Archives for April 2019

Patna, Apr 26 (UNI) A local court today recorded the statement of deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on oath in a defamation case filed by him against Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Shashikant Rai recorded the statement of Mr Modi in the defamation case filed against Mr Gandhi.

Besides it, Mr Modi also produced a CD containing recording of Mr Gandhi`s statement before the court through his counsel Arjun Kumar.

He also submitted an application through his counsel to the court praying for issuance of summon to Congress president as sufficient evidence was available for taking cognisance against him and also for issuing summon to him in the case. The counsel contended that the court should issue summon to Mr Gandhi as he was not present in the court.
After the hearing on application, the court reserved its judgement.
As it is, Mr Modi had filed a complaint petition in the court of chief judicial magistrate on April 18 this year. In the petition, Mr Modi had pointed out that Mr Gandhis statement asking why all people with Modi surname were thieves. Congress president had made the statement while addressing an election meeting in Karnataka amount to defamation. Mr Modi in his statement made in the court on oath had said that Mr Gandhis comment had caused damage to his prestige and dignity even as people had started suspecting him and ridiculing him after it.

New Delhi : In the series of celebrities teaming up with the BJP, Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi also joined the BJP on Friday.

All BJP candidates from Delhi — Harsh Vardhan from Chandni Chowk, Manoj Tiwari from North-east Delhi, Pravesh Verma from West Delhi, Ramesh Bidhuri from South Delhi, Meenakshi Lekhi from New Delhi, ex-cricketer Gautam Gambhir from East Delhi and Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans from North west Delhi — were present on the occasion.

Party national vice president Shyam Jaju and Union Minister Vijay Goel were also present on the occasion.

A few days back, actor Sunny Deol has joined the saffron party and is being fielded from Gurdaspur in Punjab.
Daler Mehndi is best known for his energetic dance songs, his distinctive voice, turban and long flowing robes.

Chennai : DMK President M.K.Stalin on Friday demanded the AIADMK government to probe the sexual assault complaint in Perambalur district where innocent women were allegedly lured to a lodge with promise of job interviews, sexually abused them and then forced for further sexual favours to a ruling party leader.

In a statement issued here, Mr Stalin said a complaint was lodged by an advocate P Arul with Perambalur police on Sunday last and the affected women were not voicing out their trauma for fear of social repercussion.

The DMK President alleged that the the police are trying to cover up the case lodged against the sex predators.

Even as the Pollachi sexual abuse-cum-blackmail case is yet to reach a conclusion, the Sexual assault complaint has come to light in Perambalur district.

He said after May 23, there will be a change of government in the state and the new government will investigate and take serious action against those officials who watered down the case against the Pollachi and Perambalur sexual abuse-cum-blackmail culprits.

The Advocate in his complaint said, a group of men would befriend housewives and college girls and lure them to lodges on the pretext of job interview and sexually assault them.

The sexual assault is videographed and then the victims are blackmailed for further sexual favours.

Mr Stalin also demanded the state government to arrest the culprits involved in the sexual assault.

By : Manohar Yadavatti

Belagavi : hitherto known as Belgaum district bordering Maharashtra on one side and Goa on the other is an interesting, lively and a piquant portion of land well known and notoriously known for many a reason continues to reel under severe threat if at all you wish to ponder about democracy and civilian rights.The district is again back in headlines following the renewal of Ramesh Jharkiholi, former district minister and Gokak Congress MLA’s threat to bid adieu to the Congress party and join the Bharatiya Janata Party. This is not for the first time that the disgruntled Congress legislator is making his public stance clear for he had done so during the fag end of the previous year as well.

In fact, he was camping at a Mumbai private five-star hotel for weeks together along with a handful of Congress MLAs’ who was then seriously pondering over the issue of crossing over to the saffron party under the ‘Operation Lotus’ strategy of the BJP.However, the switching over didn’t take place as feared in some quarters of political circles and the Janata Dal-Secular(JDS) led Congress supported state coalition government managed to survive an imminent threat of very existence for the time being.HD Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister had himself proclaimed after taking over the reins of the state: I really do not know whether this government will complete its full term or not but one thing of which I am very much sure is that it will survive till the general elections to the Lok Sabha are over!

Now that the Parliamentary polls are over and hectic political developments have begun with the utterances of Ramesh Jharkiholi and the like it may not be a big wonder if the count down for the collapse of the JDS-INC government is already in progress.Sometime back there were whispers within the political sphere hinting at the possibilities of the coalition government being toppled after the announcement of Lok Sabha elections and a National Democratic Alliance(NDA) regime assuming office at the Center.But the way swift developments have commenced in the political field it may not be a big surprise if the coalition government is dislodged even much before that pre-planned schedule.
Belagavi’s history is literally wonderful as the land is renowned for warriors like Sangolli Rayanna, Kittur Rani Chennamma, Belavadi Mallamma among many others. All of them fought the British before being martyred. If Rani Chennamma was the queen of Kittur kingdom, Sangolli Rayanna was the chieftain of her army and man behind her military success.Belavadi Mallamma has the unique distinction of forming an all women’s army which feat hardly has any parallel in the pages of history. While the heroic personalities sacrificed their lives fighting against British the same kingdoms also gave birth to traitors who befriended, tipped and ensured the English rulers nab the former.

Perhaps bravery and the qualities of becoming a traitor are inherent and part and parcel of the lifestyle of the people here.The heroism of the local people continued in a very big way during freedom struggle also as the district boasts of a huge number of tall personalities who took part in it. Likewise many Khadi and Village industries, part of the Gandhian movement continue to remain while some of them like the ones at Sureban of Ramadurg Taluk remain on the deathbed.

If Belagavi is popular for the sweet Kunda, so is Gokak for Kardant full of dry fruits and Ladgi Undi(Laddu). Gokak is also known for its picturesque Gokak Falls, more than a century old Hanging Bridge over the Ghataprabha river and wood artifacts.The people here are highly regarded when it comes to generosity and hospitality as they go to any extent to make their guests happy.Well, there’s another extreme in human relations as the same district till recently was notoriously known for the highest number of murders in the state.

Gokak and Bailhongal Taluks vied with one another in topping this list and most of these fatal crimes took place for the greed of land, property, and lust for the fair sex.Thanks to more than two dozen co-operative and private sugar mills, it goes without saying that the soil here is much fertile enriched by many rivers and rivulets.India maybe 72 years old but not Belagavi district, lament many votaries for freedom of expression as they confess: Belagavi hasn’t got any freedom till date as people are scared to express their opinion on anything in open!The district people have been living in constant fear when it comes to expressing their views about the handful of politically dominant families and don’t even open their mouth if you are considered a rank outsider!

Late Vasantrao Patil remained a terror as long as he enjoyed his political innings with Congress, Old Congress, and the Janata Party. He also holds the dubious distinction of ditching all these party leaders apart from toppling the state government a couple of times.Umesh Katti, former minister, BJP leader and Prakash Hukkeri, Chikkodi INC MP hail from rich families and are related having a considerable clout on district politics in their own way.Likewise, are the Jharkiholi brothers. Ramesh is the first son of his father’s first wife while Satish, Balachandra, Bhimashi, and Lakhan are the sons of the second wife.

Ramesh is Gokak Congress MLA while Bhimashi had contested against him during 2008 Assembly elections as a BJP candidate but now with the Congress.Balachandra is the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Arabhavi and former minister. If Ramesh has been a Congressman since his inception to politics Satish and Balachandra have switched over to Congress and BJP from Janata Pariwar.
Now Ramesh has challenged his younger brother Ramesh Jharkiholi, Forest and district in-charge minister of contesting from Yamakanamaradi, home turf of the latter.Unlike the well to do political families, the Jharkiholis’ have occupied the corridors of power from rags to riches background and the Neo rich have spread their tentacles in all possible spheres of life thus making the lives of many possible adversaries miserable.

Many a political onlooker rubbish the public diatribe among the Jharkiholi brothers: The Jharkiholi brothers are known for enacting political drama like no one else could ever dare of. They enjoy power irrespective of which party takes over the reins in the state…
…The present fiasco is just one more card they are playing just to keep clinging to power as all of them remain united as a family irrespective of their mudslinging outside…

Bengaluru : The Bharatiya Janata Party Central Election Committee is expected to announce party candidates by evening on Friday for the two assembly seats for which Byelection are scheduled to be held on May 19.
BJP party sources here said that the Central leaders are expected to endorse the names recommended by the State Core Committee yesterday.
The Core Committee has recommended Chikkanagoudar for the Kundagol Assembly seat, while the names of Ramachandra Jadhav and Dr Avinash Jadhav, both family members of the former Congress MLA, Dr Umesh Jadhav, who had joined the Saffron party recently and caused the byelection to Chincholi Assembly seat.
The byelection to Kundagol was caused following the death of the Congress MLA and Minister C S Shivalli recently.
The State Congress leaders are yet to finalise its candidates for both the Assembly seats, as there are several aspirants.
The JD(S), alliance partner in the coalition government, has decided not to contest but extend its unconditional support to the Congress candidates.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said that now TV anchors in support of Modi are unable to keep up with the PM’s acting expectations, he has roped in a real actor for the job.

HYDERABAD: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, while taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘apolitical’ interview with actor Akshay Kumar, said, “Now that the TV anchors in support of Modi are unable to keep up with the PM’s acting expectations, he has roped in a real actor for the job.” 

Criticising the PM for farmers suicide and unemployment in the country, Owaisi said, “He (Modi) called the actor to his home, and got himself interviewed in the lush green gardens, with peacocks singing and cooing in the background.

In the interview he claims that he doesn’t sleep for more than four hours in a day. If that was the case, why are farmers committing suicide? Why were 50 kg of explosives found in Pulwama? How come two crore youths are still unemployed?”

Agencies