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As application goes through, CBI approver Sachin Vaze sings like a canary
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Criminal
mastermind and dis-
graced policeman
Sachin Vaze, is singing
like the proverbial ca-
nary after his applica-
tion to turn approver
was accepted by a spe-
cial CBI court. This
has come about in the
wake of Vaze provid-
ing specific details
about two Maharash-
tra Ministers, Anil
Deshmukh and Anil
Parab to the investiga-
tion agency.
Vaze told the CBI
that Parab was de facto
running the Maharash-
tra Home Department,
although former Home
Minister (now incar-
cerated in an ED case)
Deshmukh held charge
of the portfolio.
While Vaze will still
face conviction in the
Mansukh Hiren mur-
der case in the Antilla
‘terror’ case, his status
as an approver may
garner him a lighter
sentence for cooperat-
ing with the central
agency.
His accomplice in
the criminal case, and
former colleague
Pradeep Sharma, who
was charge-sheeted by
the National Investiga-
tive Agency (NIA) for
murdering Hiren fol-
lowing a phone call
from Vaze, however, is
unlikely to benefit
from a lesser sentence
as his efforts to turn
approver have so far
proved unsuccessful.
The case made inter-
national headlines on
February 25, 2021,
when a car containing
20 gelignite sticks was
found outside the resi-
dence of top industri-
alist Mukesh Ambani
in Mumbai. A note
found inside the vehi-
cle--addressed to Muke-
sh and his wife Nita
Ambani--said the act
was a prelude to more
serious violence
against their family.
The Indian Mujahi-
deen and Jaish-ul-Hind
linkages that emerged
in the case turned out
to be bogus and ficti-
tious creations of Vaze
and his cohorts, who
had intended to sus-
tain a widespread ex-
tortion racket within
the Indian corporate
sector by creating an
illusion of involve-
ment from interna-
tional terrorist agen-
cies.
The buzz is that sim-
ilar efforts had been
reported earlier in
Mumbai city, where
these notorious and so-
called encounter spe-
cialists were found to
be operating extortion
rackets, even using the
name of overseas
gangsters to get Indian
businessmen to cough
up huge sums of mon-
ey.
“The two years of
COVID-19 meant that
these high-energy en-
counter policemen
were mostly bored and
idle. As they say, an
idle mind is the devil’s
workshop. So it was no
surprise that they de-
vised the plan to extort
money from corporate
India thinking their
foolhardy enterprise
would actually remain
undetected,” a person
privy to the develop-
ments said.
Sachin Vaze —FILE PHOTO
Modi-Shah’s political game changer: Digital caste census
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: TheNarendra
Modi government 2.0 is
set to launch a national
caste census to be con-
ducted digitally across
the nation, a move that
will likely solve the co-
nundrum of political
reservations for other
backwardclasses(OBC),
which has been hanging
fire in Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, and
Bihar.
AsaseniorBJPleader
told First India, “The is-
sue is of political repre-
sentation (on the basis
of population demo-
graphics),whichisbeing
denied to more than 400
segments within the
OBC communities. In
Maharashtra, for in-
stance, they will contest
as general category can-
didates in the upcoming
elections to civic corpo-
rations and councils.
The earlier-constituted
27% OBC reservation
was set aside by the Su-
preme Court, which or-
dered that these seats be
declared as open catego-
ry seats.”
Representations were
received from across the
country by Prime Minis-
ter Modi, a staunch be-
liever in meritocracy
over reservations him-
self.Hisgovernmentwill
launch a digital caste
census once the Rajya
Sabha and Presidential
elections are through.
“The move is also
aimed at putting paid to
political turbulence be-
ing created in Bihar by
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar,whosnuggledup
to Lalu Prasad Yadav’s
Rashtriya Janta Dal
(RJD) Turn to P6
UNDER WRAPS?
Political reservations for OBC
communities are hanging fire in
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
where civic body polls are imminent
Disgraced
cop will
provide
information
on Shiv Sena
Minister Anil
Parab, former
Home
Minister Anil
Deshmukh
to the ground. This was my
initiation into the humble
world of Samaj Sevaks, peo-
plewhoworkwholeheartedl
y
for society and the country
.
The process of debunking
myths about contesting elec-
tions had started for me.
I was told that I would be
fighting against a candidate
belonging to the royal family
and had ruled over the area
from 1952 to 1998. So it was
natural that winning the
election was going to be no
walk in the park for me, nei-
ther would my candidature
be accepted easily. Seniors
advised me to spread a word
among my family, friends
and relatives that I would be
fighting the elections and
seek their support. They
also advised me to meet
Atalji, Advaniji, Kushabhau
Thakre and Sushmaji.
The first karyakarta meet-
ing was to be held at Agarwal
Dharamshala
, Gurgaon. We
were fighting as a coalition
so a joint meeting with Indi-
an National Lokdal and BJP
karyakartas was organized.
The hall was chock-full of
workers of the two parties.
Modiji was present for the
meeting along with the most
renowned names of the BJP
.
What transpired that day
touched me to the core and I
grew emotionally attached
with Modiji for his brotherly
protection,guidanceandsup-
port. In his speech, Modiji
said, “One vote has made all
the difference and it is this- it
is the vote of Congress’s Rao
Indrajeet. Now Sudha Yadav
will fight for this seat. She is
a Veerangana and does not
have anything. We have to
help her fight and win.”
Modiji spread out a sheet on
the floor and placed a steel
Kalash in the centre. He then
charged the hall with these
words “I am a pracharak and
the Sangh takes care of me
and my expenses. Several
years ago when I visited my
mother, she blessed me with
Rs 11 and told me that this
money will come in handy
someday
. I feel it was for this
day that my mother gave me
that money
. I offer Rs 11 for
mysisterSudhaYadav’sfight
in this election and I request
all the karyakartas to sacri-
fice in this yajna everything
they have on them right now,
except for the fare to go back
home.” I was mesmerized, in
a state of transcendence
, as
this entire experience was so
new to me. Within half an
hour, at Modiji’s behest, an
amount of Rs 7.5 lakh had
been collected as funds for
my election campaign.
This is how my political
journey began. After this
Modiji organised a sabha in
my Lok Sabha constituency
.
It was a magnificent sabha
in Rewari and Atalji was to
attend it as well. Modiji rode
on a scooter the entire day to
gauge the pulse of the peo-
ple and the response to our
campaign. My car was stuck
in jam as people were gush-
ing in for the sabha and the
hovering of Atalji’s helicop-
ter could be heard signaling
his arrival. Modiji got me a
lift on a scooter too that took
me through the narrow
lanes so that I could make it
to the sabha in time. After
the event was over, Atalji
had a brief interaction with
me before leaving. He con-
gratulated me for inching
closer to a win. At last, when
I met Modiji at the party of-
fice later in the day, he said
“Look, you are winning this
election. Keep your calm
and continue to campaign
for a couple of days more.
You will make it.” And in-
deed, I won that election!
TO BE CONTINUED…
udha Yadav is a Kargil war
widow and has been a Lok
Sabha MP from Haryana.
Modi’s decision to field Kar-
gil war widows as candidates
gave this teacher a chance to
contest elections. Modi was
PrabhariatHaryanaofficeat
that time. The story is about
the immense support and
guidance that she received
from Modiji for the big con-
test. The incident as it hap-
pened: Modiji had once re-
ceived Rs 11 from his mother
in blessing, which he in turn,
a few years down the line,
handed over to Sudha Yadav
as a blessing to initiate her
election campaign and asked
the karyakartas to contrib-
ute whatever they had on
them at that moment to fund
her campaign. Within half
an hour, there were Rs 7.5
lakh on the blanket donated
as a campaign fund for Sud-
ha and of course, Sudha Ya-
dav won that election.
There were 18 Kargil war
widows in the area I resided
in and it was Modiji’s vision
to field someone from the
family of martyrs for that
election. I was a teacher by
profession and was clueless
about the ways of politics.
All of a sudden I started re-
ceiving calls from BJP mem-
bers encouraging me to con-
test elections but I continued
to refuse as neither my fam-
ily nor I ever imagined my-
self cut out for such a role.
Also, I had no political back-
ground. It was then that
Chaudhary Ishwar Singhji,
who was then the State Pres-
ident of Kisan Morcha, said
to me “I will give you a num-
ber. Speak to the person. You
will find your way
.” It hap-
pened to be Narendrabha
i’s
number. Let me reiterate, I
was so politically naive, I did
not even know what it meant
to be Rashtriye Sanghathan
Mahamantri of BJP
.
Nevertheless,
I called up
the landline number. Naren-
dra bhai used to reside at
Harishchandr
aMathurLane
at that time. He answered the
call himself and I introduced
myself. I said that the mem-
bers of the BJP are persuad-
ing me to contest the upcom-
ing elections and since I am
befuddled I have been given
your number. What he said to
me completely changed my
perspective.Hesaid“Sudhaji
a great change has come in
yourlifewiththemartyrdom
of your husband. Now you
must come out to serve soci-
ety
. Just say yes and the party
will help you fight the elec-
tions.” Although I wasn’t
completelyconvincedwheth-
er really politics was my cup
of tea, I called up Narendra
bhai the next day and con-
firmed to him my intention
to contest the elections. But
again I shared my misgiv-
ingswithhimandsaid,“Nar-
endra bhai, a few party work-
ers have told me that a lot of
money is required to run an
election campaign whereas I
belong to the service class.
What I have received as
exgratia payment, I wish to
save for my children. My
daughter is 7 while my son is
only three and a half. So this
money I cannot spend.” Nar-
endra bhai replied “Sudhaji
just say yes. Sangathan will
help you fight the elections.
These are all myths about
elections that you must not
harbour.HavefaithinNaren-
dra bhai and say yes to serv-
ing the society
.”
Thiswasthefirsttelephon-
ic conversation
I had with
Narendra bhai and I was yet
to meet him in person. My
first meeting with some of
the senior leaders of the
Sangh Parivar happened a
coupleof dayslateratHarish-
chandra Mathur Lane which
wastheresidenceof anMP
.It
had two rooms at the back
and an open area in the front.
I was awe-stricken
to find
Modiji,suchawell-knownpo-
litical figure, sitting on a mat-
tress on the floor, with books
strewn all over the place and
a telephone next to him. One
hadonlytotakeoff one’sslip-
persattheentranceandsiton
the floor to hold a discussion
with him. Even in my wildest
dreams, I could not have im-
agined Narendra bhai to be
someonesosimpleandrooted
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PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
Narendra Modi - The Quintessential Magic Maker
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Modiji organised a sabha in my LS
constituency. Modiji rode on a scooter
the entire day to gauge the pulse of
the people and the response to our
campaign. My car was stuck in jam as
people were gushing in for the sabha
and hovering of Atalji’s helicopter could
be heard signaling his arrival. Modiji
got me a lift on a scooter too that took
me through the narrow lanes so that I
could make it to sabha in time.
‘MODIJI GOT ME A LIFT ON A
SCOOTER SO THAT I COULD
MAKE IT TO SABHA IN TIME’
The first karyakarta meeting was to be
held in Gurgaon. I grew emotionally
attached with Modiji for his brotherly
protection, guidance and support. In
his speech, Modiji said, “One vote has
made all the difference and it is this- it
is the vote of Congress’s Rao Indrajeet.
Now Sudha Yadav will fight for this seat.
She is a Veerangana and does not have
anything. We have to help her
fight and win.”
‘I GREW EMOTIONALLY
ATTACHED WITH MODIJI FOR
HIS BROTHERLY PROTECTION’
PERSPECTIVE
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SONIA GANDHI RAHUL GANDHI GET ED NOTICES IN NATIONAL HERALD CASE
CONGRESS CRIES
‘VENDETTAPOLITICS’
l Rahul Gandhi has been summoned today
l Sonia Gandhi has been summoned on June 8
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
on Wednesday sum-
moned Congress presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi and
her MP son Rahul Gan-
dhi for questioning in a
money laundering case
linked to the National
Herald newspaper, offi-
cials said.
The case was regis-
tered recently to probe
alleged financial irregu-
larities in the party-pro-
motedYoungIndianthat
owns the National Her-
ald newspaper. State-
mentsof otherCongress
leaders, who were then
office bearers of the Na-
tional Herald and Asso-
ciated Journals Limited
(AJL), have also been
recorded by the ED.
The case only in-
volved the conversion
of debt into equity to
pay off dues like sala-
ries, the Congress said,
accusing the govern-
ment of trying to deflect
attention from “real is-
sues” like inflation.
By targeting National Herald every
now and then, BJP has disgraced
and disrespected freedom fighters
as their [BJP’s]
predecessors
didn’t play a role in India’s
Freedom Movement. National
Herald newspaper was started
in 1942. At that time British
tried to suppress it. Today,
Modi govt is using the ED
to do the same. A money
laundering case has been registered when there is
no money laundering. Move reeks of a vendetta,
pettiness, fear, and political cheapness.
—Randeep Singh Surjewala,
Congress National General Secretary
ON ED NOTICE TO SONIA-RAHUL, NADDA
SAYS ‘CRIMINALS DENY’ THEIR CRIMES
BJP prez JP Nadda took a swipe at Sonia
Rahul after they were summoned by ED. he de-
clared that a criminal will always
deny their crimes. “Have
you ever seen a criminal
say I’m (a) criminal? They
will, (Sonia and Rahul) of
course, deny it.” he further
said agency’s documents
were “proof” of Gandhis’
crimes. “If chargesheet
is filed, you would
approach court to
get it quashed,”
Nadda said.
A MASSIVE
ED ACTION
AGAINST PFI
33 bank accounts
`68 lakh attached
in PMLA case
New Delhi: In a big de-
velopment, the ED on
Wednesday froze bank
accounts of the Popular
Front of India (PFI) in
anongoingPMLAinves-
tigation. The ED has
provisionally attached
23 bank accounts of PFI
having a collective bal-
ance of `59 lakh and 10
bank accounts of PFI’s
front organization Re-
hab India Foundation
(RIF) with a balance of
`9.50 lakh. Total amount
of `68,62,081 has thus
been provisionally at-
tached under Section 5
of Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002.
Greetings on the
occasion of
Maharana Pratap
Jayanti, a legendary
king of Mewar, a
true patriot that
commenced the
first war of
independence.
RaGa SEEKS MORE
TIME FROM ED
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
has sought more time to
appear before the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) after the agency
summoned him in the National
Herald money laundering case
on June 2, said sources.
‘KASHMIRI PANDITS PROTESTING,
BJP BUSY CELEBRATING 8 YEARS’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednes-
day slammed the govt over the killing of
a Hindu woman teacher in Kulgam, saying
Kashmiri Pandits are protesting but the BJP is
busy celebrating 8 years of Modi govt. Security
personnel and civilians are dying in Kashmir
and this is the truth and it is not a film, he said.
“In Kashmir, 15 security personnel have been
martyred and 18 civilians have been killed in
the last five months. Yesterday too a teacher
was murdered,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
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within a record time of
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the exam. After months
ling pertest seeking
postponement, the medi-
cal entrance exam was
conducted on May 21.
KASHMIR: SHAH
CALLS L-G, SEEKS
EXPLANATION
New Delhi: Targeted kill-
ings of Kashmiri Pandits
and other civilians in
Kashmir valley have
prompted HM Amit Shah
to seek an explanation
over security lapses from
UT’s Lieutenant Gover-
nor. Shah has called L-G
Manoj Sinha to Delhi
on June 3 for a briefing
on the ground situation.
National Security Advisor
Ajit Doval will also attend
the meeting.
Sonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi JP Nadda
MUCH ADO ABOUT
A TWEET: DADA IS
STILL BCCI BOSS
Kolkata: BCCI on
Wednesday quashed
speculation that Sourav
Ganguly will be stepping
down from his role as
board prez. BCCI secy Jay
Shah told that Ganguly is
still BCCI prez. Ganguly,
hinting at new “chapter of
his life”, said that “plan-
ning to start something”
to help a lot of people.

NEWS
MUMBAI | THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2022
02
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Following a
complaint from the
manager of Indian
Overseas Bank (IOB),
the Mumbai Police
Economic Offences
Wing (EOW) regis-
tered a fraud case
against Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) lead-
er Mohit Kamboj on
Wednesday
.
According to the
Mumbai police, the
manager claimed that
Kamboj was one of
three directors of a
firm that took a loan of
Rs 52 crore and used it
for purposes other than
those intended.
A case has been regis-
tered under sections 409
(criminal breach of
trust by a public serv-
ant, or by banker, mer-
chant or agent) and 420
(cheating and dishon-
estly inducing delivery
of property) of the In-
dian Penal Code (IPC)
against Kamboj and the
other two directors, the
police said.
In April this year, the
BJP leader claimed that
Shiv Sena workers and
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray attempted to
“kill” him. However, no
one was injured in the
incident.
First India Bureau
Pune: Former Maha-
rashtra chief minis-
ter Devendra Fad-
navis has claimed
that the bullock-cart
races restarted in the
state due to the ef-
forts of his erstwhile
government.
The Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party leader attended
a bullock-cart race in
Pune district’s Pimpri
Chinchwad on Tuesday
.
Notably, the Supreme
Court in December last
year allowed the re-
sumption of bullock-
cart races in Maharash-
tra, which were prohib-
ited in the state in 2017.
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Ajit Pawar had then
called it a “victory of
farmers” and said the
move would help pro-
tect livestock.
Talking to reporters
after the event in Pune
on Tuesday
, Fadnavis
saidhewashappytowit-
ness one of the biggest
bullock-cart races here.
“The All-India Bull-
ock-Cart Race Associa-
tion, under the leader-
ship of BJP MLA Ma-
hesh Landge (from Bho-
sari in Pune), worked
hard… and then our
government made the
necessary laws for it. We
hadgivenareport,based
on which the apex court
gave permission for the
bullock cart races,” Fad-
navisclaimed.Healsohit
out at the NCP
, which is
part of the Maha Vikas
Aghadi government,
over BJP MLC Gop-
ichand Padalkar being
stoppedfromattendinga
programme organized
onthebirthanniversary
of MarathaqueenAhily-
abai Holkar on Tuesday
in Ahmednagar.
“The NCP hijacked
the programme to cele-
brate the birth anniver-
sary of Ahilyabai Hol-
kar and prevented
Padalkar from attend-
ing it,” he claimed.
Bullock-cart races resumed in Maha due to our efforts: Fadnavis
TAKING CREDIT
lll
Former chief
minister
addressed the
press after a
race in Pune’s
Pimpri
Chinchwad; the
sport had been
banned in the
state in 2017
SC permission
followed report
submitted by his
erstwhile
government,
ex-CM says
The apex court had
allowed resumption of
bullock-cart races in Maha
in December last year.
Mumbai (PTI):
MNS chief Raj
Thackeray’s hip
bone surgery,
scheduled on
Wednesday, was
deferred after
dead cells of the
novel coronavi-
rus were found
in his blood, a
party spokesper-
son said.
“Doctors (at Li-
lavati Hospital in
Mumbai) in-
formed Thackeray
and his relatives
that he could not
be given anaesthe-
sia because of the
presence of dead
cells of coronavi-
rus in his blood.
Hence the surgery
has to be resched-
uled. The doctors
have asked Thack-
eray to visit the
hospital after a gap
of eight days. The
date of the surgery
will be finalized as
per the availability
of doctors and
Thackeray,” he
said.In the last
week of May,
Thackeray an-
nounced that he
was putting off his
visit to Ayodhya,
slated for the first
week of June, due
to the surgery
.
RajThackeray’s
surgery
postponed
Mumbai Police book BJP leader
Mohit Kamboj in fraud case
He is allegedly one
of three directors of
a firm that took loan
of `52 crore and
used it for purposes
other than those
intended
Problems will ease if PM
Modi drops his ego: Raut
Pune (PTI): Many
problemscanbesolved
if Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi drops his
ego, Shiv Sena MP
Sanjay Raut suggested
on Wednesday
.
Rautwasaddressinga
gathering at the inaugu-
ration of Dr Babasaheb
Ambedkar Sanskrutik
Bhavan in Pune.
“Only one message of
Gautam Buddha should
be kept in mind and that
is to leave the ego. The
people who dropped
their ego have become
victorious (in life). But
some people nurture
ego. If the ego is set
aside, then many issues
plaguing society
, the
state and the country
will be solved. Someone
should convey this to
Narendra Modi,” said
the Sena chief spokes-
person.
Speaking about the
upcoming elections to
various municipal cor-
porations in Maharash-
tra, Raut referred to the
Hanuman Chalisa.
“Hanuman Chalisa
should be recited but
people’s problems are
also important. Shiv Se-
na’s councillors work
hardtosolvemanybasic
issues concerning peo-
ple, but we do not an-
nounce this on loud-
speakers. But this time
we will also put up loud-
speakers to tell people
about what Shiv Sena
has done,” he said.
Cong’s Patole confident that all 4 MVA nominees will win RS polls
First India Bureau
Shirdi: All four candi-
dates of the Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi (MVA)
will win the upcom-
ing Rajya Sabha elec-
tions from Maharash-
tra, state Congress
chief Nana Patole
said on Wednesday.
The Congress is a con-
stituentof thestate’srul-
ing MVA, which also
comprises the Shiv Sena
and the Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP). Talk-
ing to reporters in
Shirdi, Patole parried
questions on discontent
within Congress over
the candidature of Im-
ran Pratapgarhi, party’s
minority cell head who
hailsfromUttarPradesh.
“I said on the day of
filing the nomination of
(Pratapgarhi) that all
four candidates will be
victorious. We have the
arithmetic with us,” he
said. The Congress on
Wednesday began the
‘NavSankalpWorkshop’
at Shirdi, on the lines of
the party’s ‘Chintan Shi-
vir’ held in Rajasthan’s
Udaipur city last month.
There has been a dis-
content over the Con-
gress decision to field
Pratapgarhi, who is not
from the state. Maha-
rashtra Congress Gen-
eral Secretary Ashish
Deshmukh had resigned
to protest over Pratap-
garhi’scandidature.For-
mer CM and senior Con-
gress leader Prithviraj
Chavan had suggested
thatMukulWasnik,who
is contesting from Ra-
jasthan, be fielded from
Maharashtra as he hails
from the state.
Some leaders had tak-
en to Twitter to express
their displeasure over
the party’s decision.
However, Patole attrib-
uted the party’s decision
to democracy
. He also
said, “Around 40-50 of-
fice-bearers have ten-
dered resignation from
various Congress posts,
in line with the party’s
decision of ‘one person
one post’ taken during
the Chintan Shivir in
Udaipur.”
The six Rajya Sabha
seats from Maharashtra
will go to polls on June
10. However, there are
seven candidates in the
fray for the election.
Fadnavis asks MVA govt
to decrease duties on fuel
First India Bureau
Mumbai: After the
Centre cleared the
Goods Services
Tax (GST) dues to
states, with Maha-
rashtra getting the
largest share,
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leader
Devendra Fadnavis
on Wednesday said
the state government
should now slash the
excise duties on fuel
and provide relief to
the common man.
Fuel prices are not
covered under GST
and every state has the
right to decide excise
duty rates. Maharash-
tra is said to have the
highest rate in the
country
.
After the Central
government cleared
the GST dues on May
31, Fadnavis shared
the Union govern-
ment’s release and
highlighted the fact
that the state had re-
ceived Rs14,145 crore.
“The state takes
pride in blaming the
Centre for every-
thing. The state
should immediately
bring down prices by
reducing excise
duty,” he tweeted.
Centre cleared all
its GST dues on
May 31 and
released `14,145
cr to the state
“The Union government has paid
Rs14,145 crore to Maharashtra, clear-
ing its dues till May 31 this year. The
government has cleared its dues to all the
states. Will Maharashtra government now slash
the fuel prices or prefer to blame the Centre for
making more payment of the GST? Whenever
the state had a chance to exercise its administra-
tive skills for good, it has always postponed.”
—Former Maha CM Devendra Fadnavis, on Twitter
Senior BJP
leader Devendra
Fadnavis.
—FILE PHOTO
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. —FILE PHOTO
Nana Patole addresses media at
Congress‘Chintan Shivir’ in Shirdi.
Reiterating
party’s hopes,
Maha Cong chief
parried queries
on Pratapgarhi’s
candidature
The BJP, with its strength in the state Assembly, can
win two Rajya Sabha seats on its own. The Congress,
NCP and Shiv Sena can win one seat each. However,
the Sena has fielded two candidates -Sanjay Raut and
Sanjay Pawar - and is banking on surplus votes of the
Congress and NCP for the victory. The BJP has fielded
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, and senior leaders Anil
Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik.
IN THE FRAY
CIVIC BODY ELECTIONS
Congthreatenstomovecourt
overBMCwardreservations
Many leaders are upset over having to give up long-standing bastions under new categorization
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Con-
gress on Wednesday
said it will seek legal
opinion and move
court against the Bri-
hanmumbai Munici-
pal Corporation’s lot-
tery draw process,
which has hit the
party in a big way.
Several leaders in the
civic body across party
lines found their wards
reserved including Con-
gress leader Ravi Raja,
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)leadersPrabhakar
Shinde, Vinod Mishra,
Makarand Narrvekar,
and also Samajwadi Par-
ty’s Rais Shaikh.
Among all parties
with a presence in the
BMC, the Congress
seems to be the worst
hit. Out of 29 Congress
councillors, 21 have
found their wards to be
under reservation. Ravi
Raja’s ward no 182 in
Sion, which has never
been reserved in the
past, has been added to
the reservation list. It
has now been reserved
for women, forcing the
veteran civic leader to
search for another ward
to contest polls.
Former Congress MP
Milind Deora also came
out in support of the
proposal that the party
move court and fight
reservation.Statingthat
Mumbai is the birth-
place of the Congress,
Deora tweeted, “Just be-
cause we joined an alli-
ance to “keep BJP out”,
@INCIndia must not
play 3rd fiddle risk be-
coming irrelevant in
Mumbai, it’s birthplace.
We have a duty towards
our corporators, kar-
yakartas above all, the
voters of Mumbai. I sec-
ond the proposal to
knock on court’s doors.”
Maharashtra Con-
gress President Nana
Patole had earlier op-
posed the ward delimita-
tion exercise, where
number of wards was
increased from 227 to
236. He had said the
growth in number of
wards would unfairly
benefitSenacouncillors.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation —FILE PHOTO
CONG WORST
AFFECTED?
Among all parties
with a presence in
the BMC, the Con-
gress seems to be the
worst hit. Out of 29
Congress councillors,
21 have found their
wards to be under
reservation. Ravi
Raja’s ward no 182 in
Sion, which has never
been reserved in the
past, has been added
to the reservation list.
Only one message
of Gautam Bud-
dha should be
kept in mind and
that is to leave the ego. The
people who dropped their
ego have become victorious
(in life). But some people
nurture ego.
—Sanjay Raut,
Chief spokesperson, Shiv Sena

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2 KILLED, 1 INJURED AFTER
BEING HIT BY TRAIN IN THANE
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
THIEF KILLED BY ASSOCIATE IN DISPUTE
OVER DIVISION OF STOLEN LOOT
MAN SWAPS DEBIT CARD AT PUNE ATM,
STEALS `1.4 LAKH IN PUNE
MURDER ACCUSED TAKES ADVANTAGE OF
VEHICLE TROUBLE, FLEES POLICE CUSTODY
Nashik: A 22-year-old man was killed by his
accomplice in a theft during a dispute over
dividing the stolen loot in the city’s Dhruvana-
gar area on Wednesday, police said. A gang
of thieves had met around 9.30 am to divvy
up the loot, when Atul Ajay Singh (21) fatally
attacked Pavan Nathu Pagare (22) with a
sharp weapon and hit him on the head with a
stone, the official said. A patrolling police team
chased and nabbed the accused, he also said,
adding that the four-member gang was known
to carry out petty thefts in Satpur and sur-
rounding areas. Police are investigating further.
Pune: A 48-year-old man filed a complaint with
the Bhosari MIDC police on Monday stating
an unknown man swapped his debit card and
withdrew Rs1.43 lakh from his account on
March 14. Sub-inspector Sachin Chavan of the
Bhosari MIDC police said that the victim had
gone to a public sector bank’s ATM to withdraw
cash on March 14, when the thief pretended
to help him withdraw cash. “However, he
swapped his debit card for that of the victim.
The suspect not only withdrew cash but also
made some online transfers, totalling Rs1.44
lakh,” Chavan said.
Palghar: A man accused of murder gave po-
lice the slip in Palghar district, an official from
Mokhada police station said on Wednesday. The
police had arrested the accused, Vijay Choudhary
(29), in connection with a murder case on May
25, and taken him to Nashik for interrogation on
Monday. He was being brought back to Mokhada
taluka here, when the police van developed a snag
en route. Thereafter, security personnel and the
accused got down from the vehicle, and Choud-
hary escaped from custody, the official said, add-
ing that police have registered an offence against
the accused and efforts are on to trace him.
Thane: Two persons were killed and another one
injured after being hit by a local train while they
were crossing railway tracks near Diva station in
Thane district around 8.30 am on Wednesday,
police said. Two women and a man were cross-
ing the tracks to reach a platform, when the man
and one woman fell down and were run over by
the train. The other woman fell near the tracks,
suffered severe injuries and was hospitalized,
the official said. The deceased were identified as
Sashikant Sawant (26) and Geeta Shinde (25). The
police have registered a case of accidental death.
Alarmedbyrisingcases,BMC
preparestoscaleupnCoVfight
First India Bureau
Mumbai: With COV-
ID-19 positive cases
rising sharply over
the past week, the
Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation
Administrator Iqbal
Singh Chahal—fol-
lowing a meeting
with Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray—
has directed the civic
body to be alert to the
threat and be pre-
pared to rapidly scale
up its health facili-
ties, if required.
Although Mumbai’s
population has been
comprehensively cov-
ered by vaccination,
Chahal asked the civic
administration to be on
high alert, especially
withtheSouthwestmon-
soon due to hit Mumbai
later this week.
Worryingly
, 17 pa-
tients, of the total 506
new infections reported
on Tuesday
, have had to
be hospitalized.
On Wednesday
, Mum-
bai reported 739 new
cases, while 1,018 new
cases were reported
across Maharashtra.
The data showed that
there are 4,032 active
cases in the state, with
2,970 in Mumbai alone.
Chahal has issued or-
ders to increase testing
for COVID-19 and keep
all medical laboratories
ready with adequate
manpower and equip-
ment. He has also asked
the administration to
speedupthevaccination
of teenagers in the 12-18
age group and encour-
age those eligible to take
the booster dose.
He has also asked
Jumbo Covid Hospitals
to be alert and be pre-
pared with adequate
manpower in case facili-
ties need to be scaled up
to counter any major in-
creasesinthenumberof
cases. He also asked all
assistant municipal
commissioners to re-
view the functioning of
the ward control rooms;
revive the ward-level
war rooms with ade-
quate medical person-
nel, other employees,
ambulances, etc.; and
take a daily review of
cases to be able to take
swift measures to con-
trol the rise in cases.
Healsodirectedallad-
ditional municipal com-
missioners to visit Jum-
bo Covid hospitals in
their jurisdictions to re-
view whether they are
equipped with adequate
stocks of medical sup-
plies, equipment, medi-
cal oxygen systems, fire
prevention systems and
necessaryarrangements
for monsoon.
Further, the health de-
partment has also asked
private hospitals to be
alert for any sharp in-
crease in cases.
Civic body to
increase testing,
ready jumbo
centres, speed
up teen
vaccinations
CORONA UPDATE
4,032
TOTAL ACTIVE CASES
739
Reported across
Mumbai in 1 day
NEW CASES
WORRYINGLY,
17 PATIENTS
AMONG
TUEDAY’S 506
NEW ADDITIONS
HOSPITALIZED
Drive against helmetless bikers intensifies
First India Bureau
Nashik: The Nashik
city police have inten-
sified action against
helmetless bikers, de-
spite the repeal of the
‘no helmet, no petrol’
rule instituted by the
previous Commission-
er of Police (CP) Deep-
ak Pandey
.
Without any major an-
nouncement, traffic po-
lice have started taking
action against such rid-
ers in various parts of
the city such as Dwarka,
Mumbai Naka, CBS, Sa-
haranpur police chowky
,
and so on.
According to senior
traffic police officials,
the good news is that
they can now easily spot
bikers without helmets
because most bikers
havestartedwearinghel-
mets. A traffic police in-
spector said that earlier
when they stopped one
biker without a helmet,
five to six others would
manage to escape action
at checkpoints. However,
most bikers now wear
helmets, police officers
can easily identify hel-
metless bikers.
When the city police
decided to step up their
crackdown on helmet-
less bikers two months
ago, they released fig-
ures of road fatalities
from October 2021 to
March 31, 2022, stating
that there were 59 fatal
accidents during the
previous six months, in
which 54 men and eight
women died. There were
48 men and eight women
among them who were
not wearing helmets.
48 of 58 men who
died in road accidents
befween October 2021
and April 2022 had
not been wearing
helmets. Among
women, the fatality
rate was 8/8.
Rhea Chakraborty gets
court nod to travel abroad
Mumbai (PTI): A
special NDPS court
here on Wednesday
permitted actor
Rhea Chakraborty,
who is out on bail
after being arrested
in a drugs case re-
lated to actor Sush-
ant Singh Rajput’s
death in June 2020,
to travel to Abu Dha-
bi for four days to
attend the IIFA
awards show.
Special Judge AA
Joglekar directed the
Narcotics Control Bu-
reau (NCB), the prose-
cuting agency
, to hand
over the actor’s pass-
porttoher,andpermit-
ted her to travel to Abu
Dhabi June 02-05.
The court, while
imposing a slew of
conditions on
Chakraborty, said she
shall appear before
the Indian Embassy
in Abu Dhabi daily to
mark her attendance,
submit her itinerary
to the NCB and resur-
render her passport to
the NCB once she re-
turns to India.
“The applicant is
also directed to fur-
nish additional cash
security of Rs1 lakh
with the registry of
this court,” the spe-
cial court said in its
order.
Chakraborty’s ad-
vocate Nikhil
Maneshinde told the
court that the actor
has been invited by
the International In-
dian Film Academy’s
(IIFA) director to
walk the green car-
pet, present an award
and also host an in-
teraction.
The criminal pros-
ecution has affected
Chakraborty’s acting
career and she has
suffered setbacks and
faced significant fi-
nancial losses. Such
opportunities are im-
portant for her pros-
pects in the industry,
Maneshinde said.
The actor is out
on bail after being
arrested in a
drugs-related
case related to
actor Sushant
Singh Rajput’s
death in June
2020
Only e-buses to ply
Pune-Mumbai route
by Nov, MSRTC says
First India Bureau
Pune: The Maharash-
tra State Road Trans-
port Corporation
(MSRTC) will operate
only e-buses on the
Pune-Mumbai route
in the next four to six
months,saidMSRTC’s
Vice-Chairman and
Managing Director
Shekhar Channe.
The MSRTC’s air-
conditioned e-buses,
christened Shivai,
would travel the 180km
distance between the
two cities in about four
hours. Their maximum
speed lock is 80 km/h.
AfullychargedShivai
bus can travel 300km at
onego.Thevehicleswith
322KV batteries would
take three hours to get
fully recharged if they
completely run out of
charge.
“Additional charging
stations will be set up
along the Pune-Mumbai
Expresswayafterassess-
ment and studies,”
Channe said.
There are now 90
Shivneri buses plying
each day between Pune
and Mumbai.
“Only premium
Shivneri buses operate
on the Pune-Mumbai
route. The Shivneri
fleet would be replaced
by e-buses by Septem-
ber or November,”
Channe said, adding
that the Shivneri buses
would be used on alter-
nate routes.
The electric bus ser-
vice was launched on
June 1, to mark the day
when the state-run
transportation agency
entered the 75th year of
its operations.
Only premium
Shivneri buses
operate on the
Pune-Mumbai route.
These will be replaced by
the Shivai e-buses by
September or November.
—Shekhar Channe, MSRTC’s
Vice-Chairman and Managing
Director
A drone delivery logistics provider on
Wednesday unveiled its long-range
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle christened
‘Artemis’ at the Air Cargo India exhibition
in Mumbai. The new UAV has the
largest wingspan among electric vertical
take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicles
in India. Crafted for long-range cargo
movements, ‘Artemis’ is three times
faster than multi-rotors boasting of 100
kmph speed and has an endurance of
90 minutes. It is also equipped to carry
a payload of six kg with a range of 100
km. The drone is best suited for different
business verticals such as healthcare,
e-commerce and agri-commodity
delivery. It was launched by Skye Air
Mobility CEO Ankit Kumar.
HIGH-FLYING ACHIEVEMENT

PERSPECTIVE
04
to the ground. This was my
initiation into the humble
world of Samaj Sevaks, peo-
plewhoworkwholeheartedly
for society and the country
.
The process of debunking
myths about contesting elec-
tions had started for me.
I was told that I would be
fighting against a candidate
belonging to the royal family
and had ruled over the area
from 1952 to 1998. So it was
natural that winning the
election was going to be no
walk in the park for me, nei-
ther would my candidature
be accepted easily. Seniors
advised me to spread a word
among my family, friends
and relatives that I would be
fighting the elections and
seek their support. They
also advised me to meet
Atalji, Advaniji, Kushabhau
Thakre and Sushmaji.
The first karyakarta meet-
ing was to be held at Agarwal
Dharamshala, Gurgaon. We
were fighting as a coalition
so a joint meeting with Indi-
an National Lokdal and BJP
karyakartas was organized.
The hall was chock-full of
workers of the two parties.
Modiji was present for the
meeting along with the most
renowned names of the BJP
.
What transpired that day
touched me to the core and I
grew emotionally attached
with Modiji for his brotherly
protection,guidanceandsup-
port. In his speech, Modiji
said, “One vote has made all
the difference and it is this- it
is the vote of Congress’s Rao
Indrajeet. Now Sudha Yadav
will fight for this seat. She is
a Veerangana and does not
have anything. We have to
help her fight and win.”
Modiji spread out a sheet on
the floor and placed a steel
Kalash in the centre. He then
charged the hall with these
words “I am a pracharak and
the Sangh takes care of me
and my expenses. Several
years ago when I visited my
mother, she blessed me with
Rs 11 and told me that this
money will come in handy
someday
. I feel it was for this
day that my mother gave me
that money
. I offer Rs 11 for
mysisterSudhaYadav’sfight
in this election and I request
all the karyakartas to sacri-
fice in this yajna everything
they have on them right now,
except for the fare to go back
home.” I was mesmerized, in
a state of transcendence, as
this entire experience was so
new to me. Within half an
hour, at Modiji’s behest, an
amount of Rs 7.5 lakh had
been collected as funds for
my election campaign.
This is how my political
journey began. After this
Modiji organised a sabha in
my Lok Sabha constituency
.
It was a magnificent sabha
in Rewari and Atalji was to
attend it as well. Modiji rode
on a scooter the entire day to
gauge the pulse of the peo-
ple and the response to our
campaign. My car was stuck
in jam as people were gush-
ing in for the sabha and the
hovering of Atalji’s helicop-
ter could be heard signaling
his arrival. Modiji got me a
lift on a scooter too that took
me through the narrow
lanes so that I could make it
to the sabha in time. After
the event was over, Atalji
had a brief interaction with
me before leaving. He con-
gratulated me for inching
closer to a win. At last, when
I met Modiji at the party of-
fice later in the day, he said
“Look, you are winning this
election. Keep your calm
and continue to campaign
for a couple of days more.
You will make it.” And in-
deed, I won that election!
TO BE CONTINUED…
udha Yadav is a Kargil war
widow and has been a Lok
Sabha MP from Haryana.
Modi’s decision to field Kar-
gil war widows as candidates
gave this teacher a chance to
contest elections. Modi was
PrabhariatHaryanaofficeat
that time. The story is about
the immense support and
guidance that she received
from Modiji for the big con-
test. The incident as it hap-
pened: Modiji had once re-
ceived Rs 11 from his mother
in blessing, which he in turn,
a few years down the line,
handed over to Sudha Yadav
as a blessing to initiate her
election campaign and asked
the karyakartas to contrib-
ute whatever they had on
them at that moment to fund
her campaign. Within half
an hour, there were Rs 7.5
lakh on the blanket donated
as a campaign fund for Sud-
ha and of course, Sudha Ya-
dav won that election.
There were 18 Kargil war
widows in the area I resided
in and it was Modiji’s vision
to field someone from the
family of martyrs for that
election. I was a teacher by
profession and was clueless
about the ways of politics.
All of a sudden I started re-
ceiving calls from BJP mem-
bers encouraging me to con-
test elections but I continued
to refuse as neither my fam-
ily nor I ever imagined my-
self cut out for such a role.
Also, I had no political back-
ground. It was then that
Chaudhary Ishwar Singhji,
who was then the State Pres-
ident of Kisan Morcha, said
to me “I will give you a num-
ber. Speak to the person. You
will find your way
.” It hap-
pened to be Narendrabhai’s
number. Let me reiterate, I
was so politically naive, I did
not even know what it meant
to be Rashtriye Sanghathan
Mahamantri of BJP
.
Nevertheless, I called up
the landline number. Naren-
dra bhai used to reside at
HarishchandraMathurLane
at that time. He answered the
call himself and I introduced
myself. I said that the mem-
bers of the BJP are persuad-
ing me to contest the upcom-
ing elections and since I am
befuddled I have been given
your number. What he said to
me completely changed my
perspective.Hesaid“Sudhaji
a great change has come in
yourlifewiththemartyrdom
of your husband. Now you
must come out to serve soci-
ety
. Just say yes and the party
will help you fight the elec-
tions.” Although I wasn’t
completelyconvincedwheth-
er really politics was my cup
of tea, I called up Narendra
bhai the next day and con-
firmed to him my intention
to contest the elections. But
again I shared my misgiv-
ingswithhimandsaid,“Nar-
endra bhai, a few party work-
ers have told me that a lot of
money is required to run an
election campaign whereas I
belong to the service class.
What I have received as
exgratia payment, I wish to
save for my children. My
daughter is 7 while my son is
only three and a half. So this
money I cannot spend.” Nar-
endra bhai replied “Sudhaji
just say yes. Sangathan will
help you fight the elections.
These are all myths about
elections that you must not
harbour.HavefaithinNaren-
dra bhai and say yes to serv-
ing the society
.”
Thiswasthefirsttelephon-
ic conversation I had with
Narendra bhai and I was yet
to meet him in person. My
first meeting with some of
the senior leaders of the
Sangh Parivar happened a
coupleof dayslateratHarish-
chandra Mathur Lane which
wastheresidenceof anMP
.It
had two rooms at the back
and an open area in the front.
I was awe-stricken to find
Modiji,suchawell-knownpo-
litical figure, sitting on a mat-
tress on the floor, with books
strewn all over the place and
a telephone next to him. One
hadonlytotakeoff one’sslip-
persattheentranceandsiton
the floor to hold a discussion
with him. Even in my wildest
dreams, I could not have im-
agined Narendra bhai to be
someonesosimpleandrooted
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SAINIK
EK
Modiji organised a sabha in my LS
constituency. Modiji rode on a scooter
the entire day to gauge the pulse of
the people and the response to our
campaign. My car was stuck in jam as
people were gushing in for the sabha
and hovering of Atalji’s helicopter could
be heard signaling his arrival. Modiji
got me a lift on a scooter too that took
me through the narrow lanes so that I
could make it to sabha in time.
‘MODIJI GOT ME A LIFT ON A
SCOOTER SO THAT I COULD
MAKE IT TO SABHA IN TIME’
The first karyakarta meeting was to be
held in Gurgaon. I grew emotionally
attached with Modiji for his brotherly
protection, guidance and support. In
his speech, Modiji said, “One vote has
made all the difference and it is this- it
is the vote of Congress’s Rao Indrajeet.
Now Sudha Yadav will fight for this seat.
She is a Veerangana and does not have
anything. We have to help her
fight and win.”
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HIS BROTHERLY PROTECTION’
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05
INDIA
COURTESY VISIT
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla meets President Ram Nath
Kovind on Wednesday.
Bihar politicos see eye to
eye, caste census soon
New Delhi: Caste-
based survey to be con-
ducted in Bihar soon,
announced chief minis-
ter Nitish Kumar on
Wednesday
.
Addressing a press
conference along with
RJD leader Tejashwi
Yadav, Nitish Kumar
said that the “caste-
based count” will done
in a set time frame.
The Bihar chief minis-
ter made announce-
ment after an all-party
meet held on Wednes-
day.
“In the meeting all
nine parties unani-
mously decided that a
caste-based census will
be done in a set time
frame. Soon a cabinet
decision will be taken
and it will be available
in the public domain,”
Nitish said.
RJD leader Tejashwi
Yadav asserted that the
“caste-based survey”
was in the interest of
the people of the state
and urged the Central
government to provide
the necessary finan-
cial support.
“It’s a caste-based
survey, not a census.
It’s our win. Today we
suggested (in the all-
party meeting) that so-
cial anthropologists
should be included in
this,” Tejashwi said.
“We’ve said to bring
the (bill) in the next
cabinet meeting and
start it in the month of
November. During
Chhath puja people who
reside outside Bihar
will also come to the
state and till then we
can complete prepara-
tion for it,” he added.
All nine parties unanimously decided to go ahead with caste census
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addresses a press conference after an all-party
meeting on the caste-based census in the state, at Samvad Hall in Patna. —PHOTO BY PTI
RJD PASSES RESOLUTION EMPOWERING
TEJASHWI TO TAKE PARTY DECISIONS
Patna: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs in Bihar
have passed a resolution authorising leader of the op-
position, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav to take all calls related to
the party’s strategy inside and outside the House during a
state legislature party held on Tuesday late evening, lead-
ers aware of the matter said. The decision is indicative of
how the 32-year-old Yadav scion has got an elevation in
the party’s hierarchy as the de-facto number 2 as well as
the heir apparent to the ailing RJD chief, Lalu Prasad Ya-
dav, by wielding more powers in organisaitonal matters.
Peace cannot be
restored by army,
police in Kashmir:
Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar (Agencies):
Assertingthatpeacecan-
notberestoredbytheuse
of army and
police in
K a s h m i r,
N a t i o n a l
Conference
chief Fa-
rooq Abdullah batted
strongly for bringing all
politicalpartiesonboard
tofindoutawaytotackle
this grave situation and
said people want protec-
tion of their families.
Abdullah asked the
government to be very
alert during forthcom-
ing Amarnath yatra
and said if there is one
single untoward inci-
dent during the yatra,
there will be country-
wide repercussions.
In reply to a question
about the security chal-
lenge to Amarnath
yatra, he said, “God for-
bid, if there is even one
untoward incident, re-
percussionof whichwill
not only be faced by
Jammu and Kashmir
but entire India. They
(government) have to be
veryalertandcautious.”
UP CM Yogi Adityanath lays the foundation stone of the sanctum
sanctorum of the Ram temple, in Ayodhya. —PHOTO BY PTI
Yogi places first
stone for Mandir’s
‘Garbha Griha’
Ayodhya (Agencies):
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Wednesday
performed a ‘Shila Pu-
jan’ (prayer ritual) of
the sanctum sancto-
rum of the Ram temple
and said the temple
will be a “symbol of
people’s belief”.
Yogi Adityanath laid
the foundation of the
Ram Temple’s sanctum
sanctorumamidstchant-
ing of mantras in the
presenceof theRamtem-
ple trust, Deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Prasad
Maurya and others.
“This temple will be
symbol of people’s be-
lief. It will be a ‘Rashtra
mandir’ and its work
will move forward with
full speed,” Yogi said.
“The 500-year old
‘tadpan’ (uneasiness) of
devotees is going to end
and we will have a tem-
ple in Ayodhya,” Yogi
Adityanath asserted.
Earlier, Maurya said
the first phase of the
Ram temple construc-
tion is completed and
the second phase will
start after the founda-
tion laying of the sanc-
tum sanctorum.
Cannot‘mediate’ in Naga issue,says Himanta
New Delhi (Agencies):
Inavirtualroyalsnubto
the Nagaland Core Com-
mittee comprising state
ministers and legisla-
tors,AssamChief Minis-
ter and NEDA convener
Himanta Biswa Sarma
said on Wednesday that
“Idon’tthinkIcanmedi-
ate in such a big issue”.
“This(Nagainsurgen-
cy-political problem) is a
big complex issue. The
Government of India
has already nominated
A.K. Mishra to negotiate
with the NSCN(IM) and
findoutasolutionthatis
acceptable to everyone,”
Sarma said a day after
the Core Committee in-
vited him for a meeting
in Dimapur on Thurs-
day
.
The key panel is head-
ed by Nagaland Chief
Minister Neiphiu Rio of
theNDPPandcomprises
BJP leader and Deputy
CM Y Patton, former
Chief Minister TR Zeli-
ang (also NDPP) and
NPFleaderKAzoNienu.
However, Sarma
maintained that at the
“political level” as the
NEDA convener, he
keepsoninteractingand
meeting the leaders of
BJP
, NDPP and NPF in
Nagaland.Rioisheading
the NDPP-BJP-NPF ‘op-
position-less’ govern-
ment in the state where
Assembly elections are
due by Feb-March 2023.
“We keep on talking
because all are NEDA
leaders. But my role is
limited — only to inter-
act with our NEDA part-
ners and not beyond,”
Sarma said.
Assam CM with his Nagaland counterpart Neiphiu Rio. —FILE
Lakhimpur Kheri violence witness escapes attempt on life.
Lakhimpur witness
shot at, security
guard was on leave
Lakhimpur Kheri: A
Bharatiya Kisan Union
(BKU) office-bearer and
a witness to the mowing
down of farmers pro-
testing against the now-
repealed farm laws in
October 2021 in Uttar
Pradesh’s Lakhimpur
Kheri escaped an at-
tempt on his life late on
Tuesday
.
Police said two uni-
dentified armed men on
a bike intercepted the
SUV Dilbag Singh, the
Lakhimpur Kheri dis-
trict president of BKU
which spearheaded the
agitation against the
farm laws, was travel-
ling in and fired on it.
How SC lashed Alla-
habad High Court over
Ashish Mishra’s bail in
Lakhimpur Kheri case
Huge setback for
Ashish Misra Teni, key
accused in the Lakhim-
pur violence case. The
Supreme Court has
canceled the bail of
Ashish Mishra Teni.
son of MoS Home Ajay
Mishra Teni, in Lakh-
impur Kheri case as Su-
preme Court ordered
the accused to surren-
der in a week. He is cur-
rently out on bail after
Allahabad High Court
granted him bail on...
Singh said his police
guard was on leave at
the time of the attack as
his son was sick.
Congress has leaders but no
party workers, says Nadda
Bhopal (Agencies):
BJP president JP Na-
dda on Wednesday took
a dig at the Congress
saying the grand old
party is a workerless
party in Madhya
Pradesh. His remarks
came after he arrived in
Bhopal on Wednesday
.
Nadda claimed, “A
Congress leader told
him that around 40 lead-
ers are mahamantri
and over 150 are mantri
in the Madhya Pradesh
Congress, but it has no
workersontheground.”
Nadda arrived in the
state capital on a three-
day visit to Madhya
Pradesh on Wednesday
.
Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan, State
BJP president V
.D. Shar-
ma and other senior
BJP leaders welcomed
him at the state hanger.
Nadda further said
that only BJP had lead-
ers, policies, intention,
workers and environ-
ment to work. All these
qualities were needed
for success in politics.
Addressing the BJP
leaders and party work-
ers, he said that he felt
overwhelmed by the
grand welcome.
JP Nadda
BRIEF
in
in
GHOSH IN NO
MOOD TO ABIDE
BY GAG ORDER
Kolkata: BJP’s nation-
al Vice President and
former West Bengal
unit chief Dilip Ghosh
seems to be in no
mood to honour his
party high command’s
order barring him
from making media
statements against its
leadership. Just a day
after BJP’s national
General Secretary
and headquarters
in-charge, Arun Singh
sent an email commu-
nique to Ghosh on this
count, the latter was
in his usual maverick
mood on Wednesday.
“I have not received
such communication
from the party high
command,” he said.
BRIJESH KALAPPA
QUITS CONGRESS
IN KARNATAKA
Bengaluru: The Con-
gress party in Karnata-
ka has suffered another
setback with senior
party worker Brijesh
Kalappa resigning
to switch over to the
Aam Aadmi Party. Mr
Kalappa, a Supreme
Court advocate, joined
the grand old party in
1997. While making
the announcement
in an emotional note
addressed to Congress
chief Sonia Gandhi, he
said he started losing
the passion for con-
tinuing working for the
party’s interest as he
was not given his due.
CIVILIAN SHOT AT
BY MILITANTS IN
JK’S SHOPIAN
Srinagar: Militants
shot and injured
a civilian in JK’s
Shopian district on
Wednesday. Police
sources said that the
militants fired at the
civilian in Rakh-e-Ch-
idren village of Shop-
ian district. “The
civilian, identified as
Farooq Ahmad from
Rakh-e-Chidren,
was shifted to the
hospital where his
condition is stated to
be stable. The area
has been cordoned
off and a search
operation is on,” the
sources said.
Bawana gang vows
revenge in 2 days
The Delhi-based Neeraj
Bawanaganghasthreat-
ened to launch a retalia-
tory attack in the wake
of Punjab singer Sidhu
Moosewala’s broad day
light murder in Punjab.
In a Facebook story,
the gang has vowed to
deliver results in just
two days. The message
was uploaded by a Fa-
cebook profile named
‘Neeraj Bawana Delhi
NCR’. “Jai Baba ki.
Got the tragic news.
Sidhu Moosewala was
our brother from
heart. WIll deliver re-
sults in 2 days,” read
the FB post.
Sidhu Moosewala

❍ MOOSE WALA’S MURDER
‘ACCUSED GANGSTER
NOT COOPERATING’
New Delhi: A gangster who
is a suspect in the murder
of Sidhu Moose Wala is
not cooperating with the
police during interrogation,
Delhi Police sources have
said. The gangster, Law-
rence Bishnoi, has denied
any role in the killing of the
Punjabi singer on Sunday,
the sources said.
United Nations (Agen-
cies): India has cau-
tioned over the “height-
ened”threatof misuseof
biological agents and
chemicals as weapons
against the backdrop of
the COVID-19 pandemic
andcalledontheinterna-
tional community to ad-
dress the rapid evolution
of proliferation risks.
It said new and
emerging technologies
may increase the risk
of Weapons of Mass De-
struction (WMD) access
by terrorist groups and
other non-state actors.
“The access to these
weapons of mass de-
struction by terrorists
and other non-state ac-
tors adds a serious di-
mension to threats
posed by these weapons
to international peace
and security,” A Amar-
nath, a counsellor at
India’s UN Mission,
said on Tuesday
.
Speaking at the open
consultations of the UN
Security Council 1540
Committee on the pro-
liferation of nuclear,
chemical and biological
weapons, he said a key
area that needs the fo-
cus of the international
community is the rapid
evolution of prolifera-
tion risks.
“New and emerging
technologies may in-
crease these risks of
WMD access by terror-
ist groups and other
non-state actors. The
growing capabilities of
terrorists and other
non-state groups to ac-
cess delivery systems
like missiles and un-
manned/uncrewed aer-
ial systems have com-
pounded the risks of
terrorism using WMDs.
“Similarly, in the
COVID-era,thethreatof
misuse of biological
agents and chemicals as
weapons,combinedwith
advances in chemistry
and biology
, has height-
ened.Theopenconsulta-
tions would be a useful
forum to deliberate on
theseissuesandhowthe
Committee can assist
member states in this
area,” he said.
An outbreak of novel
coronavirus was first
reported in central Chi-
na’s Wuhan city in De-
cember, 2019 and spread
rapidly to become a pan-
demic. Over 530,022,000
cases of COVID-19 have
been reported globally
while the disease has
claimed the lives of over
6,292,000 people, accord-
ing to Johns Hopkins
University
.
He stressed that India
accords great impor-
tancetotheimplementa-
tion of resolution 1540.
India points to risk of terrorists using bioweapons
IN COVID’S AFTERMATH
In Covid-era, the threat of misuse of biological agents and chemicals as weapons has heightened.

06
INDIA
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: When for-
mer Karnataka Chief
Minister BS Yedi-
yurappa was removed
from the post of Chief
Minister, there was
talk that his son BY Vi-
jayendra would be
made a minister in the
state government, but
that did not happen.
Then there was a dis-
cussion that he would
be given ticket in the
Legislative Council
elections to be held on
seven seats, but he
didn’t even get the tick-
et. Now Yediyurappa
has said that a big re-
sponsibility will be
given to his son. There-
fore the question is,
will his son get the big
responsibility as his
father has claimed?
Keep in mind that the
assembly elections are
going to be held in the
state next year and it is
believed that Vijayen-
dra can get a ticket
then. But contesting
the assembly elections
is not a big responsibil-
ity. So the question
natural arises: Is Yedi-
yurappa seeing his son
become the chief min-
ister?
On the other hand,
knowledgeable BJP
leaders say that Basa-
varaj Bommai has
been made the Chief
Minister of the state as
Yeddiurappa’s choice.
So now there is no need
to listen to him.
Either he can keep a
chief minister of his
choice or get his son
made a minister. It is
said that Yeddyurappa
is sacrificing his son
only to keep ‘alive’ CM
‘nominated’ bi him.
But it won’t last long.
Yeddiurappa will real-
ly take some big re-
sponsibility in the
party for his son be-
fore the next assembly
elections. If his son is
not made a minister,
then he would like to
interfere more in the
distribution of assem-
bly tickets so that
more and more people
can get tickets. Yedi-
yurappa is laying his
cards by sensing the
situation of a hung as-
sembly and therefore,
the assembly elections
next year are going to
be interesting.
Does BS Yediyurappa see a CM in his son?
FATHER PAVES THE WAY!
Srinagar (Agencies):
More than 100 Hindu
families have fled Kash-
miraspanicspreadafter
the killing of a Hindu
school teacher in the re-
gion, a community lead-
er said on Wednesday
.
Militants on Tuesday
shot dead Rajni Bala,
36, outside a govern-
ment school in Kulgam
that lies south of Srina-
gar - the latest in a spate
of targeted killings of
Hindus and Muslims.
Avtar Krishan Bhat,
president of a Hindu
Kashmiri Pandit colony
in Kashmir’s Baramul-
la, said that around half
of the 300 families liv-
ing in the area had fled
since Tuesday
.
“They were terrified
after yesterday’s kill-
ing. We will also leave
by tomorrow as we are
waiting for a govern-
ment response,” he
said. “We had asked the
government to relocate
us outside Kashmir.”
Residents said po-
lice had sealed off a
Hindu area in Srina-
gar and stepped up se-
curity around places
where Kashmiri Pan-
dit government em-
ployees live.
The local administra-
tion did not immediate-
ly respond to a request
for comment on fami-
lies fleeing, but the re-
gion’s top government
official, Lieutenant
Governor Manoj Sinha,
last month assured
Kashmiri Pandits that
measures would be tak-
en for their security
.
Some 2,50,000 Kash-
miri Pandits left the
Kashmir valley in 1989.
KASHMIR EXODUS 2.0!
OVER 100 HINDU FAMILIES FLEE
VALLEY AFTER TEACHER’S KILLING
Relatives and family members of government teacher Rajni Bala mourn during her funeral, in Samba
on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Modi-Shah’s
political...
while upping the ante
and demanding the
caste census. The BJP
realizes that a census
would throw up the
real political picture
about who the true
representatives of var-
ious caste formations
actually are in India,”
the senior BJP leader
told First India. The
RS candidature for
Shambu Sharan Patel
from Bihar is also
aimed at embarrass-
ing Nitish Kumar who
denied JDU Union
Steel Minister RCP
Singh a fresh RS nomi-
nation, as all three be-
long to the Kurmi com-
munity.
Explaining further,
the person close to the
development told First
India that it was only
the BJP that an-
nounced that it would
ensure 27% reserva-
tions for OBC commu-
nities informally
while giving seats to
candidates in the
forthcoming civic elec-
tions. It may be noted
here that Maharashtra
Pradesh Congress
Committee (MPCC)
president Nana Patole
has also announced
plans to offer way
higher representation
to OBC candidates.
The Income Tax depart-
ment on Wednesday
started search opera-
tions at about 400 loca-
tions belonging to vari-
ous groups, including
liquorbarons,acrossthe
country
, sources said.
The search operation
is on at five states, in-
cluding Haryans's Guru-
gram, Mumbai, Delhi.
In Mumbai, an I-T
team reached the office
of Embassy Group situ-
ated in Bandra Kurla
Complex. Nobody was
allowed to leave or enter
the office.
At Gurugram, the
search operation was on
at the office of a busi-
nessman who deals with
liquor. The government
agency has doubt that
they are allegedly in-
volved in tax evasion.
I-T raids at 400
locations of liquor
barons, others
New Delhi (PTI): India
has underscored that its
projectsarefullycompli-
ant with the provisions
of the Indus Water Trea-
ty and it is committed to
bilateral resolution of
issues and suggestions
givenbyPakistanduring
a meeting of the Perma-
nentIndusCommission,
sources told media.
The discussion was
held during PIC's 118th
meeting, comprising In-
dus Commissioners of
India and Pakistan, that
concluded on Tuesday
in New Delhi. India has
also said it is already
providing information
of extraordinary dis-
charges of water from
reservoirs and flood
flows after Pakistan re-
quested New Delhi to
provide advance flood
information during the
forthcoming flood sea-
son, they said. Techni-
cal discussions were not
held during the meet-
ing, sources said.
India further assured
that the same will be
continued in the man-
ner provided in the
Treaty
, they said.
India assured that In-
dian projects are fully
compliant with the pro-
visions of the Treaty
and it is committed to
bilateral resolution of
issues, and suggestions
given by Pakistan dur-
ing 117th meeting will
be examined and dis-
cussed in the next meet-
ing, sources said.
‘Indian projects fully comply
with Water Treaty,Pak told’
AUTHORITIES LOCK
KASHMIRI PANDITS
Srinagar: Migrant
Kashmiri Pandit
employees were on
Wednesday confined to
their pooled accom-
modations by the
authorities as they have
threatened to leave the
Valley in protest against
recent killings by the
militants. Authorities
confined migrant Kash-
miri Pandit employees
to pooled accommo-
dations in Tullamulla
area of Ganderbal
district, Sheikhpora
in Budgam district,
Veesu in Anantnag and
in Baramulla and Kup-
wara districts. These
employees have not
been attending duties
after Rahul Bhat was
killed by militants.
AFTER CLINCHING VICTORY
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Womens World Boxing Championships 2022 gold
medalist boxer Nikhat Zareen and bronze medalist boxers Manisha Moun and Parveen
Hooda, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Tobringefficiency
and check the pilferage
of staterevenue,thePun-
jab government on
Wednesdayabolishedthe
physical stamp papers.
Stamp papers of any de-
nomination can now be
obtained via e-stamp, ie,
computerised print-outs
from any stamp vendor
or from banks author-
ised by the state govern-
ment. Revenue Minister
Bram Shanker Jimpa
said that earlier, the e-
stampingfacilitywasap-
plicable only to a value
above Rs 20,000.
Punjab replaces
physical stamps
with e-stamp
POLITICAL SLUGFEST BEGINS
Kolkata (ANI): Con-
gress MP Adhir
Ranjan Chowd-
hury on Wednesday
demanded a thor-
ough inquiry into
the death of singer
KK after a live con-
cert in Kolkata.
“All said and done.
I demand a thorough
inquiry behind the
sad demise of singer
KK by a competent
authority
. The pre-
vailing ambience of
the Nazrul Mancha
during his perfor-
mance reveals many
unsavoury questions
including critical
mismanagement of
the said platform
which might have
triggered his death,”
said Chowdhury in a
Twitter post.
Singer Krishnaku-
mar Kunnath, better
known as KK, passed
away on Tuesday
evening. The singer
fell ill while perform-
ingataneventinKol-
kataandwasbrought
to the CMRI hospital,
where he was de-
clared dead.
Staff members of
Nazrul Manch where
the concert was held
said people were
more than the capac-
itywhereinthecrowd
was jumping from
the boundary and
some broke the gates.
“KK’s show was at
7 pm. He was sweat-
ing and took water in
between. He left only
after completing the
programme. Our
seat capacity was
2,482 but the crowd
was more than dou-
ble the capacity
. The
crowd broke the
gate,” Chandan Mai-
ty, Nazrul Mancha
staff told media.
Adhir demands
thorough probe in
singer KK’s death
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Wednesday
registered an unnatural death case related
to the sudden demise of singer KK, here on
Tuesday night, people aware of the matter
said and added his body will be flown to
Mumbai after a post-mortem. Minister Aroop
Biswas said KK’s body was taken from a
private to a state-run hospital for the post-
mortem, which is mandatory when a person
is declared dead on arrival at a hospital. “After
the post-mortem, the body will be flown
to Mumbai.” He said KK’s widow and their
son and daughter have arrived in Kolkata.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who was
in Bankura, said she was rushing back to
Kolkata to pay her last respects to the singer.
KOLKATA POLICE REGISTERS
UNNATURAL DEATH CASE
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa with his son BY
Vijayendra. —FILE PHOTO
FROM PG 1
Cabinet allows procurement by
coop through GeM portal: Thakur
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet, chaired by
PM Modi on Wednes-
day approved a propos-
al to expand the man-
date of Government e-
Marketplace (GeM) by
allowing procurement
by cooperatives. Move
will help over 8.54 lakh
registered coopera-
tives and their 27 crore
members as they
would get products at
competitive rates from
GeM portal. These co-
operatives will be ben-
efitted from the deci-
sion, said IB Minister
Anurag Thakur.
Anurag Thakur speaks during a media briefing on Cabinet
decisions, at National Media Centre in New Delhi on Wednesday.
BJP APPOINTS IN-CHARGES FOR RS POLLS
New Delhi: BJP has appointed union ministers as in-charges
for forthcoming RS polls in Haryana, Maharashtra, Karna-
taka and Rajasthan. Narendra Singh Tomar of Rajasthan,
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat of Haryana, G Kishan Reddy of
Karnataka and Ashwini Vaishnaw of Maharashtra. BJP is
pushing Opposition to gain more seats in these 4 states.
GONE TOO SOON: KK, A TIME-LINE!
Gun salute being given to Bollywood playback singer Krishnakumar Kunnath,
popularly known as KK at Rabindra Sadan in Kolkata on Wednesday.
53-year-old singer collapsed on Tuesday night after his concert.A preliminary
post-mortem report has ruled out unnatural death of KK, according to police
sources, his face and head bore injuries. His last rites will be performed in
Mumbai today. (R) WB CM Mamata Banerjee pays floral tribute to KK.

BIZ BUZZ
07
FMCG cos
report volume
dip in Jan-Mar
New Delhi (PTI): The
FMCG industry saw
decline in volume in
the Jan-March period
as consumption was
impacted by price
increases, especial-
ly in the food and
essentials categories.
Rural India wit-
nessed 5.3% dip in
volume. This is the
highest consumption
slowdown in the last
three quarters. Be-
sides, there was an
increase in the exit of
small manufacturers
in the FMCG sector
due to high input
cost pressures, as
they were not able to
pass on the costs to
consumers.
EV race with
Tesla will be
tight: VW
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Tesla works
at twice the industry
pace in many pro-
cesses but still needs
to ramp up highly
complex factories
and find qualified
workers to win the
electric vehicle race,
Volkswagen’s chief
executive said on
Wednesday. The US
carmaker, posing a
challenge to German
electric vehicle
production with its
new plant near Berlin,
had the advantage
of a blank slate start
and a small number
of models, Diess
said, making it easier
to scale.
Fuel sales soar
in May on
summer travel
New Delhi (PTI):
India’s petrol and
diesel sales soared in
May on the back of
a surge in summer
travel to escape from
the heat and vacation
during annual breaks
at educational insti-
tutions, preliminary
industry data showed
on Wednesday. Petrol
sales by state-owned
fuel retailers, which
control roughly 90%
of the market, at 2.8
million tonnes in May
was 55.7% higher
than the same period
last year when a
devastating second
COVID-19 wave
wreaked havoc on the
economy.
‘Urged MNCs to
set up RD
centres in India’
New Delhi (PTI):
India has urged
multi-national com-
panies to set up RD
centres in the country
as it is going to be
the hub of innovation
and knowledge for
the next two-three
decades, a top gov-
ernment official said
on Wednesday. Sec-
retary in the DPIIT
Anurag Jain said he
asked for this during
a series of meetings
with global firms on
the sidelines of the
WEF meet in Davos,
which concluded
recently.
New Delhi (PTI): Tata
Motors on Wednesday
said its total sales
jumped nearly three
folds in May to 76,210
units compared to
26,661 units in COVID-
hit May 2021.
The company’s do-
mestic sales increased
three folds to 74,755
units from 24,552 units
in May 2021, Tata Mo-
tors said.
Total passenger vehi-
cle dispatches to deal-
ers more than doubled
to 43,341 units as
against 15,181 units in
the year-ago month.
Similarly, domestic
commercial vehicle
sales surged to 31,414
units last month
against 9,371 units in
the same period last
year. This is the com-
pany’s highest ever
monthly sales since in-
ception – PV and EV
domestic combined -
led by robust dispatch
of Nexon, Harrier and
Safari. The automajor
also reported the high-
est ever dispatches of
EVs last month at 3,454
units, up from 476 units
in the same period last
year.
Tata Motors sales surge 3 folds in May
MARUTI SUZUKI TOTAL SALES AT 1.61 LAKH UNITS
New Delhi (PTI): The country’s largest carmaker
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday said its total
wholesales in May stood at 1,61,413 units. The com-
pany had sold 46,555 units in May 2021, MSI said in a
statement. Last month, the company’s domestic sales
rose to 1,34,222 units, as against 35,293 units in May
2021, it added. “The sales figures of May 2022 are not
comparable with that of May 2021 as the operations of
the company in May 2021 were significantly affected
due to COVID-19 related disruptions,” the automaker
stated. Sales of mini cars, comprising Alto and S-Pres-
so, stood at 17,408 units last month. It stood at 4,760
in the same month last year.
Reliance signs JV
with Plastic Legno
Reliance Brands Ltd
(RBL) and Plastic Leg-
no SPA have signed a
joint venture arrange-
ment through which
RBL will ac-
quire 40%
stake in
Plastic Leg-
no SPA’s toy
manufacturing
business in India.
This investment by
RBL will help to bring
in vertical integration
for RBL’s toy business
in India.
A spokesperson said
the move is in line with
Atmanirbhar Bharat
initiative. “This collab-
oration with Plastic
Legno’s deep experi-
ence in world-
class toy
m a n u f a c -
turing cou-
pled with our
strong footing in
the global toy retail
industry would open
new doors and unparal-
leled opportunities for
toys manufactured in
India,” the person said.
GOVT COLLECTS ` 1.41 LAKH CR GST IN MAY
New Delhi (PTI): GST
revenues bucked the
two-month rising trend
in May and stood at
nearly `1.41 lakh crore,
registering a year-on-
year increase of 44%.
Although the May
Goods and Services
Tax (GST) revenues
came in lower than the
record high collection
in April at `1.68 lakh
crore and `1.42 lakh
crore in March, it is
still the fourth highest
collection since the
rollout of the new indi-
rect tax regime on July
1, 2017.
In February, reve-
nues from taxing sale
of goods and services
was at `1.33 lakh crore,
while in January it was
`1,40,986 crore.
“The gross GST rev-
enue collected in the
month of May 2022 is
`1,40,885 crore of which
CGST is `25,036 crore,
SGST is `32,001 crore,
IGST is `73,345 crore
(including `37,469 crore
collected on import of
goods) and cess is
`10,502 crore (including
`931 crore collected on
import of goods),” the
Finance Ministry said
in a statement.
The revenues for the
month of May 2022 are
44% higher than the
GST revenues in the
same month last year at
`97,821 crore.
This is the fourth
time that the monthly
GST collection has
crossed the `1.40 lakh
crore mark since the
inception of GST and
the third straight
month since March
2022.
“The collection in
May, which pertains to
the returns for April --
the first month of the
financial year -- has al-
ways been less than
that in April, which
pertains to the returns
for March, the closing
of the financial year.
“However, it is en-
couraging to see that
even in the month of
May 2022, the gross
GST revenues have
crossed the `1.40 lakh
crore mark,” the Minis-
try said.
The total number of
e-way bills generated in
the month of April 2022
was 7.4 crore, which is
4% less than 7.7 crore
e-way bills generated in
the month of March
2022.
Deloitte India Part-
ner M S Mani said the
stability demonstrated
by GST collections ex-
ceeding `1.4 lakh crore
over the past three
months is a good indi-
cator of the growth of
the economy and ties in
with the other macroe-
conomic indicators in-
cluding the GDP num-
bers. “Significant ef-
forts in audits and ana-
lytics have also led to a
drive against tax evad-
ers, inculcating a tax
compliance culture,”
Mani said.
ICRA Chief Econo-
mist Aditi Nayar said
the high year-on-year
growth reflects the low
base of the second
wave.
“Nonetheless, the
May 2022 GST collec-
tions are robust com-
pared to the Q4 FY2022
trends, benefitting
from improved compli-
ance, market share
gains by the organised
sector as well as the
transmission of higher
commodity prices into
output prices,” Nayar
said.
Given the trends for
April-May 2022, and the
anticipation of a sus-
tained healthy momen-
tum of activity in ab-
sence of another wave
of COVID and major
disruptions, we expect
the CGST inflows in FY
2023 to exceed the
Budget Estimates level
by `1.15 trillion, help-
ing to absorb a part of
the higher subsidy bill.
IT IS THE FOURTH HIGHEST COLLECTION SINCE THE ROLLOUT OF THE NEW INDIRECT TAX REGIME ON JULY 1, 2017
3rd straight term
PNB ups MCLR
by 0.15 per cent;
EMIs to go up
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned Punjab
National Bank
(PNB) on Wednes-
day raised its mar-
ginal cost of funds-
based lending rate
by 15 basis points or
0.15% across all ten-
ures, a move that
will lead to an in-
crease in EMIs for
borrowers.
The new rates are
effective from June
1, PNB said in a reg-
ulatory filing.
The revision fol-
lows an off-cycle
rate increase by the
Reserve Bank in
May
. With the revi-
sion, one-year
MCLR has in-
creased to 7.40%
from 7.25% earlier.
Most of the loans
are linked to the
one-year MCLR
rate. The overnight,
one-month and
three-month MCLR
rose by 15 basis
points to 6.75%,
6.80% and 6.90%, re-
spectively, whereas
the six-month
MCLR increased to
7.10%.
At the same time,
three-year MCLR
increased by 0.15%
to 7.70%. With the
increase, EMIs will
go up for those bor-
rowers who have
availed loans on
MCLR (Marginal
Cost of Funds based
Lending Rate).
HDFC HIKES HOME LOAN RATES
New Delhi (PTI): Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd on
Wednesday announced an increase in its benchmark
lending rate by 5 basis points (bps), a move that will
make loans dearer for both existing and new borrow-
ers. This is the third hike effected by HDFC in the last
one month. “HDFC increases its Retail Prime Lending
Rate (RPLR) on housing loans, on which its Adjustable
Rate Home Loans (ARHL) are benchmarked, by 5 ba-
sis points, with effect from June 1, 2022,” the housing
finance company said in a statement. vised rates for
new borrowers range between 7.05% and 7.50%, de-
pending on credit score and loan amount. The existing
range is 7% to 7.45%. For existing customers, the
rates would rise by 5 basis points or (0.05%).
SENSEX TUMBLES 185 PTS IN CHOPPY TRADE
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks failed to
hold on to early gains
and came under selling
pressure in a choppy
session on Wednesday,
with the Sensex tank-
ing 185 points amid
mixed trends.
High crude oil prices
and foreign fund out-
flows also played spoil-
sport. The 30-share BSE
Sensex declined 185.24
points or 0.33% to settle
at 55,381.17. During the
day, it dived 474.98
points or 0.85% to
55,091.43 after an initial
rally. The broader NSE
Nifty dipped 61.80
points or 0.37% to finish
at 16,522.75.
From the Sensex
pack, Nestle India, Tech
Mahindra, Bajaj Fin-
serv, Sun Pharma, Hin-
dustan Unilever, Power-
Grid, UltraTech Ce-
ment, HCL Technolo-
gies, Wipro, Infosys and
Bajaj Finance were
among the major lag-
gards. In contrast,
MM, HDFC, Kotak
Mahindra Bank, HDFC
Bank Tata Steel were
among the gainers.
` SPURTS 20 PAISE
TO 77.51 PER US $
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee on Wednesday
recovered from its
record low to close 20
paise higher at 77.51
(provisional) against the
US$. At the interbank
forex market, the rupee
opened at 77.58 against
the greenback and
moved in a range of
77.51 to 77.62 in the
day’s trade.The rupee
finally ended at 77.51,
higher by 20 paise.
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned CIL on
Wednesday said it pro-
duced 108.2 million
tonne of coal in the first
two months of the ongo-
ing fiscal year, register-
ing year-on-year in-
crease of 28.8%.
The company had
produced 84 MT of coal
in April-May last fiscal
year, CIL said. The com-
pany’s output in May
increased to 54.7 MT
from 42.1 MT in the cor-
responding month of
previous fiscal year, the
filing said.
“Accelerating its pro-
duction, CIL posted a
strong 30% output
growth in May’22. The
increase in volume
terms was 12.6 MT,”
the PSU said in another
filing.
CIL production
at 108 MT in
April-May
India’s manufacturing sec
growth steadied in May
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s manufacturing
sector growth steadied
in May, with new orders
and production increas-
ing at similar rates to
those registered in the
previous month, while
demand showed signs
of resilience and im-
proved further in spite
of another uptick in
selling prices, a month-
ly survey said on
Wednesday
.
The seasonally ad-
justed SP Global India
Manufacturing PMI
stood at 54.6 in May, lit-
tle changed from 54.7 in
April, pointing to a sus-
tained recovery across
the sector.
The May PMI data
pointed to an improve-
ment in overall operat-
ing conditions for the
eleventh straight
month.
The May PMI data
also highlighted a nota-
ble uptick in growth of
new export orders. The
rate of expansion was
sharp and the fastest
since April 2011.
On the employment
front, manufacturing
sector jobs rose further
in May, owing to ongo-
ing improvements in
sales. Although only
slight, the rate of em-
ployment growth
picked up to the strong-
est since January 2020.
On the price front, in-
put costs rose for the
22nd successive month
in May, with companies
reporting higher prices
for electronic compo-
nents, energy, freight,
foodstuff, metals and
textiles.
The May PMI
data pointed to
an improvement
in overall
operating
conditions for
the eleventh
straight month
JET FUEL
PRICES CUT
BY 1.3%
New Delhi (PTI): Jet
fuel prices on Wednes-
day were cut by 1.3% --
the first reduction after
10 rounds of price hikes
-- on softening interna-
tional crude oil rates.
Simultaneously, pric-
es of commercial LPG -
used by business estab-
lishments such as ho-
tels and restaurants -
were reduced by `135
per 19-kg cylinder.
The price of aviation
turbine fuel (ATF) has
been reduced by Rs
1,563.97 per kilolitre, or
1.27%, to `1,21,475.74
per kl (`121 per litre) in
Delhi.
This is the first re-
duction after 10 rounds
of price increases this
year. Rates were hiked
by `6,188.25 per kl, or
5.29%, on May 16, to a
record high level of
`1,23,039.71 per kl.
Commercial LPG
rates were reduced to
`2,219 per 19-kg cylin-
der, from `2,354.

First India Bureau
Pune: Students’ per-
formance in Class XII
and the Common En-
trance Test (CET) in
Maharashtra will be
considered equally
while declaring the
merit list for under-
graduate profession-
al and technical
courses from the next
academic year, High-
er and Technical Edu-
cation Minister Uday
Samant has said.
Talking to reporters
on Tuesday in Pune,
where he held meetings
with officials of vari-
ous educational insti-
tutes, the minister said
the new system will be
introduced from 2023-
24, and not this year.
Currently
,admissions
to courses like engineer-
ing, law and others are
based on CET scores.
Samantsaidunderthe
new system, only CET
markswillnotbeconsid-
ered for admissions to
professional courses.
“Under the current
system, students are
focusing only on the
CET. But, after a dis-
cussion with Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray, it has been
decided to change this.
Now, equal weightage
will be given to CET
marks and Class XII
marks. This will help
students in building a
good base by studying
well in Class XII,” Sa-
mant further said.
He added that stu-
dents will be given the
option of retaking the
CET if they are not sat-
isfied with their perfor-
mance the first time
around, as is the case in
the JEE system.
“The exam (second
test) may be held soon
after the results of the
first CET are an-
nounced,” he said.
08
2NDFRONT
A new beginning – a day, a month
or a year – brings a measure of hope
and resolution, always!.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
HC GRANTS PREGNANT WOMAN
BAIL IN HUBBY’S SUICIDE CASE
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bom-
bay High Court has
granted pre-arrest
bail to a pregnant
woman accused of
abetting her hus-
band’s suicide, saying
it was the duty of the
court to ensure the
woman and the baby
are protected.
A vacation bench of
Justice Milind Jadhav
in its May 30 order, a
copy of which was
made available on
Wednesday, noted that
the offence registered
against the woman is
serious. “But, since the
applicant is a pregnant
woman, it is the duty of
the court to ensure that
she and the baby are
protected,” said the
HC.
The woman,
Ashwini Son-
wane, is cur-
rently six
months preg-
nant with the
d e c e a s e d ’ s
child. She ap-
proached the high
court, apprehending
arrest in the FIR regis-
tered against her at the
Yawat police station in
Pune under Indian Pe-
n a l C o d e
Section 306 (abetment
of suicide) in April this
year, following a com-
plaint lodged by her
father-in-law.
The complaint
was lodged after
Sonwane’s hus-
band Rahul al-
legedly commit-
ted suicide in
April. The de-
ceased’s father
claimed Sonawane
had betrayed his son,
and that a month be-
fore the incident, she
had quarrelled with
his son and left for her
parents’ housse.
However, Sonwane in
her plea refuted the al-
legations, and claimed
her father-in-law had
been demanding dowry
from her due to which
her husband was under
stress. The woman fur-
ther said her relation-
ship with her husband
was cordial and that at
the time of the alleged
incident, she was three
months pregnant.
The court in its order
noted that the offence
registered was serious
andattractsamaximum
punishment of 10 years,
if found guilty
.
At this stage, the ap-
plicant may have to
visit the hospital regu-
larly and may also re-
quire care and rest after
delivery, said the HC.
The court, while rant-
ing anticipatory bail to
the woman on a person-
al bond of Rs25,000, also
directed her to appear
before the police station
concernedforrecording
her statement.
Looking at the fact that
the applicant is 25 weeks
pregnant and carrying a foetus, it
is equally the duty of the court to
ensure that the applicant and the foetus
are protected at this stage and the
applicant is not kept under any
duress or stress.
—Justice Jadhav, Bombay
High Court
It is the court’s
duty to ensure
protection of
mother and child,
Justice Jadhav
said in his order
Prosecution seeks capital
punishment for convict
Mumbai (PTI): The
prosecution on
Wednesday demand-
ed capital punish-
ment for the 45-year-
old man who had
raped and murdered
a 34-year-old woman
in Sakinaka area in
Mumbai by insert-
ing a rod in her pri-
vate parts last Sep-
tember, saying this
offence falls under
the “rarest of rare”
category.
The accused, Mohan
Chauhan, was convict-
ed under various pro-
visions of the Indian
Penal Code for rape
and murder on May 30
by additional sessions
judge,(Dindoshicourt)
HC Shende. The court
is likely to decide on
his sentencing on
Thursday
.
“This is an offence
against a woman and
that too a woman be-
longing to a Scheduled
Caste that makes it
more serious,” advo-
cate Mahesh Mule, ap-
pearing for the prose-
cution, argued in the
court on Wednesday
.
“This is a gruesome,
diabolical attack on a
hapless, lonely woman
at odd hours of the
night, thereby raising
fear for woman’s safe-
ty in a metropolitan
city like Mumbai,” he
further added.
Theprosecutionsaid
the case squarely fits
into the criteria of a
“rarest of rare” case
and hence capital pun-
ishment should be
awardedtotheaccused.
Chauhan had raped
the 34-year-old woman
in a stationary vehicle
and inserted a rod in
her private parts in
September last year.
The woman died the
next day during treat-
ment at the civic-run
Rajawadi Hospital due
to a heavy loss of
blood.
He had raped a Dalit woman and inserted a rod into
her private parts, leading to her death the next day
This is a
gruesome,
diabolical
attack on a hapless,
lonely woman at
odd hours of the
night, thereby
raising fear for
woman’s safety in a
metropolitan city
like Mumbai.
—Prosecutor
Unsold sugarcane leaves a bitter taste for farmers
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: Farmers
from Ahmednagar’s
Puntamba village,
which was the epicen-
tre of a massive pro-
test by cultivators in
2017, have begun an-
other agitation over
issues related to sug-
arcane and other
crops.
The agitation, which
started near the gram
panchayat office on
Wednesday
, will contin-
ue until June 05, sar-
panch Dhananjay Dhan-
wate said. It will inten-
sify if the overnment
fails to respond to their
demands, he added.
Farmers from nearby
areaslikeNiphad(inNa-
shik) and Kopargaon
(Ahmednagar) also
joined the protest, he
added.
Lastmonth,ameeting
was held at the Puntam-
ba gram panchayat
where farmers decided
to put forth 16 demands
before the government.
Referring to some of
their demands, Dhan-
wate said the sugarcane
cultivation was on the
higher side in the state
dueto(lastyear’s)excess
rains, but now sugar fac-
tories are not picking up
the crop. Farmers are
burning their crops or
committing suicide.
To this end, the farm-
ers have demanded that
the state provide finan-
cial aid of Rs2 lakh per
hectare to the farmers
whose ugarcane is still
in the fields, he said.
In addition, onion
growers should get aid
of Rs500 per quintal to
offset the recent fall in
the rates of the kitchen
staple, he said, and that
farmers have also de-
manded that their elec-
tricity bills be waived.
“We held a rally in the
village in the morning
and then started the agi-
tation. We will continue
to protest until June 05.
We expect the govern-
menttotalktotheagitat-
ing farmers by then. If
that does not happen, we
will intensify our agita-
tion,” Dhanwate said.
Farmers from Pun-
tamba, under the ban-
ner of the Kisan Kran-
ti Morcha, had organ-
ized a massive farmer
strike in 2017 over
various demands.
Cultivators in
Ahmednagar’s
Puntamba village
launch protest,
warn of escalation
With sugar factories
not purchasing
sugarcane, farmers
are being hit by
a glut, which is
causing losses.
—FILE PHOTO
People pose with miniature models of the Deccan Queen train that travels between Pune and Mumbai, during celebrations to
mark its 93rd birthday, in Mumbai, Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CET, XII scores get 50:50
weightage from 2023-24
Move expected to
‘help students in
building a good base
with Class XII studies’
before applying to
professional courses
Currently, admissions to law, engineering and other courses are
based on CET scores.
Mohan
Bhagwat to
speak at
RSS event
conclusion
First India Bureau
Nagpur: Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
chief Mohan Bhag-
wat will address the
concluding ceremony
of a training camp of
the organization here
on Thursday, an RSS
functionary said on
Wednesday.
He said that that 735
swayamsevaks, includ-
ing farmers, teachers,
engineers, doctors and
people from various oth-
er fields (all aged be-
tween 18 and 40 years)
from across the country
were selected to partici-
pate in the training pro-
gramme‘SanghShiksha
Varg-Tritiya Varsha.
The training camp,
meant for Swayamse-
vaks in their third year
intheorganization,com-
menced on May 09 at Dr
Hedgewar Smruti Man-
dir, , the memorial locat-
ed in the Reshimbagh
area dedicated to KB
Hedgewar and MS Gol-
walkar—the first two
leaders of the RSS.
Shri Ram Chandra
Mission (Hyderabad)
president Kamlesh Patel
will be the chief guest at
the function, he said.
It is to be noted that
the RSS has previously
announced that it plans
todoubleitsbaseby2025,
when it celebrates its
centenary year.
Mob rescues cattle from truck, sets it ablaze
First India Bureau
Buldhana: A mob res-
cued cows and buffa-
loes from an aban-
doned truck and set it
on fire in Nandura city
in Buldhana district
on suspicion that they
were being transport-
ed for slaughter, police
said on Wednesday
.
According to Police
Sub-inspector Mahadev
Dhandhre, the incident
took place around 10:30
pm on Tuesday when a
few people noticed 29
cattle, including cows
and buffaloes, tied in an
abandonedtruckparked
in front of the Nandura
city bus stand. The
truck was abandoned by
its driver and helper.
“Eight of the 29 bo-
vines in the truck were
found dead, while 21 cat-
tle were relocated to a
cow shelter,” handhre
said.
The mob set fire to the
truck after the cattle
were removed.
A case was registered
againstunidentifiedper-
sons under section 353
(Assault or criminal
force to deter public
servant from discharge
of hisduty)of theIndian
PenalCode(IPC).Offenc-
es were also registered
against the driver and
the helper of the truck,
the police officer said.
Further investiga-
tion is underway
.
HAIL TO THE QUEEN!
HAIL TO THE QUEEN!

roducer Dil Raju will soon make his debut
and his leading lady will be none other than
Sunny Leone. And the movie that is sup-
posed to make it happen is the sequel to the
recently released F3, titled F4. And now,
wait. Before you get excited, let’s tell you
that all this came from renowned Telugu
comedian Ali recently in a lighter vein. While the
Venkatesh-starrer F3 is still making moolah at the
box office, talks have already started about a sec-
ond sequel in the franchise titled F4. While the
demand for a new instalment in the series is high
as well, Ali recently attended the success meet for
F3 and took the centre stage for a while.
During his speech, he stated that he plans to make
F4 with producer Dil Raju as the hero. He also
said that Sunny Leone will be the leading ac-
tor in the movie and that he will per-
suade Sunny to act opposite Dil
Raju in the movie. Meanwhile,
F3 has been receiving posi-
tive responses from both
critics and audiences alike.
Many praised the comic
portions of the film, call-
ing it a superb family en-
tertainer.
—Agency
M
alaika Arora, the B-
town’s pro hustled from
one location to another
for the love of work,
yes, but also
fashion. She
painted her
day all brown and
it was a triple
streak done right. It
all began as she re-
turned to Mumbai in
Gucci’s track pants
which she also took to
Gauri Khan’s Juhu
store. And, then ar-
rived the diva all
dolled up in two
one-shoulder
e n s e m b l e s .
We heart the
a u t u m n
feels.
—Agency
MALAIKA GLAMS
THE STREETS!
D
isha Patani is a huge name in
the Bollywood industry.
The diva isn’t just popular
for her acting skills but
also her chic fashion sense and
fitness regime. Earlier today,
the beauty was spotted don-
ning uber-cool attire at the
Mumbai airport flaunting her
toned midriff.
While fans appreciated her fit
look, some were questioning her
face. They felt she might have
done surgery
.
Disha is massively popu-
lar on social media
with over 51 mil-
lion followers
on Instagram.
The 29-year-
old actress of-
ten posts her
fitness, dance,
and workout
videos on the
photo-sharing
site and also
gives a
glimpse of
her personal
life on it.
—Agency
P
riyanka Chopra may be one of the biggest stars in
Hollywood as well but she’s still a ‘desi’ girl at
heartandhernewInstagramstoryisproof of that.
TheactresswhowasatherLAhomefortheMemo-
rial Day Weekend shared a story on her Instagram
that consisted of the gorgeous view
from her home and a Bollywood
song playing in the back-
ground. In the story, the Bol-
lywood track “Choli ke
peeche kya hai” could be
heard playing at a distance.
Sharing the music and the
viewsfromherhome,the
actress questioned,
“Why wasn’t I
i nv i t e d ? ”
The actress
is known to
still boast of
a brilliant
B o l l y w o o d
playlist that she
always enjoys lis-
tening to. —Agency
MUMBAI, THURSDAY,
JUNE 2, 2022
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PROJECT
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P
Janhvi Grooves!
Tejasswi’splan!
Salman’sSecurity
J
anhvi Kapoor is an actress who is
known for her presence on social
media. The actress is very active
on Instagram and keeps her mas-
sive fan following intrigued with her
posts. Recently, the actress shared an
entertaining video where she was seen
grooving to the popular track Nach Pun-
jaban from Varun’s upcoming movie
JugJugg Jeeyo in a supermarket. Jan-
hvi and Varun will be collaborating for
the first time in Nitesh Tiwari’s upcom-
ing directorial in Bawaal. The duo was
recently spotted at the Mumbai airport
as they were leaving for Europe to shoot
for the movie. Bawaal will be releasing
on April 7 next year. —Agency
T
ejasswi Prakash and Karan Kun-
drra are among the most popular
names in the Telly world. The duo
met inside Bigg Boss 15 and fell
in love with each other. Tejasswi
Prakash had recently shared a hilarious
picture of them as she is seen piggy-
backing on Karan. In the cute post
shared by Tejasswi Prakash, she is seen
holding on to Karan Kundrra and can
be seen very happy. Naagin 6 actress
looks adorable in floral night dress com-
prising a slip top and shorts, Tejasswi
also wrote in the post that if Karan un-
follows her on social media, then she
will ride on his like this. —Agency
T
he demise of Sidhu Moose Wala
has been unfortunate for many.
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was
named among the prime accused
in the death case. Salman Khan was also
on Bishnoi’s hitlist before Sid-
hu Moose Wala and had plans
to murder the Bollywood su-
perstar. The Mumbai police
have now amped up the secu-
rity of the celebrity citing the
threat level. The police said
that they increased the se-
curity to keep the actor
safe as they are keeping
an eye on the activities
of Bishnoi’s gang in Ra-
jasthan. —Agency
A
nanya Panday is one
of the most popular
actors among the
current generation
of Bollywood celebs. To eve-
ryone’s surprise, Holly-
wood actor Will Smith
made a special appearance
in one of the songs in the
movie. Earlier, in a chat with
iDiva, the actress opened up
about working with Smith
and called him the “most-
chillest person”. The 23-year-
old actress said that she and
Tara did not know about
Will’s coming to SOTY 2’s sets
for the longest time. “ A day
before, while we were shoot-
ing a song, Punit casually
tells us and we were shocked.
When Will arrived, he seemed
like the most chilled-out per-
son. He was nice to everyone
in the room. I just stared at
him like a stalker” said Anan-
ya. —Agency
Ananya on working with Will
Ananya on working with Will
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