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Air gun training: Complaint lodged against Bajrang Dal in Karnataka

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Popular Front of India (PFI) has lodged a complaint against air gun training to more than 100 participants during a week-long training camp held recently in Karnataka’s Madikeri district, police said on Tuesday.

Ibrahim, a member of PFI, has lodged a complaint and demanded a probe into the matter. The complaint mentioned that air guns were used in the camp held in the school grounds in Ponnampet town.

The police have initiated a probe into the matter and sought a report from the Education department on whether the school grounds could be used for such an event.

The issue has stirred a controversy in the state and resulted in a political slugfest between ruling BJP and opposition parties. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has stated that his government will not allow anything which happens illegally.

Responding to the allegations, National General Secretary and BJP MLA C.T Ravi claimed that the camp was a part of a self-defence course. They were not trained in using AK-47’s and bombs. Every year, the Bajrang Dal trains its activists for self-defence.

Sri Ram Sena Founder Pramod Muthalik also defended the camp saying there is nothing wrong in giving training for self-defense.

The training camp was organised from May 5 to 11. The participants took part in a procession in the Ponnampet town on May 10. Bajrang Dal maintained that it had not violated law and the Arms Act. Air guns and tridents do not come under the act. However, police stated that they are looking into the issue of use of air guns in the open.

Karnataka Congress has demanded the arrest of Bajrang Dal leaders for giving arms training to young students in the school premises in Madikeri district.

Opposition party leader Siddaramaiah had stated that “by giving arms training in Madikeri to young members, Bajrang Dal has challenged the law of our land. Do we have a Home minister or Education minister in Karnataka? Is the government still alive?” Siddaramaiah questioned.

“MLAs M.P. Appachu, K.G. Bopaiah and Suja Kushalappa participated in the Shaurya Prashikshana Varga event of Bajrang Dal. Do they have any commitment towards our Constitution?” he asked.

Arms training is against the law and the Home Minister should file a case against the leaders of Bajrang Dal and arrest them, he demanded.

Education minister B.C Nagesh should take action against the school authorities for allowing Bajrang Dal to organise illegal activities, he demanded.

Maharashtra

Mumbai: 27-Year-Old Man Gets Stuck In Iron Fence At Mumbai Central Station While De-boarding Local Train From Wrong Side; Dies

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Mumbai: A 27-year-old man died after his neck got stuck in the iron fencing while alighting a local train from the wrong side at a platform of the Mumbai Central railway station on Thursday morning, officials said.

About The Incident

The incident took place at around 9.45 am at the station located on the Western Railway network.

During the attempt to get down from the local train, the man’s neck got damaged after being stuck in the fencing, a railway police official said.

The man was found hanging at the iron fence with bleeding injuries, he said.

He was rushed to the Nair hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival, the official said, adding the postmortem was being conducted.

As per some passengers who were travelling on the same train and witnessed the incident, the man tried to get down from the opposite direction, which is the fencing area, he said.

During the attempt, his neck got stuck in the fence and was damaged, the official said.

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Eid shopping in Kashmir picks up as people throng markets

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Srinagar, June 5: Traffic jams, pedestrian malls packed with pavement sellers, sacrificial animal markets dotting scores of places and buyers jostling and haggling mark the Eid al-Adha shopping in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city and other cities and towns of the Valley.

Against fears that less enthusiastic shoppers would turn out to mark the Eid eve preparations, Kashmiris are coming out in large numbers, smiling and full of enthusiasm to celebrate the holiest festival of Bakr Eid or Eid al Adha on June 7. The festival also marks the successful conclusion of the Hajj pilgrimage.

Bakery shops, hosiery outlets and poultry shops were bustling with buyers, but the main focus remained on the sacrificial animal markets.

City’s largest sacrificial animal market at Eidgah grounds had flocks of sheep, goats, and a few camels available for the devout to buy. Although rates are competitive and reasonable at the various sacrificial animal markets yet the better-bred sheep and goats are a little costlier than the average breeds.

Muslims all over the World offer animal sacrifices on Bakr Eid to commemorate the sacrifice offered by Prophet Abrahim, who, under Allah’s command, chose to sacrifice his son, Ismail, in submission to the divine command. When Prophet Abrahim blindfolded himself and started to move the blade on Ismail’s throat, a sheep from Heaven replaced Ismail under the knife as Ismail stood smiling some distance away from his father. The father’s ultimate submission to Allah’s will finally became a great celebration as Abrahim returned home holding his son Ismail’s hand in joy.

It is to commemorate the great sacrifice Prophet Abrahim chose to make and the even greater blessing of Allah to accept the sacrifice and save Ismail from the knife that Muslims join in global festivities on Bakr Eid. The festival is a day of great joy and yet of the universal reminder that everything finally lies in the hands of God, by whatever name the believers might remember Him.

Children held by parents thronged markets to buy toys and new clothes as Kashmiris, for once, decided to forget the load on their purses. Locals spend lavishly on the Eid festival as it is a rare moment of joy and faith culminating in prayer and festivities.

For a change, the traffic cops were seen behaving leniently towards motorists and pavement sellers. The motorists ignoring traffic discipline blocked major and minor traffic arteries in the city while pavement sellers spread their merchandise on the pedestrian malls, forcing pedestrians to walk in the middle of the roads.

Having been witness to the worst violence unleashed by the terrorists during the last 35 years, Kashmiris are fast finding their journey to peace and tranquillity decorated with joyous festivals like Eid, Shivratri, Gurupurab, Christmas and Buddha Purnima.

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Drama of discontent in Mahayuti govt due to greed for power: Uddhav Thackeray’s Saamana

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Mumbai, June 5: Shiv Sena(UBT) on Thursday claimed that a strong discontent was brewing in the grand alliance (Mahayuti) government of Maharashtra, and the people were getting “free entertainment” from the inner fight.

Thackeray camp in the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ editorial said, “No matter which party the government belongs to, those who are dissatisfied in the government have no party. The Mindhe Mandal (Shinde camp) was dissatisfied with Uddhav Thackeray’s government, and now their dissatisfaction continues with the Fadnavis government as well. The root of the disease of dissatisfaction lies in power, greed for position, money, ego and political ambition. There is no cure for this disease of dissatisfaction. Once it takes root, it grows stronger. Let us hope that the dissatisfaction drama in the three parties that is going on in the Fadnavis government should not lead to gang wars from breaking out within the cabinet in the future.”

“The Mindhe group (Shinde camp) in the cabinet is unhappy with Finance Minister Ajit Pawar. Money or ‘funds’ is said to be the main reason for the discontent. In other words, the old disease has once again revived. The same discontent and complaint of the Mindhe group (Shinde camp) were present while breaking the Shiv Sena and toppling the Maha Vikas Aghadi government. It continues. The same root cause of discontent has again bedevilled the ministers of Mindhe. At that time, the people of Mindhe had considered Ajit Pawar a ‘villain’ while being dishonest with the original Shiv Sena,” the editorial said..

“However, instead of going to jail, Ajit Pawar followed in Mindhya’s footsteps, entered the government and became the Finance Minister. Ultimately, all ministries have to look at and depend on the finance ministry for the allocation and release of funds. In a nutshell, many people’s lives were ruined because Ajitdada controls the funds of the government,” claimed the Thackeray camp.

“After the cabinet meeting held last Tuesday, the displeasure of the ministers, who were upset over the lack of funds, erupted. Thereafter, the Mindhe group ministers met and complained against Ajitdada for not releasing funds to their respective departments. They expressed their discontent against Ajitdada in front of their leader, Mindhe (Eknath Shinde). ‘Finance Minister Ajitdada is sabotaging the development works of our department. If the finance department and the finance minister will not give us money, how will we do development works?” asked the disgruntled ministers from the Shinde camp. It is said that Ajitdada was the sole target during the meeting,” said the editorial.

“In the same meeting held last week, Deputy Chief Minister Shinde independently reviewed the functioning of the departments held by the Mindhe group and individually discussed with the concerned ministers to know the present status. The agitated ministers raised a slew of questions, such as how the work will be done for want of funds. If the work is not done, how will we face the elections and what answers will we give to the people?” said the editorial.

Since the nature of the complaint and ‘target’ were the same, Dy CM Shinde attempted to pacify them, assuring that he would find a way out by talking to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Dy CM Ajitdada Pawar.

“In fact, in the Mahayuti government, the Mindhe (Eknath Shinde) himself is being beaten with sticks, and there is no way to bombard this disgruntlement again. So, he was upset and had to go to the native village in Satara and count the strawberries in the fields. As Mindhe (Eknath Shinde) had found a solution to overcome disgruntlement by going to the native village, it is difficult to guess whether he has suggested a similar solution to the disgruntled ministers from his camp,” said the editorial. However, at the end of the day, the people of Maharashtra have to bear the discontent among the ruling partners.

Furthermore, the Thackeray camp claimed that it was not just the Shinde camp but the BJP legislators who met Home Minister Amit Shah and lodged a complaint against Finance Minister Ajitdada Pawar.

“Amit Shah gave his party legislators the ideal mantra of the double engine government, ‘Keep doing work and follow up with Ajitdada so much that he himself should come to me with a complaint’. This is such an interesting drama going on in the grand alliance government in Maharashtra. If Ajit Pawar is bringing the BJP, which has 132 MLAs, and the Mindhe Party formed by Amit Shah to the table, then only Ajit Pawar is happy in this government, and this is a great skill of Ajitdada,” the editorial said.

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