Kejriwal using Bangladeshis to win Delhi polls: Vijender Gupta

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New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) A day after AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal raised concerns over the alleged deletion of voters from the electoral roll ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, BJP leader Vijender Gupta sharply criticised Kejriwal, accusing him of spreading lies and using Bangladeshis to win forthcoming Assembly polls.

Chandra, a woman voter from Delhi’s Kidwai Nagar constituency clarified on Tuesday that her name had been mistakenly linked to Kejriwal’s accusations, despite the fact she has been casting her votes every year.

Speaking to IANS, the Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly said, “Arvind Kejriwal is continuously doing only one thing — lying and getting the votes of Bangladeshis. But now that too has been exposed. Will Arvind Kejriwal run his government with the votes of Bangladeshis?”

Gupta further reacted to the AAP government’s inauguration of the long-awaited water supply project in Rajinder Nagar.

“Arvind Kejriwal should give an account of 10 years. He should call the House for a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report. 14 CAG reports have been prepared but he has not placed a single report on the table of the Vidhan Sabha,” Gupta asserted, questioning the government’s transparency.

Gupta slammed the AAP government over the alarming pollution levels in the Yamuna river.

“When the festival of the people of Purvanchal, Chhath Puja comes, people fall sick after celebrating on the Yamuna bank. How can Chhath devotees celebrate on the bank of Yamuna? Arvind Kejriwal’s failure is coming in front of everyone,” he stated.

The BJP leader also reacted to a separate row involving the Congress party.

He condemned Congress for its smear campaign against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, stating that instead of indulging in such theatrics, Congress should apologise for consistently ‘insulting and humiliating’ B. R. Ambedkar.

“Congress has always insulted Bhimrao Ambedkar. Till the last moment, Congress has conspired to suppress his personality,” he added.

–IANS

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Imphal, Dec 20 (IANS) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Thursday between Uttar Pradesh and Manipur governments for the implementation of the ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’ programme, officials said.

Officials said in Imphal that this MoU, which contains various activities, including Cultural Exchange Programmes, would come into force from the date of signing and would be valid for three years which may be renewed for another three years by mutual written consent of both the states.

Manipur government’s Commissioner (Art and Culture), M. Joy Singh, highlighted the state’s traditional culture and their performance on various occasions and festivals.

The artists from Manipur performed two cultural items — Thougal Jagoi and Thang Ta.

The MoU was signed at Gomti Nagar in Lucknow and it was arranged by Uttar Pradesh’s Department of Tourism and Culture in a formal function attended by the State Culture and Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh.

Yogendra Upadhyay, Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Minister, and senior officials of the two states were present at the MoU signing ceremony.

“Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat” programme aims to enhance interaction and promote mutual understanding between people of different states and Union Territories (UT) through the concept of state/UT pairing.

The states carry out activities to promote a sustained and structured cultural connection in the areas of language learning, culture, traditions and music, tourism and cuisine, sports and sharing of best practices.

According to officials, the spirit of mutual understanding amid a shared history has enabled a special unity in diversity, which stands out as a tall flame of nationhood that needs to be nourished and cherished into the future.

Time and technology have narrowed down distances in terms of connection and communication. In an era that facilitates mobility and outreach, it is important to establish cultural exchanges between people of different regions, as a means to further human bonding and a common approach to nation-building, the officials said.

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Delhi HC declines to halt decision directing revision of CLAT-2025 results

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to pass any interim order staying its single-judge bench’s directive requiring the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the results of the CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)-2025 examination.

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela opined that no interim order staying the single-judge bench’s directive was needed at this stage.

Posting the matter for further hearing on January 7 next year, the bench asked the examination body to bring the results in line with the single-judge bench order.

In its December 20 decision, ordering revision of the CLAT-2025 results, a bench of Justice Jyoti Singh had said that the errors in Question Nos 14 and 100 were “demonstrably clear and shutting a blind eye to the same would be injustice to the petitioner”.

Justice Singh-led Bench also ordered that since option ‘C’ of Question 14 has been held to be the correct answer, the benefit will extend to all other candidates who have opted for option ‘C’, adding that Question No.100 will be excluded as advised by the expert committee.

Question No. 100 deserves to be excluded in light of the fact that the question setter has not even provided the correct answer as one of the options, it added.

The petitioner, Aditya Singh, a minor, challenged the answer key declared for CLAT-2025 for admission to five-year law courses conducted by the National Law Universities (NLUs) in the academic session 2025-26.

With a score of 87 marks, the petitioner contended that he would get admission in one of the NLUs with his present ranking, but he aspired to better his rank so as to get admission in the top 3 NLUs of the country.

The petitioner added that he is likely to achieve a higher score of 93.25, which will improve his existing rank if the alleged errors are rectified.

On the other hand, the Consortium of NLUs urged the court to not interfere in the examination process, as a robust internal check mechanism was in place and the final result had been published with all due care and deliberation and on the recommendation of two Expert Committees comprising of experts and luminaries in the field.

In its judgment, the single-judge Bench opined that there is no absolute proscription against a court examining a challenge to the answer key in an examination process, even if there is an expert opinion before the court.

“Most certainly, courts must exercise restraint in interfering in academic matters, including those pertaining to examination. (T)he law does not commend a total ‘hands-off’ approach and in exceptional cases where questions are found to be demonstrably wrong, the resultant injustice to a candidate must be redressed and undone,” it said.

Partly allowing the petitioner’s plea, the single-judge Bench of the Delhi HC had ordered the Consortium of National Law Universities to award marks to him for Question No.14 in accordance with the scheme of marking and upheld the decision to exclude Question No. 100.

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Bengal school job case: Trial process in ED-registered case might be on daily basis

Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED) has received specific hints from a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata that the trial process in the ED-registered case in the alleged multi-crore cash-for-school-job scam in West Bengal might be conducted on a daily basis, sources aware of the development said on Monday.

ED has already started the necessary paperwork with the special court for the process of framing of charge in the case, following which the trial process in the matter will start.

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