Farmers Too Flag March In Haryana

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Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh president Shiv Kumar Sharma

Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh president Shiv Kumar Sharma claimed that more than 130 farmers’ unions have pledged to support the stir. “This has now become a nationwide agitation. We have named the protest ‘Gaon Bandh’,” he said. Sharma said that farmers will not “go to cities, as we don’t want to heckle the normal lives”.

Sharma also made an appeal to all the businessmen of cities to observe Bharat Bandh on June 10 till 2 pm. “We would like to request all the businessmen of cities to close their shops till 2 pm & pay tribute to farmers who have lost their lives in previous years,” he said.

Flag March in Haryana

The first day of the ten-day long agitation that began today has seen farmers in different states disrupt the supply of essential commodities like vegetables, fruits and milk to protest against the government and press for their demands like higher minimum support price (MSP), pan-India loan waiver and adequate compensation for their damaged crop. The protest coincides with the first anniversary of the killing of seven farmers in police firing in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur. The Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh has claimed that at least 150 unions have pledged to support the agitation. In Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, farmers were seen dumping vegetables on roads and spilling milk. In Haryana’s Dhangar village in Bhiwani, police had to hold a flag march after they learned that miscreants were blocking the movement of traffic on National Highway 9. However, the Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh said that farmers are protesting peacefully and that they will not block any roads.

 

farmers Spilling Milk on roads
Farmers spilling milk on roads in Ahmednagar and Ludhiana Punjab

In Ahmednagar of Maharashtra, scores of farmers have joined the agitation. The are spilling milk on the roads and wasting vegetables. In Punjab also, reports said that farmers have joined the stir demanding adequate price for their produce.

 

BJP don’t needs friends : Thakrey

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In a jolt to its ally Shiv Sena, the BJP on Thursday won the bypoll to Maharashtra’s Palghar Lok Sabha seat by defeating the candidate of the Uddhav Thackeray-led party by 29,572 votes.

BJP’s Rajendra Gavit polled 2,72,782 votes against 2,43,210 by Shrinivas Wanaga of Sena.

Addressing a presser just after bypoll results here, Sena chief hit out at the BJP saying though it has won the byelections but the victory margin of the saffron party has reduced and 60 per cent of the voters have rejected it.

“When the BJP won the Palghar Lok Sabha seat in 2014, the victory margin was of lakhs of votes. Today, they barely managed to win by a few thousand votes,” Thackeray told reporters here, after his party’s candidate lost the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll.

“Out of over 8 lakh people who voted in Palghar, over 6 lakh rejected the BJP,” he said.

Before the press meet, there emerged reports that the Sena chief might ask his ministers to resign from the Devendra Fadnavis-led Shiv Sena-BJP coalition government in Maharashtra. However, Thackeray refrained from commenting over it.

He, however, said the BJP doesn’t need friends. Reacting to which, Fadnavis said as the elections are over, Sena should not talk about the past. The chief minister said the BJP is always for an alliance, but it’s upon Sena to decide.

Thackeray also launched an attack on BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who campaigned for the saffron party in Palghar.

Referring to BJP’s defeat in bypolls in past and on Thursday, he said: “Yogi Adityanath is losing in his own state and he is coming to campaign here (in Maharashtra). Janta ne Yogi ji ki masti utaar di hai.”

Last week, Thackeray had slammed Adityanath for not removing his footwear while garlanding a photo of Shivaji. In Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, he said he felt like hitting Adityanath with his own footwear.

Both BJP and Sena were involved in an ugly war of words during the campaigning for the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll.

Shiv Sena on Thursday said that they have no issues with former President Pranab Mukherjee accepting the RSS invitation

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May 31, 2018  

The Shiv Sena on Thursday said that the party has no issues with former President Pranab Mukherjee accepting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) invitation for an event in Nagpur, adding that there shouldn’t be any controversy around it.
“Congress’ Mani Shankar Aiyar earlier went to Pakistan and spoke to anti-India outfits. Other Congress members have also talked to outfits like Hurriyat. One may have ideological differences with RSS, but it is a nationalist organisation. If they invite the former President, there should be no controversy around it,” Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut told ANI.
“RSS has contributed towards the welfare of the society. So, these discussions have no meaning,” Raut added.
His comments come after Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and C. K. Jaffer Sharief wrote to Pranab Mukherjee requesting him to refrain from attending the RSSevent scheduled later this month.
Congress leader P Chidambaram also requested him to enlighten the RSS on what is wrong with their ideology.
“Now that he (Pranab Mukherjee) has accepted the invitation, there is no point debating why he accepted it. A more important thing to say is, sir you have accepted the invitation, please go there and tell them what is wrong with their ideology,” Chidambaram said at an event in Delhi.
The former President will address the Third Year Sangha Shiksha Varga (SSV) on June 7, which is held annually at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur.

BJP concedes defeat as united Opposition trumps party

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Kairana bypolls: The battle for Kairana was expected to be a close contest between Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mriganka Singh and Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Tabassum Hasan. However, after a tough fight that the initial trends indicated, Hasan took a massive lead of over 50,000 votes handing BJP its third loss in the state this year after the defeat in Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls.

Talking about her win, Tabassum said that this will clear the path to a win for the united opposition in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “This is the victory of truth. I still stand by what I said, there has been a conspiracy and we do not want any future elections to be conducted on EVM machines. The path for united opposition is clear in 2019,” she said, while adding that the people of Kairana have buried BJP.

She added that the margin of victory would have been bigger EVMs didn’t falter. She said that this will be a victory of truth over lies. “Our margins would have been greater if the EVMs didn’t falter. Repolling also helped us by 20,000 votes. This will be a victory of truth over lies — our truth versus their 4 years of lies. All parties coming together for the people worked,” Hasan added.

Tabassum Hasan had contested for the first time in 2009 Lok Sabha election on a BSP ticket, months after losing her husband in a car crash in Haryana. Her husband Munawwar Hasan was a popular leader in Kairana and had an intense rivalry with Hukum Singh.

In 2014, the 47-year-old leader stepped aside, allowing her son Nahid to contest the election on a Samajwadi Party ticket against Hukum Singh. However, Hukum Singh won the election riding on the ‘Modi wave’ as BJP got a historic mandate.

Tabassum had her revenge in the ensuing Assembly bypoll, which Hukum Singh had vacated as Nahid became the SP MLA by beating Hukum Singh’s nephew Anil Chauhan. He won the seat again in 2017, this time against Hukum Singh’s daughter Mriganka.

The Kairana seat fell vacant after the death of Hukum Singh, whose daughter Mriganka Singh was the BJP candidate. Meanwhile, Tabassum Hasan was supported by the Congress, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party.

The Kairana bye-election is the fourth Lok Sabha bypolls in the state since 2014. Apart from Gorakhpur and Phulpur, a bye-election was also held in Mainpuri in 2014.

Easy victory for Shahnawaz Alam

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Thwarting JDU in Bihar’s Jokihat assembly constituency, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party Rashtriya Janta Dal registered a comfortable victory.

RJD candidate Shahnawaz Alam won the Jokihat assembly by-poll with a margin of 41,224 votes.

Tejashwi Yadav on the occasion said  “JDU fielded a candidate who was accused of rape and theft both. This is people’s response to Nitish Kumar’s insult to their mandate. He deserted the grand alliance that was elected to power and went to side with BJP instead, this is people’s answer to that.”

“Those who talk big about the face value and charisma of Nitish Kumar, they should know that only 499 votes went in JDU’s coffer this time.  Nitish has lost three by-polls ever since he has sided with BJP,” he said.

After 10 rounds of the ongoing ballot counting, Shahnawaz Alam had established the comfortable lead over Janata Dal-United’s Murshid Alam.

The Jokihat seat fell vacant following the resignation of JD-U MLA Sarfaraz Alam, who joined the RJD.

Apart from RJD and JDU candidates, a third Independent candidate Mohammad Shabbir is also in the fray.

Voting for the seat took place on Monday.
The JD-U was backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while the RJD had the support of the Congress and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) of former Chief Minister of Jitan Ram Manjhi.

Jokihat is a Muslim-dominated Assembly constituency, considered stronghold of former Union Minister and Shahnawaz Alam’s father Mohammad Taslimuddin, who died last year leading to bypolls in Araria Lok Sabha seat.

Shahkot Bypoll Result Today

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Chandigarh 31.05.2018

The Shahkot Assembly bypoll results, which will be out tomorrow, is being seen as a popularity test for the 14-month-old Congress government in Punjab, with opposition SAD striving to retain its stronghold.

The bypoll was necessitated following the demise of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Ajit Singh Kohar in February this year.

While the SAD is striving to retain its pocket borough from where Kohar was elected five-times, the results for the ruling Congress in Punjab is being seen as a barometer for the popularity of the 14-month-old Amarinder Singh dispensation.

During the bypoll, the opposition party had accused the Congress of misusing official machinery against political opponents.

The AAP, which faced a humiliating defeat in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll and civic polls, is desperately looking for a victory in Shahkot.

The Congress is confident of maintaining the winning momentum by wresting the seat from rival SAD.

latest: 9:55 am

Congress candidate Hardev Singh Laddi has increased his lead over rivals by 8500 votes after completion of fourth round of counting.

In the fourth round, he surged ahead by another 2700 votes.

BJP Leads In 2 Maharashtra, Behind In UP’s Kairana Seat

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Chandigarh: 31.05.2018

  The BJP is leading in Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, early leads show. But in Kairana, the united opposition has pulled ahead. In UP’s Noorpur assembly seat, the Samajwadi Party candidate is ahead. Polling in the two parliamentary seats on Monday was marred by complaints of faulty EVMs or electronic vote machines at many booths. Repolling was held in 73 polling stations of Kairana and 49 booths in Bhandara-Gondiya yesterday. Nearly 20 per cent of VVPAT or Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines, which eject slips confirming voters’ choices, were replaced on both seats.

  1. In Kairana, where it is a direct contest between a united opposition and the BJP, 384 faulty VVPATs were replaced. Both sides took their complaints of malfunctioning machines to the Election Commission, after which repolling was ordered.
  2. Tabassum Hasan, the opposition candidate belonging to the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in Kairana, had even alleged that faulty machines in Muslim and Dalit-dominated areas – claimed to be opposition strongholds – had not been replaced. The allegations were rejected by the district magistrate.
  3. The Kairana by-election, a seat BJP won in 2014, is seen as a testing ground for opposition unity ahead of the 2019 elections in a state that sends the maximum number of lawmakers to parliament. After sworn rivals Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BJP) came together to win bypolls to the BJP bastions of Gorakhpur and Phulpur earlier this year, the Congress and RLD have joined the bandwagon in Kairana.
  4. Amid widespread failure of vote machines, opposition leaders like Akhilesh Yadav of SP and Praful Patel of the NCP, which has fielded its candidate in Bhandara-Gondiya, renewed their pitch for using ballot papers instead in the 2019 polls. The Election Commission, which has blamed the malfunction partly on the extreme heat, has ruled it out.
  5. Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat told NDTV that the machines are new and had been deployed for the first time, and would stabilize by 2019. He also apportioned blame to the training of election staff to use the machines.
  6. Bypoll to Maharashtra’s Palghar Lok Sabha seat, which was held by the BJP, has further strained its ties with ally Shiv Sena after it fielded the late BJP lawmaker’s son. The only parliamentary seat in Nagaland, vacated by BJP ally who is now Chief Minister, also voted in Monday’s by-election.
  7. Polling was also held for 10 assembly seats in nine states, Noorpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jokihat (Bihar), Tharali (Uttarakhand), Gomia and Silli (Jharkhand), Maheshtala (West Bengal), Ampati (Meghalaya), Palus Kadegaon  (Maharashtra), Shahkot (Punjab) and Chengannur (Kerala).
  8. In Bihar’s Jokihat, the bypoll is seen as a prestige battle for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the sitting JD(U) lawmaker quit the party and joined the RJD after Mr Kumar joined hands with the BJP last year.
  9. In Maheshtala, a seat held by the Trinamool, the bypoll result will be significant as the ruling party anticipates its vote share going down, though it seems confident of a win. The BJP expects to shore up its vote count in a state where it’s keen on getting a toehold ahead of 2019. Polling, which took place under the watch of paramilitary forces, was peaceful as opposed to violence during the panchayat elections a fortnight ago.
  10. It is a three-way contest in Kerala’s Chengannur, where the opposition Congress is keen on reclaiming ground it lost to the ruling CPM two years ago. After breaching the Left bastion in Tripura earlier this year, the BJP is hoping to do better than in 2016 when it won nearly 16 per cent votes in the assembly polls.

वकीलों और राजनैतिक रवैये से जन साधारण ह्ल्कान

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जयपुर : 30.05.2018

एक ओर बार एसोसिएशन जयपुर  उदयपुर में हाई कोर्ट की अतिरिक्त पीठ स्थापित किये जाने के विरोध में  अपनी हडताल को ले कर चर्चा में है.दूसरी ओर उदयपुर ओर कोटा  एसोसिएशन हाई कोर्ट की अतिरिक्त पीठ स्थापित करने के लिए अड़ गई है ओर अपनी मांगें मनवाने के लिए विरोध प्रदर्शन कर रही है.

इस मसले को फिलहाल  केवल टालने के लिए मुख्यमंत्री ने एक समिति गठित की है .

इसमें स्पष्ट दिखाई दे रहा है कि चाहे  दोनों शहरों के वकील हों या फिर मुख्यमंत्री सभी अपने अपने हितों को ही ध्यान में रखे हुए हैं. न तो वकील ही अपने मव्क्किलों के प्रति संवेदनशील हैं और राज्य के राजनैतिक नेतृत्व को तो केवल आगामी चुनाव दिखाई दे रहे हैं. समिति  गठित कर मुख्यमन्त्री ने बहुत ही चतुराई से काम लिया है जिससे की वकील शांत रहे और आगामी कुछ  दिनों तक इसे टाला जा सके. ज्ञात रहे अगले दो दिनों में न्यायालय में गर्मियों की छुट्टियाँ शुरू होने वाली हैं.

राजस्थान हाईकोर्ट बार एसोसिएशन ने उदयपुर मे हाईकोर्ट की बेंच खोलने की संभावनाएं तलाशने के लिये राज्य सरकार द्वारा गठित कमेटी के विरोध मे हाईकोर्ट बार एसोसिएशन ने सेशन न्यायालय तक वाहन रैली निकाली तथा दी बार एसोसिएशन जयपुर ने उदयपुर में हाईकोर्ट की बेंच खोले जाने के लिए बनाई गई कमेटी के राज्य सरकार के निर्णय के विरोध में अधिवक्ताओं द्वारा निकाली गई वाहन रेली का बार एसोसिएशन अध्यक्ष राजेश कर्नल व महासचिव नरपत सिंह ने पुष्प वर्षा व जलपान के साथ भव्य स्वागत किया, यह जान कारी वरिष्ठ अधिवक्ता श्री दिनेश पाठक ने दी.
श्री पाठक ने बताया कि सरकार के निर्णय का घोर विरोध करते हुए अभिलंब शीर्ष नेतृत्व से मिलकर समस्या को खत्म करने की बात कही है वाहन रैली मे हजारो अधिवक्ताओं ने भाग लिया ! उधर कोटा मे हाईकोर्ट की बेंच खोले को लेकर कोटा सम्भाग के अधिवक्ता आन्दोलनरत है तो उदयपुर के अधिवक्ता भी उदयपुर मे बेंच खोले जाने के लिये आन्दोलन कर रहे है जिसके विरोध मे जोधपुर के अधिवक्ता उदयपुर मे बेंच खोले जाने को लेकर सरकार द्वारा बनायी कमेटी के निर्णय के विरोध मे हडताल पर है जिससे समूचे राजस्थान मे वकीलो की हडताल का माहौल बना है जिससे आम जन को न्याय प्राप्त करने काफी परेशानी का सामना करना पड रहा है.

 

Scared PC in court for relief

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Another senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, also a former minister, represented P Chidambaram in court.

 

 

Former union minister P Chidambaram today moved a Delhi court for protection from arrest in the Aircel Maxis money-laundering case in which his son Karti Chidambaram is an accused. The court has told the Enforcement Directorate that no coercive action can be taken against Mr Chidambaram until the next hearing on June 5.

The senior Congress leader has to appear for the hearing.

Another senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, also a former minister, represented Mr Chidambaram in court.

The Enforcement Directorate is investigating foreign investment clearance granted in 2006 to the Aircel-Maxis deal, when Mr Chidambaram was finance Minister in the Congress-led central government.

Karti Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI in February this year.

According to the CBI charge-sheet, Mauritius-based Global Communication Services Holdings, a subsidiary of Maxis, had sought approval for an investment of 800 million dollars in Aircel.

Though a cabinet panel led by the Prime Minister should have cleared the deal, the CBI said, the approval was granted by the Finance Minister at the time.

The CBI also alleges that Rs. 26 lakh was paid by Aircel Televentures Limited to a company allegedly linked to Karti Chidambaram days after the approval by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB).

Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav on Tuesday warned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face the anger of the farmers in the 2019 general elections.

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He made the remarks at a meeting arranged by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee which marked June 5 as ‘Mandsaur Shaheed Kisan Smriti Diwas’ as six farmers were killed in the police firing in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur in 2017.

Criticising the inaction of the Madhya Pradesh government, he said that six farmers and a child named Abhishek were killed by police, but “to this day no concrete action was taken against the police officers responsible for this heinous murder”.

Last year farmers demanding the better price for the crops triggered the widespread protest in Mandsaur, in which six people killed in police firing. Initially the Madhya Pradesh government denied police firing but finally Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan confirmed it

The committee members demanded the immediate arrest of the of police personnel responsible for the killing of the six farmers.

The committee also met President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday and urged him to immediately pass the two bills prepared by the farmers of the country and asked him to arrange a parliament session to resolve the agrarian crisis.

Briefing the media about the interaction with the President, AIKS leaders said 21 political parties have signed their support for the bills and expressed confidence in passing both the bills.

Describing the four years regime of the prime minister as anti-farmer, V.M. Singh, the national President of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan said: “Modi should immediately waive the crop loans of the farmers unconditionally in one go.”

Expressing disappointment at the rising fuel prices, he said that this has terribly hit the farmers, most of whom use diesel generators as there is absence of electricity in most of the villages.