RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 11 SPORT 16 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL WORDS HAVE MEANINGS POMPEO MEETS NADAL UPSETS THIEM BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR SO LET’S BE CAREFUL PAKISTAN PM IN FIVE SET THRILLER CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 240 LUCKNOW, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable SHAHID GIFTS HIS EQUIPMENTS 14} VIVACITY } www.dailypioneer.com Upper castes, OBC unite against SC/ST Act Miffed at Centre restoring Draconian provisions; Cong cashes in with its ‘Brahmin DNA’ claim NAVIN UPADHYAY n NEW DELHI by the Supreme Court. dropped from the Council of people. If political parties are so needy Brahmin youths for set- While the Congress has not One of my colleagues Ministers on age criteria. So far keen to impress the Dalits then ting up business and students head of the year-end come in favour of the bandh asked why is a Brahmin he has not been accommodat- why not make a Dalit PM for to pursue higher education. AAssembly elections in three call or the upper caste and OBC conference being held ed as Governor as was being next 10 years.” After the Modi States and general election next protest, it is wooing the using Rahul Gandhi's speculated. The BJP has been BJP Rajya Sabha member Government restored the tough year, caste politics of a differ- Brahmins, who are in the fore- photo and under 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 the Congress 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 party flag and the apprehensions and concerns tion system and said the recent ties welcomed the decisions for express their resentment over Kamal Nath promised cow Tricolour? I said 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, that I will respond to this upper caste unrest. to bring back the stringent media saw angry reactions provisions of the SC/ST Randeep Singh Surjewala said, from this platform one “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 day. Indian National 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 Congress is that party, my (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 friends, in whose blood dict on the SC&ST Act, that nar on Monday, said, “One of Opposition parties. Pradesh, have given a Bharat Mansarovar. This is interpret- It is the responsibility of all political parties, Brahmin Samaj's 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 including that in power, that the provisions of DNA is present immediate arrest but must do Brahmin conference being held mobilisation against the BJP Congress is openly playing the Congress to play the soft the Act should be re-looked into Kalraj Mishra Randeep Singh Surjewala 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 It is a pity that my party did not listen to me when I said (including on Swamy tweeted. flag and the Tricolour? I said bandh. The resentment among post-Mandal era that upper in Gujarat and Karnataka Twitter) that the BJP should accept the SC verdict on SC&ST Act, that there 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 was no need to make immediate arrest but must do so within a week if 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 prima facie evidence is there Subramanian Swamy 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. RaGa’s Rafale claims are CBI raids TN top 46,000 cows among 1.8 cr cop, Health Min ignoramus-like: Jaitley for gutkha scam livestock die in Kerala flood No pvt firm involved ❝ All 36 planes straight away come from France and not even a screw is fitted in India. It is the foreign supplier prerogative to engage their KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n CHENNAI led by sleuths from New Delhi. 5.54L acre farmland in Govt-to-Govt deal, Indian partners. Many Indian private firms will benefit as we wanted The residence of Vijaya the state-of-the-art technology of foreign players are shared here. Be he Tamil Nadu Bhaskar had been raided by the in Kerala, Assam, reiterates FinMin it Tata, Mahindra and even HAL, they all will get work from foreign TGovernment on Income-Tax Department in players. It is the Congress style that buys from abroad without Wednesday faced a major April 2017 and details of large Karnataka, Bengal technology transfer. They are the ones who took bribes in Defence embarrassment as sleuths of the cash transactions were seized. PNS n NEW DELHI deals which is well documented in the case of Bofors Central Bureau of Investigation Wednesday’s CBI raids are and UP ravaged FINANCE MINISTER ARUN JAITLEY (CBI) swooped down on the in connection with the inves- inance Minister Arun Jaitley residences of Health Minister tigation into the alleged pay- RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI 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.