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Andhra Pradesh HC grants bail to TDP leaders in chit fund case

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Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLC Adireddy Appa Rao and his son and TDP state executive secretary Adireddy Srinivasa Rao in a case relating to financial irregularities in a chit fund company.
They were arrested by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Andhra Pradesh on April 30. They had filed a petition for bail and the High Court had completed hearing on the same two days ago.
Appa Rao, the husband of TDP Rajahmundry MLA Adireddy Bhavani, and their son Srinivasa Rao, are directors in Jagajjanani Chit Funds Private Limited.

During the hearing on the bail petition, the counsel of the TDP leaders argued that the Depositors Act does not apply in the case. They also argued that a case was registered against them without any complaint lodged by depositors.
On behalf of the state government, Advocate General Sriram submitted to the court that the accused diverted money of the depositors for other purposes.
The main opposition TDP had condemned the arrests. TDP national president and former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu spoke to Bhavani over phone and expressed solidarity with her.
Naidu said that the political harassment and vendetta by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government is increasing by the day. He lamented that there is no change in the ruling party’s behaviour.
The TDP president had said the YSRCP government believed only in illegal cases and illegal arrests. He said the arrest of Appa Rao and Srinivasa Rao is another example of the YSRCP government’s politics of vendetta.

The TDP chief said despite courts reprimanding the government on many occasions, the Jagan government has not mended its ways.
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May 10, 2023
Senate GOP leaders watch debt limit collide with their coveted farm bill

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“They’re related for sure,” Thune said of the debt limit talks and farm bill. “For better or worse, pretty much everything that we’re going to do subsequent to the debt limit discussion depends on how all that plays out.”
Fresh in Senate GOP leaders’ minds: The 2011 sequestration fight, which resulted in steep spending cuts to farm safety net programs popular among Republicans. One Senate GOP aide, who was granted anonymity to discuss internal discussions, warned that any “across-the-board cuts [included in legislation to raise the debt limit], may effectively reduce the investments we are able to make in the farm safety net, trade, research, and other priorities.” The person added that “debt ceiling negotiators need to use a scalpel, not an ax.”
Thune and Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, the No. 4 Republican in the upper chamber, are now among the handful of GOP leaders navigating the debt talks with the White House and the upcoming budget negotiations while trying to protect key farm bill funding. Ernst acknowledged the three legislative efforts are becoming increasingly entangled. As a result, the farm bill timeline could slip.
“We anticipate it’s going to take a while to get the farm bill done. Sooner is better than later, but it could take a little bit longer,” Ernst said.
GOP senators are largely supportive of their House colleagues’ demand for cuts to nutrition spending, which ballooned during the pandemic. But they’re less enthusiastic about the idea of slashing key farm safety net programs they’ve long tried to protect.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said that he expects Senate Republican leaders will likely need to step in to protect certain pots of farm bill funding from House GOP cuts given “the importance of agriculture to our entire economy.”
While Senate GOP leaders haven’t drawn any redlines, Thune has noted the importance of the farm bill to the rural voters his party relies on. “I think the [House Republican] leadership … understands even though on their right they’ve been getting a lot of pressure to cut, cut, cut in different areas, there are also a lot of members from agricultural states who need a farm bill,” said Thune. That includes his own state, South Dakota, where agriculture is the largest industry.
And, he pointed out, “If you look at our map in 2024, we got a lot of rural state Republicans who are up.”

Up to this point, McConnell and Senate Republicans have deferred to House Republicans in the debt limit negotiations with the White House, even as the U.S. inches closer to the June 1 date when the nation could hit its debt limit, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. But McConnell will be attending a White House meeting Tuesday with Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, which members of both parties are hoping could help begin to break the logjam.
Democrats, meanwhile, are warning that House Republicans’ proposals to slash spending as part of the debt limit deal threaten the viability of the traditionally bipartisan farm bill on Capitol Hill. Democrats are particularly incensed by the GOP push to expand work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the nation’s leading anti-hunger program for low-income Americans, which accounts for approximately 80 percent of farm bill funding.
Senate Agriculture Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who is also a member of Democratic Senate leadership, has warned the proposed spending cuts in the House GOP debt legislation would also hit key parts of the farm bill — including critical risk management programs for crop farmers that are still being impacted by the 2011 spending cuts.
“If the Republicans want to tank a farm bill that’s up to them,” Stabenow said in an interview. “This is the most important rural economic development and farmer safety net in our country.”
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May 9, 2023
PM, other BJP leaders violated model code in ‘silence period’, Congress tells EC

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New Delhi: On the eve of polling in the crucial Karnataka Assembly polls, the Congress on Tuesday complained to the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
In a eight-page complaint to the Commission, Congress General Secretary and state unit in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said: “We write to you with great urgency to bring to your attention the brazen and blatant violation of the MCC as well as the provisions of the Representation of People Act, 1951 by the Prime Minister and other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).”
Surjewala said that on Monday, post 11 p.m., Modi addressed the public through a video message, wherein he appealed to the voters of Karnataka on behalf of BJP and all its candidates contesting in the the elections.

“With due respect, neither the Prime Minister nor this Commission can possibly deny the ‘Silence Period’ as contemplated under Section 126 of the Representation of People Act, 1951 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Elections, 2023 had come into effect from Monday 6 p.m.” he said, attaching the video link of the Prime Minister’s address.
The Congress leader, who himself camped in the southern state for over two months, said: “In fact, this Commission’s attention may even be brought to the live interviews of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J.P. Nadda, which were aired on news channels after the declaration of the ‘Silence Period’. In these interviews, the said leaders spoke extensively about the Karnataka elections and their respective candidates.”
He also submitted a copy of the video recording of the live interviews being conducted on news channels after declaration of ‘Silence Period’ with the Commission.
The Congress leader, in his complaint, also cited the six complaints it submitted with the poll panel in last few days against the speeches given by Modi, Shah, Nadda and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, as part of BJP’s election campaign.
Surjewala said that he was still hoipeful that the poll panel may initiate action against the BJP leaders and not be intimidated by the high offices that they hold.

“The COmmission must take immediate note of this and initiate appropriate proceedings against Modi, Shah, Nadda, Yogi Adityanath and the BJP,” he said, adding that it may be mentioned that if convicted under Section 126 of the Representation of People Act, 1951, these leaders will stand disqualified from their respective membership in the Parliament as well as the Legislative Assembly.
On Monday, the Commission also served a notice to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge asking to provide clarification and take rectification measures over former party chief Sonia Gandhi’s purported ‘Karnataka sovereignty’ remark.
Polling for Karnataka assembly is scheduled on May 10 and counting of votes will take place on May 13.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 9, 2023
Karnataka: Ahead of polls, Congress, BJP leaders seek divine blessings

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Bengaluru: As Karnataka is all set for polling on Wednesday, leaders of the BJP and Congress are vying with each other over temple runs.
The BJP leaders are taking part in ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ recital programmes at temples while the Congress leaders are also visiting temples and claiming that they are seeking blessings to counter BJP.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Shobha Karandlaje, who is also the president of the Karnataka Election Management Committee took part in a ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ recital programme at the famous Hanuman temple of Mahalakshmi Layout.

#WATCH | Union Minister & BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje chants ‘Jai Shri Ram’ at Vir Anjaneya temple in Bengaluru, Karnataka
This comes in the backdrop of the Congress Karnataka election manifesto mentioning banning rightwing outfits like Bajrang Dal pic.twitter.com/oIRhwOYqSJ
— ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2023
Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar paid a visit to the Hanuman temple at the Mysore Bank circle in Bengaluru and offered special worship to counter ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ recital by the BJP leaders. He also claimed that he is a great devotee of Lord Hanuman.
He also went to Chamundi Hills with Siddaramaiah and offered special ‘puja’ for Goddess Chamundeshwari.
Shivakumar said, “Even Lord Shri Ram’s father Dasharath’s temple is not there…We have Lor Hanuman’s blessings all the time on us. I have prayed to Hanuman to empower us with the same strength to take up social service,” he said.
He further said that along with Siddaramaiah, he worshipped Goddess Chamundeshwari seeking welfare of the entire state. “Goddess Chamundeshwari is regarded as the deity of the land. Before taking up any good work, it is our duty to seek blessings of the deity”, Shivakumar stated.

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May 9, 2023
BJP leaders watch ‘The Kerala Story’ with DU girl students

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New Delhi: Several BJP leaders on Monday watched a show of ‘The Kerala Story’ at a cinema hall in walled city with a number of female students from the Delhi University, invited by them, among the viewers.
The media relations department of the party’s state unit had booked an exclusive show at Delite cinema hall in Daryaganj.
The exclusive show was attended by Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, state president Virendra Sachdeva, and former Union minister Harsh Vardhan.

The politicians were joined in the screening by members of ABVP, the RSS student wing, a group of DU girl students, some local traders, and members of press, the Delhi BJP said in a statement.
Sachdeva claimed the film to be based on Kerala women who were “forced love jihad and conversion victims.”
It raises awareness against dangers of “love jihad” across the country, he said.
The film which has been mired in controversy even before its release has been directed by Sudipto Sen and has been boycotted in several districts of Kerala, and across Tamil Nadu by theatre owners.
The central claim of the film that 3,200 women from Kerala joined ISIS remains unsubstantiated. The producers of the film even removed the claim from all its social media posts after it was asked to do so by Kerala High Court. The film was released on May 5.

The state BJP has asked the Delhi AAP government to exempt the film from entertainment tax and hold its special screenings for girls in the 15-16 age group.
In a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor had asked him to watch the film, claiming the film was based on the “serious issue of love jihad”, “religious conversion” and pushing innocent girls into “terrorism.”
Junior home minister G Krishna Reddy had in 2020 informed parliament that the term ‘love jihad’ is not defined in law, and no police cases have been filed under it.
Union minister Smriti Irani will watch the movie in a theatre in Chanakyapuri on Tuesday evening, Kapoor said.
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May 8, 2023
Maharashtra leaders join Bharat Rashtra Samithi

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Hyderabad: Several leaders of the ‘Bhoomi Putra Sangatan’ of Maharashtra joined Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrashekhar Rao led party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party on Sunday.
Santosh Wadekar, the organization’s founding president, was welcomed into the party by BRS chief minister KCR, following a meeting with party leaders.
Many leaders like Kiran Wabale, Avinash Deshmukh, Rajan Rokde Ashok Andale and Asif Bai Sheikh also announced their merger with the BRS party.

On the occasion, other leaders like Smadhan, Deepak Kompelwar (APP), Yodita Kompelwar Ramu Chauhan, Viya Trilok Jain and Santhosh Kamble and Lakshmi Kant Bhange (Akhil Bharatiya Kranti Dal) also joined the party.
On Saturday, leaders from the Latur, Raigad, Thane and Mumbai districts of Maharashtra joined BRS.
Leaders including seniors who joined the BRS party are, Udgir (Latur), Gunvanth Rao, Prakash K Thombare, Rahul S Salvi, Sidharth Hate and Munaf Adhikari (from Raigad), Devendra Solanki and P.S. Nagarjan (Mumbai).
Maharashtra BRS leaders Manik Kadam and Shankaranna Dhondge and Chennur MLA B Suman were present during the joining of Maharashtra leaders.
Manik Kadam of Parbhani district joined the BRS party on February 28, 2023, and was appointed as the Maharashtra BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) Kisan Cell chief by the party supremo and Telangana CM KCR.

On December 8, 2022, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) become BRS after approval from the Election Commission, in a bid to expand the activities of the party and make it a national party.
After the announcement of the Karnataka Assembly elections, KCR sent teams of leaders to Karnataka and sought a separate report from some experts. It has also extended its support to the JDS in the upcoming elections in the state.
The BRS on May 4, inaugurated a newly built party office with modern amenities in Vasant Vihar, New Delhi.
During his stay, KCR held meetings with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Janata Dal leader Kumaraswamy, and leaders of farmers’ associations from several states.
The minister held discussions on a possible non-BJP partnership to emerge as a strong alternative to the BJP-led central government in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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May 8, 2023
BJP leaders Raje, Kailash refused to support conspiracy to topple my govt in 2020: Gehlot

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Dholpur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday claimed he survived the 2020-revolt by some Congress MLAs because BJP leaders Vasundhara Raje and Kailash Meghwal refused to support a conspiracy to topple an elected government through money power.
Raje, a former chief minister of Rajasthan, however, said that “Gehlot’s ‘praises’ is a big conspiracy” against her and the Congress leader was speaking lies due to rebellion in his party.
Gehlot also took potshots at the rebel Congress MLAs, saying they should return the money they had taken from the BJP so that they can carry out their duty without any pressure.

His then deputy Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress MLAs had revolted against his leadership in July 2020. The month-long crisis ended after the intervention of the party high command. Pilot was then removed as the deputy chief minister and state Congress president.
Addressing a programme in Dholpur, Gehlot said he as the state party chief, did not support the toppling of the BJP government led by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat as it was unfair, in the same manner, Raje and Meghwal said that there is no tradition in Rajasthan to topple an elected government.
Meghwal is a former speaker of the state assembly and is currently an MLA.
“If I wanted, Bhairon Singh ji’s government could have been toppled. I said this was unethical work. The man who is ill, he is getting treatment in America, his condition was very critical and leaders of his party were conspiring to topple his government behind him,” Gehlot said.
He continued, “Kailash Meghwal and Vasundhara Raje also said the same thing. They said that we have never had a tradition to bring down elected governments on money power… what wrong did he do?”

Gehlot also praised MLA Shobharani Kushwah who had cross-voted in favour of the Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha election last year.
Dholpur MLA Kushwah was subsequently suspended by the BJP for cross-voting.
She was a bold lady, the chief minister said and added that “when Shobharani supported us, it shocked BJP leaders”.
Gehlot claimed that she listened to Raje and Meghwal and her conscience said that she should not support “those people”.
“That’s why our government was saved. I can never forget this incident in my life, which had happened with me,” he said.
Terming Gehlot’s “praises” for her as a big conspiracy, Raje in a statement on Sunday night said he “has made such outrageous and untrue allegations because of the rebellion happening in his own party and diminishing mass base”.
The BJP leader said that no one can insult her as much as Gehlot did in his life. To avoid a historic defeat in the 2023 assembly elections, he is creating such fabricated stories, which is unfortunate and not going to be successful, Raje said.
Gehlot and Raje have often been accused by their detractors in their own parties of “going soft” on each other, especially when it came to allegations of corruption.
The two leaders have denied any such understanding. A few days ago, Raje had rejected allegations of collusion with Gehlot as lie, saying milk and lemon juice never mix.
Gehlot also alleged that Union Ministers Amit Shah, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Dharmendra Pradhan had conspired together to topple his government.
“They distributed money in Rajasthan and they are not taking the money back now. I am surprised why they are not demanding the money back from them (the Congress MLAs who had revolted),” he claimed.
“I have even told the MLAs that whatever money they have taken, Rs 10 crore or Rs 20 crore, if you have spent anything, I will give that part or I will get it from AICC (All India Congress Committee),” he said.
Gehlot alleged that if the MLAs did not return the money, they will always be under pressure from Shah. “He is the Union home minister, he will intimidate…in Maharashtra he divided Shiv Sena,” he alleged.
In her statement, Raje also said giving and accepting bribes are crimes and if Congress MLAs have taken money, then FIR should be lodged. Gehlot has accused Home Minister Shah but Shah’s honesty and integrity is well known, she said.
In his address, Gehlot said that he was made the chief minister by the party for a third time and it was his duty to take all along and forget past happenings and ensure the return of the party to power in the assembly elections, slated for later this year.
The Congress leader was addressing the programme in the home turf Raje.
Gehlot also praised Congress MLAs Rohit Bohra, Chetan Dudi and Danish Abrar for alerting him about the revolt against his government in 2020.
He said that these three MLAs, BSP-turned-Congress MLAs and independent MLAs who had supported him and saved his government during the political crisis in 2020 deserved to be made ministers in his government but he could not do so due to political reasons and was sad about it.
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May 8, 2023
BJP leaders to watch ‘The Kerala Story’ in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru: The BJP leaders in Karnataka along with the party’s national president J.P. Nadda will watch the controversial movie ‘The Kerala Story’ in Bengaluru on Sunday night, a source in the know of things said.
Nadda, Karnataka unit BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel, Union Minister for State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shobha Karandlaje and Union Minister for State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya will watch the movie together.
Sources said that the leaders would watch the movie at the Garuda Mall in Bengaluru on Sunday night.

The BJP leaders watched ‘The Kashmir Files’ last year.
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May 7, 2023
BRS leaders meet protesting wrestlers, express solidarity in Delhi

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Hyderabad: Telangana Sports and Youth Services Minister V Srinivas Goud and BRS MP Nama Nageshwar Rao met with wrestlers protesting at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Thursday.
The minister expressed support for wrestlers seeking justice for sexual harassment allegations made against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) officials, including its chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
“Expressed solidarity to the wrestlers staging a protest against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Hope the champions who brought glory to our nation soon receive the deserved justice,” Srinivas Goud tweeted.

Expressed solidarity to the wrestlers staging a protest against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Hope the champions who brought glory to our nation soon receive the deserve justice. pic.twitter.com/ebWvIF3V7u
— V Srinivas Goud (@VSrinivasGoud) May 4, 2023
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May 4, 2023
Div Com Kashmir Urges Religious Leaders And PRIs To Combat Substance Abuse

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SRINAGAR: Let us collectively employ our efforts & resources to eradicate the substance abuse to secure the young generation from sliding into the menace of drugs, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri remarked while chairing an NCORD meeting.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir Division through virtual mode besides Director, Social Welfare Department, Kashmir; Director, School Education Department, Kashmir; ADC, Srinagar; Director Health Services, Kashmir; Joint Director, Rural Dev. Department; Excise Commissioner, Kashmir; Principal SP College, HOD, Department of Psychiatry IMHANS, GMC, Srinagar, Joint Controller, LMD, Nodal Officer DMHP/ATF DHSK, Kashmir, Dy. Drug Controller Kashmir, Tehsildar, J&K Waqf Board and other officers.
At the outset, Incharge Divisional Control Room, Tahir Magrey gave a detailed presentation on Burden of Mental Health disorders and Substance Abuse, status of substance users in Kashmir division, measures taken to destroy poppy crop and bhug plants by enforcement agencies, counseling and rehabilitation process, functioning of drug de-addiction centers, surveillance on unorganised and organized drug trafficking activities etc.
Speaking on the occasion, Div Com directed DCs to divert abandoned government buildings or unutilized buildings to the nearby departments so that these structures shall not become hubs of drug addicts. He also asked for regular surveillance of such places.
He impressed upon the officers to spread awareness at grass roots level about the negative impact of drugs in the society.
He instructed them to classify villages according to the number of individuals involved in substance use, and label those hamlets as green, yellow and red depending upon severity.
While acknowledging the pivotal role of religious leaders and PRIs, he asked DCs to sensitize religious leaders, Imams and public representatives to create awareness among people to curb substance abuse.
Div Com exhorted officers to adopt a proactive approach to stop the spread of drugs among youth.

In order to break the nexus of drug trafficking, Bidhuri vouched for detention of drug traffickers under different NDPS laws while asking for activation of counseling centres for others to rehabilitate them.
Besides, Div Com also instructed Divisional & District officers to publicize helpline numbers of SUKOON & E-MANS so the victims of drug abuse will receive proper counseling.(GNS)

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May 3, 2023