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The BJP has been BJP Rajya Sabha member Government restored the tough year, caste politics of a differ- Brahmins, who are in the fore- pushed on the defensive and from Rajasthan Harshwardhan provisions of the SC/ST Act, ent kind is raising its head. front of the ongoing movement several party leaders have come Singh Dungarpur has called for which were quashed by the This time upper castes are against the SC/ST Act. A day out in open to express their revision of the entire reserva- Supreme Court, political par- joining hands with the OBC to after MP Congress president apprehensions and concerns tion system and said the recent ties welcomed the decisions for express their resentment over Kamal Nath promised cow over the repercussion of the amendment of the SC/ST Act obvious reasons, but social the restoration of the stringent shelter in each district of MP, upper caste unrest. to bring back the stringent media saw angry reactions provisions of the SC/ST Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “It is a pity that my party provisions has come as setback from the upper caste people. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, “Brahmin DNA is in the ! " did not listen to me when I said to some sections of society. Slowly and steadily, the resent- 1989. While several upper Congress blood.” This comes at # (including on Twitter) that the Surjewala, who attended ment has spread and now caste castes and OBC outfits, pri- a time when Congress chief # BJP should accept the SC ver- the State-level Brahmin semi- outfits are indirectly backed by marily based in Madhya Rahul Gandhi is visiting dict on the SC&ST Act, that nar on Monday, said, “One of Opposition parties. Pradesh, have given a Bharat Mansarovar. This is interpret- # $ % there was no need to make my colleagues asked why is a In MP, the upper caste bandh call on September 6, the ed as an attempt by the # &"' immediate arrest but must do Brahmin conference being held mobilisation against the BJP Congress is openly playing the Congress to play the soft ' ) * %++ $$ $$% so within a week if prima facie using Rahul Gandhi’s photo over the SC/ST Act has culmi- Brahmin card. “Hindutva” card, something evidence is there,” Subramanian and under the Congress party nated in the call of Bharat This is the first time in the Rahul practised successfully , Swamy tweeted. flag and the Tricolour? I said bandh. The resentment among post-Mandal era that upper in Gujarat and Karnataka - ./ $ $0$' # Senior BJP leader and MP that I will respond to this from the upper castes and OBC castes and OBC are coming Assembly polls. from Deoria Kalraj Mishra has this platform one day. Indian against the SC/ST Act has seen together in a big way on a caste- The MP Government has $ $$ also called for a relook at the National Congress is that party, violent protests during the last based issue. The political par- imposed Section 144 in five SC/ST Act and its provisions. my friends, in whose blood few days in Morena, Bhind, ties have kept away from the districts of the State ahead of “It is the responsibility of all Brahmin Samaj’s DNA is pre- Gwalior, Mandsaur and protest in view of its sensitive the proposed nationwide Section 144 has been imposed the amendment to the atroci- seems to have sensed that the political parties, including that sent.” Neemuch. The protesters have nature and out of the fear that bandh by several outfits to in Gwalior (city), Bhind, ties Act at a Swabhiman Brahmins have got a raw deal in power, that the provisions of Surjewala also promised especially targeting legislators, it could antagonise their Dalit protest against the SC/ST Shivpuri, Guna and Ashok Sammelan held in Gwalior. under the BJP, which made the Act should be re-looked that the Congress would pro- demanding that the SC verdict constituency. But at ground Amendment Bill passed in Nagar districts. On Tuesday, However, it is Surejewala’s Rajputs as Chief Minister of into,” he said. vide 10 per cent reservation to should be resorted. Some upper level, upper castes and OBC are Parliament last month. members of Khatriya brazen overture to the politically important Uttar Party’s MLA from Ballia the poor, set up Brahmin caste supporters also threw ganging up against the Modi The bandh call has been Mahasabha, Gujjar Mahasabha, Brahmins that gives away the Pradesh and neighbouring Surendra Singh too joined the Kalyan Board, and offer 100 shoes at Chief Minister Shivraj Government for restoring the given by around 30-35 organ- Parshuram Sena and other Congress strategy for the Uttarakhand. Similarly, while chorus and said, “This Act is crore soft loan at 4 per cent Singh Chouhan at a rally two SC/ST Act after it was diluted isations on social media. organisations gathered against upcoming polls. The Congress veteran Kalraj Mishra was misused to frame innocent interest and scholarships to days ago. R ! " +%% ❝ " 5 6 ! 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" ( (CBI) swooped down on the in connection with the inves- inance Minister Arun Jaitley residences of Health Minister tigation into the alleged pay- ( "! )0-1023 Fon Wednesday termed C Vijay Bhaskar, State police offs running to 40 crore Congress president Rahul chief TK Rajendran and high- allegedly made by the manu- s many as 1.76 crore poul- Gandhi’s allegations in Rafale profile former Commissioner facturers of MDM Gutkha to Atry, 46,000 cows and 20,000 deal as “ignoramus”, saying of Chennai Police S George, political leaders, Ministers, goats were washed away in the other Congress leaders are also former Minister BV Ramana police officials and bureau- recent floods in Kerala. The parroting the allegations to and many others in connection crats to facilitate the sale of Home Ministry data shows “satisfy the ego of an ‘ill- with the gutkha scam. gutkha in Tamil Nadu. The the flood has ravaged a whop- informed gentleman.” The raids, which began at State had banned the produc- ping 5.54 lakh acre (2,24,374 Besides affecting cash diseases. There is a huge scarci- Addressing the media on 7 am simultaneously at 40 tion and sale of gutkha during hectare) of agricultural land in crops such as pepper, coffee, ty of roughage, including straw Wednesday evening after the Tata, Mahindra and even HAL, the ill-informed gentleman. Let locations in Chennai and else- J Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister. Kerala, Karnataka, Assam, the devastating floods washed and green fodder,” said officials. Cabinet meeting, Jaitley reit- they all will get work from for- the contagious problem remain where in Tamil Nadu, are being Continued on Page 4 West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. away vegetables, medicinal Kerala has an estimated six lakh erated that the price of the eign players. It is the Congress with the Congress. Leaders like The Home Ministry data has plants and horticulture crops milch cattle requiring nearly Rafale Jet negotiated by the style that buys from abroad Abshishek Singhvi and all are not included the crops affect- and hundreds of acres of paddy 600 tonnes of feed, but pro- NDA is nine per cent lesser without technology transfer. repeating what he says.” ed in Uttarakhand, Madhya in the State. The deluge in duces just 30 per cent locally. than the UPA’s deal and They are the ones who took Earlier in the morning, Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Kerala has had a cascading After Kerala, it is Uttar claimed that it is 20 per cent bribes in Defence deals which National Security Adviser Ajit several North-eastern States effect on the cage fish farming Pradesh which lost more crops lesser considering “weapon- is well documented in the case Doval and Defence Secretary due to flood. and commercially valuable fish during flood. As per the to-weapon” attached to the jet. of Bofors,” Jaitley said coun- Sanjay Mitra briefed the Union According to data, hun- such as Pearl Spot, Sea Bass and Ministry’s data, 50,873 hectare “This is a Government-to- tering the allegations raised by Council of Ministers on the dreds of farms and cattle sheds Red Snapperwere. of crops in 23 districts, includ- Government deal and no pri- the Congress. fighter aircraft deal with France were destroyed and the liveli- Officials of the Kerala ing Faizabad, Farrukhabad, vate party is involved.