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  • UP: BJP MLA, son booked after girl alleges rape, harassment 

    By way of PTI

    AGRA: A BJP MLA has been booked for harassment and his son for alleged rape after a 36-year-old girl lodged a criticism towards them, police stated on Wednesday.

    In keeping with the FIR registered at Tajganj Police Station, the girl was once allegedly raped through Laxmi Kant Verma, son of BJP MLA from the Fatehabad constituency Chhotey Lal Verma, again in 2003 when she was once 17 years previous.

    The girl was once a chum of the MLA’s daughter and would talk over with their area steadily, she stated in her criticism.

    On November 16, 2003, Laxmi Kant Verma gave her a drink allegedly laced with sedatives and after she fainted, he raped her, the girl stated.

    She claimed that the accused recorded a video of the act and threatened her with dire penalties if she instructed any person about it, in line with the criticism.

    The girl stated someday later, Laxmi Kant Verma married her at a temple and were given her a task as a receptionist at a cyber cafe in Agra that was once owned through him and his good friend.

    The couple’s firstborn was once a woman and because the accused sought after the second one kid to be male, he pressured her to get an abortion.

    She later gave beginning to a son, the girl stated.

    In 2006, Laxmi Kant Verma married any other girl from Rajasthan after forcing the complainant to signal divorce papers, in line with the FIR.

    The girl stated the BJP MLA and different members of the family of the accused have been liable for destroying her and her two kids’s lives.

    SHO Tajganj Police Station Bhupendra Baliyan stated, “The criticism has been registered towards Laxmikant Verma below sections 376 (rape), 313 (inflicting miscarriage), 323 and 328 (inflicting harm), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (legal intimidation), 494 (bigamy) of the Indian Penal Code.”

    AGRA: A BJP MLA has been booked for harassment and his son for alleged rape after a 36-year-old girl lodged a criticism towards them, police stated on Wednesday.

    In keeping with the FIR registered at Tajganj Police Station, the girl was once allegedly raped through Laxmi Kant Verma, son of BJP MLA from the Fatehabad constituency Chhotey Lal Verma, again in 2003 when she was once 17 years previous.

    The girl was once a chum of the MLA’s daughter and would talk over with their area steadily, she stated in her criticism.

    On November 16, 2003, Laxmi Kant Verma gave her a drink allegedly laced with sedatives and after she fainted, he raped her, the girl stated.

    She claimed that the accused recorded a video of the act and threatened her with dire penalties if she instructed any person about it, in line with the criticism.

    The girl stated someday later, Laxmi Kant Verma married her at a temple and were given her a task as a receptionist at a cyber cafe in Agra that was once owned through him and his good friend.

    The couple’s firstborn was once a woman and because the accused sought after the second one kid to be male, he pressured her to get an abortion.

    She later gave beginning to a son, the girl stated.

    In 2006, Laxmi Kant Verma married any other girl from Rajasthan after forcing the complainant to signal divorce papers, in line with the FIR.

    The girl stated the BJP MLA and different members of the family of the accused have been liable for destroying her and her two kids’s lives.

    SHO Tajganj Police Station Bhupendra Baliyan stated, “The criticism has been registered towards Laxmikant Verma below sections 376 (rape), 313 (inflicting miscarriage), 323 and 328 (inflicting harm), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (legal intimidation), 494 (bigamy) of the Indian Penal Code.”

  • Assam CM phrases FIR via J’khand MLA ‘faux’; minister stocks Himanta-Jaimangal pictures on Twitter

    By means of Categorical Information Carrier

    GUWAHATI: Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday termed the “FIR” lodged via Jharkhand Congress MLA Kumar Jaimangal Singh as “faux”.

    “Faux FIR in #Jharkhand. The so-called FIR looks as if @INCIndia asking Ottavio Quattrocchi to record a case in opposition to Bofors,” he tweeted, reacting to his ministerial colleague Pijush Hazarika’s remark.

    Taking to Twitter, Hazarika shared some images, appearing Sarma and Singh in combination, purportedly in Delhi. The pictures counsel the 2 are not any strangers to one another.

    “Sharing some FACTS concerning the baseless allegations via Jharkhand @INCIndia MLA @KumarJaimangal. Jharkhand Cong MLA @KumarJaimangal made a pretend allegation that the three arrested MLAs had lured him to satisfy Hon’ble CM Dr.@himantabiswa sir,” he wrote at the microblogging web site.

    He claimed Sarma had taken Singh to the place of abode of Union Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi on July 26 at 9 am – 5 days ahead of the Jharkhand MLA had filed the “fabricated FIR” with the police – so as to assist him in his industry union-related topic.

    Hazarika claimed Singh have been frequently assembly the Assam CM.

    “He will have to face the legislation for creating a fraudulent allegation in opposition to Hon’ble Leader Minister of Assam and in opposition to the ones tribal MLAs,” Hazarika tweeted.

    In his grievance, Singh had claimed the 3 Jharkhand Congress MLAs arrested in West Bengal had requested him to sign up for them and meet Sarma in combination in Guwahati. He had alleged the trio lured him with money and ministerial berth and sought his give a boost to to tug down the JMM-Congress govt in Jharkhand.

    After his title were given entangled within the Jharkhand politics, the Assam CM had on Sunday stated he had no thought why Singh needed to record the police grievance.

    “The Congress MLAs and leaders meet me in Guwahati and Delhi. What’s incorrect in that? Congress is my previous birthday celebration,” he had stated, including, “I’ve recognized the individual, who lodged the FIR, for twenty years. So, he doesn’t desire a intermediary to come back to me.”

    GUWAHATI: Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday termed the “FIR” lodged via Jharkhand Congress MLA Kumar Jaimangal Singh as “faux”.

    “Faux FIR in #Jharkhand. The so-called FIR looks as if @INCIndia asking Ottavio Quattrocchi to record a case in opposition to Bofors,” he tweeted, reacting to his ministerial colleague Pijush Hazarika’s remark.

    Taking to Twitter, Hazarika shared some images, appearing Sarma and Singh in combination, purportedly in Delhi. The pictures counsel the 2 are not any strangers to one another.

    “Sharing some FACTS concerning the baseless allegations via Jharkhand @INCIndia MLA @KumarJaimangal. Jharkhand Cong MLA @KumarJaimangal made a pretend allegation that the three arrested MLAs had lured him to satisfy Hon’ble CM Dr.@himantabiswa sir,” he wrote at the microblogging web site.

    He claimed Sarma had taken Singh to the place of abode of Union Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi on July 26 at 9 am – 5 days ahead of the Jharkhand MLA had filed the “fabricated FIR” with the police – so as to assist him in his industry union-related topic.

    Hazarika claimed Singh have been frequently assembly the Assam CM.

    “He will have to face the legislation for creating a fraudulent allegation in opposition to Hon’ble Leader Minister of Assam and in opposition to the ones tribal MLAs,” Hazarika tweeted.

    In his grievance, Singh had claimed the 3 Jharkhand Congress MLAs arrested in West Bengal had requested him to sign up for them and meet Sarma in combination in Guwahati. He had alleged the trio lured him with money and ministerial berth and sought his give a boost to to tug down the JMM-Congress govt in Jharkhand.

    After his title were given entangled within the Jharkhand politics, the Assam CM had on Sunday stated he had no thought why Singh needed to record the police grievance.

    “The Congress MLAs and leaders meet me in Guwahati and Delhi. What’s incorrect in that? Congress is my previous birthday celebration,” he had stated, including, “I’ve recognized the individual, who lodged the FIR, for twenty years. So, he doesn’t desire a intermediary to come back to me.”

  • Cash in ownership of J’khand MLAs had supply in Kolkata, trio a part of larger sport plan: CID officer

    CID officer, then again, didn’t expose a lot in regards to the sport plan that he was once relating to however published that the cash was once only a “fraction of the quantity that was once concerned within the higher scheme of items”

  • Haryana Cong MLAs succeed in Delhi from Raipur, to reach in Chandigarh hours ahead of RS polls Friday

    Via PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Haryana Congress MLAs who have been lodged in a hotel in Chattisgarh’s Raipur reached Delhi Thursday night and are anticipated to reach right here Friday morning to solid their votes within the Rajya Sabha elections, resources stated.

    The ruling BJP-JJP MLAs remained lodged at a hotel right here for the second one day as all sides braced for a willing contest on one of the crucial two seats going to the polls.

    #WATCH | Haryana Congress MLAs arrive in Delhi, from Raipur in Chhattisgarh, forward of the Rajya Sabha elections the following day. percent.twitter.com/MT4jNPiox8

    — ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2022

    In a late-evening building, lone Indian Nationwide Lok Dal MLA Abhay Singh Chautala declared his fortify to Kartikeya Sharma, who has entered the fray as an Unbiased candidate subsidized through the BJP-JJP mix and maximum Independents.

    The BJP has fielded former minister Krishan Lal Panwar whilst Ajay Maken is the Congress nominee. The Congress had shifted its MLAs to Raipur per week in the past fearing poaching of its legislators.

    Assets stated they left the hotel there on Thursday night and reached Delhi. They’re anticipated to succeed in Chandigarh within the morning. After attaining Chandigarh, they’ll have breakfast at Hooda’s place of dwelling right here and continue from there to solid their votes, resources stated.

    Chatting with newshounds in Delhi, senior Congress chief Vivek Bansal, who’s the birthday party’s Haryana affairs incharge, exuded self belief that Ajay Maken will win conveniently.

    Congress chief Deepender Singh Hooda additionally stated the birthday party candidate will win conveniently.

    Senior birthday party chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who were in Delhi for the previous few days, reached right here on Thursday night. It’s learnt that each Hooda and birthday party chief Kuldeep Bishnoi reached right here in the similar flight from Delhi.

    Previous, Bishnoi, who’s the MLA from Adampur in Hisar, didn’t cross to Raipur as he was once reportedly disappointed with the birthday party for ignoring him within the fresh reshuffle in its state unit. He had lobbied for the submit of the state unit leader, which went to former leader minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda loyalist Udai Bhan.

    Every other senior chief, Kiran Choudhary, too, didn’t cross to Raipur reportedly because of well being causes. “Now we have were given enough numbers and our candidate will win conveniently with 31 votes,” Hooda had instructed PTI on Wednesday.

    The BJP-JJP too had shifted their MLAs to a hotel in Chandigarh. They’re attending a “coaching consultation” in reference to the vote casting procedure, Haryana BJP leader O P Dhankar had stated.

    BJP’s senior leaders, together with Leader Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Dhankar, too had joined them.

    Whilst the BJP with 40 MLAs has enough votes to win one seat, the competition has spiced up for the second one seat with the access of media baron Kartikeya Sharma. He’s additionally supported through maximum Independents and Gopal Kanda, lone MLA of the Haryana Lokhit Celebration. A candidate wishes 31 votes to win the elections.

    Indian Nationwide Lok Dal MLA Abhay Singh Chautala on Thursday declared his fortify to Sharma after a gathering of his birthday party.

    Replying to a query, Abhay Singh Chautala stated the media baron’s brother Manu Sharma, who had helped his father previously, approached him for fortify. Now, through supporting Kartikeya Sharma, he’s repaying the debt, he stated.

    Chautala stated there’s no query of supporting the Congress, “which has looted the rustic”. “For me, there could also be no query of vote casting for the BJP candidate because the birthday party pursued anti-farmer insurance policies,” he stated.

    He stated if he abstains from vote casting, then it could imply benefitting the Congress candidate within the fray, which he can by no means do.

    The INLD chief additionally lashed out at Bhupinder Singh Hooda, announcing he can cross to “any extent to serve his political pursuits”.

    Unbiased MLA Balraj Kundu, who’s but to make his stand transparent on whom he’s going to fortify, was once on Thursday night approached through Sharma’s father and previous Union minister Venod Sharma, who sought fortify for his son.

    Venod, who had additionally remained a minister within the erstwhile Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led executive, had floated his personal outfit Jan Chetna Celebration. The media baron’s spouse’s father Kuldeep Sharma is a senior Congress chief and a former speaker of the state Meeting.

    On Thursday, Balraj Kundu instructed newshounds that he’s going to divulge his technique on Friday.

    Kundu took a dig on the BJP, announcing its leaders used to take potshots on the Congress for accommodation their legislators in a hotel over fears of poaching however now they too have performed the similar factor. “Why the BJP and the JJP are accommodation their MLAs in a hotel right here. Something is obvious from this that each outfits would not have religion of their MLAs they usually worry cross-voting,” he stated.

    Haryana Meeting Secretary and Returning Officer for the polls R Okay Nandal stated on Thursday the polling can be held from 9 am to 4 pm. The votes can be counted quickly thereafter.

    The votes can be marked through a different pen equipped through the Election Fee. Each and every MLA after casting his vote will give up the pen to the officer deputed through the ballot frame, Nandal instructed newshounds.

    Nandal stated that Haryana’s Leader Electoral Officer and one central observer, who’s Manipur’s Leader Electoral Officer, can be provide to supervise the ballot procedure.

    Within the 90-member Haryana Meeting, the BJP has 40 MLAs whilst the Congress has 31.

    The JJP, which is an best friend of the BJP, has 10 legislators whilst the Indian Nationwide Lok Dal and Haryana Lokhit Celebration have one every and 7 are independents.

    Two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana will fall vacant in August with the phrases of media baron Subhash Chandra and BJP chief Dushyant Gautam expiring.

  • Be sure your vote does not flip invalid because of some mistake: Fadnavis tells celebration MLAs on RS polls eve

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: At the eve of elections to 6 Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra, senior BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday held a gathering right here with the MLAs of his celebration, the place he steered them to make certain that their votes don’t flip invalid because of some mistake.

    The previous leader minister used to be chatting with the BJP MLAs at a resort. “You may have been urged on the right way to workout the preferential vote casting for the Rajya Sabha. You’ll have to make certain that your vote is not going to transform invalid because of some mistake,” the Chief of Opposition within the state Legislative Meeting stated.

    “We’ve got instructed you the right way to vote and also you will have to do it accordingly,” he added.

    Union Railway Minister and election in-charge for the BJP Ashwini Vaishnav used to be additionally provide at this assembly.

    Fadnavis, who examined adverse for COVID-19 on Thursday, days after being discovered inflamed, joined the assembly and addressed the MLAs.

    After greater than 20 years, Maharashtra will witness a competition within the Rajya Sabha polls as there are seven applicants within the fray for 6 seats.

    Polling shall be held on the Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature complicated, right here between 9 am and four pm.

    Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde, Dhananjay Mahadik (BJP), Praful Patel (NCP), Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar (Shiv Sena) and Imran Pratapgarhi (Congress) are within the fray for the six seats of the Higher Space of Parliament.

    The competition is for the 6th seat – between BJP’s Mahadik and Sena’s Pawar. Each vote has transform a very powerful after BJP made up our minds to box its 3rd candidate within the election.

    The BJP has 106 MLAs within the decrease space of the Maharashtra legislature whilst it claimed to have make stronger of a few impartial and small events as neatly.

  • RS polls: Uddhav, Pawar, Kharge meet MVA legislators

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: In a display of unity forward of June 10 election for 6 Rajya Sabha vacancies from Maharashtra, Leader Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge held a gathering with MLAs of the 3 events right here on Tuesday.

    As leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of the Sena, NCP and Congress held parleys with Unbiased MLAs and smaller events to cobble up fortify, the Sena additionally determined to shift its legislators to a town resort to thwart makes an attempt of poaching.

    “The executive minister mentioned all over the assembly that our victory is bound and requested the legislators of the 3 events to stick united,” Sena MLA and spokesperson Sunil Prabhu instructed PTI within the night.

    MLAs of smaller events just like the Bachhu Kadu-led Prahar and Unbiased legislators additionally attended the assembly, Prabhu added. This was once the primary such assembly of the MVA MLAs and its leaders after the formation of the Uddhav Thackeray-led executive in 2019.

    Within the 288-member Maharashtra Meeting (which paperwork the voters for the Rajya Sabha polls), smaller events have 16 MLAs, whilst the choice of Independents is 13.

    With one Meeting seat mendacity vacant and two NCP MLAs (Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik) in prison, the quota of votes consistent with profitable candidate is 41.

    Mumbai | Forward of June 10 RS polls, assembly of Maha Vikas Aghadi companions begins- Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP speak about the tactic. Maharashtra CM & Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge amongst others provide at Trident %.twitter.com/JqPLg63saI

    — ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2022

    A complete of 7 applicants — 3 applicants of the BJP, two of the Shiv Sena and one every of NCP and Congress — are within the fray for 6 seats, which necessitated election for Rajya Sabha after greater than 20 years in Maharashtra.

    The competition for the 6th seat might be between the BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Sena’s Sanjay Pawar. The BJP has requested its MLAs to return to Mumbai within the subsequent two days.

    AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned the MVA must touch his birthday party if they want fortify whilst the Samajwadi Celebration has sought Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s rationalization at the Shiv Sena’s language of Hindutva and the federal government’s secular credentials.

    All 55 legislators of the Sena were summoned to Mumbai and they are going to keep in combination until the polls on June 10, a Sena chief mentioned.

    “We have been at ‘The Retreat’ (at Madh island in northwest Mumbai) and all our ministers too have been provide there. That was once a part of our technique. We can be shifting to resort Trident (in south Mumbai) lately,” Sunil Prabhu had mentioned previous within the day.

    The Trident is a stone’s throw from the Maharashtra Legislative Meeting the place vote casting will happen.

    Senior Shiv Sena chief and minister Anil Parab mentioned talks are being held with all events, be it the AIMIM and Samajwadi Celebration, who’ve prolonged their fortify to the MVA executive.

    The AIMIM and the SP every have two MLAs within the Space. Samajwadi Celebration MLA Rais Shaikh additionally met Parab.

    Shaikh instructed newshounds that the SP has written a letter to CM Thackeray, asking him to elucidate the federal government’s secular credentials.

    “The Commonplace Minimal Programme on which the federal government was once shaped and the language of Hindutva spoken via the executive minister in his speech. There may be such a lot distinction (between CMP and the Hindutva language). So (the CM must) explain whether or not the federal government is secular or if Sena’s Hindutva credible or the BJP’s,” Shaikh mentioned.

    What has the federal government finished within the final 2.5 years? The minority fee and the Haj Committee have no longer been shaped till now, Shaikh mentioned. When requested whether or not the Samajwadi Celebration is with the MVA, Shaikh mentioned, “We’re with the MVA, however take a look at the calls for. It’s ideological.”

    BJP chief Girish Mahajan on Tuesday met Hitendra Thakur, searching for his fortify. Thakur’s Bahujan Vikas Aghadi has 3 MLAs and he’s referred to as a supporter of NCP leader Sharad Pawar.

    The Sena has fielded Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar whilst the BJP has nominated Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik. The NCP has fielded Praful Patel and Congress nominated Imran Pratapgarhi).

    Given its energy within the Meeting (106 MLAs), the BJP has sufficient votes to win two seats, whilst the Sena, NCP and Congress can win one seat every.

    The Sena (55), NCP (53) and Congress (44) — all constituents of the MVA-have sufficient votes in combination to verify the victory for the second one candidate of the Sena.

  • Ex-Cong MLA Manilal Vaghela joins BJP forward of Gujarat Meeting polls

    Through PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Former Congress MLA Manilal Vaghela, who used to be denied price tag by way of the birthday celebration within the 2017 Gujarat Meeting elections, joined the BJP on Sunday together with a number of of his supporters, forward of the state polls due in December this yr.

    Gujarat BJP president C R Paatil welcomed Vaghela with a birthday celebration shawl on the ‘Vijay Vishwas Sammelan’ in Vadgam the town of Banaskantha district.

    Vaghela had gained the 2012 state election on Congress’s price tag from Vadgam seat, however used to be denied price tag within the 2017 Meeting election after the birthday celebration determined to reinforce impartial candidate and Dalit chief Jignesh Mevani, who gained by way of defeating his BJP rival.

    Vaghela, who used to be related to Congress for a very long time, had resigned from the birthday celebration in November final yr, mentioning displeasure over the birthday celebration sidelining him for Mevani. He had expressed objection to Mevani’s “provoctive speeches” and Dalit identification politics.

    Particularly, Mevani used to be arrested a couple of days again by way of the Assam police from Palanpur the town in Banaskantha over a tweet. He’s lately within the Assam police’s custody after his bail plea used to be rejected by way of a court docket within the north- japanese state.

    Quickly after becoming a member of the BJP, Vaghela criticised the Congress, terming it as a “direction-less birthday celebration” with no one to listen to the grievances of Congress employees.

    Vaghela mentioned he’ll ensure that the BJP victory from the Vadgam seat, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste applicants.

    “I contacted folks from the world and after visiting other villages and assembly sarpanchs and others, I determined to enroll in the BJP. I will be able to make sure that this seat is gained by way of the BJP, without reference to who will get the price tag to contest from the seat,” he mentioned.

  • Blizzard throws lifestyles out of substances in upper reaches of HP; oppn Cong goals executive

    Through PTI

    SHIMLA: Standard lifestyles remained out of substances within the upper reaches of Himachal Pradesh, together with in capital Shimla, on Saturday as maximum roads have been blocked following the hot snowstorm, and contractors tasked with clearing the snow staged a protest.

    Chatting with the media right here, Shimla Rural MLA Vikramaditya Singh of the Congress mentioned the contractors introduced ahead their protest at the beginning proposed for Monday, adversely affecting the snow clearance paintings from many of the roads in Shimla, Kullu, and Chamba districts.

    Blaming the Jai Ram Thakur-led BJP executive within the state for the disaster, the Congress MLA mentioned representatives of the contractors had met the executive minister a number of instances in reinforce in their calls for for the discharge in their arrears and GST refunds however the problem was once no longer resolved.

    The state executive will have to instantly unravel their grievances to offer aid to most of the people because the contractors with their males and equipment play crucial function in clearing snow from the roads, he mentioned.

    State Congress president Kuldeep Singh Rathore alleged that the state executive has failed to revive commonplace lifestyles regardless of transparent climate on Saturday. “Individuals are struggling as the facility provide in numerous portions has additionally been affected, and the state executive has failed to revive it,” Rathore mentioned.

    In the meantime, City Construction Minister Suresh Bhardwaj steered the contractors to not forestall the paintings of clearing the roads. Contractors play an important function in restoring commonplace lifestyles after a snowstorm, they usually will have to achieve this this time too, and the federal government will unravel their grievances on the earliest, he confident in a commentary.

    The minister mentioned the problem can be taken up with the executive minister after his arrival in Shimla, and it could be resolved accordingly. The manager minister was once in his house district Mandi on Saturday and is most likely to go back to Shimla quickly.