NDMC defaulters list: Smriti Irani, Shashi Tharoor, Najma Heptullah, more

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Union Minister Smriti Irani has due of Rs 12,934 pending against her. PTI

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Union Ministers Smriti Irani, Najma Heptullah and Ram Vilas Paswan, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh, H D Devegowda, L K Advani, Digvijay Singh and Shashi Tharoor. are among over 300 MPS who are on the utility bill defaulters list of the New Delhi Municipal Council. PTI

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Najma Heptullah has Rs 1,627 dues pending. PTI

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'Achhe din' for accused Amit Shah to Lalit Modi, says Digvijay Singh </br> Bringing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the line of fire, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today alleged "achhe din" have arrived for those accused in criminal cases–from Amit Shah, to Ramdev, to Lalit Modi. "ACHHE DIN for all accused of murder false encounter money laundering FEMA from Amit Shah to Ramdev to Lalit Modi. PM silent. ???? ????????", the Congress General Secretary said in a series of tweets. Singh appealed to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to resign in the wake of her intervention to "help a fugitive". "I have greatest regard for Sushmaji. Never expected her to intervene to help a fugitive evading Look Out Notice when he is holidaying !" "She may be a victim of inner BJP fight as mentioned but now the matter is in Public Domain I appeal to her conscience and she should resign." (15/06/2015) (PTI)

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<br>No death penalty even for terrorists, says Shashi Tharoor</br><br>Unfazed by criticism, former union minister Shashi Tharoor today opposed death penalty even for terrorists saying it was an "obsolete practice" and they should instead be put behind bars for the rest of their lives without parole. "Terrorists should be put behind bars throughout their life without parole. In earlier days, there was a belief that if a person murders someone, he should be killed. Why do we need to follow the old obsolete practice…," the Congress MP said. On the recent controversy over his tweet on the execution of Mumbai terror attack convict Yakub Memon, he said: "I have not said a word on Memon case. What I tweeted was that I was not going into the merits of an individual case and it was the responsibility of the Supreme Court. I had tweeted against the death penalty which is an obsolete practice." The Congress MP from Thiruvanathapuram said not only he, but several leaders, including Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Kanimozhi, Shatrughan Sinha and Varun Gandhi had also supported the abolition of death penalty. (PTI) (02/08/2015)</br>

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While former Prime Minister Singh owes Rs 22,934, the dues of Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh are as low as Rs 193.68 and Rs 206. PTI

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Amar Singh, Moti Lal Vora, Rajpal Singh Saini, Palvai Govardhan Reddy and Birender Singh owe Rs 1.47 lakh, 1.31 lakh, Rs 76,934 and Rs 68,134 to the civic body respectively. PTI

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Nishad, Devegowda and Telangana CM K Chandrashekhra Rao top the list with their outstanding bills running into lakhs. While Nishad owes the NDMC Rs 18.47 lakh, Devegowda and Rao owes Rs 1.49 and 1.27 lakh respectively. PTI