" & SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' ./ )%'.&(0123 $%$%- )$!*+', $!'( ;.E+"# ;;@F "080;!8: !C#;(!D +/28@0.;:)/8"+ 90+89+"08+#.. !;+8#.8!+" /#@"# )./.;;+!!:/9 " #%-&.." 'A B ! + + * 1+014 02 !"" "#"$ %&##'$ ! "$% !& 8+9:+;0 amended SC/AT Act. The worry over caste arith- #$$$% ith several of its leaders metic close to the Lok Sabha #7< Wopenly expressing con- poll 2019 and the spiraling cerns over the upper caste implications of the SC/ST anger against restoration of (Prevention of Atrocities) the stringent provision of the Amendment Bill, 2018 passed !"=!#8 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled in Parliament last month to + Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) nullify the Supreme Court Act, the BJP is set to discuss the order (which had set certain issue in its National Executive safeguards prior to the arrest of R meeting beginning on Saturday. the accused) has rattled the >;! The party is keenly moni- party leadership. 7<2! toring the needle of the upper Prime Minister Narendra ! 0 ! caste compass in view of the Modi and BJP president Amit : ( 42 /9;8: upcoming Assembly elections Shah reportedly discussed the in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh implication of the scenario and Chhattisgarh, and next and instructed party leaders n sharp contrast to the rec- safeguarding our nation who year’s Lok Sabha poll. and spokespersons to be cau- # Ionciliatory tone of Pakistan’s fought remarkably in these “The Supreme Court ver- tious and not to offer a “loose Prime Minister Imran Khan difficult times and stood dict was correct. There should comment” on the issue. towards India, Army chief against such elements,” the be safeguards,” asserted former Though not averse to take General Qamar Jawed Bajwa Army chief added. Union Agriculture Minister credit for moving and having has vowed to avenge blood of “We have sacrificed a lot and BJP MP from passed the Amendment Bill, ? the country’s soldiers being but our job is not done. The Muzaffarnagar, Sanjeev Balyan, 2018, by Parliament in August, shed on the border. war is still ongoing. We have yet denouncing the harsh clauses the BJP is uncomfortable with General Bajwa’s comments to reach the pinnacle of peace. in the Act. Talking to The the response the upper caste- However, the BJP feels that and the Congress without any came while addressing the We have to make Pakistan Pioneer, the BJP leader said the sponsored Bharat Bandh got in while it may have to bear the evidence on the ground. Defence Day ceremony in reach a level where no one can SC/ST Act “is driving fissures the Hindi heartland. brunt of the upper caste anger, The matter was also + ," Rawalpindi on Thursday to look at us with an evil intent.” in social integration”. The upper castes have it would help them refurbish recently discussed at the meet- mark the 53rd anniversary of Former Indian cricketer- On the “anger” against alleged rampant misuse of the their image among the Dalits. ing of the BJP Chief Ministers the 1965 war with India. He turned-politician Navjot Singh reservation politics, Balyan law which gives police the “The expression of anger with the Prime Minister. also paid respect to “brothers Sidhu earlier came under said the BJP manifesto speaks power to arrest the accused and agitation by upper caste Source said the BJP leadership and sisters in the occupied severe criticism after he hugged of reservation on “economic without preliminary enquiry against the restoration of is asking the upper caste MPs Jammu & Kashmir who’re writ- General Bajwa during Khan’s basis” and “that should be our and has no provision of antic- stringent clauses in the Act and its leaders to reach out to ing the history of resistance”. oath-taking ceremony last party line”. ipatory bail. goes on to puncture the their upper caste voters and .+ “We will avenge the blood month. The BJP MP was obvious- The Supreme Court, in its Opposition propaganda that assure them that the Act flowing on the border,” Geo Sidhu’s photo of him seat- ly articulating upper caste angst order on the SC/ST Act, had we are against the Dalits,” would not be allowed to be 8+9:+;0 overturned the March 20 order News quoted General Bajwa, as ed next to President of Pakistan over the “unfair treatment” laid down stringent safeguards, said a senior BJP leader misused on the ground. on rampant misuse of the saying in the presence of Prime Occupied Kashmir (PoK) meted out to them in the cur- including provisions for antic- requesting anonymity and The BJP Government in he new amendments to the stringent SC/ST Act and held Minister, who had earlier said Masood Khan at the ceremo- rent system. ipatory bail and a “preliminary suggesting that by default the UP has already scrutinised TSC/ST law passed by that there shall be no imme- that his Pakistan Tehreek-e- ny had also created some rip- Earlier party MP enquiry” before registration BJP’s image is getting awash most of the cases under the Parliament cannot be stayed at diate arrest on any complaint Insaf (PTI) Government ples back home. Subramanian Swami, of a case. The apex court had (without the party asking for Act and maintained that “right this stage, the Supreme Court filed under the law.It had favoured good relations with Speaking at the same event, Harshwardhan Singh noted that there had been it). compensations” would be said Friday (rpt Friday), as it also passed a slew of directions India and wanted to see lead- Khan said that “Pakistan would Dungarpur, Kalraj Mishra “instances of abuse” of the He said the party has, for given wherever instances of sought the Centre’s response and said a public servant can ers of the two countries sitting no more participate in some- among several other leaders Act by “vested interests” for long, been accused of playing misuse were proved after the on a batch of pleas challeng- be arrested in cases lodged across the table to resolve all one else’s war” and insisted that have openly slammed the political or personal reasons. anti-Dalit politics by the Left investigation. ing the fresh provisions. under the SC/ST Act only disputes, including Kashmir. there was no civil-military The pleas have sought after prior approval by the “Our armed forces and the divide in the country. declaration of the new amend- competent authority. entire nation have learned He said that he was against ments to the Schedule Castes Today, a bench of Justices much during their service to the war from the very begin- and Schedules Tribes A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan Pakistan. Fear and terrorism ning and his Government’s (Prevention of Atrocities) Act issued notice to the Centre and were thrust upon us. Our foreign policy would be in the as ultra vires. sought its response in six homes, schools, places of wor- best interest of the nation. Parliament on August 9 weeks. ship, recreational sites and “I was against this war !" had passed the bill to overturn Counsel for petitioner national institutions were from the very beginning. “We the apex court order concern- Prathvi Raj Chauhan said the attacked,” General Bajwa said. will not become part of a war ing certain safeguards against bench should at least stay the “Efforts were made to of any other country (in arrest under the SC and ST operation of the new provi- weaken and divide us from future)... Our foreign policy law. sions till the petition is being within. But I salute all the cit- will be in the best interest of the The new amendments had heard by the court. izens of Pakistan and the ones nation,” he said. New Delhi: Sinking may lead rate of 65.1 per dollar in 2017, the Centre to cater to another according to Bloomberg. mega expenditure — foreign A weak currency always !" debt. According an estimate by hurts a country. Be it India or the State Bank of India, at the any other part of the world. current rate, India will have to Very simply, everything gets 8+9:+;0 for 100. Students studying in to garner votes for its student shell out an additional Rs more expensive. This includes regular colleges of any Central wing. It is nothing more than 68,500 crore. luxuries like holidaying over- he long pending demand of and Government authorised an eyewash, as the city ! The currency has lost seas, buying imported goods ! "# Tstudents to make their pass universities can avail pass. Government did nothing to " more than 11 per cent to the like cars and smartphones, $ %!$& " ' ( ) *! valid for DTC AC buses also However, for students of address this core issue earlier. # $ dollar this year. The rupee fell studying abroad. This has an has been accepted by the Delhi open (correspondence) cours- There are no buses available past 72 per dollar to a record inflationary tendency and 8+9:+;0 They were boarding a bus Government. es at Indira Gandhi National with the DTC as it has been low on Thursday, amid a deep- everyday consumables can to return to Jammu & Kashmir “Students have been Open University (IGNOU) and facing shortage of fleets, thus ening emerging market conta- become more expensive for wo suspected terrorists, when they were nabbed demanding to implement one School of Open Learning (DU), issuing AC passes are of little !!" # gion and the risk of a wider you. Vegetables, groceries, and Taffiliated to the Islamic around 10.45 pm on Thursday. pass for all the DTC buses. We the facility is restricted for significance,” said Vijender % & current-account deficit. the proverbial ‘roti, kapda State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Intelligence inputs pro- would have launched it earlier travel between their residence Gupta, BJP MLA from Rohini.