CAG report demolishes claim of Chouhan government, exposes major lapses in healthcare, Vyapam

March 27, 2017

The report has ignited a political storm in Madhya Pradesh where the Vyapam scam is still a raw wound for the government and a soft target for the opposition.

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On the last day of the budget session of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on March 24, Comptroller and Auditor General of India demolished the claim of the BJP ruled state government that Madhya Pradesh has ceased to be a "Bimaru Rajya".

The report which was tabled in the house pulled up the state government on two major counts. The two issues relate to health care, particularly in rural areas and various factors pertaining to the Vyapam scam.

In a major embarrassment to the Madhya Pradesh government, CAG has punched holes in the implementation of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

A newspaper reporting CAG's comment about health care said that it has caused a major embarrassment to the state government. Normally CAG reports are only tabled in the Vidhan Sabha but this time CAG report was released at a press conference.

The report found state government's claim about health care in rural areas hollow and baseless.

The central audit revealed financial irregularities and misappropriation of central funds for the project. The Centre gave Rs 5,269.70 crore to the state in the last fiscal year to revamp rural healthcare but the state failed on a host of key parameters.

Infant mortality rate (IMR) in the state was 51 per 1,000, live births and maternal mortality rate (MMR) stood at a shocking 221 per 1,00,000, way higher than the national average (40 and 167 respectively). The report said the shortfall in providing maternal, child and reproductive healthcare services resulted in the failure in achieving targets.

Out of 93.72 lakh pregnant women registered for ante-natal care during 2011-16, only 52.51 lakh (56 per cent) were registered within first trimester of pregnancies and 19.44 lakh (21 per cent) pregnant women did not undergo three check-ups. As a result, well-being and the progress of fetal growth could not be ascertained in such cases.

HIV testing of 47.27 lakh and VDRL testing of 60.34 lakh pregnant women were not conducted.

As many as 28 per cent women were discharged within 48 hours of delivery in public institutions, says the report, and only 35.21 lakh (55 per cent) mothers received post-partum check-up between 48 hours and 14 days after delivery due to the "apathetic attitude of service providers", it adds.

Against 93.72 lakh registered pregnancies during 2011-16, there were only 69.83 lakh deliveries. The case of missing deliveries may have an impact on the skewed sex ratio of 52:48 at birth in the state.

There was shortfall of 16-21 per cent in targets set for child immunisation against seven vaccine-preventable diseases due to lack of awareness among parents and failure to mobilise women/ children by the administration, the report points out. Out of 69.25 lakh live births, only 39.30 lakh (57 per cent) infants were provided hepatitis B vaccine due to lack of storage facilities.

The State did not achieve the targeted total fertility rate (TFR) due to under-performance in family planning programme, says CAG. Against 3.03 lakh male sterilisations planned during 2011-16, only 0.83 lakh (27 per cent) were performed. Female sterilization was a shade better at 43 per cent and 22 per cent of target (minilap and post-partum). There was a 42 per cent shortfall in distribution of contraceptive pills and 49 per cent in condoms.

The CAG has also severely criticised the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government on a string of "irregularities" concerning Vyapam — from the government's alleged "dual stand" and how central auditors were stopped from accessing its records to "arbitrary appointments" and alleged lack of financial accountability.

The report has ignited a political storm in Madhya Pradesh where the Vyapam scam is still a raw wound for the government and a soft target for the opposition.

"While the MP government disowned and distanced itself from Vyapam, on the other hand it was in full control of the examination board for all practical purposes… The shadowy control (on Vyapam) has led to a situation where there was severe erosion in the credibility of exams conducted by board," CAG observed in its latest report for 2015-16.

In a scathing remark, the report points out that the state government" did not take any remedial measures" by framing rules/regulations to prevent irregularities even after the Vyapam scam.

While the government seemed numbed by the report — no one was willing to give a comment — Congress seized the opportunity. Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh said, "This is a very damning report. The Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP government now stands fully exposed."

The CAG has recommended that the state government investigate cases of irregularities in appointment of officers to the board and hike in pay of officers. It also suggests Vyapam be brought to the level of a public service commission/staff selection commission.

The appointments of director and controller were made by "systemic subversion of rules", resulting in undue favour to certain individuals, it says. Dr Yogesh Uprit and Dr Pankaj Trivedi were appointed to these posts directly on orders of the then minister "in contravention of the rules".

The delay in establishment of statutory Board, "defeated the purpose of providing greater authority and credibility" to the Professional Examination Board in Madhya Pradesh. The state legislature passed the Vyapam Act in August 2007 but the government established the statutory board under this Act only in March 2016 — after a delay of more than eight years.

Recruitment examinations for state-level posts were transferred to Vyapam in April 2003 in an "unprecedented manner", the CAG report says. There was no augmentation of manpower/established system to handle the new function. This hampered conduct of examination by the board.

Conduct of recruitment examination — a primary function of the government to ensure free and fair recruitment to its own services, which was till now being conducted by PSC/government departments — was "jettisoned in favour of an institution that was neither statutory nor independent, nor functioned under well laid out regulations", it points out. This went against well established judicial and constitutional pronouncements, it says.

The state government did not take any remedial measures by framing rules/regulations to prevent irregularities even after Vyapam reported some cases of irregularities in conduct of examination.

There was no evidence that the government ensured the integrity of IT-based system used in the examination conducted by the board. Early on, the government decided that the audit would not be entrusted to CAG as it was presumed that the 'AG was very busy'. AG was not consulted in the matter.

The fund of the board was kept outside government account and it was not subjected to budgetary control of the legislature. The board, however, had no hesitation in transferring Rs 13.75 crore fund to other organisations for activities not connected with Vyapam. (IPA Service)

UP police raid Muslim weddings parties serving mutton or chicken, threaten ‘strict action’: Inquilab report

March 27, 2017

Terrorising Muslims in the name of meat trade or consumption, Kasgunj police warn that if chicken, mutton or biryani is served at wedding festivities strict action will be taken against the family head; lakhs face unemployment. A translation of the report published by the Urdu daily.

Representation Image: Indian Express

Under the pretext of shutting down illegal slaughter houses dealing with buffalo meat (slaughter of cow or its progeny has been banned in UP for years), the UP police is targeting even those engaged in the sale of mutton or chicken. In response the affected meat trading community has launched an indefinite strike which is likely to gather more supporters on Monday. The strike leaders say an attempt is being made to draw in those who deal in the fish trade.

Even as the clampdown by the UP government has jeopardised the livelihood of lakhs engaged in the meat business, vegetable prices are expected to shoot up in the coming days.

“If Muslims were to stop trading in and consuming meat for a year it will bring the communalists’ to their senses”: Maulana Mehmood Madni

The police are terrorising people under cover of Yogi Adityanath government’s directive to shut down all illegal slaughter houses, abattoirs and butcher shops.

The Inquilab has received reports that even wedding parties are being raided by the cops. Muslims are being warned that strict action will be taken against the family head if any kind of meat is served to guests at a wedding.

As a result no chicken, mutton, curry or biryani is being served at Muslim marriages in the last few days. Harassed Muslims are complaining that police have been raiding wedding parties in cities and qasba towns. Following the police warning of stern action, only vegetarian food (poori-sabzi) is currently being served at Muslim weddings.

Guests were about to join the baraat (wedding procession) of Mohammed Alam, son of Chuttan Qureishi in Sahawar qasba (Kasgunj district) on Sunday. The baraat was to proceed to the bride’s place in Ajhani qasba in Badayun district.

Just then the Sahawar police arrived at the bridegroom’s place to warn that no non-vegetarian food should be served at the wedding feast, else strict action will be taken.

Meanwhile, when the police raided the meat market in Kasgunj town on Sonday many retailers downed shutters and fled the scene. The raid was led by Vikrant Singh, in-charge Nadrai Gate police chowkey. Two of the traders, Abrar Ahmed and Saddam were detained, taken to the police chowkey. Their licences were inspected and they were warned them not to butcher goats or chicken in any open space.

Meat traders are gripped by fear psychosis because of police high-handedness.

Though forced to resort to an indefinite strike meat traders are in a dilemma as they are faced with a financial crisis. The police have chosen to extend the government’s directive of shutting down illegal slaughter of buffaloes to even those trading in mutton and chicken.

Because of this those selling chicken have joined the indefinite strike since Saturday.

A representative of the Lucknow Mutton Traders Association, Mubeen Qureishi told Inquilab that lakhs of people engaged in the trade in UP have been adversely affected. He stated that while those selling mutton and chicken have already joined the strike, attempts are now being made to get fish traders also to join the protest. They will be joining us soon, he added.

The meat traders claim that meat and chicken markets are now deserted with no fresh stock arriving from neighbouring districts. They added that mutton shops have also shutdown in the neighbouring districts of Hamirpur, Banda and Barabanki. The fear now is that vegetable prices might skyrocket in the coming days affecting the entire population.

Aslam Zaidi, president of the Co-operative Society of Poultry Farm Owners has strongly protested against the clampdown on sale of chickens. He maintained that there are numerous retailers who deal only in chicken yet they too are being targeted. In a memorandum to the chief minister Yogi Adityanath, he has appealed for urgent directions in this regard, else the traders and their families will face starvation.

He pointed out that any disruption in the chicken trade directly affects poultry farm owners because they are in no position to stock chicken or eggs once they are ready for sale.

UP stands at the eighth place in the country in the production of eggs and at the third spot in the production of broiler chicken.

The president of the Awadh Poultry Owners Association, Mohammed Feroz too has written to the chief minister pointing out that once the broiler chicken are ready they have a remaining life cycle of just 45 days. In view of the same, he has appealed for urgent action by the government failing which the poultry owners will have to bear massive losses.

Meanwhile, in another report, Inquilab also quoted the general secretary of the Jamiatul-ulema-e-Hind, Maulana Mehmood Madni advising Muslims to stop trading in and consuming meat for a year. “The issue of meat is not just a Muslim issue. It has implications for the livelihood of agriculturists cutting across religious communities”, he reportedly stated at a Khwaja Ajmeri and Sufi Saints Conference in Kanpur.

“If Muslims were to stop trading in and consuming meat for a year it will bring the communalists’ to their senses”, he claimed.

Even assuming Muslims were to stop consuming meat for a year, how will the lakhs of Muslims depdent on the meat trade for their livelihood will survive for an entire year was not addressed by Madni.

Who Is Yogi Adityanath? A Factfile

March 27, 2017

Hindu-Muslim riots had erupted in and around Gorakhpur, caused primarily due to the communal activities of Adityanath and his group in the run-up to the Assembly elections in 2007

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February 10, 1999, Yogi Adityanath and his armed supporters desecrated a graveyard in Muslim-dominated Panchrukhiya village in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. When the police acted swiftly, they fled and on the way, they fired at a group of Samajwadi Party workers who were demonstrating against the then BJP government in the state. In the attack, at least four persons were injured. One of them, Head Constable Satyaprakash Yadav, who was the personal security guard of the Samajwadi Party leader leading the demonstration, Talat Aziz, later succumbed to bullet injuries. A first information report filed by the police at the Kotwali thana in Maharajganj turned out to be the first in a series of such legal entries triggered by incidents involving Adityanath, directly or indirectly, in the years that followed.

The FIR in the Panchrukhiya case names Adityanath and “24 other identified persons” for attempt to murder, rioting, carrying deadly weapons, defiling a place of worship, trespassing on a Muslim graveyard, and promoting enmity between two religious groups. It was the first clear hint of the extent to which Adityanath was ready to go to manufacture a riot, and partly because the revelation came merely a year after he joined active politics, becoming a member of Parliament for the first time from the Gorakhpur seat in 1998.

Adityanath formed his anti-muslim outfit, the Hindu Yuva Vahini, in 2002, after which, the outburst of communal riots became unusually frequent in Gorakhpur and its neighbourhood. The region witnessed at least six major riots in the very first year since the group’s formation – at Mohan Mundera village in Kushinagar district, Nathua village in Gorakhpur district, and Turkmanpur locality in Gorakhpur city in June, at Narkataha village in Maharajganj in August, and at Bhedahi village in Maharajganj, and the Dhanghata locality of Sant Kabirnagar in September. Most of these cases started off as criminal incidents that turned communal after Adityanath or other leaders of the Hindu Yuva Vahini jumped in.

In 2002, for instance, Adityanath and his followers arrived at Gorakhpur’s Turkmanpur locality and escalated a squabble between a Hindu and Muslim over a minor quarrel into a full-blown communal confrontation in which stones were thrown, a street brawl erupted and the police were called in. In all, between 2002 and 2007, Gorakhpur and its neighbouring districts witnessed at least 22 major riots, most involving him or his henchmen.

Hindu-Muslim riots had erupted in and around Gorakhpur, caused primarily due to the communal activities of Adityanath and his group in the run-up to the Assembly elections in 2007. Two persons were killed, property worth crores was burnt, and the area remained under curfew for several days during that January-February period. Adityanath and over a dozen leaders of the Hindu Yuva Vahini were arrested while they were marching towards the troubled areas of Gorakhpur on January 28, 2007, a day after he made an inflammatory speech aimed at turning a small criminal incident into a communal riot. The arrest was timed so as to prevent the group from carrying out its threat of burning the tazia, that Muslim residents were to take out as part of a Muharram procession on January 29. Adityanath remained in lock-up till February 7, when he managed to get bail.

Many of these FIRs against Adityanath, are still being investigated by the Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department, the investigation and intelligence wing of the state police. Most of the FIRs against him from that time are still alive.

Disclaimer: The views expressed here are the author's personal views, and do not necessarily represent the views of Sabrangindia

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Hindu Americans Protest Against CNN: Chicago

March 27, 2017

Hindu Americans turned up at the CNN office in downtown Chicago to protest against a documentary they allege hasportrayed Hinduism in a negative light, reported PTI.

American Hindu

"The documentary aired by CNN portrayed Hinduism in a negative light. This is now what Hinduism is all about," said Bharat Barai, an eminent Hindu Indian-American from Chicago area who attended the peaceful protest against CNN in front of its Chicago office.

Baraialleged that the CNN documentary on Hinduism produced by special reporter Reza Aslan showed practices of five Aghori Bawas."This was his picture of Hinduism projected to the world on CNN," said a protest letter distributed on the occasion.

"The grotesque practices of five individuals have nothing to do with Hinduism, they are not part of any Hindu scriptures or Hindu teachings," Barai said.

In a statement posted on Facebook, Aslan said his documentary is not about Hinduism, but about Aghori, a mystical Hindu sect known for extreme rituals.

Aslan said there are people who are offended by the episode, especially when it comes to its treatment of such issues as caste discrimination, which remains a touchy subject for many Hindus in America.

Hindu American groups from across the country have held several protests against the CNN after the airing of the documentary on March 5, including New York, Washington, Houston, Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Vamsee Juluri, an Indian-American professor of Media studies at the University of San Francisco called the show "reckless, racist and dangerously anti-immigrant".

Pointing out several inaccuracies, mistranslations and mis-characterisations in the show he said, "It is one saddening reality that despite having had immigrants in America for so many decades now, a major news channel like CNN still cannot do better than the old Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom sort of story when it comes to India".

"Far from wanting to experience any spirituality within Hinduism, Reza Aslan seems to have gone to India only to confirm his Orientalist biases," said Chandrashekar Wagh from the Coalition Against Hinduphobia.

Turkish Artist Zehra Doğan Sentenced to Prison for Painting of Kurdish Town Attack

March 27, 2017

Doğan has been given a sentence of 2 years and 10 months by a Turkish court.

Zehra Doğan. Courtesy the Voice Project.

The Turkish-Kurdish painter and journalist Zehra Doğan has been sentenced to two years, nine months, and 22 days in prison for creating a painting which depicted the destruction caused by Turkish security forces in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province, a Kurdish region in Turkey.

According to Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, the Mardin Second High Criminal Court in Turkey handed down the sentence because she drew Turkish flags on buildings destroyed by Turkish forces. However, according to Artforum, the court expressed that Doğan’s sharing of the image of her work, featuring current military operations, was the cause for her prison sentence.

Work by Zehra Doğan. Courtesy the Voice Project.

“I was given two years and 10 months [jail time] only because I painted Turkish flags on destroyed buildings. However, [the Turkish government] caused this. I only painted it,” Doğan posted in a now-deleted tweet as reported by online Turkish journalism and human rights platform Turkey Purge.

According to the Art Newspaper, authorities arrested Doğan at a cafe late July, claiming that her artworks proved that she was connected to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist organization by the Turkish government.

“Art and paintings can never be used in such a way,” said Doğan’s lawyer, Asli Pasinli, according to Voice Project, an international organization committed to freedom of expression and creative activism. “This is an attack on art and artistic expression.”

After a two-year cease-fire between Turkish security forces and PKK militants ended, the former have been attempting to clear cities of the latter since July 2015.

According to Amnesty International’s report in December 2016, after violent crackdowns by Turkish authorities, about half a million people were forced from their homes over the past year—which may be considered collective punishment.

In a statement for Fairpress, Doğan said: “[The judge has] punished the wrong actor: Not the one who destroyed the town, […] not the one who shot the photo, but the one who painted the photo. They made this painting, not me.”

Courtesy: news.artnet.com

Replicating the UP Model? BJP activists arrested for Imam’s murder in Kerala

March 27, 2017

Sabrangindia Staff adds:

Mohammed Riyaz Maulavi, an innocent Madrasa teacher, was brutally murdered by three RSS men while he was sleeping at night inside a mosque in Kasargode. This killing was another in the long line of murders by RSS in Kerala, close on the heels of murdering Faizal in Malappuram, for choosing a religion of his choice. Under the present dispensation, showing maturity and restraint, both the Muslim community and the political leadership averted the communal riots, which the RSS is itching to provoke. The officers of the Kerala police officers who acted promptly in arresting the culprits deserve congratulation. There is also need for the conspiracy angle to be brought into the investigation.

It is interesting that in a state where the police level charges under the Unlawful Prevention of Activities Act (UAPA), often even against authors for writing books, the sections of this otherwise draconian law has not been invoked in connection with this dastardly act of terror. In the interest of the rule of law the Riyaz maulavi case should not follow the trajectory of the similar murder of the elderly Alavikkunju Maulavi of Thevalakkara inside an orphanage at night in 1984 in which nobody was punished.

It is also interesting and quite telling of the Kerala police that the culprits who hurled bombs at the meeting addressed by the CPIM state secretary have not been arrested yet. All this is when RSS is running a vitriolic national campaign against CPIM alleging violence against RSS.

(This has been filed by writer Faizi S from Kerala for Sabrangindia)

The murder of an Imam in Kasargod and the subsequent arrests of three BJP activists has once again highlighted the growing attempts by the Sangh Parivar to disturb the communal harmony in the region.

Riyas Moulavi, a 34-year-old Moulvi who had been teaching at Issathul Islam Madrasa in Choori for nine years, was found murdered with his throat slit in his room adjacent to Muhyudheen mosque at Choori on March 20. Three persons, S Ajesh (20), N Akhilesh (25) and S Nithin (19) were arrested on March 24. The police confirmed the link of the trio with BJP and said the Riyas was the victim of hate crime.

IUML leaders visiting Muhiyudheen mosque, where Riyas was murdered

It is no coincidence that Choori, which falls under the Madhoor Panchayat, which is one of the few places that the BJP has seized power.

“Riyas was a stranger to the accused, and the crime was apparently committed because of communal hate.I don’t see any other reason,” Kannur Crime Branch Superintendent of Police A Srinivas told local media. Srinivas is the head of the special team which investigated the murder.

Choori is swiftly turning into a communal cauldron, mainly due to the BJP’s efforts to reap from the communal polarisation, laxity of police and flow of anti-social elements from outside the panchayat. The perception has been rekindled by the latest of the communal murder series. The Muslim-majority locality surrounded by areas with Hindu majority has been witnessing a surge of minor clashes after 2005. In 2009, a Muslim youth Rishad was murdered by RSS activists while another youth Sabith was stabbed to death in 2013 in the locality.

Choori saw an increase in Muslim population following the migration from Muslim strongholds like Thalangara, Nellikkunnu, and Thuruthi in Kasargod. “Middle-class families can’t afford the land price in these areas. So families started moving here during the 90s in search a more affordable place,” says Abid Basha Muhammed, a Choori resident whose family shifted to the locality from Nellikkunnu.

According to residents here, all was well till the early 2000s, after which the Sangh Parivar deliberately created panic taking a cue from Karnataka’s Mangalore, where BJP rose to power by practicing communal politics.

Other political parties also said that BJP resorts to the politics of hatred eyeing the consolidation of Hindu votes in the panchayat.

In Madhoor panchayat, BJP, the ruling party has a lion’s share of panchayat members. United Democratic Front (UDF) won only four seats while BJP bagged 16 seats. “Hindu votes are being swiftly consolidated by BJP. Congress and CPI (M) have almost lost their hold among Hindus here,” says IUML functionary Ashkar Choori.

“No doubt Sangh Parivar is trying to reap political benefits by creating communal riots. They want retaliation from their rivals and take benefits of the bloodshed politics. But their expectation failed to take off as Muslim organisations raised to the occasion by calling for efforts to restore peace,” says Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) Kasargod constituency secretary Kader Arafa.

Lack of Police action is encouraging the culprits

Activists say that the Police action has often been far from encouraging and that this makes it easier for culprits to get bail or acquittal. “Take the Rashid case for example. The charge sheets filed by the police in Rishad’s case had so many loopholes that the accused found it easy to get an acquittal,” said Kader Arafa.

A rally is held by Imam’s Council demanding justice for Riyas in Thiruvananthapuram

Advocate C Shukoor of IUML says that the police ignored the complaint by local political leaders against suspects of Riyas’ murder case. “A few days ago, two suspects of the case Ajesh and Nidhin had threatened the mob by raising a sword during a local badminton tournament. A complaint was issued by the local politicians. But police ignored it,” he said.

Besides, according to Kader, assailants are treated like heroes in BJP strongholds. “The suspects of former cases were accorded royal welcome and they have got new vehicles. BJP is promoting this culture. Unfortunately, the police have not initiated any probe into this kind of deeds,” he said.

The reluctance of police to impose strong charges against the culprits also come under heavy criticism.

“Complaints are pouring against police alleging laxity. No probe is initiated into the conspiracy behind these heinous crimes. IUML leaders have demanded the police impose UAPA on the suspects and look into the conspiracy,” Shukoor said.

Courtesy: TwoCircles

Release Data on Amount of Old Currency Deposited: Yechury

March 25, 2017

Demanding transparency and accountability from the government post de-monetization, the CPI(M) attacked the NDA government for not making public the data on the amount of junked currency deposited in banks post note ban.

sitaram yechury

Taking on Twitter, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury asked whether the Modi government is "that incompetent" that it is yet to come out with the numbers.

"Why dont we have the data on amount of old currency notes deposited even now? Is the Modi government that incompetent? Or complicit?" he said

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on November 8 last year announced scrapping of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes a move that was not only criticised by economists nationally and internationally, but one that has been responsible for destroying large sections of the Indian economy.

The RBI and GOI under Modi have been evasive on releasing any such data.

The government had set a deadline of December 30, 2016 to exchange the notes with banks. NRIs and those who could not deposit the invalidated high value notes because they were travelling abroad can deposit the old currencies with RBI until March 31 subject to verification

Yogi Adityanath’s appointment beginning of Hindu State? Jurist Fali Nariman asks PM Modi

March 25, 2017

Eminent constitutional expert Fali Nariman has said that the appointment of Yogi Adityanath as Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister was a beginning of a Hindu State in India.

hindu state fali nariman — Photo: Off The Cuff programme

Speaking to journalist Shekhar Gupta on Off The Cuff programme, Nariman asked the journalists why they had not this question to Modi adding that Adityanath’s appointment was sign that India’s constitution was under threat.

He said, “The constitution is under threat. With the massive electoral victory in Uttar Pradesh. With a priest installed at the behest of the prime minister as the chief minister, like a cherry on the victory cake. That’s the signal. And if you can’t see then you must be spokesperson of that political party or you must have your eyes examined.”

“The message is very clear. What you want to do is for all of us to decide..I don’t quite accept the policies of the prime minister. And I say it quite and I say it quite openly,” he added.

Nariman said that the constitution still had the strength but the people who supported the constitution did not.

Taking a swipe at media, he said, “Why’s no correspondent from any leading channel asked the prime minister, ‘prime minister is it true as this fellow Nariman seems to suggest that this is the beginning of the Hindu State.’ Ask him…At least you know what to be prepared for.”

Adityanath was chosen as Uttar Pradesh’s chief by PM Modi after the BJP won a historic landslide by winning 325 out of 403 seats in the state.

Adityanath has been known for being a proponent of militant Hindutva and anti-Muslim rhetoric.

Courtesy: Janta ka Reporter

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CAG report demolishes claim of Chouhan government, exposes major lapses in healthcare, Vyapam

The report has ignited a political storm in Madhya Pradesh where the Vyapam scam is still a raw wound for the government and a soft target for the opposition.

UP police raid Muslim weddings parties serving mutton or chicken, threaten ‘strict action’: Inquilab report

Who Is Yogi Adityanath? A Factfile

Hindu-Muslim riots had erupted in and around Gorakhpur, caused primarily due to the communal activities of Adityanath and his group in the run-up to the Assembly elections in 2007

Hindu Americans Protest Against CNN: Chicago

Turkish Artist Zehra Doğan Sentenced to Prison for Painting of Kurdish Town Attack

Doğan has been given a sentence of 2 years and 10 months by a Turkish court.

Replicating the UP Model? BJP activists arrested for Imam’s murder in Kerala

Release Data on Amount of Old Currency Deposited: Yechury

Yogi Adityanath’s appointment beginning of Hindu State? Jurist Fali Nariman asks PM Modi

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