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ith water being one of the
prime resource for nearly 8
crore people of the parched
state of Rajasthan,
Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot has
remarked
that while Ra-
jasthan filled up the ‘pitcher’
for the central givernment
by
electing all 25 BJP candi-
dates as MPs in last elections,
in turn, the MPs have not
been able to secure even the
state’s right of water as the
Union governmen
t did not
give the Eastern Rajasthan
Canal Project (ERCP) a na-
tional project status, even
though promised
by PM
Modi during his poll rally in
state.
Gehlot said all the 25 BJPs
brought disappointm
ent to
the state as they could not
impress upon the Union gov-
ernment the utility and ben-
efits of the Eastern Ra-
jasthan canal project or get
any other mega benefit.
The budget has made no
announcem
ent on the vari-
ous pleas made by the state
to the Centre to give Ra-
jasthan special status in
light of the fact that a
very large area of the
state is sandy and
there is a huge short-
age of drinking water
with just one perennial
river in the state. The
Union budget would
fill the coffers of the
rich and make the
rich richer still,
while there is no solid provi-
sion for the poor, farmers and
labourers,
Ashok Gehlot said.
NITI AAYOG
ISSUE RAISED
Gehlot has been trying to per-
suade the Centre to give the
national project status to the
state’s ambitious
East Ra-
jasthan Canal Project (ERCP)
to help provide drinking and
irrigational
water to the peo-
ple of the desert state. The
Chief Minister has raised the
issue again and again and
also during a meeting with
the Niti Aayog with the pres-
ence of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi in a virtual pres-
entation.
GEHLOT
SPOKE TO
PM VIA VC OVER ERCP
Gehlot reminded
the Prime
Minister
during a virtual
meeting, ”while addressing
a
rally in Jaipur on July 7,
2018, and also in Ajmer on
October 6, 2018, you had
promised to declare the East
Rajasthan
Canal Project a
national project of impor-
tance. But the same has not
been executed.”
The Chief Minister
told
the Prime Minister
in the
virtual meeting
that Ra-
jasthan has 10% of the coun-
try’s land, while only 1% of
the country’s
water is
available
in the state.
Rajasthan
is a de-
sert region, there
is also a shortage
of surface and
groundwat
er.
Due to the
large dis-
tance between
the village
hamlets as well
as the heterogene-
ous geographica
l
conditions,
the
cost of providing
drinking
water
from house to house
is much higher than
in other states. In
view of this, the Cen-
tral governmen
t like
the Hill states, should
also provide assistance
under 90:10 provision
(that
is 90% help from the Centre
and 10% help from the state)
in the Jal Jeevan Mission to
the state.
The ERCP propos-
es to provide drink-
ing water to 13
districts of Ra-
jasthan and pro-
vide irrigation
water for 2.8
lakh hectares
of land
through 26 dif-
ferent large
and medium
projects. With-
in the Cham-
bal basin, dur-
ing the rainy
season Kunnu,
Sui, Parbati,
Kalisindh,
Mez,andChakhan
sub-basins
also have surplus
water while rivers like Ba-
nas, Banganaga
and Gamb-
hir are basins in deficit yield.
Under this scheme, the sur-
plus water will be carried to
all such basins that are defi-
cit basins.
LETTER TO JAL
SHAKTI MINISTRY
In a recent letter to Jal Shakti
Ministry, the Water Resourc-
es department
of Rajasthan
pointed out that the status of
national
project has been
given to 16 projects in other
states, but no project in Ra-
jasthan has been given this
status. In the project with the
national project status of the
funding pattern is 90:10 but in
ERCP, 60% funding will be
borne by the Centre and 40
per cent by the state, said a
senior department
official.
With the cost of Rs 40,000
crore, ERCP proposes drink-
ing water to 13 districts of
Rajasthan
and provide irri-
gation water for 2.8 lakh hec-
tares of land through 26 dif-
ferent large and medium
projects. Under the project,
the surplus water in the sub-
basins of Kunnu, Kul, Par-
vati, Kalisindh,
and Mej riv-
ers received during the mon-
soon will be carried to the
sub-basin
of Banas, Morel,
Banganga,
Gambhir and Par-
bati rivers.
The project would ensure
the availability
of sufficient
water for drinking and irri-
gation till the year 2051 in
Jhalawar,
Baran, Kota, Bun-
di, Sawai Madhopur,
Ajmer,
Tonk, Jaipur, Dausa, Karau-
li, Bharatpur
and Dholpur
districts.
Pradesh Congress
presi-
dent, Govind Singh Dotasra
termed the budget direction-
less and disappointi
ng for the
youth.
Former Deputy Chief Min-
ister, Sachin Pilot aptly de-
scribed the budget as with
inflation-w
ithout jobs. He
said the NDA governmen
t
which came to power by de-
ceiving the youth and prom-
ising them jobs has left the
youth frustrated
and disap-
pointed.
Pilot said there was not a
word in the Union budget for
the poor, youth and unem-
ployed. A vision of 25 years
has been presented
in the
name of 75 years of Inde-
pendence
and there is no ac-
count of announcem
ents of
the last seven years includ-
ing three years of the tenure
of the NDA governmen
t.
SOURCE: NATIONAL HERALD
25 MPs HAVE FAILED
RAJASTHAN, STRESSES
GEHLOT ON UNION BUDGET!
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GEHLOT HAS BEEN
TRYING TO PERSUADE
THE CENTRE TO GIVE
THE NATIONAL
PROJECT STATUS TO
THE STATE’S
AMBITIOUS EAST
RAJASTHAN CANAL
PROJECT (ERCP) TO
HELP PROVIDE
DRINKING AND
IRRIGATIONAL
WATER TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE DESERT STATE
PRAKASH
BHANDARI
THE WRITER IS
A SENIOR JOURNALIST
Union budget is silent on the
suggested 90:10 ratio for
expenditures
on attaining
the objectives of the Jal
Jeevan Mission. The Union
government should spend
90% on the Jal Jeevan
project as the states were not
capable of funding the project
from their own resources.
Ever since the NDA
government came in power,
the fiscal deficit has been
increasing significantly.
The
fiscal deficit has doubled in
the past seven years and after
the current budget
announcemen
ts, the deficit
would grow further.
—Ashok Gehlot,
Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister of Rajasthan
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Akhilesh Yadav misled the people of the
country and the state by saying that this
is the BJP’s vaccine for the Covid vaccine,
we will not get it administered.
If there was
no vaccine, would people have been saved
from the third wave today? Prime Minister
with Sudarshan Chakra of free vaccine @
narendramodi
Ji did the work of securing
130 crore people of the country.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Jayant ji, Hema Malini ji is one of the best
politician and actress of the country. She is
a symbol of Indian women empowerment,
by taking a jibe at her you are insulting
countless women who are trying to make
their mark. Jayant ji, you have to work
very hard to become Hema Malini. People
rejected you and chose Hemaji, then it was
on his ability to connect with him, on his
work. You should apologise, Jayant.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Drop by drop is the water
pot filled. Likewise, the wise
man, gathering it little by
little, fills himself with good.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
COLLEGIUM-GOVT
STAND-OFF OVER
EIGHT NAMES FOR
HC JUDGESHIP
ppointment
of judg-
es is virtually a war
of nerves between
the Collegium
and
the governmen
t.
This leads to delays in filling up
vacancies
of judges in different
high courts. There’s a fresh
stand-off between the two with
the Supreme Court reiterating
eight names for judgeship.
The
governmen
t had sent these
names back for reconsidera
tion.
A statement
on the Supreme
Court’s website said, “The Col-
legium… has resolved to reiter-
ate its earlier recommend
a-
tion…” with regard to judicial
officers for elevation to Calcutta
High Court.
The collegium
has also recom-
mended 19 fresh names for ele-
vation.
Last year, Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju had said that the
Central governmen
t cannot be
blamed for delay in judicial ap-
pointments
because it is incum-
bent upon the governmen
t to do
“due diligence”
before recom-
mending a name for elevation.
With the apex court reiterating
the names, will Centre accept the
eight names or will it still find
that enough due diligence
has
not been done by the collegium?
TOP TWEETS
A
est Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata
Banerjee
has re-
vealed her prime
ministerial
ambi-
tions by declaring that Trina-
mool Congress
will contest
the 2024 Lok Sabha elections
from Uttar Pradesh. In the
meantime
she has decided to
back Samajwadi
Party in the
Assembly
elections.
This won’t be the first
time that Mamata will be
testing waters in UP. In 2012
also the TMC announced
names of 49 candidates
for
the first phase of UP Assem-
bly polls. Out of these only
one---Shyam
Sundar Sundar
Sharma---w
on from Mant in
Mathura.
Sharma later de-
fected to BSP and once again
figures in the party’s list of
candidates
for 2022 elections.
To expand its base the TMC
had also set up a state unit
with Anup Chowdhary
as
president.
It was a forgetta-
ble debut for the TMC.
After her initial forays in
the state did not help Mamata
to expand her footprints
in
the Hindi heartland
she
seemed to have lost interest.
It is after her stupendous
vic-
tory in last year’s state elec-
tions that the West Bengal
CM began dreaming of a pan-
India role and hoping to re-
place Congress as an alterna-
tive to the BJP. To achieve
that, the TMC must mark its
strong presence in the Hindi
heartland.
Backing SP won’t
take her far. Her party has to
contest and win elections in
UP to prove that she is ac-
ceptable to the people.
Two years is a rather short
time for TMC to take roots in
UP even if the party does well
in Manipur and Goa. Maybe,
Prashant Kishore could help
Didi realise her dream.
MAMATA WILL FIND UP
TOUGH TO TRAVERSE
West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee
has revealed her prime
ministerial ambitions
by declaring that
Trinamool Congress
will contest the 2024
Lok Sabha elections
meantime she has
decided to back
Samajwadi Party in the
Assembly elections
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New Delhi: Senior
Punjab Congress leader
Sunil Jakhar has
claimed that 42 MLAs
wanted him to be the
chief minister of the
state after the uncere-
monious exit of Ama-
rinder Singh last year.
Jakhar could be
heard saying this in a
video -- that has sur-
faced online -- while ad-
dressing a gathering in
Abohar on Tuesday
.
Sunil Jakhar was
among the front run-
ners for the chief min-
isterial post. But the
party preferred
Charanjit Singh Chan-
ni, who became the first
chief minister of Pun-
jab from the Scheduled
Caste community
.
Forty-two votes went
for Sunil (Jakhar), 16
for Sukhjinder Rand-
hawa, 12 votes for Ma-
harani Preneet Kaur
(Amarinder Singh’s
wife and Patiala MP),
six votes for Navjot Sin-
gh Sidhu and two votes
for (Charanjit Singh)
Channi, Jakhar said.
He also said he even
declined the post of dep-
uty chief minister of-
fered by Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi to him.
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year will have a separate column for making
disclosures on gains made from cryptocur-
rencies and paying taxes, revenue secretary
Tarun Bajaj said on Wednesday.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau has recorded the
statement of former Mumbai police commis-
sioner Param Bir Singh in connection with an
open enquiry being conducted against him on
a complaint lodged by a police inspector.
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NEW DEATHS
‘Spend time in public, take
feedback address their issues’
Jaipur: In the meeting
of the State Cabinet
and the Council of Min-
isters held on Wednes-
day, the Chief Minister
directed all the minis-
ters to visit their re-
spective districts of
charge twice a month.
Moreover, the minis-
ters have been asked to
stay in Jaipur from
Monday to Wednesday.
The cabinet meeting is
held on Wednesday, so
the ministers have been
instructed not to leave
the capital. Every in-
charge minister has
been asked to go to the
district Congress office,
hold public hearings,
go to every assembly
constituency of the dis-
trict under his charge,
take monitoring meet-
ings of all departments
and prepare progress
reports of the govern-
ment’s schemes for
public welfare.
Gehlot has told that
the work of preparation
of progress report of
government’s pension
scheme, Chief Minister
Chiranjeevi Bima Yoja-
na, free travel scheme
for students in road-
ways buses, Turn to P8
GEHLOT’S ‘MOOLMANTRA’ FOR ‘MANTRIS’
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
DR SOMYA RESUMES
CHARGE OF JMC GREATER
MAYOR AFTER SC RELIEF
CABINET APPROVES ALLOTMENT
OF LAND TO VARIOUS SOCIETIES
FOR WELFARE ACTIVITIES
Jaipur: In a meeting of the State Cabinet held under
the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on
Wednesday, approval was given for allotment of land
to various societies free of cost or at concessional
rates for welfare activities. With this decision of the
cabinet, social upliftment and welfare works will
get more momentum. The state cabinet decided
to keep the order of allotment of land made earlier
at a concessional rate of 5 percent in Jodhpur to
Jatia society for girls’ hostel. With this decision,
the economic burden on the society will be reduced
and girl’s education will get a boost in the area.
The cabinet gave its approval to Jatt Patti Prajapat
Samaj, Balotra for the construction of community
building in the land of Khasra No. 609, in place of
the approval order to make a total of 1341.08 square
yards of land at the rate of 50 percent of the then
prevailing reserve rate. Along with this, the cabinet
also approved to free 6 bigha 7 biswa Turn to P8
Jaipur: BJP councillor
Dr Somya, who was
suspended as the may-
or of JMC Greater by
the state government
for allegedly misbehav-
ing with commissioner
Yagyamitra Singh Deo
on June 6, again took
charge of the post on
Wednesday after the
Supreme Court stayed
her suspension on
Tuesday. “I have full
faith in the judiciary. I
was committed to the
public and will con-
tinue to be,” she told
the media after taking
charge as the mayor.
Dr Somya said she will
hold meetings with
the councilors and will
take a decision to call
a meeting of the board
according to the rules.
Sheel Dhabhai was the
acting mayor after she
was suspended. P3
Yet another Punjab
Congress storm brews
Build Temple In Mathura: Union
Minister Giriraj Singh dares Akhilesh
Akhilesh govt will build Ayodhya
temple faster than BJP: Ram Gopal 2
1
P4
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: Samajwadi
Party MP Ram Gopal
Yadav in the Rajya Sab-
ha on Wednesday re-
sponded to a swipe at
party chief Akhilesh
Yadav by BJP’s Amit
Shah over “stopping the
temple”.
“The Home Minister
said in Chitrakoot that
no matter how hard
Akhilesh Yadav tries,
he cannot stop the tem-
ple work. But who is
stopping temple work?”
Ram Gopal Yadav said
today
.
“In fact these people
are stealing from the
temple,” the Samajwadi
Party MP said, adding,
“But if Akhilesh Ya-
dav’s government
comes to power, the
temple will be made
faster and better.”
“I challenge Akhilesh
to announce that he will
proceed to build a tem-
ple in Lord Krishna’s
birthplace. Make him
announce to build a
temple at Mathura by
taking the oath of Gan-
ga jal,” Minister from
BJP Giriraj Singh said.
India under ‘threat of
religious hegemony’,
TN CM Stalin writes
to 37 national leaders
Chennai: Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister MK Sta-
lin (in pic) has written
to leaders cutting across
regional and political
lines inviting them to
nominate their party
representatives to the
All India Federation for
Social Justice, a plat-
form he formed on Re-
public Day
. Stating that
the country is “under
threat of bigotry and re-
ligious hegemony”, Sta-
lin mentioned in the let-
ter that “these forces
can only be fought if all
who believe in equality,
self-respect and social
justice unite together”.
The letter has been
sent to 37 leaders, in-
cluding Sonia Gandhi,
Mamata Banerjee, Ud-
havThackerayandAkh-
ilesh Yadav.
JODI OF 2 BOYS WILL FAIL: YOGI
CHANNI ON CONG U’KHAND STAR
CAMPAIGNER LIST, NO SIDHU
Addressing a poll rally, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath accused former chief minister of being
involved in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. He also claimed
that Akhilesh Yadav’s alliance or jodi with Rashtriya Lok Dal
leader Jayant Chaudhary was bound to fail. “This jodi - that
has now come - of these two boys [Akhilesh and Jayant],
similar jodi had come in 2017, 2014,” he said, referring to
the 2014 national elections and the 2017 UP elections.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is one of
the star campaigners for Uttarakhand, the Congress
revealed in a list that names 30 party leaders including
Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot. Curi-
ously, Navjot Sidhu is not one of the star campaigners.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was targeted after he received
Padma Bhushan, is also on the list. Sachin Pilot, Bhu-
pesh Baghel are among other star campaigners for state.
42 MLAs wanted me to be Punjab CM after Capt.
Amarinder’s exit, just 2 went with Channi: Jakhar
UPAR SHERWANI,
ANDAR
PARESHANI:
KCR ON MODI
SP PITCHES MINISTER
ANUPRIYA’S SISTER
AGAINST MAURYA
I DON’T WANT TO BE
HEMA MALINI: JAYANT
ON BJP’S OFFER
PM Narendra Modi
“dresses for elections”
and his budget exempli-
fies “style without sub-
stance” - Telangana CM
K Chandrasekhar Rao
said. “Upar Sherwani,
andar pareshani (all
style, no substance),”
the Chief Minister
quipped, mocking “Guja-
rat model” that the BJP
flaunts as an example of
Modi’s governance.
Pallavi Patel, the elder sister
of Union Minister Anupriya
Patel, will be contesting as
the Samajwadi Party candi-
date from the Sirathu seat
in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaush-
ambi district where the BJP
has fielded UP Deputy CM
Keshav Prasad Maurya.
Days after receiving an offer
to join BJP-led alliance, RLD
chief Jayant Chaudhary on
Tuesday said that he does
not want to be like BJP
leader Hema Malini in the
party. “What will BJP get by
pleasing me? I don’t want to
be Hema Malini),” he said.
Insulting National
Anthem? Mumbai
court summon for
Mamata Banerjee
Mumbai: The Maz-
gaon Magistrate Court
in Mumbai has directed
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Baner-
jee to appear before
them on March 2 in a
case filed against her
for allegedly insulting
the national anthem
during one of her visits
to the city on December
1, 2021.
The petitioner advo-
cate stated that during
a programme convened
by writer-poet Javed
Akhtar last year, Mama-
ta was “sitting when the
national anthem start-
ed. Later she stood up,
sang two verses and
abruptly stopped sing-
ing the anthem again”.
2 Indias - One for rich,one poor
... Rahul while targeting Centre on jobs
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Wednesday accused the
government of using
the judiciary, the Elec-
tion Commission and
Pegasus spyware as “in-
struments to destroy the
voice of the union of
states”. In a fiery speech
in parliament, the Con-
gress leader also target-
ed Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, saying the
“idea of a king is back”,
and accused the BJP of
weakening India.
There are now two
distinct Indias, he said,
one of the rich and the
other of the poor. “The
gap between the two is
growing,” he said in
the Lok Sabha.
“You keep talking
about Make in India,
Make in India. Make in
India is not possible any-
more.Youhavedestroyed
‘MadeinIndia’.Youneed
to support small and me-
dium industries, other-
wise ‘Make in India’ is
notpossible.Andjobless-
ness is only increasing,”
said Rahul.
With ‘Bua-Bhatija
govts...’, Shah fires
fresh salvo in UP
Aditi Nagar
Atrauli: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Wednesday
launched a fresh at-
tack on the previous
Bahujan Samaj Par-
ty (BSP) and Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) gov-
ernments in Uttar
Pradesh, saying
“bua-bhatija” re-
gimes pushed the
northern state to the
BIMARU category.
During his first
campaign for third
phase of Uttar
Pradesh assembly
elections in Atrauli
and Sahaswan, Shah
slammed the BSP-
SP “casteist govern-
ments”, saying they
“could not do any
good to Uttar
Pradesh”.
Continuing his dig
at SP president Akh-
ilesh Yadav, the home
minister said the for-
mer will “play a game
of red-green light”
with the people of Ut-
tar Pradesh. “He will
show a red light to
development and
green light to mafi-
as,” he added.
Ram Gopal Yadav Giriraj Singh
Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
addresses a public
meeting in Atrauli.
Sunil Jakhar Punjab CM Charanjit Channi
IN POLL SEASON...
ATEMPLERUNNO
PARTYCANSKIP!
Govt pulls up Google,
Twitter on fake news
New Delhi: Officials
have held heated dis-
cussions with Google,
Twitter and Facebook
for not proactively
removing what
they described as
fakenewsontheir
platforms, sources
told Reuters, the gov-
ernment’s latest alter-
cation with Big Tech.
The officials, from
the Ministry of Infor-
mation and Broadcast-
ing (IB), strongly
criticised the compa-
nies and said their in-
action on fake
news was forcing
the government
to order content
takedowns, which
in turn drew interna-
tional criticism that
authorities were sup-
pressing free expres-
sion, two sources said.

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Jhunjhunu: During
an operation near Pul-
wama in JK, Garud
commando Sandeep
Jhajharia, a resident of
Bhadaunda Khurd in
Jhunjhunu, gunned
down three terrorists
by relentlessly firing
despite himself getting
hit by bullets. A total of
four terrorists were
killedinthisencounter.
On Saturday
, 55 Rash-
triyaRiflesof theArmy
,
JK Police, along with
securityforcesconduct-
ed a cordon and search
operation in Naira vil-
lageof Pulwamaareaat
around7pmforthePul-
wama operation.
After some time, the
jawans managed to
trace the presence of
terrorists inside a
house based on the in-
puts of the local peo-
ple. The jawans imme-
diately evacuated the
civilians from inside
and around their
house and sent them to
a safe place.
Jhunjhunu’s Jhajharia
killed 3 terrorists even
after being shot twice
REET ROW: 2 MORE IN SOG NET,
`71 LAKH SEIZED FROM ACCUSED
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: In the REET
paper leak case, the in-
vestigating agency on
Wednesday claimed to
arrest two from Barmer.
SOG ADG Ashok
Rathore informed that
they have arrested con-
tractor Bhajanlal Bish-
noi and Sohani Devi.
In the official state-
ment released by SOG,
Sohani Devi was men-
tioned as a REET candi-
date.SOGhaddetained3
from Barmer and on
Tuesday it claimed to ar-
rest two of them. Mean-
while, sources said that
the accused contractor
had bought the paper for
hisrelative.Sources also
claimedthatthecontrac-
torisrunningmanyedu-
cational institutes and
SOG had found his in-
volvement in the paper
leak case.
In the official state-
ment it is said that dur-
ing the interrogation,
prime accused Ramkri-
pal Meena had informed
the SOG about the per-
son whom he had given
the money collected
from REET paper. Spot-
ted by Meena, SOG had
seized Rs 71 lakhs while
bankaccountsof ruppes
11 lakhs have been
freezed.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress presi-
dent Govind Singh Do-
tasraonWednesdaysaid
BJP should stop gim-
micks and raise all its
issues, including the
REETpaperleakcase,in
the Assembly session
that begins on Feb 9.
His statement came a
dayafterBJPworkersled
by state unit president
SatishPooniaheldadem-
onstration demanding a
CBI inquiry into the
REET paper leak case.
“Whatever the opposi-
tion BJP members have
to state about the REET
exam, let them do it dur-
ingtheAssembly
.Evenif
they have to make per-
sonalallegationsagainst
anyone, we have no ob-
jection. They can give
notice and discuss ac-
cording to the rules and
procedures... But the
BJP leaders should stop
gimmicks and not play
with the future of the
youth,” Dotasra told re-
porters. —PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP president
SatishPooniaonWednes-
day accused the state
govt and the police of
suppressing a case of a
mentally-challenged girl
who was found in a dis-
tressed condition with
injuries near private
parts in Alwar district.
Initially
, police had
suspected it a case of
rape but later, on the ba-
sis of a medical report,
had said it was a case of
accident. The incident
wasreportedlastmonth.
The family members of
the victim are demand-
ing justice, but the state
governmentismisusing
the police administra-
tiontosuppressthecase,
Poonia told reporters in
Bharatpur.
BJP National Minis-
ter Alka Gurjar stated
thatthefailedattemptto
hide the culprits is only
exposing characterless-
ness.Thereisnoneedto
put undue pressure on
the victim’s family
. BJP
State Chief Spokesper-
son Ramlal Sharma
said that attempts are
being made to suppress
the victim’s family
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Water Resourc-
es Minister Dr. Mahesh
Joshi has said that edu-
cation makes a per-
son’s life easy, so every-
one should take a
pledge to take their
children forward in the
field of education. He
said that society and
parents should pay full
attention to the educa-
tion of children. Dr.
Joshi was addressing
the programmes or-
ganised for distribu-
tion of cycles to girls in
three schools of Jaisin-
ghpura Khor area.
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: Continuing ac-
tion against illegal en-
croachmentof govtland
byRamkripalMeena,an
accused in REET paper
leak case, the enforce-
ment wing of JDA de-
molished a college
building and freed near-
ly 4 bigha govt land from
encroachment in Jagan-
nathpuri area. Meena is
under the SOG custody
.
Raghuveer Saini,
Chief Controller- En-
forcement, JDA said
that a notice was issued
to the wife of Ramkripal
Meena three days back.
The team took partial
action yesterday and
completely demolished
a 3-storey school/col-
lege building construct-
ed on 1000 sq yard.
Jaipur: After Level-2, now
a big rigging has come
to the fore in Level-1. A
candidate named Balkis-
han of Jodhpur had made
6 applications for Level-1.
The Board of Secondary
Education had issued 6
admit cards to Balkishan.
Actually, in all these ap-
plications of 34-year-old
Balkishan, the photo and
mobile number have
been given separately and
the name and age of the
parents are the same.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Hearing the
contempt of court peti-
tion filed by Adani Pow-
er against Rajasthan
government on Wednes-
day, the Supreme Court
asked both the parties
to submit their affida-
vits in the court. After a
prolonged debate, the
Division Bench of Jus-
tices Vineet Saran and
Aniruddh Bose posted
the next hearing to next
Monday. Senior coun-
sels Mukul Rahtogi and
Abhishek Manu Singh-
vi held the briefs for
Adani Power while ad-
vocates Aryama Sunda-
ram and MG Ramachan-
dran argued on behalf
of Rajasthan Energy
department.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A policeman
died a painful death
when he got buried un-
der stone dust in Shas-
tri Nagar police station
area of Jaipur. The de-
ceased policeman
Rameshwar Prasad, 50,
as posted in the police
line. Shastri Nagar Po-
lice Station Officer
Dilip Singh said that
the incident took place
on the night of Jan 31.
The deceased police-
man had gone to meet a
relative in Shastri Na-
gar. While on foot duty
at FSL Tiraha around
11:30 pm, a stone dust-
laden dumper hit him
while reversing.
Stop gimmicks, raise REET case
in Assembly: Dotasra tells BJP
Ramkripal’s school
razed to the ground
BJYM staged a sit-in across the
state against police lathi-charge
Govind Singh Dotasra, Mahesh Joshi others paid tributes to ex-
CM Mohanlal Sukhadia at PCC headoffice on Wednesday.
Arun Chaturvedi, Rajendra Rathore, Himanshu Sharma
protest alongwith BJYM members at Rajiv Gandhi Study
Circle, Jaipur on Wednesday. (inset) ABVP members make a
human line in Jaipur Satish Poonia, Bhajan lal Sharma and
others in Bharatpur.
REET Level-1
rigged! Single
candidate filled
6 applications
SC hears Adani Power case
Cop buried
under stone
dust, dies
The local activists of BJYM staged a sit-in at Gandhi
Circle here on Wednesday protesting the police ac-
tion against its workers who were agitating against
paper leak and other irregularities during REET
entrance last year. Meanwhile, State BJP president
Dr Satish Poonia led his party workers in staging a
demonstration in front of the Collectorate in protest
against the police lathi-charge.
BJYM SIT-IN AGAINST LATHI-CHARGE
Raj govt, cops doing cover-up
in Alwar case, says Poonia
NEWS DIGEST
COLLECTOR RAJAN VISHAL INPECTS
BASSI SANGANER SUBDIVISIONS
WILL RESIGN IF ALLEGATIONS ARE
PROVED CORRECT: WB GUV DHANKHAR
Jaipur: District Collector Rajan
Vishal inspected Bassi and Sangan-
er subdivision offices on Wednes-
day. During this, he also interacted
with the general public coming to
the office and after listening to their
problems, instructed the concerned
officers to solve them. Bassi
Sub-Divisional Officer Shri Shiv
Charan Sharma apprised him about
the functioning of the office.
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar and CM Mamata
Banerjee again got engaged in a
bitter debate on Wednesday after
the constitutional head of the state
vowed to resign if the allegations
levelled against him by the West
Bengal CM are proved correct.
Dhankhar was reacting to Baner-
jee’s allegation that the Governor orders food from
Taj Bengal every day. “I have read the statement of
the CM. This is unfortunate. This is a challenge to
democracy. The statement that I get my food from
Taj Bengal is 100% incorrect. It doesn’t behold the
Chief Minister to make such wild allegations. If it is
proved correct, I shall resign,” Dhankhar said. Ba-
nerjee’s comment came after Dhankhar questioned
the financial allocation of ‘Maa Canteen’. —Agencies
The Executive Engineer, Water resources, Construction Division-III Bisalpur Project, Deoli
(Tonk) on behalf of Governor of Raj. Invites bids in 2 envelopes from eligible bidders for the
following works under e-procurement procedure. The interested bidders shall have to be enrolled
/ registered with protal of www.eproc.rajasthan.gov.in for participating in the bidding process.
The details are follows.
S.
No.
Name of work
Approxi-
mate cost
(Rs. in
lacs)
Earnest Money
Cost of
the tender
document
Period of
completion
(Including
rainy
season)
Unique
Bid No.
2% ½%
1
Construction of
Counter fort Retaining
wall for protection of
D/S apporach Road of
Bisalpur Dam.
194.42 388840/- 97210/- 5000/- 2 Month
WRD2122
WSOB01973
2 Period for downloading tender documents From 28.01.2022 to 06.022022 6:00 PM
3 Period for uploading tender documents. Upto 06.02.2022 06:00 PM
4
Physical submission copy of deposited bank
challan of tender fee, processing fee and cost of
tender documents in the ofﬁce of The Executive
Engineer Water resources Construction Division
III Bisalpur Project Deoli (Tonk)
upto 07.02.2022 01:00 PM
5 Date of time for opening of technical bid 07.02.2022 4:00 PM
6 Date of time for opening of Financial bid To be intimated later on.
Other details are available in the following website
1. www.eproc.rajasthan.gov.in
2. www.dipr.rajasthan.gov.in
Executive Engineer
Construction Division-III
Bisalpur Project, Deoli
Notice Inviting e-tenders No. 21/2021-22
No. Actt/Div.iii/2021-22/4274-4287 Date : 28.1.2022
GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
WATER RESOURCES, CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION-III, BISALPUR PROJECT, DEOLI (TONK)
DIPR/C/1275/2022
BJP members painted protesting slogans on a wall in Alwar.
Dr Mahesh Joshi with students at a school in Jaisinghpura.
Govt focusing on promoting
girl child education: Dr Joshi
Sandeep Jhajharia
PSKS SCHEME: MANY OFFICERS
SHIFTED, PUT ON APO FOR LAXITY
Jaipur: The LSG department was in action on
Wednesday and issued transfer and APO orders to
many officers after laxity was found in the prashasan
shehron ke sang scheme. Chhabra Municipality
Executive Officer Sumer Singh Meena got APO with
immediate effect and was asked to report at the
Directorate Headquarters Jaipur. While an additional
charge of EO was given to JEN Sandeep Gehlot. DLB
Hridesh Kumar Sharma of the autonomous depart-
ment issued transfer orders to Executive Officer,
Avinash Sharma due to administrative reasons. He
was transferred from Sardarshahr to Nokha Munic-
ipality. Raju Ram Jat will work on the original post
in AAO Nokha Palika. Five officers including two
commissioners were issued transfer orders. Naveen
Bhardwaj was transferred to Commissioner Sawai
Madhopur Municipal Council. Commissioner Ram-
kishore Mehta and RO Chetan Jain were done APO.

DR SOMYA AT THE HELM AFTER 241 DAYS
RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The prestig-
ious ‘Dr. Komal Kothari
Memorial Life Time
Achievement Lok Kala
Puraskar’ was present-
ed to the folk art expert
VijayVermaonWednes-
day at his residence.
Due to health issues,
the Governor and Presi-
dent of West Zone Cul-
tural Centre, Kalraj
Mishra had given in-
structions for the same.
Principal Secretary
to Governor Subir
Kumar and Director
of West Zone Cultural
Center Kiran Soni
Gupta felicitated Vi-
jay Verma by reach-
ing his residence in
Mansarovar. As a re-
ward, Verma was pre-
sented with a shawl, a
citation, and a cheque
of `1,25,500.
‘Dr. Komal Kothari
Smriti Life Time
Achievement Lok Kala
Puraskar’ was jointly
announced to Dr.
Prakash Sahdev
Khandge of Thane, Ma-
harashtra, and Vijay
Verma of Jaipur.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra congratulated
Vijay Verma, who has
been awarded ‘Komal
Kothari Smriti Life
Time Achievement Lok
Kala Puraskar’, and
wished him good.
Folk artist Verma gets Lok Kala Puraskar
LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT
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Governor’s
Principal
Secretary Subir
Kumar, Director
of West Zone
Cultural Centre
Kiran Soni
Gupta felicitated
Verma at his
residence
Committed to public will
continue to be: Dr Somya
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: In a crucial po-
litical development,
BJP councilor Dr
Somya made a come-
back as the Mayor of
Jaipur Greater Munici-
pal Corporation after
the Supreme Court
stayed the decision of
the state government to
suspend her in connec-
tion with the assault on
the corporation com-
missioner.
She took the charge
after seven months in
the absence of Sheel
Dhabai, who was ap-
pointed as the acting
mayor by the state gov-
ernment.
The apex court gave
relief to the mayor
while staying the sus-
pension order which
paved the way for
Somya to come back.
The Gehlot govern-
ment had on January 31
extended the tenure of
Dhabhai for another 60
days. This was the
fourth time that Dhab-
hai’s tenure extended.
I have full
faith in the ju-
diciary. I was
committed to the pub-
lic and will continue
to be. Will hold meet-
ings with the coun-
cilors as per the rules.
Dr Somya, Mayor JMC Greater
No relief to BVG
from High Court
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The non-cardi-
ac patients will not
have to wander for in-
tervention procedure
as a Hi-tech class Digi-
tal Subtraction Angi-
ography (DSA) ma-
chine is soon going to
be installed at a cost of
`6 cr in Radio Diagno-
sis Department of SMS
Medical College,
Jaipur.
With this machine,
not only will non-cardi-
ac patients be treated
with very less surgical
procedures but they
will also be saved from
risk of infection.
Sanjay Malhotra, sen-
ior IAS of Rajasthan
cadre who went to Del-
hi on deputation,
showed seriousness on
request of SMS doctors
got Rs. 6 cr from CMS
fund of Rural Electrifi-
cation Corporation.
The Court rejects plea, asks
BVG to go to the arbitrator
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The HC has
rejected the plea of
BVG company in the
case of JMC Greater
cancelling its fran-
chisee for door-to-
door collection of
garbage and not go-
ing for any supple-
mentary agreement
with it.
Hearing its plea on
Wednesday, the
Bench of Justice In-
drajit Singh said now
that the company has
already initiated the
process of arbitra-
tion by approaching
the court and re-
questing to appoint
an arbitrator, it
should now raise its
issues before the Ar-
bitrator only
. Deputy
Mayor Punit
Karnawat welcomed
the court decision.
Jaipur: Rajasthan on
Wednesday reported
8,428 fresh coronavirus
cases and 22 deaths due
to the infection.
According to an offi-
cial report, Jaipur re-
ported the highest num-
ber of fresh cases at
1,944, followed by 599 in
Jodhpur, 509 in Ganga-
nagar, 433 in Udaipur,
390 in Alwar, 380 in
Ajmer and 328 in Rajsa-
mand.
Of the latest deaths,
five were reported from
Jaipur, three from
Bharatpur, two each
from Ganganagar, Ra-
jsamand and Jhunj-
hunu, and one each
from Alwar, Ajmer,
Bhilwara, Dausa, Jodh-
pur, Kota, Sikar and
Udaipur, report stated.
There are 58,603 ac-
tive coronavirus cases
in Rajasthan, it said.
So far, 12,21,061 peo-
ple have tested positive
for coronavirus in the
state.
Of these, 9,310 people
have died and 11,53,148
recovered, it said.
The number of active
cases of COVID-19 in
the country fell for the
eighth consecutive day,
going down by 121,456 to
1,621,603. —PTI
22deaths,8,428fresh
Covidcasesinthestate
Dr Somya with her supporters at Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater on Wednesday.
A kid gets his swab test done at Kanwatia Hospital, Jaipur.
New roadmap to ease facilities at SMS
12,21,061
TOTAL CASES
8,428 IN A DAY
11,53,148
TOTAL
RECOVERED
9,310
TOTAL DEATHS
22 IN A DAY
58,603
ACTIVE CASES
14,162 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19 UPDATE
NEWS DIGEST
Sawai Madhopur:
Min Ramesh Meena
reached Ranthambore,
National Park with his
convoy on Tuesday.
The minister was
allowed to leave even
after the entry time was over. After the video sur-
faced, the forest department has again come under
the scanner. Meena reached the main gate of Ranth-
ambore on Tuesday evening with about ten cars of
his convoy. At 6 o’clock they entered and returned
after sunset at 7.30 pm. Meanwhile, MP Kirodi Lal
Meena’s supporters protested at the collectorate on
Wednesday against this visit.
MINISTER RAMESH MEENA ACCUSED OF
ENTERING R’BORE AFTER ENTRY TIME
LEOPARD FOUND
DEAD IN SARISKA
Alwar: A team of forest
department officials, who
went out to find Tiger
ST-13 of Sariska, found a
dead leopard in the forest
between Jaisinghpura and
Behroj. There are teeth
marks at 19 places on the
neck and skull of the leop-
ard. Due to which forest
officials believe that one
has died in a mutual fight
between two leopards.
Leopard is about 6 years
old. No traces of wildlife
or human found.
Jaipur: Now on dialing
the same number, the
facility of two different
ambulances will be
available. 108 and the
ambulance service of
National Highways will
be merged. Right now
both the ambulances
are available on differ-
ent numbers. But now
the facility of ambu-
lances will be available
from the same number.
An agreement has
been reached among
Transport Department,
Health Department,
and NHAI in this
regard.
TWO AMBULANCE
SERVICES ON 108
NUMBER NOW
SMS hosp to
get full body
angiography
soon
Cancer patients get new lease of life
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Preventing the
side effects on the heart
during the treatment of
breast and lung cancer
will now be possible
with the Deep Inspira-
tionBreathHold(DIBH)
technique.
For the first time in
the state, this technolo-
gy has been started at
Bhagwan Mahaveer
Cancer Hospital and Re-
search Centre.
“This radiation therapy
is one of the world’s lat-
est technologies, which
is available only at se-
lect centers in India,”
said Nidhi Patni, Direc-
tor of the Department
of Radiation Senior
Oncologist.
Dr Patni said that in
today’s time, patients
are leading a normal
life by beating cancer,
but heart-related dis-
eases have started ap-
pearing because of ra-
diation.
Dr. Subah Pathania
said that if early symp-
toms of cancer are iden-
tified, then prevention
of cancer is possible.
Major General Dr. SC Pareek, Dr Nidhi Patni, and Dr. Subah
Pathania interacting with the media on Wednesday.
IMPROVING SYSTEM
New CS Usha Sharma gets on
the job with slew of meetings
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief secre-
tary Usha Sharma will
hold meetings to review
works of various de-
partments and review
the implementation of
schemes and pro-
grammes of the state
government. After tak-
ing over as the CS,
Sharma issued the first
order of the meetings.
The department-
wise meetings will
start from Thursday
with the meeting of
home and transport de-
partment at 11 am. The
meeting of medical and
health, medical educa-
tion and Ayurveda de-
partments is scheduled
on 4 February while
she will hold the meet-
ing of school, higher
education and techni-
cal education depart-
ments on February 7.
`18,500 cr
crop loans till
March:Anjana
Jaipur: Coopera-
tive Minister Udai-
alal Anjana said
that by March-2022,
crop loans worth
`18,500 crore would
be distributed to
the farmers associ-
ated with coopera-
tive banks of state.
He said that crop
loans worth `16,181
crore have been dis-
bursed so far.
Anjana said that in
the coming time, ef-
forts will be made
to increase the
number of crop
loans. Moreover, he
said that farmers
should not be de-
prived of insur-
ance. Such a provi-
sion should also be
made that in case
of any kind of ac-
cident with the
farmer, the victim’s
family can get the
sum insured loan
without any hassle.
He said that pro-
cess of PACS com-
puterizationshould
be expedited.
HAIL COVID WARRIORS
175 Corona Warriors were honoured by Secretariat
Employees Union in Secretariat Conference Hall,
Jaipur. Water Resources Minister Dr BD Kalla attended
programme as the chief guest. Employees union
president Abhimanyu Sharma was also present.
—PHOTO
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
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z Social justice
TAD - Feb 8
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z Industry MSME
- Feb 10
z Energy, Mines and
Petro - Feb 11
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and PHED -Feb 14
z PWD- Feb 15
z Agriculture, Horti-
cultur etc - Feb 16
MEETING SCHEDULE
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Patients com-
ing to the SMS Hospital
will soon see new ar-
rangements in the hos-
pital premises.
The new plan will al-
low patients to have
easy access to the avail-
able facilities without
wandering from coun-
ter to counter.
In the meeting of Ra-
jasthan Medical Relief
Society (RMRS) of SMS
Hospital held on
Wednesday, it was de-
cided to prepare an im-
provement road map
plan for SMS arrange-
ments. The task will be
given to a private firm,
which will prepare this
road map as soon as
possible and submit it
to the government in
six months. The meet-
ing was held at SMS
Medical College under
the chairmanship of
Principal Medical Edu-
cation Secretary Vaib-
hav Galriya.

ith water being one of the
prime resource for nearly 8
crore people of the parched
state of Rajasthan, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot has
remarked that while Ra-
jasthan filled up the ‘pitcher’
for the central givernment by
electing all 25 BJP candi-
dates as MPs in last elections,
in turn, the MPs have not
been able to secure even the
state’s right of water as the
Union government did not
give the Eastern Rajasthan
Canal Project (ERCP) a na-
tional project status, even
though promised by PM
Modi during his poll rally in
state.
Gehlot said all the 25 BJPs
brought disappointment to
the state as they could not
impress upon the Union gov-
ernment the utility and ben-
efits of the Eastern Ra-
jasthan canal project or get
any other mega benefit.
The budget has made no
announcement on the vari-
ous pleas made by the state
to the Centre to give Ra-
jasthan special status in
light of the fact that a
very large area of the
state is sandy and
there is a huge short-
age of drinking water
with just one perennial
river in the state. The
Union budget would
fill the coffers of the
rich and make the
rich richer still,
while there is no solid provi-
sion for the poor, farmers and
labourers, Ashok Gehlot said.
NITI AAYOG
ISSUE RAISED
Gehlot has been trying to per-
suade the Centre to give the
national project status to the
state’s ambitious East Ra-
jasthan Canal Project (ERCP)
to help provide drinking and
irrigational water to the peo-
ple of the desert state. The
Chief Minister has raised the
issue again and again and
also during a meeting with
the Niti Aayog with the pres-
ence of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi in a virtual pres-
entation.
GEHLOT SPOKE TO
PM VIA VC OVER ERCP
Gehlot reminded the Prime
Minister during a virtual
meeting, ”while addressing a
rally in Jaipur on July 7,
2018, and also in Ajmer on
October 6, 2018, you had
promised to declare the East
Rajasthan Canal Project a
national project of impor-
tance. But the same has not
been executed.”
The Chief Minister told
the Prime Minister in the
virtual meeting that Ra-
jasthan has 10% of the coun-
try’s land, while only 1% of
the country’s water is
available in the state.
Rajasthan is a de-
sert region, there
is also a shortage
of surface and
groundwater.
Due to the
large dis-
tance between
the village
hamlets as well
as the heterogene-
ous geographical
conditions, the
cost of providing
drinking water
from house to house
is much higher than
in other states. In
view of this, the Cen-
tral government like
the Hill states, should
also provide assistance
under 90:10 provision (that
is 90% help from the Centre
and 10% help from the state)
in the Jal Jeevan Mission to
the state.
The ERCP propos-
es to provide drink-
ing water to 13
districts of Ra-
jasthan and pro-
vide irrigation
water for 2.8
lakh hectares
of land
through 26 dif-
ferent large
and medium
projects. With-
in the Cham-
bal basin, dur-
ing the rainy
season Kunnu,
Sui, Parbati,
Kalisindh,Mez,andChakhan
sub-basins also have surplus
water while rivers like Ba-
nas, Banganaga and Gamb-
hir are basins in deficit yield.
Under this scheme, the sur-
plus water will be carried to
all such basins that are defi-
cit basins.
LETTER TO JAL
SHAKTI MINISTRY
In a recent letter to Jal Shakti
Ministry, the Water Resourc-
es department of Rajasthan
pointed out that the status of
national project has been
given to 16 projects in other
states, but no project in Ra-
jasthan has been given this
status. In the project with the
national project status of the
funding pattern is 90:10 but in
ERCP, 60% funding will be
borne by the Centre and 40
per cent by the state, said a
senior department official.
With the cost of Rs 40,000
crore, ERCP proposes drink-
ing water to 13 districts of
Rajasthan and provide irri-
gation water for 2.8 lakh hec-
tares of land through 26 dif-
ferent large and medium
projects. Under the project,
the surplus water in the sub-
basins of Kunnu, Kul, Par-
vati, Kalisindh, and Mej riv-
ers received during the mon-
soon will be carried to the
sub-basin of Banas, Morel,
Banganga, Gambhir and Par-
bati rivers.
The project would ensure
the availability of sufficient
water for drinking and irri-
gation till the year 2051 in
Jhalawar, Baran, Kota, Bun-
di, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer,
Tonk, Jaipur, Dausa, Karau-
li, Bharatpur and Dholpur
districts.
Pradesh Congress presi-
dent, Govind Singh Dotasra
termed the budget direction-
less and disappointing for the
youth.
Former Deputy Chief Min-
ister, Sachin Pilot aptly de-
scribed the budget as with
inflation-without jobs. He
said the NDA government
which came to power by de-
ceiving the youth and prom-
ising them jobs has left the
youth frustrated and disap-
pointed.
Pilot said there was not a
word in the Union budget for
the poor, youth and unem-
ployed. A vision of 25 years
has been presented in the
name of 75 years of Inde-
pendence and there is no ac-
count of announcements of
the last seven years includ-
ing three years of the tenure
of the NDA government.
SOURCE: NATIONAL HERALD
25 MPs HAVE FAILED
RAJASTHAN, STRESSES
GEHLOT ON UNION BUDGET!
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GEHLOT HAS BEEN
TRYING TO PERSUADE
THE CENTRE TO GIVE
THE NATIONAL
PROJECT STATUS TO
THE STATE’S
AMBITIOUS EAST
RAJASTHAN CANAL
PROJECT (ERCP) TO
HELP PROVIDE
DRINKING AND
IRRIGATIONAL
WATER TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE DESERT STATE
PRAKASH
BHANDARI
THE WRITER IS
A SENIOR JOURNALIST
Union budget is silent on the
suggested 90:10 ratio for
expenditures on attaining
the objectives of the Jal
Jeevan Mission. The Union
government should spend
90% on the Jal Jeevan
project as the states were not
capable of funding the project
from their own resources.
Ever since the NDA
government came in power,
the fiscal deficit has been
increasing significantly. The
fiscal deficit has doubled in
the past seven years and after
the current budget
announcements, the deficit
would grow further.
—Ashok Gehlot,
Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister of Rajasthan
PERSPECTIVE
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Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Akhilesh Yadav misled the people of the
country and the state by saying that this
is the BJP’s vaccine for the Covid vaccine,
we will not get it administered. If there was
no vaccine, would people have been saved
from the third wave today? Prime Minister
with Sudarshan Chakra of free vaccine @
narendramodi Ji did the work of securing
130 crore people of the country.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Jayant ji, Hema Malini ji is one of the best
politician and actress of the country. She is
a symbol of Indian women empowerment,
by taking a jibe at her you are insulting
countless women who are trying to make
their mark. Jayant ji, you have to work
very hard to become Hema Malini. People
rejected you and chose Hemaji, then it was
on his ability to connect with him, on his
work. You should apologise, Jayant.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Drop by drop is the water
pot filled. Likewise, the wise
man, gathering it little by
little, fills himself with good.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
COLLEGIUM-GOVT
STAND-OFF OVER
EIGHT NAMES FOR
HC JUDGESHIP
ppointment of judg-
es is virtually a war
of nerves between
the Collegium and
the government.
This leads to delays in filling up
vacancies of judges in different
high courts. There’s a fresh
stand-off between the two with
the Supreme Court reiterating
eight names for judgeship. The
government had sent these
names back for reconsideration.
A statement on the Supreme
Court’s website said, “The Col-
legium… has resolved to reiter-
ate its earlier recommenda-
tion…” with regard to judicial
officers for elevation to Calcutta
High Court.
The collegium has also recom-
mended 19 fresh names for ele-
vation.
Last year, Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju had said that the
Central government cannot be
blamed for delay in judicial ap-
pointments because it is incum-
bent upon the government to do
“due diligence” before recom-
mending a name for elevation.
With the apex court reiterating
the names, will Centre accept the
eight names or will it still find
that enough due diligence has
not been done by the collegium?
TOP TWEETS
A
est Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata
Banerjee has re-
vealed her prime
ministerial ambi-
tions by declaring that Trina-
mool Congress will contest
the 2024 Lok Sabha elections
meantime she has decided to
back Samajwadi Party in the
Assembly elections.
This won’t be the first
time that Mamata will be
testing waters in UP. In 2012
also the TMC announced
names of 49 candidates for
the first phase of UP Assem-
bly polls. Out of these only
one---Shyam Sundar Sundar
Sharma---won from Mant in
Mathura. Sharma later de-
fected to BSP and once again
figures in the party’s list of
candidates for 2022 elections.
To expand its base the TMC
had also set up a state unit
with Anup Chowdhary as
president. It was a forgetta-
ble debut for the TMC.
After her initial forays in
the state did not help Mamata
to expand her footprints in
the Hindi heartland she
seemed to have lost interest.
It is after her stupendous vic-
tory in last year’s state elec-
tions that the West Bengal
CM began dreaming of a pan-
India role and hoping to re-
place Congress as an alterna-
tive to the BJP. To achieve
that, the TMC must mark its
strong presence in the Hindi
heartland. Backing SP won’t
take her far. Her party has to
contest and win elections in
UP to prove that she is ac-
ceptable to the people.
Two years is a rather short
time for TMC to take roots in
UP even if the party does well
in Manipur and Goa. Maybe,
Prashant Kishore could help
Didi realise her dream.
MAMATA WILL FIND UP
TOUGH TO TRAVERSE
West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee
has revealed her prime
ministerial ambitions
by declaring that
Trinamool Congress
will contest the 2024
Lok Sabha elections
meantime she has
decided to back
Samajwadi Party in the
Assembly elections
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INDIA
05
Mumbai: Theseatrials
for the fifth submarine
of Project 75,whichwill
include testing the pro-
pulsion systems, weap-
ons and sensors of the
warship, have com-
menced, more than a
year after its launch
here, the Indian Navy
said on Wednesday
.
The submarine,
which will be chris-
tened INS Vagir at the
time of commission-
ing, is scheduled for
delivery to the Indian
Navy later this year af-
ter completion of these
trials, an official state-
ment said. The fifth
submarine of Project
75, Yard 11879, Indian
Navy’s Kalvari class
commenced her sea tri-
als on February 1.
The submarine was
launched in November
2020 from the Kanhoji
Angre Wet Basin of
Mazagon Dock Ship-
builders Ltd (MDL).
The submarine would
be named ‘Vagir’ after
commissioning, the
Navy said in the state-
ment. Despite the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, Mum-
bai-based MDL has
‘delivered’ two subma-
rines of Project 75 in
2021 and the com-
mencement of sea tri-
als of the fifth subma-
rine is a significant
milestone, it added.
The submarine will
now undergo intense
trials of all its systems
at sea, including pro-
pulsion systems, weap-
ons and sensors.
The submarine is
scheduled for delivery
to the Indian Navy in
the year 2022 after com-
pletion of these trials,
the statement added.
Kolkata: The marine
version of the French-
made Rafale fighter jet
has been successfully
flight-tested at a shore-
based facility in Goa
where conditions simi-
lar to that on the indig-
enously-developed air-
craft carrier INS
Vikrant were simulat-
ed, a top diplomat said.
The Rafale-M is pit-
ted against the US-
made Super Hornet -
both of which are be-
ing evaluated for a pos-
sible purchase by the
Indian Navy for de-
ployment on the INS
Vikrant.
“Tests were done to
check its take-off from
the deck of your car-
rier and it has done
very well,” French
Ambassador to India
Emmanuel Lenain told
journalists on Tuesday
evening in Kolkata.
Navy flight tests Rafale-Marine
jet for aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
Fifth Scorpene-class desi sub sails out for first sea trial
New Delhi: Noting that
timely completion of
the vaccination sched-
ule is important to con-
fer protection of vac-
cines to the recipients,
the Centre has asked
the States and UTs to
review the coverage of
second dose among ado-
lescents daily
.
Union Health Secre-
tary Rajesh Bhushan
said a tailored commu-
nication strategy, fo-
cused at adolescent
population and their
caregivers, should also
be rolled out to make
them aware about the
timely completion of
vaccination schedule.
“I hereby request you
to direct the concerned
officials to accelerate
the 2nd dose coverage
among due beneficiar-
ies aged 15-18 years,”
Bhushan said.
Noting that timely
completion of Covid-19
vaccination schedule is
important to confer full
protection of vaccines
to the recipients,
Bhushan said “it is im-
portant that the cover-
age second dose amongs
adolescents is reviewed
daily at your level.”
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Wednesday said that
the migration from bor-
der villages is not good
for the national securi-
ty and the current budg-
et has provisions to de-
velop ‘vibrant villages’
on the border.
The PM said that the
Budget also focused on
the development of vil-
lages at the border
while adding that the
National Cadet Corps
(NCC) Centres will be
brought in at schools
situated at the border.
Budget will help in devp of
vibrant border villages: PM
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New Delhi: Rajya Sab-
ha Chairman M Venkai-
ah Naidu on Wednesday
asked MPs to ensure
smooth functioning of
theHouseduringtheon-
going Budget session
and said they should
conduct themselves in a
manner befitting the
trust citizens still have
inIndia’sparliamentary
democracy
.
Earlier in the day
, the
House observed silence
as mark of respect on
the deaths of Archbish-
op Emeritus Desmond
Mpilo Tutu of South Af-
rica in December, and
David Sassoli, serving
President of the Euro-
pean Parliament.
Nobel Peace Prize
winner Tutu passed
away on December 26 at
the age of 90. Sassoli
was awarded the Gan-
dhi Peace Prize in 2005.
Sassoli died on Jan 11.
TheHousealsoobserved
silence as a mark of re-
spect to the memory of
those who lost their
lives in floods in Malay-
sia, and the volcanic
eruption near Tongan.
Naidu pulls up MPs over conduct in Parl
RS Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu conducts the proceeding of the
house in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: As many as
439 terrorists have been
eliminated in Jammu
Kashmir so far after the
abrogation of Article
370 while 541 terrorism-
related incidents have
been registered in the
UT, MoS for Home af-
fairs Nityanand Rai in-
formed Rajya Sabha.
Rai, in a written re-
ply to Rajya Sabha MP
Neeraj Dangi, said, “541
terror incidents while
439 terrorists eliminat-
ed and 98 civilians who
lost their lives and 109
security forces mar-
tyred in JK after the
repeal of Article 370
post-August 5, 2019 till
January 26, 2022.”
The MoS added dur-
ing these incidents, no
significant public prop-
erty has been damaged.
439 ultras killed in JK
post Article 370 repeal
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DATA ON TERROR
New Delhi: The total recovery of counterfeit notes from
2016-2020 is 20,17,427 in number from States and
UTs. Replying to a question by MP Sukhram Singh Ya-
dav, MoS Nityanand Rai said, “The NCRB is the nodal
agency, which compiles the data on crimes including
the counterfeit currency notes, as reported to it and
publishes the same in its publication ‘Crime in India’.”
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday
said that the Union Budget is “delusionary, a ‘jumla’,
‘golmaal’, and a time-pass. “What have the middle
class and the poor gotten from the Budget Session
2022? Budget is delusionary, a ‘jumla’, ‘golmaal’, and a
time-pass. It is a flop film,” said the Shiv Sena leader.
FROM 2016-20, CENTRE RECOVERED
20,17,427 COUNTERFEIT NOTES: MHA
BUDGET IS DELUSIONARY, ‘JUMLA’,
‘GOLMAAL’, AND TIME PASS: RAUT
New Delhi: The protec-
tion of women and chil-
dren in the country is a
priority for all but con-
demning every mar-
riage as violent and
every man a rapist is
not advisable, Minister
of Women and Child
Development Smriti
Irani said in the Rajya
Sabha on Wednesday
.
Her comments came
in response to CPI
leader Binoy Viswam’s
supplementary query
on marital rape. He
sought to know if the
government had taken
note of Section 3 of the
Domestic Violence Act
on the definition of do-
mestic violence as well
as Section 375 of the
IPC on rape.
Inadvisable to say
every man rapist: Irani
BJP leaders listening to PM’s virtually address on ‘Atmanirbhar
Arthvyavastha’ in Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi al-
leged that the Govt had
delivered a “zero-sum
Budget” that has noth-
ing for the middle class,
farmers and the poor,
drawing a derisive re-
sponse from Ministers
who suggested that the
Rahul had not under-
stood the “futuristic”
measures. The opposi-
tion party also hit out at
FM Nirmala Sithara-
man, accusing her of
insulting the people of
UP with her remarks
and demanding that she
apologise to them.
Row over FM’s
remark, Cong
seeks apology
New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium headed by
Chief Justice NV Ramana has recommended to the
Centre the names of six judicial officers for appoint-
ment as judges of the Delhi High Court. The collegium,
which also comprised senior most judges Justices UU
Lalit and AM Khanwilkar, held deliberations on Febru-
ary 1 and recommended the names of Poonam A
Bamba, Neena Bansal Krishna, Dinesh Kumar Sharma,
Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Swarana Kanta Sharma and
Sudhir Kumar Jain. “The Supreme Court Collegium in
its meeting held on 1st February, 2022 has approved
the proposal for elevation of the following Judicial
Officers as Judges in the Delhi HC,” a statement said.
There are three women judicial officers whose names
have been recommended for judgeship of the Delhi
HC which is functioning with 30 judges as against the
sanctioned strength of 60 judges.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday has
asked to clarify the legal enforceability of the Centre’s
guidelines for the transportation of the camels/animals
while hearing a PIL stating guidelines were laid but not
complied with by the concerned authorities and alleg-
ing illegal transportation of camels during Republic
day Parade function. The Division Bench of Justice DN
Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh asked the counsel for
the petitioner to clarify whether the guidelines issued
regarding the size and structure of camel vans are
mandatory to be followed under any statute or law.
Mumbai: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane withdrew his bail plea
filed in the Bombay High Court as he intends to sur-
render before police and join the probe in an attempt
to murder case in which he is an accused. Nitesh
Rane, son of Union Minister Narayan Rane, had filed
the plea in HC on Tuesday after a sessions court in
Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra denied him bail in
the case while noting that his custodial interrogation
was required. The MLA’s advocate Satish Maneshinde
told a single bench of Justice CV Bhadang that the
applicant would like to withdraw the application.
SC COLLEGIUM RECOMMENDS 6 JUDICIAL
OFFICERS AS DELHI HIGH COURT JUDGES
HC SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON GUIDELINES
FOR CAMELS’ TRANSPORTATION
BJP MLA WITHDRAWS BAIL PLEA IN
MURDER BID CASE; TO SURRENDER
IN THE COURTYARD
Mumbai: Underworld
Don Chhota Rajan was
discharged by a Special
Mumbai court in con-
nection with a MCOCA
case lodged against him
and others. Five persons
and a girl was shot at
in Bandra west area of
Mumbai out of which five
later died on March 1,
1999. In this case Chhota
Rajan was made as an ac-
cused along with others
and MCOCA was slapped
on them.
New Delhi: The SC
sought the response
of the Centre to 1993
Bombay blast convict Abu
Salem’s argument that his
imprisonment cannot ex-
tend beyond 25 years. A
bench of Justices SK Kaul
and MM Sundresh sought
the response of the Centre
on Salem’s plea that the
2017 judgment of a Mum-
bai TADA Court sentenc-
ing him to life imprison-
ment violated the terms of
the extradition.
CHHOTA RAJAN
DISCHARGED IN
MCOCA CASE
SC SEEKS GOVT’S
RESPONSE TO ABU
SALEM’S PLEA
Mahesh Shrama
New Delhi: The issue
of Railway Recruit-
ment Examination is
proving difficult for the
BJP. The party is stuck
at a time when assem-
bly elections are being
held in five States. The
BJP has also under-
stood the danger, only
then the Indian Rail-
ways hastily tried to
avoid the matter by
forming an inquiry
committee. Railways
has postponed the exam
and has asked the in-
quiry committee to sub-
mit its report by March
4. Everyone knows that
the last phase of polling
is to be held on March 7,
till that time this matter
has been postponed.
Bihar BJP leader and
Rajya Sabha MP Sushil
Kumar Modi has said
that the results of three
and a half lakh more
children will be de-
clared by the Railways
and there will be no sec-
ond exam for the re-
sumption of Group-D.
Think, if there is no
second exam, then how
will the appointment be
made? If someone is
shortlisted on that ba-
sis, will there not be any
controversy? Will the
matter not reach the
courts? It seems that
the intention of both
the BJP and railways is
to entangle this whole
matter in a similar con-
troversy. This is being
felt by the allies of the
BJP, only then the three
allies of Bihar support-
ed the students in this
matter instead of the
railways. Vikas Insaan
Party of Bihar Govt
Min Mukesh Sahni took
part in the Bihar bandh
called by the students
last week. Another col-
league and former CM
Jitan Ram Manjhi also
opposed the police ac-
tion on the students and
appealed to withdraw
all the cases. BJP’s ally
JD(U), which is leading
in State. JDU national
president Rajiv Ranjan
alias Lalan Singh said
in a series of tweets
that the operators of
coaching institutes help
poor children. It is not
right to file a case
against them for incit-
ing students. The BJP
was unable to take po-
litical advantage of this
matter.
On this pretext, the
matter of other exams
and appointments has
also come to the fore.
Keep in mind that every
year crores of students
appear in competitive
examinations in the
country. 4 crore stu-
dents take part in SSC
exams alone every year,
whose displeasure may
overwhelm the BJP.
BJP’S ALLY PARTIES MIFFED WITH RAILWAYS!
RRB-NTPC PROTESTS

INDIA
06
25-Year-old, arrested for Yogi
protest, Samajwadi’s poll pick
Lucknow: Wavingblack
flags at Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath and her
subsequent arrest for
what she calls a “demo-
cratic protest” opened
thedoorsof mainstream
politics for 25-year-old
Pooja Shukla.
She is now the Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) candi-
date from Lucknow
North and is among the
youngest candidates in
the Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly polls.
Ms Shukla hogged the
limelight in June 2017
when she, along with 10
others, tried to stop Adi-
tyanath’s cavalcade on
the Lucknow University
Road and waved black
flags to protest against
government policies.
“On June 7, 2017,
when Yogi was on his
way to the Lucknow
University campus to
take part in `Hindi
Swaraj Diwas’ event,
students affiliated to All
India Students Associa-
tion, Students Federa-
tion of India and Sama-
jwadiChhatraSabhasat
on the road and blocked
his convoy, showed him
black flags and raised
slogans against the state
government,” Ms Shuk-
la told PTI.
We were arrested and
sent to jail the next day
.
This happened despite
usingdemocraticmeans
to protest. I had never
thought we would be ar-
rested but it reaffirmed
my faith in fighting for
what is right, she said
recalling the incident.
On being released
from jail after 20 days,
Pooja Shukla met SP pa-
triarch Mulayam Singh
Yadav and became the
face of Samajwadi
Chatra Sabha, the par-
ty’s student wing.
When asked why she
chose the SP, Pooja
said, “I was impressed
by the political strug-
gle of Mulayam Singh
Yadav and policies of
Akhilesh Yadav. —PTI
Pooja Shukla, Samajwadi Party candidate from North Lucknow, with party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
TMC TO CONTEST
2024 LS ELECTIONS
FROM UP: MAMATA
New Delhi: The Tri-
namool Congress will
contest the Parlia-
mentary elections in
2024 from the state of
Uttar Pradesh, party
chief and West Bengal
chief minister Mamata
Banerjee announced
on Wednesday. During
the announcement, she
also confirmed that the
party will not contest
in the upcoming state
assembly polls in UP
but will support the
Samajwadi Party (SP).
“In Uttar Pradesh, I am
not going to contest
assembly polls but I
am going to support SP
chief Akhilesh Yadav
on 8th Feb 2022. We
(TMC) will contest from
UP in Lok Sabha polls
(in 2024),” news agency
ANI quoted the Bengal
CM as saying. Further,
Banerjee also made
clear her intentions to
take on the Bharatiya
Janata Party at the
national stage in 2024
and emphasised on the
need to win all the 42
Lok Sabha seats in her
own state.
ELECTION BUZZ
z SP fields ex-mins Swami
Prasad Maurya from Fa-
zilnagar, Abhishek Mishra
from Sarojini Nagar
z After BJP’s denial, SP
likely to field Rita Bahu-
guna Joshi’s son from
Lucknow Cantt
z UP: Will continue to re-
main in party, says Swati
Singh after BJP denied her
ticket from Sarojini Nagar
z Rajnath Singh addressed
meet in UP’s Lakhimpur
over phone after chopper
halted due to fog
Manipur: All parties focus on‘Remove AFSPA’
Guwahati: AFSPA-free
Manipur. This is the bat-
tlefield slogan that every
political party in Ma-
nipurisusingtowinsup-
port ahead of the assem-
bly elections in the BJP-
ruled state this month.
The National People’s
Party, or NPP, is a key
ally of the BJP in the
north-east state and it
hadhelpedtheBJPform
government in 2017 by
adding its MLAs to
reachthemajoritymark
in the 60-seat house.
This time, the NPP
under its chief Conrad
Sangma will contest at
least 40 seats in Ma-
nipur. Sangma is also
the Chief Minister of
Meghalaya, where the
NPP has its roots.
“We have been stress-
ing on repealing the
Armed Forces (Special
Powers) Act. That’s
very important for the
people of Manipur, Na-
galand and the north-
east. So that’s one very
important agenda that
we are stressing on,”
Sangma told the media.
“There are of course
multiple aspects when it
comes to AFSPA. We
have been against it as a
partyforthelast20years.
In fact when we came to
power in Meghalaya, we
stronglylobbiedwiththe
govt to repeal it and it
was done,” Sangma said.
Manipur and other
northeastern states
have seen massive pro-
tests against AFSPA in
the past, the most recent
in Nagaland after six ci-
vilianswerekilledbythe
armyspecialforcesinan
operation that went hor-
ribly wrong. —Agencies
Protesters hold placards demanding withdrawal of AFSPA from
northeastern States. —File photo
Battle for UP: “Will Yogi survive the Kalidas jinx”
Lucknow: As election-
eering in Uttar Pradesh
touches a crescendo
and barbs fly thicker
and faster, one question
that is hounding the
BJP and its supporters
is that whether Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath will be able to
breakthe‘Kalidas’jinx.
While the Noida jinx
has been a topic of dis-
cussion in political cir-
cles for decades, the
Kalidas jinx has been
very quietly whispered
in the corridors of
power in Lucknow.
The UP chief minis-
ter’s official bungalow
is located on Kalidas
Marg - 5, Kalidas Marg,
to be precise-and a
look at history shows
that no chief minister
since 1950 has lived
here for a second con-
secutive term.
Though several
Chief Ministers have
enjoyed multiple terms
in office, none has had
the privilege of spill-
ing into the second
term while living in
this bungalow.
Mashoor Ahmad, 91,
who had worked as a
maintenance staff dur-
ing the regime of Kam-
lapati Tripathi in early
seventies, recalls,
“Even at that time, peo-
ple used to murmur
about the bungalow
having a curse. Trip-
athi ji used to get ‘puja’
done at regular inter-
vals but it is not known
whether they were per-
formed to remove the
curse. It is a fact that
while parties like
the Congress re-
turned to power
after elections,
the same chief minis-
ter did not make a
comeback. Some chief
ministers like ND Ti-
wari, Mulayam Singh,
Mayawati and Kalyan
Singh occupied this
bungalow several
times but never in suc-
cession.”
A retired IAS officer,
on the other hand, said
that the Kalidas curse
was that the occupant
would make some mis-
take during his tenure
which would show him
the exit door.
“According to a pop-
ular fable, Kalidas was
once sitting on a
branch of a tree on the
wrong end and was
sawing it. When he fi-
nally sawed through
the branch, he came
down with it. Similarly
,
chief ministers living
here often tend to make
mistakes that lead to
their exit,” he said.
The retired officer
further said that the
bureaucrats had in-
formed some chief
ministers, including
ND Tiwari, but they
took it lightly
.
“I am sure if some-
one had told Yogi Adi-
tyanath about this, he
would have changed
the name of the street,”
he added.
The 5, Kalidas Marg
bungalow is one of the
best maintained and
largest government
bungalows in Luc-
know.
Having multiple bed-
rooms, the bungalow
has been renovated
several times. Each
chief minister has
made additions and
changed to the bunga-
low to suit his or her
needs.
Mayawati, as chief
minister renovated the
Janata Darshan Hall
and made many other
changes and additions
to the bungalow.
According to a popular fable, Kalidas was
once sitting on a branch of a tree on the wrong
end and was sawing it. When he finally
sawed through the branch, he came down
with it. Similarly, chief ministers living
here often tend to make mistakes that
lead to their exit. —A retired IAS officer
Mamata Banerjee
re-elected TMC
chief unopposed
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief MinisterMamata
Banerjee, who was re-
elected the TMC chair-
person on Wednesday,
urged its leaders to put
up a united fight against
the BJP and warned
against infighting.
Banerjee’s message
to party leaders came
amid differences be-
tween the generation
next leaders and a sec-
tion of the old guard.
“I want all my party
leaders and workers to
promise they will not
fight among them-
selves. Infighting will
not be tolerated....
groups within the party
will not be tolerated.
There are no different
groups in TMC, the par-
ty is one united group.
TMC held its organi-
sational elections after
a gap of 5 years.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu at the Vaishno Devi shrine.
Sidhu visits Vaishno
Devi as Cong asks
peopleforCMchoice
New Delhi: PunjabCon-
gress chief Navjot Singh
SidhuonWednesdayvis-
ited the Vaishno Devi
shrine in Jammu just as
thepartystartedseeking
public opinion on the
chief ministerial candi-
date. Similar to what the
Aam Aadmi Party had
done in the state, Con-
gresshasbeencollecting
public feedback through
IVR (Interactive Voice
Response) calls for a few
days now. State CM
Charanjit Singh Channi
hasoftenbeenrumoured
to be the party’s favour-
ite for the top job.
“Warmth, love and af-
fection at the heavenly
abode is heart render-
ing...,” Mr Sidhu tweeted
alongwithavideoof him
entertainingrequestsfor
selfies from people who
flocked around him. The
cricketer-turned-politi-
cian had earlier tweeted
a picture of him in front
of achopperannouncing
his visit. “On my way to
MataVaishnoDevi...The
eternal grace of the di-
vine mother has always
protected me on this
pathof Dharma...Ather
lotus feet for blessings...
Dushtaan da vinaash kr,
Punjab da Kalyaan kar
(Destroy evil, bless Pun-
jab)... Sach Dharam di
sathapana kr (establish
true faith)...,” he had
tweeted.
The IVR call from
Congress plays a record-
ed message in Punjabi
prompting listeners to
pressakeytovoteamong
three options. Charanjit
Singh Channi’s name
has been placed at num-
berone,followedbyNav-
jot Sidhu’s. —Agencies
HUSBAND DENIED
TICKET, BJP LEADER
SLAMS PRIYANKA
New Delhi: Former Con-
gress MLA Aditi Singh
on Wednesday attacked
Cong general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
for denying a party
ticket to her husband in
the upcoming Punjab
assembly polls. She
also accused Ms Vadra
of harassment. Singh,
ex-MLA from Raebareli,
has switched over to
the BJP and is the party
candidate in UP elections
that start this month. Her
husband Angad Singh
Saini, current Congress
MLA from Punjab’s
Nawanshahr assembly,
was not renominated by
the party and has filed
his nomination as an
independent candidate.
In Bihar, 400 students write class
12 board exam in car headlights
Motihari: Students sit
in the open for their
Class 12 exams with car
headlights as their only
source of light in a
building without elec-
tricity, in a video from
Bihar, which has strug-
gled with cheating scan-
dals and exam viola-
tions for years.
In an examination
centre at Bihar’s Moti-
hari, over 400 students
took their Hindi exam -
Class 12 (Intermediate)
exam--inthelightof car
headlights on Monday
.
The exam went on
till 8 pm at the Maha-
raja Harendra Kishore
college.
In the second part of
exams that day, which
was from 1.45 pm to 5
pm, students allegedly
did not get their answer
sheets until 4.30 pm be-
cause of last-minute
confusion in seating.
Protestsandchaosbroke
out at the centre and the
police were called in.
Senior police officers
arrived with a large
number of policemen to
tackle the situation.
It was dark by the
time the students set-
tled down for their
exam. But there was no
electricity at the centre,
which led to some more
turmoil.
Finally
, generators
were hired and parents
who had cars switched
on their headlights so
studentscouldatleastsit
on the corridor outside
and write the exam. A
top district official has
ordered an inquiry into
what went wrong. —PTI
Exam went on till 8 pm at the Maharaja Harendra Kishore college.
Construction workers
abducted by militants
Guwahati: Security
forces have launched
operations against Na-
tional Socialist Council
of Nagaland (K-Yung
Aung) after three road
construction workers
were allegedly abduct-
ed by the militant group
from Longding district
in Arunachal Pradesh
on Monday, official
sources confirmed.
The operations have
been launched in areas
bordering Myanmar in
Longding district of
Arunachal Pradesh,
where NSCN (K-YA)
militants have been ac-
tive for several months,
allegedly carrying out
extortion activities.
Longding superiten-
dent of police VH Mee-
na confirmed on
Wednesday that three
construction workers
were abducted by
NSCN(K-YA) militants
from Pumao in Long-
ding district on Mon-
day
. —Agencies
5 killed in coal
mine collapse
in Jharkhand
Bhubaneshwar: Five
people have been con-
firmed dead after a pile
of waste collapsed over
locals trying to lift coal
from an abandoned
open cast mine owned
by state-run Coal India
Ltd in Jharkhand, po-
lice said on Wednesday
.
Police said the mis-
hap occurred early on
Tuesday in Gopinath-
pur in Dhanbad.
The top police official
in the region said the
deceased were not pro-
fessional miners. One
coal miner died on the
job every 12 days on an
average in 2020, accord-
ing to government data.
—PTI
Hizbul terrorist
killed in Shopian
encounter
Srinagar: A terrorist
killed in an encounter in
the Nadigam area of
Shopian in Jammu
Kashmir on Wednesday
belongedtoHizbulMuja-
hideen.Theterroristhas
been identified as Umar
Ishfaq Malik, a resident
of Bongam in Shopian.
He had joined the mili-
tant outfit in November
last year. One AK-47 as-
sault rifle, 4 magazines
andahandgrenadehave
been recovered from the
spot of encounter. —PTI

NEWS
07
Sikar: The local team
of ACB has busted
a racket in the state
government’s ongoing
flagship programme
Prashasan Gaon Ke
Sang (PGKS) and
arrested a registration
official in Fatehpur
Shekhawati on
Wednesday. According
to sources, the villagers
were being asked Rs
1,000-2,000 as bribe
to get their pattas
registered under the
PGKS campaign.
ACB BUSTS GRAFT
RACKET IN PGKS;
ONE ARRESTED
NEWS DIGEST
CORRIGENDUM
The story titled ‘Lt Gen
RP Kalita is Eastern
Army Commander,
Lt Gen Dwivedi takes
charge of Northern
Command’ and pub-
lished on the front page
of edition dated Febru-
ary 2, 2022, the cap-
tions under the photos
consisting of names
got interchanged. The
error is regretted.
DUDI ‘UPSET YET
CONTENT’ WITH
APRO POST
Asenior leader of Congress is
heartbroken but agreed also
at the same time. He has been
made APRO of
Congress
organization
elections. But in
terms of
seniority, he
was expecting
to be made PRO. But he agreed
also because he got the
responsibility of UP during
which he will have a chance to
work under the direction of
Priyanka Gandhi. The leader is
Rameshwar Dudi, who has been
CLP leader of Rajasthan, former
MP and is counted among the
big farmer leaders. Like a
committed leader, he participated
in the organization election
meeting. —Yogesh Sharma
‘HONEYTRAP’
OCCUPIES
MINISTERS’ MINDS!
The shadow of ‘honeytrap’
was visible among ministers
who gathered at the CM’s
residence on Wednesday. After
the meeting of the Council of
Ministers, there was discussion
among the ministers on the
issue of entrapment bid of
Minister Ramlal Jat in a
honeytrap. Meanwhile, a minister
from Bikaner gave a lesson to all
the ministers saying, “Never talk
to women alone. If you talk to
women, keep someone with
you.” Ministers also asserted the
need for caution. A cabinet
minister said in the middle,
“What will happen to those who
have met alone before?”
—Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: A day after a
conspiracy to honey-
trap Revenue Minister
Ramlal Jat came to
light, he said on
Wednesday that two
women claiming to be
journalists had met
him in connection with
some work but he had
told them it could not be
done as the matter was
not related to his de-
partment. The minister
said this could be a po-
litical conspiracy
against him.
“When I was in
Bhilwara, two women
called my PA on Friday
night, seeking an ap-
pointment. As it was
too late, I asked the PA
to call them next morn-
ing at a public hearing,”
Jat said.
He said that a man
had also called him ear-
lier claiming to be the
head of a news channel.
Later, the women intro-
duced themselves as
reporters from the
channel. Jat said they
met him on Saturday
morning and showed
him a paper. —PTI
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress will
make 100 members at
every booth of Ra-
jasthan under the mem-
bership drive, party
leader Sanjay Nirupam
said. Nirupam said that
the party’s target is to
make more than 50
lakhs new members in
the state.
“The Ashok Gehlot
government is doing ex-
cellent work and the
party in the state is
strong. Will make the
party organization
strong so that the party
can retain the power in
next assembly elec-
tions,” he said.
The Congress PRO
was in the city to review
the preparations for the
Digital Membership
campaign. In view of
the organizational elec-
tions, the offline mem-
bership campaign has
been going on since last
November, while the
digital membership
campaign is expected to
be launched next week.
EXCELLENT WORK BY GEHLOT
GOVT, PARTY STRONG: NIRUPAM
PEGASUS ROW: YOUTH CONG
BURNS EFFIGY OF THE CENTRE
Rajasthan Youth Congress burnt an
effigy of the Central Government at the
collectorate in Jaipur in connection with
the Pegasus espionage case. The workers
also raised slogans for not announcing
employment for youth in the Union budget.
Cong targets
more than 50L
new members
in Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Sanjay Nirupam, Dr CP Joshi, Shanti Dhariwal, Dr BD Kalla, Govind Singh Dotasra and Rajendra Singh
Kumpawat in a meeting on late Tuesday at Chief Minister’s Residence in Jaipur to discuss organisational issues.
Counter fake content on
social media: Dotasra
First India Bureau
Jaipur: PCC chief Govind
Singh Dotasra on Wednes-
day said that the social me-
dia volunteers of the party
have a crucial role in coun-
tering the fake and base-
less propaganda run by the
BJP on social media.
Reviewing work of vol-
unteers who came from
across the state, Dotasra
said social media has
emerged as a powerful me-
dium of expression in new
environment. Dotasra said
thatCongressSocialMedia
Volunteers have more re-
sponsibility towards soci-
ety as they not only have to
counter BJP’s factless
propaganda with correct
facts, but they also need to
maintain decency by fol-
lowing the path shown by
the Congress Party
.
It is a conspiracy to target the
farmer politics. A person of the
news organization had asked two
girls to meet after eight o’clock in the night. I
had refused. I was lucky. Later, two girls
came in the public hearing fro some police
work, which could not be done. One of the
two girls was the same who has been
arrested —Ramlal Jat, Revenue Minister
Raj provides
fee relief to
Telecom
Companies
Lawyers’ protest on:
Bhandari writes to CJ
against Bar members
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government has pro-
vided relief to telecom
companies under which
the companies will now
have to pay less for car-
rying the cable on elec-
tricity poles. The com-
panies will have to pay
Rs 1,000 per pole instead
of Rs 1500 to the con-
cerned local body. The
Urban Development
and Housing Depart-
ment has issued an or-
der after the approval
of Minister Shanti Dha-
riwal. Also, the charges
on laying underground
cables have also been
reduced for the compa-
nies on making man-
hole chambers. Earlier,
10 percent of DLC had
to be paid per manhole
chamber. Now this
charge will be Rs 2,000
per manhole in district
headquarter cities.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In Rajasthan
High Court, the dharna
continued since Janu-
ary 25 regarding irregu-
larities in the nomina-
tion of senior advo-
cates. Senior advocate
Poonam Chand
Bhandari wrote a letter
to the Chief Justice of
Rajasthan High Court
on Wednesday accusing
President of the Ra-
jasthan High Court Bar,
Secretary and all execu-
tive and office bearers
for conspiring for re-
move his table in Cham-
ber No. 193 and moving
his goods out of the
chamber on Tuesday.
The video recording of
the entire incident was
sent to the Registrar
General via WhatsApp.
Bhandari said that he is
69 years old and it is an
insult to the judiciary
to act like this with a
senior advocate. Vimal
Chaudhary, Poonam
Chand Bhandari, San-
jay Tyagi, Vedpal Tyagi,
Vijay Singh Poonia,
Laxmi Narayan Bose,
Indra Jeet Khaturia and
KS Jadaun sat on the
dharna.
810th Urs: Security beefed up at Ajmer
Sharif Dargah,5K policemen deployed
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: For the securi-
ty arrangements of the
810th Urs of world-re-
nowned Khwaja Moi-
nuddin Chishti, 5000
policemen and home
guards have been de-
ployed in the city
.
On Wednesday, in-
structions were given
by the Ajmer SP for bet-
ter security arrange-
ments for Urs in the
police line.
Ajmer SP Vikas Shar-
ma said that in view of
the Urs of Khwaja Sa-
hib, 5000 policemen
have been deployed. At
the same time, about 20
additional SPs and 30
DSPs have been called
for special duty. All
these policemen have
been deployed in and
around the dargah to
maintain the security
arrangements along
with ensuring the com-
pliance of Covid guide-
lines.
The SP said that be-
sides the dargah, there
will be police monitor-
ing in the areas where
there is a movement of
pilgrims coming for the
Urs. Along with this, se-
curity arrangements
have been increased in-
side and outside the
dargah as well.
Raj government preparing data bank for
renewable energy projects: ACS Subodh
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: The govern-
ment is preparing a
data bank based on
geo-mapping to estab-
lish renewable energy
projects in the state,
Additional Chief Sec-
retary (Energy) Dr
Subodh Agrawal said
in a review meeting at-
tended by the officers
of Rajasthan Renewa-
ble Energy Corpora-
tion Limited here on
Wednesday
.
Dr Agrawal in-
formed that “chunk of
land” available in eve-
ry district will be ear-
marked with the help
of the respective Col-
lectors, who have al-
ready been informed
about the details of the
program.
Govind Singh Dotasra
—PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN
—PHOTO
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
PC Bhandari and other lawyers staging dharna at the High Court.
HONEY-TRAPPING ATTEMPT
Jat: It could be a political
conspiracy against me

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
57,08,428
TOTAL DEATHS
30,34,70,925
TOTAL RECOVERED
7,37,44,833
ACTIVE CASES
38,29,24,186
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
4,97,996
TOTAL DEATHS
3,95,11,307
TOTAL RECOVERED
16,21,582
ACTIVE CASES
4,16,30,885
TOTAL CASES
What bothers and troubles a
person is not a situation or
incident - But how it affects him,
he forgets that remains under his control.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, who had
made scathing remarks
againstUnionbudgeton
Tuesday, again lashed
out at the Union govern-
ment and particularly
PM Narendra Modi on
the issue. In a series of
tweets,Gehlotsaid,“The
statement given by
Prime Minister Modi in
thecontextof thebudget
is contrary to reality
.
Calling the budget “the
budget of Amritkaal” or
anything else, it will not
change the fact that the
country is lagging be-
hind on every scale due
tothepoliciesof theBJP
.
The condition of the
economy has deterio-
rated, unemployment is
increasing, industries
have closed in large
numbers, the prices of
fuel and essential goods
have become a burden
for the common man.”
The Chief Minister
further said, “Prime
Minister Modi claims
the budget is for the in-
terest of youth, middle
class, poor, farmers,
while there is no con-
crete provision for them
inthebudget.Indiaisan
agri country
, and this is
1st budget in which
nothing was given to the
farmers. While poverty
is increasing under the
NDA rule, the govern-
ment did not announce
any scheme for public
welfare in the budget. In
contrast, the budget for
MNREGA – public wel-
fare scheme of the time
of UPA, which support-
ed the poor in Corona
times, was reduced.
CALL IT AMRITKAAL BUDGET OR ANYTHING, IT WONT
CHANGE FACT THAT COUNTRY IS LAGGING: GEHLOT
SENSITIVE GEHLOT SAVES A FAMILY AND ITS BREADWINNER!
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Australian
High Commissioner to
India Barry O’Farrell
made an official call on
the newly appointed
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma and congratu-
lated her on assuming
the charge of Ra-
jasthan’s top adminis-
trative officer. The High
Commissioner gave his
best wishes to Sharma
for her future tenure.
Farrell said that Aus-
tralia- India relation-
ship is getting closer
and is meant to go a
long way. He told that
Australia is aiming to
make a healthy invest-
ment in India for which
skill development, wa-
ter management, re-
newable energy, agri-
culture and mining can
be the focus areas. The
Australian ambassador
also suggested an ex-
change program for of-
ficers of the two coun-
tries under which the
administrative officers
from one country shall
visit the other to under-
stand and learn the ad-
ministrative working
of each other.
Oz High Commissioner
calls upon CS, talks on
plans to invest in Raj!
Sharma welcomes all suggestions made by
Farrell and said that Rajasthan too is looking
for a long term relationship with Australia
Rajasthan has a huge potential for development of
Solar power in particular and the Australian gov-
ernment would be willing to stitch a partnership in
developing and sharing technology for enhancing
Solar energy in the state.
—Barry O’Farrell, Australian High Commissioner to India
IND-OZ TRADE TALKS! Barry O’Farrell meets Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma in Secretariat, Jaipur on Wednesday. Also present
here were T Ravikant, Naveen Jain, Vandana Seth and Jade Taylor.
First India Bureau
J a i p u r /
B h i l w a r a :
Chief Minis-
ter Ashok
G e h l o t ’ s
sensitivi-
ty has
a g a i n
raised a
ray of
hope in
the life of
Kailash Bhil,
a laborer of
Bhilwara district,
who lost both his
hands due to elec-
trocution in an ac-
cident.
Kailash, a resi-
dent of Kheda vil-
lage of Jardu, had
gone to Bhavna-
gar district of
Gujarat to work
about 5 months
ago. He got
scorched due to a
strong current while
doing electrical work
there. Due to the efforts
of the doctors, his life
was saved but both the
hand and toe had were
lost. Kailash is the only
support for the liveli-
hood of elderly father
Baluram Bhil, preg-
nant wife, daughter
and younger brother.
Due to this accident,
the family started
struggling as the bread-
winner could not work
and the incident affect-
ed Kailash negatively
also.
In such a situation,
one Nirmal Mehta, a lo-
cal of Asind informed
the public hearing of-
ficers of the Chief Min-
ister’s residence about
his pain. Taking a hu-
mane decision on this,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot gave instruc-
tions to install his pros-
thetic hands-free of
cost with immediate
effect. Calling Kailash
to Jaipur, on Tuesday,
February 1, a free pros-
thetic hand was in-
stalled through the
Bhagwan Mahavir
Viklang Sahayata
Samiti. After medical
advice, a decision re-
garding the use of his
second artificial hand
will be taken. In view
of the pathetic econom-
ic condition of this la-
boring youth, separate
action is also being
taken to assist by pro-
viding relaxation in
the Chief Minister’s
Personal Grant Fund
rules. The CM has also
directed the district ad-
ministration to get all
the benefits payable
under social security
schemes to Kailash.
First India Bureau
First India Bureau
J a i p u r /
J a i p u r /
B h i l w a r a :
B h i l w a r a :
Chief Minis-
Chief Minis-
ter Ashok
ter Ashok
G e h l o t ’ s
G e h l o t ’ s
sensitivi-
sensitivi-
ty has
ty has
the life of
the life of
Kailash Bhil,
Kailash Bhil,
a laborer of
a laborer of
Bhilwara district,
Bhilwara district,
who lost both his
who lost both his
hands due to elec-
hands due to elec-
trocution in an ac-
trocution in an ac-
cident.
cident.
Kailash, a resi-
Kailash, a resi-
dent of Kheda vil-
dent of Kheda vil-
lage of Jardu, had
lage of Jardu, had
gone to Bhavna-
gone to Bhavna-
gar district of
gar district of
Gujarat to work
Gujarat to work
about 5 months
about 5 months
ago. He got
ago. He got
“A new happiness has returned in my life... I
never expected this darkness to ever end, but
CM Gehlot has given me a new ray of hope”
Due to
this sensi-
tivity of
the Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, my
family has got big
support. I became
very emotional on
receiving the pros-
thetic limb and
now I will be able
to do my daily
chores on my
own. —Kailash
Kailash Bhil, a resident of Kheda village of Jardu with his family
members after free prosthetic hand being installed on Feb 1.
Jaipur: CM Gehlot has approved
the payment of a special ex-gratia
amount of Rs 6.91 crore to the af-
fected families of the submerged area
in Isarda drinking water project. With
this amount, the work of rehabilita-
tion of 228 houses of 8 villages and
79 displaced persons of Isarda,
Solpur and Chowkdi villages will be
completed due to dam construction
belt, borough area and water-logging
area up to 258.50 meters for dam
construction of project. Gehlot has
also approved proposal to release
financial sanction of Rs 119.21 crore
to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law Univer-
sity, Jpr for works to be done in the
first phase.
“After being in power for 5 years in UP, BJP still
wants to instill fear in people to garner votes.
However, Congress is contesting polls with the
help of its manifesto and candidates. Priyanka
Gandhi has already focused more on women
this time,” Pilot said. Speaking about Unnao and
Lakhimpur Kheri, he asserted that Priyanka has
been vocal on these issues since the beginning.
CM APPROVES
SPECIAL EX-
GRATIA OF RS 6.91
CR FOR THOSE
AFFECTED BY
ISARDA DRINKING
WATER PROJECT
‘BJP STILL WANTS TO INSTILL FEAR IN PEOPLE’
There was no mention of MNREGA in
the budget speech or in the statement of
PM Modi. The NDA government talks
about planning for the next 25 years, it does not
see that if today’s policies will be strong, only
then the future will also be better. BJP has done
the work of taking the development of the country
backward every day. —CM Ashok Gehlot
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader and
one of its star cam-
paigners in UP, Sachin
Pilot on Wednesday
clarified that the party
did not field any candi-
date against Akhilesh
Yadav and Shivpal Sin-
gh Yadav out of “politi-
cal etiquettes”.
“As political eti-
quettes, Congress has
not fielded any candi-
date against Akhilesh
Yadav and Shivpal Sin-
gh Yadav from Karhal
constituency in UP.
When Sonia Gandhi
contested from Rae
Bareli Lok Sabha
seat in the state
earlier, SP did not
field a candidate,”
Pilot told. Sonia
Gandhi was elect-
ed as a Lok
S a b h a
M P
from
Rae Bareli’s seat in
2004, 2009, 2014, and
2019. Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Yadav is
contesting from Karhal
assembly seat of UP,
while his uncle who
heads Pragatisheel Sa-
majwadi Party (Lohia)
Shivpal Singh Yadav is
contesting from Jas-
want Nagar seat.
Notably, Samajwadi
Party had also not field-
ed its candidate from
the Amethi assembly
seat against Rahul Gan-
dhi during the Lok Sab-
ha elections in 2019.
Further, Pilot stated
that the changes
will ‘definitely’
happen in Uttar
Pradesh and Ut-
tarakhand dur-
ing the upcom-
ing assembly
elections.
—ANI
UP ASSEMBLY POLLS POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS IN RAJ
Pilot: Congress didn’t
field any candidate
against Akhilesh
Ajay Maken’s next visit to
finally end years of wait?
Gehlot instructs mins to be in
touch with MLAs to fix issues
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Rajasthan
will go to the polls in
the month of Novem-
ber-December next
year i.e. 2023 and with
merely 22 months left,
all political parties are
gearing up for the ‘big-
showdown’ and moti-
vating their workers.
With this, there is a
new hope among Con-
gress leaders and work-
ers alike that at least
now, with barely any
time left for election,
political appointments
will be done. Therefore,
word doing the round
in party circles is that
AICC General Secre-
tary in charge Ajay
Maken will be on a visit
to Jaipur on February
6-7 and it is believed
that this would set the
ball rolling for political
appointments in the on-
going month. It is being
said that after discus-
sions on some pending
issues, the discussion
on political appoint-
ments and the appoint-
ment of parliamentary
secretaries could be
done.
From P1…
free medicine and test-
ing scheme and scheme
for distributing free
sanitary napkins to 1.25
crore women in Udaan
scheme will be done by
the minister in charge.
The Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has given
instructions to all the
ministers to stay in
touch with the MLAs to
solve the problems of
the state, to visit every
district from time to
time, to take meetings
of their departments
and to hold public hear-
ings there. Notably,
even 6 months ago, the
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot had given order
to this effect.
However, due to Cov-
id, there was some gap
in between and now as
the cases have de-
creased, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has been
asked to start its imple-
mentation again.
Cabinet approves...
land of Araji Khasra
No. 38, 39 and 41 of vil-
lage Sevarampura, Dis-
trict Tonk from acquisi-
tion.
Apart from this, the
bank guarantee amount
deposited for the estab-
lishment of medical
college at Srigangana-
gar was not forfeited
and it was approved to
free it.
During the meeting
of the cabinet on
Wednesday, the state
cabinet also authorized
the Chief Minister Ge-
hlot to finalize the Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra’s
address in the budget
session.
CM ASHOK GEHLOT SAYS, RAHUL’S STATEMENT IS VOICE OF PEOPLE
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot termed on
Wednesday that Rahul
Gandhi’s statement is
the voice of the people.
gehlot was remarking at
Rahul Gandhi’s speech
in the Lok Sabh and
said, “Rahul Gandhi’s
speech in the Lok Sabha
is the voice of the com-
mon man of the coun-
try. Today in India, an
attempt is being made
to abolish the institu-
tions and implement the
rule of just one person.
Gap between rich and
poor is widening. Modi
government’s focus is
only in the service of big
capitalists. Rahul Gan-
dhi has spoken the truth
by raising the voice
of the states. Central
government does not
believe in dialogue with
the states and takes uni-
lateral decisions without
consulting the states on
which there are dis-
putes. The people of the
country have decided
to make up their mind
against the repressive
policies of the BJP.”
Ajay Maken
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Rahul Gandhi
Sachin Pilot

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