Isro spy case: Karunakaran's son drags PV Narasimha Rao

October 8, 2012

Narasimha

Thiruvananthapuram, October 8: Former Kerala chief minister K Karunakaran's son K Muraleedharan alleged on Sunday that if there was a conspiracy in the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) spy case, then former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao would have had a role in it.

"Rao often used to target his political rivals by hoisting false cases on them. If there was a conspiracy in the Isro spy case, then Rao would certainly have played a role," said Muraleedharan, who is also a Congress legislator.

He made the remarks while taking part in a meeting along with S Nambi Narayanan, a former Isro scientist who was arrested on espionage charges along with another top official of the Isro, two Maldivian women and a businessman.

The case first surfaced in 1994. At that time, Karunakaran was the chief minister. He resigned in 1995.

"Karunakaran had to resign following pressure from Rao and he did it in a week's time, after being asked to," said Muraleedharan.

But in 1996, things changed drastically after the CBI and the apex court of the country cleared Narayanan and gave him a clean chit and he got back his job.

"The need of the hour today is to have a re-investigation into the role played by the three police officials who investigated the case. I will write to chief minister Oommen Chandy for this and if there is no response, then I will approach the Congress high command," said Muraleedharan.

Incidentally, Narayanan had remarked that this case was nothing but an 'international conspiracy' to delay the development of cryogenic technology, which he was working on for Isro then. A division bench of the Kerala high court last month upheld the order of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ordering compensation of one million rupees to be paid to him.

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Parties should not give tickets to candidates with criminal background: ECI to SC

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January 24,2020

New Delhi, Jan 24: The Election Commission of India on Friday told the Supreme Court that its 2018 direction asking poll candidates to declare their criminal antecedents in electronic and print media has not helped curb criminalisation of politics. The poll panel suggested that instead of asking candidates to declare criminal antecedents in the media, political parties should be asked not to give tickets to candidates with criminal background.

A bench of Justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat asked the ECI to come up with a framework within one week which can help curb criminalisation of politics in nation's interest.

The top court asked the petitioner BJP leader and advocate Ashiwini Upadhyay and the poll panel to sit together and come up with suggestions which would help him in curbing criminalisation of politics.

In September 2018, a five-judge Constitution bench had unanimously held that all candidates will have to declare their criminal antecedents to the Election Commission before contesting polls and had called for a wider publicity, through print and electronic media about antecedents of candidates.

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What about those criminals who were already in parliament and vidahan sabhas? shall the ECI cancel their positions?

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Prime Minister greets Indian Coast Guard on its raising day

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February 1,2020

New Delhi, Feb 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the Indian Coast Guard on its raising day, appreciating its efforts to keep the country's coasts safe.

The Coast Guard came into being in 1977.

"Greetings to the Indian Coast Guard on their foundation day. Our Coast Guard has made a mark due to their remarkable efforts to keep our coasts safe," Modi tweeted.

The prime minister said the force's "concern towards the marine ecosystem is also noteworthy".

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Ready for talks with PM, but first withdraw CAA: Mamata Banerjee

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January 28,2020

Kolkata, Jan 28: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said she is ready for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of Citizenship Amendment Act but the Centre has to first withdraw the contentious law.

Banerjee said protesting against the decisions of the centre doesn't make opposition parties anti-national and iterated that she will not implement CAA, NRC or NPR in the state.

"It is good that the prime minister is ready for talks but the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) must be revoked first. They (Centre) did not call an all-party meeting before taking a decision on Kashmir and CAA.

"We are ready for talks but first withdraw this Citizenship Amendment Act," Banerjee, a staunch critic of the BJP, said addressing a protest programme against CAA through paintings.

The West Bengal assembly had on Monday passed a resolution against the CAA to become the fourth state after Kerala, Punjab and Rajasthan, to do so. The state assembly had on September 6, 2019, passed a resolution against the NRC.

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