‘No one bigger than party; if I indulge in anti-party work, action must against me’: Zameer Ahmed
Bengaluru: Housing Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan on Thursday said no individual is bigger than the party and asserted that disciplinary action should be taken even against him if he is found indulging in anti-party activities.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Zameer said, “No one is bigger than the party. Zameer Ahmed Khan is not bigger than the party. If I carry out anti-party activities, action must be taken against me as well.”
He also said that no one in the Congress had targeted him and dismissed suggestions that he was being singled out.
“I am not a leader. I am a public servant and an ordinary worker,” he said.
Referring to the controversy surrounding the ticket issue in Davanagere South constituency, Zameer said no one in the party had made allegations against him and no one had taken his name.
He said if religious leaders had made any statements, they should be asked directly about it.
Zameer further said some religious leaders had expressed disappointment over the denial of the ticket and added that discussions would be held with them.
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Punjab: 15-year-old girl gives birth to baby months after alleged rape
Chandigarh (PTI): A 15-year-old girl has delivered a baby in Jalandhar, months after she was allegedly raped by a boy in Amritsar, police said on Thursday.
The class 9 student has been living with her aunt in Jalandhar for the past seven months, said the aunt who filed the complaint of rape to the police.
When contacted over phone on Thursday, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Phillaur, Bharat Masih said, "We have registered a Zero FIR in the matter as the alleged rape took place in Amritsar.." He said the accused is 16 years old.
The victim's aunt said in her complaint that a month and a half back, the teenager complained of abdominal pain, due to which, she was taken for a checkup to a private doctor in Jalandhar's Nurmahal. The doctor prescribed some medicines, she said.
On April 19, the girl complained of severe abdominal pain, after which she took the teenager to a private hospital in Phillaur in Jalandhar. The doctor there referred the girl to another hospital, where she was told that she was pregnant.
Later, she gave birth to a baby in the hospital. When the girl's aunt asked her about her pregnancy, she said that a boy in Amritsar who lived in her locality had raped her, the complainant said.
A police station under Jalandhar Rural police jurisdiction has registered a Zero FIR in the matter and the boy has been booked under relevant provisions of the POCSO Act and the BNS on April 20, police said.
A Zero FIR is an FIR that can be filed in any police station, irrespective of place of incident/jurisdiction and the same can be later transferred to the appropriate police station.
