Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on Friday reacted to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s barb that the CBI will fight the next election, and asked whether by CBI he meant his “Communal Bureau of Instigation”.
“CBI, the Communal Bureau of Instigation, which is also referred as BJP... I am sure they will contest the next elections. So therefore, the chief minister of Gujarat at times is very candid in his confession. So we welcome his confession,” Mr Tewari said. Mr Modi had raised the issue of the “misuse” of the CBI in a Bhopal rally early this week and had said that CBI and not Congress candidates will be fielded in the next polls.
Mr Tewari said that it had only made evident the BJP’s double standards. “BJP should decide that they have faith in CBI or not. If judgment in Haren Pandya case is in their favour then CBI becomes very good and if judgment is not in their favour, then it becomes Congress Bureau of Investigation,” he said.
“Many organisations have suffered in last nine years due to BJP’s cheap politics.
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Maya meets Pranab to demand Prez Rule in UP
Age Correspondent
New Delhi, Sept. 27
BSP chief Mayawati on Friday called upon President Pranab Mukherjee to sack the Uttar Pradesh government over Muzaffarnagar riots. She demanded that President’s Rule be imposed in UP, while alleging that no action has been taken against those who were behind the riots.
The former UP chief minister submitted a memorandum to the President and cited cases to substantiate her claims of deteriorating law and order situation in the state. She said that law and order situation has worsened in UP after the Samajwadi Party came to power in the state.
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Modi Kanpur rally Oct. 20
Kanpur, Sept. 27: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rally here will be held on October 20, Kanpur unit of the party said on Friday.
The rally was earlier scheduled for October 15, but was postponed as the date was clashing with two religious festivals. BJP general secretary Amit Shah will visit Kanpur on October 3 to review the preparations for the rally and meet party workers, BJP sources here said.
The venue for the rally has not been fixed yet, they said.
BJP, Kanpur, president Surendra Maithani said party workers have been visiting the NCR railway headquarters in Allahabad for the past one week to obtain permission to hold the rally in a railway field in Nirala Nagar.
Mr Maitahni alleged that the Railways was refusing to give permission on the directions of the Centre.
Three lakh people are expected to take part in the Kanpur rally. — PTI