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Congress MLAs’ status in Punjab assembly ‘unclear’

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Amritsar Amarinder Singh,43 legislators in Punjab, Punjab Congress Legislature Party on December 15,Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL),Supreme Court rulingChandigarh:Nearly two months after 43 legislators in Punjab tendered their resignations from the assembly over an SC ruling on the SYL Canal issue, there is uncertainty on their status.Forty two legislators of the Congress, led by Leader of Opposition Charanjit Singh Channi, and an independent legislator had tendered their resignations from the state assembly on November 11, 2016, to protest against the Supreme Court ruling.Punjab assembly Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal, who had called the legislators on Tuesday to verify their resignations individually, said that the legislators were “unable to appear” before him and they have communicated the same through a letter on Monday.

The letter was from the Punjab Congress Legislature Party’s Secretary A.C. Kaushik, and it informed that the concerned MLAs could not present themselves before the Speaker asking for 10 days time. This was told to the media in a statement from the Speaker’s office.It further said that in accordance with the norms, Atwal had called the concerned MLAs to his office earlier once more between December 20-22, 2016, to ensure that the resignations by the MLAs were tendered of their own accord.But similarly in a letter then as well from the Secretary of the Punjab Congress Legislature Party on December 15, it was informed Atwal the MLAs, who had resigned, were busy in Delhi and could “not present themselves before the Speaker”.Earlier, too, a timeframe of 10 days was requested said the communication from the Speaker’s office.The Speaker then called the MLAs on January 3, again.

The statement from the Speaker also said that the time for the next meeting would be fixed only after a written request in person was made along with the signature by the Leader of Opposition.The apex court, which was hearing the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal matter on water-sharing between Punjab and Haryana, had ruled on November 10, that Haryana should get more water from Punjab.

The Punjab government had refused to share any additional water with Haryana even after the ruling, leading to a stalemate over the matter.The Punjab assembly has a strength of 117 members.The resignations by the Congress lawmakers came at the fag end of the tenure of the outgoing assembly. Assembly elections in Punjab are likely to be held next month.Punjab Congress president and Lok Sabha MP from Amritsar Amarinder Singh, who is a former Chief Minister of Punjab, also resigned from his parliamentary seat following the Supreme Court ruling.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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