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Gandhi family used Amethi for politics,
did nothing for its development: Irani
Amethi (PTI): Union
Minister Smriti Irani
on Tuesday alleged that
the Gandhi family used
Amethi for politics for
decades and filled their
coffers but did nothing
for its development.
Referring to former
Congress chief Rahul
Gandhi, Irani said he
never took up issues of
Amethi in Parliament.
“This political family
did politics from here
for decades but kept peo-
ple of the constituency
poor so that they stood
in front of them with
folded hands,” she said.
“They ran Amethi for
their interests and did
not pay heed to people
and filled their coffers,”
Iranisaidwhileaddress-
ing a programme here
on the completion of
eightyearsof theNaren-
dra Modi government.
Irani had defeated
Rahul Gandhi in 2019
Lok Sabha polls.
Hitting out at Rahul
Gandhi, she said before
2019, he was not seen in
Amethi but only went
on foreign visits.
“He never took up is-
sues of Amethi in Par-
liament and when I
raised local issues
there, I got many calls
for this,” she added.
“The Gandhi family
always cheated people
of Amethi. They knew
the people of Amethi
had resentment against
them and that is why he
(Rahul) left for Kerala
in 2019,” Irani said.
HOME MINISTER SHAH REMEMBERS AHILYABAI
HOLKAR ON HER 297TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
NewDelhi(ANI):Union
Home Minister Amit
ShahonTuesdayremem-
bered the warrior queen
of the Maratha empire,
Ahilyabai Holkar on her
297th birth anniversary
for her service to ‘Sana-
tan Dharma’ by renovat-
ing many temples from
Somnath to Kashi.
“There is an incompa-
rable contribution of
Lokmata Ahilyabai Hol-
karjiinthepreservation
of Sanatan culture,”
Shah said in a tweet.
“Shedidawonderfulser-
viceto‘SanatanDharma’
byrenovatingmanytem-
ples from Somnath to
Kashi. As a ‘Prajavatsal’
ruler, she also set many
excellent examples of
women empowerment
and public welfare,” he
tweeted in Hindi.
MaharaniHolkarwas
born on May 31, 1725, in
Chaundi village (cur-
rent day Ahmednagar),
Maharashtra. Tuesday
marked the 297th birth
anniversary of the
Queen, regarded as one
of the finest female rul-
ers in Indian history
.
Shewasknownforher
wisdom and administra-
tive skills. Her birth an-
niversary is celebrated
on May 31st. As a promi-
nent ruler of the Malwa
kingdom, she spread the
message of ‘dharma’,
promoted industrializa-
tion, and built many
HindutemplesandDhar-
amshalas across India.
Smriti Irani
Amit Shah
She did a
wonderful
service to
‘Sanatan Dharma’ by
renovating many
temples from Somnath
to Kashi. As a
‘Prajavatsal’ ruler, she
also set many excellent
examples of women
empowerment and
public welfare.
Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
TEACHER SHOT DEAD
AT KULGAM SCHOOL
Kulgam:Aschoolteach-
er—shotatbyterrorists
in J&K’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
. P8
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 J&K
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 in-
nocents by terrorists in the
valley. They staged a sit-in
in Srinagar, demanding
justice for teacher & better
safety. P8
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
J&K 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 Saty-
endar 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. P3
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
CONTRIBUTIONS REPORTS BY THE ECI
BJP gets `477 crore and
Congress gets `74 crore 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 (Agen-
cies): The BJP received
contributions of over
`477.5 crore in finan-
cial year 2020-21, and
Congress over `74.50
crore, just 15% of the
funds received by the
ruling party.
According to the con-
tribution reports of 2
parties put in public
domain by the ECI on
Tuesday, BJP received
`4,77,54,50,077 from
various entities, elec-
toral trusts and indi-
viduals. According to
the contribution report
of Congress, it received
`74,50,49,731 from vari-
ous entities and indi-
viduals.
Parties have to file
report of contributions
to EC received in excess
of `20,000 as per provi-
sions of election law.
THOUSANDS BID TEARFUL
GOODBYE TO MOOSE WALA!
A large number of
crowd thronged on
Tuesday to pay final
respects to Punjabi
singer Shubhdeep
Singh aka Sidhu
Moose Wala, who was
shot dead on Sunday.
SAD Amritsar President
Simranjit Singh Mann
and Punjab Congress
chief Amrinder Singh
Raja Warring also
attended the last rites,
in Mansa district.
Meanwhile, Delhi
Police on Tuesday
obtained the custody
of jailed gangster
Lawrence Bishnoi,
named as a suspect in
the daylight murder of
Moose Wala for 5 days.
More on P5
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.
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ALL FRICTION POINTS IN EAST LADAKH TO CREATE CONDITIONS
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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
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CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022
02
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi government today
said that they are rede-
veloping more than 500
kms of Delhi’s roads ac-
cording to European
Standards.
For this, Delhi Chief
minister Arvind Kejri-
wal inspected the pilot
stretch developed from
Britannia Chowk to Out-
er Ring Road today,
where he said, “Delhi
boasts of very wide
roads but they don’t
meet international
standards of quality.
Hence, the Delhi Govern-
ment is redeveloping
more than 500 kms of
Delhi’s roads according
to European Standards,
for which I took stock of
the progress of one of
the stretches today”
He further said, “Road
beautification pilot pro-
ject is going in full swing
on all 16 stretches, and
the work on these will be
completed by Septem-
ber-October. After com-
pletion of the pilot pro-
ject, the best model will
be chosen and applied to
the 500 kms across Delhi
to redesign them at par
with European stand-
ards.”
The CM said, “As a
part of the first phase of
the beautification of
roads, we have made it
our priority to properly
develop and beautify 500
km of PWD roads, the
pilot project for which is
already in progress. The
stretch that we have in-
spected today is one of 16
such stretches which are
a part of this pilot pro-
ject. After the work on
the pilot project is com-
pleted, we will take stock
of all the models, and ac-
cordingly decide which
one should be applied for
all 500 kms across Delhi.”
Govt to develop 500 kms of roads as per European standards
DEVELOPMENT

Road
beautification
pilot project is
going in full
swing on all 16
stretches, and
work on these
will be done by
September to
October.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia during
the inspection of a pilot stretch developed from Britannia Chowk
to Outer Ring Road, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi, May 31 (PTI) A suspected drug addict has
been arrested after he allegedly attempted to steal a
brass lamp-holder from
a dargah in south Delhi’s
Mehrauli, police said on
Tuesday. The accused was
identified as Bhim (50),
they said. According to the
dargah’s security guards, the accused was caught while
he was trying to run away with a ‘chiragdan (lamp hold-
er)’. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Benita Mary
Jaiker said a case was registered against the accused.
New Delhi, May 31 (PTI) Upset over being scolded by
a taxi stand owner, a man allegedly set the place on
fire following which five people,
who were sleeping there,
sustained burn injuries, police
said on Tuesday. The accused,
Jhandu Shah alias Manoj who is
a resident of Jharkhand's Giridih
district and worked as a driver here, has been arrested,
they said. The condition of two of the five people who
sustained burn injuries is stated to be critical, police
said, adding that the incident took place in the early
hours of Tuesday in east Delhi's Madhu Vihar area.
New Delhi (PTI): The body of a man has been
fished out from a waterlogged railway underpass in
southeast Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur, police said, taking
the death toll in Monday’s thunderstorm and heavy
rains in the city to three. Winds of up to 100 kmph
and heavy rains battered the city on Monday evening,
uprooting hundreds of trees, disrupting road and air
traffic and damaging vehicles and buildings, includ-
ing the iconic Jama Masjid. DCP (Southeast) Esha
Pandey on Tuesday said, “Around 10:22 pm on Mon-
day, a call was received at the Pul Prahladpur police
station about a person drowning in the underpass.”
DRUG ADDICT CAUGHT STEALING
LAMP-HOLDER FROM MEHRAULI DARGAH
UPSET OVER BEING SCOLDED, MAN SETS
TAXI STAND IN DELHI ON FIRE; ARRESTED
BODY FOUND IN WATERLOGGED
UNDERPASS; TOLL ROSE TO THREE
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi (PTI): Lu-
tyens’ Delhi lost at least
77 trees, some of them
decades old, while 58 big
branches broke off and
fell in Monday’s fierce
thunderstorm and
heavy rains in the na-
tional capital, NDMC
officials said.
Thecivicbody’shorti-
culture department
fears some of the up-
rooted trees might be
among those tagged as
‘heritage trees’ by the
New Delhi Municipal
Council (NDMC), but
the team is yet to com-
pile a damage report
and ascertain the facts.
“77 trees were uproot-
ed last evening during
the severe storm while
58 big branches fell,
blocking several roads
in NDMC areas. All
roads have been
cleared,”anofficialsaid.
The uprooted trees in-
clude neem (7), peepal
(6), jamun (5), arjun (4),
and seemal, pilkhan and
bargad (two each).
One tree each of imli,
kadelia, kusum, kekan,
balam, bheda and euca-
lyptus were also lost
during the storm.
“Most of the uprooted
trees were on Baba
Kharak Singh Road
(six), while Parliament
Street lost five neem
trees. Maximum tree
branches fell on Moti
Lal Nehru Marg (12), fol-
lowed by Golf Link
(eight),” the official add-
ed. The horticulture de-
partment and the en-
forcement department
of the NDMC are re-
sponsible for clearing
uprooted trees and de-
bris. Other roads where
trees were uprooted and
traffic movement affect-
ed include Mother Te-
resa Crescent, Ashoka
Road, Shankar Road,
Firozshah Road, Jantar
Mantar Marg, Kasturba
Gandhi Marg, Coperni-
cus Marg, Tilak Marg,
Purana Qila Road, Pan-
dara Road, Subramany-
am Bharti Marg, Jan-
path, Mansingh Road,
Sardar Patel Marg, K
Kamraj Marg, Krishna
Menon Road, Tolstoy
Road, Tyagraj Marg and
Sunehri Bagh Road.
“Some of these trees
were very old but the
team is yet to ascertain
if any trees with herit-
age tags were lost. A
damage report will soon
becompiled,”theofficial
said, adding that herit-
age trees are commonly
those which are above 80
years old. Delhi wit-
nessed the first storm of
“severe” intensity since
2018 on Monday throw-
ing traffic out of gear
within minutes as the
uprooted trees blocked
roads and also damaged
several vehicles.
The civic body’s horticulture department fears some of the uprooted trees might be among those tagged as ‘heritage trees’
In Lutyens’ zone, Monday’s
storm uprooted 77 trees
Saxena assures quick
redressal of the issue
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Lieutenant Governor
Vinai Kumar Saxena on
Tuesday informed that
the government has
taken a serious note of
trees uprooted follow-
ing a storm and assured
that the issue will be ad-
dressed at the earliest.
This came a day after
several trees were up-
rooted in the national
capital due to heavy
rainfall along with
winds, leading to havoc
and damage to life and
property
.
“I share the concern
of every resident of
Delhi about the mainte-
nance and upkeep of
trees in the City and
their related uprooting
and breakage that hap-
pens in the event of a
storm, throwing the
City traffic out of gear,”
Delhi LG tweeted.
“Let me assure you
that we have taken the
matter seriously and
will address it at the
earliest,” he further
said in a tweet.
Earlier on Monday,
Saxena visited several
places in Delhi where
the trees were uprooted
due to heavy rainfall
and expressed distress
upon the situation.
“Distressed by the
sight of uprooted trees,
fallen branches and wa-
terlogging at places af-
ter the early evening
storm. Visited a few
places. Instructed
officials to take imme-
diate steps to remove
debris and clear the
roads immediately so as
to mitigate the incon-
venience to people,” he
added.
Two people were
killed and several in-
jured as fierce rain
along with winds hit
the national capital yes-
terday
. It also disrupted
road and air traffic,
damaging vehicles and
buildings, including the
iconic Jama Masjid.
OFFICIAL SAYS
A fallen tree on the Jantar Mantar road after getting uprooted due
to strong winds and heavy rains that lashed Monday.
New Delhi (PTI): A
day after Delhi health
minister Satyendar
Jain’s arrest, Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal called the case filed
by the Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) “com-
pletely fake and fraud”
and said that Jain was
targetted due to “politi-
cal reasons”.
“I have personally
read Satyendra Jain’s
case filed by the ED and
it is completely fake. All
the actions that have
been taken by centrally
maintained agencies
are politically motivat-
ed. And in this case,
also Jain has been tar-
geted because of politi-
cal reasons. We have a
very honest govern-
ment, which neither
tolerates nor does cor-
ruption. This case will
not last long, the truth
always wins in the end.
We have faith in our ju-
diciary,” said Kejriwal.
“We always stood
against corrupt activi-
ties and took action
against such activities.
Corruption of not even
a single penny has hap-
pened in our govern-
ment. You must have
seen in Punjab, action
was taken against a
Cabinet minister based
on the evidence of an
audio recording of the
minister indulging in
corruption. No one
from the opposition or
media knew about this
incident and if we
wanted we could have
hid it, but ours is a
strict and honest gov-
ernment. Action was
immediately taken
against the minister
and he was dismissed.
A similar incident hap-
pened a long time ago
here in Delhi also and
prompt action was tak-
en against the minister
immediately
,” the Chief
Minister pointed out.
Jain, who holds the
portfolios of health,
power and home, was
arrested by the ED in a
money laundering case
on Monday evening.
Delhi government is all
set to accord its final ap-
proval to procure 1,500
electric buses for the
Delhi Transport Corpo-
ration’s (DTC) fleet in
the next 15 days. After
this, the work order for
induction of the buses
will be awarded to the
finalised bidders, said
an official with the
transport department.
According to a senior
official, the government
has already finalised the
bids to purchase 1,500
buses under DTC and is
awaiting final Cabinet
approval from the Chief
Minister. The e-buses
will be manufactured by
Tata Motors. The trans-
port department has
also finalised the bids
for 330 electric buses
which will be inducted
under the cluster
scheme.
The ruling AAP’s tar-
get is to push the public
to adopt electric buses
for their daily commut-
ing needs. Each of these
buses are expected to
save 0.33 million tons of
PM 2.5 and PM 10 in car-
bon emissions during
their life span of 10
years.
Govt to give nod to procure
1,500 e-buses in two weeks
New Delhi (PTI): Skye
Air Mobility, a Delhi-
based drone delivery lo-
gistics provider, on
Tuesday unveiled its
long-range drone called
‘Artemis’ that is
equipped to carry a pay-
load of 6 kg up to a range
of 100 km, a company
statement said.
“The biggest USP of
the new UAV is that it
has the largest wingspan
electric vertical take-off
and landing (EVTOL) in
India,” it said.
Skye Air Mobility
launches
long-range UAV
New Delhi, May 31
(PTI) The National
Green Tribunal Tues-
day set aside the envi-
ronmental clearance
granted to a private
builder for the construc-
tion of group housing
near the Vishwavidya-
laya metro station here.
A bench headed by
NGT Chairperson Jus-
tice Adarsh Kumar Goel
said the Environment
Clearance (EC) has been
granted without proper
evaluation.
“In view of our con-
clusion that EC has
been granted without
proper evaluation, pro-
ject cannot be allowed
without such proper
evaluation about its sus-
tainability or otherwise
in the light of available
data, a case is made for
interference by this Tri-
bunal.
NGT stops construction
next to DU campus
New Delhi, May 31
(PTI) The Delhi High
Court has asked the
Delhi government to en-
deavour to clear the
backlog of unfilled
EWS seats in private
schools in the next five
years. It also said the
state has to step in to
aid EWS category stu-
dents in cases where
schools have not com-
plied with the require-
ments of admissions.
A bench of Justices
Najmi Waziri and Vikas
Mahajan said the state
shall ensure that the 25
per cent seats in the
EWS category be filled
up on the basis of de-
clared sanctioned
strength at the entry
level — pre-school,
nursery, pre-primary,
KG and class-I — irre-
spective of the actual
number of students ad-
mitted in the general
category
.
“In instances where
schools have not com-
plied with the strict re-
quirements of admis-
sion of EWS category
students, the state has
to step-in to the aid of
the latter and exercise
its duty as a welfare
state, the bench said.
HCasksGovttoclearbacklogof
unfilledEWSseatsinpvtschools
CM terms case against Jain as‘completely fake’
AAP IS STRICT AND HONEST GOVT
Instructed officials to
take immediate steps
to remove debris and
clear the roads
immediately so as to
mitigate the
inconvenience to
people
Vinai Kumar Saxena

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
POLLS BEING HELD TO FILL 57 RS SEATS
FROM 11 STATES THAT WILL FALL VACANT
The elections are being held to fill 57 Rajya Sabha
seats from 15 states that will be falling vacant due to
the retirement of members on different dates between
June and August. While 11 seats are falling vacant
in Uttar Pradesh, six members each are retiring from
Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, five from Bihar and four
each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka.
Three members each from Madhya Pradesh and Odi-
sha, two each from Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Punjab
Jharkhand and Haryana, and one from Uttarakhand
are also retiring.
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.”
INDIA
03
CPWD staffers protest ‘illegal’
detention of colleagues in JK
New Delhi (PTI):
Members of the CPWD
Engineers Association
on Tuesday staged a
protest outside Nirman
Bhawan here over the
illegal detention of two
colleagues in Ramban
district by Jammu and
Kashmir Police on di-
rections of Amarnath
Shrine Board CEO Nit-
ishwar Kumar.
A heavy police deploy-
ment was made at the
protest site.
Later, the Central Pub-
lic Works Department
(CPWD) engineers met
Union Minister for
Housing and Urban Af-
fairs Hardeep Singh
Puri and submitted a
memorandum,demand-
ing apology from CEO
Kumar for “illegal de-
tention” and alleged
misbehaviour with two
CPWD engineers, R K
Mattu and Rizwan
Alam, in Jammu and
Kashmir.

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
GST WAS
INTRODUCED IN
COUNTRY WEF
JULY 1, 2017
Goods and Services
Tax was introduced in
the country with effect
from July 1, 2017 and
states were assured for
compensation for loss
of any revenue arising
on account of imple-
mentation of GST as per
the provisions of the
GST (Compensation to
States) Act, 2017 for a
period of five years.
For providing compen-
sation to States, Cess is
being levied on certain
goods and the amount of
Cess collected is being
credited to Compensa-
tion Fund. Compensation
to States is being paid
out of the Compensation
Fund with effect from
July 1, 2017. Bi-monthly
GST compensation to
States for the period
2017-18, 2018-19 was
released on time out of
the Compensation Fund.
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”.
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

BIZ BUZZ
06
India’s growth
projection
being revised
Kolkata (PTI): The
IMF is in the process
of revising India’s
growth projection for
2022, which could be
lower than its earlier
forecast of 8.2%,
amid risks of a global
stagflation, an official
said.In April, the IMF
had lowered India’s
growth projection to
8.2% as compared to
9% estimated in Jan.
By 2023, the country
is expected to grow
at 6.9%, it said. “IMF
is currently revising
India’s growth fore-
cast for 2022, which
may be lower than
8.2%. This is work
in progress at the
moment,” IMF said.
Private telcos
to hike tariffs
in H2
London (AP): The
country’s top three
private telecom op-
erators will resort to
another round of tar-
iff hike in the second
half of the current
fiscal and will close
FY23 with a revenue
growth of 20-25%,
a report said on
Tuesday. A growth in
average revenue per
user is essential for
the industry to invest
in the network and
spectrum, and if they
do not do so, it can
result in poor service
offerings, domestic
rating agency Crisil’s
research wing said in
a report published on
Tuesday.
No plans to ban
or curb exports
of basmati rice
govt has no plans to
ban or impose curbs
on export of either
basmati or non-bas-
mati rice as the
country has sufficient
supplies and prices
are under control, a
senior official said on
Tuesday. “There is
no move to regulate
export of any kind
of rice. There is
enough supply in our
godowns and even
with private traders.
Domestic prices are
also under control as
of now,” the official
said. India had
exported non-bas-
mati rice worth $6.11
billion in 2021-22.
Sugar production
rises 15% to
35.24 mn tons
New Delhi (PTI):
Sugar production
in India, the world’s
largest producer and
second-largest ex-
porter, rose 15% to a
record 35.24 million
tonne till May 30 in
the ongoing 2021-22
marketing year on
higher output. Sugar
production stood at
30.63 million tonne
in the year-ago peri-
od. The sugar output
achieved so far is
much higher than
the total output of
31.12 million tonne
in the entire 2020-21
marketing year.
AURoyaleprogrammeextendedtosalariedbusinesssegments
Mumbai (FIB): AU
Small Finance Bank,
the largest Small Fi-
nance Bank and one of
the fastest-growing re-
tail Banks in India, has
launched two new prod-
ucts under its affluent
banking programme
AU Royale – ‘AU Royale
Salary’ and ‘AU Royale
Business’ Current Ac-
count.
The affluent segment
in India is consistently
growing. As the Hurun
India Wealth Report
2021 estimates, Indian
millionaire (USD)
households are set to
rise by 30% over the
next five years. As this
segment is experienc-
ing a steady growth, its
expectationsfrombank-
ing are ever evolving.
Considering this, AU
Bank had launched its
Royale programme de-
signed specifically to
cater to the everyday
banking requirements
of this segment. While
theBankwasalreadyof-
fering customized pre-
miumproductsforHNIs
and NRIs, now it has
launched niche prod-
ucts, ‘
AU Royale Salary’
and ‘AU Royale Busi-
ness’, specially curated
for the salaried and
business class respec-
tively
.
Commenting on the
launchMr.UttamTibre-
wal, Executive Director,
AU Small Finance Bank
said, “Over the years,
we have seen growing
interest from the afflu-
ent segment towards
our personalized ser-
vices and higher re-
turns. While we have
been a preferred choice
of Bank for the self-em-
ployed business class,
the number of salaried
class customers has
gradually started grow-
ing as we increase our
footprint in Metros
Tier-I cities. As we have
strategically expanded
our range of services
acrossthebankingspec-
trum, with ‘AU Royale
Salary’ and ‘AU Royale
Business’, we are ex-
panding our class lead-
ing solutions to differ-
ent segments of the af-
fluentcustomers.Inline
with our commitment
to bring Badlaav in
Banking, we shall con-
tinue to enhance our
proposition and deliver
unparalleled value to
our customers.”
The AU Royale Busi-
ness Current Account
offers family banking
which allows grouping
of business and family
accounts. While the Re-
lationship Managers
provides end-to-end per-
sonalized banking, cus-
tomers can avail a host
of benefits offered by a
feature Rich Royale
Business Signature
Debit Card. Other ben-
efits include best in
class Merchant Solu-
tions(QR,PoS,Payment
gateway); preferential
pricing on banking
products; choice of Ac-
count Number and do-
mestic airport lounge
access.
TheAURoyaleSalary
Savings account offers
familybankingforupto
five family members
and exciting cashback
of upto1%onSignature
Debit Card spends.
While a dedicated rela-
tionship manager pro-
vides support all the
banking needs, custom-
ers can avail a host of
other benefits like com-
plimentary movie tick-
ets on BookMyShow;
low currency mark-up
on international trans-
actions and 75% dis-
count on Lockers.
Customers wanting
to enroll for AU Royale
programme can visit
www.aubank.in or visit
the nearest branch of
AUSmallFinanceBank.
AU Small Finance Bank has launched two new
products under AU Royale – ‘AU Royale Salary’
‘AU Royale Business’ Current Account
GDPGROWS8.7%INFY22,
4.1% IN JAN-MARCH QTR
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s economy grew by
4.1% in the January-
March quarter of 2021-
22, pushing the annual
growth rate to 8.7% on
account of better per-
formance by manufac-
turing, mining and con-
struction sectors, offi-
cial data showed on
Tuesday
.
In the previous fiscal
2020-21, the economy
had contracted by 6.6%
as the COVID-19 pan-
demic disrupted busi-
ness activities.
China had registered
economic growth of
4.8% in the first three
months of 2022.
The 4.1% expansion
during the January-
March period of 2021-22
is the lowest quarterly
growth in the last fiscal.
The growth was 20.1%,
8.4%, and 5.4%, in the
first, second and third
quarters, respectively,
as per the data released
by the National Statisti-
cal Office (NSO).
The GDP had grown
by 2.5% in the January-
March quarter in the
previous year.
The NSO, in its sec-
ond advance estimate
released in February,
had projected the GDP
growth during 2021-22
at 8.9%.
The Economic Sur-
vey tabled in Parlia-
ment in February had
estimated the GDP
growth for the current
fiscal (2022-23) in the
range of 8 - 8.5%.
According to the NSO
data, India’s real GDP
grew to `147.36 lakh
crore from `135.58 lakh
crore in 2020-21.
In the previous fiscal 2020-21, the economy had contracted by 6.6 per
cent as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted business activities
Lowest qtr growth
Recent steps to
cut inflation by
0.4%: SBI report
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The recent cuts
on excise duty and im-
port taxes could result
in the easing of infla-
tion by 35-40 bps as
stated in SBI’s re-
search report.
The CPI inflation
for the ongoing month
of May could come
down by 10 bps from
the earlier projection
to 7.0%. The full im-
pact of the govern-
ment’s move will re-
flect in upcoming
months.
In current fiscal, the
retail-based inflation
is expected to average
at 6.5%-6.7%.
“Considering the
conservative budget-
ary estimates for FY23
the net fiscal implica-
tion could be around
`66,000 crore to `17.27
lakh crore from `16.61
lakh crore in FY23 BE.
But with higher nomi-
nal GDP estimates, fis-
cal deficit as % of GDP
can still be contained
closer to 6.4%-6.6% in
FY23,” stated the State
Bank of India (SBI) re-
port.
Centre has cleared the
entire GST compensa-
tion payable till date by
releasing`86,912croreto
states,thefinanceminis-
try said on Tuesday
.
Of this, `25,000 crore
is released from the
GST compensation
fund and the balance
`61,912 crore is being
released by the Centre
from its own resources
pending collection of
cess. Of the total com-
pensation released,
`17,973 crore is towards
April and May dues,
`21,322 crore towards
February-March dues
and `47,617 crore is the
balance of compensa-
tion payable up to Janu-
ary 2022.
“The government of
India has released the
entire amount of GST
compensation payable
to states up to May 31,
2022 by releasing an
amount of `86,912 crore.
This decision was taken
to assist the states in
managing their re-
sources and ensuring
that their programmes
especially the expendi-
ture on capital is car-
ried out successfully
during the financial
year,” the ministry said.
Centre clears entire GST
compensation dues till date
India’stextilesexports
highest-everinFY22
dia recorded its high-
est-ever textiles and
apparel exports in the
financial year 2021-22
at $44.4 billion, the
government said on
Tuesday
.
The exports tally,
which also includes
handicrafts, indicates
a substantial increase
of 41% and 26% over
corresponding figures
in FY21 and FY20, re-
spectively
.
USA was the top ex-
port destination for
the country’s textiles
and apparel ship-
ments accounting for
27% share, followed by
the European Union
(18%), Bangladesh
(12%) and UAE (6%).
“In terms of prod-
uct categories, the ex-
port of cotton textiles
was $17.2 billion with
39% share registering
a growth of 54% and
67% during 2021-22
over FY21 and FY20,
respectively,” an offi-
cial statement said.
Per capita income in FY
22belowpre-COVIDlevel
dia’s annual per capita
income at constant pric-
es remained below the
pre-COVID level at
`91,481 in 2021-22, offi-
cial data showed on
Tuesday
.
However, the per cap-
ita income based on Net
National Income (NNI)
at constant price grew
by 7.5% in FY22 over the
previous year.
The per capita in-
come at constant price
was `94,270 in 2019-20
before it dipped to
`85,110 in 2020-21 on ac-
count of the disruption
in economic activities
caused by COVID-19
pandemic and subse-
quent lockdowns.
At current prices, the
per capita income rose
by 18.3% to `1.5 lakh
during in 2021-22 fiscal.
The per capita in-
come at current prices
had dipped to `1.27 lakh
in 2020-21 from ` 1.32
lakh in 2019-20.
The per-capita in-
come is a crude indica-
tor of the prosperity of
a country
.
Mandatory 6 airbags to hit
small car market adversely
New Delhi (PTI):
Maruti Suzuki India
(MSI) wants the govern-
ment to reconsider the
proposal to make six
airbags mandatory in
passenger vehicles, say-
ing the norm will ad-
versely hit the already
shrinking small car
market and may even
impact jobs in the auto
sector going ahead.
The auto major noted
that the regulation
would largely impact
the cost-sensitive entry-
level car segment.
“So, the fear is that
due to this (six airbags)
the market will become
smaller. The car manu-
facturing sector is im-
portant because it is a
big creator of employ-
ment. When the car
sells in the market it
creates many jobs —
drivers, maintenance,
repairs, accessories
etc,” MSI Chairman RC
Bhargava stated.
India sends
40K MT-diesel
consignment
to Sri Lanka
Colombo (PTI): India
on Tuesday said it has
delivered one more con-
signment of 40,000 met-
ric tonnes of diesel to
Sri Lanka to help ease
the acute fuel shortage
in the debt-ridden is-
land nation which is
grappling with its worst
economic crisis.
India on May 23 deliv-
ered around 40,000 met-
ric tonnes of petrol to
Sri Lanka.
“Powering #SriLan-
ka !!!! A shipment of
40,000 MT of diesel sup-
plied under #Indian as-
sistance reached #Co-
lombo yesterday (Mon-
day) evening,” the Indi-
an High Commission
tweeted.
India and Sri Lanka
signed a $500 million
Line of Credit Agree-
ment for the purchase
of petroleum products
on February 2, 2022.
Sensex snaps 3-day rising streak
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks declined
on Tuesday after a
three-day rally, with the
Sensex falling 359.33
points amid selling in
index majors HDFC, Re-
liance Industries and
Infosys.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex went lower by
359.33 points or 0.64% to
settle at 55,566.41. Dur-
ing the day, it tanked
556.6 points or 0.99% to
55,369.14.
The broader NSE Nif-
ty declined 76.85 points
or 0.46% to end at
16,584.55.
LIC SHARES DECLINE OVER 3% AFTER EARNINGS
New Delhi (PTI): Shares of LIC on Tuesday declined over 3%
after the company posted a 17% decline in consolidated net
profit for the fourth quarter ended in March 2022. The stock
declined 3.05% to settle at `811.50 on the BSE. During the day,
it tanked 3.23% to `810. At the NSE, it fell by 3.21% to end at
`810.85. In volume terms, 2.22 lakh shares were traded at the
BSE and over 43.73 lakh shares at the NSE during the day.
` slips 12 paise to
close at 77.66/$
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee depreciated
12 paise to close at
77.66 (provisional)
against the US dollar
on Tuesday. At the
interbank foreign
exchange market, the
rupee opened lower
at 77.65 against the
greenback and finally
settled at 77.66,
down 12 paise over
its previous close.
During the session,
the rupee touched
an intra-day low of
77.70 and a high of
77.62.
Core sector
output expands
by 8.4% in April
New Delhi (PTI): Eight
infrastructure sectors
grew by 8.4% in April
against 62.6% expan-
sion in the year-ago pe-
riod, according to offi-
cial data released on
Tuesday. The output of
eight infrastructure
sectors of coal, crude
oil, natural gas, refin-
ery products, fertiliser,
steel, cement and elec-
tricity had expanded by
4.9% in March 2022. The
output of crude oil con-
tracted by 0.9% against
a 2.1% decline in April.

07
NEWS
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Haryana
Government has noti-
fied that State Logistics
Coordination Cell will
act as Technical Sup-
port Unit (TSU) for PM
Gati Shakti National
Master Plan (NMP), as
a State level Institution-
al Setup for operational-
izing the PM Gati Shak-
ti NMP in Haryana.
Giving information
in this regard, an offi-
cial spokesperson of
Industries and Com-
merce Department said
that Administrative
Secretary, Industries
and Commerce Depart-
ment will be the Chair-
man of Technical Sup-
port Unit (TSU) and
Nodal Officer of Reve-
nue Department, Power
Department, Public
Works (B and R) and Ar-
chitecture Department,
Irrigation and Water
Resources Department,
Environment and Cli-
mate Change Depart-
ment, Finance and
Planning Department,
Civil Aviation Depart-
ment, Skill Develop-
ment and Industrial
Training, Haryana
Space Applications
Centre (HARSAC), In-
formation Technology,
Electronics and Mem-
ber Communication
Department, Town and
Country Planning and
Urban Estates Member
Department, Urban Lo-
cal Bodies Department,
Haryana State Indus-
trial and Infrastruc-
ture Member Develop-
ment Corporation, In-
dustries and Com-
merce Department,
Transport Department
and Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises
Department will be the
members of TSU.
The spokesperson
further informed that
the Nodal officers of
the concerned Depart-
ment will be responsi-
ble to ensure that the
data inputs of the pro-
gress pertaining to the
respective department
have been correctly
mapped in the PM Gati
Shakti NMP through
the individual applica-
tions provided by BIS-
AG – N.
He said that Nodal
Officers would act as
the Sectoral experts
from their respective
Departments.
Haryana notifies TSU for PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan
EMPOWERMENT FOR STATE

It will work to
review and
monitor
implementation
of the State
Master Plan and
to set out a
procedure
19-MEMBER EGOS TO MONITOR
UP: 8 BJP candidates file papers for RS polls
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Eight candi-
dates nominated by the
BJP for the Rajya Sab-
ha from UP filed their
nominations in the as-
sembly on Tuesday in
the presence of Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath and it is believed
that all the candidates
are sure to be elected
unopposed.
Dr Laxmikant Baj-
pai, coming from west-
ern Uttar Pradesh, has
been the president of
BJP Uttar Pradesh. In
the Lok Sabha 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 contribu-
tion in the elections,
the party has made him
a Rajya Sabha candi-
date.
Darshana Singh,
who represents wom-
en, is the national vice
president of BJP Mah-
ila Morcha and she has
also been the state pres-
ident of Mahila Mor-
cha.
Sangeeta Yadav was
elected MLA for the
first time in the last
election from Chau-
richaura seat of Gora-
khpur. BJP has also
made him a Rajya Sab-
ha candidate from UP.
She could not contest
the elections as her
seat went to the Nishad
Party in the alliance.
Therefore, the party
has made his adjust-
ment for the Rajya Sab-
ha. At present, she is
also the National Min-
ister 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, due to
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath contesting
the assembly elections.
Apart from this,
Baburam Nishad is the
chairman of State
Backward Classes Fi-
nance Development
Corporation. Surendra
Nagar is a big face of
Gurjar society in the
party and he was al-
ready a member of Ra-
jya Sabha.
The party has given
him another chance.
Mithilesh Kumar
comes from the Dalit
community
. Apart from
this, it has also been de-
cided to send National
President of BJP Back-
ward Classes, Dr K Lax-
man, who lives in Hy-
derabad, to Rajya Sab-
ha from Uttar
Pradesh.
Saffron party takes care of caste and regional balance; it has chalked out prolonged plans for upcoming Rajya Sabha election
Chandigarh (PTI):
Noted environmentalist
Balbir Singh Seechewal
and entrepreneur and
social activist Vikram-
jit Singh Sahney on
Tuesday filed their
nomination papers for
two Rajya Sabha seats
from Punjab.
The Aam Aadmi Par-
ty (AAP) had declared
them as its candidates a
few days ago.
“Seechewal and Sah-
ney, both Padma Shri
awardees, filed their
nominations with the
secretary of the Punjab
legislative assembly in
the presence of cabinet
ministers Harpal Singh
Cheema and Kuldeep
Singh Dhaliwal,” an of-
ficial said here.
The terms of Rajya
Sabha members from
Punjab Ambika Soni
(Congress)andBalwind-
er Singh Bhunder (Shi-
romani Akali Dal) are
due to expire on July 4.
Given the overwhelm-
ing majority of the AAP
in the Punjab assembly
,
its candidates are set to
be elected unopposed.
Tuesday was the last
day for filing of nomi-
nations.
Scrutiny of nomina-
tions will be done on
June 1, while the last
date for the withdrawal
of candidatureisJune3.
Seechewal is known
for his efforts to clean
the 160-km-long Kali
Bein rivulet in Ka-
purthala’s Sultanpur
Lodhi.
Sikhs believe that
Guru Nanak Dev, the
founder of Sikhism, at-
tained enlightenment
after taking a dip in
Kali Bein.
After missing RS bus, Naqvi
contest LS by-poll from Rampur
Seechewal, Sahney file
nominations from Punjab
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Will
Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi be BJP’s choice
for contesting the up-
coming Rajya Sabha
poll from Rampur in
Uttar Pradesh?
According to a BJP
leader there is a pos-
sibility that Naqvi
may contest the by-
poll for the Rampur
Lok Sabha seat in Ut-
tar Pradesh. The elec-
tion is scheduled for
June 23. Naqvi is
among the three Un-
ion ministers whose
term in the upper
house expired. He was
nominated from
Jharkhand.
The speculation
gained momentum on
Tuesday after Naqvi
when Naqvi’s name
did not figure in the
list of RS candidates
announced by the rul-
ing 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 consider-
ing him for a re-nomi-
nation to the Upper
House. Party leaders
however refused to
comment on the issue.
Naqvi is the Minor-
ity Affairs Minister
and the only Muslim
minister 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 minis-
ter has to be a mem-
ber of either House of
Parliament.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The dec-
ade-old controversy
over Teele Wali Masjid
inLucknowhasgained
momentum. Embold-
ened over successes in
Gyanvapi Masjid com-
plex where court-or-
dered survey and vid-
eography was done
last month, the right
wing groups in Luc-
know have launched
exercise for similar
survey of Lucknow
Mosque.
Originally, the case
was filed by lawyer
Hari Shankar Jain in
Lucknow Civil Court
in 2013 seeking survey
of the mosque. Hari
Shankar Jain and his
son Vishnu Shankar
Jain are also repre-
senting petitioners in
Gyanvapi and Mathu-
ra cases. The Teele
mosque also has a
“Mazar” of Shah Peer
Mohammad, forefa-
ther of late Maulana
Fazlur Rahman.
While the Teele Wali
Masjid controversy
has been going on for
several decades senior
BJP leader late Lalji
Tandon, who was
known for his histori-
cal knowledge of Luc-
know, mentioned it in
his book “Ankaha Luc-
know” in which he had
accused Muslims of
severing the city’s con-
nect with Laxman
younger brother of
Lord Rama. Trigger-
ing a political contro-
versy late Tandon
wrote “the state capi-
tal’s biggest Sunni
Mosque build during
the reign on Mughal
Emperor Aurangzeb
was constructed over
Lakshman Teela, a
raised platform named
after Lord Rama’s
brother.
Earlier this month
of chief minister Yogi
Adityanath welcoming
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi wrote in a
tweet: “Sheshavatar
Bhagwan Laxman ki
pawan nagri Lucknow
mein aapka swagat
aur abhinandan.. The
tweet has also led to
speculations about
plan for changing the
name of Lucknow to
Lakshmanpuri.
BJPtryingtomakeconnect
betweenLucknow,Lakshman
throughLakshmanTeela
TEELE WALI MASJID CASE
The case was filed by lawyer Hari Shankar Jain
in Lucknow Civil Court in 2013 seeking survey
of the mosque.
Delhi High Court was
informed on Tuesday
that the Amarnathji
Shrine Board has decid-
ed to do sale of tickets of
helicopter services from
Jammu and Kashmir
online for the yatra.
A bench of Acting
Chief Justice Vipin
Sanghi and Justice
Sachin Datta disposed
of a plea seeking direc-
tion to the board to
adopt online system for
booking and sale of tick-
ets of helicopter servic-
es from Jammu and
Kashmir, especially for
old, ailing and disabled
pilgrims, for the yatra.
The bench disposed
of the plea after the peti-
tioner organisation In-
dian Council of Legal
Aid's general secretary
and advocate RK Saini
submitted that it has no
grievance with the sys-
tem put in place and
now nothing survives in
the petition.
The board's submis-
sion was made in a
counter affidavit filed in
pursuance to the high
court's May 23 order
when notice was issued
on the petition.
The petition had sub-
mitted that the refusal
of Centre and the shrine
board to introduce the
online system for book-
ing and sale of all tick-
ets of helicopter servic-
es from Jammu and Sri-
nagar for Amarnath
yatra, is resulting into
hoardingandblackmar-
keting of tickets leading
to the misery for thou-
sands of genuine and
needy pilgrims.
It had termed it as
wholly arbitrary, dis-
criminatory, irrational,
unwarranted and un-
just, and against public
interest.
The petition, through
lawyer Avadh Kaushik,
said that according to a
news report, it is the pri-
ority of the Narendra
Modi government that
the pilgrims coming for
the Amarnath yatra
should have hassle free
darshanandtheyshould
not face any problems.
But surprisingly
, the
problem of not being
able to obtain helicopter
tickets for Baba Amar-
nath Yatra, by the old
and ailing and disable
pilgrims on account of
the black marketing of
tickets by the author-
ised agents in collusion
with the local hoteliers
which already stood
highlighted /exposed by
the local newspapers
and about which a rep-
resentation already
stood made by a public
representative..., the
plea said.
Amarnath Yatra: Online booking for chopper services
Bengaluru (PTI): Spe-
cial teams have been
constituted to look into
farmers' leader Rakesh
Singh Tikait attack case
and probe is on to un-
coverthedesignof those
who had supported the
accused persons either
directly or indirectly
and bring out the truth
in the matter, police said
on Tuesday
.
Steps are being taken
to seek 7-day custody of
the 3 accused persons,
who attacked Tikait
with a television mic
and threw black ink on
him at a press confer-
ence here on Monday
. As
part of the overall inves-
tigation, the trio would
be questioned during
custody to bring out the
truth, police said. We
have arrested three peo-
ple. They will be pro-
duced before the magis-
trate, DCP (Crime) Dr
SharanappaSDtoldPTI.
Truth will be out in Tikait attack
case,says Karnataka police
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): The Karnataka
police in a crackdown
on foreigners staying il-
legally in Bengaluru,
have detained 32 for-
eigners including 13
women, the police said
on Tuesday
.
Police sources said
that all the foreign na-
tionals are from Afri-
can countries, especial-
ly from Nigeria. The
raids were conducted
on Monday in Kotha-
nur, Bagalur, Amruta-
halli, Sampigehalli,
Yelahanka, Chikkajala
and other places.
The raids are being
conducted to nab for-
eigners who are in-
volved in cyber crimes,
drug peddling and
frauds.
32 foreigners detained
in B'luru for illegal stay
COURT ORDER
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Balbir Singh Seechewal

08
2NDFRONT
A Good leader keeps his head in
an emergency but a great leader
recognises the problem before it
becomes an emergency.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
police in the national
capital has got Social
Media Cell at its head-
quarters to counter
fake news.
Delhi Police Commis-
sioner Rakesh Asthana
on Monday inaugurated
the Social Media Cell
(SMC) of the force with
an in-house state-of-the-
art studio Face-2-Face’
at its headquarters on
Jai Singh Marg.
Delhi Police has es-
tablished SMC for
holding Podcast, Twit-
ter Live sessions, panel
discussions, press
briefings and counter-
ing fake news, the offi-
cials said.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Asthana under-
lined the importance of
communication in to-
day’s well-networked
society
. It is equally im-
portant to fight fake
news as to propagate
actual facts in public
domain, he said.
“Social Media is the
best medium to spread
awareness and for de-
bunking fake news in
shortest time. Educa-
tional and awareness
videos produced by
SMC can be shared by
EOW, SPUWAC(Special
Police Unit for Women
and Children ) and oth-
er verticals of Delhi Po-
lice,” he said.
The SMC has been
set-up in police head-
quarters for quick dis-
semination of infor-
mation in case of exi-
gencies like violence,
fire incident, building
collapse, bomb threat
or other such emer-
gent situation, said Su-
man Nalwa, Deputy
Commissioner of Po-
lice (PRO).
On several occasions,
situations related to law
and order are mischie-
vously escalated on so-
cial media with certain
false narratives to dis-
turb peace and harmo-
ny, she said.
“Social Media Cell
will counter such fake
news. Moreover, the
city’s traffic can be reg-
ulated through regular
updates with video ad-
visories especially on
mega-events such as
Republic Day
, Independ-
ence Day, summits and
conferences. The much
advanced studio will be
used for making inter-
nal productions and
content to be used for
training and welfare
purposes, besides cater-
ing to general public
through regular con-
nect,” she added.
DELHI POLICE TO ENCOUNTER FAKE NEWS WITH ‘SMC’
TO SPREAD AWARENESS

Delhi Police has
established
SMC for holding
Podcast, Twitter
Live sessions,
panel
discussions,
press briefings
and countering
fake news
TERRORISMWILLNOTENDINONEDAY:EAM
Ahmedabad (PTI): In
the wake of terrorists
shooting dead a wom-
an teacher in Jammu
and Kashmir, External
Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar on Tues-
day said terrorism will
not end in one day and
expressed confidence
in winning the ongo-
ing battle against ex-
tremism.
Responding to a ques-
tion of reporters about
the targetted killing of
the teacher by militants
in Kashmir’s Kulgam
district, Jaishankar
said the Centre is confi-
dent of winning the bat-
tle against terrorism
which has been going
on for many years.
“Our fight against
terrorism, which has
been going on for sev-
eral years, will contin-
ue. See, terrorism will
not end in one day
. But,
even terrorists know
that the present regime
is not like the previous
government,” Jais-
hankar told reporters
on Tuesday
.
Terrorists on Tues-
day shot dead Kashmiri
Pandit teacher Rajni
Bala (36) in the Kulgam
district, police said.
Bala sustained inju-
ries when terrorists
fired at her in the Go-
palpora area of Kulgam
where she was posted as
a teacher. She was
rushed to a nearby hos-
pital, where doctors de-
clared her dead on ar-
rival, officials had said.
“We will definitely
take necessary steps
against terrorism. Our
battle against terror-
ism will continue and
we are confident that
we will be successful,”
said the external af-
fairs minister.
Before attending the
event, Jaishankar, who
was on a two-day visit to
Vadodara city in Guja-
rat beginning Monday,
visited Police Bhavan
and interacted with
women police person-
nel of “She Team”- a
special cell to address
complaints and distress
calls by women.
“Visited Vadodara
city Police Bhavan and
met the highly motivat-
ed She Team. A great
example of gender sen-
sitive and socially car-
ing policing” Jais-
hankar tweeted.
KULGAM KILLING OF TEACHER
KashmiriPanditsthreatenmass
migration after teacher’s killing
Srinagar (PTI):
Kashmiri Pandits,
employed under the
PM package, on Tues-
day threatened to un-
dertake mass migra-
tion from the valley if
the government did
not relocate them to
safe places within
next 24 hours as em-
ployees from the com-
munity hit the streets
at various places to
protest against the
killing of a lady teach-
er by terrorists in Kul-
gam district.
We have decided
that if the govern-
ment did not take any
concrete steps for us
(safety) within 24
hours, there will be
mass migration
again, one of the pro-
testors said here.
He said the target
killing of Kashmiri
Pandits is continuing
and the community is
now tired of making
appeals to the govt.
We should be relo-
cated so that we can
be saved. Our delega-
tion had met the LG
earlier and we had
asked him to save us.
We are asking for tem-
porary relocation for
two to three years till
situation in the valley
returns to normal. It
isthesametimeframe
put by IGP Kashmir
for making Kashmir
terrorism free, he add-
ed. A handful of KP
employees assembled
at the Ghanta Ghar at
Lal Chowk here to
protest against the
killing.
Another group of
employees assembled
at Batwara in Sona-
war area of the city
and raised slogans
against the union ter-
ritory administration
for its failure to en-
sure foolproof secu-
rity for employees of
Hindu communities.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. —FILE PHOTO
A daughter mourns after getting informed about her mother
and school teacher Rajni Bala being shot down by militants
at Govt High School, in Gopalpora area of the south Kashmir’s
Kulgam on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
KASHMIRI PANDIT TEACHER SHOT DEAD
‘Rise above politics’:
VaishnawtoWBgovt
Kolkata (PTI): Rail-
way Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw on Tuesday
urged WB govt ‘to rise
above politics’ on the is-
sue of commissioning
welfare projects for the
poor and claimed that
not a single resident of
the state has got the
benefit of Centre’s
Ayushman Bharat Yo-
jana. Vaishnaw also
said that majority of
the farmers of the state
are yet to get the bene-
fits PM Kisan Samman
Nidhi Yojana.
“Why has Ayushman
Bharat Yojana not been
implemented till now in
Bengal? Why are most
of the poor farmers of
the state not getting the
money channeled into
their Jandhan accounts
despite being eligible?
The WB govt owes an
explanation on these is-
sues,” Vaishnaw said.
“There can be differ-
ent governments in dif-
ferent states ruled by
different political par-
ties. But that should not
come in the way of im-
proving the condition
of the poor and needy.
We are all Indians,
there should not be any
division,” he said.
Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw greets a farmer
during an event organised to virtually attend the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s Garib Kalyan Sammelan’ in Shimla, at Railway
Indoor Stadium, in Kolkata on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Ayushman Bharat
AAP seeks
appointment
with MCD
special officer
New Delhi (PTI): AAP
has written to MCD spe-
cial officer Ashwani
Kumar seeking time for
an appointment to plug
loopholes in the collec-
tion of house tax by the
civic body
.
AAP leader and MCD
in-charge Durgesh
Pathak said that they
have learnt that the
MCD is planning to in-
crease house tax in or-
der to augment its rev-
enue generation.
“We have written to
Kumar seeking an ap-
pointment with him.
The three MCDs have
more than 27.50 lakh
registered houses from
whom the house tax is
collected. The house tax
collection would gener-
ate a revenue of `4,700
crore whereas the MCD
is only able to collect
`1,750 crore,” he said.
The SMC has been
set-up in police
headquarters for
quick
dissemination of
information in
case of exigencies
Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana.
RSpolls:SubhashChandrafilespapersasBJP-backedcandidate
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Backed by the
BJP, media baron Sub-
hash Chandra filed his
nomination for the elec-
tions to the Rajya Sabha
on Tuesday, a move that
could scuttle the Con-
gress chances of win-
ning a third seat from
Rajasthan.
The other candidates
who filed their papers
from the state on Tues-
day are Congress lead-
ers Mukul Wasnik,
Pramod Tiwari and
Randeep Singh Surjew-
ala, and BJP’s Ghan-
shyam Tiwari.
Essel Group chair-
man Subhash Chandra
is currently a Rajya
Sabha member from
Haryana and his term
is going to expire on Au-
gust 1.
The filing of papers
by him as an independ-
ent prompted Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
to allege that the BJP
wants to indulge in
horse trading.
The ruling Congress
in Rajasthan with its
108 MLAs in the state
Assembly is set to win
two of the four seats go-
ing to the elections on
June 10.
After winning two
seats, the Congress will
have 26 surplus votes, 15
short of the required 41
to win the third seat.
On the other hand,
the BJP has 71 MLAs in
the state Assembly and
set to win one seat, after
which it will be left with
30 surplus votes.
—With PTI inputs
Former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje greets Subhash Chandra
after he files his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections in
Rajasthan as a BJP-backed candidate, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BJP LACKS NUMBERS,TO INDULGE
IN HORSE-TRADING: RAJ CM GEHLOT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot termed the fil-
ing of papers by Chan-
dra as a “game” by the
BJP, alleging that the
party wants to indulge
in horse trading as it
does not have the re-
quired numbers.
“We are going to
win three seats. I don’t
know why the BJP has
played the game,” Ge-
hlot said.
“They did the same
15 years ago but had to
announce the with-
drawal of support at
12 at night. They said
that the candidate had
promised them that he
had extra votes but he
could not arrange,” he
told reporters outside
the Assembly building
after the Congress
candidates filed their
nominations.
“This time also,
Subhash Chandra has
been fielded despite
knowing that they do
not have votes. Will
they be doing horse
trading? From where
will they bring votes?
They want to indulge
in horse trading. This
is not a good tradi-
tion,” he added.
Congress candidate
Randeep Surjewala
claimed that his party
hasatotalof 126MLAs
by its side, which in-
cluded 108 MLAs of
the party
.
Congress nominees Randeep Singh Surjewala, Pramod Tiwari and others accompanied by Rajasthan
PCC president Govind Singh Dotasra, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and party leader Sachin Pilot show
victory signs after filing nomination papers for the upcoming RS elections. —PHOTO BY ANI

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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
NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 1, 2022

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