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INDIATALKS

arUNaCHaL PraDesH

Nitish downplays six JD-u

mLas joining BJP

ihar Chief Minister Nitish Asked about his reaction, Ku-
Kumar on Friday sought mar, who is also JD-U chief, said
Bto downplay six of seven the legislators have gone away.
JD-U MLAs joining the ruling “This is not an issue. We have a
BJP in Arunachal Pradesh and meeting on this. They have gone
said “it was not an issue” and they away,” he said.
have a meeting on the matter. He was talking to media here
The JD-U now has just one after inspecting the construction
MLA in 60-member Arunachal work of ‘Lohia Path Chakra’.
A man dresses as santa claus performs Ganga aarti assembly. BJP and JD-U are Meanwhile, Rashtriya Jana-

on the occasion of christmas on the riverbank of Ganga, allies in the coalition govern- ta Dal (RJD) took a dig on the
in Prayagraj on Friday. (ANI) ment in Bihar. The JDU MLAs ruling alliance in Bihar, saying it
who joined the BJP are Hayeng was a gift by BJP to Kumar on
Mangfi, Jikke Tako, Dongru Christmas.

CHrIstmas & CovID Siongju, Talem Taboh, Kanggong “Six JD-U MLAs have been
Taku and Dorjee Wangdi Khar- included in BJP. BJP’s Christmas
Churches across India ma, according to a bulletin issued gift to Nitish Kumar,” RJD said
by the state legislative Assembly. in a tweet.
witness low attendance sNeHa LatHa mUrDer

n the wake of the ongoing the COVID guidelines as the Chandrababu Naidu
coronavirus pandemic, the church authorities allowed few
Iprayer ceremony on Christ- people at a time. demands CBI probe into
mas was a low-key affair across A similar scene was observed
churches in India allowing entry in the churches of Bhubaneswar DP National president and Jagan responded and taken stern
to a limited number of devo- where visitors were allowed to former Chief Minister N action against the culprits in the

tees. Speaking to ANI, the Sec- enter only after hand saniti-TChandrababu Naidu called first two or three incidents, the law-
retary of Ranchi’s GEL Church, zation. The authorities kept a the alleged murder of Sneha and-order situation would not have
Pradip Kujur said, “We are cel- close watch on social distancing. Latha in Anantapur district as slipped into this sorry state now.
ebrating Christmas in relatively Meanwhile, Delhi’s Sacred a ghastly incident that was more Very strangely, Jagan Reddy was
low key this year. We are follow- Heart Cathedral remained horrific than even the Nirbhaya not opening his mouth on atroci-
ing the government’s COVID closed for visitors on Christmas and Disha cases in the country. ties being committed on women.
guidelines and will allow a max- in view of the COVID-19 pan- Blaming the YSRCP Govern- Chandrababu Naidu said that

imum of 200 people inside the demic. The midnight mass was ment’s negligence for incidence of cases should be booked against
church.” Annie Bara, a devotee also not organized here on De- such atrocities, Naidu demanded the police who did not take imme-
attending the prayers ceremony cember 24 as a precautionary an inquiry by the Central Bureau diate action when Sneha Latha’s
at the Ranchi church said, “The measure. of Investigation (CBI) to bring out parents complained about the ha-
get together we used to have Prime Minister Narendra the facts and to nab the culprits rassment. It was so pathetic that
earlier will not happen this year. Modi also extended his greet- responsible for the girl’s murder. the culprits had even beaten the
Maybe this is something God ings and best wishes to the peo- Over 400 horrific attacks were girl in the college once. She was
wishes. Thankfully, the church ple of the country on the occa- committed on women, girls and brave and a national level volley-
is open and we could come to sion of Christmas. even minor girls in the State and ball player but she had fallen vic-
pray. The church also arranged “The life and principles of the CBI should conduct a compre- tim to the miscreants because of
webcasting of the prayer meet.” Lord Christ give strength to mil- hensive probe into all these inci- the indifference of the police and
Devotees gathered for lions across the world. May his dents, Naidu said. the Government. Even now, the
Christmas prayers in the morn- path keep showing the way in The TDP chief asked why CM Chief Minister was not taking ac-

ing at Thiruvananthapuram’s building a just and inclusive so- Jagan did not go to Anantapur to tion to warn the perpetrators. The
St. Joseph’s Metropolitan Ca- ciety. May everybody be happy initiate immediate action and to CM remained silent on many such
thedral were seen following and healthy” he tweeted. console the victim’s family. Had atrocities in the past .

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