‘Why not question Pak's atrocities in past 70 yrs?’: PM Modi asks anti-CAA protesters

CAA

The Prime Minister was in Karnataka’s Tumakuru, where he unveiled a plaque to mark the laying of the foundation stone for a memorial museum of Shri Shri Shivakumar Swamiji.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on an official state visit to Karnataka, on Thursday said that protesters opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act must raise their voices against the atrocities that Pakistan and asked what is stopping them from doing so. The Prime Minister was speaking in Karnataka’s Tumakuru where he unveiled a plaque to mark the laying of the foundation stone for a memorial museum of Shri Shri Shivakumar Swamiji at Siddaganga Mutt. At the event, the Prime Minister defended the government’s decision to enact and implement the CAA. “Religious minorities were being persecuted in Pakistan and those persecuted were forced to come to India as refugees. But Congress and its allies don't speak against Pakistan, instead, they are taking out rallies against these refugees… Those who are agitating against the Parliament of India today, I want to say that today need is to expose the activities of Pakistan at the international level. If you have to agitate, raise your voice against Pakistan's actions of last 70 years,” he said. Prime Minister Modi also said that protesters must raise slogans against the persecution of minorities and Dalits in Pakistan. “If you have to raise slogans, then raise them against the way minorities are being tortured in Pakistan. If you have to take out a procession, then take out a procession in support of Dalits in Pakistan and others oppressed and exploited in Pakistan,” he said. Modi also said that those opposing the CAA are protesting against the entry of persecuted minorities in Pakistan.  “Today, every citizen is asking that processions are being taken out against those who have come here from Pakistan to save their lives, to save the lives of their daughters, but why are they silent against the Pakistan which has carried out such crimes against them,” he said. Prime Minister Modi took a jibe at the Congress and asked why the party leaders did not question the actions of Pakistan. “Congress, its allies and the ecosystem they created are standing against India's Parliament. We can't leave minorities from Pakistan to their fate. We have a responsibility to protect them,” he said. Responding to the Prime Minister’s speech, the Congress party on its official Twitter handle stated that the anti-CAA protests were not against the Parliament but against ‘divisive deeds.’ मोदीजी ये आंदोलन संसद नहीं, आपके विभाजनकारी कारनामों के खिलाफ हो रहा है। हम आपको देश नहीं तोड़ने देंगे। रही बात पाकिस्तान की, तो इसी हिंदुस्तान ने 1948, 65, 71, कारगिल में जो घाव उसे दिए हैं, वो अब तक नहीं उबर पाया। पाकिस्तान को जवाब ही देना है तो बिरयानी और आम का खेल बंद कीजिए। https://t.co/ZdaTDawNW8 — Congress (@INCIndia) January 2, 2020

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M'luru cops to enlist Interpol's help to track down social media users inciting hatred

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The police have identified the registered mobile numbers of various persons putting up these posts.

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The Mangaluru City Police have decided to enlist the help of Interpol for the investigation into persons who allegedly posted communally-charged messages on social media. The Mangaluru Cyber Crime officials have been registering cases against several persons since the last one week for putting up posts on social media that allegedly incite communal hatred. The police have identified the registered mobile numbers of various persons putting up these posts. Mangaluru Police Commissioner PS Harsha said that several of these numbers are from countries abroad and they are enlisting the help of Interpol to further their investigations. “We want to enlist Interpol’s help to issue lookout circulars, revoke passports of these persons living abroad and issue Letters Rogatory to foreign countries and seek their cooperation for the probe since a few of these posts are from people who put them up abroad,” he said. Letters Rogatory is a formal communication in writing sent by any criminal court in India, where criminal action is pending in a case, to a foreign court or Judge requesting the testimony of a witness residing within the jurisdiction of the said foreign court. The Indian police can file Letters Rogatory under section 166 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Mangaluru Cyber Crime unit has identified around 40 social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram, where posts that allegedly incite communal hatred were posted after the protests erupted on December 19. The police in Mangaluru North and Bunder police stations opened fire, which killed two people – Jaleel Kudroli and Nausheen. In connection with the protests, the Mangaluru police announced on Facebook that Moideen Hameez –known as doctor.hameez – in his Instagram account, was arrested on Thursday for sharing message purported to be provocative. He has been charged under IPC section 505(1)(c) (inciting to commit offence) , IPC 114 (Abetment to offence), IPC 153A (promoting disharmony, enmity or feelings of hatred between different groups on the grounds of religion) and Section 124 A (sedition). Read: Mangaluru cops book 4 social media users alleging they incited communal hatred

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‘Chuku buku Cabinet clearance beku’: Bengaluru citizen activists to PM Modi

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The Twitter campaign was timed to coincide with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit in Karnataka.

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Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Bengaluru on Thursday for his two-day programme in Karnataka, activists and citizens are taking to social media to remind him about an unfulfilled promise - Bengaluru's suburban railway project.  The project was approved by the Extended Railway Board (ERB) of the Indian Railways in November 2019. The only step left now is clearance from the Union cabinet, specifically the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).  "For 36 years, all parties, Central and state governments, played football with suburban train project, resulting in terrible traffic and pollution. Now we are told the project needs Union cabinet clearance to move forward. Dear @narendramodi Bengaluru demands #ChukuBukuCabinetClearanceBeku," activist Srinivas Alavalli tweeted. He called for the cabinet approval to be given immediately.  For 36 years, all parties, central & state govts, played football with suburban train project, resulting in terrible traffic & pollution. Now we are told the project needs union cabinet clearance to move forward! Dear @narendramodi Bengaluru demands #ChukuBukuCabinetClearanceBeku pic.twitter.com/vTPA6p86qG — Srinivas Alavilli (@srinualavilli) January 2, 2020 Bangalore has grown a lot, and #suburbanrail is a necessity for people commuting long distances daily for work. The tracks are there. Just need the Union Cabinet clearance. Can this be done?@citizensforblr @srinualavilli #ChukuBukuCabinetClearanceBeku #ModaluTrainBeku — Venkat Ramakrishnan (@flyvenkat) January 2, 2020 Please participate in Twitter campaign to demand #ChukuBukuCabinetClearanceBeku @PMOIndia @PiyushGoyalOffc @PCMohanMP @Tejasvi_Surya @SureshAngadi_ @citizensforblr pic.twitter.com/kXDaEaeKEs — Yogeesh Prabhuswamy (@yogeeshgp) January 2, 2020 The Suburban Railway Project is a dedicated suburban railway service for Bengaluru. Estimated at a cost of Rs 15,900 crore, the project aims to build four corridors: Kengeri-Whitefield, KSR Bengaluru City- Rajanukunte, Nelamangala-Baiyappanahalli and Heelalige-Devenahalli. The revised DPR of the project states that it will include 57 stations and will have a 148 km railway network.  The state and central government will each share 50% of the cost of the project.  Activists say that the suburban railway project will strengthen public transport in and around Bengaluru. Citizens groups such as Bengaluru Suburban Rail Users and Citizens for Bengaluru had led a series of campaigns calling for a suburban railway network to be built in the city. It has also been mooted as one of the solutions to the city's infamous traffic woes.  In a separate Twitter campaign led by 'Hum Bharat ke Log', a collective of NGOs and citizen groups that have been protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), activists highlighted the hashtag #GoBackModi. This hashtag earlier trended during PM Modi's visit to Chennai in September 2019.

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Bengaluru civic body cleans up MG Road, Church St, Brigade Road hours after NY revelry

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The BBMP clean-up drive went on till 7 am and residents in the area were in for a pleasant surprise when they woke up on Wednesday morning.

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Bengaluru’s hub of New Year celebrations - Brigade Road, MG Road and Church Street - were cleaned up just hours after the revelry ended on January 1.  At 3 am, around 50 BBMP workers collected trash which included over 500 liquor bottles and 150 pairs of slippers and shoes, cigarette butts, and five tonnes of plastic and paper waste, Times of India reported.  The drive by the BBMP was along the lines of the clean-up done at New York's Times Square every year after the celebrations of New Year's Day. The clean-up drive went on till 7 am and residents in the area were in for a pleasant surprise when they woke up on Wednesday morning. The BBMP Mayor Gowtham Kumar said that the clean-up was led by Shantalanagar (ward number 111) junior health inspector Santosh Raj M, who said that he wanted to surprise residents who usually blame the civic body for the mess created on New Year's Day. Santosh requested special commissioner (solid waste management) Randeep D to allow him to undertake a special clean-up drive on these roads. He requested one compactor, eight private auto rickshaws and private daily wage labourers since pourakarmikas (civic workers) cannot begin work so early. After the celebrations ended at 3 am and police dispersed people milling around in the central Bengaluru area, the team of workers began their task.  The Ugly Indian (TUI), a citizen volunteer group arrived in front of the MG Road Metro Station at 10 am to start Trashure, an activity wherein volunteers were to locate trash and photograph the same. They were however in for a pleasant surprise as the area was cleaned up and they only managed to gather eight kg of trash, most from roadside shops, Deccan Herald reported.  “A team of BBMP workers cleaned up around 3 am and there was very little trash seen around in the area,” said a volunteer of TUI.  

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‘Won’t tolerate trouble to Kannadigas in Maharashtra on Belagavi issue’: K’taka Dy CM

Controversy

His statement comes in the backdrop of Shiv Sena workers reportedly hitting the streets in Kolhapur on Sunday and burning effigies of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai and stopping screening of Kannada films there

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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Wednesday warned that the state government would not tolerate any trouble to Kannadigas in Maharashtra over the Belagavi border issue. "I want to tell the Maharashtra Chief Minister that the Karnataka government will not tolerate any trouble to Kannadigas in Maharashtra," he told reporters here. His statement comes in the backdrop of Shiv Sena workers reportedly hitting the streets in Kolhapur on Sunday and burning effigies of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai and stopping screening of Kannada films there. The activists had also blackened billboards, having Kannada text, of some shopkeepers in Gandhinagar area. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had in December last year appointed ministers Chhagan Bhujbal and Eknath Shinde as co-coordinators to oversee his government's efforts to expedite the case relating to the boundary dispute with Karnataka. The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, which has been fighting for the merger of 800 odd villages with Maharashtra, had recently submitted a memorandum of their demands to Uddhav Thackeray. Maharashtra claims the border district of Belagavi was part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, but is currently a district of Karnataka, on linguistic grounds. Savadi, who hails from Belagavi, said the Maharashtra Chief Minister would do well to recall what his cousin Raj Thackeray had said in the past on the matter. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray had said in October 2014 in Mumbai politicians from the state have never been serious about finding a solution to the dispute and the issue has always been used for politics. The MNS chief had recalled that when MEK members had met him a few years ago, he had said he was prepared, if required, to meet the then Karnataka chief minister to discuss the issue and demand that there should not be injustice on Marathi speaking people living in Belgaum and nearby areas. On December 30, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had accused Uddhav Thackeray of raking up the Belagavi issue again for political gains and declared that 'not even an inch of land' would be given away.  

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Peace protest against CAA in Mangaluru postponed after K'taka Home Minister's request

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The call for the protest was issued by a delegation of various Muslim organisations led by the Muslim Central Committee.

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The peace protest planned in Mangaluru against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizenship (NRC) on January 4 has been postponed. "We have decided to postpone the event after discussions with the Home Minister and Mangaluru Police Commissioner. We will announce a new date and time soon," Haneef Khan, a member of the Muslim Central Committee, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi told TNM. The call for the protest was issued by a delegation of various Muslim organisations led by the Muslim Central Committee, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. The delegation met Mangaluru Police Commissioner PS Harsha and Additional Director General of Police Dayananda on Thursday and obtained permission for the protest to be held at Nehru Maidan in the city. Similarly, the BJP said that it will organise a pro-CAA event at the same venue on January 12 . However, the protest planned on January 4 has now been postponed after a request by Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who met religious leaders in Mangaluru on Tuesday. Following the meeting, Basavaraj Bommai said, "Since the incident on Mangaluru 19, peace has prevailed in Mangaluru thanks to the cooperation of the public in the city. Our intention is to ensure that this situation of peace continues in the future. In the coming days, two events have been discussed on January 4 and January 12. We held discussions about ensuring peace is maintained at these events."  The Home Minister further added that he had asked religious leaders to postpone both events planned in the city by around 10 days. An official involved in organising the anti-CAA protest also said that there were discussions held to shift the protest venue from Nehru Maidan to Adyar Kannoor, on the outskirts of Mangaluru. "We are adamant that we want to conduct the protest at the Nehru Maidan itself instead of organising it at Adyar Kannoor or any other part of the city. But we have now been told that no group will be allowed to conduct an event at the Nehru Maidan," an official with the Muslim Central Committee said.  The protest scheduled for January 4 was set to be the first protest in the city after violence marred anti-CAA protests on December 19. Two people were killed after police opened fire on protesters near the Mangaluru North (Bunder) police station. A curfew was imposed and mobile internet services were suspended in Dakshina Kannada district for 48 hours immediately after the incident occurred.  The call for protest on December 19 was issued by the  Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (SKSSF). However, a day prior to the protest, prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC were imposed in Karnataka. Section 144 bars the gathering of more than five people at a public place.  Defying prohibitory orders, hundreds protested in Mangaluru and police resorted to using tear gas and lathi charge to disperse the protesters. Police later opened fire on protesters gathered in Bunder, a port area in the city, amid incidents of stone pelting and arson. The police firing killed two people – Abdul Jaleel and Nausheen – who were daily wage labourers in Mangaluru.  They have been named as accused persons in an FIR registered in the Mangaluru North (Bunder) police station and their families have been denied compensation from the state government.

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Plot buyers in Bengaluru forced to pay extra interest due to delays by govt body

Civic Issues

While the plots in the developed land were supposed to be handed over to the owners by March 2018, BDA has now reportedly looking to finish the works by Dec 2021.

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Plot buyers of the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout (NPKL) in greater Bengaluru are left in the lurch as the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has not yet finished developing the layout, compelling the buyers to make alternative arrangements for their housing. While the plots on the developed land were supposed to be handed over to the owners by March 2018, the BDA has missed that, and several subsequent deadlines. In a recent submission to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), the BDA sought another extension of the deadline till December 2021.  While the plot buyers – who bought the land in 2016 – are kept waiting for more than a year on one hand, on the other, they will be forced to pay at least 3% more interest on their home loans due to the delay. All the allottees needed to pay the entire amount upfront within two months of the plot being allocated.  Suryakiran, one of the 20,000 buyers, said, “Since there is no separate loan for plot sites nowadays, we all had taken home loans. As part of the clause, if we don’t start the construction, then the loan is treated as a commercial loan. Many of us have already got notices from banks for the same. Now after we have exhausted all our savings, we are forced to lose more money.” He added, “How can they claim 70% of the work is over when there is no road, no water or electricity lines drawn?” Through this time, plot buyers have alleged that the BDA was making inordinate delays in carrying out requisite work -- from acquiring land to carrying out civil works or paying bills to the subcontractors even though every buyer had to pay the full amount upfront. Moreover, another problem affecting the site owners is that the layout which is being built along a 10-km patch has some land which has not been acquired and is part of existing villages. So when the BDA’s contractors want to lay underground utilities like power cables, sewage lines and water reservoirs, they are objected to by the local residents. Another site buyer, Santosh, said, “We are in financial stress without any fault of ours. The BDA is not cooperating with us. They are not being least bit transparent. Even after meeting the BDA Commissioner or taking them to RERA we have not got any assurance. The deadlines keep on changing and they refuse to show us any maps or plans.” Over the past year, around 6,000 of the plot buyers united under the name of NPKL Open Forum and approached RERA. But even then, they have not got any relief or answers from the BDA officials over the delay. Other than these issues, some parts of the land within the layout are under legal dispute.   TNM could not reach BDA Engineering Member or any concerned official for comment.

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