Communal forces suffer loss of face
People of Karnataka have given a proper response to the party that brought the nation to the brink of worst economy in the last four and a half years.
People's answer to BJP in four out of five constituencies where by-elections were held, cannot be ignored. Ballari -Mandya Lok Sabha polls and Ramanagara-Jamkhandi assembly constituencies have given a resounding answer to communal forces.
The message is clear. If secular forces come together communal forces can be easily reduced to dust. Reddy and Ramulu camp that spoke out of arrogance, assuming people would support them like puppets has got a rather strong message.
V.S. Ugrappa of Congress has defeated his opponent with a margin of over two lakh votes. BJP candidate from Shimoga B.Y. Raghavendra has posted a difficult victory owing to his hard work. If Congress and JDS had worked in tandem, they could have clinched that seat too. This by election gives a very sharp picture of analysis. That people are tired of BJP and Narendra Modi's administration. People are willing to support any secular coalition by other parties. The role of Siddaramaiah and H.D Devegowda is very significant in this victory. CM H.D Kumaraswamy, senior Congress leaders such as Mallikarjun Kharge and D.K Shivakumar worked hard to ensure the coalition succeeded in by-elections too.
More than anything else, secular forces have come together to defeat fascist rule.
The national leaders of BJP are trying to hold state leaders responsible for this drubbing. Though some say Yeddyurappa failed in this, it is actually the failure of Amit Shah and PM Modi. The quasi force that controls the government, RSS that is headquartered in Nagpur is also responsible for this.
The capitalist forces among corporates and RSS have been controlling the government of Narendra Modi's government that came into power with just 31 per cent majority in the house. The authoritarian streak in Modi's personality also added to the combination. Having ruined everything that was painstakingly created in the last seven decades, the government didn't fulfil any promises they has issued to the people. Instead, people were pushed into misery time and again.
Demonetization pushed people to endless pain. Many people died standing in the queue trying to exchange their hard earned money. The promise of creating 2 cr jobs wasn't ever met. Not even ten lakh jobs were created in the last four and half years. Prices of essential commodities couldn't be brought down. When asked about jobs, PM advised to people that they could sell pakodas and make a living.
The pain of common people wasn't adhered to, but the capitalists and the rich were given sops and tax benefits. The man who had promised 'na khaunga, na khane dunga’ aided the escape of rich industrialists such as Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, Vijay Mallya many others who looted our banks of thousands of crores.
Planning Commission was dismantled soon as this government came to power and was turned into Niti Ayog. UGC was abruptly cancelled in the recent times. Govt interfered with premier investigating agency CBI and broke it into two sides now.Judiciary and legislative were corrupted. Constitution aided administration was meddled with to leave it in shambles. Rowdy gangs were given a free run and were allowed to kill people in the name of Gau Raksha.
The party is making all preparations to cancel the Constitution and bring Manu's teachings to lead the country. The unity and sovereignty of the country is under threat. Another term to this government would leave the country in irreversible damage. In the backdrop of all these aspects, this message given through by-elections is a very strong one that states of secular forces come together, fascist forces would be reduced to dust.
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Actress sexual assault: Court says Prosecution 'miserably' failed to prove conspiracy against Dileep
Kochi (PTI): The prosecution had "miserably" failed to prove the conspiracy charge against Dileep in the sensational 2017 actress sexual assault case, a local court has observed while citing inconsistencies and lack of sufficient evidence against the Malayalam star.
The full judgement of Ernakulam District and Principal Sessions Court Judge Honey M Varghese was released late on Friday, and has revealed the judge also pointing out at unsustainable arguments put forth by the prosecution.
"The prosecution miserably failed to prove the conspiracy between accused No.1 (Pulsar Suni) and accused No.8 (Dileep) in executing the offence against the victim," the court held.
It examined in detail, the prosecution's allegation that Dileep had hired the prime accused to sexually assault the survivor and record visuals, including close-up footage of a gold ring she was wearing, to establish her identity.
On page 1130 of the judgment, under paragraph 703, the court framed the issue as whether the prosecution's contention that NS Sunil (Pulsar Suni) recorded visuals of the gold ring worn by the victim at the time of the occurrence, so as to clearly disclose her identity, was sustainable.
The prosecution contended Dileep and Suni had planned the recording so that the actress' identity would be unmistakable, with the video of the gold ring intended to convince Dileep that the visuals were genuine.
However, the court noted that this contention was not stated in the first charge sheet and was introduced only in the second one.
As part of this claim, a gold ring was seized after the victim produced it before the police.
The court observed that multiple statements of the victim were recorded from February 18, 2017, following the incident, and that she first raised allegations against Dileep only on June 3, 2017.
Even on that day, nothing was mentioned about filming of the ring as claimed by the prosecution, the court said.
The prosecution failed to explain why the victim did not disclose this fact at the earliest available opportunities.
It further noted that although the victim had viewed the sexual assault visuals twice, she did not mention any specific recording of the gold ring on those occasions, which remained unexplained.
The court also examined the approvers' statements.
One approver told the magistrate that Dileep had instructed Pulsar Suni to record the victim's wedding ring.
The court observed that no such wedding ring was available with her at that time.
During the trial, the approver changed his version, the court said.
The Special Public Prosecutor put a leading question to the approver on whether Dileep had instructed the recording of the ring, after which he deposed that the instruction was to record it to prove the victim's identity.
The court observed that the approver changed his account to corroborate the victim's evidence.
When the same question was put to another approver, he repeated the claim during the trial but admitted he had never stated this fact before the investigating officer.
The court noted that the second approver even went to the extent of claiming Dileep had instructed the execution of the crime as the victim's engagement was over.
This showed that the evidence of the second approver regarding the shooting of the ring was untrue, as her engagement had taken place after the crime.
The court further observed that the visuals themselves clearly revealed the victim's identity and that there was no need to capture images of the ring to establish identity.
In paragraph 887, the court examined the alleged motive behind the crime and noted that in the first charge sheet, the prosecution had claimed that accused persons 1 to 6 had kidnapped the victim with the common intention of capturing nude visuals to extort money by threatening to circulate them and there was no mention about Dileep's role in it.
The court also rejected the prosecution's claim that the accused had been planning the assault on Dileep's instructions since 2013, noting that the allegation was not supported by reliable evidence.
It similarly ruled out the claim that Suni attempted to sexually assault the victim in Goa in January 2017, stating that witness statements showed no such misconduct when he served as the driver of the vehicle used by the actress there.
The court also discussed various controversies that followed Dileep's arrest and the evidence relied upon by the prosecution, ultimately finding that the case had not been proved.
Pronouning its verdict on the sensational case on December 8, the court acquitted Dileep and three others.
Later, the court sentenced six accused, including the prime accused Suni, to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment.
The assault on the multilingual actress, after the accused allegedly forced their way into her car and held it under their control for two hours on February 17, 2017, had shocked Kerala.
Pulsar Suni sexually assaulted the actress and video recorded the act with the help of the other convicted persons in the moving car.
