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He create fissures in society for Mayawati have accepted Home also alleged the BJP is playing votes,” he said. $ Minister Amit Shah’s challenge with the Constitution as it has Accusing Uttar Pradesh for debate on the CAA. majority in the Lok Sabha. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath $ While Akhilesh is prepared “I am glad that women of using words like “thok diya for such an engagement while have taken the lead and youth jayega” in his speeches, he said, "6.647 keeping economic slowdown are protesting in large num- “This cannot be the language of and development as part of the bers,” Akhilesh said after gar- a politician. “BJP used ‘kabris- n the wake of delaying tac- package, Mayawati said her landing a statue of SP leader tan and shamshan’ and ‘Diwali Itics adopted by the death- party is ready for a debate on Janeshwar Mishra at a park and Ramzan’ during poll rallies row convicts in the Nirbhaya the CAA on any platform. here on his death anniversary. for the sake of votes.” gangrape and murder case, Meanwhile, AIMIM chief BSP chief Mayawati, who Continued on Page 4 Union Home Ministry on Asaduddin Owaisi chipped in, along with Akhilesh, had Wednesday approached the telling Shah, “Daadhi wale se skipped the Opposition meet- Supreme Court for amending fixing the deadline for filing of karo na” (debate with a beard- ing in Delhi to oppose the the 2014 guidelines regarding curative pleas after the rejec- ed man). CAA, on Wednesday said her P the timeline for the execution, tion of review petitions. Addressing a rally in sup- party is ready for a debate on filing of review and curative It also sought a direction port of the CAA in Lucknow the CAA on any platform. petitions and mercy petitions. that “if the convict of death on Tuesday, Shah had dared “The BSP is ready to accept # the petitions related to Assam petitioner opposing the CAA Asserting that the need of sentence wants to file mercy Opposition leaders like the challenge thrown by the and Tripura separately as the after four weeks. the hour is to lay down guide- petition, it would be manda- Mayawati, Congress leader Central Government, which is problem with the CAA in these The petitions concerning lines in the interest of the vic- tory for a convict of death sen- Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool troubled by the organised ) two States is different from rest Tripura and Assam as well as tims rather than keeping the tence to do so only within a Congress chief Mamata struggle and agitation all over of the country. the matters related to Uttar rights of the convicts in mind, period of seven days from the Banerjee and Samajwadi Party the country against the most *!+ , Senior advocate Kapil Pradesh, which is going ahead the Centre wants the SC to fix date of receipt of death warrant president Akhilesh Yadav to controversial CAA/NRC/NPR, Sibal, appearing for some peti- with the implementation of a deadline of seven days for the issued by the competent court”. debate with him on the law on especially by the youth and tioners, said the issue be the CAA without framing any execution of death penalty of The MHA submitted that a “sarvjanik manch” (public women, for a debate on the referred to a Constitution rules, can be dealt with sepa- condemned prisoners after the top court should “mandate platform). issue on any platform and any- "6.647 judge Constitution Bench will Bench and the NPR exercise be rately, the Bench said. It said the issuance of the death warrant. all the competent courts, State Picking up the challenge, where,” Mayawati said in a hear the matter. postponed by a couple of earlier cutoff date for citizen- The affidavit filed by the Governments, prison author- Akhilesh said, “I’m ready for tweet in Hindi. he Supreme Court on A Bench headed by Chief months. He also urged the ship in Assam was March 24, Government also sought clar- ities in the country to issue the debate on CAA. Ask them Mayawati had obviously TWednesday issued notice to Justice SA Bobde restrained all Bench to put on hold the oper- 1971 and noted that it has been ifications with regard to cases death warrant of a convict to fix a place or a forum, with come under pressure to take an the Centre on pleas challeng- high courts from hearing pleas ationalisation of the CAA. extended till December 31, involving multiple convicts within seven days of the rejec- their favorite channels and aggressive stance against the ing the constitutional validity on the CAA till it decides in the Asserting that it will not 2014 under the CAA. who time their petitions in tion of his mercy petition and anchors, also for a debate on CAA after another Dalit leader of the Citizenship matter. As many as 143 peti- pass any ex-parte order with- The SC said it will decide such a way that the execution to execute death sentence development. We Samajwadis Chandrasekhar Azad occupied (Amendment) Act saying it will tioners have approached the SC out hearing the Centre on stay- in-chamber the modalities of of the death warrant could be within seven days thereafter are ready for it. But the BJP centre stage in Delhi in mobil- not issue any order to stay the on CAA questioning its con- ing the operation of the CAA hearing the batch of petitions delayed indefinitely. The irrespective of the stage of should also debate on the issues ising protest against the CAA. Act without hearing the stitutional validity. and exercise of the National on the CAA and may fix them Nirbhaya case is perfect exam- review petition/curative peti- like economic slowdown, Meanwhile, asserting that Government’s argument. The The Bench, also compris- Population Register (NPR), the for day-to-day hearing after ple of such delaying tactics. tion/mercy petition of his co- unemployment, poverty and Mahatma Gandhi and BR court gave the Government ing Justices S Abdul Nazeer and court said it will pass order on four weeks. The MHA’s plea sought a convicts”. death of people due to Ambedkar were against dis- four weeks to respond. A five- Sanjiv Khanna, said it will hear granting any interim relief to Continued on Page 4 direction from the top court in Continued on Page 4 % & R # #$ !! !! "6.647 he Interpol has urged %&' Tmember nations to help locate Nithyananda, the self- $ declared godman who fled R India last year amid allegations # of rape and sexual abuse. !" 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Challenges and Future Trends” in the mission, she said, “I can interact with the environment taking positions in vantage footwears. barring those from the BJP, them collect donations from The Gujarat Police had here on Wednesday. monitor through module para- control life support system. points along the approach road This was a rally against the have come together in con- followers to run his ashram. registered an FIR against Vyommitra, a combina- meters, alert you and perform “It will be simulating to Poes Garden.