Security personnel at Mangaluru Airport allegedly manhandles minor for clicking pictures at airport
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Mangaluru: In an alleged bizzare incident reported on Wednesday night at the Mangaluru International Airport, the security personnel reportedly manhandled a minor boy for taking pictures at the airport premises here.
The 17-year old who was manhandled by the security staff of the airport has been identified as Anas, a resident of Macchampadi near Manjeshwar.
According to the allegations made by Anas and his family, he had been to airport to see off his brother who was going to Dubai. Anas reportedly clicked pictures of his brother leaving for the flight when an irked security personnel snatched his mobile phone and deleted the pictures he had clicked.
When Anas and his family questioned the security staff the reason for snatching his phone and deleting the pictures, other security staffs joined him and manhandled Anas in front of his mother and sisters.
“On Wednesday night at around 10 pm I was clicking pictures of my brother’s departure, when the security officials suddenly assaulted me and snatched my mobile phone to delete the pictures. Upon resisting and questioning their act, they grabbed my collar and dragged me out. My mother and sisters along with my 15-year old brother requested them to release me. The security officials then tried to assault my brother as well. Later they called Bajpe Police and handed me over to them. When I admitted and recorded my statement to Bajpe Police they released me” Anas told Vartha Bharati.
Anas also asserted that he was unaware of the rules and restrictions of clicking pictures at the airport and hence he clicked a few picture to click the moments of his brother’s departure.
Vartha Bharati also tried to contact Director of Mangaluru International Airport for comments on the incident but the senior official remained unavailable.
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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
