EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 12 NEWS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE F ROM PAGE ONE Congress won’t let nation forget note ban: Sonia SC ruling in Ayodhya ‘PM and his colleagues never took SP gives birthday twist to land dispute today responsibility for the faux pas’ demonetisation anniversary Presently, the Centre, under ries. Travelogues, writings Special Correspondent sighted measure, the nation New Delhi the Ayodhya Act of 1993, is and the Skanda Purana and its people will ensure Special Correspondent The then Chief Minister LUCKNOW holding the acquired land, mentioned Ramjanmabhoo­ On the third anniversary of that they are held accounta­ of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh which includes the disputed mi as a place of special reli­ demonetisation on Friday, ble,” Ms. Gandhi said. The Samajwadi Party (SP) Yadav had provided finan­ area, as a non­partisan, stat­ gious significance to the Congress president Sonia “The Prime Minister and on Friday found an unusual cial help to the family, pro­ utory receiver. The judg­ Hindus. They said Mughal Gandhi made a scathing at­ his colleagues have stopped way to mark the third anni­ jecting the birth of the boy ment will come after a ma­ Emperor Babur had demol­ tack on the Centre and said speaking about demonetisa­ versary of the demonetisa­ under stressed conditions rathon 40­day hearing. ished the temple to build the party would ensure that tion since 2017, hoping that tion of high­value currency as the human consequence The five judges took less the mosque. “the nation never forgets or the nation will forget. Unfor­ notes. of the decision to suddenly than a month to deliver the Senior advocate Rajeev forgives the Tughlaqi blun­ tunately for them, the Con­ The party celebrated the demonetise high value judgment. The Bench, other Dhavan argued that the der”. Her son and former gress will ensure that neither third birthday of a child who notes by Prime Minister Na­ than Chief Justice Gogoi, Muslims had exclusive title Congress chief, Rahul Gand­ the nation nor history, for­ was born weeks after the de­ rendra Modi. comprised Justices S.A. over the land, and the Hin­ hi, described it as a “terror gives or forgets. Because un­ cision of demonetisation in “It’s not like notebandi Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud, dus were given only pre­ attack” that destroyed the In­ like the BJP, we serve in the November 2016 while his (demonetisation) did only Ashok Bhushan and S. Ab­ scriptive rights to enter and dian economy. ‘National Interest’.” Youth Congress members protesting outside the Reserve Bank mother was standing in a bad things. Notebandi gave dul Nazeer. CJI Gogoi is retir­ pray at Ram Chabutra. They In a statement, Ms. Gand­ “Demonetisation is per­ of India in New Delhi on Friday. * SANDEEP SAXENA queue outside a bank to a chance to a boy to be born ing on November 17. sought restoration of the hi said the Prime Minister haps the single most appro­ withdraw cash. in a bank. Such a big accom­ Though the deadline was property to what it was and his colleagues had never priate metaphor for the BJP’s year high, shave two full per­ ‘what governments should A cake was cut and a plishment,” Mr. Yadav said October 18, the lawyers prior to December 1992. taken responsibility for the ill­conceived governance centage points off GDP not do’,” she said. birthday song was played at in a sarcastic dig at the go­ wrapped up arguments ear­ Mr. Dhavan said the idols “faux pas” that claimed over model,” said the Congress growth and ensure that In­ “It’s 3 years since the De­ the SP headquarters here in vernment. ly and the Bench reserved were placed surreptitiously 120 lives, took away liveli­ chief and claimed that the dia’s international rating monetisation terror attack the presence of the boy, BSP supremo and former verdict on October 16. by Hindus in the intervening hoods and proved a death note ban neither brought out moved from ‘stable’ to ‘nega­ that devastated the Indian Khajanchi, and his mother. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister The main argument of night of December 22­23, knell for India’s medium and black money, lowered mili­ tive’.” economy, taking many lives, Mayawati also targeted the the Hindu side was that faith 1949. No direct evidence small businesses. tant attacks or put an end to wiping out lakhs of small bu­ Birth near ATM queue central government on the and belief that Lord Ram was there to show that the counterfeit currency. ‘Herculean blunder’ sinesses & leaving millions Khajanchi, which means third anniversary of demo­ was born exactly under disputed land was the birth­ ‘Short-sighted move’ “What it did instead, was “It is now widely acknow­ of Indians unemployed. treasurer in Hindi, was born netization, tweeting that the what was the central dome place of Lord Ram. The find­ “No matter how much the to wipe out over one crore ledged as a herculean blun­ Those behind this vicious at­ while his mother was stand­ ill­effects of the “hurriedly of the Babri Masjid — before ings of the archaeological Modi government may try jobs from the economy (and der by independent econo­ tack have yet to be brought ing in a queue outside an taken” decision had been it was demolished by kar se­ excavations did not show and evade responsibility for still counting), take the un­ mists and taught across the to justice,” Mr. Gandhi ATM in her native Kanpur unveiled in various forms vaks on December 6, 1992 — one structure but several this ludicrous and short­ employment rate to a 45­ world as a cautionary tale of tweeted. Dehat district. over the past three years. was consistent across centu­ constructions. Ayodhya verdict: Modi Uddhav slams BJP on power sharing Low conviction CJI meets U.P. Chief rate hinders Secretary, DGP appeals for calm, unity Regret going with ‘Sena has no time to talk to us’ bonded labour wrong people, The Supreme Court has con­ stay on the High Court’s pro­ Special Correspondent did not receive his calls. elimination ‘SC ruling should be accepted by all’ he says Mumbai sistently held that the duty nouncement and let media­ “While they (Sena) had no of a judge is to deliver judg­ tion take over. The petition Special Correspondent Ahead of the verdict, the special correspondent Maharashtra caretaker CM time to talk to us, they were Special Correspondent ments and leave the law and found the Supreme Court in NEW DELHI/lucknow Congress Working Commit­ Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis on Fri­ talking to the Congress and New Delhi order concerns to the State two minds initially. Prime Minister Narendra tee meeting has been res­ Shiv Sena chief Uddhav day said the BJP was NCP thrice a day,” he said. From lack of awareness and police machinery. An A split verdict saw Justice Modi on Friday appealed for cheduled to Saturday in­ Thackeray on Friday shocked at Shiv Sena chief Meanwhile, the Congress among workers and em­ example of the Supreme R.V. Raveendran favour the calm and unity on the eve of stead of Sunday. slammed the BJP for trying Uddhav Thakeray’s claim has moved more than half of ployers to low conviction Court’s firm position that pronouncement of the judg­ the verdict of the Ayodhya The party's highest deci­ to prove him a liar and said that all options to form a go­ its newly­elected MLAs to rates, the Central and State judges should deliver judg­ ment as per schedule. He land dispute case and said sion making body is expect­ he regretted going with the vernment were open. Jaipur, alleging poaching at­ governments’ efforts for ments, unmindful of the reasoned that “people of the judgement should not ed to adopt a resolution on wrong people. Though he Blaming the Shiv Sena for tempts by the BJP. Senior eliminating bonded labour “consequences” of their ver­ the country are not so im­ be seen either as victory or the verdict. So far, the par­ did not call off the alliance, the ongoing crisis, Mr. Fad­ Congress leader Vijay Vadet­ are facing many challenges, dict, is found in the annals mature as to not accept a defeat for anyone. ty's official position has Mr. Thackeray asked if lying navis said he had called Mr. tiwar alleged that ₹25 crore according to government of the Ayodhya case itself. judgment”. But his col­ The Supreme Court has been that all the concerned was acceptable in Hindutva Thackeray to sort out the to ₹50 crore had been of­ officials who attended the league on the Bench, Justice listed the Ayodhya judge­ parties should respect the and demanded to know how deadlock, but the Sena chief fered to the party MLAs. National Human Rights September 2010 event H.L. Gokhale, was appre­ ment for Saturday morning verdict of the country high­ the BJP would form the go­ Commission’s seminar on The event dates back to Sep­ hensive that the judgment at 10.30 a.m. Following the est court. vernment in the State now. bonded labour here on Fri­ tember 2010, and concerns would lead to “consequenc­ announcement, Mr. Modi The Sena chief spoke soon not have been able to do sev­ including CM post. He (Shah) day. a petition filed by Ramesh es” and ordinary people put out a series of tweets ad­ Schools shut in U.P. after CM Devendra Fadnavis eral works in the State with­ agreed and said both parties While inaugurating the Chandra Tripathi to defer may suffer. Justice Gokhale dressing the fact that the Amid enhanced security, submitted his resignation out Sena.