Atrocities on workers

SP threatems to Gherao PMO, Advani Lucknow, oct 6(uni) Samajwadi Party President and Former Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today threatened to " Gherao" the office of the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister if the "atrocities" and "false cases" against the party is workers and leaders were not withdrawn within ten days.

Addressing a press conference here, Yadav alleged that the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh was implicating the SP workers in false cases to divert the attention of the people from their misrule.

"Our MPs and workers would lay seige of the office of the PM and Home Minister in New Delhi after ten days if the cases are not withdrawn by then," the former State Chief Minister said.

He claimed that the State Government had jailed hundreds of SP workers in Faizabad, including a senior leader Mitra Sen Yadav, who representated the State Assembly five times and Lok Sabha twice.

"Can anyone believe that the police had lodged Yadav in a general cell in the jail in connection with a dacoity case," he exclaimed.

Yadav said similar was the case in Lucknow, where the partys senior leaders, including SP State Secretary General Shiv Pal Singh Yadav, Ravidas Mehlotra and Arun Shanker Shukla alias Anna have been implicated for the disturbances at the old city area after ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) on September 27.

Four people were killed in the police firing during the clashes between the simi supporters and police on that day.

Yadav said that a meeting of the senior party leaders would be held here on October 11 to prepare the strategy for the agitation to be launched against the government in protest against the "atrocities" on the party workers.

Calling upon the party workers to be prepared for the agitation against the government, Yadav alleged that the state BJP government had evolved a "conspiracy" to implicate the SP workers to safeguard its political future.

Commenting on the ban on SIMI, the SP president said " I had already demanded that the decision on the ban should be taken only after through an all party meeting chaired by Prime Minister".

"If the government provides full evidence against the SIMI for its anti-national role, then we would certainly support the ban," he asserted.

Talking about the Congress Party, he said the economic condition of the country had deteriorated due to the wrong policies introduced by the Congress government in the early nineties.

Reacting over the change of Chief Ministership in Gujarat by the BJP, Yadav said the BJP had adopted the Congress culture.

Military equipments US should reconsider decision to resume sale to Pak: Gujral KAPURTHALA, Oct 6 (UNI) Former Prime Minister IK Gujral today said that America should reconsider its decision of resuming military sales to Pakistan.

Talking to mediapersons here today, Gujral said US should give a second thought regarding military sales to Pakistan because there were more credible evidence against Pakistan for abetting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

When asked whether he was in favour of a dialogue between India and Pakistan in the present circumstances, he said it was too early to say anything.

However he added that India wanted good friendly relations with all neighbouring countries.

He described the grouping of world against terrorism as a was against barbarism as Talibans wanted to push the world five hundred years back.

He hailed the decision of world leaders for fighting against terrorism by opening new morcha to save civilisation from the cluthes of terrorists.

Earlier Gujral visited the site of the science city and held detailed discussions with Punjab Principal Secretary science and Technology Rajan Kashyap over the progress of the project.

Kashyap told Gujral that the first phase of the Science City would be completed by March 2002.

Kashyap further disclosed that 75 villages within a radius of ten kilometers of the science city would be taken up for integrated development.

When asked to comment on the unceremonous removal of Science City Director General PK Bhowumik from the project, Gujral expressed his ignorance but Principal Secretary Rajan Kashyap who is also associated with the Science City project said the tenure of deputation of Bhowumik was over.

Later speaking at a function organised by Kapurthala Heritage Society, Gujral said it was our duty to preserve rich heritage for future generations.

He lauded the role of Heritage Society for up keeping the old monuments of the city.

Digvijay to be very happy to have Jyotiraditya in Cong BHOPAL, Oct6 (UNI) : Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh today said he would be "very happy to have Jyotiraditya, son of late Madhavrao Scindia, in the Congress.

Talking to UNI here, he said he would go out of his way to help and support Jyotiraditya.

Asked about reported efforts by some Bharatiya Janata Party leaders to include Jyotiraditya in their party-fold, he said it was his (Jyotiradityas) choice.

However, he said "we would like him to be in the Congress.

Mr Singh admitted that Congress party had received a great setback in the sudden demise of Madhavrao Scindia, whose absence would always be felt in the state politics, particularly in the Madhya Bharat area.

"The country has lost an outstanding leader.

We stand to lose in a big way.

It would be difficult to fill the vacuum created by Mr Scindias death, Mr Singh said adding "we are still in a state of shock and it will take some time to recover.

Jyotiraditya is expected to decide about his political career in consultation with his mother Madhvi Raje and wife Priyadarshini after his traditional coronation at the end of the 13-day mourning.

Late Madhavrao Scindia was keen to see his son enter into public life and had even organised a function for Jyotiraditya to make a public debut at his hometown Gwalior today.

The function was for launching of programmes on environment and anti-terrorism.

According to reports from Gwalior, behind-the-scene efforts are being made to persuade Jyotiraditya to make up his mind to contest the by-election from Guna parliamentary constituency, which his father represented in the Lok Sabha.

While his mother late Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia, his sisters union minister Vasundhara Raje and Yashodhara Raje, MLA are in the BJP, Madhavrao Scindia entered into political arena under the then Jan Sangh banner before shifting to the Congress in 1979.

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