कांग्रेस नेता दिग्विजय सिंह बाटला हाउस मुद्दा सोनिया गांधी के समक्ष रखेंगे।

वरिष्ठ कांग्रेस नेता दिग्विजय सिंह ने जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया यूनिवर्सिटी के छात्रों और शिक्षकों से कहा कि बाटला हाउस मुठभेड़ जांच का मुद्दा वह पार्टी अध्यक्ष सोनिया गांधी के समक्ष उठाएंगे।

मुठभेड़ के दो साल पूरे होने के अवसर पर सिंह को हालांकि छात्रों के एक तबके की ओर से विरोध का सामना भी करना पड़ा। विरोध करने वाले छात्रों का आरोप था कि जब दिग्विजय आजमगढ़ गए तो उन्होंने कुछ और कहा तथा दिल्ली में कुछ और।

ज्ञात हो कि दिल्ली के जामिया में मंगलवार को जर्नलिस्ट यूनियन फॉर सिविल सोसाइटी ने जामिया विश्वविद्यालय में आतंकवाद विषय पर हो रहे सम्मेलन में दिग्विजय सिंह को काले झंडे दिखाए।

जेयूसीएस के पचासों नेताओं और दर्जनों कार्यकर्ताओं ने साजिद-आतिफ के हत्यारे दिग्विजय वापस जाओ, आजमगढ़ को आतंक की नर्सरी के नाम से तब्दील करने वाले कांग्रेसी दिग्विजय वापस जाओ, साजिद और आतिफ की हत्या पर विजय मनाने वाले काग्रेंसी दलाल वापस जाओ, बाटला हाउस आंदोलन को तोड़ने वाले दिग्विजय वापस जाओ, हमारा मानवाधिकार आंदोलन जिंदाबाद, इंकलाब जिंदाबाद के नारे लगाते हुए दिग्विजय वापस जाओ के पर्चे फेके।

कार्यक्रम में मौजूद लोगों ने भी समर्थन में नारे लगाए।दिग्विजय सिंहं के आने का जमकर विरोध किया गया। सम्मेलन में शिरकत कर रहे कार्यकर्ता इस बात से बेहद नाराज थे कि बटला हाउस एनकाउंटर के मसले पर दिग्विजय सिंह और उनकी पार्टी के विचार अलग-अलग है।

'समय लाइव डॉट काम' के संपादक पाणिनी आनंद ने बातचीत में कहा कि कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा दिग्विजय सिंह के प्रति ऐसे विरोध के संकेत पहले से मिल रहे थे। उन्होंने कहा कि इस मसले पर उनका विरोध होना लाजिमी था।

उन्होंने कहा कि जिस वक्त ये घटना हुई थी तब राज्य में और केंद्र में कांग्रेस की सरकारें थी उसके बावजूद इस मामले को गंभीरता से नहीं लिया गया और ना ही इसकी कोई गंभीर जांच हुई।

जेयूसीएस के संयोजक शाह आलम और विजय प्रताप ने कहा कि आजमगढ़ आज पूरे देश में आतंकवाद के नाम पर बेकसूरों के उत्पीड़न के आंदोलन का केंद्र है। बटला हाउस के बाद बने जामिया टीचर्स सालीडैरिटी एसोशिएसन फोरम पर हम आरोप लगाते हैं कि वह इस आंदोलन को दिग्विजय सिंह जैसे कांग्रेसी दलालों को बुलाकर कमजोर कर रही है।

जेयूसीएस ने कहा कि दिग्विजय को काला झंडा दिखाकर हमने आजमगढं के आदोलन की परंपरा को बरकरार किया। जिसने इसी तरह फरवरी में आजमगढ़ जाने पर दिग्विजय को काले झंडे दिखाए थे।

इस यात्रा का विरोध जामिया टीचर्स सालीडैरिटी एसोशिएसन फोरम ने भी किया था वो बताए कि क्या दिग्विजय ने बाटला हाउस फर्जी मुठभेड़ की न्यायिक जांच करवा दी है जो उसे इस तरह मंचों से वो नवाज रही है।

इस मसले पर कांग्रेस नेता दिग्विजय सिंह ने कहा कि मुझे पता था कि मैं वहां जाउंगा तो लोगों की नाराजगी झेलनी पड़ी। उन्होंने कहा कि मैं काले झंडे दिखाने से नहीं डरता। विरोध के दौरान दिग्विजय सिंह चुपचाप बैठे रहे या मुस्कुराते रहे।

उन्होंने कहा कि हमारी भी सीमाएं है और हम लोगों को सोनिया जी और प्रधामंत्री से मिलवा सकते है लेकिन बाटला हाउस एक इमोशनल मुद्दा है जो एनएचआरसी का भी मुद्दा है लेकिन हम पार्टी में इसकी चर्चा फिर से करेंगे।

Digvijay shown black flags over his flip-flop on Batla encounter.

New Delhi: It was a reception no politician would like to have. But senior Congress leader and AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh couldn’t have avoided this. Black flags and slogans welcomed him, the moment he entered Center for Information Technology conference hall to address a gathering on the issue of “The Politics of Terrorism and Suspicion: Two Years since the Batla House ‘Encounter” organized by Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association on Tuesday at Jamia Millia Islamia.
Before Mr. Singh’s arrival could have been announced by the organizers, protests and slogans received him. The protesters were taking slogans like “Digvijay hi, hi”, “Digvijay Murdabad” and “Vapas jao, vapas jao, Digvijay vapas jao”.

They were showing their anger, first of all, at the alleged flip-flop by Mr. Singh over Batla House ‘encounter’ which happened on September 19, 2008. Reportedly he had doubted the genuineness of the ‘encounter’ when he had visited Sanjarpur in Azamgarh in February this year, the place Atif and Sajid belonged to (the duo was killed in that ‘encounter’).

He had also dropped the hint that the ‘encounter’ might be fake. Many media reports had quoted him saying "there were five bullets on top of his head. How can you get bullets on top of the head in an encounter?”
His visit was in the context of branding of Azamgarh as factory of terrorists. His visit to Azamgarh and subsequent defense for its contribution in the Indian freedom struggle and in the larger secular ethos of India, had created a hope among a section of Muslims. Many considered it as ‘healing touch’ of the Congress party towards the Muslims of Azamgarh. But it was youth essentially- a class which gets targeted by the investigative agencies on the name of terrorism- which had got hopes that something will be done about the ‘encounter’ at least in terms of a judicial enquiry.
But what disappointed Muslims and social activists, was his subsequent denial of his statements about the ‘encounter.’



The protests was also an expression of the frustration felt by the Muslim youth at the fact that apparently they cannot do anything about the injustice being done to them. What is most depressing for them is that even the political class which pretends to stand for their causes ends up being completely ineffective.
Mr. Singh later pointed out that he was expecting this kind of ‘welcome’ but he preferred this to staying away from the community. In his defense he invoked his ‘limitations’ and ‘compulsions’ in the political establishment of which he is directly or indirectly a part.



Mr. Singh rejected the idea that the Congress is using him as a tool to placate Muslims’ anger before elections.
Source:TwoCircle.net)

दिग्विजय को दिखाए गए काले झंडे.

बटला हाउस एनकाउंटर के मुद्दे पर दिग्विजय सिंह को काले झंडे दिखाए गए।
दिल्ली के जामिया में मंगलवार को जर्नलिस्ट यूनियन फॉर सिविल सोसाइटी ने जामिया विश्वविद्यालय में आतंकवाद विषय पर हो रहे सम्मेलन में दिग्विजय सिंह को काले झंडे दिखाए।
जेयूसीएस के पचासों नेताओं और दर्जनों कार्यकर्ताओं ने साजिद-आतिफ के हत्यारे दिग्विजय वापस जाओ, आजमगढ़ को आतंक की नर्सरी के नाम से तब्दील करने वाले कांग्रेसी दिग्विजय वापस जाओ, साजिद और आतिफ की हत्या पर विजय मनाने वाले काग्रेंसी दलाल वापस जाओ, बाटला हाउस आंदोलन को तोड़ने वाले दिग्विजय वापस जाओ, हमारा मानवाधिकार आंदोलन जिंदाबाद, इंकलाब जिंदाबाद के नारे लगाते हुए दिग्विजय वापस जाओ के पर्चे फेके।
कार्यक्रम में मौजूद लोगों ने भी समर्थन में नारे लगाए।दिग्विजय सिंहं के आने का जमकर विरोध किया गया। सम्मेलन में शिरकत कर रहे कार्यकर्ता इस बात से बेहद नाराज थे कि बटला हाउस एनकाउंटर के मसले पर दिग्विजय सिंह और उनकी पार्टी के विचार अलग-अलग है।
'समय लाइव डॉट काम' के संपादक पाणिनी आनंद ने बातचीत में कहा कि कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा दिग्विजय सिंह के प्रति ऐसे विरोध के संकेत पहले से मिल रहे थे। उन्होंने कहा कि इस मसले पर उनका विरोध होना लाजिमी था।
उन्होंने कहा कि जिस वक्त ये घटना हुई थी तब राज्य में और केंद्र में कांग्रेस की सरकारें थी उसके बावजूद इस मामले को गंभीरता से नहीं लिया गया और ना ही इसकी कोई गंभीर जांच हुई।

जेयूसीएस के संयोजक शाह आलम और विजय प्रताप ने कहा कि आजमगढ़ आज पूरे देश में आतंकवाद के नाम पर बेकसूरों के उत्पीड़न के आंदोलन का केंद्र है। बटला हाउस के बाद बने जामिया टीचर्स सालीडैरिटी एसोशिएसन फोरम पर हम आरोप लगाते हैं कि वह इस आंदोलन को दिग्विजय सिंह जैसे कांग्रेसी दलालों को बुलाकर कमजोर कर रही है।
जेयूसीएस ने कहा कि दिग्विजय को काला झंडा दिखाकर हमने आजमगढं के आदोलन की परंपरा को बरकरार किया। जिसने इसी तरह फरवरी में आजमगढ़ जाने पर दिग्विजय को काले झंडे दिखाए थे।
इस यात्रा का विरोध जामिया टीचर्स सालीडैरिटी एसोशिएसन फोरम ने भी किया था वो बताए कि क्या दिग्विजय ने बाटला हाउस फर्जी मुठभेड़ की न्यायिक जांच करवा दी है जो उसे इस तरह मंचों से वो नवाज रही है।
इस मसले पर कांग्रेस नेता दिग्विजय सिंह ने कहा कि मुझे पता था कि मैं वहां जाउंगा तो लोगों की नाराजगी झेलनी पड़ी। उन्होंने कहा कि मैं काले झंडे दिखाने से नहीं डरता। विरोध के दौरान दिग्विजय सिंह चुपचाप बैठे रहे या मुस्कुराते रहे।
उन्होंने कहा कि हमारी भी सीमाएं है और हम लोगों को सोनिया जी और प्रधामंत्री से मिलवा सकते है लेकिन बाटला हाउस एक इमोशनल मुद्दा है जो एनएचआरसी का भी मुद्दा है लेकिन हम पार्टी में इसकी चर्चा फिर से करेंगे।
19 सितंबर को बटला हाउस एनकाउंटर के दो साल पूरे हो गए।

Digvijay shown black flags on Batla issue

Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Tuesday was shown black flags by section of students and activists in Jamia Milia Islamia University in the national capital. They accused him of double speak on the Batla House encounter case.
Singh was in Jamia University to participate as one of the speakers in the seminar on 'The Politics of Terrorism and Suspicion', held in the university on Tuesday.

The group of students and activists, wearing black arm bands showed him black flags. They even raised slogans like “Digvijay go back”.

Our channel Samay’s special correspondent Panini Anand spoke to some of the students and social rights activists, who participated in the seminar. They pointed out several big loopholes in the police version of the events in Batla House encounter case.

They further reiterated that the youths of the community won’t take the oppression by the state any longer and they will continue to protest at the top of their voice, until they get justice.

Meanwhile, Singh assured students and teachers of Jamia Milia Islamia of taking forward their concerns over the Batla House encounter probe. to party president Sonia Gandhi.

"It is true that when I was in Azamgarh I said that I will not like to speak about the case but I said that I will raise the issue of clubbing of cases at the highest level when I get back to New Delhi," Singh said.

He pointed out he and his party had sought for a judicial probe into the encounter and even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was approached concerning this.

"I can assure you that if a delegation of yours is keen, I can arrange for a meeting with the Congress president so that you may raise all your issues before her," Singh said.
He told the students that he faces opposition from his own party men on the issue.

"Whether you believe it or not, I face opposition from within my own party over this issue but still, I am ready to stand by your side and come where ever you want to raise your concerns," the Congress leader said.
Singh denied any claims from the section of agitated students that Congress was using the Batla House issue for its political gains and reminded that it was the only party that "stood by the community".

Meanwhile, a huge torchlight procession was held in Jamia Nagar on Saturday under the banner of All India Student’s Association (AISA).

Students and faculty of Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi University and JNU participated in the procession, demanding the judicial probe in the Batla House shootout.

On September 19, 2008, two suspected terrorists allegedly involved in Delhi serial blasts, Atif Ameen and Mohammad Sajed were killed in an alleged encounter in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi. Both of them were students of the University as well.

A Delhi police officer Mohan Chand Sharma was also killed in the shootout.(source:Sahara Samay)

Delhi CM Dikshit visits Jama Masjid shootout injured in LNJP Hospital .

New Delhi, Sept.20: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit paid a visit to the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash (LNJP) Hospital on Monday morning to inquire about the health and welfare of two Taiwanese tourists who had been shot at and injured near Gate No.3 of the Jama Masjid in the Walled City on Sunday.

The hospital’s medical superintendent and other senior doctors reportedly briefed Dikshit about the victims’ injuries and their present medical status. She urged medical staff to provide the victims’ with the best of care and to ensure their early recovery.

The injured Taiwanese — Zewei (40) and Chiang (38) are said to be out of danger.

On Sunday, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram visited the hospital to see two injured Taiwanese nationals.

A red alert has been sounded in Delhi and Mumbai following the shootout as the attack comes barely two weeks ahead of the Commonwealth Games to be held here between October 3 and 14. Security has been tightened around at least 400 ‘sensitive’ sites in the wake of the incident. Orders have issued not to allow cars or other vehicles to be parked within 100 meters of these sites.

Taking serious note of the Jama Masjid shooting incident the Home Ministry has reportedly sought a detailed report from the Delhi Police about it.

Two persons riding a motorbike shot at the two Taiwanese who were traveling in a tourist bus. Police and witnesses said eight to ten rounds of fire were directed at the bus before the attackers escaped.

One of victims was injured in his skull and the other in his abdomen.

Delhi Police said that it is still questioning the eyewitnesses in relation to the incident.

Chief Minister Dikshit has urged the people not to panic as proper security arrangements were being taken in the wake of the incident.

It couldn’t be assumed at present that the attack was “a terrorist activity”, she added.

Delhi Commonwealth Games village seriously compromised, says Fennell .

New Delhi, Sep 21: Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell has expressed grave concern about the athletes’ village in New Delhi, saying that the facility is “seriously compromised”.

Fennell said that the state of the village has “shocked” many team officials ahead of the October 3-14 Games.

“Many issues remain unresolved,” The Age quoted Fennell, as saying in a statement.

“Many nations that have already sent their advanced parties to set up within the village have made it abundantly clear that ... the Commonwealth Games village is seriously compromised.”

“The condition of the residential zone has shocked the majority ... significant operational matters remained unaddressed,” he added.

Fennell has also written to the Indian government, and has called for immediate deployment of resources to fix problems.

According to reports, there is still a large amount of post-construction clean-up to be completed, along with issues surrounding cleanliness, plumbing, wiring, internet and mobile phones.

It is also believed that six nations- New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Wales and Canada – are assessing preparations for the Games.

80% probability of terror attack on Delhi CWG, finds new security assessment report.

Sydney, Sept 19: A new security risk assessment report has indicated that there is an eighty per cent chance that the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), beginning on October 3, will come under some form of terror attack, putting athletes and officials in the firing line.

The report, prepared by private counter-terrorism and security consultants Homeland Security Asia-Pacific, identified improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and terror strikes on the CWG Games'' convoys as the biggest threats, reports News.com.au.

"After preliminary examination of the layout of Delhi Games venues and facilities, it would still be easier and more likely for an attack to be staged in an area close to, but not in, the actual Games precinct… Such a bombing, using an IED or VIED, would generate the same massive propaganda results worldwide as bombing a venue, or the Games Family Hotel," the report said.

One of the report authors, counter-terrorism expert and security consultant- Roger Henning- said the biggest threat to athletes would be while travelling by road "from the airport to the village and from the village to the venues".

"This is when they will be at their most vulnerable outside the security nets that have been set up," he said.

Pointing out that in a densely populated city like Delhi the opportunity for a terrorist strike in the city''s choking traffic and among homogenous crowds is obvious, he said, "Facial recognition and biometric systems typically fail in mass humanity situations."

"A huge amount of human resources have been thrown at security for the Games and the American, British and Australian intelligence have been helping the Indians,” he noted, adding that Australians - with Britons and Canadians - could be specifically targeted by Islamic terrorists because of their nations'' support in the Afghanistan war.

Henning also accused the Australian government and sports officials of not taking security threats during the Delhi Games seriously enough.

However, Australian Commonwealth Games Association CEO- Perry Crosswhite-claimed the risks in Delhi had been over-emphasised by the media.

"The Indian authorities have done an immense amount of work on security at the Games and I have a lot of confidence in the steps they have taken," he said.

"We are confident the Indian Government is putting in every effort into ensuring a safe Games," said Australia’s Sports Minister Mark Arbib.

While up to 550 Australian athletes and officials prepare to leave for the Games this week, Indian security officials have said they cannot guarantee the safety of tourists and have flagged the use of armoured vehicles and unmanned aircraft as security measures.