UP govt carrying out encounters with eye

on polls, says Akhilesh

was the chief architect, was under threat. “Institutions are being finished one after the other and (Bharatiya Janata Party) governments (at the Centre and UP) are working to destroy the Constitution Babasaheb gave us,” Yadav said.

MHOW (MP), APR 14

(PTI): The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh was carrying out encounters with an eye on polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday a day after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad and an associate were killed by an STF team in Jhansi there. Ahmad, his son and several others are accused in the Umesh Pal murder case in UP, the fallout of which made Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath swear in the Assembly that he would wipe out the mafia there.

Speaking to reporters after paying tribute to eminent jurist and social reformer Babasaheb Ambedkar at his birthplace Mhow on his birth anniversary, Yadav said the Constitution, of which the former

Queried about Thursday’s encounter, Yadav said, “From the very first day, (the Uttar Pradesh) BJP government is indulging in fake encounters with an eye on polls.”

However, on being asked about allegations that Atiq Ahmad had connections to Pakistani elements, Yadav just said “what can I say about the connections he has and with whom”. He slammed the BJP government in UP for action against a motherdaughter duo in Kanpur, during which their houses were bulldozed and burnt down, leading to both losing their lives. Yadav also alleged a promising student leader was killed in Ballia by those belonging to the “caste of the (UP) chief minister”.

“Is it an India where you can kill a weaker person? Is it an India where we won’t get our Constitutional rights,” the SP chief questioned.

Kamal Nath roped in to play ‘mediator’ in Rajasthan after Sachin Pilot fast

NEW DELHI, APR 14 (PTI): Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has been roped in by the party to play the role of a mediator in resolving the situation arising in the party’s Rajasthan unit after Sachin Pilot’s day-long fast in Jaipur seeking action against the alleged corruption under the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government.

Nath along with Congress general secretary incharge organisation K C Venugopal met Pilot on Thursday to discuss his side of arguments and the former Rajasthan deputy CM conveyed to them that his fast was only directed at action against corruption and was not “anti-party” at all, sources said. Congress’ Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday morning met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge for the second time in two days to discuss the Rajasthan issue. He had also met Rahul

Gandhi at his residence to discuss the matter.

Leaders close to Pilot have argued that his fast was only against the corruption under Vasundhara government and cannot be termed “anti-party”. They claim that the Congress has been raising the corruption plank in the Adani matter and in

Karnataka polls and Pilot’s action was in line with that.

As far as the issue of “indiscipline” is concerned, the Pilot side has also raised questions as to why no action has been taken against Gehlot loyalists who had defied party directive for holding a legislature party meeting last year.

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A black law

Justicestill eludes the 13 victims of the Oting massacre in Mon district, after the Ministry of Defence(MoD) on April 14,2023 refused sanction for prosecution of all 31 personnel of the Alpha unit of the 21 Paras on December 4, 2021. The victims were returning home for Christmas from Tiru when they were ambushed . The Centre’s legal sanction is required to initiate any proceeding against security forces personnel for their actions while discharging duties under section 197(2) of CrPC and section 6 of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). The Alpha team of the 21 Paras, based at Jorhat under 4 Corps, included the officer in-charge identified as one Major Ankush Gupta, two Subedars, eight Havildars, four Naiks, six Lance Naiks and nine paratroopers. The government of Nagaland instituted a Special Investigation Team(SIT) under the supervision of an ADG and headed by an IGP along with four other senior police officers and later to 21 members. After exhaustive investigation and forensic reports, the SIT on March 24, 2022 had sought sanction for prosecution from the department of military affairs against the accused army personnel U/S 197(2)CrPC and Section 6 of AFSPA. Even the Army had admitted that the killing was a case of mistaken identity and promised to take “appropriate action” against those found violating the laws. However, the Supreme Court on a plea by the wives of the accused security personnel, issued an interim order on July 19,2022 staying the proceedings of the case. The SIT had concluded that the 21 Paras had not ensured positive identification of the civilians travelling in an open Bolero and also had not followed the SoP and Rules of Engagement before resorting to indiscriminate and disproportionate firing. None of the victims had any prior criminal history or connections to any illegal or prohibited groups. They were not armed nor could they be considered even remotely as “enemies” under Section 3(x) of the Army Act, 1950.The Centre’s refusal to grant sanction for prosecution of the accused amounts to the state sanctioning heinous acts of violence against its own people. It may be also pointed out that merely trying the accused in a civilian court does not conclude that the accused are guilty. In this regard, it may be recalled that the Supreme Court ruled in 2016 that if an offence is committed by army personnel, there is no concept of absolute immunity from trial by the criminal court constituted under ordinary law. (para 163, Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association v Union of India). The Court held that every instance of the use of excessive or retaliatory force by army personnel needs to be probed. If there is a prima facie case against army personnel, strict penal action needs to follow, it said. AFSPA 1958 was enacted for Naga hills and till today no security personnel has been convicted for alleged heinous crimes. State-sponsored terrorism is what happens when men in uniform kill defenceless, innocent civilians while leaving the victims with no way to seek justice from the criminal justice system. Sadly even the recommendation of the Jeevan Reddy commission set up in 2005 which recommended review of AFSPA was rejected in 2015. In the case of Oting massacre, the act of providing employment and ex-gratia cannot substitute justice but ensuring that the guilty is/are punished as per the law of the land.