EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 NEWS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Soren Cabinet expansion 644 Assam extremists surrender Nepal invites Modi, Imran postponed They have deposited 177 firearms, 71 bombs and 52 grenades for Sagarmatha Dialogue Special Correspondent Special Correspondent their lives to the interests of New Delhi/Ranchi Guwahati the nation.“There cannot be Global meet to focus on threat of climate change The proposed expansion of A total of 644 extremists development without peace. the Jharkhand government from eight banned outfits We all have to work together Kallol Bhattacherjee tions for the event, which is on Friday was deferred af­ surrendered at an official for peace and prosperity... I KATHMANDU expected to focus on the ter Chief Minister Hemant function here on Thursday. urge you to use it to build the Nepal has invited the Prime threat of climate change to Soren on Thursday evening The event, attended by nation and society,” the Ministers of India and Pakis­ the modern world. Given the called on Governor Drou­ Assam Chief Minister Sarba­ Chief Minister said. He ad­ tan, along with several other large number of global lead­ padi Murmu to postpone nanda Sonowal, was part of vised them to take advantage heads of governments and ers, the event is expected to the ceremony. a series of “mainstreaming” of Central schemes. states, for the Sagarmatha emerge as a venue for bilat­ A statement issued by programmes for extremist Dialogue, officials said here eral interaction among Mr. Soren’s office men­ groups held since 1992. Di­ Rehabilitation scheme on Thursday. leaders. tioned his “grief­stricken rector­General of Police Assam has a rehabilitation The three­day event from India and Pakistan have mind” as the reason after Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said it programme for surrendered April 2 will be the biggest di­ been caught up in a cycle of seven villagers at Burugu­ was one of the biggest in militants. They get financial plomatic dialogue in Nepal’s hostility which has prevent­ likera were killed by “Path­ scale. Huge cache: Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal looking at the assistance and bank loans to recent history that will be at­ ed Islamabad from hosting algarhi” movement sup­ As many as 301 of the sur­ surrendered arms in Guwahati on Thursday. * RITU RAJ KONWAR start a business or do farm­ tended by many global fi­ Pradeep Kumar Gyawali the SAARC summit since porters. Mr. Soren, who rendered extremists be­ ing, officials said. gures apart from the leaders 2016. had earlier in the day longed to the little­known ed Liberation Front of Asom­ rassment of Bengalis in As­ There have been reports of the SAARC countries. garmatha Secretariat of the The Kathmandu dialogue sought time from Governor National Liberation Front of Independent (ULFA­I), 13 of sam”, deposited 75 firearms, of non­extremists becoming “Invitations have been Ministry of Foreign Affairs of aims at drawing all the Murmu for the ceremony, Bengali (NLFB), followed by the Rava National Liberation besides 1.93 kg of explosives, beneficiaries to fill up the sent to over 150 foreign Nepal. SAARC leaders and provid­ met her again and apprised 178 from the Adivasi Dragon Front, six of the Kamatapur the only outfit to do so. ranks of “surrendered mili­ guests including heads of go­ The official also con­ ing an opportunity to break her of the killings. Fighter and 87 from the Na­ Liberation Organisation and “This is an important day tants”. vernment and heads of firmed that other leaders of the ice. However, the develop­ tional Santhal Liberation one of the Communist Party for the State as well as the As­ ULFA­I military chief Pa­ states, Ministers, business the South Asian Association Earlier last week, the Ex­ ment comes in the back­ Army. of India (Maoist). sam police with such a large resh Baruah described the leaders, media, members of for Regional Cooperation ternal Affairs Ministry an­ drop of ally Congress say­ Eight members of an un­ The extremists deposited number of the militants join­ surrenders as a “drama”. In multilateral organisations, (SAARC) have been invited. nounced that India had invit­ ing they had not chosen specified faction of the Na­ 177 firearms, 71 bombs and ing the mainstream,” Mr. Ma­ a statement, he called for the think tank experts, academ­ The Ministry, headed by ed all heads of governments their nominees as Mr. So­ tional Democratic Front of 52 grenades. The NLFB, hanta said. boycott of Republic Day. Mil­ ics, civil society leaders and Foreign Minister Pradeep of SCO member countries ren had not had prior con­ Boroland took part surren­ formed by one Amar Paul Mr. Sonowal appealed to itants had surrendered last activists,” said a source Kumar Gyawali, has been for the heads of government sultation with them. dered. So did 50 of the Unit­ with the aim of stopping “ha­ the extremists to dedicate year too, he said. aware of the work of the Sa­ spearheading the prepara­ council later this year. New party Ajit Pawar finds ‘loopholes’ in Asom Gana CAA, NRC issues echo at Jaipur festival Mancha floated PM assassination plot case Rajasthan Chief Minister urges authors, intellectuals to discuss ‘burning issues’ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT special correspondent “We cannot afford to be si­ GUWAHATI Minister says government is willing to reopen investigation Jaipur lent any more. We must The ongoing agitation The issues of the amended speak up with one voice for against the Citizenship Sharad Vyas Service (IPS) officer Ravin­ citizenship law and the pro­ the common cause of hu­ (Amendment) Act, 2019, Mumbai dra Kadam, who was the posed National Register of manity,” he said. has led to the birth of a par­ A letter found on Delhi­ then Joint Commissioner of Citizens (NRC) found an Actor and director Nandi­ ty in Assam. based activist Rona Wilson Pune Police, and the Chief echo at the 13th edition of ta Das, speaking to the press, The new party, Asom documenting an alleged plot Investigating Officer, Assis­ the Jaipur Literature Festival said people should raise Gana Mancha (AGM), is not to assassinate Prime Minis­ tant Commissioner of Police here on Thursday, with Ra­ their voice against CAA (Citi­ the one that the All Assam ter Narendra Modi appears Shivaji Pawar, made a pre­ jasthan Chief Minister Ashok zenship Amendment Act)­ Students’ Union and affi­ to be a “spoof” that was ob­ sentation to the government Gehlot describing the pre­ NRC and challenge the dis­ liates have been planning tained from suspicious on Thursday. sent situation as “unprece­ pensation which was asking to form as a “political alter­ sources, Maharashtra Depu­ “We have seen the pre­ dented” and expecting intel­ them to be identified in the native” to the ruling BJP, its ty Chief Minister Ajit Pawar sentation from the two offic­ lectuals to raise their “voice name of religion. ally Asom Gana Parishad is believed to have told the ers and believe there could of sanity”. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at the inauguration of “Shaheen Baghs are com­ and the Congress. Pune police during a review Ajit Pawar be certain loopholes in the “I hope that authors and the Jaipur Literature Festival on Thursday. * PTI ing up everywhere following “Our party [AGM], will of the chargesheet filed in investigation as is being intellectuals will use this the Delhi trend... Students contest in all 126 seats in the “urban naxal” cases. eet framing 10 activists un­ claimed by representations platform for free speech to the JLF. Festival producer nessed in the country could have started a movement. the 2021 Assembly elec­ The particular e­mail ex­ der the Unlawful Activities we have received. If some of discuss the burning issues ,” Sanjoy Roy said the “narra­ be countered through art This is the time for everyone tions. Our aim is to ensure change between Maoists and Prevention Act (UAPA) must the evidence made part of he said after inaugurating tive of hatred” being wit­ and literature. to speak up,” she said. the protection of the rights the alleged “urban naxals” be substantiated in 15 days the charge­sheet are not sub­ and interests of the indige­ had only a single time stamp time, or the Maha Vikas Agh­ stantiated, we are willing to nous people,” said Simanta and not two — from both the adi government will then ap­ re­open the investigation. A Kumar Dutta, an advocate, receiver and the sender — point a Special Investigation decision will be taken in the while announcing the crea­ thereby raising doubts over Team (SIT) to re­look these next 15 days,” Maharashtra tion of the party in Nagaon. its authenticity. cases against “urban nax­ Home Minister Anil Des­ Leaders of the party said als”, Mr. Pawar is believed to mukh said. they planned to take the In 15 days have told a police team from Sources said the review al­ fight against the “contro­ The source of this e­mail and Pune. so took cognisance of the