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Antilia bomb case: Sharad Pawar meets CM, pressure on state home minister

NCP chief Sharad Pawar met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at Varsha, the official residence of the Shiv Sena president in Mumbai….

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Antilia bomb case: Sharad Pawar meets CM, pressure on state home minister

The ruling coalition in Maharashtra has several faces in the two days following the arrest of Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Antilia bomb scandal case. On Monday, NCP chief Sharad Pawar met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at Varsha, the official residence of the Shiv Sena president in Mumbai. Army sources said the two discussed the arrest of Waze and the police handling of the bomb blast case outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence. Sources said that the way the whole matter has been handled by Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and Home Minister Anil Deshmukh is causing uneasiness.

A senior army leader said that Pawar and Thackeray agreed that the Antilia case was intimidating and that the death of Mansukh Hiran from Thane brought a lot of light to the Mumbai Police and adversely affected the image of the government.

Discussion on Deshmukh’s future

Sources said that it was revealed in the meeting that changing the commissioner could indicate accountability and help the government regain some lost land. Apart from this, Thackeray and Pawar have also gone on to discuss the future of NCP’s Deshmukh stating that the conduct of Mumbai Police had also emphasized that he was not in effective control over his department or police force. The two leaders are said on the same page that a change in home portfolio may also be required. However, the Shiv Sena leader said that nothing has been decided yet.

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Congress’s silence in the matter

The NIA arrested Wage on Saturday night in connection with his investigation into the recovery of a Scorpio vehicle carrying 20 gelatin sticks outside Antilia in South Mumbai on 25 February. This arrest led the opposition BJP to attack the Thackeray-led Vikas Aghadi government, including the NCP and the Congress.

The military continued to defend Wedge, who joined the party during suspension in a separate case in 2008, but did not renew his membership until later. The NCP has not spoken publicly on the issue while the Congress has maintained silence.

Sources said Pawar’s meeting with Thackeray indicated uneasiness within the coalition regarding Vege’s arrest, and his suspected role in the bomb scare case. Questions are being raised within the Army top brass on the manner in which the Commissioner of Police has misquoted the case. “Wedge was reporting directly to him. How did the police commissioner allow this to happen.

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Doubts even within the government and the army

Information from the call records of former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that showed the wedge was in contact with Mansukh Deer, who was using the Scorpio before it was reported stolen and found parked outside the Ambani residence, the government and the army. There was doubt within. The Shiv Sena leader said that there is no denying the role of top officials in handing over documents to the BJP leader.

Pawar also held a separate meeting of his party’s ministers to review his work. “There is no question of changing the home minister of the state. Irrigation minister and NCP state president Jayant Patil told reporters, “Do not make rumors.”

Shiv Sena mouthpiece

Meanwhile, the army mouthpiece remained stable in support of Saamana Wedge. In an editorial, the newspaper said that Veg was on the hit-list of the BJP and the Center as he arrested journalist Arnab Goswami and put him behind bars.

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It is surprising that the NIA comes to Mumbai to investigate the case of explosives found near Antilia, when the bravery and capabilities of the Maharashtra Police are being acknowledged worldwide. It is clear that the ensuing NIA in this way is meant to organize the score on past events. Waze and his team arrested the hypocritical Goswami and exposed the TRP scam. In return, the Center has arrested Waze. The case file is closed here, ”the editorial said.

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PM Modi reaches Bharat Mandapam for BJP’s office bearers’ meeting

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PM Modi reaches Bharat Mandapam

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reached Bharat Mandapam in the national capital to attend BJP’s office bearers’ meeting which will set the agenda for the party’s two-day national convention.

Party national president J. P. Nadda welcomed the Prime Minister when he reached the venue.

Prime Minister Modi also took stock of the exhibition depicting the achievements of his government.

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According to sources, the office bearers’ meeting could have an addressed by the Prime Minister.

Cluster in-charges of the Lok Sabha areas could also attend the office bearers’ meeting, which is underway.

The saffron party will be holding a two-day national convention, beginning today in Bharat Mandapam in the national capital to formulate a strategy to secure over 370 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.

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The convention will be attended by 11,500 party representatives, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, chief ministers and Deputy chief minister of the BJP-ruled states, MPs and core committee members.

In his closing address, Prime Minister Modi will give the mantra for winning in the Lok Sabha polls and how to make the country develop by 2047. He will also highlight the achievements of the party.

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What is Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code Bill? Explained

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Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code Bill Decoded

When the framers of the Constitution were drafting it, they left the subject of the Uniform Civil Code or UCC as an aspirational dream that could be fulfilled at a later and more opportune time.

Uttarakhand could become the first state where the Uniform Civil Code will come into force. In 2022, the Uttarakhand State Government started the process and entrusted the job of preparing a draft for the UCC to a team led by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai.

The Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami-led government will place the draft of the Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024 Bill (UCC) before the state legislative assembly. The bill will be tabled in the forthcoming four-day special assembly session that began on Monday.

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The State Cabinet of the CM Pushkar Singh Dhami-led government had already Okayed the final draft of the UCC, and it envisages uniform civil laws for all the communities who reside in the state. If the Bill clears the legislative assembly, it will be sent to the Governor for approval. After the Governor approves the bill, it will then become law. The UCC was a big sticking point in the elections, and the BJP had promised to make it a law in the state.

What is the Uniform Civil Code?

The Uniform Civil Code or the UCC is a set of laws that will govern personal matters like marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, and succession for all the citizens of the state irrespective of their religious beliefs. Today different laws govern these personal matters for different communities of different religions. The UCC will replace all such diverse laws, and there will be only one uniform civil law.

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Finer Details Of Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024 Bill

As already mentioned, the draft of the law was prepared by a team led by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai and also included retired justice Pramod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, former Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Shatrughan Singh, and Vice Chancellor of Doon University, Surekha Dangwal. The draft is composed of 740 pages and has four volumes.

The final draft was prepared after extensive feedback in written, oral, online from public forums and 43 public outreach programs which included more than 60,000 people. The final bill has been described as a joint and collective effort and included opinions from a diverse section of the public. The Bill seeks to abolish polygamy and child marriage, give equal property inheritance rights to girls and boys, and also seeks to remove the distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate children, adopted and biological children.

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#ReleaseSalmanAzhari Trends on Twitter As Muslim Journalists Protest Arrest of Islamic Preacher Salman Azhari

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#ReleaseSalmanAzhari Trends on Twitter As Muslim Journalists Protest Arrest of Islamic Preacher Salman Azhari

A motley crowd of Muslims created a ruckus outside the Police Station after Salman Azhari, the Islamic preacher, was arrested by the police. Some Muslim journalists also defended the Islamic radical preacher who had earlier made genocidal remarks against Hindus and asked for his release.

On January 31, 2024, Mufti Salman Azhari gave a very vitriolic speech at a program in the Narayan Vidya Mandir grounds near the Junagadh court. The event was attended by a large number of Muslims in which the Mufti had given a hate speech that could be described as one inciting hatred against the majority community.

The police soon swung into action and arrested Mufti Salman Azhari for his hate-filled speeches. Hours after his arrest, a group of Muslim journalists came out in support of the radical Islamic preacher and asked for the immediate release of the cleric. They have also started the trending #ReleaseSalmanAzhari #IStandWithSalmanAzhari” on X and other social media sites.

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One such journalist, Ashraf Hussain, wrote that the cleric was an Islamic preacher and could not be categorized as a criminal. He went on to say that whatever will happen, will happen, and it is the will of Allah.

Another extremist Islamist preacher, Mohammad Asif Khan, said that Mufti Salman Azhari was innocent and became a victim of the smear campaign by the BJP IT Cell.

He also asked the followers of Mufti Salman Azhari to file a case against the IT cell trolls targeting the cleric.

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Another scribe, Ali Sohrab, who had behind him a history of vending fake narratives against the majority, also wrote that he stood in support of the Islamic preacher.

Imam Malik, who claims to be a political analyst, brushed off the genocidal statement made by the cleric and said that Mufti Salman Azhari was arrested by Gujarat Police for a poem that contained the word “Dog” in it.

Political commentator Nargis Bano, in a post on her Twitter handle, asked for the immediate release of Mufti Salman Azhari.

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WATCH Salman Azhari’s Viral Video

Mufti Salman Azhari had on January 31, 2024, given a very provocative speech at an event attended by a large number of Muslims on the grounds of Narayan Vidya Mandir near the Junagadh court.

A video that has since become viral can be seen in which Mufti Salman Azhari was saying that the battle of Karbala is still unfinished, and today the dogs are ruling, and tomorrow will be our time. This was followed by the war cry “Labbek Ya Rasulullah,” and the crowd repeated after him.

Police have also registered FIR against the Organizers of the event, Muhammad Yusuf Malek, Azim Habib Odedara, along with Mufti Salman Azhari. The cases have been filed under Sections 153(C), 505(2), 188, and 114 of the IPC. The FIR has also included parts of the hate speech that were deemed highly inflammatory, directed against a particular community.

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The organizers had also violated the time limit for the event, which went on for much after the time limit had passed. The police have obtained a two-day police remand for Mufti Salman Azhari from the Mumbai Court to investigate the case. The police had applied for a transit remand for two days to take the Islamic cleric to be produced before a court in Junagadh.

The transit remand of Mufti Salman Azhari was opposed by Azhari’s lawyer Arif Siddiqui, who told reporters that the police did not give them the notice which must be given beforehand as per the law.

The Mumbai police have also registered a case against the followers of the cleric who had gathered outside the Ghatkopar police station and also blocked the LBS Road on Sunday night. Incidents of stone-throwing by the cleric’s followers on BEST buses have also been reported.

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