I/II. [From: <https://www.facebook.com/praveen.stoneage?hc_ref=NEWSFEED>.] Praveen Srp 21 hrs · The Goebbelsian lie about deaths of MPs and budget postponement ***************** Yesterday, the Modi Government in an act which went against the democratic spirit of the nation, went ahead with the presentation of the Union Budget, despite requests from the opposition parties and some allies to postpone it, following the passing away of long-time member of the house E.Ahmed. The Government, in its defense, claimed that the budget was not postponed in two previous cases where sitting members passed away. The PTI put out a story, which was carried prominently by all media houses including The Hindu , The Times of India, India Today, ABP News and all regional dailies, including in Malayalam. *********** Quoting the relevant paragraphs - "Sources said the government cited death of minister M B Rana on the Budget day on August 31, 1974. The then Speaker G S Dhillon decided to go ahead with the Budget presentation. Indira Gandhi was the prime minister then. Also, on April 19, 1954, sitting member Jujhar Pal Sorein passed away on the day of presentation of the Railway Budget, but the House proceedings were held as scheduled. Sources said that on both occasions, the Lok Sabha met in the morning and was adjourned for a few hours as mark of respect to the departed and the Budget was unveiled in the evening, in line with the schedule." ********* Now, there's something really wrong here, as you can see from the first glance. How would the budget be presented in April and August? Now, even if you missed that basic fact, you would just out of curiosity, google the dates of the Union budgets for these years. So, I did the same...and, this is what I saw. The budget speeches from these years turned up as the FIRST search result, with the dates clearly marked on it. The Railway budget of 1954 was presented on February 19, 1954. The Union budget of 1974 was presented on February 28, 1974. I couldn't find out the dates of the passing of the MPs mentioned there, on whether atleast their death dates are not a lie.
The BJP knew that no one would care to check the dates and their lie would travel around the world, thus neutralising any criticism against the shameful conduct following E.Ahmed's death. The RSS had started spreading this propaganda yesterday, right from the morning and some of them commented on my posts too, with these two dates. Wish the news agencies and newspapers were a little more vigilant, atleast in cases where you can fact check at the click of a button. It's important when the followers of Goebbels are ruling India. Wish all editors took note of this glaring error, printed prominently in their dailies. Here are the links to the budget speeches, in case you want to make sure - http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/…/Previous%20B…/1954-55.pdf http://indiabudget.nic.in/bspeech/bs197475.pdf [Facsimile of the relevant portion of the PTI report.] END The subject PTI report: http://www.ptinews.com/news/8354367_Jaitley-scotches-doubts--to-present-Budget-at-11-am-today-.html Jaitley scotches doubts, to present Budget at 11 am today 10:42 HRS IST New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Brushing aside doubts in the wake of death of a sitting member, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced that he will present the Union Budget for 2017-18 as scheduled at 11 am. "Watch me live presenting the Union Budget 2017 at 11 am, February 1, 2017," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tweeted. The tweet came as doubts were being cast over presentation of the Budget in the wake the death of former Union minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader E Ahamed early this morning. Some quarters even demanded putting off the Budget presentation till tomorrow following the tradition of Lok Sabha adjourning for the day as a mark of respect whenever a sitting MP passes away. The government, however, felt that performing a constitutional duty did not mean any disrespect to the departed soul and there were two precedents where death of a sitting MP and minister did not prevent the then government from presenting the Budget on the scheduled day. ***Sources said the government cited death of minister M B Rana on the Budget day on August 31, 1974. The then Speaker G S Dhillon decided to go ahead with the Budget presentation. Indira Gandhi was the prime minister then. Also, on April 19, 1954, sitting member Jujhar Pal Sorein passed away on the day of presentation of the Railway Budget, but the House proceedings were held as scheduled. Sources said that on both occasions, the Lok Sabha met in the morning and was adjourned for a few hours as mark of respect to the departed and the Budget was unveiled in the evening, in line with the schedule.*** In those days, the Budget was presented in evening, usually at 5 pm. The Budget presentation, the sources said, is likely after an obituary reference. Also, all Budget papers are printed with today's date, postponement will cause many hassles, the government argued. Sources said Jaitley met President Pranab Mukherjee in the morning to fulfil the constitutional obligation of getting a go-ahead from the head of state for the Budget presentation. [The portion quoted by Praveen Srp is marked with *** (at the start and the end).] The report was quoted by various other newspapers, e.g.: <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/two-precendents-when-budget-was-presented-despite-death-of-a-sitting-mp/articleshow/56906583.cms>, <http://indianexpress.com/article/business/budget/union-budget-2017-arun-jaitley-scotches-doubt-to-present-budget-at-11-am-today-4501888/>, <http://www.deccanherald.com/content/594226/jaitley-scotches-doubt-present-budget.html>, <http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/budget/budget-2017-live-demonetisation-impact-will-not-spill-over-to-next-year/article9513228.ece>. II. [By the evening word that the government was trying to ensure that the senior MP’s death was not declared so that the budget scheduled for the next morning was not postponed, started making the rounds. Agitated MPs and party leaders argued with the staff, but could not get the attention of the top doctors. By this time suddenly “40 bouncers arrived” as Khorram put it saying, “I did not know where I was, it certainly did not seem like a hospital.” The small group of supporters was now under surveillance by the “watchful bouncers” with the threat of eviction hanging in the air.] http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/NewsDetail/index/1/9832/When-the-Government-Stopped-the-Death-of-an-MP-From-Being-Declared When the Government "Stopped" the Death of an MP From Being Declared... THE CITIZEN BUREAU Wednesday, February 01,2017 NEW DELHI: After listening to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s budget speech it is difficult to understand why the government was so determined to deviate from earlier dates and announce the budget on February 1 before the crucial elections in Uttar Pradesh and other states. And more so why it was so desperate that the family and relatives of Muslim League MP E.Ahamed after he suffered a cardiac attack in Parliament were subjected to a “harrowing” experience. E. Ahamed was rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital from Parliament House around 1130 to 12 noon. Doctors went to work on him and the national secretary of the Muslim League Omer Khorram told The Citizen that he was inside at the time, and it was becoming increasingly clear that the MP was no more as there was no response to all the medical maneuveres. Around this time two ministers in government Mahesh Sharma and MJ Akbar arrived, expressing concern. On their heels came a senior officer from the Prime Ministers Office. Mr Khorram said almost immediately after the PMO official arrived, the waiting MPs and colleagues from the Muslim League and Congress were asked to go out of the waiting area. This was in the afternoon. They were then informed that Ahamed would be shifted to another ICU, a distance away in the hospital’s trauma centre. As Khorram said, while the reasons for this were not clear, no one objected and moved to wait outside the new ICU. No one from the family had reached by then, as the MPs two sons and a daughter were abroad and arrived late evening. The MPs and party colleagues kept vigil and by the evening realised something was seriously amiss, when the doctors refused to meet them, and there was no communication from the inside. Except for a ‘he is on the ventilator’ there were no details with phone calls to the Medical Superintendent and others going unanswered. Khorram and a couple of other colleagues sought to impress on the staff on duty at the ICU that they should allow Ahamed’s daughter and her husband, both senior doctors, to go in and see him when they arrived. ***By the evening word that the government was trying to ensure that the senior MP’s death was not declared so that the budget scheduled for the next morning was not postponed, started making the rounds. Agitated MPs and party leaders argued with the staff, but could not get the attention of the top doctors. By this time suddenly “40 bouncers arrived” as Khorram put it saying, “I did not know where I was, it certainly did not seem like a hospital.” The small group of supporters was now under surveillance by the “watchful bouncers” with the threat of eviction hanging in the air.*** [Emphasis added.] When the daughter, her husband and the sons arrived they were not allowed to go in to even look in on their father. At around this time a few of the leaders present, Khorram included, went to meet with Minister Ananth Kumar. He was not present, and they were told he was in the PMO in a meeting. He arrived a while later and the group assured him that they were not interested in holding up the budget, they just wanted the doctors to let them know whether Mr Ahamed was alive or dead, and allow the family to meet him and claim the body if that was the issue. The Minister remained non-committal. The delegation returned without any assurance and the people waiting for now over 12 hours, along with the MPs grieving family members present, were agitated but without recourse. At around 1130 Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi arrived at the hospital. As Khorram said “they too were extremely upset” and they intervened with the doctors. Finally after midnight the family was allowed inside the ICU and their father then declared dead. The budget was presented as scheduled at 11a.m. on February 1. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
