NRC Is Centre's Conspiracy to Expel Bengalis From
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millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 4 | Thursday, 4 January 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,443.20 (+1.00) qSENSEX 33,793.38 (-18.88) pDOW JONES 24,824.01 (+104.79) pNASDAQ 7,006.90 (+103.51) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 63.53 (-0.05) pRUPEE/EURO 76.36 (+0.28) nGOLD/10GM 30,450 (0.00) pSILVER/K 39,850 (+140.00) CENTRE APPROVES DON’T WORRY TRUMP MAY GO I’VE LIMITED TIME, BENGAL LOGO IF NAME NOT IN ‘GREAT LENGTHS’ TO CAN’T GIVE 5 YEARS DESIGNED BY 1ST NRC DRAFT: END ALL AID TO PAK: TO A FILM NOW: MAMATA PG3 SONOWAL PG6 HALEY PG10 PRABHAS PG15 Oppn-BJP spar over MAMATA ATTACKS CENTRE FOR ITS DIVISIVE POLITICS BJP-RSS fuelling violence triple talaq bill in RS SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE NRC is Centre’s conspiracy to against Dalits, PM should NEW DELHI: A united opposition on Wednes- clarify stand: Congress day had a face-off with expel Bengalis from Assam: CM OUR CORRESPONDENT the government over the triple talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha and stalled OUR CORRESPONDENT Nazrul. Sri Ramakrishna had told NEW DELHI: The Congress debate on it insisting us there are as many paths as there on Wednesday accused the BJP that it should be sent to a AHMEDPUR (BIRBHUM): are views,” she said, adding “but the and the RSS of fuelling violence select panel, as the ruling Launching a scathing attack on BJP is telling us which religion and against Dalits and demanded BJP vigorously sought its expeditious passage to the BJP for its divisive politics, Gods we will have to worship. As that Prime Minister Narendra stop the unlawful practice. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a Hindu, I respect Rama and not Modi make a statement in Par- Amid noisy scenes, Law Minister Ravi Shan- spoke out for the first time against Ravana, I respect Sita and Kaush- liament clarifying his stand on kar Prasad introduced the Muslim Women (Pro- the National Register of Citizens alya but not Kaikeyi and Manthara the Bhima-Koregaon incident tection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 for (NRC) in Assam. Comparing it who had always conspired against in Maharashtra. divide people and society and discussion and passage, but pandemonium with the 1960s ethnic cleansing the masses.” The party also demanded create an atmosphere of illusion broke out in the Upper House with the opposi- ‘Bongal Kheda’ movement, she She urged people not to lis- the formation of a commis- that only they are nationalists. tion creating an uproar and the BJP countering termed the exercise to determine ten to what BJP is telling them. sion of inquiry by a sitting "We demand that the prime it vociferously. the original inhabitants of Assam “They will misinform you for their Supreme Court judge on the minister, who shows sympathy However, Trinamool Congress (TMC) mem- a conspiracy to expel Bengalis out own benefit and have come only clashes between Dalit groups for Dalits during polls, should ber Sukendu Sekhar Roy moved a motion for of the state. to raise funds,” she remarked. The and supporters of right-wing clarify his position inside Par- amendment under Rule 125 and sought that the Addressing a gathering here on CM further said that the Centre has Hindu organisations during the liament on violence against Bill be sent to a Select Committee. "We think the Wednesday afternoon, Banerjee CM Mamata Banerjee at Birbhum PIC/MPOST stopped funds for the Asha project 200th-anniversary celebrations Dalits," he told reporters out- Bill is faulty. It requires suggestions from differ- said the BJP is spreading the pol- but the state government, despite of the Bhima-Koregaon battle side Parliament. ent stakeholders," he said. itics of hate and dividing people in other states, got murdered. and I strongly feel that through the immense economic hardships, is in Pune district that had left a Kharge also accused the Congress member Anand Sharma too on the basis of religion. She said She further alleged that in the FRDI Bill, the Centre will inter- carrying on with it and is giving man dead on January 1. BJP government in Maha- moved a motion under Rule 70 (2)(a) to send all Trinamool Congress MPs will attempt to stop triple talaq, the Bill vene in the savings of the common Rs 2,000 to the workers per month. The leader of the Congress rashtra of having "failed" to the Bill to a Select Committee. assemble at the Gandhi statue in placed by the Centre will actually people. We are not going to toler- She urged the girls who have got in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun control violence as it did not "We are all for this bill; it is a faulty bill. No Parliament on Thursday to protest curb the rights of Muslim women. ate this.” money under the Kanyashree proj- Kharge accused the BJP-RSS make proper arrangements in women's' groups, stakeholders were consulted. against the draconian Civil Act and “I have always fought for the pro- Banerjee said she is not ashamed ect to work very hard and do well of "conspiring to divide peo- Bhima-Koregaon. All we ask for is that talk to all stakeholders," alleged that the BJP will use this tection of rights of Muslim women. to call herself a religious person. “I in the examinations. “I am proud ple" on caste and religious lines, "We have demanded that TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien stated. to create further division among But this Bill will fail to protect go to the temple of the Hindus and of my Kanyashree girls and know and asked the prime minister to a sitting judge of the Supreme Terming it "a historic bill", Prasad said the people. them.” offer prayers with the Muslims and they will do well in life.” Banerjee make a statement on the issue Court should carry out a probe Supreme Court on August 22 "called triple talaq She demanded that the Centre The Chief Minister said the Christians. This is the tradition and inaugurated a slew of projects that in Parliament. into the incident for an impar- as unconstitutional ... The judges appealed to should come out with a statement Trinamool Congress will continue history of Bengal. We believe in the include plans to develop tourism in "The BJP and the RSS are tial probe. A commission Parliament to come out with the law. on why Bengalis are being driven to fight for the oppressed and the harmony of all religions. We follow Birbhum, construction of bridges, fuelling and instigating vio- should be set up to ascertain Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday out from Assam, or why people downtrodden. “We had protested the paths shown by Swami Vive- Anganwari centres and drinking lence against Dalits across who was behind the violence lashed out at the Congress for "indirectly" oppos- from Bengal, who had gone to work against the linking of Aadhaar card kananda, Rabindranath and Kazi water projects. the country. They conspire to and who instigated it," he said. ing the triple talaq bill in Rajya Sabha and said Muslim women would continue to face injustice GOVERNMENT ORDERS INQUIRY due to its attitude. The politics of the opposition party has been Jet Airways commander ‘slaps’ female peer, both grounded to support the bill in one House and oppose it in the other, he said. Maha bandh called off after MUMBAI: Jet Airways has grounded when the aircraft was in over the Iran- and the same was “resolved amicably” and "It has become clear that the Congress party two of its senior pilots following a mid- Pakistan airspace and was 2.45 hours away “quickly”. However, the source alleged that is indirectly opposing the triple talaq bill. air brawl on a London-Mumbai flight on from its destination, an airline source said the male pilot who has been working with bringing Mumbai to standstill January 1, in which the male commander on Wednesday. When contacted, a Jet Air- the airline for over a decade had some allegedly slapped his female counterpart. ways spokesperson said there was a “mis- “argument” with the female commander Fewer trains running MPOST BUREAU The incident took place this Monday; understanding” between the cockpit crew over some issues. MPOST in late than flights in fogs MUMBAI/DELHI: After a day of protests, road and rail traffic disrup- PIYUSH GOYAL tion, and sporadic violence, the mas- sive shutdown across Maharashtra called by Dalit groups and parties, was called off. The shutdown generated In today’s tension in Mumbai and some towns and cities across Maharashtra, as the In Mumbai, local trains were paper state marked its third day of simmer- blocked at Ghatkopar, causing delays ... ing tension between Dalits and upper on the Central Harbour lines. Thir- CITY castes, mainly Marathas. In Mumbai, teen buses of the civic transport ser- supporters, allegedly of Dalit parties, vice ‘BEST’ were also damaged. Offices, B.TECH STUDENT MISSING 3 tried to block trains, metro and buses schools and colleges remained open, and forced shops in some areas to shut though school bus operators did not NATION down. Two major roads in Mumbai’s ply buses in the morning as a precau- `6,809-CR ZOJILA TUNNEL PROJECT 5 Bandra were blocked. Coupled with tionary measure. route diversions by the police, it caused Protests were held in Nagpur, Pune EDIT traffic jams in parts of the city. There and Baramati and arson was reported have been students’ protests in Delhi from several areas.