‘Ready to contest poll if ticket is given’: Janardhana Poojary
Mangaluru, September 9: Former union finance minister and senior Congress leader Janardhana Poojary said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take steps to slash fuel prices which were sky-rocketed due to illegal storage of petroleum products in the country.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Poojary said that those who store petrol and diesel illegally should be jailed. If the government took such a step, then the price would be automatically reduced, he said.
The Congress which has given bandh call should handle its impact. The Supreme Court has already made it clear that those who call for bandh should bear the loss caused due to bandh. It was very easy for both the Congress and BJP to give bandh calls. But who would compensate the loss worth thousands of crores revenue? If a case was filed against it, no one could escape from it, he said.
When he was the Union Finance Minister, he had tried to minimize the central excise duty. But later, he understood that it was his mistake. It was not right to slash the cess of the state on fuel, he said.
‘Ready to contest if ticket is given’
If the Congress high command assured him the ticket for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election, he would contest the poll. He might contest the election or might not, Poojary said.
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Bihar govt to constitute 100 fast-track courts to expedite disposal of criminal cases: Home min
Patna (PTI): Bihar Home Minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday announced that the state government will establish 100 fast-track courts (FTCs) to ensure the swift disposal of pending cases.
He said that the move also aims to ease the burden on regular courts for them to accord due attention to sensitive cases.
Choudhary said the decision in this regard has been made considering that over 18 lakh cases are pending before different courts in the state.
The constitution of FTCs will "bring in a big relief" to the judicial system and litigants, he said.
"To operationalise 100 FTCs across 38 districts and sub-divisions, the government will undertake large-scale recruitment," the home minister asserted in a statement.
He said that a total of 900 posts, including those of bench clerks, office clerks, stenographers, deposition writers, data entry operators, drivers, process servers and peons, will be filled.
Choudhary also announced that 79 courts will be designated as 'act courts' to fast-track cases related to the Arms Act. Swift resolution of such serious cases, he said, will strengthen law and order in the state.
The minister said that Patna alone will get eight fast-track courts, while four courts each will be set up in Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur. Three FTCs each are planned for Nalanda (Bihar Sharif), Rohtas (Sasaram), Saran (Chhapra), Begusarai, Vaishali (Hajipur), East Champaran (Motihari), Samastipur and Madhubani.
Similarly, two courts each will be established in West Champaran (Bettiah), Saharsa, Purnea, Munger, Nawada, Jehanabad, Arwal, Aurangabad, Kaimur (Bhabhua), Buxar, Bhojpur (Arrah), Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Supaul, Madhepura, Araria, Kishanganj, Katihar, Banka, Jamui, Sheikhpura, Lakhisarai and Khagaria. One FTC each is also proposed for the sub-divisional courts of Naugachia and Bagaha.
