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SC denies urgent hearing in Subramaniam Swamy’s plea of Ayodhya case

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday denied urgent hearing in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy’s request seeking a direction to perform puja at the disputed site at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Deepak Mishra told Swamy to “Come to the apex court in July, we will see what can we do.”

It was not the first time that Swamy had pleaded the SC for a direction to allow him to do puja at the disputed site.

The BJP leader had desired an urgent listing of his plea for the enforcement of fundamental right to worship at the site, which was rejected by the supreme court.

The Supreme Court bench is currently hearing a total of 14 appeals filed against the 2010 judgment of the Allahabad High Court in four civil suits. They challenge the Allahabad High Court verdict that mandated a three-way division of the disputed 2.77-acre site.

 

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Upset that a PM from land of Mahatma can go this level: Sam Pitroda

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New Delhi | Congress leader Sam Pitroda on Monday reacted strongly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that former PM Rajiv Gandhi died as “corrupt number 1”, and said he cannot believe that a man from the land of Mahatma Gandhi would go to this level.

At a rally in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, Modi targeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi, saying, “Your father was termed Mr Clean by his courtiers, but his life ended as bhrashtachari no 1 (corrupt number 1),” Modi had said.

On Monday, Pitroda told a press conference here, “I cannot believe that a man from Mahatma Gandhi’s soil Gujarat would go to that level and make a comment on someone who died with great honour.”

Mahatma Gandhi was born in the coastal town of Porbandar in Gujarat on October 2, 1869. Prime Minister Modi also hails from the state.

Pitroda, a longtime Gandhi family adviser and the Indian Overseas Congress chief, also said, “I had the privilege of working with Rajiv Gandhi when he was (party’s) General Secretary and then when he was the prime minister. I just want people to remember that all the modern technology — including cellphones – that we enjoy today came during the Rajiv Gandhi era.”

He added that it was Rajiv Gandhi’s political will that gave meaning to “my life and the work I did in India”.

Pitroda is credited with being the architect of the telecom revolution in India under Rajiv Gandhi.

“I am convinced that Mr. Modi is all shaken up based on the results of the first four phases (of Lok Sabha polls). He will be more shaken up based on the results of the fifth phase. At the end of the day, he really doesn’t have much to talk about in terms of accomplishments,” Pitroda said.

“As opposed to talking about your performance, they go attack people like Rajiv Gandhi. What a shame that you have to get to that level…I am very upset that a prime minister from Mahatma Gandhi’s soil would go to this level,” he added.

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