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Mayawati takes on opposition at Ambedkar jayanti
Lucknow: Accussing them to have “failed” on all fronts, Mayawati launched an attack on the SP and BJP, virtually sounding the bugle for the 2017 assembly elections in Lucknow on Thursday.
“Dump SP, BJP in the assembly elections. Also ensure that their candidates forfeit their security deposits,” Mayawati said at a rally in the state capital on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar.
The BSP president also took a dig on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for “not taking cognizance” of suicides by Dalit students when his party was in power.
“Now the ‘yuvaraj’ is indulging in theatrics,” said Mayawati, referring to Rohith Vemula suicide in Hyderabad.
Coming down heavily on the Samajwadi Party government in the state for “failing on all fronts”, the BSP chief asked people to ensure thumping majority for her party in UP polls to usher in fear and corruption-free society.
Mayawati asked people to be wary of Congress, BJP and SP, saying they indulged in just issuing hollow statements.
Mayawati slammed the Narendra Modi government for “failing” to get back black money stashed in foreign banks as promised during Lok Sabha elections.
“I have noticed that BJP’s base is shrinking across the country,” she said. On Modi’s foreign visits, Mayawati said he was embarking on these tours to “pat his back” and was “misusing people’s money”.
Mayawati alleged that BJP was trying to implement “RSS agenda” in higher education institutions and playing “dirty tricks” for this.
She also poked fun at the Modi government for its decision to run a bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad with the help of Japan, saying it was of no use to the poor. “Had this money been spent elsewhere, schemes like MNREGS and others could have been started and poor would have been helped,” she said.
Referring to the issue of chanting “Bharat mata ki jai”, Mayawati said it was not mandatory and there were other ways to show patriotism. “We in BSP say Jai Bheem and Jai Bharat. Some say Jai Hind. It’s not necessary to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai, for which BJP is making a big hue and cry,” she said.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
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.