Will Sonia, Mamata apologise over remarks on Batla House encounter?: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday launched a tirade against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and the All India Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over their past assertions on the Batla House encounter, and questioned will the leaders tender an apology.
His remarks comes a day after a Delhi court convicted Ariz Khan, who was arrested in Feb 2018 in connection with the 2008 Batla House encounter case.
Ariz was convicted on the basis of 100 witnesses and electronic evidence, he said.
Addressing a press conference, Mr Prasad said, There was a conscious, deliberate and consistent attempt to cast serious doubt on the authenticity of the Batla House encounter to weaken the morale of Delhi Police and give clear support to terrorist and their design. Why? For pure vote bank politics.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the non-bailable arrest warrant against BJP candidate and former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh in connection with the 2019 Lok Sabha polls violence case be kept in abeyance till the conclusion of the assembly polls in West Bengal.
Ghosh is contesting from Derba constituency in the state against Trinamool Congress candidate Humayun Kabir, also a former IPS officer. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S Abdul Nazeer and Hemant Gupta said no further coercive action should be taken against Ghosh in the case. The top court listed the matter for further hearing after two months.
'Will Congress, Mamata apologise?' asks Ravi Shankar Prasad over Batla house encounter case - The remarks came a day after a Delhi court convicted Ariz Khan, who was arrested in Feb 2018 in connection with the 2008 Batla House encounter case.
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The BJP has slammed Congress, TMC and AAP for questioning the Batla House encounter
Will Sonia Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal apologise now? the BJP asked after the court ruling in the case
NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP at the Centre came down heavily on the Congress-led opposition parties for questioning the Batla House encounter in 2008, a day after a Delhi court convicted an Indian Mujahideen operative Ariz Khan for killing Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma.
Addressing a press conference in the national capital on Tuesday, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, Why is the Congress, Mamata Didi and all those who questioned the
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday slammed Congress and said the Batla House incident was designed to weaken the morale of Delhi Police.