NDA to bring law for to deal with Bangladeshi immigrants: Shanta Kumar

Jammu, March 24: NDA will take measures to bring a stringent law to tackle the issue of Bangladeshi immigrants, if voted to power, BJP National Vice-President Shanta Kumar has said. Even as the Lok Sabha elections have been announced, the country is facing many threats from Pakistan and Bangladesh due to militancy and turmoil in these countries presently and there are about three crore people who come from Bangladesh and settled in India over the years, Kumar, who is also incharge of J&K affairs, told reporters. "Many of these Bangladeshis have become citizens and voters in parts of India and some of them have been elected in different democratic institutions", he said. Asked as to how NDA during its rule tackled the issue, the BJP leader said a law was made then to identify and accordingly take action against illegal immigrants from the neighbouring country. But when the government changed at the Centre, Congress-led UPA reversed it for vote bank politics, he alleged and asserted that the matter went to Supreme Court which upheld the law. Bureau Report

Successive Congress and Communist governments have been responsible for abetting illegal settlement of Bangladeshi migrants. -K.Venugopal - Mumbai

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Abu Salem says he was never involved in "underworld activities"

Mumbai, March 23:

Extradited gangster Abu Salem today denied all the charges levelled against him in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case and said he was never involved in "underworld activities". The special TADA court here today recorded Salem's statement under Section 313 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).Salem told special TADA Judge D U Mulla that he was not involved in any underworld activities and smuggling.On asked by the court if he had gone to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's residence in suburban Bandra to drop a consignment of arms and ammunitions, Salem said that he did not go there.He said that he had never met Dutt in real life. Salem who was extradited from Portugal in 2005, has been accused of supplying arms and ammunitions and of being involved in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. Salem said that he has been falsely implicated in the case and that the CBI has fabricated his confession. Bureau Report

Just as Prophet Mohammad was never involved in violence!

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Varun Gandhi claims innocence, says CD was tampered

March 17, 2009 12:59 IST
Under attack for making alleged inflammatory remarks with communal overtones, Bharatiya Janata Party [Images] candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that the CD containing his speech has been tampered with.
"I know it has been (tampered with). All I want to say is that on Wednesday I will be addressing a press conference in Delhi [Images] and I will be clarifying my stand on every single issue....I will be addressing from a proper party forum," the young scion of the estranged Gandhi family said.
At a recent election meeting in Pilibhit, Varun had allegedly said, "All the Hindus stay on this side and send the others to Pakistan. This is the Lotus (BJP symbol) hand, it will cut their throats after elections. They have names such as Karimullah, Mazurullah. If you see them in the night you would get scared."
Continuing in the same vein, the grandson of Indira Gandhi [Images] told another meeting "If anyone raises a finger towards Hindus or if someone thinks that Hindus are weak and leaderless, if someone thinks that these leaders lick our boots for votes, if anyone raises a finger towards Hindus, then I swear on Gita that I will cut that hand."
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi snubbed Varun, who is contesting his maiden election, saying the controversial speech is a manifestation of his family's past Congress culture and that his outbursts did not reflect BJP's traditional culture.
Replying to a question, senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu said it is still not clear as to "what he said, what he didn't....what you heard."
Terming Varun's comments as condemnable, Congress spokesman Abhishekh Singhvi said "Varun is associated with a party which has this ideology (anti-minority) and culture".
On a complaint from the Congress party, Varun was slapped with a notice by the Election Commission, charging him with violation of the model code of conduct for elections for his alleged communal remarks.
In his reply submitted to the District Magistrate M P Agarwal, Varun had denied the charge.

All political parties, manned largely by Hindus, are indeed licking the boots of Muslims for votes. We need Hindu leaders who are willing to go any extent to crush the enemies of the Hindu nation. We need leaders like Sadhvi Pragna and Varun Gandhi, who have proved that they are courageous Hindus by being bold in their words and when needed would be bold in their actions too. Let us rally around Varun, the new star of Hindutva.

Legal wrangles may delay arrival of Gandhi's relics

March 15, 2009 17:44 IST
The five personal belongings of Mahatma Gandhi [Images], which were auctioned in New York, may take some more time to reach India as the government is still discussing the legalities involved with the US Justice department. "The Government is still pursuing with its earlier stand that the auction is illegal as per the will of Gandhi and the injunction of Delhi [Images] High Court with US Justice Department," a senior official in the Culture Ministry told PTI. Five personal belongings of Gandhi were auctioned on February 5 at Antiquorum Auctioneers in New York despite the government's intervention to stop the sale. Though liquor baron Vijay Mallya [Images] emerged as the highest bidder at USD 1.8 million, the Gandhi memorabilia could not be handed over to him owing to several legal complications. To a question whether custom duty would be waived off on the items on their arrival here, the official said there is an import policy to deal with the issue. According to the import policy, any such item intended for display in public institutions, including national museum or any other public place, is to be exempted from custom duty. But if these items are imported for private purpose or for private collections, then custom duty would be imposed,the policy states. "If Mallya commits in writing that the Gandhi memorabilia acquired from the auction house are for the public museum or public institutions then the existing law does not allow any duty to be imposed on it," the official said. However, the government is yet to receive any such communication from Mallya, he said. Meanwhile, James Otis, who put the articles on auction, has stated that he does not approve of the sale and wants his items back. The Gandhi items were auctioned amid a controversy over the ownership of the items. Reacting to Otis' latest stand, the official said this may add another dimension to the whole proceeding. "But we are consistent on our stand and we are trying to prevail upon the US administration that the auction is illegal as all these items belong to Navjivan Trust, according to the Gandhi will," said the official, noting the interim injunction passed by the Delhi High Court to this effect. The Navjivan Trust founded by Gandhi had moved the Delhi HC stating that the items were illegally taken away from the country and the Mahatma himself had written in his will that all his belongings used and owned by him will go to the Trust. The next hearing of the matter is scheduled in May inDelhi High Court. "So in compliance with the High Court order, the Ministry of External Affairs is actively pursuing the matter with the US Justice Department," the official added.
Theft of Gandhiji's personal belongings.

by Venu Gopal on Mar 15, 2009 09:49 PM

There should be an enquiry how Gandhiji's personal belongings got into the hands of Mr. Otis. Obviously it was stolen by someone and sold to him. Let the culprits be caught. The items should be returned to India. Forward Report abuse

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