IPS officer transferred for shutting down RSS shakha
Agra:The IPS officer, who had shut down the RSS shakha that was being held on a disputed land, was transferred by the authorities after complaints from BJP legislators
The people who had raised a hue-and-cry over the transfer of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal during the previous regime are now silent. An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who had shut down an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakha being held on a disputed land, has been transferred by the government following complaints from BJP MLAs.
In Tajganj area of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, there prevails a tension between the two communities, with each claiming ownership of a particular plot of land. Six months ago, the permission to hold Urs celebrations on this plot was not granted. This land lies close to a mazaar. Police forces have been deputed here since.
A month ago, RSS activists started holding shakhas here. Tension between the two communities started to get worse since. Last week on Wednesday, police prohibited the shakha from going ahead, saying the matter of ownership of the land was subjudice. The decision was taken by the local police station incharge, Rajkumar Yadav.
Immediately after that, the BJP MLAs reached the plot and started a dharna against the police. They went to the kotwal, Shailendra Singh, to register their complaint but he also supported his police station in charge. Later, SP (city) Kunwar Anupam Singh, supported the police action and praised the forces for being impartial in establishing law and order.
But the local police faced the music for their impartiality. SP (city) Kunwar Anupam Singh has been transferred. Kotwal Shailendra Singh and the local police station in charge, Rajkumar Yadav, too, have been given their transfer orders. Sources say that the action was taken after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s personal intervention. The opposition is surprisingly quiet
After the episode, Agra has been on tenterhooks. On the evening of June 18, RSS workers held a shakha in Pawandham Colony, which was attended by 68 swayamsevaks. According to the head of publicity department of the RSS, “The local police station incharge threw away the saffron flag and said that we are grooming terrorists here. Such insult did not take place even during the SP, BSP or Congress regimes.”
According to Congress’ local president, Haji Jamiluddin, “Some anti-social elements have been trying to occupy the land of the dargah of Kareel wale Baba. The police force have been deputed here for six months. First the Urs programme, and then RSS shakha was stopped here by the administration. After that, all the three police officials were removed for taking impartial action.”
Before this, the MLA from south Agra, Yogendra Upadhyay, and Sikri MLA Udaybhan Singh met the chief minister on this issue. After the meeting, they blamed SP (city) Kunwar Anupam Singh for supporting the local police.
It is important to note that RSS workers have started holding shakhas here only recently. After the meeting of MLAs with the chief minister, the order for removing the SP (city) was issued from Lucknow.
Young Kunwar Anupam Singh has a reputation of being a strict, honest and an impartial police officer.
The leader of Samajwadi Party in Agra, Nadeem Mansoori, said that it was a matter of repressing the morale of the police officers who are impartial and honest. According to ADGP, Agra, Ajay Anand, transfer is part of normal police functioning. “It can’t be seen in context of a particular incident,” he said.
Sources say that RSS is still holding shakhas on that disputed land under tight security cover.
courtesy : nationalheraldindia.com
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Why can't Centre say it will consider genuine grievances of farmers? SC asks
New Delhi, Jan 2: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre why couldn't it say its doors were open and it would consider the genuine grievances of farmers protesting over various demands, including the legal guarantee of minimum support price for crops.
Further, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan asked the Centre to respond to the fresh plea filed on behalf of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal seeking direction to the Union government for implementation of the proposal, including a legal guarantee of MSP on crops, made to the protesting farmers in 2021, after the farm laws were repealed.
"Why can't your client make a statement that it will consider the genuine demands and we are open to discuss the grievances of farmers, our doors are open? Why can't the Central government make a statement?" the bench asked solicitor general Tushar Mehta.
"Perhaps the court is not aware of various factors weighing in," he said, "therefore, right now we are confining ourselves to the issue of health of one individual. The Central government is concerned with each and every farmer."
Petitioner in-person Guninder Kaur Gill, who filed the fresh plea on behalf of Dallewal, was asked not to adopt a confrontational approach as the court had constituted a high-powered committee headed by retired high court judge to deal with various such issues.
"You are asking for compliance of the proposal. How can we direct the compliance of the proposal? You have to bring something more on record. We are issuing notice on this. But think of something. Let us not go with the confrontation… Please don't think of confrontation," said the bench.
Gill said the issue was resolved in 2021, when a proposal for the guarantee was adopted.
"The matter was already resolved into a guarantee. Last two-three lines of the proposal make it amply clear that it was a guarantee on the part of the Central government… It was a commitment and a promise on the basis of which the farmers withdrew their andolan (agitation). Now, they (Centre) cannot go back," she said.
Committee after committee were being constituted to resolve the same issues, added Gill.
The court said it had "full faith" in the committee, headed by a former judge who, in a way, had roots in the agriculture sector from both Punjab and Haryana.
"We have included experts from Punjab and Haryana, who are agriculturist, economist and professors. They are all learned, neutral fellows and their names came from both sides. Now that the committee is there, why are you not moving through a platform? We cannot directly have dialogue with the farmers. Probably, the central government, whatever may be the good or bad reasons, it is for them to take a decision," said Justice Surya Kant.
The bench directed a copy of the petition to be served upon the member secretary of the high-powered committee, which is likely to hold talks with the protesting farmers and other stakeholders on January 3.
It asked the Centre and the committee to file their responses to the fresh petition filed on behalf of Dallewal within 10 days.
Dallewal has been on an indefinite fast at the Khanauri border point between Punjab and Haryana since November 26 to press the Centre to accept the farmers' various demands.
The farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, 2024, after their march to Delhi was stopped by the security forces.
