BJP: Attack on Daya's kin sanctioned by BSP chief

NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday said the foul language used by BSP workers and functionaries like Naseemuddin Siddiqui against Dayashankar Singh's family was more condemnable than their sacked party member's act of indiscretion.

"During the demonstration in Lucknow, BSP workers and senior leaders had used filthy words against Dayashankar's family, including his 12-year-old daughter. We strongly feel that the act of BSP workers was at the behest of Mayawati herself, who is still not apologetic about the insult meted out to women, including a minor girl," BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said at a press conference in the national capital.

The ruling party said while Dayashankar was hiding, fearing for life, and police were conducting raids to locate him, BSP functionaries booked on charges of more serious offences were roaming free and there seemed no attempt to arrest them.

Trivedi said what BSP workers and Siddiqui did seemed the structured party view whereas Dayashankar's indiscretion was an impulsive statement for which BJP took prompt action and expelled him for six years.

"Our senior party leaders, including Arun Jaitley and state president Keshav Prasad Maurya tendered unconditional apology. Not a single leader came in support of Dayashankar, who was taken to task for what he did. However, there is no action against BSP workers," Trivedi said.

"BSP has a different interpretation of law for their party leader and has another view for other women. Mayawati must answer why she has not taken action against her party leaders," Trivedi said. He demanded immediate arrest of Siddiqui and Mayawati's apology to Dayashankar's family .

Earlier in Lucknow, Mayawati had alleged that Dayashankar's indiscretion was a BJP ploy in collusion with the ruling Samajwadi Party .

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BJP takes on ruling party, says must introspect

NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday accused AAP of insensitivity towards human suffering as demonstrations by the party against arrest of their MLA Amanatullah Khan brought the city to a standstill.

"Even patients were not spared by agitating AAP workers, who blocked several roads causing jams and other problems across the city," BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi told reporters.

He said AAP should introspect about their conduct, which was "immature" and showed no respect for the law of the land. "They (AAP) keep claiming about transparency and wisdom but they stand exposed on the issue of probity," Trivedi said, adding its leadership was totally "incompetent".

"As far as probity in public life is concerned, you have seen that so many MLAs are now being accused and charge-sheeted on various criminal charges. There has been a series of events which gradually exposed the true face of their so called probity.

"Now, as far as their concern for common man is concerned, today's incident has made it very clear that they are totally insensitive and just for the sake of political mileage and vendetta, they are trying to put the common man in problem," Trivedi said.

Leader of the opposition in Delhi assembly, Vijender Gupta, said the incident shows AAP's attitude towards women. "Instead of taking strict action against his party members and legislators who are abusing women, Kejriwal has rejected the charges. He has blamed the Prime Minister for the arrest. This clearly shows party's attitude towards women," Gupta said.

BJP chief Satish Upadhyay said, "The arrest of Amanatullah Khan adds one more face to the Arvind Kejriwal's notorious team of woman bashers. He should have been arrested long back for spreading communal disharmony and for his hate speech during a Urdu Academy function earlier this year."

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AAP Leadership Incompetent, Stands Exposed: BJP After Amanatullah Khan's Arrest

New Delhi: After the arrest of another AAP legislator, BJP today said the party stood "exposed" on the issue of probity, accused it of being "insensitive" towards common people with its workers blocking roads causing inconvenience and termed its leadership as "incompetent".

"As far as probity in public life is concerned, you have seen that so many legislators are now being accused and charge-sheeted on various criminal charges. There has been a series of events which gradually exposed the true face of their so called probity.

Now, as far as their concern for common man is concerned, today's incident has made it very clear that they are totally insensitive and just for the sake of political mileage and vendetta, they are trying to put the common man in problem," BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi told reporters.

AAP legislator Amanatullah Khan was today arrested after a woman alleged that he tried to mow her down when she visited his residence to raise the issue of power cuts, making him the tenth party legislator to be arrested.

Addressing a press conference, Mr Trivedi said during the dharna staged by AAP workers after the arrest, they blocked roads and made the common people suffer.

"Some of them had serious problems and trying to go to hospitals and they were requesting AAP workers to give them way, but unfortunately it was not done and this shows the level of insensitivity that AAP is having towards the aam aadmi," he said.

Mr Trivedi said, "AAP had two self-proclaimed causes of which they consider themselves as champion. One is probity in public life and the other their concern for common man."

Mr Trivedi said AAP workers were dissatisfied and the party leadership was incompetent both in terns of governance and controlling the party.

Mr Trivedi said there is an established procedure of law and protests in the event of an arrest "means you are not having faith in law and neither you are sensitive to the common man".

The BJP leader also attacked BSP for inaction against the workers who used abusive language against expelled party leader Dayashankar Singh's family and said it was done as part of a "well though-out strategy".

"There is a distinct difference between what happened on the part of BJP and what happened on the part of BSP. One of our former state vice presidents Dayashankar Singh had said something in his private capacity which party totally denounced and condemned.

Though he himself tendered an unconditional apology, our party considered his action unpardonable. Our state president tendered an apology and our leader in the Rajya Sabha and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tendered apology and we have expelled him from the party," he said.

On the contrary, whatever BSP has done is a well-planned agitation under the guidance of their top leadership, he said.

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Ban Or Only Certify Films? Panelists Discuss CBFC's Role

Sudhir Mishra along with BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, CBFC member Vani Tripathi and journalist Kaveree Bamzai discussed whether CBFC is regulating films way beyond its parameters and if it is the correct time to make changes in its rules and regulations.

 New Delhi: At a time when many celebrities from the entertainment industry are demanding big changes in the certification process of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), a panel discussion was held at the 7th Jagran Film Festival here to examine its role in the current era.

Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra along with BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, CBFC member Vani Tripathi and journalist Kaveree Bamzai discussed whether CBFC is regulating films way beyond its parameters and if it is the correct time to make changes in its rules and regulations.

BJP-appointed Pahlaj Nihalani, chief of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the controversy regarding Udta Punjab and role of the central government in censor board were some of the topics that the panelists put light upon in the discussion titled 'Is cinema over regulated?'

Talking about the role of the censor board, Tripathi said: "CBFC is not a censor but a certification body. I have been its member since last two years. The process (of certification) is very complicated and it's not a monolith. There is not just one person who decides the certification of a film. We are only there to certify a film and not cut it. The word 'ban' is not at all part of the vocabulary of CBFC".

Trivedi said that cinema has a big influence on the audience, that's why a regulatory body is need of the hour.

Comparing media with films, Trivedi added: "There is a difference between news and the impact of cinema. Earlier we used to say that literature is a mirror of the society. But I feel today cinema is a mirror of the society".

"The impact that films have on children is not the same when they read news. So when there is a medium which is influencing our perception towards the society, then there should be a regulatory body which can keep an eye on it. We should looks out that what message the film is spreading," he added.

Speaking on the industry's behalf, acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter Sudhir Mishra said discussions between the common people, fimmakers and the government can only help towards improving the standards of CBFC.

"There are various ways of looking at cinema. All films are fiction. They are a point of view. An artist shouldn't take on the responsibility of showing a direction to the society. This is not his job. His job is to pop questions and to leave a message with his work. He is not there to influence others," Mishra said.

"CBFC should be a certification body. I think there should be a lot of conversation about it. That's what is interesting in society where films like Housefull or Mastizaade will put up another kind of debate. Finally people have to start rejecting films that they don't wish to watch," he added.

During the discussion, Tripathi said the revising committee is a welcome change as the rules followed by CBFC are very old and not changed over the time.

"We as a board work under the 1952 Cinematograph Act, the guidelines of which need to be badly amended and redrafted. The collaboration has to happen between the industry and the policy. Otherwise we will be fighting. I feel why we are talking about this now is because we are revisiting something that is creating issues," Tripathi said.

Giving a journalistic view point on the issue, Bamzai said: "All governments, regardless of which party is in power, want to control movies and media. The BJP may have particularly ham-handed it. They don't have the finesse of the Congress government".

He said that technology has "outstripped" movie-making to such a degree that it really doesn't matter.

"It's just a question of revenue. If Udta Punjab had been released with the 89 cuts (that CBFC asked for), then also people would have watched (the uncensored version) anyway. I don't know whether Nihalani knows that we are living in the internet age."

The five-day Delhi leg of the Jagran Film Festival, which kicked off on Friday, will end on July 5.

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