DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 (PAGE 7) Coalgate probe: CBI summons Modi will be best PM in Cong releases video clips former Coal Secretary , Apr 22: 's history: Raman Singh of alleged hate speeches NEW DELHI, Apr 22: very core of the country," munal division and are openly CBI today summoned former Coal Secretary P C Parakh for NEW DELHI, Apr 22: the polls. Surjewala said, adding that the trading in the politics of poison questioning on April 25 in connection with a case for alleged abuse "Modi will be the best Prime Stepping up its campaign Rejecting criticism that BJP's Prime Ministerial candi- as a weapon of last resort to gar- of official position in granting a coal block in Odisha to Hindalco, Minister in the history of India. against , there was infighting within BJP, date was on the same dais with ner votes," he said in a written a company of Aditya Birla Group. Under his leadership, India will Congress today released video Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Kadam and was seen "relishing" statement. 69-year-old Parakh, who has been critical of CBI's action espe- not only realize its true potential clips of alleged "hate speeches" Raman Singh says that there the Shiv Sena leader's speech Surjewala said that this poli- cially its Director Ranjit Sinha for registering a case against him, but also get back the pride of of several BJP, Sangh Parivar was no friction among the lead- and "applauding" him by clap- tics of spreading "divisive com- has now been asked to appear before the agency on Friday during place amongst comity of and Shiv Sena leaders and ers and asserted that Narendra ping. Kadam had alleged target- munalism" is not spontaneous which he is expected to be grilled what led to decision of the nations," he said. demanded their arrest for "trad- Modi will be best Prime ed Muslims. or sudden but part of a "larger Screening Committee being changed, official sources said here Claiming that there was a ing in the politics of poison" by Minister in the history of the The Congress attack came conspiracy" and the final nail in today. 'Modi wave' in the country, committing the "sin" of "stoking country. on a day when Modi disap- the coffin was "distribution of The Screening Committee had alloted the Talabira-II coal Singh said BJP will win all 11 communal fire". "There is no fight within proved of "petty" statements by hate pamphlets by the Sangh block to Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Neyveli Lignite Limited Lok Sabha seats in his state. Party spokesperson Randeep BJP and Narendra Modi is our those claiming to be BJP's well- Parivar". but the decision was changed by Parakh after he had received a "Last time by winning 10 Surejewala also demanded an prime ministerial candidate. All wishers, saying they are deviat- "I request the Election request sent by Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla out of 11 seats, the bar has been "apology" from Modi and action the opinion polls are confirming test from Gandhinagar. ing the campaign. Commission not only to register from Prime Minister's Office for reconsideration of the decision. raised considerably. This time against his key aide that NDA will form government Joshi had recently said there "I disapprove (of) any such FIR against such lumpen ele- CBI had last year registered a case against Parakh, Birla, and BJP leader Giriraj Singh, comfortably on its own with was no Modi wave in the coun- on account of Modi's wave and irresponsible statements and ments but also arrest and put besides unknown officials of Hindalco and coal ministry. besides VHP leader Praveen Modi as Prime Minister," he try but only a BJP wave. performance of my government appeal to those making them to them behind the bars. Action The agency alleged that during 2005, these persons entered into Togadia and Shiv Sena leader said when asked whether there Similarly, there are also in past 10 years, we will create a kindly refrain from doing so," should also be taken against a criminal conspiracy and the then public servant (Parakh) abused Ramdas Kadam. will be another consensus can- reports of friction between new record by winning all the Modi said in a series of tweets Modi and BJP for latently and his position and showed undue favour to the Odisha-based indus- Releasing a CD of the con- didate in case BJP fails to get and Modi. 11 seats," he said. as controversial statements by patently supporting this divisive try in allocation of Talabira II and Talabira III coal blocks along troversial speeches by these 272 seats in the ongoing Lok Claiming that only BJP can Elections in worst Naxal-hit VHP leader Pravin Togadia and agenda," the Congress with the PSU. leaders, the Congress Sabha elections. fight corruption, the Bastar seat were held on April BJP leader Giriraj Singh spokesperson said. According to the FIR, Neyveli Lignite Limited was to be given spokesperson said that Modi's Singh's comments come in Chhattisgarh Chief Minister 10 and polling in three other were denounced by rivals and Replying to queries, he, Talabira II block but Parakh allegedly favoured Hindalco and "pseudo mask of development" the wake of reports of senior said, "I am confident that citi- constituencies, including allies of BJP. however, refused to specify allowed it to share the block with Neyveli leading to notional loss was out and he and BJP were BJP veterans like L K Advani zens of India will give a clear Rajnandgaon, were conducted Surjewala said that if Modi whether he was demanding a to the exchequer. attempting to gain power at any and Murli Manohar Joshi mandate to NDA Government on April 17. Seven other con- has even an iota of respect for ban on Modi's election cam- Giving a clean chit to the PMO as well as Prime Minister cost. expressing their reservation in as the truth of UPA Government stituencies in Chhattisgarh will the idea of India, he should paigning, saying he leaves this Manmohan Singh that no pressure had been applied on him "In their blind lust for projecting Modi and not the is known to everyone. Congress go to polls on April 24. apologise to the people of India. to the wisdom of the EC, which (Parakh), the former Coal Secretary had said in his book that the power, Modi, BJP and the party during the election cam- is mired in corruption and peo- Singh also hoped that his "The spirit of India that lives is vested with powers to act decision was taken for the better interest of the nation. Sangh Parivar are carrying out a paigning. ple now want corruption-free son Abhishek, who is contesting within each one of the 125 crore against all persons, including He had denied any quid pro quo as alleged by the CBI in its concerted campaign to divide In the run-up to the Lok government and only BJP can his maiden Lok Sabha election the country on communal Indians demands that Modi and Modi, to take appropriate action FIR about his meeting with Birla. (PTI) Sabha elections, Advani had provide zero tolerance policy from Rajnandgaon, will win lines," he said, adding the BJP tender a public apology for if communal tension is being expressed his reservation over against this evil." with a handsome margin. provocative and communal this conspiratorial sin and estab- fanned. Mayawati slams Modi for vowing Modi being projected as BJP's In an e-mail said, Singh said "Abhishek will not only win speeches are part of a "design lish their neutrality and creden- "By unleashing hate mon- Prime Ministerial candidate. Modi's leadership and populari- but will win with a very hand- and conspiracy". tials in front of the whole gers like Shah, Togadia, Giriraj Later, Advani, who was keen to ty are added advantages for BJP some margin," 61-year-old "It is a political agenda nation. and Kadam, the mentality of contest from a 'friendlier' not only in Chhattisgarh but Singh, who is the sitting MLA being implemented by Modi "Modi and his strategists Modi's strategists of complete to cleanse political system Bhopal, was also asked to con- also across the country to win from Rajnandgaon, said. (PTI) and Sangh Parivar to polarise stand completely exposed by dictatorship and subjugation of this hate and venomous speech- all human rights is glaringly LUCKNOW, Apr 22: the nation on communal lines and destabilise and disrupt the es....They are now using com- apparent," Surjewala said. (PTI) BSP supremo Mayawati today slammed Narendra Modi for his statement vowing to cleanse Parliament from criminal elements, Will reach out to all, muslim saying it was a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Police didn't check 1984 rioters “The people should remain alert from statements of Modi. He had yesterday said that Parliament will be free from criminal ele- 'brothers' included:Modi ments after he became Prime Minister. This statement is like ‘ulta at Govt's behest, claims sting chor kotwal ko daate’”, Mayawati said while talking to reporters. NEW DELHI, Apr 22: runs according to the Constitution. At the same time, he said, “In reality, there are tainted, corrupt, criminal candidates in I believe that a government has only "Nobody is above the law. Imagine NEW DELHI, Apr 22: Rohtas Singh, SHO Delhi news of arson and rioting which Narendra Modi today said he Cantonment, S N Bhaskar SHO bombarded the police control large numbers in Modi’s BJP. This had led to resentment within one religion -- India first. Agovern- if there allegations against Modi A sting operation carried out would reach out to muslim "broth- Krishna Nagar, O P Yadav, SHO rooms, were recorded. BJP. He (modi) should have introspected before making such a ment has only one holy book -- our and he is the Prime Minister. Should by a news portal today claimed ers" like any other citizen of the Srinivaspuri, and Jaipal Singh It also claimed that police statement”, she said. Constitution. A government has the case not be pursued just because that the Government had failed country and made it clear that the SHO Mehrauli. logbooks were "conveniently" Mayawati also alleged that BJP led NDA government had only one kind of devotion -- towards he has become the PM. It should not to take action to stop the 1984 contentious issues of Ram Temple The news portal claimed that changed to eliminate evidence “trapped” her in Taj Corridor and disproportionate assets case and nation. A government has only one be so that it should be stopped. I am anti-Sikh riots and senior police and Uniform Civil Code would be S.C. Tandon - the then chief of of inaction on the part of senior she got justice from Supreme Court. style of functioning -- 'sabka sath, not above the law. I am not officers "colluded" with the then addressed with the Constitutional police - conveniently parried all officers while some other offi- Alleging that free and fair polls was not possible in the state in sabka vikas' (cooperation of all, answering the question you asked. government to teach Sikhs a framework. cers did not act for fear of pun- SP regime, Mayawati asked Election Commission to deploy ade- development of all). So do not mix up." "lesson". questions while Gautam Kaul, The BJP's Prime Ministerial ishment being transferred. quate number of central forces. When referred to 2002 riots, the On the controversy over the An investigation conducted then Additional Commissioner candidate underlined that he sees all According to the confessions Gujarat Chief Minister said he has 'marriage' section of his affidavit by Cobrapost - Chapter 84 - of Police straightaway rejected “The forces should be deployed especially in Yadav dominated Indians as one and it is his "respon- "stood the test" and was "ready for and whether he expected it, he said, claimed to have confessions of the idea that he had any first- of these officers, Cobrapost feudal areas”, she demanded. sibility" to reach out to all sections any test" but would "never surren- "I do not get surprised by anything. officers of Delhi Police most of hand knowledge of rioting. claimed, some police officers On SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav contesting from two of the society, which includes mus- der before lies and political There is nothing in my life. They whom have admitted in the sting The news portal claimed that dumped bodies of victims some- places Mainpuri and Azamgarh, Mayawati said that it was a well lims. motives." (rivals) have no issue so they will to their "failure" as a force to confessions of these officials where else to minimise riot- planned strategy to give “Hindu-muslim” colour to elections in "As Chief Minister of Gujarat, He said, "...Till 2007, I have continue to do it." take action against the culprits. revealed that while warnings related crimes and messages Eastern UP. I have tried to connect to six crore spoken a lot on this issue. Whether The question related to his men- Cobrapost recorded the con- about the simmering communal were broadcast directing police “I want to asked Chief Election Commissioner to keep an eye people of the state as much as pos- you like it or not, I will not succumb tioning for the first time that he has versations of Shoorveer Singh sentiments against Sikhs went to not take action against rioters on internal setting SP and BJP ad their game plan”, she added. sible. Now I have been entrusted to you (on the issue)." a wife, over which he is facing Tyagi, then Station House unheard by senior officers, only who were shouting slogans of On inflammatory speeches by BJP leaders, Mayawati said that with the national responsibility. I Attacking the UPA govern- attack from Congress. (PTI) Officer (SHO) Kalyanpuri, two per cent of the messages of "Indira Gandhi zindabad". (PTI) they were continuously giving such speeches and their top leaders will use all efforts at my command ment, he said it "dragged" him to have turned a blind eye towards it, which shows that they them- to reach out to 125 crore people. the Supreme Court on the issue and selves had given approval to such acts. This is part of my responsibility and "now I should not speak as SC The election commission should take stern action against such I must do it. should be influenced." leaders, she added. (PTI) "It may mean walking 100 He, however, referred to the steps. I may walk three steps, five questioning he faced on the matter steps or seven steps, that is a differ- from the investigators. Modi crossing all limits in ent matter. But it is my responsibil- "Till now, no CM has been ity that I must make demonstrative grilled by policemen for nine hours. efforts to reach out to every citizen It was done on the orders of of the country," he said. Supreme Court. SC has seen the misleading people: Sonia He was responding on ABP video of that recording. I have stood News channel's 'Ghoshnapatra' that test and even in future, I am ISLAMPUR (WB), Apr 22: programme when pointed out that ready for any test," he added. he appeared to have started estab- Asked about the statement by Narendra Modi has "crossed all limits in misleading people in lishing contact with muslim com- his bid to get to the prime minister's chair", Congress president BJP leader Giriraj Singh that those munity. opposing Modi should go to Pak- Sonia Gandhi today said continuing her tirade against the BJP's Asked specifically whether his prime ministerial candidate istan, the BJP's Prime Ministerial effort to reach out to every citizen candidate said "nobody can agree "Some parties are there whose main agenda is to spread lies included muslims, Modi replied, "I against the Congress. Especially, the BJP's leader is crossing all with that (statement)." will never go by this terminology of To buttress his point that he limits to mislead people. To get Prime Minister's chair he is creat- yours. Even if you drag me, I will ing a craze in the whole country," Gandhi said here without nam- would not be vindictive, Modi said, not. I will meet my countrymen. I "After election victory of 2002, I ing Modi. understand only one language that "It seems as if they don't have faith in our country's social, went to thank the electorate of Man- they are my countrymen, they are inanagar (in Gujarat). There, I said political and constitutional system," she told an election rally here my brothers. You may see with in support of party candidate Deepa Dasmunshi who is fighting 'this government is of those who whatever colour you want, Modi have elected it, this government is from Raiganj constituency in North Dinajpur district. will not go into that colour." Gandhi alleged that for the chair they started spreading such a also of those who voted against and He went on to add, "even if I this government is also of those who big network of lies that it became a matter of concern if the coun- lose elections, let it be so, I have no try's democracy was safe in the hands of such people. did not go to vote'." problem. But the country has been Asked about different voices in The great leaders of the Congress alongwith crores of workers destroyed by this language, the toiled hard and made sacrifices to build the country, she said and BJP over whether action should be mindset of you people and I will taken against Sonia Gandhi's son- asserted that her party had struggled to keep the unity of the coun- never own that mindset. And you try in tact. in-law Robert Vadra in connection please stop such attacks on my free- with alleged inappropriate land She said that in the last ten years the UPA government under dom." the leadership of Dr Manmohan Singh had done work for the ben- deals, Modi made it clear that he Modi was referred to the issues would focus on development rather efit of all and "it is before you to see". of Ram Temple and Union "Despite the financial problem worldwide, India's growth rate than such issues which will be dealt Civil Code, which have been a with by the law as deemed fit. was good. We made policies and programmes and enacted laws for major point of contention between the benefit of all," Gandhi said. (PTI) "We get elected for five years BJP and muslims, and asked and for five years should be roam whether he would implement these around with this mess or do some 'NDA committed to reservation:FM unfulfilled subjects of BJP agenda good work? My personal belief is considering his 'tez tarrar' (fiesty) that my energy should not go into image. this energy, that my energy be creating needless apprehension’ "The country does not run by utilised for positive and good work. 'tez tarrari' (fiestyness) but by the Otherwise, five years is very less Constitution. Fiestyness is for elec- COIMBATORE, Apr 22: time. If we get entangled in this, tions but not for running the coun- what good work can we do," he said. Joining issue with Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram try," the BJP's Prime Ministerial Citing his "track record" as over his remarks on reservation policy, BJP senior leader Venkaiah nominee said, making clear that he Chief Minister of 14 years, he said Naidu today said the party led NDA combine is committed to it would abide by the Constitution on it "shows that I have never opened and the FM was trying to create unnecessary apprehension among these issues. any file against anybody. I believe people. He was also asked whether his that one gets entangled in such "Chidambaram is frustrated over the popularity of Narendra work as Prime Minister would have things and cannot do good work. I Modi and NDA. He wants to divert attention to cover up his fail- "RSS imprint" since he has been have only focussed on positive ini- ure to deliver and is trying to create unnecessary apprehension groomed by it. tiative. I do not even keep informa- over the reservation," Naidu told. "Let me tell you, I have to run tion about old cases. It is for gov- He clarified that NDA is committed to reservation. However the government. A government ernment, let them do." the alliance is opposed to "reservation in the family", he said. However, NDA was opposed to reservation in the family, indi- rectly referring to the Gandhi family, he said. Salman performs risky stunts for ‘Kick’ Chidambaram had claimed at an election meeting at Pudukottai yesterday that BJP would slowly bury the policy if it came to MUMBAI, Apr 22: power. Superstar Salman Khan chose to perform the high risk action To a question on Sharad Pawar keeping open the door for the sequences on his own for his upcoming film ‘Kick’. third front in government formation, Naidu, who is here to cam- The ‘Dabangg’ star is currently shooting in Poland for the film. paign for BJP candidate C P Radhakrishnan, said this was a clear Salman hanged from the 40th floor of the tallest building in indication that everybody was ditching Congress. Poland — Palace of Culture and Science — with all security meas- "UPA has become NPA (Non Performing Alliance) and every- ures in place even as he left the entire unit on tenter hooks for body is ready to leave it... Third front was a mirage since it was around five hours till he finished shooting the pivotal action tried and was a failed experiment," he said. sequence in the film. To another question on Praveen Togadia's reported hate speech “Salman Khan was incredible,” said director Sajid Nadiadwala. over houses for Muslims, Naidu said though he had not gone Sajid’s debut directorial venture ‘Kick’ is releasing on Eid this through the statement, "the law will take its own course." (PTI) year. The film also stars Jacqueline Fernandez in the lead. (PTI)