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  • ‘Bheek’ remarks: Strip Kangana of all national awards, demands Shiv Sena

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on Saturday demanded that actor Kangana Ranaut be stripped of all her national awards over her comments that what India achieved in 1947 was “bheek” (alms) and the real freedom was attained only in 2014 when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, which it said amounted to “treason”.

    The editorial in Sena’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said the country will never tolerate such insult to Independence which was attained through blood, sweat, tears and the sacrifice made by countless Indians.

    “The Modi government should strip Kangana of all her national awards,” the Sena said.

    Taking potshots at BJP, Sena said Ranaut’s comments have exposed its “fake nationalism”.

    “Nobody had insulted India’s freedom fighters in such a manner before Kangana. Recently she was honoured with the Padma Shri award which had earlier been conferred to freedom fighters. It is unfortunate that Kangana was honoured with the same award,” the editorial said.

    Referring to Ranaut’s comments, the Sena said the actress’ “present political ancestors” were nowhere in the scene during the process of the county’s freedom struggle.

    “Our freedom was achieved through blood, sweat, tears and the sacrifice made by countless people of India.

    Calling it ‘bheek’ is a case of treason,” the Sena said, adding that the “statue of Sardar Patel (the first home minister of India) must be crying after hearing these comments”.

    Though BJP MP Varun Gandhi and actor Anupam Kher have criticised Ranaut where are the staunch nationalists of BJP, the Sena asked.

    The Shiv Sena, a former ally of the BJP, currently heads the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.

  • Bihar cops, including three IPS officers, to get national awards

    By Express News Service
    PATNA: Three officers of Indian Police Service (IPS), besides  three junior cops, have been selected this year also  to be awarded with  the Internal Security Service Medals and the Home Minister’s Medals respectively for outstanding services in  duty.

    Rakesh Rathi, the Inspector General of Police of Magadh range, present Lakhisarai SP Sushil Kumar and Jamui ASP (operation) Sudhansu Kumar are the IPS officers, who would be awarded with the Internal Security Service Medals.

    ASP Sudhanshu Kumar, who worked for more than two years in Jamui district, has been selected for this medal for his outstanding service to control crime in the Naxal-affected area of Jamui district.  

    Under the leadership of Sudhanshu Kumar in Jamui district, the police forces have carried out many successeful operations due to which the Naxal organization has been weakened.

    The other three policemen selected for the Home Minister Medal this year for outstanding services are havaldar Bhogendra Mishra of Police Academy at Rajgir and constables Anuranjan Kumar and  Vipin Kumar Singh of CTC at Nathnagar in Bhagalpur.

    The Union Home Minister’s Medal, started in 2018, will be given to each of them by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

    Apart from this, Nathnagar police training centre in Bhagalpur district has been declared as the finest institution in the eastern region of the country. The Nathnagar Police Training Centre was evaluated by a team of senior cops of other states from 27 to 29 November in 2019 and selected as the best institute on the report of the evaluation.