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THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHITHURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 7TIMES CITY

New Delhi: BJPs VijenderGupta on Wednesday an-nounced that he was ready tosupport the Delhi Jan Lok-pal Bill 2015 if 10 vitalamendments were made toit. A day earlier, Gupta hadvehemently opposed the ta-bling of the Bill, saying that

it was without the prior ap-proval of the Centre and LGand therefore illegal.

Gupta held a press con-ference in the Delhi assemb-ly premises and announcedthat he was proposingamendments. I will meetchief minister Arvind Kejri-wal to impress upon him theneed to adopt these amend-ments in order to make JanLokpal Bill compliant withthe Constitution and an ef-fective instrument againstfighting corruption, hesaid.

Gupta also refused to ad-mit that he had softened hisstand on the Bill. He insistedthat the Bill was still illegaland would be taken up sepa-rately. But he couldnt ex-plain why he wanted toamend a Bill that he consid-

ered had an illegal basis.We are suggesting

amendments for we knowthe government through itsmajority will manage to passthe Bill. The fact that the ori-gin of the Bill is illegal willbecome evident on its own.This government doesnthave the intent to bring aLokpal, Gupta said, flankedby MLAs O P Sharma andJagdish Pradhan.

The BJP MLAs want therecommendation of the se-lection committee on JanLokpal to be sent to the Presi-dent for a final decision onthe appointment.

On the issue of removalof the Jan Lokpal, Gupta has

recommended that thechairperson or any memberof the Jan Lokpal panel canbe removed by Presidentialorder on grounds of misbe-haviour. This can happen if apetition signed by two-thirdsof the assembly members isreferred to the SupremeCourt by the President, andif the court, upon inquiry,finds that the incumbentmust be removed.

Guptas proposed amend-ments also talk about LGsrole. He claims Section 2 ofthe Bill makes the office ofLG subservient to the coun-cil of ministers and thats il-legal. BJP MLAs want thischanged.

Proposes 10 Vital Changes For Jan Lokpal

Will support bill if amended: BJP

New Delhi: The Centre onWednesday startled the Delhihigh court by its stand thatthe three municipal corpora-tions fall under the Delhi go-vernments control.

A surprised bench of Jus-tices B D Ahmed and SanjeevSachdeva asked for a clarifi-

cation from the Centre afterit claimed that the state go-vernment controls the corpo-rations and is ultimately re-sponsible for ensuring earth-quake preparedness in thecapital.

This is a very startlingstatement by Centre in its af-fidavit. It is also in the minu-tes of the meeting, thebench observed, referring to

a meeting of all stakeholderscalled by the urban develop-ment ministry to chart a planin case of an earthquake.

We find that a clarifica-tion is required as to whetherthe municipal corporationsfall under administrativecontrol of the Delhi govern-ment or not. The affidavit in-dicates that the corporationsare under the state govern-ment, it noted in its order.

However, the standing co-unsel for the Centre, B SShukla, remained unpertur-

bed, arguing that the courtshould focus on issuing di-rections to improve safetyrather than on a mistake inthe affidavit. But HC was notimpressed and directed himto seek instructions from thegovernment and clarify.

Taking judicial noticeof a series of earthquakesthat occurred close to Indiathis year, the HC had on the

last date of hearing pointedout that a majority of buil-dings in the capital werestructurally unsafe and as-ked the Centre to submit anaction plan for ensuring buil-dings survive the quake.

Observing that Delhi fallsin seismic z one IV, a high riskarea, the bench had given theCentre three weeks time tosubmit an action plan .

Centre says corpns underDelhi govt, startles HC

New Delhi: Intensifying theirprotest against the Jan Lokpal

Bill, BJP members, includingformer MLAs, will submit amemorandum to LG NajeebJung on Thursday. They havealleged that AAP-led Delhi go-vernment has introduced thebill unconstitutionally in theHouse and meted out ill treat-ment to BJP functionaries.

There are serious issuesrelated to the way the assemblysession is being conducted. Ourmembers were expelled and theruling party is trying to silencethe opposition. We will requestthe LG to intervene, said Sa-tish Upadhyay, Delhi BJP chief.

The decision to approachthe LG comes on a day when theleader of opposition in the as-sembly Vijender Gupta sugges-ted amendments in the govern-ments draft of Jan Lokpal Bill.They have introduced all thebills unconstitutionally. We ha-

ve suggested amendments tothe bill as we are against cor-ruption. We have two issueswith the ruling party regardingthe bill. First, the way it has be-

en introduced and second, itscontent, said Gupta.

BJP members say thatAAPs Jan Lokpal Bill is not va-lid as Delhi still has a Lokayuk-ta Act. They (AAP) should ha-

ve repealed the Lokayukta Actfirst. They cant introduce thebill without the consent of theLG. This government is indul-ging in unconstitutional activi-ties, said Sahib Singh Chau-han, former BJP MLA.

R P Singh, BJP national se-cretary, said, Till now, none ofthe bills passed has been clea-red. The government is intro-ducing bills according to itswhims and fancy. Another ma-

jor issue is they are not ready tolisten to the opposition. Thereis no place for discussion.

BJP will try todraw Jung in

FIGHT IS ON

For many, like PardeepLuthra who recentlymarried off his son in

Amritsar, A wedding is atime to spend. Equippedwith ultra-high resolution(4K) cameras, zoom lensesand advanced stabilizers, thedrones do provide a uniquevisual perspective of the cer-emonies The wide-angleand top-angle shots that youcan achieve with drones areimpossible with regularcameras, says Riyaz AbdulRazaak of Silon Talkies inMumbai, which has filmedsix weddings in the cit y so far.

Besides, you never knowwhen an airborne camera

might more handily meet thedemands of customers.Lakshya Manwani almostshudders when he remem-bers a client who was flyingin from California and want-ed a drone to catch up withthe plane as it landed in Del-hi, take a shot of him walkingdown the ramp, hurrying to-wards the exit gate and meet-ing his bride-to-be.

Theres a desire for a freshoutlook even in the more reg-

ular images of the baraat, thejaimala rite and the saatphere. The easy availabilityof these contraptions, manyof them of Chinese make,helps wedding imagers meetthe clamour for exotic shots.

Of course, it's not as easyto film with a drone as, say,saying I do. For one, the ven-ue has to be expansiveenough to allow for unhin-dered flight for a drone. I feelusing drones indoors whichmost Indian weddings are isa risky business, says Ben-galuru freelance cinematog-rapher Ashok V Raman, whoowns two drones: a DJI Phan-tom and a custom-madedrone. Unlike outdoors, wh-ere the drone can be navi-

gated by pre-programmingthe route using GPS, indoorsit has to be manoeuvredmanually with a remote de-vice, which poses risks ofcrashes. In fact, when SilonTalkies first started usingdrones at Mumbai weddings,guests were afraid the flyingmachines would crash head-long into their perfectlycoiffed hairdos, laughs Ra-zaak. But with increasinguse, everyone is savvier

lax. Permission has to betaken from local authoritiesbut usually most drone oper-ators dont go through theprocess, says Rajesh Luth-ra, a wedding photographer.Amritsar Police Commis-sioner Jatinder Singh Au-lakh declares that his forcehas no record of weddingplanners or photographersusing drones, and promises,For now, there are no suchguidelines. If we get them, wewill implement them imme-diately. As for the serviceproviders, one Mumbai pho-tograph er slyly says, As longas clients manage the per-missions, we dont have aproblem. It's almost as if heis a character in 'Drone with

the Wind' saying, Frankly,my dears, I don't give adamn.

(With inputs from DharviVaid, Yudhvir Rana,

IP Singh, Mohit Behl,Mithila Phadke and

Shrabonti Bagchi)

flights and for security rea-sons, the Directorate Gener-al of Civil Aviation (DGCA),on October 7, 2014, did order

that till DGCA formulatedproper guidelines for the civ-il use of drones, no non-gov-ernment agency, organiza-tion or individual could flythem in Indian civil airspacefor any purpose.

However, enforcement is

about these flying objects.Then, there is also the

small matter of the legality ofusing drones. No one seems

to know for sure whether adrone is legitimate weddingparaphernalia or not. Theconfusion is confounded bythe lack of a designated cen-tral authority to clear suchshoots. Because they cancome in the path of airline

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AERIAL COVERAGE: A wedding shot taken by a drone

Aday after Anna Hazare offered conditional support to Delhigovernment on its Jan Lokpal Bill, Swaraj Abiyan memberYogendra Yadav did the same.

Go back to the Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill of 2014,which, despite some dilutions, remains the bestguarantee for instituting a strong and effectiveJan Lokpal. If this version is passed and notapproved by the central government, SwarajAbhiyan will join all anti-corruption activists in an

agitation against the Modi government, Yadav said.Delhi government had earlier agreed to incorporate changes

proposed by Anna. TNN

Yadav too offers support with riders Abhinav.Garg@timesgroup.com

HC asks for clarificationwhen Centre says it isDelhi that must ensurequake preparedness

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