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Sonia exposes Chautala misdeeds in Haryana

     Panipat: Launching the Congress party's campaign in Haryana ahead of next month assembly elections, Sonia Gandhi, the party's president today exposed the alleged "political" misdeeds of the state's ruling regime headed by chief minister Om Prakash Chautala. "If any government starts giving protection to the criminal elements, then it is bound to result in deterioration of the law and order in the state. The life and respect of the people does not remain safe in such a situation," she said at a poll rally at Naultha village after thanking people for their support to Congress in the last year`s Lok Sabha polls. "Government officials were forced to do wrong things and if anyone refused he was discriminated and harassed," Sonia Gandhi alleged and promised good governance if voted to power. She also expressed concern over declining sex ratio and cases of female foeticide in Haryana and said "Being a woman and a mother, I feel for such evil practices". Sonia said the Congress government would fully look after the interests of women and provide them equal opportunities.

LJP demands for security against RJD  (Go To Top)
by Arunoday Prakash

Varun Gandhi, the young face of BJP speaking to the press in Patna on Thursday (January 27) . Grandson of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and nephew to Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, Varun is campaigning for the BJP in Bihar.

     Patna: After two of it's party candidates were attacked in the run up to the assembly elections, Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Jan Shakti Party today asked the Election Commission to provide security to all its candidates. First the LJP candidate from Imamganj assembly constituency Rajesh Kumar and three others were killed in Gaya district. Then another LJP candidate Ranjit Singh was attacked in Atri , however, he survived. In the letter submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer, the LJP has demanded security for all its candidates through out the state. A four member delegation of the LJP, led by State Unit President Narendra Singh submitted the letter. Other members of the delegation were former MP Ranjan Yadav,Anwarul Haque and MLA Pasupti Nath Paras. "The RJD is targeting our candidates as they fear they will lose to us at the hustings. We are going to sweep the elections and this has made the RJD go awry. They are now going for bullets rather than ballots," said the state LJP President Narendra Singh while coming out of the Commissions state office. Singh further elaborated on the reasons why the candidates of LJP are being targeted. "Our party is only a registered party and not a recognised one, that's why if one of our candidates is killed the election will not be countermanded. So, we have asked the commission to take adequate measures, let's see what happens," said the former minister. A one time close associate of Lalu Yadav, Ranjan Yadav said, "This is RJD's frustration, they know that we are going to win and thus they are taking such measures. But this is not going to mar our confidence, we know we will win".

HC grants bail to three in Radhakrishnan case (Go To Top)

     Chennai: The Madras High Court today granted bail to three of the six accused in the Radhakrishnan assault case, in which the Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi, a co-accused, has already obtained bail. Granting bail to Kannan, Bhoominathan and Kumar, Justice M Thanikachalam, however, rejected the bail pleas of Anand and Meenakshisundaram on the ground that they were not entitled for the relief as they had been booked under the Goondas Act. The bail application by Laskhmanan, who was allegedly directly involved in the attack, was also dismissed by the judge, who held that 'it cannot be said that there was no material against him'. Anand and Lakshmanan have been identified as the two who carried out the attack against Radhakrishnan, a former mutt associate, his wife and an attendant, in the city on September 20, 2002.