Tag: MLA

AAP faces flak for Somnath Bharti’s midnight raids in Delhi:ABP News-Nielsen opinion poll

MUMBAI: Aam Admi Party’s image suffers a blow for the midnight raids at Khirki Extension led by party MLA and law minister Somnath Bharti in Delhi, suggests the opinion poll conducted by ABP News-Nielsen. Around 55% respondents surveyed in Delhi feel that recent incident involving Somanath Bharti will have a negative impact on the image of Aam Admi Party.

5o per cent believe Kejriwal’s dharna over Bharti row not right

According to the ABP News-Nielsen opinion poll, 50 per cent feel that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal should not have staged dharna and protested against alleged non-cooperation by officers of the Delhi Police in the after math of the incident in Khirki extension. There is a split of opinion amongst total respondents with 48% saying otherwise.

Delhi CM Kejriwal’s performance above average in last one month

According to the opinion poll conducted by ABP News-Nielsen, majority of the respondents (55%) surveyed in Delhi rated overall performance of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as ‘very good’ or ‘good’ with a mean score of 3.5 which implies an above average performance. Around 38 per cent rated his performance in the last month as chief minister as good. As per the survey, 12 per cent respondents rated the performance of chief minister as ‘poor’ and 4 per cent as ‘very poor’.

51% to vote for AAP if Lok Sabha polls were held tomorrow

As per the ABP News-Nielsen opinion poll, half of respondent surveyed (51%) said that they will vote for AAP if Lok Sabha elections were held tomorrow. Around 46 per cent said they will not vote for the party. as per the survey, there is a drop of 13% from the Vidhan Sabha voting.

Majority will vote for AAP if Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections were held tomorrow

As per the ABP News-Nielsen opinion poll, almost two thirds majority, 63% of respondents surveyed said that they will vote for AAP if Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections were held tomorrow.

50 per cent support Modi as prime minister in Delhi

Narendra Modi is the preference of half of the respondents surveyed in Delhi for the position of Prime Minister. It would appear that about 14% of those who said they would vote for AAP in Lok Sabha elections, would prefer someone other than Arvind Kejriwal as PM. Around 37 respondents voted for Arvind Kejriwal and 10 per cent for Rahul Gandhi as PM.

The opinion poll was conducted by ABP News-Nielsen between 25th and 26th January, 2014 with 1501 respondents.

January 28, 2014
Petition against Hindi film ‘Delhi 6’ quashed by Delhi High Court

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has quashed a first information report against the Hindi film’Delhi 6’ which had alleged that a character in the film enacting the role of a lady sweeper (played by Divya Dutta) had been insulted and thereby the entire Balmiki Samaj had been insulted.

The Court observed that the film seen in its entirety generates empathy for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,

The FIR had been filed by Delhi MLA Jai Kishan against film director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and others. It had been lodged under The Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and The Protection of Civil Rights Act at the Mandir Marg police station in New Delhi in 2009.

In its judgment on a petition by Mehra and others, Justice Manmohan said: “The present film seen in its entirety generates empathy for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. No intention to insult the members of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes community can be attributed to the petitioners in the present case.”

“The present film in no manner supports the practice of untouchability in any manner. The acts attributed to the petitioners do not amount to preaching and practicing untouchability….” Justice Manmohan stated.

Allowing the plea, Justice Manmohan observed in his 37-page judgment that “in fact, a film is an expression of an idea which is protected by Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution of India. Freedom of expression is of inestimable value in a democratic society based on the rule of law. Our written Constitution guarantees not only freedom of speech but also freedom after speech”.

Justice Manmohan also dismissed the plea by the complainant that an FIR could not be quashed when the investigation was on, saying that “this Court has the power to quash an FIR under investigation at the initial stage itself”.

Seeking quashing of the FIR, counsel for the petitioners submitted that the film conveyed a strong message to the public at large against the caste system and was not intended to hurt the sentiments of any section or society.

Petitioners’ counsel further submitted that the impugned FIR had been lodged by the MLA only to gain cheap popularity and with an ulterior motive for wreaking vengeance on the petitioners who were attempting to create awareness about the condition of the Scheduled Castes community.

The film starring Abhishek Bachchan with Sonam Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman among others, had been inspired by a real-life incident that had occurred some years earlier in the walled city

January 5, 2013
Shiv Dube’s MLA nominated at NYIFF

MUMBAI: Debutante Shiv Dube’s directorial venture MLA has won a nomination at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) where the film would be officially screened on 24 May.

Starring Mukesh Tiwari and Onkar Das Manikpuri, the film tells the story of a battle between a common man, an industrialist and a politician.The film is an attempt to show the power of the common man. If a common man decides to change the fate of his country, then he can do that by electing and voting the right candidate for himself.

Said Dube, “I was so occupied with the activities concerning the film’s release that I didn‘t even have time to react. I just took the news casually when I was informed about it initially. I took it as part and parcel of making a film. But now that it has actually sunk in, I obviously feel honoured and appreciated. Through MLA, my attempt is to show the real face of politics from the point of view of the layman and the corporate world. I also want to spread awareness about the importance of voting among the audience.”

Produced by Gajali Films, MLA will release across theatres on 25 May.

May 21, 2012