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AICC has shortlisted candi- Ibrahim Kalifulla and consist- and S Abdul Nazeer, was told to it by the present order and + dates like Begum Nur Bano and ing of spiritual guru Sri Sri earlier by Hindu bodies, except also to inform of any require- $$6 Sanjay Kapur), rebel BJP MP Ravishankar and senior advo- for Nirmohi Akhara, and the ment to facilitate the mediation $ Savitri Bai Phule who joined cate Sriram Panchu, a Uttar Pradesh Government parties in the civil appeal in the and to conclude the same at the # " Congress last week, and Zafar renowned mediator, will try to that they oppose the court’s title case and all interveners are earliest,” the Bench said. Alo Naqvi and Naeem Sidiqqi. find a negotiated settlement of suggestion for mediation. The allowed to present their views The top court fixed the seat " " ,-.,&/+ “The party intends to field the Ayodhya’s Ram Muslim bodies supported the before the mediation panel. for mediation process in ) a large number of Muslim can- Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid proposal. The top court directed that Faizabad of Uttar Pradesh, L M day after the Congress didates and those belonging to land dispute case. “Considering the provi- the mediation proceedings around 7 km from Ayodhya, + Aannounced its list of 11 the SC keeping in mind the The Supreme Court sions of the CPC (Civil should be conducted with and said that the adequate candidates, the party is set to caste and religion equation in referred the sensitive dispute Procedure Code)..., we do not “utmost confidentiality” for arrangements, including the " come out with a second list and the crucial Hindi heartland,” for mediation to this panel and find any legal impediment in ensuring its success and the venue of the mediation, place hopes that its resolution to play explained the leader. asked it to submit the progress making a reference to media- views expressed by any of the of stay of the mediators, their on “front foot” will force the Another senior leader in report within four weeks and tion for a possible settlement of parties including the mediators security, travel should be forth- “The panel of mediators is Samajwadi Party and the BSP the party said announcement of final report in eight weeks. the dispute(s) arising out of the should be kept confidential with arranged by the State requested to ensure completion to reopen negotiation with the Sonia Gandhi candidature Rahul Gandhi from his home The mediation will be held appeals. Whether the said pro- and not be revealed to any Government so that proceed- of the process during the peri- grand old party. showed that she play a vital role turf Amethi. at Faizabad and proceedings visions of the CPC would apply other person. “We are of the ings could commence imme- od of the interregnum indicat- “The SP and the Congress before and after elections. “Her Sonia’s re-nomination from would be held “in camera”. The in the event parties arrive at a further opinion that while the diately. It also directed that the ed above and send a report of performed equally bad in 2014 equation with senior leaders of Rae Bareli has also scotched five-judge Constitution Bench settlement/compromise in the mediation proceedings are mediation proceedings be held the progress of the mediation Lok Sabha polls and the 2017 several parties cannot be rumours about she is making headed by Chief Justice Ranjan mediation proceedings is a being carried out, there ought in camera as per the norms to this court within four weeks Assembly polls. But Mayawati underestimated as she also way for daughter Priyanka Gogoi said it does not find any matter left open to be decided not to be any reporting of the applicable to conduct the medi- of the commencement of the drew a big zero in last LS polls played key role in creating Gandhi Vadra at this family “legal impediment” to make a at the appropriate stage,” the said proceedings either in the ation proceedings. process,” it said. and still she is creating road- counter narrative to defeat the bastion. reference to mediation for set- Bench said. print or in the electronic block in the formation of a for- Shining India campaign of Atal The leaders say it would tlement of the dispute. Interestingly, all the three media,” the Bench said. midable grand alliance. If we Bihari Vajpayee in 2014 polls,” also ensure that the family’s “We, therefore, order members in the mediation However, it refrained from " ! all have the common intentions said the leader. youngest entrant into the polit- accordingly, and having taken team hail from Tamil Nadu. passing any specific restraint to take on the BJP, then the SP Ending all speculation, ical scene can dedicate her note of the names suggested by Justice Kalifulla hails from order at this stage and instead and the BSP are commiting a Congress on Thursday energy on poll campaign across the parties, we are of the view Karaikudi in Sivaganga district empowered the mediators to hara-kiri by excluding the announced UPA chairperson the state and in other places that the following panel of while Ravi Shankar was born in pass necessary orders in writ- # # Congress from the alliance,” Sonia Gandhi to contest from rather than limiting it to just mediators should be appoint- Papanasam near Kumbakonam ing, if so required, to restrain said a top Congress leader Rae Bareilly and party chief one seat. ed to go into the dispute with in Thanjavur district and publication of the details of the ,-.,&/+ saying it would be most befit- looking into the affairs of UP liberty to the mediators to co- Panchu is Chennai-based. All mediation proceedings. “The ting that the matter is resolved and helping newly-appointed ajority of political and through negotiations. general secretaries Priyanka Mreligious leaders have wel- “It would be most befit- Gandhi and Jyotiraditya # comed the SC order for medi- ting,” AIMPLB general secre- Scindia. ation in the Ayodhya dispute. tary Maulana Wali Rehmani The second list might However, some leaders told media. include names like UP State Q R# from Muslim community and Mahant Ram Das of the Congress chief Raj Babbar !! ,-.,&/+ The existing night charge is 25 Left parties disapproved of the Nirmohi Akhara, one of the from Muradabad and former &012- on Thursday announced per cent extra fare between 11 presence of spiritual leader Sri main litigants in the case, too Union Minister Sriprakash Saleem Iqbal Shervani as its he Delhi Government on pm and 5 am. Sri Ravi Shankar on the medi- welcomed the setting up of a Jaiswal from Kanpur. he Samajwadi Party has candidate from Badaun. TFriday hiked the auto-rick- The revised charges will ation panel. panel of mediators, but said it A senior party leader said Tdecided to field party The list was signed by SP shaw fare by 18.75 per cent in come into effect after the A number of senior BJP would have been better had a the Congress is still hopeful founder Mulayam Singh Yadav general secretary Ram Gopal the national Capital. Transport Department’s noti- leaders made it clear that build- Hindu judge, connected with that sanity would prevail and from its stronghold Mainpuri. Yadav. The party left Mainpuri, The Delhi Cabinet fication, Gahlot said. ing Ram temple at the disput- the case, been included in it. He the Akhilesh Yadav-Mayawati The SP released its first list of described as its “safest” seat, for approved recommendations of Gahlot said fare revision is ed site in Ayodhya is the only added that besides the media- combine may include the nine candidates for the Lok Mulayam Yadav, who is the a fare revision committee to not a reserved subject and way out of the impasse. Union tion efforts, the court hearing Congress as part of the Sabha polls in UP on Friday. MP from Azamgarh right now. hike auto-rickshaw tariff by per hour to 45 per hour. there is no need for the Minister Uma Bharti said one in the matter should also go on Mahagathbandhan. Dimple Yadav, wife of Mulayam represented 1.50 per kilometre, from However, there is a change in approval of Lieutenant has to respect the SC order but simultaneously so as to see that Party sources said senior party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Mainpuri in the Lok Sabha in 8/km to 9.50/km. the waiting hours. The com- Governor Anil Baijal. asserted that she stands for the case does not get pro- leader Sanjay Sinh may be would contest from Kannauj, 1996, 2004 and 2009. The meter-down charge of mittee has been scrapped the The order has been wel- building the Ram temple at the longed further if the litigants fielded from Sultanpur, where she is the sitting MP. In the 2014 general elec- 25 for first two kilometres has minimum limit of 15 minutes comed by auto union members disputed site in Ayodhya and a are not satisfied.