VHP reminds Modi of 1989 BJP pledge on Bill for Temple; slams Rahul, Mamata

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October 29, 2018

New Delhi, Oct 29: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday said it was "disappointed" that the crucial hearing on the years old Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute was deferred and maintained that the apex court seems to be "avoiding" to take up the title dispute for urgent hearing.

Shortly after the three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi deferred the matter for hearing to January next year, senior VHP leader Arun Kumar also directed his tirade against Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and said it is high time for "each of them to take a stand and be accountable". 

"What is pending in the Supreme Court is a title dispute and when Justice Dipak Misra said that and dismissed all the intervention applications, we were hopeful that now the Supreme Court will hear the case and decide it. That would have been a great thing," senior VHP leader Arun Kumar told reporters here. 

"We are disappointed that this did not happen," he told television channels.

To a pointed question on what would the VHP do if the government does not bring an Ordinance, Mr Kumar said: "We believe this government (led by PM Narendra Modi) is a government of Ram Bhakts. The BJP has passed a resolution for legislation in Palampur session in 1989, they have been our associates in this fight (for Ram Temple), so we look forward to them to implement their own manifesto".

Answering questions on the role of non-BJP political parties, he said: "It will be time for all the political parties to stand up and be counted.'

' We know a President of a major political party who is said to wearing a Janyu goes to Kailash Mansorovar in an advertised Yatra. In his election rallies, he is described as Ram Bhakt," he said in reference to the Congress President.

Making a veiled attack on West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Ms Banerjee, the VHP leader said "There is another leader who distributes money to all puja pandals, it would be time for each of them to take a stand and be counted". 

He said an Ordinance or the legislative measure will be a genuine alternative route to resolve the years old dispute.

"Making a legislation is another way, a lawful way of sorting out this problem.... Therefore, the demand for a legislation is in no way any disrespect to the Supreme Court," Mr Kumar said. 

He said when the then Chief Justice Dipak Misra was heading the bench and hearing the case, the Hindu saints at a meeting in Udupi had decided to "wait" for the apex court's ruling.

"Justice Misra retired in October and therefore we found that the wait was not worth it...," he said adding the new Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has also deferred the matter.

He pointed out that: "The Supreme Court which had time to sit on the night (on other cases) and late in the evening has somehow avoided to hear the appeal of a great public importance and which affects the tranquility, amicability and other things".

In that context, he said, "Therefore, there comes the other lawful way of demanding a legislation has been preferred".

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June 3,2020

Jun 3: Emphasising that airlines are clearly the safest mode of transportation, IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta on Tuesday said there is no evidence yet of coronavirus infection getting transmitted among passengers onboard an aeroplane.

His comments against the backdrop of instances of some passengers, who had taken flights after resumption of domestic air services on May 25, testing positive for coronavirus.

"Those people had the virus before they got on to the aeroplane. What is noteworthy is that they have done the tracing after that. There is no evidence of transmission onboard there... that is a very encouraging sign on the safety of airline travel," he said during an earnings call.

According to him, airlines are clearly the safest mode of transportation and there is no evidence yet of contamination on an aircraft.

"You can come in contaminated but so far there is no evidence of passing it on to a fellow passenger," he noted.

Amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, aviation regulator DGCA has asked airlines to ensure that to the extent possible, middle seat in flights should be kept empty.

In this regard, Dutta said the airline would keep the middle seat empty wherever it can and "where we have to fill the middle seat, we will have the extra protective gown".

To a query about possible hedging of fuel prices, he said it would be a dumb idea and that airlines adjust to ups and downs in fuel prices.

"I can't overemphasise what a dumb idea it will be for an airline to hedge fuel prices. I looked at it from different angles and it is not a good idea... we looked at hedging and we talked about it at the board level and we said no," he noted.

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June 15,2020

New Delhi, Jun 15: With an increase of 11,502 cases in the past 24 hours, the COVID-19 count in India reached 3,32,424 on Monday, according to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.

The spike is marginally lower than the highest-ever spike of 11,929 new cases the country registered a day earlier.

With 325 deaths being reported from across the country, the toll due to COVID-19 has now reached 9,520.

The COVID-19 count includes 1,53,106 active cases while 1,69,798 patients have been cured and discharged or migrated so far.

Maharashtra with 1,07,958 cases continues to be the worst-affected state in the country with 53,030 active cases while 50,978 patients have been cured and discharged in the state so far. 3,950 deaths have been reported due to the infection so far from Maharashtra.

It is followed by Tamil Nadu with 44,661 cases and the national capital with 41,182 confirmed cases.

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February 11,2020

New Delhi, Feb 11: Celebrations broke out at the AAP headquarters here as early vote-counting trends for the Delhi Assembly polls on Tuesday showed a comfortable victory for the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led party.

The headquarters were decorated with blue and white balloons and big cut-outs of Kejriwal were placed in different parts of the party office.

"We knew it. We have changed the politics of this country. Now it is Delhi, next is India," said Sanjeev Singh, a party volunteer from Hari Nagar.

Another volunteer Fareen Khan said, "We hope we get such a clear majority that a message goes out that doing Hindu-Muslim politics will not work anymore."

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is leading in 26 seats while the BJP is leading in 14 seats, according to early trends by the Election Commission.

According to the EC's website, AAP convenor Kejriwal is leading in his New Delhi constituency.

Kejriwal reached the party office as the counting of votes got underway.

Counting centres are spread across 21 locations, spanning 70 constituencies.

Polling for the 70-member Delhi Assembly was held on Saturday.

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