Nitish should quit INDIA bloc: RLJD
Patna, Sep 18: Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal (RLJD) President Upendra Kushwaha on Monday suggested that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should leave the opposition INDIA alliance. “I have sympathy with Nitish Kumar. He is my elder brother. The way he is facing the problem, I would suggest him to come out of Mahagathbandhan. At such an age, taking pain and mental pressure is not wise,” Kushwaha said. “Nitish Ji stayed as an alliance partner with BJP for his entire life and now he is separated. He is a secular leader. When I was not with BJP, I was secular and now I am with BJP, still I am a secular leader. I would suggest Nitish Ji to exit from Mahagathbandhan,” Kushwaha said. When asked if Nitish Kumar would leave INDIA, would you welcome him in NDA, Kushwaha said that BJP is the biggest party in NDA. “So I have no authority to talk about his joining. It is the responsibility of BJP to decide on such things,” he said. (IANS)
Dabholkar murder: CBI’s report allowed
Pune, Sep 18: A special court in Pune has accepted the “final report” filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar murder case trial. The CBI, through special public prosecutor Prakash Suryavanshi, had last week filed a final report in the court of Special Judge P P Jadhav stating it had concluded the evidence in the case. “The court accepted the CBI’s final report. The next hearing in the case is on October 19, when statements of all five accused – Virendra Sinh Tawde, Sachin Andure, Sharad Kalaskar, Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave- will be recorded under Section 313 of Code of Criminal Procedure,” Suryavanshi said. Sources close to the trial said the CBI, in its final report, stated it tried to find absconding accused Sarang Akolkar and Vinay Pawar in vain. The report has also stated the examination of both these accused is necessary to reveal the larger conspiracy in the murder of the rationalist, sources said. In the final report, CBI has mentioned they have not filed a chargesheet against Amol Kale, Rajesh Bangera and Amit Degvekar due to lack of prosecutable evidence. (PTI)