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[00:00:10] I am your host Vishnu and these are the major news stories of Monday, April 29th, 2024.
[00:00:21] The Supreme Court asked Delhi Chief Minister Advankaj Rival who has been arrested in a money
[00:00:25] laundering case why has he not filed a bail application before the trial court.
[00:00:31] The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition that sought detections to disqualify Prime
[00:00:35] Minister Narendra Modi from contesting elections for six years for allegedly seeking votes
[00:00:39] in the name of deities.
[00:00:43] The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that around Rs 3400 crore has been released
[00:00:47] to the Karnataka government for drought management in the state.
[00:00:52] The Ahmadini Party claimed the election commission has banned its Lok Sabha campaign song Jail
[00:00:56] ka Javab vort se denge, but officials of the Delhi poll body said the party was asked
[00:01:01] to modify the contents of the song since it violated EC's guidelines in advertising
[00:01:05] codes.
[00:01:08] The India Meteorological Department on Monday sounded an orange alert in Kerala's
[00:01:11] Palakkad district due to the possibility of a heat wave.
[00:01:16] Let's get into the details.
[00:01:18] The Supreme Court on Monday asked Delhi Chief Minister Advankaj Rival who has been arrested
[00:01:22] in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excess policy scam why has he
[00:01:26] not filed a bail application before the trial court.
[00:01:29] A bench of Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Deepankar Dutta was hearing the Ahmadini Party
[00:01:33] leaders plea challenging his arrest by the enforcement directorate.
[00:01:37] The lawyer said there are several reasons including that Kejriwal's arrest was illegal.
[00:01:42] The hearing in the matter is underway.
[00:01:44] The ED arrested Kejriwal on March 21 after the Delhi High Court refused to grant him protection
[00:01:49] from coercive action by the federal anti-money laundering agency.
[00:01:52] The chief minister is currently lodged in the Thihar Jail under judicial custody.
[00:01:57] The High Court had on April 9th upheld Kejriwal's arrest in the money laundering case saying
[00:02:01] there was no illegality about it and that the ED was left with little option after
[00:02:05] he skipped repeated summits and refused to join the investigation.
[00:02:09] The matter pertains to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and
[00:02:12] execution of the Delhi government's now scrapped excess policy for 2021-22.
[00:02:19] The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition that had sought detections to disqualify
[00:02:22] Prime Minister Narendra Modi from contesting elections for six years for allegedly seeking
[00:02:27] votes in the name of deities.
[00:02:29] Justice Sachin Dutta said the plea was devoid of any merits.
[00:02:32] The petitioner had urged the court to take action against Modi for allegedly seeking votes
[00:02:37] in the name of gods and places of worship, saying this amounted to violating the modal
[00:02:41] court of conduct and committing an offence under the Indian Penal Code and Representation
[00:02:45] of the People Act.
[00:02:46] The Lok Sabha polls are currently being held in the country.
[00:02:51] The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that around Rs 3400 crore has been released
[00:02:55] to the Karnataka government for drought management in the state.
[00:02:58] A bench of justices B. R. Gawai and Sandeep Mehta was hearing a plea filed by the Karnataka
[00:03:03] government seeking a deduction to the centre to release financial assistance from the National
[00:03:07] Disaster Response Fund to the state for drought management.
[00:03:11] Senior advocate Kapil Sibil appearing for Karnataka said Rs 3450 crore has been released
[00:03:16] but the state's request was for assistance of Rs 18,000 crore.
[00:03:20] He said an inspection was done by an interim ministerial team which sent a report
[00:03:23] to a subcommittee.
[00:03:25] The petition has sought to declare that the centre's action in not releasing the financial
[00:03:28] assistance for drought management as per the NDRF is ex-phasie violative of the fundamental
[00:03:33] rights of the people of the state guaranteed under Articles 14 and 21 of the constitution.
[00:03:38] It said the state is reeling under severe drought, affecting the lives of its people
[00:03:42] and for the Khair of 2023 season which starts in June and ends in September.
[00:03:46] A total of 223 out of 236 thaloogs are declared as drought affected.
[00:03:51] The police said 196 thaloogs are categorised as severely affected and the remaining 27
[00:03:56] as moderately affected.
[00:03:57] It said the assistance sought from the centre under the NDRF is Rs 18,171.44 crore.
[00:04:06] The Ahmadini Party claimed the election commission has banned its looks about campaign songs
[00:04:09] Lail Ka Jawa both said denge but officials of the Delhi poll body said the party was
[00:04:14] asked to modify the contents of the song since it violated EC's guidelines in advertising
[00:04:18] codes.
[00:04:19] The over-2 minute campaign song penned and sung by Ahmadini Party MLA Dilip Pandey was released
[00:04:25] as the party had caught us on Thursday.
[00:04:27] In a statement, the Delhi Chief Electoral Office said during a review and scrutiny of
[00:04:30] the advertisements submitted by the Ahmadini Party, the media pre-certification committee
[00:04:34] headed by Delhi's Joint Chief Electoral Officer made certain observations with
[00:04:38] reference to various provisions and guidelines stipulated by the election commission.
[00:04:42] Earlier, the Delhi poll panel said certain images and phrases are slanderous remarks
[00:04:46] and criticism of the ruling party on the basis of unverified facts and also cast aspersions
[00:04:51] on the judiciary and police.
[00:04:53] Addressing a press conference, Ahmadini Party senior leader Aathishi accused the election
[00:04:56] commission of becoming a political weapon of the BJP and turning a blind eye to its
[00:05:01] violations.
[00:05:02] She also asserted that the campaign song does not mention the BJP and does not violate
[00:05:06] the modal code of conduct.
[00:05:09] The Indian Meteorological Department on Monday sounded an odd in Jalot in Kerala's
[00:05:13] Palakkar district due to the possibility of a heat wave, where the agency also
[00:05:17] issued a yellow alert in some areas of Kullam and Trishu districts in the wake of scorching
[00:05:21] heat and due to the possible threat of a heat wave, the Kerala State Disaster Management
[00:05:25] Authority said.
[00:05:26] The IMD predicted that the temperature in Palakkar and Kullam and Trishu districts
[00:05:30] was likely to soar up to 41 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees Celsius respectively from April
[00:05:35] 29th through May 3rd.
[00:05:36] The temperature in Kodikot district is likely to soar up to 39 degrees Celsius,
[00:05:40] the state disaster management authority said in a statement.
[00:05:45] That brings us to the end of this episode.
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