11 cops convicted in encounter case after 35 yrs MATHURA: The district court in Mathura, on Tuesday, delivered a verdict on an incident of 1985, convicting 11 police personnel for an encounter in which Raja Mansingh was killed in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Raja Mansingh was killed in a police encounter in Bharatpur, thirty-five years ago. A day before the encounter, he had banged his jeep into stationary helicopter of then Rajasthan chief 8FREE PRESS NATION minister. The Supreme Court had transferred the case to Mathura from Rajasthan. The quantum of WEDNESDAY | JULY 22, 2020 | INDORE punishment for the convicted police personnel will be announced on Wednesday. Continued from page 1 ‘CENTRE PLOTTING TO DESTABILISE GOVTS OF OPPN-RULED STATES, BJP MOST DESTRUCTIVE PARTY’ CHINA DOES A U-TURN AFTER AGREEING TO CREATE A BUFFER ZONE ALONG LAC IN LADAKH No action against... The provision disqualifies MLAs if they 'voluntarily' give up the mem- bership of the party which they represent in the House. Pilot was sacked as deputy chief minister and the president of the state unit of the par- Bengal will be run by Bengalis, ty after he rebelled against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Yes on table, no on hills Those betraying party... "This is intolerable and condemnable. Those betraying the party will not not 'people from Gujarat': Mamata be able to show their faces in public," Gehlot said addressing a Con- PREMA RAJARAM / AGENCIES "maligning, insulting and depriving" gress Legislature Party meeting at a hotel here. According to a state- Kolkata the people of West Bengal, she said, ment issued by Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi, Gehlot said efforts before pointing fingers at her state are being made to "weaken democracy" in the country but Congress The 2021 Assembly election are less the centre should talk about the "jun- legislators are fighting firmly to save it. The fight will continue till the than a year away and West Bengal gle raj and encounter raj" in Uttar victory of truth, he claimed, adding that his government is strong and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Pradesh. "Centre is conspiring stable and will continue to serve people of the state for five years. The waved her magic wand to foresee victo- against Bengal, saying every day truth will prevail and the state government will emerge victorious in all ry for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) there is violence and lawlessness. circumstances, he said. The CM also said those playing hide-and-seek for a third term,while speaking at the What about UP where jungle raj pre- can never be with the truth. Gehlot also thanked the Bhartiya Tribal Par- virtual Shahid Diwas rally on Tuesday. vails. People there are afraid about ty (BTP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal legislator for supporting the Congress. Banerjee Tuesday accused the Centre even lodging a police complaint. Sev- The statement said the MLAs in the meeting expressed faith in the lead- of "hatching conspiracies" to pull eral police officers were killed in a ership of Gehlot, saying they will "together win the battle of truth". Sen- down the governments in opposition- single incident. The main culprit was ior party leaders, including AICC general secretary in-charge for the Ra- ruled states by employing federal killed in a so-called encounter to hide jasthan Congress Avinash Pande; K C Venugopal; Ajay Maken; Randeep agencies and money power, and Mamata has addressed the truth," she said. Surjewala; Vivek Bansal and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot attended the branded the BJP as the "most de- Indicating that the controversial Na- OUR BUREAU was patrolling till Finger 8, meeting. This was the third meeting of the CLP in the past one week. structive" party. her ‘farewell rally’: BJP tional Population Register (NPR) and New Delhi but the Chinese are not al- A political turmoil is raging in the state apparently because of a tussle Invoking Bengali subnationalism, Mocking West Bengal Chief Minister National Register of Citizens (NRC) lowing patrols to pass now. for power between dissident Congress leader Sachin Pilot and Gehlot. Banerjee termed BJP an "outsider" in Mamata Banerjee's Martyrs' Day event will be the TMC's major electoral The India-China talks on On July 10, the PLA had Last week, Pilot and 18 other MLAs rebelled against the chief minister, West Bengal and said the state should as her "farewell rally", the BJP on planks in the assembly polls, Baner- military de-escalation in moved away its boats and defying a whip to attend two Congress Legislature Party meetings. Pi- not be ruled by "Gujarat and out- Tuesday rejected as "baseless" her jee said the people of West Bengal Ladakh along the Line of Ac- thinned out troops, but its lot was then sacked as deputy chief minister and state Congress chief. siders but by the people of the soil". allegation that the Centre was plotting have not forgotten "how innocent peo- tual Control has hit a minor troops still occupy the ridge No Amarnath Yatra... Banerjee alleged the Centre has de- to topple her government and said it ple were killed during the Delhi riots roadblock as China is not ful- line. India wants the PLA to prived Bengal of resources and as- will get ousted ‘democratically’. “We and genuine citizens thrown into de- ly adhering to the agreement move back till Finger 8. Devotees can pay respects to the deity through live telecast, it said. "The serted people will give a befitting re- don't need to nor are we interested in tention camps in Assam". on creating a physical buffer Board is aware of and respects the sentiments of millions of devotees ply to it for the injustice. destabilising the state government. This Banerjee alleged the NPR and NRC zone and going back from Naval MiG-29K fighter and to keep the religious sentiments alive, the Board shall continue the "A conspiracy is being hatched by government will be voted out of power were tools to create rift between com- certain grey areas, defence Live Telecast/ Virtual Darshan of the morning and evening Aarti. Further, the union government to destabilise democratically. The people of this state munities. "What citizenship is the ministry sources said. aircraft to be deployed the traditional rituals shall be carried out as per past practice," it added. the elected government of Bengal by are fed up with TMC's goondaism and BJP talking about? The refugees They said a fresh physical in Northern sector The Supreme Court, in an order this month, had asked the Jammu and using central agencies and money corruption,” Ghosh told reporters. (from Bangladesh) have already got verification of the buffer t a time when Indian Navy’s Kashmir government to take a decision on organising the pilgrimage, power. BJP is the most destructive citizenship," she said. zone will be made as the pre- AP-8I surveillance planes are taking in account the ground realities. On Tuesday, Lieutenant Gover- party the country has ever seen. attack on the Centre over the political "An attempt is being made to stir up vious one shows a partial carrying out frequent sweeps nor Girish Chandra Murmu presided over a meeting of the Board, which "When the country is busy fighting turmoil in Rajasthan while referring communal disharmony. A party is pullback by China that does over the Eastern Ladakh sector, was attended by senior Union Territory and the Board officials. The the COVID pandemic, the BJP is busy to the Gujarati origin of the prime trying to incite Hindu-Muslim riots. not match the agreement at the Navy’s maritime fighter jets Board further discussed that pandemic has put the health administra- destabilising the elected governments minister and the home minister. Remember that people of all faiths the meeting of the top mili- MiG-29K will be deployed in the tion system to its limit. The spike has been particularly very sharp in in Rajasthan and West Bengal after She alleged a "reign of fear" is pre- are equal. This country.... tary commanders. The two Northern sector for operations. July. Health Workers and Security Forces are also getting infected and Madhya Pradesh," she said. vailing across the country. Bengal...is for all, Banerjee said. sides have to move back 1.5 The deployment of the naval the focus of entire Medical, Civil and Police Administration at the mo- "Why should Gujarat rule all states? "People of Bengal will rule the state Accusing the Centre of not extend- km on each side of the ap- fighter aircraft at the Indian Air ment is on containing the local transmission of the COVID-19 pandem- We won't tolerate this rule of two and not outsiders and people from Gu- ing any help to the state government proximate LAC, which has Force (IAF) bases is in line with ic. The health concerns are so serious that the strain on the health sys- brothers ( Narendra Modi and Amit jarat. We should strive to ensure that post-cyclone Amphan apart from the not happened. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tem, along with the diversion in resources to the Yatra, will be im- Shah). security deposits of all the BJP can- Rs 1,000 crore interim aid, the chief The clear demarcations directives for enhancing mense," the Board explained the decision to cancel the pilgrimage, What's the need for a federal struc- didates get forfeited," she said, invok- minister said the state announced a were the outcome of discus- jointness between the three which is attended by thousands of people every year. The Centre in May ture? Create a 'one nation-one party' ing Bengali pride.