Jairam Ramesh questions timing of Delhi Police visit to Rahul Gandhi’s house
Bharat Jodo Yatra ended 45 days ago, reminds Congress leader
New Delhi: Congress media cell in-charge Jairam Ramesh has asked why the Delhi Police wished to question Rahul Gandhi about his remark in Srinagar on ‘women still being sexually assaulted’ more than a month since curtains were drawn on the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The Congress MP has questioned the timing of the Delhi Police’s arrival at Rahul Gandhi’s residence on Sunday morning to get information on the women, reports India Today.
Ramesh said, “It’s been 45 days since Bharat Jodo Yatra ended. They (Delhi police) are going for questioning after 45 days. If they are so much concerned why didn't they go to him in February? Rahul Gandhi's legal team will respond to it as per law.”
The police, taking cognizance of the social media posts in response to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks, sent Rahul Gandhi on March 16 a questionnaire and asked him for details on the women who had told him that they had been sexually harassed.
The Congress, however, told the police, “We will respond to the notice in due course in accordance with law.”
The Delhi Police visited Rahul Gandhi since the Congress allegedly did not respond to their questions. Two senior police officials also went inside Rahul Gandhi’s residence, said sources.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said, “Without Amit Shah's order, it is not possible that police could show such audacity to enter the house of a national leader without any reason. Rahul Gandhi said that he has received the notice & he will reply to it but still, the police went to his house.”
Delhi | Special CP (L&O) Sagar Preet Hooda arrives at the residence of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with the notice that was served to him by police to seek information on the 'sexual harassment' victims that he mentioned in his speech during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. pic.twitter.com/WCAKxLdtZJ
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2023
#WATCH | Without Amit Shah's order, it is not possible that police could show such audacity to enter the house of a national leader without any reason. Rahul Gandhi said that he has received the notice & he will reply to it but still, the police went to his house: Rajasthan CM pic.twitter.com/SLmd5TNpeM
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2023
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Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill 492
Marjayoun (Lebanon) (AP): Israeli strikes on Lebanon Monday killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah.
Thousands of Lebanese fled the south, and the main highway out of the southern port city of Sidon was jammed with cars heading toward Beirut in the biggest exodus since 2006.
Lebanon's health ministry said the strikes killed 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, and wounded 1,645 people — a staggering one-day toll for a country still reeling from a deadly attack on communication devices last week.
The death toll far surpassed that of Beirut's devastating port explosion in 2020, when hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse detonated, killing at least 218 people and wounding more than 6,000.
In a recorded message, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Lebanese civilians to heed Israeli calls to evacuate, saying “take this warning seriously.”
“Please get out of harm's way now,” Netanyahu said. “Once our operation is finished, you can come back safely to your homes.”
Israel's military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said the army will do “whatever is necessary” to push Hezbollah from Lebanon's border with Israel.
Hagari claimed Monday's widespread airstrikes had inflicted heavy damage on Hezbollah. But he would not give a timeline for the ongoing operation and said Israel was prepared to launch a ground invasion of Lebanon if needed.
“We are not looking for wars. We are looking to take down the threats,” he said. “We will do whatever is necessary to do to achieve this mission. We hope to do it as shortly as we can.”
Hagari said Hezbollah has launched some 9,000 rockets and drones into Israel since last October, including 250 on Monday alone.
The military spokesman said Israeli warplanes struck 1,300 Hezbollah targets Monday, destroying cruise missiles, long- and short-range rockets and attack drones. He said many were hidden in residential areas, showing photos of what he said were weapons hidden in private homes.
“Hezbollah has turned southern Lebanon into a war zone,” he told a news conference.
Israel estimates Hezbollah has some 150,000 rockets and missiles, including guided missiles and long-range projectiles capable of striking anywhere in Israel.
