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P Chidambaram's son Karti ignores summons, ED may take him into custody
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File Photo of Businessman Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram.
NEW DELHI: Businessman Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, failed to turn up on Wednesday, after he was summoned, at the ED headquarters here for questioning in connection with certain transactions in Aircel's acquisition of Maxis.
The ED is investigating the Aircel-Maxis deal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act as part of the larger probe into the 2G scam.
This was the third summons the ED had served on Karti, and in the last one the agency was specific in demanding his personal appearance, something the former has ignored so far posing questions to the agency instead. In response to one of the summons, Karti is believed to have asked what has been his offence? When contacted, Karti told TOI that the ED would be in a better position to answer on issues related to the summons issued to him.
The ED is now contemplating taking Karti in custody for his refusal to submit to the investigation, sources said.
P Chidambaram's wife, Nalini, is also facing ED questioning this week in another unrelated case. She has been summoned by the ED's Kolkata office in connection with the Saradha chit-fund scam.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ake-him-into-custody/articleshow/53970745.cms
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- Businessman Karti Chidambaram failed to turn up on Wednesday, after he was summoned, at the ED headquarters here for questioning
- The ED is investigating the Aircel-Maxis deal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
- The ED is now contemplating taking Karti in custody for his refusal to submit to the investigation
NEW DELHI: Businessman Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, failed to turn up on Wednesday, after he was summoned, at the ED headquarters here for questioning in connection with certain transactions in Aircel's acquisition of Maxis.
The ED is investigating the Aircel-Maxis deal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act as part of the larger probe into the 2G scam.
This was the third summons the ED had served on Karti, and in the last one the agency was specific in demanding his personal appearance, something the former has ignored so far posing questions to the agency instead. In response to one of the summons, Karti is believed to have asked what has been his offence? When contacted, Karti told TOI that the ED would be in a better position to answer on issues related to the summons issued to him.
The ED is now contemplating taking Karti in custody for his refusal to submit to the investigation, sources said.
P Chidambaram's wife, Nalini, is also facing ED questioning this week in another unrelated case. She has been summoned by the ED's Kolkata office in connection with the Saradha chit-fund scam.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ake-him-into-custody/articleshow/53970745.cms
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AAP stung by another ‘sting’: Kingra says Delhi leaders take cash
Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Hardip Singh Kingra, who recently resigned from the party, alleged that party’s Delhi leaders had been accepting cash collected by Punjab leaders for the party.
A former bureaucrat, Kingra is a close aide of party’s sacked leader Sucha Singh Chhotepur.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Kingra said a bag containing Rs 16 lakh was handed over to AAP national spokesman Ashutosh and another Rs 5 lakh to party’s Punjab affairs in-charge Sanjay Singh.
“I headed the AAP’s finance committee and we had 12 members with us. Before the Maghi Mela in January this year, we collected around Rs 24 lakh from party supporters. While everyone deposited the amount in the party fund, one of the members of the fundraising committee, Surinder Singh Arora, told me that he had collected `6 lakh but gave Rs 5 lakh to Sanjay Singh and `1 lakh was deposited in the party account.”
Rubbishing the allegations, Arora said he would file a defamation case against Kingra. Arora said he had all details of funds raised for the party. Sanjay Singh also refuted the charges and said Arora was telling the truth.
Rs 5 LAKH TO MEET PATHAK?
Kingra also played a conversation, purportedly between AAP worker from Samrala, Paramjit Dhillon, and party’s Ludhiana sector observer Ambrish Trikha, in which Trikha is heard asking Dhillon that he will have to pay `5 lakh per month to “meet and hang around” party’s national organisation builder Durgesh Pathak so he is seen as a prominent AAP leader. Trikha added that the payment could also be made through cheque. He said if anybody wants to “meet” Pathak, he has to pay `5 lakh. Ambrish could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
AAP RUBBISHES CHARGES
When contacted, Pathak said he was not responsible for a conversation between two persons. “If someone is demanding money using my name, how can I be held responsible for it? The party has taken the recorded conversation seriously. We have asked for an inquiry into the contents of the audio clip. Strict action will be taken if the allegations are found to be true,” Pathak said.
The AAP has dismissed the allegations saying Kingra was defaming the party as he was denied ticket for contesting assembly polls.
Kingra said party’s Tarn Taran zone coordinator Iqbal Singh had handed over Rs 16 lakh to Ashutosh. He said the money was part of the Rs 1.5 crore collected during the 13 fundraising lunches and dinners organised by the party across Punjab. Ashutosh could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
Challenging the party’s legal cell in-charge Himmat Singh Shergill to take him to the court for defaming him, Kingra said he (Shergill) had “lied” when he said that 13 bank accounts of the AAP were functional in Punjab. “Twenty-seven bank accounts of the party were functional during the Lok Sabha polls in Punjab of which only four-five are active now. There is no account from which the Punjab leaders are given money by the party,” he said.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/punja...-take-money/story-f1N6npfp5mTy8CW2EpWLhO.html
16 lacs to Ashutosh? 5 lacs to Sanjay Singh ... and 5 lacs to hang around Durgesh Pathak for just one month.
Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Hardip Singh Kingra, who recently resigned from the party, alleged that party’s Delhi leaders had been accepting cash collected by Punjab leaders for the party.
A former bureaucrat, Kingra is a close aide of party’s sacked leader Sucha Singh Chhotepur.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Kingra said a bag containing Rs 16 lakh was handed over to AAP national spokesman Ashutosh and another Rs 5 lakh to party’s Punjab affairs in-charge Sanjay Singh.
“I headed the AAP’s finance committee and we had 12 members with us. Before the Maghi Mela in January this year, we collected around Rs 24 lakh from party supporters. While everyone deposited the amount in the party fund, one of the members of the fundraising committee, Surinder Singh Arora, told me that he had collected `6 lakh but gave Rs 5 lakh to Sanjay Singh and `1 lakh was deposited in the party account.”
Rubbishing the allegations, Arora said he would file a defamation case against Kingra. Arora said he had all details of funds raised for the party. Sanjay Singh also refuted the charges and said Arora was telling the truth.
Rs 5 LAKH TO MEET PATHAK?
Kingra also played a conversation, purportedly between AAP worker from Samrala, Paramjit Dhillon, and party’s Ludhiana sector observer Ambrish Trikha, in which Trikha is heard asking Dhillon that he will have to pay `5 lakh per month to “meet and hang around” party’s national organisation builder Durgesh Pathak so he is seen as a prominent AAP leader. Trikha added that the payment could also be made through cheque. He said if anybody wants to “meet” Pathak, he has to pay `5 lakh. Ambrish could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
AAP RUBBISHES CHARGES
When contacted, Pathak said he was not responsible for a conversation between two persons. “If someone is demanding money using my name, how can I be held responsible for it? The party has taken the recorded conversation seriously. We have asked for an inquiry into the contents of the audio clip. Strict action will be taken if the allegations are found to be true,” Pathak said.
The AAP has dismissed the allegations saying Kingra was defaming the party as he was denied ticket for contesting assembly polls.
Kingra said party’s Tarn Taran zone coordinator Iqbal Singh had handed over Rs 16 lakh to Ashutosh. He said the money was part of the Rs 1.5 crore collected during the 13 fundraising lunches and dinners organised by the party across Punjab. Ashutosh could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
Challenging the party’s legal cell in-charge Himmat Singh Shergill to take him to the court for defaming him, Kingra said he (Shergill) had “lied” when he said that 13 bank accounts of the AAP were functional in Punjab. “Twenty-seven bank accounts of the party were functional during the Lok Sabha polls in Punjab of which only four-five are active now. There is no account from which the Punjab leaders are given money by the party,” he said.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/punja...-take-money/story-f1N6npfp5mTy8CW2EpWLhO.html
16 lacs to Ashutosh? 5 lacs to Sanjay Singh ... and 5 lacs to hang around Durgesh Pathak for just one month.
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AAP stung by another ‘sting’: Kingra says Delhi leaders take cash
Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Hardip Singh Kingra, who recently resigned from the party, alleged that party’s Delhi leaders had been accepting cash collected by Punjab leaders for the party.
A former bureaucrat, Kingra is a close aide of party’s sacked leader Sucha Singh Chhotepur.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Kingra said a bag containing Rs 16 lakh was handed over to AAP national spokesman Ashutosh and another Rs 5 lakh to party’s Punjab affairs in-charge Sanjay Singh.
“I headed the AAP’s finance committee and we had 12 members with us. Before the Maghi Mela in January this year, we collected around Rs 24 lakh from party supporters. While everyone deposited the amount in the party fund, one of the members of the fundraising committee, Surinder Singh Arora, told me that he had collected `6 lakh but gave Rs 5 lakh to Sanjay Singh and `1 lakh was deposited in the party account.”
Rubbishing the allegations, Arora said he would file a defamation case against Kingra. Arora said he had all details of funds raised for the party. Sanjay Singh also refuted the charges and said Arora was telling the truth.
Rs 5 LAKH TO MEET PATHAK?
Kingra also played a conversation, purportedly between AAP worker from Samrala, Paramjit Dhillon, and party’s Ludhiana sector observer Ambrish Trikha, in which Trikha is heard asking Dhillon that he will have to pay `5 lakh per month to “meet and hang around” party’s national organisation builder Durgesh Pathak so he is seen as a prominent AAP leader. Trikha added that the payment could also be made through cheque. He said if anybody wants to “meet” Pathak, he has to pay `5 lakh. Ambrish could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
AAP RUBBISHES CHARGES
When contacted, Pathak said he was not responsible for a conversation between two persons. “If someone is demanding money using my name, how can I be held responsible for it? The party has taken the recorded conversation seriously. We have asked for an inquiry into the contents of the audio clip. Strict action will be taken if the allegations are found to be true,” Pathak said.
The AAP has dismissed the allegations saying Kingra was defaming the party as he was denied ticket for contesting assembly polls.
Kingra said party’s Tarn Taran zone coordinator Iqbal Singh had handed over Rs 16 lakh to Ashutosh. He said the money was part of the Rs 1.5 crore collected during the 13 fundraising lunches and dinners organised by the party across Punjab. Ashutosh could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
Challenging the party’s legal cell in-charge Himmat Singh Shergill to take him to the court for defaming him, Kingra said he (Shergill) had “lied” when he said that 13 bank accounts of the AAP were functional in Punjab. “Twenty-seven bank accounts of the party were functional during the Lok Sabha polls in Punjab of which only four-five are active now. There is no account from which the Punjab leaders are given money by the party,” he said.
16 lacs to Ashutosh? 5 lacs to Sanjay Singh ... and 5 lacs to hang around Durgesh Pathak for just one month.
Consider the regions AAP is trying to spread into.
Punjab - a state with significant 'Sikh' population.
Goa - a state with significant 'Christian' population.
Both states with a potential for Anti-Hindu vote.
Its base is Delhi which is a state with a massive 'colonised' mentality which passes for 'secular'.
AAP has gained no traction with states with either significant Muslim population or Communist population.
Its target voter base is not Hindu, but anti-Hindu. This includes Hindus who hate Hinduism. Considering the current level of Hindu cultural awakening, AAP needs to reinvent itself or face obliteration.
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Many bushfires erupt in AAP after Chhotepur sacking
Discord in the AAP in Punjab gained traction after the party declared two lists of candidates. And it came to a boil after Sucha Singh Chhotepur was removed as state convener. Here’s a round-up of incidents that stand testimony to that.
NAWANSHAHR: CAPS, KEJRI EFFIGY BURNT
Rebel AAP workers led by former local party leader Ashwani Joshi protested against party convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal by burning his effigy and the party’s caps on Chandigarh Road on Thursday. Joshi, who claims to have been shortlisted for the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha seat in 2014, said Kejriwal is a dictator and has “forgotten promises”. He accused AAP’s Delhi leaders of insulting Punjabis by acting against MPs Dharamvira Gandhi and Harinder Singh Khalsa, and Chhotepur.
PATIALA: STONES THROWN AT PARTY OFFICE
AAP protest against Sanjay Singh and Durgesh Pathak in Patiala on Thursday. (Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Volunteers protested at the AAP zonal office, demanding that Chhotepur be made Punjab convener again. They also hurled stones at the closed office and alleged the party has sold tickets. They demanded change of candidate at Ghanaur and Nabha. They were led by Amarinder Singh Tur, Gian Singh Mungo and Narinder Singh Kaleke.
PATHANKOT: CLASH BETWEEN AAP FACTIONS
The police in Pathankot booked over a dozen AAP workers owing allegiance to Kejriwal, on Thursday, for a clash with others owing allegiance to Chhotepur. Those booked included a party leader, Amarjit Singh, who arranged a rally on Wednesday in Bhoa constituency, where the group inclined to Chhotepur was allegedly denied entry.
AMRITSAR: VERTICAL SPLIT AFTER THRASHING
The differences within the AAP are out in the open in Amritsar now with allegations and counter-allegations hitting the headlines daily. The rift showed when some volunteers opposing the Delhi team and asking them to go back from Punjab thrashed senior AAP worker Anil Mahajan, who was raising slogans in favour of Kejriwal. This incident on Tuesday vertically divided the party here, with Amritsar zone in-charge Gurinder Singh Bajwa opposing the Delhi team; and national council member Ashok Talwar and other members of the local unit backing Kejriwal.
BATHINDA: RIFT GOES TO THE ROOTS
People burning effigy of AAP MP Bhagwant Mann in Muktsar on Thursday. (HT Photo)
The rift in AAP has reached the lowest level of party workers here. Angered over Chhotepur’s removal, a volunteer here closed the party’s zonal office being run from his building in Bathinda. This man, Surjit Singh, who had contested the 2007 assembly polls as BSP candidate from Talwandi Sabo, had dedicated his building as party office. The rift has emboldened those not happy with the ticket allotment; which was evident from a protest by workers against the women’s wing president Baljinder Kaur who is the candidate from Talwandi Sabo, on Wednesday. There were reports of a party section being unhappy, but nobody had come forward until the Chhotepur sacking emboldened the disgruntled elements. Ironically, the protesting group was considered opposed to Chhotepur as Baljinder was considered close to Chhotepur not very long ago.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/punja...pur-sacking/story-t2s3Z9n6CMU40bASMMlIhI.html
I don't think Punjab has a strong anti Hindu sentiment, if am not wrong regional identity is what drives politics there. Punjab supported AAP because they had strong local Punjabi leaders but ever since they have been sidelined one can see opposition to Delhi takht of AAP.
Discord in the AAP in Punjab gained traction after the party declared two lists of candidates. And it came to a boil after Sucha Singh Chhotepur was removed as state convener. Here’s a round-up of incidents that stand testimony to that.
NAWANSHAHR: CAPS, KEJRI EFFIGY BURNT
Rebel AAP workers led by former local party leader Ashwani Joshi protested against party convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal by burning his effigy and the party’s caps on Chandigarh Road on Thursday. Joshi, who claims to have been shortlisted for the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha seat in 2014, said Kejriwal is a dictator and has “forgotten promises”. He accused AAP’s Delhi leaders of insulting Punjabis by acting against MPs Dharamvira Gandhi and Harinder Singh Khalsa, and Chhotepur.
PATIALA: STONES THROWN AT PARTY OFFICE
AAP protest against Sanjay Singh and Durgesh Pathak in Patiala on Thursday. (Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
Volunteers protested at the AAP zonal office, demanding that Chhotepur be made Punjab convener again. They also hurled stones at the closed office and alleged the party has sold tickets. They demanded change of candidate at Ghanaur and Nabha. They were led by Amarinder Singh Tur, Gian Singh Mungo and Narinder Singh Kaleke.
PATHANKOT: CLASH BETWEEN AAP FACTIONS
The police in Pathankot booked over a dozen AAP workers owing allegiance to Kejriwal, on Thursday, for a clash with others owing allegiance to Chhotepur. Those booked included a party leader, Amarjit Singh, who arranged a rally on Wednesday in Bhoa constituency, where the group inclined to Chhotepur was allegedly denied entry.
AMRITSAR: VERTICAL SPLIT AFTER THRASHING
The differences within the AAP are out in the open in Amritsar now with allegations and counter-allegations hitting the headlines daily. The rift showed when some volunteers opposing the Delhi team and asking them to go back from Punjab thrashed senior AAP worker Anil Mahajan, who was raising slogans in favour of Kejriwal. This incident on Tuesday vertically divided the party here, with Amritsar zone in-charge Gurinder Singh Bajwa opposing the Delhi team; and national council member Ashok Talwar and other members of the local unit backing Kejriwal.
BATHINDA: RIFT GOES TO THE ROOTS
People burning effigy of AAP MP Bhagwant Mann in Muktsar on Thursday. (HT Photo)
The rift in AAP has reached the lowest level of party workers here. Angered over Chhotepur’s removal, a volunteer here closed the party’s zonal office being run from his building in Bathinda. This man, Surjit Singh, who had contested the 2007 assembly polls as BSP candidate from Talwandi Sabo, had dedicated his building as party office. The rift has emboldened those not happy with the ticket allotment; which was evident from a protest by workers against the women’s wing president Baljinder Kaur who is the candidate from Talwandi Sabo, on Wednesday. There were reports of a party section being unhappy, but nobody had come forward until the Chhotepur sacking emboldened the disgruntled elements. Ironically, the protesting group was considered opposed to Chhotepur as Baljinder was considered close to Chhotepur not very long ago.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/punja...pur-sacking/story-t2s3Z9n6CMU40bASMMlIhI.html
I don't think Punjab has a strong anti Hindu sentiment, if am not wrong regional identity is what drives politics there. Punjab supported AAP because they had strong local Punjabi leaders but ever since they have been sidelined one can see opposition to Delhi takht of AAP.
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The sentiment is not overt, its covert. It is expressed as an desire to be 'different'. It similar to what occurs in Tamil Nadu.
The British inspired compulsive need to be recognised as 'distinct', separate and unique. Even Superior.
A rejection of things that make us similar. They tend to find more 'similarity' in pakistan than in T.N.
That is why BJP will never find itself strong there, it will always be Akalis.
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Nation looters, rapists, prostitutes, murderers, wife harassers together form = AAM AADMI PARTY. 
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lets agree to disagree on this one.
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Which part do you disagree with ?
You mentioned "regional identity". How is this any different from "Dravidian" parties of TN ?
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I meant it's Punjabi Culture and Sikhism that dominates Punjab politics and Punjabi culture is similar across Hindus and Sikhs of Punjab unlike Goa.
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Whatever your point of view buddy, but AAP is not targeting these states just for the reason you are stating.
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I discount 'punjabi culture' since each region in India has its own culture.
Gujarat has its own proud rich culture and so does Maharashtra. BJP makes an easy transition between these cultures.
For e.g. Gujarati cuisine, folk dances, folk songs, religious practice etc is very distinct and is common across Jains and Hindus in Gujarat.
Very similar to Punjab.
The differentiation is 'Sikhism' which is seeks domination over others and claim to be 'superior' and 'different' from hinduism. If you know history you will know that the very root of the sikh problem arose after the Arya samaj claimed that Sikhs were hindus too.
The Akali dals were formed as an opposition to the arya samaj claims.
I am stating the obvious.
If you disagree feel free to explain how.
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Contesting Punjab and Goa are far easier than UP, Delhi has Punjabi connection and Goa is small.
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