Month: September 2023

Bajwa

We Will Fight This Vendetta Of AAP Legally: Bajwa

By LokMarg

After being not allowed to meet Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira in Fazilka, Leader of Opposition in the Punjab legislative Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday said that they will fight this vendetta of the AAP party legally and on the streets.

Congress workers led by Punjab party chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Partap Singh Bajwa gathered outside the Fazilka CIA office where they were denied to meet Khaira. 

“Went to meet our MLA Sukhpal Khaira in Fazilka today with the senior leadership of Punjab Congress. The police stopped us from meeting him. We will fight this vendetta of the AAP party legally and on the streets. We won’t be cowed down by such pressure tactics,” Bajwa posted on X (Formerly Twitter). 

He further condemned the Punjab police and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and said that the Congress has not seen this kind of situation in Punjab.

“I want to condemn Bhawant Mann’s action. Mann thinks he will be in the government forever but he is wrong everyone has to go and his government will also go,” he said while speaking to reporters outside Sardar police station. 

“As I am the Leader of the Opposition it is our constitutional right to meet Khaira. We were supposed to meet him in the custody of the police officials but they didn’t allow us. It was a courtesy call and wanted to tell him that the Congress party and each and every leader of the party is with him, nothing more than this,” he said.

He added that the Congress leaders are organizing a dharna in Bathinda against the arrest.

Meanwhile, Punjab unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday said that we will fight till the end.

“Vendetta politics is being done by involving him (Sukhpal Singh Khaira) in an old case. We will first meet Khaira and after meeting him we will decide what we have to do. This is being done to take revenge,” Punjab Congress chief Warring said while speaking to reporters.

Earlier on Thursday, Khaira was arrested from his residence and later was sent to a two-day police remand by Fazlika’s Jalalabad court in connection with a 2015 drugs smuggling case. Fazlika’s Jalalabad court sent Khaira to police custody till September 30.

Sukhpal Khaira was arrested in connection with an old case registered in 2015 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Earlier in 2015, there were two cases originated with the unearthing of a cross-border drug smuggling network in Fazilka, Punjab, leading to the seizure of heroin, gold biscuits, weapons, cartridges, and Pakistani SIM cards and the second of a fake passport racket being run in Delhi.

As the trial went on, nine smugglers, including Gurdev Singh, Manjit Singh, Harbans Singh, and Subhash Chander, were sentenced in October 2017 in connection with the Fazilka case. As per the chargesheet, Sukhpal Khaira wasclosely associated with Gurdev Singh, the leader of the Fazilka drug smuggling racket, and was accused of having sheltered him.

The primary accusations against Khaira included supporting an international gang of smugglers, having sheltered him and receiving financial benefits from drug traffickers, and enjoying the proceeds of crime.

On February 16, 2023, a Supreme Court bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath quashed the summoning order against Khaira in the drugs case.

The arrest of Sukhpal Khaira is expected to further dent the relations of AAP and the Congress which have come together to form the INDIA alliance at the centre. The state unit of the Congress has opposed any tie-up or seatsharing arrangement with the AAP in Punjab. (ANI)

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Kamal Nath

BJP Will Draw A Zero in MP Elections: Kamal Nath

By LokMarg

Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath on Thursday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stating that the BJP in the state was heading towards zero in electoral mathematics.

Nath wrote on X (formerly twitter), “In Madhya Pradesh BJP, One fourth BJP is on the fringes, one fourth are poor and destitute, one fourth are morally losers and one fourth are victimised by Delhi (central leadership).”

“Overall, the BJP in Madhya Pradesh is heading towards zero in electoral mathematics and politically,” the former CM further wrote.

Hitting back at Nath’s post, BJP Spokesperson Rajneesh Agarwal said that the congress leadership and the Congress party had become a joke.

“Nath’s tweet tells us what is the state of mind of the Congress and Nath himself. The Congress is going through the worst phase  across the country and the situation is such that they (Congress) are not able to accept this truth,” Agarwal said.

“Posting childish and absurd rhymes by the most senior Congress leader, shows that not only the Congress leadership but the entire Congress party has become a joke,” the BJP leader added.

Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to go for the Assembly polls later this year. Through the polls, the state will elect legislators from 230 Assembly constituencies.

The last Assembly polls in 2018 saw the Congress coming to power, with veteran leader Kamal Nath taking oath as the chief minister.

Nonetheless, a political upheaval rocked the state in 2020, after the then Congressman Jyotiraditya Scindia, along with 22 loyalist MLAs, switched over to the saffron camp.

The Congress government fell after being reduced to a minority and the BJP formed the government, with Shivraj Singh Chouhan returning as chief minister. (ANI)

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Manipur Situation

Central Police Forces Officials Hold Meet On Manipur Situation

By LokMarg

Senior officers of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) held a meeting at the Manipur Police Headquarters in Imphal to discuss the law and order situation in the state. 

“A meeting of senior officers of CAPF was held at PHQ, Imphal to discuss the present law and order situation in the state,” the Manipur Police said in a post on ‘X’ on Thursday.

The officers were apprised of the unfortunate injuries of students as well as security personnel, police said adding that the forces discussed using minimum force in dealing with the public, especially students.

“Manipur Police appeals to the students to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in maintaining peace and bringing normalcy back early. Any miscreants taking advantage of the current situation will be firmly dealt by police. The joint security forces are making all efforts for expeditious investigation into all the cases,” the police added in the post.

Meanwhile in Imphal West and Imphal East district authorities have lifted the restrictions on the movement of people outside their residences from 5 am to 11 am on Friday.

“Restriction of movement of general public outside their residences is hereby lifted for 29th September, 2023 from 5 am to 11 am for all areas of Imphal West District. This relaxation shall not include any gathering/sit-in-protest/rally etc, without obtaining approval through competent authority,” the government order from the District Magistrate’s Office of Imphal West district stated.

“Restriction of movement of persons outside their respective residences imposed in Imphal East is hereby relaxed from 5 am to 11 am on 29th September for all areas of the district. This relaxation shall, however, not apply to any gathering/large scale movement of persons/sit-in-protests/rally etc which is unlawful in nature,” the government order from the District Magistrate’s Office of Imphal East district stated.

Fresh protests erupted in Manipur on Monday after a video showing the bodies of two students who reportedly went missing in July went viral on social media. The government responded by re-imposing the suspension of internet services for five days as a precautionary measure and announced that all schools in the state would be closed till Friday.

Earlier in the day, taking cognisance of reports about allegations of use of ‘excess force’ by security forces during the maintenance of law and order in the last few days in the Imphal area, Director General of Police Manipur Rajiv Singh on Thursday ordered to form a committee to look into the issues and asked it to submit a report at the earliest.

“There have been various reports/allegations of the use of excess force by the Security forces during the maintenance of law and order situations in the last few days in the Imphal area. To verify such complaints/allegations, a committee is being formed to look into the issues and submit the report at the earliest,” read the order issued by the Director General Of Police Manipur on Thursday.

The Committee will be headed by K Jayanta Singh, Inspector General of Police (Administration), Manipur and assisted by Th Sanatomba Singh, AAIG(Adm).

Fresh protests erupted in Manipur on Monday after a video showing the bodies of two students who reportedly went missing in July went viral on social media. The government responded by re-imposing the suspension of internet services for five days as a precautionary measure and announced that all schools in the state would be closed till Friday.

Manipur has been witnessing violence since May 3, following the protests against the High Court’s order asking the state government to consider the inclusion of the Meitei community in the category of Scheduled Tribes (ST). (ANI)

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Drugs Smugglers

AAP Retorts To Cong Charges: Zero Tolerance For Drugs Smugglers

By LokMarg

Refuting the charges of Congress that the arrest of their party leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira in an eight-years-old drug case is vendetta politics, Punjab Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday said that the allegations do not hold any ground as the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann government in the border state has zero-tolerance policy against drug smugglers. 

A senior spokesperson of Punjab AAP, Jagtar Singh Dyalpura, said that “sufficient admissible evidence” has been found against the Congress leader and that the case has links from Pakistan to England.

While speaking to ANI, Jagtar Singh said, “The case is about Sukhpal’s involvement in a drug smuggling case. This is an old case. A case was registered in 2015. Sukhpal had connections with one of the accused. But, the then government led by SAD didn’t book him. But as the case came closer to verdict, the judge noted that Sukhpal’s name was emerging many times.” 

Punjab Police arrested Khaira from his Chandigarh residence earlier this morning in connection with an old case registered in 2015 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. 

The AAP spokesperson told ANI that an SIT was formed in April this year, which found “sufficient admissible evidence” against Sukhpal Singh. “The case has links from Pakistan to England,” he added. 

Meanwhile, a Congress delegation called on Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh and briefed the latter about the arrest of party MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in detail. 

While speaking to reporters after meeting the Governor, state party unit chief Amarinder Raja Singh Warring said, “We briefed the Governor about everything that happened with Sukhpal Singh Khaira. How a false case was booked. How jungle raj has begun in Punjab. How vendetta politics is being done by involving him in an 8-year-old case…

“A set-up was made and without summoning him, a case was registered and police came directly to catch him,” the Congress leader said.  

On Congress’ cry of vendetta politics, he said, “CM Bhagwant Mann led government is in Punjab and there is a zero-tolerance policy against drug smugglers.” 

Moreover, in 2015, there were two cases originated with the unearthing of a cross-border drug smuggling network in Fazilka, Punjab, leading to the seizure of heroin, gold biscuits, weapons, cartridges, and Pakistani SIM cards and the second of a fake passport racket being run in Delhi.

As the trial went on, nine smugglers, including Gurdev Singh, Manjit Singh, Harbans Singh, and Subhash Chander, were sentenced in October 2017 in connection with the Fazilka case. As per the chargesheet, Khaira was closely associated with Gurdev Singh, the leader of the Fazilka drug smuggling racket, and is accused of having sheltered him.

The primary accusations against Khaira include supporting an international gang of smugglers, having sheltered him and receiving financial benefits from drug traffickers, and enjoying the proceeds of crime.

On February 16, 2023, a Supreme Court bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath quashed the summoning order against Khaira in the drugs case.

The arrest of Sukhpal Khaira is expected to further dent the relations of AAP and the Congress which have come together to form the INDIA alliance at the centre. The state unit of the Congress has opposed any tie-up or seat-sharing arrangement with the AAP in Punjab. (ANI)

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indian army

Army Moves Over Rs 6,500 Cr Deal To Defence For 400 Howitzers From Desi Firms

By LokMarg

In a mega push to promote indigenously designed and developed weapon systems, the Indian Army has moved a proposal to the Defence Ministry to buy 400 howitzers from Indian firms. 

Indian Army’s Regiment of Artillery is looking to use the expertise of Indian Industry to produce 155 mm/52 calibre Towed Gun System, which will be lighter, versatile and cater for future technological advancements. 

“A proposal for buying 400 155mm 52 calibre towed gun systems (TGS) along with towing vehicles from Indian firms under the Buy Indian-IDDM category has been moved to the Defence Ministry. The government is expected to soon take a decision on the TGS at a high-level meeting,” senior military officials told ANI. 

The Indian Army has already issued a tender for buying 307 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS) along with one for finding a mounted gun system for its requirements along borders with China and Pakistan.

The Indian Designed, Developed and Manufactured howitzer would mean that it would be totally Indian in all ways.

The Army wants the guns to be lighter in weight and easier to deploy in high-altitude areas like the older bofors guns.

The procurement process is part of the Army plan for Mediumisation with indigenous guns and is likely to be completed by the year 2042

In the last decade, four contracts have been concluded for the procurement of 155 mm howitzer. These Gun Systems have already been inducted and more number of Regiments are being equipped with these guns.

These gun systems include Dhanush, Sharang, Ultra Light Howitzer (ULH) and K-9 Vajra Self Propelled Guns.

Dhanush Guns are an electronic upgrade of Bofors Guns, while the Sharang Guns have been up-gunned from 130mm to 155mm calibre.

Seven Regiments have already been equipped with ULHs while five have been equipped with self-propelled guns. (ANI)

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Aditya Shraddha

Jab Shraddha Kapoor And Aditya Roy Kapur Hugged

By LokMarg

Actors Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor were spotted at the T-series office for ‘Ganpati Darshan’ on Thursday in Mumbai.

A video of Aditya and Shraddha from T-Series Ganpati Darshan surfaced online. They greeted one another and spoke briefly before sharing a heartfelt hug.

Aditya Roy Kapur opted for a white shirt, while Shraddha looked gorgeous as always in a yellow suit.

After greeting each other, they offered prayers to Lord Ganesha.

Ganesh Chaturthi is a ten-day festival that starts on the fourth day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month ‘Bhadrapada’ and this year the festival commenced on September 19. This auspicious ten-day festival starts with ‘Chaturthi’ and ends on ‘Anantha Chaturdashi’.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Shraddha and Aditya collaborated for the first time on Mohit Suri’s ‘Aashiqui 2,’ and they later worked together in ‘OK Jaanu.’

Shraddha is currently busy shooting for ‘Stree 2’. The film recently went on floors in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh. 

Makers of the upcoming horror comedy film officially announced their film at a grand event in Mumbai in April where the team enacted a skit to announce the release date of the horror comedy sequel.

The second part will be out in theatres in August 2024. Shraddha was last seen opposite Ranbir Kapoor in the rom-com ‘Tu Jhooti Main Makakar’.

Aditya, on the other hand, will be seen in director Anurag Basu’s ‘Metro…in Dino’. (ANI)

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Ammy virk

Ammy Calls Moose Wala ‘Vadde Legend’

By LokMarg

From the time of legendary singer Gurdas Maan’s ‘Challa’ to Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Patiala Peg’, Sidhu Moose Wala’s ‘Same Beef’ and AP Dhillon’s ‘Excuses’, music from the land of five rivers ‘Punjab’ has remained popular among people cutting across boundaries and language barriers. 

Their melodies from the era of the ’90s till this date have made their place in the hearts of people hailing from different parts of the world.

Ammy is one of those influential figures who has undoubtedly dominated the music industry with his Punjabi songs.

In an interview with ANI, Punjabi stars Binnu Dhillon and Ammy Virk talked about the power of Punjabi music, expressing gratitude to artists such as Sidhu Moose Wala and Gurdas Maan.

“Punjabi gaano ki vibe hi alag hai..music bhaut strong hai. Har jagah Punjabi gaane hai. Hindi films me Punjabi music hai. (Punjabi music has a complete different vibe attached to it. Punjabi music is everywhere. Hindi films have Punjabi songs),” Binnu Dillon said.

Echoing the similar sentiments, Ammy added, “India ka sabse pehla gaana jiske 1 billion views hue toh woh Punjabi song Laaung Laachi tha fir uske baad B Praak paaji ka song aya ‘Filhall’ usne bhi record todhe (Laung Laachi was the first Indian song to cross 1 billion views on YouTube and later B Praak paaji’s ‘Filhall’ broke several records) Reels sabse zyada Punjabi gaano me banaai jaati hai. Itne ache sab artists aaye hai humari industry me and sabne unke gaane sune..Sidhu Moose Wala sabse vadde legend humare …Gurdaas Maan ji bhi (Most reels are being made in Punjabi songs. Grateful that world has witnessed the talent of legendary artistes like late Sidhu Moose Wala and Gurdas Maan ji.)” 

Meanwhile, Ammy Virk and Binnu Dhillon are currently garnering praise from the audience for their acting in the new film ‘Gaddi Jaandi Ae Chalaangaan Maardi’, which is directed by Smeep Kang. 

Jasmin Bajwa, Mahi Sharma and Jaswinder Bhalla are also a part of the film. (ANI)

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Abdul Samad

Abdul AKA Saddam, Member Of Atiq Gang, Arrested

By LokMarg

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) arrested Abdul Samad alias Saddam, a known associate of the notorious Atiq Ahmed gang from Delhi on Thursday.

Samad, who is also the brother-in-law of Ashraf Ahmed, Atiq’s brother, was carrying a bounty of Rs 1 lakh on his head.

According to the police, the arrest was made around 2 am when the accused reached at a DDA flat located opposite Delhi’s Select City Walk mall in Malviya Nagar to meet his girlfriend.

Following the arrest police recovered two mobile phones and a car from his possession.  

Abdul Samad a resident of UP’s Prayagraj during integration revealed that he kept on changing his residence from place to place in Delhi, Karnataka and Mumbai to avoid arrest.

Abdul Samad allegedly played a key role in facilitating meetings between individuals and Ashraf Ahmed during the latter’s imprisonment at Bareilly jail.

Further sharing details of the arrest Amitabh Yash, ADG UP STF, said, “Abdul Samad, alias Saddam, is the brother-in-law of Ashraf. He used to manage the work of Ashraf when Ashraf was in Bareilly Jail… He had taken all the shooters to Bareilly Jail to meet Ashraf using fake documents… We have found this in CCTV footage… There is a lawsuit against him in Bareilly Jail, and we have arrested him under that… He had taken all the shooters of Umesh Pal’s murder and arranged their meeting with Ashraf.”

“This operation (to arrest Abdul Samad, alias Saddam) was conducted by the Bareilly unit of the UP STF. He was arrested in Malviya Nagar, Delhi. He was an important and trusted member of the gang. Interrogation is going on, and we will inform you further about this,” said, ADG UP STF.

Gangsters Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmad were shot dead by assailants posing as journalists on April 15 outside the hospital in Prayagraj.

All three assailants — Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh and Lovelesh Tiwari — were sent to judicial custody by the district court.

Atiq Ahmed was accused in the 2005 murder of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Raju Pal and also in the killing of a key witness in that case, Umesh Pal, in February this year. (ANI)

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Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha

No Guarantee If INDIA Alliance Will Exist Tomorrow: K Kavitha

By LokMarg

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Thursday asserted that there is no guarantee that today’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) alliance will exist tomorrow. 

Earlier on August 2, BRS chief and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) made it clear that his party is not siding with either the INDIA alliance or NDA.

“There is no guarantee if today’s INDIA Alliance will exist tomorrow. There will be state elections and seat-sharing issues for the Parliament election before that. The situation would be different after that,” K Kavitha told ANI. 

She further said that when the results of the Parliament elections come, the situation would change after that too.

“Historically, pre-poll alliances have not been very successful in this country. So, we will definitely wait. But BRS is a national party with a national agenda and a universal agenda. It is not like the Congress party with one agenda in Karnataka and another agenda in Telangana,” she added. 

Kavitha further attacked the BJP saying that the party has done nothing for Telangana for the last 10 years so they will get negative results in Telangana just like Karnataka

“In the South, people always look at which party is raising the issues of their region the most so the result here will be different. BJP has done nothing for Telangana for the last 10 years so they will get negative results in Telangana just like Karnataka,” she said. 

Earlier, the opposition parties, united under the banner of the INDIA on August 31-September 1, concluded their third meeting in Maharashtra and adopted resolutions to collectively contest the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections while announcing that seat-sharing arrangements would be finalized as soon as possible through a spirit of give-and-take.

After a two-day meeting of the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance coalition four main committees were formed in which members of all the political parties were included.

The first meeting of the joint opposition was held in Patna on June 23 and the second meeting was held in Bengaluru on July 17-18.

INDIA alliance is a group of opposition parties, including the Congress and the parties have come together to take on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is led by PM Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and prevent it from winning a third straight term at the Centre in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. (ANI)

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Khaira

Mann Has Become Thirsty For Blood: Khaira

By LokMarg

Asserting that this is ‘Badla ki Rajneeti’ (politics of revenge), Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Thursday said that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has become thirsty for blood. 

Khaira was speaking outside the court complex in Fazilka, where he was produced by the Punjab police after his arrest on Thursday morning. Khaira was arrested in connection with an old case registered in 2015 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. 

Speaking to reporters Khair alleged that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann could even get him killed. 

“They used to say that we are doing “Badlaav ki Rajneeti” but they are doing “Badla ki Rajneeti”. Bhagwant Mann has become thirsty for blood,” Khaira said.

“I will not be surprised if he gets me eliminated also. I sense something very very dangerous and I personally feel Bhagwant Mann will be solely responsible,” he added.

Khaira further said that Bhagwant Mann is not able to tolerate the pouplarity of the Congress in Punjab. He claimed that the AAP had arrested him in an effort to marginalise the Congress in Punjab.

“I will fight back and will not get scared of them. Ultimately the truth will prevail,” Khaira said. 

Meanwhile, in view of the detention of Punjab Congress leader Khaira, the Punjab Congress delegation will meet Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit at 6 pm. 

Earlier in 2015, there were two cases originated with the unearthing of a cross-border drug smuggling network in Fazilka, Punjab, leading to the seizure of heroin, gold biscuits, weapons, cartridges, and Pakistani SIM cards and the second of a fake passport racket being run in Delhi.

As the trial went on, nine smugglers, including Gurdev Singh, Manjit Singh, Harbans Singh, and Subhash Chander, were sentenced in October 2017 in connection with the Fazilka case. As per the chargesheet, Khaira was closely associated with Gurdev Singh, the leader of the Fazilka drug smuggling racket, and is accused of having sheltered him.

The primary accusations against Khaira include supporting an international gang of smugglers, having sheltered him and receiving financial benefits from drug traffickers, and enjoying the proceeds of crime.

On February 16, 2023, a Supreme Court bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath quashed the summoning order against Khaira in the drugs case.

The arrest of Sukhpal Khaira is expected to further dent the relations of AAP and the Congress which have come together to form the INDIA alliance at the centre. The state unit of the Congress has opposed any tie-up or seat-sharing arrangement with the AAP in Punjab. (ANI)

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