By TCN News,

Patna: The final result for free residential medical coaching at Rahmani 30 has been declared. The entrance test was conducted on June 30 and interview was conducted on August 4.

After successfully preparing Muslim students for IIT engineering, law, etc, Maulana Wali Rahmani of the famous Munger based Rahmani Foundation has decided to start coaching to prepare underprivileged Muslim students for medical entrance examination.

In very short period of its inception, Rahmani 30 has earned accolades for preparing students for IIT JEE under the mentorship of Abhyanand, current DGP of Bihar in Patna. Like its IIT JEE residential coaching in Patna, Rahmani 30 will now prepare students for medical entrance as well in similar pattern in free residential coaching in Darbhanga.

Successful candidates have been asked to reach Millat College in Darbhanga on August 17 with required documents.

List of selected candidates

Instructions for selected candidates:

Selected candidates are instructed to arrive at Millat College, Darbhanga-846 004, Bihar on Saturday, 17th.August, 2013 at 1 PM with the following original documents along with two sets of photocopy and other materials for their one year stay at Minorities Hostel, Darbhanga for preparation of Pre Medical Test-2014:

1. Marks-sheets of class 12th.
2. Admit Card of Rahmani-30-Pre Medical Test-2013 and +2 admit card.
3. Matriculation, Residential, income, caste and minority status certificate.
4. Passport size colour photograph with name and date - 4 pc.
5. Other essential items like Steel Trunk, Clothing, Toiletries, Bedding, Note books, etc.

Lead persons: Dr. Asif Shahnawaz, Programme In-Charge, Dr. Mushtaque Ahmad, Principal, Millat College, Darbhanga & Jb.Zubair Alam sb.

For any query call Rahmani-30, Patna at 7488338261 / 9097167979/9709519922

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

Hyderabad: Narendra Modi’s Rs.5 each, BJP Yuva meeting titled “Nava Bharat NirmanYuva Behri” passed off peacefully in Hyderabad, although many BJP state leaders spent half of their granted time in criticizing Nizam as communal king who allegedly oppressed his Hindu subjects by using MIM and invoking role played by Gujaratis to 'liberate' Hyderabad state and its Hindu population from a ‘tyrant’ Nizam.

AP BJP’s grand program in Hyderabad began with expected communal rhetoric, BJP leader K. Laxman in his inaugural address said, "Narendra Modi has arrived in Hyderabad to finish MIM". While another BJP leader and close Modi ally Vidya Sagar Rao praised 1948 military action against Nizam government which left nearly 2 lakh Muslims massacred.

File Photo of Narendra Modi.

In today's program in Hyderabad, MIM and Nizam turned out to be favorite whipping boys for every BJP leader. BJP state president Kishan Reddy alleged that, "MIM has turned Hyderabad into a Rowdy city, with Congress dancing on its tunes."

BJP central leader Venkaiah Naidu stated, "Gujarat and Hyderabad share special relationship, people who finished off Nizam and Razakars were Gujaratis, now the man who is going to finish MIM will also be a Gujarati."
Local Gujaratis and Madwadis had turned out in huge number to support Modi, special Gujarati Bollywood beats and cultural songs were played at the venue for the pleasure of the crowd.

Although Andhra Pradesh BJP claimed that nearly 2 lakh people attended the meeting but factually venue capacity at Fateh Maidan (LB stadium) is just 50,000 if used to its limits. According to local media reports 500 special buses and countless SUV's were arranged to transport crowd from districts to Fateh Maidan stadium, by 4:p.m. venue was packed to its limits. Nearly 5000 police officers were deployed for security.

While other central and local BJP leaders played into communal pomposity keeping Hyderabad past and present in mind, Narendra Modi stuck to the basics to Delhi power door. Kicking off BJP poll campaign, he delivered his initial speech in Telugu with Gujarati accent much to the amusement of the crowd. He tried to connect with the audience claiming that Telugu medium school functions in Gujarat and nearly 4 lakh Telugu people work in Surat region and nearly equal number in Ahmedabad. He also claimed that 17thSeptember Hyderabad liberation is much closer to his heart as the role played by Gujaratis and as the day coincides with his birthday.

Modi also criticized Center over Telengana mess terming that Congress has made Telugu brothers fight with each other. He also claimed that Andhra Pradesh is trailing behind Gujarat and wish to see Andhra gets developed on the par with his native state, however factually Andhra Pradesh is much ahead of Gujarat in many growth indicators.

Narendra Modi also criticized UPA Government on its foreign policy giving examples of recent incidents of Chinese incursion and killing of military Jawans by Pakistani army, “When Pakistan killed our five Indian soilders, our foreign minister (Salman Khursheed) was serving Biryani to Pakistani's at Jaipur. Why should there be a protocol for people who are killing our Jawans.”

Narendra Modi while criticizing Government’s response to Jammu communal clashes also suggested that illegal migration in India is due to vote bank politics. "Vote bank politics of UPA Government has affected internal security of the Nation. Because of Central Govt. orders BSF is unable to control Bangladeshi infiltrators"

He also took a dig at Congress inclusive growth policy and proposed food security bill claiming that need arises of such polices and terms after ten years of UPA Government loot, he also suggested during Vajpayee era every Indian use to get food.

He also indirectly invited TDP back into NDA fold by praising N.T. Rama Rao as man who led the foundation of anti-Congress movement, thus TDP should support Congress Mukt Bharat (Congress free India).

By ending his speech Modi invoked Obama made the crowd cheer ‘Yes we can’ and adding ‘Yes we’ll do’ with Desi touch of ‘Vande Matram’.

After the public meeting Narendra Modi headed to Keshav memorial school managed by RSS where he unveiled Sardar Patel’s statue. In his speech there Modi criticized Jawaharlal Nehru for Kashmir problem and praised Sardar Patel for merging Hyderabad state and part of Kashmir with India.

He also reiterated his plans to build world tallest statue of Sardar Patel Iron man of India by using Iron collected from every part of India, keeping with the moods and expectations of audience Modi mocked, “Every kind of iron metal from across India will be used, but not the metal of Nizam’s cannons, even if it were to be sufficient to build the whole statue.”

That one sentence holds a lot if someone wants to read between the lines.

By Prof. Aloke Kumar,

With Id passing away I missed Idris Ali, my father’s Daftari. For a very selfish reason. He used to bring a ‪‎Biryani‬ of Dumba Sheep on the Id day to celebrate the festival. Dumba sheep is a delicacy. This sheep has an extra fat pack on its tail beginning, adding extra oil and lanolin. Idris’s wife would prepare the Biryani but the preparation for the presentation was an elaborate affair. Idris would come in the morning with his son and prepare a ‘rasoi’ in the corridor, far from the kitchen as my grandmother would not allow entry of food cooked by Muslims to enter home.. Bricks were laid in a triangular formation with gaps and clay applied to seal them together. Then preparation would be made for a wood fire, without lighting it, just to throw in an ember. Then in the afternoon he would arrive in a rickshaw with a huge cauldron of Daccai Biryani with Dumba meat. This itself was a meal. What a feast. There would be enough for the neighbours to join in.

Idris came with his family during the ‎partition‬ from East ‪#‎Bengal‬ to settle in Baithakkhana Road. The home of the traditional book binders. My father discovered him in one of his sojourns in the area in search of a Muslim bookbinder. He had these quaint beliefs. Books and Man should be clothed by ‪#‎Muslim‬ ‘‪#‎Karighar‬’. So all his kurtas and books were taken care by them.

Idris Ali was a Daftari by tradition, a book-binder. He was a slim bodied man with a conic beard under his clean shaved upper lip. I always saw him in Pyjama and Kurta with a round Iraqi cap on his head. He reminded me of Tagore’s Abdul Maji who brought in turtle eggs for his brother Jyotirindranath. He wore a watch inside out presented by my father, not because he had no sense of time but on the contrary that he had a sense and continuously asked people the time in order to be punctual. In spite of his simplicity, his overall appearance reflected dignity and self-respect.

He addressed My father as Chachaa ji . My father liked and loved him. He said he was god gifted and could give life to ‘dead’ books. Whenever he came to my place, my father welcomed him warmly. My father was an antiquarian and a great book- lover. He collected rare books, manuscripts on palm leaf or on hand made paper old paper. He took care of these like his own children. Idris Ali helped him in preserving such books with his expertise in binding.

Idris made use of various methods to secure sheets of paper into a secure binding. As part of the process, a bookbinder will also attach front and back covers to the secured pages. With some methods of binding books, the final product includes the creation of a spine for the book. And this is most crucial as it held the book together,just like a human.

Bookbinder may employ several different approaches to creating a finished product. Sewing is the preferred method with hardcover books. With this approach, the bookbinder will sometimes use a process that is known as over sewing. Small holes are punched into the sheets and are then sewn together to create a secure bind. The cover can then be sewn to the pages. While very secure, over sewing does not make it possible to open the book and leave it laying flat on a desktop. It has to be accurate. Bookbinding is an art.

The art and craft of bookbinding originated in India, where religious sutras were copied on to palm leaves ,cut into two, lengthwise, with a metal stylus. The leaf was then dried and rubbed with ink, which would form a stain in the wound. The finished leaves were given numbers, and two long twines were threaded through each end through wooden boards, making a palm-leaf book. When the book was closed, the excess twine would be wrapped around the boards to protect the manuscript leaves. Buddhist monks took the idea through Persia, Afghanistan, and Iran, to China in the first century BC.

Idris developed a relation with our family. He came and collected the old books and wrapped them up in a shawl to carry it to his humble workshop cum home in Baithukhana. Sometimes my father would collect it from him or he would bring it back. He paid him handsomely and became my bone of contention. Why pay more? My father had this philosophy of philanthropy and always took care of the people who touched his life. He would not give alms of small coins to a beggar but parted with fortunes to take care of the education and marriages of many girls, irrespective of their religion. Idris had three daughters and all were married off by my father.

My grandmother was a orthodox Hindu and even did not allow the entry of chicken in our household as she believed they were reared by Muslims. So when her Ramcharitmanas was in tatters nobody could suggest that it be bound . But all the ‪#‎Ganges‬ water did take its toll and it was falling apart. So one day she relented. My father without much ado and wasting time for my grandmother to change her decision called me to take the manuscript to Idris. I went to his shop. It was morning time and he was reading a ‪#‎Urdu‬ newspaper. He looked at me and asked about the work silently by nodding his face upward. I showed him the book. He immediately asked: ‘Ramayan ji?’ Without caring to see the condition of the book or examining it he told me to bring it next week. I did not like, the way he refused to take up the job. I went back home and told my father that he has refused to take up the job. My father could not believe. He asked me to repeat, what exactly happened and I told him that he has asked me to bring it next week, though he was sitting idle, reading a newspaper. My father’s reaction was: ‘Don’t worry, he will do it,’. I could not appreciate his reaction.

After a week’s time Idris came home and took the Ramcharitmanas. After some days my father sent me to collect back the book. When I reached to his shop, he welcomed me smilingly and asked to wait a while. He went inside the attached room and brought the book wrapped in ‘red salu’ cloth. He gave it to me. I opened it and could not believe that it was the same book. It’s all torn and tattered pages were re adjusted with transparent paper, so accurately that they were looking better than the pages that were intact. The beautiful hard-bound coloured cloth cover was not only aesthetically satisfying, but it had whipped new breath of life into the dying book. It was a job well done.

I still had his last reaction in my mind. It was a proper time to ask him the reason for not accepting it the first time. He felt a little shy and told me that his son-in law had come. Variety of food was being prepared for him along with meat of animal, prohibited by Hindus. He also ate along with his family and his conscience did not allow him to touch my grandmother’s sacred book. After his son-in law left, he stopped eating beef and then one day he specially prepared himself by bathing in the morning and came to our house to collect the book. The book was in very bad condition. Generally, when its pages are corrected, it needs to be tightened for good and durable binding. A wooden piece is placed on the book and pressure is applied on it by foot. But, in this case he had to ask his wife to hold on with her hand while he did the work. It was a difficult job. But a job well done.

This was Idris Ali. In his old age Idris handed over the shop to his son and returned to ‪#‎Bangladesh‬ with his only ‘bibi’. My father had dissuaded him from taking many wives and he was faithful to Fatima . His son’s shifted premise to Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road where they took a dwelling attached to the shop. Ram Ray,the advertising genius, wanted a good binder and I had recommended Idris’s son. But I was told that the standard did not meet his expectation.

As for my own self I have hunted out another binder. But to be honest I do my own repairing of books which I learnt from my days in scouting from Errol Colaco which did earn me my merit badge in Bookbinding.

(C) Aloke Kumar, Professor of Communication.Faculty Member at University of Calcutta, Faculty Member at IIM Calcutta and Visiting Lecturer at National University of Singapore.

[Courtesy: http://www.jayabhattacharjirose.com/]

By IANS,

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo resigned Monday after coming under attack over the communal violence in Kishtwar that left two people dead.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah accepted the resignation and forwarded it to Governor N.N. Vohra.

Kitchloo, who represents Kishtwar in the state assembly, earlier told the media that he would quit.

Kitchloo has come under serious criticism for the alleged poor handling of the communal trouble that later spread to other areas in the Jammu region.

The home portfolio is held by the chief minister.

Even as he prepared to resign, Kitchloo questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party's right to demand his resignation.

"Did Narendra Modi resign after the Gujarat riots?" he asked.

By IANS,

New Delhi: Three people have died in clashes in the Jammu region, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Monday said adding that the government will not allow any forced migration from the area.

The minister told the Rajya Sabha that the situation in the violence-hit Jammu region has been brought under control, and three lives have been lost.

"So far, two Muslims and one Hindu have died in the clashes. All of us are Indians. Three Indian lives have been lost and that is a matter of great regret," Chidambaram said.

"We will not allow repetition of 1990. We will not allow forced migration, we will not allow forced resettlement, everybody will be protected in the area in which he or she lives," Chidambaram said.

The exodus of Kashmiri pandits from the Valley started in 1990 soon after the outbreak of the insurgency in the state.

Chidambaram's comments came as several members, including Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley of the Bharatiya Janata Party expressed fears that the violence that erupted in Jammu may lead to a similar situation as in the Valley in 1990.

The finance minister was speaking after a discussion on last week's riots in Kishtwar town. He made the statement as Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde was unwell.

By IANS,

Patna: Curfew was imposed in a Bihar town where police resorted to firing Monday following a violent clash between two communities, in which at least half a dozen people were seriously injured, officials said.

Police opened fire when a mob attacked the Bundelkhand police station in Nawada, about 150 km from here.

"Curfew has been imposed in Nawada town, as the situation went out of control after a violent clash between two communities," Nawada Superintendent of Police M.S. Dhillon said.

Dhillon said tension prevailed in Nawada town, and additional security forces had been deployed.

Communal tension erupted Friday when an altercation took place between a group of kanwarias (Hindu pilgrims) and another community at a roadside eatery in Nawada.

District officials said clashes continued after the death of a 20-year-old youth, Kundan Kumar, who was injured along with three others in police firing Saturday.

Kundan Kumar died at the Patna Medical College and Hospital Sunday.

District authorities had imposed curfew in Nawada for a few hours Saturday but later lifted it.

Dhillon said Assistant Sub-Inspector Kamal Narain Singh of Nawada town police station has been suspended on charges of dereliction of duty.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed concern over the situation in Nawada, and directed officials to take stern action against anti-social elements.

Nitish Kumar further appealed to people and all political parties to help the government ensure peace and social harmony in Nawada town.

"I will not allow any one to flare up communal tension in the state," he said.

By TCN News

Ailigarh: The much awaited Detailed Project Report (DPR) for AMU Kishanganj campus has been submitted to the Aligarh Muslim University administration this past week. An authentic source from AMU has confirmed this news to Human Chain, a Delhi based Non Government society. Prof Javaid Akhter, Officer of Special Duty (OSD) for AMU centres in a written communication with Human Chain said that the DPR preparing agency EdCIL had submitted the final report a week ago.

Er. Mohammad Aslam, President Human Chain and an AMU alumni said that the AMU administration will sent the DPR to Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) in next a couple of days.

“On behalf of Human Chain, people of Seemanchal and activists working for AMU Kishanganj cause, I am thanking the AMU VC and his team for pushing ahead the official work related to the proposed centre,” said Aslam. An AMU alumni and Vice President of Human Chain, Mohd Mudassir Alam expressed his happiness over the development. “The file will be in MHRD office in two to three days. We will consult the MHRD officials and ministers (if required) for getting the clearance on DPR and release of fund,” mentioned Mudassir.

Human Chain members were in jubilant mood after receiving the fresh update related to AMU Kishanganj campus. In fact, they considered the DPR preparation as Eid-ul-fitr gift and vowed to continue the struggle till the AMU Kishanganj gets physical existence at Chakla in the outskirts of district headquarters. The society members Mujahid Akhtar Naaz, Tauqueer Alam (MSW), Salam Anwar, Nasim Haider, Asif Rameez Daudi, Shah Firoz, Minnat Rahmani, Tarique Sufyan, Tauquir Alam (JNU), Wasim Akhtar, Mumtaz Naiyer, Jahangir Alam, Ghaznafar Elahi, Sarwar Alam, Gholam Tarique, Mokarram Zia, Dilshad, Shah Azam, Manazir Ahsan along with many others have thanked the AMU administration and wished to see AMU Kishanganj as a reality soon.

It should be noted that Human Chain earlier known as a coordination group is working as a pressure and lobbying group for AMU Kishanganj Centre. The govt of Bihar has already given 224.02 acres land to AMU for establishment of the campus in outskirts of Kishanganj in December 2011. However, the project is delaying due to fulfillment of official formalities and release of fund from the Centre.

By IANS,

New Delhi: Three people have died in communal clashes in the Jammu region, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha Monday and added that the government would not allow a repeat of the 1990 exodus from the state.

His reference to 1990 related to the forced migration of Kashmiri pandits from the Kashmir valley due to insurgency.

Both houses of parliament were disrupted over the riots in Kishtwar town in the Jammu region Friday even as the central government sought a report from the state government amid demands that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah be sacked.

"So far, two Muslims and one Hindu have died in the clashes. All of us are Indians. Three Indian lives have been lost and that is a matter of great regret," Chidambaram said in the upper house of parliament.

"We will not allow repetition of 1990. We will not allow forced migration, we will not allow forced resettlement, everybody will be protected in the area in which he or she lives," Chidambaram said.

Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expressed fears that the violence in Jammu may lead to a situation similar to the one in the Valley in 1990.

As Jaitley questioned his detention at Jammu airport by the Jammu and Kashmir government, Chidambaram defended the move saying the time was not right for the opposition leader's visit.

Omar Abdullah hit out at Jaitley for terming the Kishtwar violence "a threat to India's sovereignty".

He called BJP leaders "hypocrites" and pointed to the party-led Gujarat government's response to the 2002 sectarian riots.

"Would Jaitley be so kind as to inform parliament whether the Gujarat home minister or MOS Home resigned or even offered to in 2002?" Abdullah tweeted.

Omar's father and federal New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah raised the issue of the Gujarat riots in which over 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed.

"When the riots occurred in Gujarat in 2002, the army was not allowed inside. No one from outside was allowed to enter Ahmedabad. Gujarat is not a property of Modi."

Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo resigned after coming under attack over the communal violence in Kishtwar.

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) accused the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) of provoking violence against Muslims in the Jammu region and urged the state to take firm steps against rumour mongers and rioters.

"There are reports that activists of the BJP, RSS (and) VHP are fanning out and inciting people to attack houses and shops owned by the minority community," a CPI-M statement said.

The central government sought a report from the Jammu and Kashmir government over the violence.

"We are in constant touch with the Jammu and Kashmir government and are seeking a report from them," federal Minister of State for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh said.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati demanded president's rule in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the state government had failed to handle the situation in Kishtwar after last Friday's communal violence. The Samajwadi Party said Omar Abdullah should not be sacked.

"Law and order has failed in Jammu and Kashmir and the state government has failed to control the situation. I demand that the state government be dismissed and president's rule be imposed," Mayawati said in the Rajya Sabha.

"The state alone cannot manage the situation. But dismissing the (state) government is not a solution either," Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav told the Rajya Sabha.

The finance minister was responding to a brief discussion in the upper house on last week's riots in Kishtwar town. He made the statement as Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde was unwell.

By TCN News

Prof Mrs Thasreef Jahan addressing the gathering

Abu Dhabi : Quaide Millath Forum ( QMF ) a wing of Indian Union Muslim League Tamil Nadu organised a reception to Tamil Nadu State Women Wing convener Prof Mrs Thasreef Jahan on August 9, 2013 Friday at Abu Dhabi.

QMF Vice President Kalamaruthur Samsudeen Hajiyar presided over the function. Moulavi Abdul Rashid has recited the Quran.

Thittachery Jafer Sadiq Faizee welcomed the gathering. Organizing Secretary Lalpet Abdul Rahman gave the introductory speech about QMF.

Mrs Thasreef Jahan is the former principal of Meenakshi Govt College for Women in Madurai. She is also the vice president of Federation of Muslim Women Aid Societies of Tamil Nadu and secretary of Madurai District Muslim Women Society.

She was honoured with memento. Mrs Thasreef Jahan in her speech thanked the organizers for the wonderful event. She requested the organizers to strengthen the party's women wing in Tamil Nadu and to support the needy.

QMF office bearers participated in the program

By Rana Safvi

It is one of those ghazals which is sung or played at boisterous parties where wine is flowing.
For very long I wasn't even aware that it was by Akbar Allahabadi, an extremely religious and strait laced man.

Very few are aware of the context in which the teetotaler Akbar Allahabadi, a very devout Muslim, wrote it.

Akbar Allahabadi was born in 1846 and lived through turbulent times, witnessing the first war of independence in 1857, World war I and even the initial part of Gandhi's peaceful movement. He died in 1921 in Allahabad.

Akbar Allahabadi was a spectator to the post 1857 ‘divide and rule’ policies of the British. He opposed the British policies and the decadence of the Indian culture through his satirical verses. Most of his topics addressed the moral, social and religious issues in the Indian and particularly Muslim community. He talked of the cynicism of the political leaders of the time and their doubles speak:

qaum ke gham mein dinner khaate hain hukkaam ke saath
ranj leader ko bahut hai magar aaraam ke saath
(They cry over the community’s woes with rulers over fine dinners
The leaders talk of sorrows but in comfort)

There are many of his verses on the issue:

Hindu wo Muslim aik hain donon yani ashiyaae hain
Ham watan ham zuban, wa ham qismat kiyon na kahdoon ki Bhai bhai hain ?

( Hindus and Muslims are one, friends
They belong to same country, speak same language, have common destiny
So why shouldn't I say they are brothers?

Ladein kyon Hinduon se hum , yaheen ke an pe panpen hain/
Hamari bhi dua ya hai ki Gangaji ki barhti ho
(why fight with the Hindus, we have prospered here
I pray that the sacred Ganges should prosper too

Akbar used humour to convey his messages and his verse to be read between the lines and in the social and historical context of the times too.

The fall out of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khilafat_Movement“>Khilafat Movement exacerbated the already growing rift and led to the drifting apart of Hindus and Muslims with many Muslims aligning themselves with Muslim league.

This growing distance between the Hindus and Muslims of India perturbed Akbar Allahabadi and he advocated Hindu – Muslim unity. By then Muslim league was growing in power and was completely at odds with the Congress. His attempts at propagating Hindu- Muslim unity led to allegations that Akbar had been bribed / influenced by the Hindus and perchance seduced by alcohol. Though in Urdu shayri alcohol was taken as a symbol of devotion here Akbar is equating it to love for a community which permits drinking as opposed to Islam which prohibits it.

Akbar often used allegory and symbols in his poetry to convey a much deeper message than the one we read superficially. As Prof S R Farooqui explains in his http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15122001/1512200107.htm“>Firaq memorial lecture, the verse “ uss mai se nahi matlab” is a reference to the intoxication of power , resulting in the hateful divisiveness of those days, and leading ultimately to partition. Thankfully Akbar didn’t live to see that day.

Hungaama hai kyun barpa thodi sii jo pii lii hai
Daaka tau nahin daala, chori tau nahin kii hai

(Why the furore if a wee bit imbibed have I,
Neither have I looted nor robbed anyone have I)
( this 'mai' could be said to be the 'milk of human kindness"

Naa tajurbaa kaari se vaaiz ki yeh baatein hain
Is rang ko kyaa jaane pooch tau kabhi pii hai?

Naa Tajurbaa kaari : inexperience
Vaaiz : preacher

(The inexperience of the preacher reflects in these insinuations
How could he recognise this hue, ask has he ever tasted it?

Uss mai se nahin matlab dil jis se ho begaana
Maqsuud hai uss mai se dil mein jo khinchti hai

Mai : wine
Maqsuud : intended,proposed,intent,design
Begaanaa : a stranger,foreigner,not related

(Useless is the wine which is a stranger to my heart
I seek the wine which springs forth from my own heart)

Vaa’n dil mein ki sadame do yaa’n jii mein ke sab sah lo
Un kaa bhii ajab dil hai meraa bhii ajab jii hai

Ajab : wonder,astonishment,wonderful,amazing

(There the intent to hurt, here to bear it
Her heart is also amazing and mine also astonishes

har zarraa chamaktaa hai anvaar-e-ilaahii se
har saans ye kahtii hai ham hain to Khuda bhii hai

zarra : an atom, a particle
Anvaar e ilaahi : Brilliance of God

(Every speck is illuminated by Divine brilliance
Every breath proclaims, I am here is a testimony to God’s existence )

Suraj mein lage dhabbaa fitrat ke karishme hain
but ham ko kahe kaafir Allah kii marzii hai

Fitrat : creation, nature
Karishma : a wonder, miracle, a charm
But : idol, beloved
Kaafir : non believer, infidel, impious person, sweetheart,

(The specks on the sun are Nature’s miracle
The idol calls me an infidel, tis God’s will)

Next time you hear this ghazal do spare a thought for the genius of Akbar Allahabadi and his political sagacity.

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Rana Safvi blogs at http://rana-safvi.blogspot.ae/ and you can find her on twitter @iamrana.

After Brigadier (Retd.)Syed Ahmad Ali took charge of Aligarh Muslim University as its Pro Vice-Chancellor, some positive developments took place. On one hand sports facilities were enhanced and on the other efforts have been made to provide high quality food to the students. Editor of The Aligarh Movement monthly magazine Jasim Mohammad met the Pro Vice-Chancellor Brigadier (Retd.) Syed Ahmad Ali, SM and talked on various issues confronting the University.

Jasim: You joined the AMU as Pro Vice-Chancellor on 25 September, 2012. What is your vision and mission about the AMU?

PVC: My aim is to facilitate the educational uplift of the community and I have come here with this objective. Before joining the University I had set for myself four Key Result Areas. These were discipline, academic excellence, job placements for our students and excellence in sports and games. I am of the firm belief that high sense of discipline is very vital to succeed in life because without discipline you cannot achieve anything. I feel immensely satisfied that in a short span, we have managed to drive this point amongst our students. As regards academic excellence, we aim to achieve the pinnacle of distinction and glory by reaching to the top of the ladder. We wish to make the Aligarh Muslim University as Number 1 University in India and break into that elusive barrier of top 100 Universities in the world. For this, we have to increase the facilities, update and revise the curriculum, modernize teaching techniques and produce high quality research. With regard to sports, the University’s performance in the last one year in certain select fields likes cricket, tennis, badminton and wrestling has been outstanding. This year, we are going to organize the North Zone Inter-Varsity Championship and would go all out to win the trophy for the University. We are aware that students participation in sports and games is extremely vital for their all round development. As far as the placements are concerned, we have established Placement Cells in a large number of Departments of the University. The placements in certain Departments/Colleges this year has been very satisfactory. For the first time companies like Google, Adobe and TCS have visited the campus for recruitment. I believe that our task ends only after we have ensured that a student gets a job once on completion of his or her formal education in the University. The TPO and myself are in contact with a number of CEOs / MDs and we keep inviting their HR teams to the University at frequent intervals. This aspect will be pursued even more vigorously in the coming session.

Jasim: What type of difficulties did you face after joining the AMU as the PVC?

PVC: I have been entrusted with the responsibilities ranging from academics to finances and general administration and I would like to thank the Vice-Chancellor who reposed this trust in me. Coming from entirely different background, this is a very challenging and demanding assignment but my experience of over 35 years in the Armed Forces has stood in good stead. The main issue was that of gaining acceptance in such a switchover scenario. During the last 10 months that I have been in this appointment, I am happy that most of my decisions, which I have taken after careful evaluation and consideration, have been received well by the Alig community.

Jasim: Do you have plans to raise the research standards of the University?

PVC: Yes, the University is known by and ranked on the quality of research which they undertake. Originality and high quality are the most important component of any research. We are trying to encourage the students to conduct research with basic sources and to delve deep into the subject. We are extending all facilities to them in terms of books, Internet support and field survey. I firmly believe that outstanding research scholars will be useful asset for the University in future as well.

Jasim: You are from army background, what differences you see in both?

PVC: I was commissioned in the Infantry which is popularly known as Queen of the Battle In between my various challenging tenures, I got opportunities to learn general administration, management of finance and handling of human resources. As an administrator in an academic institution, I find many similarities in the job which I was performing till last year. Basically, it is the art of management of a large number of people which I am doing even now. The only notable difference that I find is the speed of execution of an assigned task that you witness in the Armed Forces. There are many stages which have to be negotiated before a decision is arrived at. The file movement is painfully cumbersome. This often results in time delay and by the time the proposal receives its nod from all quarters, it loses its impact. We are making efforts to cut down time consumed on file movements.

Jasim: Can you identify the most important shortcomings of the AMU?

PVC: We are lack resources. When the University was established, the students and Faculty were fewer. Today, the University has grown manifold. Unfortunately, the increase of resources did not commensurate with the increase in size. The condition of our hostels are very poor. Three to four students share one room. Our hostel lacks in amenities which we are trying to provide. Improvement of kitchen and washrooms are our first priority. Likewise our teachers do not have chambers or separate offices. There is an acute shortage of e-class rooms. The era of chalk has ended long back and we are now making an effort to teach through the computer and projection system in the class rooms.

Jasim: There are some teachers who do not have command on their subjects. Have you any plan to improve their teaching abilities like courses at the Academic Staff College?

PVC: The Academic Staff College can only polish capabilities. With a short duration course of 4 to 6 weeks, it will be naïve on our part to expect the Academic Staff College to brush up their knowledge as well. The concepts have to be absolutely clear and this generally comes not only through reading but also through mutual discussions. We are floating the idea of having a faculty discussion of a particular subject before taking classes so that it is not only the latest which is taught but there is also a uniformity of lecture content if multiple teachers are taking the same subject. Secondly, the syllabus has to be revised from time to time. Thirdly, research in various fields have yielded tremendous results and the new findings must be included into the curriculum.

Jasim: Have you experienced that the food supplied in the dining halls is not upto the desired standards? What is your opinion?

PVC: I feel that when a child leaves his home, one thing which he or she misses most is food cooked by his or her mother. While I concede that there can be no substitute for such a food, there is always scope for improving the quality of our food. Towards this end, we have initiated measures on a large scale to bring about change in the quality of food while still striking a balance with cost. In recent months, we have procured steam cooking appliances, automatic ‘Chapati’ makers, Baine Marie to keep food warm for all hostels of the University. From the coming session, we intend starting uniform menu for all Halls. To provide good quality food at a low price, we have recently entered into an agreement with Kendriya Bhandar who will soon be opening a retail outlet in the University. Our focus will be to provide a wholesome and delicious food to the students within the amount that they are currently paying.

Jasim: Will University administration again conduct the elections of the AMUSU?

PVC: Students must have a forum to air their problems and grievances. We would like to hear the voice of students because this is the only way that we can be updated about their problems and aspirations. Such a forum can be students union or representation in any other form. As regard election, the University is currently having vacations and we shall take a decision in consultation with all concerned subsequently.

Jasim: The service conditions of daily wagers is very bad. What are you doing for them?

PVC: Till recently the Daily Wagers were paid only Rs. 5290/- per month. In May this year, we consciously took a decision to follow the minimum wages rule and now the lowest salary is Rs. 7100/- per month. However, the future of Daily Wagers is uncertain. To make their employment more meaningful and gainful, we are holding training session for them, particularly the staff of the Proctor so that the University can absorb them in their regular grades. We are also trying that daily wagers should receive their salary from the departments/establishment where they are posted. Overall, we want to improve their living conditions.

Jasim: Minority Character is the most important issue for AMU. What steps you have taken and what is your future planning.

PVC: Minority character is the fundamental right of the AMU because the institution was established for the educational upliftment of Muslims. Presently the case is pending in the Supreme Court and we intend to engage the best lawyers to present our case. We are confident that the AMU will be declared as a Minority Institution since we have strong pieces of evidence and documents to prove our claim.

Jasim: Despite heavy expenditure on Sir Syed Academy and Urdu Academy, they have failed to deliver out-put. What is your planning for that?

PVC: Many eminent professors were appointed as Directors of Sir Syed Academy. We have a publication Division too. When I visited it, I was surprised to find that it was being run at a desolate, ramshackle place and so we decided to shift it to the campus of Sir Syed Academy. We are in the process of renovating the erstwhile residence of Sir Ross Masood which shall serve as sales point for all books and periodicals brought out by the University and the office of Publication Division shall also be located here. Our aim is to turn Sir Syed Academy into a reknowned research centre with publication facility. As regards Urdu Academy the building is in the final stage of completion but still lacks hostel facility. Notwithstanding, we want the Urdu Academy to start its teaching and we shall accommodate the students in the vacant residential quarters of the University.

Jasim: The attitude and handling of the staff in the Medical College is very poor and owing to that sometime violence erupts.

PVC: We are trying to improve the facilities in the Hospital. This year the funds have been increased from Rs. 20,000/- per bed to Rs. 1,00,000/-. Efforts are on to further seek a ten fold increase in the allocation and talks are underway with the Planning Commission in this regard. The Medical College is foremost in the list of concerns and we are trying to bring in responsibility and accountability within the rank and file of College staff. Attitude is personal to a human being and no incentive or allurement can change attitude. I am hopeful that the service in the College will improve with passage of time.

Jasim: Principals and Superintendents of Medical College have been in their posts for long time. Are you planning to bring them from Army?

PVC: We have not so far decided this but we wish to assure you that best person available shall be tenanting this appointment.

Jasim: Have you taken any step to run Tibbiya College Dawakhana along professional lines?

PVC: Presently the Dawakhana is being run on a very old pattern and urgently requires modernization. We have prepared a blue print on the pattern of Hamdard Dawakhana and soon the construction of a new building will commence near the Law Faculty where production will be fully automatic.

Jasim: Have you undertaken the audit of Dawakhana as some negative news have came is newspapers?

PVC: After a long gap audit was carried out of the Dawakhana and its report has also come. We will act on the observations and recommendations of audit report.

Jasim: APS (Aligarh Public School) is under the University administration but outsiders have been erecting hurdles. How would you take it?

PVC: You know that ABK Union School has been taken over by us. Its teachers will now receive pay package at par with government teachers. In near future we will also take over APS.

By TCN News,

New Delhi: The 67th Independence Day of India will be celebrated in Jamia Millia Islamia on Thursday, August 15, 2013.

Independence Day Celebrations will be held in the Jamia Sr. Secondary School (New Building). The Independence Day Celebrations in Jamia is also an occasion for the entire Jamia biradari to congregate and celebrate together.

The celebrations on the day will begin at 10.30 AM with the arrival of the Chief Guest Prof. S M Sajid, Offg. Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia.

This will be followed by the Flag Hoisting Ceremony and the National Anthem.

Thereafter, Prof. S M Sajid, the Chief Guest will deliver his speech. Finally, the programme will end with the distribution of sweets among the students.

By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,

Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has appealed to the residents of northeast India to defy the militants' diktat and celebrate the forthcoming Independence Day in a befitting manner. The Assam based scribe body argues that every Indian should observe the I-Day (and also the Republic Day) to pay their heartiest tributes to the known and unknown martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle for their supreme sacrifices.

In a statement issued by the JFA president Rupam Barua and secretary Nava Thakuria urged upon the people of the region to hoist the National flag in their residences, colonies and other significant locations in a festive manner. The JFA strongly argues that the Tricolor does not belong to the government machineries alone, rather it is a priceless property of the billions of devoted Indians.

The JFA also added that many martyrs of Assam including Kanaklata, Kushal Konwar, Tilak Deka, Bhogeswari Phukanani, Nidhanu Rajbangshi, Kamala Miri, Lerela Boro, Madan-Rauta, Hemoram Patar, Gunabhi Bordoloi etc laid down their lives for the honour of the Tricolor.

The forum appeals to the city based media persons and other nationalistic citizens to join in the celebrations of India’s 67th I-Day on the premises of Guwahati Press Club on August 15 next starting with the unfurling of National flag at 11 am.

It may be mentioned that a group of separatist outfits had issued a statement asking the people not to participate in the I-Day functions as a ‘mark of protest’ against the government. They also gave a call for a general strike on August 15 in order to boycott all kinds of celebrations.

The militant outfits including the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (Meghalaya), Kamatapur Liberation Organisation, National Liberation Front of Tripura, National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit faction) and the coordination committee of six Manipur based armed groups asserted that they would not tolerate any celebrations in the region.

The JFA, however, argues that every patriotic Indian should come forward to pay their homage to thousands martyrs of the freedom struggle against the British colonial forces on both the auspicious day.

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

Hyderabad: Bharitya Janta Party Andhra Pradesh unit left no stone unturned to make its fading presence sparkling by boosting on Narendra Modi’s exaggerated phenomena. Many high profile personalities from different influential background were turned up to meet Gujarat chief minister before his address to the Nava Bharat Yuva Behri program.

Many top Telugu film personalities like veteran actor Mohan Babu, his actor sons Vishnu Manchu and Manoj Manchu and actress daughter Lakshmi Manchu, veteran actors Murali Mohan, Suman, Jagapati Babu, actress Gowtami, producers D. Rama Naidu, Suresh Babu and his son Bollywood and Tollywood actor Rana Dagubatti, Raghvendra Rao, Dil Raju Kota Srinivas Rao and music director M M Keeravani had a brief meeting with Narendra Modi. Bollywood and Tollywood director, producer Ram Goapl Verma was also present in the meeting.

The shocker from Telugu cine world was Allu Arjun and Allu Arvind nephew and Brother in Law of Congress union minister and Mega Star Chiranjeevi, who had a brief meeting with Modi. Another paradox was K. Balakrishna, TDP MP and close relative of its chief N. Chandra Babu Naidu who for long has been at loggerheads with Gujarat C.M.

Narendra Modi in fact courted TDP back to NDA fold by praising NTR, however, senior TDP leaders refuted any patch-up with BJP and claimed that Balakrishna’s meeting with Modi was personal to invite him for his daughter’s wedding.

According to local media reports, BJP encouraged personalities from different walks of life to meet Narendra Modi and shared their problems as he is PM hopeful of BJP and next potential prime minister.

Apart from Telugu cinema personalities, top bureaucrats and industrialists from Andhra Pradesh also had a meeting with Modi at Park Hayyat hotel. Some of them were Dr. K. Somraj director Care hospital group, former DGP Gopinath Reddy, former VSNL chairman Hanuman Chaudhry, former Union home secretary K. Padmanabhaiah.

But it was the meeting of Top Dalit and backward caste leaders which distressed Muslims in AP who for long had heard Dalit, BC, Muslim unity slogans. Influential Dalit leader and founder of Madiga reservation front Manda Krishna Madiga met Modi and reportedly discussed possible Dalit alliance with BJP in upcoming elections also Backward Castes community leader R. Krishnaiah met Modi separately.

By TCN News,

Aligarh: “Sachar Committee appointed by the Congress led UPA government had recommended constitution of Equal Opportunities Commission but the UPA government failed to constitute it despite ending its tenure,” said Jasim Mohammad, Secretary General of Forum for Muslim Studies & Analysis (FMSA) Aligarh at Muzammil Manzil Aligarh while chairing monthly politics review meeting.

He pointed out that in many western countries such commissions are effectively functioning and has powers to investigate and prosecute the guilty officers for discrimination. He said that if the UPA government is really serious about welfare and progress of Muslims, it should constitute the said commission without further delay.

Chairman of the forum, Dr. Mohammad Shahid said, “the UPA government had identified Muslim concentrated districts but the Muslims failed to receive any benefit of the schemes launched there because government did not put into action any effective mechanism to monitor them. He demanded that the districts having 15 percent Muslim population should be declared preferential districts and the schemes meant for minorities should be extended there also.”

Prof. Shahabuddin Iraqi said that the issue of 4.5 percent reservation of Muslims within 27 percent backward reservation is pending before the Supreme Court which must be decided. Social Activist Nikhat Parveen said that Indian Muslims are not lagging behind only educationally and economically but also politically as most of Muslims concentrated constituencies have been reserved. They must be unreserved to increase Muslim participation in decision making bodies. N Jamal Ansari said that’s the issue of security of Muslim youths is very vital and the UPA government should ensure their safety for uniform progress.

Dr. Fatima Zehra said this we have still faith in UPA government but it should be servious enough on the problems of the Muslims. Mohsin raza Khan said that according to the Union Minister for Minority welfare Shri K. Rehman, Muslim waqf properties may generate income of 10,000 crore but the sad fact is that different state governments and even central government itself have illegal possession of these properties which should be freed.

In the end of the meeting, FMSA passed a resolution demanding that UPA government must implement recommendations of Sachar Committee fully. In another resolution, it demanded constitution of Equal opportunities Commission and incorporation of suggestions of the Muslim organization into proposed Waqf Bill.

Forum for Muslim Studies & Analysis, Aligarh is an intellectual Board which studies the problems of the Indian Muslims with research methodology and present solution and corrective step after debating and deeply thinking over them. Not only the intellectuals but educationists, policy makers, law experts and experts of other relevant subjects are closely associated with FMSA, Aligarh.

By IANS,

New Delhi: The "Supreme Court has become a safe haven for the criminals", the top court said Monday while dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of Gujarat police officer P.P. Pandey, who has been named an accused in the alleged staged shootout in which college girl Ishrat Jahan and her three associates were killed.

An apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice S.A. Bobde, while dismissing Additional Director General of Police Pandey's plea, said: "You are an absconder earlier also. Your conduct makes you disentitled to anticipatory bail."

As senior counsel Jaspal Singh, appearing for Pandey, sought to make a point, Justice Chauhan said: "I can say it on oath that we are not devoting even five percent of our time for the common man. It is senior counsel and criminals who take up most of the time."

The "Supreme Court has become a safe haven for the criminals", said Justice Chauhan.

He said a matter concerning a common man waits for 30 years "and we have no time to hear them".

The court expressed its anguish as Jaspal Singh pressed for anticipatory bail for his client.

Jaspal Singh assailed the trial court decision to reject Pandey's plea for anticipatory bail holding that he might be required for custodial interrogation.

"If you have been absconding earlier, how can your submission be accepted," Justice Chauhan told Jaspal Singh.

"How do sons, daughter and wife come into picture in a service matter," Justice Chauhan asked when he was told that summons were not served on Pandey and were received at his home.

Justice Chauhan brushed aside Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising's submission that Pandey was an absconder and untraceable.

"Why you say he is untraceable. You are a mighty union of India," said Justice Chauhan.

Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan and her three associates - Pranesh Gopinath Pilai, Amjad Ali and Jishan Johar - were killed by Gujarat Police in an allegedly staged shootout June 15, 2004. Gujarat Police described them as Pakistani fidayeens who came from Jammu and Kashmir to assassinate Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

By IANS,

Jammu: Curfew continued in eight districts of Jammu region Tuesday even as the annual Amarnath Yatra resumed after three days, officials said. Eleven people have been arrested in connection with the communal clashes in Kishtwar.

The Amarnath Yatra had remained suspended for the last three days.

"The Amarnath Yatra resumed early today (Tuesday). 225 pilgrims were allowed to move from here to the Valley around 4.30 a.m. this morning," a police official said.

"The pilgrims moved in six buses and one light vehicle. Adequate security has been provided to ensure their safety," he said.

Normal traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway has still not resumed. Traffic on the Pathankot-Jammu and Jammu-Srinagar highway was halted following tension along the road after the Kishtwar violence Friday.

Curfew continued in the eight districts of Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Reasi, Udhampur, Rajouri, Doda and Kishtwar districts of Jammu region. Loudspeaker-fitted police vehicles announced in the morning that curfew was in force in these districts and that people should remain indoors.

While curfew continued for the fifth day in Kishtwar district where it was imposed Friday following communal clashes, in other districts it continued for the fourth day Tuesday.

No curfew was imposed in Ramban and Poonch districts of Jammu region in the aftermath of the Kishtwar clashes.

The Doda district magistrate said no curfew has been imposed in Doda town, although the same was imposed as a precautionary measure in Gandoh, Thatri, Prem Nagar and Bhaderwah areas of the district.

Authorities Monday evening relaxed curfew for three hours in Samba district after which it was re-imposed. In all other parts of Kathua district, except the main town, curfew was relaxed for two hours Monday evening.

In Reasi district, curfew was relaxed for three hours, while in Udhampur, authorities relaxed curfew for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening.

"Except for some stray incidents in Kishtwar town and Raipur area of Jammu district, the situation remained completely peaceful elsewhere Monday," an administrative officer told IANS.

"In fact, prominent citizens and civil society members from both the communities have already started carrying out peace marches at some places to defuse tensions," he said.

Reports reaching here from the hilly Kishtwar town said a vehicle hired by police was Monday set ablaze by miscreants at Shalimar Chowk, five km from Kishtwar town.

Police arrested 11 people in connection with the communal clashes in Kishtwar. The arrested include Abdul Qayoom Mattu, a separatist leader police allege was responsible for instigating people to violence.

Protestors including women and children defied curfew in Kishtwar town Monday to protest the arrests. The protestors engaged police in stone pelting, in which two police officers including an additional superintendent of police and a deputy superintendent of police were injured.

Five protestors were also injured. The army later carried out a flag march in the area to restore order.

Meanwhile, mobile internet services remained suspended throughout the state for the third day Tuesday.

While authorities said the services have been suspended to check rumour-monging, professionals, academicians, students and journalists have criticised the suspension, saying it amounted to pushing the state into the another Stone Age.

"When information is gagged, rumours always run wild. I wonder what they want to achieve by this internet suspension, except for telling the world that Jammu and Kashmir is being pushed into another Stone Age," said an academician.

By IANS,

Jammu: Pakistani troops fired at Indian positions in Mendhar sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district late Monday night, a defence spokesman said Tuesday.

"Pakistani troops again violated the bilateral ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing at our positions in Mendhar sector of the LoC last night (Monday)," the spokesman said.

"The Pakistani firing started around 10.30 p.m. and our troops responded to the enemy fire," he said.

On Aug 11, Pakistanis fired at Indian positions in Digwar village of Poonch district, and the exchange of fire continued for more than six hours.

On Aug 6, specialist troops of the Pakistan Army killed five Indian soldiers in Chakan-Da-Bagh sector of the LoC in Poonch district.

A bilateral ceasefire agreement was signed by India and Pakistan in November 2003.

By IANS,

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided on a head-count of Muslim employees in local bodies and municipal corporations to increase their participation at senior levels, an official said Tuesday.

This decision was being taken to ensure "more participation of minorities at senior and responsible positions in the government," an official of the local bodies directorate said.

The local bodies director, in a letter, has asked city commissioners and executive officials to enumerate the list of minority officials and other employees posted in their respective areas.

Minority Welfare Minister Azam Khan had recently aired his displeasure at the lack of proper representation of Muslims in plum posts and in the civil services.

He had questioned the selection process and had asked what was the reason that Muslims were not able to make it to the top in the bureaucracy.

However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday reacted sharply to the government move and slammed it as being "outrightly communal".

BJP state spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said the move "was divisive, communal and aimed at dividing the society".

"This is a very shocking thing. This government is pursuing a communal agenda to garner votes in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls," he said.

He said that as the state government has failed on many fronts, it was now resorting to such tactics aimed at dividing the society.

By IANS,

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon Tuesday following protests over the riots in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town and the BJP members raising the purportedly illegal land deals of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra.

As question hour began in the Lok Sabha, some members started protesting over communal violence in Kishtwar.

Amdist the chaos, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha stood up and without naming anyone attacked Vadra.

"We have a number of good business schools in the world over as well in the country, which teach private businessmen how to earn crores (of rupees). But in our country we have a very well connected person who hasn't gone to B-school but has made crores," said Sinha.

His statement invited protests from the treasury benches.

As chaos prevailed, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house till noon.