Gurjar leader to oppose Bharat Jodo Yatra if Sachin Pilot not made Rajasthan CM
Jaipur (PTI): Gurjar leader Vijay Singh Bainsla has threatened to oppose Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan unless his demand of making Sachin Pilot the chief minister is accepted besides resolution of other pending issues of his community.
He said leaders of the Gurjar Arakshan Sangharh Samiti will be on the ground from Wednesday to make preparations for stopping the yatra.
This is the second time that Bainsla had threatened to stop the yatra that will enter the state on December 3.
Bainsla told reporters in Dausa on Monday night that Gandhi should make Pilot the chief minister of Rajasthan.
"The current Congress government has completed four years, one year is left. Now Sachin Pilot should be made the chief minister. If Gandhi makes Pilot the chief minister, then you (Rahul Gandhi) is welcome, otherwise we will oppose," he said.
He said the community also demands the state government resolve their pending issues.
In a video statement after a meeting with community members on Monday, he said when Gandhi comes to Rajasthan, he should come with a Gurjar CM or with a reply over the issue.
He said the community had voted for the Congress in 2018 in the hope that a Gurjar will become the chief minister.
"We did not vote for making an MLA, we voted for making a Gurjar the CM," he said
"You made the MLA but when will you make the CM? We want a CM, Rahul Gandhi ji. When you come to Rajasthan on 3rd of December, you come either with a Gurjar CM or with a reply over Gurjar CM," he said.
He also accused the Congress government of not fulfilling promises made to the community and said various issues pertaining to them are pending with the government.
Gurjar leaders have been demanding quota in jobs and education in the state.
Bainsla had earlier also threatened to stop the yatra in the state.
Reacting to it, PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra had said no one has the courage to stop the yatra in the state.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra will enter from Jhalawar tentatively on December 3 and will cover parts of Jhalawar, Kota, Bundi, Sawaimadhopur, Dausa and Alwar in 20 days.
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Missing journalist's charred body found in North Andaman, 4 arrested
Port Blair (PTI): The charred body of a 38-year-old journalist missing since March 29 was found in a field in North Andaman district, police said on Wednesday.
The body of Shahdeb Dey, the owner of a local news channel known as 'Republic Andaman', was found in a field from Deshbandu Nagar in Diglipur on Tuesday, police said.
Superintendent of Police, North and Middle Andaman district, Shweta K Sugathan said, "It is a murder case and we have picked up four people including a woman. The exact motive behind the murder is under investigation but preliminary probe revealed that it happened over personal enmity involving the woman."
The SP said those arrested were identified as Gangaiyya (who runs a bar cum restaurant in Diglipur), his two staff members Rama Subramanian and Ramesh and a local woman Bitika Mallik.
"Our probe is not yet over as we are trying to get more details on the exact motive behind the murder," she said.
The SP said, "During interrogation of the arrested persons it came to know that on March 29, around 8 pm, Bitika called Shahdeb to meet her at Nehru Yuva Kendra in Diglipur. Shahdeb went to the place where Gangaiyya's employee Rama Subramanian (who was waiting along with Bitika for the victim) hit him with a blunt object and he collapsed on the floor. It was then they took the body to a secluded place at Deshbandhu Nagar where they disposed of the body by setting it on fire."
"The statements given by arrested persons are contradictory. We are cross-checking their statements and trying to find out whether they are misleading the police or not. Today, morning a team from the forensic science department from Port Blair arrived here in Diglipur and they have started their investigation. We will share more details after the forensic science report," the SP said.
Shahdeb was vocal against alleged illegal soil cutting, timber smuggling, illegal hooch racket and gambling.
On March 29 at around 7.49 pm, Shahdeb was seen at Diglipur fish market and then around 8.11 pm, he called his wife claiming that he was in Madhupur and that it will take one hour for him to reach the local market.
"He normally returns home around 8.30 pm to 9 pm but on Saturday he didn't return home. Around 8.11 pm he called his wife for the last time and since then there has been no news of him. His cell phone was switched off. We came to know that he was murdered," Shahdeb's relative Alok Barui said.
Investigation revealed that a few months ago Shahdeb was assaulted by some local goons after he went to the market to expose an illegal hooch racket in the area.
"He was running this news channel for the last three years. We want a thorough investigation into the matter," a close friend of Shahdeb said.
