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Now, Dhariwal firm on ‘23 election under Gehlot,
negates speculation over change of leadership!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The war of
words between the
Ashok Gehlot camp and
the Sachin Pilot camp
has intensified once
again amid the ongoing
speculationaboutchang-
ing the chief minister in
the state. Earlier, while
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlothasdismissedthe
speculationsof achange
of CM the Chief Minis-
ter and has termed them
as rumours.
However, now Shanti
Dhariwal, the ‘special
warlord’ of Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot, has
also made a huge state-
ment during his visit to
Delhi on Saturday and
targeted Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot. Dhariwal
said that some people
keep publishing news in
the media to stay politi-
cally relevant. Although
Dhariwal did not take
the Pilot’s name, but his
gesture was somewhere
in the direction of
Sachin Pilot.
Dhariwal said that
the Congress high com-
mand and MLAs all
want that Ashok Gehlot
should remain the
Chief Minister and the
assembly elections, to
be held in 2023, will be
fought under the leader-
ship of Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot.
Responding to a ques-
tion, Shanti Dhariwal
said that Punjab-like sit-
uationwillnothappenin
Rajasthan as there is no
one here who can create
such a situation.
Turn to P8
lll
UDH minister,
without hinting at
Pilot camp, says
people keep
publishing news in
the media to stay
politically relevant
RTDC Chairman
Dharmendra
Rathore, advisor to
CM Jitendra Singh
echo Dhariwal’s
comments
Ashok Gehlot Shanti Dhariwal Sachin Pilot
CJI’s ‘LAKSHMAN REKHA’
JIBE AT MEET WITH PM, CMs
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said deliberate inaction by governments
despite judicial pronouncements is not good for the health of democracy
New Delhi: Chief Jus-
tice of India (CJI) NV
Ramana on Saturday
said that the Constitu-
tion provides separa-
tion of power among
the three organs of the
state, and one should be
mindful of the ‘Laksh-
man Rekha’ while dis-
charging their duty
.
“Constitution pro-
vides separation of
power among three or-
gans and the harmoni-
ous function between
three organs strength-
ens democracy. While
discharging our duty,
we should be mindful of
Lakshman Rekha,” said
the Chief Justice.
The Chief Justice
also made it clear that
his remarks about legis-
lative scrutiny during
the last Independence
Dayweremisconstrued,
and he did not want to
interfere in the legisla-
tive sphere.
He was speaking at
the Joint Conference of
Chief Ministers and
Chief Justices of High
Courts.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Justice of India NV Ramana during a joint conference
of CMs of States Chief Justices of High Courts, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday.
MODI CALLS FOR JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT CAN
DELIVER ‘EASY, SPEEDY JUSTICE FOR ALL’
Stating that the country will complete its 100 years of inde-
pendence by 2047, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed
upon making the judicial system so capable that it can ful-
fill those aspirations that the country will have in 2047 and
pitched for a judicial system that can deliver ‘easy justice,
speedy justice, and justice for all’. “Our vision in Amrit Kaal
should be of such a judicial system in which there is easy
justice, speedy justice, and justice for all,” he added.
PM URGES JUDICIARY TO ENCOURAGE
USE OF LOCAL LANGUAGES IN COURTS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the confluence
of objectives of the legislature and judiciary will help in pre-
paring a roadmap for an effective and time-bound judicial
delivery system in the country while also stating that the
court should encourage the use of local languages. He em-
phasized that government is working hard to reduce delay
in justice delivery and efforts are on for increasing judicial
strength and improving judicial infrastructure.
PM MODI ASKS
STATES TO JUNK
OBSOLETE LAWS
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi singled out
states for being slow
in abolishing obsolete
laws, urging the Chief
Ministers on Saturday
to speed up the legisla-
tive reform to help the
people come out of the
web of legislation. PM
Modi said the Centre
has so far abolished
1450 of the total 1800
identified obsolete
legislation. But only 75
laws have been abol-
ished by the state.
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FEST BEGINS TODAY
SIKKIM CELEBRATES FESTIVAL TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT FLOWERS
AND PLANTATION OF THE REGION. A RARE SHOW OF EXOTIC VARIETIES
OF FLOWERS, ORCHIDS AND OTHER PLANTS NATIVE TO THE STATE HELD
EVERY SUMMER DURING THE PEAK FLOWERING SEASON IS A SPECTACU-
LAR EVENT THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER INDIA
Patiala clashes:
Top cops shifted,
internet blocked
Chandigarh: A day af-
ter Patiala witnessed
clashes between two
groups during an anti-
Khalistan march that
left four people injured,
the Punjab government
on Saturday took strict
action against the state
police, removing three
top officers from their
posts over their failure
to control the violence
in the district.
The Inspector Gener-
al of Police (Patiala
Range), the Patiala Sen-
ior Superintendent of
Police and the Superin-
tendent of Police were
transferred from the
post following orders
from Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann, who is
reportedly upset about
police inaction. P5
Shiv Sena’s expelled leader
Harish Singla outside court, a
day after being arrested for his
alleged involvement in Patiala
violence, on Saturday.
ED seizes Xiaomi’s `5,551 cr
assets over forex violations
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
on Saturday said it had
seized `5,551.27 crore
belonging to Xiaomi
Technology India Pvt
Ltd - a ‘wholly-owned
subsidiary of China-
based Xiaomi group’ -
lying under provisions
of the Foreign Ex-
change Management
Act of 1999. The probe
agency said the money
was in bank accounts
belonging to the Chi-
nese smartphone giant
and had been seized in
connection with alleged
‘illegal outward remit-
tances’ in February
.
“The company has re-
mitted foreign currency
equivalent to `5,551.27
crore to three foreign
based entities, which in-
clude one Xiaomi group
entity, in the guise of
royalty,” the ED said.
Such huge amounts in
the name of royalties
were remitted on in-
structions of Chinese
“parent group” entities,
the ED has alleged.
The ED has claimed
Xiaomi India gets fully
built mobile sets and
other products from
manufacturers in In-
dia, but had not availed
any service from the
three foreign-based en-
tities to whom such
amounts have been
transferred.
Xiaomi holds a whopping 24% share in Indian mobile market.
ACTOR JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ’S `7 CRORE
FROZEN OVER CONMAN LINKS: SOURCES
New Delhi: A Rs 7-crore fixed deposit under actor Jac-
queline Fernandez’s name has been attached as part of
the investigation into the Rs 200-crore money laundering
case against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar,
sources have said. The Enforce-
ment Directorate has attached
assets worth Rs 7.27 crore - this
includes the Rs 7.12-crore fixed
deposit and an amount of Rs 15
lakh that was paid by Chandrashek-
har to a script writer on the actor’s
behalf. The Enforcement Directo-
rate alleges that Chandrashekhar
gave gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore to the actor from the Rs
200-crore he allegedly extorted from the family of Shivin-
der Singh, former owner of Ranbaxy who was jailed in
2019 in a money laundering case.The two, Chandrashek-
har has claimed, were in a relationship.
The Chinese phone maker allegedly transferred huge sum
of money to 3 companies abroad in the name of royalties
IB MINISTER ANURAG THAKUR PRESENTS
JOURNALISTS WITH ENBA-2021 AWARDS
New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting
Minister Anurag Thakur gave away ENBA-2021
Awards to journalists from various news channels
on Saturday. Aaj Tak and India Today Group earned
several accolades with senior journalist Rahul
Kanwal getting the News Editor of the Year English
Award. Times Now’s Navika Kumar also got the
Best Editor-in-Chief Hindi award. Meanwhile, Avi-
nash Pandey of ABP News received the Best CEO
Award and News-18’s Kishore Ajwani bagged the
Managing Editor of the Year Award among others.

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Haj Committee
chairman Amin Kagzi
said that 2499 applica-
tions were received for
Haj pilgrimage this
year. According to the
seats allotted by the Haj
Committee of India,
2072 people will go on
the Haj pilgrimage from
the state this time, he
said on Saturday
.
Kagzi opened the on-
line lottery for Haj
Yatra – 2022 at the secre-
tariat on Saturday
.
He said Haj pilgrim-
age, guidelines issued
by Govt of India as well
as Saudi Govt will have
to followed.
It is mandatory for
Hajis to get both doses
of corona vax, he said.
Kagzi said lottery
was not open for 19 dis-
tricts because the ap-
plications received
there were equal to or
less than the allotted
seats, therefore all
those who filed appli-
cations in those dis-
tricts will go to Haj.
Kagzi said that prepa-
rations for the Haj pil-
grimage will begin
from Sunday itself.
Out of 2499 applicants, 2072 people
going to Haj from Rajasthan: Kagzi
45°C IN 5,OVER
46°CIN2DISTS
DHOLPUR 46.6
CHURU 45.5
ALWAR 45.8
JAIPUR 42
KARAULI 45.6
BANSWARA 46.3
BIKANER 45
SGNGR 45.7
TOP
8
HOTTEST
CITIES
Maximum temp in °C
BLAZING
SUMMER
On hot and sweltering summer
afternoon, Jantar Mantar
remained vaccant as tourists
avoided getting out.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
SCHOOL TIMINGS
CHANGED IN RAJ
Keeping in mind severe heatwave, school timings across state were revised
on Saturday. Jaipur Collector Rajan Vishal ordered, from 7:30 am to 11 am
for classes 1 to 8. In several districts, schools will open till 11:30 am while in
some till 12:00 pm. In Jhalawar, collector announced closure till Classes 5.
‘Gehlot in minority both
inside outside party’
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: BJP State Presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Saturday targeted Cong
govt saying CM Ashok
Gehlot is currently in
minority both inside
outside party. Poonia
told this to media in
Kota Circuit House.
Responding to a ques-
tion on demolition of
temple in Alwar’s Raj-
garh, Poonia said MLA
there threatened and
asked 34 councillors to
come to his shelter, oth-
erwise action would be
taken. He said a big
demonstration will be
held in Alwar on May 5.
Poonia said a case of
gangrape was regis-
tered against son of
MLA Johari Lal Meena,
he threatened people in
a video. Gehlot govt has
not yet completed elec-
tion announcement of
farmer loan waiver
while farmers in debt
committing suicide.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: Deputy Leader
of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore on Saturday
said that Alwar district
has become the capital
of crime and many cas-
es of atrocities have
taken place in the dis-
trict in the last three
and a half years.
In a press conference,
he said BJP will hold
‘Hunkar rally’ in Alwar
on May 5 in protest
against the increasing
crime here.
“The incident with a
deaf and mute girl in
Alwar city has also put
Alwar to shame all over
the country,” he said.
BJP leader said inci-
dents of temple demoli-
tion also come to light
in Mewat region.
He also targeted govt
over the demolition of
temples in Rajgarh, Al-
war. He said suspension
of Rajgarh Nagar Pa-
lika Chairman was
murder of democracy
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A special meet-
ing of GST was held in
Jaipur branch of CA
Institute of India in
which CAs of Jaipur
and GST experts par-
ticipated. CA Kuldeep
Gupta, president of
Jaipur branch, said all
CA professionals dis-
cussed various practi-
cal and logical issues
and the work list was
prepared on topics like
Program for Young CA
Members, Formation of
Help Desk for GST re-
lated problems, etc.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: In a govt
school here, villagers
caught two teachers
for doing obscene
acts with minor girls
and handed them
over to the police.
They were arrested
and suspended. The
matter is of Govern-
ment Higher Second-
ary School in
Vallabhnagar police
station area.
Teachers Ayub Ali
and Kishan Lal Am-
eta were committing
obscenity with the
girls of class VI and
VII. Teachers also ac-
cepted their act.
Complaint was given
to principal Ramlal
Teli earlier also but
due to the neglect of
the principal, the ac-
cused teachers’ spir-
its kept rising. Teli
a teacher Tarachand
Dangi were put on
APO, said Bhinder
CBEO Mahendra
Jain. MLA Preeti
Shaktawat also
reached the spot.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A case un-
der Pocso Act has
been registered
against a person for
making obscene video
of a girl taking a
shower and four offi-
cials of Umaid Club
here for trying to
shield the accused.
The case was regis-
tered at Udaymandir
police station. The
17-year-old minor is in
a state of shock.
The victim report-
ed that on the eve of
April 24, went along
with her friend for
swimming at the club.
After swimming,
she went to take a
shower. Later, she no-
ticed a mobile phone
kept in her direction.
She left the bathroom
in a jiffy
. The girl saw
Akash Chopra (29), a
resident of Chaupas-
ni Road Bakhtavar-
mal Ka Bagh, there.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Bharatiya
Janata Party national
general secretary Arun
Singh will reach Alwar
on Sunday at 7 pm by
car. He will hold the
night stay in Alwar and
will meet the party
workers from 9 to 10 in
the morning on Mon-
day
.
He will hold a press
conference at 10 o’clock.
Singh will address the
closing session of a par-
ty workers’ training
camp. He will leave for
Delhi at 12 pm.
Bharatpur: In a bizarre
incident, a farm la-
bourer raped a woman
and offered not to take
wheat as his wage
so that she remained
silent. The incident is
reported from a village
under Pahari police
station area here. On
the afternoon of April
28, accused worker
reached the farm own-
er’s house to take the
wages of cutting wheat
but raped the woman
finding her alone.
Woman informed her
husband about incident
on phone.
Jaipur: A 21-year-old
has alleged rape by a
man on pretext of mar-
riage at Vishwakarma
police station here on
Friday. The victim was
living in with the ac-
cused for the last five
years. After he refused
to marry her, the victim
registered a complaint
against the accused.
SHO Ramesh Saini
said that the victim
from Sikar has accused
Dolaram alias Sumit
(24) of rape. He, too, is
from the same village.
Victim has been living
in Jaipur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The heat wave
swept even on last day
of April across state. In
some areas of Barmer,
Jalore and Jodhpur,
there was a slight
change in weather on
Saturday afternoon and
Barmer received light
drizzle along with a
dust storm.
Rain is predicted on
May 2-3 in 8 districts in-
cluding Bikaner, Jais-
almer and Jodhpur, said
the met dept. Maximum
temperature of 45 de-
gree Celsius or above
was recorded in 9 cities
of the state on Saturday
.
The mercury in Dhol-
pur recorded above 46
degree Celsius for the
third consecutive day
.
There is also a strong
possibility of thunder-
storms and rain in
some parts of Western
(Bikaner, Churu, Na-
gaur, Jaisalmer and
Jodhpur and Gangana-
gar, Hanumangarh
Jhunjhunu.
‘PLEDGE TO
MAKE INDIA
VISHWA GURU’
Big demonstration will be
held in Alwar on May 5
Rathore said he
wants to roam the
world and may not
contest after 2023.
So will this be his
last election?
Farmers committing
suicide over loan waiver
Satish Poonia shared Kota kachori with Sujeet Swami who
offered the leader for the meal through a tweet on Saturday. MLA
Chandra Kanta Meghwal is also seen.
Rajendra Rathore, Arun Chaturvedi, Sanjay Sharma, Jale Singh,
and Laxmikant Bharadwaj in Alwar on Saturday.
On the second day
of the three-day
training camp of BJP
in Jaipur, Leader of
Opposition Gulab
Chand Kataria ad-
dressed on the epoch-
making change after
2014. Kataria said
that we have taken a
pledge to make India
a “Vishwa Guru”. He
said that before 2014,
Congress govt did the
work of dividing the
country. “There was
corruption, but after
2014 there was no
blot on the govern-
ment and ministers.
People love our quali-
ties.”
BJP to hold ‘Hunkar rally’ in
Alwar from May 5: Rathore
GST meeting held in
CA Jaipur branch
Two teachers held for doing
obsceneactswithminorgirls
MAN HELD FOR RAPING AND
MOLESTING MINOR DAUGHTERS
MLA Preeti
Shaktawat
reprimanded the
principal
Girl filmed during shower: Accused
held and four club officials booked
Rain in Barmer, in 8
districts on May 2 3
Arun Singh to
attend training
camp in Alwar
AGRI WORKER
RAPES WOMAN
FINDING ALONE
MAN BOOKED
FOR RAPING
LIVE-IN PARTNER
Udaipur: A man has been arrested for raping
his 16-year-old daughter and molesting an-
other 14-year-old
daughter here.
The victims told
about the incident
after reaching
their maternal
uncle’s house
after which a case
was registered at
Sarada police station area on Friday. According
to the police, the mother of the two minor girls
passed away in 2018. About 6-7 months ago, the
girls’ father came home in an inebriated condition
raped the elder daughter. He threatened to kill
her. Sacred, the girl did not tell anyone and the
kept raping her and molesting the younger one.
CAs GST experts at a special meeting held in Jaipur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Min-
Parsadi Lal Meena
reached Kotkhavda in
Jaipur on Saturday and
consoled family mem-
bers of gangrape and
murder victim and gave
a cash assistance of Rs
1 lakh from his side.
Meena said govern-
ment is serious about
whole matter and case
would be tried in fast
track court so that cul-
prits can be punished.
The minister also as-
sured govt will bear the
expenses of education
of children of victim.
He also talked about
sending a proposal to
give a govt job to mem-
ber of family. Chaksu
Municipality Chair-
man Kamlesh Bairwa
was also present.
Meanwhile, an indefi-
nite strike will com-
mence from today
.
Amin Kagzi, Dr. Mahmood Ali Khan opened online lottery for Haj.
First India Bureau
Kota: A youth, who had
gone to bathe down-
stream of the barrage
here, died due to drown-
ing in water.
The deceased, Vishal
was a resident of Hanu-
mangarh and was tak-
ing coaching in Sikar.
Student had come to
meet his friends here
and went to take a bath
with friends at barrage
on Chambal river.
According to sourc-
es, he slipped and went
into deep water while
taking bath but could
not swim back to safe-
ty. His friends tried to
save him but in vain.
Later, divers pulled out
body.
Parsadi meets rape
victim’s family,gives
`1 lakh assistance
Parsadi Lal Meena with
victim’s family on Saturday.
Coaching student from
Sikar drowns in Kota
Divers pulling out the body
of the youth from barrage of
Chambal river.

First India Bureau
Jaipur: On Saturday,
CM Gehlot encouraged
the police personnel
and rewarded the con-
stable who played on
his life during the fire
at Muhana Mandi in
Jaipur on Thursday
.
“Jaipur Police’s per-
sonnel did an excellent
job in saving lives. Con-
stable Hemraj will be
promoted to Head con-
stable and instructions
have been given to de-
partment in this re-
gard,” Gehlot said by
further adding that,
“Whoever will do the
best work. the govt will
reward them in the
same way in future also.
Duty should be followed
with full devotion and
honesty
.”
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: With power cri-
sis deepening in the
state, all the industrial
units of the state will be
supplied electricity
only for 8 hours from 10
am to 6 pm on May 3.
The order to reduce
consumption by 50% in
units with electrical
load of 125 KVA and
above will be strictly
followed. At the same
time, electricity will be
supplied to agricultural
consumers in 3 blocks
of 4 hours, from 2 am to
6 am, 10 am to 2 pm and
from 12 noon to 4 pm.
This decision was taken
in a meeting at Vidyut
Bhawan on Saturday
.
Discom President
Bhaskar A. Sawant said
that due to the scorch-
ing heat in the state and
the increase in econom-
ic activities after Covid,
the power supply has
been affected. The DIS-
COMs were instructed
to effectively monitor
the compliance of the
order of limiting the
power consumption to
50 percent from 6 pm to
10 pm for large indus-
trial consumers of 125
KVA and more demand.
Sawant said that in
view of the ongoing
power crisis, the prin-
cipal secretaries of
UDH and LSG depart-
ments have been re-
quested to cooperate
by trying to reduce the
load of road lights as
much as possible.
RAJASTHAN
03
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Development
Commissioner Ravi
Jain reviewed the prep-
arations for launching
the second phase of
Prashasan Saharon Ke
Sang (PSKS) campaign,
at a meeting in JDA’s
Manthan auditorium
on Saturday. The or-
ders and circulars is-
sued by the state gov-
ernment regarding the
campaign were dis-
cussed in the meeting.
Jain advised the of-
ficers present in the
meeting to ensure that
maximum benefit of
the rebates and conces-
sions given in these cir-
culars reach the gen-
eral public. He said
that JDA is starting the
camps back from May
2. He directed the Dep-
uty Commissioners of
Zones to prepare a list
of non-approved
schemes in a week for
issuing leases to the
landowners in the city.
In a workshop held in
this regard, Jain said
JDA personnel doing
excellent work in the
matter of giving leases
will be rewarded. Rank-
ing will be done every
month and top 3 em-
ployees will be reward-
ed every month.
Maximise the reach of benefits to public: JDC Jain
PSKS REVIEW
POWER CRISIS
Only 3 slots of 4 hours of power
supply will be given to
agricultural consumers
CS takes Covid
review meet, asks
dist collectors to
increase vax and
booster doses
The Central Govt is
treating Rajasthan
step-motherly. The
Rajasthan Govt is trying to
end the power crisis as soon
as possible, but only if
the Central Govt co-
operates.
—Shakuntala
Rawat, Minister
RAWAT SLAMS CENTRE OVER
ITS ‘STEP-MOTHERLY’ NATURE
Kota: Minister of Industries, Commerce and Devasthan
Department Shakuntala Rawat has attacked the Centre
over the ongoing power crisis in the state and said
that its treatment was “step-motherly”. “The
Rajasthan government is trying hard to end the
power crisis, but needs cooperation from the
Central government,” she said. Rawat said
that the Central government wants to
push the states on brinks in the matter
of coal supply. “Electricity is the daily need
of the common man. Be it water or the produc-
tion of goods in factories, all depend on electricity,”
he said, demanding that the Central government
must provide coal as per their requirement.
Rawat asked the Centre to give the state’s GST
and VAT as well. She said that he would try to
ensure that work in industries is not affected.
—Bhanwar S Charan
Deadline extended till May
7 for CM Chiranjeevi SBY
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government has extend-
ed the last date of regis-
tration for the Chief
Minister Chiranjeevi
Swasthya Bima Yojana,
which provides health
insurance coverage up
to Rs 10 lakh, to May 7.
CS Usha Sharma has
directed all the District
Collectors to ensure
that the eligible fami-
lies who are deprived of
registration under Chi-
ranjeevi Health Insur-
ance Scheme get regis-
tered immediately
.
Sharma said this dur-
ing a meeting of the
Steering Committee
through video-confer-
ence to review the pro-
gress of Covid-19 vacci-
nation on Saturday
.
Meanwhile, CM Chi-
ranjeevi Accident In-
surance Scheme will be
implemented in state
from today. Insured
Families will get insur-
ance cover of up to Rs 5
lakh in case of mishap.
CS Usha Sharma during review meeting with collectors on Saturday.
25-YEAR-OLD MAN
STABBED TO DEATH
IN BANSWARA
ADVANCE AMOUNT
APPROVED FOR
HOSPS IN RAJ
Banswara: A 25-year
old man was stabbed to
death on Saturday night
in Banswara district.
He was rushed to the
district hospital where
doctors declared him
dead. Heavy police has
been deployed at the
hospital and other ar-
eas. SHO Kotwali Ratan
Singh Chauhan said that
the accused attacked
Shahrukh in which he
died. SP Rajesh Kumar
Meena said that instruc-
tions have been issued
to lodge a case and
arrest the accused.
—Anupam Dixit
Jaipur: The advance
amount has been ap-
proved for all hospitals
to provide free medicine
under the CM Nirogi
Rajasthan Scheme. The
approved amount is Rs
1 lakh at PHC level, Rs
3 lakh at CHC level, Rs
10 lakh for sub-district
hospital satellite hospi-
tals, and Rs 15 lakh to
district hospitals. Hos-
pital administration can
use this amount for the
purchase of medicines
that are unavailable in
the hospital. Health Secy
Prithviraj issued guide-
lines in this regard.
Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will embark
on a 5-day visit to his Kota-Bundi parliamentary
constituency from Sunday. He will
attend several programs during the
period, including holding a public
hearing in his camp office here on
May 1 and 2 at 10 am. Birla is also
scheduled to visit the under-con-
struction building of IIIT on May
2. On the occasion of Akha Teej
the next day, he will attend mass marriages being
organized by Veer Gurjar Samaj, Meghwal Samaj
and Phoolmali Samaj. The Speaker will be on a tour
of the Sangod region on May 4.
SPEAKER OM BIRLA TO BEGIN 5-DAY
TOUR TO KOTA-BUNDI TODAY
NEWS DIGEST
COVID: ACTIVE CASES HIKE TO
369; HIGHEST 272 IN JAIPUR
On Saturday, 70 new
Corona cases were
reported with which
active cases
rose to 369.
Jaipur re-
ported 50
cases with
which active
rose to 272. The
highest cases were
reported in Mansarovar
area. About 8-10 percent
of the patients found in
Jaipur are young children,
who belong to the age
group of up to 20 years.
In JK Lon hospital and
private hospitals, cases
of high fever, vomiting
and diarrhea are coming
more in children in the
age group of 2 to 14
years. According to the
doctors of JK Lon, out of
all the children coming
to the OPD, 50 percent of
the children are suffering
from these diseases. In
such a situation, the coro-
na test of these children is
also being done.
Youth posing as CM held for trying to dupe MLA
Jaipur (PTI): A 28-year-
old computer engineer
was arrested from
Andhra Pradesh for al-
legedly committing a
cyber fraud, posing as
Rajasthan Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot.
The accused Pandiri
Vishnu Murthy on April
24 made a WhatsApp
call to Alwar’s Tijara
MLA Sandeep Yadav
through a virtual num-
ber. With a profile pic-
ture of Gehlot’s family
on the WhatsApp ac-
count, he had a brief
chat with the MLA, pos-
ing as the CM and asked
him to send Rs 30,000
through Google pay
.
On suspicion, the
Congress MLA contact-
ed the chief minister’s
office in Jaipur and en-
quired about the num-
ber. When it became
clear that it was a cheat-
ing attempt, the MLA
informed Police on
April 26. The Bhiwadi
police traced the num-
ber, given by the accused
for transferring the
money, to Visakhapat-
naminAndhraPradesh,
Bhiwadi SP Shantanu
Kumar Singh said on
Saturday
.
Bohra’s wife
alleges that
‘victim’ is
blackmailing
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The family
members of sacked RPS
Kailash Bohra, who
was arrested for seek-
ing sexual favours from
a woman complainant,
pleaded
for jus-
tice on
S a t u r -
day and
accused
the com-
plainant
of blackmailing them.
Questioning the ACB
action, Bohra’s family
members accused
the victim of blackmail-
ing and demanding
Rs 51 lakh to Rs 1 crore
for Bohra’s acquittal in
the case.
Bohra’s wife Basanti
Devi, daughter and
brother gave evidence
of conversations with
the victim and her asso-
ciates to media on Satur-
day
. They sought action
and demanded register-
ing an FIR in the matter.
Meanwhile, the victim
is not appearing for the
statements in the court.
Bikaner tops in CM Free
Medicine Scheme
Delhi man hangs self in
Ajmer; `11 lakh found
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Bikaner has
topped in the imple-
mentation of CM Free
medicines schemes. Bi-
kaner, which was in the
second position, has se-
cured the top position
while Jhunjhunu
slipped 1 place, from
number one to second.
Hanumangarh stood
third, Sri Ganganagar
fourth and Bhilwara is
in 5th position.
Barmer has again se-
cured the last position
in the second ranking.
Churu and Jhalawar
have also shown poor
performance.
Jalore slipped to 30th
place while Dausa se-
cured 11th position.
Jaisalmer is in 26th po-
sition.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A Delhi tourist
allegedly died by hang-
ing himself in the bath-
room of the hotel he
was staying in a hotel
near the Ganj police sta-
tion in Ajmer. He had
come to Ajmer with
four friends including
two girls from Delhi.
The police have recov-
ered nearly Rs 11 lakh
in possession of the
friend. No suicide
note was recovered
from the room.
The deceased has
been identified as Sha-
shikant alias Deepak,
44. The police suspect
that Deepak was in
debt, so he was de-
pressed. The police is
probing the matter.
Deceased Deepak, 44
SODALA ELEVATED ROAD GETS TRAFFIC
POLICE NOD FOR WORK ON WEEKENDS
COVID GUIDELINES SOON IN RAJ
Jaipur: Traffic police have given permission to use
heavy machinery and divert traffic for the work of
Sodala elevated road project which is going on a war
footing. JDA Engineers have been demanding it for
a long time. Till now, major work on the spot could
be done only at night hours. After taking over, JDA
Commissioner Ravi Jain reviewed the project and
its works and discussed it with the senior officers of
Jaipur police. The traffic police also assured the JDC
of positive cooperation. After approval, work started
fast on the first Saturday. The JDA has started work
on the remaining pillars. Segment launching work
has been started near the civil line circle. For traffic
diversion, the circle has been removed. The work
on the spot is going on fast under the monitoring of
ACE Devendra Gupta.
With the cases of corona in Rajasthan, the
state government may soon release fresh
guidelines with restrictions. A high level brain-
storming is going on in the govt regarding the
new guidelines, which may be released after May
3 by Home Department. There will be strictness
on wearing mask, social distancing, guidelines to
schools and emphasis on vax and booster dose.
Muhana Mandi fire: Cops felicitated,
praised by CM; promotion affirmed
Sandeep Yadav, Tijara MLA
JDC Ravi Jain with different zone deputies on Saturday.
Pandiri Vishnu Murthy, accused
CRIMINAL RECORD
Constable Hemraj and Ramavtar being felicitated by local in
Muhana Mandi area for their brave act.
Bhanwar Singh
Bhati
@BSBhatiInc
We are not getting enough coal supply, due
to which the situation of today's power crisis has
been created. Under the guidance of Gehlot ji, the
energy department of the state is making highest
possible efforts to solve power issue. We have to
make maximum efforts to save electricity and stop
wastage.
INDUSTRIES TO GET 8 HRS SUPPLY
ON MAY 3, FARMERS IN 3 SLOTS

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
“He is the source of light in all
luminous objects. He is beyond the
darkness of matter and is
unmanifested. He is knowledge, He
is the object of knowledge, and He
is the goal of knowledge. He is
situated in everyone’s heart.”.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
We need to encourage local languages
in courts. This will increase the
confidence of the common citizens of
the country in the legal system and
they will feel connected to it.
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
The existence of toys in India dates
back to the Indus Valley Civilization
and as per the vision of Hon. PM @
narendramodi Ji, India has been able
to capitalize on this rich culture of
toy-making, generating streams of
revenue, as our ‘Toyconomy’ grows
exponentially each year.
TOP TWEETS
A WAR OF LETTERS
RAISES QUESTIONS
ON BUREAUCRACY’S
INDEPENDENCE
our days ago over 100
former bureaucrats
belonging to the Con-
stitutional Conduct
Group (CCG) wrote
an open letter to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, urging him to
call for an end to “politics of
hate” practiced “assiduously”
by BJP-led governments. The
letter said, “We are witnessing a
frenzy of hate filled destruction
in the country where at the sac-
rificial altar are not just Mus-
lims and members of the other
minority communities but the
Constitution itself.”
Another set of pro-govern-
ment retired Judges and Bureau-
crats has now written a letter
criticising the CCG statement
calling it a “manifest political
anti-Narendra Modi govern-
ment exercise, which the group
undertakes.” The new set of let-
ter writers instead blamed the
CCG for spreading the politics of
hate. The letter writers defended
the government for its actions.
One wonders, if writers of the
two letters were non-partisan be-
foretheirretirementortheirdeci-
sions were politically influenced.
Politicisationof Bureaucracyand
Judiciary suits everyone.
F
eleaguered senior
leader of the Sa-
majwadi Party,
MohammedAzam
Khan is being
wooed by different political
parties, Asaduddin Owaisi’s
AIMIM being one of them.
They are all trying to exploit
the Rampur leader’s per-
ceived differences with Akh-
ilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi
Party president. The cause of
the rift is Akhilesh Yadav
anointing himself leader of
the Opposition instead of giv-
ing the honour to Azam, who
held the post when Mulayam
was the party president.
Azam felt ‘humiliated’ also
because Akhilesh chose to
avoid visiting him in jail
where he is languishing for
over two years. This, it is be-
lieved, may lead Azam to
leave the SP. Shivpal Yadav is
already toying with the idea
of forming a front with
Azam. Jayant Chaudhary’s
(RLD) meeting with Azam
also set tongues wagging
about a new political align-
ment in UP.
Azam is not the only Mus-
lim leader who is angry with
Akhilesh. Maulana Shafiqur
Rahman Barq, the party’s MP
,
bluntlysaidthatAkhileshhas
done nothing for Muslims.
Party leader from Lambhua
in Sultanpur called Akhilesh
a “coward” for not speaking
out against atrocities against
his own party leaders. Akh-
ilesh is also accused of not
giving any important party
post to Muslims.
The possibility of a party
of Muslim leaders will be sui-
cidalfortheminoritycommu-
nity as it will only deepen the
divide. More than the Sama-
jwadi Party, Congress will
still be a safer bet provided
Muslims agree to repose their
trust in it. The time has come
when minorities are no long-
er ready to be used for votes
and then discarded.
AZAM KHAN IS NEW
FOCAL POINT IN UP
Azam felt ‘humiliated’
also because Akhilesh
chose to avoid visiting him
in jail, where he is
languishing for over 2
years. This, it is believed,
may lead Azam to leave the
SP. Shivpal Yadav is
already toying with the
idea of forming a front
with Azam
B
Chintan Shivir in Udaipur: A move
to revive the Grand Old Party...
he wags are not calling it
Chintan Shivir, but ‘Chinta
Shivir.’ This says a lot about
the dismal state of the Con-
gress party, under the collec-
tive leadership of seventy six
year old Sonia Gandhi, Rahul
Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra.
Whose bright idea was it to
have the Shivir in the middle
of MayinRajasthanwhenthe
temperature would be well
over 40 degrees. Udaipur is an
attractive and historic city
.
Why could the Chintan Shivir
not be held in November?
According to newspaper
reports four hundred dele-
gates will descend on
Udaipur. Does the city have a
hall to accommodate 400 plus
people? I doubt it. I hope I am
wrong. A two day session un-
der a tent, would be a pen-
ance. The Rajasthan Chief
Minister, Ashok Gehlot is an
experienced organiser and
an expert team leader. He will
be aware of the logistic prob-
lems. He will be carrying a
heavy load on his ageing
shoulders. If I am not mis-
taken, he is in his 70th year.
‘Bandobast’ is one part of
the Shivir. The vital part is
the agenda. The purpose of
the Shivir is to reflect, come
up with fresh ideas, to select
speakerswhowillofferworth-
while proposals for reform,
revival, rejuvenation and re-
organization of the party
.
Not one speaker will have
the guts even to hint that the
party needs a change at the
top. On the contrary
, with un-
diluted passion, each will at-
tempt to outdo the other in
declaring that the party has
full faith in the ‘Gandhi trio’
and cannot do without them
(loud and prolonged ap-
plause). Even if the Gandhis
hinted of change of leader-
ship at the top-pandemonium
will follow, -“We want Soniaji,
Rahul ji, Priyankaji, no one
else.” Concealment of the
short comings of the leader-
ship has became a mantra.
The family is the ever lasting
back-boneandinspirationthe
Congress party
, is the chorus.
Sonia, probably does not
wish to continue as Presi-
dent. She will be 76 in Decem-
ber. Does not keep good
health. Whom will she
choose?Rahulwithoutdoubt.
If he refuses to wear the
thorny crown, then who else?
Apparently Prashant Kishor
suggested Priyankas’s name.
So it will be six of one and
half a dozen of the other.
Suppose, for a moment that
the Gandhis decide to step
down. Who will succeed So-
nia? The400faithfulwillvehe-
mentlyandvociferouslyinsist
on her continuing at the top.
Shecan’twalkout.Thatwould
be contrary to Congress cul-
ture. Plu Ca Change, plus cást
la meme Chose- i.e the more
you change things, the more
they remain the same.
The other day an old and
very highly critical Congress
man came to meet me. He
was in despair, “How could
our party (I told him I was no
longer a member of Congress
party) become a junk shop of
intellectual debris.”
I said to him, “Indian de-
mocracy cannot be without
the Congress. What it urgent-
ly needs is a change of lead-
ership. Alas! That seems un-
likely. None in the party
wants to rock the boat.
I came aware of the exist-
ence of Shri Prashant Kishor
not so long back. He is obvi-
ously a man of high intelli-
gence, exceptional political
and electoral acumen. Sev-
eral of his electoral forecasts
have been on the spot. Hence,
he is in great demand. How-
ever, his one week’s parley
with Sonia Gandhi and sen-
ior Congress leaders last
week did not produce the ex-
pected results. The party ap-
parently found his ideas and
proposals too revolutionary
(I am going by media re-
ports). He politely declined
the offer to join the Congress.
I was not enthused by the
Raisina Dialogue. There were
too many diplomatic lights
weights floating around. Our
External Affairs Minister, S.
Jaishankar performed bril-
liantly. Some delegates were
critical of our abstentions at
the U.N and our buying oil
from Russia. He put them in
their place, reminding them
of the amount of gas and oil
they bought from Russia.
I have known Jaishankar
for many years. He is now
among the most well-known
and admired Foreign Minis-
ters in the World. He has one
problem. He can’t sleep at
night. Why? Jet Lag.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
‘Bandobast’ is one part of
the Shivir. The vital part is
the agenda. The purpose of
the Shivir is to reflect, come
up with fresh ideas, to select
speakers who will offer
worthwhile proposals for
reform, revival,
rejuvenation and
reorganization of the party.
Not one speaker will have
the guts even to hint that
the party needs a change at
the top. The family is the
ever lasting back-bone and
inspiration the Congress
party, is the chorus.
According to newspaper reports four hundred delegates
will descend on Udaipur. Does the city have a hall to
accommodate 400 plus people? I doubt it. I hope I
am wrong. A two day session under a tent, would be a
penance. The Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok
Gehlot is an experienced organiser and an
expert team leader. He will be aware of the logistic
problems. He will be carrying a heavy load on his ageing
shoulders. If I am not mistaken, he is in his 70th year
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Vadra

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New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah will embark
on a three-day visit to
West Bengal starting
May 4 with an aim to
strengthen the BJP in
the state.
On May 4, 5, and 6,
Shah will attend party-
related programs in
West Bengal. Besides
this, he will also attend
a BSF programme
there.
Shah’s visit holds im-
portance as Bengal BJP
units need proper guid-
ance about the working
style of the party
.
West Bengal BJP Vice
President Soumitra
Khan and National Sec-
retary Anupam Hazra
have already appealed
to the Central Govern-
ment to give directions
to strengthen the West
Bengal BJP unit.
West Bengal vice
president Soumitra
Khan told media on Sat-
urday, “Shah will be
holding a meeting with
party workers and sen-
ior party leaders in Kol-
kata on May 4 in which,
he will give directions
to strengthen the par-
ty’s organisational
structure in the state
and know about the sta-
tus of West Bengal BJP
unit at present.”
This will be Shah’s
first visit to the state af-
ter the party’s defeat in
the 2021 West Bengal
Assembly polls.
INDIA
05
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: Specula-
tions are rife over the
continuation or non-
continuation of outgo-
ing CBDT Chairman
JB Mohapatra (IRS
IT:1985). Some officials
believe that he may
have conveyed his un-
willingness to contin-
ue, but another group
of officers reject this
information as hearsay
and believe that the
truth will unfold itself
sooner than later.
Amid speculations
about Mohapatra,
CBDT is also abuzz with
the opening of old vigi-
lance cases that may
have eclipsed the pros-
pects of two senior
members while paving
the way for two women
members to contest for
the top CBDT job in
case Mohapatra retires
as scheduled.
Among the two wom-
en contenders, Ms. San-
geeta Singh (IRS
IT:1986), Member, Audit
Judicial, has 11
months on hand to re-
tire from service. Hav-
ing held two additional
charges the establish-
ment has already sig-
naled that Ms. Singh is
in its good books thus a
natural claimant for the
top job of the Board.
However, Ms Pragya
Sahay Saksena (Mem-
ber, Legislation Sys-
tems) also stands a fair
chance for the Chair-
person post in the next
round of vacancies in
view of her age advan-
tage whereas for cer-
tain reasons Ms. Sub-
ashree Anantkrishnan
(1987) is seen to retire as
Member in November
next year.
Whatever happens to
the appointment of Mo-
hapatra’s successor,
senior member Anuja
Sarangi (IRS IT:1985),
Admin Faceless
Scheme, and Nitin Gup-
ta (IRS IT:1986), Investi-
gation may lose the op-
portunity for heading
the Board in view of
recent developments.
CBDT Chairman JB Mohapatra retiring today
WILL HE CONTINUE?
Who will get
additional
charge?
Anuja Sarangi,
Nitin Gupta or
Sangita Singh?
Bengaluru: Karna-
taka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai
will host a dinner
party at his official
residence for Union
Home Minister
Amit Shah on May
3, during which dis-
cussions will take
place on crucial is-
sues, including the
much-awaited cabi-
net expansion that
will have a direct
impactonthestate’s
Assembly polls.
The event will be
attended by former
CM BS Yediyurap-
pa, senior BJP lead-
ers and core com-
mittee members.
BJP leaders in
the state have been
exerting pressure
for a quick deci-
sion on the cabinet
expansion.
Shah on 3-day Bengal ‘BJP
build-up’ visit from May 4
Shah’s first visit to Bengal after
party’s defeat in Assembly polls
Home Minister to attend BSF
event, discuss party working style
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on
Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BOMMAI TO
HOST DINNER
PARTY FOR AMIT
SHAH ON MAY 3
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Poll strategist
Prashant Kishor said
he does not believe that
any third or fourth
front will be able to win
elections in the coun-
try and if a party wish-
es to defeat the BJP, it
has to emerge as the
second front.
He said this in an in-
terview to a news chan-
nel when he was asked
if he was helping West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee’s
party TMC to emerge as
the third front for the
2024 general elections.
He said, “I never be-
lieved any third or
fourth front can win
elections in this coun-
try. If we consider BJP
the first front, it has to
be a second front to de-
feat the party. If any
party wishes to defeat
the BJP
, it has to emerge
as the second front.”
When he was asked
if he considered Con-
gress as the second
front, he said no, add-
ing that Congress is the
second-largest party in
the country
.
Earlier, in an exclu-
sive interview with Aaj
Tak, he said, “The Con-
gress leadership and I
agreed on several
things with regard to
the party’s future plan.
But they can do it on
their own, they have so
many big leaders. They
don’t need me. They of-
fered and I said no.”
He said he did not
want any role in the
party but only wanted
that once a blueprint
for the future is agreed
upon, it should be im-
plemented.
ONLY A SECOND FRONT
CAN DEFEAT BJP: PK
No third front
can win polls in
India, says Kishor
New Delhi: The TMC will continue to work with
political strategist Prashant Kishor, party chief
Mamata Banerjee told media on Saturday. The com-
ment from Banerjee came days after Kishor’s failed
attempt to join the Congress party. Congress offered
him to join the party as part of its “Empowered Ac-
tion Group” which he declined. According to party
sources, a section in the Congress had cited what
they called Kishor’s lack of “ideological” commit-
ment, pointing to the IPAC’s deal with Telangana’s
ruling party and the TMC.Mamata Banerjee said that
the same concerns were raised by senior Trinamool
Congress but it was “made clear” to them that the
party will continue its association with him.
PRASHANT STILL WITH TMC: MAMATA
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Police in-
formed on Saturday
morningthatasmany
as45,773loudspeakers
have been removed
from various reli-
gious places across
the state. Additional
Director General of
Police ( Law and Or-
der) in Uttar Pradesh,
PrashantKumarsaid,
“So far 45,773 loud-
speakers have been
removedfromvarious
religious places
across the state while
the sound level of
58,861 loudspeakers
was reduced and
brought down to the
level of standard pa-
rameters.” This news
comes days after the
UttarPradeshgovern-
ment ordered the re-
moval of illegal loud-
speakers from reli-
gious places.
Prior to this an-
nouncement, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
has issued directions
for restricting the vol-
ume of loudspeakers
at religious places,
earlier this month.
“The order to re-
move illegal loud-
speakers from reli-
gious places in the
state was issued on
Saturday
. A compli-
ance report (from the
districts) in this re-
gard has been sought
by April 30,” Addi-
tional Chief Secre-
tary (Home) Awanish
Awasthi said.
New Delhi (Agen-
cies):Hittingoutatthe
AAP over violence in
Patiala, IB Minister
Anurag Thakur won-
dered who was in-
charge of law and or-
der situation in Pun-
jab as Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann
“spent more time out-
side the state”.
“There is a break-
downof lawandorder
in Punjab. The chief
minister is spending
more time outside the
state. We do not know
who is looking after
the law and order in
thestate,”Thakurtold
reporters.
He was responding
to questions about the
clashesthattookplace
in Patiala over an “an-
ti-Khalistanmarch”in
whichatleastfourper-
sons were injured.
“Is the Punjab gov-
ernment and chief
minister capable of
controlling the situa-
tion? Will strict action
be taken against those
who tried to disrupt
the harmony and
brotherhood in Pun-
jab,” Thakur asked.
The BJP leader de-
manded to know what
kind of ideology was
the AAP trying to pro-
mote in Punjab.
“Even before elec-
tions, questions were
raisedabouttheinten-
tions and capabilities
of AAP
. Their links
with certain people
were questioned too”
Thakur said.
IN UTTAR PRADESH
45,000 loudspeakers
removed from various
religious places: Cops
Nature ‘living
being’ with
rights, duties:
Madras HC
Madurai (PTI): The
Madras High Court
has invoked the “pa-
rens patriae jurisdic-
tion” to declare Moth-
er Nature as a Living
Being with all corre-
sponding rights, du-
ties and liabilities of a
living person, in order
to preserve and con-
serve them.
The Madurai bench
of the HC in its recent
order placed immense
importance on con-
serving nature, while
dealing with a petition
from a former Tahsil-
dar-level official who
sought to quash the
disciplinary proceed-
ings against him for
allegedly granting pat-
ta (land deed) for gov-
ernment land classi-
fied as “Forest Poram-
boke Land” to certain
individuals.
Responding to the pe-
tition filed by A Periya-
karupan of Theni, who
was asked to go on com-
pulsory retirement, the
court said indiscrimi-
nate destruction of na-
ture will cause several
complications in the
eco system and endan-
ger the existence of
flora and fauna.
Is Punjab CM capable
of handling law and
order: Anurag Thakur
DECISION ON NEW MORCHA WITH JAILED
AZAM KHAN LATER, SAYS SHIVPAL YADAV
Farrukhabad (Agen-
cies): Amid a widening
rift with Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav, senior socialist
leader Shivpal Singh
Yadav on Friday did not
rule out forming a front
with jailed SP leader
Azam Khan.
When asked by a re-
porter about the chanc-
es of him and Khan
forming a new morcha
(front), Shivpal Yadav
said, “A decision on this
will be taken at the
right time... after he
comes out of jail.” He
said he will discuss the
matter with party lead-
ers after Eid.
Azam Khan’s bail
plea is expected to come
up in the Supreme
Court on May 2. The 10-
time MLA from Ram-
pur Sadar is in Sitapur
jail for over the past two
years in connection
with multiple cases.
Talking to the media
after inaugurating a
petrol pump here,
Shivpal Yadav reiter-
ated that he was not
joining the BJP. He had
earlier hit out at Akh-
ilesh Yadav’s remarks
alluding to the for-
mer’s apparent close-
ness to the ruling BJP
and dared the SP chief
to expel him from the
legislature party.
“Under his leader-
ship, the Samajwadi
Party’s (SP) approach
of launching a strug-
gle for people’s causes
is nowhere to be seen
today,” he said in an
apparent dig at Akh-
ilesh Yadav.
Shivpal Yadav, who is
Akhilesh Yadav’s uncle
and heads his own Pra-
gatisheel Samajwadi
Party (Lohia) (PSPL),
won the recent Uttar
Pradesh Assembly polls
on an SP ticket.
IB Minister Anurag Thakur
Shivpal Yadav Azam Khan
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with his Uttarakhand and West Bengal
counterparts Pushkar Singh Dhami and Mamata Banerjee during a joint conference of
CMs of States Chief Justices of HCs, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday.
Prashant Kishor

INDIA
06
NW, central India experience
hottest April in 122 years
New Delhi (PTI):
Northwest and central
India experienced their
hottest April in 122
years with average max-
imum temperatures
reaching 35.9 and 37.8
degrees Celsius respec-
tively
, the weather office
said on Saturday
.
Addressing a press
conference, India Mete-
orological Department
director General Mrut-
yunjay Mohapatra said
northwest and west cen-
tral parts of the country
— Gujarat, Rajasthan,
Punjab and Haryana —
will continue to experi-
ence above normal tem-
peraturesinMayaswell.
The average tempera-
turesobservedpan-India
for April was 35.05 de-
grees, which was the
fourth highest in 122
years, he said. Last
month was the hottest
March in India’s record-
ed history since 1901.
Mohapatra also added
that nights would be
warmer in May in most
parts of the country
, ex-
cept some regions of
south peninsular India.
“The average rainfall
in May 2022 over the
country is most likely
to be above normal,”
Mohapatra said. How-
ever, parts of northwest
and northeast India as
well as the extreme
southeast Peninsula are
expected to get below
normal rainfall.
The high tempera-
turesinMarchandApril
were attributed to “con-
tinuouslyscantyrainfall
activity”, he said. In
March, northwest India
recorded a deficit in
rainfall of around 89%,
while the deficit was
nearly 83% in April,
mainly on account of
feeble and dry western
disturbances.
A man quenches his thirst on a hot summer day. —FILE PHOTO
Gujarat, Punjab,
Raj Haryana
to witness above
normal temp in
May as well
PRAYAGRAJ @ 47°C
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: When the
Congress high com-
mand does not under-
stand anything, re-
garding a region, state
of locality’s politics, it
forwards an old leader
or any family member
of theirs. This is ex-
actly what happened in
Himachal Pradesh
where Congress high
command made Prat-
ibha Singh, wife of
Late Virbhadra Singh,
as the state president.
It is being said that
some responsibility
can also be given to her
son Vikramaditya Sin-
gh. This means that
the party will fight the
elections completely
dependent on the fam-
ily of Virbhadra Sin-
gh. Think, on the one
hand, the Bharatiya
Janata Party has put
up a new leader in
place of both the old
satraps. Both Prem Ku-
mar Dhumal and Shan-
ta Kumar are away
from power. But the
Congress is still stuck
in the family of Virb-
hadra Singh.
Keep in mind that af-
ter losing the election
last time, Dhumal part-
ed away from BJP poli-
tics. His son Anurag
Thakur is a minister in
the central govern-
ment. Recently, there
was talk of making
him the Chief Minister
of Himachal Pradesh,
but the party high com-
mand made it clear
that Jai Ram Thakur
would be the face of
the party. On the other
hand, the Congress has
the family of Virbhad-
ra Singh. There are
leaders like Legisla-
ture Party leader
Mukesh Agnihotri, for-
mer president Sukh-
winder Singh Sukhu,
Kaul Singh Thakur
and Anand Sharma but
the party does not trust
anyone. Even after the
absence of Virbhadra
Singh, the Congress
could not prepare a
new leader, so under
compulsion, Pratibha
Singh has received the
command.
Congress banks on dynasty in Himachal!
FAMILY POLITICS
Himachal Congress chief Pratibha Virbhadra Singh
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Twitter’s
new owner Elon Musk
has announced to
launch a cleanliness
campaign. As soon as
he bought Twitter, he
said that bots would be
cleaned, fake accounts
would be closed, Twit-
ter users would be iden-
tified and trolls would
be removed. Think, who
would this worry the
most? By the way
, all the
parties and leaders
have made their social
media team and all keep
on posting false and
true tweets. But BJP’s
IT cell is most active in
this work which has
thousands of ‘cyber sol-
diers’, who in the blink
of an eye, can destroy
any opposition leader.
BJP’s IT cell does not
allow any anti-govern-
ment tweet or trend to
run. New trends are
started immediately.
Apart from the BJP, the
Aam Aadmi Party also
has a big team of IT,
which makes the false
and true tweets go viral.
Recently, party leader
Atishi had made a tweet
of alleged officials of
Kerala visiting Delhi
schools, which went vi-
ral on every platform.
The IT cell of Congress
party is not very capa-
ble, but the team of
many regional satraps
use it as an antidote.
That is why it is being
said that the biggest
concern will be in the
offices of political par-
ties. Because if the
cleaning is done and the
fake accounts are closed
then the viral propagan-
da of many will stop.
Political parties concerned over
Musk’s ‘cleanliness campaign’!
Bengaluru: The Kar-
nataka State Pollution
Control Board (KSPCB)
on Friday said they will
be analysing their city
action plans using two
recent air pollution
source assessment stud-
ies in their efforts to
improve air quality
across the state.
WhileBengaluru’sde-
teriorating air quality is
a cause for concern,
studies released by the
Center for Study of Sci-
ence, Technology, and
Policy (CSTEP) have re-
vealed that measures
targeted at polluting
sources can help lower
pollution levels.
AccordingtoCSTEP’s
research released earli-
er this year, the trans-
portation industry is
the largest source (40–
51%) of particulate mat-
ter, followed by road
dust resuspension (17–
51%). Construction
dust, household gaso-
line, and diesel genera-
tors are among the oth-
er polluting industries.
The studies, titled
“Emission Inventory
and Pollution Reduc-
tion Strategies for Ben-
galuru” and “Identifica-
tion of Polluting Sourc-
es for Bengaluru,” iden-
tified polluting sources/
activities or hotspots for
the city
, which has been
a major concern for air
pollution regulators
and policymakers.
Bengaluru: CSTEP study identifies
sources to help reduce air pollution
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): In a tit-for-tat of
letters over recent inci-
dents of communal
violence, a group of
197 retired judges, bu-
reaucrats and Armed
forces officers on Sat-
urday wrote an open
letter to Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi
questioning the moti-
vations of an earlier
open letter by another
group calling on him to
end hate politics.
On Tuesday, a group
of ex-diplomats, IAS,
IPS and IRS officers,
under the banner of
Constitutional Con-
duct Group(CCG), had
written to Modi asking
him to end “hate poli-
tics” and expressed
concern over the re-
cent instances of com-
munal violence in the
country
.
In response, the
group of 197 retired
officials wrote: “It is a
repeated effort to
draw attention to
themselves as citizens
with a higher sense of
social purpose, where-
as the reality is that
this is a manifest po-
litical anti-Modi Gov-
ernment exercise
which this group un-
dertakes periodically
in the belief that they
can shape public opin-
ion against the ruling
dispensation. This
is way for them to
release their frustra-
tion that public opin-
ion remains solidly
behind Prime Minis-
ter Modi as recent
State elections have
shown. (sic)”.
The letter accused
the signatories of the
CCG letter of fuelling
the politics of hate by
“attempting to engi-
neer hate against the
present government”
and of holding double
standards by not rais-
ing concern over the
post-poll violence in
West Bengal.
Gen Pande takes charge as Army Chief
New Delhi (Agencies):
General Manoj Pande,
who was serving as the
Vice Chief of the Army
since February, took
over as the new Army
Chief fromGeneralMM
Naravaneafterthelatter
retired on Saturday
.
Gen Naravane had
taken over as the Army
Chief in January 2020,
months before the
standoff with China in
eastern Ladakh began
in May 2020. He handed
over the charge to Gen
Pande, who will have a
tenure of slightly more
than two years, in Delhi
on Saturday morning.
Gen Pande is the
most senior Army of-
ficer in the country and
has spent the majority
of his career serving
along the northern bor-
ders facing China. This
is significant as the
country’s two-year
standoff with China re-
mains unresolved.
The appointment is
unprecedented as Gen
Pande is the first Army
Chief who comes from
the Corps of Engineers.
He was commissioned
in December 1982 in the
Bombay Sappers. He
will be the 29th Army
Chief, and all his prede-
cessors have come from
infantry, artillery or ar-
moured corps. In his 39-
year career, Gen Pande
has tenanted several
sensitive positions at
various levels.
He commanded an
engineer brigade in the
Western Theatre as
part of Strike Corps
and an infantry brigade
along the Line of Con-
trol in Jammu and
Kashmir. He also com-
manded a Mountain Di-
vision in western
Ladakh’s high-altitude
region, and a Corps
along the Line of Actu-
al Control in the coun-
ter-insurgency opera-
tions area in the East-
ern Command.
Dehradun (ANI):
Ahead of the Char
Dham Yatra which is
set to begin on May 3,
the Uttarakhand gov-
ernment has in-
structed all the devo-
tees to register on the
state’s portal before
their arrival.
However, COVID-19
testing and checking
of vaccination certifi-
cates have not been
made mandatory for
the devotees.
Chief Secretary SS
Sandhutookameeting
of the concerned offic-
ers on the instructions
of Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
to clear the confusion
regardingcarryingout
COVID-19 tests of
travelers and pilgrims
coming from outside
Uttarakhand.
During the meet-
ing, the Chief Secre-
tary instructed offi-
cials to ensure the
smooth conduct of
Char Dham Yatra till
further orders.
Amaravati (Agencies):
Police in Andhra
Pradesh’s Sri Sathya Sai
district on Saturday ar-
rested the headmaster
of a government school
for alleged involvement
in leaking Class 10 ex-
amination paper, taking
the number of teachers
arrested for malpractic-
es to 10.
Vijay Kumar, head
master of a high school
at Nalla Cheruvu, was
arrested for leaking the
paper while discharging
his duties as chief su-
perintendentSecondary
School Certificate (SSC)
examination at Gandla-
penta. Prima facie, the
probe revealed that the
headmaster sent a copy
of English question pa-
per through WhatsApp
on Friday
.
The SSC exams began
across the state on
Wednesday and for a
third consecutive day on
Friday, there have been
reports of malpractices.
New Delhi (PTI): The
students who are think-
ing to pursue Bachelor
of Medicine and Bach-
elorof Surgery(MBBS),
Bachelor of Dental Sur-
gery (BDS), other medi-
cal courses in Pakistan
should note that the de-
grees offered by the col-
leges there will not be
considered valid in In-
dia. The National Medi-
cal Commission (NMC)
in a statement advised
the medical aspirants
not to travel to Pakistan
for pursuing medical
education.
According to NMC,
“any Indian national/
overseas citizen of In-
dia who intends to take
admission in medical
course in any medical
college of Pakistan
shall not be eligible for
appearing in FMGE or
seeking employment
in India except those
who had joined Paki-
stan degree colleges/
institutions before De-
cember 2018.”
CSTEP’s studies found the transport sector followed by road dust as the biggest contributors to
Bengaluru’s deteriorating air quality.
General Manoj Pande
Former Judges, bureaucrats
defend PM Modi in open letter
CCG giving
ideological cover
to an anti-
national outlook,
reads letter
New Delhi (Agencies):
Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar
said on Saturday that
Haryana and Punjab
have demanded the set-
ting up of a separate
high court for both the
states and both would
dulysendtheirproposals
to the MHA. While inter-
acting with the media
after attending the Joint
Conference of Chief
MinistersandChief Jus-
tices of High Courts
here, Khattar said the
demand for setting up a
separate high court for
Haryana has been made
in the joint conference.
Khattar demands
separate High
Court for Haryana
Headmaster among 10
Andhra teachers held
for SSC paper leak
NMC says Medical
Degrees from Pak
not valid in India
Covid vaccination certificate
not must for Char Dham Yatra

NEWS
07
RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT ORDERS PAY
PARITY FOR ITS EMPLOYEES
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Saturday or-
dered compliance of its 13 January order and asked
to give minimum pay scale to the contract workers
working in the High Court. The Division Bench of
Acting Chief Justice MM Srivastava and Justice
Samir Jain was hearing a case related to contract
workers of AG and GA office. Arguing on behalf of
the contract workers, senior counsel Suresh Pareek
told the court that the employees, who have been
working for the last almost 17 years, are demanding
to remove pay discrepancies and comply with the
court’s order in favour of the contractual workers in
2019.
IN THE COURTYARD
MAN GETS 20 YEARS
IMPRISONMENT FOR
RAPING MINOR GIRL
POCSO COURT
AWARDS LIFE TERM
TO MAN FOR
RAPING MINOR
Alwar: The POCSO
Court-II here on Satur-
day sentenced a man to
20 years of imprison-
ment for raping a deaf
minor girl in Sadar po-
lice station area 3 years
ago. According to senior
public prosecutor Ashok
Saini, the man from
neighbourhood accosted
15-year-old victim on 4
April 2019 finding her
alone at home.
Pali: The POCSO Court-
III has sentenced a man
to life imprisonment for
raping a minor in April
2020. Special judge
Surendra Kumar also
imposed a fine of 2 lakh
on the convict Govind
Balmiki who kidnapped
the schoolgirl, took her
to Pushkar and other
places and outraged her
modesty.
‘Raj govt committed to improve infra in courts’
Court rooms increased to 970 from 580, residential buildings for judges increased to 927 from 526
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Asserting
that there is cordial re-
lationship between the
courts and the govern-
ment in Rajasthan, the
State Law Minister
Shanti Dhariwal said
that the state govern-
ment is committed to
improve the infrastruc-
ture of the courts and to
solve all the problems
related to the judiciary
.
In a joint conference
of Chief Ministers and
Chief Justices of High
Courts held under the
chairmanship of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi at Vigyan Bhawan
in New Delhi on Satur-
day
, he said that the gov-
ernment is continuous-
ly working for the im-
provement of infra-
structure in the courts
in the state.
Shanti Dhariwal
said that earlier, there
were 580 court rooms
in Rajasthan, which
have now increased to
about 970. Similarly,
there were 526 resi-
dential buildings for
judges which have
now increased to 927
in the state.
Shanti Dhariwal
said that the state gov-
ernment is committed
to modernise the build-
ings of the court com-
Shanti Dhariwal and acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan Manindra Mohan Shrivastava during the joint conference of Chief Ministers and
Chief Justices of High Courts in New Delhi on Saturday.
Raj Gas project manager and broker
in the ACB net with `87,000 bribe
First India Bureau
Kota: The ACB Kota
Rural Unit on Saturday
arrested Atul Shukla,
Project Manager, Ra-
jasthan State Gas Lim-
ited and a broker Vish-
nu Saini red-handed
while taking bribe
amount of Rs 87,000
from the complainant
in lieu of passing the
bills of gas pipeline
works done by his firm.
DG ACB BL Soni said
the accused demanded
bribe for releasing secu-
rity money of Rs 42
lakh. Atul Shukla was
demanded Rs 1.37 lakh
though his broker Vish-
nu Saini.
A team under the su-
pervision of ACB Kota
SP Alok Srivastava and
ASP Rural Prerna
Shekhawat verified the
complaint after which
the accused were held.
Long standing demand of
people fulfilled: Shekhawat
Alwar: The bail ap-
plications of former
District Collector and
IAS officer Nannu-
mal Pahadia, RAS
officer Ashok Kumar
Sankhla and middle-
man Nitin Sharma,
who have been jailed
for bribery, were
rejected by the local
court on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the three
are now going to
approach the High
Court for bail.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: The name of
Mian Ka Bara Halt Rail-
way Station in Samdari
Tehsil of Barmer dis-
trict adjoining Pakistan
has been changed to Ma-
hesh Nagar Halt. A
launch ceremony was
also held on this occa-
sion, which was attend-
ed by Union Jal Shakti
Minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat, Union
Minister of State for Ag-
ricultureKailashChoud-
hary and Rajya Sabha
MP Rajendra Gehlot.
Shekhawat said there
was a demand of the vil-
lagers to change
the name of the railway
station for a long time
and now it has has been
changed so people are
happy
.
IAS, RAS OFFICERS
DENIED BAIL IN
GRAFT CASE
ACB traps ward panch taking `1L bribe in Jalore
Lunaram Darji
Jalore: ACB team ar-
rested a ward panch
Bhagwanaram of vil-
lage panchayat Mand-
wala taking a bribe of
Rs 1 lakh in Jalore on
Saturday. ACB ASP
Mahavir Singh said
that the complainant
lodged a complaint
with the ACB that the
accused is constantly
harassing him by de-
manding a bribe of Rs
1 lakh for help in the
complaint made
against him at the po-
lice station and Zila
Parishad CEO office.
In the supervision of
DIG ACB Kailash-
chand Vishnoi, verifi-
cation was done on the
complaint and the ac-
cused was arrested
red-handed taking a
bribe of Rs 1 lakh.
Searches are also being
conducted at his resi-
dence and other places.
Jodhpur: ACS (mines
petroleum) Subodh
Agarwal has issued di-
rections for preparing a
masterplan for cluster
mining in the region.
He was chairing a meet-
ing of senior officials of
mines and geology de-
partment of Jodhpur
circleatJodhpurKhanij
Bhawan on Saturday
.
Subodh Agarwal em-
phasised on promoting
legal mining activities
in the region and tak-
ing tough steps to curb
illegal digging of grav-
el, its transportation
and storage. Agarwal
said that the recently
concluded financial
year was full of
achievements.
Prepare masterplan
for cluster mining:
Subodh to officials
Spice fair is first choice of
Jaipur people: Dr Joshi
Raj govt is responsible for
Tigress-MT4’s safety: Raje
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former chief
minister Vasundhara
Raje said that the very
reason Seljar was not
considered for Tiger
relocation in MHTR
was the high biotic
pressure, cattle herds
and overall lack of se-
curity. It is strange
that the same officials
who discounted Seljar
not too long ago have
now let the Tigress go
free there.
In a tweet, Vasund-
hara Raje said that if
anything happens to
Tigress-MT4, the re-
sponsibility of it will
lie directly at the door-
step of the Govern-
ment of Rajasthan.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Speaker CP
Joshi said that National
Sahakar Masala Mela
has become the first
choice of the people of
Jaipur. The importance
of spice has been un-
derstood by the people
during covid-19, due to
which popularity has
increased. “The kind of
diseases that are hap-
pening today, everyone
believes organic prod-
ucts are more benefi-
cial,” he said while in-
augurating the Mela at
Jawahar Kala Kendra
on Saturday
.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat addressing the gathering during the
function in Samdari Tehsil of Barmer district.
Rajasthan government is commit-
ted to modernise the buildings of the
court complexes along with increas-
ing the number of residential facilities and
court rooms for the judges.
—Shanti Dhariwal, Law Minister
Vasundhara Raje
plexes along with in-
creasing the number
of residential facilities
and court rooms for
the judges.
Shanti Dhariwal
said that the ratio be-
tween the Central and
State Governments in
providing financial re-
sources for improving
the infrastructure and
other facilities is 60:40.
Shanti Dhariwal urged
the Central govern-
ment to immediately
release its share so that
courtrooms in Ra-
jasthan courts.
MIAN KA BARA RLY STN IS NOW MAHESH NAGAR STN
Kota: Jhalawar ACB
has arrested a Panchay-
at Samiti member Nay-
an Kumar and a broker
Anand Kumar Prajapa-
ti red-handed while tak-
ing a bribe of Rs 10,000
in lieu of allowing the
licensee composite liq-
uor shop to run freely
and not click pictures
and make videos of the
people coming to the
shop on Saturday. This
information was given
by ACB Director Gen-
eral BL Soni here today,
Accused Atul Shukla and Vishnu Saini in the ACB custody.
Panchayat Samiti
member, broker
held for bribe
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that State Government
is sensitive to provide
social security to all
the needy including the
underprivileged and
helpless of the society.
The state government,
showing seriousness
towards social security,
has benefited every eli-
gible person through
various schemes. So-
cial Security Pension,
Palanhar Yojana, Chief
Minister Anupriti
Coaching Scheme are
important schemes of
the government. This
gives opportunities to
the needy to move for-
ward, Gehlot was ad-
dressing the review
meeting of Social Jus-
tice and Empowerment
Department at the
CMR on Saturday.
He said that 92 lakh
pensioners are being
given pension in the
state under social secu-
rity pension. It should
be ensured that every
needy gets the benefits
of social security
schemes. The depart-
mental officers should
study the work being
done in social security
in different states of
India and other coun-
tries, he said.
The Chief Minister
said that under the am-
bitious Palanhar Yoja-
na of the government,
monthly financial as-
sistance is being pro-
vided to ensure the eco-
nomic, social and edu-
cational development
of 5.97 lakh children of
the state. 3.88 lakh
children were benefit-
ted in the year 2019-20,
now the number has
almost doubled. The fi-
nancial assistance
amount has been in-
creased in scheme,
wherein, the financial
assistance of Rs.500 per
month will be in-
creased from Rs.500 to
Rs1,500 per month for
children of 0 to 6 years
of age and from Rs.1000
to Rs 2,500 per month
from May 2022. Regular
monitoring should be
done for whether the
benefited children are
associated with educa-
tion or not, he said.
Social Justice Em-
powerment Minister
Tikaram Jully said that
there is a need to in-
crease number of
scooties given by State
Govt to differently-
abled.
CM reviews Social Justice
and Empowerment Dept EVERY ELIGIBLE PERSON SHOULD GET
SOCIAL SECURITY IN STATE: GEHLOT
5k specially abled
will get scooters;
Govt has increased
age limit, Centre
should deposit
scholarship
amount in
students’ accounts
Dr CP Joshi, Lal Chand Kataria, Udai Lal Anjana Rajendra Yadav.

Proper planning and execution
are keys to success but only after
dreams and belief.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Another sensa-
tional case of illegal
mininghascometolight
against JK Lakshmi Ce-
ment Company
. After
the case of selling 5 lakh
tonnesof masonrystone
under the guise of
crusher reject, the com-
pany not only cheated
the government of
crores of rupees by ille-
gal mining of minerals
morethanthepermitted
quantity in place of ba-
sic production without
taking Environmental
Clearance (EC), but also
defrauded the govern-
ment of crores of ru-
pees. In this matter, an
RTIactivisthasdemand-
edfromthestategovern-
ment, the recovery of
taxes due from the com-
pany after conducting a
high-level inquiry from
the government.
Actually Environ-
mental Clearance (EC)
came into force in the
year 1994 in the mining
lease of JK Lakshmi Ce-
ment Company, but the
EC was obtained by the
lessee in the mining
lease in 2004. Therefore,
RTI Activist Mahavir
Singh Tanwar alleges
that during this period
from 1993-94, the lessee
did not maintain the ba-
sic production and till
the EC was obtained,
the mineral was pro-
ducedinlakhsof tonnes
more than the permit-
ted quantity
, which was
in violation of the Envi-
ronment Protection Act
and thus, falls under the
category of illegal min-
ing, due to which, the
government had to bear
the loss of crores of ru-
pees due to illegal min-
eral production.
The complaint of the
whole matter is even in
the Directorate of Min-
ing, Udaipur, but in front
of the high clout of the
company
, the Mines De-
partment has not yet
taken action against the
company
. However, the
JK Lakshmi Company
didnotstophere.ECwas
obtainedbythecompany
in this mining lease area
in 2004, but even after
this, the company has
beenproducingminerals
in excess of the permit-
tedquantityintheECfor
many years, which
comes under the catego-
ry of illegal mining in
violationof theEnviron-
ment Protection Act.
Thismeansthatthecom-
pany continued to act
arbitrarilyandtheMines
Department turned a
blind eye towards it. JK
Lakshmi’s spirits were
so high that for many
years,i.e.intheperiodof
year 2000 to 2021, the
company continued its
wrong activities of pro-
ducing material more
than the prescribed lim-
it, which comes under
the category of illegal
mining.Inthese21years,
the company illegally
minedmillionsof tonnes
of the mineral. Accord-
ing to an estimate, the
government lost hun-
dredsof croresof rupees
over the period of dec-
ades. Sources say that if
the Mines Department
makes an accurate as-
sessment, then this ille-
gal mining can be worth
more than Rs 200 crore.
In this matter, an of-
ficial response was
sought from Shailendra
Chouksey of JK Laxmi
Cement via mail, but he
did not respond. People
in the cement market
are really surprised to
see how such major ir-
regularities and alleged
tax evasion is happen-
ing under the nose of
Chairman Bharat Hari
Singhania, Vice- Chair-
man and MD Vinita Sin-
ghania and Whole-Time
Director Shailendra
Chouksey, who other-
wise, enjoy the reputa-
tion and goodwill of law
abiding individuals.
Actuallyinvestigation
is already going on in a
caseagainstJKLakshmi
Cement Company
. The
Company has Mining
LeaseNo.10/1999atSiro-
hi,whereabout9million
tonnesof crusherrejects
are lying in overburden
in the mining lease at
Sirohi. In the years 2014-
15 and 2015-16, 1.50 lakh
tonnes of mineral ma-
sonry stone was taken
outbythecompanyfrom
mining lease to M/s
Hitech Rock Products
and Aggregates Limited
Company
. For this the
company got STP by
Mineral Engineer, Siro-
hi. But complaint was
received that in the said
issue by firm, crusher
rejects were mentioned
whereas, in reality
, ma-
sonry stone was issued
undertheguiseof crush-
er rejects. Apart from
this,muchmorethanthe
prescribed quantity of
1.50 lakh tonnes, almost
three times, i.e. 5.00 lakh
tonnesof masonrystone
wastakenout,thecostof
which is believed to be
more than Rs 50 crore.
On the complaint of this
matter, investigation is
being done on the orders
of Mines Minister
Pramod Jain Bhaya.
Now on this new case
of illegal mining, there
is a demand to cancel
the license of the com-
pany after conducting a
high-level inquiry from
the government and ini-
tiate a recovery from
the JK Lakshmi Com-
pany to compensate for
the loss caused to the
government.
JKLakshmi‘hoodwinks’EnvironmentalClearance,barsgovtof ‘Lakshmi’!
PK STILL DEEPLY
CONNECTED WITH
GANDHI FAMILY
PK is in ‘denial
mode’, however,
don’t get entangled in
the political gimmicks
of this smart individual
as PK’s strings are still
attached to the Gandhi
family with the same
strength as before. It is
possible that in the
coming days, you will
hear PK’s new confes-
sion that ‘he is ready
again to join Congress
and work for Congress’.
And then the old men of
Congress, who are pro-
testing against PK,
would be seen on back
foot. If the claims of
sources
related to Gandhi fami-
ly are to be believed,
then that 8-hour presen-
tation of PK will not go
in vain. Rahul Gandhi
has started implement-
ing PK’s advice. As PK
said in his presentation
that ‘the state president
and the leader of the
legislature in the Con-
gress should be sepa-
rate, the responsibility
of the Congress Parlia-
mentarian Board and
the party president
should also not be with
one person.’ Kamal
Nath hurriedly thereaf-
ter, resigned from the
post of Leader of Legis-
lative party, since he is
also the President of
State Congress. PK had
said in his presenta-
tion that
‘the reins
of Hary-
ana Con-
g r e s s
should be
h a n d e d
over to
BhupinderSinghHooda
and there is no exist-
ence of the party in
Himachal without mak-
ing face to anyone in
Virbhadra Singh’s fam-
ily i.e. his wife or son.’ It
has also been advised
that ‘the members of
the Congress Working
Committee should di-
rectly contest the Lok
Sabha elections leaving
the hope of the Rajya
Sabha, which will
strengthen the party
cadre.’ He has also sug-
gested a complete over-
haul of party organisa-
tion in 550 districts and
more and more young
faces should be
given impor-
tance in the
organization.
Nothing is
permanent
in politics,
and with
ever chang-
ing politics,
there is al-
ways a need for face
that can fit in the cur-
rent situation. There-
fore, it is possible that
in the coming days, PK
may be once again seen
in Congress’ courtyard!
WHEN WILL THE
DECISION ON PK
BE TAKEN?
SoniaGandhicantake
adecisiononPKany-
time after the three-day
‘Chintan Shivir’ to be
held in Udaipur from
May 13 - 15. It is believed
that on the advice of PK,
Sonia herself spoke di-
rectly to the disgruntled
leaders of the G-21
faction leaders
like Ghulam
Nabi Azad,
M a n i s h
Tewari and
M u k u l
Wasnik to
entrust important re-
sponsibilities for this
contemplation camp, so
that they can’t directly
attack Rahul in this
meeting.Afterthis,there
canbeanopendebateon
thesuggestionsof PKon
the party platform. Con-
gress sources claim that
PK says that at present,
the reins of Congress
shouldbehandedoverto
a leader other than the
Gandhi family
. The new
Presidentof UPAshould
also be from an ally in-
stead of Congress.
Sharad Pawar has been
described as a suitable
face for this. Sonia Gan-
dhi is very impressed by
that marathon presenta-
tionof PKandshewants
PK to have a deep brain-
storming meeting with
senior party leaders re-
garding this report, in
which once again the
Gandhi family will also
be present.
NADDA IN
GUJARAT FOR BJP’S
POLL PLANS!
Implementing the
instructions of
PM Modi, BJP’s Nation-
al President JP Nadda
has camped in
Ahmedabad city of Gu-
jarat for some time.
This Friday, he re-
mained at the party’s
Ahmedabad Headquar-
ters ‘Kamalam’ and met
more than 700 party
leaders and workers
there. The next day, he
addressed more than
7,000 people at the Guja-
rat University’s Con-
vention Centre. The
most important thing is
that all the BJP MLAs,
who came to meet Na-
dda, were more or less
worried that the tragic
memories of the Co-
rona period are
still alive in
the minds
of the peo-
ple of the
state and
questioned
what issues
should they
take to the
p e o p l e
to bring about a change
in their minds and
awaken a new spirit of
hope? Most of the MLAs
wanted to be familiar
with the party’s election
strategy and Nadda ex-
plained to them that
both party stalwarts
Modi and Shah have
specific plans for the
Gujarat elections,
which they will reveal
soon. Nadda also said
that Gujarat is the labo-
ratory of BJP’s politics,
and the party will al-
ways be number one
there. He said that the
elected representatives
have to take the good
works of the central
and state government
among the people in the
elections. It is under-
stood that on Sunday,
May 1, Modi is going to
start the election cam-
paignof Gujarat,Modi’s
target is the Patidar
community (Sardar
Dham) of Gujarat.
PM Modi on
May 1 i.e.
will address
the Global
P a t i d a r
‘Business
Summit’
through
video
c o n -
ference. After this par-
ty’s phased meetings
are going to start in Gu-
jarat.
IN THE END...
Barrack number 20
of Lakhimpur
Kheri Jail has once
againbecomeamajorat-
traction these days. And
why not, this barrack
has been decorated with
newmattress,newsheet,
and to cool the heat of
the barrack, not one, but
four coolers have been
installed in it. In this
barrackonceagainfrom
April24,AshishMishra,
son of Union Minister
of State for Home Ajay
Mishra Teni, has been
‘camping’. The jail ad-
ministration is giving
him complete VIP treat-
ment on their behalf
and morning tea, lunch
and dinner are all com-
ing from his house.
There is no time restric-
tion for lunch and din-
ner. A Gujarati news-
paper has pub-
lished this jail re-
port in detail.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Prashant Kishor Sonia Gandhi
Ashish Mishra
JP Nadda
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has once
again given a clarion
call regarding availabil-
ity of water to farmers
and the general public
in the state, specially fo-
cussing on the 13 dis-
tricts that would fall
under the Eastern Ra-
jasthan Canal project.
“The DPR of the
ERCP was prepared by
the then BJP govern-
ment in the year 2017
through WEPCOS Lim-
ited, a central govern-
ment undertaking. The
DPR of the project was
prepared under the su-
pervision of the then
Chairman of the Ra-
jasthan River Basin Au-
thority
, Shriram Vedire.
At present, Shri Ram
Vedire is also a consult-
ant in the Union Minis-
try of Jal Shakti. The
Jalshakti Minister
doesn’t understand any
justification for ques-
tioning this DPR made
under the guidance of
the advisor of his minis-
try
,” the Chief Minister
said. Gehlot stressed
that all parameters re-
lated to this project
were kept as per guide-
lines of Central Water
Commission. “Irriga-
tion water will not be
available to the farmers
of Eastern Rajasthan
due to the change of cri-
teria proposed by the
Union Minister of Jal
Shakti. Farmers cannot
be deprived of irriga-
tion facilities available
in 2 lakh hectare area in
eastern Rajasthan.
If the Centre agrees,
then the condition of
Eastern Rajasthan will
become like that of
Bundelkhand land of
farmers of 13 districts
will remain thirsty
. Ra-
jasthan is a desert re-
gion where rainfall is
scarce there is no per-
ennial river. Thus, com-
paring it with any oth-
er state is not justified,
he said. “I had said that
people are looking at 10
MPs with hope. The PM
had assured of giving it
the status of a project
of national importance
in Ajmer Jaipur. De-
spite this, this life-giv-
ing project of 13 dis-
tricts hasn’t yet been
made a national project.
Absence of 8 BJP MPs
in this pre-scheduled
meet shows how seri-
ous BJP MPs are about
ERCP JJM,” he said.
CM: If Centre’s word is accepted, then
farmlandof13distswillremainthirsty
All criteria related to ERCP were kept as per norms of Central Water Commission: Gehlot
BH Singhania Vinita Singhania Shailendra Chouksey
CM Ashok Gehlot
MAKING A REMARK
Cong High Command tries to
take everyone along: Dhariwal
From Pg 1...
Meanwhile, regarding
the frequent meetings
of Sachin Pilot with
the Congress High
Command, Dhariwal
said that the Congress
High Command meets
everyone and tries to
take everyone along
and so it should not be
seen as a change of
leadership.
Dhariwal’s state-
ments have found
backing in RTDC
Chairman Dharmen-
dra Rathore who said,
“”What wrong has
Shanti Dhariwal said?
It is true that the next
assembly election will
be fought under the
leadership of CM Ge-
hlot. All MLAs and
public stand with CM
Gehlot. The love and
blessings of the people
of the state are with
CM Gehlot as the govt
is doing better work
under the leadership
of CM Gehlot.”
Moreover,advisorto
CM Dr Jitendra Singh
in Bikaner. replying
on the issue of change
of power in the state,
said, “Ashok Gehlot is
a versatile leader. He
cannot be challenged
in Rajasthan. He took
over the government
in difficult times.
Whether it is a matter
of budget or health
services, the state gov-
ernment is doing bet-
ter in every arena.”
Notably, on the ques-
tion about Sachin Pi-
lot, Singh said without
naming Pilot, “He has
his own way of con-
tributing to society
.”
Meanwhile, BJP
state president Satish
Poonia has hit back at
Congress over the is-
sue and said, “People
have made up their
mind that only BJP
will come to power in
the state. Whoever
will be the face of
Congress in 2023, it
will go and BJP will
come to power.”
Shanti Dhariwal

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JAIPUR, SUNDAY,
MAY 1, 2022
PASSION IS
ENERGY. FEEL
THE POWER THAT
COMES FROM
FOCUSING ON
WHAT EXCITES
YOU. CITY FIRST
BRINGS TO YOU
THE INSPIRING
JOURNEY
OF VIOMA
SHARMA, A
MODEL AND
ASPIRING
ACTRESS WHO
IS BLAZING WITH
FIRE AND IS A
PASSIONATE
SOUL.
assion is crucial
when it comes
to attaining
your dreams.
When you find
your passion
and link it with
whatever you’re doing,
you’ll experience a beau-
tiful synergy that will ef-
fortlessly propel you to
new heights. This is also
true in the fashion indus-
try
. City First had a con-
versation with the mod-
el, Vioma Sharma about
her journey
.
When asked about her-
self, the diva said, “I am
a 22-year-old model and
an aspiring actor and am
born and brought up in
Delhi. Currently pursu-
ing a bachelor’s in tech-
nology from IP universi-
ty
. I’ve also had training
in classical music and
classical dance, which
has aided in the develop-
ment of my personality
.”
The aspiring actress,
speaking about her jour-
ney said, “My career in
this industry began only
after lockdown when I
had the opportunity to
reflect on myself and fig-
ure out what I wanted to
accomplish with my life.
Before that, I had never
considered following my
passion.”
No matter how suc-
cessful, everyone has to
face their own battles.
Talking about her bat-
tles, the diva said “I had,
and continue to have, a
few roadblocks on my
path, one of which is a
lack of support. But it
wasn’t until I made my
own decisions that I real-
ised how little else mat-
tered when you know
what makes you happy
.”
Achievements are
something that comes
from hard work and pa-
tience, just as her ac-
complishments came.
“In terms of my accom-
plishments, I was a fi-
nalist in the Navbharat
Times’ NBT Femina
pageant, which was
judged by Taapsee Pan-
nu herself. I also had the
opportunity to be repre-
sented by my dream
modelling agency, and
I’m continuing to im-
prove myself and create
new moments.”
Speaking about her
future plans, the model
said, ‘I can never be sure
of what life would have
to offer me but if asked,
I’d say I would want to
see myself hustling and
working hard with the
same energy. I think,
achieving my goals, bet-
tering myself and not
losing my peace of mind
is how I would envision
my life to be 5 years
from now.”
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
P
PASSION FOR
PASSION FOR
FASHION
FASHION

10
ETC
fter scores of centuries in
the darkness of slavery
and exploitation, we have
at last come to celebrate
The Labour Day interna-
tionally though somewhat
patronizingly in some places. The
mere mention of May Day flashes
images of the “Hammer Sickle,”
the two tools representing the Indus-
trial Agricultural labour class.
These workers, the real inheritors
of the earth, holding the Primary fac-
tor of production (labour), were
pushed back by the exploitative and
cynical class holding the other two
means i.e. Land and capital.
This class struggle continued for
centuries till some enlightened minds
stepped forward and called this great-
est bluff of mankind. They awakened
thelabourclassnotonlytotheirrights
but also to their primary place and
power in this production troika.
From being slaves who had to work
for around 15 to 18 hours a day under
the cruellest conditions, the working
class slowly organised itself after
hearing the clarion calls of some judi-
cious minds.
Although there was a crop of such
trailblazers, the greatest mover
amongst them was a German phi-
losopher named Karl Marx. His
main theory focused on the struggle
between the Capitalists who held
the land and the capital and the
working class.
This revolutionary kettledrum ech-
oed around the globe giving rise to a
million mutinies and transforming
the economic political ideologies in
almost half the nation-states. It trig-
gered a class conflict, often bloody but
sometimes democratic. The unjust
stranglehold of the exploiters started
to slacken. The workers started de-
manding and getting fairer working
conditions higher wages for their
back-breaking labour. In more liberal
environments the workers came to sit
on Corporate boards framing policy
.
If you look around, you will see that
there is hardly anything that has not
been created by the skilful hands of
workers in sweatshops, workshops, or
themoresophisticatedassemblylines.
There is hardly any service that is not
provided by the Proletariat. To cele-
brate proletarianism as an Interna-
tional Day is indeed a great milestone
in this long journey for the rights of
society’s bedrocks. This enlighten-
ment came late, as the levelling of the
playing field started at the end of the
19th century when the 8-hour work-
day was first adopted in the USA. This
struggle will not end until Labour
gets equal remuneration to
Land and Capital, which
are useless without
their toil and skill.
It’s high time we
wiped the sweat
off their brow.
RAINU SINGH
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A
Workers of the
World Unite,
You have
nothing to
lose but
your chains.
—KARL MARX
A cause to celebrate!
MAY DAY
MAY DAY

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CITY FIRST BRINGS
TO YOU SOME
MORE GLIMPSES
FROM THE POSTER
AND CROWN
UNVEILING
CEREMONY, AS
WELL AS THE
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
LAUNCH OF FIRST
MISS INDIA
SEASON 2 BY
JAGDEESH
CHANDRA, WHICH
TOOK PLACE AT
HEX HIGH ENERGY
XPERIENCE
MUMBAI ON
WEDNESDAY. HIGH-
PROFILE GUESTS,
INCLUDING
B-TOWN
CELEBRITIES,
EMINENT FIGURES
FROM THE
FASHION AND
GLAMOUR
INDUSTRIES,
SUPERMODELS,
AND MEMBERS
OF THE FIRST
INDIA FAMILY,
ADDED TO THE
CELEBRATION’S
EXCITEMENT. Pearl Agarwal, Akanksha Bhalla, Shreya Gupta, Shubhi Dhaneta, Tanvi and Kavya Kapooor
Jagdeesh Chandra patiently hears and answers the barrage of questions from
Mumbai media, flanked by Muskan Moolchandani, Chahak Bhandula and Ashish Tiwari
Zeeshan Khan and Reyhnaa Pandit give a byte for the First India Telly Digital platforms
Kriti Garg airs her views on the First Miss India Season 2
while Jagdeesh Chandra listens keenly, also seen is Ashok Singh
Jagdeesh Chandra, Ashish Tiwari and Akanksha Puri share a memorable moment
First India Telly catches up with
Vishal Kotian for his updates on the evening
Alina Rai shares her
views on the amazing evening
with First India Telly Digital and viewers
Ridhiema congratulates First Miss India team,
on the First India Telly platforms, along with Jaskaran
Gaurav Gaur, Astha Khandelwal, Muskan Moolchandani, Lekh Uthaiah and Ridhiema Tiwari
Akanksha Puri airs her views on
the fantastic evening and also shares
titbits on her upcoming awaited series
Jagdeesh Chandra with Shagun, Manya, Priyanka and Anjali
THE NIGHT FULL
THE NIGHT FULL OF
OF
ENCHANTMENT!
ENCHANTMENT!

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