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โ€œSC Did Not Say Demonetisation Was Rightโ€: CPI (M)

Sitaram Yechury

New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday reacted to the decision of the Supreme Courtโ€™s Constitution bench on demonetization and said that the Court has not declared the decision โ€˜rightโ€™.

โ€œThe Supreme Court only justified that Central government has the right to take the decision of Demonetisation but have not said that demonetization was right,โ€ Sitaram Yechury said. The top court on Monday upheld the Centreโ€™s decision taken in 2016 to demonetize the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denominations, as the five-judge Constitution bench dismissed a batch of petitions challenging demonetization. The bench said that the decision of demonetization, being the Executiveโ€™s economic policy, cannot be reversed.

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Speaking to ANI Sitaram Yechury said, โ€œThe Supreme Court has not said that demonetization was right and a dissenting judge said that the decision taken by the government was to be taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), but here the opposite thing happened and the government sought an opinion from the RBI. If the government had to take a decision on Demonetisation, then it is wrong to bypass the parliament. There was a need to take the opinion of the Parliament and this is the decision of the dissenting judge which is correct.
On the impact of demonetization, the CPI (M) said that it has ruined Indiaโ€™s economy. โ€œCrores of people working in the informal sector are standstill, they have not recovered till date. Small factories, especially MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) and small-scale industries are closed even today,โ€ he added.
He further reiterated the purpose and promise with which demonetization was brought to the country and alleged that no target has been achieved by the government.

โ€œThe demonetization took place to bring back the black money and promise to give Rs 15 lakhs to everyone and cease the fake currency. Even the Rs 2,000 note is not working anymore as fake currency has increased a lot. They promised that terrorism will be reduced, see what is happening today in Jammu and Kashmir,โ€ Yechury added.

โ€œThe government has not achieved any promise that they made during demonetization and the economy has been ruined,โ€™ he said further.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Delhi Police Shielding Kanjhawala Accused: AAPโ€™s Saurabh Bhardwaj

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SAURABH BHARDWAJ

Slamming DCP Harendra Singh, Saurabh Bhardwaj said, โ€œPolice registered a case of 304 A (Death due to negligence), a weak section in which bail is available at the police station itselfโ€

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj on Monday alleged that Delhi Police is shielding Kanjhawala case accused Manoj Mittal, who is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bhardwaj also alleged that there is a possibility of rape of the victim, contrary to the claims of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Harendra Singh who said that incident was a โ€œfatal accidentโ€. While addressing the mediapersons, Bhardwaj said, โ€œAfter the arrest of the accused, the DCP is speaking the language of the accused and is trying to defend the accused. Why havenโ€™t the DCP and SHO been dismissed yet? The DCP is trying to intimidate journalists.โ€

Slamming DCP Harendra Singh, Bhardwaj said, โ€œPolice registered a case of 304 A (Death due to negligence), a weak section in which bail is available at the police station itself.โ€

โ€œDCP Harendra Singh says whether he (Mittal) has consumed alcohol or not, will be decided medically, but the girl is not raped, let us confirm thisโ€ฆ.โ€ Bhardwaj quoted and mocked the DCP as saying.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bhardwaj also demanded the central government to dismiss Delhiโ€™s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.

He further demanded the dismissal of the Station House Officer (SHO) including the Deputy Commissioner of Police in view of the police forceโ€™s failure.

Bhardwaj stated that there should have been police barricading at various places to celebrate the new year, but there was no police presence.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bhardwaj has alleged the possibility of rape with the deceased girl.
Earlier, an eyewitness of the Kanjhawala incident narrated the horrific ordeal.

Deepak Dahiya runs a confectionery shop on Kanjhawala Road in Ladpur village. He said that the accused kept dragging the girlโ€™s body which got entangled under their vehicle for 18 to 20 kilometres and lasted for about one and a half hours.

โ€œIt was 3:20 amโ€ฆI was standing outside the shop when I heard a loud noise from a vehicle about 100 meters away. Earlier I thought it was a tire burst. As soon as the car moved, I saw a body being dragged. I informed the police immediately,โ€ Dahiya had told ANI.

After some time, he said around 3:30 am, the car took a u-turn and the dead body of the woman was still stuck under the vehicle. Dahiya said the accused drove repeatedly on the road of about 4-5 kilometres by taking u-turns.

โ€œI tried to stop them many times but they did not stop the vehicle. For about one and a half hours they carried the girlโ€™s body for about 20 km,โ€™ he had said.

Dahiya said he also chased the car with his bike and was in contact with the police.
After about one and a half hours, the body fell from the car near Jyoti village on Kanjhawala Road, after which the accused fled, he had added.

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โ€œIt could not be just an accident,โ€ Dahiya further stressed.

A 20-year-old girl was killed after she was hit by a car and then dragged for a few kilometres on the road, being entangled in the wheels, the police informed on Sunday.

The police said that the condition of the girl after the incident was so bad, that after being dragged on, her clothes and even the back side of her body got ripped off.

The body of the girl was sent to the SGM hospital, Mangolpuri, where she was declared brought dead. The body was then kept at the mortuary of the hospital.

Meanwhile, the suspected car was also tracked down and the five occupants were apprehended from their houses.

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