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Vol. 133 No. 263 Late City Edition The Tribune VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Monday, September 23, 2013 Chandigarh � New Delhi � Jalandhar � Bathinda � Srinagar� www.tribuneindia.com 28 pages � `3.00 INSIDE NATION UP bandh partial The BJP’s call for bandh in major towns of the western UP met with partial success on Sunday. P2 PUNJAB SSP hurt in accident Jalandhar-based journalist Jasdeep Malhotra was killed and Pathankot SSP Surinder Kumar Kalia injured in a car accident near Milwan village on Sunday. P5 WORLD Bo sentenced for life Communist Party leader Bo Xilai was sentenced to life for corruption and abuse of power by a Chinese court. P13 SPORTS Sandeep wins bronze Grappler Sandeep Tulsi Yadav won India's first- ever medal in the Greco- Roman category at the Senior World Wrestling Championships in Budapest on Sunday. P16 AFZAL KHAN IN ISLAMABAD Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a 130- year-old church in Pakistan after Sunday Mass, killing at least 78 persons in the dead- liest attack on Christians. The attackers struck the historic white-stone All Saints Church in the north- western city of Peshawar just as hundreds of parishioners streamed out of the building. "I heard two explosions. People started to run. Human remains were strewn all over the church," said an eyewit- ness. Over 120 others were injured in the attack, said City Commissioner Sahibza- da Muhammad Anis, adding that around 600 to 700 per- sons were inside the church at the time of the blasts. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the death toll of 78 included 34 women and seven children. Bomb Disposal Squad chief Shafqat Malik told mediapersons said the attack was carried out by two sui- cide bombers, who were car- rying around 12 kg explosive in their vests. The body parts of the attackers had been recovered and sent for foren- sic examination, he said. SP (City) Ismail Tariq said the two attackers opened fire at the security guards deployed at the church, killing a guard and injuring the other before entering the premises. The two bombers detonated their explosive- laden vests within an interval of 30 seconds after entering the church. The Taliban-linked mili- tant group TTP Jundullah claimed responsibility for the attack. "They are the enemies of Islam, therefore, we target them," said the group's spokesman, Ahmed Marwat. Christians make up about four per cent of Pakistan's population of 180 million and tend to keep a low-profile. Sunday's attacks could complicate efforts by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to engage militants in peace negotiations at a time when roadside bombs, targeted killings and suicide attacks continue unabated. Flaying the attack, Sharif said: "Terrorists have no religion and targeting inno- cent people is against the teachings of Islam and all religions.” He said such cruel acts "reflect the bru- tality and the mindset of the terrorists". He expressed solidarity with Christians. Some residents, enraged at the lack of adequate security at the church, took to the streets immediately after the attack, burning tyres and shouting slogans. Shops were closed in the Kohati Gate area where several other churches are located. "Terrorists have not spared mosques, temples and churches. Please have mercy on us," said a protester. Christians frequently find themselves accused under the controversial blasphemy law in Pakistan . The Kohati Gate area in Peshawar's old quar- ter has witnessed several mil- itant attacks in recent years though none of them targeted Christians. The congested neighbourhood is usually packed with people, mostly women, as the area has sev- eral markets and shopping centres. Many Christians live in the vicinity and visit the church in large numbers for Sunday service. Officials of Lady Reading Hospital described the condi- tion of 13 injured as critical. (With agency inputs) Curfew lifted, but Shopian remains shut Kenya mall siege toll mounts to 68 NIC meets today; social media misuse tops agenda TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 22 When the National Integration Council (NIC) meets tomor- row in the backdrop of the recent Muzaffarnagar riots that claimed 48 lives, two issues would top its agenda: Preventing and tackling com- munal violence. The NIC, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will deliberate upon steps that allow the Centre to unilateral- ly send in forces in case of rioting and, secondly, find a way to curb the impact of social media in spreading hatred through morphed and falsified pictures and videos besides inflammatory articles. With policing listed a state subject, Central forces can go in only when called by the state government. The pend- ing Communal Violence Bill that is opposed by some states, is likely to be discussed as it allows empowering the Cen- tral Government to send forces unilaterally in case of a communal disturbance. In the Uttar Pradesh riots, the Army called in by the local District Magistrate, put a lid on the mayhem. The 140-member NIC includes all Union ministers, Leaders of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha, Chief Ministers of all Continued on page 11 NAIROBI/ABUJA, SEPTEMBER 22 Two Indians were among 68 persons killed by heavily armed Somali Islamist mili- tants who stormed a packed mall in Nairobi. They engaged in fierce fighting with Kenyan soldiers backed by Israeli spe- cial forces who were trying to rescue about 30 hostages and end the bloody siege that entered the second day today. At least 68 persons are now confirmed to have been killed in an ongoing Nairobi shop- ping mall siege, Kenya Red Cross said today, after nine more bodies were recovered. Four Indians, including two women and a girl, were among nearly 200 persons injured in the brazen attack launched by Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group yesterday on the part Israeli-owned Westgate centre. There were conflicting reports about the number of militants inside the four-storey mall, with Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenkua saying there were 10 to 15 heavily armed men while some witnesses said they had seen only four men in black, their heads covered in scarves. The Kenyan Government and Western diplomatic sources said the militants were holding about 30 hostages. Helicopters were seen circling overhead and there was a strong military presence in and around the mall. Israeli special forces were today at the scene and working with their Kenyan counterparts in the hostage crisis, Kenyan Government sources were quoted as saying. As the gunfire continued, troops evacuated over 1,000 persons from the centre after the masked militants launched the deadliest assault since Al- Qaida bombed the US Embassy in Nairobi in 1998, killing over 200 persons. Two Indians, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed and four other community members injured in the attack, an External Continued on page 11 AZHAR QADRI/TNS SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 22 Authorities on Sunday lifted curfew, which was imposed in south Kashmir’s Shopian dis- trict after killing of five per- sons in CRPF firing on Sep- tember 7. The residents, how- ever, observed a shutdown demanding removal of a para- military camp in the area. "Curfew was lifted from Shopian town today," a police spokesman said. The spokesman said the situation in the town remained peace- ful with no untoward inci- dent reported so far. A Shopian resident said a shutdown is being observed in the area to press for removal of a paramilitary camp at Gagran where five men, including one suspected mil- itant, were killed earlier this month. It had resulted in widespread clashes, protests and shutdowns. "A meeting of elders was called yesterday evening and also in the afternoon today. But so far there is no consensus on calling off the shutdown," he said. "We have run out of med- icines and baby food. We haven’t even been allowed to mourn the dead," a trader said. The police suspects that one of the four persons killed on September 7 was a Lashkar- e-Toiba militant whom it identified as Abdullah Haroon, a Pakistani national. A police officer said a video clip was recovered from Haroon's phone which showed some weapons — belonging to security forces — that were snatched by militants during two separate shootings. SHAHIRA NAIM/TNS LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 22 A day after presenting her case personally before Chief min- ister Akhilesh Yadav, sus- pended 2010 batch IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal was re- instated today. Ending a 57-day-long suspen- sion period, a one-line statement this evening announced the rein- statement of Nagpal who was suspended on July 28, suppos- edly for being instrumental in the demolition of an under-con- struction wall of a mosque with- out following the due process. It is, however, believed that she had to face the wrath of the state government for taking strict action against the politi- cally connected illegal sand mining mafia of western Uttar Pradesh. The matter became so controversial that the state government went on the defensive. CM Yadav had on several occasions charged the media and the Opposition of creating hullabaloo over the suspension of an SDM to defame his government. The IAS association had also taken up the case of Nag- pal both at the state and the national level. On August 17, Nagpal had responded to the state government’s charge sheet accusing her of “poor administrative acumen and lack of foresight”. She had pleaded being not guilty to the charge of demolition of the under-construction wall of a mosque at Qadalpur village. After her meeting with Sama- jwadi Party national president Mulayam Singh Yadav in August, rumours of her rein- statement were doing the rounds. Principal Secretary RM Srivastava had been asked to submit his final report in the mat- ter and the officer was expected to be reinstated before the com- mencement of the Vidhan Sabha session on September 16. UP Govt reinstates Durga Shakti Ban same-gotra marriages to curb honour killings: Khaps COLOMBO, SEPTEMBER 22 Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party today secured a landslide win in the historic provincial coun- cil polls held after a gap of 25 years in the former LTTE- ruled Northern Province, an outcome set to renew demands for greater autonomy for Tamils after the end of decades of ethnic war. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) convincingly trounced the ruling UPFA coalition of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, grabbing 30 of the 38 seats in the province. The 30 seats won by TNA include two bonus seats allocated to the winning party under Sri Lanka's proportional repre- sentation system, according to official results. The ruling UPFA coalition won just seven seats and the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress only one. The TNA defeated the UPFA coalition in all five dis- tricts in the once LTTE bastion. C V Wigneswaran, senior TNA leader and the chief minister Continued on page 11 BIJENDRA AHLAWAT/TNS ROHTAK, SEPTEMBER 22 Heads and representatives of various khap panchayats of Haryana have asked the Cen- tre to amend the Hindu Mar- riage Act to curb honour killing in and around the state. The demand came up at a special meeting of the Sarva Khap Mahapanchayat held here today in the backdrop of the recent honour killing of a runaway couple at Garnawathi village, 8 km from here. Dharmender and Nidhi were allegedly killed by the girl's parents and relatives on Sep- tember 18 after they decided to marry against the wishes of their families. Both had the same gotra and were from the same village. As per the diktat of khap panchayats, marriages within the same village and community are not allowed. The meeting — presided over by Dada Baljit Singh Malik, president of the Malik- Gathwala Khap — was attended by representa- tives of various khaps, including Dhankhar, Jhakhar, Hooda, Kadian, Dahiya and the Rohrai-Panchgama khaps. The meeting, which resolved to express concern and grief over the Garnawathi killings, adopted three reso- lutions to curb such incidents in rural areas of the state. It asked the government to bring in an amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act to restrain couples from the same gotra and the same village from entering into wedlock. The panchayat said the govern- ment must make the amend- ment so that the gotra of the mother and father is avoided at the time of marriage, as this was a social and acceptable norm in the rural and urban society of Jats and most other castes and sub-castes in Haryana and neighbouring states, including Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. “As soon as the change is promulgated, couples would themselves refrain from such (same gotra, same village) alliances and this would curb honour killings, which have become a blot on society,” said Jasbir Singh Malik, con- venor of the mahapanchayat. Stating that two other reso- lutions were also adopted, he said khaps have asked the government to reintroduce the subject of moral educa- tion at the school and college level and take steps to curb pornography on mobile phones used by the youth. A wounded woman breaks down at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi. — Reuters Representatives of various khaps hold a meeting in Rohtak to discuss honour killing. Photo: Manoj Dhaka The main market wears a deserted look in Shopian as the authorities lifted the curfew from the area on Sunday. Tribune photo: Amin War THREE-STEP ACTION PLAN ❚ Amend sections of the Hindu Marriage Act to restrain couples from same gotra and the same village from entering into wedlock ❚ Reintroduce subject of moral education at the school and college level ❚ Take appropriate measures to curb pornography on mobile phones BAN ON WEARING JEANS Terming the wearing of jeans by school/college going girls as ‘root cause’ of rising incidents of eve teasing, a khap panchayat of 12 villages has banned wearing of jeans by students. The panchayat has also slapped a blanket ban on playing DJ sound system in the villages SSP SUSPENDED FOR THRASHING JUNIORS Thrashing his three subordinates proved costly for the Moradabad SSP who was immediately suspended by the Uttar Pradesh Government on Sunday. SSP Rajesh Modak allegedly thrashed the three subordinates, who were posted at his residence, for not informing him about the visit of a senior Samajwadi Party leader’s to his place. P2 HOSTAGE CRISIS CONTINUES ❚ Over 1,000 persons evacuated, nearly 200 injured; 10-15 attackers still holed up in the mall ❚ Among the dead was renowned Ghanaian poet and statesmen Kofi Awoonor ❚ Al-Qaida linked Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for attack; has been demanding withdrawal of Kenyan troops from Somalia ❚ The assault is the biggest single attack in Kenya since Qaida’s East Africa cell bombed the US Embassy in Nairobi in 1998 killing over 200 persons HOW IT HAPPENED ❚ The two attackers struck the historic white-stone All Saints Church in Peshawar just as hundreds of parishioners streamed out of the building ❚ They opened fire at the security guards deployed at the church, killing a guard and injuring the other before entering the premises ❚ The two bombers detonated their explosive-laden vests within an interval of 30 seconds after entering the church DEADLIEST ATTACK ON CHRISTIANS IN PAK ❚ This was the worst attack in Pakistan's history on the Christian minority, which has not been targeted as frequently as other minorities like Shias or Ahmadis. ❚ Christians frequently find themselves accused under the controversial blasphemy law in Pakistan Such cruel acts reflect the brutality and a cruel mindset of the terrorists. — Nawaz Sharif, Pak PM “ “ PM CONDEMNS ATTACK I was deeply shocked and saddened by the brutal terror attack yesterday on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi… India condemns in the strongest terms this heinous and senseless assault, which has snuffed out so many innocent lives, including nationals of both our countries. — Manmohan Singh, PM “ “ OVERWHELMING WIN ❚ Tamil National Alliance (TNA) secured an overwhelming 78.48 per cent of the vote in the north while Rajapaksa's coalition got 18.38 per cent. ❚ Tamil alliance received over 80 per cent of the votes polled in Jaffna, Vavuniya and Kilinochchi districts. ❚ In Mullaithivu and Mannar districts, they won 78 and 61 per cent, respectively. ❚ In Jaffna, regarded as the cultural capital of the Tamils, the TNA garnered 86 per cent of the votes polled. Tamil party sweeps polls in former LTTE-held region CV Wigneswaran, Chief Minister candidate from the TNA, flashes a victory sign in Jaffna on Sunday. AP\PTI WHIPPING UPA STORM ❚ Muzaffarnagar mayhem (2013): Morphed video on the Internet showed how ‘Hindus’ were being ‘ill-treated’ by Muslims; BJP MLA under scanner for uploading the video, arrested ❚ Azad Maidan clashes (2012): Circulation of a fake video (with origins in Myanmar) showing how ‘Muslims’ were ‘ill-treated’ by Bodos in Assam led to the clash in Mumbai ❚ N-E exodus (2012): Fake online video provoked a community to attack ‘Chinis’, a slang for people from the North- East, leading to an exodus from Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai ❚ The Ministry of Home Affairs had responded by blocking some Internet addresses and accused Pakistan of fomenting trouble ❙ Israeli spl forces arrive ❙ 2 Indians among dead ❙ Somali Islamists claim attack 120 injured as two attackers target worshippers at Sunday Mass in Peshawar Suicide bombers kill 78 at Pak church A man and woman mourn the death of their relatives at the site of a blast at a church in Peshawar on Sunday. — Reuters Today’s issue consists of 28 pages, including six-page Chandigarh Tribune and four-page Life+Style.

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  • Vol. 133 No. 263 Late City Edition

    The TribuneV O I C E O F T H E P E O P L E

    Monday, September 23, 2013Chandigarh New Delhi Jalandhar Bathinda Srinagar www.tribuneindia.com 28 pages `3.00

    INSIDENATIONUP bandh partialThe BJPs call for bandh inmajor towns of the westernUP met with partialsuccess on Sunday. P2

    PUNJABSSP hurt in accidentJalandhar-basedjournalist JasdeepMalhotra was killed andPathankot SSP SurinderKumar Kalia injured in acar accident near Milwanvillage on Sunday. P5

    WORLDBo sentenced for lifeCommunist Party leaderBo Xilai was sentencedto life for corruption andabuse of power by aChinese court. P13

    SPORTSSandeep wins bronzeGrappler Sandeep TulsiYadav won India's first-ever medal in the Greco-Roman category at theSenior World WrestlingChampionships inBudapest on Sunday. P16

    AFZAL KHAN IN ISLAMABAD

    Two suicide bombers blewthemselves up outside a 130-year-old church in Pakistanafter Sunday Mass, killing atleast 78 persons in the dead-liest attack on Christians.

    The attackers struck thehistoric white-stone AllSaints Church in the north-western city of Peshawar justas hundreds of parishionersstreamed out of the building.

    "I heard two explosions.People started to run. Humanremains were strewn all overthe church," said an eyewit-ness. Over 120 others wereinjured in the attack, saidCity Commissioner Sahibza-da Muhammad Anis, addingthat around 600 to 700 per-sons were inside the churchat the time of the blasts.

    Interior Minister ChaudhryNisar Ali Khan said the deathtoll of 78 included 34 womenand seven children.

    Bomb Disposal Squadchief Shafqat Malik toldmediapersons said the attackwas carried out by two sui-cide bombers, who were car-rying around 12 kg explosivein their vests. The body partsof the attackers had beenrecovered and sent for foren-sic examination, he said.

    SP (City) Ismail Tariq saidthe two attackers opened fireat the security guardsdeployed at the church,killing a guard and injuringthe other before entering thepremises. The two bombers

    detonated their explosive-laden vests within an intervalof 30 seconds after enteringthe church.

    The Taliban-linked mili-tant group TTP Jundullahclaimed responsibility forthe attack. "They are theenemies of Islam, therefore,we target them," said thegroup's spokesman, AhmedMarwat. Christians makeup about four per cent ofPakistan's population of180 million and tend tokeep a low-profile.

    Sunday's attacks could

    complicate efforts by PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif toengage militants in peacenegotiations at a time whenroadside bombs, targetedkillings and suicide attackscontinue unabated.

    Flaying the attack, Sharifsaid: "Terrorists have noreligion and targeting inno-cent people is against theteachings of Islam and allreligions. He said suchcruel acts "reflect the bru-tality and the mindset of theterrorists". He expressedsolidarity with Christians.

    Some residents, enraged atthe lack of adequate securityat the church, took to thestreets immediately after theattack, burning tyres andshouting slogans. Shopswere closed in the KohatiGate area where several otherchurches are located.

    "Terrorists have not sparedmosques, temples andchurches. Please have mercyon us," said a protester.

    Christians frequently findthemselves accused under thecontroversial blasphemy lawin Pakistan . The Kohati Gate

    area in Peshawar's old quar-ter has witnessed several mil-itant attacks in recent yearsthough none of them targetedChristians. The congestedneighbourhood is usuallypacked with people, mostlywomen, as the area has sev-eral markets and shoppingcentres. Many Christians livein the vicinity and visit thechurch in large numbers forSunday service.

    Officials of Lady ReadingHospital described the condi-tion of 13 injured as critical.

    (With agency inputs)

    Curfew lifted, but Shopian remains shut

    Kenya mall siege toll mounts to 68NIC meets today; socialmedia misuse tops agendaTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 22

    When the National IntegrationCouncil (NIC) meets tomor-row in the backdrop of therecent Muzaffarnagar riotsthat claimed 48 lives, twoissues would top its agenda:Preventing and tackling com-munal violence.

    The NIC, chaired by PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh,will deliberate upon steps thatallow the Centre to unilateral-ly send in forces in case ofrioting and, secondly, find away to curb the impact ofsocial media in spreadinghatred through morphed andfalsified pictures and videosbesides inflammatory articles.

    With policing listed a statesubject, Central forces can goin only when called by thestate government. The pend-ing Communal Violence Billthat is opposed by some states,is likely to be discussed as itallows empowering the Cen-tral Government to sendforces unilaterally in case of acommunal disturbance.

    In the Uttar Pradesh riots, the

    Army called in by the localDistrict Magistrate, put a lidon the mayhem.

    The 140-member NICincludes all Union ministers,Leaders of Opposition in theLok Sabha and in the RajyaSabha, Chief Ministers of allContinued on page 11

    NAIROBI/ABUJA, SEPTEMBER 22

    Two Indians were among 68persons killed by heavilyarmed Somali Islamist mili-tants who stormed a packedmall in Nairobi. They engagedin fierce fighting with Kenyansoldiers backed by Israeli spe-cial forces who were trying torescue about 30 hostages andend the bloody siege thatentered the second day today.

    At least 68 persons are nowconfirmed to have been killedin an ongoing Nairobi shop-ping mall siege, Kenya RedCross said today, after ninemore bodies were recovered.

    Four Indians, including twowomen and a girl, wereamong nearly 200 personsinjured in the brazen attacklaunched by Al-Qaida-linkedal-Shabab group yesterdayon the part Israeli-ownedWestgate centre.

    There were conflictingreports about the number ofmilitants inside the four-storeymall, with Kenyan InteriorMinister Joseph Ole Lenkuasaying there were 10 to 15heavily armed men while somewitnesses said they had seen

    only four men in black, theirheads covered in scarves.

    The Kenyan Governmentand Western diplomaticsources said the militants wereholding about 30 hostages.Helicopters were seen circlingoverhead and there was astrong military presence in andaround the mall.

    Israeli special forces weretoday at the scene and workingwith their Kenyan counterpartsin the hostage crisis, KenyanGovernment sources werequoted as saying.

    As the gunfire continued,troops evacuated over 1,000persons from the centre afterthe masked militants launched

    the deadliest assault since Al-Qaida bombed the USEmbassy in Nairobi in 1998,killing over 200 persons.

    Two Indians, including aneight-year-old boy, were killedand four other communitymembers injured in theattack, an ExternalContinued on page 11

    AZHAR QADRI/TNS

    SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 22

    Authorities on Sunday liftedcurfew, which was imposed insouth Kashmirs Shopian dis-trict after killing of five per-sons in CRPF firing on Sep-tember 7. The residents, how-ever, observed a shutdowndemanding removal of a para-military camp in the area.

    "Curfew was lifted fromShopian town today," a policespokesman said. Thespokesman said the situationin the town remained peace-ful with no untoward inci-dent reported so far.

    A Shopian resident said ashutdown is being observed inthe area to press for removalof a paramilitary camp atGagran where five men,

    including one suspected mil-itant, were killed earlier thismonth. It had resulted inwidespread clashes, protestsand shutdowns.

    "A meeting of elders wascalled yesterday evening andalso in the afternoon today. Butso far there is no consensus on

    calling off the shutdown," hesaid. "We have run out of med-icines and baby food. Wehavent even been allowed tomourn the dead," a trader said.

    The police suspects that oneof the four persons killed onSeptember 7 was a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant whom it

    identified as AbdullahHaroon, a Pakistani national.

    A police officer said a videoclip was recovered fromHaroon's phone which showedsome weapons belonging tosecurity forces that weresnatched by militants duringtwo separate shootings.

    SHAHIRA NAIM/TNS

    LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 22

    Aday after presenting her casepersonally before Chief min-ister Akhilesh Yadav, sus-pended 2010 batch IAS officerDurga Shakti Nagpal was re-instated today.

    Ending a 57-day-long suspen-sion period, a one-line statementthis evening announced the rein-statement of Nagpal who wassuspended on July 28, suppos-edly for being instrumental in thedemolition of an under-con-struction wall of a mosque with-out following the due process.

    It is, however, believed thatshe had to face the wrath of thestate government for takingstrict action against the politi-cally connected illegal sandmining mafia of western Uttar

    Pradesh. The matter became socontroversial that the stategovernment went on thedefensive. CM Yadav had onseveral occasions charged themedia and the Opposition ofcreating hullabaloo over thesuspension of an SDM todefame his government.

    The IAS association had

    also taken up the case of Nag-pal both at the state and thenational level. On August 17,Nagpal had responded to thestate governments chargesheet accusing her of pooradministrative acumen andlack of foresight. She hadpleaded being not guilty to thecharge of demolition of theunder-construction wall of amosque at Qadalpur village.

    After her meeting with Sama-jwadi Party national presidentMulayam Singh Yadav inAugust, rumours of her rein-statement were doing therounds. Principal Secretary RMSrivastava had been asked tosubmit his final report in the mat-ter and the officer was expectedto be reinstated before the com-mencement of the Vidhan Sabhasession on September 16.

    UP Govt reinstates Durga Shakti

    Ban same-gotra marriages tocurb honour killings: Khaps

    COLOMBO, SEPTEMBER 22

    Sri Lankas main Tamil partytoday secured a landslide winin the historic provincial coun-cil polls held after a gap of 25years in the former LTTE-ruled Northern Province, anoutcome set to renew demandsfor greater autonomy forTamils after the end of decadesof ethnic war.

    Tamil National Alliance(TNA) convincingly trouncedthe ruling UPFA coalition ofPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa,grabbing 30 of the 38 seats inthe province. The 30 seatswon by TNA include twobonus seats allocated to thewinning party under SriLanka's proportional repre-sentation system, according toofficial results.

    The ruling UPFA coalitionwon just seven seats and the SriLankan Muslim Congress onlyone. The TNA defeated theUPFA coalition in all five dis-tricts in the once LTTE bastion.C VWigneswaran, senior TNAleader and the chief ministerContinued on page 11

    BIJENDRA AHLAWAT/TNS

    ROHTAK, SEPTEMBER 22

    Heads and representatives ofvarious khap panchayats ofHaryana have asked the Cen-tre to amend the Hindu Mar-riage Act to curb honourkilling in and around the state.

    The demand came up at aspecial meeting of the SarvaKhap Mahapanchayat heldhere today in the backdrop ofthe recent honour killing of arunaway couple at Garnawathivillage, 8 km from here.

    Dharmender and Nidhi wereallegedly killed by the girl'sparents and relatives on Sep-tember 18 after they decided tomarry against the wishes oftheir families. Both had thesame gotra and were from thesame village. As per the diktatof khap panchayats, marriageswithin the same village andcommunity are not allowed.

    The meeting presidedover by Dada Baljit SinghMalik, president of theMalik- Gathwala Khap was attended by representa-tives of various khaps,including Dhankhar, Jhakhar,Hooda, Kadian, Dahiya andthe Rohrai-Panchgamakhaps. The meeting, whichresolved to express concernand grief over the Garnawathikillings, adopted three reso-lutions to curb such incidentsin rural areas of the state.

    It asked the government tobring in an amendment to theHindu Marriage Act to restraincouples from the same gotra

    and the same village fromentering into wedlock. Thepanchayat said the govern-ment must make the amend-ment so that the gotra of themother and father is avoided atthe time of marriage, as thiswas a social and acceptablenorm in the rural and urbansociety of Jats and most othercastes and sub-castes inHaryana and neighbouringstates, including Rajasthan,Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

    As soon as the change ispromulgated, couples would

    themselves refrain from such(same gotra, same village)alliances and this would curbhonour killings, which havebecome a blot on society,said Jasbir Singh Malik, con-venor of the mahapanchayat.

    Stating that two other reso-lutions were also adopted, hesaid khaps have asked thegovernment to reintroducethe subject of moral educa-tion at the school and collegelevel and take steps to curbpornography on mobilephones used by the youth.

    A wounded woman breaks down at the WestgateShopping Centre in Nairobi. Reuters

    Representatives of various khaps hold a meeting inRohtak to discuss honour killing. Photo: Manoj Dhaka

    The main market wears a deserted look in Shopian as the authorities lifted the curfewfrom the area on Sunday. Tribune photo: Amin War

    THREE-STEP ACTION PLAN Amend sections of the Hindu Marriage Act to restrain couples from

    same gotra and the same village from entering into wedlock

    Reintroduce subject of moral education at the school and college level

    Take appropriate measures to curb pornography on mobile phones

    BAN ON WEARING JEANSTerming the wearing of jeans by school/college going girls as rootcause of rising incidents of eve teasing, a khap panchayat of 12villages has banned wearing of jeans by students. The panchayat hasalso slapped a blanket ban on playing DJ sound system in the villages

    SSP SUSPENDED FORTHRASHING JUNIORS

    Thrashing his threesubordinates proved costly forthe Moradabad SSP who wasimmediately suspended by theUttar Pradesh Government onSunday. SSP Rajesh Modakallegedly thrashed the threesubordinates, who were postedat his residence, for notinforming him about the visit ofa senior Samajwadi Partyleaders to his place. P2

    HOSTAGE CRISISCONTINUES

    Over 1,000 persons evacuated,nearly 200 injured; 10-15 attackersstill holed up in the mall

    Among the dead was renownedGhanaian poet and statesmenKofi Awoonor

    Al-Qaida linked Al Shabaabclaimed responsibility for attack;has been demanding withdrawal ofKenyan troops from Somalia

    The assault is the biggest singleattack in Kenya since Qaidas EastAfrica cell bombed the USEmbassy in Nairobi in 1998 killingover 200 persons

    HOW IT HAPPENED The two attackers struck the historic

    white-stone All Saints Church inPeshawar just as hundreds ofparishioners streamed out of the building

    They opened fire at the securityguards deployed at the church, killinga guard and injuring the other beforeentering the premises

    The two bombers detonated theirexplosive-laden vests within an interval of30 seconds after entering the church

    DEADLIEST ATTACK ONCHRISTIANS IN PAK

    This was the worst attack in Pakistan'shistory on the Christian minority, whichhas not been targeted as frequently asother minorities like Shias or Ahmadis.

    Christians frequently find themselvesaccused under the controversialblasphemy law in Pakistan

    Such cruel actsreflect the brutality anda cruel mindset of theterrorists. Nawaz Sharif, Pak PM

    PM CONDEMNS ATTACK

    I was deeply shocked and saddened by the brutal terror attack yesterday onthe Westgate Mall in Nairobi India condemns in the strongest terms thisheinous and senseless assault, which has snuffed out so many innocent lives,including nationals of both our countries. Manmohan Singh, PM

    OVERWHELMING WIN Tamil National Alliance (TNA)

    secured an overwhelming78.48 per cent of the vote in thenorth while Rajapaksa'scoalition got 18.38 per cent.

    Tamil alliance received over 80per cent of the votes polled inJaffna, Vavuniya andKilinochchi districts.

    In Mullaithivu and Mannardistricts, they won 78 and 61per cent, respectively.

    In Jaffna, regarded as thecultural capital of the Tamils, theTNA garnered 86 per cent ofthe votes polled.

    Tamil party sweepspolls in former

    LTTE-held region

    CV Wigneswaran, ChiefMinister candidate from theTNA, flashes a victory signin Jaffna on Sunday. AP\PTI

    WHIPPING UPASTORM Muzaffarnagar mayhem

    (2013): Morphed video on theInternet showed how Hinduswere being ill-treated byMuslims; BJP MLA underscanner for uploading thevideo, arrested

    Azad Maidan clashes (2012):Circulation of a fake video(with origins in Myanmar)showing how Muslims wereill-treated by Bodos in Assamled to the clash in Mumbai

    N-E exodus (2012): Fakeonline video provoked acommunity to attack Chinis, aslang for people from the North-East, leading to an exodus fromMumbai, Bangalore, Pune,Hyderabad and Chennai

    The Ministry of Home Affairs hadresponded by blocking someInternet addresses and accusedPakistan of fomenting trouble

    Israeli spl forces arrive 2 Indians among dead Somali Islamists claim attack

    120 injured as two attackers target worshippers at Sunday Mass in Peshawar

    Suicide bombers kill 78 at Pak church

    A man and woman mourn the death of their relatives at the site of a blast at achurch in Peshawar on Sunday. Reuters

    Todays issue consists of 28 pages,including six-page Chandigarh

    Tribune and four-page Life+Style.

  • 2 Nation THE TRIBUNE, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

    VIBHA SHARMA/TNS

    NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 22

    BJP president Rajnath Singhtoday met President PranabMukherjee and apprised himover the alleged "mishan-dling" of the Muzzaffarnagarriots by the ruling SamajwadiParty government in UttarPradesh. He demanded thestate Assembly should be dis-solved and the Presidentshould take control of the state.

    The saffron party is miffedover the way UP CMAkhilesh Yadav has goneafter "innocent" BJP mem-bers while adopting a "par-tial, soft" approach towardSP leaders, despite "ampleproof" of their role in the vio-lence that left many deadand thousands homeless.

    He urged the President totake control of the state in viewof the "emergency-like" situa-tion prevailing there. Alongwith imposition of the Presi-dent's Rule, the BJP is also

    demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the stringof communal incidents in thestate. Rajnath was accompa-nied by state BJPleaders whenhe met the President.

    He also came out in support

    of former Army chief GenVK Singh saying the govern-ment was deliberately trou-bling all those wanting tojoin the saffron party.

    "Whatever VK Singh hassaid is correct. Why was no

    inquiry held against him whenhe was in service? Why arethey getting into holdinginvestigations one year afterhis retirement and that toosoon after he shared the daiswith Narendra Modi," he said.

    BJP chief demands Prez Rule in UP

    President Pranab Mukherjee with MPs, MLAs from Uttar Pradesh, led by BJPpresident Rajnath Singh, at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI

    Mixed response to BJPs bandh call

    SHAHIRA NAIM/TNS

    LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 22

    The BJPs call for dawn-to-dusk bandh in major townsof the still-tense westernUttar Pradesh met with par-tial success today. Heavypolice deployment was madeto tackle any situation arisingout of the bandh call.

    In Meerut town, BJP statepresident Laxmikant Baj-pai was seen personallygoing from shop to shopasking traders to down theirshutters in support ofpartys bandh call in protestagainst the arrest of twoBJP MLAs for incitingMuzaffarnagar riots.

    MLA from Thana

    Bhawan Suresh Singh Ranawas arrested in Lucknowon Friday while SardhanaMLA Sangeet Singh Somhad surrendered in hisancestral town of Salava,Meerut, yesterday and waslater arrested.

    After being presented inthe CJM court of Muzaffar-nagar both were remanded injudicial custody for 14 days.BSP MLA Noor SaleemRana is also behind bars onsimilar charges.

    BJP workers were seenraising anti-governmentslogans and forcing tradersin major bazaars to closetheir shops. The effect ofthe bandh was visible inGhaziabad, Saharanpur,Muzaffarnagar, Baghpatand even Noida.

    To prevent their supportersfrom creating a law and orderproblem in Muzaffarnagar,the state government todaytransferred jailed BJP MLASuresh Rana to Banda jailand Sangeet Singh Som toUrai jail in Jalaun district.

    The jailor of the Urai prisonwas caught on camera warm-ly welcoming SardhanaMLA Som in the prison.

    The video showed jailorLP Singh standing at the

    prison gate in plainclotheswith folded hands greetingSom as he entered the Uraijail premises. A few police-men standing with him werealso seen welcoming the

    Sardhana MLA charged withuploading fake video clipsand delivering provocativespeeches at the September 7mahapanchat after whichriots broke out.

    A R R E S T O F T W O S A F F R O N P A R T Y M L A s

    Tight security in place at Moradabad during a bandh called by the BJP in westernUttar Pradesh on Sunday. PTI

    MUZAFFARNAGARMAYHEM

    Naidu meets Sharad Yadav,Bardhan over Telangana

    KV PRASAD/TNS

    NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 22

    The Telugu Desam Partytoday continued its campaignfor an early resolution to thestalemate that prevails inAndhra Pradesh following theannouncement of carving outa separate state of Telangana.

    TDP chief N ChandrababuNaidu, who came here on Sat-urday, today met JD-U presi-dent Sharad Yadav and veter-an Communist leader ABBardhan urging them to jointhe effort in building pressureon the Centre to resolve thesituation in Andhra Pradesh.

    Both Yadav and Bardhanshared the TDPchief's percep-tion that the Centre was notdoing enough and blamed theCongress for creating a situa-tion in which agitations andcounter-agitations had broughtthe state to a standstill.

    "We have to part like broth-ers. If necessary, the jointaction committees on eitherside (pro and anti-Telangana)should be called to sit down

    and sort out the differences,"Bardhan said after Naiducalled on him at the CPI officealong with a party delegation.

    Addressing a press confer-ence in the evening, Naiducriticised the Congress andthe Finance Minister accus-ing the latter of responding tothe issue in Parliament in acasual manner. "The Con-gress will have to pay a pricefor it is playing with thefuture of the people ofAndhra Pradesh. It is not aparty decision. Even the CPIand the BJP that support

    Telangana criticised the man-ner in which the Congressdealt with the issue," he said.

    The TDP chief will attend ameeting of the National Inte-gration Council tomorrow.

    The plan is to seek andwrest political advantage inthe elections both to the stateAssembly and the Lok Sabhathat are scheduled to be heldsimultaneously. The TDP hasreportedly conceded spaceto the YSR Congress in theCoastal and Rayalseemaregions while it has little togain in Telangana.

    SSP beats up juniors, suspendedWas furious at staff for making SP leader wait

    SHAHIRA NAIM/TNS

    LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 22

    Thrashing his three subordi-nates proved costly for theMoradabad SSP who wasimmediately suspended by theUttar Pradesh Government on Sunday.

    SSPRajesh Modak allegedlythrashed the three subordinates,who were posted at his resi-dence, for not informing himabout the visit of a senior Sama-jwadi Party leaders to his place.

    Senior SP leader and formerMoradabad Mayor Dr STHasan had come to meet theSSP at his official residenceyesterday. The three policemenreportedly did not know himbut still seated him with cour-tesy. However, when SSPModak learnt that the leader hadbeen made to wait he lost his

    cool and reportedly hit the threejuniors with a stick, wiper andbroom. The three policemenshowed extensive abrasions ontheir body to TV channels.

    DIG, Moradabad, said thethree policemen had givenhim a written complaint yes-terday that Modak had beaten

    them unnecessarily."Guman Singh, Sunder Singh

    and Daya Kishan gave me awritten complaint that the SSP,at whose residence they wereposted in Moradabad, hadthrashed them without any rea-son," DIG Amarind SinghSanger said. He said the com-plaint had been forwarded to theheadquarters. IPS officer andRTI activist Amitabh Thakurhas sent a letter to the DGPandthe Principal Secretary (Home)requesting them to order anadministrative inquiry and reg-istration of an FIR in the case.

    SP leader Hasan, however,said the SSP's staff kept himwaiting for over an hour whenhe had gone to meet him. Heclaimed that Modak had onlyscolded his staff and not beat-en anyone in front of him.

    (With PTI inputs)

    Congresswill have topay a pricefor playingwith the future

    of Andhra people. Eventhe CPI and the BJPthat support Telanganahad flayed the manner itdealt with the issue.

    N Chandrababu Naidu,TDP chief

    We have to

    part likebrothers. Ifnecessary, thejoint action

    committees on either side(pro and anti-Telangana)should be called to sitdown and sort out thedifferences.

    AB Bardhan, Communist leader

    SURESH DHARUR/TNS

    HYDERABAD, SEPTEMBER 22

    The information technologyindustry, which had so farmanaged to insulate itself fromthe political turmoil in AndhraPradesh, now stands vertical-ly divided on regional lines.

    The bitter debate over theTelangana statehood issuehas created a division amongthe techies. A group of 3,000IT professionals has formeda separate Telangana ITIndustry Association (TITA)with an objective to activelysupport the statehood cause.

    The new association is tak-ing the Hyderabad-based ITstudents, aspirants andemployees into its fold andwants to increase the repre-sentation of professionalsfrom the Telangana region inthe profession, that is cur-

    rently less than 10 per cent.We have formed this

    association solely for thepurpose of supporting thecause of a separate Telan-gana state. We want toincrease the representationof people from Telangana inthe IT sector as not even 10per cent of the professionalshail from the Telanganaregion now. We want thestate to be formed as soon aspossible, said association

    president Sandeep Kumar.We need a lot of focus on

    the Telangana region rightfrom training students andaspirants to increasing ourrepresentation in the indus-try, said Manmohan Reddy,an IT professional and amember of the new associa-tion. The TITA would con-duct an awareness confer-ence to counter a growingcampaign that the IT sectorwould lose its sheen if the

    state was bifurcated.The software industry is

    largely concentrated inHyderabad and the city ranksfourth in the country in termsof software exports. The city,which accounts for softwareexports worth Rs 50,000crore annually, is home toabout 700 IT and ITES com-panies, including globalgiants like Microsoft,Google, IBM, Oracle, DELL,Motorola and Deloitte.

    Telangana statehood divides IT menREGIONALDIVIDE The bitter debate over the Telangana statehood issue

    has created a division among the techies

    Around 3,000 IT professionals have formed the Telan-gana IT Industry Association (TITA) with an objective toactively support the statehood cause

    The new association wants to increase the representa-tion of IT professionals from the Telangana region in theprofession

    Usmani hadcash on his

    person: ProbeSHIV KUMAR/TNS

    MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 22

    Afzal Usmani, the allegedIndian Mujahideen opera-tive accused of carrying outbomb blasts in Ahmedabadin 2008 who escaped fromthe police custody on Friday,was carrying cash in viola-tion of prison rules, accord-ing to the police.

    Interrogation of Usmanisco-accused revealed that hehad been carrying cash forquite some time. So far, it isnot clear how he obtainedthat money. It might havebeen passed on to him in theprison or by his relatives dur-ing their visits to the court.

    Jail rules prohibit inmatesfrom possessing cash. Theyare also not allowed use ofmobile phones in the jail.

    Usmani escaped from theSessions Court building indown town Mumbai when hewas brought there for hear-ing. Police officials admittedhe might have escaped anhour before his absence cameto notice. With cash on hisperson, he might have movedout of Mumbai city limitswithin hours of his escape.

    The Churchgate and theChhatrapati Shivaji railwaystations are situated a couple ofkm away from the court prem-ises. So, anyone familiar withMumbai would be able tocatch a train or a bus and be outof city limits in about an hour,a police official said.

    Usmanis escape has putthe Maharashtra Govern-ment in a spot. The Oppo-sition is calling for HomeMinister RR Patils head.Was Usmani allowed toflee? BJP leaderGopinath Munde asked.He alleged 514 accusedhad escaped from thepolice custody so far.

    Helpline for BSFtroops to fight stressVIJAY MOHAN/TNS

    CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 22

    In the first venture of its kind,the Border Security Force hasestablished a helpline for itspersonnel where any individ-ual can directly approach theapex headquarters with hisperceived grievance withouthaving to go through the hier-archical chain of command.

    The helpline is expectedto mitigate stress levels inthe force where troopshave to undertake long andarduous border guardingduties in remote areasunder difficult climatic andenvironmental conditions.It was set up recently as apilot project at the Head-quarters, Special DirectorGeneral, West, which isresponsible for the man-agement of the Internation-al Border with Pakistanand BSF deployment along

    the Line of Control inJammu and Kashmir.

    BSF sources said in thefirst four months of itsestablishment, the helplinereceived over 200 com-plaints, out of which about90 have been redressed.While the act of making abonafide complaint is notheld against an individual,any false or mala fide com-plaint, of which there havebeen a few instances, isdealt with appropriatelyunder BSF Rules.

    Most complaints pertain toissues concerning sanctionof leave, pay anomalies,nature of duty and workingconditions or transfer. TheBSF is mulling to introducethis concept in other head-quarters. One of the worldslargest border guardingforces in the world, the BSFhas about 2.4 lakh personnelin 186 battalions.

    Rajnath: BJP moresecular than Cong

    RAJMEET SINGH/TNS

    CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 22

    Spelling out the agenda of theBJP in the coming GeneralElection, party president Raj-nath Singh said today that hisparty was more secular thanthe Congress.

    We are secular and wouldalways remain secular. TheCongress-ruled states or sup-ported by the Congress havewitnessed more communalriots than in the BJP-ruledstates. It is a false propagandaspread by the UPAgovernmentto divert attention of the mass-es from the burning nationalissues, said the BJPchief whois in the city to meet BJP coregroups of northern states.

    On his first visit to the cityafter becoming the BJP chiefand Narendra Modis namebeing declared as the partysPM candidate, a charged Raj-nath Singh accused the UPA

    government of playing thecommunal card against theBJP. It is the Congress whichadopts the divide and rulepolicy, but now the peoplewant change, he stated.

    Addressing party workersfrom the region, he said otherpolitical parties in the countrywere facing a crisis of credi-bility but the BJP would go tothe masses with the chal-lenge, adding: We need torepose faith of the people inthe political system. We arenot against globalisation, butit should not be at the cost ofthe autonomy of the nation,

    Taking credit for develop-ment in the BJP-ruled states, hesaid strong will power wasrequired to change the face ofthe nation. He repeatedlyreminded the participants aboutthe Vajpayee-led BJP govern-ment rule from 1998 to 2004 todrive home the point of theneed to bring the BJPto power.

    VENTING OUT IRE Senior SP leader and for-

    mer Moradabad Mayor DrST Hasan had come tomeet the SSP at his officialresidence on Saturday

    The three policemenreportedly did not knowhim but still seated himwith courtesy

    When the SSP learnt thatthe leader had been madeto wait he lost his cool andreportedly thrashed thethree juniors black and blue

    TAMPA (FLORIDA), SEPTEMBER 22

    In a blistering attack on theUPA government, NarendraModi today asked Indian vot-ers to hold it accountable fornine years of mis-gover-nance and to throw out theCongress in the 2014 LokSabha polls as they did afterthe Emergency in 1977.

    Drawing a parallelbetween the elections of1977 and 2014, the BJPsprime ministerial candidatesaid, This government,which has downgraded thecountry, has to go. Let usaffirm that this governmenthas to go democratically.

    We should work for a pro-gressive BJPgovernment...Like 1977, 2014will be the voice of the peo-ple, Modi said, referring tothe first time the Congress wasvoted out of power after the1975 Emergency.

    Speaking to the Indian

    diaspora in the US throughlive video conference, Modiaccused the UPA govern-ment of running awayfrom giving a report on itsperformance since 2004,when it returned to power.

    See the arrogance of thegovernment in Delhi. Theyare in power for nine yearsbut they are not ready togive performance report,the 63-year-old GujaratChief Minister said.

    Modi, who has stepped upattacks on the Congress sincehe was named the BJPsprime ministerial choice, alsospoke about a vested interestgroup shielding the mis-governance of the Congressbut did not elaborate.

    There is a vested interestgroup that is a raksha kavach(protective shield) for theCongress. This vested inter-est group is active and come2014, we have to fight both

    the Congress and this vestedinterest group, said Modi,who has been denied a USvisa since 2005 and has beeninteracting with NRIs viavideo-conferencing.

    As soon as I finish (myspeech) they will start, whatModi said, but friends, Modigave answers to the people inDecember 2012 and the peo-ple chose him for a third timewith distinction to servethem, he said.

    I want to tell the Congress

    friends, do you at least agreethat when the Vajpayee gov-ernment was there, growthrate was 8.4 per cent but nowit is 4.8 per cent under this(UPA) government.

    Interestingly, Modi used theoccasion to praise the leader-ship of L K Advani, who hadresisted his nomination to thekey position. He also laudedMadhya Pradesh Chief Minis-ter Shiv Raj Chauhan and sev-eral chief ministers and lead-ers of the BJP.

    Highlighting the achieve-ments of the six-year rule of theNDA government led by AtalBihari Vajpayee, Modi said itgave a new direction and inspi-ration to India and the world.

    Only the BJP can save Indiafrom the current crisis, he said.

    Modi urged the IndianAmerican community, in par-ticular his supporters, to playa meaningful role for the BJPsvictory. PTI

    RUPAHELI/PACHPADARA (RAJ),

    SEPTEMBER 22

    On a day Narendra Modiattacked UPA government forits mis-governance, Con-gress Chief Sonia Gandhi hitback accusing BJPof hatchingconspiracies before electionsand misleading people in itshunger for power.

    Modi, addressing an audi-ence in the US through videoconference, claimed that theUPAwas running away fromgiving its performance report ofnine years, but Gandhi said hergovernment had empoweredpeople through various meas-ures like RTI, food security andland acquisition while the BJPhad nothing to show.

    The UPA governmentempowered people with Rightto Information, Right to Edu-cation, MGNREGA, andrecently gave food security topeople and also introduced newland acquisition act in the inter-

    est of farmers, she said.The BJP, on the other hand,

    misleads people and points fin-gers at the works of Congressgovernments. Why did theynot do such work...who hasstopped them from taking suchdecisions and empoweringpeople?, she asked.

    They are just concernedabout power and hatch con-spiracies before elections. Youall need to remain alert fromthem because they misleadpeople, the UPA chairperson

    said at a public meeting inRupaheli, a remote area ofBhilwara district.

    After unveiling plaques forfoundation stone of a MainlineElectric Multiple Unit(MEMU) coach factory anddrinking water project, Gand-hi heaped praise on ManmohanSingh government, saying ithas started a new era ofempowering people.

    Earlier, after the stone-layingceremony of a Rs 37,230-crorerefinery and petrochemicalcomplex at Pachpadara inBarmer district, she stressedthat communal peace has to bemaintained for development.

    She said the countrys secu-lar ethos require that all com-munities move together on thepath of development. Whenyour own government ensuresan environment of peace andharmony, there is developmentin every direction, then onlythere is prosperity. PTI

    Help defeat Cong, Modi tells NRI voters BJP misleading people: Sonia

    Narendra Modi Sonia Gandhi

  • 3Chandigarh PlusTHE TRIBUNE, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

    BHANGRA BEATS: GCG students perform Punjabi folk dance in Patiala on Sunday.Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar

    Rajindra Hospital ill-equipped tohandle suspected dengue cases

    GAGAN K TEJATRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    PATIALA, SEPTEMBER 22

    The Rajindra Hospitalauthorities have not botheredto create an isolation wardwith sufficient number ofbeds to control the spread ofdengue. This despite the factthat more than 100 personssuspected to have dengue,who have tested positive inthe NSI Elisa test, have beenbeen admitted at the hospitalin the past few days. Theyjust have three beds in thename of a "dengue ward" andpersons suspected to havedengue are kept at generalwards posing a risk of infec-tion to other patients.

    According to official fig-

    ures, a total 19 patients havetested positive for dengue sofar in the district but till date, the hospital is not fully equipped to handle such cases.

    Hospital authorities and thedistrict health departmentclaim that a person who testspositive in the NS1 Elisa testis only a suspected case ofdengue. Only if they test pos-itive in the Mac-Elisa test arethey considered to havedengue. However, a part ofthe medical fraternity saysthat anyone diagnosed posi-tive for NS1 Elisa is con-firmed to be infected withdengue. These doctors saidthe hospital was taking amajor risk in keeping suchpatients in general wards

    with other patients and theyshould wait till the reports ofthe Mac Elisa test were made available.

    A doctor, on the conditionof anonymity, said the NS1Elisa test is an antigen test,which detects dengue virusin the initial days of infectionwith over 99 per cent accu-racy. He said though theinfection might not be severebut if such patients were keptin general wards, the chancesof the spread of the disease

    increased manifold. "Ideally,all suspected cases are to bekept in the isolation wardbecause in case a mosquitobites someone after bitingthese patients, he too willget infected. However, thehospital authorities are leastbothered," he said.

    "When there are separateclass IV employees and otherstaff for the isolation ward,why such patients are beingkept in general wards isbeyond my understanding.

    A patient generally needsisolation in the initial daysbecause the Mac Elisa testcomes out to be positive onlyafter a week and if we shiftthe patients to the isolationward after receiving thereport of this test, a lot ofdamage might already havehappened by that time," saidanother doctor.

    However, medical super-intendent of the hospital DrVK Sharda said unlike swineflu, which may spread due tosneezing, cold and cough,dengue is spread only bymosquito bite and so, it wasnot that risky if such patientsare kept in general wards."However, we will still con-sider providing mosquitonets to patients," he said.

    Isolation ward proving too small for over 100 such patients, whore being kept in general wardsIdeally, all suspected cases are to be kept in the

    isolation ward because in case a mosquito bitessomeone else after biting these patients, he too willget infected. However, the hospital authorities areleast bothered

    A doctor

    PPCB issues warning to industriesviolating pollution norms

    AMAN SOODTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    PATIALA, SEPTEMBER 22

    Many lapses on the part ofthe industry have come to thefore during inspections bythe Punjab Pollution ControlBoard (PPCB) in the last fewdays. The PPCB inspected 33 electroplating industriesof Ludhiana and Jalandharwhich send their effluents toCommon Effluent TreatmentPlant (CETP).

    It was found that only fourindustries out of those inspect-ed were following norms. ThePPCB has warned theseindustries to do the needful orface legal action.

    The inspecting teams wereheaded by senior environ-mental engineers of thePPCB. PPCB chairmanRavinder Singh said the elec-troplating industries of Lud-hiana and Jalandhar hadjoined the common effluenttreatment plant located atLudhiana and operated bythe JRB Technology.

    During the inspection, amajority of industries were found sending theireffluents to the CETPand were having a validagreement with the JRBTechnology, Ludhiana. Insome of the cases, it wasfound that the quantity ofwater consumed and efflu-ents generated did not matchand it is suspected that manyindustries are giving lesseffluents to the JRB Technol-ogy for treatment so as to payless, he said.

    Officials of the raidingteam said many industrieshad not installed water

    meters on their inlets andoutlets of the water tanks tomeasure the quantity ofeffluent being generated.Only one industry could notproduce the agreement withthe JBR Technology, said ateam member.

    Officials said some indus-tries were using flexiblepipes for the supply of waterand in some cases, the leak-ing supply from storagetanks was found going to thesewer unattended.

    In one industry, a 62-KVADG set was found without acanopy. In one industry, theelectroplating tanks were

    found being cleaned by labourers and the sludgefrom the bottom of the tankswas being removed but theowner of the industry couldnot explain where the haz-ardous waste was beingstored. The waste room wasfound to be locked. As pernorms, the sludge is sup-posed to be sent to the TSDF,Nimbuan (Derabassi), amember said.

    The chairman said it isappreciable that industrieshad joined the CETP at Lud-hiana. He said the minor andmajor discrepancies pointedout by the inspecting teamwere due to lack of knowl-edge at the operator's leveland these units were so small that their operatingstaff was found to be lessqualified to maintain the pol-lution control norms.

    These industries wereasked to check the discrepan-cies saying the PPCB wouldhave "zero-tolerance"towards the violations in the future.

    Farmers given tips onproduction of rabi crops

    TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    SANGRUR, SEPTEMBER 22

    Punjab Finance MinisterParminder Singh Dhindsatoday said the Central gov-ernment was responsiblefor the poor economic con-dition of the state's farmers.He said due to anti-farmer policies of theCentre, farmers were under debt and were com-mitting suicides.

    Dhindsa said this at thefarmers training camporganised by the agricul-ture department here.

    The camp was aimed atgiving technical knowledgeabout production of rabicrops to farmers.

    Hundreds of farmers fromvarious parts of the districtparticipated in the camp.

    Dhindsa, who was thechief guest on the occa-sion, said the Centre was

    responsible for the meagreincrease in the minimumsupport price (MSP) ofpaddy and wheat cropsevery year.

    He said on the other hand,the state government wasdoing a lot for the farmers.Giving an example, he said the electricity billsof tube well motors offarmers worth Rs 6,000crore were being paidevery year by the state government.

    State Agriculture DirectorDr Mangal Singh said thestate government had madeelaborate arrangements forprovision of fertilisers,seeds and insecticides forrabi crops. He appealed tofarmers to participate insuch camps.

    Sangrur Chief AgricultureOfficer Dr Rajinder SinghSohi said during the rabiseason, efforts were being

    made to sow wheat on 2,84,000 hectares of land, mustard on 2,000hectares of land and barleyon 2,000 hectares of land inthe district.

    He said Sangrur districtcontributed 11.5 per cent inthe paddy production andnine per cent in the wheatproduction of the state.

    Additional Deputy Com-missioner Pritam SinghJohal appealed to farmersto not burn paddy straw as as it weakened the production strength of the land and increasedair pollution.

    During the technical ses-sion, experts from PunjabAgriculture University,Ludhiana, gave tips andknowledge about agricul-ture-related aspects. Vari-ous stalls were put up aspart of an agriculture exhi-bition in the camp.

    PSSF holdsprotest rally

    TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    SANGRUR, SEPTEMBER 22

    Hundreds of employeesunder the banner of PunjabSubordinate Services Feder-ation (PSSF) held a rally atthe new grain market here toput forth their demands.

    The employees, led by PSSFpresident Satish Rana, howev-er, cancelled their plan togherao state Finance MinisterParminder Singh Dhindsa'shouse here as his officer onspecial duty Amanveer SinghCheri visited the rally site andassured a meeting of the fed-eration's leaders with the min-ister. Cheri told the leaders thatthe minister would meet themand discuss their demands inChandigarh on October 4.

    The employees wereprotesting against the delayin the payment of theirsalaries, non-payment ofinstalment of dearnessallowance from January,non-regularisation of servic-es of contract and dailywagers and non-enhance-ment in the honorarium ofanganwari workers.

    25,975 anganwari centres beingrun from gurdwaras, temples

    SHIVANI BHAKOOTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    LUDHIANA, SEPTEMBER 22

    Over five lakh children upto three years of age arebeing taken care of byworkers in anganwarischools in Punjab. Howev-er, except 680 buildings,about 25,975 anganwaricentres in the state are beingoperated from gurdwaras,temples, houses, vacantplots and buildings.

    Despite making efforts toget proper buildings, Aan-ganwari workers have failedto get most of their demandsmet by the government.

    The president of the angan-wari workers in the state,Usha Rani, said, "About56,000 workers and helperswere taking care of over 5lakh children in 26,656anganwari centres. However,the state of affairs at thesecentres is pathetic. There areno proper buildings wherethese children can be takencare of. In most of the dis-tricts, we are operating fromlocal gurdwaras, temples,dharamshalas, vacant build-ings, etc. Each centre has anaverage of 20 children. Itbecomes difficult to run thecentres from religious andother places."

    Besides, she said, theamount of feed provided bythe government was too lowfor proper nourishment ofchildren. She said the diet ofeach child was taken care offrom 5 gm of powdered milkand 5 gm of ghee each day."On two days, the childrenget panjiri, two days por-ridge and two days, they aregiven kheer. When there isscarcity of powdered milk,the children are served salt-ed rice or halwa," she said,adding that initially, the workof Aanganwari workers wasrestricted to feeding the chil-dren, maintaining their vac-cination record and taking

    care of pregnant and lactat-ing mothers.

    "Now, the government hasstarted exploiting workersby asking them to also gen-erate awareness among ado-lescent girls under theKishori Shakti Yojna, takecare of children and preg-nant women and do surveysfor census, Atta Dal Schemeetc," said Subhash Rani, ananganwari worker.

    The workers are paid amonthly honorarium of Rs4,600 (Rs 3,000 by the Cen-tre and Rs 1,600 by the state)while the helpers get Rs 2,300(Rs 1,500 by the Centre andRs 800 by the state)

    Badal lashes out at Cong MP forraking up Ambulance 108 row

    SANJAY BUMBROOTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    BASSI PATHANA, SEPTEMBER 22

    Chief Minister ParkashSingh Badal said Member ofParliament from HoshiarpurSantosh Chaudhary wasunnecessarily raking up acontroversy over the 108ambulance service.

    Badal said this whileaddressing mediapersonson the sidelines of the inau-guration ceremony of a220-KV grid station here yesterday.

    He said instead of puttingforth a major health-relatedproject to the Union Ministerof State for Health and Fam-

    ily Welfare, the minister wastrying to deprive the state ofits legitimate right by block-ing the grants on the basis ofphotographs pasted onambulances.

    Badal said people in theregion had high hopes fromtwo leaders from Gurdaspurand Chandigarh, who wereallegedly involved in cor-ruption cases. He said noneof the Union ministers hadever bothered to visit thestate to give any grant. "Thewithholding of grants by theUPA government reflects themyopic outlook of the Con-gress leaders," he said,adding that the state Con-gress leadership had always

    acted as a "stumbling blockin the progress of the state".

    Taking serious note of theinfighting in the ShiromaniAkali Dal (SAD) here, theChief Minister directed thelocal MLA and other seniorleaders of the district partyunit to maintain unity say-ing indiscipline would notbe tolerated.

    The Chief Minister whilecommenting on the demandsraised by local MLA NirmalSingh said the funds wouldbe allocated if he, SAD gen-eral secretary Prem SinghChanudmajra, former MLADidar Singh Bhatti, districtSAD president Daljit SinghCheema and senior SAD

    leader Ranjit Singh Cheemacame together to his officein Chandigarh. He said ifthey did not put aside theirdifferences, they should for-get about funds for theirrespective areas.

    Meanwhile, anganwariworkers held a protest andwaved black flags toexpress their resentmentover various issues. Later,a delegation of the workersled by their president UshaRani met the Chief Minis-ter to submit their memo-randum of demands. TheChief Minister assuredthem that they would begiven time to express their grievances.

    Kenyan delegationvisits SGGS varsity

    OUR CORRESPONDENT

    FATEHGARH SAHIB,

    SEPTEMBER 22

    With plans to set up an off-shore campus of Sri GuruGranth Sahib World Univer-sity, Fatehgarh Sahib, inKenya, a delegation ofSupreme Council of Sikhs,led by Jinder Singh Rehri,general secretary, and Dham-mi, former president, visitedthe university today.

    The delegation called onDr Gurmohan Singh Walia,Vice Chancellor (VC), anddiscussed their proposal. TheVC assured them to take upthe matter with the SGPCpresident, who is also theChancellor of the university.

    Rehri said in order to intro-duce their new generation tothe values and culture of the

    Sikhs and the teachings ofthe Sikh gurus, they wantedto set up a university centrein Kenya. He said they hadearmarked more than 30acres of land and a substan-tial amount of money for thepurpose.

    Dr Walia informed thedelegation members thatthe SGPC had set up itsfirst institution of highereducation in Mumbai in1937. Since then, it had setup 45 institutions, includ-ing medical, dental andnursing colleges, and 75schools. He assured themto hold more such meetingswhere terms and conditionsof the collaboration wouldbe discussed after gettinginputs from the SGPC,trust and the syndicate ofthe university.

    MEGHA MANNTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    BATHINDA, SEPTEMBER 22

    With the Punjab governorpromulgating the PropertyTax ordinance, residents ofthe Bathinda city will have toshell out more in the form ofproperty tax.

    Simplifying the property taxcollection system, the city hasbeen divided into eight zonesand the work to digitise the dataof all eight zones on the Geo-graphical Information System(GIS) is underway. The workon computerising data of firstfive zones is near completionwhile the digitisation of data ofthe remaining three zones willbe completed by October15.Municipal CommissionerUma Shankar Gupta said the

    company outsourced the GISwork would submit the reportof the first five zones on Octo-ber 5 while the report of theremaining zones will be sub-mitted on October 15.

    The digitised data has beenphysically verified too.Teams of the Municipal Cor-poration, Bathinda (MCB),randomly visited the proper-ties mentioned in the GISdata to verify the veracity ofthe data fed. The teams foundthe data satisfactory.

    "As soon as the digitisationof records is completed, theproperties will be assignedunique identification numbersthat will be linked with thewater supply, sewerage andother civic services. It meanswe will have a consolidateddata of all the properties in the

    city, which will also be helpfulfor the revenue departmentand banks," the MunicipalCommissioner added.

    The property tax will beapplicable to the owners ofland, rented accommoda-tions and plots besides thedwellers of 'kachcha' houses. The tax will be applicable from April2013 onwards.

    Those who have paidhouse tax on commercialproperties by Septemberthis year, need not pay it.

    While the ordinance men-tions that those who payproperty tax before Sep-tember 30 will get 10 percent rebate, the MunicipalCommissioner said thedeadline might be extendedto November.

    Bathinda admn gears up toimpose property tax

    GURDEEP SINGH MANNTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    BATHINDA, SEPTEMBER 22

    To put women at ease whiletravelling in the city, cabsdriven by women havebeen introduced in the city yesterday. The pri-vate service was launchedtoday with the help of aCanada-based NRI. It was flagged off by thechairman of Zila Parishad,Gurpreet Maluka.

    The cabs have been pur-chased with NRI BaljeetSingh Gill's help. Appreci-ating the NRI's efforts inhelping raise the financialstatus of the poor in thecity, Maluka said everypossible help would beextended to make the serv-

    ice a success. Gill, while talking to

    TNS, said that earlier he had opened a school inGopal Nagar a year ago to educate the illiteratewomen of the area.

    Gill pointed out that sincehe could not open a factory or any other busi-ness venture, he decided to help them by offeringcabs with an initial

    investment rangingbetween Rs 3 lakhs to Rs 6 lakhs.

    "At present, we haveintroduced only one cab butmore women are beingtrained for the purpose. It isnot only driving on the roadbut other aspects also forwhich training is needed,"Gill said.

    He added that at present,the cab would ferry passen-gers starting from Paras-ram Nagar, railway station,bus stand and Civil Hospital.

    The NRI said two of thewomen have got the drivinglicence while two othersare yet to get it.

    The service, at present,will be run on no profit, noloss basis.

    Canada-based NRI introducescabs driven by women

    Baljeet Singh Gill hadopened a school in GopalNagar a year ago toeducate the illiteratewomen of the area. Hedecided to help them byoffering cabs with an initialinvestment rangingbetween Rs 3 lakh to Rs 6 lakh.

    The PPCB inspected 33 electroplating industries of Lud-hiana and Jalandhar which send their effluents to Com-mon Effluent Treatment Plant. It was found that only fourindustries out of those inspected were following norms.

  • 4 Punjab THE TRIBUNE, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

    B R I E F LYBeant killer Rajoana discharged from PGI

    Chandigarh: Convict Bal-want Singh Rajoana, ondeath row for assassinating

    then Chief Minis-ter Beant Singh,was dischargedfrom the PGI,Chandigarh, onSunday. Rajoana,

    lodged at the Patiala CentralJail, was taken to RajindraHospital when he com-plained of chest pain.Thedoctors there referred him tothe PGI for advanced coro-nary tests. Sources said hewas suffering from hyper-tension. TNS

    BKU suspends stir for a week

    Moga: Bharatiya KisanUnion (Ugrahan) has sus-pended its agitation againstthe SAD-BJP governmentacross the state for one weekkeeping in view of the obser-vation of the second deathanniversary of noted drama-tist Gursharan Singh akaBhai Manna Singh in Barnalaon September 27. SukhdevSingh Kokri, general secre-tary, said BKU activists fromall parts of the state wouldtake part in the functionwhere cultural events, includ-ing street plays, would beorganised to pay tributes tothe noted dramatist. TNS

    2 arrested with illicitliquor in Tarn Taran

    Tarn Taran: The Sadar policehas arrested two persons andseized 80 litres of hooch and1,320 litres of alcohol fromtheir possession at a nakanear Aladinpur village onSunday. Naurang Singh, Sta-tion House Officer, Sadar,said the accused had beenidentified as Sawinder SinghShinder and Vikramjit SinghVicky, both residents of Turvillage. A case under the IPCand the Excise Act has beenregistered. OC

    Freedom fightercremated withstate honours

    TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    MOGA, SEPTEMBER 22

    Capt Ranjit Singh, a freedomfighter, was cremated withstate honours at his nativeDaroli Bhai village in thedistrict on Sunday. He diedof prolonged illness in a pri-vate hospital at Ludhiana onThursday. He was 87. CaptRanjit Singh was the presi-dent of the All-India Free-dom Fighters Association.Haryana Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda,whose father was a closefriend of Capt Ranjit Singh,attended the cremation. Oth-ers present included PPCCpresident Partap SinghBajwa, adviser to the ChiefMinister Maheshinder SinghGrewal, senior SAD leaderJathedar Tota Singh, MogaMLA Joginder Pal Jain andstate Mahila Congress pres-ident Malti Thapar.

    Captain Ranjit Singh wasone of the confidential offi-cers of Netaji Subhash Chan-der Bose and worked underhim in the Indian NationalArmy. He had fought againstthe British imperialism inIndia and abroad.

    He commanded one of theINA units at Rangoon inBurma where he was jailedfor more than 18 months.

    Seat-swap with Akalis on agenda,BJP core committee meeting today

    SARBJIT DHALIWALTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 22

    The issue of swapping ofsome of the Lok Sabha seatswith the SAD is likely tocome up at the Punjab BJPscore committee meeting tobe presided over by partypresident Rajnath Singhhere tomorrow.

    Of the 13 Lok Sabha seats,the BJP has been contestingthree, Gurdaspur, Amritsarand Hoshiarpur, while itscoalition partner SAD theremaining 10. Party insiderssaid at informal meetings ofSAD and BJP leaders, theswapping of Hoshiarpur(reserve) Lok Sabha seatwith Jalandhar (reserve) andAmritsar with Ludhiana hadbeen discussed. But, therehad been no progressbeyond informal talks. Inthe previous parliamentaryelections, the BJPs candi-date had lost in Hoshiarpurand the SADs in Jalandhar.

    Some senior leaders ofthe party are also likely todiscuss swapping of portfo-lios of certain BJP minis-ters as they are reportedlynot happy with their per-formance.

    Development works invarious towns and cities andthe exorbitant price of sandand gravel will also be takenup. Owing to paucity of

    funds, development worksin urban areas have suf-fered. Already, the issue ofdevelopment in Amritsar isat the centre stage of thestate politics. As the portfo-lio of the local bodies iswith the BJP, the develop-ment of cities and towns isits responsibility.

    Prices of sand and gravelhave risen significantly dur-ing the SAD-BJP rule. Sincethe portfolio of sand miningis with the BJP, it is account-able for the irrational rise inthe prices of mining miner-als. What strategy the BJPshould adopt to counteropponents on this issue is

    likely to be discussed.Growing nepotism, whichwas never a hallmark of theparty, in the partys stateunit will also come up at themeeting. Three members ofa family of Amritsar havebeen given positions by theparty. Likewise, three mem-bers of a family ofHoshiarpur have been givenimportant positions.Besides, there is resentmentamong party ranks over theappointment of certain lead-ers, who were defeated inthe assembly elections, onimportant posts.

    There are other issuesrelated to the party. Certain

    leaders, who otherwise havea mass base in their respec-tive areas, have virtuallywithdrawn from partysmainstream activities.

    Navjot Singh Sidhu, whohas won the Lok Sabha elec-tions three times in a row,has already been saying thatcertain BJP leaders havebeen working in tandemwith SAD leaders to politi-cally extinguish him. Hestayed away from all partyplatforms for severalmonths due to this reason.There are reports that likeSidhu, some BJP leadershave also been regularlyneedling Manoranjan Kalia,

    a popular leader in Jaland-har, and Avinash Rai Khan-na, another popular leader inHoshiarpur, by giving lever-age to their opponents.

    The other issue is of takingcredit for various works bythe SAD leadership. BJPleaders have been complain-ing that the SAD movesquickly to take credit ofimportant policy decisions.For instance, for the industri-al policy, the entire credit wastaken by the SAD leadership.On policy decisions for urbandevelopment, certain BJPleaders have been saying thatthe credit is being taken by theSAD top brass.

    RAVI DHALIWALTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    GURDASPUR, SEPTEMBER 22

    The intense anti-drug drivelaunched by the police dis-tricts of Gurdaspur, Batalaand Pathankot may wellturn out to be counter-pro-ductive in the next few daysbecause the de-addictioncentres both governmentand private owned arefinding it difficult to findenough space and medi-cines to treat the risingnumber of addicts.

    The 30-bed Gurdaspurdistrict de-addiction centrefinds itself trappedbetween the devil and thedeep blue sea. It cannot sayno to addicts coming fortreatment yet it has nospace for accommodatinglarge numbers.

    Last week, BSF DeputyInspector-General (DIG)NK Mishra and GurdaspurSenior Superintendent ofPolice (SSP) SS Gill visitedthe centre.

    Project Director RomeshMahajan was quick to pointout to the officers the lackof space and infrastructureat the centre. If the numberof addicts continues to rise,we may have to request theBSF to provide us tents. Weare fighting a battle whichwe may ultimately lose. Ifthis happens, the police

    drive may come to naught,said Mahajan. However, thePathankot Senior Superin-tendent of Police said therewould be no laxity in itsdrive against peddlers.

    Sources say the prices ofopium and poppy husk havezoomed ever since the drivewas launched.

    We have nabbed a num-ber of known peddlers. Thishad had a cascading effecton addicts who are now opt-ing for treatment, said SSMand, Batala SSP.

    The porous border withPakistan is one of themajor reasons for druginfiltration. I have reportsthat every third youngsterin Majha is on drugs, saidMahajan. He claimed therehad been a phenomenalrise in the number ofaddicts at his centre in thepast two years.

    Other issues to be discussed Swapping of portfolios of

    certain BJP ministers

    Pending developmentworks in towns and cities

    Exorbitant prices ofmining minerals like sandand gravel

    Growing nepotism in thestate unit

    Sidelining of leadershaving a mass base

    SAD leadership takingcredit for policy decisions

    Punjab BJP chief KamalSharma (R) and state affairs in charge Shanta Kumar inChandigarh on Sunday.Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

    Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhuarrived here on Sunday eveningwith party president RajnathSingh to attend the state lead-erships core group meeting onMonday. Sidhu was here alongwith Rajnath Singh. He left forhis hometown Patiala and willbe back for the party meeting.Sidhu is likely to raise his con-cerns on the government pay-ing less attention to certain vitalissues. He is likely to demandthat BJP leaders be given a fairdeal by its ally (SAD). The BJPpresident is scheduled to holdseparate meetings with mem-bers of the partys core commit-tees of Punjab, Haryana,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu andKashmir and Chandigarh.

    Amritsar MP Sidhuarrives for meeting

    De-addictioncentres lack

    crucial support

    Authorities have noinfrastructure to handlerising number of addicts

    Open to pact with anti-Badal parties, says BajwaANIRUDH GUPTA

    FEROZEPUR, SEPTEMBER 22

    Punjab Pradesh CongressCommittee (PPCC) chief Par-tap Singh Bajwa has said theparty was open to an alliancewith like-minded units thatwanted to defeat the SAD-BJPcoalition in the next parlia-mentary elections.

    Bajwa was in Guruharsahaitoday to attend the bhog cer-emony of Baba Amolak Singhof Dera Bhajangarh in GolukeMor. He said the ruling coali-tion did not deserve to be inpower as 60 per cent of thevotes had been polled againstboth the parties in the lastassembly poll.

    All anti-Badal forces shouldcome together for the welfareof Punjab, which is on theverge of ruin under the SAD-BJP combines rule, he said.

    The PPCC chief said theprocess for forming variouspanels within the state Con-

    gress unit was almost finaland the list would be releasedthis month. He said all sec-tions of the society would begiven due representation inthe state committee.

    About the prospects of theparty in the next Lok Sabhaelections, Bajwa said all Con-gress MPs have done welland utilised all their grants fordevelopmental works in theirconstituencies. On the otherhand, the SAD-BJP MPs hadfailed on all fronts, saidBajwa, who himself is an MPfrom Gurdaspur.

    Bajwa alleged that the Badalfamily was busy filling theirown coffers as they had virtu-ally taken over the control ofvarious businesses in the state.The common man is todayreeling due to abject autocracyand despotism unleashed bythe father-son duo.

    Continuing his attack onthe ruling SAD-BJP com-bine, he said several leaders

    belonging to the Akali Dalwere allegedly involved inillegal sand mining and thatpolice officials trying tocheck the menace were beingpublically thrashed.

    Among others, CongressMLAs Parminder Singh Pinkiand Amarinder Singh RajaWarring and party leadersAnumeet Singh Sodhi, HansRaj Jossan and MohinderSingh Rinwa were present.Senior Congress leader RaoDhan Singh representedHaryana Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda andpaid respects on his behalf.

    Bajwa later announced agrant of Rs 5 lakh on behalfof Guruharsahai MLA RanaGurmeet Singh Sodhi forthe development of DeraBhajangarh.

    From the Akali camp, seniorleaders Vardev Singh Mann,Sher Singh and Baldev SinghMamujohiya paid tributes tothe departed soul.

    TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 22

    Former Punjab Chief Minis-ter and permanent invitee tothe Congress Working Com-mittee Capt AmarinderSingh today demanded ahigh level probe into theallegations against formerChief of Army Staff Gener-al (retd) VK Singh.

    In a press release, the for-mer ChiefMinister alsoasked the Pun-jab Chief Min-ister ParkashSingh Badal toclarify hisstand on the

    issue as there have beenother allegations against GenVK Singh that he tried toscuttle the appointment ofthe current Chief of ArmyStaff General Bikram Singhjust because he belonged toa particular community.

    Capt Amarinder said thenature of allegations againstthe former Army chief wasquite serious, including theone that he tried to desta-bilise an elected governmentin Jammu and Kashmir.

    He had a dig at the self-pro-claimed supporters of GenSingh that he was beingmade a victim out of politi-cal vendetta. Nobody can beimmune to the law of land,he asserted ,wadding that justbecause someone was tryingto make an excuse that hewas being made a victim ofpolitical vendetta, he couldnot escape an inquiry.

    Capt wants Army ex-Chiefinvestigated

    PPCC chief Partap Singh Bajwa addresses a gathering at Dera Bhajangarh near Guruharsahaiin Ferozepur on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

    Cong panchayats being denied direct fundsRAVI DHALIWALTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    GURDASPUR, SEPTEMBER 22

    With Sangat Darshan becom-ing an integral part of runningthe state government, Akalileaders are using the exerciseto marginalise Congress-con-trolled panchayats by denyingthem direct funds. Instead,money is being given to gov-ernment departments to exe-cute developmental works inthese villages.

    Rules permit the Chief Min-

    ister to give an amount of Rs10 lakh directly to panchay-ats. Anything above this hasto be given to governmentdepartments, like the PWD(B&R) and Rural Develop-ment, for executing works. Inthis way, it is being ensuredthat Congress-led sarpanchesdont take credit for worksinitiated in their villages.

    While drawing up lists ofpanchayats to whom favoursare to be granted, SAD halqa(area) heads ask district offi-cials to keep such villages

    out of the purview of SangatDarshan proceedings.

    If a Congress-led panchay-

    at does make an appearance atthe Sangat Darshan, it isensured that it is granted more

    than Rs 10 lakh so that worksin the village are initiated bygovernment departments andthe sarpanch, who belongs tothe Opposition, does not takeany credit.

    During Sangat Darshan(from August 30 to Septem-ber 2) in Qadian, a Congresssarpanch was not allowed toenter the premises at BhainiMian Khan. The volatile sit-uation was defused by DeputyCommissioner Dr AbhinavTrikha who allowed her in tospeak to the Chief Minister.

    When contacted, theDeputy Commissioner deniedthe allegations. We are goingby the book. All panchayatsare invited to the CMs func-tion, irrespective of theirpolitical affiliations.

    We cannot do much ifCongress sarpanches them-selves decide not to attend theproceedings. They probablyfeel their voice will gounheard. Money is distrib-uted across the board and notjust to SAD-controlled pan-chayats, he maintained.

    The game plan Rules permit the Chief Minister to give an amount of

    Rs 10 lakh directly to panchayats

    Anything above this is to be given to governmentdepartments, like the PWD, for executing works

    Congress-led panchayats are invariably given more thanRs 10 lakh grant

    This is done to ensure that Opposition sarpanches donttake credit for the works in their villages

    Very often SAD halqa (area) heads ask district officials tokeep such villages out of the purview of Sangat Darshan

    EcoSikhs green

    drive draws supportTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    AMRITSAR, SEPTEMBER 22

    Around 300 people gatheredfor the EcoSikh Gala Event atWashington to support theenvironmental efforts by thisfour-year-old organisation.

    Sikh representatives fromvarious gurdwaras and youthfrom all across Washingtonand as far as Virginia andBaltimore participated in theevent. The organisersclaimed it was the largestgathering of the communitysupporting global environ-mental agenda.

    Addressing the gathering,EcoSikh president Rajwant

    Singh said, As the environ-ment around the world isdeteriorating and also thenatural resources of Punjabare dwindling, it has becomenecessary to be involved ina forum like EcoSikh, whichis engaging people at thegrassroots level to do some-thing about the crisis facingthe humanity.

    He also updated the audi-ence about the recent initiativeof Eco-Amritsar launched byEcoSikh and the next move tohave Nanded, city of HazurSahib, on the green map. Healso elaborated how hundredsof gurdwaras across the worldwere joining the movement.

    Liquor sales may touch all-time high in stateAMAN SOODTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    PATIALA, SEPTEMBER 22

    This is a trade that attractspoliticians across party linesand the one that is boomingdespite the volatile markettrends all thanks to PunjabsBacchus lovers.

    The sale of liquor in Punjabis at an all-time high withalmost all the districts record-ing an increase in sales ascompared to the correspon-ding period last year.

    Already battling drug abusemenace, the high liquor sale isby no means a good sign forPunjab. The high prices of thecommodity, which have beenconstantly heading north, too

    have failed to deter its sale.The development has onlymeant maximum profits forthe liquor mafia.

    With the liquor prices goingup in Chandigarh too, thesmuggling to Punjab has gonedown, thus contributing to therise in its sale in the state.

    In the first four months of the2013-14 fiscal, the state gov-ernment has gathered Rs1,154.71 crore revenue fromthe liquor trade (till July 30).The Excise Department ishopeful of surpassing theannual target of Rs 4,020crore. The revenue stood at Rs1,406 crore in 2002-03, Rs2,000 crore in 2009-10 and Rs3,410 crore in the last fiscal.

    Punjab has already sold over

    1.28 crore proof litres of IMFL(Indian-made foreign liquor),over three crore proof litres oflocal liquor and 1.09 crorebulk litres of beer till July 30.

    With the marriage seasonround the corner and the win-ter approaching, the sales areset to increase further, said asenior excise official. Liquorfrom Chandigarh was earliersmuggled into Punjab but theactivity has seen a decline afterthe prices were hiked in theUnion Territory. As such, thePunjab liquor lobby is laugh-ing its way to the bank, hesaid. With the liquor tradeturning out to be a money-spinner, there has been a madrush to get into the business.Fifteen distilleries are already

    operating in Punjab and appli-cations for seven more arepending at various stages.

    In 2005-06, Punjab hadeight distilleries and theircount was 11 two years ago.The bottling plants have goneup from 16 to 21. Punjab alsohas two brewery units.

    The love for liquor can begauged from the fact that in thelast fiscal, Punjab, having apopulation of little less thanthree crore, consumed about29 crore bottles.

    On an average, Bacchuslovers in Punjab guzzle over7.5 crore bottles of beer perannum, which means the statesells roughly 5 crore bulk litresof beer. Given the currenttrend, the figures for this year

    might throw up surprises whenthe excise fiscal comes to anend on March 31, 2014.

    While the excise collectionfrom liquor has gone up byaround 18 per cent as com-pared to the last fiscal, therates of almost all brands areup by 35 per cent.

    Ludhiana has emerged thefrontrunner when it comes tothe sale of IMFL with 15.5lakh cases being sold already,besides 20.66 lakh bulk litresof beer. Jalandhar is not farbehind, seeing sale of 17.64lakh boxes of IMFL, 21.30lakh boxes of local-madeliquor and over 6.09 lakh bulklitres of beer. Sangrur tops inthe sale in local-made liquor(26.23 lakh boxes).

    Money-spinner1,154.71 cr rupees revenueto government from liquorsale till July 30

    4,020 cr rupees the annualtarget of the Punjab ExciseDepartment

    3,410 cr rupees revenue in2012-13

    2,000 cr rupees revenue in2009-10

    1,406 cr rupees revenue in2002-03

    Annual consumption

    In 2012-13, Punjab (withpopulation of less than 3crore) consumed 29 crorebottles of liquor

    Average annual beerintake is 7.5 crore bottles

  • 5PunjabTHE TRIBUNE, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

    RAVI DHALIWALTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    PATHANKOT, SEPTEMBER 22

    Jalandhar-based HindustanTimes principal correspondentJasdeep Malhotra (42) waskilled and Pathankot SeniorSuperintendent of Police (SSP)Surinder Kumar Kalia injuredwhen the car in which theywere travelling rammed into atree near Milwan village, 22km from Pathankot, this after-noon when the driver tried toovertake a trailer. The SSP,who has been admitted to For-tis in Mohali, is out of danger.

    The condition of driver BuaSingh is stated to be serious.The gunman accompanyingthe SSPsuffered injuries whichthe doctors said were not ofserious nature.

    Eyewitnesses said the caroverturned thrice after it hit thetree. They claimed that thedriver lost control of the vehi-cle while trying to overtake atrailer. Malhotra, who is sur-vived by his wife, daughter andson, died on the spot.

    A profusely bleeding SSPwas pulled out of the wreckageby onlookers and the securitypersonnel in the pilot vehicle.He was admitted to RaaviSadan Hospital in Pathankotwhere an MRI scan revealedbroken ribs. The SSPs driverand gunman were admitted tothe same hospital.

    Pathankot Deputy Commis-sioner Siben C visited the offi-cer in hospital as did Inspector-General of Police (Border) Ish-war Chander before he wasshifted to Fortis in Mohali.

    A senior police officer saidMalhotra, who was on his wayto Pathankot on an assign-ment, rang up the SSPas he leftJalandhar in a private taxi.

    The SSPtold him that he toowas on his way to Pathankotfrom Jalandhar. The two decid-ed to meet at Bhogpur, 20 kmfrom Jalandhar. Malhotra sat

    with the SSP in his official carwhile the taxi he had hiredtrailed him. A case has beenregistered at the Indora Policestation in Himachal Pradesh.

    The stretch of the road wherethe accident occurred is locat-ed in Himachal. A hunt hasbeen launched to arrest thedriver of the trailer.

    Scribe killed, SSP hurt in accidentOfficers driver, gunman also sustain injuries, hospitalised

    TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 22

    Hinting at foul play, PartapSingh Bajwa, PunjabPradesh Congress Commit-tee (PPCC) president, todayappealed to the Punjab andHigh Court to take suomoto notice and order aCBI probe into scribe Jas-deep Singh Malhotrasdeath in a road mishap.

    Referring to Malhotrasnews report on the nefari-ous activities of the sandmafia in Pathankot, he saidthe death was a big blow tothe media fraternity.

    I request the Chief Jus-tice of the High Court to order a CBI probe intothe circumstances leadingto Malhotras death,Bajwa said.

    Former Punjab ChiefMinister and permanentInvitee to the CongressWorking Committee CaptAmarinder Singh also con-doled the death.

    Congress spokespersonSukhpal Singh Khaira, in apress note, expressed shockat the death.

    Chief Minister ParkashSingh Badal expressed pro-found grief and sorrow overMalhotras sad, tragic anduntimely demise.

    Deputy Chief MinisterSukhbir Singh Badal andInformation and PublicRelations Minister BikramSingh Majithia alsoexpressed sympathies withthe bereaved family.

    Bajwa suspectsfoul play, wants

    CBI probe

    Indora SHOs versionMeelwan: The SSPs official car was on a high speed whenthe accident occurred, said Indora Station House Officer(SHO) Balbir Chand. While trying to overtake a trailer, the driv-er lost control over the wheel and the vehicle hit a tree, a mile-stone, a signboard and then another tree before rolling downa ditch along the highway, the SHO said. A case under Sec-tions 279, 337 and 304-A of the IPC had was registeredagainst an unidentified vehicle on the complaint of gunmanLal Singh, he addded. Bipin Bhardwaj

    CM mourns death

    BIPIN BHARDWAJTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    JALANDHAR, SEPTEMBER 22

    Pathankot Senior Superin-tendent of Police (SSP) SKKalia, who was seriouslyinjured in an accidenttoday, had reportedly left his place of postingagainst rules.Government rules clearly

    state that an officer needsto inform his immediatesuperior if he has to leavehis station.

    Kalia was on his way toPathankot from Jalandhar.

    He was accompanied byHT principal correspondentJasdeep Malhotra who hadwritten about goonda taxbeing realised by the min-ing mafia operating inPathankot district.

    The area comes underKalia as Pathankot SSP.

    Why were the two travel-ling together then?

    It is also being asked ifKalia was accompanyingMalhotra to the sites wherethe mining mafia was col-lecting the goonda tax .

    Or was he accompanyingthe scribe in an effort to dis-suade him from writing fur-ther on the issue?

    Prior to his promotionand posting as SSP,Pathankot, Kalia was post-ed as Additional DeputyCommissioner of Policewith the Jalandhar PoliceCommissionerate.

    Sources said Kalia hasbeen occupying a govern-ment house in Old Baradari,Jalandhar, even after histransfer to Pathankot morethan three years ago.

    Sources in the PWD (B &R) said that Kalia had beengiven permission to retainhis government house inJalandhar for some time.

    In Pathankot, the officerhas taken possession of arest house of the PunjabState Power CorporationLimited (PSPCL).

    Efforts to contact Inspec-tor-General of Police (Bor-der Range) Ishwar Chanderproved futile despite sever-al attempts.

    SSP had leftstation without

    permission

    SANJEEV SINGH BARIANATRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

    CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 22

    In order to check fraudulentpractices, Punjab is all set tointroduce e-stamping in aphased manner. Stamp ven-dors will continue to selllower denomination stamppapers. The new Stamp DutyAdministration System hasbeen accepted in principle fol-lowing a representation byStock Holding Corporationof India Limited (SHCIL),the central record-keepingagency (CRA), last week.

    Talking to The Tribune,Financial Commissioner(Revenue) NS Kang said thenew system was likely to getthe nod shortly. Stamp ven-dors will now work as gov-ernment authorised collec-tion centres (ACCs), heexplained.

    The system is already oper-ational in Gujarat, Karnataka,Delhi, Assam, Tamil Nadu,Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Dadra Nagar andHaveli, and Diu, Puducherryand Uttar Pradesh.

    It entails electronic paymentof stamp duty, web-based data

    storage system and online ver-ification facility. One of thegreatest benefits of the technol-ogy-aided facility is online ver-ification through a bar-codedsecurity system.

    Official sources claimed thate-stamp certificate could notbe tampered with. Its authen-ticity could be checkedthrough the inquiry moduleand each such certificate had aunique identification number.

    E-stamping is an effectivemechanism against bogus orfalse shortage of stamppapers. Very often, it was dif-ficult to procure stamp papersof the exact denomination, asenior official said.

    Approval to BhaiJaita memorialChief Minister Parkash SinghBadal on Sunday approvedthe concept paper preparedfor the construction of amemorial of Bhai Jaita (Jee-van Singh). Spread over fiveacres, the memorial wouldbe a tribute to Bhai Jaitasspirit of service and dedica-tion towards Guru TeghBahadur and his son GuruGobind Singh. Badal askedthe Principal Secretary, Cul-tural Affairs, to engage areputed architect for finalis-ing the site plan and design ofthe monument.

    To check fraud, stategovt opts for e-stamps

    How the system works

    Stamp duty for a particular area will be decided by thecircle registry office concerned

    The chosen bank will then issue a paper on thestamp value that will have a unique bar code

    The registry office will undertake online verificationand make a registry

    Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, AllahabadBank, Canara Bank, IDBI Bank and Central Bank ofIndia have been selected for the task

    The e-stamp system is already operational in Gujarat,Karnataka, Delhi, Assam, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu,Daman & Diu and Puducherry

    TURN OF EVENTS Scribe Jasdeep Malhotra was on his way to

    Pathankot on an assignment

    He rang up Pathankot SSP Kalia as he left Jalandharin a private taxi

    The SSP told him that he too was on his way toPathankot from Jalandhar

    The two decided to meet at Bhogpur, 20 km fromJalandhar

    Malhotra sat with the SSP in his official car while thetaxi he had hired trailed them

    Their car rammed into a tree near Milwan village, 22 kmfrom Pathankot, as the driver tried to overtake a trailer

    The overturned SSPs car. A Tribune photograph

  • 6 Jammu and Kashmir

    Saturdayssolution

    Across: 1 Makewaves, 8 Trace, 9Bolivia, 10 Dollop, 11Sermon, 12 Affluent,15 Good deal, 18Laxity, 20 Resume, 21Allergy, 22 Ibsen, 23Destitute.Down: 2 Alone, 3Enigma, 4 Alienate, 5Stroll, 6 Earlier, 7Keep at bay, 11 Sang-froid, 13 Fall flat, 14Possess, 16 Demand,17 Extent, 19 Tight.

    Across1 Dowdy (8)5 Trudge (4)9 Perceive by smell (5)10 Loud and hoarse (7)11 Mary Shelley's Gothic

    novel (12)13 In attendance (2,4)14 Particular feature (6)17 Polite social remarks

    (12)20 Fraudulent scheme (7)21 Loop with running

    knot (5)22 Attracted (4)23 Rough and windy (8)

    Down1 Quickly (4)2 Bring to light (7)3 Place apart

    (3,2,3,4)4 Water-ice (6)6 Inexact (5)7 Conflict (8)8 Control over finances

    (5,7)12 Calm (8)15 Offensive sight (7)16 Illusory (6)18 Exclusive superior

    group (5)19 Flock of quail (4)

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    Decoding 2010: The yearthat remains an enigma

    THE year 2010 stillremains an enigma.The truth of thisyear is yet to come

    out though an underlined factis that it is etched in thememories of all those wholost their near and dear onesin the public unrest. They areaware about the incendiaryfocal point that marked thebeginning of 2010.

    As of today, there are gorymemories of 2010 that hauntpeople all across the Valley.The memories of that year aresitting in garlanded frameson the mantelpiece of housesof youths killed in streetprotests. For them, it was thekilling of 17-year-old TufailMattoo in Rajouri Kadal indowntown Srinagar in Junethat added fuel to the fire andthe protests raged on andspread across the Kashmirvalley. The year redefined thenature and complexion ofprotests, from guns to stones.

    That was the time whenthe politically ambitious peo-ple within the ruling Nation-al Conference and its allyCongress sought to fulfilltheir ambitions. But the Con-gress high command, and inparticular Rahul Gandhi,stood behind Chief MinisterOmar Abdullah and derailedthe ambitions of the likes ofJammu and Kashmir PradeshCongress Committee chiefSaifuddin Soz and a coupleof ministers from withinOmars own party who want-ed to crown themselves asthe Chief Minister.

    In January 2010, a newkind of resistance (stone-throwing) started with thekilling of a youth, who wascrushed to death by a CRPFvehicle. Some equated itwith Palestinian intifada(uprising). Protesters defiedcurfew, pelted security per-sonnel with stones and invit-ed bullets. They burnt state

    property, injured securitypersonnel and there appearedto be no end in sight.

    Omar Abdullah was shut-tling between Srinagar andDelhi and was being lectured(by the then Union HomeMinister P Chidambaram) tovisit his people, interact withthem. Omar, angry with theway things were happeningand the way he was beingsermonised, blamed the Armyfor being the prosecutor andthe judge in the case of analleged fake encounter inwhich Army men had alleged-ly shot dead three civiliansnear the Line of Control(LoC) in April 2010. Thecivilians were dubbed as infil-trators from across the bor-derline, which they were not.They were job seekers from avillage near Sopore in northKashmir. They were killed inMachil close to the LoC.

    There were other facts toowhich had started the troublein the streets: one was thekilling of 13-year-old boyWamiq Farooq on January31, 2010, followed by thekilling of Zahid Farooq inFebruary that year. All thishad a ripple effect on thestreet protests. The protestsagainst the Machil encounterhad erupted in north Kashmirand subsided. Rather thoseprotests had become a sidestory as the Kashmir valleyhad started celebrating Kash-mirs Shah Faesals firstposition in the civil servicesexamination. He was felici-tated by all from Prime

    Minister Manmohan Singhto then DGP Kuldeep Khoda.The killing of Tufail Mattoowas the turning point andthe matters slipped out ofhand. The state government,among other things, made aplea for more forces to dealwith the protests. The Centreobliged him.

    As such, the year 2010stands for everything thatswrong with Kashmir. It isbeing complicated by manyto distort history. The latestcharge against the Army isthat it orchestrated the trou-ble street protests, stone-throwing and killings in theKashmir valley that year.The death toll was 120 plus.

    In a region of the worldwhere the cruel irony of his-tory has warped societies,the blame game is seen as thebest answer to the problemsconfronting Jammu andKashmir. The ruling Nation-al Conference that nurturesthe perennial fear that thereis an all-time conspiracy toweaken it and destablise itsgovernment, is borne out bythe fact that New Delhi hadindeed played that game inthe past. But now most of thetimes it is fiction.

    While the Machil fakeencounter is a reality, but ittook place on April 30. Thekillings of Wamiq Farooq andZahid Farooq took place inJanuary and February that year.The Machil encounter causedtrouble for a while, but it wasMattoos killing that sum-moned people to the streets.

    That is where the thingswent wrong and thatwrong has not been undoneso far that explains whypeople are again respon


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