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10 August 2019 ASIA www.theasianindependent.co.uk Mamata demands inquiry into Unnao rape victim's accident Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday demanded a high-level inquiry into the car accident of the Unnao rape victim which left her severely injured and two of her relatives dead. The car in which the 19-year-old rape victim, her two aunts and her lawyer were travelling was hit by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli on Sunday. Trinamool Congress supremo Banerjee also came down heavily on the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh and the Centre for failing to ensure the rape victim's safety and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi look into such issues. "Every day they defame Bengal but does the government have any idea what is happening in Uttar Pradesh? What happened in Unnao is unfortunate. Two relatives of the victim died and she is in serious condition. There should be a high-level inquiry," Banerjee told reporters here. "Every day incidents of lynching are taking place. Fascist rule is going on in the country. The Prime Minister should look into them," she said. Earlier in the day, several leaders from Samajwadi Party and Congress demanded an investigation by the CBI into the accident. Unnao rape victim's road accident raised in LS New Delhi : Samajwadi Party member and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday raised the issue of the Unnao rape victim's road accident in the Lok Sabha but Speaker Om Birla did not let him speak on the incident. Yadav raised the issue when his party member Azam Khan was asked to tender his apology for his sexist comment against BJP member Rama Devi on July 25 when she was presiding the House. "Azam Khanji has said what he wanted to say. What about the 'beti' of Unnao? We should also talk about that," Yadav said. However, Speaker Om Birla did not allow Yadav to speak about the road accident in which the victim sustained critical injuries along with her lawyer. Two of her relatives were killed when a truck rammed their car. Yadav on Sunday had alleged that it could be a conspiracy to murder the woman who had accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar of raping her in 2017. The victim was travelling to Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh with her lawyer Mahendra Singh and two relatives. Both survivors have been on life support since the accident. Yadav also sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry into the accident. Meanwhile, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi took to Twitter and said: "So a woman is allegedly raped by a BJP MLA. Her father is beaten up and dies in custody. "A key witness dies mysteriously Unnao rape survivor: Family seeks CBI probe, Yogi orders free treatment Lucknow : Mahesh Singh, uncle of the Unnao rape survivor has written to the Yogi Adityanath government seeking a CBI probe into the accident in Rae Bareli on Sunday in which the rape survivor and her lawyer have been critically injured and two women killed. Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police O.P. Singh had said earlier in the day that the government would readily recommend a CBI probe if the family wanted. One of the deceased, Pushpa Singh, was a witness in the rape case against BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar. ADG Rajiv Krishna told reporters on Monday that the state government had decided to bear the entire cost of treatment of the rape survivor and her lawyer who are presently on life support system at the Trauma Centre in Lucknow. The ADG said that, prima facie, there was no security lapse. He said that the rape survivor had been given nine security personnel, six of whom were stationed in Delhi where she lives. "We have spoken to the three of the security personnel and they said that the rape survivor had asked them to stay back because there was no space in the car," he said. Swati Maliwal, chairperson of the Delhi Women's Commission, met the family of the rape survivor at the Trauma Centre on Monday morning. She told reporters, "The condition of the girl and her lawyer is very critical. The family wants that they should be taken to Delhi in an air ambulance. We are prepared to take the responsibility and I will talk to the concerned officials." The accident, meanwhile, is taking a political overtone with the Samajwadi Party, Congress and the BSP seeking a CBI probe into the same. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has raised questions after the Unnao rape survivor's accident. Reacting to the accident, Priyanka Gandhi took to Twitter, calling the accident "shocking". She demanded to know the progress of the CBI probe into the rape case and also slammed BJP for not expelling accused party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. BSP President Mayawati alleged that the accident was a conspiracy to kill the rape survivor. Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav and the Congress have sought the Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incident. Akhilesh Yadav questioned the absence of any security personnel at the time of the accident. A CBI inquiry was needed to probe whether it was a conspiracy to eliminate the family or just an accident, he said. A delegation of Congress and SP leaders also visited the Trauma Centre and met the family members of the survivor. last year. Now her aunt who was also a witness is killed and her lawyer is critically injured in an accident caused by a truck with blackened number plates. She herself lies grievously wounded in hospital from the same accident." The accused remains a BJP MLA and the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh "has the audacity to run a 'fearless Uttar Pradesh' campaign", she said. "Does it have no moral duty towards its citizens any more, or was that never on its agenda anyway?" Calling the road accident a shocking incident, she also asked about the ongoing CBI inquiry in the case. "Why is the BJP MLA still in the BJP? Why the lack in security to the victim and witnesses? Is it possible to get justice from BJP government without answers of these questions?." Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said if the family of the Unnao rape victim wanted, his government was ready to recommend a CBI probe into the accident. Fagu Chauhan sworn as new Bihar Governor Patna : Fagu Chauhan, a six-time member of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, was on Monday sworn in as the 29th Governor of Bihar. He was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of Patna High Court Amreshwar Pratap Shahi at the Raj Bhavan here. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and several other leaders were present during the ceremony. Chauhan replaced Lalji Tandon who has taken charge as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. 32 arrested for beating a man to death in PATNA Patna : The police have arrested 32 people, including 6 women, in connection with mob-lynching of a man here on Saturday on suspicion of being a child lifter and appealed people to refrain from breaking the law. According to the police, the victim was a mentally retarded man. He was beaten to death by a mob at Chulhaichak under the Rupaspur police station. Amid the swirling rumour about the rise in child lifting incidents in Bihar, Director General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey appealed the people not to take law in their hands. The people must inform the police instead of thrashing someone over some suspicion, he said. Bihar has witnessed over a dozen incidents of mob violence in the past five days. Two Sikhs on Saturday were assaulted by a mob on suspicion of being child lifters in Patna, before being rescued by the police. Same day in Danapur, near Patna, two youths were thrashed by a mob on Saturday on suspicion of being child abductors. 715-C Parkfield Road Wolverhampton, WV4 6EE Tel. 1902 681 655 TM Sky Digital Channel 0205 24 hour Entertainment On Sky, On-Line, On Mobiles Studio : 01902 457875 Reception : 01902 450533
www.theasianindependent.co.uk AZAM KHAN now charged with grabbing land for a luxury resort New Delhi : Slapped with 26 fresh cases of land grabbing, Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan has got involved in yet another multi-crore land scam. On July 29, the UP Irrigation Department served him a notice, alleging that Khan's luxury resort, Humsafar, located in Rampur, is built on land owned by the state government. Allegations of irregularities have been raised by the district administration regarding possession of the huge chunk of government land on which the guest house was constructed. Azam Khan, a former UP Cabinet Minister, has been declared land mafia following a series of cases registered against him in connection with grabbing government or agricultural land owned by poor farmers. The Enforcement Department is also enquiring into alleged money laundering charges related to donations from abroad in account of Khan's private University. The ED has sought a list of cases registered against Azam Khan from Rampur police. Meanwhile, the state police has given three-day ultimatum to Azam Dalai Lama congratulates Yediyurappa Dharamsala : Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Monday conveyed his congratulations to B.S. Yediyurappa for taking over as Chief Minister of Karnataka. "I trust that under your leadership the people of Karnataka will see prosperity and progress," he wrote. "Last April marked the 60th anniversary of our life in exile. As you know, over 30,000 Tibetans reside in Karnataka state, perhaps the largest among Tibetans in exile. In fact, I attended a special function in Bengaluru last year to thank the state of Karnataka and its people for their friendship and support. I am proud to state here that our main centres of learning, based on the Nalanda tradition of ancient Indian wisdom, have been re-established in Karnataka," Dalai Lama wrote. Khan's staff to furnish details of all land deals connected with Mohammed Ali Jauhar University. Speaking to the IANS, Suprintendent of Police(Rampur) Ajay Pal Sharma said the police have sought the revenue records, payment receipts and land agreements with different parties from whom the land, running into several hundred crores, was purchased. "We need to investigate the sale deeds and verify authentic documents to ascertain the actual seller. We also want to asses the accounts through which the payments were made. The parties which received the payments have to be authenticated," said the SP. Sources in the police said that apprehending arrest, Azam Khan has not visited Rampur for the past one month. "For the first time in the recent years, Azam Khan has not been seen in his constituency for so many days, " said a police official . Azam(70), has been an MLA from Rampur for nine terms. He was first elected on a Janta Dal (Secular) ticket from Rampur in 1980. He has been cabinet minister in UP several times. Mamata announces mass contact campaign by Trinamool Kolkata : Two months after suffering a setback at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 general elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced an 'enhanced mass contact campaign' for the Trinamool Congress, terming it as the "modernisation" of her party. During the campaign, more than a thousand Trinamool Congress leaders and elected party representatives will visit over 10 thousand Bengal villages and town areas over the next 100 days to build "stronger contact at the grass root level and listen to people's grievances". "Trinamool Congress is starting a new campaign to increase the mass contact. In order to build direct contacts with common people, we are introducing a new phone number where people can call us and tell us about their problems and grievances," Banerjee told reporters following a meeting with the party MLAs here. "Through this campaign, more than thousand Trinamool Congress leaders and elected representatives will go to more than 10,000 villages and towns in the state in the next 100 days and build mass contact. They ASIA Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar RESIGNS Bengaluru : Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar resigned from the legislative post on Monday, 14 months after he was unanimously elected as the Speaker. "I am resigning from this august post as Speaker of the state legislative Assembly for personal reasons. I thank all the members for cooperating with me during my 14-month long tenure in this chair," Kumar told the legislators in Kannada and left the House. Before resigning, the 70-year-old veteran Congress lawmaker from Kolar assembly segment, about 100 km east of Bengaluru, presided over the proceedings that included the BJP's Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa moving and winning the confidence motion by voice vote, approving the finance bill for the state budget for fiscal 2019-20 and its appropriation estimates. "As I have to rush to Hyderabad to attend the last rites of Congress veteran Jaipal Reddy, who passed away on Sunday, I seek the permission of all the members to leave the House, handing over the chair to Deputy Speaker Krishna Reddy of the Janata Dal- Secular (JD-S). Though Kumar has been in the spotlight throughout this month for his conduct inside and outside the Assembly during the political crisis that gripped the southern state, his decision to disqualify 17 rebel legislators of the Congress and the JD-S on July 25 and July 28 made him controversial. The rebels and the BJP criticised him, terming his decision onesided, bad in law and against the spirit of the Constitution, especially the provisions of the 10th schedule or the anti-defection law. will listen to the common people and party activists and spend nights in those villages," she said. The Trianmool Congress supremo also launched a website -www.dididkebolo.com on behalf of her party so that the common people can directly contact them regarding their problems and grievances. "The main motive of this campaign is to build a strong mass contact base and listen to people's grievances. Those who want to directly connect with us, call us in the new number provided or get in touch with us on the new website. We believe that people should be provided a platform to express what they feel," Banerjee said, adding that her party will not start the campaign for the 2021 state Assembly polls now as the election is nearly two years away. She also said the party leaders taking part in the mass outreach programme will be working only within their constituencies. Asked if the party's grip at the grass root level has loosened over the years, she said her party still was a "grass root level party" and claimed that the new initiatives are being taken to further strengthen its bond with the masses. "It is already there. Hong Kong : More than 20 people have been arrested for offences including unlawful assembly in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok and Wong Tai Sin areas, where chaos and violence raged until early Sunday morning. After police started dispersing protesters in Mong Kok in the west of Kowloon, where an approved rally on Saturday, was suddenly transformed into a smoking battlefield in an unexpected turn of events, reports the South China Morning Post. The organiser of the Mong Kok rally said about 120,000 demonstrators attended on Saturday. The organisers' demands remained the same as at other rallies, that the government look into alleged abuse of police power; completely withdraw the now-suspended extradition bill; exonerate all protesters arrested; implement universal suffrage; and stop calling the protests a riot. Later in the night, clashes flared in Wong Tai Sin after reports that the police had arrived to arrest two people. Hundreds blocked police vans from leaving, and attacked outnumbered officers with fire extinguishers, helmets, umbrellas and other objects. Riot August 2019 11 More than 20 protesters arrested in Hong Kong after clashes police used tear gas, pepper spray and batons in the streets of the densely packed neighbourhood, prompting many residents - some of them, such as elderly shirtless men, without protective gear - to join the protesters in turning on officers, accusing them of disrupting their community. The stand-off in Wong Tai Sin lasted until around 4 a.m., with most of the protesters leaving after more rounds of tear gas were fired. On Sunday, protests were planned in Tseung Kwan O and Hong Kong Island West, both densely populated residential districts. Saturday's gathering comes after a group of civil servants - ordered to be politically neutral - joined demonstrations on Friday to address protesters' demands, the BBC reported. Two months of demonstrations sparked by the controversial extradition bill have shown no signs of abating. Mass protests began in March over the bill which would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. Although the government has now suspended it, demonstrators want the bill fully withdrawn, and are widening their demands. On kanshi TV channel 772. SATURDAY at 6 :00 pm SUNDAY at 6 :00 pm Ambedkarites News and Views by BUDDHIST INTERNATIONAL MEDIA Mob : 07411 251 804, 07847 307 059
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