Today in Politics: SP delegation to visit violence-hit Sambhal; PM in Odisha for DGP conference

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Almost a week aft unit broke retired during a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid analyzable successful Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district, the state’s superior Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) is acceptable to nonstop a 15-member delegation to Sambhal connected Saturday arsenic it mounts unit connected the ruling BJP.

SP authorities president Shyam Lal Pal said, connected the instructions of enactment main Akhilesh Yadav, a delegation volition sojourn Sambhal connected Saturday, cod elaborate accusation connected the violence, and taxable the study to Akhilesh. Besides Pal, among the members of the delegation are Leader of Opposition successful the Legislative Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey, Leader of Opposition successful the Legislative Council Lal Bihari Yadav, and MPs Ziaur Rahman Barq, Harendra Malik, Ruchi Veera, Iqra Hasan and Neeraj Maurya.

In context: The concern successful Sambhal has been tense since the archetypal survey of the city’s Jama Masjid was conducted connected November 19 connected the orders of a section court. The petitioner has claimed that Jama Masjid stands connected a erstwhile Harihar temple.

Violence erupted connected November 24 arsenic protesters gathered adjacent the mosque and clashed with information personnel, starring to chromatic pelting and arson. Four radical died and scores of others, including policemen, were injured. Police person denied firing astatine the protesters opposing the survey.

Already, the SP has been beardown successful its effect to the unit – enactment main Akhilesh claimed the incidental was “orchestrated” by the BJP, the authorities and the medication “to divert attraction from electoral malpractice”. The unit had breached retired a time aft the UP bypoll results were declared and the SP managed to triumph conscionable 2 seats, portion the BJP and its state RLD bagged the different seven.

Four days aft violence, the Uttar Pradesh authorities connected Thursday ordered a judicial enquiry into the incident. The committee has been asked to implicit the probe and taxable its study wrong 2 months.

However, immoderate BJP leaders person alleged the unit was the result of a caste struggle betwixt the SP’s Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and its Sambhal MLA Iqbal Mehmood, connected the lines of “Turks versus Pathans” with Zia and Mehmood belonging to the Turk and Pathan communities respectively. The SP leaders person rejected these allegations, adjacent arsenic they pointed retired that determination has been a governmental rivalry betwixt the families of the 2 leaders for astir 4 decades.

The Sambhal territory successful occidental UP has been a stronghold of the SP for astir 3 decades. Since the 1980s, some the Barq and Mehmood families person been contesting elections against each different connected the tickets of antithetic parties, though they person remained chiefly associated with the SP since the 1990s.

Rahul, Priyanka successful Wayanad

Days aft taking oath arsenic its caller MP, Priyanka Gandhi is acceptable to code her archetypal rally successful Wayanad connected Saturday. A bypoll for the spot was necessitated by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s victories successful the Kerala spot and Rae Bareli, which helium chose to retain, earlier this year.

Priyanka scored her debut electoral triumph successful the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll with a immense borderline of 4.11 lakh votes, exceeding her member Rahul’s margins successful erstwhile elections here.

On Saturday, a associated nationalist gathering volition beryllium held astatine Mukkam successful Thiruvambadi Assembly constituency successful Kozhikode territory by noon connected Saturday, enactment sources said. Subsequently, receptions volition beryllium held for her astatine Karulai successful Nilambur, Wandoor, and Edavanna successful Eranad by 2.15 pm, 3.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. respectively, the sources added.

PM successful Odisha for DGP meet

On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition be the each India league of manager generals/inspector generals of constabulary successful Odisha’s Bhubaneswar.

The conference, which began connected Friday, includes deliberations connected antagonistic terrorism, Left Wing Extremism, coastal security, caller transgression laws and narcotics.

The league volition besides beryllium attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Principal Secretary to PM P K Mishra, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, DGP of states and UTs and chiefs of cardinal constabulary organisations among others.

Meanwhile, President Droupadi Murmu is acceptable to be the convocation ceremonial of the Central University of Tamil Nadu astatine Thiruvarur connected Saturday, portion Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar volition be the convocation of the Rajiv Gandhi University successful Itanagar.

– With PTI inputs

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