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RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat voices his support for traditions of Sabarimala Temple at Dharma Sansad in Kumbh

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RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat voices his support for traditions of Sabarimala Temple at Dharma Sansad in Kumbh

The Dharma Sansad organized by VHP at Kumbh in Prayagraj began on Thursday. Over 5,000 seer and saints have gathered for the two-day event to deliberate upon methods to accelerate the construction of the Bhavya Ram Mandir. at Ayodhya.

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat also addressed the event. Significantly, he voiced his support for the traditions of the Sabarimala Temple. He said, “The Temple has its own traditions but the Court did not take into account the sentiments of crores of Hindus which have been hurt.”


He further stated, “The Court said that any woman who wishes to enter should be allowed to if anyone is stopped, then security should be provided to allow them to have Darshan. But no woman wants to enter, therefore, women have to be brought from Sri Lanka and smuggled in through the back door.”


The RSS chief also criticized the Court’s judgment and asserted that Temples are not public places and it belongs to particular Sampradaya wits its own particular traditions which have to be respected. He also said the conflict was created in Kerala as a consequence of the Court’s judgment. He also asserted that the Kerala government was conspiring with antisocial elements to hurt the sentiments of the Hindu Samaj.

The raking up of the assault on the traditions of Sabarimala Temple in a Dharma Sansad for the construction of Ram Mandir is an extremely significant development for Hindu Samaj in the long run. For decades, Rama Janambhoomi provided Hindu society with a banner to rally under. And as recent developments in Kerala have amply demonstrated, the Sabarimala issue has roused the passions of Hindus in Kerala in a manner only the Gods can.

At a time when every possible attempt is being made to divide Hindus along the lines of caste, class, creed, region and language, the war on the Sabarimala Temple gaining traction at an event organized for Ram Mandir at one of the most important festivals for Hindus which help them transcend every barrier is an extremely positive development.

IT department orders confiscation of Rabri Devi and daughter Hema’s benami properties

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IT department orders confiscation of Rabri Devi and daughter Hema’s benami properties

Yadav family appears to be embroiled in one controversy after the other. After the temporary reprieve the Yadavs secured in the IRCTC scam, the Income Tax department has ordered the confiscation of Benami properties of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s wife Rabri Devi and his fifth daughter Hema Yadav.

The Adjudicating Authority of Income Tax Department has reportedly ordered the seizure of Benami properties of Rabri Devi and Hema Yadav. The properties which are confiscated include 2 plots of land in Patna and 1 plot in the Danapur’s Sanguna adjoining Patna. The Dhanot plot is of 7.75 decimal and a plot in Sanguna is of 3.25 decimal. Both the plots were bought in the name of someone else.

As per the sources, both these plots were received as gifts to Rabri Devi and daughter Hema in 2008. The Dhanot plot is owned by Lalon Chowdhary who works in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, while the flat in Saguna is registered under Narayan Chowdhury, who is a Railway employee. Both were employed by Lalu Prasad Yadav. It is also alleged that both of them, who live in rented houses gave their land as gifts to the Lalu family in exchange for the jobs. Rabri and Hema have failed to reveal the source of this land in the income tax investigation, after which it has now been seized.

Two days back, the court granted relief to the Yadav family after it agreed to grant bail to the accused in the IRCTC scam. The court had granted bail to Tejashwi, Lalu and Rabri Devi in the case. However, Lalu Prasad Yadav will continue to serve the jail sentence in connection to his conviction in the fodder scam.

The Income Tax department has already seized benami properties worth Rs 6900 crores till date, manifesting clearly Modi government’s no-tolerant policy towards Black money and corruption.

‘Love Commandos’ owner who appeared in Amir Khan’s show Satyamev Jayate arrested for extorting money from couples

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‘Love Commandos’ owner who appeared in Amir Khan’s show Satyamev Jayate arrested for extorting money from couples

Sanjay Sachdev, owner an NGO called “Love Commandos” has been arrested by Delhi police on Tuesday for extorting money from couples. The NGO claims to unite couples whose parents are opposed to their relationship.


Sachdev was arrested after a woman levelled several charges against him including that of criminal extortion and criminal confinement before the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). As per the information given by the DCW, when the DCW officials including the Chairperson Swati Maliwal, inspected the shelter home on Tuesday there were four couples residing there, all below the age of 25. “Eight men and women were confined there. Their documents were taken, and they weren’t allowed to leave the premises. The NGO extorted money from them, physically assaulted the couples and even forced the men to consume alcohol,” said Maliwal.

“They also misbehaved with the women residents. Our team immediately contacted Central district DCP Mandeep Randhawa and an FIR was lodged and the ‘Love Commandos’ founder was arrested,” she added.

A case has been registered in the Paharganj Police station under section 342 (wrongful confinement), section 384, (theft), section 506 (criminal intimidation), section 509 (insulting modesty of woman) and section 34 (criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and the statement of the woman, her partner and three other couples residing in the shelter home.

According to the DCW, the owner would himself get drunk at night and would force the boys to get drunk. He would also unleash his dogs on the residents in order to threaten them. One couple alleged that they were not allowed to leave even after their families contacted them saying they want to welcome them back. The NGO “Love Commandos” had gained popularity after its owner Sanjay Sachdev appeared on Amir Khan’s show Satyamev Jayate.

IndiaSpend’s faulty ‘fact-checker’ does it again, does not correct database even after their own ground report says otherwise

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IndiaSpend’s faulty ‘fact-checker’ does it again, does not correct database even after their own ground report says otherwise

Biased and flawed self-proclaimed fact-checker from the dubious ‘data journalism’ website IndiaSpend, factchecker.in is at it again. Journalist Swati Goel Sharma, who seems to have taken upon herself to expose the biased reportage and factual inaccuracies of IndiaSpend, took to Twitter to call out their bias.


Swati is talking about an incident that took place in August 2018. IndiaSpend’s ‘hate crime tracker’ had included this incident as a hate crime under ‘communal clashes’.

Case overview of August 2018 Muzaffarnagar incident
Religion of victim has one Muslim and one ‘unknown’

Read also: IndiaSpend’s faulty ‘hate tracker’ tries to show they are ‘neutral’, exposes their anti-Hindu bias further

The first link used as a source for the above ‘hate-crime’ is a Times of India one. Times of India report mentions names of both the victims. It mentions how Sumit had filed the FIR. Despite that, the religion of other victim is kept ‘unknown’.

Times of India report mentioning details about both the victims

The same Times of India report also mentions how Abid was prompted by his own employer Shamsher to play victim for a counter an FIR which originated over a dispute over a cricket match.

Times of India report mentioning that Abid filed an FIR on his employer’s instructions

This is only the Times of India report. IndiaSpend’s Factchecker then did a ground report on the same. In its ground report, Factchecker.in has mentioned that the fight was between boys of all the faiths.

Read also: IndiaSpend misrepresents facts of a case to boost the number of Muslim victims in its database

Factchecker.in’s ground report further states how Sumit was allegedly attacked by some Muslim men.

Factchecker.in report on Sumit’s statement

In the same report, Factchecker.in mentions that the Police has confirmed with Factchecker that Abid had cooked up the story on an attack on him.

Abid had cooked up the story of attack on him according to Police

To summarize, an incident takes place in Meerut where a bunch of Muslim men attack a boy over a game of cricket. FIR is filed. To settle scores on this FIR, a fake story is created by Abid, a Muslim man, claiming that he was thrashed. Police investigates and concludes that no attack took place on Abid and he had acted on his employer’s instruction. This part is included in Times of India report as well, which factchecker.in had taken as base report for their ‘hate-crime tracker’.

So, while the base report says the Police concluded there was no attack on Abid, their own ground report also mentions Police confirming that there was no attack on Abid, factchecker.in continues to keep the above incident in ‘hate crime’. It has been over a week since their own ground report, the incident is not removed from their database.

One wonders why.

BJP leader thrashed in Assam, as protests over Citizenship Amendment Bill takes a violent turn

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BJP leader thrashed in Assam, as protests over Citizenship Amendment Bill takes a violent turn

Bhartiya Janta Patry leader and Tinsukia district president Lakheswar Moran was assaulted by people protesting over the Citizenship Amendment Bill. The incident has reportedly taken place in Tinsukia, where the leader had arrived to attend a Lok Jagran Manch meeting, organised to tackle the misinformation surrounding the contentious bill.


According to a North East Now report, Moran was greeted with slogans and black flags shown by protestors. Subsequently, the protest took a violent turn after some protesters started chasing the leader. In the video, people can be seen throwing tyres and stones over the leader, and also manhandling him. In the wake of this, police intervened and safely escorted Moran, protecting from further violence.

“The protestors rained blows and kicks on him but the police did not intervene. To escape the mob fury he tried to run but fell down after chased by the protestors. He again tried to flee but once again fell down after hitting a bicycle. It was then the police finally came to his rescue.” A witness was quoted by North East Now.

The protest was reportedly led by All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Former NDA partner Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP).

After the incident, BJP’s state President Ranjit Kumar Dass has condemned the incident and also said that protestors should not cross the “Laxman Rekha”. A First Information report has also been lodged in regard to the incident. He has also appealed to the state government to nab the perpetrators at earnest. He added that BJP will also send its leaders to Tinsukia district on Thursday to press the administration and urge them to nab the assailants.

“We don’t have any problem if someone protests with black flags or going nudes. But if someone does like it was done in case of our Tinsukia district president, our 29 lakh karyakartas (workers) will not remain silent.” Dass was quoted by Times of India.

Dass, earlier, has alleged AASU and Indian National Congress of inciting violence in Nalbari, where Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had gone to lay the foundation stone for a medical college.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on 8th January, seeks an amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955, to provide citizenship to the persecuted minorities (Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, Jains, and Christians) from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The bill is expected to be tabled in Rajya Sabha during the Budget session.

The bill has led many National Democratic Alliance and Northeast Democratic alliance, both led by BJP, partners to oppose the bill, too. Parties like  JD(U) and Maharashtra based Shiv Sena have opposed the bill and said that bill will not get their support in the Upper House. Similarly, Megahalya CM Conrad Sanma, Mizoram CM Zoramthanga and Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio have labelled the bill to be against the interest of the region, as it will allow the influx of immigrants and will lead to the dilution of regional culture.

Read exclusive details of the Swiss bank accounts allegedly used by AgustaWestland accused Rajiv Saxena to receive kickbacks

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Read exclusive details of the Swiss bank accounts allegedly used by AgustaWestland accused Rajiv Saxena to receive kickbacks

The AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam has been nothing short of a fast-paced thriller ever since middleman Christian Michel was extradited to India from Dubai. Several revelations came to light, from the names of “Italian Lady”, to “Italian Lady’s son R“. From how Christian Michel was lobbying for the Eurofighter and against the Rafale deal, to how he had unbridled access to the PMO under Congress regime, the CCS and even the investigative agencies. In another massive headway, yesterday the Modi government managed the get Rajiv Saxena to India, who is one of the prime accused in the scam.

In an important development in the investigations into UPA era scams, two high-profile persons linked to the scams, Rajiv Saxena and Deepak Talwar were brought back from Dubai to India.

Lawyer of Rajiv Saxena, who is an accused in the VVIP chopper scam, has informed that he was picked up by UAE government security agencies yesterday morning in Dubai, and later he was extradited to India in the evening.

Rajiv Saxena’s profile
Deepak Talwar Profile

Rajiv Saxena is accused in a money laundering case connected with the AgustaWestland deal. He had filed an anticipatory bail plea in a Delhi court last month, which the ED had opposed. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had named him in a supplementary charge sheet filed in the VVIP Chopper scam in September 2017. Saxena and his wife Shivani Saxena are directors in two Dubai based companies, while he is a director in another Mauritius based company, and it is alleged that all those companies received proceeds of the kickbacks paid in the AgustaWestland deal.

It was reported that Rajiv Saxena has several accounts in Switzerland. OpIndia has acquired the list of accounts that Rajiv Saxena allegedly used for kickbacks received in the AgustaWestland scam.

The following are the accounts based in Switzerland in which the kickback of the AgustaWestland scam was deposited. The investigating agencies are trying to ascertain for whose benefit were these accounts maintained.

The banks in which the amounts were allegedly deposited, include Union Bancaire Privee UBP in Zurich, UBS Switzerland, and Credit Suiss AG, says the dossier accessed by OpIndia. The remittances into these accounts came allegedly from Matrix Group Ltd, UHY Saxena and Associates, Tiramisu Holdings Inc and Tanay Holdings Ltd, the document claimed.

Switzerland accounts used by Rajiv Saxena for money laundering

About Deepak Talwar, the dossier says that he facilitated dispersal of profit making routes of Air India to private airlines using his connection with the then Civil Aviation Minister. This fact was reportedly corroborated by payments by private airlines who were benefitted from such illegalities.

The Dossier also says that Qatar, Emirates and Air Arabia were beneficiaries of route dispersal and Deepak Talwar received a kickback of Rs. 212 crores in the foreign bank accounts in Bank of Singapore in the name of the company controlled by Talwar.

Deepak Talwar has also received a kick back in the purchase of Air India Airbus. He had received kickbacks in the account of Advantage India, an NGO controlled by Deepak Talwar himself.

Deepak Talwar was a high profile lobbying of the Congress era who has alleged syphoned off thousands of crores. The full profile of Deepak Talwar can be read here. Deepak Talwar was perhaps was as powerful as Niira Radia if not more. His exploits were not limited to these. He was caught in several instances and in fact, his proximity to the Congress had also emerged. Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s name emerged in the files recovered by the IT department in 2016, from the raids on Talwar’s premises. The recovered data allegedly show that Singh and his family members were frequently upgraded on international flights, mostly on Emirates. Recently, CBI had booked Talwar in the Air Asia scam. 

Complaint registered against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for hurting Hindu religious sentiments

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Complaint registered against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for hurting Hindu religious sentiments

A complaint has been filed today against the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for allegedly hurting the Hindu religious sentiments through his derogatory remarks on the Kumbh festival. Tharoor had earlier sparked a for his derogatory tweet where he had attempted to mock UP CM Yogi Adityanath taking a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam in Kumbh.


Union Minister Smriti Irani had earlier attacked Shashi Tharoor for insulting Hinduism through his remarks and alleged Rahul Gandhi’s tacit approval of Tharoor’s remarks. “It is appalling to see his tweet and he has done it with the support of Rahul Gandhi,” Smriti Irani said in response to Shashi Tharoor’s tweet insulting the world’s largest Hindu congregation in Kumbh.

This is not the first time that Tharoor has hurt the sentiments of Hindus. He has often been critical of Hinduism and the demands raised by Hindus. Apart from keeping a stoic silence on the atrocious murders of Hindu activists in Kerala, he has also gratuitously claimed that no ‘good Hindu’ would want to build a Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Later, he also went on a tirade against Ram Temple at the Ramjanmabhoomi by sermonising Hindus to follow their scriptures.

Even the Congress president Rahul Gandhi is not far behind in insulting Hindus and Hinduism. He recently claimed that building Ram temple is a non-issue for his party. His party Congress also wanted to pass the Communal Violence Bill which basically ensured that only Hindus would be considered perpetrators and never a Muslim, should there be any communal violence. The bugbear of “Saffron Terror” narrative was concocted by Congress for falsely implicating Sadhvi Pragya and even Lt Col Purohit. It was Rahul Gandhi who deemed mythical “saffron terror” more dangerous than LeT. The list of Congress’ betrayal with respect to Hindus is rather interminable.

‘Sexist man trapped in the body of a woke boy’, Miranda House students accuse JNU student of sexual misconduct

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‘Sexist man trapped in the body of a woke boy’, Miranda House students accuse JNU student of sexual misconduct

The Women’s Development Cell (WDC) of Miranda House, Delhi University, has issued a statement on social media where it has accused a postgraduate student from JNU, Aman Sinha, of “targeting and preying on women across different colleges in DU”.

The statement read, “An extremely creepy and perverted person, Aman Sinha has been targeting and preying on women across different colleges in DU. He claims to draw legitimacy from various Women collectives in the campus, by which he establishes contact with women to lure them into his trap. We have proofs of these allegations as many women have come out and spoken about his predatory behaviour.”

In the screenshots attached in the post, the Cell claims that Sinha was removed from AISA earlier due to ‘inappropriate behaviour’.

The statement says, “There have been multiple complaints against Aman Sinha from within Miranda in the past where women were so concerned about his predatory nature that a thread of messages was circulated warning women to stay away from him by the victims.” It adds, “Aman Sinha is a sexist man trapped in the body of a woke boy who gains social currency by repeatedly associating with prominent student leaders and going to every protest where he can find gullible women to impress. He especially preys on first years.”

The statement also mentions an occasion of a Pinjra Tod protest where he made many women “uncomfortable” with his presence there. In a conversation with a girl from Miranda, he is said to have called the women at the college “bitches” and a “kitty party”. He is also claimed to have said that he wasn’t wrong in using illegal substance at the protest. It says, “He responded by saying he smoked drugs with the organizers and what not, indicating the social capital he enjoys in order to intimidate his victims and completely ignoring why he was asked to leave.”

The post states further, “Aman Sinha is a mansplainer, is sexist and harasses women all under a garb of being an intellectual, student leader and the ultimate feminist.” The WDC also appealed to the “intellectual circles” to disassociate themselves from him due to his alleged inappropriate conduct. “it would be a matter of shame and complicity if they do not disassociate with him, and for once take a stand for all they preach.”

Speaking to TOI, Anoushka Parija, President of the WDC, said that the statement had been put out so that more students come forward with their complaints. She also said that the complaints will be sent to the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) and they intend to seek legal recourse over the matter.

The accused student, for his part, has claimed that it is a case of vendetta against him by some people from the organization and that “many women have come out in my support”.

Interim Budget vs Full Budget: All you need to know

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Interim Budget vs Full Budget: All you need to know

For the last several weeks, speculation was going on in media that Modi government is considering a full budget in the budget session of parliament that started today, instead of an interim budget. Yesterday, the Finance Ministry clarified that the finance minister will be presenting an interim budget in Lok Sabha on February 1, not a full budget. But what is the difference between an interim budget and full budget? Let’s find out.

The underlying principle of presenting a budget is to ascertain the legislative approval on the annual expenditure made by the executive led by the incumbent government. The government needs money for its functioning. Even though the government receives finances through various means, it needs approval from the legislature to spend the money in various heads.

Article 266 of the Constitution of India mandates that Parliamentary approval is required to draw money from the Consolidated Fund of India. Besides, Article 114 (3) of the Constitution specifies that no amount can be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund without the enactment of a law i.e appropriation bill.

On February 1, NDA government at the centre is set to present its last Budget ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Conventionally, a government at the end of its term presents an interim budget rather than a full Budget. There is a divided opinion on the issue as few experts are in favour of a full budget, others oppose it on the ground that in an election year the ruling government cannot present a full budget as it has already presented five full budgets in the previous years, and it does not have the mandate to rule the country for the whole year.

 

What is an interim budget?

An interim budget in all practical sense is a full budget but made by the government during the last year of its term i.e. just before an election. However, an Interim Budget is not the same as a ‘Vote on Account’. As ‘Vote on Account’ deals only with the expenditure side of the government’s budget, an Interim Budget is a complete set of accounts, including both expenditure and receipts. An Interim Budget gives the complete financial statement, very similar to a full Budget. It is also important to note that the interim budget and full budget are not official names, it is simply called union budget in official documents.

 

What is the difference between an interim budget and a full budget?

  • An interim budget is the budget of a government that is going through a period of transition while full budgets are not only an annual financial statement of the government but also present the direction of economic policies of the incumbent government. Conventionally, no major policy decisions are taken during the interim budget. However, several governments in the past, including the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance had made major policy announcements while presenting interim budgets just before 2009 and 2014 general elections.
  • Even though interim budgets are quite similar to a full-budget in terms of presentation of expenditure for the ongoing fiscal and projections for the upcoming fiscal year, the ruling government have traditionally opted to present a vote-on-account for a four-month period to incur the cost of administrative expenses and day-to-day running of the government.
  • The Union government can also introduce tax changes but during an election year, successive governments have avoided making any major changes in tax laws during an interim budget. The reasoning is that it would be the prerogative of the new government to signal its policy direction, which is often reflected in the budget it presents soon after the formation of the new government.

In simple terms, a full budget deals with revenues and expenses for the whole financial year, interim budget deals with revenues and expenses for the remaining time for which the incumbent government will be in power, and Vote on Account is only for expenses for the remaining term of the government.

 

Is it mandatory for the government to present vote-on-account instead of a full budget in an election year?

No, technically it is not mandatory for the government to present a vote-on-account and the constitution does not impose any such rules on the incumbent government from presenting a full-fledged budget instead of a vote-on-account. However, it has become a practice to avoid full budgets as it would be inappropriate to impose policies that may or may not be unacceptable to the incoming new government taking over in the same financial year.

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