Thota Bengre rape case: Students urge lawyers not to represent accused
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District All Colleges Students Association has urged the District Lawyers Association not represent the rape accused of a girl who was gang-raped recently at Thota Bengre.
"This rape case has stigmatized our district. By not representing the accused, the lawyers should help the accused in getting punished. The lawyers association must instruct practicing lawyers not to help the rape accused. If any lawyer helps the accused, a protest would be held in front of his office," the students threatened.
Sangh's office bearers Gurudath Malli, Ibrahim Batish, Astal Lobo, Ashwit Adapa, Anvita Shetty, Priyanka Shetty, Shainy, Megha, Nihal Rai, Sohan Karanth, Majid Korepadi, Sulaiman Shafi, Ashfaq and others were present.
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Integrity of electoral process severely compromised, Cong to soon launch movement: CWC
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee met here on Friday and adopted a resolution alleging the integrity of the entire electoral process was being severely compromised against which the party would soon launch a movement.
In the resolution of the top body of the Congress, the party said free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that was being called into "serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission".
The CWC, which met amid the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, said the session has been a washout so far because of the Narendra Modi government's "stubborn refusal" to have an immediate discussion on three pressing national issues -- "the recent revelations regarding corruption by a business group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal".
Asked why the Congress Working Committee (CWC) resolution does not name the business group, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "The answer is the Adani group".
"The CWC believes the integrity of the entire electoral process is being severely compromised. Free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that is being called into serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission.
"Increasing sections of society are becoming frustrated and deeply apprehensive. The Congress will take these up these public concerns as a national movement," the resolution stated.
Addressing a joint press conference along with Ramesh and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, party general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal said the party discussed the political situation in the country for four-and-half hours and adopted the resolution.
He said the CWC has decided to constitute internal committees to look into electoral performance and organisational matters.
About the Assembly polls results in Maharashtra, Venugopal said the electoral outcome in the state was "beyond normal understanding and it appears to be a clear case of targeted manipulation".
