Tag: Strike

  • TSPSC leaks: Telangana BJP chief on one-day hunger strike demanding judicial probe

    TSPSC leaks: Telangana BJP chief on one-day hunger strike demanding judicial probe

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    Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar will sit on a day-long hunger strike at the state party headquarters on Friday demanding that the state government order a judicial inquiry by a sitting high court judge into the leakage of the examination paper of the recruitment test conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission.

    Sanjay also demanded the immediate sacking of state information technology minister KT Rama Rao from the cabinet, as his IT department had ‘failed to prevent the leakage of the question paper’, besides a complete overhaul of the TSPSC and payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh to each of the unemployed youth who had suffered due to cancellation of the examination.

    Before commencing the hunger strike, the BJP president would go to the Telangana martyrs’ memorial at Gun Park in front of the state assembly at 10 am to pay homage to the martyrs. “This is to highlight the fact that the K Chandrasekhar Rao government has belittled the sacrifices made by over 1400 youth for the sake of Telangana state,” a press note from BJP said.

    Later, Sanjay would sit on a protest hunger strike from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm at the party office, the party said.

    On Thursday morning, the BJP president went to Chanchalguda Central Prison to call on the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leaders, who were arrested while protesting at the TSPSC office on Wednesday.

    Speaking to reporters later, Sanjay strongly condemned the lathi-charge and arrest of BJYM state president Bhanu Prakash and others who were doing a ‘peaceful’ protest over the leakage of the TSPSC question paper. “While the accused in the leakage case are being given the royal treatment, those who took part in the protests are subject to harassment,” he alleged.

    The Begum Bazaar police arrested seven activists of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha for rioting and damaging public property at the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) during the protest on Tuesday.

    Sanjay sought to know how the question paper was leaked without the knowledge of the TSPSC chairman. “In fact, the TSPSC officials should be prosecuted first. The constitution of an SIT is just a hoax as it would not serve any purpose. Many SITs constituted in the past did not yield any results,” he said.

    Stating that the entire episode was a ‘drama’ enacted by KCR’s son KT Rama Rao, Sanjay wondered why the state government was hesitating to order a judicial probe by a sitting high court judge.

    Stating that the ‘failure’ of KTR is clearly evident in the entire episode, Sanjay said the Information Technology department, headed by KTR had miserably failed to prevent leakage of the question paper. “It is shameless on the part of KTR to say that the BJP has a role in the leakage, on the pretext that one of the arrested Rajasekhar has connections with the BJP,” he said.

    He pointed out that Rajasekhar had been an employee of Telangana State Technology Services, which is part of the IT department headed by KTR. “What is KTR doing instead of identifying such people? He is unfit to be a minister,” he said.

    Sanjay said Rajasekhar had nothing to do with the BJP. “Many people come to me to take selfies. Does it mean I have connections with all of them?” he asked.

    He alleged out that the mastermind behind the question paper leakage Renuka has connections with the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. “Her mother is a sarpanch of BRS. Her brother is a BRS leader. So, for whose benefit the question paper was leaked?” he asked.

    He demanded that all those, including the TSPSC chairman, be sacked and stringent action be taken against them. “The government should conduct recruitment tests as scheduled,” he said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • UP electricity employees threaten strike, govt threatens ESMA

    UP electricity employees threaten strike, govt threatens ESMA

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    Lucknow: Electricity department employees of Uttar Pradesh have announced a three-day strike starting Thursday night over the selection process for chairman and the managing director in power companies and other issues, including “pay anomalies”.

    Taking a tough stand, the government said if the strike creates problems for the public, the government will take action against the protesting employees under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and warned of sacking contractual workers who do not return to work.

    It also said action would be initiated under the National Security Act in case vandalism occurs during demonstrations.

    The employees began their protest under the umbrella of Vidyut Karmacharis Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, a union of electricity department employees, on Wednesday and held demonstrations across the state on Thursday.

    About 1 lakh employees would participate in the strike starting at 10 pm, Samiti Convenor Shailendra Dubey told PTI.

    Dubey said the government and the employees had agreed on some points on December 23 last year but several of those have not been implemented even after three months.

    He claimed the government had agreed that the chairman and the managing director of the power companies would be selected through a committee headed by the chief secretary but these posts are now being filled on the basis of transfers.

    Some other points of the agreement yet to be fulfilled are implementation of the Power Sector Employees Protection Act, stopping outsourcing of operation and maintenance of power sub-stations for transmission, equal honorarium for different corporations, revision of allowances and removal of salary anomalies, he said.

    The samiti office-bearers say the employees were forced to go on strike because of the “stubbornness” of the top management of energy corporations. Those who would go on strike include engineers, junior engineers, technicians, operating staff, clerical and contractual employees, they added.

    In a late evening press conference, State Energy Minister Arvind Kumar Sharma took a tough stand regarding the strike.

    He said if the contractual employees join the strike, they will be sacked. In view of the strike, an alert has been declared across the state. Many employees want to work. If someone stops the power workers from working then action will be taken against such people and if any damage is caused during the strike then action will also be taken under NSA.

    The government has made arrangements to keep the state’s electricity system in order, he added.

    The power minister said that the government is in talks with the group which has announced the strike.

    “We even held a meeting with them today for two hours but they are not ready to listen,” Sharma said.

    “However, the government has still kept the door open for talks,” he added.

    “He said that the government has taken action on many points of the agreement signed with the electricity workers on December 3. Rest of the points are also being discussed,” he said.

    On the other hand, Dubey said after about 23 years, a complete strike of electricity department employees is taking place in the state.

    Earlier, employees of emergency services were exempted from boycotting work on different occasions, but this time all 1 lakh employees will participate in the strike, he said.

    As per the plan, the employees on strike will boycott work in their respective departments as part of the strike.

    Dubey said on the call of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE), about 27 lakh electricity department employees from across the country have extended support to the strike.

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  • Shinde govt rattled as 1.8 mn govt employees strike for Old Pension Scheme

    Shinde govt rattled as 1.8 mn govt employees strike for Old Pension Scheme

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    Mumbai: Around 1.8 million Maharashtra government employees in various departments, schools, colleges, hospitals and other sectors on Tuesday started an indefinite strike to press for a return of the Old Pension Scheme.

    Facing its biggest challenge, the 9-month old government of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has warned of action against the striking employees while offering an olive branch to discuss and consider their demand after taking into account the financial implications.

    However, the striking unions are adamant and declared that they want an immediate announcement on OPS – which was discontinued in 2005.

    “We are collecting the figures, but a majority of the state government employees across departments have joined the strike and will continue till we succeed,” Government Employees Unions Steering Committee Convenor Vishwas Katkar told media persons.

    The OPS was replaced by a new pension scheme in which the pension amount was deducted from the employees’ salaries, unlike the previous version.

    Explaining the effect, Katkar said that in OPS, the employees use to get 50 per cent of the basic salary as pension, but in the new scheme, the amount is barely 25 per cent of the basic pay.

    As the Class I and II employees are not part of the strike, there is only a partial impact on the normal working of various departments.

    However, the strike has hit various government schools, colleges with teaching and non-teaching staff staying away, paramedics and nurses in hospitals, plus Class III and IV cadres remained off work.

    The working was also affected in government offices in urban and rural centres and districts as a majority of the civic employees are also joining the agitation for OPS.

    Nevertheless, in certain major cities like Mumbai, where the civic employees are keeping off the strike, the impact would be minimal, though they have expressed solidarity with their striking fraternity.

    Chief Secretary M.K. Srivastava on Monday directed all Divisional Commissioners and Collectors to take appropriate measures to avoid any inconvenience to the common people.

    Shinde said that the government will constitute an administrative committee of top officers to study the OPS demands and it would submit its report within a given time-frame, but the employees unions insist it should be accepted as a policy.

    The clamour for the OPS started ahead of the state budget session with a series of protests, processions, marches across the state to revert to the previous scheme.

    The move gained momentum after at least half a dozen states – Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Punjab – announced their plans to revert to the OPS last month.

    Rebutting the state government’s arguments that it would hit the state’s already stressed financial situation, Katkar and other leaders said that if it is not affecting the economy of other states, then how could it affect Maharashtra.

    He argued that since most employees shall retire only after another 10-12 years, the state government can systematically plan the OPS implementation without any adverse financial impact.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • All JK Patwar Association Calls off Strike After 11 Days

    All JK Patwar Association Calls off Strike After 11 Days

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    SRINAGAR: The All Jammu and Kashmir Patwar Association called off its strike after eleven days on Saturday. The announcement was made by the Association President after holding virtual meetings with the Divisional Commissioner and other regional offices of both Jammu and Kashmir.

    Addressing a presser, the All Jammu and Kashmir Patwar Association President Abdul Majeed, as per the news agency GNS said that a meeting was held between the Patwar association and several government offices in an attempt to resolve the issue.

    “The meetings were held in several phases and the first phase particularly was contentious”, he said adding the government offices tried to dissuade the Association, but members of the Association stood firm with their demands.

     

    “After the first phase, two more meetings were held. One of these meetings was conducted via video conference and was attended by the Commissioner Secretary of Revenue and other officials from Jammu,” he said. “The meeting was supervised by the Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir amid the presence of the members of the Association.”

    During these meetings, Majeed said, “the government requested three months to resolve the issue. However, the members of the Patwar Association resented the proposal, as they believe that the issues have already been lingering for too long. As a result, they proposed an alternative time of one month, which after a consensus the government agreed to.”

    “The Association as such decided to defer its strike for one month”, Majeed said adding that if the government fails to take concrete steps towards resolving the issue within the given period, they will resume their strike.

    “The members of the association are hopeful that the government will take their demands seriously and work towards a mutually beneficial solution,” he further opined. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Telangana: Kavitha’s hunger strike is ironic and theatrics, says Tarun Chugh

    Telangana: Kavitha’s hunger strike is ironic and theatrics, says Tarun Chugh

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    Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary and the state in-charge, Tarun Chugh stated that the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha’s hunger strike was ironic and called it “theatrics” to deflect attention from her involvement in liquor scam.

    “It is ironic that a party that is inherently misogynist, talks about women’s reservations. The first cabinet of Telangana state didn’t have a single woman minister. Even in its second stint, the party has just two women as ministers,” said the BJP state in-charge.

    He alleged that the demand to pass the women’s reservation bill in the next parliamentary session was only a pretext to divert the attention of the people from the liquor scam.

    “If Kavitha is genuine in her demand, she must ensure a 33 percent reservation in her father’s cabinet,” added Tarun Chugh.

    “The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned the sitting MLC Kavitha for questioning after following due process and obtaining conclusive evidence. Arun Pillai, one of the accused in the scam, already made a deposition stating that he was actually a binami of Kavitha and acted at her behest,” read the statement on Saturday.

    After nearly nine long hours of questioning, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) senior leader and MLC K Kavitha was let off by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday. However, her phone continues to remain in ED’s custody.

    The daughter of Telangana chief minister will appear before the ED next on March 16, sources said.

    Chugh said that chargesheets had detailed the role of Kavitha in the liquor scam in active connivance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “The chargesheets contain information on how the South Group played an important role in the whole scam, and how Rs 100 crore were given to AAP through the hawala route,” he added.

    He said the ED summoned Kavitha to get details of the transaction. “Instead of answering questions, to which perhaps there are no answers, BRS has chosen to take recourse to intimidation by calling statutory agencies names”.

    He stated that the statutory agencies have free hands, and they would do the job as per the mandate. He said that it has become fashionable for opposition parties to blame the agencies.

    “The silence of K Chandrashekhar Rao on this entire issue is telling,” said the BJP leader stating the BRS MLC is unable to provide answers to simple questions like whether she was a part of the South Group.

    “Did she take part in the deliberations to decide the liquor policy? Whether or not they had meetings in ITC Kohinoor, Hyderabad, and Hotel Oberai, New Delhi, or her share in the entire scheme was fixed at 33%,” he added.

    Chugh said that it is ironic that a section of opposition parties has taken the usual recourse of blaming the Union Government and Narendra Modi. “I wish to make it unequivocal that the Modi government
    wouldn’t spare anyone involved in corruption, for it has a zero-tolerance policy towards it,” he added.

    Referring to posters put up by BRS across the city in the wake of Kavitha’s interrogation by ED, Chugh said, “As the truth of the liquor scam stares them in the eyes the fear is visible on their faces which the manufactured postures and protests can’t obfuscate.”

    BRS has put up posters across Hyderabad with one of them depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the ten-headed Ravana from Hindu mythology. The poster also described the Prime Minister as the ‘destroyer of democracy and ‘grandfather of hypocrisy’.

    Along with this, posters mocking the BJP for its ‘raid’ detergent also were put up by members of the BRS in the city.

    Earlier in the day, Bandi Sanjay, while addressing a rally said, “Few journalists asked me if Kavitha would be arrested. If or not arrested should Kavitha be kissed!” His comments did not go down well with Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) cadres who protested and burnt effigies in the national capital.

    Following a complaint by BRS leaders and a suo motu cognizance by State Women’s Commission chairperson Sunitha Laxma Reddy, a case was reportedly registered against Bandi under Section 504 (Whoever intentionally insults, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace) and 509 (intending to insult the modesty of any woman) of the Indian Penal Code.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • All J&K Patwar Association Calls off Strike After 11 Days

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    Consensus reached on one month period for resolution of issues, says Association President Abdul Majeed

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    Srinagar, Mar 11 (GNS): The All Jammu and Kashmir Patwar Association called off its strike after eleven days on Saturday. The announcement was made by the Association President after holding virtual meetings with the Divisional Commissioner and other regional offices of both Jammu and Kashmir.

    Addressing a presser, the All Jammu and Kashmir, Patwar Association President Abdul Majeed, as per GNS said that a meeting was held between the Patwar association and several government offices in an attempt to resolve the issue.

    “The meetings were held in several phases and the first phase particularly was contentious”, he said adding the government offices tried to dissuade the Association, but members of the Association stood firm with their demands.

    “After the first phase, two more meetings were held. One of these meetings was conducted via video conference and was attended by the Commissioner Secretary of Revenue and other officials from Jammu,” he said. “The meeting was supervised by the Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir amid the presence of the members of the Association.”

    During these meetings, Majeed said, “the government requested a time period of three months to resolve the issue. However, the members of the Patwar Association resented the proposal, as they believe that the issues have already been lingering for too long. As a result, they proposed an alternative time period of one month, which after a consensus the government agreed to.”

    “The Association as such decided to defer its strike for a period of one month”, Majeed said adding however if the government fails to take concrete steps towards resolving the issue within the given time period, they will resume their strike.

    “The members of the association are hopeful that the government will take their demands seriously and work towards a mutually beneficial solution,” he further opined. (GNS)

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  • Jairam dismisses BRS leader’s hunger strike on women’s bill as ‘diversionary tactics’

    Jairam dismisses BRS leader’s hunger strike on women’s bill as ‘diversionary tactics’

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    Hyderabad: AICC General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday asked why the Women’s Reservation Bill could not be passed in Lok Sabha over the last nine years despite the BJP having a brute majority.

    He also brushed aside BRS MLC K Kavitha’s hunger strike in support of the bill claiming that the move was an attempt to divert attention from the ED summons issued to her.

    He recalled that the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha in 2010 due to the efforts of Congress which was in power then.

    It was passed in Rajya Sabha first as any bill that is introduced in the Upper House never lapses, he said.

    Ramesh added that the Congress had tried to introduce it in Lok Sabha but there was opposition within UPA.

    The Congress did not have the requisite majority then and the BJP was also reluctant to support on the issue, he alleged.

    “…from 2014, Mr Modi has a brute majority in the Lok Sabha. Now, he does not have to pass it in the Rajya Sabha… It is already passed. TRS (BRS) is supporting him most of the time in Lok Sabha. YSRCP supports him all the time. So, why could the bill not pass in the Lok Sabha in the last nine years,” he said.

    “So, to sit in hunger strike today at Jantar Mantar (in Delhi) to divert from other issues which will become relevant tomorrow, these are all diversionary tactics,” he told reporters when asked about the Congress not attending Kavitha’s hunger strike in support of the bill.

    A day before her scheduled appearance before the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi excise policy case, Kavitha led a six-hour long hunger strike in Delhi seeking the passage of the bill in the current Budget session of Parliament.

    Ramesh said if the BJP wants to get the bill passed, it can get it done in the Budget session next week, Ramesh said.

    Regarding Telangana, Ramesh listed out ‘panch sutras’ (five elements) for the benefit of farmers in the state and assured that the Congress, if voted to power, would address all grievances related to the ‘Dharani’ (integrated land records management system) portal.

    Congress also promises land surveys in the state in two years if it comes to power, with the objective that the land owner would be the real owner of the land and the land title is conclusive and not presumptive, he said.

    Observing that there are 125 laws related to land and 3,000 Government Orders (GOs) in Telangana over many years, he said Congress would come up with one comprehensive land law which will integrate all the existing 125 land laws and thousands of GOs.

    He said no land will be acquired without the permission of the land owner.

    Congress would also be extending government benefits like crop insurance to nearly 15 lakh tenant farmers in Telangana, he added.

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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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  • Congress not to join Kavitha’s one-day hunger strike in Delhi

    Congress not to join Kavitha’s one-day hunger strike in Delhi

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    Delhi: Congress will not participate in the one-day hunger strike called by BRS MLC K. Kavitha on Friday at the Jantar Mantar , said party leader Jairam Ramesh.

    Kavitha, on Thursday while praising Sonia Gandhi for pushing the Women Reservation Bill during the UPA’s tenure criticised the party for “arrogance” on the issue of alliance, and added that the Congress “should be a team player.”

    She had said that she had spoken with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary K.C. Venugopal to send a representative to the protest.

    The BRS said that they have got confirmation from AAP – Sanjay Singh and Chitra Sarwara; Shiv Sena (Uddhav) delegation; Akali Dal – Naresh Gujral; PDP – Anjum Javed Mirza; NC- Dr Shami Firdous; Trinamool Congress – Sushmita Dev; JD(U)- K.C. Tyagi; NCP – Dr Seema Malik; CPI – Narayana K.; Sitaram Yechury – CPI(M); Samajwadi party – Pooja Shukla, RJD – Shyam Rajak; and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal.

    Earlier, she had invited 18 political parties, including the Congress to join the one-day hunger strike to press the demand for the Women Reservation Bill.

    She said around 6,000 people will be present and her organisation, Bharat Jagruti Manch has reached out to the like-minded parties and organisations.

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  • 18 parties to participate in hunger strike in Delhi tomorrow: K Kavitha

    18 parties to participate in hunger strike in Delhi tomorrow: K Kavitha

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    Delhi: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha on Thursday said that a hunger strike will be held in the national capital on March 10 and that 18 political parties have said that they will participate in the protest launched to seek the introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the current session of Parliament.

    The BRS leader also said that she will face Enforcement Directorate as she has not done anything wrong.

    Addressing a press conference here Kavitha, who received summons from the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in the Delhi excise police case said that if a woman has to be interrogated by a central agency, then as per law, she has a “fundamental right” to be questioned at her home.

    “We released a poster on March 2 about the hunger strike in Delhi over the Women’s Reservation Bill. 18 parties confirmed their participation…ED summoned me on March 9. I requested for March 16 but don’t know what haste they’re in, so I agreed for March 11.”

    “When an agency wants to interrogate a woman, she has a fundamental right that it be done at her home,” she stated.

    “So, I requested ED that they can come to my house on 11th March to investigate but they said that I will have to come to them,” the BRS leader said.

    Kavitha arrived in Delhi today and said that she will be appearing before the Enforcement Directorate on March 11.

    In a series of tweets, BRS MLS had hit out, alleging that certain political motives have been masquerading in the name of investigation.

    “As a law-abiding citizen, I’ll fully cooperate with investigating agencies. I will appear at your good offices on March 11,” she had said in a statement.

    “…I have been summoned by ED to appear on March 9th in Delhi. However, due to the Dharna and prefixed appointments, I’ll see legal opinions on the date of attending it,” BRS MLC K Kavitha had stated.

    “I fail to understand as to why I have been summoned at such short notice. It seems that certain political motives have been masquerading in the name of investigation. I categorically say that I have nothing to do with the present investigation,” she had said in a subsequent tweet.

    “Being a social worker and having prior commitments, I had already planned my schedule for the upcoming week & the abrupt rejection of my request seems to be motivated by reasons best known to you, which demonstrates that it is nothing but political victimisation,” she had tweeted.

    On March 8, the BRS came down heavily on the Centre after the ED summoned Kavitha in connection with its ongoing probe of the Delhi excise policy case, saying that the central probe agencies have become an extended arm of the BJP.

    Referring to the summons as “politically motivated”, BRS leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy had said that except ED and BJP, nobody really understands the case registered in connection with the new-withdrawn new Delhi excise policy.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )