New Parliament building country's property, will attend its inauguration: HD Deve Gowda
Bengaluru (PTI): JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Thursday said he will be attending the inauguration of the new Parliament building in New Delhi on May 28, saying it is a property of the country and built from taxpayers' money.
The JD(S) patriarch questioned whether it was the office of the BJP and RSS for boycotting its inauguration. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to inaugurate the building on Sunday.
"I am attending the inauguration of the new Parliament building. It is the property of the country. It is not anyone's personal matter," Gowda said.
Speaking at the JD(S) introspection meeting following Karnataka Assembly poll results here, he said it is not anyone's personal programme, it is a country's programme.
"That magnificent building was built with the tax money of the people of the country. It belongs to the country. It is not a BJP or RSS office," he said, adding he is participating in the inauguration of the new Parliament building as a former Prime Minister and a citizen of the country.
As of now 21 opposition parties have said they will not be attending the inauguration ceremony, primarily taking exception to Modi doing the honours rather than President Droupadi Murmu.
Stating that he has many reasons to oppose BJP politically, Gowda, according to an official release said, "I do not like to bring politics in the matter of opening the Parliament building."
"I have been elected to both houses of Parliament. I have performed duty there in the constitutional framework, and I still am a member (of the Rajya Sabya)," he said.
"I have worked to protect the values of the Constitution. Therefore, I cannot bring politics into the matter of the Constitution," he added.
Noting that many parties have boycotted the inauguration of the Parliament building and many have asked him whether he will attend it or not, being a former PM, Gowda said, "I want to tell them that I am committed to the Constitution and will go to the inauguration of the Parliament building."
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Gauhati HC orders preservation of bodies of 3 Hmar ‘militants’ amidst fake encounter allegations
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Friday directed that the bodies of three men from the Hmar community, identified by Assam Police as militants, must be preserved in a morgue until the next hearing, the bench passing the judgment amid serious allegations from the families of the deceased that the incident was a ‘staged encounter’.
The deceased, Joshua, Lallungawi Hmar, and Lalbiekkung Hmar, were killed on July 17 while in the custody of Cachar Police. The Assam Police have stated that the men, who had been apprehended on July 16 and involved in a ‘special operation’ against other militants, were killed in crossfire during the operation.
Advocate Colin Gonsalves, representing the petitioners in court, requested that the post-mortem examination be performed by ‘independent doctors, possibly from Mizoram because it is close-by’, and has called for a CBI investigation into the case.
Advocate General of Assam Devajit Saikia submitted the post-mortem report from Silchar Medical College and Hospital to the High Court bench, consisting of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Soumitra Saikia, in a sealed envelope as reported by The Indian Express. The bench noted that the cause of death as mentioned in the report was incomplete as the Directorate of Forensic Science was yet to submit the viscera report.
In light of this, the bench has instructed the state to file an affidavit-in-opposition before the next hearing on August 2, along with the final post-mortem examination report. Justice Surana said that the High Court would wait till the final report on the post-mortem examination is submitted, to decide on the removal of the bodies of the three deceased men from the morgue.
