Maharashtra Students Support Jamia, AMU Colleagues
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Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] www.indianhorizon.org RNI No: Deleng/2013/51507 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Issue No: 341 No: 6 Published from New Delhi & Hyderabad New Delhi, Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16) Price: 3.00 Rahul is wearing British-Muslims I’m just trying to Italian spectacles: prepare to leave improve everyday: Amit Shah UK over Johnson’s Rishabh Pant P-5 election win P-8 P-11 New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi was.In the past Protest at Urdu varsity in The anti-Citizenship Amend- Priyanka takes centre too, on several occasions, Rahul ment Act (CAA) protests are Gandhi has been criticised for heating up in Delhi and across stage as Rahul Gandhi- being missing in action when solidarity with Jamia students several parts of the country but signifi cant developments were Hyderabad, Dec 16 (IANS) former Congress President Ra- unfolding in India. Students of Moulana Azad hul Gandhi is missing the action in South Korea On some occasions it later National Urdu University as he has left for South Korea on emerged that he had gone (MANUU) boycotted their ex- an offi cial tour. His sister and abroad in such instances.When aminations to stage protests party General Secretary Priyan- IANS contacted Rahul Gandhi’s on Monday in solidarity with ka Gandhi Vadra led the protest offi ce for details, his staff re- the students of Jamia Millia at the India Gate against alleged sponded with a “Why are you Islamia and Aligarh Muslim police crackdown on students asking?” and denied any knowl- University. of Jamia Millia Islamia.“Rahulji edge about his whereabouts. The day-long protest by stu- has gone to South Korea on an “Please send a mail to Rahul dents remained peaceful with offi cial tour,” a Congress source Gandhi’s offi cial mail id” was police keeping a tight vigil protest.A few faculty members were raising slogans against told IANS.The former party chief the response. Immediately af- from outside the campus. addressed the students, con- Prime Minister Narendra left for South Korea on Mon- ter the CAA became law, Rahul The students did not try to demning the police action on Modi, Union Home Minister day morning, the source said, Gandhi had raised serious ob- come out of the campus but the students of Jamila Millia Amit Shah and the Citizenship but did not reveal for how long jections to it. He had last court- squatted at the main gate since Islamia (JMI) and also Aligarh Amendment Act (CAA).Dozens Rahul Gandhi would be away. ed controversy on Saturday morning. They shut the gate Muslim University (AMU). of students shouted slogans Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi, party leaders like Ahmed Patel, absence of Rahul Gandhi.On when he drawn the ire of new from inside to prevent faculty "Inquilab Zinadabad', 'Save like 'Dictatorship nahi chalegi, in the absence of her brother, K.C. Venugopal, Ghulam Nabi Twitter, Rahul Gandhi’s former ally Shiv Sena for his “I’m not and non-teaching staff from democracy' and 'Sanghis quit tana shahi nahi chalegi', 'we took the lead in Congress pro- Azad, Ambika Soni and others. aide Pankaj Shankar wrote: Rahul Savarkar, and I am Rahul entering the campus, insisting India' read the placards car- are with Jamia and AMU'. tests. At the India Gate protest, But despite her dharna, many “Hope he is not abroad”, and in Gandhi and I won’t apologise that they also sit with them on ried by the protesters, who .............Continue on Page 3 she was joined by several senior party activists questioned the another tweet, he asked where for speaking truth” remarks. Maharashtra students support 62.46% voting in Jharkhand poll’s fourth phase Ranchi, Dec 16 (IANS) Over Jamia, AMU colleagues 62 per cent voting was record- ed in the fourth and penulti- mate phase of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, covering 15 seats across the Deoghar, Giri- dih, Bokaro and Dhanbad dis- tricts, on Monday. According to the Election Commission data, 62.46 per cent turnout was witnessed in the phase with the highest Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) and silently marched around the northeastern states.At the polling -- 75.50 per cent -- re- Students of the University of their campuses peacefully, Mumbai University’s Kalina ported from Chandankyari Maoist-affected areas while in total of 47,81,422 voters were in the remaining seats, with Mumbai, the Indian Institute late on Sunday. campus, hundreds of students, constituency. the remaining constituencies, eligible to cast their votes in BJP's NDA allies like the All of Technology-Bombay (IIT- On Monday, some IIT-B stu- led by the Chhatra Bharati, also People came out in large it ended at 5 p.m. 6,101 booths, out of which Jharkhand Students Union B), the Tata Institute of Social dents took to social media how supported the JMI and AMU numbers to vote despite the There are a total of 221 can- 4,296 were in the rural areas. (AJSU) and the Lok Janshakti Sciences (TISS), and political they undertook the silent pro- students and vehemently op- cold and the Maoist boycott didates, including 23 women, In Maoist-affected areas, Party (LJP) contesting sepa- parties and social organisa- test despite reportedly being posed the CAA/NRC laws. call. The state had witnessed in the fray in this phase with 587 booths were marked "very rately in the state. tions staged protests on Mon- refused permission by the IIT- The Maharashtra Congress, rain on Sunday and the weath- the maximum -- 25 candidates sensitive" and 405 "sensitive" Prominent candidates who day to express solidarity with B authorities. led by its President and Rev- er was cloudy in most parts. -- contesting from the Bokaro while in the non-Maoist ar- are in the race for these seats students of the Jamia Millia TISS students, includ- enue Minister Balasaheb Tho- In Dhanbad, an old women seat while the minimum (8) eas, 546 booths were "very include Labour Minister Raj Islamia whose campus wit- ing many women, also took rat staged a protest outside was brought on a cot so that were trying their luck from sensitive" and 2,665 were Paliwar, Tourism Develop- nessed violence on Sunday. out a procession on Monday the Gandhi statue in Variety she could cast her ballot. the Nirsa seat.Out of 15 seats, "sensitive".On nine seats, the ment Minister Amar Kumar The IIT-B students, includ- and boycotted their lectures Chowk, Nagpur, this evening Voting, which started at 7 three -- Deoghar, Jamua and fi ght is between the BJP and Bauri, Ragni Singh, the wife ing many girls, carried torch- to condemn the “brutal vio- and condemned the brutal a.m., ended at 3 p.m. on fi ve Chandankiyari -- are reserved Congress-Jharkhand Mukti of a sitting MLA who is in jail es, banners and posters say- lence” against the students in police action against the JMI/ seats - Bagodar, Jamua, Giri- for Scheduled Castes while re- Morcha-Rashtriya Janata on charges of murder, and Raj ing “In Solidarity With Jamia” JMI, AMU and the people of AMU students. dih, Dumri and Tundi - in maining 12 are general seats.A Dal alliance and triangular Kishore Mahto of the AJSU. I told Centre my police is enough Savarkar row: Maha Oppn seeks SC: Vested interests behind RTI to handle protests: Mamata Rahul’s apology, targets CM leading to blackmail and buses have been New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The torched and vandalised Supreme Court on Monday said and train and vehicular "fear" and "abuse of RTI Act" by movement thrown into vested interests was leading to jeopardy in the anti-CAA blackmail and extortion. protests that began in A bench headed by Chief Jus- Bengal on Friday. tice S.A. Bobde and comprising Appealing to the Mus- Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant lims to protest demo- also asked the Centre to fi ll all va- cratically and peacefully cancies in the information commis- against CAB and NRC, she sion within three months, and also said: “Remember, there sought to know if any guidelines are some people who can be evolved to address the abuse don’t want your move- Nagpur, Dec 16 (IANS) the issue, terming as his of the Right to Information Act. missioners in Central Information ment to succeed.“They Opposition Bharatiya Janata “helplessness” to save his The Chief Justice said the people Commission and State Informa- Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) CRPF and BSF. I have said will indulge in arson Party legislators on Monday government from collaps- who are in no way connected to an tion Commission. Bhushan told the The West Bengal govern- my police are enough”, and make people turn continued to protest outside ing.When Leader of Oppo- issue fi le RTI, leading to criminal in- court he was involved in drafting ment has refused the Banerjee said at a meet- against you. And then tell the Maharashtra legislature, sition Devendra Fadnavis timidation, which is a nice word for of the RTI Act.The Chief Justice re- Centre’s offer to rush ing in protest against the the Centre to deploy the demanding an apology from raised the matter in the as- blackmail. plied, "Why do you think that we are in paramilitary forces CAA and the National Army,” Banerjee said. Congress leader Rahul Gan- sembly, it was not taken "We are not against the right to asking you (to develop the guide- to quell the continuing Register of Citizens (NRC) She said at least four dhi for his remarks on Vi- on record by Speaker Nana information.