Coal scam BJP calls for PM resignation Sonia says he will not stop

The Opposition on Tuesday derailed both houses of Parliament with the Bharatiya Janata Partycost against the UPA govt. however the BJP seems to had been pushed to a corner over its demand for the PM’s resignation. BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “it isn’t suitable that the government suppresses the reality. We demand that the prime Minister resigns and the regulation Minister must be sacked.”

BJP ally Janata Dal United shouldn’t be pushing for the PM’s resignation and needs to look ahead to the federal government’s reply on JPC. “we will be able to take in the coal rip-off problem on this session of Parliament,” mentioned JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav. The Samajwadi  party, too, has distanced itself from the BJP’s demand.

Meanwhile, the Congress has put its weight at the back of the PM. on the finish of the core workforce meet, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi categorically dominated out the PM’s resignation. “allow them to ask” was the terse response of Sonia when approached by using reporters on the difficulty after the meeting.

The assembly of the Core crew was convened straight away after each homes have been adjourned over the issue for half of an hour within the morning. The meeting, which was additionally attended by means of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath discussed the strategy ahead in wake of the Opposition reviving its assault on the government on the coal rip-off and the 2G scam and bringing the high Minister as neatly below the goal.

Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s document on coal blocks allocation was tabled within the Lok Sabha. There will be bother each for the UPA and NDA because the document says the entire coal blocks distributed between 1993 and 2008 have been unauthorised and now not finished in a transparent method.

The file observes that no bidding course of was once held for coal allocations. though it is not binding on the federal government, the file recommends that those involved right away or indirectly must be investigated.

It additionally says that every one coal mine allocations where manufacturing is but to be start, must be cancelled. The report does no longer identify a presumptive loss figure, on the other hand.

The significant Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in an affidavit, can be set to inform the Supreme courtroom of India that the probe agency’s file on coal block allocation scam was shared with the legislation Ministry on its request and that regulation Minister Ashwani Kumar had vetted the file, a cost the Congress has been rejecting. CNN-IBN has accessed the details of the CBI’s affidavit that the company will file with the apex court on April 26.

The CBI affidavit may also embrace the original status record on the coal block allocation rip-off, which concluded that there was once a lack of transparency in the Centre’s coal policy. The function of the high Minister’s office (PMO) and the government in coal allocations is also part of the CBI file.

In March, the probe agency had mentioned in its status report that many corporations got coal blocks via false representations and that there was once no reason for allocation of the blocks. The Supreme court docket had ordered the CBI to not share the document with the federal government. It has additionally requested the Centre to give an explanation for why a small crew of firms have been favoured.

Prime CBI sources advised CNN-IBN that if asked, they’re going to tell the SC that the regulation Minister had certainly vetted the document on the rip-off. prior in April, a report in a nationwide day-to-day had stated the CBI standing document used to be vetted with the aid of Ashwani Kumar and officials of the high Minister’s administrative center (PMO) but the Congress had distanced itself saying the topic is pending in court. Questions have also been raised in regards to the top Minister Manmohan Singh’s own data about your complete coal rip-off probe report.

The main Opposition the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has been aggravating resignation of the regulation Minister within the wake of reports that he had summoned the CBI chief after which the document on the rip-off was once “toned down”. Congress had rejected the charge of interference and has ruled out resignation of the law Minister.

A five-year-old rape victim is moved to the AIIMS hospital from Swami Dayanand hospital for treatment in New Delhi. (Reuters)

The five-year-old girl, who was raped and brutalised allegedly by her 22-year-old neighbour and presently undergoing treatment at the AIIMS, is alert and showing signs of recovery, doctors said today.

"At present, here general condition is stable. She is recovering and continues to be under close observation and monitoring. She is conscious, alert and all her parameters are well withing normal limits," AIIMS Medical Superintendent Dr D K Sharma told reporters.

Rape of a five-year-old: Protests in Delhi again

She is showing signs of recovery and responding well to her treatment and she is speaking to her parents, he said reading out the medical bulletin.

The girl is under the supervision of a team of specialist doctors from paediatric surgery, paediatric medicine, gynaecology, urology, forensic medicine and anesthesia at the paediatric surgery department since last evening.

Doctors have also performed colostomy procedure to divert stool, and surgical dressing of her perineal injuries.

They have planned re-evaluation of perineal wounds and re-dressing under anesthesia tomorrow evening.

Earlier, doctors said her condition was stable though she had suffered serious injuries in the assault.

"The girl is stable, conscious, alert and talking. All her vital parameters are under permissible limit. She is not in ICU but under close monitoring," Sharma had told reporters.

The girl, who was held captive in a house in Gandhi Nagar in east Delhi with no food and water, was shifted to AIIMS last evening from Swami Dayanand Hospital.

Sharma had said definitive corrective surgery would need detailed planning and would be decided after the infection was controlled.

The girl has been put on IV fluid and antibiotics.

Hindus have different expectations from their protector Narendra Modi, says Shiv Sena.

Terming as "a deadly attack on Hindus" the Gujarat government's nod for seeking death penalty for former BJP minister Maya Kodnani and nine others in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case, Shiv Sena today said Hindus have different expectations from Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

"There is a feeling that Modi is a protector of Hindus. Seeking death penalty for Kodnani and Bajrangi is a deadly attack on Hindus, who have different expectations from Modi," an editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said.

"It has become a crime to be a Hindu in this country. We are sad that those launching deadly attacks on Hindus are Hindus," the editorial said.

In August last year, a trial court had sentenced Kodnani, once a close Modi aide, to 28 years in jail, while Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi was ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison. Eight others were awarded 31-year imprisonment, while 22 convicts got 24 years prison term.

As many as 97 people were killed in Naroda Patiya locality of Ahmedabad by a violent mob on February 28, 2002, a day after the Godhra train carnage triggered communal riots in Gujarat.

The Gujarat government had earlier this week decided to file an appeal in the High Court seeking death penalty for Kodnani and others, seven months after the sentence was pronounced, much beyond the stipulated period of three months.

"There can be no two opinions that criminals should be punished. However, when the court has already given a harsh sentence to Kodnani and Bajrangi, what does the Gujarat Government want to show to the world by seeking the death penalty," the editorial said, adding "Godhra riots were a reaction to the burning of the Sabarmati Express."