'Vartabharati' report impact: Puttur youths stranded on Gujarat-Maharashtra border gets response
Dakshina Kannada DC sends Emergency Letter to Valsad DC
Mangaluru: Rasheed Vitla's report about a heartbreaking incident in which two Puttur youths who were returning from Gujarat's Rajkot were stranded on the Gujarat-Maharashtra border due to the lockdown and were living in a car was published on Varthabharati.in. The Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner responded immediately and requested Gujarat's Valsad Deputy Commissioner to make a proper arrangement.
Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner on Tuesday (April-14) wrote a letter to Valsad DC urging to arrange food and shelter for Ashik Hussain of Pututur taluk Samettadka and Mohammed Taqeen Mariel, a resident of Kemminji's Mottettadka, who are stranded near the RTO check post at Ambergaon Bhilad Taluk in Valsad District.
The DC has said that she wrote the letter based on Rashid Vitla's report and mentioned his name in the letter. The letter was sent with the co-operation of District Information Officer Qadar Shah and Gayatri Nayak, a corona nodal officer.
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Right to vote under threat, must be made fundamental right: Cong's Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged on Thursday that the right to vote is under threat and the time has come when it should be made a fundamental right for citizens.
Speaking with reporters, Ramesh lashed out at Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, saying the Election Commission (EC) has never been as compromised as it has been under him.
"The rot started under his predecessor. This man is a player and not a neutral observer," the Congress leader said, slamming Kumar.
Kumar is completely compromised and has become a player in elections, he alleged.
"Home Minister Amit Shah had talked about three Ds -- detect, delete and deport. So we want to know how many non-Indian citizens have been detected, how many have been deleted and how many have been deported," Ramesh said, adding that the right to vote is now under threat.
On opposition parties submitting a fresh notice in the Rajya Sabha, seeking to move a motion for the CEC's removal, the Congress leader said they will continue to make efforts for Kumar's removal as he is "compromised".
Ramesh also batted for the right to vote to be recognised as a fundamental right.
"I believe that the time has come that the right to vote should be made a fundamental right. It is a statutory right, it is not a fundamental right. Fundamental rights are justiciable," he said.
The former Union minister said this was discussed in the Constituent Assembly, but it was eventually decided that it should be made part of the Constitution.
B R Ambedkar and Jagjivan Ram had warned that in the future, governments might try to disenfranchise voters, he added.
"Once and for all, include the right to vote as a fundamental right for Indian citizens," Ramesh asserted.
