BSP MP Dhananjay Singh Arrested in Double Murder Case

After 20 months of investigation, the Lucknow police on Sunday arrested BSP MP from Jaunpur, Dhananjay Singh, for his alleged involvement in a double murder case. Lucknow DIG D. K. Thakur said the mafia don-turned-politician has been sent to Jaunpur after his arrest. "Sanjay Nishad, a contractor of Belav-Navghat village under Kerakat police station, and tea kiosk owner Nandlal Nishad had been killed by Ashutosh Singh, an aide of the MP, in April 2010," the DIG said.

It is believed that Sanjay was killed because he won the toll-tax contract of a pontoon bridge and Nandlal, who was with Sanjay, died of the bullet injuries he received in the incident. "Ashutosh was arrested and the case was handed over to the CB-CID, which found the MP was also involved in the murder," Thakur added. The MP had been suspended from the party on September 21 by Chief Minister Mayawati for his anti-party activities. He was suspended after he visited ailing rebel SP MP Amar Singh at AIIMS in New Delhi. But it was revoked on November 21, a week before the BSP's OBC Kshatriya rally in Lucknow. Singh had stopped attending party meetings, fuelling rumours that he was trying to get close to the Opposition SP.

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.