FirstPost on Politics: ED summons DMK MP Kanimozhi

Here’s what leading political news today: ED summons DMK MP Kanimozhi, 4 others The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others named [caption id=“attachment_4085” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“DMK MP Kanimozhi”]  [/caption] in the CBI charge sheet in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The agency has given them two weeks’ time to reply to the summons, failing which the adjudications process will start. Source: Indian Express No conclusion on Khandu’s chopper yet: Govt Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu has been  missing for five days now, but the government is yet to reach a conclusion as the search is still on. Images taken by Sukhoi radars and micro-satellite of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) pointed traces of metallic objects,but it’s still not clear if this is the wreckage of a chopper. Moreover bad weather halted aerial searches on Tuesday and ground search didn’t yield any result. Source: The Hindu India agrees to give US more data on fighter setback India has agreed to provide the United States with more information about its decision last week to drop two US defence companies from an $11-billion fighter competition, a top US official said on Tuesday, adding that Washington was still pursuing other defence sales with India that could strengthen ties between the two countries. Source: Reuters AI management, striking pilots to battle it out in court It’s  day eight and the Air India pilots strike is nowhere near an end. While the fight is on, the exchequer and the passengers continue to suffer. Now, the ICPA and the Air India management have been asked to appear before the court on May 25. Source: Moneycontrol.com Buddhadeb revisits Jhargram, accepts presence of armed cadres Targeting Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s convoy, the Maoists had triggered a landmine in Salboni near Jhargram on November 2, 2008. Two-and-a-half years later, Bhattacharjee addressed a public meeting at Jhargram in West Midnapore on Tuesday, where he  not only admitted that there were discrepancies in the distribution of the APL and BPL cards but also that it was the Left Front government’s decision to raise an army of CPM cadres to fight the Maoists. Source: Indian Express

Trouble over Digvijaya remarks on Osama funeral

Congress has disapproved of senior party leader Digvijaya Singh’s controversial remarks about the sea burial given to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by the US. Source: NDTV Ram is not a political agenda:Gadkari Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday asserted that Lord Ram is not its political agenda and sought support of all communities to come together to build a magnificent Ram temple in Ayodhya. Source: The Hindu Congress wants Hazare to campaign against UP govt Alleging that Uttar Pradesh is the most corrupt of all states, the Congress on Tuesday asked social activist Anna Hazare to start a movement from the state if he wanted to start a state-based campaign. Source moneycontrol.com BJP attacks Delhi CM for ordering fresh tests forCWG project BJP today attacked Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for ordering quality checking of all CWG infrastructure projects over which the CVC has raised questions, saying she was trying to contest the findings of the anti-corruption watchdog. Source IBN Live