Gali Petitions For Special Status in Jail

Mining baron and former minister of Karnataka, Gali Janardhan Reddy is currently lodged in Hyderabad Chanchalguda jail along with his brother-in-law B V Srinivasa Reddy. Both Janardhan Reddy and Srinivasa Reddy have been charged by the CBI for illegal activities through their Obulapuram Mining Company. The duo on Monday filed a petition in the CBI court seeking a special class prisoner status for them in the jail in accordance with Rule 730 of the AP Prisons Rules 1979.

The development comes in the wake of the CBI court on Monday extending the judicial remand of both Janardhana Reddy and Srinivas Reddy till November 14 after hearing them through video conferencing. While moving the petition seeking a special status, Gali referred to his status as a businessman and as an income and wealth tax assesse, legislator and a former Karnataka minister and cited the CBI’s own account of story when it searched his house on September 5 at Bellary and its consequent intimation letter to the chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council on the day of his arrest and the details spread out by CBI in his remand report etc. Quoting prison rules, he urged the special judge of the CBI court to refer the matter to the district collector for the purpose of classifying him as a special class prisoner and accord him the corresponding jail facilities.

According to jail sources, there are separate categories for convicts and undertrial prisoners in the jail. Convicts are classified into A, B and C categories. Undertrial prisoners are broadly classified as ordinary and special class and Gali and Srinivas are currently designated as ordinary prisoners. If and when they are granted special status, their cells will be provided with some furniture, mosquito nets, fans, mattresses etc. They will also become eligible for a special diet as well as non-vegetarian food. Special class prisoners are entitled for newspapers and magazines.
 

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.