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Youth Akali Dal to 'gherao' Delhi Police
Chandigarh : The Youth
Akali Dal will 'gherao' Delhi
Police personnel for singling out
Punjabi youths for arrest by
allegedly registering "false
cases" against them in connection
with the January 26 violence
in the national capital.
After a meeting, Youth Akali
Dal President Parambans Singh
Romana said the wing had
received reports of Punjabi
youths being unfairly targeted
for punishment by Delhi Police
and the central government.
"We have decided to stand by
our youths. Our rank and file
will rush to support any youth
who is unfairly targeted by Delhi
Police. I request all affected families
to seek the support of the
Youth Akali Dal in this connection.
We will not allow any discrimination
against our youths at
any cost."
Romana also expressed shock
at the manner in which the
Congress government in Punjab
had abrogated its duty towards
its citizens and allowed a free
hand to the central government
to arrest its youths in Punjab.
"It is now clear that Chief
Minister Amarinder Singh is
playing a fixed match in league
with the central government.
That is why he has not directed
Punjab Police to ensure Punjabi
youths are not subject to discrimination
in any manner whatsoever."
"Delhi Police cannot make
any arrests in Punjab without
taking Punjab Police into confidence.
If Delhi Police is acting
on its own then its officials
should be booked for indulging
in illegal practices," he said.
He also announced the Akali
Dal youth wing would hold rallies
in all constituencies in the
state starting from March 15. He
said the wing would organise a
rally on March 23 at
Hussainiwala to mark the martyrdom
day of Bhagat Singh.
Myanmar envoy to UN sacked
after anti-army speech
Nay Pyi Taw : Myanmar's military
rulers said they have fired the country's
ambassador to the UN, a day after he called
for help to remove the army from power.
In an emotional speech, Kyaw Moe Tun
said no-one should co-operate with the military
until it handed back power to the
democratically elected government, the
BBC reported. Security forces intensified a
crackdown on anti-coup protesters on
Saturday. Local media say dozens were
arrested, and that a woman was shot in the
city of Monwya. Her condition is not clear.
The country has been rocked by protests
since top government leaders, including
Aung San Suu Kyi, were overthrown and
detained after the army took power on
February 1.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly
on Friday, Kyaw Moe Tun urged the international
community to use "any means
necessary to take action" against the military
to help "restore the democracy", saying
he was representing Suu Kyi's ousted
government. "We need further strongest
possible action from the international community
to immediately end the military
coup, to stop oppressing the innocent people,
to return the state power to the people
and to restore the democracy," he said.
The speech was met with applause and
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the new US
envoy to the body, was among those praising
his remarks as "courageous".
In a further show of defiance, Kyaw
Moe Tun held up three fingers, a gesture
against authoritarian rule that has been
adopted by anti-coup protesters in the
country.
Myanmar's state television announced
his removal on Saturday, saying he had
"betrayed the country and spoken for an
unofficial organization which doesn't represent
the country and had abused the
power and responsibilities of an ambassador".
Further protests were held in several
cities with water cannon reportedly
deployed and journalists among dozens
detained. In the main city of Yangon,
crowds of protesters were advanced upon
by police firing tear gas.
LJP post-poll meeting held in Patna
Patna : After its dismal performance
in the Bihar Assembly polls, the
first major meeting of the Lok
Janshakti Party (LJP) was held at the
party's head office in Patna on Sunday.
The meeting was headed by LJP
chief Chirag Paswan. The party invited
all important leaders to analyse the
defeat in the recent Assembly polls.
Besides, leaders are also accessing the
situation after several members left
the party and joined JD-U. Ex-LJP
MLC Nutan Singh recently joined the BJP.
LJP contested 143 seats in Bihar and
managed to win just one seat. Moreover,
the only MLA Raj Kumar Singh and MP
Chandan Singh met with Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar on February 15.
These two leaders however claim that it
was a courtesy meeting with Nitish as he is
heading NDA in Bihar. The statements of
these two leaders are different from the
party line and stand of Chirag Paswan
against Nitish Kumar.
Chirag Paswan is extremely critical of
the Bihar CM while the meeting of these
two leaders had given an impression that
there is a possibility of them joining the
JD-U.
Chirag Paswan is facing the challenge
of keeping his flock together in Bihar. He
is facing the heat after Nutan Singh
joined BJP.
LJP is not the part of NDA in Bihar,
still Paswan advocates the ideology of the
saffron party and backs Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. He has donated Rs 1.11
lakh for construction of Ram temple in
Ayodhya.
Eye on 2022 polls,
Kejriwal woos Jats in UP
New Delhi : In view of the Assembly elections in Uttar
Pradesh slated for next year, AAP national convenor Arvind
Kejriwal on Sunday tried to woo the 'Jat' community in the western
part of the state while addressing a Kisan Mahapanchayat in
Meerut.
The AAP's Mahapanchayat came months after the party had
announced to contest the UP Assembly polls next year.
Kejriwal's address focused mainly on the ongoing farmers'
protest against the three Central farm laws. The AAP convenor
reiterated his party's slogan calling the three farm laws as "death
warrants" for the protesting farmers.
In a gesture of his party's support, the Delhi Chief Minister
had torn the farm laws' documents in the Assembly in December
last year, terming the laws as "death warrants".
Amid slogans of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' and 'Kisan Eklta
Jindabad', Kejriwal said that the protesting farmers have faced
atrocities which were not meted out even during the British rule.
He also accused the BJP of making false cases against protesters.
"Our farmers can be anything but traitors. But the BJP has
called them terrorists and Khalistanis," Kejriwal said.
Through his speech, he also tried to woo the villagers in the
western part of UP reiterating his own line - 'at present, one son
of a farmer is at the border and another at Delhi's border'.
He also accused the BJP of orchestrating the Republic Day
violence at the Red Fort and extended his support to the protesters,
claiming that AAP has provided civic and WiFi facilities at
the protest sites in Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders, where
scores of farmers have been sitting on protest for nearly 100
days.
"The Centre is behind the Red Fort violence and not the farmers.
It misguided the farmers who did not know Delhi roads.
More than 250 farmers have died in these three months, but the
Centre has done nothing about it," Kejriwal said.