Gali Case: General Public Volunteer to Help CBI

Never before general public were so interested in helping the investigating agencies as in the case of Gali Janardhan Reddy's case. The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the mining scam of the former Karnataka minister is now getting help from some unexpected quarters. The Bureau is being flooded with letters and documentary evidence from the general public of AP and Karnataka regarding the alleged "misdeeds and irregularities" of the mining baron.

The CBI has received at least 150 letters since the arrest of Mr Janardhan Reddy and his brother-inlaw B.V. Srinivas Reddy. Official sources said that the documents and letters, mostly posted from Bellary and Anantapur are related to information on illegal mining of OMC and Janardhan Reddy's other companies. A senior police official said, "The Gali brothers were literally ruling the Bellary area. People were afraid of his clout. But after his arrest and the CBI probe, things changed quickly. More skeletons are tumbling out of Gali's closet with the information."

According to highly placed sources working with the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has prepared its own report on Mr Janardhan Reddy's involvement in illegal mining. They are now awaiting the final nod from the Union finance ministry before registering a case. Source who reportedly supplied key information on the Reddys to the CBI, said this time, even Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy's wife Gali Lakshmi Aruna could be in the dock for acting as a crucial link in the Reddy brothers' overseas business.

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.