GUJARAT — ALPESH THAKOR, on Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi’S Remark That 3 Dalit Icon B R Ambedkar Was a Brahmin
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WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM QUOTE, THE INDIAN EXPRESS,TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2018 UNQUOTE “Rajendra Trivedi is a new Biplab Deb, I think he will continue BJP’s entertainment legacy in future.#BiplabDebLogic” GUJARAT — ALPESH THAKOR, on Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi’s remark that 3 Dalit icon B R Ambedkar was a Brahmin 2015 QUOTA STIR NEW SCHEME LAUNCHED Punj panel 4 held for murder of rape accused in jail Pay electricity dues seeks proofs Initially, Daman police investigated the case as suicide, but at the same time they suspected foul play in 3 months, get 50% of violence accused, was found lying in his evening. kidnapping and firing on the how they brought the fire arms EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE cell with a bullet wound in his The accused have been iden- house of a businessman,” inside the jail and if any other from Patidars SURAT, APRIL 30 head on Friday. A country made tified as Izhar Ahmad Daman Deputy Inspector person was involved. If the in- waiver, zero interest pistol with live cartridges was Salahauddin Shaikh (30), Nazim General B K Singh said. volvement of any jail official or THREE DAYS after a rape accused also recovered from the spot. He Shaikh (24), Masuddin Shaikh According to the police, the outsider is found in supplying PRESS TRUST OF INDIA undertrial was found with a bul- was rushed to the Marwad hos- (22) and Salim Shaikh (22), all four had a scuffle with the fire arms, we will take strict AHMEDABAD, APRIL 30 let wound in his head inside pital, where he died on Sunday. residents of Maharashtra. Chaturvedi earlier. legal actions against them,” the EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Daman Central jail and later suc- Initially, the police investi- “During the investigation, we “This might have led to the DIG added AHMEDABAD, APRIL 30 MAAFI YOJANA THE INQUIRY commission, set up cumbed to injuries, police on gated the case as a suicide, but at found that these four prisoners incident,” added Singh. Chaturvedi was arrested in by the state government to probe Monday arrested four prisoners the same time they suspected were involved in the murder of The police are also trying to September 2017 for the rape and THE GOVERNMENT has decided WHO WILL BENEFIT? the alleged atrocities committed for their alleged involvement in foul play. Chaturvedi. All the four accused find out how a country made murder of a four-year-old girl in to give relief to residential and ■ Nearly 7 lakh by police on Patidars during the the murder. Based on CCTV footage, the had been in Daman jail for the pistol found its way inside the Daman and had been lodged in agricultural power consumers residential and 2015 quota violence, has ap- The undertrial, Dhananjay police zeroed in on four suspects last one year. They had been ar- jail. the Daman central jail since whose electricity connections agricultural power pealed to the affected persons to Chaturvedi, a rape-cum-murder and arrested them on Monday rested in two separate cases of “We are trying to find out then. have been permanently cut due consumers whose submit their statements and ev- to non-payment of dues. electricity connections idence to support their claims. According to the scheme, were permanently cut Gujarat High Court Judge “Maafi Yojana 2017”, all residen- before August 31, 2017. (retd) K A Punj was appointed Dy CM promises to release tial consumers — both above and the chairman of the commission below poverty lines — who will WHAT THEY HAVE which was constituted ahead of water into Ajwa reservoir pay their dues within next three TO DO? the Assembly polls in October months will be given 50 per cent ■ Pay dues within the last year. The commission has sued by Vadodara BJP general relief on the basic amount of next three months. former district Judge Mahendra EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE secretary Keyur Rokadia, elected their electricity bill. They will Patel on its panel. VADODARA, APRIL 30 representatives, including MP also get relief from paying any in- The panel has appealed to Ranjan Bhatt, MLAs Jitendra terest amount on the dues, and agricultural power con- the Patel community, through an DEPUTY CHIEF Minister Nitin Sukhadia, Manisha Vakil and stated a state government re- sumers, and will cost Rs 443 advertisement in the local news- Patel on Monday promised to re- Seema Mohile, had requested lease quoting Energy Minister crore to power transmission papers, to approach it with state- lease Narmada water into Vadod- Patel to consider the request of Saurabh Patel. companies in the state. ments. According to the adver- ara’s Ajwa reservoir to prevent the the city to get supply from the Similar relief will also be pro- According to government tisement, affected persons can city from facing a water crisis. Narmada canal in order to make vided to agricultural consumers. source, the scheme is meant to submit their affidavits and other In a meeting with elected up for the depleting level in the The scheme will apply to provide relief to transmission related documents till May 25. representatives of the BJP from Ajwa reservoir, which currently consumers who have dues of Rs companies that are fighting a Quota agitation leader Lalji Vadodara, Patel assured that wa- stands at a level of 204.8 feet. 1 crore or less and whose elec- number of court battles over Patel, head of the Sardar Patel ter from the Narmada canal will According to Rokadia, Patel tricity connections have been electricity dues. Group (SPG), appealed to the Deputy CM Nitin Patel with elected representatives of Vadodara on Monday. Bhupendra Rana be released into the Ajwa reser- has assured that Ajwa reservoir permanently cut before August Under the new scheme, the Patidars to come forward with voir, from where the Vadodara will receive additional water in 31, 2017. state government has also as- “proofs of police excesses”. Municipal Corporation (VMC) the next two days. “Deputy Chief Other groups of consumers, sured to withdraw the legal “Setting up such a panel was draws a major portion of the Minister Nitin Patel has consid- namely industrial and commer- cases. However, this scheme will on the top of our demands. I ap- In coastal Olpad, farmers protest, city’s water supply. ered the plea of Vadodara lead- cial, will get relief only in the in- not apply to cases where the peal to all Patidars to approach the Patel was in Vadodara to lay ers to take action to prevent the terest amount in they pay their court has already passed an or- SPG with evidences in the form of the foundation stone of the new city from facing a water crisis.” dues in the next three month. der. It will also not apply to those video clips or copies of FIRs. We say not getting water for irrigation building for the Food and Drugs According to a VMC officer, The scheme, which will re- consumers who have been will fight for them and submit the Laboratory in Nizampura. water discharge from Ajwa has main in force till July 24, will give caught twice or more for power material to the Commission,” “There are thousands of farm- construction committee chair- According to a statement is- been reduced for the last 10 days. relief to nearly 7 lakh residential theft. Patel said on Monday. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE ers in the 40 coastal villages of man of Surat district panchayat. Large-scale violence had SURAT, APRIL 30 Olpad taluka who are facing wa- Later, the protesting farmers erupted across the state after ter problems. The irrigation de- met Tribal Development quota spearhead Hardik Patel was ANGRY OVER not getting enough partment had assured us to give Minister Ganpat Vasava, who as- detained from the venue of a rally water for irrigation for the last few water on rotation, but this was sured them that he will take up on August 25, 2015. At least 10 months, farmers of coastal vil- never implemented. Earlier, the the issue with Chief Minister Patidar youths had died in the vi- lages in Olpad taluka protested irrigation department used to Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief olence. FIRs were lodged against outside irrigation department of- supply water for twenty days. Minister Nitin Patel. Patidar agitators in several parts fice in Surat on Monday and Now they are giving water for Meanwhile, Dhansukh Patel of the state. Accusing police of threatened to commit suicide. seven to 10 days. We have come rejected allegations that he was committing atrocities on Patidars, Around 40 coastal villages are fac- to know that the irrigation de- acting against his own govern- Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat ing water scarcity problems and partment had announced that ment. “I am not acting against the Andolan Samiti (PAAS) and SPG difficulty in irrigating fields, most farmers will get water from May party or the government. Our is- have been demanding a free and of them being horticulturists. 10. Our demand is that farmers sues concern government offi- fair probe into the violence. The farmers were led by for- should get water from May 1. If cials,” he said. Patidar community has been mer BJP MLA Dhansukh Patel the farmers’ demands are not The water for irrigation in the demanding quota under the OBC and accompanied by Kanti Patel, met, I and my friend Kanti Patel region is discharged from Ukai category in government jobs and Olpad taluka panchayat mem- will commit suicide,” said dam and supplied through a net- education. ber of the BJP. Dhansukh Patel, who is currently work of canal. Water campaign: AMC aims to desilt Kharicut canal, 12 lakes Ahmedabad: The Ahmed- which will begin from abad Municipal Corpor- May1 — the foundation ation (AMC) will remove day of Gujarat.