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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Modi asks CAA opponents to NCLAT decision is a recipe protest against Pak. ‘atrocities’ for disaster, Tatas tell SC Group files plea against reinstatement of Cyrus Mistry Firefighter killed during Expose neighbour’s treatment of its religious minorities, says Prime Minister rescue operation Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI Staff reporter NEW DELHI A firefighter was killed during Tumakuru The multi­billion salt­to­soft­ a rescue operation at a Taking a dig at those protest­ ware conglomerate Tata battery warehouse in west ing against the Citizenship Sons Private Limited on Delhi’s Peeragarhi industrial area where a fire broke out on (Amendment) Act (CAA), Thursday appealed to the Thursday morning, the police Prime Minister Narendra Supreme Court saying the said. The structure collapsed Modi on Thursday said: “If December 18 decision of the following an explosion and 17 they want to carry out agita­ National Company Law Ap­ people sustained injuries in tions, let them carry out agi­ pellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to the incident. Amit Baliyan tations against the oppres­ reinstate Cyrus Mistry as its was inside the building when sions of Pakistan against its chairman is a blow to corpo­ a part of it collapsed . Chief minorities, including Dalits, rate democracy and rights of Minister Arvind Kejriwal Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, for the Board of Directors. announced an ex gratia of ₹1 the past 70 years.” The 180­page appeal said crore to Amit’s family. Addressing thousands of the tribunal crossed its juris­ CITY Ī PAGE 3 students and seers of various diction by terming the ap­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Mutts on the premises of the pointment of incumbent N. Siddaganga Mutt in Tumaku­ Chandrasekaran illegal for disaster, for the reason applies to corporate ap­ NCP leader Devi Prasad ru, Mr. Modi said instead of while restoring Mr. Mistry as that it would create unneces­ pointments. “Instead of Tripathi passes away carrying out agitations Chairman. sary confusion in the work­ bringing to bear an ap­ NEW DELHI against Pakistan which was Mr. Mistry’s tenure as ing of companies and lead to proach that would be consis­ Devi Prasad Tripathi, general “oppressing” its minorities, chairman and director of Ta­ more conflict, the appeal tent with corporate democ­ secretary of the Nationalist the anti­CAA protesters were ta Sons expired in March said. racy and the right of the Congress Party, passed away opposing the Union govern­ PM Narendra Modi watering a Bilva patra sapling he planted on the Siddaganga Mutt premises 2017. The NCLAT decision to The companies are large shareholders to exercise here on Thursday. Widely ment for implementing the in Tumakuru district on Thursday. Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa looks on.* PTI restore him to his “original corporations having many their votes in the manner renowned for his erudition CAA and the NRC to safe­ position” for the “rest of his subsidiaries and the Tata they consider appropriate, and oratory, Tripathi, 70, was guard the interests of the mi­ ities at the international le­ atrocities because of their tenure” is contrary to com­ Group employs half a mil­ the NCLAT took upon itself the party Rajya Sabha ‘Nations were member from 2012 to 2016. norities in Pakistan and oth­ vel,” he said. religion. pany law, a recipe for disas­ lion people and contributes to go into various issues Tripathi had been ailing from er nations. He said people fled from With no other alternative, briefed on CAA’ ter and sets a dangerous pre­ substantially to the economy alien to such consideration… cancer for the last three He said that if the Con­ Pakistan to India to save oppressed minorities there cedent in law, it said. of the country. Any shadow NCLAT imported principles years. gress wanted to carry out ral­ their lives and the lives of were forced to come to India The External Affairs Besides, Mr. Mistry had over the management of any from the realm of public law lies “let them do these in their daughters. He told the seeking shelter, and the Con­ Ministry had reached out never sought his reinstate­ of these companies puts pu­ and eschewed relevant prin­ NEWS Ī PAGE 12 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD support of the victims of protesters to raise their voice gress was not ready to say to “countries across ment. The NCLAT had gone blic interest in jeopardy, the ciples that apply to corpo­ atrocities of Pakistan” and against Pakistan, which is that what Pakistan was doing regions, and wrote to all beyond its jurisdiction, the appeal said. rate democracy, which are not against the Union go­ carrying out “religious atroc­ was not correct, he said. our missions asking them appeal by Tata Sons, filed A majority of the Board of based upon the right of the vernment. He alleged that ities” against its minorities. Mr. Modi performed puja to share our perspectives through Karanjawala & Co, Directors at Tata Sons voted shareholder to cast a vote. Pakistan had destroyed the Strongly defending the at Gadduge, where the 111­ [on the CAA and NRC] said. for Mr. Mistry’s replacement No reasons were given on lives of lakhs of its minori­ CAA, the Prime Minister year­old seer of Siddaganga with host governments”, as chairman on October 24, how the process of replace­ ties. He dared the Congress asked what was wrong in giv­ Mutt Dr. Shivakumara Swami its spokesperson Raveesh ‘Against public interest’ 2016, after losing confidence ment and removal was to carry out protests against ing shelter to minorities, in­ was laid to rest. Kumar said. The Centre’s To restore Mr. Mistry for his in him. He was again re­ wrong and illegal,” the ap­ Pakistan. “It is time to ex­ cluding Hindus, Sikhs, Budd­ brief said the CAA did not remaining term, without moved as the director of Ta­ peal argued. pose the atrocities carried hists and Jains of Pakistan PM DEDICATES FIVE NEW DRDO seek to strip anyone of noticing that the term had ta Sons on February 6, 2017, FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 4 PAGES out by Pakistan on its minor­ who were being subjected to LABORATORIES Ī PAGE 8 citizenship. Ī PAGE 13 come to an end is a recipe following the procedure that CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 AIADMK suffers a setback in rural local body polls DMK racing ahead in panchayat unions and district panchayat wards T.K. Rohit Friday evening. blishment with Chief Minis­ CHENNAI The DMK had won in 727 ter Edappadi K Palaniswami The ruling AIADMK suffered of 1,632 seats the results of taking stock of and deliberat­ a setback in the rural local which were declared for the ing with senior leaders in the body polls held in 27 districts post of panchayat union evening. The victory, even if with the DMK racing ahead in ward members as of 11.30 not so huge, is likely to be a panchayat unions and dis­ p.m. The AIADMK was lag­ huge boost for the DMK trict panchayat wards as per ging by nearly 170 seats, as its ahead of next year’s Assemb­ results/trends available candidates had won only in ly elections, as the party has around 11.30 p.m. on Thurs­ Agents of various parties 556 seats. remained out of power for day. outside a counting centre in The AIADMK’s defeat at the last two terms. Crowdsourced trends Tiruvannamalai on Thursday. the hands of its arch rival At the time of going to were available only for 350­ * C. VENKATACHALAPATHY DMK, that too in the rural print, the DMK’s gains in pan­ odd of the 515 district pan­ areas, considered the ruling chayat unions came largely chayat member posts and mission declared the results party’s main vote bank from from Tiruchi with 109 seats, 2,900­odd of the 5,090 pan­ for much fewer posts. The the time the party was found­ Thanjavur (72), Pudukottai chayat union ward posts, complete tally of results is ex­ ed nearly five decades ago, (48) and Dindigul (47). while the State Election Com­ pected to be available only by came as a shock to the esta­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Protest at Shaheen Bagh to continue Sidharth Ravi New Delhi Protesters at Shaheen Bagh who have been on an indefinite sit­in over the amended Citizenship Act said on Thursday that they would continue their prot­ est till the Supreme Court hearing on the Act sche­ duled for January 22. While certain indivi­ duals put out a statement that the protest here had been called off, others dis­ missed it as rumour. DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 2 ‘Won’t determine if poem hurt sentiments’ Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI An investigating committee formed by IIT­Kanpur is not going to probe whether or not the recital of ‘Hum Dek­ henge’, a poem by Pakista­ ni revolutionary Faiz Ah­ mad Faiz, at a campus protest last month had hurt sentiments. It will only de­ termine if there was any ‘deliberate mischief’. DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 7 A ND-NDE DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Shaheen Bagh protesters resolve to continue sit­in till SC hearing A few individuals had put out statements claiming that agitation was called off Sidharth Ravi New Delhi Anti­CAA protesters at Sha­ heen Bagh have resolved to continue their agitation at least until January 22, when the Supreme Court is sche­ duled to take up the matter.