Nuh violence: Congress MLA Mamman Khan gets interim bail
Nuh (Haryana) (PTI): Congress MLA Mamman Khan, arrested last month in connection with the July 31 Nuh violence, was on Tuesday released on bail.
A court here granted interim bail to him in two cases.
According to police officials, the sessions court granted him the relief till the next date of hearing on October 18.
Of the four FIRs registered against him, the legislator had already been granted bail in two cases by another court here Saturday but he remained in prison as the hearing in the other two was scheduled for October 3.
On Tuesday, he was granted interim bail by the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ajay Sharma.
"The court granted him interim bail till October 18 in two pending cases in FIR number 137 and 148 registered at the Nagina police station," Khan's counsel Devla said.
Police earlier said Khan, the MLA from Ferozpur Jhirka here, was accused of provoking people and inciting violence. He was arrested on September 15.
Devla said the prosecution claimed that some data had been deleted from the mobile phone of the MLA. They sent the device to a laboratory to recover the data.
"So the next hearing on the regular bail plea will be held on October 18. We are furnishing the bail bond and Mamman Khan will be released from jail soon," he said earlier in the day.
A religious procession led by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) was attacked by mobs in Nuh on July 31. Six people were killed in the incident and the ensuing communal violence. A cleric was killed in an attack on a mosque in adjoining Gurugram as the violence spilt over.
The Congress' Haryana unit alleged that the MLA's arrest was a "political witch-hunt" and demanded a judicial probe into the Nuh violence under the supervision of a high court judge.
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India being forced to normalise ties with China largely on Beijing's terms: Congress
New Delhi (PTI): With Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a visit to Japan and then scheduled to travel to China, the Congress on Friday alleged that India is being "forced" to normalise its relations with China which is "trying to take advantage of the downturn in Indo-US ties".
The opposition party also took a swipe at the prime minister, saying the long-suffering people of Manipur are still awaiting his visit but he has "simply washed his hands off" the state.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "The Frequently Flying (and more frequently lying) Prime Minister is off to Japan and China."
"His visit to China is a moment of some reckoning for India. We are being forced to normalise relations with China -- largely on their terms, with China trying to take advantage of the downturn in Indo-US ties as well," Ramesh said in a post on X.
"China's jugalbandi with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor - revealed by our own military establishment itself - has been forgotten," the Congress leader said.
"The extraordinarily bizarre statement of the Prime Minister of June 19, 2020, when he proclaimed that 'Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai' greatly hurt our negotiating strength," Ramesh claimed.
It left India with little room to manoeuvre and this visit, despite the failure to restore the pre-April 2020 status quo, is the inevitable result of that "notorious and cowardly clean chit", he said.
"Even as the PM jets off abroad, the long-suffering people of Manipur are still awaiting his visit there to heal the wounds of May 2023," he said.
But the PM simply and "stubbornly refuses" to engage with the state, its political parties and leaders, civil society organisations, and the people themselves, he alleged.
"He (Modi) has simply washed his hands off Manipur - which stands as a tragic testimony to the blundering of the Union Home Minister," Ramesh claimed.
Embarking on a tour of Japan and China, Prime Minister Modi on Thursday exuded confidence that the visit would further national interests and priorities, and contribute to building fruitful cooperation in advancing regional and global peace.
In the first leg of his trip, Modi is visiting Japan on August 29 to 30, and he arrived in Tokyo this morning.
In his departure statement, Prime Minister Modi said his visit to Japan will be an opportunity to strengthen civilisational bonds and cultural ties between the two countries.
From Japan, Modi will travel to China on a two-day visit to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tianjin on August 31 and September 1.
On Sunday, the prime minister is set to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping that is expected to focus on further steps to normalise bilateral ties that came under severe strain following the eastern Ladakh border row.
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