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  • Arvind Kejriwal trying to divert attention from scam with his theatrics: Delhi BJP

    Arvind Kejriwal trying to divert attention from scam with his theatrics: Delhi BJP

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    New Delhi: Delhi BJP on Saturday said AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was trying to divert attention from “scams” of his government by indulging in “theatrics” and is probably scared that he may end up in jail like his deputy, Manish Sisodia.

    Earlier in the day, the Delhi Chief Minister, who has been asked to appear before the CBI in connection with an alleged liquor scam, hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the probe agencies were trying to frame him by torturing and threatening accused and witnesses in the excise case.

    “Kejriwal is speaking the language of gangsters like Atiq and indulging in theatrics to divert attention from scams of his government. He is also trying to avoid the questions of the investigating agencies by giving arguments,” alleged Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva.

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    The secrets of the Kejriwal government’s liquor scam and Jal Board “loot” are being exposed, the whole Aam Aadmi Party is flickering like a lamp about to go out, Sachdeva said.

    “This morning we all heard gangster Atiq Ahmed asking the police to first bring the phone on which he spoke, and then he will tell who he spoke to. On the same lines, this afternoon Arvind Kejriwal said first bring the scammed 100 crore rupees and then he will accept whether the scam happened or not,” said Sachdeva.

    Kejriwal had earlier said that the probe agencies claimed a graft of Rs 100 crore in the alleged liquor scam but failed to produce a single penny or any other evidence of it.

    Sachdeva said the AAP spokespersons are comparing Kejriwal with Lord Krishna and trying to portray him as a nationalist.

    But the people of the country have not forgotten Kejriwal’s questioning the valour of the Indian army and his suggestion to build a hospital instead of Shri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

    “Why did they withdraw the liquor policy after the CBI probe was recommended? Why was Rs 144 crore waived under the policy to benefit liquor mafia? He should also answer if the policy was changed in a meeting at his residence,” Sachdeva asked Kejriwal, and said 100 letters will be sent to him every day till he gives his response.

    BJP MP Parvesh Verma said, “He should give us time to meet. I will prove corruption with all the proof. Will Kejriwal quit politics if the corruption charges are proved?”

    Verma said that Kejriwal is scared because perhaps he has realised it’s now his turn to go to jail.

    He also alleged that Kejriwal did not keep a single department with him, nor signed any file, apparently suggesting that he knew about the alleged corruption.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Divert attention from Adani issue: Rahul on charges of insulting OBCs

    Divert attention from Adani issue: Rahul on charges of insulting OBCs

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    New Delhi: With the BJP accusing him of insulting OBCs with his “Modi surname” remark, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he has been talking of brotherhood in all his speeches and the ruling party was just trying to divert attention from the Adani issue by making such allegations.

    Gandhi was on Thursday sentenced to two years in jail by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his “why all thieves have Modi surname” remark.

    Several BJP leaders, including party chief J P Nadda, have accused Gandhi of insulting Other Backward Classes (OBCs) through his remark in 2019.

    Asked about the BJP’s allegation, Gandhi said at a press conference here, “Look at any of my speeches in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, I am saying that all communities are the same, everyone should move forward together, there should be brotherhood, there should be no hate, there should be no violence. So my position is absolutely clear.”

    “This is not an issue of OBCs, this is an issue of the relationship between Narendra Modi and (businessman Gautam) Adani. I am asking how Adani shell firms got Rs 20,000 crore and want an answer to that,” he said.

    “The BJP tries to divert attention, they will sometimes talk of OBCs, sometimes of (remarks) abroad, sometimes about disqualification or something else but the question remains — Rs 20,000 crore belong to whom?” he said.

    Responding to media queries on the BJP’s charge of insult to OBCs, Gandhi described these questions as peddling of BJP’s agenda and asked if they were posed following orders from the ruling dispensation.

    Attacking Gandhi over his remark on media queries, BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya tweeted, “I am told the journalist Rahul Gandhi snubbed for asking a perfectly legitimate question has been covering the Congress for 15 years and is fairly aligned. Yet, he was shot down, the moment he stepped out of the line. What arrogance! But Rahul Gandhi is messiah of free’ press.”

    Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel hit out at the BJP over its charge of insulting OBCs, saying it wants to divert attention from the Adani issue.

    “Does Akhilesh Yadav, Lalu Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Bhupesh Baghel or Tamil Nadu chief minister not belong to the backward classes? Why is BJP creating trouble for all of us?” he said.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Telangana: Kavitha is using hunger strike to divert attention, says Bandi

    Telangana: Kavitha is using hunger strike to divert attention, says Bandi

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    Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party Telangana president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday accused Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha of using the hunger strike in support of the Women’s Reservation Bill to divert people’s attention from her involvement in ‘liquor mafia’.

    Speaking at the ‘Mahila Gosa-BJP Bharosa’ dharna at the party headquarters in Hyderabad, he said that Kavitha has no ‘moral right’ to take up a strike for women’s bill and alleged that she had no support of any women in the state.“The entire country is bowing its head in shame because of Kavitha’s nefarious activities,” he added.

    “It is an open secret that the only well-known female face in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi party is K Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter. Even in Telangana Jagruthi, there is no other woman except Kavitha. People are laughing at her for taking up the strike for the women’s bill,” said Sanjay.

    He said that Telangana women were scared of two flags – that of the BRS and the AIMIM, as the parties were protecting those accused of atrocities on women.

    He questioned why the women’s bill was not discussed at the cabinet meeting convened by KCR on Thursday and why the BRS MPs had not raised the issue in Parliament.

    The BJP leader also questioned why KCR was not following the 33 percent quota for women in the formation of cabinet, distribution of party tickets to MPs and MLAs, and BRS organisational structure.

    The BJP state president said, “During the Atal Bihari Vajpayee regime, the NDA government had introduced the bill on July 13, 1998 but it was torn to pieces by Rashtriya Janata Dal”.

    “Even in 1999, 2002 and 2003, the NDA government introduced the women’s reservation bill, but the opposition parties had opposed the same,” alleged Sanjay.

    He said that the Modi government had given utmost respect to women, as many as 11 women were inducted into the Modi cabinet. “Sushma Swaraj is the first female foreign minister and Nirmala Sitaraman is the first defence and finance minister,” he added.

    “An Adivasi woman has been made the President of India, eight women were made Governors and four as chief ministers. Women were given prominent positions in all the three military forces,”Sanjay said.
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    Accusing KCR of doing nothing for the women in the state he recounted the Union government’s schemes that benefited women. “Modi had granted gas connections to nine crore women, power connections to 2.5 crore people under Sowbhagya scheme, houses for 3 crore women and opened 25 crore Jan Dhan bank accounts for 25 crore women,” he added.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Kavitha’s protest on women’s Bill attempt to divert attention: BJP MP

    Kavitha’s protest on women’s Bill attempt to divert attention: BJP MP

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    Hyderabad: BJP MP Arvind Dharampuri has alleged that BRS leader K. Kavitha’s proposed ‘dharna’ on women’s reservation Bill is an attempt to divert people’s attention from her involvement in Delhi liquor policy scam.

    The MP from Nizamabad on Wednesday targeted the Member of Telangana Legislative Council after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned her for questioning in the case.

    Calling Kavitha’s proposed dharna in Delhi on women’s reservation Bill a farce, the BJP leader suggested her to convince her father and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to accommodate 33 per cent women in his cabinet.

    “Aap chronology Samjiyea KCR govt. didn’t have a single woman in his cabinet from 2014-2018, for obvious reasons of Ms Kavitha’s hegemony in the party, who was an MP from Nizamabad then. After losing to BJP candidate in 2019 General Elections, subsequently becoming MLC in Nepotism quota & now evolving as a key conspirator in Delhi liquor scam, her sudden epiphany to fight for Women’s Reservation bill is just her futile attempt to divert people’s attention,” tweeted Arvind, who had defeated Kavitha in 2019 Lok Sabha election.

    The BJP MP also slammed Kavitha for her statement issued earlier in the day after ED issued summons to her.

    “Telangana never bowed down to anyone in the First or Recent Telangana movement, but now is bowing in shame before the Nation in the light of your involvement in Delhi liquor scam,” he wrote.

    “Let me also remind the power mongers in Delhi that Telangana has never and will never bow before the oppressive anti people regime. We will fearlessly and fiercely fight for the rights of the people,” Kavitha had stated in her statement.

    Arvind also reminded Kavitha that her community represents not more than one per cent of Telangana population but represents more than 22 per cent of the Telangana cabinet. “Kindly convince your father to accommodate 33% women in his cabinet to gain tiny sanctity to your farce agitation on Women Reservation Bill,” Arvind told the MLC.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Means to divert attention: BRS party supremo KCR condemns Sisodia’s arrest

    Means to divert attention: BRS party supremo KCR condemns Sisodia’s arrest

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    Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo and state chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) has condemned the arrest of Delhi deputy chief minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the alleged liquor policy scam case.

    The BRS party released a statement from its official Twitter page saying, “We condemn the arrest of Delhi Dy CM Sri Manish Sisodia by CBI. It is nothing more than diverting people’s attention from Adani – Modi nexus. – CM Sri KCR”

    Earlier in the day, BRS working president and IT minister K T Rama Rao (KTR) termed Sisodia’s arrest as undemocratic and alleged that the BJP’s treatment of opposition is vicious.

    KTR said that Sisodia’s arrest is part of a conspiracy to use central government agencies to weaken the parties in the states and in regions where the BJP cannot come to power.

    Terming Sisodia’s arrest as the height of the BJP’s vendetta politics, he said that Sisodia was arrested after BJP suffered defeat in the Delhi mayoral election.

    Delhi court on Monday ordered Sisodia to a five-day CBI custody after the latter said the conspiracy was hatched in a very deliberate and covert manner.

    Sisodia’s lawyer opposed the agency’s remand application, arguing, “If someone is not willing to say something, that can’t be a ground for arrest”.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Eviction Drive In JK An Attempt To Divert Attention From Real Issues: Rahul Gandhi

    Eviction Drive In JK An Attempt To Divert Attention From Real Issues: Rahul Gandhi

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    SRINAGAR: Former All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi (MP) Sunday chaired a meeting of Party leaders of Kashmir and exhorted them to work for the betterment of people.

    Gandhi expressed serious concern over the difficulties confronting people in absence of the democratic system in J&K while slamming the Govt for snatching the rights of people.

    Rahul Gandhi in a meeting with the party leaders of Kashmir expressed serious concern over the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir while slamming the Centre Govt for failing people on all counts.

    Gandhi said J&K was divided into to UTs against the wishes of the people besides they are being abandoned of their democratic rights by the BJP aiming to hide its (BJPs) wrong policies and utter failure on all fronts, but the Congress shall continue to fight for the  democratic rights of the people and ensure justice to them, he said.

    Gandhi slammed the current eviction drive in J&K terming it BJP’s deliberate move to divert attention of the people from real issues especially rising unemployment, unprecedented price hike and other developmental issues concerning people.

    Gandhi also expressed confidence that people especially the youth are joining the Congress party given its pro people policies urging Party leaders to keep their doors open for those wishing to join Congress and encourage them to work for the wellbeing of the people.

    Gandhi told the Party leaders that he (RG) will continue to visit J&K as that he feels their pain and anguish, he will leave no stone unturned to ensure justice to people of J&K, who have undergone enormous hardships due to the wrong policies adopted by the BJP Govt towards J&K, Gandhi added.

    Speaking on the occasion AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi urged the party leaders to work hard to strengthen the Congress party at grass roots and perform their legitimate role to resolve people’s issues, for the fact, Congress Party is an instrument of service to the people.

    AICC Incharge Rajni Patil (MP) and JKPCC President Vikar Rasool Wani briefed Shri Rahul Gandhi about the organizational affairs and activities in J&K.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Cattle scam: CBI traces 346 fake bank accounts used to divert crime proceeds

    Cattle scam: CBI traces 346 fake bank accounts used to divert crime proceeds

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    Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal has traced as many as 346 fake bank accounts opened in the name of third parties with a district cooperative bank in Birbhum for the purpose of diversion of the scam proceeds to different channels.

    Sources said that during the course of investigation, it has also been revealed that these accounts were opened in the names of individuals coming from marginalised families in the districts whose identity proofs like Aadhaar card were collected assuring them of getting enrolled for different welfare schemes of the state government.

    The CBI officers personally went to the residences of these individuals in whose names these accounts were opened and all of them informed the central agency that they had no knowledge of the existence of such bank accounts in their names.

    These 346 accounts were detected by the CBI in three phases in the last few months. The CBI detected 177 such accounts in the first phase, followed by 54 in the second phase and 115 accounts in the third phase.

    The manager of the district cooperative bank where such accounts were held was also questioned by the CBI, who admitted that he was forced to allow opening of such accounts following instructions from the higher authorities.

    Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress strongman and the party’s Birbhum district President, Anubrata Mondal, will be presented before a special CBI court in Asansol on Friday, where the central agency’s counsel is expected to present the details in this matter to the court.

    Mondal is in custody as the prime accused in the cattle smuggling scam.

    On Thursday, a CBI team went to the Asansol Special Correctional Home where Mondal is housed and questioned him in the matter. However, sources said that as usual, the accused did not cooperate with the agency and denied having any knowledge of such bank accounts.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )