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Jailed Jagan is on trial today in Andhra-elections

June 12, 2012

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Hyderabad, June 12: A crucial day for Jagan Mohan Reddy and the Congress in Andhra Pradesh. By-polls to the Nellore Lok Sabha seat and 18 Legislative assembly constituencies is underway on Tuesday. The ruling Congress, the opposition TDP and Jagan's YSR Congress party will be slugging it out for these seats. Polling has commenced at 8 am.

The assembly seats including one in Telangana fell vacant following the disqualification of Congress rebels who joined Jagan's party.

The Tirupati seat fell vacant following Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi's election to the Rajya Sabha.

YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy will remain in Chanchalguda jail during polling as his custody was extended on Monday in the alleged disproportionate assets case. Jagan's arrest could go against the ruling Congress in these elections because Jagan's family has been calling it political vendetta.

Other factors that could weigh on voters minds are enhanced electricity charges and erratic power supply in the state. The recent hike in petrol price - the steepest ever - and a severe shortage of drinking water could also hurt the Congress' prospects.

The by-polls to 18 Assembly segments on Tuesday will not lead to the fall of the Kiran Kumar Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh anytime soon but will give a new direction to the state politics. A 'wave' is anticipated in favour of YSR Congress, its chief's arrest in the disproportionate assets case and the corruption allegations against him notwithstanding, and its candidates are expected to 'sweep' the crucial by-elections.

Jagan's arrest by CBI and the subsequent campaign by his mother YS Vijaya and sister Sharmila have in a way generated sympathy for the YSR Congress. As the current trends indicate, the YSR Congress is the front-runner in almost all the constituencies except Parkal in Warangal district of Telangana.

The Congress' strategy in this regard miserably backfired and virtually landed it in the dock as the misdeeds of the past eight years started haunting it.

The TDP, which otherwise should have benefited from the anti-incumbency factor, was caught in the crossfire between the Congress and the YSR Congress though it started off with some advantage in the beginning.

In Parkal the TRS is bent on preventing the BJP's victory as it will threaten its existence as the sole torch-bearer of the statehood movement.

In the Nellore Lok Sabha constituency, sitting Congress MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy who quit his party to join the YSR Congress will face former Union Minister T Subbarami Reddy of the Congress.

Meanwhile, the election authorities have made elaborate arrangements in 18 assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat where 46,13,589 voters are expected to exercise their franchise in 5,413 polling stations spread over 12 districts.

State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Bhanwar Lal told reporters that 50,000 polling personnel, including 138 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), have been deployed for the conduct of the elections.

By-polls were necessitated in 16 of the 18 assembly seats as the sitting Congress MLAs were disqualified for switching loyalty to Jagan and voting against the Congress government during a no-trust vote in December.

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June 29,2020

New Delhi, Jun 29: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central government to find out the facts related to blacklisting and canceling of visas of foreign nationals who attended the congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin area here.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar and also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna asked the Centre to find out the facts related to the matter and fixed it for further hearing on July 2.

The apex court asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta "if visas of these foreigners are canceled, then why are they still in India?"

"You (Centre) can deport them. If visas are not canceled, then, it is a different situation," the court said. The top court was hearing a number of petitions challenging blacklisting and cancellation of visas filed by few foreigners.

Mehta sought more time to file a reply on the matter, after which the court posted the matter for further hearing on July 2.

The petitions, filed by the foreign nationals from 35 countries, have sought directions to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to remove their names from the blacklist, reinstate their visas and facilitate their return to their respective countries.

The petitions sought to declare the decision of the MHA of blacklisting the foreign nationals who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation as "arbitrary".

"Unilateral blacklisting of 960 foreigners by the Home Ministry vide press release dated April 2, 2020, and the subsequent blacklisting of around 2500 foreigners as reported on June 4, 2020, is in violation of Article 21. Therefore, it is void and unconstitutional as the petitioners have neither been provided any hearing nor notice or intimation in this regard," the plea said.

One of the petitioners named Fareedah Cheema, a Thai national in the seventh month of her pregnancy, said she was quarantined in March, like other foreign nationals but was released from quarantine only in late May and is still at a facility under restricted movements, without the avenue to go back to her home nation and experience the birth of her child with security and dignity, with her loved ones.

These foreign nationals presently in India were blacklisted for a period of 10 years from traveling to India for their alleged involvement in Tablighi Jamaat activities.

The Home Ministry had said that foreign Tablighi Jamaat members, who were staying in India in violation of visa rules during the nationwide lockdown implemented to combat the COVID-19 spread, have been blacklisted.
A large congregation organised by Tablighi Jamaat in the national capital in March had emerged as a major COVID-19 hotspot in the country.

The government had said the decision of banning the foreign Tablighi Jamaat members was taken after details of foreigners found illegally living in mosques and religious places emerged from various states across the country.

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