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SP to field Dimple in Azamgarh LS bypoll?
First India Bureau
Lucknow:The Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) seems
to have decided to field
former Kannauj MP
Dimple Yadav for the
Azamgarh Lok Sabha
bypoll scheduled on
June 23, according to
sources.
The decision was ap-
parently taken at a
meeting of the party’s
executive committee
and a formal announce-
ment is expected any-
time soon, said sources.
Dimple is the wife of
Samajwadi Party na-
tional president Akh-
ilesh Yadav who vacat-
ed the Azamgarh Lok
Sabha seat to retain the
Karhal (Mainpuri) as-
sembly seat. Bypolls for
the Azamgarh and
Rampur Lok Sabha
seats will be held on
June 23. The counting
of votes will take place
on June 26.
It was earlier specu-
lated that the SP may
field Dimple Yadav for
the Rajya Sabha elec-
tion scheduled on June
10. But after the SP
named its alliance part-
ner Jayant Chaudhary,
the Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD) chief, as its third
candidate, those aware
of the matter in the
party said it’s almost
certain that Akhilesh
will field Dimple for
the Azamgarh Lok
Sabha seat.
“Netaji (Akhilesh’s
father and Samajwadi
Party founder Mulayam
Singh Yadav) won the
Azamgarh seat in 2014
and Akhileshji won it in
2019. It’s only natural
for us to want Dimpleji
to return to Parliament
through Azamgarh. We
have already conveyed
our desire to Akhileshji
that Dimpleji should be
fielded from Azamgarh.
We will ensure her vic-
tory,” said an office-
bearer of the SP’s
Azamgarh unit.
Dimple has contested
the Lok Sabha polls
four times—twice each
during bypolls and gen-
eral elections. She won
twice.
Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav
show their Voter IDs after
casting votes in the Assembly
elections, at Saifai in Etawah.
—FILE PHOTO
Yogi ribs Akhilesh over ‘gobar’ remark, asks him to do puja, listen to Shivpal
Lucknow (PTI): Tar-
geting Akhilesh Yadav
overhisgobar’remarks,
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on Tuesday
said in the Vidhan Sab-
ha that it’s odd that the
leader of opposition
smells odour in cow
dung which is consid-
ered as a form of God-
dess Lakshmi.
During the discus-
sion on the budget in
the state assembly, Ya-
dav on Monday had
said that Kannauj,
which is famous for “it-
tar’ (perfume), needs a
perfume park instead
of a ‘gobar’ plant.
In his speech in the
assembly on Tuesday,
the chief minister said
had he (Yadav) done
‘puja’, he would not
have said so. “Had he
considered cow dung as
the form of Lakshmi,
he would not have said
that. He might not be
doing puja. Cow dung is
used in puja. He should
have learned something
from his uncle Shivpal
ji,” said Adityanath.
“Today, even incense
sticks are being made
using cow dung. If the
leader of opposition
had worshiped, he
would have used it. The
effect of buffalo milk is
visible in his speech.
Still I thank him for
calling the cow moth-
er,” the CM added.
Talking about the
perfume of Kannauj,
Adityanath said that
the perfume of Kan-
nauj has been identi-
fied under the one dis-
trict one product’
scheme and its fra-
grance is spreading all
over the world.“Our
resolve is development
of all and appeasement
of none,” Yogi said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with the BJP’s 8 Rajya Sabha candidates from UP who filed
nominations on Tuesday. Deputy CMs Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP state
chief and Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh also present. — PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
ASSEMBLY
PASSES BUDGET
MLA FUND HIKED
TO `5 CRORE
Lucknow: The Legisla-
tive Assembly on Tuesday
passed the annual budget
of the state government.
The government has made
budgetary allocation worth
`730.88 crore for Police
Emergency Management
System (PEMS), `276.66
crore for UP Special Se-
curity Force (UPSF), `250
crore for safety equipment,
arms and ammunition for
district police stations,
` 800 crore for police
housing and non-residen-
tial buildings, and `65.70
crore for purchasing land
for Police Lines in newly-
created districts.
Lucknow: CM Yogi
Adityanath on Tuesday
announced that the Local
Area Development Fund
for MLAs will be increased
to `5 crore per year from
`3 crore per year. The
announcement in the state
assembly was met with
the thumping of desks by
MLAs of both ruling and
opposition parties.The
MLA Local Area Develop-
ment (MLALAD) Fund is
used by legislators to un-
dertake development work
in their constituencies.
The Fund was increased
from `2 crore to `3 crore
in February 2020.
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TO HOLD NEXT ROUND OF SENIOR COMMANDERS’ MEETING AT
AN EARLY DATE TO ACHIEVE COMPLETE DISENGAGEMENT FROM
ALL FRICTION POINTS IN EAST LADAKH TO CREATE CONDITIONS
FOR RESTORATION OF NORMALCY IN BILATERAL TIES
UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH ON TUESDAY SAID NARENDRA
MODI GOVERNMENT HAS DONE MORE WORK IN EIGHT YEARS OF ITS
RULE FOR MAKING FARMERS SELF-RELIANT THAN WAS
ACCOMPLISHED EVER BEFORE AND ITS AGRICULTURE-FRIENDLY
SCHEMES HAVE BECOME THE REAL POWER OF FARMERS
RAJYA SABHA ELECTION: THE RAJYA SABHA ELECTIONS 2022, TO BE
HELD ON JUNE 10, IS CRUCIAL AS IT COMES AHEAD OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SLATED FOR JULY. ABOUT 57 RAJYA SABHA
SEATS WILL HAVE TO BE FILLED THIS YEAR FROM 15 STATES,
INCLUDING UP, MAHA, TN, BIHAR, AP AND RAJASTHAN P5
TEACHER SHOT DEAD
AT KULGAM SCHOOL
Kulgam:Aschoolteach-
er—shotatbyterrorists
in JK’s Kulgam — died
of the gunshot injuries
on Tuesday
, the police
have said. The teacher
has been identified as
Rajni Bhalla. The inci-
dent comes amid a spate
of attacks on non-locals
in the union territory
,
and also weeks after pro-
tests over the killing of a
Kashmiri Pandit, Rahul
Bhat, and a TV artist
Ambreen Bhat. Rajni
wasfromSambaDistrict
of Jammu province. A
government teacher
working in Kulgam area
of South Kashmir, she
lost her life in a despica-
ble targeted attack. My
heartgoesouttoherhus-
band Raj Kumar the
rest of her family
.
PM TRANSFERS
`21K CR TO OVER
10 CR FARMERS
THAKUR EXUDES CONFIDENCE IN BJP’S
RETURN TO POWER IN HIMACHAL
MODI LAUDS
MUDRA YOJNA
BENEFICIARY
PM BREAKS PROTOCOL
FOR MOM’S SKETCH
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi released Rs 21,000
crore to more than 10
crore beneficiary farmers
under the Pradhan Mantri
Kisan Samman Nidhi
(PM-KISAN) scheme.
This transfer is 11th
installment under the
PM-KISAN scheme. Modi
interacted with benefi-
ciaries of different govt
schemes at the event.
Ahead of Himachal polls, CM
Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday
exuded confidence in return
of BJP govt to power in the
state, he said that under lead-
ership of Modi, our govt has
completed 8 years in country,
relation between PM Modi
people of state is very strong.
PM Narendra Modi on
Tuesday virtually inter-
acted with a beneficiary
of the Pradhan Mantri
MUDRA Yojana hailing
from Mehsana in Gujarat
and appreciated him for
choosing to be a “job cre-
ator” instead of becoming
a “job seeker”. Pradhan
Mantri MUDRA Yojana
was launched by PM in
2015 to provide loans up
to `10 lakh to small and
micro enterprises.
During his roadshow here, PM
Modi stopped his car to accept
a painting of his mother made
by a girl. A huge crowd flocked
across road leading to Ridge
Maidan to have a glimpse of
Modi. A girl named Anu was
holding a painting of Modi’s
mother Heeraben. PM stopped
his cavalcade, get out of his
car and approached the girl.
PM MODI IN SHIMLA: EVENTS TO MARK 8 YEARS OF HIS GOVT
‘MY GOVT HAS ZERO-TOLERANCE
POLICY FOR CORRUPTION’
Earlier people talked about ‘atki-latki-bhatki’ schemes, Modi takes a jibe at Congress
Shimla: Corruption
was viewed as an essen-
tial part of government
before 2014, PM Naren-
dra Modi said on Tues-
day and asserted that
India saw a sea change
in the last eight years
due to the BJP-led dis-
pensation’s zero-toler-
ance towards graft. At
the rally in Shimla’s
RidgeMaidan,PMModi
said that after coming
to power, his govt
pruned 9 cr fake names
from list of beneficiar-
ies of various schemes.
“We have transferred
over `22 lakh crore to
the bank accounts of
beneficiaries of various
schemes through direct
benefit transfer,” the
PM said.
Modi said that before
2014, there was news
about scams but now
his govt’s devp schemes
and zero-tolerance
against corruption are
discussed. Before 2014,
corruption was viewed
as an essential part of
govt. India exported
Covid vaccines to vari-
ous countries and HP’s
Baddi unit played a vi-
tal role in manufactur-
ing jabs, plan to build
medical college in every
dist of country, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at crowd during a public rally at Ridge Maidan in Shimla on
Tuesday. Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur Union Minister Anurag Thakur are also seen.
Earlier people
used to talk about
‘atki-latki-bhatki’
schemes, nepotism
and scams. But time
has changed. Today
people talk about the
benefits of govern-
ment schemes. Today
India’s start-ups are
being talked about
globally. Even World
Bank talks about
India’s Ease of Doing
Business.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
2 TERRORISTS
KILLED IN JK
KASHMIRI PANDITS
WARN OF MIGRATION
Pulwama: Two terrorists,
Shahid Rather Umar
Yusuf were killed in an
encounter in Awantipora in
South Kashmir on Tuesday.
Shahid was involved in
killing of a woman named
Shakeela of Aripal a govt
employee Javid Ahmed
of Lurgam Tral, said Vijay
Kumar, IGP Kashmir.
Kulgam: Kashmiri Pandits
on Tuesday warned of
“mass relocation” if
the government fails to
provide a strong solution
within 24 hours for the
killings of innocents by
terrorists in the valley.
They staged a sit-in in Sri-
nagar, demanding justice
for teacher better safety.
Omar Abdullah @OmarAbdullah
Another targeted attack against a
migrant government teacher in Kulgam area
of South Kashmir. Reports of her condition
are conflicting. Praying that she survives
the attack.
Rajni Bala was shot at allegedly by terrorists in Kulgam district.
Relatives daughter of deceased teacher mourn her demise,
at their residence in Samba on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
‘UNFORGETTABLE RESPONSE’ COMING: LG
JK LG, Manoj Sinha, vowed an ‘un-
forgettable response’ would be given
to her killers and their sympathisers.
‘Deepest condolences to bereaved
family. Terrorists their sympathizers
will be given unforgettable response
for dastardly attack,’ said Sinha.
Seventh targeted
killing this month
CRUCIAL READ
SATYENDAR JAIN SENT TO ED’S
CUSTODY TILL JUNE 9
New Delhi: Delhi’s Health Minister
Satyendar Jain was on May 31 sent
to ED’s custody till June 9 in a money
laundering case by a court here which
noted that his interrogation was
required to unearth alleged larger
conspiracy. ED arrested AAP leader
under criminal sections on May 30.P5
CONSENTING
COUPLES CAN LIVE
TOGETHER, SAYS HC
SPEEDY HEARING
OF DESHMUKH’S
BAIL PLEA: SC
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala
HC on Tuesday allowed a
same-sex couple to live
together. HC acted upon
a habeas corpus petition
moved by Adila Nazrin, 22.
She complained that her
partner Fathima Noorah, 23,
has been forcibly taken away
by the latter’s family.
New Delhi: SC on Tuesday
asked Bombay HC to con-
sider hearing former Maha
HM Anil Deshmukh’s bail
petition in a money launder-
ing case expeditiously. Ad-
vocate Aniket, said SC had
considered the jailed NCP
leader’s age and sickness
while passing order.
COURT SUMMONS
CONG LEADER DK
SHIVAKUMAR FOR
MONEY LAUNDERING
Hardik to join
BJP on June 2:
Spokesperson
Ahmedabad: Former
Congress leader
H a r d i k
Patel will
join BJP on
June 2 in
presence of
G u j a r a t
party president CR Pa-
til, state party spokes-
person Yagnesh Dave
said on Tuesday
. Hardik
Patel had recently
praised BJP’s decision-
making capacity and
style of functioning,
while severely criticis-
ing the Congress lead-
ership. Patel had joined
the Congress in 2019.
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Tuesday summoned
Congress leader DK
Shivakumar and others
in a money laundering
case lodged against him
in 2018 after taking cog-
nisance of chargesheet.
Special Judge Vikas Dhull
directed Shivakumar to
appear on July 1. Shivaku-
mar was arrested by ED on
Sept 3, 2019, was granted
bail on Oct 23, 2019.

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022
02
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Tuesday interacted with
the beneficiaries of the
government’s public
welfareschemes.During
this, he transferred Rs
315croreto1.51lakhself-
help groups and 11,000
BC Sakhis through digi-
tal medium.
He said India got in-
dependence in 1947 but
in reality since 2014 un-
der the leadership of
PM Modi, the people
standing in the last line
of the society are get-
ting the benefits of
schemes.Everyone is
feeling this change. To-
day the poor are being
given the benefits of
government schemes
without looking at their
caste and religion. “The
poor are being given di-
rect benefits of govern-
ment schemes by link-
ing them with bank ac-
counts, “ said the CM.
He was participating in
‘Garib Kalyan Sam-
melan’ organised in
Shimla in the presence
of PM Modi through
video conferencing. Dy
CMs Keshav Maurya
and Brajesh Pathak
also made their
virtual presence on the
occasion.
Congratulating the
Centre on the successful
completion of 8 years
under the leadership of
PM Modi, the UP CM
said in 8 years there
were vast changes in the
country
. The country
made a defining mark
on a global level, and
every scheme of govern-
ance was taken to every
village, every poor.
“UP is the only state
where every household
in the villages is getting
banking facilities at
their doorsteps through
BC Sakhi, signifying the
the real change,” CM
Yogi said.
The CM said the PM
had given the slogan of
‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vi-
kas’ in 2013-14, which
seems to be being ful-
filled. In the last 8 years,
over 3 crore families got
houses in the country
, 43
and a half lakh poor
were given houses in Ut-
tar Pradesh alone.
GARIB KALYAN SAMMELAN
‘Benefits of govt schemes being provided without discrimination’
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath had a
virtual dialogue with
Gudia of Unnao.
He asked Gudiya in
a direct dialogue if
she got a house and
living a dignified life.
He asked the officials
to make Ayushman
medical card for her.
AYUSHMAN CARD
CM Yogi along with Deputy CMs Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya during the event on Tuesday. CM Yogi interacts with beneficiaries through video conferencing.
BC Sakhis attending the event. —PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
CM Yogi transfers `315-crore to
1.51 lakh SHGs, 11k BC Sakhis
GOVT DEVELOPED
EVERY SECTION
BC Sakhi Priyanka
Maurya of Sultanpur
told the CM that her
monthly income was
about Rs 26,000 and
she managed to open
her centre. Appreciat-
ing this, the CM said,
“The work you are
doing is an example
for the rest of the
women in society.”
The CM also said due
to these schemes of
the government, girls
were going to school
today. All sections of
people had started
getting the benefit
of Kanya Suman-
gala Yojana without
any discrimination.
“Our government
has developed every
section,” he said.
‘NOTMUCHDIFFERENCEBETWEENAKHILESH,RAHUL’
Lucknow(PTI): Refer-
ringtoSamajwadiParty
president Akhilesh Ya-
dav recounting an anec-
dote of a student mis-
taking him for Rahul
Gandhi, CM Yogi Adity-
anath said on Tuesday
there is not much differ-
ence between the two.
While one criticises
the country abroad, the
other speaks ill about
Uttar Pradesh outside
the state, he said in a
swipe at the Congress
leader and Yadav.
During the discus-
sion on the budget in
Assembly, Adityanath
said children are inno-
cent and the student,
whom Yadav had re-
ferred to, must have
said this after some
thinking.
“There is not much
difference between
them (Rahul Gandhi
and Akhilesh Yadav)...
while one criticises the
country abroad, the
other one flays UP out-
side the state,” the CM
said, drawing laughter
from the treasury
benches.
Leader of Opposition
Akhilesh Yadav was
present in the house at
that time. Deploring the
quality of education in
UP, Yadav had on Mon-
day recounted the day
he was confused with
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi by a child dur-
ing his visit to a school.
He was the chief min-
ister of Uttar Pradesh
from 2012 to 2017.
When the members
from the treasury
benches laughed at this,
Yadav had said, “They
are not sad about the
level of education in the
state, but because I took
the name of the Con-
gress leader.”
Rahul Gandhi and
Akhilesh Yadav had
joined hands to take on
BJP in the 2017 assem-
bly polls in UP but
the alliance was unsuc-
cessful.
CM Yogi hits back after the SP chief on Monday criticised
the govt for the alleged poor standard of education in UP
Oneflayscountryabroad,theotherflaysUPoutsidethestate,
saysCM during discussion on the state budget on Tuesday
In the recent elec-
tions, Congress had
gone alone while
Yadav had stitched a
coalition with the RLD
and other regional
parties. While the SP
fared much better, it
failed to dislodge the
BJP.
POLL DEBACLES
Rajya Sabha member Surendra Singh Nagar filing his nomination papers in the presence of CM Yogi,
DyCMs Keshav Maurya, Brajesh Pathak and Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh on Tuesday. CM Yogi participating in the discussion of the budget in Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday.
CM Yogi Adityanath with Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana
and others attends the All Party Meeting, at Vidhan Bhawan in
Lucknow on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
SP STAGES WALKOUT OVER
QUESTION PAPER LEAKS
Lucknow(PTI): Sama-
jwadiPartymemberson
Tuesday staged a walk-
out from the Uttar
Pradesh Legislative
Council over the alleged
leak of question papers
of competitive exams in
the last five years.
They alleged that an
“organised gang patron-
ised by the government”
was leaking question
papers and selling them
for Rs 2-4 lakh.
The matter came up
during the Zero Hour
through an adjourn-
ment notice, when SP
member Man Singh Ya-
dav alleged papers of
competitive exams were
leaked continuously af-
ter the BJP formed gov-
ernment in 2017.
“In the 2017 assembly
polls, BJP promised
lakhs of jobs to unem-
ployed youth, but after
four months of forma-
tion of its government,
the paper of SI exam
was leaked,” he said.
“In February 2018, UP
PPCL examination pa-
per was leaked. In July
2018, Subordinate Selec-
tion Commission paper
was also leaked. The
government was not se-
rious in holding com-
petitive exams and it is
an injustice to the ex-
aminees,” he said.
“The government is
not concerned about the
future of the youth,” he
alleged.
PRESIDENT MAY ADDRESS JOINT SESSION
Uttar Pradesh Assembly will invite
President Ram Nath Kovind to
address a joint session of the
state legislature on the occasion
of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava” on
June 6. A resolution in this regard
was unanimously passed in the state assembly.
As soon as the House met, Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna tabled the special
resolution to invite the President for his address to
the House and guide members on June 6.
AUGUST GATHERING
MLA Raghuraj
Pratap Singh,
popularly
known as Raja
Bhaiya along
with BJP
Rajya Sabha
Member
Sanjay Seth in
Vidhan Sabha
in Lucknow on
Tuesday.
Deputy CMs
Brajesh
Pathak and
Keshav
Prasad
Maurya during
the Budget
Session in
Vidhan Sabha
in Lucknow on
Tuesday.
MLA Dr Pallavi Patel and MLA Ragini Sonkar during the
budget session in Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow on Tuesday.
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
3 including SP leader arrested
in Unnao land encroachment case
First India Bureau
Unnao: The police have
arrested three accused
including Samajwadi
Party (SP) district gen-
eral secretary into land
encroachment matter.
The actions were taken
after the elderly women
tried to self-immolate
during Chief Minister’s
Janta Darbar.
Police sources here
said that some miscre-
ants had encroached
upon land of Murti Devi
(62) in Hariharpur vil-
lage under Gangaghat
area. Her plights were
ignored by police and
administrative officers
for long time following
whichshereachedJanta
Darbar of CM Yogi.
Agonised by igno-
rance and fear of losing
her land victim Murti
Devi tried to commit
suicide in Janta Darbar.
Police and security of-
ficials saved her and
CM instructed concern
officials to look into the
matter.
After instructions
from CM office SDM
Satyapriya and Nayab
Tehsildar Manjula
Mishra reached at the
disputed site and found
encroachment of three
persons including SP
district general secre-
tary of the land. All
three accused were ar-
rested from the spot
while manhunt was
launched to nab ofther
accomplices.
Rakesh Pal, in-charge
Ganga Ghat Kotwali
said a case was regis-
tered against SP leader
Suresh Pal, Jitendra Ni-
shad, Pappu Yadav,
Dheeraj Pasi and Babu
Lal. Suresh, Dheeraj
and Babulal were ar-
rested while manhunt
was launched to nab
other culprits.
SP leader Suresh Pal
A case was
registered
against SP
leader Suresh
Pal, Jitendra,
Pappu Dheeraj

UTTAR PRADESH
03
D-DAY
CM Yogi Adityanath and Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev
Singh along with BJP Rajya Sabha candidate Laxmikant
Bajpai at Vidhan Bhawan, Lucknow on Tuesday.
BJP Rajya Sabha candidate Dr Radha Mohan Agarwal
filing his nomination papers in presence of CM Yogi and
Minister Swatantra Dev Singh.
CM Yogi during the nomination of Rajya Sabha in
Vidhan Sabha, Lucknow on Tuesday.
Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh with BJP Rajya Sabha candidate
Laxmikant Bajpai who filed his nomination papers on Tuesday.
Candidate Surendra Singh Nagar filing his nomination
papers. CM Yogi, DyCMs Brajesh Pathak, Keshav Prasad
Maurya and Minister Swatantra Dev Singh also seen.
CM Yogi and Minister Swatantra Dev Singh assist BJP
candidate Sangeeta Yadav in filing her nomination papers
at Vidhan Bhawan.
Mitlesh Kumar filing his nomination papers in the presence
of CM Yogi, DyCMs Brajesh Pathak, Keshav Prasad Maurya
and Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh.
BJP Rajya Sabha candidate Darshana Singh filed her
nomination papers in the presence of CM Yogi and Jal
Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh.
Baburam Nishad filing his nomination papers in the
presence of CM Yogi, DyCMs Brajesh Pathak and Keshav
Maurya and Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh.
K Laxman filing his nomination in the presence of CM Yogi
and Minister Swatantra Dev Singh.
CRUCIAL READ
Lakhimpur Kheri: An elderly ayurvedic doctor was
found dead near Basuriya railway crossing under
Sadar Kotwali area. Police said ayurvedic doctor Ram
Narayan Bajpai (55) was found dead near Basuriya
railway crossing. After information police rushed to
the spot and initiated investigations. Sanjay Singh,
Sadar Kotwali in-charge said that body was sent for
post-mortem and further actions will be taken after
the reports. He said that family members have alleged
that deceased could be murdered and investigations
were underway into the matter. Dr Bajpai had clinic
near railway station and he had dispute with a bank
official who had withdrawn money from his account.
INFANT MORTALITY
RATE DOWN IN
STATE BY 3 POINTS
Lucknow: Medical
facilities are being
provided to the people
of the state under the
Yogi model of the UP
government which saw
a spectacular success
during the last five
years. As a result of
this, according to the
SRS (Sample Registra-
tion System) bulletin,
the Infant Mortality
Rate( IMR) in UP has
come down by 3 points.
The testimony of which
is given by the SRS
figures. SRS has gone
up from 41 in 2019 to
38 in SRS 2020. Uttar
Pradesh has registered
a decline of 3 points
in urban areas and 4
points in rural areas.
ILLEGAL WEAPON
FACTORY BUSTED,
1 ARRESTED
Badaun: Police have
busted an illegal weap-
on factory in jungle
area near Rudeli village
and recovered several
made-unmade weap-
ons from there. Police
said acting on a tip-off
Dataganj police raided
at jungle area and
arrested one person
from there. Arrested
accused was identified
as Ram Singh resident
of Rudauli village. Po-
lice have recovered six
country made pistols of
different bore and sev-
eral equipment used in
making illegal weapons.
During interrogation
arrested accused said
he was selling weapons
since 2004.
55-YR-OLD AYURVEDIC DOCTOR FOUND
DEAD IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI
HOLY TUESDAY
Metropolitan President Mukesh Sharma distributed prasad by participating in bhandaras
organised in Ganpati Medical Lalbagh, Valmiki Square, Nirala Nagar, Aliganj Post Office,
Aadharshila Complex, Vikas Nagar Tiraha, on the occasion of the third Bada Mangal of
Jyeshtha month in Lucknow on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
BJP nomintaed 8 candidates
from UP for Rajya Sabha
CM Yogi Adiyanath present
during nomination process
Laxmikant Bajpai, Darshana
Singh, Sangeeta Yadav main names
1 2 3
RS CANDIDATES FILE NOMINATION
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Eight candi-
dates nominated by the
BJP for the Rajya Sabha
from UP filed their
nominations in the as-
sembly on Tuesday in
the presence of CM
Yogi Adityanath and it
is believed that all the
candidates are sure to
be elected unopposed.
Dr Laxmikant Bajpai,
coming from western
UP, has been the presi-
dent of BJP Uttar
Pradesh. In the LS elec-
tions held during his
tenure, the BJP got the
maximum 75 seats in
the state. He has also
been MLA and former
minister from Meerut
Sadar seat four times. In
view of his contribution
in the elections, the par-
ty has made him a Rajya
Sabha candidate.
Darshana Singh, who
represents women, is
national vice president
of BJP Mahila Morcha
and she has also been
state president of Mahi-
la Morcha.
Sangeeta Yadav was
elected MLA for the first
time in the last election
from Chaurichaura of
Gorakhpur. BJP has
also made her a Rajya
Sabha candidate from
UP. She could not con-
test the elections as her
seat went to the Nishad
Party in the alliance.
Therefore, the party has
made her adjustment
for RS. At present, she is
National Minister of
BJP Mahila Morcha.
Dr Radha Mohan Das
Agarwal (Pediatrician)
also comes from Gora-
khpur. He had to leave
the seat in Gorakhpur
city, from where he has
been MLA for four con-
secutive terms.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Scaling new
heights in the ongoing
vaccination drive, the
state of Uttar Pradesh,
on Tuesday, crossed the
landmark of adminis-
tering over 1 crore vac-
cine doses to the chil-
dren in the age category
of 12-14.
This is another ma-
jor milestone as the
state continues to con-
duct one of the most
successful vaccination
campaigns in the coun-
try since the rollout of
the mass immunisation
drive.
UP government is
providing vaccination
cover to all children be-
tween 12 to 17 years of
age in a time-bound
manner. So far, over
2,45,14,568 vaccine doses
have been administered
to children in the age
group of 15-17 and over
1,00,39,320 doses have
been administered to
children in age group of
12-14 in the state.
As per data from
CoWin portal updated
till 2:00pm on Tuesday,
at least 32.71 crore out
of the total 192 crore
doses administered in
the country are from
UP. Over 31.4 lakh ‘pre-
caution doses’ have
been administered in
the state so far.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The de-
cade-old controversy
over Teele Wali Masjid
in Lucknow has gained
momentum. Embold-
ened over successes in
Gyanvapi Masjid com-
plex where court-or-
dered survey and vide-
ography was done last
month, the right wing
groupsinLucknowhave
launched exercise for
similar survey of Luc-
know Mosque.
Originally, the case
was filed by lawyer Hari
Shankar Jain in Luc-
know Civil Court in 2013
seeking survey of the
mosque. Hari Shankar
Jain and his son Vishnu
Shankar Jain are also
representing petition-
ers in Gyanvapi and
Mathura cases. The
Teele mosque also has a
“Mazar” of Shah Peer
Mohammad, forefather
of late Maulana Fazlur
Rahman.
While the Teele Wali
Masjid controversy has
been going on for sever-
al decades senior BJP
leader late Lalji Tandon,
known for his historical
knowledge of Lucknow,
mentioned it in his book
“Ankaha Lucknow” in
which he had accused
Muslims of severing the
city’s connect with Lax-
man younger brother of
Lord Rama. Triggering
a political controversy
late Tandon wrote, “the
state capital’s biggest
Sunni Mosque build
during the reign of Au-
rangzeb was construct-
ed over Lakshman Tee-
la, a raised platform
named after Lord Ram’s
brother.
Earlier this month of
Chief Minister Yogi Ad-
ityanath welcoming PM
Modi wrote in a tweet:
“Sheshavatar Bhagwan
Laxman ki pawan nagri
Lucknow mein aapka
swagat aur abhinan-
dan.”. The tweet has
also led to speculations
about plan for changing
the name of Lucknow to
Lakshmanpuri.
The issue took a curi-
ous turn in July 2018
when BJP-controlled
LMC decided to install a
statue of Lakshman at
the crossing outside the
Teeli Wali mosque. May-
or Sanykta Bhatia said
the decision was an at-
tempt to establish Luc-
know-Lakshman con-
nect. While the decision
to install the statue is
still pending Muslim
clerics had strongly op-
posed it says it would
hamper in offering Ali-
vd and Eid namaz when
the entire area is cor-
doned off for Namazis.
UP’s new milestone of over 1-cr
vax doses to 12-14-year-olds
TEELE WALI MASJID CASE
BJP trying for Lucknow-Lakshman
connect through Lakshman Teela
Teele Wali Masjid. —PHOTO BY ANI
HINDU SENA FOR FIR AGAINST
GYANVAPI MASJID COMMITTEE
National President of Hindu Sena Vishnu Gupta
has submitted a complaint against the Gyanvapi
Masjid Committee for registering a criminal case at
Chowk police station Banaras. In his complaint letter,
Vishnu Gupta urged Benaras Police to register a First
Information Report (FIR) against the Office Bearers
of the Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia
Masjid Varanasi. The complaint has been sent to the
police station by speed post, and a copy of it has also
been given to the Commissioner of Police, Varanasi.
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Will Mukhtar Ab-
bas Naqvi be BJP’s choice
for contesting the upcoming
Rajya Sabha poll from Ram-
pur in Uttar Pradesh?
According to a BJP leader
there is a possibility that
Naqvi may contest the
by-poll for the Rampur Lok
Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh.
The election is scheduled for
June 23. Naqvi is among the
three Union ministers whose
term in the upper house
expired. He was nominated
from Jharkhand. The specu-
lation gained momentum on
Tuesday after Naqvi when
Naqvi’s name did not figure
in the list of RS candidates
announced by the ruling
party for UP from where it
is poised to win eight out
of the 11 seats in the fray.
This indicates that the BJP
may not be considering him
for a re-nomination to the
Upper House. Party leaders
however refused to com-
ment on the issue. Naqvi is
the Minority Affairs Minister
and the only Muslim minis-
ter in the Union council of
ministers. The development
has also cast a shadow
on his continuation in the
Union council of ministers
as the rules mandate that
a minister has to be a
member of either House of
Parliament.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Trust in the Lord with all
your heart, and do not lean
on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge
him, and he will make
straight your paths.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
The bond of trust between Hon. PM @
narendramodi ji and people of Odisha is
phenomenal. Mothers, sisters, farmers
citizens from all walks of life joined me at
Barahipur in Cuttack to bless PM Modi on
#8YearsOfGaribKalyan and listen to his
address at the Garib Kalyan Sammelan.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
The name of Lokmata Ahilyabai Holkar ji
is counted in history as a ruler devoted
to public welfare. His contribution in the
protection and restoration of Sanatan
culture is invaluable. Tributes to such a
great heroine on her birth anniversary.
His dedicated life as an efficient
administrator is exemplary.
TOP TWEETS
THE LEAKED VIDEO
OF GYANVAPI
MOSQUE AND
FOUR PETITIONERS
t is a case fit for M.
Hercule Poirot, the
Belgian detective
made famous by Aga-
tha Christie. The
case in point is that of the leaked
video recording of the Gyanvapi
mosque done by the court-ap-
pointed commission. The pur-
ported videos claiming proof of
Hindu symbols in the mosque
reached some media houses
soon after they were received by
Rekha Pathak, Manju Vyas, Sita
Sahu and Laxmi, the four wom-
en petitioners. They have now
threatened to return the survey
report. The videos were meant
for the eyes of the presiding of-
ficer only
. The petitioners insist
that they had not opened their
packets and demanded action
against the person responsible
for the leak.
The court is believed to have
received 117 requests for copies
of videos. It is not known how
many of them actually got a
copy. Besides finding out the
person who leaked the video
there is also the issue of a leaked
report being accepted by the
court.
I
ajni Bala, a
36-year-old school
teacher,waskilled
right outside her
school in Kulgam
on Tuesday. She belonged to
the minority Kashmiri Pan-
dit community
. This was the
third targeted killing in the
month of May. A Kashmiri
Pandit, Rahul Bhat, working
in the JK administration,
was killed in his office in
Budgam district on May 12. A
policeman and a woman TV
anchor, both Muslims, also
fell to terrorists’ bullets in
May. That is not very flatter-
ing about the situation in
Jammu and Kashmir which
is under Governor’s rule even
if security forces are able to
take out terrorists in retalia-
tory actions. Pandits want
their own killings to be pre-
vented instead of police
avenging their murders.
That is no consolation for
the Pandit community which
was looking forward to a
peaceful rehabilitation in the
land of their forefathers. Af-
ter Bhat’s killing an angry
protester wanted to know if
this was the normalcy the
government talks about.
They feel like pawns in the
ongoing political game. Bhat
was one of the thousands of
Pandits who returned to their
roots under the Prime Minis-
ter’s Rehabilitation and Re-
turn Scheme of 2008. They
were provided with a high
security area for residence.
ForthePakistan-sponsored
terrorists in the Valley find-
ing a soft target like a woman
teacher or government offi-
cial is the easiest thing to do.
More such killings will un-
dermine Pandits’ trust in the
government’s assurance of
safety
. Already there is a sen-
timentthattheBJPwasdoing
politics over their plight to
securevotes.Thegovernment
needs to do a lot more to make
them think otherwise.
TARGETING RESOLVE OF
GOVERNMENT, PANDITS
For the Pakistan-sponsored
terrorists in the Valley finding a
soft target like a woman
teacher or government official
is the easiest thing to do.
More such killings will
undermine Pandits’ trust
in the government’s
assurance of safety.
Already there is a sentiment
that the BJP was doing politics
over their plight to secure votes
R
ilip Ghosh, national vice-
president of the BJP, has
been recently given organisa-
tional responsibilities in
seven states and a Union ter-
ritory even as there are ru-
mours in the Saffron camp
that the central leadership
may have done “this” in Ben-
gal to give the leadership a
free hand and enough room
to exercise their power.
Ghosh’s new assignment is
to oversee and strengthen the
party’s booth organisations
in Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Assam,
Tripura and Andaman ahead
of the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha
polls. He will be functioning
as a member of the commit-
tee which will spearhead the
move. The committee also has
BJP’s national chief JP Na-
dda and general secretary (or-
ganisation) BL Santosh.
About75,000boothshavebeen
identified for the purpose.
ItmaybenotedthatGhosh’s
term as the Bengal BJP presi-
dent ended prematurely after
the “outcome” of crucial As-
sembly polls in May 2021.
A closer look though would
reveal that the BJP had
grown under Ghosh’s leader-
ship when the party’s Lok
Sabha tally rose from two in
2014 to 18 in 2019 and from
three seats in the 2016 Assem-
bly elections to 77 in the 2021
Assembly elections!
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elec-
tions, while the TMC gar-
nered 39.05% vote share,
BJP’s percentage vote share
was pegged at just 17.02%, a
gain of +10.88 per cent.
In the 2019 general elec-
tions the TMC’s vote share
went up to 43.3 per cent… up
by 3.48 per cent…but the real
newsmaker was the BJP with
a whopping vote share of 40.7
per cent up by 22.76%!
The corridors of BJP HQ in
West Bengal were then buzz-
ing with the leadership capa-
bilities of Ghosh and “final-
ly” the “Saffron might” start-
ed believing that there’s hope
for the party in West Bengal.
With that belief, the party
hadputinallitsmightintothe
crucial Assembly elections in
2021… and several TMC lead-
ers also made a beeline to join
the BJP sensing prospects for
the Saffron camp.
However, all zeal was over
by May 2, 2021 when despite a
high-octane campaign, the
BJP failed to get anywhere
closertothethree-figuremark.
It was obvious that some
heads were to roll and it
seemed all was not well in the
party’s state unit.
Trouble started way back
On July 2, 2021, when Ghosh
said he was unaware of LoP
Suvendu Adhikari’s trip to
Delhi and what transpired
between him and Amit Shah
and Harsh Vardhan.
Ghosh’s comment was
seen by political analysts as
a sign of the growing rift be-
tween two camps in the Ben-
gal BJP
, one led by Ghosh and
the other by Adhikari.
Then again in the first week
of June in 2021, Adhikari had
visited Delhi to meet Prime
MinisterNarendraModi,Amit
Shah, BJP national president
JP Nadda. Even then, Ghosh
hadsaidhewasunawareof the
trip and its reasons.
After that Delhi trip in
early June, Adhikari said he
had informed the state BJP
general-secretary, Amitava
Chakraborty
. Adhikari, how-
ever, refused to comment
when he was told about
Ghosh’s claim that he was
unaware of the former’s visit
to Delhi.
If you thought this was not
enough… sample this…
Bengal BJP’s current presi-
dent Sukanta Majumdar and
his predecessor Dilip Ghosh
on April 25, 2022 publicly trad-
ed barbs over their (political)
experience at a time when the
partyisplaguedbyinfighting.
Ghosh had even quipped
that Majumdar was new to
politics.
“Everyone begins politics
as inexperienced. When I be-
came the state president, I
had been an MP for two-and-
a-half years. I had political
experience of two-and-a-half
years. When Dilipda began,
he had experience between
six months and a year,” Ma-
jumdar told the media.
In response to Majumdar’s
jibe, Ghosh said the party
had made a “42-year-old
youth” as the state president.
“Ididn’tsay(thatMajumdar
is inexperienced), he (Majum-
dar) himself did,” Ghosh said.
“I’m always with him. Our
party has made a 42-year-old
youth the chief of a state
where we have so many MPs
and MLAs. In other parties,
one isn’t named a chief unless
he/sheisold.Theseyoungpeo-
ple will work for the party for
the next 50 years,” he added.
All this has obviously not
gone down well with the cen-
tral leadership especially at a
time when there is so much
Bengal BJP could do on
Ground Zero given the fact
that CBI is grilling TMC hon-
chos for the SSC, coal and cat-
tle scams and it was time the
Saffronpartytookoutmassive
rallies to mobilise mass opin-
ion on these issues… however,
the party is haunted by in-
fighting especially at the top.
Earlier this month, when
Shah had visited Bengal, Ma-
jumdar and Adhikari were
seen with him all along.
Ghosh was, however, invited
to specific programmes and
was not present at the dinner
party hosted by BCCI chief
Sourav Ganguly at his Beha-
la residence. BJP’s central
leadership must realise that
whatever may have happened
in the Assembly elections in
2021, but the party cannot af-
ford to take the Lok Sabha
lightly especially when it had
a good standing in 2019 and
2024 is not far away!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
OHMY‘GHOSH’!
The curious case of Bengal BJP
D
BJP’s central leadership
must realise that whatever
may have happened in the
Assembly elections in 2021,
but the party cannot afford
to take the Lok Sabha lightly
especially when it had a
good standing in 2019 and
2024 is not far away!
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
ABOUT GHOSH’S TERM
AS BENGAL BJP PREZ

z A closer look though would
reveal that BJP had grown
under Ghosh’s leadership
when party’s LS tally rose
from 2 in 2014 to 18 in
2019 and from 3 seats in
2016 Assembly polls to 77
in 2021 Assembly polls

z 2014 LS polls: While TMC
garnered 39.05% vote
share, BJP’s % vote share
was pegged at just 17.02%,
a gain of +10.88%

z 2019 general polls: TMC’s
vote share went up to
43.3% up by 3.48% but real
newsmaker was BJP with
a whopping vote share of
40.7% up by 22.76%
NEW ASSIGNMENT
Ghosh’s new assign-
ment is to oversee
and strengthen the party’s
booth organisations in
Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar,
Manipur, Meghalaya, As-
sam, Tripura and Anda-
man ahead of the crucial
2024 Lok Sabha polls. He
will be functioning as a
member of the commit-
tee which will spearhead
the move. The committee
also has Bharatiya Janata
Party’s national chief JP
Nadda and general sec-
retary (organisation) BL
Santosh. About 75,000
booths have been identi-
fied for the purpose.

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INDIA
05
Will Stalin’s politics also change?
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Although,
one may say that it is
not a major news and
that there is no need to
draw any conclusion
from this, but despite
this, the news is politi-
cally significant that
Vice President Venkai-
ah Naidu unveiled a
statue of DMK founder
M Karunanidhi in
Chennai. He had un-
veiled the 16 feet tall
statue in the premises
of Multi Super Special-
ty Government Hospi-
tal in Omandurar Es-
tate. A hundred meters
away from this place,
Karunanidhi’s statue
was earlier installed,
which was demolished
35 years ago at the time
of MG Ramachandran’s
death. In this sense, this
place and the idol have
great importance. On
this occasion, Venkaiah
Naidu also expressed
his opinion on the lan-
guage dispute and said
that no language should
be imposed on anyone.
Remember how eve-
rything that happened
in the Karunanidhi
family in the last four
years happened at the
hands of the members
of the Nehru-Gandhi
family
. When Karunani-
dhi’s statue was to be
unveiled at the DMK
headquarters in Decem-
ber 2018, MK Stalin
called Sonia Gandhi
and gathered all the op-
position leaders. Simi-
larly, when Stalin’s au-
tobiography was re-
leased in February this
year, he called Rahul
Gandhi for it. Even
when the party office
was to be inaugurated
in Delhi, he called So-
nia Gandhi. But now
suddenly he invited
Venkaiah Naidu to his
program and now po-
litical observers believe
that this move will defi-
nitely bring some
change in politics. Ven-
kaiah Naidu may also
benefit from this ‘asso-
ciation’ with Stalin as
the election of the Vice
President is also due in
the next two months.
Whatever it is, this pro-
gram is of special im-
portance politically
.
Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin. —FILE PHOTO
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: After the
Nav Sankalp Shivir of
the Congress in
Udaipur, three big lead-
ers have left the party.
Sunil Jakhar left the
party during the camp
itself, followed by
Hardik Patel and later
when Kapil Sibal was
nominated for Rajya
Sabha as SP candidate,
it was found that he had
left the party on 16 May
itself. Just imagine,
what a big setback it has
been for Congress as
three big leaders have
left the party within two
weeks, but the Congress
party has become so im-
mune to such setbacks
that it does not mind
such developments. In a
way, the party has be-
come ‘shock proof’. And
perhaps that is why,
there is no concern or
any thought in Con-
gress about it. The Con-
gress is not ready to ac-
cept that there is some
shortfall or deficiency
in it, due to which the
leaders are leaving.
However, the process
of leaders leaving the
Congress is not going to
stop yet and party lead-
ers are also aware of
this. After the an-
nouncement of Rajya
Sabha candidates, a
new round will begin
when some leaders will
leave the fold. Before
that, one of the leaders
who is ready to switch
sides is Kuldeep Bish-
noi. He is a MLA from
Haryana and is report-
edly in touch with the
BJP. He has already met
BJP leaders and is
ready to resign from
Congress and Vidhan
Sabha. There is even a
discussion that BJP can
field him as the third
candidate of Rajya Sab-
ha so that the game of
Congresscanbespoiled.
However, there is a de-
mand from his side that
he wants to contest his
wife Renuka Bishnoi on
a BJP ticket from his
vacant seat and wants a
guarantee of a Lok Sab-
ha seat for himself.
Navjot Singh Sidhu,
who was removed from
the post of Punjab Con-
gress President, is also
not going to stay in Con-
gress for long. Courtesy
of the Aam Aadmi Par-
ty government, looking
at the way he is being
informed in Patiala
Jail, it seems that he can
join AAP
. It is being told
that in Patiala Jail, he is
being given rosemary
tea in the morning and
chamomile tea is being
given at night. Lactose
free milk, soy milk, tofu,
nuts etc. are being given
instead of paneer in the
food. To say, this diet is
being given to him on
the recommendation of
the Medical Board made
on the order of the
court, but in reality he
had ensured these fa-
cilities for himself by
meeting Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann even
before the Supreme
Court’s decision.
However, it is not that
hewilldecidetoleavethe
Congressimmediatelyor
while in jail. He will de-
cideonlyafterhisrelease
from jail, but before that
hiswifeandformerMLA
Navjot Kaur will contin-
ue to handle his political
work. It is believed that
he is not going to contest
the next Lok Sabha elec-
tions on a Congress tick-
etandif hedoesnotgoto
AAP
,hewillreturnhome
to BJP
, which perhaps
would be the last option
before him.
After Patel, Jakhar and Sibal, who is next for Congress?
GRAND OLD PARTY LOSING ITS BIGWIGS
Kapil Sibal Sunil Jakhar Hardik Patel
Polling ends for Odisha, Kerala,
U’khand Assembly by-elections
New Delhi (Agencies):
The voting for the three
Assembly seat — Cham-
pawat, Thrikkakara
and Brajrajnagar —
ended peacefully on
Tuesday
.
Around 69 per cent
polling was recorded till
5 p.m. in the by-election
to Brajrajnagar assem-
bly segment in Odisha’s
Jharsuguda district,
Odisha Chief Electoral
Officer (CEO) SK Loha-
ni said.
Despite rain and
strong storm, Uttara-
khand’s Champawat As-
sembly constituency
witnessed 64.08 per cent
voter turnout in the by-
election. The voting be-
gan in all 151 polling
stations at 7:00 am.
The by-election will
decide the fate of four
candidates, including
Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami.
In Kerala, the final
voting figures of 68.75%
in the by-election to the
Thrikkakara Assembly
constituency held on
Tuesday eventually fell
below last year’s Assem-
bly election voter turn-
out of 70.39%.
Student police cadets take selfies with UDF candidate Uma Thomas
at a polling booth during the Thrikkakara Assembly bypolls, in Kochi
on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
RAJYA SABHA POLLS
Sitharaman, Surjewala, Maken
other leaders file nominations
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman,
BJP’s OBC Morcha
chief K Laxman, Con-
gress leaders Randeep
Singh Surjewala, Ajay
Maken and Rajeev
Shukla and media bar-
on Subhas Chandra
were among those who
filed their nominations
on Tuesday for the June
10 Rajya Sabha polls.
The elections are be-
ing held to fill 57 Rajya
Sabha seats from 15
states that will be fall-
ing vacant due to the
retirement of members
on different dates be-
tween June and August.
While 11 seats are
falling vacant in Uttar
Pradesh, six members
each are retiring from
Tamil Nadu and Maha-
rashtra, five from Bi-
har and four each from
Andhra Pradesh, Ra-
jasthan and Karnata-
ka. Three members
each from Madhya
Pradesh and Odisha,
two each from Telan-
gana, Chhattisgarh,
Punjab Jharkhand and
Haryana, and one from
Uttarakhand are also
retiring.
Scrutiny of the nomi-
nations will be done on
June 1, while the last
date for withdrawal of
candidature is June 3.
Results will be declared
on June 10.
The BJP currently
has 95 and the Congress
29 MPs in the 245-mem-
ber House.
The BJP announced
22 candidates for these
polls and will support
one Independent candi-
date each from Ra-
jasthan (Chandra) and
Haryana (media hon-
cho Kartikeya Sharma).
Though the party’s
list of candidates in-
cludes the names of
Union ministers like
Piyush Goyal and Si-
tharaman, some other
prominent names such
as that of minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi,
and senior leaders Vi-
nay Sahasrabuddhe
and OP Mathur are
missing.
In the Congress,
there have been several
voices of discontent
emerging from within
the party over the
choice of candidates.
In Karnataka, while
Sitharaman is seeking
re-election, actor-politi-
cian Jaggesh (BJP), a
former MLA and MLC,
is contesting his first
election to the Upper
House of Parliament.
Among the others
who filed papers during
the day from the state
are BJP’s third candi-
date and outgoing MLC
Lehar Singh Siroya, and
former MP D Kupendra
Reddy from the JD(S).
Congress candidates
— former Union Minis-
ter Jairam Ramesh and
state general secretary
Mansoor Ali Khan —
filed their nominations
on Monday
.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections in the presence of Karnataka CM
Basavaraj Bommai, BS Yediyurappa and others, at Vidhanasoudha in Bengaluru on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
INDEPENDENT MLAs, SECOND PREFERENCE
VOTES TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN MAHARASHTRA
As Maharashtra gears up for polls for six Rajya Sabha seats,
votes of independent MLAs and second preference votes will
play a vital role to determine the winners. Four candidates
from the MVA and three from BJP filed nominations for
the Rajya Sabha polls. For the sixth seat, two leaders from
Maharashtra’s Kolhapur, one from Shiv Sena and other from
BJP, are in the fray. The deadline for withdrawal of applica-
tions is June 3. As additional candidates are in the fray, if
no one withdraws, elections will be held. It is clear that the
state will witness a tough battle between Shiv Sena’s Sanjay
Pawar and BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik for the sixth seat.
Graft case: Jain sent to
ED’s custody till June 9
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Delhi’s Health
Minister Satyendar
Jain was on May 31
sent to Enforcement
Directorate’s custody
till June 9 in a money
laundering case by a
court here which noted
that his interrogation
was required to un-
earth the alleged larg-
er conspiracy.
The ED had on May
30 arrested the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
leader under the crimi-
nal sections of the Pre-
vention of Money
Laundering Act
(PMLA).
Special Judge
Geetanjli Goel issued
the remand order after
Solicitor General Tush-
ar Mehta, appearing
for the ED, sought Mr.
Jain’s custodial inter-
rogation for 14 days.
Satyendar Jain
CBI SAYS NO
CLOSURE REPORT
FILED AGAINST JAIN
New Delhi: The Central
Bureau of Investiga-
tion on Tuesday refuted
reports claiming that the
agency has filed a closure
report against Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal’s cabinet minister
Satyendar Jain in the
Disproportionate Assets
(DA) case. “No closure
report has been filed
against Satyendar Jain,” a
CBI official told media.
KEJRIWAL BACKS
JAIN, SAYS ‘EPITOME
OF HONESTY’
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister and AAP con-
venor Arvind Kejriwal on
Tuesday termed the case
against Satyendar Jain
‘fraud’ while saying that
Jain was the “epitome of
honesty.” Kejriwal said
that he had personally
studied the case filed by
ED and felt that the Delhi
minister was framed in
order to settle political
scores.
ED questions
Farooq Abdullah
for 3 hours in
JKCA scam case
Srinagar (Agencies):
Former JK Chief Min-
ister and Lok Sabha
member Farooq Abdul-
lah was questioned by
the Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) for over
three hours on Tuesday
in connection with the
JK Cricket Associa-
tion (JKCA) scam being
investigated by the
agency
.
The National Confer-
ence chief reached the
ED office in the Rajbagh
locality of Srinagar at
around 11 am.
Before reaching the
ED office, Abdullah
told reporters, “I won’t
say much about the
summons. There are
elections to be held
and they will trouble
us till then.”
ED had summoned
Abdullah on May 27 at
its Srinagar office in
connection with the
case. The 84-year old
National Conference
leader had earlier re-
corded his statement in
the same case in 2019.
The National Confer-
ence said the veteran
leader would continue
to cooperate with the
authorities like he has
done in the past.
Abdullah was the
president of JKCA from
2001 to 2012.
Panthers Party chief
Bhim Singh dies at 80
Founder of Jammu and
Kashmir National Pan-
thers Party Professor
Bhim Singh passed
away in Jammu on
Tuesday, May 31, after
being unwell for about
a month. He was 81.
The former legislator
hailed from Udhampur
district’s Bhugterian
village. He has left be-
hind his wife Jai Mala
and son Ankit Love,
who lives in London.
Singhbreathedhislast
at GMC Hospital here.
Expressing his condo-
lences, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi tweeted,
“Prof Bhim Singh Ji will
be remembered as a
grassrootsleaderwhode-
voted his life for the wel-
fareof JammuandKash-
mir. He was very well-
read and scholarly
. I will
always recall my interac-
tionswithhim.Saddened
by his demise. Condo-
lences to his family and
supporters. Om Shanti.”
PM MODI CONDOLES
DEMISE OF JK’S NPP
CHIEF BHIM SINGH
Jammu (ANI): Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday expressed con-
dolences on the demise
of Jammu and Kashmir
National Panthers Party
founder Bhim Singh. Tak-
ing to Twitter, he said, “He
was very well-read and
scholarly. I will always
recall my interactions with
him. Saddened by his de-
mise. Condolences to his
family and supporters.”
Shah remembers Ahilyabai
on her 297th birth anniv
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shahtodayremembered
thewarriorqueenof the
Maratha empire, Ahily-
abai Holkar on her 297th
birth anniversary for
her service to ‘Sanatan
Dharma’ by renovating
many temples from
Somnath to Kashi.
“There is an incom-
parable contribution of
Lokmata Ahilyabai
Holkar ji in the preser-
vation of Sanatan cul-
ture. She did a wonder-
ful service to ‘Sanatan
Dharma,” the Home
Minister said in a tweet.
Amit Shah

INDIA
06
Srinagar (PTI): Kash-
mir is an essential part
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s New In-
dia journey, Union
Minister of State in
PMO Jitendra Singh
said on Tuesday.
Singh said that a
three-tier system of
government has been
introduced for the first
time in Jammu and
Kashmir in 70 years
and it will not be long
before people get to see
and feel the benefits of
such a system.
“Kashmir is an essen-
tial part of PM Modi’s
New India journey
. It is
time to avail of the enor-
mous new openings ini-
tiatedoverthepasteight
years, which are shap-
ing the destiny of 135
crore Indians under the
able guidance of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi,” he said while ad-
dressing an event at
Budgam.
Titled ‘Gareeb Kalyan
Sammelan’, the event
was organised at the Bi-
hishte Zahra Park to
mark the eight years of
the Modi-led govern-
ment at the Centre.
The Union minister
deliberated on different
centrally sponsored
schemes and different
initiatives launched by
the Modi government to
ensure equitable devel-
opment of people of
Jammu and Kashmir,
something which they
had been deprived of for
longfornofaultof theirs.
Singh also distribut-
ed benefits among the
beneficiaries under
Mudra, PM Svanidhi,
Ayushman Bharat,
PMAY-G and various ag-
riculture and horticul-
ture related schemes.
The event was also ad-
dressed by Prime Minis-
ter Modi through virtu-
al mode from Shimla.
‘JK essential part of Modi’s New India journey’
GAREEB KALYAN SAMMELAN
GOVT RELEASES RS 86,912
CRORE GST DUES TO STATES
The Centre on Tuesday
released the entire
amount of Goods and
Services Tax (GST) com-
pensation payable to
States up to May 31, 2022
by releasing an amount
of Rs 86,912 crore, dip-
ping into its own coffers
beyond the Rs 25,000
crorebalanceintheGST
Compensation Fund.
The Finance Ministry
said this is being done to
assist the States in man-
aging their resources
and ensuring that their
programmes, especially
the expenditure on capi-
tal, is carried out suc-
cessfully during the fi-
nancial year.
Now, the States are
only owed compensa-
tion under the GST re-
gime for one month —
June 2022, the Ministry
noted. States had been
guaranteed a certain
level of revenue for the
first five years of the
GST regime that was
launched in 2017.
“This decision has
been taken despite the
fact that only about Rs
25,000 crore is available
in the GST Compensa-
tion Fund. The balance
is being released by the
Centre from its own re-
sources pending collec-
tion of Cess,” the Minis-
try said in a statement.
In April, the Ministry
had pegged outstanding
GST compensation dues
to States for 2021-22 at
Rs 78,704 crore, equiva-
lent to four months of
such accruals. So dues
had been remitted to
States for the eight-
month period of April
2021 till November 2021,
but had been pending
since December 2021.
Citing an inadequate
balance in the GST
Compensation Cess ac-
count, the Ministry had
said the pending
amount will be released
“as and when amount
from cess accrues in the
compensation fund”.
INDIA’S GDP
GREW 8.7% IN
FISCAL FY22,
4.1% IN Q4
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): India’s economy
grew by 4.1 per cent
in the fourth quarter of
2021-22, pushing up
the annual growth rate
to 8.7 per cent, official
data showed on Tues-
day. However, growth
in the January-March
period was slower
than the 5.4 per cent
expansion in the previ-
ous October-December
quarter of 2021-22. The
gross domestic product
(GDP) had expanded
by 2.5 per cent in the
corresponding January-
March period of 2020-
21, according to data
released by the National
Statistical Office (NSO).
As per the data, the
Indian economy ex-
panded by 8.7 per cent
in 2021-22 against a 6.6
per cent contraction in
2020-21.
Indo-Pak ‘water
talks’ conclude on
a positive note
States asked to send
suspected Monkeypox
samples for testing
Amid reports of back-
channel talks to break
the stalemate in the bi-
lateral relationship, In-
dia and Pakistan con-
cluded a two-day meet-
ing of the Permanent
IndusCommission(PIC)
comprising Indus Com-
missioners of the two
countries in New Delhi
on Tuesday
.
TheIndiandelegation
at the 118th meeting of
the PIC was led by AK
Pal, the Indian Commis-
sioner for Indus Waters,
while the visiting Paki-
stani delegation was
headed by Syed Muham-
mad Mehar Ali Shah,
the Pakistan Commis-
sioner for Indus Waters.
During the meeting,
the annual report of the
PIC for the year ending
31 March 2022 was final-
ised and signed, the
Ministryof ExternalAf-
fairs (MEA) said.
The meeting was held
in a cordial manner. The
commission appreciat-
ed the commitment of
the two sides to interact
frequently and resolve
issues through bilateral
discussions under the
Indus Water Treaty
.
The Union ministry of
health and family wel-
fare on Tuesday issued a
setof guidelinestostates
andUnionterritories on
the management of the
Monkeypox disease. So
far, there is no reported
case of monkey pox in
India. The guideline has
beenissuedamidarapid
rise in cases worldwide.
The ministry said
clinical specimens
would have to be sent to
the apex laboratory of
the National Institute of
Virology (NIV)), Pune,
through Integrated Dis-
ease Surveillance Pro-
gramme network.
It said contacts of sus-
pects should be moni-
tored at least daily for
the onset of signs or
symptomsforaperiodof
21 days (as per case defi-
nition) from the last con-
tact with a patient or
their contaminated ma-
terials during the infec-
tious period.
NORMAL
MONSOON LIKELY
ACROSS INDIA,
SAYS IMD REPORT
GYANVAPI CASE:
COURT REJECTS
TO ACCEPT
‘SEALED’ REPORT
CBI: Number
of irregular
appointments
much more
The India Meteorologi-
cal Department (IMD)
on Tuesday announced
that the crucial-for-
farming southwest
monsoon in the country
as a whole is most
likely to be normal with
a quantitative forecast
of 103 per cent of the
Long Period Average
(LPA). A normal mon-
soon rainfall is within
the range of 96 to 104
per cent of the LPA.
Lucknow: A day
after the purported
video clips of the
court-ordered survey
of Gyanvapi mosque
complex were leaked
to media, the Varanasi
district judge court on
Tuesday did not accept
the sealed envelopes
containing the videos
and photographs of the
survey from the four
women petitioners.
Kolkata (Agencies):
The Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI),
which is probing the
West Bengal School Ser-
vice Commission (WB-
SSC) recruitment ir-
regularities scam, has
cast doubts over the
number of irregular ap-
pointments to be much
higher than what was
initially perceived.
According to CBI
sources,theactualfigure
of theappointmentswill
surely be much higher
thanthefigurequotedby
theCalcuttaHC-appoint-
ed judicial probe com-
mittee headed by retired
Justice Ranjit Kumar
Bag. The committee’s
report was the basis on
which the Calcutta HC
ordered the CBI to in-
vestigate the scam.
MOOSEWALA MURDER
Delhi HC agrees to hear Bishnoi’s
plea citing ‘fake encounter’ fears
The Delhi High Court
will on Wednesday hear
the plea filed by jailed
gangster Lawrence
Bishnoi, named as a sus-
pect in the sensational
murder of famed Pun-
jabisingerSidhuMoose-
wala,allegingapprehen-
sion of a fake encounter
by the Punjab police for
‘political mileage’.
Through his counsel
Vishal Chopra, Bishnoi
approached the high
court after a NIA court
of Patiala House Court
junked his plea on Mon-
day
.Intheplea,hesought
a direction to the Delhi
Police and the Tihar Jail
authorities to ensure all
necessary security ar-
rangements for him.
Punjab police has al-
leged that Bishnoi was
involved in the murder.
DELHI POLICE GETS 5-DAY CUSTODY
OF JAILED GANGSTER LAWRENCE
ANOTHER SINGER
REQUESTS
SECURITY COVER
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on
Tuesday obtained the custody of
jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi,
named as a suspect in the day-
light murder of Punjabi singer-
cum-politician for five days. His
custody has reportedly been
obtained in connection with an old case. According
to sources, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police will
interrogate Bishnoi in connection with Moose Wala’s
murder. Earlier in the day, Bishnoi moved the Delhi
high court after claiming a day ago that he feared
being killed in a fake encounter by police.
New Delhi: Just as
thousands thronged
Punjabi singer Sidhu
Moose Wala’s cremation
a day after his gruesome
murder, another Punjabi
singer has revealed that
he too has received
death threats. According
to sources, 31-year-old
Mankirt Aulakh has
requested the Punjab
police to increase his
security cover citing a
threat to life.
ASTRAZENECA
VAX COULD
INCREASE RISK
London: A correlation be-
tween a first dose of the
AstraZeneca vaccine and
a small but significant rise
in cases of the serious
neurological condition
Guillain-Barre syndrome
(GBS), has been identi-
fied. Researchers said
they are yet to understand
the cause of the link.
However, they noted that
the small numbers of GBS
cases observed appear
similar to increases previ-
ously seen in other mass
vaccination campaigns.
Bill to swap Guv with
CM as Chancellor in
WB likely next week
Kolkata (Agencies):
The proposed Bill to re-
place the Governor
with the Chief Minister
as the chancellor of all
state-run universities
in West Bengal will be
tabled in the Assembly
for clearance during the
forthcoming Monsoon
Session starting June
10, sources said.
Going by Trinamool
Congress’ numerical
strength in the Assem-
bly, the state govern-
ment will have no prob-
lem in getting the pro-
posed Bill passed with a
comfortable majority
.
However, the state
government will then
have to send the Bill to
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar for his as-
sent. State Education
Minister Bratya Basu
has already said that in
case the Governor re-
fuses to clear the Bill,
the state government
will pass an ordinance
to bring the changed
system into practice.
Dhankhar himself
has slammed the move,
calling it a diversionary
tactics by the state.
Cops ordered not to arrest Vijay Babu till Thursday
JK: Prez awards Kirti
Chakra to slain cop
New Delhi: President
Ram Nath Kovind on
Tuesday awarded Kirti
Chakra to Jammu and
Kashmir Police Consta-
ble Altaf Hussain Bhat
posthumously for his
gallant act, raw cour-
age, utmost dedication
and commitment to
duty and supreme sac-
rifice for the nation.
Altaf Hussain Bhat
was the only officer
among others from the
Indian Army and
armed forces to re-
ceive Kirti Chakra
posthumously from
the President at the
Defence Investiture
Ceremony in the Rash-
trapati Bhavan.
Altaf Hussain Bhat
was deputed to ensure
the safety and securi-
ty of protected func-
tionaries in Jammu
and Kashmir’s Gan-
derbal district. On Oc-
tober 6, 2020, a protect-
ed person visited his
family at Nunner and
was about to proceed
to his safe accommo-
dation at PDC Colony
Kangan when he was
targeted by terrorists,
who indiscriminately
fired at him.
Kochi (Agencies): In
major relief for actor
producer Vijay Babu,
whoisaccusedof rapeby
an actress and presently
on the run, the Kerala
High Court on Tuesday
askedthepolicenottoar-
rest him till Thursday
,
whenhisbailpleawillbe
considered again.
The court was in-
formed by Vijay Babu’s
counsel that he will be
arriving from Dubai on
Wednesday
.
The court also chided
the police and the pros-
ecution, saying that he
might be a star for
some, but for the court,
he is an ordinary per-
son and that the police
is trying to stage a dra-
ma for the media by ar-
resting him as soon as
he arrives from Dubai.
It said as soon as he
arrives from abroad, he
should present himself
to the police probe team,
but should not be ar-
rested till Thursday
.
President Kovind confers one Kirti
Chakra and 14 Shaurya Chakras

❍ WBSSC SCAM
Dr Jitendra Singh addressing an event “Gareeb Kalyan Sammelan” in JK’s Budgam on Tuesday.
IN BRIEF

NEWS
07
POST OFFICE
EMPLOYEE
FOUND DEAD,
SUICIDE
SUSPECTED
On Tuesday, the dead body of a
post office employee was
found hanging from the railing of
the bridge at Kailash Ghat in
Agra’s Sikandra police station
area. The news of the discovery
of the dead body created a
sensation in the surrounding
area. A noose was tied around
the employee’s neck. The police
were able to identify him from
the Aadhar card that was found
with the deceased. Police say
that prima facie is a case of
suicide. The reason for this is
being ascertained. On receiving
the information, the relatives of
the deceased also reached the
spot. Inspector Anand Kumar
Shahi, in charge of police station
Sikandra said that information
was received about the body
hanging from the noose on the
bridge located at Kailash Ghat on
Tuesday morning. Aadhar card
was found in the clothes of the
deceased. Due to this, he was
identified as Damodar Prasad
Sharma (54), a resident of New
Adarsh Nagar, Kamla Nagar.
Police told that Damodar was
working as an assistant in the
post office at Pratappura. He was
missing for some days and
everyone was looking for him.
The noose was made by tying
two tongs to the railing of the
bridge. It seens like he
committed suicide however, no
suicide note has been found. The
police are waiting for the report.
The family members have also
not given any reason.
—Preeti Nagia
MAN, SONS
KILLED OVER
PROPERTY
DISPUTE IN UP:
POLICE
A60-year-old man and his two
sons were killed here using
sharp-edged weapons by
unidentified people on Tuesday,
police said, adding they suspect it
to be a case of property dispute.
The bodies of the two youngsters
were recovered from two wells
while their father was found dead
at his home in Sovani village
under Haldi police station here,
they said. According to police
sources, the body of one of the
sons, Vikram (26), was recovered
from a well located in an orchard
after local residents saw blood
stains there. The police removed
the cement lid of the well and
brought out his body. They later
reached his residence where they
found his father Umashankar
Singh (60) dead. In the evening,
police found the body of
Sandeep Singh (24), Vikram’s
brother, in another well, police
said. Ballia Superintendent of
Police RK Nayyar said sharp-
edged weapons were used in the
killings and that the bodies have
been sent for post-mortem.
Prima facie, it appears that
property dispute led to the
killings. Investigation is
underway, he said. —PTI
SEVEN KILLED IN AMBULANCE
TRUCK COLLISION IN BAREILLY
Bareilly (PTI): Seven
people died on Tuesday
when an ambulance in
which they were re-
turning from Delhi col-
lided with a truck here,
police said. The inci-
dent took place in the
Fatehganj Paschim
area when the driver
of the ambulance lost
control of the vehicle,
which rammed a divid-
er and came onto the
other side of the road
before hitting the
truck, the Bareilly Po-
lice said on Twitter.
Seven people died on
the spot, they said. The
ambulance was headed
for Pilibhit from
AIIMS, New Delhi,
where Khurshid, a res-
ident of the district’s
Pahadpur village, had
taken his wife for treat-
ment.
Both Khurshid (55)
and his wife Sagiran
(52) died in the crash,
along with his sister Sa-
meer Bano (45), sons
Arif (24) and Asif (20),
Hasnain (18), and am-
bulance driver Mehndi
Hasan (32), the police
said.
The bodies have been
sent for the post-mor-
tem examination. It is
suspected that the am-
bulance driver may
have dozed off at the
wheel which led to the
crash. Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath con-
doled the loss of lives
in the accident.
CM Yogi Adityanath condoles the
loss of lives in the accident on
Delhi-Lucknow national highway
The victims included 6 members of a
family who were returning from
Delhi after medical check-up
Police and locals carry out rescue work at the accident site in Fatehganj West area in Bareilly
district on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
THREE KILLED, TWO HURT IN ACCIDENT
Baghpat (PTI): Three youths lost their lives while
two others were injured when the car in which they
were travelling rammed into a tree here on Monday,
police said. Superintendent of Police Neeraj Kumar
Jadaun said the accident took place on Monday
evening on the Delhi-Saharanpur national highway,
when the driver of the ill-fated car lost his balance
and the car rammed into a tree in Barauli village.
Cleanliness drive in Kedarnath
Dham after PM Modi’s appeal
Rudraprayag (ANI):
Following PM Naren-
dra Modi’s appeal to
people to ensure
cleanliness at pilgrim-
age sites, pilgrims,
government and non-
government agencies
organised a cleanli-
ness drive near Kedar-
nath Dham on Tues-
day
. Rudraprayag dis-
trict magistrate May-
ur Dixit said the ad-
ministration would
continuously monitor
the situation of waste
management.
As a result, garbage
strewn in Kedarnath
and surrounding are-
as is now getting
cleared. On Tuesday
morning, the district
administration and
staff of Sulabh Inter-
national, an organiza-
tion working on envi-
ronment preserva-
tion, collected tonnes
of garbage from the
Kedarnath area. Tour-
ists took part in a
cleanliness drive on
thewaytoGaurikund,
Sonprayag and Kedar-
nath. Geographically,
Sonprayag is located
between Rudraprayag
and Gaurikund en
route to Kedarnath.
Referring to the filth
spread by some pil-
grims during the
Char-Dham Yatra in
Uttarakhand, Prime
Minister Modi on
Sunday had appealed
to people to maintain
the dignity of pilgrim-
age sites. Speaking to
ANI on this develop-
ment, Dr Sarvesh Uni-
yal, an official of
Garhwal University’s
Tourism Department
said, “These days, we
are witnessing a huge
influx of tourists at
pilgrimage sites. Fol-
lowing this, a signifi-
cant part of the envi-
ronment is impacted.
People throw away
plastic recklessly here
and there.”
People cleaning streets in Rudraprayag. —PHOTO BY ANI
DIGITAL MISSION
Chief Secy Durga Shankar Mishra signed an MoU on behalf of the UP Govt under National
Urban Digital Mission (NUDM) to make online all civic services in urban areas within 90
days and to start ‘The Urban Learning Internship Pogramme’ in all urban areas of UP.
UP kids getting addicted to tobacco, says study
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A recent
Global Youth Tobacco
Survey-4 (GYTS) for Ut-
tar Pradesh has found
that children are just
around nine-and-a-half
years of age when they
initiate cigarette smok-
ing. Children even
younger than that --
about 7-year-old girls
and eight-year-old boys
-- initiate smoking bidi.
Girls are less than
seven years of age when
they are initiated into
smokeless tobacco use.
GYTS, a component of
the Global Tobacco Sur-
veillance System, is a
standard for systemati-
cally monitoring tobac-
co use (smoking and
smokeless) among
youth and tracking key
tobacco control indica-
tors. In the state, GYTS-
4 was conducted as part
of a national survey by
the International Insti-
tute of Population Sci-
ences under the Union
Health Ministry
. A total
of 3,501 students from
across 37 private and
public schools partici-
pated in the survey. Of
these, 2,855 students
aged 13 to 15 years were
considered for the re-
sult. As per GYTS-4, 23
per cent of students
(22% boys 24% girls)
used a tobacco product.
Additionally, 21 per
cent of students smoked
tobacco. Over 13 per
cent children in the
state smoke in school
while 38 per cent smoke
at home. Around 20% of
children smoke at a
friend’s house, says the
survey
. Oral cancer spe-
cialist Dr Anand Pratap
Singh said, “Tobacco
use is the cause for 6 out
of 8 major reasons be-
hind death. As per sur-
vey, of 10 kids aged 13
and 15 years of age, 2
boys and a girl are using
tobacco today, which is
alarming.”
Girls are less
than seven
years of age
when they are
initiated into
smokeless
tobacco use
CAG seeks documents related to
financial irregularities in Corbett
HABITATS TRUST SIGNS MOU WITH
STATE TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE
Rishikesh (PTI): The
ComptrollerandAuditor
General of India (CAG)
has sought documents
related to alleged finan-
cial irregularities in the
Kalagarh Lansdowne
forest divisions of the
Corbett Tiger Reserve
from Uttarakhand’s
Head of Forest Force Vi-
nod Kumar Singhal.
Singhalhadwrittento
the state government re-
cently
, recommending a
CAG probe into alleged
misappropriation of
funds worth crores of
rupees in the 2 forest di-
visions of the reserve.
Now,theCAGhassought
documents from the of-
ficer to start its probe.
Funds worth crores of
rupees from the Com-
pensatory Afforestation
Fund Management
Planning Authority and
other heads had been re-
leased for the two forest
divisions but were not
utilised for works they
were meant for, Singhal
had said. Suspended IFS
officer Kishan Chand
misused Rs 1.43 crore of
the funds to buy refrig-
erators and air condi-
tioners rather than
spending the amount on
sanctioned works, he al-
leged. The then head of
forest force and chief
wildlife warden also
did not pay attention to
the irregularities com-
mitted by Kishan, who
was the DFO of Kala-
garh, Singhal said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Habitats
Trust, founded by HCL
TechnologiesChairRosh-
ni Nadar Malhotra, has
signed an MoU with the
Uttar Pradesh Forest De-
partment (UPFD) to help
augment wildlife and
natural habitats conser-
vationeffortsinthestate.
According to an offi-
cial release, the Trust
will support UPFD in
crucial areas such as
filling gaps in conser-
vation research in the
forest areas, scientific
restoration of degrad-
ed habitats, providing
mobility infrastruc-
ture such as patrolling
vehicle and boats, and
support with behav-
iour psychology and
mental health assis-
tance for the forest de-
partment personnel as
well as communities
living in forest areas.
Uttar Pradesh is home
to rich biodiversity
and houses three tiger
reserves, Dudhwa,
Pilibhit and Aman-
garh, 27 wildlife sanc-
tuaries, and the high-
est number of RAM-
SAR Wetland sites (10
out of 49) in India.
All these protected ar-
eas cover close to 6,450
sq.km, a vast area for
the forest department to
guard and protect.
BOB Financial crosses one
million credit cards mark
First India Bureau
Lucknow: 31st May
2022: BOB Financial So-
lutions Limited (BFSL),
a wholly-owned subsidi-
ary of Bank of Baroda
(Bank) that issues and
manages Bank of Baro-
da Credit Cards, has
crossed the 1 Million
Credit Cards mark.
As per Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) data,
Bank of Baroda Credit
Cards have grown 9X
over the last four years
– from 0.12 million
cards in March 2018 to
over 1.1 million cards in
March 2022. Further,
the monthly spends on
credit cards have grown
10X over the same peri-
od – from Rs. 80 crore in
March 2018 to Rs. 830
crore in March 2022.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
Children dressed up in skeleton costumes holding cigarettes to
spread awareness against tobacco use to mark the World No
Tobacco Day, in Kolkata on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE

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2NDFRONT
A Good leader keeps his head in an
emergency but a great leader
recognises the problem before it
becomes an emergency.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
BANGLADESH RAILWAY MIN IN BANARAS
Bangladesh Railway Minister Mohammad Nurul Islam Sujon with RITES Chairman MD Rahul Mithal and BLW General
Manager Anjali Goyal, during his visit to Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) workshop in Varanasi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
RS polls: BJP balances
caste,regionalequations
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The 2024
Lok Sabha elections
have come in the focus
of political parties; this
is being reflected from
the list of names of can-
didates for the Rajya
Sabha elections. While
selecting the candidates
for the eleven seats of
the Upper House of Par-
liament, the BJP took
special care to balance
the caste and regional
equations, while
strengthening the alli-
ance and maintaining
internal relations ap-
peared as a priority in
the list of SP.
For the eleven seats
of Rajya Sabha from UP
,
the BJP had earlier an-
nounced the names of
six candidates, late on
Monday evening, two
other names were also
revealed. The BJP list
has representation
from all regions,
West-Purvanchal and
Bundelkhand, and vari-
ous communities in-
cluding upper castes,
most OBCc and Dalits.
The party high com-
mand took care of for-
mer state BJP president
Dr. Laxmikant Bajpai
after a long wait. Be-
longing to Western UP,
Bajpai is considered an
influential face among
Brahmin voters. Dr.
Radhamohan Das Agar-
wal, who belongs to the
Vaish community and
is a doctor by profes-
sion, is considered a
humble politician of
the clean image of Pur-
vanchal. BJP has tried
to give a positive mes-
sage to the Kshatriya
community and women
voters through the se-
lection of Mahila Mor-
cha office-bearer Dr.
Darshana Singh. Babu-
ram Nishad, who is in-
cluded in the list of BJP
,
is currently the chair-
man of Backward
Classes Finance Devel-
opment Corporation.
He belongs to the Mir-
pur region of Bun-
delkhand, from where
VishambarNishadused
to be a Rajya Sabha
member of SP till now,
but this time SP has de-
nied him a ticket. Obvi-
ously, through Babur-
am Nishad, BJP has
tried to give a strong
message to the Nishad
caste group.
The plan to strength-
en the grip among the
Gurjar community is
visible through the se-
lection of the influen-
tial leader of Western
UP, Surendra Nagar.
The BJP think-tank is
constantly trying to
make inroads among
the Yadav community,
which is considered to
be the base vote bank of
the SP. This strategy is
believed to be the rea-
son behind the inclu-
sion of Sangeeta Ya-
dav’s name in the list.
Mithlesh Kumar, who
has been made a BJP
candidate, is an influen-
tial Dalit leader of Ro-
hilkhand region. He left
the SP and joined BJP
before the 2019 Lok
Sabha elections.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Under the
Ayushman scheme,
now bone patients will
be able to get any im-
plant, whether indige-
nousorimpotent.Along
with this, the facility of
bone marrow implant
has also been started
under this scheme, in-
formed Dr. Shankar
Prinja, Executive Direc-
tor, National Health Au-
thority during the
state-level workshop
organised on the issue
of better implementa-
tion of Ayushman Yoja-
na at the Medical Col-
lege on Tuesday
.
He said under the
Ayushman scheme,
now new packages have
been started in the
treatment of cardiolo-
gy, mental health and
and neurology
. 365 more
procedures have been
added. Earlier presid-
ing over the workshop,
Amit Mohan Prasad,
Additional Chief Secre-
tary, Medical and
Health said this is an
important workshop .
Higher officials of
health and family wel-
fare department and
nodal officers of almost
all medical colleges are
present. You should all
think that how can we
increase our participa-
tion in the programme.
I hope that today’s event
will lead to good conclu-
sions.
Sangeeta Singh, CEO
of Sachis, the nodal
agency of Ayushman
Yojana, said that Dr.
Ram Manohar Lohia
Medical Institute, Luc-
know and GSV Medical
College, Kanpur have
given the best results in
the targeted implemen-
tation of Ayushman Yo-
jana. There are many
such districts in the
state, where despite hav-
ing a medical college,
the patients are being
reffered to other states.
Amethi (PTI): Union
Minister Smriti Irani on
Tuesday alleged that the
Gandhi family used Am-
ethi for politics for de-
cades and filled their
coffers but did nothing
for its development.
ReferringtoformerCon-
gress chief Rahul Gand-
hi, Irani said he never
tookupissuesof Amethi
in Parliament.
“This political family
didpoliticsfromherefor
decades but kept people
of the constituency poor
so that they stood in
frontof themwithfolded
hands. They ran Amethi
for their interests and
did not pay heed to peo-
ple and filled their cof-
fers,” Irani said while
addressingaprogramme
here on the completion
of eight years of the Na-
rendra Modi govern-
ment. Irani had defeated
Rahul Gandhi in 2019
Lok Sabha polls.
Hitting out at Rahul
Gandhi, the Union min-
ister said before 2019, he
was not seen in Amethi
but only went on foreign
visits. “He never took up
issues of Amethi in Par-
liament and when I
raised local issues there,
Igotmanycallsforthis,”
she added.
“The Gandhi family
alwayscheatedpeopleof
Amethi. They knew the
people of Amethi had
resentment against
them and that is why he
(Rahul) left for Kerala in
2019,” the minister said.
She alleged that Gandhi
family took land from
farmersfortheconstruc-
tion of a medical college
in Munshiganj but “in-
stead built their guest
house there.” “They
showed dreams of a
medicalcollegetopeople
of Amethi...Theworkof
opening a medical col-
lege and passport centre
was done by PM Naren-
dra Modi,” she said. She
said people have lost
faith in Congress due to
its act and ideology
. She
said prime ministers
were elected earlier also
but for the first time a
“Pradhan Sewak” was
elected in 2014 and peo-
ple re-gained trust in
democracy
,
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
rejected the anticipato-
ry bail application of
former MP Ateeq Ah-
mad’s son Ali alias Ali
Ahmad in a case of ex-
tortion of Rs 5 crore
and attempt to murder.
A single bench of Jus-
tice Mohd Aslam passed
the order. Zeeshan S/o
Mohd Zai has lodged an
FIR on December 31 last
year at Kareli Police Sta-
tion in which he stated
that Ali Ahmad S/o Ate-
eq Ahmad, Mohd Asad,
Arif aliasKachholi,San-
jay Singh, Imran alias
Guddu,Saif aliasMama,
Aman, Kullu and 15 oth-
er persons entered his
house. Applicant Ali put
pistol on his skull and
asked him to talk to his
father Ateeq Ahmad,
when he refused, he de-
manded Rs 5 crores as
‘rangdari’ or he will exe-
cute sale-deed of some
land situate in village
Ainuddinpur in the
name of his wife and
threatened him to kill
his family
.
He refused to do so,
thereupon all the afore-
said accused along with
15 unknown persons
startedbeatinghimwith
rifle, pistol and taman-
chaandtheyalsobeatup
his relatives Gufran, Fa-
had and Ali Zafar. They
sustained injuries. It is
further submitted that
the informant and his
brother Mohd Imran are
well known property
grabbers. First infor-
mant Mohd Zeeshan is a
scheduled offender and
history sheeter of Khu-
ldabadpolicestationand
adozensof criminalcas-
es are registered against
him. From the evidence
on record, the accused is
avoiding arrest and
NBW has been issued
and the reward of Rs
50,000 has been an-
nounced on his arrest.
The purpose of grant-
ing anticipatory bail to
the person to co-operate
investigation but the
conduct of the applicant
shows that he is not
co-operating and
non-bailable warrant is-
sued against him and
has challenged the order
of the award of Rs 25,000
and Rs 50,000 before the
High Court.
“In the above circum-
stances and as per alle-
gations, the accused- ap-
plicantandcomplainant
are close relatives and
they are doing business
inrealestate.Thereisno
evidence available
which indicates that the
complainant lodged the
FIR only to get arrest of
the accused/applicant
and to humiliate him
and the case related to
the demand of Rs 5
crore,otherwiseexecute
a sale-deed in favour of
his wife by applicant of
the land in Prayagraj,”
the Court said.
First India Bureau
Agra: Maulana of
a Madrasa in Agra
has been booked
under sexual abuse
charges in Malpura
police station area.
Police sources
here said that Mau-
lana was allegedly
molesting and sex-
ually abusing mi-
nor girls. Family
members of vic-
tims met the super-
intendent of police
Sudhir Kumar
Singh and filed
complaint against
Maulana.
SSP has ordered
investigation into
the matter. It was
reported that thirty
minor girls study-
ing in the Madrasa.
Three victims filed
complaint against
the Maulana.
Victims told po-
lice that Maulana
was sexually abus-
ing them for long
time. He used to un-
dress them. Vic-
tims also said that
Maulana used to
beat the girls for
opposing him and
threatened to not
discuss it with oth-
ers. After register-
ing case statements
of victims will be
recorded and their
medical examina-
tions will be con-
ducted.
Surendra Singh Nagar filing nomination in the presence of CM Yogi Adityanath and Jal Shakti
Minister Swatantra Dev Singh, for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
Workshop on better implementation of Ayushman Yojana at the
Medical College on Tuesday.
BRAHMIN-MUSLIM CASTE
EQUATION CONG’S PRIORITY
The The BSP, which has only one seat in the UP as-
sembly, is a mute spectator to these polls, but by
using its influence in other states, the Congress has
paved the way for three leaders of the state to reach
the Rajya Sabha. This oldest party of the country
has apparently given priority to the Brahmin-Muslim
caste equation in the most populous state.
Case against
Maulana for
sexual abuse
of minors
Bone marrow implant now
added in Ayushman scheme
MED COLLEGES WILL GIVE
FULL COOPERATION: ALOK
Turing the workshop, Dr. Amit Kaushik of
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute, Dr. BP
Singh of KGMU, Dr. DS Negi of Mayo, Vipin
Jain, Director, Tirthankar Mahaveer University,
discussed in the panel. Discussions took place
on removing the obstacles
coming in government and
private medical colleges for
Ayushman Bharat Scheme.
The managers of the hos-
pitals appreciated such a
workshop and assured bet-
ter coordination. Principal
Secretary, Medical Educa-
tion, Alok Kumar assured
that all medical colleges
would extend full cooperation for better imple-
mentation of Ayushman Yojana. The representa-
tives of the Medical College asked questions on
the problems faced by them.
Lucknow: Karmveer
Keshav, 2018 batch PCS
officer of Uttar Pradesh
cadre has secured All-
India Rank of 170 in the
recently announced
UPSC examination.
Karmveer, who is cur-
rently performing his
duty as SDM in Praya-
graj, has become the
talk of the town and
wishes have been flow-
ing in for him from the
bureaucratsof thestate.
‘Gandhi family used
Amethi for politics’
Union Minister Smriti Irani. —FILE PHOTO
HC rejects anticipatory bail plea of Ateeq Ahmad’s son
ACCUSED NOT COOPERATING

z The accused is avoiding arrest and
NBW has been issued and the reward of `
50,000 has been announced on his arrest.

z The conduct of the applicant shows that
he is not co-operating and non-bailable
warrant issued against him and has chal-
lenged the order of the award of `25,000
and `50,000 before the High Court.
PCS Karmveer Keshav gets
170 rank in UPSC exam
THREE PCS OFFICERS RETIRE
Karmveer
SP prefers to deal
with internal
discontent,
strengthening
alliance
Lucknow: Three senior PCS officers retired from
service on Tuesday. These include PCS Vindhyavasaniy
Rai who was posted as Additional Commissioner
Gorakhpur, Aditya Prakash Srivastava who was posted
as Joint Housing Commissioner and PCS Ajay Kumar
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TRUE BEAUTY IS ENHANCED BY HONESTY AND DEDICATION TOWARDS
WORK AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. ONE SUCH MESMERIZING
CHARISMA IS VAIBHAVI KOHLI FROM DELHI WHO BELIEVES IN THE
SAME. CITY FIRST SPOKE TO VAIBHAVI ABOUT HER MODELLING
JOURNEY AND HERE ARE SOME EXCERPTS OF THAT CHIT CHAT
escribe your-
self and what
would you say
are some vital
skills or char-
acteristics to
have to make it in the
modelling world?
My name is Vaibhavi Kohli
and I was born in Delhi. I
currentlystayinFaridabad.
I am a model by profession.
IgraduatedfromDelhiUni-
versity and have done di-
ploma in French. I have al-
waysbeenabrightstudent.
I taught students for some
timeandalsoworkedinthe
corporate sector. My little
sistermotivatedmetomake
videos on TikTok. Hence,
myjourneyasamodelstart-
ed on TikTok where I had
70k followers but then it got
banned in India.
Modelling is a profession
that requires a lot of disci-
pline and regularity
. Every-
thingneedstobemaintained
from skin to hair to diet.
If you could go in the
future and tell your-
self one thing about
your career what
would it be?
Iwouldaskmyself tobe
careful while trusting
people quickly in the
fashionindustry
.Itis
so because not all of them
are genuine and they might
have twisted intentions. I
wouldadvisemyself towork
as hard as possible as there
are no shortcuts to success.
What inspired you to
become a model?
My partner encouraged me
topursuemodellingbecause
hesawamodelinme.Hehas
been my trainer and sup-
porter.Oneneedssupportto
pursue something like this
be it a partner or someone
fromthefamily
.Ibelievethat
the right guidance
and dedication
make every-
thing possible.
Even my sister
has been my
pillar of
s t r e n g t h
throughout
my journey
.
Now every-
one is happy
to see me suc-
ceed in my ca-
reer.
What was the biggest
rookie mistake you
made when you started?
Initially
, I made multiple
wrong choices when it
came to certain profession-
al associations. However,
luck was always by my
sideandIsailedsuccess-
fullythroughitall. My
dedication helped
me and I feel it
stands important
to be honest with
your profession.
What has been the most
memorable or re-
warding moment
in your career?
There are so
manynumerous
m e m o r a b l e
moments in
my career.
When I
won the
F r e s h
Face Brid-
al Contest in
Chhatarpur,
Bhopalwith
my makeup
artist and during a live
show in Kurukshetra
are my best memories.
However, the most
memorable moment
for me is when peo-
ple remember me
as a famous
model.
DHANUSHREE VYAS
cityfirst@firtsindia.co.in
D
VIVACIOUS
VIVACIOUS
VAIBHAVI
VAIBHAVI
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VAN GOGH FOR ME IS THE SYNONYM OF ART, HE NOT ONLY
PAINTED THE ICONIC STARRY NIGHTS BUT HAS REDEFINED THE
BEAUTY OF NATURE. FOR VINCENT VAN GOGH, FANTASY AND
REALITY MERGED AFTER DARK IN SOME OF HIS MOST ENDURING
PAINTINGS, WITH HIS ARTS HE TRIED EXPLAINING HIS VISION
TOWARDS THE NEW WORLD THAT WAS TAKING BIRTH IN THE
BEAUTIFULLY CREATIVE MIND OF THE OLD MASTER.
MAGIC OF
VAN-VISION!
ith his bright
sunflowers,
s e a r i n g
wheat fields
and blazing
yellow skies,
he described
his perception of light.
“Oh! that beautiful mid-
summer sun here,” he
wrote to the painter
Émile Bernard in 1888
from the south of
France. “It beats down
on one’s head, and I
haven’t the slightest
doubt that it makes one
crazy
. But as I was so, to
begin with, I only enjoy
it.”
The art Gogh was
also bedazzled with
night, as he wrote to his
brother Theo that same
year: “It often seems to
me that the night is
much more alive and
richly coloured than
the day....The problem
of painting night
scenes and effects on
the spot and actually by
night interests me
enormously.”
His art involved a
breakdown in the rela-
tion between thought,
emotion, and behav-
iour. A beautiful feeling
away from fierce reality
and personal relation-
ships into fantasy, delu-
sion, and a creative
sense of mental frag-
mentation.
Through magnificent
art he described the
daylight or Starry night
wonderfully as the dia-
monds flowing in the
river of a colourful
world, he also gave the
world many of its most
treasured paintings.
His 1888 Sunflowers,
says critic Robert
Hughes, “remains
much the most popular
still life in the history
of art, the botanical an-
swer to the Mona Lisa.”
And van Gogh’s vision-
ary landscape The Star-
ry Night, done the next
year, has long ranked as
the most popular paint-
ing at New York City’s
Museum of Modern Art
(MoMA). This inspired
the museum, in collabo-
ration with Amster-
dam’s Van Gogh Muse-
um, to mount the exhi-
bition “Van Gogh and
the Colors of the Night”
(through January 5,
2009). It will then travel
to the Van Gogh Muse-
um (February 13-June
7, 2009).
“The van Gogh we
usually think of, that
painter of the most au-
dacious, crazy, passion-
ate, frenzied, unleashed
bursts of brushwork,
may be more evident in
his daylight paint
ings,” shared by
MoMA’s curator
for the show,
Joachim Pissar-
ro, great-grand-
son of the French
I m p re s s i o n i s t
Camille Pissarro.
Throughout his
creative career, his
life before art had a
significant impact on
his self-perception. Van
Gogh couldn’t get rid
of his remorse at be-
traying his family, and
he felt continually like
a burden on his broth-
er, Theo.
His creative talents
were supported by his
patrons and established
his own artistic style.
This amazing minded
creator tried to interact
with the world through
his magical views and
brushes. His relation-
ships with his art went
straight into the heart
of real art admirers.
Along with his grow-
ing mental troubles, he
had a surge of growth
in the latter half of his
life. His life before art
held a heavy influence
over his self-perception
throughout his artistic
career. Van Gogh could
not escape his sense of
guilt from failing his
family and constantly
felt like a burden on his
brother, Theo, who
sponsored his artistic
endeavours. Through
Theo’s encouragement
and work as an art deal-
er, Van Gogh developed
his own artistic style
and met other popular
artists from his time.
His friendships along
with his developing
mental issues lead to an
incredible discovery in
the world of art. And
we as his fans are dying
to learn more about
him and his remarka-
ble journey as an artist.
“But in paintings such
as the Arles café at
night, his touch is more
restrained and you re-
ally see his intelligence
at work. Despite all the
mental anguish and de-
pression he experi-
enced, van Gogh never
ceased to enjoy an as-
tonishingly clear self-
awareness and con-
sciousness of what he
was doing.” It was a
misconception about
him that Van Gogh was
a rough and ready chro-
momaniac person driv-
en by his instincts to
render what he saw al-
most as quickly as he
saw it, the artist’s twi-
light and night scenes
are actually elaborate
constructions that also
call on his vast liter-
ary knowledge.”
It seems that van
Gogh never
dreamed his
p a i n t i n g s
would become
such fixed
stars in the art
firmament. In
1890, less than
two months
before he end-
ed his life
with a pistol
shot, he
wrote to a
Paris newspa-
per critic who
had praised his
w o r k .

Like his paint-
ings, van Gogh’s
biography has gone
into legend. He was
born in 1853 in the
Netherlands; his father
was a minister and his
uncles, successful art
dealers. He was dis-
missed while working
as a missionary in
southwest Belgium for
being too zealous and
failed as an art sales-
man by being too hon-
est. When he took up
drawing and painting,
his originality offended
his teachers. One stu-
dent later de-
scribed the scene
at the Antwerp
Academy where
van Gogh en-
rolled: “On that
day the pupils had
to paint two wres-
tlers, who were posed
on the platform,
stripped to the waist.
Van Gogh started paint-
ing feverishly, furious-
ly, with a rapidity that
stupefied his fellow stu-
dents. He laid on his
paint so thickly that his
colours literally
dripped from his can-
vas onto the floor.”
He was prompt-
ly kicked out of
the class.
Van Gogh himself
hinted at this in a let-
ter to his sister Wil,
written in 1888
as he was
painting
his first
star ry
n i g h t
canvas. He was in-
spired, he said, by im-
agery in the poems by
Walt Whitman he was
reading: “He sees...un-
der the great starlit
vault of heaven a some-
thing which after all
one can only call God—
and eternity in its place
above the world.”
Well, as a big Van
Gogh fan I want to say
Van Gogh is the wizard
that has driven the
world through the mag-
ic of his brush and I am
lucky to be a part of
this euphoria.
W
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
Artworks inspired by Van Gogh

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