Day: June 29, 2018

Cancel Licences of Drivers Using Cell Phones; Helmets With ISI Mark Compulsory: Uttarakhand HC

It must be stated at the outset that it is most concerning to see that it is India which records maximum deaths due to road accidents. The deaths due to road accidents is more than the death caused by terrorists or by any other known cause! What is even more shocking to see is that still we see the rampant use by drivers of cell phones and not wearing helmets at all or wearing not proper helmets which can protect their head if met with an accident!  
                                         As it turned out, in a slew of directions issued to ensure road safety, the Uttarakhand High Court in the landmark case of Avidit Noliyal v State of Uttarakhand and others in Writ Petition No. 148 of 2014 (PIL) on June 18, 2018 in a slew of directions issued to ensure road safety directed the State to issue directions authorizing cancellation of licences of drivers found using cell phones while driving. This landmark ruling was the crying need of the hour also! Now people will be compelled to follow what the Uttarakhand High Court has directed so explicitly to ensure road rules are followed  which in turn will ensure maximum safety of all those who either drive or walk on roads!
                                          While craving for the exclusive indulgence of my esteemed readers, let me inform them that the Bench of Uttarakhand High Court comprising of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lok Pal Singh which was hearing a petition filed by one Avidit Noliyal seeking directions to the State authorities to strictly implement Sections 128 (safety measures for drivers and pillion riders) and 129 (wearing of protective headgear) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Rules framed thereunder. Responding to the petition, the State had submitted details of the challans issued under Section 129. But this alone is just not enough! This was noted even by the Bench of the Uttarakhand High Court which while appreciating the steps taken by the State made it a point to take notice of the discernible fact that 50 percen5t of people driving two-wheelers were still not using protective gears and thus exposing themselves to all sorts of injuries and risks!
                                        For my esteemed readers exclusive indulgence, it must also be informed here that para 2 of this landmark judgment points out very clearly and categorically that, “The State has filed the counter affidavit. The State Government has given the details of the Challans issued under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act. The Court appreciates the steps taken by the Government agencies for the enforcement of Section 129 of the Act. However, the Court can still take judicial notice of the fact that 50 percent of the Scooterists/Motorcyclists are not using protective headgear as ordained under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (herein after referred to as the Act), seriously entailing injuries to themselves. This kind of law is known as paternalism. Though, it is the responsibility of the person to protect his/her life and property, but still in the larger public interest, this enactment has been made by the Central Government. The scope of this writ petition has been enlarged. The Court has taken judicial notice of the iron angles, iron rods (sariyas), logs, girdles including iron sheets and fiber sheets protrude outside the transport vehicles. These are very fatal. The transport vehicles cannot be permitted to ferry iron rods (sariyas), logs, girdles including iron sheets and fiber sheets protruding/projecting outside the length of the vehicle. Many valuable lives are lost due to the reckless act of the owners of the transport vehicles. The highest number of accidents of this type are reported in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The tractor-trollies, trucks, jeeps, bullock carts are the main carriers of these items. We have also noticed the drivers using cell phone while driving the vehicles endangering their lives as well as the lives of other persons. These illegal acts are required to be curbed with heavy hand. Even if the headgears are used by the motor cyclists/scooterists, it is not I.S.I mark. It is more ceremonial than effective.” Very rightly said! There can be no denying or disputing it! This alone explains why so many people lose their precious lives every year in our country due to road accidents which is the highest in the world!
                                         Having said this, it must be now brought out here that the Bench of the Uttarakhand High Court comprising of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lok Pal Singh then disposed of the petition by issuing a slew of landmark directions in the larger public interest. Those slew of landmark directions are as follows: –
(i)                         The State Government is directed to enforce strictly the provisions of Section 129 of the Act.     
Helmet with ISI mark compulsory
(ii)                      No motor motorcyclists/Scooterists shall be permitted to ply the motorcycle/scooter without wearing helmet of I.S.I mark. The Senior Superintendent of Police, C.O.’s and Kotwals shall be personally responsible to implement this order.
(iii)                   It shall be open to all the citizens throughout the State Government to point out the non-compliance of this Court’s orders through the Registrar General of this Court.
Ban on carrying iron sheets, pipes and rods
(iv)                   The State Government is directed to make Rules prohibiting the carrying of the iron sheets, iron rods, girdles, steel pipes and plastic pipes beyond the structural length/body of the vehicles. Till the Rules are made there shall be the ban of carrying iron sheets, iron rods, girdles, steel pipes and plastic pipes beyond the structural length/body of the transport vehicles throughout the State of Uttarakhand.
(v)                      These directions shall apply from the source to all the transporters. It shall be the responsibility of the factory owners and shopkeepers to ensure the due compliance of this order forthwith.
Cancellation of licence of those using cell phone while driving
(vi)                   The State Government is directed to issue necessary instructions to cancel the licenses of those persons, who are found using cell phones while driving. Till the State Government comes out with the necessary amendment/notification, fine of Rs. 5000/- shall be charged from every violator using the cell phone while driving.
No driving licence for minors
(vii)                The State Government is also directed to ensure that no minors are issued any driving licenses and they are not permitted to drive the vehicles. The Principals/head of the Institution of all the Educational Institutions shall make the students aware of these directions issued hereinabove and cooperate for due implementation of these directions in larger public interest.
                                 No doubt, it is a landmark ruling which must be fully and firmly implemented. It is the bounden duty of the State Government and the concerned authorities to ensure that what all directions this Bench of Uttarakhand High Court comprising of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Lok Pal Singh have given in this landmark case is given effect to effectively and taken to its logical conclusion! It brooks no delay. People too must cooperate to ensure that this landmark judgment is fully complied with because it is for their safety and for their benefit that this landmark judgment has been delivered!
Sanjeev Sirohi, Advocate,
s/o Col BPS Sirohi,
A 82, Defence Enclave,
Sardhana Road, Kankerkhera,
Meerut – 250001, Uttar Pradesh.

Uttarakhand HC Issues Directions To Curb Drug Peddling

Coming straight to the nub of the matter, it has to be said at the very outset with a lot of appreciation that in the landmark case of Manoj Singh Pawar v State of Uttarakhand & others Writ Petition (PIL) No. 156 of 2016 which was delivered on June 18, 2018, the Uttarakhand High Court issued a slew of landmark directions to check drug peddling and abuse in the state. We all know that drug peddling and abuse has become a very common phenomenon. It has to be checked from spreading further so that the damage can be contained from further spreading!
                                       As it turned out, the Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lok Pal Singh specifically took note of drug abuse in educational institutions, prevailing so rampantly. It directed the State to ensure that a policeman in plain clothes is stationed around each educational institute from 8 am to 6 pm. It further directed all educational institutes in the State to ensure appointment of the senior-most teacher as the nodal officer to counsel students every Friday on the ill effects off drugs.    
                                    Simply put, the present petition has been filed by the petitioner, Mr Manoj Singh Pawar highlighting the opening of liquor vend right in the heart of Almora town in the close proximity of District Hospital, opposite the Government Museum and Govt. Girls Inter College and bus stand. Mr Manoj had drawn the Court’s attention to the fact that the establishment of liquor vends is regulated and controlled under the Uttar Pradesh Number and Location of Excise Shops Rules, 1968 which bars opening of such vends in close proximity of places of public worship, schools, hospitals or residential colonies. Similar instructions had been issued by the State as well.
                                      Briefly stated, the essence of Sub-rule 4 of Rule 5 is as follows: “4(a) No shop or sub-shop shall be licensed within a distance of 50 (fifty) meters in case of Municipal Corporations; within a distance of 75 (seventy-five) meters in case of Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayat; and within a distance of 100 (one hundred0 meters in other areas from any place of public worship or schools or hospitals or residential colony:
Provided that if any place of public worship, school, hospital, residential colony comes into existence subsequent to the establishment of shop or sub-shop, the provisions of this rule shall not apply:
Provided further that the distance restriction shall not apply in areas designated as “commercial” or “industrial” by the development authority/industrial development authority or other competent authority.  
(b) The distance referred in clause (a) shall be measured from the mid point of the entrance of the shop or sub-shop along the nearest path by which pedestrian ordinarily reaches to the mid-point of the nearest gate of the place of public worship or a school or a hospital or a residential colony, if there is a compound wall and if there is no compound wall to the mid-point of the nearest entrance of the place of public worship or a school or a hospital or a residential colony.”
For the sake of brevity, the mention of explanation after Sub-rule 4 (a) has been omitted.
                                                 It would be pertinent to mention here that in view of the petitioner’s submissions, the Bench observed that, “This should not have been permitted to be done by the State government. The availability of narcotics including liquor, wine should not be readily available. These liquor vends should be far away from the educational institutions, busy hubs, commercial centers, hospitals, factories, temples etc.” Very rightly said! There can be no denying it!
                                        Truth be told, the Bench then enlarged the scope of the petition in larger public interest to ensure that no liquor vend is issued licence, opened, and operated in contravention of these rules. During the course of the hearing, it also interacted with the police authorities in the State, and expressed its concerns with regard to the availability of charas, heroin and artificial drugs to the students community in the State. It lamented the fact that “drug abuse has broken the social fabric and has destroyed number of families”, and directed the officers to sensitize the entire police force to ensure that drugs are not available to the students.
                                          Going forward, the Bench was further informed that a Special Operational Group (SOG) has been constituted in each district under his jurisdiction. It however noted several deficiencies in the machinery put together by the State, observing, “There are no special check posts to check the smuggling of drugs/narcotics substances from across the border as well as in the bordering districts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana. A startling revelation has been made by the Deputy Inspector General that there is only one Drug Inspector available in the entire Kumaon Range. There are no rehabilitation centers in the entire Kumaon Region for rehabilitation of the youth addicted to drugs. There are no sufficient number of psychiatrists for counseling in the hospitals. There is no separate ward earmarked for rehabilitation of drug addicts.”
                                      Needless to say, the Court then opined that kingpins of the trade should be booked under the provisions of Money Laundering Act, 2002. It in fact went on to direct the Principal Secretary (Home) to the Government of Uttarakhand to issue directions to all investigating officers in the State to take recourse to Section 27A (punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 for charging those accused of such activities in order to curb the menace of drug abuse.
                               Having said this, it is now time to dwell upon the mandatory directions which were issued by the Bench of Uttarakhand High Court before disposing of the  petition. Those directions are as follows: –
   Constitution Of Special Protection Groups
A.  The Special Operational Groups shall be headed by an Officer not below the rank of Inspector along with at least 10 police personnel out of which 5 should be women. The S.S.P./S.P. of each district shall be personally responsible to monitor the operations carried out by the Special Operational Group. The Circle Officer of the concerned Circle shall be the Supervising Officer.
  Appointment Of Drug Inspectors Within 3 Months
B.  The State Government is directed to appoint more Drugs Inspectors in each district in cluster of two districts in hill areas and two Drugs Inspectors in each plain district i.e. Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and plain areas of Champawat and Nainital within three months from today.
Special Check Post On Indo-Nepal Border
C.   The Director General of Police, State of Uttarakhand is directed to set up special check posts on Indo-Nepal Border to check the free flow of narcotics substances into the State of India from Nepal. The Special Check Post shall be headed by a person not below the rank of Sub Inspector. Needless to add that the check post shall be equipped with the latest state of art equipment i.e. Scanners. The check posts shall be set up within three months from today and the necessary equipments shall be supplied within this period only.  
Special Task Force At Check Posts Adjoining Neighbouring States
D. The State Government is directed to have Special Task Force (STF) at all the check posts adjoining the State of Uttarakhand i.e. Himachal Pradesh, U.P., Haryana etc. to check the transportation of narcotics and more particularly artificial drugs in the State. The units and check posts shall keep a close vigil on the buses, trains and other conveyances in the State of Uttarakhand.
      Uprooting Of Cannabis From The Wild
E.  The State Government is directed to undertake special drives to uproot the cannabis found even in the wild. All the revenue officers, forest officers and elected representatives of Panchayat Raj Bodies are directed to inform the police about the illegal cultivation of cannabis, opium and poppy in their respective areas.
                 Awareness Drives
F.    The State Government is also directed to launch awareness drives to make the people aware of the ill effects of drugs on the society. The District Magistrate of the district shall be the Nodal Officer to make the citizens aware of the ill-effects of the drugs and controlling the same. The State Government shall make sufficient provisions for awareness drives through electronic media, print media, internet, radio television etc.
    Latest Kits To Investigating Officers
G. The State Government is directed to provide latest kits to the Investigating Officers to investigate the matters under the Opium Act, NDPS Act and other allied Acts.
Registration Of Cases Under Money Laundering Act
H. The State Government through the Director General of Police is directed to register cases against the kingpins under the Money Laundering Act, 2002 at the time of lodging the FIR under the NDPS Act and Opium Act and also, if necessary, by attaching their properties provisionally relating to supply of poppy straw, coca plant and coca leaves, prepared opium, opium poppy and opium, opium by cultivator, cannabis plant and cannabis, manufactured drugs and preparation and psychotropic substances including artificial drugs etc.
Rehabilitation Centres In Each District Within Six Month
I.     Since the drugs menace has attained alarming preparation, the State Government is directed to establish Rehabilitation Centers in each district of the State within a period of six months from today. The rehabilitation centers shall provide all the basic necessities to the inmates including boarding, lodging, counseling etc.
Appointing One Psychiatrist For Counseling
J.    The State Government is directed to appoint one Psychiatrist for counseling in each Rehabilitation Center. The Counselor appointed in rehabilitation center shall also visit all the schools falling in his jurisdiction advising the students about the ill effect of drugs.
Counseling Of Students In All Schools
K.   All the educational institutions i.e. government run, government aided, private schools, minority institutions, are directed to appoint the senior-most teacher as the Nodal Officer to counsel the students on every Friday of the month about the ill-effects of drugs. In case, he finds any drugs abuse or symptoms, he shall be at liberty to summon the parents of students. The parents will be sensitized against the drugs abuse in parent-teacher meetings.
One Policeman Around All Educational Institutions
L.   The State Government is directed to ensure one plain clothed policeman from 8AM to 6 PM around all the educational institutions to nab the drugs peddlers and kingpins. The local intelligence units are directed to keep a close watch on the shops including Dhabas, tuck shops, Khokas, tea stalls to ensure that the owners thereof are not permitted to indulge in the sale of drugs etc.
Raiding Of Factories, Industries And Medical Shops
M.         The Drugs Inspector while raiding the factories, industries, medical shops shall be accompanied by a person not below the rank of Circle Officer including the Gazetted Officer from the Food and Supplies Department.
SSP/SP To Personally Monitor All Cases
N. The SSP/SP of the concerned district shall personally monitor all the cases registered under the Opium Act and the NDPS Act, 1985 to plug the loopholes during the course of enquiry and investigation to increase the conviction rate.
Updating Executive Magistrates And Gazetted Officers
O.            The Executive Magistrates and the Gazetted officers throughout the State shall be informed about their duties to be discharged under the NDPS Act more particularly, Section 50 and the latest law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and by this Court from time to time.
Cancellation Of License If Liquor Is Supplied to Minors
P.   The Police Officers shall ensure that no minor is served any drugs, alcoholic beverages in any medical shops, bars restaurants and through vend. No vend shall supply/sell the liquor to any minor. In the eventuality of liquor being supplied/sold to a minor, the license issued for bar/vend shall be cancelled after putting them to notice. This direction shall be complied with by the police force as well as by the Excise Department. The concerned Circle Officer shall visit every medical shop at least within 24 hours to check the supply of drugs to any minor.
Examination Of Respondent Liquor Vend
Q.            The SDM, Almora is directed to measure the distance as per the Rules and the norms prescribed by the State Government within 72 hours. In case, the distance is found less than 100 meters, the State Government shall shift the liquor vend within 7 days from today at an appropriate place and if, it is more than 100 meters, it shall be permitted to operate
Ensuring That All Liquor Vends Comply With The Law
R.  The Secretary, Excise to the State of Uttarakhand is directed to ensure that no liquor vend is situated in violation of the Uttar Pradesh Number and Location of Excise Shop Rules, 1968 as well as the instructions issued by the State Government on 16.06.2008. The necessary exercise shall be undertaken within one week from today.
                              All said and done, it is a landmark judgment with far reaching consequences. It has issued most landmark directives which must be implemented in letter and spirit. To check the young age group from getting immersed in drug abuse, it is imperative that these landmark directives are implemented in its entirety!
Sanjeev Sirohi, Advocate,
s/o Col BPS Sirohi,
A 82, Defence Enclave,
Sardhana Road, Kankerkhera,
Meerut – 250001, Uttar Pradesh.

Ceasefire Sham Stands Completely Exposed In J&K

To begin with, I am not at all surprised by the withdrawal of support by BJP to PDP which was till a few hours ago its alliance partner in Jammu and Kashmir! This was long long overdue! The brewing resentment among party workers compelled the top leadership to immediately call for withdrawal of support to PDP in J&K soon after ceasefire was ended!
                                              BJP has most certainly now taken the right decision even though it has been too late! The minute PDP decided to withdraw cases against stone pelters or traitors or Pakistan supported foot soldiers BJP should have acted! It was the biggest national disgrace to see time and again in different news channels our soldiers being beaten, their helmet being thrown away from their head and yet soldiers were ordered to exercise complete restraint! This is not restraint but surrender in front of soldiers of Pakistan! 
                                 As if this was not enough, the same old mistakes which former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee did of declaring Ramzan ceasefire was repeated which resulted again in killing of our soldiers, increased shelling from across the border which compelled lakhs of people to leave their homes and many died! Why the hell did Centre declare unilateral ceasefire? Why our soldiers like brave Aurangzeb Khan and others were allowed to be killed by Pakistan and terrorists in the most dastardly manner and similarly even senior journalists like Shujaat Bukhari were allowed to be massacred by terrorists during Ramzan? Is Ramzan month a time to be given unfettered licence to Pakistan and terrorists to kill our brave soldiers, journalists and people?
                                        Why BJP kept on taking everything just lying down and kept on extending the long rope to Mehbooba and her party PDP? Why Mehbooba was allowed to have the last laugh in all crucial matters? Why national interest was allowed to be roughshod over petty vested interests of PDP?
                                            How long will politicians plead ceasefire for terrorists, traitors and Pakistan? How long will politicians plead “talks and dialogues” with these rogues? How long will politicians refuse to learn anything from past experiences like the brutal murder of Lieutenant Umar Fayyaz and continue appeasing terrorists and Pakistan? How long will Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status for Pakistan continue since 1996 unilaterally like unilateral ceasefire till now? How long will Pakistan enjoy benefit of Indus Water Treaty will killing our citizens mercilessly?
                                                    Mohammad Haneef Khan who is Aurangzeb’s father who is himself an ex-serviceman stands perfectly justified when he says that, “I want to ask PM Modi if he’s listening to me, why are you appeasing stone-pelters and separatists? Punish the terrorists who killed my son. Why was Ramzan ceasefire announced? Terrorists have no religion, then why operations were stopped against them during Ramzan? Why Pakistani flags are allowed to be waved openly in India?” What Mohammad Haneef has said is perfectly right and no sane person will ever question this!
                                         How can cases be withdrawn suddenly against more than 10,000 stone-pelters by J&K State Government? How can a crime be encouraged openly by a duly elected State Government? How can Centre too endorse it by doing nothing to stop this? Does Centre favour stone pelting on our soldiers! Never saw stone pelting on such a large scale as we are now seeing in PM Narendra Damodardas Modi’s Raj!
                                          Why this blind appeasement of Pakistan since 1947 which never deserved independence as an independent nation? Why whole of J&K not annexed? Why people of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir keep agitating against Pakistan and why India allowed Pakistan to get away with it? 
                                         Why even now India is not ensuring the full and final merger of J&K with India? Former CJI JS Khehar while in office as CJI had rightly said that, “How can one country have two flags, two Constitutions, two laws and two citizenship?” Why can’t Centre abrogate Article 370 and Article 35A which are most discriminatory and forbids Indians from outside the state to settle there or even appear in any exam there? What have we gained by it? Flags of Pakistan and ISIS! For how long this disgraceful appeasement will continue? No law, no Constitution, no Judge, no court not even Supreme Court nor can any Government whether in Centre or State can be above the unity and integrity of India which has to be ensured under all circumstances! Why Centre is allowing more than Rs 560 crore of taxpayers money to be spent on Hurriyat leaders security etc when they openly rant against India? Why no leadership is shown to end this?
                                            This “ceasefire sham” which earlier even BJP leaders were applauding had to explode finally and now the reality is before us to see for ourselves! When there is no ceasefire on Diwali or Holi or any other festival then why Ramzan only? Do terrorists and Pakistan really respect Ramzan? Do they even understand the meaning for Ramzan? For them Ramzan is the best opportunity to kill Indians as these “foolish Indians” resort to “Ramzan ka ceasefire” time and again refusing to learn nothing even from their own past follies! If they had really respected Ramzan then they would never have killed children, women, girls, soldiers in most cowardly manner after kidnapping them at gun point and then first torturing them and then finally killing them!
                                      “Ramzan ka ceasefire” was nothing but the “biggest betrayal” by BJP and PDP of our brave soldiers like Aurangzeb Khan by exposing them to being killed most ruthlessly by terrorists and Pakistani soldiers for whom Ramzan is the best time to kill Indians as the most “stupid Indian leaders” “most foolishly” trust Pakistan time and again refusing to learn anything from past betrayals! Just withdrawing support to PDP won’t wash off the stained hands of BJP which gave a free license to Pakistan and terrorists to kill our soldiers in the name of “Ramzan” knowing fully well that just like a dog can never give up barking similarly Pakistan and terrorists trained by Pakistan would never give up attacking Indian soldiers and people and killing them most mercilessly after brutally torturing them!
                                          But still I welcome it hoping that from now onwards they will never again resort to this “shameless ceasefire sham” and give unfettered license to Pakistan and terrorists trained and armed by Pakistan to kill our soldiers and citizens most mercilessly without being hounded by our soldiers as their hands are tied by BJP in power in Centre in name of “Ramzan ka ceasefire”! Which Indian felt happy to watch how in Modi’s term as PM, our soldiers were attacked by crowd incited by traitors, terrorists and Pakistan and still they had to tolerate everything quietly as Centre didn’t give them orders to fire on stonepelters? Stone pelting became legalised in Kashmir!
                                         If BJP will speak lies hundred times that will never become a truth and we have seen time and again how this third rated “Ramzan ka ceasefire sham” stood exposed in Vajpayee’s term as PM and now again in Modi’s term as PM! Will they next year again resort to “Ramzan ka ceasefire”? I can’t say as I am neither a spokesperson of BJP nor do I hold any brief for BJP nor am I linked to BJP even remotely in any manner!
                                 But it is high time and now they should also stop fooling the people by first watching the killing of our soldiers and armless children and people living close to border areas for one month in the “killing month” of Ramzan which leaders like insane person ore deliberately like cheaters  call it a “sacred month” in which Pakistan and terrorists must be given a chance to reform in the name of “Give peace one more chance”! BJP’s image will not stand enhanced by just withdrawing support! It will have to ensure that it never again compromise the life and safety of our soldiers and citizens in the name of “Ramzan ceasefire sham”!
                                     Which country allows stone pelters to attack soldiers fearlessly? India! Which country ensures that cases against more  than 10,000 stone pelters are withdrawn so that they again resort to stone pelting? India! Which country ensures that soldiers of Jammu and Kashmir who go on leave are not given any security and allowed to be killed by terrorists and Pakistani soldiers and instead ensures spending of more than Rs 560 crore on separatists Hurriyat leaders? India!
                                            Which country ensures that flags of Pakistan are waved openly in Kashmir and yet no action is taken against them? India! Which country ensures that people of Kashmir attack soldiers while they are fighting terrorists and yet they are not killed? India! Which country ensures that FIR are lodged against soldiers because of which their parents have to go to Supreme Court and fight long grueling legal battle insteadof lodging FIR against those who attack soldiers without any provocation? India!
                                      BJP cannot just wash its hands off by saying that Mehbooba was the CM who was controlling everything and taking all the decisions unilaterally! Mehbooba could have done nothing without BJP’s tacit support which people are not fool that they can’t see through! No state government can take any decision concerning the safety of citizens and national security without any permission from the Centre!
                                  BJP has clearly faltered on it since last three years ever since it signed up to “power sharing agreement” in J&K! Now taking into account the irrefutable fact that the ceasefire sham stands completely exposed in J&K, one hopes that at least now BJP will wake up from its “intentional deepest slumber” and start taking all decisions from now keeping our supreme national interests always in mind and never allowing any compromise of any kind on it under any circumstances! Am I asking too much?
Sanjeev Sirohi, Advocate,
s/o Col BPS Sirohi,
A 82, Defence Enclave,
Sardhana Road, Kankerkhera,

Meerut – 250001, Uttar Pradesh