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Tainted MPs may be kept out of House New Delhi, April 25 He gave indications that MPs tainted by their alleged involvement in the trafficking case, including suspended BJP MP Babubhai Katara, might not be allowed to attend the House in the second part of the Budget session tomorrow. “Please give me some time. Wait till tomorrow. I will make an announcement from the Chair. It is not fair for me to say anything outside the House,” the Speaker told newspersons in reply to a volley of questions whether Katara would be allowed inside the House. He also said the member was currently in jail and could not attend the House. Asserting that there was no question of ignoring these issues or brushing anything under the carpet, he said such issues should not be considered lightly. Chatterjee said he had convened an all-party meeting next week to discuss the conduct of MPs as several allegations were coming to the fore. “We will sit together only on this agenda. It will not just be this (trafficking case) matter, but general conduct of members,” he said. At the same time, the Speaker asked the media to desist from blanket condemnation of all members.
In Punjab, ADGP to take on travel agents Chandigarh, April 25 A spokesperson of the Punjab government said a decision to this effect was taken by Badal at a meeting with a delegation led by president of the Lok Bhalai Party Balwant Singh Ramoowalia. The Chief Minister also announced that cases of women who had been deserted by NRI grooms and youth duped by unscrupulous travel agents would be settled within a time- frame to ensure justice. Badal also said that travel agents, immigration consultants and marriage bureaux indulging in illegal activities would be dealt with as per the law of the
land. Fake advertisements released by them in the press would be probed so that they could not allure innocent youth into their trap. The government would soon evolve a mechanism to probe the authenticity of such advertisements. The Chief Minister also said he would soon take up the matter with the union ministry of home affairs for the deportation of such NRI grooms and get them declared as proclaimed offenders to face legal proceedings in the state. Meanwhile, Badal emphasised the need for the setting up of fast-track courts exclusively for
dowry-related cases. He advocated the simplification of the judicial process to the advantage of the victims of travel agents and NRI grooms. He revealed that the state government would soon set up an independent department for NRI affairs which would help the government keep strict vigil on the illegal activities of travel agents besides checking the trend of desertion of married girls. Ramoowalia, after meeting Badal, addressed a press conference and said that unscrupulous travel agents, immigration consultants, marriage bureaux and air hostess and hospitality academies were running illegal business establishments openly in Punjab without fear of the law. These establishments had targeted nearly every village and town. Some travel agents, after getting a premium of Rs 15 lakh to Rs 20 lakh , had even killed their victims, he alleged. About 20,000 to 25,000 Indian nationals, mostly Punjabis, pushed by travel agents into foreign lands as illegal entrants were desperately trying to get valid travel documents from the Indian missions concerned, he added. Ramoowalia demanded that travel agents sending youth and women illegally to foreign countries should be booked for human smuggling and charged with murder in the event of the death of the illegal immigrants in other countries.
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