Belthangady: CPM leader seeks revocation of house seizure against woman accused of selling cattle
Belthangady: A controversy has erupted after police in Dharmasthala sealed the house of a poor woman accused of selling cattle to alleged illegal transporters. CPM leader B.M. Bhat has submitted a memorandum to the Belthangady Tahsildar demanding that the police revoke the house seizure order and allow the woman and her three children to continue living there, calling the action “illegal and against social justice.”
According to reports, on November 4, Dharmasthala police intercepted a vehicle transporting cattle to a slaughterhouse. A case was registered against Johara, a resident of Patturu village in Patrame, for allegedly selling cattle to the accused. Subsequently, on November 6, police sealed Johara’s house, leaving her and her three school-going children homeless.
B.M. Bhat argued that selling livestock is a routine part of agricultural life and that farmers or milk producers cannot be held responsible for how buyers use the animals. “The house was seized without issuing a proper notice or providing an opportunity to respond, which is unlawful,” Bhat stated in his memorandum.
He further pointed out that the FIR does not mention any illegal slaughter taking place on Johara’s property. “If merely selling cattle is treated as a crime deserving property seizure, then every farmer’s land would have to be confiscated,” he added.
Bhat urged the authorities to act on humanitarian grounds and withdraw the seizure order, noting that no illegal activity had been carried out from Johara’s home. He requested that the family be allowed to return to their residence immediately.
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BJP using women's quota bill as front to pass Delimitation Bill that will break India: Mamata
Cooch Behar (WB) (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was using the proposed amendment to the women's quota law in Parliament as a front for the Delimitation Bill that would "break the country into pieces".
The TMC will fight this Central government's move at every step, she asserted at her party's poll rally here.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to tweak the women's quota law, along with the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, to implement the proposed amended women's quota law, in the Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
According to the Constitution amendment bill, Lok Sabha seats will be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
Seats will also be increased in state and Union territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
Opposing the Centre's move, Banerjee alleged that "the BJP brought the Delimitation Bill while keeping the women's reservation bill at the front".
"The BJP is trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to nearly 850 through the Delimitation Bill. It will break the country into pieces," the TMC supremo said.
She also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not speaking the truth about the development of north Bengal at a BJP rally last week.
"The prime minister said nothing was done for the development of north Bengal. But we spent Rs 1.72 lakh crore on the development of the region," Banerjee said and asked Modi to cross-check data before making such remarks.
