Satyendar Jain sent to 14-day judicial custody in money laundering case

 AAP leader and Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been sent to 14-day judicial custody in a money laundering case by Rouse Avenue court

AAP leader and Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been sent to 14-day judicial custody in a money laundering case by Rouse Avenue court. Jain was arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate last month. He was arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate last month. The investigation has been underway since 2017 and the Minister was arrested on May 30.

Notably, during the search conducted on June 7, the ED has said it seized various incriminating documents and digital records. The ED said that the total movable assets were seized from an “unexplained source” and were “found to be secreted” in the raided premises. More than Rs 2 crore in cash and gold weighing 1.8 kg were seized by the ED after raids against Jain and those linked to him, in a money laundering case. The ED has submitted that Jain was not cooperating in the interrogation.

Sidhu Moose Wala murder: Punjab CM orders probe under sitting HC judge

 Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann requested the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court to get the case of Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder investigated by a sitting judge of the court

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday requested the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court to get the case of Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder investigated by a sitting judge of the court, as demanded by the singer’s father.

This comes after Balkaur Singh, father of Sidhu Moose Wala, wrote to Mann demanding that the case be investigated by a sitting judge of the High Court. He had also demanded an apology from the Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) for relating the incident to the gang war, and the officers who made public the orders regarding the withdrawal of security should be held accountable.

In a written order, the Punjab CM said, “Punjab government shall be requesting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court to get the case enquired into by the sitting judge.” Mann also ensured full cooperation from the state government to the enquiry commission, including that from any of the central agencies like the National Investigation Agency…

Coronavirus scare: Over 140,000 fliers under surveillance, says Kejriwal

The chief minister said that 168 isolation beds have been set up at 25 hospitals for coronavirus patients.

The Delhi government has requested DTC and group transports, metro and emergency clinics to be cleaned all the time as a careful step to manage the novel coronavirus, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. Tending to a question and answer session, Kejriwal said that three instances of coronavirus have been accounted for in Delhi up until this point and one case is still under scrutiny. The central priest said that 168 detachment beds have been set up at 25 emergency clinics for coronavirus patients. He spoke to the individuals in Delhi that in the event that anyone from their neighborhood had come back from outside nations in the previous 14 days, they ought to educate the administration.

The main priest, who led a state team on Sunday, said the legislature was completely arranged to manage the novel coronavirus, including that individuals don’t have to freeze. “A request has been given to sterilize DTC, group transports, Delhi Metro and emergency clinics consistently,” he said. “Three instances of coronavirus have been accounted for in Delhi up until now. One case is still under scrutiny. I need to advise this to everybody that the Delhi government is stressed over it yet we are completely arranged to handle it.

There is no compelling reason to frenzy and we need everybody’s participation,” he said. In the wake of looking at the three cases, it was found out that the main tainted individual interacted with 105 individuals, second interacted with 168 over the most recent 14 days while the third individual interacted with 64 individuals, he said.”All the individuals who interacted with them are being disengaged and their examples are being gathered and checked for manifestations,” he included. Sound individuals need not wear cover and there is no compelling reason to stock up veils at your homes it is possible that, he said.

Delhi elections between 2 million people, 200 BJP MPs: Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal referred to the BJP bringing in 200 party MPs, 70 ministers and 11 Chief Ministers to Delhi for campaigning

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the February Assembly elections are a fight between 20 millionpeople of Delhi and 200 BJP MPs, as he urged people to vote for AAP.

“This fight is between two crore people of Delhi and 200 BJP MPs. When they come, count the number of works done in five years and send them back to their states. Do not let them insult Delhi,” he said while addressing the public during his roadshow here. Kejriwal referred to the BJP bringing in 200 party MPs, 70 ministers and 11 Chief Ministers to Delhi for campaigning.

“They are coming here to defeat you, your son Kejriwal, to defeat and insult the work that we have done in five years. Now they will come and insult and find faults in our schools, Mohalla Clinics, electricity, water, etc. I want to ask the people, will you remain quiet and bear the insult?” he asked. Soon after, several AAP leaders tweeted that the entire BJP was pitted against Kejriwal…

Kejriwal supporting those who are breaking India: BJP prez J P Nadda

He also sought to know from those AAP national convener “whether acting against anti-nationals would hurt his vote bank”

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of “supporting those who want to break India”, as he raised the issue of AAP government not giving police the permission to prosecute ex-JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case.

He also sought to know from the AAP national convener “whether acting against anti-nationals would hurt his vote bank”. “Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and other anti-India forces raised seditious slogans like ‘Bharat tere tukde honge’ in JNU. They were threatening to violate India’s sovereignty. Law enforcement agencies moved in, investigated the matter and in Jan 2019 were ready to file chargesheet,” Nadda tweeted.

“They (police) sought Kejriwal’s permission to prosecute this ‘tukde tukde’ gang but one year later, till yesterday, no permission was granted. Kejriwal must tell Delhi why is he supporting those who want to break India? Is it because acting against these anti-nationals will hurt his vote bank,” he wrote on the microblogging site.

In its campaign for the February 8 assembly polls in the national capital, the BJP has often raised the issue of the AAP government so far not grating the Delhi Police its nod to prosecute the accused in the case of raising seditious slogans in the Jawaharlal Nehru University….Read More

Delhi LS elections: Take money from others, but vote for AAP, says Kejriwal

Kejriwal had made a similar comment in Chandni Chowk earlier, following which he was sent a show-cause notice by the Election Commission

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked voters not to deny money given to them by other political parties, but vote for the Aam Aadmi Party. “On the night of election, do they [other political parties] come to give money or not?” Kejriwal asked, without mentioning the BJP or Congress.

“What will you do? Take it, don’t deny it, but vote for jhadu (broom, AAP’s election symbol),” the AAP chief said at a roadshow in support of South Delhi candidate Raghav Chadha. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked voters not to deny money given to them by other political parties, but vote for the Aam Aadmi Party. “On the night of election, do they [other political parties] come to give money or not?” Kejriwal asked, without mentioning the BJP or Congress.

“What will you do? Take it, don’t deny it, but vote for jhadu (broom, AAP’s election symbol),” the AAP chief said at a roadshow in support of South Delhi candidate Raghav Chadha. Kejriwal had made a similar comment in Chandni Chowk earlier, following which he was sent a showcause notice by the Election Commission. Chadha, meanwhile, said the youth would reject the politics of hooliganism.

“To all the political goons in South Delhi, I want to say that for a very long time, you all have imposed politics of fear and muscle in South Delhi,” he said. “But no longer. Now, the youth of this country will reject the politics of hooliganism and instate politics of honesty and decency.” “Stop intimidating and insulting the people of South Delhi and pay heed… we will neither be scared nor let you scare people any longer,” Chadha said…

Lok Sabha polls: Over 65% vote in Phase III; 1 killed outside Bengal booth

AAP, Congress, BJP file nominations as Delhi prepares for a three-way fight

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Barring a last-minute miracle, any hope of a Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seat adjustment for the seven seats in Delhi was all but over on Tuesday with AAP and Congress candidates filing their respective nominations.

If suspense ended on the Congress-AAP tie up in Delhi, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kept alive the suspense on whether she might contest from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Campaigning in Bareli, Priyanka said she would abide by her party’s decision on contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi. “I have said this repeatedly that I will do what the party asks me to do,” the 47-year-old said, adding that people were feeling harassed and wanted a change.

In the rest of the country, polling took place on 116-seats across 13 states and 2 Union Territories. These included all of Kerala’s 20, Gujarat’s 26 and Goa’s 2 seats. The Election Commission (EC) said, subject to revision, estimated voter turnout nationally was 65.61 per cent. It was also the largest phase of the elections, and its completion marked polling ending on 301 of 543 seats.

Key candidates in the fray were Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, Congress President Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in Thiruvananthapuram, Congress’s Mallikarjun Kharge in Gulbarga, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Sharad Yadav in Madhepura and BJP’s Sambit Patra versus Biju Janata Dal’s Pinaki Mishra in Puri.

Several incidents of violence were reported in West Bengal. A 52-year-old man, who the Congress claimed to be its worker, was hacked to death outside a booth during polling in the Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency, a senior state police officer said. In another incident, two women voters were injured in an alleged bombing in Murshidabad’s Domkal area..

PWD scam: Anti-Corruption Bureau arrests Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's kin

Three FIRs, including one against a company run by the chief minister's brother-in-law Surender Bansal, were registered by the ACB in this case on May 9 last year.

 

A man related to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested today by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with the PWD scam.

Vinay Bansal, son of Kejriwal's brother-in-law, was arrested this morning, ACB chief Arvind Deep said.

Three FIRs, including one against a company run by the chief minister's brother-in-law Surender Bansal, were registered by the ACB in this case on May 9 last year.

Three companies, including Renu Constructions (owned by Bansal, Kamal Singh and Pawan Kumar), were included in the FIRs.

In a complaint, Rahul Sharma, founder of Roads Anti-Corruption Organisation (RACO), had alleged that Kejriwal and PWD minister Satyendra Jain misused their office for grant of contracts to Bansal. However, they were not named in the FIR.

RACO, an organisation which claims to monitor construction projects in the national capital, had alleged that a firm linked to Bansal was involved in financial irregularities in building a drainage system in north-west Delhi.

It was also alleged that the bills sent to the Public Works Department (PWD) for unfinished works were "false and fabricated".

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From Amma to Indira canteens: Playing the subsidised food card for votes

'To a man with an empty stomach food is god', the Mahatma had famously remarked

 

economy news: In an effort to consolidate urban vote base, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah earlier this month opened over 100 Indira canteens in Bengaluru, which would offer subsidised food for the urban poor. The canteens, modelled on the Amma canteen that brought back the late J Jayalalithaa into power in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, offer breakfast at Rs 5 and lunch and dinner at Rs 10, with each outlet to serve around 500 people at a time. This writer discusses how political parties have time and again played the subsidised food card to satiate the hunger for votes.

The late H N Bahuguna was once asked by one of his close associates what two things he would do if he becomes the Prime Minister. The veteran leader had replied that one thing he would certainly do was to ensure that the price of bread is brought abysmally low so that no one would go to bed hungry.

That was sought to be done in urban Karnataka with the launch of the Indira Canteens in Bengaluru earlier this month with much fanfare by Rahul Gandhi who is seeking to seize the initiative in the poll-bound state to retain power amid times of crisis for the grand old party.

No doubt that it is a desperate measure to attract the urban poor, but it also signals a fight back at a time when Congress has lost from almost all major cities including the four metros in the Narendra Modi surge in the last Lok Sabha elections. Bengaluru was no exception.

Karnataka is the last bastion of the Congress being the single largest state it has in its kitty when its footprint has drastically dwindled and the last victory it witnessed was in Punjab recently after many a defeat in several states since 2014.

The move has also come at a time when the Narendra Modi dispensation is at its zenith with BJP for the first time able to install its men in four top constitutional positions -- the President, the Vice President, the Prime Minister and the Lok Sabha Speaker. Loyalists of Modi are beating the drums of TINA—There Is No Alternative-to the Leader....(Read more)

Shatrughan Sinha supports Arvind Kejriwal, Lalu Prasad; Twitter war erupts

Individually I hold Arvind Kejriwal, in high esteem for his credibility, struggle: Shatrughan Sinha

A Twitter war erupted between actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha and his BJP party colleague Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday when the former tweeted in favour of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying “enough of negative politics and mudslinging”.

Modi, responding to Sinha’s tweet, demanded that the “enemies of the party” (Sinha) must be “removed” at the earliest.

Sinha also said he hoped and wished that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah take “notice of such unparliamentary utterances of some of our party people – that too against a senior party colleague & a staunch party loyalist”.

In reaction, Sinha accused Sushil Modi for the party’s loss in the 2015 Bihar assembly polls saying that “those responsible for party’s debacle are crying hoarse”.

“Some people who are wholly and solely responsible for our party’s debacle in Bihar are today crying hoarse, hoping to regain their lost image at the cost of some senior and popular colleagues who have an impeccable image,” Sinha said taking a jibe at the former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister.

He also said that positive criticism shouldn’t be taken as a rebellion.

“Positive and constructive criticism should not be taken as rebellion. Instead, it should ignite a debate within the party,” he said in another tweet.

“Wouldn’t like to comment on utterances out of frustration and desperation made against me by some vested interests and spoilers of inner party democracy,” Sinha, BJP MP from Patna Sahib, said.

He also said that sycophants criticise for the sake of criticism and get low and personal. “I pray that God should spare them for they know not what they speak,” he said.

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Kapil Mishra vs AAP: Money laundering allegations fly thick and fast

Mishra accused Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of money laundering using hawala channel

Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra’s indefinite fast against the AAP on Saturday saw high drama with a ruling party legislator attempting a counter fast outside the former’s house, but was detained by police.

Sanjeev Jha, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Burari, attempted to hold a counter hunger strike outside Mishra’s Civil Lines house to demand that he present proof of his bribery allegations against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Jha was detained by the police, who said the legislator did not have the requisite permission.

Mishra, who began his hunger strike on Wednesday, accused Kejriwal of using Jha as a pawn to disrupt his agitation. He insisted that he will present proof of his allegations only to investigative agencies.

He is on fast demanding that Kejriwal reveal the source of funding of the foreign trips of five AAP leaders – Sanjay Singh, Ashish Khetan, Satyendar Jain, Raghav Chadhha and Durgesh Pathak – in the last two years.

“I would like to advise Jha against sitting on a hunger strike as he is being used as a pawn,” said Mishra, and alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will resort to “new drama” to distract attention from the “foreign trips controversy”.

“They must know that I will handover the evidence only to investigative agencies. But Kejriwal wants that I hand them over to the ‘thief’ who then will judge himself and then proclaim himself to be innocent (referring to Kejriwal). That is not going to happen,” he asserted.

AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia dubbed Mishra’s hunger strike as “BJP facilitated”.

Mishra declared that Kejriwal’s attempts to foil his “Satyagraha” will not be successful.

Mishra alleged that the Chief Minister has asked “at least 20” MLAs to launch hunger strikes to counter him “but only one (Jha) was willing”.

He said that Jha should be provided security, alleging that there could be an attack on Jha to portray Mishra in bad light. | READMORE…

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Delhi voted against politics of excuses, says Amit Shah

Get live updates and latest news on Delhi MCD Election 2017 results along with photos, videos

 

MCD election result LIVE: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in all three municipal corporations - North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation and East Delhi Municipal Corporation in the national capital. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress are in the race for the second spot in the three civic bodies. Other parties which contested the election include Swaraj India, the political arm of Swaraj Abhiyan - co-founded by activists Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, BSP, SP.

Currently, BJP is leading in 188 seats, AAP is ahead in 43, Congress is leading in 28 seats while the other parties are set to grab around 10 seats.

While the Congress party welcomed the mandate, the Aam Aadmi party blamed Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the party's dismal performance and the BJP's good show in the MCD polls. "This is not a Modi wave, but an EVM wave," Delhi Labour Minister and senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said.

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Taking responsibility for defeat in all 3 wards, I offer to resign as MLA and from all party posts: Alka Lamba, AAP

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Piyush Goyal ✔ @PiyushGoyal

Congratulations to Shri @AmitShah, Shri @ManojTiwariMP & all the hard-working BJP Karyakartas for the iconic victory in Delhi MCD elections.

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This victory stands for the sincere trust & support that people have placed in PM Modi's vision of 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas': Piyush Goyal

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Congratulations to BJP karyakartas and Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari on registering an emphatic victory in MCD polls: Rajnath Singh

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In a strong "personal message" to Arvind Kejriwal, old friend Mayank Gandhi has accused him of "manipulating" his supporters in order to become the Prime Minister in 2019 election, and asked him to choose between his "ego and the nation."| READ MORE

AAP vs BJP: Delhi's local polls arouse national interest

While BJP has made the elections a matter of prestige, AAP's national prospects hinge on these

#LATEST| A few days before the Punjab Assembly elections, parties in opposition, mainly the Congress, managed to plant an element of doubt in voters’ minds about the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) performance in Delhi. 

The Opposition ran a concerted campaign that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government had failed to deliver on most governance issues, beside being at loggerheads with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre. Many were persuaded that the Narendra Modi government would deny funds and resources to Punjab if AAP won the state.

This took the wind out of AAP’s sails and the party lost its strong momentum before the polling.

All eyes are now trained at the elections, on April 23, to the three municipal corporations in Delhi. Currently, the BJP rules all the three — East, South and North civic bodies.

These local bodies are mainly tasked with the work of clearing garbage, primary education and primary health care. And, the elections are being keenly observed by both AAP sympathisers and other parties across the country.

Both the AAP supporters and those on the fence would take the results as a referendum on the AAP performance in Delhi. Political parties not currently part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre would see it as either a rise or fall of another opposition force. Loss for AAP is likely to further compel regional satraps to form a rainbow coalition against the NDA government before the 2019 general election.

AAP leaders agree a win in the civic elections would consolidate their position. “AAP is an alternative party. A win in these elections will further strengthen the faith of AAP supporters,” says Dilip Pandey, convenor of its Delhi unit.

There is a sense in the AAP leadership that the BJP and the Congress are in a ‘friendly fight’ in the Delhi elections, aimed to keep their party out. A similar rumour kept circulating during the Punjab Assembly election. “The Congress should have highlighted the BJP’s failure in the civic bodies. The BJP is fighting the elections not on the basis of their achievements in the past 10 years but on mudslinging. The BJP is scared, as its councillors are facing anti-incumbency, and they have failed,” alleges Pandey.

The BJP has made the elections a matter of prestige, involving the party’s national president Amit Shah and several cabinet and state chief ministers. The party has replicated the Gujarat style of election fighting by denying poll tickets to most of its incumbent councillors. The BJP is expecting to win on Prime Minister Modi’s popularity, similar to its success in the recent elections in five states. The aim would be to contain AAP to a minimum, as happened with the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.

The BJP’s aggressive stance has forced AAP on the back foot. Instead of riding on Kejriwal’s popularity, the party has formed around 4,000 teams for door-to-door campaigning, is to reach at least four million households. These teams are to explain to people that most of the promises made before the Delhi assembly election in 2015 have been fulfilled. These include reducing power bills by half, providing free water supply up to 20,000 litres a month and free education loan up to Rs 10 lakh. 

The AAP government also raised the minimum wage for unskilled workers from Rs 9,724 to Rs 13,350 a month, for semi-skilled workers from Rs 10,764 to Rs 14,968 and for skilled workers from Rs 11,830 to Rs 16,182. The pension for senior citizens, persons with disability and widows was increased by Rs 1,000 a month. 

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Kejriwal's Rs 3.42 cr bill: Why should I pay from my pocket, says AAP chief

Manish Sisodia said the issue has been raked up to divert the attention from the EVM controversy

 

"Should I pay from my pocket?" Arvind Kejriwal today asked, breaking his silence on the controversy over his move to pay lawyer Ram Jethmalani from the public exchequer for defending him in a defamation case.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who had directed the General Administration Department to clear the bills due to Jethmalani, said the issue has been raked up to divert the attention from the EVM controversy.

Jethmalani has not been paid yet and the matter is pending with Lt Governor Anil Baijal.

The bills totalled around Rs 3.4 crore.

Kejriwal made the remarks addressing a rally in north-east Delhi's Seemapuri constituency. He said the controversy was created to "weaken" the AAP government's fight against corruption.

"Who plays cricket here?" he asked pointing towards the crowd. "In Delhi there was massive corruption in cricket. You must have heard of DDCA. It was heavily corrupt. Youngsters used to come to me and complain that money is sought for selection."

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