The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat strode into the Gyanvapi dispute, saying there was no need to find a ‘Shivling’ in every mosque and start a new dispute every day. He also said that the Gyanvapi matter involves some issues of faith and the court’s decision on it should be accepted by all.
“Why escalate the fight? Why look for a ‘Shivling’ in every Masjid?” Mohan Bhagwat said at RSS’s third-year officer training camp concluding ceremony in Nagpur on Thursday. He said that the RSS had already made it clear that its participation in the Ayodhya agitation was an exception.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat called for a “path through mutual agreement” on the controversy over the filming of the Gyanvapi mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi. The RSS chief’s statement defuses weeks of comments by right-wing groups and leaders that indicated the matter could turn into street mobilisation, making some draw parallels with the demolition of the Babri Masjid in UP’s Ayodhya in 1992.
“Gyanvapi matter is ongoing. We can’t change history. Neither today’s Hindus nor today’s Muslims created it. It happened at that time. Islam came from outside via attackers, in the attacks, they demolished Devsthans to exhaust the morale of those who wanted India’s independence,” Bhagwat said.
“We had special devotion towards some places and we spoke about them, but we shouldn’t bring out a new matter daily. Why should we escalate the dispute? We have devotion towards Gyanvapi and doing something as per that, it’s alright. But why look for Shivling in every masjid?” said the chief of the RSS, short for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP’s ideological mentor.
“If there are issues in mind, it will rise. It is not against anyone…Find out a path through mutual agreement…If a path does not always come out, people approach the court, and if it is done then whatever the court decides should be accepted. We should abide by the decisions, considering our judicial system pious and supreme. We should not question its decisions,” the RSS chief said.
Bhagwat said the RSS is not opposed to any form of worship and considers all of them holy. “We have no opposition against any form of worship; we accept them all and consider all of them holy. They may have adopted that form of worship, but they are descendants of our rishis, munis, and Kshatriyas. We are descendants of the same ancestors,” he said.
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over the mushroom growth of public interest litigations and said frivolous PILs should be nipped in the bud so that the developmental activities are not affected. It is high time that such so-called public interest litigations are nipped in the bud so that the developmental activities in the larger public interest are not stalled, the bench said.
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The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over the ”mushroom growth” of public interest litigations and said frivolous PILs should be nipped in the bud so that the developmental activities are not affected. A vacation bench of Justices B R Gavai and Hima Kohli observed while dismissing petitions against construction activities at the famed Shree Jagannath temple in Puri. The top court said most of the petitions are either publicity interest litigations or personal interest litigation.
”In the recent past, it is noticed that there is a mushroom growth of public interest litigations. However, in many of such petitions, there is no public interest involved at all. The petitions are either publicity interest litigations or personal interest litigation. We highly deprecate the practice of filing such frivolous petitions. They are nothing but an abuse of the process of law.
”They encroach upon a valuable judicial time which could be otherwise utilized for considering genuine issues. It is high time that such so-called public interest litigations are nipped in the bud so that the developmental activities in the larger public interest are not stalled,” the bench said. The top court said construction activity carried out by the Odisha government at Shree Jagannath temple in Puri to provide basic and essential amenities like toilets and cloakrooms are necessary for the larger public interest.
As of now, there are about over a lakh Nigerians living and working in India. These Nigerians have a negative public image because some Nigerians are involved in illegal activities in India such as drug trafficking, drug abuse, prostitution trafficking, fraud and forgery of travel documents, such as passports and visas, and trafficking in stolen documents. There are also hundreds of known Nigerians in various jails across India. Nigeria itself treats its people poorly. They do not care for their people. Why should other people care for them?
Nigerians are involved in drug peddling as are Russians, Israelis, British nationals and yes, some of our beloved fellow Indians. African drug peddlers are just like all the other peddlers out there. India is the most preferred location for education for Nigerians. They come on trading or business Visa or study visas. Once they settle in their herd, they plan an illegal way of luring the Indian gullible population. From fishing to doping, they trap people by extracting money. Africans and especially Nigerians are considered to be economically backward countries; India gives them opportunities to earn money and educate themselves. Most of the Nigerians in India never return. They destroy their passports and stay in their colonies for years. There is no check on their visit.
There are lots of Indians in Nigeria (about 300,000 compared to a lakh of Nigerians in India). These Indians work in Nigeria and many are millionaires. Nigerians are asking a big question of why they are accepting Indians in Nigeria, while Indians are being hostile to Nigerians in India. The biggest reason, Indians never sell drugs, they are nonviolent and above all, they are contributing to the economy of Africa. Most of the Indians in Africa are the investors and business groups who create revenue for their nation. You will hardly find any Indians in foreign jails doing illegal activities.
You will find foreign nationals detained in India’s prisons; most are in for drug-related offences. Dealing with Nigerians is not very easy because a strict action here endangers innocent Indians living in Nigeria. Police officials say Nigerians are aggressive business owners and undeterred by arrest. The police could not penetrate the Nigerian drug gangs that have links with global cartels. Though We Mumbai people are very tolerant of migrants; let it be Bangladeshi or Africans. There are vast places allotted in their name. There are restaurants and trades in Mumbai. They are the representatives of fortune in faraway lands, but the fount of those beckoning fraud emails that promise a lottery win in, all these scammers live in Mumbai’s very own backyard — Mira Road, Pila house, Nagpada and Byculla.
‘Nigerianwadi’ at a 20-minute walk from the Mira Road railway station, the IP addresses of almost all the computers from where these fraud emails originated hint at Mira Road. Mira Road provides the fraudsters with perfect camouflage. A fast-growing suburb, it affords them the anonymity they desperately need and the inexpensive one-room rented flats that go for as little as Rs 5,000 to 8000 a month. The word Nigerianwadi was coined by police officers who were frequently roughed while trying to pick up a suspect in a scam or a drug case. Many of these Nigerians now migrated to other areas, including Nalasopara, Vasai and Virar.
These Nigerians are not only drug addicts, but violent. Police officers openly admit that it scares them to detain Nigerian suspects from the locality. They are physically strong and go to any length to resist cops. The African drug network has been notoriously difficult to tackle, and more often than not, the dealers give cops a slip. But running from the police is not the only way the criminals have held on to the drug trade in Mumbai for so long. Following the example of illegal immigrants across the world, the African drug pushers tear up their passports as soon as they arrive in India to avoid deportation. The peddlers at a time refuse to disclose their nationality, and despite searching their homes, mobile phones, and other belongings, the cops hardly find any clues. The peddlers have even figured out that getting arrested can help them stay on longer in the country. Many of them try to get arrested on purpose since we cannot deport them until the investigation and the court case ends. This could take several months or even years.
African peddlers tell the police that there is so much poverty in their countries that they keep getting arrested so they can stay in India. So far, they have deported only two peddlers to Nigeria since 2017, even though the police arrested 45 African dealers in the same period (29 in 2017 and 16 in 2018). Apart from charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Maharashtra Police Act, the police have now also added offences under the Passport Act, for illegal entry and concealing their citizenship. These Nigerians are a dangerous liability to our country’s economy. Most Nigerians even prefer to stay in brothels. The sex workers find it safe keeping them around, and they are physically strong and can protect these women against any nonsense. Losing at these men and their violent approach, the customers try to be grounded. The cost of keeping them is just space in the corner and two meals. These Nigerians pay a better amount than the local customers, and the sex workers in Mumbai play a crucial role in sheltering these drug peddlers.
At least eight people were injured after a Nigerian man attacked pedestrians with a knife near Mumbai’s Churchgate area on Wednesday. The incident took place at Tata Garden near Parsi Well, when the 50-year-old Nigerian man identified as John was sitting with a woman, suddenly got up and pulled out his knife and started attacking passers-by, said Additional Commissioner of Police South Mumbai, Dilip Sawant.
A street vendor near Tata Garden said, “Nigerian men are a nuisance because most of them are drug peddlers and some of them are mentally unstable. The man who was attacking passers-by was drunk and doped. He lost his passport and most of the time was seen around Tata Garden. They are a danger for local street vendors and people walking on the footpath.”
Social worker and Shiv Sena leader, Asha Mamidi, said, “Most of these men destroy their passports and avoid going back to their nation. Pila house and Kamathipura are their temporary abodes, but since social workers took cognizance of such issues, we forced them to leave the places. Nigerian citizens are mostly indulged in drug peddling and sex packets.”
At least seven to eight people were injured in the incident and one person is reportedly critical, the police added. After receiving the information, the police reached the spot and arrested the man and seized the knife. A video that has surfaced across platforms shows bloodstains on the road where the incident took place. The injured were taken to a government hospital for treatment.
Police are investigating the matter and soon the accused would be produced in the court or deported back to their nation.
Didn't have absolute authority as PM as actual power centre in Pak lies elsewhere, says Imran Khan 6
In an unusual attack on Pakistan’s powerful military, ousted prime minister Imran Khan admitted that his government was a ”weak one” which was ”blackmailed from everywhere” as the power was not with him and ”everyone knows where that is”.
Khan was ousted from power in April after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership, which he alleged was part of a US-led conspiracy targeting him because of his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia, China, and Afghanistan.
In an interview to Bol News on Wednesday, Khan was asked to recall the events of the night of the no-confidence vote against him, who was issuing orders and who had impeded the cases against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders, the Dawn newspaper reported.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief said his government had been ”weak” when it came to power and had to seek coalition partners, adding that if the same situation were to arise again, he would opt for re-elections and seek a majority government or none at all.
”Our hands were tied. We were blackmailed from everywhere. Power wasn’t with us. Everyone knows where the power lies in Pakistan so we had to rely on them,” the 69-year-old cricketer-turned-politician said, without elaborating any further on who he was referring to.
Khan, who came to power in 2018, reportedly with the backing of the military, is the only Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament. He was replaced by PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif.
He said it was imperative for the country to have a ”strong army” due to the threat posed by the enemies but said there was also the need to strike a ”balance” between having a strong army and a strong government.
”We relied on them all the time. They did a lot of good things too but they didn’t do many things that should’ve been done. They have the power because they control institutions such as NAB (National Accountability Bureau), which wasn’t in our control,” he said.
The former prime minister said while his government had the responsibility, it did not have all the power and the authority.
The Pakistan Army, which has ruled the coup-prone country for more than half of its 73-plus years of existence, has hitherto wielded considerable power in the matters of security and foreign policy. However, the army has continuously denied its involvement in politics.
According to experts, Khan, who was ousted on April 10 after the National Assembly passed a no-confidence motion against him, had apparently lost support of the Army after he refused to endorse the appointment of Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as the ISI spy agency chief last year. Finally, he agreed but it soured his ties with the Army.
During the interview, Khan said, ”No management works if I have responsibility but have no complete power and authority. A system works only when responsibility and authority are in one place.” The PTI chief said the current political situation was a problem for the country as well as the establishment. ”If the establishment doesn’t make the right decisions then I can assure in writing that (before everyone else) they and the army will be destroyed because of what will become of the country if it goes bankrupt,” he said.
”Pakistan is going towards a default. If that happens then which institution will be (the worst) hit? The army. After it is hit, what concession will be taken from us? Denuclearisation,” Khan said.
Khan said that if Pakistan were to lose its nuclear deterrent capability, it would be fragmented into three pieces. ”If the right decisions aren’t made at this time then the country is going towards suicide,” he warned.
Prodded further to share his thoughts on the night of the no-confidence vote, Imran declined to go into details and said: ”History never forgives anyone. Things come out. If you ask me, I won’t go into details, but when history will be written then it’ll be counted as such a night in which Pakistan and its institutions were damaged a lot.
”Those same institutions weakened Pakistan which gave it its foundation and strengthened it,” he said.
Khan said he had ”clearly told the neutrals” that the PTI government’s economic performance, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, was nothing short of a ”miracle”.
”I told them if you do this and if this conspiracy (to remove my government) is successful then our economy will go down,” he said.
Khan said the country stood on the cusp of a ”defining moment”, calling it a ”trial for the establishment”. ”Everyone knows they’re the powerbrokers, so they’re on trial. This is a trial of the judiciary and the Supreme Court (as well).”
A jury sided on Wednesday with Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, awarding the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor more than USD 10 million and vindicating his allegations that Heard lied about Depp abusing her before and during their brief marriage.
But in a split decision, the jury also found that Heard was defamed by one of Depp’s lawyers, who accused her of creating a detailed hoax that included roughing up the couple’s apartment to look worse for police. The jury awarded her USD 2 million.
The verdicts bring an end to a televised trial that Depp had hoped would help restore his reputation, though it turned into a spectacle that offered a window into a vicious marriage.
Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken.
“I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It’s a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously,” she said in a statement posted on her Twitter account.
Depp, who was not in court Wednesday, said “the jury gave me my life back. I am truly humbled.” “I hope that my quest to have the truth be told will have helped others, men or women, who have found themselves in my situation, and that those supporting them never give up,” he said in a statement posted to Instagram.
Depp sued Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers said he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name.
The jury found in Depp’s favor on all three of his claims relating to specific statements in the 2018 piece.
Throughout the proceedings, fans who were overwhelmingly on Depp’s side lined up overnight for coveted courtroom seats. Spectators who couldn’t get in gathered on the street to cheer Depp and jeer Heard whenever they appeared outside.
A crowd of about 200 people cheered when Depp’s lawyers came out after the verdict. “Johnny for president!” one man yelled repeatedly.
Greg McCandless, 51, a retired private detective from Reston, Virginia, stood outside the courthouse wearing a pirate hat and red headscarf, a nod to Depp’s famous role as Capt. Jack Sparrow in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series.
“I do believe that there was defamation, and I do believe that it did hurt his career,” McCandless said. “I think the jury heard the evidence, and the verdict was just.” In evaluating Heard’s counterclaims, jurors considered three statements by a lawyer for Depp who called her allegations a hoax. They found she was defamed by one of them, and the lawyer claimed that she and her friends “spilled a little wine and roughed the place up, got their stories straight,” and called the police.
Sydney Porter, 30, drove an hour from her home in Maryland to show support for Heard. She said the verdict was disappointing, but not surprising, and sends a message to women that “as much evidence as you have (of abuse), it’s never going to be enough.” The jury found Depp should receive USD 10 million in compensatory damages and USD 5 million in punitive damages, but the judge said state law caps punitive damages at USD 350,000, meaning Depp was awarded USD 10.35 million.
While the case was ostensibly about libel, most of the testimony focused on whether Heard had been physically and sexually abused, as she claimed. Heard enumerated more than a dozen alleged assaults, including a fight in Australia — where Depp was shooting a “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequel — in which Depp lost the tip of his middle finger, and Heard said she was sexually assaulted with a liquor bottle.
Depp said he never hit Heard and that she was the abuser, though Heard’s attorneys highlighted years-old text messages Depp sent apologizing to Heard for his behavior as well as profane texts he sent to a friend in which Depp said he wanted to kill Heard and defile her dead body.
In some ways, the trial was a replay of a lawsuit Depp filed in the United Kingdom against a British tabloid after he was described as a “wife-beater.” The judge, in that case, ruled in the newspaper’s favor after finding that Heard was telling the truth in her descriptions of abuse.
In the Virginia case, Depp had to prove not only that he never assaulted Heard, but that Heard’s article — which focused primarily on public policy related to domestic violence — defamed him. He also had to prove that Heard wrote the article with actual malice.
And to claim damages, he had to prove that her article caused the damage to his reputation as opposed to any number of articles before and after Heard’s piece that detailed the allegations against him.
The case captivated millions through its gavel-to-gavel television coverage, including impassioned followers on social media who dissected everything from the actors’ mannerisms to the possible symbolism of what they were wearing. Both performers emerge from the trial with reputations in tatters with unclear prospects for their careers.
Eric Rose, a crisis management and communications expert in Los Angeles, called the trial a “classic murder-suicide.” “From a reputation-management perspective, there can be no winners,” he said. “They’ve bloodied each other up. It becomes more difficult now for studios to hire either actor. You’re potentially alienating a large segment of your audience who may not like the fact that you have retained either Johnny or Amber for a specific project because feelings are so strong now.” Depp, a three-time best actor Oscar nominee, had until recent years been a bankable star. His turn as Sparrow helped turn the “Pirates of the Caribbean” into a global franchise, but he’s lost that role. He was also replaced in the third “Fantastic Beasts” spin-off film, “The Secrets of Dumbledore.” Despite testimony at the trial that he could be violent, abusive, and out of control, Depp received a standing ovation Tuesday night in London after performing for about 40 minutes with Jeff Beck at the Royal Albert Hall.
Heard’s acting career has been more modest, and her only two upcoming roles are in a small film and the upcoming “Aquaman” sequel due out next year. Depp’s lawyers fought to keep the case in Virginia, in part because state law provided some legal advantages compared with California, where the two reside. A judge ruled that Virginia was an acceptable forum for the case because The Washington Post‘s printing presses and online servers are in the county.
Anna Hazare receives Newsmakers Achievement Award 2021 9
Kisan Baburao “Anna” Hazare is an Indian social activist who led movements to promote rural development, increase government transparency, and investigate and punish corruption in public life, was awarded the Newsmakers Achievement Award 2021 for Best Social Activist (Lifetime) at Ralegan-Siddhi in a very private event on 31st May. Shri Anna Hazare Ji received this award from Vaidehi Taman, Editor-in-Chief of Afternoon Voice.
While receiving the award, Anna said, “I have a room full of awards and appreciations with me. The true award for me is awareness in people about the cause I am fighting for. I have a lot of expectation from the youth of India that they will fight against the corruption and injustice.”
The case against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi is a political need? 11
If Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are arrested by the present BJP Government, it is almost sure that Congress shall come back with a thumping majority and BJP would be out of power. Congress shall immediately get the sympathy of the people and they would unite all political parties with Congress against BJP. The Janata Party, which came into power in 1977 after defeating Indira Gandhi, committed the mistake of arresting her and it wiped them out in the next election. I am sure BJP will not commit this mistake, particularly when the wind has already started blowing against them.
Modi will not commit such a fatal mistake because it would be a suicidal decision. The case will proceed, as usual, giving no priority. Therefore, the Modi government will keep this case alive to mount pressure and harass the Gandhi family for his political gains. Modi and Shah are a new breed of Indian politicians and difficult to defeat. Modi and Shah’s opponents are yet to be born to challenge them successfully. At this hour the nation has no choice or better option than Modi. BJP is very much aware of this, but still, they want their supremacy. Using ED, IT and CBI they are trying to create stress on opposition leaders. Ahead of elections, they are picking their selective targets through ED.
As per the latest news coming Now, it is being reported that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday summoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with the National Herald money laundering case. While Sonia Gandhi has been asked to depose before the federal agency on June 8, Rahul Gandhi is said to have been asked to appear earlier. The case was registered recently to probe alleged financial irregularities in the party-promoted Young Indian that owns the National Herald newspaper. Earlier the agency recently questioned senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Pawan Bansal as part of the investigation.
The National Herald was a newspaper established by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1938. They regarded it to have served as Nehru’s mouthpiece and that of the then Congress party in the pre-independence era. A company ran the newspaper called Associated Journal (AJPL, also a public entity) when it was shut down in 2008. AJPL was later acquired by Young India, a company set up by Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. The Gandhis account for 78% share of Young India.
By 2008, this newspaper had a debt of around 90 crores, so it closed this newspaper. The chairperson of the newspaper was Moti Lal Vora at the time of closing down. In 2008, they formed a new company using a congress fund of 5 lakhs named Young India. Which comprises 38% shares each for Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. 24% share of Motilal Vora & Others. Moti Lal Vora was treasurer of the Indian National Congress.
Now YOUNG INDIA had a deal with Associated Journals that if they clear all their debt which is 90 crores then they will acquire all the shares of National Herald. The funny part is, the National Congress had funded those 90 crores from their account so they can Acquire the National Herald. In this way, the National Herald was acquired by young India. The estimated cost of properties of the National Herald, which is all over India, was around 15000 crores. Rahul and Sonia Gandhi have a total of 76% share of this company without investing a single penny. The buildings of this newspaper were also used then the UPA Government offices from 2010 to 2014 and estimated earnings from this building are around 60 lakhs per month. Subramanian Swamy alleged the Gandhis have fraudulently acquired AJPL and benefitted to the tune of Rs 1600 crores.
The Congress party likened the BJP rule to the British Raj after the Enforcement Directorate sent a summons to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The agency summoned the Congress stalwarts on June 8. The agency registered the case recently alleging financial irregularities in the company Young Indian which owns the National Herald newspaper. It wants to record the statements under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate recently questioned Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Pawan Bansal in the case. The agency wants to understand the shareholding pattern, financial transactions and role of the holding companies. The agency registered a fresh case under the criminal provisions of the PMLA after a trial court here took cognisance of an Income Tax Department probe against Young Indian Pvt Ltd on the basis of a private criminal complaint filed by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in 2013.
BJP MP Swamy had accused Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others of conspiring to cheat and misappropriate funds with Young Indian Pvt Ltd paying only Rs 50 lakh to obtain the right to recover Rs 90.25 crore that Associate Journals Ltd owed to the Congress. While Sonia Gandhi, 75, has been asked to depose before the federal agency on June 8, Rahul Gandhi is understood to have been asked to appear earlier. The agency had accused former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of illegally allotting land in Panchkula to AJL. The land was allotted in 1982 but was taken back in 1992. Mr Hooda, however, allotted it afresh at the older rate, according to ED. Let’s see what time unfolds.
There is no evidence of money laundering or of any money exchange against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi: Manu Sanghvi 13
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday summoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul Gandhi to appear before it in June regarding a money laundering case relating to the National Herald newspaper. We have summoned Rahul Gandhi on June 2 and Sonia Gandhi on June 8, ED sources said.
Congress MP and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi at a press conference said there is no evidence of money laundering or of any money exchange. The party has accused the Centre of political vendetta and misusing central probe agencies to target the opposition with an eye on assembly elections”This is a strange case of money laundering where no money is involved. The case is more fragile than a pack of cards. We will face it. They do not intimidate us. This reeks of vendetta, pettiness, fear and cheap politics,” Mr Singhvi told reporters.
The agency, officials said, wants to record their statements under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The party has pointed out that there was no money exchange, and only conversion of debt into equity to pay off dues like salaries, etc. The National Herald is published by Associated Journals Limited (AJL) and owned by Young Indian Pvt Limited.ions.
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are firm to honour the ED summons and not delay or seek an adjournment, sources said. “It’s a political, social, economic, and legal battle,” the party has asserted. The central probe agency recently questioned senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Pawan Bansal as part of the investigation.
Tehseen Poonawalla said, “The absolutely shameless ED has summoned Rahul Gandhi and Smt Sonia Gandhi. The ED director’s term was illegally extended by the present union government. The National Herald case is a bogus case.”
Congress leader Randeep Surjewala Stated that the National Herald newspaper in 1942, the British tried to suppress it, today Modi government is also doing the same and ED is being used for this. ED has given notice to our president SoniaGandhi and RahulGandhi. Surjewala said: “By targeting National Herald every now and then, the BJP has disgraced and disrespected freedom fighters as their [BJP’s] predecessors didn’t play a role in India’s Freedom Movement.” He also said that the National Herald newspaper was started in 1942.
“In 2015, the ED closed the National Herald case. But the government didn’t like it and it removed the ED officials concerned, brought in new officials and reopened the case. This is to divert attention from inflation and other raging problems,” Singhvi added.
Nishant Varma, Political Analyst said, “The National Herald case, alleged ‘Money Laundering’ was closed by ED in 2015. Now in 2022 ED summons the top two Politicians of INC, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. As a proven legacy, Modi Govt has used the ‘Independent Agencies’ on several occasions for “Cheap Politics”, this helps them harness pro Hindutva votes. Unfortunately, Modi has played over smart pied piper this time, touching the wrong chord. This matter is unlike the ‘Jain Hawala Case’, wherein LK Advani was pardoned and let off. Herein, the case is politically motivated. Moreover, Chanakya explains well that ‘Over smart rulers tend to take blunderous decisions’ at times. Ever since 2013 Modi has been targeting the “Gandhi’s Damad” in vain, right years down the line, Mr Modi is still desperate to get some output from nowhere. In my opinion, any such desperate measure by ED shall help the INC in creating a huge pro-Congress wave and shall be a death trap for BJP’s national politics, especially in the times when India faces a humongous Economic Crisis and distrust towards Modi growing at Rocket speed. While everyone is bound to abide by the Law and must cooperate, there is a limit to misusing Law enforcement agencies, as a Huge Revolt can get auto instigated in such scenarios, which may prove lethal for Modi and the BJP, although positive for the country to find alternative rulers of India in no time. These summonses provide mixed feelings to critics of the establishment.”
Sunil Kumar, a singer said, “It’s 7-8 years old case of National herald which they found nothing till now. Just to drag on the case further they had to do something to show they are working on it nothing else. National Herald is a congress newspaper started by Pandit Nehru in 1938. it’s now taken over by young India Ltd owned by Indian national Congress.”
The alleged misuse of assets worth over 2,000 crore in an equity transaction is the subject of the National Herald lawsuit. The Gandhis were served with the notice a few days ago. In April, the ED interrogated former Union minister Pawan Bansal and senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge in connection with the National Herald money laundering investigation. In the instance of the acquisition of the Associated Journals Limited (AJL), which ran the Congress mouthpiece, National Herald, by Young Indian Pvt Ltd, accusations of cheating, conspiracy, and criminal breach of trust have been leveled.
AAP leader Satyendar Jain arrest is eye on upcoming election in Himachal Pradesh? 15
Satyendar Jain was supposed to lead the AAP election campaign in Himachal where BJP may lose badly. By arresting Jain, BJP has dented the prospects of Aam Aadmi Party in Himachal. Manish Sisodiya told the media that “Satyendar Jain will be released in a few days as the case is completely fake”.
The probe agency, which investigates financial crimes, alleged that the minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government was involved in hawala transactions with a Kolkata-based firm in 2015-16. The probe agency alleged that the minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government was involved in hawala transactions with a Kolkata-based firm in 2015-16. Kejriwal during an AAP rally in January this year had said his sources have told him that his colleague Satyendar Jain would likely be arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. The arrest also comes nearly two months after properties worth Rs 4.81 crore owned by the Aam Aadmi Party leader and his family were attached by the Enforcement Directorate.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a case against Jain and his family in August 2017 for alleged money laundering up to Rs 1.62 crore. The CBI alleged Jain and his family set up four shell firms – companies with no real business – to launder Rs 11.78 crore in 2011-12 and Rs 4.63 crore in 2015-16. The Enforcement Directorate started its probe into the money laundering allegations based on the CBI’s first information report, or FIR.
The arrest would likely spark a fresh war between Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, a Union Territory, and the central government, which the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and other opposition leaders like Mamata Banerjee and Telangana’s K Chandrashekar Rao have often allegedly used central agencies to harass them.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted this evening the arrest was made with an eye on the upcoming election in Himachal Pradesh, where Mr Jain is the AAP’s in-charge. “A fake case has been run against Satyendar Jain for eight years. Till now ED (Enforcement Directorate) has called many times. In between, ED stopped calling for many years as they did not get anything. Now they started again because Satyendar Jain is the election in-charge of Himachal,” Sisodia twitted.
Back then, Jain had also attacked the BJP-controlled central government and said he was ready to be arrested.
