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Narendi Modi, Prime Minister of India
(Today we compile some news items published in Indian dailies on Friday 24.12.2021)
Prime Minister Modi yesterday (Thursday, December 23) laid the foundation stone for 27 projects worth Rs 2,095 crore in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It has been reported in the Daily Telegraph that he spoke like a cow mother on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Narendra Modi said, “The cow is like a mother to us and sacred. Those who mock cows and buffaloes have forgotten that there is a livelihood for millions of people who depend on those cattle. Development for all and the support of all is important to us.”
Elections to the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly are set to take place next year. The forthcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, have aroused great interest among various quarters.
Various parties, including the ruling BJP, Samajwadi Party, Congress and BJP, are all set to contest the assembly elections. According to the report, the BJP is announcing various welfare schemes to retain power.
Chennai High Court quashes Kunda legal order
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Chennai High Court
Controversial right-wing social media blogger Kishore K. Swamy has reportedly had his anti-bomb law revoked.
Kisho K. Swamy, who had posted on social media about former chief ministers Annathurai and M. Karunanidhi, was arrested by the police last June. He was later charged under the Prevention of Guns Act and sentenced to one year in prison by the Commissioner of Police.
Against this, his father Krishnaswamy filed an appeal in the Chennai Magistrate’s Court. The case was heard by Justices BN Prakash and A. Hemalatha. Later, the judges quashed the order issued by the Commissioner of Police to imprison Kisho Ke Swamy under the Prevention of Guns Act.
Postpone Uttar Pradesh elections; Ban political rallies do it: Allahabad High Court insists
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Allahabad High Court
Delay Uttar Pradesh elections due to fears of Omigran spread. According to Hindu Tamil News, the Allahabad High Court has urged the Prime Minister and the Election Commission to ban political rallies, election campaigns and rallies in the states where elections are to be held.
A case was filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking bail. The case came up for hearing yesterday in the presence of Judge Sehgar Kumar Yadav.
The judge then said, “The number of victims of the Omigron outbreak in India is steadily increasing and there are fears that we may face a third wave.
The second wave infected millions of people with the corona virus and killed many more. In the Gram Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh, the corona infection increased after the West Bengal Assembly elections. Both of these elections were responsible for the increase in infection.
Uttar Pradesh is set to go to the polls next year. Then there will be election campaigns, political party meetings and rallies. Thus, re-corona virus infection is likely to increase. At the time of the election no one will follow the corona security measures and no social deviation.
Therefore, in states where elections are held, elections may be postponed and political rallies and meetings may be banned during election periods. If these are not stopped in a timely manner, the second wave can have worse consequences.
Therefore, the Election Commission should ban political parties from conducting election campaigns and rallies during election time and order them to campaign on radio and television.
If the election is to be held in February next year, it may be postponed for two months. Electoral rallies and rallies can be held only if alive and the right to life is enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Praise for the Prime Minister’s campaign and efforts on the vaccine. The court asked Prime Minister Modi to suspend election campaigns, rallies and rallies in view of the Corona epidemic, the judge was quoted as saying.