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Mumbai NEARBY RBI chief hits Alwar violence sparks war SC proposes joint out at farm loan waiver of words in Parliament trial of Babri cases SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI Chair asks for correct version; Naqvi denies incident Reserve Bank of India Gov- Patnaik seeks to turn 25-year delay amounts to ‘evasion of justice’, says Bench ernor Urjit Patel on Special Correspondent over a new leaf after jolt Thursday stressed the need NEW DELHI BHUBANESWAR Krishnadas Rajagopal for building a national con- Both Houses of Parliament After sufering a jolt in the NEW DELHI sensus on loan waiver on Thursday witnessed panchayat elections in Noting that the 25-year pen- schemes. Addressing a heated exchanges on the al- February, Odisha Chief dency of the dual Babri press conference here, he leged killing of a man by ‘gau Minister Naveen Patnaik Masjid demolition case trials said this was needed so rakshaks’ (cow vigilantes) at seems to be seeking a fresh in Lucknow and Raebareli that promises such as loan Alwar in Rajasthan, with start to save the image of his amounts to “evasion of waivers are not made dur- Congress Rajya Sabha mem- party as well his government. justice”, the Supreme Court ing elections. ber Madhusudan Mistry de- What has made Mr. Patnaik on Thursday indicated that it “We need to create con- manding the dismissal of the sit up and take notice is the proposes to order a joint sensus so that such loan Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) BJP’s hype over its trial in a Lucknow court after waiver promises are es- government in the State in unexpected performance in reviving criminal conspiracy chewed. Otherwise, sub- view of the “breakdown of the rural polls. charges against BJP veterans sovereign fiscal challenges constitutional machinery.” EAST Ī PAGE 2 L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar in this context could even- Tapan Kumar Sen of the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Joshi and other Sangh tually affect the national Communist Party of India- that the House should not be happened, that is also seri- Parivar leaders in connec- balance sheet,” he said. Marxist (CPI-M), too, said seen as “supporting” cow ous. Therefore, I would like Punjab govt pursuing tion with the razing down of The Governor said loan the constitutional ma- slaughter. to know the correct version. vendetta politics: SAD the 16th century mosque in waiver undermined an chinery had broken down in I am asking the Minister to CHANDIGARH Ayodhya on December 6, honest credit culture. “It the State, seeing the incid- Give details: Kurien convey to the Home Minister The Shiromani Akali Dal has 1992 by kar sevaks. impacts credit discipline. It ent as a “clear case of gang- Deputy Chairperson of the the need to inquire into it accused the Amarinder Singh A Bench of Justices P.C. plugs incentives for future sterism.” Rajya Sabha P.J. Kurien said and report to the House,” he government of indulging in Ghose and Rohinton Nar- borrowers to repay.” Such However, Minister of the government should give said. In the Lok Sabha, vendetta politics and claimed iman hinted that the court were accused in the Rae raj Kishore, Murli Manohar schemes would also impact State for Parliamentary Af- details about the incident to Union Home Minister Ra- that any action against its will invoke its extraordinary Bareilly case for giving pro- Joshi, V.H. Dalmia, Vinay the cost of borrowing for fairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi the House, as there were jnath Singh said the Ra- workers will be vehemently constitutional powers under vocative speeches. Katiyar, Uma Bharti and Sad- the government. This denied that such an incident conflicting versions. jasthan government had opposed by the party. Article 142 to transfer the “Kindly notice that this is hvi Rithambhara. could, in turn, adversely happened, prompting “To the notice of the taken cognisance of the in- NORTH Ī PAGE 3 pending trial in a Raebareli a matter of 1992. Twenty-five The Allahabad HC had dis- impact private investment. Leader of the Opposition Chair, two versions are cident, and a police case had DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD magistrate court and club it years have passed. Our an- missed the CBI plea to revive Ghulam Nabi Azad to cite a brought. If the incident has been registered. with criminal proceedings in swer is have it on a day-to- the conspiracy charges in CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 report in the New York Times happened, then it is serious. Farmers welcome BJP the Lucknow CBI Court day basis and finish it off in May 2010, following which RBI HOLDS RATE Ī PAGE 11 to claim that the Minister But if the incident has not CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 govt’s loan waiver against “lakhs of unknown the next two years,” Justice the agency moved the SC in GROWTH, WITH CAVEATS was “ill-informed.” happened and has been nar- BARBARISM UNLIMITED MEERUT kar sevaks.” The court indic- Ghose observed. Justice Nar- February 2011. The court re- Ī EDITORIAL Mr. Naqvi also cautioned rated here as if it has Ī EDITORIAL Farmers have largely ated that it will order the CBI iman at one point orally re- served the appeal for judg- welcomed the UP court to conduct a time- marked how “many of the ment after a day-long hear- government’s decision to bound trial and complete it accused are dead and some ing. “They cannot go waive farm loans worth in two years. So far 195 wit- will die now.” scot-free. If Lucknow and ₹36,000 crore, even though nesses have been examined Raebareli are pari materia, Gaikwad ‘regrets’ Air India incident some of them accused the in the Lucknow case while a Charges dropped the conspiracy charge government of betrayal. whopping 800 witnesses re- A Special Court had in May against them should revive But insists he owes no apology to the airline’s oicials; wants ban lifted NORTH Ī PAGE 3 main to testify. In Raebareli, 2001 dropped the criminal and both cases be tried DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 57 witnesses have been ex- conspiracy charges against jointly,” Justice Nariman Special Correspondent while the letter was a wel- ment by Mr. Gaikwad in the amined while 105 wait their Mr. Advani and top BJP and observed. NEW DELHI come development, the Shiv Lok Sabha and an adjourn- FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 12 PAGES turn. Mr. Advani, Dr. Joshi Sangh Parivar leaders, in- Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Sena’s defiant press confer- ment of the House forced by (TABLOID) and six other politicians cluding Ashok Singhal, Giri- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 Gaikwad on Thursday wrote ence on Thursday afternoon Shiv Sena MPs who surroun- to Union Minister for Civil threatening to boycott an ded Mr. Raju when he made Aviation Ashok Gajapati NDA meeting on April 10 if no move to lift the ban on CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Raju, expressing “regrets” at the ban wasn’t lifted was a the MP. the incident on board an Air problem. “There is, how- In a rapid sequence of Draped in white India flight on March 23. The ever, a possibility that both events in the Lok Sabha and MP has been accused of as- Mr. Raju and Minister of outside it, Mr. Gaikwad first saulting the airline’s officer State for Civil Aviation Jayant wanted the House to hear his with his slippers. Ravindra Gaikwad speaks in Sinha would be holding a version of events that led to The MP’s letter, in the pos- Lok Sabha on Thursday. * PTI press meet on the issue,” the ban by several airlines. session of The Hindu, states said an official source. The MP tendered an apology that he “regrets the incid- Raju’s to lift the restrictions to Parliament, but insisted ent,” but stops short of ac- imposed on him by various House adjourned that he owed no apology to cepting guilt. Instead, he airlines. The letter came at the end of the airline officials. says investigations will reveal Sources in the Ministry of a day of dramatic develop- the truth. He requests Mr. Aviation told The Hindu that ments that included a state- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 Beijing keeps TRAI asks Reliance Jio to withdraw ofer up tirade Special Correspondent Mukesh Ambani-led firm to feasible over the next few MUMBAI do so. days,” a company statement against visit Reliance Jio on Thursday de- “Jio is in the process of said. cided to withdraw its com- fully complying with the reg- On March 31, Reliance Jio of Dalai Lama plimentary ‘Jio Summer Sur- ulator’s advice, and will be extended the deadline for prise’ offer after the withdrawing the three- the ₹303 plan until April 15. Atul Aneja Telecom Regulatory Author- month complimentary bene- BEIJING ity of India (TRAI) asked the fits as soon as operationally CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 The visit of the Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh has sharpened the focus on In- dia’s commitment to the ‘One-China’ policy, amid accusations by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday that the Tibetan leader’s trip to the “dis- puted areas” was fuelling No heat and dust: Srinagar was covered with snow on Thursday.