Dissidents enter civic poll fray as Independents
The BJP omitted several prominent councillors in the list of 272 candidates for the civic polls. Several party workers from the BJP and Congress have filed their nominations independently after they were denied party tickets.
Many prominent faces of Delhi BJP, including former mayors Arti Mehra and Prithvi Raj Sawhney were not given the ticket. Prominent BJP councillors like Jagdish Mamgain and V.K. Monga were also disappointed by the party high command.
Meanwhile the Congress managed to control the disappointed party workers and senior leaders. On the last day of nomination, the Congress replaced 15 candidates. Five of them were replaced in the constituency of Congress MP Krishna Tirath.
Delhi mayor Rajni Abbi has been fielded from Mukherjee Nagar, a general seat. A total of 139 women were fielded by BJP as against over 140 by the Congress.
The BJP list also has five Muslims as candidates from Jama Masjid, Minto Road, Turkman Gate, Qasabpura (women) and Zakir Nagar wards.
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Godman’s plea against mcoca charges dismissed
New Delhi, March 26: The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed the plea of self-styled godman Shiv Murat Dwivedi, arrested for allegedly running an organised sex racket here, against a trial court’s order framing charges against him under MCOCA.
Justice Suresh Kait dismissed a petition Dwivedi alias Ichchhadhari Sant’s plea against the trial court’s August 10 order framing charges against him under various sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act(MCOCA).
“I find no no discrepancy in the order passed by the trial court therefore I confirm the same,” said Justice Kait.
The court rejected the godman’s plea taking into account the fact that since 1998 five cases were registered against him in the capital under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act in the Capital as well as in Noida.
It also took into account the evidence relating to his network to run the alleged racket. According to the prosecution, the accused used mobile phones to deal with the clients and bills worth lakhs have been recovered and documents pertaining to purchase of insurance policies in addition to properties worth crores were recovered from his possession. — PTI
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