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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 recent- + ," Rawalpindi on Thursday to look at us with an evil intent.” in social integration”. The upper castes have it would help them ly discussed at the meeting of mark the 53rd anniversary of Former Indian cricketer- On the “anger” against alleged rampant misuse of the refurbish their image among the BJP Chief Ministers with the 1965 war with India. He turned-politician Navjot Singh reservation politics, Balyan law which gives police the the Dalits. the Prime Minister. Source also paid respect to “brothers Sidhu earlier came under said the BJP manifesto speaks power to arrest the accused “The expression of anger said the BJP leadership is ask- and sisters in the occupied severe criticism after he hugged of reservation on “economic without preliminary enquiry and agitation by upper caste ing the upper caste MPs and its Jammu & Kashmir who’re writ- General Bajwa during Khan’s basis” and “that should be our and has no provision of antic- against the restoration of strin- leaders to reach out to their ing the history of resistance”. oath-taking ceremony last party line”. ipatory bail. gent clauses in the Act goes on upper caste voters and assure .+ “We will avenge the blood month. The BJP MP was obvious- The Supreme Court, in its to puncture the Opposition them that the Act would not be flowing on the border,” Geo Sidhu’s photo of him seat- ly articulating upper caste angst order on the SC/ST Act, had propaganda that we are against allowed to be misused on the 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, the Dalits,” said a senior 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- BJP leader requesting 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 anonymity and suggesting that UP has already scrutinised TSC/ST law passed by that there shall be no immedi- that his Pakistan Tehreek-e- ny had also created some rip- Earlier party MP enquiry” before registration of by default the BJP’s image is most of the cases under the Act Parliament cannot be stayed at ate arrest on any complaint Insaf (PTI) Government ples back home. Subramanian Swami, a case. The apex court had getting awash (without the and maintained that “right this stage, the Supreme Court filed under the law. favoured good relations with Speaking at the same event, Harshwardhan Singh noted that there had been party asking for it). compensations” would be given said Friday (rpt Friday), as it It had also passed a slew of India and wanted to see lead- Khan said that “Pakistan would Dungarpur, Kalraj Mishra “instances of abuse” of the Act He said the party has, for wherever instances of misuse sought the Centre’s response on directions and said a public ser- ers of the two countries sitting no more participate in some- among several other leaders by “vested interests” for polit- long, been accused of playing were proved after the investi- a batch of pleas challenging the vant can be arrested in cases across the table to resolve all one else’s war” and insisted that have openly slammed the ical or personal reasons. anti-Dalit politics by the Left gation. fresh provisions. lodged under the SC/ST Act disputes, including Kashmir. there was no civil-military The pleas have sought dec- only after prior approval by the “Our armed forces and the divide in the country. laration of the new amend- competent authority. entire nation have learned He said that he was against ments to the Schedule Castes On Friday, a Bench of much during their service to the war from the very begin- and Schedules Tribes Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Pakistan. Fear and terrorism ning and his Government’s (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Bhushan issued notice to the were thrust upon us. Our foreign policy would be in the as ultra vires. Centre and sought its response homes, schools, places of wor- best interest of the nation. Parliament on August 9 in six 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 Prathvi Raj Chauhan said the attacked,” General Bajwa said. will not become part of a war concerning certain safeguards bench should at least stay the “Efforts were made to of any other country (in against arrest under the SC and operation of the new provisions weaken and divide us from future)... Our foreign policy ST law. till the petition is being heard within. But I salute all the cit- will be in the best interest of the The new amendments had by the court. izens of Pakistan and the ones nation,” he said. & R New Delhi: Sinking may rate of 65.1 per dollar in 2017, lead the Centre to cater to according to Bloomberg. another mega expenditure — A weak currency always R foreign debt. According an hurts a country. Be it India or estimate by the State Bank of any other part of the world. India, at the current rate, India Very simply, everything gets ! "# / / will have to shell out an addi- more expensive. This includes $ %!$& " ' ( ) *! tional Rs 68,500 crore. luxuries like holidaying over- n a major relief to former ! The currency has lost more seas, buying imported goods 8+9:+;0 Intelligence inputs provid- IChief Minister Ajit Jogi ahead " than 11 per cent to the dollar like cars and smartphones, ed by Central security agencies of Assembly polls in the State, # $ this year. The rupee fell past 72 studying abroad. This has an wo suspected terrorists, affil- and subsequent investigation the Supreme Court on Friday per dollar to a record low on inflationary tendency and Tiated to the Islamic State of by Delhi Police revealed that upheld the Chhattisgarh High Thursday, amid a deepening everyday consumables can Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Jammu the duo was using Delhi as a Court’s decision on his caste. emerging market contagion become more expensive for & Kashmir (ISJK) organisa- transit point, Kushwah said. Counsellor for Jogi in the !!" # and the risk of a wider current- you. Vegetables, groceries, and tion, were arrested from near “They were arrested from Supreme Court, Rahul Tyagi % & account deficit. the proverbial ‘roti, kapda the Red Fort by the Special Cell Jama Masjid bus stop near informed The Pioneer that the ' & India’s short-term debt makaan’ get costlier. (anti-terror unit of Delhi Police). Red Fort around 10.45pm on Chhattisgarh High Court had ( obligations, which included Rupee depreciation will The duo hailing from Shopian Thursday. They had arrived in earlier ruled that the decision of non-resident deposits as well as also have a direct impact on in Kashmir Valley were identi- Delhi on September 4 and High Power Committee about overseas commercial borrow- home loans.