Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] www.indianhorizon.org RNI No: Deleng/2013/51507 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Issue No: 343 No: 6 Published from New Delhi & Hyderabad New Delhi, Thursday, December 19, 2019 Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16) Price: 3.00 Will not support NRC: Trump says his Rohit Sharma joins Odisha Chief Minister, impeachment declares Sourav Ganguly, David Naveen Patnaik war on democracy Warner in elite list P-5 P-8 P-11 accounts and passports. CONGRESS should see 1947 DOUSE FLAMES, DON’T SET COUNTRY AFIRE : Refering to Shah’s comment Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS)As- amool Congress chief said at to a television channel that proposal before opposing sailing Union Home Minister a meeting opposing the new MAMATA TELLS SHAH even PAN cards and voter IDs Amit Shah for his comment citizenship law.Banerjee said were not proof of citizenship. CAA : AMIT SHAH that Aadhaar was not a proof when Assam, Tripura, Delhi, “Then how did you become of citizenship, West Bengal Punjab, UP, Rajasthan are home minister? Your govern- New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Ba- burning, “Why are you saying ment, my government are all Union Home Minister Amit nerjee on Wednesday asked hogaya hogaya (CAB and NRC there because the voters gave Shah on Wednesday reminded him why was it then linked will be executed).”“Why is the us the mandate. Will only the Congress to see the 1947 to bank accounts, voter IDs home minister of the country badges given by the BJP have proposal of the party Execu- and mobile phones and said openly saying Aadhaar card to be taken as proper (citizen- tive committee before criticis- it was his duty to “douse will not do? Then why did ship) documents?” she asked ing the Modi government over fl ames” rather than “set the you make the Aadhaar cards, after leading a huge march the issue. country afi re.”“I will appeal spent Rs 6,000 crore on it? Is from Howrah Maidan.Refer- In a tweet in Hindi, Shah said read the statements of Mahat- to the home minster, please the cat out of the bag now? I ing to Shah’s earlier statement the statements of former Prime ma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, consider. You are the coun- want clarifi cation from you. that nobody’s citizenship will Minister Manmohan Singh Rajendra Prasad and Sardar Pa- try’s home minster, not a As a citizen of the country it be snatched away, and CAA should also be seen by the Con- tel in the November 25, 1947 BJP leader. It is not your job is my prerogative, right to ask has no connection to Indian gress along with those made by Congress Executive Proposal," to set the country afi re. It is you,” she said at Dorina cross- citizens, Banerjee said “Then Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Shah said.He said the Congress your job to douse fl ames in ing in central Kolkata.Baner- why are you saying that Aad- Nehru and Sardar Patel. should also see the statement the country. I appeal to you jee asked Shah why Aadhaar haar, voter I-cards, PAN card, "Before the Congress Party of its leader Ashok Gehlot.The with folded hands,” the Trin- was linked to mobiles, bank ration card won’t do. opposes to the CAA and spreads Congress had been opposing rumors and unrest across the the CAA on the ground that it is IPS officer injured in bomb attack at Bengal CAA protest country, it should listen and discriminatory in nature. Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) An IPS of- Yadav was among the injured, offi cials and tried to pacify the demonstrators, private hospital with splinter wounds. BJP hero in advertisement, fi cer and two other police personnel said.Sources said the demonstrators who hurled stones and bottles at the Some other policemen also sustained were injured when bombs were hurled had placed wooden log, burnt tyres security forces.The police then went minor injuries.A police picket has been zero in governance: Priyanka at them during an anti-CAA demon- and blockaded the road was since for a baton charge, and lobbed teargas posted at the spot. There was tension stration in Sankrail of West Bengal’s the afternoon in Purba Para of South shells which further infuriated the pro- in the area, police sources said.The new laws, the issues are be- Howrah district on Tuesday.Deputy Sankrail.Personnel form Sankrail po- testers, who started throwing bombs area was tense with the streets desert- ing diverted. When NRC failed, Commissioner (headquarters), How- lice station as also senior offi cers of the at the lawkeepers, injuring the three ed except for the police personnel on then Citizen Amendment Act rah police commissionerate, Ajit Singh commissionerate rushed to the spot cops. All three have been admitted to a patrol duty. (CAA) was brought. Assam is burning. When stu- dents raised voice over CAA in Madras varsity students to protest Campaigning ends for final Delhi, they were lathi-charged,” said Priyanka in a rally at Saheb- phase of Jharkhand poll ganj district of Jharkhand during throughout night, Kamal visits Ranchi, Dec 18 (IANS) gress-JMM-RJD combine, the last day of the fi fth and fi nal Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) A mal Haasan had met them dent told IANS.“We are yet Campaigning ended on is contesting from Dumka phase of campaigning. group of 20 students of Uni- briefly.“We have decided to to decide our next course of Wednesday for 16 seats go- as well as Barhet. She said, “The Prime Min- versity of Madras are plan- spend our second night in- protest. The university has ing to polls in the fi fth and During the last day of Ranchi, Dec 18 (IANS) Con- ister has failed and he made ning to continue their sit-in side the campus in protest closed down the hostel and fi nal phase of Jharkhand campaign on Wednesday, gress general secretary Priyanka hollow claims from the land of has strictly told the students Assembly elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit Jharkhand. From here, I chal- to vacate their hostel rooms. vote will take place on De- (BJP) working president out at the Narendra Modi gov- lenge him to speak for people There are about 800 hostel cember 20. J.P. Nadda and Congress ernment at the Centre over the of Santhal Pargana.You (Modi) inmates,” Karthikeyan said. police crackdown on university should speak about unemploy- According to him, police are campuses. She also said that ment, hunger, rape, vanishing present inside and outside the new law has been brought jobs”.She appealed to the people the campus. to divert attention of the peo- to oust the BJP government in the “Kamal Haasan told us that ple from economic issues.“The state in the assembly elections. he was not here to suggest economy has failed. Through ..........Continue on Page 5 something to us. He came and met us briefl y,” Karthikeyan added.MNM founder Kamal Traffic jams in Delhi due Haasan was not allowed inside the varsity campus. He spoke to Shaheen Bagh protest to the students standing out- side the gate. protest against the Citizen- against CAA. Our initial plan Meanwhile, the University of ship (Amendment) Act (CAA) was to protest for 48 hours Madras has declared holidays till by spending the night inside and it comes to an end at December 23. Earlier, the varsity the campus on Wednesday, 11 a.m. on Thursday,” K. had declared holidays between said a student.He also said Karthikeyan, a second-year December 24 to January 1 owing actor-turned-politician Ka- M.A. (political science) stu- to Christmas and the New Year. Over 40,05,200 voters in General Secretary Pri- Nirbhaya case: SC rejects Akshay’s the Santhal Pargana region yanka Gandhi Vadra cam- will seal the electoral fate paigned for their party New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) traffi c coming from Noida and of 237 candidates, includ- candidates. Traffi c in many areas of south going towards Kalindi Kunj. This death penalty review ing 29 women. Prime Minister Naren- east Delhi on Wednesday was is an exercise to prevent chaos New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) falls within the category of In 2014, the BJP and the dra Modi had addressed either came to a halt or diverted in areas like Delhi's Sarita Vi- The Supreme Court on 'rarest of rare cases', the death JMM had won six seats two rallies on December to other routes due to ongoing har, Mathura Road and Shaheen Wednesday ruled that Nirbha- penalty is confi rmed." each, the Congress three 15 and 17 for the last phase protest at Shaheen Bagh near Bagh," said Singh. ya gang-rape and murder con- The top court noted Singh's and the JVM one seat. of elections. Jamia Nagar. However, the exercise re- vict Akshay Kumar Singh's age, review petition was a mirror The important candi- In the last Assembly and Delhi traffi c police issued sulted in chaos in Noida as the socio-economic background, image of petitions of the other dates in the fray include the Lok Sabha polls, the an advisory to the public on commuters had to either take U- unblemished antecedents and convicts. Raj Paliwar, Louis Ma- BJP had dented this JMM Wednesday to avoid the roads turns or look for another short chances to reform fade into "The grounds raised in the randi and Randhir Singh, stronghold.