AAP steps up attack on Delhi top cop
New Delhi: Stepping up the attack on Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi over a controversial property in Rohini, the AAP alleged that the top cop not only “hid” details regarding the flat but also stopped an FIR against his brother in this connection. The party also sought to counter his “graveyard” remark, saying the Delhi Police has this record of sending residents to “graveyard” by referring to a case of an alleged custodial death. AAP MlA Saurabh Bharadwaj has alleged that Bassi got a flat in the lucky Cooperative Housing Society by flouting rules and in collusion with officers of the registrar of cooperative societies and the managing committee of the society. “Is it mere coincidence that the then Registrar of Cooperative Societies), who was his next-door neighbour at Ashoka Road, bypassed all bylaws and provisions to illegally help Mr Bassi get enrolled in lucky Cooperative Housing SocietyIJ “How did Mr Bassi know in advance about the vacancy of the said flat in the society even before it was informed by the RCS in 1989-90. Is is not connivance and a criminal conspiracyIJ” asked Bharadwaj.
This Winter Session longest in history: Speaker
New Delhi: The Delhi Assembly’s Winter Session that concluded on Friday was the longest in the history of the legislature in which 11 sittings of the House were held and business conducted for 43:30 hours against the scheduled 38.30 hours, Speaker Ram Niwas Goel claimed. The House in session saw the introduction and passage of 15 Bills, including the “historic” Janlokpal Bill. A total of 253 question notices were received while 244 notices for Special Mention and 42 notices for Short Duration discussions were also received during the sittings, Goel said. Saying that nearly 80-82 per cent of the questions asked Under Rule 280 remained unanswered by the officials concerned, Goel declared that he was thinking of calling the officials in the House to explain the reason for not submitting answers.
HC Directs Govt to carry out compensatory plantation
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has told the Delhi Government to carry out compensatory plantation before any trees are felled for building a three-lane flyover parallel to the single-lane flyover on Rao Tula Ram (RTR) Marg on the outer ring road. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva issued the direction to Delhi government’s forest department which was also told that the compensatory plantation should have a link with the area from where the trees are felled. The department was also directed to consider relocation of the trees instead of felling them. The court, meanwhile, sought the presence of the Public Works Department (PWD) Secretary of Delhi Government to explain the suspension of construction of an underpass connecting Benito Juarez Marg and San Martin Marg Road.