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ROW MARS PARTY FOUNDATION DAY

Cong. journal attacks

Nehrus J&K policy
Editor sacked;
Mumbai party
chief apologises
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: An article in

CM
YK

No subsidy for
those earning over
Rs. 10 lakh a year

MARIA AKRAM
NEW DELHI: The former Solicitor-General, Gopal Subramanium, has formally accepted
the Delhi governments offer
to head the Commission of Inquiry to probe the alleged
scam in the Delhi and District
Cricket Association (DDCA).
Mr. Subramanium sent his
letter of acceptance to Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday.

TCA SHARAD RAGHAVAN

NEW DELHI: In a move that is

MEHBOOB JEELANI
& ALOK DESHPANDE

Congress Darshan, a journal

published by the Congresss
Mumbai unit, alleging that
former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru mishandled the
Jammu & Kashmir and China
issues marred the partys 131st
Foundation Day celebrations
on Monday.
The controversy surprised
the party leaders who had
gathered for the ceremony at
the party headquarters early
in the morning. By early afternoon, Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC)
head Sanjay Nirupam apologised for the write-up and
later in the evening the content editor Sudhir Joshi was
sacked.
Words used in one of the
articles of Congress Darshan
are absolutely objectionable.
I accept the mistake. I am the
namesake editor of the magazine. Action will be taken
against people from the editorial board responsible for this
mistake and we will ensure
that no such mistake is committed in future, said Mr. Ni-

LPG subsidy linked to income

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi arrive at the AICC headquarters

in New Delhi on Monday for the partys Foundation Day
celebrations. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA

rupam. Most leaders refused Such references are not only

to comment on the anony- false but paint the party in a
mously written article pub- bad light for no reason, said
lished on December 15 on the MPCC spokesperson Sachin
death anniversary of Con- Sawant.
gress stalwart Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Apart from
blaming Nehru for ignoring
Patels advice and playing into
the hands of Pakistan by taking the Kashmir dispute to the
United Nations in 1949, the article also taunts Congress
president Sonia Gandhi, calling her ancestors in Italy
fascists.
The Maharashtra Pradesh
SONIA KEEPS MUM;
Congress Committee too MIRWAIZ DEFENDS NEHRUS
sought to explain the goof-up. KASHMIR POLICY | PAGE 12

bound to raise the hackles of

a sizeable number of consumers, the government has
declared that those who
earned over Rs. 10 lakh in the
previous financial year will
be ineligible for LPG subsidy
from January.
The government has decided that the benefit of the
LPG subsidy will not be
available for LPG consumers
if the consumer or his/her
spouse had a taxable income
of more than Rs. 10,00,000/during the previous financial year computed as per
the Income Tax Act, 1961,

the Ministry of Petroleum

and Natural Gas said in a release on Monday.
At present, all households
are entitled to 12 cylinders of
14.2 kg at the subsidised rate
of Rs. 419.26. The market
price is Rs. 608 a cylinder.
There are 16.35 crore LPG
consumers in the country,

according to the government, of whom 14.78 crore

receive the subsidy directly
in their bank accounts.
Such a decision will likely
affect at least 60 lakh people,
if one were to go only by the
number of people who filed
their returns in the governments e-filing portal. The

actual number would be

much more. It would save
the government Rs. 113 crore.
The government had also
launched a scheme for people to give up their subsidies
so that the less privileged
would benefit. So far, 57.50
lakh LPG consumers have
opted out.

It was mutton, not beef: Dadri probe report

MOHAMMAD ALI
& VIJAITA SINGH
MEERUT/NEW DELHI: What was
recovered from the house of
the lynching victim in Dadri
was not beef, but meat of
goat progeny, a preliminary inquiry by the Uttar Pradesh Veterinary Department
has found. The mutton sample has now been sent to the
forensic laboratory in Mathura for final diagnosis, says
the report.
Mohammad Akhlaq, 52,

Former SG agrees
to head DDCA
probe panel

Sample has now

been sent to the
forensic laboratory
in Mathura for
final diagnosis
was beaten to death on September 28 in Bisahra village
in Dadri district by a mob infuriated by rumours that he
and his family were eating
beef. Akhlaqs son Mohammad Danish, who was also
beaten up, is recuperating.

To the best of my knowl- cused. During the course of

edge and after a proper phys- the investigations and even
ical examination, it appears when it filed a charge sheet
the meat [about 4-5 kg] is of against the 15 accused last
goat progeny, said the veter- week, the Uttar Pradesh police refrained from using the
inary officer in his report.
BJP MLA Sangeet Som, word beef anywhere in its
who had visited the village correspondences. Neither
after the incident, said he did did the State, from whom the
not have faith in a State-su- Ministry of Home Affairs
pervised probe and demand- had sought a report.
ed a CBI investigation. Mr.
Som, also an accused in the
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2013, had earlier offered to METROPLUS
fight the case for the ac- 4 Pages

Contrary to earlier stand

However, Mr. Subramaniums acceptance marks a Uturn on his earlier stand that
he would agree to head the
commission only after the
government sought the approval from the LieutenantGovernor and the Union
Home Ministry.
On December 24, Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung
said in a communication to
the Centre that since the
Commission of Inquiry Act,
1952, empowers only the Centre and the State governments
to appoint a commission of
inquiry, Delhi could do so only with the concurrence of the
Centre, through the Lieutenant-Governor, as it is a Union
Territory.

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