First india jaipur edition-23 february 2021

While PM Modi’s ‘Poriborton’ (change) jibe may have been targeted for West Bengal, it appeared to have a far reaching effect. On one hand, a ‘change’ occurred in continuance of
Pudduchery govt where its CM failed to prove majority & resigned. But that was not all, perhaps the most hardened agitators of recent years, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, also un-
derwent a ‘poriborton’ of heart and agreed to another rounds of talks with Centre, which on Monday went back to the drawing board to assess the situation posed after ‘poriborton’
i.e. spike in corona cases in few states. In Mumbai, the stock market continued its slump for 5th day; another ‘poriborton’ after rising several points post Union Budget.
GUJARAT RAJYA SABHA BYPOLLS:
BJP WINS BOTH SEATS UNOPPOSED
NEWS DIGEST
Ahmedabad: BJP nominees Dineshchandra Ana-
vadiya and Rambhai Mokariya were on Monday
declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from
Gujarat as the Opposition Congress did not field
candidates for the two vacant seats, one of which
was held by its veteran leader Ahmed Patel.
Elections to 2 seats were held following demise of
Patel and BJP’s Abhay Ganpatray Bhardwaj.
UP PRESENTS
`5.5 L CRORE
BUDGET
IRAQI ROCKETS
TARGET US
EMBASSY
Lucknow: Yogi
Adityanath-led UP
govt on Monday pre-
sented `5,50,270.78
cr budget for 2021-22
in Assembly. With
Assembly polls a year
away, budget included
various new schemes.
Baghdad: At least 3
rockets targeted the
US embassy on Mon-
day in high-security
Green Zone of Iraq’s
capital Baghdad, local
security sources told
AFP. The attack is
third in a week.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Mon-
day accused BJP of
bringing down the Pu-
ducherry government
unethically, and said
the Saffron party can
stoop to any level to
grab power.
An ardent user of mi-
cro-blogging site Twit-
ter, to let the people
know of his views, Ge-
hlot posted this on his
twitter handle after the
Congress-led Narayana-
samy governmentinPu-
ducherry lost the Trust
Vote earlier in the day
.
He alleged that earlier
the BJP government in-
terfered in the adminis-
trationof theUnionTer-
ritory using Lieutenant
Governor and today top-
pled the government on
the basis of money and
misuse of power.
“Whathashappenedin
Puducherry is most un-
fortunate & yet another
case of how BJP is desta-
bilising Congress govts
to grab power through
unethical means. First,
they created problems in
running the administra-
tionthroughtheLieuten-
ant Governor and now
this has happened,” he
tweeted.
Luring MLAs and
asking them to resign is
a new way of the BJP
government to grab
power in the states
ruled by other parties.
Karnataka, then Mad-
hya Pradesh and now
Puducherry are few of
the examples, he said.
The BJP tried to destab-
lise the Congress-led
Rajasthan government
too, but people of the
state gave them a befit-
ting reply
.
“Luring Congress
MLAshasbeentheirmo-
dus operandi in all Con-
gress ruled states. We
saw this in Karnataka,
MP & now in Puducher-
ry
. They tried it in Ra-
jasthan but people of
Rajasthan taught them a
lesson,” Gehlot tweeted.
He alleged that the
Saffron party wants to
throttle democracy
. Peo-
ple have understood
BJP’s tricks, he said and
added that the people of
Puducherry will teach
the Saffron party a les-
son in the upcoming
elections. “What BJP is
doing is only undermin-
ing democracy in the
country
. The people are
watching what tactics
BJP is adopting & the
party will be taught a
lesson by electorates in
the next elections in Pu-
ducherry
,” Gehlot said.
BJP CAN STOOP TO ANY LEVEL FOR POWER: GEHLOT
CM TAKES ON SAFFRON PARTY
Puducherry: Amid a
spate of resignations
including Congress
MLAs A John Kumar
and Lakshmi Naray-
anan and DMK MLA K
Venkatesan in the Pu-
ducherry assembly re-
sulting in a floor test,
Puducherry Chief Min-
ister V Narayanaswa-
my on Monday submit-
ted his resignation to
Lieutenant Governor
Tamilisai Soundarara-
jan after losing the ma-
jority in the Assembly
during the floor test.
Puducherry Lt Gov-
ernor Tamilisai Sound-
ararajan had ordered a
floor test in assembly
on February 22. The UT
is going to Assembly
polls later this year. The
dates are yet to be an-
nounced.
Assembly Speaker VP
Sivakolundhu an-
nounced that the Chief
Minister has failed to
prove his majority and
adjourned the house
sine die. Meanwhile, the
TreasuryBenchesraised
theissueof votingrights
to nominated MLAs.
Shortly before the result
of the floor test, Naraya-
nasamy alleged that the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)wasforciblytrying
to implement Hindi in
theUT,whichfollowsthe
two-language system.
Turn to P6
Puducherry CM
resigns after losing
majority in Assembly
New Delhi: After cer-
tain sections of media
recently reported on
CentralPoliceForcesbe-
ing sent specifically to
WestBengal,theECIhas
negated the point stress-
ing that it is a standard
practice.
“Central Police Forc-
es (CPFs) are routinely
sent to all the States and
UTs where elections are
totakeplace,foradvance
area domination, espe-
cially in the critical sec-
torswhichareidentified
by meticulous advance
reviews from various
sources including politi-
cal parties and entities.
This practice is going on
sincelate1980s,”theECI
saidinarelease. TurntoP6
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Monday
sought responses of
Congress president So-
nia Gandhi, her son Ra-
hul and others who are
accused in the National
Herald case following a
plea by BJP MP Subra-
manian Swamy seeking
to lead evidence before
the trial court.
Justice Suresh Kait,
while issuing notice to
the Gandhis, AICC gen-
eral secretary Oscar
Fernandes, Suman
Dubey
, Sam Pitroda and
YoungIndia(YI),sought
their stand on Swamy’s
plea by April 12 and
stayed the proceedings
in the case till then.
Advocate Satya Sab-
harwal, appearing for
the BJP MP, and advo-
cate Tarannum
Cheema, appear-
ing for the Gandhis and
others, confirmed that
the high court has is-
sued notice in the mat-
ter and stayed the trial
court proceedings till
April 12.
Turn to P6
Mumbai: Mohan
Delkar, a seven-
time MP from
Dadra and Nagar
Haveli, was found
dead at a hotel in
Mumbai’s Marine
Drive, Maharashtra
on Monday. Delkar,
who was staying in
a sea-facing room
on fifth floor of the
Sea Green Hotel, al-
legedly died by sui-
cide by hanging.
His body has
been sent for post-
mortem. Mumbai
Police said that a
suicide note has
been found and an
investigation is un-
derway. The exact
cause of death will
be known after post-
mortem is conduct-
ed, Mumbai Police
added. The body
was taken to JJ Hos-
pital for postmor-
tem while several
senior Turn to P6
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli
MP dies by
suicide
HC seeks reply from Sonia,
Rahul over Swamy’s plea
NATIONAL HERALD CASE CPFs sent routinely to
poll-bound states: ECI
Hooghly: Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Monday asserted that
poll-bound West Bengal
has made up its mind for
‘poriborton’ (change).
During his second
visit to the state this
month, PM inaugurated
the extension of Metro
Railway from Noapara
to Dakshineswar and
flag off the first service
on this 4.1 km stretch
constructed at a cost of
`464 crore.
While addressing a
public meeting in
Hooghly, PM said, “To-
day, Bengal is taking a
big step to prove its re-
solve for fast develop-
ment. Last time I came
here to give you the gift
of gas connectivity and
infrastructure projects.
Today, important works
to strengthen rail and
metro connectivity are
going to be inaugurat-
ed,” PM Modi said.
“Modern highways,
railways, airways, infra-
structure of many coun-
tries helped those na-
tions to become Turn to P6
Dhemaji: Taking a shot at the previous govern-
ments for neglecting the state of Assam, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that
despite the state’s great potential, it was given
a ‘sautela’ treatment and its development
needs were overlooked in various sec-
tors. Speaking at the launch of vari-
ous projects in Silapathar, PM said,
“Centre and Assam governments
working collaboratively to develop
State infrastructure. Despite the
State having great potential, the
former governments gave it
‘sautela’ treatment by overlooking
development in various sectors.”
“Bet it, connectivity, hospitals,
educational institutions were not
in the priority list Turn to P6
New Delhi: Noting the coun-
try’s growing capabilities in the
Defence sector, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Monday said India
is exporting defence equipment to more
than 40 countries and working towards
becoming one of the major exporters in the
world. Speaking at the webinar for effective
implementation of Union Budget provisions
in the Defence Sector, PM Modi said, “To-
day, we are exporting defence equipment
to more than 40 countries. We have to
come out of the list of importing nations
in the defence sector and become a
major exporter in the sector. P5
PM SETS STAGE
FOR ‘DESI’
WEAPONS
WEST BENGAL MADE UP ITS MIND
FOR CHANGE, ASSERTS PM MODI
Sensex sinks 1,145 pts; Nifty drops below 14,700
Mumbai: Equity in-
vestors lost over Rs
1,000 crore every min-
ute on Manic Monday
as traders dumped
shares, spooked by
reemerging cases in
some pockets of In-
dia. Rising bond
yields and extreme
volatility also added
to the mayhem.
Extending its loss-
esforthefifthstraight
session, equitybench-
mark Sensex plum-
meted 1,145 points on
Monday, tracking
heavy losses in index
majors Reliance In-
dustries, HDFC and
TCS amid negative
cues from global mar-
kets.
The 30-share BSE
index ended 1,145.44
points or 2.25 per cent
lower at 49,744.32. The
broader NSE Nifty
sank 306.05 points or
2.04 per cent to finish
at 14,675.70.
Dr Reddy’’s was the
toploserintheSensex
pack, shedding
around 5 per cent, fol-
lowed by M&M, Tech
Mahindra, Axis
Bank, IndusInd Bank
and TCS.
Bearish Dalal
Street slews
investors’ 3.8
lakh cr rupees as
shares plunge for
5th day straight
Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi
V. Narayanasamy submitted the letter of the resignation of the chief
minister and his Council of Ministers to Lt. Governor Dr Tamilisai
Soundararajan, in Puducherry on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, CMD VPs Healthcare met CEC Sunil Arora
on Monday to press for an early resolution of extending ETPBS
facility to Indian Diaspora.
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“If the government calls us, we will definitely go for talks with them.” Farmer leader Rakesh
Tikait who came to Rajasthan’s Nohar to address a farmer rally of thousands said that he was
open to a dialogue with the central government on farm laws, however he claimed that “it will
take them (centre) one or two more months” before they call for discussion again.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment’s industry de-
partment is all set for a
big show at The India
Toy Fair 2021 of the
Government of India’s
that will be a digitally
accessible exhibition,
trade, and discussion
platform for the Indian
toy industry from Feb-
ruary 27 and March 2.
The sector has also
been in the focus of
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot’s government
and the state industries
department seeks to
draw maximum advan-
tage of the national
event.
Along with the tradi-
tional handicraft toys,
the state pavilion at the
fair will also display its
industrial areas opti-
mum for investment in
the toy sector. The In-
dustries department
has also registered its
Udaipur, Chittorgarh,
Mewar, and Kathputali
Nagar, Jaipur clusters
of traditional arts and
toys at the ITF 2021.
The dedicated Sports
Goods and Toy zone at
Khushkehra Alwar will
be a key attraction for
toy manufacturers in
the fair. State govt has
also been working for
promotion and innova-
tion in traditional toys.
Raj plans to virtually tap India Toy Fair
TRADITIONAL TOYS
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The state
government’s
industry
department is all
set for a big
show at The
India Toy Fair
2021 of the
Government of
India.
Letter smells of conspiracy,
intent will be probed: Kataria
Party leaders said all MLAs are given an equal chance to speak in the Assembly
MLAs’ letter, bypolls to be discussed in the meet
BJP to discuss poll strategy,
bridge ‘factionalism’ today
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Terming the
letter written by some
of the BJP MLAs on al-
legedly not being al-
lowed to speak in as-
sembly as a conspiracy,
the leader of opposition
Gulab Chand Kataria
on Monday said that
most of the party MLAs
got the chance to speak
in the House.
He said that the
MLAs of the front line
were given the first
chance to speak on the
debate on Governor’s
speech and nearly 80
percent of these MLAs
got the opportunity to
speak.
Kataria, while reject-
ing the allegations of
the MLAs that they
were not allowed to
speak in the assembly,
said it was a conspiracy
and MLAs will be asked
that what was the inten-
tion behind writing the
letters.
Around 20 MLAs of
the saffron party have
written a letter to the
party’s state president
Satish Poonia express-
ing dissatisfaction over
allegedly not being giv-
en time by the leaders to
raise public interest is-
sues in the assembly
.
Kataria said that
MLAs are given the
chance to speak on im-
portant matters and the
Speaker himself pays
attention to the issue of
gravity. On the state-
ment of former speaker
and MLA Kailash
Meghwal about the let-
ter, he said that Megh-
wal will be requested to
open the debate on the
Budget. “I do not con-
sider someone big or
small. The BJP runs on
the trust,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The second
meeting of the State
BJP Core Committee
will be held today at BJP
state headquarters from
4:00 pm onwards. The
meeting is important
given the current politi-
cal developments and
the upcoming four as-
sembly by-elections.
BJP state president
Satish Poonia has sent
information to all mem-
bers of the core team in
this regard. Sources re-
veal that the committee
members will discuss
two major issues.
The most prominent
issue is the displeasure
of MLAs who have writ-
ten a letter to the party
leadership that they are
not allowed time to
speak in the assembly.
The focus of BJP state
in-charge Arun Singh
will be to sow seeds of
unity and solidarity
within the party and
negate factionalism.
The second issue is
about the by-elections
on the four assemblies.
The observers have sub-
mitted a report and
names of probable to
the state leadership.
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu/Jaipur:
Two BJP candidates
and 23 independent can-
didates won the election
of ward members in
Vidyavihar municipal-
ity of Jhunjhunu where
the counting of votes
took place on Monday.
Congress did not field
any candidate.
The election for the
post of the chairperson
will be held on March 1
and the vice-chairper-
son will be elected the
next day
. There are two
municipalities in Pilani
town and elections for
both of them are held
separately
.
Meanwhile, candi-
dates contesting up-
coming by-polls on four
assembly seats in Ra-
jasthan will have the
facility to file nomina-
tion papers online.
The Election Com-
mission of India had
started the facility dur-
ing the Bihar assembly
elections.
Chief Electoral Of-
ficer Praveen Gupta
said that during the
nomination, will have
to take full care so that
the candidates do not
face any problem and
the nomination work
can be done in time.
First India Bureau
Sirohi: The police on
Monday solved the mur-
der case of a person
whose headless body
was found on Feb 4 in
the Arathwada village
in Sirohi.
In a press conference,
SP Himmat Abhilash
Tak said the main rea-
son behind the murder
was that the deceased
Ratanlal had frequent
fights with his wife dur-
ing which he used to
beat her badly. Ratan-
lal’s wife’s brother Han-
saram planned to kill
her husband. To dodge
the police and eliminate
evidence, he cut away
his head and threw it in
forest. The police ar-
rested him.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: The logistics
manager of Mumbai’s
shipping company was
kidnapped by seven
miscreants from Alwar,
Bharatpur and Mathu-
ra. However, a few hours
after the incident, the
Alwar police arrested
the accused. SP Tejas-
wani Gautam revealed
the entire case on Mon-
day
.
Gautam said that the
kidnappers had lured
Vikas Gupta, the man-
ager of the shipping
company, by offering to
sell him pepper at cheap
prices. Vikas came from
Mumbai to Jaipur to
buypepper.Theaccused
arrived to receive him
at the Jaipur airport.
Vikas was brought by
car to Kesroli in Alwar.
On the way, Vikas real-
ized that something was
fishy
. After reaching Al-
war, they started de-
manding ransom from
Vikas by pointing guns
at him. Vikas was al-
lowed to call his com-
pany for ransom money
.
Based on this informa-
tion, the police man-
aged to reach the ac-
cused. Police said that
Vikas came to Jaipur on
Sunday morning and
was kidnapped around
10 o’clock.
Jaipur: Former Ra-
jasthan deputy chief
minister Sachin Pilot
on Monday questioned
the silence of BJP lead-
ers on inflation and ris-
ing fuel prices. “The
central government is
looting people of their
hard-earned money by
unexpectedly increas-
ing the prices of petrol,
diesel, and domestic
gas,” the Congress lead-
er said in a tweet in
Hindi.
He said during the
tenure of the Congress-
led UPA government,
BJP leaders used to
“make a lot of noise”
over the issue of infla-
tion but now they are
silent. In 12 days, retail
petrol prices have ris-
en by Rs 3.63 a litre, a
record since the pric-
ing was deregulated in
2010, and diesel rates
have gone up by Rs
3.84. Petrol price has
already surged past the
Rs 100-mark in some
places in Rajasthan
and Madhya Pradesh,
which levy the highest
VAT on the fuel. On
Saturday, petrol price
touched an all-time
high of Rs 97 per litre
in Mumbai while die-
sel rate crossed Rs 88-
mark. —PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Chief
Minister Vasundhara
Raje, who skipped the
recent meetings of the
BJP core committee
and legislature party on
the ground of sickness
of her daughter-in-law
Niharika Singh, would
now attend the next
meetings as Niharika
has been discharged
from the hospital.
Niharika, wife of Du-
shyant Singh, was ad-
mitted in New Delhi for
the last 20 days due to
health reasons. Now
she is discharged, Raje
will hence attend the
party meetings. On the
other hand, BJP MLA
Pratap Singh Singhvi,
close aide to Raje, ex-
pressed concern over
the speculation, “I was
surprised to learn that
speculations are being
made on Raje absence
in the Vidhan Sabha,”
he tweeted, “For the last
one month, her daugh-
ter-in-law was unwell
and hospitalized due to
which Raje was not able
to attend the assembly
.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: MP Rajsamand
Diya Kumari will be a
part of the 7-member
committee instituted
by the Government of
Gujarat for the project
of building a museum.
The museum will be
showcasing the contri-
bution of 562 erstwhile
princely states in the
making of the Union of
India.
It will be located at
the Statue of Unity
complex near the Sard-
ar Sarovar Dam at
Kevadia. Her name was
announced by
Gujarat Government.
Diya expressed her
gratitude to CM of Gu-
jarat, Vijay Rupani.
RATHORE TAKES ON MLAS’ LETTER
Independents rule Jhunjhunu’s
Vidyavihar municipality!
Praveen Gupta informed officials about online nomination.
Accused in police custody.
ABVP DEMO AT RU
ABVP held a demonstration outside vice chancellor’s office at Rajasthan University on Monday with various demands.
Headless
body case
solved, 1 held
Priest accused
of trying to
rape minor
Logistics manager from Mumbai
kidnapped for ransom, seven held
Central govt looting people:
Pilot on rising fuel prices
Raje to now attend
all party meetings
Diya in panel for
Guj museum project
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
BJP LEGISLATIVE MEET ON FEB 24
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: The
case of an attempt to
kidnap an 8-yr-old girl
with intentions of rape
by a priest has come to
light. On receiving in-
formation, family mem-
bers started searching
for the girl. Seeing the
family, accused fled
leaving the girl who is
said to be safe. In this
regard, the girl’s father
has filed a case against
the accused priest at
Mahila Police Station.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 94-year old
emeritus professor of
SMS medical college Dr
PC Dandiya, who was
administered a vaccine
for coronavirus on 16
December, received the
second dose of the vac-
cine on Monday
.
Dr Dandiya said that
after getting both the
doses of the vaccine, he
is completely healthy.
He said that he had no
side effects in the last
one month after getting
the vaccine, his move of
getting vaccinated was
aimed at motivating,
encouraging others.
On the other hand, a
total of 38,358 health
workers have received
the second dose of vac-
cine from February 15-
20. The state govern-
ment has already start-
ed preparations for the
third phase of vaccina-
tion which is likely to
start after March 10 un-
der which people with
above 50 years of age
will be vaccinated.
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First India Bureau
Bhilwara: The first
phase of Intensified
Mission Indradhanush
3.0 started in Rajasthan
from Monday to admin-
ister vaccines to preg-
nant women and chil-
dren up to two years.
The campaign will run
for 15 days in two phas-
es. Vaccines will be pro-
vided free of cost to chil-
dren and pregnant
women who are de-
prived of regular vacci-
nations. Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
started the special cam-
paign on Monday at a
state-level function in
Bhilwara. In the first
phase of the campaign,
24 districts, 3,963 vacci-
nation sessions will be
organised. Siddharth
Mahajan said a target
had been set to protect
23,980 children and 6,268
pregnant women by ad-
ministering vaccines.
Dharmendra Rathore,
Harimohan Sharma
were also present in the
event. —With PTI Inputs
1st phase of Indradhanush 3.0 starts in 24 dists
TO VACCINATE PREGNANT WOMEN, CHILDREN
On the occasion of Mission Indradhansh 3.0 two posters were released by Dr Raghu Sharma in
Bhilwara on Monday.Also present in the programme were Dharmendra Rathore, Harimohan Sharma,
Shivprasad M Nakate, Dr Shalabh Sharma, Dr Arun Gaur, Dr Indra Singh, Dr Mushtaq Khan and others.
MONDAY BLUES!
Two including a cop
killed, four injured in
separate accidents
Ambulance operators
go on strike from today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two people
including a constable
were killed in sepa-
rate accidents in the
state, the police said
on Monday
.
In Kota, A constable
died and two others
were injured when
the car he was driv-
ing overturned while
trying to avoid a col-
lision with a tractor
in Kota district on
Monday, police said.
Girish Kumar Meh-
ra, 25, who was post-
ed in the Kota Police
Line,wasgoinghome
in the district along
with two-three per-
sons in morning.
Car overturned on
the Kundanpur link
road near Raigarh,
Sangod police station
incharge Jairam Jat
said. The brother of
deceased submitted a
complaint alleging
that the unidentified
tractor driver turned
to a side without pri-
or indication and the
car behind it over-
turned in an attempt
to avoid a collision.
An investigation is
on and a case is yet to
be lodged.
In Barmer, a biker
Prakash was killed
and two others
Kheemaram and
Ramesh were seri-
ously injured when a
gravel-filled dumper
hit the bike on Mon-
day in Samdari area.
The police said three
labourers of Deora
village were going on
a bike to Mangla vil-
lage when the acci-
dent happened. Vil-
lagers blocked road
protesting against
accident and illegal
mining of gravel. Po-
lice were trying to
pacify protestors.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On Monday
evening, the Ra-
jasthan Ambulance
Employees Union an-
nounced an indefi-
nite shutdown of 108
and 104 ambulance
services across the
state from 8 pm on
February 23. Moreo-
ver, ambulance work-
ers will demonstrate
near 22 godown pet-
rol pumps on Febru-
ary 24. Union Presi-
dent Virendra Singh
Shekhawat said that
there has been long-
standing demand for
providing ambu-
lance employees 20
percent arrears of
increased salary and
8 hours of duty time.
Ambulance staff met
Dr Raghu Sharma on
Feb 2, he assured to
meet their demands
soon but, nothing has
been done yet.
In Barmer, villagers
blocked road
protesting against
accident & illegal
mining of gravel
Perfumed water being sprinkled on devotees during the
closing ceremony of the 809th annual Urs at the shrine of
Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer. (Above) A devotee
prays during the closing ceremony of the annual Urs festival
on Monday. —PHOTOS BY NADEEM KHAN
URS CONCLUDES WITH
PRAYERS FOR PEACE!
Threetiedtoelectricity
pole,beatenfor‘stealing’
Five persons have been detained by police and being interrogated
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: Humanity was
put to shame in Alwar
where three persons in-
cluding an elderly wom-
an and her son were
tied to electricity poles
and beaten on allega-
tion of rickshaw theft
on Monday
.
The incident oc-
curred in Shyolalpura
village where the resi-
dentsof acolony caught
them from different lo-
cations and brought
them to the colony
.
They tied the woman
Naina, her son Gopal
and third man Raju to
separate poles and
thrashed while accus-
ing them of stealing
three rickshaws. On in-
formation of the inci-
dent by local people,
police rushed to the
spot and freed them.
Five persons have
been detained in this
connection. Naina,
while rejecting the al-
legation of theft, said
that she was beaten up
badly and her son was
also hit with sticks.
At the same time,
Raju and Gopal said
that they were forcibly
picked up from jail
chauraha on charges of
theft.
The woman was
brought from Shikarib-
as. On the other hand, a
local resident Chun-
nilal claimed that the
two men, Raju and Go-
pal, fought with each
other initially and the
local people separated
them and tied them to
the pole.
Police said that both
the men have received
head injuries and they
were admitted to a hos-
pital. Police are collect-
ing evidence, investing
the case. Five persons
have been detained by
police are further being
interrogated.
Woman tied up to electricity pole in Alwar on Monday.
DR GARG SPEAKS!
DON’T IGNORE SOP! ‘0’ DEATH,83 CASES
Dr PC Dandiya receives
second dose of Covid vax
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In three differ-
ent cases, the Special
POCSO courts sen-
tenced the accused to 20
years rigorous impris-
onment and fined on
Monday
.
In Dausa, Special
Judge Aarti Bhardwaj
awarded Chand Khan
with 20 years jail and
fined Rs 1 lakh for a rape
case of December 2018
at the Santhal police sta-
tion, Dausa.
In Rajsamand, the
courtsentencedaccused
Surendra Singh for 20
years RI and imposed a
fine of Rs 35,000 for rap-
ingaminorininNovem-
ber 2018 in Devgarh. In
Kota, court sentenced a
convict Monu Mahawar
to 20 years and slapped a
penalty of Rs 30,000 for
raping a 13-year-old girl
3 years ago.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A man in
Jodhpur was killed
while putting up a
hoarding on Sunday in
a tragic incident. The
man identified as Hem-
raj (22) was electrocut-
ed from the high-ten-
sion power line running
overhead while he was
raising a hoarding near
the main post office on
the railway station
road, Jodhpur. Mun
corp is not commenting
on this incident.
Three awarded 20
years each under
POCSO cases
Man electrocuted
while putting
hoarding in Jodh
Denied justice, rape victims
seek consent for euthanasia
First India Bureau
Churu: A woman and
her two daughters have
sought permission to
end their lives while ac-
cusing the police of not
taking action in a rape
case lodged by them two
months back.
The woman alleged
that one of the accused
raped her one daughter
at gunpoint on Decem-
ber 31 night while an-
other accused raped the
woman nearly ten days
back. Two others also
attempted to rape her
second daughter. A case
is registered at Sardar-
shahar police station
but no action followed
as one of the accused is
reported to be the neph-
ew of an IPS officer. The
SDM directed CO Sard-
arshahar to take action
in the matter. She al-
leged the accused roam
scot-free in front of the
house waving guns.
Copies of letter have
been forwarded to
Chief minister office &
Chief secretary office.
Family has warned of
indefinite strike at the
DSP office from Feb 27,
if action is not taken.
Woman along with
her daughters
handed over
representation to
SDM, addressed to
President of India

PERSPECTIVE
04
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t is the year
2049. China is
c e l eb r at i n g
h a v i n g
reached its
second centenary goal –
to become a “prosper-
ous, powerful, democrat-
ic, civilised and harmo-
nious socialist modern-
ised country” by the
100th anniversary of the
people’s republic.
Its economy is three
times the size of the United
States’, as the Internation-
al Monetary Fund predict-
ed back in the 2010s. The US
remains wealthy and pow-
erful – it has functioning
alliances in Europe – but its
pacts with Asian allies
have fallen into disrepair.
For decades, Hong
Kong has been accepted
as just another province
of China. Few dare to
criticise the ongoing hu-
man rights abuses there,
or in Xinjiang and else-
where, because of the ex-
traterritorial application
of China’s national secu-
rity laws. Taiwan, if not
annexed, is isolated, with
no diplomatic partners.
The legacy of Xi Jinping,
who led China for more
than 30 years, monopolises
ideological discourse in
China. His successors rule
under his shadow.
Outside China, many
of the third-wave democ-
racies that transitioned
in the second half of the
20th century have be-
come far less liberal.
Elections are held, but
increasingly authoritar-
ian governments have
adopted many of Bei-
jing’s technological and
legal tools to manage
markets and control pol-
itics. The internet is
heavily censored.
Mistrust permeates eve-
ry aspect of China’s rela-
tions with the West. Inter-
national co-operation on
climate change and the
strong carbon-reduction
commitments of the early
2020s have long been aban-
doned. The focus is on indi-
vidual adaptation.
Australia remains a
liberal democracy and a
staunch defender of free
markets and human
rights. But these are no
longer the default stand-
ards of global govern-
ance – they are minority
positions associated
mostly with Western tra-
ditions. No longer a top-
20 economic or military
power, Australia’s op-
portunities to make its
mark internationally
are few and far between.
AN UNSETTLING BUT
PLAUSIBLE VISION
Thisvisionof afragmented
and decidedly less liberal
international order is high-
ly speculative, but also dis-
piritingly plausible. It is
unsettling to an Australian
reader, not just because
Australian foreign policy
has been centred on a glob-
al set of rules and institu-
tions since 1945, but be-
cause Australian identity is
so enmeshed with the val-
ues of liberal democracy
.
The 2017 Foreign Poli-
cy White Paper states
that Canberra is “a de-
termined advocate of
liberal institutions, uni-
versal values and human
rights”, in stark contrast
to Beijing.
All nation states, espe-
cially rising powers, de-
sire a favourable global
environment in which
they can acquire power,
prosperity and prestige.
The postwar system great-
ly aided China, and it
would be incorrect to
claim Beijing wants to dis-
mantle it entirely.
Similarly, it would be
disingenuous to over-
look the many instances
where the US and other
liberal democracies have
behaved inconsistently.
But the Chinese Commu-
nist Party, which leads an
authoritarian state, sees
the liberal values embed-
ded in the present order as
a threat to its rule.
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COVID-19 RETURNS
TO HAUNT PEOPLE
ovid-19 has come to haunt us again with
resurgence in cases in four states and an
Indian variant of the virus being de-
scribed as more lethal than the one we
have been fighting till now. With 15,000
new Covid-19 cases recorded in the last 24 hours, a
second wave of the pandemic seemed to be in the
making. The total cases in the country on Monday
totalled over 1.10 crore and the toll crossing 1.56
lakh. Compared to the United States and Britain
these are small numbers but rising new cases are
causing the Centre some worry. Maharashtra,
Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Pun-
jab are bearing the brunt of the second wave. Of
these, it is Maharashtra where the situation is re-
ally alarming. The State reported 7000 new cases,
including cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal, on
Sunday. This is the highest number of Covid-19
cases since October 23. Given the sharp U-turn in
positive cases, Union Home Minister Amit Shah
presided over a meeting to review the pandemic
situation in the country
.
To deal with the situation BMC sealed 1305 build-
ings with five or more cases affecting over 70,000
households and imposed fines on violators of Cov-
id-19 protocols. In Pune, only essential services
were being allowed in Pune and Nashik after 11 pm.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is not ready to
call it a second phase. He was quoted as saying that
he was “worried about the severity of a second
wave if it hits the state”. The problem lies with the
people who decided to throw caution to the wind
after relaxations were announced.
C
IN-DEPTH
CONG NOW A PARTY
OF THREE STATES
wo days before Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi is to reach Puducherry to ad-
dress a rally the Congress-DMK govern-
ment of Chief Minister V
. Narayansamy
fell after failing to win a trust vote on the
floor of the House. Resignations from the Cong-
DMK alliance legislators in the Union territory
were much on the lines of developments in Goa,
Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh where
BJP formed governments after engineering defec-
tions by exploiting Congress party’s weakening
hold on its flock. In Arunachal Pradesh, Chief
Minister Prema Khandu first formed a Congress
government. Within a few months he joined the
People’s Party of Arunachal Pradesh (PPA) and in
a month left PPA to join the BJP. He moved quick-
ly to prove majority with 33 of 43 MLAs switching
over to BJP. Similarly in Madhya Pradesh, Jyoti-
raditya Scindia, after being sidelined by the Con-
gress, joined the BJP. Along with him over 22 leg-
islators quit the Congress to bring down the Kamal
Nath government.
What happened in Puducherry, which goes to
poll in May, was no different as four Congress and
one DMK legislators resigned in the last two
months to precipitate a crisis. The BJP, which did
not win even a single seat in the last assembly elec-
tions, is now set to be part of the NR Congress gov-
ernment with three of its nominated members
likely to ministerial berths. With this the Congress
has shrunk to only three states---Rajasthan, Pun-
jab and Chhattisgarh. This does not augur well the
Cong-DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu where the BJP
is using all tricks in the trade to grab power.
T
f you leave the expressway and
move into state highways/vil-
lage roads, you will find speed-
breakers almost at every KM.
Speed-breakers are taken as a
symbol of power, where in all
passing vehicles slow down to
pay obeisance in front of high
and mighty
. We often find the
eight lanes being blocked by po-
lice barricades, parked trucks/
buses, protestors, agitators, so-
cial processions and vendors,
leaving only one lane for traffic,
leadingtotrafficjamsandsnarls.
But who cares? I find that these
speed breakers in India are not
only on roads, they are more so
in minds. We don’t want anyone
to go fast and progress at rapid
rate. Interestingly
, let’s have a
look at some of the speed-break-
ers in the growth of our country
which have come up in our psy-
che, over the last few decades.
SPEED BREAKER 01:
GOVERNANCE
Ourconstitutionhaslegislateda
way of Governance for a demo-
cratic country
. In this, the vot-
ers of the country elect their
Government, by majority
. The
Govt is mandated with the duty
of makinglawsandgovernance,
as deemed fit. If they are not
happy
, they can vote them out
in next elections. I find a new
trend in our country
, where in
the laws made by elected Govt
are challenged on the roads. An
armed protest, dharna, marches
and all kind of defiance maybe
abettedbyanti-nationalsandfor-
eignhandsismanifestedagainst
governance. No Govt can func-
tion if the rules and laws are to
be made and taken back, by
crowds on the roads. The chal-
lenging of CAA and farm laws
on the roads amplify this speed-
breaker in our progress.
SPEED BREAKER 02:
POLITICAL HARDLINERS
The political chaos and quality
of principled politics is touch-
ing the lowest ebb, each day.
Today, any policy or act passed
by ruling party is opposed by
opposition parties, irrespective
of national interest. Actions
like guarding the frontiers, ex-
ternal aggression, purchase of
defence equipment and corona
vaccination are also being
challenged on political lines.
Rather than issue based oppo-
sition, today
, the lines are clear-
ly drawn as WE and THEY. All
Govt decisions are supported
by ruling party and opposed by
opposition parties. Both sides
have experts and media, in
their teams, to support their
narratives. The common public
gets confused as to what is
right or wrong.
SPEED BREAKER 03:
JUDICIAL OVERREACH
Legislative, Executive and Ju-
diciary are three pillars of a
stable democracy
. Today, every
rule and act passed by legisla-
tive is challenged in the courts
and court not only decides the
legality of it but pass orders on
execution methods also. I am
amused to note that courts
which have thousands of seri-
ous cases pending with them
for years, find all the time for
PIL and such cases of judicial
dominance. It’s also intrigu-
ing for common man to know
how poor people don’t even get
hearing date for bail, for
months, while court are opened
at midnight for high and
mighty
. If one pillar (judiciary)
of the tripod becomes larger,
the stability of the democracy
will be threatened.
SPEED BREAKER 04:
CASTE BASED
RESERVATIONS
One of the biggest speed break-
ers in the progress of the coun-
try is the caste based reserva-
tion overriding the merit. The
caste based reservation found
it’s place in Constitution of In-
dia due to disparity in social
status, in 1947. Originally, it
was planned for 10 years. How-
ever, due to vote bank politics,
no political party has dared to
remove this speedbreaker of
caste based reservations. Due
to this reservation Policy of
our country, the deserving can-
didates do not get their due and
talent is not recognized in se-
lection/promotion. Resultant-
ly, the mediocrity prevails over
excellence and quality of gov-
ernance suffers.
SPEED BREAKER 05:
PSEUDO SECULARISM
The architects of Constitution
of India thought of a secular
India, wherein people with dif-
ferent religious faiths could
live peacefully together and
work in harmony, furthering
progress of the country
.
The real secularism soon
came under vote bank politics
and political parties started
minority appeasement to gar-
ner votes. The backlash result-
ed in hardliners from other
communities also responding
in similar manner and thereby
taking mutual hatred to higher
levels. This slowly resulted in
the polarization of society on
religious grounds. If India has
to prosper as a country and ex-
hibit it’s soft power, these speed
breakers of religions divide
will have to be removed from
the path of exponential growth.
WAY AHEAD
I want to sincerely ask the
highest authority in the coun-
try ( hope someone answers) as
to “What do we want?” We
want to go slow or fast?? If
slow, then why make express-
ways and if fast, then why
make speed breakers. Let all
agencies move towards one
goal that Nation wants to pur-
sue- slow/fast.
Speed-breakers in India are
more in minds then on roads.
To take the country on the fast
track of growth, I exhort upon
the countrymen to think of NA-
TION FIRST and take a more
disciplined approach to nation
building.
TO SUM UP-
“IN THIS COUNTRY OF
SPEED BREAKERS,
LET’S MAKE EXPRESSWAYS
OF GROWTH.
……NOT ONLY ON GROUND
BUT ALSO IN MINDS.”
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
INDIA A COUNTRY
OF SPEEDBREAKERS
I
One of the biggest
speed breakers in
the progress of
the country is the
caste based
reservation
overriding the
merit. The caste
based reservation
found it’s place
in Constitution
of India due to
disparity in
social status, in
1947. Originally,
it was planned
for 10 years.
I FIND THAT THESE
SPEED BREAKERS IN
INDIA ARE NOT ONLY ON
ROADS, THEY ARE MORE
SO IN MINDS. WE DON’T
WANT ANYONE TO GO
FAST AND PROGRESS AT
RAPID RATE.
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH, RETD
The writer is a scholar soldier
accredited with MA, MSc, LLB,
MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt) and M Phil
(International Strategic Affairs)
—Pic for representational purpose only
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INDIA
05
INDIA SET TO CLEAR 45 CHINESE
INVESTMENT PROPOSALS
New Delhi: India is set to
clear 45 investment pro-
posals from China, which
are likely to include those
from Great Wall Motor
and SAIC Motor Corp,
government and industry
sources told media. The
proposals have been held
up since last year after
India tightened controls
on Chinese investment in
the country in retaliation
against Chinese troop
incursions in the western
Himalayan region. China
blamed Indian troops
for the standoff. Compa-
nies from Japan and the
US routing investment
through Hong Kong were
also caught in the cross-
fire as an inter-ministerial
panel led by the interior
ministry increased scruti-
ny of such proposals.
`450 CR BLACK INCOME FOUND
AFTER RAIDS ON SOYA GROUP
New Delhi: Income
Tax Department has
detected undisclosed
income of over Rs 450
crore after its raided
a Madhya Pradesh-
based Soya products
manufacturing group.
The searches were
carried out on Febru-
ary 18 at 22 premises
located in Betul
Satna (both in Madhya
Pradesh), Mumbai
Solapur in Maharash-
tra, Kolkata in West
Bengal. “Incriminating
evidence in the form of
digital media such as
laptops, hard drives,
pen drives have been
found seized.
UP CM YOGI IS “AMBASSADOR
OF HATE”: BRINDA KARAT
New Delhi: Communist
Party of India (Marxist)
leader Brinda Karat
accused UP CM Yogi
Adityanath of being “an
ambassador of hate”
after his statement in
Kerala that “love jihad
is a conspiracy to make
Kerala an Islamic state.”
The CPI(M) leader said,
“He (Yogi) is less of a
chief minister more
of an ambassador of
hate. He went to Kerala,
where the unity of the
people, ensures that the
state is number one on
the all-important social
indicators like health,
education, social secu-
rity, food security.”
INDIA OFFERS $100 MILLION LINE
OF CREDIT TO MAURITIUS
Port Louis: India on
Monday offered a USD
100 million line of credit
to Mauritius to facilitate
procurement of defence
assets and the two
countries signed a Com-
prehensive Economic
Cooperation Partnership
Agreement following
talks between Exter-
nal Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar and Mauritius
Prime Minister Pravind
Jugnauth here.
“SAGAR policy re-
affirmed. Pleased to
witness, along with PM
@JugnauthKumar, the
exchange of USD 100
million Defence Line
of Credit. Will facilitate
procurement of defence
assets, guided by the
needs of Mauritius,” S
Jaishankar tweeted.
PM CALLS FOR ATMANIRBHARTA IN DEFENCE
We’ve to build an image as a leading defence exporter globally and strengthen the image as well: Modi
New Delhi: Noting the
country’s growing capa-
bilities in the Defence
sector, PM Narendra
Modi on Monday said
India is exporting de-
fence equipment to
more than 40 countries
andworkingtowardsbe-
coming one of the major
exporters in the world.
Speaking at the webi-
nar for effective imple-
mentation of Union
Budget provisions in
the Defence Sector, PM
Modi said, “Today, we
are exporting defence
equipment to more than
40 countries. We have to
come out of the list of
importing nations in
the defence sector and
become a major export-
er in the sector.”
The PM pointed out
that despite India’s cen-
tury-old experience in
making arms and am-
munition, today the
country still is one of
the largest defence im-
porters in the world.
“We have century-old
experience when it
comes to making arms
and ammunition. Dur-
ing WW I and II, India
supplied arms and am-
munition. But post-in-
dependence, the situa-
tion deteriorated, even
for small arms we are
relying on small coun-
tries,” he said.
“Today we are one of
the largest defence im-
porters. And this is not
something to be proud
of. Let’s be clear, Indi-
ans don’t lack talent
and we don’t lack capa-
bilities,” said PM Modi
while citing how the na-
tion bolstered its capac-
ity in building ventila-
tors amid the COVID-19
pandemic. “The coun-
try which has the capa-
bility to reach planet
Mars, was fully capable
of producing modern
weapons. But import-
ing weapons was the
easy way out, which we
took,” he added.
PM said that India is
working in full swing
towards increasing its
capacity capabilities
in the defence sector.
“From 2014, we have
tried to inculcate trans-
parency, predictability
and ease of doing busi-
ness in the sector. We
have taken several
strong steps in this sec-
tor including delicens-
ing, deregulation, ex-
port promotion liber-
alisation of foreign in-
vestment,” he said. —ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the webinar for effective implementation of Union
Budget in Defence Sector, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Government to complete defence
acquisitions in 2 years: Rajnath
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh on Monday said
that the Centre will
make efforts to com-
plete the pending de-
fence acquisitions
within two years and
to promote private
participation in the
defence sector.
Addressing a Webi-
nar on ‘Budget An-
nouncements 2021-22’,
Singh said,” Govern-
ment of India has
brought many re-
forms in last 6 years.
There is a clear focus
of the government on
‘Ease of Doing Busi-
ness’ to encourage for-
eign Original Equip-
ment Manufacturer
(OEMs), to set up
manufacturing units
in India, develop joint
ventures and promote
private participation
in the defence sector.”
“Ministry is also
working on bringing
down the delays in
timelines of capital
acquisition. We will
make efforts to com-
plete the defence ac-
quisition within 2
years, instead of the
existing 3-4 years be-
ing taken on the aver-
age,” he added. —ANI
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a webinar on Defence
Budget, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
DefamationcaseagainstShahsentbacktolowercourt
New Delhi: A designat-
ed MP/MLA court on
Monday forwarded a
case of defamation
brought against Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah by Trinamool Con-
gress MP Abhishek Ba-
nerjee to the Metropoli-
tan Magistrate Court
over jurisdiction issues.
The court, which had
issued summons to
Shah to either appear
personally or through a
counsel on Monday,
took note of his lawyer
Brajesh Jha’s submis-
sion that the address of
Amit Shah mentioned
in was incorrect.
Banerjee’s lawyer
Sanjay Basu said two
addresses were provid-
ed to the court, that are
Delhi Ahmedabad. The
address provided earli-
er by the complainant
was of BJP office in
Kolkata. Hearing both
the parties, the special
judge directed that the
matter be sent to the
Metropolitan Magis-
trate Court in Kolkata
since the addresses
were beyond the MP/
MLA court’s jurisdic-
tion. Basu had claimed
that Shah made certain
defamatory statements
against TMC MP in
2018, at a BJP rally in
Kolkata. —PTI
After 22 years,main accused
in Odisha gangrape case held
New Delhi: The Odisha
police on Monday ar-
rested the prime ac-
cused in the sensational
gangrape case involv-
ing the estranged wife
of an IFS officer, after
22 years from Maha-
rashtra. The case had
created a political up-
roar in the state leading
to the resignation of the
then Chief Minister of
Odisha, JB Patnaik, in
1999.
Bibekananda Biswal
alias Biban was arrest-
ed by the Twin city com-
missionerate police
from Aamby Valley in
Lonavala where he
worked as a plumber.
“We have launched “Op-
eration Silent Viper” to
track and arrest the ac-
cused. Our teams were
active in Maharashtra
after having received a
tip off about his where-
abouts and we were
working closely with
the Maharashtra police.
He was working there
under a fake identity of
Jalandhar Swain at
Idyllic resorts,” Com-
missioner Sudhanshu
Sarangi said.
Three persons in-
cluding the accused had
allegedly raped the sur-
vivor, who was 29 then,
inside a car in front of
her friend. The case
was reported on Janu-
ary 9, 1999. —Agencies
CBI summons to TMC leader’s
sister-in-law in coal scam case
Kolkata: A team of CBI
visited the residence
of TMC MP Abhishek
Banerjee’s sister-in-law
Menaka Gambhir in
Kolkata to examine her
in connection with the
coal pilferage case. Two
women officers of CBI
are examining Gambhir
at her residence after a
notice was served to her
on Sunday. Gambhir is
the sister of Abhishek’s
wife Rujira Banerjee who
told the CBI earlier in the
day that she will be avail-
able for examination in
connection with the case
at her residence in Harish
Mukherjee Road between
11 am to 3 pm on Feb 23.
Banerjee’s wife asks CBI to visit her on Feb 23
Kolkata: After CBI notice
in connection to a coal
scam case, Trinamool
Congress leader
Abhishek Banerjee’s
wife Rujira Banerjee on
Monday replied to the
agency, asking officials
to visit her residence be-
tween 11 am and 3 pm
on Tuesday. “Though
I am unaware of the
reason for me being
called for questioning
or the subject matter of
the investigation, you
may visit my residence,
as per your convenience
between 11 am 3 pm
tomorrow, i.e., 23 Febru-
ary 2021,” wrote Rujira
in a letter to CBI. “You
are requested to kindly
inform me your sched-
ule,” she added Earlier,
CBI served a notice to
Rujira Banerjee Naroola,
the wife of West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee’s
nephew Abhishek asking
her to join the investiga-
tion related to the coal
scam case. —ANI
Mehbooba re-elected as PDP
prez unanimously for 3 yrs
Srinagar: Former Jam-
mu and Kashmir chief
minister Mehbooba
Mufti was on Monday
unanimously re-elected
as president of the PDP
for a three-year term.
Mufti’s name was
proposed by senior
leader Ghulam Nabi
Lone Hanjura and sec-
onded by Khurshid
Alam, a party spokes-
person said.
Senior PDP leader
Abdul Rehman Veeri
was chairman of party
election board, he said.
The spokesperson said
party’s electoral college
in Jammu had earlier
unanimously re-elected
Mufti as party chief.
Senior leader
Surinder Chaudhary
was the returning of-
ficer for the election.
The Peoples Demo-
cratic Party (PDP) was
formed in 1998 by Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed as a
regional alternative to
the National Confer-
ence. The party grew
from strength to
strength during the last
two decades with many
political stalwarts join-
ing it. Several techno-
crats and bureaucrats,
after retiring from ser-
vice, also joined the
PDP over the years. —ANI
Mehbooba Mufti with party members, in Srinagar on Monday.
Bhima Koregaon case: HC
grants bail to ailing Rao
SC allows Karti to travel
abroad with condition
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day allowed Congress
MP Karti Chidambar-
am, who is being inves-
tigated in the INX Me-
dia case, to travel
aboard on the condition
that he will have to de-
posit an amount of Rs 2
crores and submit his
detailed itinerary be-
fore travelling.
Earlier this month, a
Delhi court had per-
mitted the Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
(CBI) to investigate
documents it has re-
cently received from
Swiss authorities in
the INX Media case in-
volving former finance
minister P Chidambar-
am and others.
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Monday
granted interim bail
for six months on medi-
cal grounds to ailing
poet and activist Vara-
vara Rao, an accused in
the Elgar Parishad-
Maoist links case.
A bench of Justices S
S Shinde and Manish
Pitale took into account
the advanced age of Rao
(82), his “precarious”
health condition, qual-
ity of medical aid pro-
vided to him in prison,
and medical facilities
available at the Taloja
prison in neighbouring
Navi Mumbai, while
holding that his case
was “fit and genuine for
grant of relief”. Rao is
currently admitted in
Nanavati Hospital lo-
cated in Mumbai. —ANI
SC issues notice
to FRL, others
on Amazon plea
The Supreme Court on
Monday sought re-
sponses from Future
Retail Ltd and others on
Amazon’s plea against
the Delhi High Court
direction to maintain
status quo on the Fu-
ture-Reliance deal.
A bench comprising
Justices R F Nariman
B R Gavai issued notic-
es to Future Retail Ltd,
Chairperson Kishore
Biyani and others
sought their replies.
IN THE COURTYARD
Amit Shah

INDIA
06
CPFs sent
Notably, during Lok
Sabha elections 2019
also, Central Forces
were sent to all States
and UTs and the same
has been done in all
State Elections which
have been taking place.
“In the instant case
also the CPFs have
been sent to all the four
states namely Assam,
Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
West Bengal and UT of
Puducherry where As-
sembly Elections are to
take place. It may be of
interest for the Media
to know that the orders
for CPF deployment
were issued to the
Chief Secretaries, the
DGPs and the Chief
Electoral Officers of
these five States /UT on
the same day, i.e. 16th
February 2021.
‘Assam ignored...
of the previous govern-
ments,” PM Modi said
while adding that this
decimation of the
North-eastern states
was stopped by the BJP
government.
Dadra Nagar
Haveli
police officials reached
the hotel where Delkar
allegedly died by sui-
cide. Police officials
from Marine Drive
were questioning the
hotel staff to get details
about Delkar and his
stay at the hotel.
HC seeks
BJP MP Subramanian
Swamy has moved the
high court aggrieved
by a trial court order of
February 11 declining,
for now, his plea to lead
evidence to prosecute
the Gandhis and other
accused in the case.
Puducherry CM...
He also said that for-
mer Lieutenant Gover-
nor Kiran Bedi and
Central Government
colluded with the Op-
position in a bid to top-
ple his government in
the Union territory
.
“Former LG Kiran
Bedi and Central Gov-
ernment colluded with
the Opposition and
tried to topple the gov-
ernment. As our MLAs
stayed united we man-
aged to pull off the last
5 years. The Centre has
betrayed the people of
Puducherry by not
granting funds we re-
quested,” said Puduch-
erry in the Assembly
.
“We formed the gov-
ernment with the sup-
port of DMK and inde-
pendent MLAs. After
that, we faced various
elections. We have won
all the by-elections. It is
clear that people of Pu-
ducherry trust us,” he
added. Further slam-
ming the Centre, he
said, “We demanded
full Statehood to stop
the nominated LG from
snatching the rights of
the people of Puduch-
erry.” He also claimed
that the Central Gov-
ernment has betrayed
the people of Puduch-
erry by not granting
the requested funds.
West Bengal
modern, where it be-
came a major cause for
positive change. Our
country should have
done the same thing
decades ago. But it did
not happen,” he added.
Addressing the huge
crowd at the meeting,
PM Modi said, “This
enthusiasm and ener-
gy by all of you is send-
ing a message from
Kolkata to Delhi. Now
West Bengal has made
up its mind for ‘pori-
borton’ (change).”
“This year ‘rail and
metro’ connectivity is
Centre’s priority. Such
work should have
been done decades
back and now, we
should not delay any
projects, from broad-
ening of rail lines to
electrification work,
money being invested
in infrastructure pro-
jects,” he added.—ANI
FROM PG 1
B VIJAY DUTTA GETS ADDITIONAL
CHARGE IN MP
B Vijay Dutta, Deputy Secretary, Science and
Technology, has been handed over an additional
charge of Commissioner Director, Aviation. He
is a 2011 batch IAS officer.
MUKUL KUMAR IS ALSO DC,
KURUKSHETRA IN HARYANA
Mukul Kumar, Special Secretary, Urban Estates
Department, Deputy Commissioner, Yamunanagar
and Member Secretary, Haryana Backward
Classes Commission has been handed over
an additional charge of Deputy Commissioner,
Kurukshetra. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of
Haryana cadre.
TEN IPS OFFICERS GET NEW
ASSIGNMENT IN BIHAR
As many as 10 IPS officers in Bihar have been
assigned new responsibility. Meenu Kumari
has been posted as SP, Vigilance Investigation
Bureau, while Nilesh Kumar will join as SP
Training, STF and Deepak Ranjan is posted as
SP, Jehanabad. Similarly, Rajeev Ranjan was
posted as SP Operation, STF Wing; Rashid Ja-
man as SP, Special Branch; Hari Mohan Shukla
as SP Security, Special Branch with additional
charge of Commandant, SSG and Baliram
Kumar Chaudhary is posted as Commandant,
Home Guard, Patna and gets additional charge
of assistant state fire officer. Besides, Harpreet
Kaur, Commandant, BMP-5 was given addi-
tional charge of commandant, BMP-10; Manoj
Kumar Tiwari, Commandant, BMP-8, gets addi-
tional charge of Commandant, Second Battal-
ion, Industrial Security Force and Satyanarayan
Kumar, AIG Training, gets an additional charge
of SP, Wireless.
KARNATAKA HC GETS FOUR JUDGES
Four Additional Judges of Karnataka High Court
have been promoted as Judges. They are Justices
Singapuram Raghavachar Krishna Kumar, Ashok
Subhashchandra Kinagi, Suraj Govindaraj and
Sachin Shankar Magadum.
4 ADDL. JUDGES APPOINTED
IN KERALA HC
Murali Purushothaman, Ziyad Rahman Alevakkatt
Abdul Rahiman, Karunakaran Babu and Dr. Kauser
Edappagath have been appointed as Additional
Judges of Kerala High Court.
DELHI HC GETS TWO JUDGES
Jasmeet Singh and Amit Bansal have been ap-
pointed as Judges of Delhi High Court.
RAHUL JAIN APPOINTED AS DG
SAFETY, RAILWAY BOARD
Rahul Jain, GM Integral Coach Factory, Chen-
nai,has been appointed as Director General (Safe-
ty) Railway Board.He is an IRSME Officer.
D S DHESI IS ALSO PRINCIPAL CHIEF
RESIDENT COMMISSIONER,
HARYANA BHAWAN
D S Dhesi, Chief Principal Secretary to CM, Hary-
ana, has been given additional charge of Principal
Chief Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan,
New Delhi. He is a retired IAS officer.
Alok Mittal is also Addl Resident
Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan
Alok Mittal, ADGP, CID, Haryana, has been given
additional charge of Additional Resident Commis-
sioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi. He is a 1993
batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
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Wayanad: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Monday said 3 new
farm laws passed by the
central government are
designed to destroy the
agriculture business
and hand it over to
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi's friends.
While addressing an
event in Wayanad, Gan-
dhi said: The entire
world can see the diffi-
culty faced by Indian
farmers, but the govern-
ment in Delhi is unable
to understand the pain
of the farmers. We have
pop stars who are com-
mentingonthesituation
of the farmers but the
Indian government is
not interested. They are
not going to take back
these new laws unless
they are forced reason
is that new laws are de-
signed to destroy the ag-
ricultural system in In-
dia give the entire
business to 2 or 3 of Nar-
endraModi'sfriends,he
added.Gandhiremarked
that agriculture busi-
ness, unlike other busi-
nesses, belonged to
'Bharat Mata' a hand-
fulof peoplewanttocon-
trol this business and do
not want it to be con-
trolled by 40 per cent of
the Indian population.
‘NEW FARM LAWS DESIGNED TO
GIVE BUSINESS TO PM’S FRIENDS’
Kerala: Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi met
the survivors of the
Kozhikode plane crash,
which took place in Au-
gust 2020.
The Air India Ex-
press flight carrying
190 passengers includ-
ing 10 infants skidded
while landing at Ka-
ripur airport in
Kozhikode. At least 18
people including two pi-
lots have lost their lives
in the incident. Rahul
has reached Wayanad
district to inaugurate
Poothadi Grama Pan-
chayat Kudumpasree
Sangamam and Vidhya
Vahini bus distribution
at Infant Jesus School
in Kenichira.
RaGa meets plane crash survivors
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi meets survivors of the Kozhikode
plane crash that occurred in August 2020, at Kalpetta on Monday.
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Monday re-
viewed the COVID-19
situation in the country
in the wake of sudden
spike in cases in a few
states. The review meet-
ing was also attended
by Union Health Minis-
ter Harsh Vardhan,
Home Secretary Ajay
Bhalla and top officials
of the two ministries.
The home minister
took stock of the coro-
navirus situation in the
country, particularly in
the states which have
witnessed a spike in
cases recently, a home
ministry official said.
The ongoing vaccina-
tion drive and the steps
needed to check further
spread of the virus were
discussed in the meet-
ing, the official said.
The possible assis-
tance to be offered to
the affected states was
also discussed in the
meeting, another offi-
cial said.
Shahreviewssituationasfew
statesreportspikeinCovid
Kolkata: After the Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) served no-
tice to the wife of Trina-
mool Congress (TMC)
Member of Parliament
Abhishek Banerjee in a
coal scam case, TMC on
Monday pounced on
BJP saying they are try-
ing to use their allies
(Enforcement Directo-
rate and CBI) to threat-
en the party. Now BJP
is left with no allies.
Akali and others have
left so their only allies
are CBI and ED. They
are trying to use their
allies to threaten and
pressurise TMC, which
is their main oppo-
nent, said Trinamool
MP Sougata Roy
.
They are trying
to use their
allies ED, CBI to
threaten:TMC
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police on Monday
sought the custody of
climate activist Disha
Ravi for five more days
in connection with the
'Toolkit' case. The cli-
mate activist was pro-
duced before Chief Met-
ropolitan Magistrate
Pankaj Sharma of the
Patiala House Court at
the end of her three-day
judicial custody, amid
high security
.
Disha Ravi faces
charges of conspiracy
and sedition in the
'Toolkit' conspiracy
case related to the farm-
ers' agitation and was
arrested from Bengalu-
ru on February 13.
The police had told
the court that her cus-
tody would be required
on February 22 to con-
front her with co-ac-
cused Shantanu Muluk.
Muluk and another
accused Nikita Jacob
joined the investigation
into the case at Delhi
Police's Cyber Cell of-
fice in Dwarka earlier
in the day. They were
issued a notice to join
the probe, last week.
Police seeks 5-day
custody of Disha
TOOLKIT CASE
Farmers protest against the arrest of farmers in connection with
R-Day violence, at Tikri border in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
BLAME GAME
New Delhi: Robert
Vadra, businessman
and son-in-law of Con-
gress interim Presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi, on
Monday slammed
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi over fuel
price hike and said
that he should come
out from air-condi-
tioned cars and see
people's suffering.
You (PM) must
come out from A/C
cars and see how peo-
ple are suffering and
perhaps then you
would reduce fuel pric-
es. All he does is blame
others previous gov-
ernment for every-
thing move on,
Vadra said. —ANI
‘PM must come out of A/C cars to feel pain’
Robert Vadra rides a bicycle on his way to his office during a
protest against the hike in fuel price, in New Delhi on Monday..
Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with Union Minister for Health
Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan during a meeting on COVID-19
vaccination drive, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Taking a jibe at the Central govern-
ment over rising fuel prices, Rahul Gandhi said
that the Union government is doing a great
job of emptying public pocket and giving it
to 'friends' for free. While re-filling oil in the
car on the petrol pump, when you look at the
fast-rising meter, must remember that the
price of crude oil has not increased, but it has
decreased. Petrol is Rs 100/liter. The Modi
government is doing a great job of emptying
your pockets and giving it to 'friends' for free!
the Congress leader tweeted. This comes as the
prices of petrol and diesel are increasing con-
tinuously for several days and in some states.
RAHUL GANDHI LASHES OUT CENTRE
OVER INCREASING FUEL PRICES
Mumbai: Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Min-
ister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday said he has tested
positive for coronavirus. Mr Bhujbal is the seventh
minister to be infected by the novel coronavirus this
month. In a post on Twitter, Mr Bhujbal said his health
is fine. I have tested positive for COVID-19. All those
who came in my contact over the past two-three days
should get themselves tested, he tweeted. My health
is fine and there is no reason to worry. All citizens
should take proper care in the backdrop of COVID-19.
Should wear masks and use sanitisers regularly, the
NCP leader added. Earlier this month, Maharash-
tra ministers Anil Deshmukh, Rajendra Shingne,
Jayant Patil, Rajesh Tope, Satej Patil and Bachchu
Kadu tested positive for the disease.
MAHARASHTRA CABINET MINISTER
CHHAGAN BHUJBAL TESTS POSITIVE
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बनिोबसत हेतु िेशी मदिरा, राजस्ान दनदम्वत मदिरा (RML), भारत दनदम्वत दरिेशी मदिरा (IMFL)
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YOUNG GUNS ‘FIRING’
TOO SOON?
Every young IAS dreams of
becoming a district Collector and
if some exceptions are left out, then
most of the young babus are given
the charge of district at least once.
But then there are those young IAS
who are chosen as Collector, only
once or twice in their career!
We are hinting at young IAS who
are carrying out the responsibility
of Collector, continuously for the
past six years. They were appointed
as Collectors during the previous
government and have continued
on the post since, albeit in different
districts. Both these officials hail
from the 2010 batch.
Inderjeet Singh became Dungarpur
Collector for the first time in career
during the previous government’s
rule and then of Chittorgarh in April
2016. After the Gehlot government
was formed, he was transferred to
Alwar in December 2018 and in July
2020 when a major transfer list was
released by the state government,
he was transferred to CM’s home
district Jodhpur. Inderjeet has
served as Collector of four districts
in six years’ time.
The second IAS in the same
category is Prakash Rajpurohit
who was appointed collector of
Banswara in October 2014 and then
of Hanumangarh in 2016, Alwar
in 2018 and after seven months
of Alwar appointment, he was
transferred to Jodhpur in December
and in July 2020 he was transferred
to Ajmer as Collector. In the past
six years, Prakash has served as
Collector of five districts, who in the
current times is the only IAS with
this distinction.
It would be prudent to mention 2011
batch IAS Anupama Jorwal who has
been serving as Pratapgarh collector
for the past fifteen months. However
in the past four years, she has
served in three districts as Collector
and proved to be a failed Collector
in all three districts. She had to
be removed from Banswara and
Jaisalmer merely after three months’
time while she managed to stay a
little longer in Sirohi, for about seven
months. Anupama’s example is one
of its kind wherein an IAS is given
four chances in four years.
There is a tradition in the state
government that promotee IAS
- those who promoted into IAS
cadre from RAS - are appointed as
district collectors, however, of the
14 RAS from 2008 batch who were
promoted in 2019, only three have
been appointed as Collector wherein
13 new IAS promoted in 2020 are
also waiting to be given the reins of
a district! —Rajendra Chhabra
CGST intelligence unit unearths
`3,300 cr tax evasion; 7 held
Officials said this case can be the biggest scam in the country in terms of fake bills
Vimal Kothari
Jaipur: The anti-eva-
sion branch of CGST in
Jaipur on Monday
claimed to have un-
earthed a big GST scam
by arresting 7 persons
who evaded tax by gen-
erating fake bills worth
Rs 3393.99 crore.
Sources said the ac-
cused committed fraud
of ITC worth Rs. 85.27
crore without paying
GST. The fraud was
done by generating fake
bills.
CGST officials have
claimed that this case
can be the biggest GST
scam in the country in
terms of fake bills.
The accused, Rishiraj
Swamy, Harish Kumar
Jain, Arun Sharma,
Mahendra Mangal, Raj
Kumar Sharma, Sunil
Kumar and Lalit Goyal,
were produced in eco-
nomic offenses’ court
where the magistrate
Anita Sindal remanded
to judicial custody till 8
March, CGST SPP Ban-
wari Lal Takhar said.
The matter is being
investigated by the of-
ficials in detail and the
amount of fraud can
further increase. The
accused fraudulently is-
sued fake bills on nomi-
nal commission, but
also used the banking
channel in the transac-
tion. After the hearing,
Judge Anita Sindal or-
dered all the accused to
be sent to jail.
After appearing in the court, GST evasion accused in police custody in Jaipur on Monday.
INVESTIGATION
JDA’s BPC
meet: Nod
to 6 cases
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: A meeting of
JDA’s building plan
committee (layout) was
held on Monday in
which six cases were
approved.
The committee ap-
proved a residential sin-
gle plot in village Gird-
haripura, single plot of
12,000 sqm in Ganpat-
pura, which is the plot
of Anandam residen-
tial scheme.
Similarly, the com-
mittee approved a resi-
dential scheme on 1.76
hectares of land in vil-
lage Madau in Sangan-
er, residential scheme
on 1.69 hectare land in
Nivaru and residential
scheme on 1.96 hectare
land in Jaichandpura,
Sanganer.
In the meeting, dis-
cussion on zonal plan
of Kirti Sagar scheme
was also held.
Online auction of
liquor shops from
March 3 in Raj
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Online auction
date for liquor shops
has been extended.
Now, changes have been
made to the online auc-
tion date of liquor
shops. Online auction
of shops was to be held
from February 23 to 27.
Now, the auction of 23
February will be held 3
March 2021.
Similarly
, the auction
of 24 February will be
held on 4 March 2021.
The auction of Febru-
ary 25, 2021 will be held
on March 5. The auc-
tion of February 26,
2021 will be held on
March 9. The auction of
February 27, 2021 will
be held on March 10.
Excise Commission-
er Dr. Jogaram issued
said online application
can be submitted a day
before the auction till
11:59 pm.
A total of 7,665 liq-
uor shops will be allot-
ted in the state and the
auction will be con-
ducted for 5 days. Mon-
day was the last day to
apply for the first
round of auction.
Excise Commission-
er Dr. Jogaram said that
23,118 applicants have
applied online for the
first round and it is like-
ly that by late night, the
department will receive
more than 25,000 online
applications.
The department is ex-
pected to get the reve-
nue of around Rs 60
crore from the applica-
tion fee.
It is for the first time
that online auction is
being done for the allot-
ment of liquor shops in
the state.
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Jodhpur po-
lice have brought three
accused allegedly in-
volved in Sanjivani
Credit Cooperative So-
ciety scam to Jodhpur
from Jaipur central jail
on production warrant.
A woman had filed a
case two years ago in
connection of a fraud at
Mahamandir police sta-
tion. Sub inspector of
Mahamandir police sta-
tion Kailash Panchari-
ya said that three ac-
cused - Devi Singh, Nar-
esh Soni and Shaitan
Singh, who were lodged
in Jaipur jail, were ar-
rested on production
warrant. He said that
the accused are interro-
gated in connection
with the fraud case.
The Sanjivani Credit
Cooperative Society
scam was investigated
by the SOG and in this
connection several ac-
cused were arrested.
The society alleged-
ly duped large number
of people by luring
them with a handsome
return on their invest-
ment.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Public
Against Corruption has
sent objections to the
committee formed by
the Supreme Court for
repealing of all three
agricultural laws. The
Supreme Court has con-
stituted a three-mem-
ber committee to study
agricultural laws.
The committee had
invited objections re-
garding the agricultur-
al laws. On behalf of
the Public Against Cor-
ruption, general secre-
tary of the institution
PC Bhandari, Advocate
Indrajit Kathuria and
secretary Dr TN Shar-
ma , while giving a de-
tailed explanation of all
the three laws, has ad-
vised repealing all the
three laws.
According to institu-
tion, a change in the
Law of Essential Com-
modities Ordinance
1955 will only promote
black marketing of all
food items and it will
not benefit anyone.
While big corporate
would get an exclusive
crop from farmers as
per their rates, the
farmers too would be
forced to sell at the de-
manded rate due to no
MSP guarantee.
First India Bureau
Kolkata: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
on Monday slammed
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee
during Poribor-
tan Yatra in Basirhat
city and accused her of
patronising corruption.
“There is rampant
corruption in West Ben-
gal under Mamata Ba-
nerjee rule and the gov-
ernment worked like a
machine to print notes.
Mamata Banerjee did
not work for the poor
and needy but this time
people have made up
their mind to throw out
the TMC government,”
he said.
Shekhawat said that
TMC came to power in
the name of Ma Mati
and Manush but the
state government did
not do justice with Ma
Mati and Manush.
Govt to check irregularities
in unsealing of buildings
Society scam: Accused taken
to Jodhpur from Jaipur jail
SC panel advised to
repeal agricultural laws
Mamata patronising
corruption: Shekhawat
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan Gov-
ernment has decided to
bring legislation to
check irregularities in
the process of sealing
and unsealing a build-
ing in the state.
After receiving sev-
eral complaints about
irregularities in sealing
and unsealing under-
construction buildings
or commercial estab-
lishments, the state gov-
ernment has constitut-
ed a committee, which
submitted its report to
the government.
Based on the feed-
back of the committee,
the state government
decided to introduce
Rajasthan laws
(amendment) bill-2021,
which has got the Cabi-
net approval through
circulation.
The bill would be in-
troduced in the budget
session. Sources said
that amendments have
been made regarding
the provisions of un-
sealing a building. The
officers can seal a build-
ing but they will not be
authorised to unseal
and for this purpose, a
competent authorised
officer will be appoint-
ed separately for this
purpose. Only after the
permission of the com-
petent official, the seal
can be removed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya in-
structed the Depart-
ment of School Educa-
tion, Medicine, Angan-
wadi, Women and Child
Development on Mon-
day to carry out joint
campaign to increase
the Aadhaar enroll-
ment of children with
mutual coordination.
Arya chaired the meet-
ing related to the pro-
gress and implementa-
tion of the Aadhaar
project at Secretariat on
Monday
.
Expressing concern
in the low enrollment
of children below 0 to 5
years of age, the Chief
Secretary instructed
the officers to work
with a plan.
He instructed the
Health Secretary that
during deliveries in
hospitals, it should be
ensured that prepara-
tions are made to link
the infant with Aad-
haar enrollment.
In the meeting, Prin-
cipal Secretary, Depart-
ment of Information
Technology Ajitabh
Sharma said that due to
the health concerns of
the children owing to
Covid-19 pandemic,
their Aadhaar enrol-
ment had been stopped
in the past eight
months.
“Due to this, Aadhaar
enrollment in the cate-
gory of 0 to 5 years of
age was reduced,” he
said.
Meanwhile, CS said
that all departments
must upload all their
information on the Pub-
lic Information Portal
by February 28.
Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya
PRAYER FOR PROSPERITY
Governor Kalraj Mishra offered prayers at the Khatu Shyam ji in Sikar and Salasar Balaji
temple in Churu district on Monday and prayed for the prosperity of the country. Governor’s
wife Satyavati Mishra, elder son Rajarajan Mishra, daughter Hemlata Dwivedi and son-
in-law Padmesh also accompanied him. On this occasion, the President of Shyam Temple
Committee, Shyam Singh Chauhan and Pratap Singh Chauhan presented the statue of
Shyam Baba and silver umbrella to the Governor. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Increase Aadhaar enrollment of
children: CS Arya tells officials
Union Jal Shakti Minister
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
campaigning in West Bengal
SOG PROBE
Inderjeet Singh Prakash Rajpurohit

Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: The wait for
martyr Hemraj Mee-
na’s wife Madhubala
Meena for erecting
the statue of her hus-
band, who got mar-
tyred in 2019-Pulwa-
ma attack, is now
over as the Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla
has sent the statue to
Kota from his resi-
dence in New Delhi.
The statue was
prepared with the ef-
forts of Birla and it
will be erected in Vi-
nod kalan, the vil-
lage of Hemraj Mee-
na. Birla had sanc-
tioned a fund of Rs 10
lakh for the statue
which was built by
sculptor Naresh Ku-
mawat in Gurugram
after nearly three
months of hard work.
The statue is about 7
feet high and weighs
300-kg.
The park where
the statue of Hemraj
Meena will be erect-
ed, has also been de-
veloped with an fi-
nancial aid of Rs 20
lakh.
In the meanwhile,
LS Speaker Om Birla
paid homage to the
martyr and sent the
statue to Kota.
Humanity would be able to
achieve so much more, if
they would let go of the
notion to be popular.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Rohtash Saini
Nohar: “If the govern-
ment calls us, we will
definitely go for talks
with them.” Farmer
leader Rakesh Tikait
who came to Ra-
jasthan’s Nohar to ad-
dress a farmer rally of
thousands said that he
was open to a dialogue
with the central gov-
ernment on farm laws,
however he claimed
that “it will take them
(centre) one or two
more months” before
they call for discussion
again.
The Kisan Mahapan-
chayat was organised at
the NDB Government
College on Monday on
the call of Sanyukt
Kisan Morcha. Tikait’s
popularity can be ascer-
tained from the fact that
farmers waited for sev-
eral hours to have a
glimpse of ‘their’ leader
and when he did arrive,
Tikait did not disap-
point in making scath-
ing attacks at the Modi
government. “Agricul-
ture is being ruined by
the Centre’s black laws.
If the country’s youth
suffers, there will be a
revolution. Through
these laws, the Central
Government has put a
question on ‘roti’ of
the poor, labourers and
farmers. Industrialists
like Adani and Amba-
ni are working to cre-
ate inflation, unem-
ployment and hunger
in the country. When
the revolution of poor
and famished will
come, it will ruin the
rule of these robbers,”
Tikait charged.
“Irrespective of the
government creating
lakhs of barriers, farm-
ers have the solution to
every problem. We will
continue the fight mak-
ing our tractors, our
tanks. Until a law is en-
acted for the minimum
support price, our fight
will continue. Revolu-
tion is the only solution
to farmers’ problems,”
he said.
Revolution is the only solution to farmers’ problems: Tikait
CAUSE OF CONCERN
CongHighCommandgetsJoshito
withdrawSLPagainstPilotcamp
Meanwhile, Pilot camp has been asked to respect the hierarchy in party government
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: A little over
six months after Chief
Whip Mahesh Joshi
moved Supreme Court,
filing an SLP seeking
disqualification from
Rajasthan Assembly
of former Deputy
Chief Minister Sachin
Pilot and his eighteen
‘supporting’ MLAs,
the Chief Whip has
now initiated ‘proceed-
ings’ to withdraw the
petition. For this, he
has written to his law-
yer and preparations
have started to present
the application in the
Supreme Court.
On February 12, the
Supreme Court had
sought a reply from the
19 MLAs, Centre and 6
other parties within
four weeks on SLP
filed by Joshi and As-
sembly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi. This again cre-
ated a political conun-
drum in Rajasthan, af-
ter which, the Con-
gress High Command
interfered. The High
Command spoke to
Gehlot and pressur-
ised Chief Whip Joshi
to withdraw the SLP.
After this, Joshi
reached Delhi on Mon-
day where he handed
over the letter to his
lawyer expressing his
intention to withdraw
the SLP. In the letter,
Joshi said that since
now the situation has
changed and he wants
to withdraw this SLP.
On Joshi’s instruction,
his lawyer has expe-
dited the withdrawal
of SLP.
The Congress High
Command no longer
wants to see the inter-
nal fighting of the par-
ty, come out in the
open. This is the rea-
son that while the SLP
filed against the Pilot
camp is being with-
drawn, the ‘rebel camp’
has been instructed to
give preference to
Gehlot. As a result of
High Command’s in-
tervention, Chief Min-
ister Gehlot was invit-
ed by MLA Vedprakash
Solanki to join the ‘Ma-
hapanchayat’ held in
Chaksu last week.
Also, for the first time,
a photo of Gehlot and
State Congress Presi-
dent Govind Dotasra
was put on the stage on
behalf of the Pilot
camp during the farm-
er rallies.
Notably, during the
political crisis of Ra-
jasthan last year, the
then Deputy Chief Min-
ister Sachin Pilot and
his supporters did not
attend the Congress Leg-
islature Party meeting.
Upon this, Chief Whip
Joshi had presented an
application for cancella-
tion of their member-
ship in front of the
Speaker of the Legisla-
tive Assembly under the
10thScheduleof theCon-
stitution, describing it as
akin to the separation of
MLAs from the party.
Theissueof thenoticeof
the Speaker was chal-
lenged in HC by the pro-
pilot legislators. The HC
orderedanindefinitesta-
tus-quoonitafterwhich,
SLP was filed in the Su-
preme Court on behalf
of Mahesh Joshi As-
semblySpeakerCPJoshi
against it.
MAKEN-JOSHI MEET
BRINGS CAMPS CLOSER
First India Bureau
New Delhi: During his
New Delhi visit on
Monday, Chief Whip
Mahesh Joshi called on
AICC General secre-
tary and state incharge
Ajay Maken. Sources
reveal that it was after
his meet with Maken,
Joshi decided to with-
draw the SLP and this
development is being
seen as a major step
that will bring the two
‘factions’ closer. Prior
to meeting with Mak-
en, Joshi spoke to First
India and said, “Dis-
cussion will be held on
development in the
state. Political appoint-
ments does not fall un-
der my purview and
thus, no discussion in
this regard will hap-
pen,” he said. Mean-
while, Joshi stressed
that the Centre should
roll back farm laws
termed that BJP side-
lines its senior leaders.
Interestingly, sources
reveal that Joshi ap-
prised Maken about
the murmurs among
the Congress workers
demanding that two
district presidents, one
each for Jaipur Herit-
age and Greater, be de-
clared. Word is that
workers are hoping to
see a muslim face for
Jaipur Heritage and
Brahmin face for
Jaipur Greater. Upon
hearing the matter,
Maken also expressed
his views on the issue
to Joshi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur : RAS Pinky
Meena arrested in
Dausa district for de-
manding a bribe of Rs
10 lakh will have to re-
main in jail. A hearing
was held in Jaipur
bench of the High
Court on her bail on
Monday. The defence
counsel sought permis-
sion to withdraw the
bail application seek-
ing an exemption to
present the bail appli-
cation after the charge
sheet was presented in
the case. The court
granted permission
and rejected the bail
application.
The matter was
heard by the single
bench of Judge Inder-
jit Singh. The defence
counsel said that the
ACB has no evidence
against Pinky Meena.
In this case, neither
there has been any re-
covery from Pinky
Meena nor any de-
mand has been made.
She is being falsely
implicated. On the
other hand, the
government lawyer
said that the ACB has
a recording of the de-
mand for bribe. She
can influence witness-
es when she comes out
on bail.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot was busy for the
entire Monday while
preparing for the state
budget, which is sched-
uled to be present-
ed on Wednesday
.
Gehlot contin-
ued to meet offi-
cials, specially
from the fi-
nance de-
part-
ment, and taking feed-
back on various topics
all through the day
. Is-
sues such as MLA’s de-
mands, health, agricul-
ture and education will
feature primarily in the
budget with a spe-
cial focus on the
youth. Word is
that the final
touches to the
budget will be
given on Tues-
day evening.
HC REJECTS SACKED RAS PINKY MEENA’S BAIL PLEA
GEHLOT PREPARES
FOR STATE BUDGET
JOSHI SPEAK
PULWAMA MARTYR’S STATUE TO BE
INSTALLED ON OM BIRLA’S BEHEST
AJAY MAKEN IN RAJ FROM FEB 24-27
First India Bureau
Jaipur : On Mon-
day, the State gov-
ernment made a
huge announce-
ment for the unem-
ployed youth, by an-
nouncing direct re-
cruitment on 2,370
posts in the five
electricity compa-
nies. For this, on-
line applications
will be filled from
February 24. Apart
from Engineer, re-
cruitment will be
done on posts in-
cluding Account-
ant, Stenographer,
Information Assis-
tant and Clerk. 39
posts of AEs, 11
posts of Accounts
Officers, 06 of Per-
sonnel Officers, 11
of Assistant Person-
nel Officers, 13 of
Junior Law Offic-
ers, 946 of Junior
Engineers, 313 of
Junior Account-
ants, 27 of Junior
Chemists Stenog-
rapher will be filled.
Govt to fill
2,370 vacant
posts in 5
power firms
Rakesh Tikait addresses a farmers’ rally at Nohar on Monday.
Gehlot
says
MAULANA W KALAAM'S CONTRIBUTION TO
INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE SHALL ALWAYS
BE REMEMBERED: GEHLOT
My humble
tributes to
senior Con-
gress leader
and former
#Rajasthan PCC
President Sh.
Ramnarayan
Chaudhary ji on
his birth anni-
versary today.
Humble tributes to emi-
nent scholar, theologian,
freedom fighter, former
president of INC, Bharat
Ratna #MaulanaAbulKa-
lamAzad on his death an-
niversary. His contribution
to independence struggle
nation building shall always
be remembered.
SIKAR KISAN MAHAPANCHAYAT TODAY
The Central Government has put
a question on ‘roti’ of the poor,
labourers and farmers through
the farm laws, he said
LS Speaker Om Birla pays tribute to Hemraj Meena’s statue, which will be installed at Kota dist.
Mahesh Joshi
Ajay Maken

istory repeats itself
and so does fashion.
It’s a source of confi-
dence and contem-
porary lifestyle.
Fashion is an art, an
expression and an
exhibition of freedom.
Looking at fashion down
the years, it surely has
changed its course from prim
and proper dresses to more
freestyle mom jeans and bag-
gy sweatshirts.
Today, City First will take
you on a vicarious fashion
journey through the decades
and the stark contrast be-
tween these styles.
Fashion evolution through
every decade was gleaming
with trends that defined that
era like when Madonna re-
leased her 1986 music video
for “Papa Don’t Preach,” she
brought the punk style, and
leather jackets, more into the
mainstream.
This gave rise to metal and
gothic punk style while the
disco from the early 80s’ took
a hike.
While the ‘80s were all
about dark stiff and power
dressing, it soon faded when
the flowy, silky satin dress
took over. With supermodels
like Kate Moss, Cindy Craw-
ford strutting on ramps in
backless black LBD and their
Indian contemporaries like
Sushmita Sen and Malaika
Arora donning silk halter
neck tops, chiffon sarees and
cuts which were peculiar and
unconventional.
The ‘90s was also the
prime of athleisure ac-
tivewear. It was the incep-
tion of baggy jeans and dad
sneakers coming into main-
stream as a fashion staple.
It was the ‘90swhen Cher
Horowitz taught us any-
thing in ‘Clueless’, it’s that
plaid sets can look incredi-
bly chic.
Then came the 2000s which
redefined fashion when peo-
ple started following pop
stars, celebrities like Paris
Hilton and Britney Spears
were the fashion inspiration.
Fast forward to the cur-
rent decade where
the lines between
haute couture
and everyday
fashion be-
c a m e
blurred, as
s t a t e m e n t
pieces took
over red carpets and
streets alike. From pick-
ing up platform heels
from the ‘80s to bring-
ing back the sexy crop
tops from the ‘90s, it’s a
generation of revisit-
ing. It’s the romanticism
of silhouettes and the
love for creativity
that causes the
emergence of new
trends and we
thank designers
who crafted
them.
MONICA PRABHAKAR
cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com
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