­ there is a dire need of a with the costing why did signed from the Congress proper investigation ,” said they not raise it then? Were along with my followers,” Mr. Singh. you waiting for the elec­ he told the media. He said Mr. Puri had said tions? And now you begin Also, Congress leader he has no information about with this misinformation Deepu Chaudhary and ma­ the 772 EWS category flats campaign, without doing ny others joined AAP and and had dismissed the your bit in it.” were inducted into party.

DELHI TODAY BJP finalises 45­50 names Talk: Dr. C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2020: “Handcrafting a Sus- tainable Future – Challenge and Op- for Delhi Assembly elections portunity in a New Millennium”, by Prof. Ashoke Chatterjee, former Ex- ecutive Director, National Institute of Design at C.D. Deshmukh Auditor- ium, India International Centre (IIC), First list of party’s candidates expected by January 17 6 p.m. Dance: Traditional Margam, a Jatin Anand Sunday at BJP national presi­ these individuals was dis­ Bharatanatyam presentation by New Delhi Shreya Iyer, a disciple of The Dhanan- dent Amit Shah’s residence. cussed and one name per jayans and Divya Shiva Sundar, at The After three marathon meet­ The first list of the party’s seat was arrived upon,” said Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre (IHC), 7 p.m. ings over the weekend, the candidates is expected latest a party source. Exhibition: “Portraits of Automo- BJP has finalised the names by January 17. “Over the weekend, the biles”, a solo painting exhibition by of 45 to 50 candidates it in­ Besides Mr. Shah, working thrust of the exercise was Murali Sharma at Convention Centre tends to field in the Assemb­ national president J.P. Nadda mainly to assess the winna­ Foyer, India Habitat Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. ly constituencies in the Capi­ and Delhi election in­charge bility of potential candidates Exhibition: “Clay My Canvas” tal, party sources aware of Prakash Javadekar were also based on grassroots surveys ceramics exhibition by Indu Rao at the proceedings said here on present in these meetings, related to their popularity. Triveni Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, Monday. according to party sources. The finalised names will be 205, Tansen Marg, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. At least three meetings re­ “There were two to three assessed by the Central Elec­ Exhibition: “Thread through Asia” by French artist Guyseika at Galerie volving around the exercise potential candidates whose tion Committee, headed by Romain Rolland, Alliance Française had taken place, including names were finalised by the Mr. Shah, which will then de Delhi, 72 Lodhi Estate, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. one that began at 8 p.m. on party’s Delhi Assembly Elec­ take a final call on the allot­ (Mail your listings for this column at Sunday evening and con­ tions Committee for around ment of tickets,” the source [email protected]) cluded around 2 a.m. on 45 seats. The candidature of said. A ND-NDE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Why FIR not filed in Dec. 15 Shaheen Bagh’s children learn lessons in revolution case, JMI students ask V­C Initiative started by JMI scholar helps youngsters understand CAA, Preamble through discussions Sidharth Ravi <> The children and against injustice, “which ‘Varsity will explore the possibility of approaching court for it’ New Delhi others here pay could make them someone A closed­off space, on the tribute to an who is not conveniently de­ Staff Reporter landing outside a shuttered individual or ceived by power structures, New Delhi showroom, overlooking the who cannot be conveniently group who Several students of Jamia Mil­ site that has been the spot of fooled, whose circle of em­ lia Islamia on Monday ghe­ an indefinite protest against positively add pathy is global, who em­ raoed Vice­Chancellor Naj­ the Citizenship (Amend­ energy to these pathise with issues not only ma Akhtar’s office, asking ment) Act in Shaheen Bagh, protests here but everywhere. That why an FIR had not been re­ has been seeing a large nationwide by is how great people are gistered in the December 15, group of people of all ages putting up posters born out of such 2019 incident when the pol­ sit and draw, tell stories, Youngsters stand near posters put up in Shaheen Bagh on Usama Zakir situations”. Research scholar at Jamia Millia Islamia ice entered the campus and and discuss various ideas. Monday. * SIDHARTH RAVI He termed the present carried out a crackdown. The project was started situation “a transformative The V­C told the students by research scholar at Jamia who include people like Del­ Inquilab?” said Mr. Usama. artists. The children and moment for Jamia Nagar that the police had not re­ Millia Islamia Usama Zakir hi University student Sam­ With about 50­70 children, others here pay tribute to where it all had silently ceived their complaint as JMI V-C Najma Akhtar speaks to students on Monday. on January 1. He said: “The ridhi Khandelwaal, help the including young adults, an individual or group who started through sloganeer­ yet. The university had writ­ * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR idea is to pay a practical tri­ children draw posters, talk turning up daily at the spot, “positively add energy to ing and candlelight march­ ten an e­mail to the area bute to these women.” to them about the protest, Mr. Usama said he is over­ these protests nationwide” es, which is a language that SHO, DCP, and the Police been taken to “explore the cancelled till further notice He said: “Since the prot­ and engage with them in whelmed by the response. by putting up posters. the area had to effectively Commissioner, demanding possibility of moving the and a new schedule would esters’ children have been some form of “mindful­ “I never expected so ma­ A poster reading “We learn to speak through action against police person­ court for the registration of be declared later. The univer­ out of school for nearly a ness”, he said. ny children to come and res­ Love You” is dedicated to these protests”. nel responsible for the crack­ FIR in the December 15, 2019 sity also said the National month, them raising slo­ pond to these things in a ra­ TV anchor Ravish Kumar With women leading the down in which several stu­ police brutality in university Human Rights Commission gans may be harmful to ‘Who was Inquilab?’ tional manner,” he said. and Jawaharlal Nehru Un­ protests, he said: “The gen­ dents had been injured. library case at the earliest”. (NHRC), which had earlier their mental growth. We The adults present at the Among the host of activities iversity Students’ Union der binary had melted.” Mr. “Despite who we are, we The students also sought sent a team to the campus, had decided that we will spot said the children do carried out here, students president Aishe Ghosh. On Usama believed that these have sent objections to that postponement of the semes­ would be sending another start our new year by engag­ not understand the CAA read the Preamble and the Monday, the participants transformations would government of which we are ter examinations that are team on Tuesday to record ing young energy around and the National Register of draft of the CAA to try and put up a poster reading: make it better for the chil­ employees and also followed currently under way. On statements of the victims. this protest into something Citizens (NRC) clearly and understand it. “Fearless Journalists”. dren. “They [children] have it up multiple times. Now, we this, the university said fol­ The university added that it constructive.” often ask questions related The walls in this passage He said he hopes the chil­ a limitless scope of flourish­ will even go to court,” she lowing consultations with has handed over all evidence With mattresses laid out to it. “The other day, an 11­ are filled with posters made dren understand that their ing into real change­mak­ said. In a statement, the un­ the Deans, HODs and other related to the incident to the in the space, volunteers year­old asked me who was by the children and some mothers are protesting ers,” he added. iversity said a decision had officials, the exams stand NHRC. 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DELHI THE HINDU 4 CITY TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Academic blocks deserted on first day of winter semester at JNU Students and teachers say removal of Vice­Chancellor can restore normalcy Violence on campus: SIT sleuths Special Correspondent our students. It is the V­C NEW DELHI who has blocked the registra­ The academic blocks at JNU tion of 300 students. What question Aishe Ghosh, two others wore a deserted look on kind of a signal does that HC to hear plea against Monday, the first day of the send?” she added. Kalindi Kunj road closure winter semester, as students Earlier in the day, the JNU Sucheta will be questioned today, 2 more tomorrow: police NEW DELHI boycotted classes respond­ administration sent an advi­ STAFF REPORTER The Delhi High Court will on ing to a call given by the JNU sory to the teachers, saying if violence in which 35 stu­ Patel and Yogendra Bharad­ NEW DELHI Tuesday hear a petition Students’ Union (JNUSU) and they went ahead with their dents, including Ms. Ghosh, waj, both from ABVP, are seeking to open the Kalindi the JNU Teachers’ Associa­ “non­cooperation”, then it A special investigation team sustained injuries. among the nine suspects in Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch, tion ( JNUTA). would go against the admi­ of the Delhi police visited JNU Sucheta Talukdar will be the case. which has been closed since The students and teachers nistration that was making on Monday and questioned questioned on Tuesday while December 15 due to ongoing have continued their stand efforts to restore normalcy three students, including Chunchun Kumar and Dolan Notices served protests against the that normalcy could be on the campus. JNUSU president Aishe Samanta will be questioned The police said that Akshat amended Citizenship Act. brought back on the campus The administration added Ghosh, in connection with on Wednesday, the police Awasthi and Rohit Shah, who Advocate and social activist only if Vice­Chancellor M. Ja­ that a “non­cooperation” call the January 5 violence on the said. featured in a sting operation Amit Sahni, in his petition, gadesh Kumar was made to violated the service contracts university campus, officials Last week, the Delhi police conducted by a TV news claimed the closure was resign or was sacked. They of the teachers and all faculty said. claimed that the violence at channel, have also been causing huge inconvenience blamed him and his adminis­ members were advised to Pankaj Mishra, Vasker Vi­ JNU was a fallout of tensions served notices to join the in­ to lakhs of commuters who tration for failing to provide resume their classes and oth­ jay Mech and Ms. Ghosh were brimming on the campus vestigation, but were ab­ have been taking alternate security on campus as well as er academic activities in the questioned by the Crime since January 1 over the regis­ sconding. routes for a month. imposing a fee hike and oth­ interest of the students. Branch officers. Ms. Ghosh tration process. The police have also iden­

er measures without follow­ The winter semester began on Monday. * JAIDEEP DEO BHANJ An appeal by 12 deans and was questioned for around an Ms. Ghosh is among the se­ tified the masked woman, ing due procedure. seven chairpersons of special hour while other two were ven out of the total nine sus­ seen in the purported videos Workshop held on JNUTA president D.K. Lo­ more, and that students who ing held accountable,” said centres stated that with over questioned for around 40 mi­ pects, who are from Left­ of the violence, shared on so­ surgery trends biyal, who led a five­member left after the violence are still Shukla Sawant, a professor at 5,000 students having regis­ nutes. Ms. Ghosh was ques­ leaning students’ organisa­ cial media, as Komal Sharma, NEW DELHI delegation to meet senior afraid to return. “We have the School of Arts and Aes­ tered, it was evident that stu­ tioned in Teflas, which hous­ tions and the other two who was wearing a check The Department of Burns, HRD Ministry officials, said: told the Ministry that this is thetics who was a part of the dents wanted to participate es the students’ union office. suspects are from the the shirt, light blue scarf and was Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, VMMC and “There can be no security, not the right environment delegation. She said many in their academic pursuits The police asked them RSS­affiliated Akhil Bhartiya carrying a stick. Ms. Sharma, Safdarjung Hospital, New no normalcy on the campus for us to resume academic professors continued to be in without delay. where they were on January Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). who is a student of Daulat Delhi, organised a CME with the V­C present. If the activities. We stand with the touch with students, espe­ They appealed to students 3, 4 and 5 when the violence Besides Ms. Ghosh, Mr. Ram College, has also been programme and workshop on government wants to restore students,” he said. cially research scholars, so and teachers to refrain from unfolded. Mishra and Mr. Mech, Ms. Sa­ sent a notice to join the “Current trends in Cranio- normalcy, they must remove “Students are living in that their work continues any activity that would hin­ The trio is among the nine manta, Priya Ranjan, Ms. Ta­ probe, the police said, adding Maxillofacial surgery” for him.” fear. The person who is part­ even if classes were not held. der the conducive atmosph­ suspects whose pictures were lukdar and mr. Kumar, an that her phone was found to nurses and doctors on He said neither students ly responsible for the vio­ “We are continuing to sup­ ere in the functioning of the recently released by the pol­ alumni, had been named as be switched off since Satur­ January 10 and 11. nor teachers feel safe any­ lence still there and not be­ port the academic needs of university. ice following the January 5 suspects by the police. Vikas day night. Delhi will be ABVP releases eight videos of JNU protests no longer justified: HRD Minister no­fly zone ahead of R­Day January 5 campus violence Administration is not fulfilling its end of the bargain, charges JNUSU Special Correspondent <> JNU has issued a place on January 5 had tion that they might do so at SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI statement that the shocked not only the campus the very next opportunity. NEW DELHI ‘Clips show Left body members hitting students with sticks’ The students’ agitation at JNU students are not but the conscience of the na­ The record of discussion with Delhi will turn into a no­fly “is no longer justified” as being asked to tion as to how “goons import­ the HRD Ministry says that zone for nearly two hours Special Correspondent sion and acrimony since Oc­ secretary, said: “The mem­ their key demand related to ed from outside with the col­ any fee hike will be first bear the cost of for a period of seven days NEW DELHI tober 28, 2019, the day the bers of Left organisations are the hostel fee hike has been lusion of the V­C” can wreck brought back to a new IHA, ahead of the Republic Day The ABVP on Monday re­ new hostel manual was re­ torturing students and teach­ dealt with, Human Resource service and utility havoc and carnage and not but the fee hike was imposed parade here. leased eight videos taken on leased. The Left parties ers who have wanted to par­ Development (HRD) Minister charges proposed be punished. “The HRD Mi­ beforehand,” she said. This will also mean that January 5 at JNU’s Periyar abused the sentiments of the take in academic activities on Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank for the winter nistry, instead of removing a She added that the record the Indira Gandhi Interna­ Hostel that allegedly show students and disrupted all the JNU campus. They are asking said on Monday, calling for session which was violence promoter who al­ of discussion stated that a le­ tional Airport in the city members of Left organisa­ academic activities in the un­ for social boycott through an end to the protests which their basic demand lowed rod­wielding goons to nient view will be taken re­ will see no flights within tions “carrying sticks and hit­ iversity. For two­and­a­half their Kangaroo courts. This began almost three months Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank create carnage, is asking why garding the agitation, but this time frame. The Air­ ting students”. The ABVP said months now, classes are not clearly shows the ideological ago. HRD Minister the students are agitated. Stu­ that the administration had ports Authority of India that they had submitted the being held and exams are not untouchability being prac­ “After rounds of discus­ dents are agitated as they blocked the registration of a has issued a NOTAM (not­ footage to the police for in­ being allowed to be held by tised by such organisations.” sions, the JNU has issued a converted into a political are­ were beaten, assaulted, near­ lot of students on the ground ice to airmen) barring land­ vestigation along with the the Left. It is most unfortu­ The ABVP, however, did statement that the students na”, adding that over 5,000 ly killed and forced to hide of proctorial enquiries. ings or take­offs between names of students that they nate that the students were not release any video shot on are not being asked to bear students have already regis­ and continue to live in fear in The JNUSU president also 10.35 a.m. and 12.15 p.m. had identified. attacked when they tried to the campus after sundown on the cost of service and utility tered for the winter session. their own university.” said that the record of discus­ on January 18, 20, 21, 22, The outfit demanded that register themselves from the January 5, when the JNUTA charges proposed for the Students and faculty mem­ Ms. Ghosh said that the sion was a framework for 23, 24 and 26. the police should not only next semester,” the ABVP peace gathering was allegedly winter session which was bers have pointed out that JNUSU, on January 11, had gi­ agreement, which no party Nearly 140 flights will probe the violence on the said. attacked by masked mis­ their basic demand,” said an other demands, including ven a call for registration at had signed but was a frame­ have to be suspended per campus between January 3 It added that it had submit­ creants causing severe inju­ official statement from the those which were mutually old rates but the administra­ work with certain changes day, as the airport sees and 5 but also all incidents ted all the raw video evidence ries to students and teachers HRD Ministry. “Therefore, agreed upon during negotia­ tion was not allowing stu­ that the JNUSU was willing to nearly 70 flight movements that have taken place since to the police and demanded a including, JNUSU president the JNU fee hike issue stands tions helmed by the Ministry dents to register until they consider. “However, a discus­ per hour. October 28 last year, which fair and detailed inquiry. It al­ Aishe Ghosh. resolved since this was the last month, have still not paid the revised fee. “The ad­ sion involves two sides and “Since this is an annual was when the agitation so alleged that students who The JNUTA and JNUSU has main demand of the stu­ been met. ministration has released a both sides have to fulfil their ritual, airlines are aware of against the hostel fee hike wanted to register for the accused the ABVP for the at­ dents,” he said. Responding to the state­ circular which says utility side of the bargain. It is clear this requirement and plan had begun. next semester were being tar­ tacking the peace rally and Mr. Nishank also appealed ment by the Minister, JNUSU and service charge will not be that the admin is not fulfilling their schedule according­ “The JNU campus was al­ geted by the JNUSU. Nidhi Tri­ entering hostels to attack stu­ that institutions of higher president Aishe Ghosh said imposed in current registra­ its side of the bargain,” Ms. ly,” an airport official said. ready simmering with ten­ pathi, ABVP national general dents. education “should not be that the incident that took tion which is a clear insinua­ Ghosh said. Economist gives up JNU emeritus prof. position LSR Dramatics Society Amit Bhaduri says returning the honour was a symbolic act of protest cancels theatre events Special Correspondent M. Jagadesh Kumar’s han­ JNU as a young professor in was known all over the NEW DELHI dling of situations at JNU 1973 and left in 2001, noted country,” he said. “You Staff Reporter gime” — JMI, JNU, AMU, As a sign of protest against had “led to its steady dete­ that he had witnessed ma­ seem determined on im­ NEW DELHI Kashmir, Assam, and oth­ the “throttling of dissent” rioration paving the way to ny instances of student un­ printing your administra­ The Dramatics Society of La­ ers, the LSR Dramatics So­ at JNU, economist Amit its intellectual rest and even a temporary tion’s narrow­minded dy Shri Ram (LSR) College ciety said: “As citizens and Bhaduri has given up his disintegration”. shut­down of teaching dur­ world view and shut all oth­ on Monday announced that students, it is important to status as professor emeri­ “It would be immoral on ing his tenure. er windows of ideas to the in view of the “current state show solidarity. In these tus. His move comes in the my part without registering “What is different now is students,” he added. our country is in”, theatre times, we need to come to­ wake of attacks on students my protest to remain a si­ not only incompetence of Dr. Bhaduri noted that events — Yavnika and Nuk­ gether and to do our best to and teachers at the pre­ lent observer in this larger, handling of situations by returning the honour bes­ kad —, part of the institu­ support the struggle. We mier institution. sinister scheme of throt­ the authorities, but also a towed on him was largely a tion’s fest Tarang, stand cannot choose to ignore the In an open letter on tling dissent which is un­ deliberate attempt to throt­ symbolic act of protest as cancelled. socio­political situation of Monday, Mr. Bhaduri said folding now at the Universi­ tle the free and lively at­ the administration had al­ Extending solidarity with this country and the fact he had learnt with “in­ ty,” he said. mosphere of debate and ready evicted him from his all those “raising their voic­ that democracy is in dan­ creasing disgust” how V­C Mr. Bhaduri, who joined discussion for which JNU room in JNU. es against the fascist re­ ger,” the statement read. Air quality likely to Nirbhaya convicts to meet ‘Treat plea on their families last on Jan. 20 VVPAT as improve this week representation’ All 4 to be hanged on Jan. 22 at 7 a.m. Capital witnesses scattered rain SAURABH TRIVEDI the presence of Tihar jail offi­ Staff Reporter Staff Reporter “On January 14, AQI is NEW DELHI cials. “We have stopped giv­ NEW DELHI New Delhi likely to improve to the The convicts in the Nirbhaya ing newspapers to the con­ The Delhi High Court on The air quality of the city ‘poor’ category and on Ja­ case will meet their family victs and they are on regular Monday asked the Election was in the ‘very poor’ cate­ nuary 15, a marginal dete­ members for the last time on diets. Their medical reports Commission to treat as a gory on Monday and is ex­ rioration from the upper January 20, two days before are normal with no signs of representation a petition pected to improve over the end of ‘poor’ to lower end their scheduled hanging, ‘abnormality’ seen during for inspection of the voter­ week, said government­ of the ‘very poor’ category said an officer with the Tihar their psychological screen­ verified paper audit trail run monitoring agency SA­ is expected. A fresh west­ jail on Monday. ings,” said the officer. (VVPAT) slips of electronic FAR. ern disturbance is likely on The convicts — Mukesh He added that after the voting machines (EVMs) The Capital witnessed January 16 and the AQI is Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay court issued death warrants used in all constituencies scattered rain and a drop likely to improve,” SAFAR Sharma, and Akshay Kumar on January 7, family mem­ for the 2019 Lok Sabha in the maximum tempera­ said. Singh — who are currently bers of Mukesh, Pawan and election. ture on Monday, the under the close watch of Vinay had come to meet A Bench of Chief Justice weather department said. Tuesday’s forecast doctors and physiatrists in them. “Akshay’s family mem­ D.N. Patel and Justice C. The city recorded a low of Partly cloudy skies are ex­ isolation wards, will be exe­ bers came to meet him in No­ Hari Shankar disposed of 8 degrees Celsius, a notch pected on Tuesday and the cuted together at 7 a.m. in Ti­ vember last. At present, fa­ the petition following the above normal, and a maxi­ maximum and minimum har jail, said another officer. mily members can meet direction. The petition, mum of 19.9 degrees Celsi­ temperatures will hover All the preparations relat­ prisoners two times in a filed by Hans Raj Jain, a us, normal for this time of around 18 and 9 degrees ed to the hanging are over, week. Mukesh’s mother visit­ Delhi resident, sought in­ year, the IMD said. The Celsius respectively. he added. “We asked the ed him on Friday,” the officer spection of VVPAT slips of maximum temperature Weather experts said convicts about the day and said. the EVMs, alleging “a great dropped by 3.5 degrees rainfall is likely in Delhi on time when they would want On Sunday, a team of pri­ discrepancy” in the num­ Celsius as against that re­ January 16 and 17 due to a to meet their families but son officials performed dum­ ber of votes polled and that corded on Sunday. fresh western disturbance, they did not reply. In this my execution of the convicts. of counted in 373 consti­ The city’s AQI on Mon­ adding that intense spells case, we have scheduled the The dummies were created tuencies. This, he argued, day was 366, according to of rain are likely on Janu­ meetings on January 20,” the using sacks filled with debris “creates doubt” in the the 4 p.m. bulletin of the ary 16. officer said. The meeting will and stones as per the weight minds of voters that the CPCB. (With inputs from PTI) be held in separate rooms in of the convicts. EVMs were tampered with.

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Timings DELHI TUESDAY, JAN. 14 From Shaheen Bagh to Shanti Bagh, anti-CAA stir spreads RISE 07:16 SET 17:46 RISE 21:41 SET 10:05 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15 Hundreds of protesters have been sitting on a dharna at the Gaya venue since December 29 to raise their voice against the contentious Act RISE 07:16 SET 17:46 RISE 22:46 SET 10:45 Amarnath Tewary ters with slogans like “we at Shanti Bagh. night, they recite poems, THURSDAY, JAN. 16 Gaya need humanity, not brutali­ “On the first day, we were azadi songs and engage in RISE 07:15 SET 17:47 As the ongoing protest at ty”, we’re Indians, don’t di­ only seven­eight friends debates and discussions over RISE 23:49 SET 11:23 Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh against vide us”, “we reject CAA, here, but as the days passed, CAA, NRC and NPR. Students Citizenship (Amendment) NRC and NPR” adorn the ve­ the number of participants stage plays to send across Act and National Register of nue. A copy of the Constitu­ also rose. Now every day, their message. Citizens grabs national me­ tion and a donation box have more than 1,000 people, The protesters begin their dia attention, a similar dhar­ been put up near the stage. from children to senior citi­ day by reading the Preamble na at Shanti Bagh in Gaya dis­ Red plastic chairs are ar­ zens, turn up to express of the Constitution and end trict of Bihar enters 16th day, ranged neatly for those visit­ their solidarity,” said Mr. An­ their day at 10 p.m. with the with hundreds of protesters ing the venue in the evening sari. national anthem. “To avoid from all sections raising their and at night — all under “The CAA, NRC and NPR any inconvenience to the lo­ voice against the law and the CCTV surveillance. The cam­ would divide us along reli­ cal people, we switch off our proposed exercise. Like Sha­ eras have been installed by gious lines. We will not stop mic at 10 p.m.,” they said. heen Bagh, the protesters the protesters to prevent any our peaceful protest until “Several leaders from dif­ here speak fearlessly, enli­ untoward or uncalled for ac­ the government rolls back ferent parties, except BJP vening the bitter winter chill tivities by unidentified these discriminatory poli­ and JD(U), have come to ex­ with a spring of dissent. troublemakers. cies,” said Nusrat Hassan, a press their solidarity with us. Under the banner of ‘Sam­ schoolteacher, and Fatima We have also invited former vidhan Bachao Morcha (Save ‘Peaceful protest’ Khan, a cosmetics business­ JNUSU president Kanhaiya Constitution Forum)’, the “Today is the 16 th day of our woman, who have been sit­ Kumar, political activist Yo­ protesters have pitched a peaceful protest. It will con­ ting on dharna along with gendra Yadav and others to large tent on an open ground tinue until the government others. address us in the coming at Katari Hill Road in withdraws the CAA, NRC and days,” said Mr. Khan. IN BRIEF Shanti Bagh. NPR. On Sundays and Fri­ Funds from donations What next? “We have Huge cut­outs of How have they managed the planned to visit remote Elephant kills mahout Mahatma Gand­ 24X7 protest for so long? blocks and areas in a group in U.P.’s Gorakhpur hi and B.R. Am­ days, the friends Wasim Nayear Ansa­ “We have put up a donation to make people aware about GORAKHPUR bedkar have been crowd crosses ri, Faiyaz Khan, Satish Ku­ box and people coming here these discriminatory and di­ A 35-year-old mahout of an put up on both ends 10,000. All are mar, Abdul Quadir, Manoj are giving money. On an av­ visive policies. We have al­ elephant was trampled to of banners hung at the front coming voluntarily,” Kumar and Ishtiyaque erage, we collect about ready visited Imamganj, death by the pachyderm in a and the rear side of the ve­ Women protest said Omair Khan alias Tik­ Ahmed formed the forum on ₹6,000 per day but the Sherghati and Mohanpur village here on Monday, nue. On the right, a wooden against CAA, NRC ka Khan, the convener of the December 14, 2019 to oppose amount goes over ₹10,000­ blocks of the district and will police said. Locals said the platform has been erected and NPR on the 16th day forum. On January 12, the the CAA, NRC and NPR and ₹15,000 on Fridays and Sun­ cover Belahanj and Guraru elephant belonged to and a microphone has been of their agitation at Shanti ground was packed with pe­ two weeks later, on Decem­ days. It’s increasing every­ in the coming days,” said Mr. Gorakhpur (Rural) MLA Vipin installed on the podium Bagh in Gaya on Monday. ople, mostly women, he ad­ ber 29, they began their day,” said Satish Kumar, a Ansari. “We will not quit,” Singh. PTI along with a Tricolour. Pos­ * RANJEET KUMAR ded. Mr. Khan and his peaceful, indefinite protest veteran social activist. At they asserted. Process to identify refugees Akali Dal accuses Congress has begun in U.P., says Minister of bid to weaken the party ‘Notification for CAA issued to all District Magistrates ‘ ‘Entire rank and file of SAD solidly behind Sukhbir Badal’ press trust of india tapgarh, Pilibhit, Lucknow, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT nisters taking on the job of Lucknow Varnaasi, Bahraich, Lakhim­ CHANDIGARH spokespersons for the The State government has pur, Rampur, Meeru and The Shiromani Akali Dal Dhindsa family it is clear that started the process to identi­ Agra. (SAD) on Monday hit out at they are working as per a fy refugees for implementa­ Sources said Pilibhit has the ruling Congress, accus­ fixed game plan in collusion tion of the Citizenship the maximum number of re­ ing it of attempting to wea­ with each other. The cat is (Amendment) Act, said U.P. fugees. However, the exact ken the Akali Dal, a day after out of the bag. The Dhindsa Minister Shrikant Sharma number is yet to be disclosed Congress Ministers had faction, which consists of here on Monday. by the State government. termed the party as personal Mr. Dhindsa, his son Parmin­ “The notification for the fiefdom of the Badals. der and son­in­law Tejinder­ CAA (by the Centre) has been ‘Will update figures’ SAD leaders Balwinder pal Singh Sidhu only, are be­ issued and all District Magis­ “The exercise is going on and Singh Bhundur and Prem ing supported by the

trates in U.P. have been asked Minister Shrikant Sharma * as the data comes, we will Singh Chandumajra, in a SAD chief Sukhbir Badal Congress with the sole aim to collect data,” Mr. Sharma update figures,” the Minister joint statement said the way of splitting Panthic votes,” told PTI. the State. said. in which Congress Ministers thic’ party after failing on all said the leaders. “In the first list, over When asked about the An NGO, Nagrik Adhikar had jumped into the fray to fronts. 32,000 refugees have been countries they belong to, Mr. Manch, has also prepared a help MP Sukhdev Singh The Shiromani Akali Dal ‘No one left SAD’ identified in 21 districts of the Sharma said, “they are from 116­page report, “Uttar Pra­ Dhindsa and his son Parmin­ last week had suspended re­ They added that the entire State and the exercise is go­ Afghanistan, Pakistan and desh Mein Aaye Pakistan, Af­ der Dhindsa (both suspend­ bel Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev rank and file of the SAD was ing on in the entire State as Bangladesh.” ghanistan Evam Bangladesh ed from SAD) proved that Singh Dhindsa and his son solidly behind party presi­ per information I have from The districts from where ke Sharnarthiyon ki Aapbeeti they were being used as former Finance Minister Par­ dent Sukhbir Singh Badal. the State Home Depart­ the first list has arrived in­ (Unke Utpeedan ki Kahani)” pawns by Punjab Chief Mi­ minder Singh Dhindsa for “The truth is that no one had ment,” he added. cluded Sahranpur, Gorakh­ and sent it to the State and nister Amarinder Singh in an “anti party” activities. left the SAD to join the There are 75 districts in pur, Aligarh, Rampur, Pra­ the Centre. attempt to weaken the ‘Pan­ “Now with Congress Mi­ Dhindsa faction,” they said. Kamal Nath U.P. govt. gives more power to police orders probe Nod for police commissioner system in Lucknow, Gautambuddha Nagar into questions Omar Rashid crimes, organised crime me­ The notices were issued after LUCKNOW nace like drugs and human Mr. Adityanath vowed to on Bhil tribe The Uttar Pradesh govern­ trafficking and cyber crimes. “take revenge” against al­ ment on Monday passed a While the government does leged vandals by confiscating Staff Reporter proposal to introduce the not directly link the intro­ and auctioning their proper­ Bhopal police commissioner system duction of the police com­ ty as compensation for the Madhya Pradesh Chief Mi­ in two major cities under missioner system to the re­ damages. nister Kamal Nath has in­ which IPS officers would get cent protests, it evaluates the itiated an inquiry into a se­ additional authority includ­ present system of crowd Historic day, says CM ries of contentious ing magisterial powers. control as inadequate to pre­ Mr. Adityanath said the deci­ questions on the Bhil tribe This comes in the wake of vent damage to public sion marked an “important asked in an examination violence during the protests property. and historic day” for policing conducted by the Madhya against the Citizenship “Law and order challeng­ in U.P., adding that introduc­ Pradesh Public Service (Amendment) Act and alle­ CM Yogi Adityanath in es have become such that for ing the police commissioner Commission on Sunday, in­ gations of police brutality Lucknow on Monday. * PTI crowd control and to effec­ system was the “biggest step cluding one presuming its and use of excessive force tively prevent vandalism of towards police reform” in criminal nature. against protesters. team, under which the pol­ government and private pro­ the State. The proposals were ice commissioner has some perty, the present system is DGP O.P Singh welcomed ‘Respected tribals’ passed by the State Cabinet magisterial powers in order proving to be weak,” the go­ the decision as a necessary “In my lifetime, I have al­ headed by Chief Minister Yo­ to take forward smart and ef­ vernment document said. step towards taking quick ac­ ways respected and ho­ gi Adityanath. The police fective policing,” Mr. Aditya­ This point stands out as tion and said “with this noured tribals and Bhils,” commissioner system would nath told reporters after the the State government recent­ comes greater responsibility the Chief Minister wrote on be implemented in Lucknow Cabinet meeting. ly issued notices to around to deliver.” Twitter on Monday. “For and Gautambuddha Nagar. As per an official state­ 500 persons across U.P. ask­ BSP chief Mayawati, ho­ this condemnable act, Sujeet Pandey, a 1994­ ment, the government listed ing them to pay hefty fines wever, said changing the pol­ those responsible should batch IPS officer and ADG several reasons for introduc­ for the damage to public and ice system in a few places surely be punished, so that Prayagraj, was appointed as ing the police commissioner private property in the vio­ would not bring about an im­ it is not repeated in the the new and first ever police system including the hi­tech lence that took place during provement in the poor law future.” commissioner of Lucknow. nature and complexity of the protests against the CAA. and order in the State. In the preliminary ex­ I­G Naveen Arora will be amination, one of the ques­ joint commissioner (law and tions, based on a passage order) and Nilabja Chowdhu­ on the tribe, read: “The ry, also of the same rank, will ‘It undermines the position of DM’ primary reason for the cri­ be joint police commissioner minal nature of Bhils is”, (crime and headquarters) in Anuj Kumar worked in the Indian Admi­ for providing “quickness of with the four options as Lucknow. Ghaziabad nistrative Service before action” but it makes a single “inability to pay liabilities”, The system would be The implementation of the turning to social activism, authority responsible for “working with honesty”, slightly different in Gautam commissioner system has said it undermines the posi­ action, good or bad. “carrying out immoral ­buddha Nagar. While Alok evoked mixed response tion of the District Magis­ Mirza Asmer Beg, who work” and “migrating from Singh, 1995­batch IPS officer from former officials and trate, particularly in a law teaches public administra­ villages”. and ADG Meerut Range, will teachers of public adminis­ and order situation. “My ex­ tion at Aligarh Muslim Un­ “I have done several be the police commissioner tration. Considering many perience as a District Magis­ iversity, said quickness of works for the betterment Gautambuddha Nagar, the districts in the State are go­ trate suggests that the dual action is crucial when you and uplift of this category,” city would have two addi­ ing through a law and order system provided for a check are fighting a “foreign ene­ wrote Mr. Nath. “I have tional police commissioners, situation in the wake of an­ and balance at the district my” or providing civic been connected to this ca­ Sriparna Ganguly and Akhi­ ti­CAA­NRC protests, the level,” he told The Hindu. amenities. “Not when you tegory since the beginning. lesh Kumar, of the rank of decision acquires all the Retired super cop Max­ are up against your own pe­ Even my government is DIG. more significance. well Pereira said the com­ ople exercising their demo­ committed to their uplift “In police commissioner Harsh Mander, who missioner system is known cratic right to dissent.” and has been continuously system, police works as a working for it.”

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DELHI THE HINDU 6 NORTH & EAST TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Rajasthan lawyer alleges Call to burn CAA copies Inscriptions confirm presence of two torture by U.P. police medieval monasteries at Moghalmari

Faisal spent 14 in Bihu bonfires in Assam ‘Two monasteries in a single compound is unique in this part’ days in Kairana ‘We cannot let a law threaten our identity and festivals’ Shiv Sahay Singh jail, was released Kolkata SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT on bail on GUWAHATI A study of inscriptions on Assam’s mid­January festival clay tablets recovered from January 7 of feasting is expected to be a recent excavations at Mogh­ Special Correspondent fiery political statement almari, a Buddhist monastic JAIPUR against the Citizenship site of the early medieval pe­ A 25­year­old Muslim lawyer Mohammed Faisal in Jaipur (Amendment) Act (CAA). riod in West Bengal’s Pas­ from Rajasthan’s Kota dis­ on Monday. * ROHIT JAIN PARAS Various organisations and chim Medinipur district, trict has accused the Uttar individuals have appealed to have confirmed the pre­ Pradesh police of falsely im­ police station in Kairana on revellers to burn copies of sence of two monasteries plicating him in a case of an December 23. “I was outside the Act at the Bhogali Bihu — Mugalayikaviharika and anti­Citizenship (Amend­ the SDM court with a local bonfires of bhelaghar, a tem­ Yajñapindikamahavihara. ment) Act protest and tor­ lawyer doing the paper work porary hay­and­bamboo Details of the study of turing him in their custody. for bail applications for structure. these inscriptions were The lawyer, Mohammed Fai­ some persons who were “We cannot ignore our Women preparing traditional food ‘pitha’ in Guwahati on published earlier this The site where the excavations were carried out and (below) sal, spent 14 days in jail at picked up from their houses age­old festivals but at the Monday. * PTI month in PratnaSamiskha, a the seals which have been deciphered to reveal names of the leading peer­reviewed jour­ Kairana in U.P. before he five days ago,” he said. same time we cannot let a Buddhist monasteries. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. was released on bail on Janu­ When Mr. Faisal told the piece of legislation that Traditionally, pithas (rice jaggery, curd, til pitha nal from Bengal on Indian ary 7. policemen that he was a la­ threatens our Assamese cakes) and betel nuts are (sticky rice cake with black Archaeology. tions to read and make sense known from Buddhist texts Mr. Faisal, an advocate in wyer and showed them his identity and our festivals. We thrown into a meji, meaning sesame filling), sunga pitha “The presence of two mo­ of names inscribed on these that Buddhist monasteries Kota district courts, had identity card, they dismis­ appeal to the people to burn bonfire, while wishing for a (rice cake baked inside nasteries dating to the same tablets,” Prof. Sanyal said. have a definite hierarchy — gone to Kairana in Shamli sed it as fake and claimed copies of CAA to register bountiful harvest for the whole bamboo pieces), ghila period within a single com­ The inscriptions are in Mahavihara, Vihara and Vi­ district last month as a mem­ that he had come to Kairana their protest,” All Assam Stu­ farm season ahead. Copies pitha (fried rice cakes), nari- pound is unique in eastern Sanskrit and the script is a harika — which is reflected in ber of the National Confed­ to “incite violence”. “They dents’ Union general secre­ of CAA would be a “political kolor laaru (sweet coconut India. Earlier excavations transitional phase between the inscriptions found. eration of Human Rights Or­ said I was speaking with a tary Lurinjyoti Gogoi said. addition”, community Bihu balls) and kol pitha (banana had indicated the presence later north Indian Brahmi “The study provides the ganisations to offer legal aid Bengali accent and alleged Organisations such as organisers said. pancakes). Most of these of two monasteries on the and early Siddhamatrika. only contextual epigraphical to the protesters arrested that I had come from West Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Anti­CAA sentiments have stalls have been displaying basis of the structural plan,” The first name Yajñapindi­ proof for the existence of a during the agitation against Bengal to provoke the peo­ Chhatra Parishad and Cotton been all­pervading at Bhogali placards reading “No CAA”, Rajat Sanyal, who deci­ kamahavihara, implying viharika (Mugalayikaviharika the CAA. The police arrested ple and help the rioters.” University Students’ Union fairs and stalls that sell festiv­ “Scrap CAA”, and “CAA is an­ phered these inscriptions, etymologically ‘a place of sa­ in this case) as early as the him from the court premises The lawyer alleged that have given similar calls. al­related delicacies such as ti­Assam”. and is the author of the pap­ crificial offering’ is of special 6th century in this part of the when he was completing for­ the policemen abused him, er, told The Hindu. significance. The second subcontinent,” Prof. Sanyal malities for bail applications thrashed him, beat him with Prof. Sanyal, who is asso­ name on the seals, Mugalayi­ said. The study of the in­ of some accused persons. sticks and tortured him by ciated with the Department kaviharika, bears a phonetic scribed seals suggests that Mr. Faisal said at a press giving electric current on his AMU students boycott classes of Archaeology, University of resemblance to the modern the monastery was called conference here on Monday back inside the police sta­ Calcutta, was a member of name of the site, Mugalayikaviharika. Its con­ that a team of U.P. Police’s tion. The police then put all the six seasons of excava­ Moghalmari. tinuation in the modern Special Operations Group him in the lock­up and ar­ They are demanding resignations of V­C, Registrar tions carried out at the site name of the area “still re­ forcibly took him, along rested him in a criminal by the university. The mo­ In Xuanzang’s travels mains a riddle which needs Special Correspondent aminations are scheduled Shayma S. and Sadat Hussain nasteries at Moghalmari date Archaeologists and histor­ more careful inspection and with three others, to Kotwali case. Ghaziabad from January 16. from JNU — visited AMU and from 6th century CE and ians point out that famous study,” he said. “Apparently, Aligarh Muslim University “Around 300 students addressed the students at were functional till the 12th Chinese traveller Xuanzang the name Mugalayika sug­ students boycotted classes as gathered on the lawns of Bab­e­Syed. century CE. (more widely identified as gests a fair connection to the four faculties of the universi­ Kennedy Auditorium to de­ Targeting those who are Huen Tsang), who visited In­ modern place­name Moghal­ ty reopened on Monday after cide the future course of ac­ labelling the protests as com­ Tiny fragments dia in the 7th century CE, re­ mari,” he added. an extended winter vacation. tion. It was resolved that all munal, Maharaj said, “Any During one of the later sea­ ferred to the existence of ‘ten In his paper, Prof. Sanyal Students of Faculty of Medi­ academic activities, includ­ marginalised community sons of excavations by the Di­ monasteries’ within the li­ refers to L.S.S. O’Malley’s ga­ cine, Faculty of Unani Medi­ ing examinations, will be fighting for its rights is la­ rectorate of Archaeology and mits of Tamralipta (modern zetteer of 1911, where the cine and Faculty of Manage­ boycotted till the resignation belled as communal.” Museums, Department of In­ day Tamluk in adjoining Pur­ name Moghalmari is said to ment Sciences boycotted of Vice­Chancellor and Re­ Referring to this history of formation and Cultural Af­ ba Medinipur district). Ho­ trace its name to a medieval their classes. They demand­ gistrar,” said Qudratullah Fa­ ‘otherisation' of Muslims in fairs, Government of West wever, he did not refer to any battle between the Mughals ed that the Vice­Chancellor raz, a student of Electrical India, Shayma said, “Mus­ Bengal, six tiny fragments of specific name or location. and Pathans, sometime in and Registrar, taking respon­ Engineering. lims are always treated as a inscribed seals were found. With the discovery of the the 16th or early 17th centu­ sibility for the police vio­ Official sources said only suspect community”. “Each of them contained a site and the deciphering of ry. “It is difficult to ascertain lence in AMU on December 30­40 % students have re­ Meanwhile, on the call of set of letters accompanied by the inscriptions, at least two if the name written on the 15, 2019, should resign. turned to the hostels after the AMUTA, faculty mem­ the deer­dharmachakra sym­ of these monasteries are seals indeed represents an Classes in the engineering the vacation. bers took out a peaceful bols. We had to arrange them now identified, Prof. Sanyal early toponym of the mod­ college remained officially Four student activists — march against CAA/ NPR/ through different permuta­ said. He added that it was ern village of Moghalmari.” suspended. End semester ex­ Snehashish, Sabah Maharaj, NRC. Organic turmeric to weed out marijuana in Malkangiri

Staff Reporter BERHAMPUR Organic turmeric is all set to weed out illegal marijuana cultivation in remote areas of Swabhiman Anchal in Odish­ a’s Malkangiri district. The Malkangiri district ad­ ministration has initiated a project to dissuade the re­ gion’s tribals from illegal gan­ ja cultivation by promoting Turmeric being cultivated by a tribal family in Swabhiman organic turmeric as a profita­ Anchal. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ble cash crop. Lack of communication meric for their consumption. turmeric can provide and poverty were the reasons But it was not cultivated com­ ₹70,000 to 80,000 income. behind illegal ganja cultiva­ mercially despite suitable cli­ Horticulture and Agricul­ tion. Drug mafias from out­ mate and geographical condi­ ture departments are imple­ side are alleged to be financ­ tions. “So we thought organic menting the project. Interest­ ing ganja plantations in the turmeric can be the tool of ed farmers have already area. Ganja also provides economic development for registered themselves for some easy money. poor tribals as well as cash scientific training. Mr. Agar­ A survey in 2019 by the crop alternative of ganja ,” wal has interacted with the Malkangiri district adminis­ said Malkangiri Collector locals and felt people had tration revealed that almost Manish Agarwal. According high expectations from the all tribal families grow tur­ to him, each acre of organic project.

Woman raped in W.B. DIGHA (W.B.) A 42-year-old woman, waiting at Digha station in West Bengal after missing her train, was taken to a hotel and allegedly raped, the police said. A man working at a hotel in nearby Talshari, Odisha, approached her and she went with him, the police said. There she was given tea, laced with sedatives, and raped, the police said. She was then taken to a forest and raped again, they said. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020 WEST 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE State forms committee Cow remarks: CM hits back at BJP’s ‘autorickshaw’ jibe voiced feelings At Road Safety Week inauguration, Uddhav raises concern over number of accident fatalities to look into claims of of farmers, Ajeet Mahale irregularities at SARTHI says minister Mumbai Chief Minister Uddhav Press Trust of India Thackeray on Monday res­ First probe by MVA into previous govt. Mumbai ponded to jibes from the Two days after her com­ Bharatiya Janata Party, say­ Alok Deshpande Rajya Sabha MP Chhatra­ ment, that petting a cow ing that more than the num­ Mumbai pati Sambhaji Raje went on drives away negativity, ber of wheels on a vehicle, The State government has a one­day hunger strike in raised eyebrows, Women what mattered was the per­ appointed a committee un­ Pune last week, alleging at­ and Child Development Mi­ son driving it. The BJP had li­ der Relief and Rehabilita­ tempts to cancel the autono­ nister Yashomati Thakur kened the three­party Maha tion secretary Kishor Raje­ mous status of SARTHI, and on Monday said she had Vikas Aghadi government to Nimbalkar to inquire into various other irregularities. just voiced the feelings of an unstable autorickshaw. the alleged irregularities in Urban Development Minis­ farmers towards cattle. “More than whether a the Chhatrapati Shahu Mah­ ter Eknath Shinde had visit­ After her comment vehicle is a three­wheeler or A policewoman pastes a sticker on traffic rules on a BEST bus in Mumbai to mark the start of Road Safety Week on Monday, and araj Research Training and ed him, promising the re­ sparked a controversy, Ms. four­wheeler, what is impor­ (right) Thane Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar admires the rangoli and posters in Thane. * VIJAY BATE * VIBHAV BIRWATKAR Human Development Insti­ moval of department Thakur, a Congress MLA tant is the person driving it. tute (SARTHI), Pune. secretary J.P. Gupta and from Amravati, defended He is the one in control, as it Mr. Thackeray expressed 45,000, while in India it has 2019. “We will undertake signals. He said the Tran­ This is the first official swift action in the matter. her statement on Sunday, is the steering wheel that concern over the number of soared to nearly 1.5 lakh. programmes to ensure we sport Department should be probe launched by the Maha saying that touching any controls all the wheels of the fatalities in road accidents State Transport Minister reduce the number by 10% taken into confidence while Vikas Aghadi government CM, Pawar take review animal, including cows, vehicle,” Mr. Thackeray said and said the country had re­ Anil Parab said 12,556 people this year. We will work to drafting the development into the functioning of the On Tuesday, Chief Minister fills one with compassion. at the inauguration of the gressed on that front com­ died in road accidents in achieve the target of zero ac­ control rules. previous government. Uddhav Thackeray and De­ “I had gone to a village 31st Road Safety Week. pared to China. He said in Maharashtra in 2019, which cidents,” he said. The district road safety SARTHI is registered un­ puty Chief Minister Ajit Pa­ in my Assembly consti­ He said it was fine if his go­ 2005, there had been 94,000 was still a large number Satej Patil, Minister of committees of Thane, Wash­ der the Companies Act, war met to review SARTHI. tuency (Teosa) to meet pe­ vernment was called a three­ and 98,000 accidents China though it was 5.2% lower State for Transport and im and Raigad were felicitat­ 2013, as a non­profit govern­ “Prima facie, the review has ople where a cow temple wheeler, as it was balanced and India respectively. To­ than the 2018 figure. In all, Home, suggested the govern­ ed during the ceremony for ment company for research, found several irregularities already exists. While talk­ and running well. day, however, China has the number of road acci­ ment provide a dedicated reducing road accident fatal­ policy advocacy and train­ which have not been ad­ ing to people, I simply res­ Speaking on road safety, brought the number down to dents fell by 8% from 2018 to fund to civic bodies for traffic ities by more than 20%. ing for socio­economic and dressed in an official man­ onated their feelings to­ education development of ner. It was found necessary wards the animal. Even I Maratha, Maratha­Kunbi, to conduct a thorough come from a farmer’s fami­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Kunbi­Maratha, Kunbi com­ probe into the functioning ly, and like me, many peo­ 4 undertrials munities and the families of SARTHI,” said an official ple feel better by petting Last-minute purchases dependent on agriculture. privy to the developments. the animal,” she said in a escape from It was formed by the pre­ Mr. Raje­Nimbalkar has statement on Monday. vious government on the been tasked with conduct­ Ms. Thakur dismissed jail in Gujarat lines of the Dr. Babasaheb ing the inquiry and submit a any link between her state­ Ambedkar Research and report to the government ment and superstition. “I Press Trust of India Training Institute aimed at within 10 days. Mr. Pawar in­ fail to understand why my Surendranagar providing opportunities to formed Chhatrapati Samb­ remarks are taken in such a Four undertrials, accused the youth from the Sche­ haji Raje of the develop­ wrong way and I am being of crimes ranging from duled Caste community. ments, said sources. trolled,” she said. murder to abetment of sui­ cide, escaped from a jail in Surendranagar in Gujarat on Sunday night. The jailbreak took place in Limbdi Sub Jail, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Limbdi) D.B. Basiya said on Monday. “Dinesh Shuk­ la, Vijay Karapada, Mayur­ sinh Jadeja and Ramesh Ka­ ru broke the lock of the cell and scaled the boundary wall with the help of a rope thrown from outside.” Mr. Shukla is a murder accused, Mr. Karapada has an attempt to murder case against his name, while Mr. Jadeja and Mr. Karu have charges of abetment of sui­ cide, Mr. Basiya said. A case has been registered Colours of spring: The kite market is bustling with activity and a festive crowd on the eve of Uttarayan, the kite­flying and teams have been festival, in Ahmedabad on Monday. * PTI formed to nab the esca­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC pees, he said. Officer who quit over CAA may Lost in translation: tech be picked as Waqf board CEO trouble affects farmers Press Trust of India list from the Revenue De­ His name is on shortlist, say officials; no decision yet: Malik Pune partment’s website, which Several farmers in Sangli was in Marathi. As the num­ Alok Deshpande nounced his resignation in (State Human Rights Com­ district had to face hard­ ber of farmers was large, the Mumbai December 2019, when the mission) in Mumbai. ships after their names were ground staff used the Goo­ The State Minority Develop­ the Citizenship Amendment Minority Development translated into English while gle translation tool.” ment Department is consi­ Bill was on its way to being Minister Nawab Malik said enrolling for PM­Kisan. The input language for dering appointing IPS officer approved in Parliament. no decision has yet been ta­ A farmer named Uttam the PM­Kisan portal is En­ Abdur Rahman, who had re­ He had posted on social ken yet on the Waqf board appeared in the online form glish, he said. The scheme signed to protest the Citizen­ media, “This Bill is against CEO. “We will take a deci­ as ‘Best’, the surname Sutar benefits were given using ac­ ship Amendment Act, as the the religious pluralism of In­ sion soon. This department was changed to ‘Carpenter’, count numbers and Aad­ chief executive officer (CEO) dia. I request all justice lov­ was totally sidelined by the Bhagwan was translated as haar, and many farmers got of the Waqf board. ing people to oppose the Bill previous government, and ‘Lord’, and a farmer with the money. “This was purely “The board has no full­ in a democratic manner. It we have to revamp the the surname Mali was in­ a data entry issue and is be­ time chief executive officer runs against the very basic whole hierarchy. I am at pre­ cluded as ‘Gardener’. ing rectified,” he said. since July 2017. It is impor­ feature of the Constitution.” sent reviewing the depart­ The goof­ups came to Uttam Maruti Talap said tant to have a dedicated of­ ment’s functioning over the light after the administra­ he received the instalments, ficer on this post to ensure a Resignation not approved last five years. We will soon tion uploaded the list of be­ but his name appeared as disciplined dispatch of du­ According to sources in the make new appointments,” neficiaries. Under this ‘Best’. “The fourth instal­ ties. The board is in posses­ department, neither Mr. he said. scheme, farmers are given ment did not come due to sion of properties that need Rahman’s application for Mr. Rahman told The Hin- ₹6,000 per year in three in­ the change in the name. We to be protected and used for the voluntary retirement du he has not received any stalments of ₹2,000 each. have now rectified it.” the benefit of the communi­ scheme, nor his resignation, communication from the go­ Yasin Patel, the scheme Popat Sutar, from Bawa­ ty. We are shortlisting names have been approved by the vernment regarding the coordinator in Sangli, said, chi village said last year, he for the post, and he is one of government. Waqk board post. “Last year, ground level offi­ received instalments on the top contenders,” an offi­ Mr. Rahman, an IPS offic­ “I do not know anything cials like talathis and gram time. “This time, as there cial from the department er of the Inspector General about it, and therefore can­ sevaks were tasked with en­ was a mistake in my sur­ said. of Police rank, was posted as not tell you anything,” the rolling farmers for the name, I have not received Mr. Rahman had an­ Special Inspector General IPS officer said. scheme. They were given a my instalment,” he said. Fire at waste treatment plant in Goa

Press Trust of India Panaji A fire broke out at a waste treatment plant run by the Corporation of the City of Panaji early on Monday, destroying several ma­ chines, a fire official said. No casualty was reported in the mishap. The fire brigade got a call at 4.30 a.m. about the blaze at the plant, located near a bus stand on the outskirts of Panaji. “The earth moving machinery and some other machines used to treat garbage at the plant were gutted,” the offi­ cial said. The fire was brought under control af­ ter about three hours. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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IN BRIEF Clear pending Maradu demolition decision a painful duty: SC dues, private Counsel for evictees say there’s no sign of any legal action against officials liable for clearing the illegal projects hospitals Legal Correspondent urge Centre NEW DELHI Police to prosecute The Supreme Court on Mon­ Staff Reporter Yediyurappa to attend Bengaluru WEF meet in Davos day said its decision to de­ molish four high­end luxury With several crores due BENGALURU panchayat ex­head Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. apartment complexes at Ma­ from the Union and State radu municipality in Kochi G. Anand Investigators have told governments for the Cen­ Yediyurappa, who was in a Thiruvananthapuram dilemma over his proposed for violating coastal regula­ the government that any de­ tral Government Health visit to Davos to attend the tion zone notifications was a As the dust settled over the lay in receiving authorisa­ Scheme (CGHS) and the Ex­ World Economic Forum’s “painful duty”. sites of the demolished flats tion to prosecute the in­ servicemen Contributory (WEF) annual meeting being “It was a painful duty for in Maradu in Kochi on Mon­ fluential politician could Health Scheme (ECHS), held from January 21 to 24, us,” Justice Arun Mishra, the day, Crime Branch investiga­ affect the probe. hospitals have threatened has finally decided to go lead judge on the Bench tors have sought the govern­ to suspend cashless service ahead with the trip. He had comprising Justice M.R. ment’s permission to charge Public land grabbed under these two schemes earlier hinted that he may Shah, observed orally. a former chairperson of the Investigators who perused citing financial constraints. skip the meet to focus on The judge’s reaction came Maradu municipality as the panchayat records found Hospitals claimed they ministerial expansion. after perusing the report prime accused in the case that officials had glossed ov­ were unable to bear day­to­ Sources said the CM felt that filed by the Kerala govern­ relating to the illegal con­ er reports that the building day expenditure and pay skipping the meet would ment about the successful struction of Jain Coral Cove plan submitted by the firm salaries to their employees. send a negative message. demolition of the flats on Ja­ (CB case no:471/2019). violated the Coastal Regula­ Speaking at a press con­ nuary 11 and 12. Investigators have report­ tion Zone notification. The ference on Monday, Devi 4 persons with alleged For the time being, the edly informed the govern­ firm had also illegally fenced Shetty, cardiac surgeon IS links arrested in A.P. Bench preferred not to dis­ ment that a ruling front pol­ off 10 cents of public land and founder of Narayana VISAKHAPATNAM pose the case. Justice Mishra Huge task ahead: Workers removing debris from the site of the demolished buildings itician had actively for construction purpose. Health, said: “At least now Four persons allegedly linked said the court would like to at Maradu, near Kochi, on Monday. * H. VIBHU collaborated with the buil­ The CB said the accused the government will be to an IS module was keep an eye on the goings­on der, Jain Housing Construc­ had conspired with the buil­ aware of the health indus­ reportedly picked up by in the case, especially while no sign of any legal action served as an interim relief for The residents said they tion Ltd., to help the firm der to grant him an undue fi­ try and give us the pay­ officers from special branch the debris of the demolished against the officials liable for the distressed flat owners. wanted a judicial pronounce­ ment that is due, as well as near Kanchili in Andhra fraudulently acquire, re­ nancial advantage and in Pradesh’s Srikakulam district, structures is being cleared. clearing the illegal building But Mr. Dave sought the ment on various issues such claim and construct on the process caused substan­ the realistic tariffs. As of on Monday. It is learnt that Some of the debris had fallen projects. court’s permission for resi­ as the proportion of liability 113.85 cents of ecologically tial environmental damage now, we will continue the they have been taken to into the backwaters. But Justice Mishra assured dents to move a competent of each of these parties, from fragile wetland. and loss to the public exche­ scheme but after the first Visakhapatnam for “something is indeed hap­ lower court, preferably the builders to officials responsi­ The agency has also quer. The accused had also week of March we will take questioning. Sources said the Court’s assurance pening” in that front. Kerala High Court, to initiate ble, and the freezing/de­ sought permission for sanc­ cheated hundreds of inves­ a decision and stop cash­ operation was undertaken Senior advocate Dushyant The court had ordered the legal proceedings for com­ freezing of accounts/proper­ tion under Section 17(a) of tors who had sunk money less treatment,” he said. based on a tip­off from the Dave, appearing for some of Kerala government to dis­ pensation and damages ties of the builders, etc. the Prevention of Corrup­ into Jain Cove project. Central Intelligence agencies. the evicted residents, said burse ₹25 lakh each to the against builders, promoters, However, the Bench re­ tion Act to indict him as a The CB has also moved Deadline set The four were travelling in a “ultimately the majesty of displaced residents. On Mon­ other persons and officials frained from passing any or­ former public servant for for the arrest of the builder, He said they would give the lorry carrying vegetables the law has prevailed” but day, Mr. Dave acknowledged responsible for clearing and ders and scheduled the case conspiracy, cheating, and Sandeep Mehta, of the Jain governments a month’s from Odisha to Andhra pointed out that there was that the court’s order had raising the constructions. for hearing on February 10. graft. Group. time before suspending the Pradesh when they were service. A press release by arrested, the police said. the hospital managements alleged that four insurance ‘Suprabhata Seva’ to be companies were dictating re-started at Tirumala the reimbursement, which TIRUMALA Dust from debris leaves neighbours breathless was less than what was in­ The ‘Suprabhata Seva’ ritual Staff Reporter “The dust has been causing raising huge plumes of dust, work on Tuesday,” Mr. Singh curred by the hospitals to will be revived at the hill Kochi temple of Lord Venkateswara breathing troubles and aller­ people in the area tried to said. Prompt Enterprises, render the services. from the 15th of this month. After residents in the vicinity gy, but the area has not been prevent the work, Ms. Raju which will handle the debris R. Ravindra, president The pre­dawn ritual was of H2O Holy Faith com­ watered regularly since the said. removal, will take up spray­ of Private Hospitals and temporarily discontinued at plained of recurrent troubles implosion,” said Jessy Raju, Mr. Singh met residents ing when they begin work, Nursing Homes’ Associa­ the temple from December 17 from the dust raised from de­ whose house fell within the on Monday evening, assur­ he added. tion, said: “ECHS is for the owing to the onset of bris, Fort Kochi RDO and of­ 200­m evacuation zone ing them that the agencies Maradu municipal chair­ armed forces. Every ‘Dhanurmasam’ and was ficer in­charge of the demoli­ around the flat. It was only handling the debris would person T.H. Nadeera said month, a certain amount replaced by Thiruppavai. tion Snehil Kumar Singh has after persistent complaints spray water before it was that dust was an issue of their salary is being cut With the month­long assured them that the area that firetenders were sent on removed. around the other demol­ for the health insurance, Dhanurmasam festival will be hosed down before Sunday and Monday even­ “Edifice Engineering and ished flats as well, but a few under which their family coming to an end on Tuesday, the debris is moved. ing, she said. Vijaya Steels, the two demo­ residents around Alfa Serene has to be covered. Thus, the temple administration Residents around the site When heavy vehicles at lition agencies, will separate had moved to rented accom­ there is a special rate for said it would observe gathered before the Maradu the site began to separate the steel from the debris, modations before the implo­ them. The government has ‘Suprabhata Seva’ on a regular Municipality on Monday de­ some of the debris on Mon­ and will spray water around sion, anticipating such is­ so much money but still basis from January 15. manding its intervention. day without spraying water, the sites before they begin sues. Residents of Maradu wearing masks to escape dust. * H. VIBHU hesitates to pay it to us.” KCR, Jagan Fight elections on Amaravati Ayyappa devotees throng Pandalam reach water Team carrying sacred jewellery to reach Sabarimala tomorrow for Makaravilakku sharing deal issue, Naidu dares Jagan

RADHAKRISHNAN KUTTOOR Special Correspondent PATHANAMTHITTA HYDERABAD I will quit politics if YSRCP is voted back, says TDP chief Thousands of Ayyappa devo­ A six­hour meeting bet­ tees thronged Pandalam ween Telangana Chief Mi­ Special Correspondent town here on Monday after­ nister K. Chandrasekhar PENUKONDA noon to witness the annual Rao and his Andhra Pra­ Upping the ante on the con­ ceremonial procession car­ desh counterpart Y.S. Ja­ tentious issue of shifting the rying Thiruvabharanam, ganmohan Reddy on Mon­ State capital from Amravati, the sacred jewellery of Lord day ended in both of them Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Ayyappa, from the Panda­ reaching an understanding president N. Chandrababu lam Valiyakoickal Sastha to divert water from Goda­ Naidu offered to quit politics temple to Sabarimala for the vari river to ayacut in if all 151 YSR Congress Party Makaravilakku festival. Krishna basin for optimal (YSRCP) MLAs resigned and The Thiruvabharanam utilisation of river waters in contested elections success­ was shifted from the stron­ the two riparian States. fully on the issue. groom of the Srambickal Pa­ It was decided that they Throwing a challenge at TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and CPI State secretary K. lace to the adjoining Valiya­ will look in detail at the the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Ramakrishna join a rally in Anantapur . * R.V.S. PRASAD koickal Sastha temple at next meeting on the point government, Mr. Naidu 4.30 a.m. and devotees were from where Godavari will asked the Chief Minister to allowed to have its darshan be diverted and places hold elections again. If the Panel seeks farmers’ views till noon. The Thiruvabharanam procession sets off to Sabarimala from Pandalam on Monday. * LEJU KAMAL where the water will reach. people voted Mr. Reddy The sacred jewellery were How the water will be util­ back to power, showing their Staff Reporter opinions and views to the put in three wooden boxes Pandalam Palace handed ov­ river to seek the blessings of on Wednesday afternoon. ised and the model for the support for the three­capital VIJAYAWADA Capital Region Development to be carried on head by a er the ceremonial sword to the eldest female member of The TDB authorities and purpose will also be dis­ idea, he was ready to quit A high­power committee Authority (CRDA) 25­member team of devotees the royal representative, R. the royal family there, before Ayyappa Seva Sanghom vo­ cussed, a release after the politics forever, Mr. Naidu has asked Amaravati Commissioner by January led by Guruswami Kulathinal Pradeepkumar Varma, who proceeding to Sabarimala. lunteers will accord a recep­ meeting said. said at a public meeting here farmers, who have been 17. The 16­member panel Gangadharan Pillai all the is escorting the jewellery. tion to the Thiruvabharanam Mr. Rao and Mr. Reddy on Monday afternoon. protesting against the A.P. will look into the views and way to Sabarimala. N. Vasu, Travancore De­ Rousing reception at Sabarimala Sannidhanam met at the former’s camp As part of the campaign government’s proposal to consider their opinions The temple head priest vaswom Board president; N. Devotees accorded rousing by 6.15 p.m. on Wednesday. office here and decided to against the three­capital set up three capitals, to before submitting its report performed special rituals Vijayakumar and K.N. Hari, reception to the procession Tantri Kandararu Mahes­ adopt a give and take ap­ idea, Mr. Naidu began his convey their queries, to the government. and Neeranjanam aarati by board members, P.B. Noohu, at different places before it wararu Mohanarau, assisted proach in all administra­ rally from the Kodikonda DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 12.50 p.m. and a kite, which District Collector; and G. reached the Puthiyakavu De­ by Melsanthi A.K. Sudheer tive matters. They asked checkpost. YSRCP workers the devotees believe is the Jayadev, District Police vi temple at Ayroor in the af­ Namboodiri, will adorn the the Chief Secretaries over tried to stop the convoy, but Naidu asked people to cele­ was even now proposing to Sree Krishnaparunthu, was Chief; were present. ternoon. The procession will deity with the jewellery. phone from the meeting the police preempted it, and brate Bhogiby burning co­ divide the High Court into soon found hovering in the Reminiscent of the royal resume the journey on Tues­ Another ritualistic deepa­ hall to meet shortly to re­ also made preventive ar­ pies of the reports. three parts, and setting up sky. The entire atmosphere days of the past, the palace day morning and will halt at radhana, Makaravilakku, solve pending issues of bi­ rests. Accusing the govern­ Mr. Naidu said he was not benches in Visakhapatnam was charged with devotion representative was taken on the Laha Sathram, near Plap­ will be held at Ponnambala­ furcation of institutions ment of getting “tailor­ against the development of and Amaravati, although and ‘Ayyappa Sarana’ man­ a palanquin up to the Kaip­ pally, in the night. medu, a hill facing Sabarima­ listed under Schedules 9 made” reports from the Bos­ Rayalaseema, but favoured this could happen only if the tras rent the air. puzha Palace on the oppo­ The procession will reach la, immediately after the and 10 of the Andhra Pra­ ton Consulting Group and the ‘One State One Capital’ Centre and Supreme Court P. Ramavarma Raja of the site bank of the Achencoil Valiyanavattom near Pampa deeparadhana at the temple. desh Reorganisation Act. C.N. Rao committee, Mr. approach. He said Mr. Reddy give their nod. Hindu Jagarana Vedike takes out Uneasy calm in Bhainsa after communal clash rally against proposed Jesus statue S. Harpal Singh imposed and Internet servic­ riding past on their noisy mo­ BHAINSA es withdrawn on Monday torcycle repeatedly through Uneasy calm prevailed in the morning. the narrow bylane. The K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj Harobele village, where the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, al­ communally sensitive town Violence took place in the youths came back with Kanakapura Kapalabetta is located, so took part in the rally. of Bhainsa in Telangana’s narrow bylanes of Korbagalli scores of members of their The Hindu Jagarana Vedike turned into a fortress, with Giving a new twist to the Nirmal district on Monday, and Bhoigalli which left 11 ci­ community and indulged in (HJV) on Monday launched a the police barring entry of controversy, an HJV pam­ after the communal volence vilians injured. Also injured stone pelting and arson leav­ campaign to prevent what it outsiders. phlet and several speakers at on Sunday night. Sporadic in the incident were Nirmal ing the residents of that local­ called “Christianisation” in The rally saw nearly a the rally claimed that Kapa­ incidents of stone throwing Superintendent of Police C. ity scared, said an eyewit­ Karnataka’s Kapalabetta, 1,000 activists from Hindu labetta was originally called and one of arson disrupted Shashidhar Raju, Bhainsa ness, Dabulka Mohan of where a 114­ft­tall statue of right­wing organisations “Muneeshwara Betta”, a ho­ the peace during the day. DSP Narsing Rao, Inspector Bhoigalli, whose two motor­ Jesus Christ is proposed to congregate at Kanakapura in ly site of Hindus. Two groups belonging to Venugopal Rao and Mudhole cycles were burnt down by be installed. Controversial Ramanagaram district. Acti­ However, Kapalabetta different communities were SI Ashok among others. the attackers. Arson caused RSS ideologue Kalladka vists were mobilised from and Muneeshwara Betta are involved in a bout of stone The incident took place damage to 12 houses and 24 Prabhakar Bhat, who led a Bengaluru, Mysuru, Channa­ two different hillocks, at pelting, arson and rioting around 11 p.m. on Sunday motorcycles, said Inspectors­ rally, alleged that the pro­ patna and Kanakapura least two km apart, in two late on Sunday night. The when locals of Korbagalli al­ General of Police Y. Nagi Red­ posed statue was a “conspi­ town. BJP leader Ashwath villages, Harobele and Kadle Two­wheelers that were set on fire at Korbagalli in Bhainsa, town observed a bandh even legedly objected to a trio be­ dy of North Zone region and racy for conversions.” Narayan, party candidate in Doddi respectively Nirmal district, on Sunday night. * S. HARPAL SINGH as prohibitory orders were longing to one community P. Promod Kumar.

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IN BRIEF Register your Weather Watch Maharashtra, Gujarat lag behind drones or face Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday in compensation for sewer deaths penalty: govt. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI The Ministry of Civil Avia­ Filmmaker Manmohan Committee reviews implementation of manual scavenging prohibition law tion has asked all drone Mahapatra passes away Damini Nath BHUBANESWAR Pradesh alone, had been owners to voluntarily regis­ New Delhi Manmohan Mahapatra, identified as engaged in ma­ ter their drones before Ja­ renowned Odia filmmaker Of the 926 deaths inside sew­ nual scavenging after sur­ nuary 31, failing which they and winner of eight ers in the country, from 1993 veys in 2013 and 2018. One­ would be penalised with a consecutive national awards, till December 31, 2019, fami­ time cash assistance had prison sentence of up to passed away here on Monday. lies of 172 victims were yet to been disbursed in 35,397 two years or a fine of up to He was 69. He was suffering receive compensation, with cases, with Uttar Pradesh ac­ ₹10 lakh. from multiple ailments. An Gujarat having the highest counting for 19,385 such pe­ As per the rules framed alumnus of the Film and number of cases where the ople. by the Directorate General Television Institute of India amount was not paid or the Capital subsidy and skill of Civil Aviation (DGCA), all (FTII), he had carved a niche payment was unconfirmed development training had drones in India must be re­ for himself in parallel cinema. (48), while Maharashtra was been provided to 1,007 and gistered on the Digital Sky His film, Seeta Raati, had won yet to pay or confirm pay­ 7,383 of the identified ma­ portal and must have a un­ Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) the Rajat Kamal in the ment of compensation in nual scavengers, respective­ ique identification num­ Forecast for Tuesday: Rain/Thundershowers observed at most National Film Awards, 1982. any of its 32 cases, according ly, the data showed. ber. All drone operators places over Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and east Rajasthan and to data from the National As per the provisions of must also have an Un­ Navy adopts fuel with at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, north Haryana, Sauras- Commission for Safai Karam­ the Act, Mr. Zala said District manned Aircraft Operator higher specifications htra and Kutch. charis (NCSK). Vigilance Committees had Permit (UAOP). Both came NEW DELHI city rain max min city rain max min Agartala...... —....21.5....12.4 Kozhikode...... —....33.0....22.4 The Indian Navy in were asked to comply soon, tion in all but seven of the been constituted in 21 States/ into effect from December Lagging behind NCSK Chairperson and 234 cases. Gujarat was yet to Union Territories, State 1, 2018. Ahmedabad...... —....29.5....17.5 Kurnool ...... —....33.1....18.2 collaboration with Indian Oil Aizawl...... —....18.6...... — Lucknow...... —....16.0...... 6.2 Corporation Limited (IOCL) During a meeting of the Cen­ Member of the Committee pay or confirm payment in Monitoring Committees in According to the rules, if Allahabad...... —....22.9...... 7.2 Madurai...... —....32.6....21.4 has adopted a new fuel with tral Monitoring Committee Manhar Valjibhai Zala said 48 of the 162 sewer deaths 26, and State Commissions a person operates a drone Bengaluru ...... —....27.4....17.4 Mangaluru ...... —....36.6....20.8 under the Prohibition of Em­ on Monday. He added that in recorded in the State, and in for Safai Karamcharis in without registering it, he or Bhopal ...... —...... —...... — Mumbai ...... —....30.1....21.5 higher technical Bhubaneswar...... —....26.0....11.4 Mysuru ...... —....28.5....15.2 specifications, High Flash ployment as Manual Scaven­ most of the sewer death cas­ 31 of those cases, the legal eight. she may be booked for en­ Chandigarh ...... —....18.7....11.3 New Delhi ...... —....23.4...... 8.0 High Speed Diesel (HFHSD – gers and their Rehabilitation es since 1993, when the heir could not be traced, the Social Justice Minister dangering someone's life Chennai ...... —....29.2....21.2 Patna ...... —....15.2...... 8.2 IN 512), which was formally Coimbatore ...... —....30.7....20.4 Port Blair...... —....29.4....22.0 Act, 2013, which is meant to NCSK was established, com­ data showed. Thawarchand Gehlot, who or for negligence with res­ Dehradun...... —....21.9...... 9.5 Puducherry ...... —....30.4....19.4 launched on Monday. “The review the implementation pensation to the families of chairs the monitoring com­ pect to machinery­ both of Gangtok...... —....15.2...... 6.2 Pune...... —....29.5....15.9 new specification will not of the law, on January 8, the victims had been paid. Practice continues mittee, had issued instruc­ which are crimes under Goa...... —....33.0....21.4 Raipur ...... —....29.0....11.8 only ensure a better quality Guwahati ...... —....25.0...... 9.6 Ranchi...... —....25.2...... 7.2 States that were found lag­ Tamil Nadu, which had According to the NCSK, a to­ tions to State governments the Indian Penal Code and Hubballi...... —....29.0....17.0 Shillong...... —....17.0...... 5.1 fuel but also result in a ging behind in the rehabilita­ the highest number of such tal of 53,598 people, of during the meeting to comp­ carry a punishment of up Hyderabad ...... —....32.0....14.8 Shimla...... 9.0....11.0...... 7.7 reduced carbon footprint,” tion of manual scavengers deaths, had paid compensa­ which 29,923 were in Uttar ly with the Act, Mr. Zala said. to six months. Imphal ...... —...... —...... 4.8 Srinagar...... —...... —...... — the Navy said in a statement. Jaipur ...... —....23.2....11.4 Thiruvananthapuram...... —....32.5....21.5 Kochi ...... —....31.6....21.6 Tiruchi...... —....31.6....21.6 Kohima ...... —....16.0...... 6.2 Vijayawada ...... —....30.0....19.2 Four persons get life Kolkata ...... —....24.2....11.1 Visakhapatnam ...... —....27.1....18.2 term for rape in T.N. CBI books IRP, (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) THANJAVUR SC asks for response The Hindu Young World Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday The mahila court in Thanjavur his accomplice CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE on Monday awarded life Ahmedabad..... 78 .28 38 ..257 .177 ....* Quiz to be held in 17 cities Bengaluru ...... 11 .68 53 ....90 ...99 ....* In observation made at 6.00 sentence till death to four to homebuyer’s plea p.m., Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on graft charge Chennai ...... 36 .33 53 ..233 .....— ....* persons found guilty of recorded an overall air Delhi ...... 15 .72 48 ..436 .379 ....* quality index (AQI) score of raping a woman in It will be launched on January 18 Hyderabad ...... 03 .74 44 ..155 .131 ....* 437 indicating a dangerous special correspondent Kumbakonam on December 1, Notice to govt. on Insolvency Ordinance Kolkata...... 32 105 28 ..227 .225 ....* level of pollution. In NEW DELHI Special Correspondent * contrast, Shillong, 2018. The victim, a 27-year- Lucknow...... 48 .47 83 ..425 .....— .... Meghalaya recorded a legal correspondent CHENNAI Mumbai ...... 03 .19 36 ..211 .128 ....* healthy AQI score of 32 old woman from New Delhi, In a first, the Central Bu­ Pune...... 74 .26 83 ..188 .134 ....* NEW DELHI had arrived in the town reau of Investigation (CBI) The 20th edition of The Hin- Visakhapatnam 19 .82 62 ..193 .193 ....* at night to attend a training The Supreme Court on Mon­ has arrested an Interim Re­ du Young World Quiz will be Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) programme as part day asked the government solution Professional (IRP), held in 17 cities across the SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, of her job. She was on her to respond to a petition along with the director of country from January 18. making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air way to a lodge when she particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues challenging the newly pro­ an asset reconstruction It is one of the longest and monuments. was gang-raped. mulgated Insolvency and firm, for allegedly demand­ running and largest live NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by Bankruptcy Code (Amend­ ing and receiving a bribe school quizzes as The Hindu school/branch and cross reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. Minor injured in firing by ment) Ordinance of 2019, from a former consultant Young World steps into the teams are not allowed. All CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to cousin while playing critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause which retrospectively prohi­ to a Hyderabad company. 30th year. entrants would get partici­ dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. SHIMLA bits individual homebuyers homebuyer, Manish Kumar. The accused have been pation certificates and there PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, A four-year-old girl was nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced from initiating insolvency Section 3 of the ordi­ identified as Arun Mohan, Two categories would be audience prizes injured after her five-year-old lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature cousin shot her using her proceedings against nance prescribes a mini­ the IRP, and Paresh Kumar, The competition is open to too. death in people with heart or lung disease grandfather’s licensed gun builders. mum threshold for initiating the director and the chief students in two categories ­ The quiz would be held in A Bench led by Justice Ro­ insolvency proceedings be­ executive officer of the Juniors (classes 4 to 6) and Mumbai, Chennai, Bengalu­ while playing in Himachal Schoolboy injured as javelin pierces skull Pradesh’s Shimla district on hinton F. Nariman issued fore the NCLT. It required Multimax Asset Recon­ Seniors (from classes 7 to 9). ru, Kozhikode, Kochi, Vi­ notice to the government that NCLT need to take cog­ struction Private Limited. Each team must have two jayawada, Coimbatore, Hyd­ HOWRAH Monday, police said. The A sports event turned into a nightmare as a student was injured and ordered status quo in nisance only if it receives an Provisions of the Preven­ members and register on­ erabad and Delhi on incident took place in Sharnal when a javelin pierced his skull at Shyampur here on Monday, a the case of insolvency appli­ application for insolvency tion of Corruption Act have line. Any number of teams different dates from January village under Rampur police police officer said. He was operated upon at the State-run SSKM station. The girl, Ninika, cations already filed by ho­ process jointly filed by 10% been invoked against can take part from the same 18. Hospital in Kolkata, where he was admitted in a serious sustained a bullet injury on mebuyers in the National or 100 in number of the to­ them. The case has been school by paying a registra­ For registration and condition, sources said. her right hand, Sub-Divisional Company Law Tribunal tal allottees/homebuyers, registered on the basis of a tion fee of ₹200 per team. further details, log on to The Class VI student was kept under observation at the hospital Police Officer Abhimanyu (NCLT). The order was whichever is lesser, from complaint filed by the vic­ However, the team mem­ www.thehindu.com/yw­ after the javelin was taken out, which perforated a side of his Verma said. PTI based on a petition filed by a the same project. tim’s husband. bers must be from the same quiz. skull, sources said. PTI Govt. launches road DGCA provides IndiGo accident database relief, extends deadline System will be piloted in six States ‘Engines to be replaced in 4 months’

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT highest fatalities from road special correspondent low­pressure turbine in en­ NEW DELHI crashes — Karnataka, Mad­ NEW DELHI gines — “fracture of Mid Tur­ The government on Monday hya Pradesh, Maharashtra, The Directorate General of bine Frame (MTF) Piston launched a central accident Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Civil Aviation (DGCA) has seal” — and advised boro­ database management sys­ Uttar Pradesh. provided relief to IndiGo scopic inspection of the en­ tem that will help in analys­ The IRAD will be im­ and extended the deadline gines. Following this, anoth­ ing causes of road crashes proved on the basis of the for replacing all snag­prone er 15 engines were identified and in devising safety inter­ learnings from the trial, fol­ Pratt and Whitney (PW) en­ for replacement. The watch­ ventions to reduce such ac­ lowing which it will be gines in the airline’s fleet by dog has now said that the cidents in the country. rolled out across the four months, though the en­ airline can replace all its en­ The IT tool, known as the country. gine maker recently identi­ gines by May 31, 2020. Integrated Road Accident Defence Minister Rajnath fied a new problem. In a statement, the DGCA Database (IRAD), has been Singh and Union Minister In November 2019, the said that IndiGo will be able developed by the Indian In­ for Road Transport and DGCA instructed IndiGo to to replace only 70% of these stitute of Technology­Ma­ Highways Nitin Gadkari in­ replace 120 engines on its engines by the January 31 dras (IIT­M) and will be im­ augurated the IRAD at the PW­powered A320neo deadline. “The procure­ plemented by the National road safety stakeholders’ planes by the end of January ment of modified engines Informatics Centre. The meet. Mr. Gadkari said that 2020, following four in­ was adversely impacted due project costs ₹258 crore and around 30,000 tablets stances of mid­air engine to holidays during Christ­ is being supported by the would be distributed to pol­ shutdowns in the span of a mas and New Year at MRO World Bank. ice personnel across the week. However, on Decem­ [maintenance, repair and The system will be first pi­ country to record data on ber 16, 2019, PW notified a overhaul] facilities,” the loted in the six States with accidents. new cause for glitches in the DGCA reasoned. Woman ostracised for going to court Forced to migrate from village over her engagement as an anganwadi worker

Satyasundar Barik ment had issued an adver­ last long. The case is now BHUBANESWAR tisement for the vacant post pending before the Supreme A woman and her family of an anganwadi worker, of­ Court after another candi­ have allegedly been ostra­ fering a monthly remunera­ date challenged the High cised for seven years in Od­ tion of ₹1000. A government Court order in the apex isha’s Puri district for defy­ panel had found her suitable court. ing her village’s diktat and for the post among the short­ “I was pressurised to opting to go to court to settle listed candidates. Three withdraw my claim over the a dispute over her engage­ months later, the govern­ post. On failing to do so, my ment as an anganwadi ment came up with revised family would have faced so­ worker. guidelines for the post and cial boycott. I had agreed to Villagers, including her due to the changes, Kan­ Bhanumati Pradhan withdraw the case in lieu of own parents staying in Bha­ chanmani Jena, another can­ the ₹60,000 I had spent for tapada village under Brah­ didate, was selected and is­ 2012, the High Court ruled in fighting court cases. But, the magiri block, have stopped sued an engagement letter. her favour. villagers wanted the case to talking to her in public due Ms. Pradhan challenged This did not go down well be withdrawn immediately,” to an unwritten decree since the government order, both with the villagers who re­ Ms. Pradhan said. 2013, said Bhanumati Prad­ at the District Collector’s of­ portedly wanted Ms. Jena to “When the agreement col­ han, who along with her hus­ fice and the Orissa High continue. The villagers re­ lapsed, my in­laws were so­ band and children were Court, stating it was illegal to fused to receive food from cially boycotted. Since 2013, forced to migrate from the come up with guidelines Ms. Pradhan, as a result of we have not been getting any village. when the selection process which her engagement as an help from the villagers,” she In 2007, the State govern­ was almost complete. In anganwadi worker did not said. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Sparkling people, a spiritless Opposition The streets are in ferment over the Citizenship Act, but the political Opposition is still to catch up religion could be left out of the atop a 207­foot high mast. its opposition to the CAA­NRC ar­ NRC for lack of proper documen­ Four years later, the Narendra chitecture. But no politician till tation, the fear is that unlike Hin­ Modi government has been ren­ now has shown the leadership Unhelpful combativeness dus and other religionists who will dered speechless by the sight of quality essential to take the prot­ be protected via the CAA, Muslims thousands of flags flying in all cor­ ests forward —– from colleges and PM Modi must address the concerns about stand the risk of losing their citi­ ners of India. The BJP used the flag the buzzing streets of cities and the CAA instead of misinterpreting them Vidya Subrahmaniam zenship. Muslim anxieties have as a threat, as an instrument of towns into the farthest villages. rime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that the been stoked by Home Minister coercion, as a test of loyalty for al­ Partly the reason for this is the pe­ Amit Shah’s unceasing threats to leged “anti­nationals”, and finally ople­driven nature of the protests. Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, or CAA, he long wall along the Jamia pluck out and evict the ghuspetiye as a symbol of the Prime Minister’s The movement has been of and by 2019, intended only to grant citizenship to a cer­ P Millia Islamia (JMI) Universi­ (Muslim infiltrators) G. RAMAKRISHNA New India. the people with the participants tain class of people, and not to deny citizenship to Tty in Delhi is plastered with It is against this backdrop that or in protest marches, raising slo­ apparently keen to keep it that anyone is factually accurate. But his extrapolation that posters affirming Hindu­Muslim JMI erupted in protest on Decem­ gans loud enough to be heard A new India way. It is a wariness born of appre­ hence the Act’s critics are misinformed is unfounded unity, portraits of Bhagat Singh ber 15, 2019. However, the police above the din of the city, or as in Today, a different version of New hension that the presence of polit­ and misleading. The concern expressed by many is not and Bhim Rao Ambedkar and — no crackdown that followed was so the case of Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, India confronts the rulers, one ical parties will politicise the prot­ that it allows citizenship to people escaping persecu­ surprises here — charcoal scrawls brutal that it set off a cascading simply assembling to show off that has turned the “anti­national” ests and dilute their impact, which tion from neighbouring countries; on the contrary th e against the Citizenship (Amend­ reaction beyond anyone’s expec­ their strength. Shaheen Bagh is a slur on its head. Unlike in the case in turn will give a handle to the rul­ ment) Act, 2019, or CAA, 2019, and tation and certainly beyond the Muslim­majority neighbourhood of the BJP, those waving the flag ers to condemn the phenomenon fundamental opposition to the law is that it does so in a the National Register of Citizens control of a government that arro­ and conventionally, women here now are not threatening anyone as a whole as agenda­driven. discriminatory and inadequate manner. The CAA intro­ (NRC). The Central Government gantly believed that the people have been home bound. Yet since but are reading the preamble It is also evident that the politi­ duces a religious test in classifying victims of per secu­ has stepped back for now on the would acquiesce in its every unjust the day of the Jamia crackdown, alongside and asserting the inviol­ cal parties have lived so long in tion, and granting them citizenship in a secular repu­ NRC, clearly in response to civil decision. Jamia’s answer to the they have stayed put, day and ability of the Constitution’s basic fear of a Hindu­Muslim polarisa­ blic. The one strand of opposition, among indigenous protests that have shown no signs police action was the flag and the night, in a make­shift pandal, wav­ tenets. They are the patriots, not tion that they have started to shy communities in the Northeastern States, is indeed of giving over, instead growing big­ Constitution. In an instant, the ing the tricolour and energetically the pseudo­patriots populating away from doing anything that against granting citizenship rights to anyone, regardless ger and wider and taking the message communicated itself to singing along patriotic songs. The the BJP. could be seen as favouring Mus­ shape of a people’s movement co­ other secular­spirited Indians. A flag can be seen imprinted on the The largely peaceful rebellion lims. The Prime Minister knows of religion. Mr. Modi appeared to be eager to pacify vering large swathes of urban lot more in numbers than pre­ cheeks of little children as also on and the beauty of the spirit on this. In his rallies he has been ask­ them, as he should be, by reiterating that safeguards are India. viously believed, these were men the wrists of their mothers. Many show are as compelling as the mes­ ing whether the Opposition would being included in the law to protect the cultural and lin­ and women who understood that here are uneducated but know sage they radiate: that there exist offer citizenship to all Muslims guistic rights of indigenous groups. When it comes to Flag as the pivot there can be no India without Mus­ what is at stake: They are fighting people in India who will not be from the neighbourhood. The addressing the legitimate and well­founded concerns of The most striking thing on the JMI lims. The young, assumed to be for the country and their place in cowed down by the aggression of question is intended as a trap and constitutional experts, the Opposition and several State wall is the national flag, hundreds apolitical or coopted, emerged it. And hence the symbolism of the Hindutva, who believe in the es­ deliberately avoids nuances. Delhi governments, he tends to turn unhelpfully combative. of which are strung together in from their universities in swarms, flag which has now become a mat­ sential unity of Indians and who Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is such a way that the tricolour runs proving that they carried in their ter­of­fact part of their protests, have the courage of their convic­ an example of the secular dilem­ If Mr. Modi and his colleagues are genuinely con­ parallel with the road. It is a beau­ blood India’s founding values of their lives and their collective In­ tions. Some questions nonetheless ma. He has the right instincts but cerned that there is misinformation , they must reach tiful, moving sight, offering scope equality and inclusion. dian identity. arise. How long can the protesters he has refrained from showing up out to the critics rather than disparage them. Inste ad, for multiple interpretations. The Since then the waving of the flag The irony is unmissable. All withstand the might of the state? at the protests because he has an party functionaries have latched on to the situation as flag as an act of both patriotism and the reading of the preamble to these years, the Bharatiya Janata The Prime Minister continues to election to fight next month. yet another opportunity for political propaganda, a and protest. The flag as a symbol the Constitution have spread like a Party (BJP) and its right­wing allies be immensely popular and electo­ There has not been a more op­ communal one at that, and launched a marathon mo­ of citizenship as well as the citi­ contagion, but one that is lovely to had used the flag as a weapon rally saleable. The anti­CAA­NRC portune time than now for India’s nologue. If the CAA’s provisions reflect the BJP’s Hi n­ zens’ ownership of the country. It behold. Indeed, the preamble against Muslims and secular In­ protests have also consolidated his Opposition to prove that they are is known by now that in combina­ seems to have become an anthem dians. Between 2016 and 2017, majoritarian base. in the fight. The ferment on the dutva philosophy, the straw man argument further ac­ tion, the CAA and the NRC could in itself as spaces in Delhi, Mum­ scores of BJP volunteers took out streets can remain citizen­driven. centuates it. The suggestion is that the CAA’s opponents be lethal for Muslims. The CAA off­ bai, Hyderabad, and other smaller tiranga yatras ostensibly to insti l Of and by the people But surely a strong­willed Opposi­ are opposed to giving refuge to persecuted Hindu, Sikh, ers priority citizenship to non­ towns have filled up to resounding feelings of pride in the country but The most obvious questions, tion can lend outside support, en­ Buddhist, Jain, and Christian minorities from Pakistan, Muslim illegal migrants from Pa­ recitals of its inspirational content. in actual fact to taunt Muslims and though, concern India’s political suring the fight does not fade away Afghanistan and Bangladesh, which they are not. The kistan, Bangladesh and Afghanis­ Equally significant has been the liberal Indians. Opposition. West Bengal Chief Mi­ and India is rescued from those CAA’s rationale is that these countries have a state reli­ tan, while the NRC, when emergence of women in leader­ The then Human Resource De­ nister Mamata Banerjee has been who want to change its character. gion, and religious minorities face persecution. But per­ implemented, will demand citi­ ship roles and from within conser­ velopment Minister, Smriti Irani, outspoken and has matched wit zenship proof from India’s own ci­ vative homes. They have taken the decreed that each of India’s Cen­ and word with Mr. Modi and Mr. Vidya Subrahmaniam is a Delhi-based secution need not be only religious in nature. In Sri tizens. Though anyone from any lead whether in college assemblies tral Universities will fly the flag Shah. The Congress has expressed journalist Lanka, Tamils have suffered in the hands of the esta­ blishment and the dominant Sinhalas. Moreover, Islam­ ic sects, Shias and Ahmadiyyas, and non­believers that have come under attack in these three countries are de­ Different feathers but a political flocking together nied the benefit under the CAA for no logical reason. An anti­BJP stance may explain Maharashtra’s coalition experiment — of the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP The explanation that the current CAA is only remedying a grievance left over by Partition is unconvincing. Af­ sparked by ideological considera­ 1980s occurred primarily because odds with its coalition partners? ghan refugees should not have qualified by that reason­ tions. If some realised that they of this positioning. Content analy­ The seeming stability of the coali­ had no future in their local politi­ sis of the speeches of the Sena tion is not a consequence of the ing. In truth, the popular suspicion of the government’s cal sphere because of the Con­ founder, Bal Thackeray from that Sena’s ideological transformation; intent draws from its political rhetoric and the link bet­ gress­NCP alliance, many were period and even later would make rather it is more about the partn­ ween a National Register of Indian Citizens and the CAA more concerned about the main­ this clear. It was this ideological ers having chosen to ignore con­ that its functionaries repeatedly seek to forge. Critics Abhay Datar tenance of support networks that complementarity that led the BJP tradictions by pretending they did have laid out their concerns regarding the CAA; it is the they had carefully nurtured over to strike an alliance with it in the not exist in the first place. But

government that needs to explain its position. By re­ decades. The BJP too wooed those VIVEK BENDRE late 1980s and early 1990s which events could simply blow the coa­ peatedly misinterpreting the concerns, the government n Maharashtra, the three­party it thought would strengthen the ship (Amendment) Act, 2019­ Na­ benefited both the parties. Thus lition off course. The first such coalition government, of the party in areas where it was weak. tional Register of Citizens (NRC), the Sena till recently was not only event where stability would be betrays an unwillingness to engage on the issue. IShiv Sena, the Congress and the alongwith with the statement of the BJP’s oldest ally but also its tested would be the next major Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), The binding factor the Chief Minister and Sena head, closest one ideologically. The par­ round of civic body elections, in under the leadership of Sena lead­ The case with the Sena is similar Uddhav Thackeray, that he would ty’s stand during the Ram Janmab­ 2022. Elections to urban bodies Vote for status quo er Uddhav Thackeray, seems to yet distinct. The BJP appears tired not allow students to be assaulted hoomi agitations and the subse­ (Mumbai and Pune) would certain­ The ruling party’s win in Taiwan will make the have stabilised after a bumpy of its allies and, ideally, would like in the State and the relatively mild quent communal riots is ly strain the coalition, whether or dispute with China more difficult to resolve start. Though negotiations over a state of affairs where it could win handling of the anti­CAA­NRC well­known — and which it has not not the three arrive at a seat­shar­ Ministry composition and portfo­ elections without them. It tried protests is cited as evidence of this retracted. Thus, one can reasona­ ing formula. This would more be aiwan’s pro­democracy President Tsai Ing­wen’s lio allocations were long­drawn, doing so in the 2017 municipal de­emphasising. Moreover, such bly conclude the sum and sub­ so because in many places the re­election, with a record mandate since the the issue has settled. All this has elections in Mumbai. The stresses positions are being taken to mean stance of its positions. partners would be fighting each Tcountry’s first direct elections of 1996, could led to talk of an ideological realign­ and strains in the BJP­Sena alliance that the ideological transforma­ One could argue that all this was other and not the BJP. further strain ties with China. Ms. Tsai’s Democratic ment in Maharashtra politics. during the tenure of the last go­ tion of the Shiv Sena is on the an­ in the past and much has changed. Besides, the BJP, now in search Progressive Party (DPP) suffered major losses in the More significantly, commentators vernment emerged primarily be­ vil, or indeed has taken place. This But there are many who would re­ of an ally, has been making over­ have spoken of a tempering of the cause of these efforts of the BJP. naturally leads to the proposition member that the previous Con­ tures to the Maharashtra Navnir­ 2018 local elections, but on Saturday, she took over 57% Sena’s long­standing Hindutva po­ The Sena started to believe that that the coalition would last long gress­NCP government had pro­ man Sena (MNS), headed by Raj of the vote against her challenger, Han Kuo­y u of the sitions. So has the tiger really the BJP was out to render it politi­ since there are no ideological con­ vided for reservations for Muslims Thackeray, the Chief Minister’s Kuomintang party, which once ruled in China before changed its stripes? cally nugatory, prompting it to tradictions among them. This is in­ — and stridently opposed by the cousin. There are enough indica­ moving to Taiwan. Opposition to Beijing’s one­country To answer this, one needs answ­ adopt a tough negotiating stance deed wishful thinking. BJP and the Sena. The demand to tions that the alliance might be two­systems policy has long defined the ruling DPP . ers to one other question. Why did during seat­sharing talks and then rename the city of Aurangabad to based on a common ideological The Hong Kong protests have only served to bring into the Sena on one hand and the Con­ later when efforts were being On ideology ‘Sambhajinagar’ has been a long­ positioning, namely Hindutva, sharp relief the consolidation of democracy and sove ­ gress­NCP on the other come to­ made to form a government. Thus, The hollowness of such analyses standing Sena demand. These two with the MNS combining it with its gether in the first place? The answ­ the three­party coalition has come necessitates a look at the Sena’s issues may now have been forgot­ regionalist politics. So the Sena reignty in Taiwan ahead of the weekend’s elections. In­ er lies in how the BJP treated its about because all concerned were ideological positions which till ten for the time being. would find itself competing for the deed, the Opposition’s landslide victory in Hong Kong’s allies and political opponents, at worried about their sheer political date would demonstrate what it same ideological constituency. It local elections in November added momentum to Ms. the Central level and in the S tate. existence. An anti­BJP stance is the stands for. Though it began its Civic poll test might then realise that the BJP, si­ Tsai’s own prospects. In a campaign marred by allega ­ The opponents were treated only common factor here. journey as a party primarily as­ But what if there is communal con­ milar to what Sir Robert Peel did tions of Chinese fake news and social media trolls on harshly; inquiries were ordered The Congress’s central leader­ serting a regional identity, and flict somewhere in Maharashtra? more than a century ago to the DPP candidates, she was subject to attacks on the auth­ with investigations by central ship had misgivings about an al­ that too in the Mumbai­Thane belt, Or what if the Congress and the Whigs, has stolen its ideological enticity of her degree from the London School of Eco ­ agencies. A number of heavy­ liance with the Sena given its stand its positions always had strong ele­ NCP raise a demand for minority clothes. weights from the Congress and the on Hindutva. But the Sena played ments of Hindutva in them. The reservations? Or what if the BJP nomics, which the latter has confirmed. Also, the ruling NCP joined the BJP. It would be down these very positions . The party’s spread in the Marathwada launches a campaign on an issue Dr. Abhay Datar teaches Political Science party’s consolidation has coincided with the emer­ foolish to say that this exodus was party’s opposition to the Citizen­ region of Maharashtra in the late where the Sena would find itself at at People’s College, Nanded, Maharashtra gence of an assertive China, and with attempts of U.S. President Trump to use Taipei as a bargaining chip in LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. his trade war with China. Taiwan’s future remains unfinished business for Chi­ Bringing CAA into force some of them like the Even leaders attached to the violations by builders. The now be at the mercy of To read more letters na’s President Xi Jinping, who, in October, presided ov­ online, scan the QR code It is ironic that Prime Trinamool Congress and ruling National Democratic active connivance of the bureaucrats and High Courts er the 70th anniversary of the revolution. He has in the Minister Narendra Modi the Bahujan Samaj Party Alliance have openly aired builder­bureaucrat lobby is to get relief on a piecemeal The court could have walked recent past declared his intention to use force to unify bothers much about people have failed to join hands their dissent against an integral to the construction and case­by­case basis. the extra mile and delved Taiwan with the mainland. For his part, Mr. Trump de­ from minority communities with the Congress to devise arbitrary imposition of the of such high rises. Those Periodic reviews would only deeper into the question parted from protocol after his election when he re­ in the neighbouring a joint strategy against the two. More than 20 lives have who ultimately buy these be manipulated to maintain whether Internet is a ceived Ms. Tsai’s congratulatory call. Recent U.S. legisla­ countries who face religious CAA­NRC combine. been lost in Uttar Pradesh apartments end up paying a the status quo and the fundamental right. It has tion to promote Taipei relations did not go down well in persecution but ignores the A. Jainulabdeen, and Karnataka. Amidst these heavy price for no fault of aggrieved citizens may not missed the opportunity to ill­treatment of minorities Chennai agitations and protests, Mr. theirs (“Two more Maradu have the wherewithal, time set a historic precedent. Beijing. China has meanwhile leveraged its economic in his own backyard (Front Shah’s determination to towers brought down with and energy to pursue their V. Subramanian, clout to influence much of Africa and Latin America to page, “CAA meant to give ■ There is no doubt implement the Act signals precision,” Jan. 13) . case to a logical conclusion. Chennai withhold recognition to Taiwan as a sovereign state. Ac­ citizenship, not take it whatsoever that the CAA is political arrogance. It is P. Prasand Thampy, corrections & clarifications: cording formal recognition to the island nation’s official away, says PM Modi,” Jan. indeed about “giving becoming obvious that the Thiruvalla, Kerala The opening sentence and the headline of the story on a name, the Republic of China, is among the DPP’s condi­ 13). If he is keen on giving citizenship”. The problem is Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) citizen’s right to own private property (Jan. 13, 2020) were wrong. tions for initiating dialogue with Beijing. A ratcheting of citizenship to persecuted not with the letter of the law, has mistaken its majority to Security over rights Both said that ‘right to private property’ is a fundamental right. the rhetoric by Taipei and Beijing is more likely now . minorities, why not draft a it is with its spirit and the be a mandate to implement a Given a choice between Right to private property is a human right, as explained later on in Refugees’ Citizenship Act intention behind formulating communal agenda without legality and rights, the the story. But it is unlikely that Mr. Xi would want to risk global re­ instead of the CAA? it, which pertains to the caring either for the Supreme Court has opted for A clarification regarding “SC has no views on if ‘access to crimination from any aggressive military display either Further, the stubbornness exclusion of one specific concerns of the people or the the former and ignored the Internet’ is a fundamental right” (Jan. 11, 2020): The report is cor­ against Taiwan or Hong Kong. Taiwan’s zealous defence rect. It was initially misreported online that access to Internet was of Home Minister Amit community from the Act’s sinking economy. untold hardships faced by a fundamental right. The confusion is because the Supreme Court of its market economy and democratic freedoms may Shah in enforcing the CAA provisions. If the A.G. Rajmohan, the common man due to says quite categorically that the use of the medium of Internet for not seem compatible with the China model of state­ with scant regard for the government truly believes in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh shutdown of Net services in speech and expression (Article 19(1)(a)) and for trade and business sponsored capitalism and one­party rule. Yet, it may sentiments of the people is constitutional values, it the Kashmir Valley for more (Article 19(1)(g)) are fundamental rights. However, on the question whether access to the Internet is a fundamental right, the Court not be too fanciful to imagine the establishment of a highly deplorable. Instead should show equal Demolition report than five months (Op­Ed of trying to take common compassion towards all Demolition of illegal page, “Favouring public said this had not been specifically argued and that it was not ex­ possible modus vivendi, built on the mutual interest on pressing any opinion on it. The distinction is between Internet as a Indian citizens into persecuted communities. structures alone is no order over justice,” Jan. 13). either side to maintain the operation of market forces. technology and the use of Internet as a medium for exercising fun­ confidence, the Modi­Shah Shafar, solution since these The decision will not help damental rights. A resolution of the historic dispute could be long­ Hyderabad duo is beating around the buildings would not have distraught Kashmiris to In the OpEd page article titled “Amidst a tragedy, an drawn. But a constructive and democratic international bush. Here, it is come up had those resume normal life anytime opportunity” ( Jan. 8, 2020) the reference to writer David Horne in response would be for the big powers to desist from ex­ unfortunate that though the ■ There is widespread responsible for soon. The ruling has left a lot the opening sentence should be corrected to say Donald Horne.

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