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  • Jammu: AAP stages protest against Sisodia’s arrest

    Jammu: AAP stages protest against Sisodia’s arrest

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    Jammu: AAP stages protest against Sisodia's arrest

    Jammu: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday staged a protest outside the BJP office here to protest against the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI in connection with alleged corruption in the now-scrapped excise policy.

    Several AAP leaders and workers from different parts of Jammu province gathered outside the BJP office at Trikuta Nagar and held a demonstration against the Central government, a party spokesman said.

    “The BJP government at the Centre is arresting opposition leaders through various agencies by implicating them in various scams so that pressure can be put on them to suppress their voices,” AAP leader Amit Kapoor told reporters.

    Demanding immediate release of Sisodia, he said his arrest is a “black chapter” in the democracy as he is innocent and making constant efforts to provide better education to children of poor families.

    “AAP workers will not tolerate such kind of actions and will start a big movement against the BJP-led government,” he said, calling upon the party workers to unite to oppose such “anti-people and anti-democratic” steps.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Telangana govt supporting ‘love jihad’: VHP, Bajrang Dal protest medico’s suicide

    Telangana govt supporting ‘love jihad’: VHP, Bajrang Dal protest medico’s suicide

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    Hyderabad: Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday protested against Telangana Government over the death of Warangal PG medical student Dr. Preethi.

    “The incompetent government’s rule is supporting rapes and love jihads. There have been many such incidents in the past and the actions of love-jihad extremists are increasing day by day with the government’s backing. Kakatiya Medical student D Preethi passed away at 9:10 PM on Sunday due to Saif. Bajrang dal condemns this incident,” said Bajrang Dal Telangana state convener Sivaramulu.

    The effigy of the government was burnt at Koti Crossroads in the presence of Bajrang Dal. A protest was conducted in the Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda by VHP’s Durga Vahini, the female wing.

    Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday staged a protest at Kaktiya Medical College in Warangal.

    Carrying ABVP flags and raising slogans, the protestors marched towards Kakatiya Medical College (KMC) but were stopped by the police at the main gate. The protestors had an argument with the policemen, triggering tension.

    The ABVP men were demanding the suspension of KMC Principal Mohan Das and Head of the Department Nagarjuna Reddy.

    26-year-old Preethi, a first-year student of the postgraduate (MD) in the department of Anaesthesia, attempted suicide on February 22 allegedly by taking a lethal injection while on duty at AMGM Hospital. She succumbed at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) on Sunday night.

    The police have already arrested Preethi’s senior M. A. Saif, a second-year student in the department of Anaesthesia.

    Police said targeted harassment of Preethi by her senior could have driven her to commit suicide.

    Police booked Saif for abetment to suicide. He was also booked under the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and Anti-Ragging Act.

    Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Sunday remarked that in the case of the Warangal Medico Preethi’s suicide, it is clearly visible that chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is in support of ‘one community’.

    Sanjay was indirectly referring to the dead victim’s senior MA Saif, who belongs to the Muslim community and is the main accused in the case. Sanjay in the past had also referred to the case as a clear case of ‘love jihad’.

    (With inputs from IANS).

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  • AAP to protest across India against Manish Sisodia’s arrest

    AAP to protest across India against Manish Sisodia’s arrest

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    New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party to hit roads and stage protests across the country on Monday against the arrest of Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor excise policy case.

    AAP’s national General Secretary Sandeep Pathak said that they will protest across the country on Monday.

    Taking to Twitter, Pathak on Sunday said, “The great Education Minister Manish Sisodia, who has shaped the future of lakhs of children of the country, has been arrested in a fake case. Against this, the Aam Aadmi Party will protest across the country tomorrow.”

    The party will also stage protests at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Headquarters at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg in the national capital at around 12 pm om Monday.

    It is believed that the party will also hold protests in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, Haryana’s Rohtak, Noida, etc.

    Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation after eight hours of questioning in the now-scrapped excise policy case.

    Shortly before arriving at the CBI office for questioning, the Deputy Chief Minister said false cases are being lodged against leaders of the party as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “afraid” of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

    “Conspiracies are being hatched by the CBI and ED and false cases being lodged against our party leaders because PM Narendra Modi is afraid of CM Arvind Kejriwal’s rising popularity. As AAP grows further, BJP will continue to slap false cases on us. We are not afraid of the CBI, ED and their false cases,” Sisodia said, claiming that people were starting to regard the AAP as an alternative to the BJP.

    Sisodia also visited Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat before his arrest.

    Reacting to the development his political aide and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal termed the arrest as “dirty politics” and claimed that he is innocent.

    Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal said, “Manish is innocent. His arrest is dirty politics. There is a lot of anger among the people due to the arrest of Manish.”

    “Everyone is watching. People are understanding everything. People will respond to this. This will boost our spirits further. Our struggle will get stronger,” he added in the tweet (roughly translated from Hindi).



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  • Sri Lankan opposition-led protest march comes under police tear gas, water cannon attack

    Sri Lankan opposition-led protest march comes under police tear gas, water cannon attack

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    Colombo: Sri Lankan police on Sunday fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse a protest march organised by the country’s main opposition coalition here against the delay in local body polls.

    The Election Commission on Friday formally announced that the local body elections would not be held on March 9 as planned, and a fresh date will be notified on March 3.

    The protest march and rally organised by the National People’s Power urged President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government to hold the local body polls.

    Police tried to disperse the protesters and fired water cannons and tear gas twice at the Union Place area of central Colombo, where authorities had blocked several access roads.

    The police obtained orders from the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court, preventing 26 people, including the NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, from entering areas around the President’s Office and President’s House until 8 pm on Sunday.

    The NPP leaders carried a banner during the march, which said, “let’s defeat the government’s cowardly attempt to bury democracy by not holding the election”.

    Opposition parties like the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) pin the blame on Wickremesinghe, who is also the country’s finance minister, for trying to sabotage the local body polls by blocking the funds from the Treasury.

    They are also accusing him of influencing the state officials and the Election Commission against the holding of the polls, fearing a loss.

    The election to appoint new administrations to 340 local councils for a four-year term has been postponed since March last year due to the ongoing economic crisis.

    The government has indicated repeatedly that the time was unsuitable to hold the election, given the economic crisis.

    It said the scarcity of money to hold the election costing Rs 10 billion would bring additional pressure on the already lean state finances.

    Despite the uncertainty around the elections, the main opposition party has been campaigning vigorously and is thought to have a good chance of winning control of a sizeable number of seats.

    Sri Lanka was hit by an unprecedented financial crisis in 2022, the worst since its independence from Britain in 1948, due to a severe paucity of foreign exchange reserves, sparking political turmoil in the country that led to the ouster of the all-powerful Rajapaksa family.

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  • PDP takes out protest march against imposition of property tax in J-K

    PDP takes out protest march against imposition of property tax in J-K

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    Srinagar: The PDP on Saturday took out a protest march to demand roll-back of the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to impose property tax in the Union Territory.

    The Union Territory administration on Tuesday ordered the imposition of property tax in municipal areas from April 1. The tax rates will be five per cent of taxable annual value for residential properties and six per cent for commercial properties, it stated.

    Dozens of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) activists led by Suhail Bukhari, its chief spokesperson, took out a protest march from the party headquarters near Sher-e-Kashmir Park here.

    The party activists raised slogans against the imposition of the property tax and demanded its roll-back.

    The protesters tried to march towards the Lal Chowk city centre but were stopped by a contingent of police near the Traffic Headquarters. They later turned back and dispersed.

    Speaking to reporters, Bukhari alleged that the government was trying to economically weaken the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

    “First, our political rights were taken away, then democracy was buried here, poor people were harassed in the name of demolition and their houses bulldozed.

    “Now the property tax. The economic situation in Jammu and Kashmir has become worse in the last five years. There is no employment (generation), industrial sector here is weak,” he said.

    The PDP chief spokesperson said the administration should have held people’s hand “but, contrary to that, the BJP government is trying to further the troubles of the people”.

    He demanded that the government roll back the decision.

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  • Assam police arrest Congress’ Pawan Khera; party leaders protest

    Assam police arrest Congress’ Pawan Khera; party leaders protest

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    Congress leader Pawan Khera was arrested at the Delhi airport on Thursday after being deplaned from a trip to Chattisgarh’s Around 50 members of Congress staged a protest on the tarmac, refusing to allow the aeroplane to take off.

    Pawan Khera, a prominent Congress spokesperson, was compelled to board another flight. He was traveling to Raipur with a large group of Congress leaders for an All India Congress Committee conference (AICC).

    He was apprehended at the airport by Assam Police, who arrived with an FIR, or First Information Report. He will be presented in a Delhi court and will be taken to Assam on transit remand, ANI reported.

    Several of Congress leaders walked off the plane and protested on the tarmac at Delhi International Airport, chanting slogans and conducting a sit-in directly close to the jet.

    During a recent news conference, Khera misspelled Prime Minister Modi’s name when calling for a joint parliamentary investigation into the Adani-Hindenburg row.

    “If Narasimha Rao could form a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee), if Atal Bihari Vajpayee could form a JPC, then what problem does Narendra Gautam Das…sorry Damodardas…Modi have?” he said, appearing to fumble upon the middle name with a colleague sitting beside him.

    The BJP has demanded Khera’s arrest on charges of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After a BJP representative submitted a police complaint, an FIR was lodged.

    Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on February 20 called the remarks ‘pathetic’.

    “Make no mistake- pathetic remarks by courtier Pawan Khera on PM’s father have blessings of the top levels of Congress, which is full of entitlement and disdain against a person of humble origins being PM. India will not forget or forgive these horrible remarks of Congressmen,” Himanta had tweeted.

    IndiGo Airline in a statement said: “A passenger was deplaned by the police at the Delhi airport from Raipur-bound flight 6E 204. Some other passengers have also decided to deboard on their own accord. We are following the advice of the concerned authorities. The flight is delayed as of now and we regret the inconvenience caused to other passengers.”

    Khera stated that he was initially informed that there was a problem with his luggage. “I was told that there was a problem with my luggage, despite the fact that I just had hand luggage. They said you couldn’t fly. The DCP (Deputy Commissioner of Police) will thereafter meet with you. I’ve been anticipating this moment for quite some time. There is no indication of law and order “He stated.

    The grand old party reacted very strongly to the development. Party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate called it ‘dictatorship’.

    “Assam Police is arresting Pawan Kheda ji and taking him away. What crime has he committed that he has been arrested? If this is not dictatorship then what is?” she said.

    “Modi government is acting like a bunch of goons by deplaning Pawan Khera from the Delhi-Raipur flight and preventing him from joining the AICC Plenary. Using a flimsy FIR to restrict his movement and silence him is a shameful, unacceptable act. The entire party stands with Pawan ji,” Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal tweeted KC Venugopal.



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  • Telangana: Transgender persons protest against use of term ‘kojja’

    Telangana: Transgender persons protest against use of term ‘kojja’

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    Hyderabad: After YSR Telangana party president YS Sharmila used the word kojja (slur meant for a transgender person) recently in a political slug fest, the LGBTQ community has condemned the usage and demanded a ban on it.

    The community demanded the BRS- led Telangana government to implement a legislation against the usage.

    The demand from the community comes shortly after Mahabubabad MLA Shankar Naik and YSRTP founder YS Sharmila challenged each other with the term while discussing good administration in Mahabubabad.

    “Such identity further marginalises and dehumanize the transgender community by throwing them into the darkness of violence with their not only physical bodies but also dispel the dignity of pride being the citizen of this nation,” Telangana Transgender Welfare Board member Rachana Mudraboyina said at a press conference.

    YS Sharmila however apologised to transgender persons for usage of the slur.

    “We respect you and recognise the fact that you have a special place in our society. I offer my apologies to you if someone feels I have hurt them,” she said.

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  • ‘Why no action against Muthalik?’ Bangaloreans protest at DGP office

    ‘Why no action against Muthalik?’ Bangaloreans protest at DGP office

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    Two days after Hindutva leader and head of the Sri Ram Sena Pramod Muthalik declared to “provide security and employment to young Hindu men who trap Muslim women and ruin their lives”, Bangaloreans gathered outside the office of Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Sood protesting against Muthalik. The concerned citizens asked why no action is taken against hate speeches.

    A questionnaire addressing the DGP comprising eight questions in English and Kannada was displayed by the protestors and shared on social media concerning hate speech.

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    “Who is stopping @DgpKarnataka police to comply with SC Guidelines?” – Placards were displayed reminding the senior Karnataka police officer of Supreme Court’s guidelines on hate speech which states that police can take suo motu action against those who incite hate through their speeches.

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    Questions on women’s safety, in general, were raised. “While Sri Ram sene offers support those who target Muslim Women, How can Women feel safe in the state? What are you going to to about this @DgpKarnataka,” a poster read.

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    Alt News co-founder and fact checker Mohammed Zubair tweeted about the protest, “DGP & other govt officials very well know where these hate speeches are going on & the districts it’s going on in.. It is the responsibility of DGP to safeguard the citizens of this state & to prevent any kind of violence rising out of this hate speeches”

    At an event in Karnataka’s Bagalkote district, he claimed many Hindu women were ‘falling prey’ to ‘love jihad’.

    “We are aware of the situation. I want to invite the youth here. If we lose one Hindu girl, we should trap 10 Muslim girls. If you do so, Shri Ram Sene will take responsibility for you and provide every kind of security and employment,” Muthalik said among rousing cheers.

    Muthalik had recently announced he would contest the upcoming state Assembly elections from the Karkala segment in the Udupi district.



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  • BJP to protest against Congress after Pawan Khera mis-spells PM’s name

    BJP to protest against Congress after Pawan Khera mis-spells PM’s name

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    New Delhi: After senior Congress leader and party spokesperson Pawan Khera could not spell Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name, the BJP has termed it as a “insult to the Prime Minister and his father”.

    The BJP has planned a protest on Tuesday at 10 Janpath.

    Khera while addressing a press conference could not spell properly the PM’s name but later clarified that he got confused. But now a complaint has been filed in Lucknow and the BJP will protest against him.

    Congress Media department chairman Pawan Khera said, “We also have governments in some states, some of the governments are going to be formed in states and the season is changing… 2024 is also approaching.”

    “I want to give one suggestion to ED officers, who have become tools in the hands of the government, that time changes fast.”

    Warning the officials and the BJP, Khera said, “We have governments in states… we can also do something, but our decency should be considered as ornaments not weakness.”

    Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said that party will not be cowed down by these tactics and the plenary will go on as per schedule.

    Three days ahead of Congress plenary session in Raipur, the Enforcement Directorate on Monday was conducting raids at multiple locations across Chhattisgarh in connection with the coal mining case.

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  • Govind Pansare murder: Several outfits hold ‘jawab do’ protest

    Govind Pansare murder: Several outfits hold ‘jawab do’ protest

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    Nagpur: Several political and social outfits on Monday held a protest against the 2015 murder of communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare.

    He and his wife were shot at in Kolhapur city on February 15, 2015. Pansare died five days later, while his wife survived.

    Among the outfits that took part in the ‘jawab do’ (give answers) protest at Nagpur’s Samvidhan Square were the Communist Party of India, the Janata Dal (Secular), the Nationalist Congress Party, the Socialist Unity Centre of India and the Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmoolan Samiti.

    “It has been eight years since Comrade Pansare was killed but the police has still not arrested the real conspirators. Only some suspects have been arrested,” alleged CPI (Nagpur) secretary Arun Wankar.

    Charges were framed against 10 accused in the case by a court in Kolhapur in January this year, which sets the criminal trial to begin.

    The 10 accused have been charged under Indian Penal Code sections for murder, attempt to murder, conspiracy as well as provisions of the Arms Act.

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