Telangana Assembly pays homage to Manmohan Singh, urges Centre to confer Bharat Ratna
Hyderabad, Dec 30: The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution unanimously urging the central government to confer the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Soon after Speaker G Prasad Kumar convened the Assembly at 10 am, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy moved a motion to condole the death of Manmohan Singh and express gratitude for the role played by the late leader in the formation of Telangana state in 2014.
After the discussion, cutting across party lines, the House unanimously passed the resolution requesting the Centre to confer the highest civilian award on Singh.
The Assembly also observed a two-minute silence in respect of the late leader.
Leader of Opposition K Chandrasekhar Rao did not attend the session.
Manmohan Singh (92), the architect of India's economic reforms, died at AIIMS, New Delhi, on December 26.
Earlier, while moving the resolution, Revanth Reddy said the demise of the former PM is an "irreparable loss for the country".
Reddy mentioned several landmark legislations, such as the Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), the Right to Information Act, and the Land Acquisition Act, which were introduced by the UPA government headed by Manmohan Singh.
Asserting that the former PM was a great leader who fulfilled the aspirations of the people of Telangana under his leadership, Reddy said the state government has decided to install a statue of Manmohan Singh in the financial district in Hyderabad.
Deputy CM Bhatti also participated in the discussion, saying he supports the motion moved by the CM.
On behalf of BRS, its working president and MLA K T Rama Rao, supporting the resolution, said Singh was "the silent architect of modern India".
He requested the CM that the Assembly should also pass a resolution urging the Centre to set up a memorial for former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao in the national capital.
BJP floor leader Maheshwar Reddy said his party also supported the condolence motion.
Reddy made certain comments about Rahul Gandhi, which Legislative Minister Sridhar Babu objected to.
The minister requested the Speaker to expunge the BJP leader’s comments.
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Court monitoring of probe into Govind Pansare murder case no longer necessary: Bombay HC
Mumbai, Jan 2: The Bombay High Court on Thursday discontinued the court monitoring of the probe in the 2015 murder of rationalist and author Govind Pansare, stating that it was no longer necessary.
It, however, directed the sessions court in Kolhapur to expedite hearing in the case and conduct it on a daily basis.
A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata decided to stop the monitoring of the probe, noting that the report submitted by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) indicates that the case has been probed from all angles.
As per the probe agency's report, except the arrest of two absconding accused, nothing further remains to be investigated.
It is thus clear that the only aspect remained to be investigated is tracing of the two absconding accused, the court said.
"According to us, only for the purpose of arrest of the absconding accused, continuous monitoring of the further investigation by this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is not necessary," the bench held.
It stated that after the accused persons are arrested, the investigating agency can report it to the trial court.
The court disposed of the plea filed by an accused against the high court's continued monitoring of the case.
Govind Pansare and his wife Uma were shot in Kolhapur city on February 15, 2015, while on a morning walk. He succumbed to his injuries five days later.
The investigation was initially conducted by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Crime Investigation Department (CID), but later transferred to the ATS in 2022.
The high court has been monitoring the probe in the case since 2016 with investigation agencies regularly submitting reports with respect to progress in the probe.
On the point raised by the victim's family about delay in trial, the court noted that it has already commenced and as on December 16, 2024, the prosecution has examined 28 witnesses.
The bench directed the trial court to expedite the hearing of the case and conduct it on a daily basis.
