Punjab govt. promoting ‘Mafia Raj’, says Sidhu
The Hindu
‘The administration is more responsive to the Badals than Congress lawmakers, workers’
Former Punjab Minister and Congress leader, Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Sunday raised the banner of revolt by tweeting that the State government was promoting ‘Mafia Raj’ and the administration was more responsive to the Badals of the Shiromani Akali Dal than Congress lawmakers and workers. The timing of Mr. Sidhu’s comments is crucial as it comes just a day ahead of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet to analyse party’s poor performance in the recently concluded Assembly elections, especially losing Kerala and Assam, where the party was hoping to do well and drawing a blank in Bengal. At a time, when the Congress is grappling with poor performance, Mr. Sidhu’s outburst would only add to the party’s problems in Punjab that is headed for Assembly polls next year.“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.