eye MCS/204/2020-22RNINO.MAHENG2002/21899 THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE The original showman MUMBAI, LATE CITY DECEMBER 15, 2024 What made Raj Kapoor an awaara and why he felt making a popular film was the hardest thing to do FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT 16+4 PAGES, ` 6.00 DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA REPLY TO DISCUSSION IN LOK SABHA PM:NehrutoRahul,Conginflicted repeatedblowsonConstitution 15/12/2024 90 118 145 86 In Sambhal, district officials reopen ‘ancient temple’ closed since 1978 Counters Cong pitch on caste census, quota; reiterates commitment to UCC ASAD REHMAN NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in Lok Sabha. PTI NIRBHAY THAKUR, DEEPTIMAN TIWARY & AMIT SHARMA MANOJ C G THE DISTRICT administration in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday reopened an “ancient temple”, which had reportedly beenclosedsince1978,claiming to have “stumbled upon” it during an ongoing drive against power theft. ACCUSING THE Congress of inflicting repeated blows on the Constitution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said theNehru-Gandhifamily—from India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi to Leader of SAMBHAL, NEW DELHI, MEERUT, DECEMBER 14 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Rahul invokes Eklavya: ‘Govt cutting thumbs of youth, small businesses’ NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 14 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PAGE 8 PARTICIPATING IN the special debateontheConstitutioninthe Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi reiterated the Congress’s promise to hold a caste census and work towards removing the 50% cap on reservation, but added another layer to his social justice pitch. In his speech on the second day of the debate, Gandhi questioned the BJP over Hindutva ideologueVDSavarkar’ssupport for the Manusmriti “over the Constitution”, and invoked Eklavya, the noted archer from the Mahabharata, to make his case for deprived youngsters kept out of the system. “In front of us stand people who follow a very different WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM JUSTICE SHEKHAR KUMAR YADAV AT VHP EVENT ON HC PREMISES Under fire for ‘hate speech,’ HC judge is called by SC Collegium for meeting SHYAMLAL YADAV Justice Yadav framed UCC as a Hindu vs Muslim debate NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 14 THE FOCUS of an impeachment bid in the Rajya Sabha where the Opposition has accused him of “hate speech” and “incitement to communal disharmony,” Allahabad High Court judge JusticeShekharKumarYadavhas been called by the Supreme Court Collegium for a meeting nextweek,TheIndianExpresshas learnt.The meeting may be held as early as December 17. The Collegium is headed by CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 YOGI BACKS JUDGE PAGE 9 House versus in-house THE SC step comes even as 55 Rajya Sabha MPs moved a notice on December 13 for a motion to impeach Justice Yadav. Given the NDA numbers in both the Houses, that looks like a non-starter. So how SC deals with this is significant. Stage set for Cabinet expansion of Maharashtra govt in Nagpur today LoP Rahul Gandhi holds copies of the Constitution and the Manusmriti in LS. PTI philosophical tradition. And I wanttostartmyspeechbyquoting what the supreme leader — not of the BJP, but of the modern interpretation of the ideas of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, DECEMBER 14 FINALLY, THE decks have been cleared for the Cabinet expansion of the Maharashtra government in Nagpur on Sunday. The final list of Cabinet ministers, which was sent to the central leadership in Delhi for approval, was cleared late Saturday night. “The Cabinet expansion will The Vidhan Bhavan in Nagpur, Saturday. PTI take place on Sunday at 4 pm,” a highly placed source in the Mahayuti said. The Cabinet expansion will take place ahead of the Winter Session commencing in Nagpur on Monday. Accordingly, Governor P C Radhakrishnan has been informed and the state government’s protocol office has also swung into action for the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2