I/II. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/if-you-elect-imran-you-wont-be-able-to-enter-sardhana-bjps-sangeet-som-to-voters/articleshow/56673409.cms
If you elect Imran, you won't be able to enter Sardhana: BJP's Sangeet Som to voters By Aman Sharma, ET Bureau | Updated: Jan 19, 2017, 11.18 PM IST LUCKNOW: 'If you elect a person like Imran Qureshi, the day a person like Imran wins, you will not be able to enter Sardhana'. The BJP MLA from candidate from West UP's Sardhana, Sangeet Som said so about the BSP candidate at a public meeting in his constituency. A 21-minute video of the same was uploaded by Som on his official Facebook page before it was deleted on Thursday. Speaking to ET, Som admitted the video was of his speech but said it was no attempt to polarise. "The essence of my speech is defeat Imran and make me win. What else should I say in an election campaign? Should I not take his name? I have not said defeat a Muslim and make me win," Som said. The video seen by ET has Som speaking in Jitkari village on the 2013 Muzzafarnagar riots. "Azam Khan got the Muzzafarngar riot accused released from police station whose clothes were stained in blood. Zahir baat hai, public mein rosh hona hi tha (It is obvious people would have got angry)," Som t .. told the crowd. He goes on to accuse Akhilesh Yadav of "doing politics of one community" and points out that 887 youth jailed for the Muzzafarnagar riots belong to the Pal, Saini, Kashyap, Harijan and Thakur communities. He further accuses the CM of putting a line in his schemes like Rs 30000 aid to girls passing Class 10 and 12 that "it will only be given to girls of one community". A senior UP government official vehemently denied this to ET. "Akhilesh wants to make boundary wall for graveyards. Why not so for funeral grounds and Ramlila Maidans too? 1000s of crores have been spent on building Haj House, which is of no use, in Ghaziabad to make one community happy. But why not make Kavad Houses for world's biggest pedestrian yatra for Shiv Bhakts?" Som asks. He further says people like Imran have come to "spoil the atmosphere" of Sardhana and reminds the crowd how he defeated Imran's father Haji Yakoob Qureshi in the last election. "I might be 1000 times bad, but I'm still better than Yakoob. I am one of your own. You can kick the gate and come meet me in Sardhana. But how will you go meet someone like Imran if he wins? Such people have lanes which are so narrow that two people cannot pass side-by-side," Som said. II. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/news/bjp-mla-shows-13-riots-clippings-booked/articleshow/56651778.cms? BJP MLA Sangeet Som booked for showing 'riot' documentary ahead of UP polls Ishita Bhatia | TNN | Updated: Jan 19, 2017, 04.29 AM IST HIGHLIGHTS Sangeet Som has been booked for allegedly screening a documentary which had clippings from Muzaffarnagar riots. The 21-minute documentary has been found objectionable and communal in nature. MEERUT: Sangeet Som, the controversial BJP MLA from Sardhana in UP , has been booked for allegedly screening footage from the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots as part of a documentary . The riots left 63 people dead and over 50,000 homeless. "A case has been filed against Sangeet Som under Section 125 (promoting enmity between classes in connection with election) in the Representation of the People Act, 1951," Sardhana circle officer Chandra Pal Singh said. On Tuesday , police had seized a CD allegedly containing footage of the riots from Som's campaign vehicle at Fareedpur village in Meerut's Sardhana constituency. A case was also filed against the driver of the vehicle and another person for violating Section 144 of CrPc. Police sources said the CD contained footage of the clashes that took place in Muzaffarnagar's Kawal vil lage in 2013. Meerut district magistrate B Chandrakala had said on Tuesday , "The 21-minute documentary has been found objectionable and communal in nature by the media certification and monitoring committee (MCMC). A report is being compiled and sent to the Election Commission." According to sources in the MCMC, the documentary included interviews of Som on different TV channels during the riots, and projected him as a hero. When TOI contacted Som, he said, "The CD did not contain any clips on Muzaffarnagar riots." Som, an accused in the communal flare-up, was among three BJP legislators booked on Wednesday for violating the model code of conduct. The two others are Muzaffarnagar MLA Kapil Dev Agarwal and Shamli representative Suresh Rana, also an accused in the 2013 riots. While Agarwal has been booked for a campaign march from his office to a temple, Rana sat on a dharna held by traders and made an address. Both have been booked under IPC Section 188, i.e. disobedience of an order issued by a public servant. VHP issues Ram temple ultimatum VHP has postponed its Ram temple campaign till the UP assembly elections conclude, but said on Wednesday that the BJP-led Centre had three months after that to build the temple, failing which it would march to Parliament with its "80 lakh members". VHP international general secretary Champat Rai, who presided over the chintan shivir at the annual Magh Mela in Allahabad, said, "We have suspended the agitation... as BJP is engaged in polls. The campaign will intensify after the polls." "He said the government's "dilly-dallying" over the issue had given rise to resentment among seers. "I urge VHP officebearers and seers to prepare themselves for an agitation if the government fails to fulfil our demand," he added. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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