I will not join BJP, nor will it accept me: Lakshman Singh
Bhopal: Former Congress MLA Lakshman Singh, who was expelled from the party on Wednesday, said he received a phone call and was asked to write that Rahul Gandhi would be Prime Minister. “I got a phone call and was asked to give in writing that Rahul Gandhi will be Prime Minister, then my expulsion would be stopped. I refused,” he said, speaking to reporters in Guna on Thursday. “Since I did not agree to write that, I was expelled from the party. Only those who say that Rahul Gandhi will be Prime Minister can remain in the Congress party. I cannot do that,” he said, explaining his expulsion from the party. Lakshman Singh, who joined the BJP in late 2003 and contested as a party candidate from Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat in the 2004 Parliamentary elections, said, “Neither will I go to join the BJP and nor will the BJP accept me.” Courtesy : TOI Note: This news is originally published on https:/timesofindia.com/ and is for use by the non-military/non-commercial community, especially those in the human rights sector.
Palwal News: Dalit woman and son beaten up, abused and threatened
Case registered against three accused, victim admitted to hospital in critical condition Palwal. A case of assault and caste-related abuses against a Dalit woman and son has come to light in Aharwa village of the district. On the complaint of the victim, the police have registered a case against three people including two women and started investigation. The victim mother and son have been admitted to the hospital in critical condition. According to the information, Mukta, a resident of Aharwa village, was returning from the field with fodder for the animals on Wednesday. On the way, Gajendra of the same village stopped her and started abusing and beating her. Hearing Mukta’s screams, son Nanak Chand reached the spot, on which Gajendra fled from there with a pickup vehicle. After this, when Nanak Chand was going towards Gajendra’s house to protest, Gajendra, Veena and Usha surrounded him on the way and attacked him with sticks. Mukta, who came to save her son, was also beaten brutally. It is alleged that the accused abused the mother and son using casteist slurs and threatened to kill them if a police complaint was lodged. The villagers somehow intervened and saved the victims. Both the seriously injured were admitted to the hospital for treatment. On Mukta’s complaint, Sadar police station has registered a case against Gajendra, Veena and Usha under SC/ST Act, assault, threat and other sections. Sadar police station in-charge Sundar Pal said that raids are being conducted to arrest the accused and they will be taken into custody soon. Courtesy: Hindi News
Moradabad News: Mainather police accused of harassing Dalits
Moradabad. A delegation of BSP met the CO on Thursday and complained about Mainather police. Alleged that people of Jat community beat up Dalits, but the police took action against people of Dalit community only. CO has assured to investigate the matter. On Thursday, BSP delegation met CO Rajesh Kumar Tiwari in the absence of SP Rural. BSP leaders said that a few days ago in village Jatpura of Mainather, village resident Kavendra son Harimohan had gone to the farm. Where on the way, there was a dispute with the people of Jat community regarding the water pipeline. It is alleged that people of Jat community beat up people of Dalit community by insulting them by using casteist words. It is alleged that Inspector Mainather, after taking the application of Jat community, challaned four people of Dalit community under section 135 (151). Whereas the application of people of Dalit community was not taken. It was alleged that the police, while taking action again, have registered a case against six people of the victim’s side. The CO assured to take appropriate action in the matter. The delegation included District President Nirmal Singh Sagar, Rajesh Sagar, Shivshankar Sagar, Sheeshpal Singh, Nitin Singh, Ryan Turki, Rajveer Singh, Chhatrapal, Kavindra Jatav, Chaman Singh, Reenu Jatav, Ravindra Jatav etc. BSP expressed grief over the Ahmedabad accident Moradabad. BSP has expressed grief over the plane crash in Ahmedabad. BSP District President Nirmal Sagar said that there were 242 passengers on board the plane. All of them died in the accident. This incident is extremely sad and heart-wrenching. BSP members have expressed condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the accident. Also, they have wished for the safety and speedy recovery of the people injured in the accident. Dialogue Courtesy: Hindi News
Dalit activists demand probe into murders reported in last decade in Dakshina Kannada
Mangaluru: Dalit activists have demanded a high-level probe into all murders committed by communal elements in Dakshina Kannada district in the last 10 years. Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Swabhimani Prof B Krishnappa Faction) district convenor Sadashiva Padubidri told reporters on Thursday that the govt should order a special investigation under the guidance of an incumbent or former high court judge to find the perpetrators of the murders, organisations behind it, motives, and thereby bring them before the law. “The chief minister, home minister, and police should ensure that the murders of innocents for a communal agenda or revenge do not recur in the district. People with vested interests sow the seeds of hatred to create rifts between religions and unrest in society for many decades. Due to their provocative speeches, innocent people from middle-class and poor families are being murdered. Similarly, those from the middle-class and poor only are spoiling their future after their involvement in murders,” he said. The mindset of revenge killing is said to have resulted in the murders of Prashanth Poojary, Deepak Rao, Sharath Madiwala, Masood B, Praveen Nettaru, Mohammed Fazil, Ashraf, Suhas Shetty, and Abdul Rahiman, said Sadashiva. “Though people suspect communal issues or revenge leading to all deaths, only the murders of Praveen Nettaru and Suhas Shetty were handed over to the NIA. Suhas, who was a rowdy-sheeter, was involved not only in the murder of Fazil, but was also an accused in the murder case of Dalit youth Kirthi. Hence, how can he be called a Hindutva leader? Is it right to ignore one section completely to appease another? All accused of communal crimes and revenge killings should be punished stringently without any caste or religion bias,” he said. Sanjeeva, father of slain Dalit youth Kirthi, Samiti leaders Saronjini Bantwal, Raghu K Ekkaru, Krishnananda D, and others were present. Courtesy : TOI Note: This news is originally published on https:/timesofindia.com/ and is for use by the non-military/non-commercial community, especially those in the human rights sector.
Channi slams Bhagwant Mann, Kejriwal as ‘anti-Dalit’
Ludhiana: Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi claimed that both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Arvind Kejriwal were anti-Dalit and poor people. Referring to the party not appointing a Dalit deputy chief minister, as promised before the 2022 assembly elections, Channi claimed that CM Bhagwant Singh Mann and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal did not participate in the programmes organised in the memory of Dalit gurus. Channi said that Kejriwal projected himself as a common man by wearing slippers and travelling in auto-rickshaws, but soon after coming to power, he started travelling in helicopters and staying in luxury hotels. On Wednesday, Channi said, a government programme was organised in Jalandhar on the occasion of Kabir Jayanti and both Mann and Kejriwal were supposed to attend it. However, he claimed that despite being in Jalandhar, both returned without attending the event. He added that Kejriwal and Mann spent time in a friend’s factory after inaugurating a park located about three kilometres from the Kabir Jayanti programme venue. He also said that the Kabir Bhawan was constructed during the Congress government at a cost of Rs 12 crore. Channi claimed that the AAP government did not pay attention to cleaning of the sarovar at the Bhagwan Valmiki Teerth in Amritsar, which, had been made using the machinery procured by the Congress government at expense of crores. The former CM said that the AAP government did not implement the project of building a research centre on the life of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar for Rs 100 crore at the Technical University in Kapurthala. He claimed that during his tenure as CM, he presented a cheque of Rs 25 crore to the Dera Sachkhand Ballan management to build a study centre devoted to Guru Ravidas’s teachings at Dera Ballan, the holy place of Guru Ravidas. Channi alleged that the cheque was taken back by Kejriwal. On the eve of Lok Sabha elections, Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann reached the dera to present the same cheque but the amount of Rs 25 crore has not been released to the dera so far, he claimed. “I genuinely want to ask CM Mann and Kejriwal what their issues are with poor and Dalit people,” Channi asked. He said that before the assembly elections, votes were collected by filling forms promising to give Rs 1,000 per month to women but after 40 months, women had not received anything. MSID:: 121804320 413 | Courtesy : TOI Note: This news is originally published on https:/timesofindia.com/ and is for use by the non-military/non-commercial community, especially those in the human rights sector.
MP News: Politics intensifies over Laxman Singh’s expulsion, Digvijay Singh’s brother said- Party wants me to replace Rahul…
MP News: Congress leader Laxman Singh has been expelled from the party for 6 years. Politics has intensified in the state over his expulsion. BJP is ripping Congress apart. On the other hand, Congress is calling its decision right. Meanwhile, Laxman Singh has said something big while attacking Congress. Gwalior: Former CM Digvijay Singh’s brother Laxman Singh has been expelled from Congress once again. Politics has heated up in the state over his expulsion. On one hand, BJP is ripping Congress apart in this matter, on the other hand, Congress is calling its decision right. Meanwhile, a big statement of Laxman Singh, who was expelled from the party, has come to the fore. In fact, former CM Digvijay Singh’s younger brother Laxman Singh has been expelled from the party for 6 years. On which Laxman Singh said that he has been punished for speaking the truth. After being expelled from the party, his statement has come out. He said that he was pressured to say that Rahul Gandhi will become PM. But he refused to say this. Energy Minister took a jibe at Congress Politics has intensified on the issue of expulsion and now the round of statements is going on. Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar also reacted to the expulsion of Laxman Singh in Gwalior. He said that the Congress party has no other way left except to expel someone if he says the right thing. Those who will praise the right work will be expelled from the party. On the other hand, what is the point of those who do not have the courage to say the right thing. Laxman Singh said the right thing so he was expelled. What did the former leader of the opposition say At the same time, former leader of the opposition Govind Singh was talked to regarding this matter. Then he also gave a vague answer to this. When he was asked what was the reason for Laxman Singh being expelled from the party. On this, he said that we are not in the committee of the Congress party which has taken this decision. The decision taken by the party must have been taken after careful consideration. Anyway, whatever may have been the reason for the expulsion of Laxman Singh, be it indiscipline or any other reason. But this matter has gained momentum. Along with this, the atmosphere of discussions has also become heated in the political corridors of MP. Reactions of leaders of the ruling and opposition parties are coming out. About the author Sanjay Chaturvedi I work for Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh in Navbharat Times Digital. I have joined Navbharat Times from Asianet News Network in journalism. After starting work from Indore city, now I am working in Bhopal. Edited by: Sanjay Chaturvedi • Reported by: Vijay Rathore Courtesy : Hindi News
Ahmedabad air crash: Ex-Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani among victims, confirms BJP; calls his demise ‘a big loss’
NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani is among the victims of the Ahmedabad Air India crash, top leaders of the party confirmed on Thursday. “Our leader Vijay Rupani, was going (to London) to meet his family. He is also a victim in this incident. May his soul rest in peace. This is a big loss for the BJP,” Union minister and Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil told reporters. — PTI_News (@PTI_News) BJP MP Sambit Patra called Rupani’s demise an “irreparable loss.” “The news of the tragic demise of former chief minister of Gujarat and senior member of the BJP family, Vijay Rupani ji, in the unfortunate plane crash in Ahmedabad is extremely painful and heart-wrenching. This is an irreparable loss not only for Gujarat but for the Indian politics,” Patra posted on X. — sambitswaraj (@sambitswaraj) Rupani was among 242 people on board the London-bound flight which took off from Ahmedabad at 1:38 pm and crashed within minutes of take-off. There were 230 passengers (169 Indians, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian), two pilots and 10 cabin crew. The BJP leader was the 16th chief minister of Gujarat, in office from August 2016 to September 2021. Courtesy : TOI Note: This news is originally published on https:/timesofindia.com/ and is for use by the non-military/non-commercial community, especially those in the human rights sector.
Panvel Nursing College Principal Booked For Abetment To Suicide, Caste Harassment Of Dalit Student
The deceased, Uday Motilal Aghale, a first-year B.Sc. Nursing student at a Nursing College in Poyanje, Panvel, allegedly took his own life on June 3 due to prolonged harassment by the college principal. Panvel Taluka Police have booked the principal of a nursing college hostel for abetment to suicide and caste-based harassment after a 19-year-old student was found dead in his hostel room. The deceased, Uday Motilal Aghale, a first-year B.Sc. Nursing student at a Nursing College in Poyanje, Panvel, allegedly took his own life on June 3 due to prolonged harassment by the college principal. A case has been registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and for abetment to suicide, based on a complaint filed by his mother. Aghale, a native of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), had secured admission at the college in December 2024 after scoring below the required CET cutoff. The college had approached him with the offer of admission and assured him of free hostel, mess, and uniforms due to his reserved category status. However, according to the complaint registered, none of these promises were fulfilled, and Aghale was allegedly pressured to pay Rs 5 lakh. When he questioned the demand, the lady principal reportedly began targeting him with caste-based insults and public humiliation. Aghale frequently told his parents about the mental distress he was facing and had expressed his desire to leave the institution. Despite this, his parents encouraged him to focus on his studies. On the night of June 3, Aghale made a final phone call to his mother around 1:30 a.m., asking about his family’s well-being before saying he could no longer tolerate the harassment. He ended the call and was later found hanging in his hostel room by a friend, Narsingh Giri, who was alerted by Aghale mother when she couldn’t reach him. Aghale was rushed to a hospital, but was declared dead on arrival. “As per the allegations, we have filed the case against the Principal and the further investigations are on,” said a police officer from Panvel Taluka police station. Courtesy : Raina Assainar, TFPJ Note: This news is originally published on https:/thefreepressjournal.com/ and is for use by the non-military/non-commercial community, especially those in the human rights sector.
Is Caste Hatred a New Govt Policy in Maharashtra? AIISCA Blasts Govt, Demands Justice for Beed Dalit Youth
AIISCA condemned the attack and emphasized that it was not merely an act of individual violence-it was an organized message of caste terror, meant to humiliate, dehumanize, and punish a Dalit family for showing moral courage and human dignity in a village dominated by silence, fear and caste arrogance. Beed- The All India Independent Scheduled Castes Association (AIISCA) has issued a strongly-worded condemnation of the brutal mob attack on a Dalit youth, and his family in Shirapur Gat in Beed district of Maharashtra. The incident, which took place on a week ago, has been described as a premeditated act of caste terror aimed at crushing the dignity and humanity of a Dalit family. AIISCA has accused the Maharashtra government and law enforcement of deliberate inaction, pointing to the delayed police response, the hospital’s refusal to provide timely medical and legal assistance, and the failure to file a medico-legal case until external pressure was applied. What happened on June 4 The horrifying incident of caste violence took place in Shirapur Gat village when a Dalit youth Vaibhav Khandgale (32) and his family were attacked by upper caste people. This attack on Vaibhav was done only because he had helped a Dalit teenager. Vaibhav returned home from his office at around 6 pm on June 4. He saw that a Dalit teenager of the village was unwell and no one was helping him. Vaibhav immediately took him to the hospital. At 7:30 pm, when he returned home and was sitting outside, 10-12 upper caste (Maratha) people suddenly attacked him in a car. Some of Vaibhav’s old classmates were also among them. According to eyewitnesses, the attackers hurled caste-slurs, saying, “Khoop jaast paishacha maaj ahe ka tula? Maharache lokam lay majalet…” (“Are you crazy about money? These Mahar (Dalit) people have become very arrogant…”). They thrashed Vaibhav with an iron rod, looted his wallet (₹8,000) and also stole his mother’s gold jewellery from inside the house. The mob dragged them out on the street and beat them relentlessly while more than 200 villagers watched, not intervening. When Vaibhav’s parents returned, his mother tried to save him, but she too was hurled caste-slurs and sustained minor injuries. Meanwhile, the mother of the Dalit youth whom Vaibhav had taken to the hospital was also attacked. The entire Dalit community was abused and threatened with social boycott. AIISCA alleges that the police deliberately avoided invoking critical sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) while filing false counter-cases against the victims, a tactic it claims is influenced by caste bias within the administration. The victims and their families remain unprotected, while the accused roam free, shielded by caste privilege and political connections. The association has raised urgent questions about the state of democracy and constitutional values in Maharashtra, asking whether the government’s silence and inaction signify an endorsement of caste supremacy. AIISCA has demanded the immediate arrest of all accused under relevant sections of the BNS and SC/ST Act, disciplinary action against negligent police and medical officials, the quashing of fabricated counter-cases, witness protection, and a special court-monitored trial overseen by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC). It has also called for an independent probe into administrative complicity in caste-based impunity. Courtesy : Geetha Sunil Pillai, The Mooknayak Note: This news is originally published on https:/themooknayak.com/ and is for use by the non-military/non-commercial community, especially those in the human rights sector.
Ballia: Case filed against BJP leader for threatening to kill SC research scholar
BJP leader Alok Singh accused of abusing and threatening to kill a SC research scholar of Lucknow University over phone, case filed on basis of viral audio clip. Ballia (Uttar Pradesh): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, believed to be close to former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar’s son and Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Shekhar, has been accused of abusing and threatening to kill a SC research scholar of Lucknow University. Police informed on Tuesday that a case has been registered in this matter. According to police, an FIR was lodged at Ubhaon police station late Monday night on the complaint given by Deepak Kanaujia, a resident of Turtipar village. Deepak Kanaujia, who is a research scholar at Lucknow University, alleged in his complaint that BJP leader Alok Singh called him on May 21 and used caste-related abusive language and threatened to kill him. According to the complaint, during the conversation, Alok Singh said, “Record this, I am not afraid of the administration or law and order of Uttar Pradesh.” Arun Kant Tiwari, BJP’s Bilthara Road area president, confirmed that Alok Singh is associated with the party and is also a close relative of Neeraj Shekhar. Deepak Kanojia also alleged that Alok Singh has had a long-standing political dispute with his family. He said that his father, Kamlesh Kanojia, was under stress due to constant harassment and due to this he died of a heart attack on October 31, 2023. Deepak feared that Alok Singh may now harm his mother, who is living alone in the village. Superintendent of Police Omvir Singh said that an audio clip related to the threat had recently gone viral on social media. In this case, a preliminary investigation was conducted by Rasra Circle Officer Alok Gupta, on the basis of which a case has been registered against the accused Alok Singh under sections 352 (intentional assault) and 351 (3) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (BNS) and sections of the SC / ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Courtesy: Rajan Chaudhary, Hindi News