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WEARING HIJAB NOT AN ESSENTIAL
ISLAMIC PRACTICE, RULES K’TAKA HC
Bengaluru: A full
bench of the Karnataka
High Court on Tuesday
dismissed a batch of pe-
titions filed by Muslims
girls from pre universi-
ty (PU) colleges in the
Udupi region of the
state seeking the right
to wear hijabs or head
scarves along with uni-
forms inside class-
rooms.
“We are of the consid-
ered opinion that wear-
ing of the hijab by Mus-
lim women does not
make up an essential re-
ligiouspracticeinIslam-
ic faith,” the full bench
said in the gist of its or-
der that was read out by
the Karnataka chief jus-
tice Ritu Raj Awasthi.
“We are of the con-
sidered opinion that
the prescription of a
school uniform is a rea-
sonable restriction
constitutionally per-
missible which the stu-
dents cannot object to,”
said the full bench also
comprising Justice
Krishna S Dixit and
Justice JM Khazi, add-
ing, “there was no ma-
terial placed on record
to prima facie show
that wearing the head-
scarf was an essential
religious practice.”
The court also said
that school uniform will
cease to be a uniform if
hijab is also allowed.
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New Delhi: India will start vaccinating kids in the age group of 12-14 years from
March 16, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to Chief Secretaries of
all states. Only Corbevax would be used for the beneficiaries of age group 12-13 & 13-
14 years, Bhushan said. Corbevax has been included as the third vaccine against virus
and will be available at centres where free vaccination is available, stated Bhushan.
VACCINATION OF
12-14-YEAR-OLDS
STARTS TODAY
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Wednesday on
a plea by ex-servicemen association seeking implementation of One Rank-One Pen-
sion as recommended by the Bhagat Singh Koshyari Committee with an automatic
annual revision, instead of the current policy of periodic review once in five years. A
bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud had reserved its verdict on February 23.
SC TO PRONOUNCE
VERDICT ON ONE
RANK ONE
PENSION TODAY
A leader, who is a part
of G21, also said that
the new party president
should lead the party in
the manner as was done
by Sonia Gandhi in the
year 2000. “Though Sonia
Gandhi is the (interim)
president, it is virtually
(being) run by KC Venu-
gopal, Ajay Maken and
Randeep Surjewala. There
is no accountability fixed
on them. Rahul Gandhi is
not the president. But he
operates from behind the
scene and takes decisions.
He does not communicate
openly. We are party’s
well-wishers and not
enemies,” he added.
The manner in which the hijab row at the Govt (PU) colleges
unfolded since Dec 2021 gives scope to the theory that “un-
seen hands” precipitated the situation, the court said in its
order. “The way, hijab imbroglio unfolded gives scope for the
argument that some ‘unseen hands’ are at work to engineer
social unrest and disharmony,” the High Court stated.
PLEA FILED IN SC
CHALLENGING HIGH
COURT VERDICT
‘HIDDEN HANDS’ THEORY MAY BE TRUE, HC
SAYS ‘CULPRITS BE BROUGHT TO BOOK’
FREEDOM OF
RELIGION NOT
ABSOLUTE IN INDIA
WON’T GO TO
COLLEGE WITHOUT
HIJAB: PETITIONERS
Unlike the US and Australia
where freedom of religion
is defined in absolute
terms, the freedom of
religion under the Constitu-
tion of India is subject to
restrictions, the bench
stated in an order on Tues-
day while rejecting pleas to
protect the right of Muslim
girls to wear the hijab in
the state’s junior colleges.
The Karnataka High Court’s
verdict to uphold the ban
on hijab in educational
institutions in the state
makes them feel betrayed
by their own country, said
the Muslim girls who had
filed a petition against the
decision. “It is total injus-
tice what we got today,”
one of the petitioners said
at a Press conference.
HC also calls for speedy and effective investigation into the provocations for the protests
Every one should abide by the
verdict of the three-judge bench
of the high court.
I appeal to the
people, leaders of
all communities,
parents, teachers
and students to accept the order
and cooperate in imparting
education to students, in
accordance with the court order.
—B Bommai, Karnataka CM
Basic argument in favour
of hijab is that wearing it
is freedom of
expression and it
is a fundamental
right. But the court
prima facie has
found that the same article 19
(2) of the fundamental right
also provides for reasonable
restrictions.
—RS Prasad, BJP leader
The stay on hijab ban is a
very disappointing judgment.
On one side, we
make big claims
on women’s
rights & their
empowerment &
on another, we don’t even give
them the right to wear whatever
they want; this right shouldn’t
be with the courts.
—Mehbooba Mufti, PDP chief
The court’s judgement should be welcomed. The
dress code of the school and college must be
followed by everyone.
—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
Wearing Hijab is an essential practice in Islam.
Karnataka HC’s verdict is a bad judgment. We
hope that justice will prevail in the Supreme Court.
—Senior advocate AM Dhar, Petitioner, hijab row case
Hope attempts to push Muslim
women into four walls of house
fail. Young Muslim
women have
the capability to
contribute and
play a great role
in nation building as well as
looking after their families, just
like their “other sisters.
—Arif Mohammed Khan,
Kerala Governor
The Preamble mentions liberty
of thought, expression, belief
and worship. It is
my right to decide
the essentiality
for my religion.
Gijab is an act of
worship. If a Muslim woman
says that hijab is essential for
faith then not even a Muslim
can raise questions on that.
—Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM chief
My greatest concern in the hijab
controversy is education and
law and order. The
Karnataka high
court has given a
judgement but the
responsibility for
education, law and order and
communal harmony is still with
the government of Karnataka.
—DK Shivakumar,
Karnataka Congress chief
Sonia Gandhi fires
5 State Cong chiefs
after poll drubbing
New Delhi: In what
could be termed as an
attempt to ‘awaken’ the
party leaders and instill
in them that the Con-
gress high command
was serious about the
party
, INC President So-
nia Gandhi on Tuesday
initiated organizational
changes as were man-
dated by the Working
Committee and asked
the party presidents of
five states — Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Punjab, Goa and Ma-
nipur — to tender resig-
nations. Congress per-
formed poorly in the
latest assembly polls.
Notably, the Gandhis
scions’ ‘blue-eyed boy’
navjot Singh Sidhu,
who was Punjab Con-
gress president, has
also been directed to re-
sign. Sonia Gandhi’s
move is a follow-up to
the Congress leader-
ship meeting on Sunday
to discuss the latest poll
drubbings.
The Congress Work-
ing Committee said So-
nia Gandhi would re-
main chief and author-
ised her to take “effec-
tive and immediate
steps” to address organ-
isational issues.
Senior Congressman
Kapil Sibal said that the
developments of CWC
meet did not surprise
him. “For a party after
eight years, since 2014,
to say that we will have
a Chintan Shivir to find
out the reasons for this
debacle, if for eight years
a political party and the
leadership is not aware
of the reasons for its
decline; is awaiting for a
Chintan Shivir to find out,
is living in cuckoo land:
Keeping its eyes shut to
the reality that confronts
us. In this Party, history
has it that every year the
president used to change.
It’s only recently that
we have had this long
tenure,” Sibal said.
LEADERSHIP IN
CUCKOO LAND,
GANDHIS SHOULD
STEP ASIDE: SIBAL
CRUCIAL READ
NO DECISION YET ON NATIONWIDE
NRC: CENTRE IN LOWER HOUSE
New Delhi: The Centre has not yet taken any
decision to prepare the National Register of Indian
Citizens for the entire country, Union Minister
Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, add-
ing, that on the direction of the Supreme Court,
the supplementary list of inclusions and the list
of exclusions for the NRC in Assam have been
published on August 31, 2019.
SC TO HEAR PLEA CHALLENGING
ASHISH MISHRA’S BAIL TODAY
New Delhi: During the hearing of a plea challeng-
ing bail to accused Ashish Mishra, son of Minister
of State Ajay Mishra Teni, in the Lakhimpur Kheri
violence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday was
informed that a prime witness in the case was
attacked. Following this, the apex court stated that
it will constitute the Bench which heard the case
earlier to preside over the matter, and listed it for
today (Wednesday, March 16).
Sibal doesn’t know ABC of Congress: Ashok Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister and
Congress leader Ashok
Gehlot on Tuesday
slammed his party col-
league Kapil Sibal for
demanding that the
‘Gandhis should step
aside from the leader-
ship role and give a
chance to someone else
to lead the grand old
party
. Criticising Sibal,
Gehlot said that the Su-
preme Court lawyer
isn’t a person from Con-
gress culture.
Lambasting his party
colleague, the Rajasthan
chief minister, who is
considered to be close to
the Gandhi family, said
that“Sibalisarenowned
advocate who entered
Congress he was not
rubbed like a worker in
Congress culture. Sonia
ji and Rahul ji have him
a lot of chances and he
got a place in the Union
Cabinet directly
. It’s not
expected from a person
who doesn’t know ABC
of Congress to give such
statements. He does not
understand the basic
spirit of Congress. Con-
gress has made sacrific-
es for the country before
and after independence,
Kapil Sibal forgets this.”
Gehlot said that no
person from the Gandhi
family became the
Prime Minister, Minis-
ter and Chief Minister
for the last 30 years.
“Still, the people of the
country want that only
Gandhi family can keep
the Congress united.
The country is with the
Gandhi family
.
Sibal talks like this in
frustration, it is incom-
prehensible. What Kapil
Sibal has thought is be-
yondcomprehension.At
a time when the party
could not win, the lead-
ers should have shown
unity
.Partyworkerswill
never like it,” he said.
“Congress will never
end, those who talk of
ending it, will eventu-
ally end up. Congress
will be there for the next
century also. Right now
BJP leaders are ruling
by taking votes in the
name of Hindutva. We
talk about development,
peace. Our work is dif-
ficult. The country has
been kept one which is
the gift of Congress par-
ty
,” Gehlot said.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Kapil Sibal
PAKISTAN AGAIN
SEEKS JOINT PROBE
NOTHING BUT AN
ACCIDENT, SAYS US
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign
Minister Shah Mahmood
Qureshi rejected as “incom-
plete and insufficient” the
response by India’s Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh, and
once again demanded a joint
probe into the incident.
Washington: The US has said
there is no indication that fir-
ing of a missile from India was
anything other than accidental.
“We have no indication as our
Indian partners said this inci-
dent was anything other than
an accident,” Ned Price said.
Missile system ‘very reliable’: Govt
on accidental firing into Pakistan
New Delhi: The Indian
government on Tues-
day informed the par-
liament that a formal
“high-level inquiry”
has been ordered into
the March 9 incident of
the “inadvertent” re-
lease of a missile from
India into Pakistan’s
territory. Defence Min-
ister Rajnath Singh
said that the accident
happened during rou-
tine maintenance and
inspection at around 7
pm. Stressing that the
government attached
“highest priority” to
the safety and security
of weapons systems, he
assured the house that
the missile system is
“very reliable and safe”.
The Minister said
that the government
has “taken serious
note” of the incident
and ordered a formal
high-level inquiry
.
Zelenskyy says no to NATO
Kyiv: Ukraine’s Presi-
dent Volodymyr
Zelenskyy appears to
have accepted that his
country will not be-
come a member of
NATO, one of the de-
mands made by Rus-
sia before it invaded.
According to a
translation of his
comments in a speech,
Zelenskyy said that
Ukraine had “real-
ized” it would not be-
come part of the West-
ern military alliance.
“For years we’ve
heard the opposite,
open doors, However,
it is not,” he said on
Tuesday according to
Ukrainian news out-
let, Trukha. “Our peo-
ple understand this,
and we are beginning
to count on our own
strength,” he added.
Media outlet Nexta
quoted Zelenskyy as
saying, “We realised
that Ukraine will not
become a member of
NATO. We understand
this, we are adequate
people.” “Kyiv needs
new formats of inter-
action with the West.”
Ukrainian President claims his country had ‘realised’ it
would not become part of the Western military alliance
OVER 22,000 INDIANS
BROUGHT BACK: EAM
PM INTERACTS WITH
EMBASSY OFFICIALS
New Delhi: Over 22,000 Indian
citizens have returned home
safely from war-torn Ukraine
despite the challenges posed,
External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar informed Parlia-
ment on Tuesday adding that
a large number of students
elected to stay back despite
several advisories.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi
on Tuesday interacted with var-
ious stakeholders and embassy
officials from Hungry among
other countries neighbouring
Ukraine, involved in Operation
Ganga and asserted that India
has always acted with alacrity
to assist its citizens during any
international crisis.
Modi backs The
Kashmir Files at
BJP meet
CM Adviser
Lodha evicted
from Assembly
New Delhi (Agencies):
Amidst a row over the
recently released film
The Kashmir Files,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Tuesday
slammed the “ecosys-
tem that is involved in
burying the truths” and
urged BJP lawmakers
to stand up for those
who “bring out the
truths and facts that
have been suppressed
for years.” This reluc-
tant practice has led to
the delayed recognition
of Mahatma Gandhi as
well, PM added.
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot’s Adviser and In-
dependent MLA Sany-
am Lodha was on
Tuesday evicted from
the Rajasthan Assem-
bly with the help of
marshals for inter-
rupting Parliamentary
Affairs Minister Shan-
ti Dhariwal’s speech in
the Assembly and rais-
ing slogans.
However, after a few
moments Lodha and
PCC chief Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra reached the
Speaker’s chamber and
had lunch together.
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Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: BJP State Presi-
dent Dr Satish Poonia
on Tuesday, hit back at
CM Ashok Gehlot say-
ing that in the upcom-
ing 2023 polls, the exist-
ence of Congress won’t
be saved. Addressing
the workers in Kathu-
mar, Poonia credited
the Modi-Yogi duo for
the massive victory of
the BJP.
Poonia refused to
wear a silver crown
given by the workers
saying that he has taken
vow not wear safa and
not have evening meal
till BJP wins in 2023. In
his speech, Poonia said
that people in Kis-
hangarhbas regret why
they defeated Ramhet
and people of Thana-
gaji regret why they de-
feated Hemsingh. Poo-
nia seemingly forgot
that Hemsingh had
fought as an independ-
ent and BJP’s candidate
was Dr Rohitashva
Sharma.
About Gyandev Ahu-
ja, Poonia said has
grown old.”The age is
55, but the heart is child
like, but age is age” he
said, taking a jibe at
Ahuja.
InKathumar,Ramesh
Khichi asked for a tick-
et, “If you are with me,
raise your hands.” Peo-
ple present raised their
hands. Khinchi said,
“My feelings have
reached you, rest is
your order.” Poonia
raised issues of unem-
ployment, corruption,
rising crime etc.
Cong’s existence will be over after 2023 polls: Poonia
A SCATHING ATTACK
Question Hour
FIRM HIRED TO HELP REVIVE CLOSED
RTDC UNITS IN THE STATE
CONGRESS MLA RAMNARAYAN MEENA
QUESTIONS GOVT’S FUNCTIONING
PUSHKAR BIOLOGICAL PARK TO BE
COMPLETED SOON: MINISTER
‘CROP OVER OVER 31L HECTARES
DAMAGED IN KHARIF SEASON LAST YEAR’
ASSISTANCE TO SILICOSIS VICTIMS FOR
THE FIRST TIME BY THE GOVT: JULLY
MoS for Tourism Murari Lal Meena said in State
Assembly that PDCOR Ltd has been appointed
as advisor to chalk out plans
for smooth running of closed
down RTDC units. Replying
to supplementary ques-
tions during Question Hour,
he said that corporation is
running on heavy losses & a
report will be prepared in 3 months to revive them.
Congress MLA Ramnarayan Meena raised ques-
tions on the functioning of his own government.
He raised questions on
not making a panorama of
Bunda Meena in Bundi even
after 4 years of announce-
ment. Meena asked as to
why government is running
so sluggishly & officers
don’t listen to him. Art&Culture Minister BD Kalla
responded that a letter has been written thrice.
Forest & Environment Minister Hemaram Choud-
hary told State Assembly that construction of a
biological park in Pushkar
will be completed soon.In a
written reply to a question
by BJP MLA Suresh Singh
Rawat, Choudhary said the
proposal for setting up the
biological park in Pushkar
was approved by a high-powered committee for Raj
Forestry & Biodiversity Project on March 1, 2017.
Disaster Management & Relief Minister Govind
Ram Meghwal told Assembly that crop over 31
lakh hectares in 10 districts
was damaged due to weath-
er-related incidents during
kharif season last year.This
amounts to 33% of crop
cultivated in 6,122 villages of
10 districts, he said. Megh-
wal, in a written reply to BJP MLA HS Bhayal, said
crop over 31.21L hectares was damaged.
Manisha Panwar sought to know details of assis-
tance given to silicosis victims. Speaker Dr CP
Joshi asked Labour Minister
Sukhram Bishnoi when 118
such cases were reported,
why then only 50 affected
persons have been given
compensation so far.Social
Justice Min Tikaram Jully,
said this is first time government has come up with
a silicosis policy & is with Social Welfare Dept.
BRTSprojectwillnotberemovedasState
Govtwillhavetopayinterestmoney:Dhariwal
50% amount was spent by Centre, 20% by State Government, & 30% by JDA under the scheme, he said
Yogesh Sharma &
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal
on Tuesday,
admitted in
the House
that the ba-
sis on which
BRTS was
formed, hasn’t
been fully benefited,
but there is no proposal
to remove it.
He said that due to
this, DPR of BRTS was
changed in 2008 & work
was done on 2 packages
out of 4 packages &
construction of Ajmer
Road Elevated Road &
Durgapura Elevated
Road was done in 2
packages. 50 % amount
was spent by Centre, 20
% by State Govern-
ment, & 30% by JDA
under the scheme.
A total of Rs 508.74 cr
has been spent on pro-
ject. If State Govt re-
moves BRTS, then it
would have to pay in-
terest money to Centre
& there would be prob-
lems in Centrally spon-
sored schemes.
Shanti Dhariwal
Shanti Dhariwal
on Tuesday,
formed, hasn’t
BUDGET
SESSION
War of words over road
constructions in House
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Heated argu-
ments broke out be-
tween Dy LoP Rajendra
Rathore and Congress
MLA and PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasra
during the zero hour on
Tuesday. LoP GC Ka-
taria raised the de-
mand of giving clear-
ance to proposals of
public representatives
in road constructions.
Dotasra asked how
many such proposals
were approved by BJP
government in 2014?
He said that not a sin-
gle proposal of hand-
pump was approved by
the government. “With
what expectations are
you demanding this?”
he asked. To which,
Rathore replied, “We
aren’t dependent on
anyone’s mercy. There
are 73 MLAs in Opposi-
tion.” He said that rais-
ing demand is right of
legislators.
Meanwhile, Minister
PS Khachariyawas said
that arrogance didn’t
work even for Ravana &
won’t work for BJP ei-
ther. BJP’s NS Deval hit
back saying he was in
arrogance (because
Congress is in power.)
WAR OF WORDS
BETWEEN MLA WITH
MIN ON R’BORE WALL
Aruling party MLA,
Ashok Bairwa
embroiled with minister
Sukhram Bishnoi in
Assembly’s lobby corrup-
tion in the construction
of walls in Ranthambore
park. Hemaram Choud-
hary had to intervene in
the matter. Bairwa had
visited the construction
site & had detected
corruption in project.
Bairwa questioned
Sukhram Bishnoi on the
issue & accused him of
suppressing the matter.
He urged the present
forest minister Hemaram
Choudhary to get corrup-
tion matter examined.
DURING ASSEMBLY PROCEEDINGS
Responding to an Attention Motion on Opposition’s
behalf in the House on Tuesday, Minister Bhajan Lal
Jatav said the CM announced to build roads cost-
ing Rs 10 crore in each of the districts and district
level committees have been formed for this. “If the
committee is wrong then why did BJP form such
committees? The government’s first priority is to
repair bad roads. Committees have been formed on
the basis of an old order.”
On the issue of roads, Deputy LoP Rajendra
Rathore said that the Blue Book has been issued.
In protocol, the elected MLAs are above the Chief
Secretary. He demanded from the Speaker to im-
mediately include the MLA in the committee. He
said that the IAS give exam once, but politicians
appear in exam every five years.
MLA Suryakanta Vyas hailed the Budget but raised
question about availability of land for construction
of Nand Ghar in Sursagar.
Substandard med manufacturers will be punished: Meena
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Parsadi Lal Meena
on Tuesday, said that
strict action would be
taken against the man-
ufacturers of substand-
ard medicines.
He said that three drug
testing laboratories are
ready at Jodhpur,
Udaipur & Bikaner &
four laboratories in-
cluding in Jaipur will
be operated with full
human resources.
Meena was replying to
the call attention mo-
tion moved by the Dy
LoP Rajendra Rathore
during the zero hour.
He informed that 15,122
samples were tested in
state during last 3
years (2019-20, 2020-21
and 2021-22 till Janu-
ary), out of which 436
were found to be sub-
standard. Meena said
that percentage of sam-
ples declared sub-
standard is 2.8. The call
attention motion was
for declaring adultera-
tion of food items and
medicines as a non-
bailable offense in
state. LoP GC Kataria
said that government
has said that it was
working to control
things but the situation
is serious, ruling and
opposition members
are united on issue.
BJP LEGISLATIVE MEET
SANS RAJE & POONIA
The BJP Legislature Party
meeting was held on
Tuesday in the Assembly
before the assembly pro-
ceedings. In the meeting held
in the presence of Leader
of Opposition Gulab Chand
Kataria, the strategy was dis-
cussed to vigorously raise is-
sues related to public interest
on various fronts. However,
former CM Vasundhara Raje
and BJP State President Dr
Satish Poonia were absent
in the meeting. Raje is on a
tour to Hadouti region, while
Dr Satish Poonia is on a visit
to Alwar.
KHARADI , MANJU DEVI
BEST MLAs FOR 2021
The Assembly Speaker
Dr, CP Joshi on Tuesday,
announced the best MLAs
of the year 2021 during the
Assembly seddion. Babulal
Kharadi Jhadol (BJP),
Manju Devi Jayal
(Congress) were declared
as the ‘Best MLAs’. The
committee had selected the
names of winners and those
selected, will be given
the award during a
programme which will be
held on March 25. Sanyam
Lodha had bagged the title
of ‘Best MLA’ during the
last time.
Parsadi Lal Meena speaks at the Assembly session on Tuesday.
Dr Satish Poonia being felicitated by BJP workers by presenting him with a picture of Maharaja
Surajmal during his visit to Alwar and Bharatpur on Tuesday.
ACB: Chief manager of
Sgnr bank, one more held
Pradeep Gadwal
Sri Ganganagar/
Jhunjhunu: The ACB
arrested Vikas Garg,
chief manager of Gan-
ganagar Central Co-op-
erative Bank for con-
nivance with Addl Reg-
istrar Cooperative MR
Khanna, who has been
arrested in bribery
case. Prima facie
charges of bribery
were found true against
Garg. Meanwhile, ACB
team arrested social se-
curity officer of ESIC,
taking a bribe of Rs
25,000 on Tuesday
.
Churu ACB DSP
Shabbir Khan said that
Shyam Singh com-
plained that his Lodge
was inspected by Social
Security Officer Sand-
eep Kumar on March 11
& after observing sala-
ry records of employ-
ees, he sought a bribe
of Rs 35,000 and agreed
for Rs 25,000.
Rajendra Singh Rathore
Sandeep Kumar
Dr Joshi:House can’t
run according to you
From Pg 1...
Lodha through an At-
tention Motion during
the Zero Hour, raised
the issue of an “inno-
cent” person being in
jail on murder charge
in Barlut of Sirohi dis-
trict. Not paying heed to
the rulings of Speaker
Dr CP Joshi, Lodha in-
terrupted Dhariwal’s
reply in the House and
started raising slogans
against the police.
“The House cannot
run according to you.
This cannot be allowed
at all. I request the rest
of the MLAs also not to
behave in such a way
that I have to make
some unpleasant deci-
sions,” Joshi warned.
Shanti Dhariwal said
action will be taken
against any policeman
found guilty after probe.
As Lodha continued
raising slogans, Joshi
ordered marshals to
evict him from the
House.
In an attempt to stop
the marshals, MLA Bal-
wan Poonia got his foot
injured.
Cong mins quarrelling among themselves: Sharma
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The BJP has
also targeted the govern-
ment over the rhetoric
between the ministers
and Congress MLAs in
the Gehlot government.
BJP state spokesper-
son and Chomu MLA
Ramlal Sharma took a
jibe at the ministers of
the state government
andsaidthatearlierCon-
gress MLA Divya Mad-
erna had termed PHED
Minister Dr Mahesh
Joshi as “a rubber
stamp”. Now, Health
Minister Parsadi Lal
Meena has also given a
big statement during an
event where he advised
MLAs not to take money
for govt works.
The ministers of the
government are quarrel-
ling among themselves,
he said. A minister has
accused UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal of tak-
ingawaytheentirebudg-
et quota.
Ramlal Sharma said
that even after all this,
thechiefsof thestateare
saying that they are
working to provide the
bestgovernment.Hesaid
that the people of the
state have come to know
the reality of Congress.
‘MINS CAN PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS’
Ramlal Sharma

RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Covid vaccina-
tion for children aged 12
to 14 will be done in the
state from Wednesday
.
All children born till
2010 can get the vaccine
at the designated sites.
Parents can get vacci-
nated by registering
both offline or online.
Health Minister Par-
sadi Lal Meena has ap-
pealed to the parents of
children to get maxi-
mum vaccination done.
“Only through vac-
cine we can beat the
epidemic like corona.
More than 30 lakh Cor-
bevax vaccines have
been received from the
Central Government
and have been made
available in all the dis-
tricts,” he said.
Meena said that chil-
dren in the age group of
12 to 14 would be given
a gap of 28 days between
the first and second
doses.
Meena said that all
persons above the age
of 60 years are also to
be provided with pre-
caution doses of Covid
Vaccine (Covishield
and Covaxin) from
March 16.
Precaution dose will
be applied only after
nine months of second
dose.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CS Usha Shar-
ma on Tuesday directed
all district collectors to
speed up the pace of
Covid vaccination in
their respective dis-
tricts and fulfill the tar-
get of 100 percent vac-
cination.
“Work by campaign-
ing to vaccinate people
who are deprived of the
second dose and all chil-
dren between the ages
of 15 and 18. The health
medical and education
departments should
prepare an action plan
in this regard and give
it to districts,” she said.
CS was reviewing the
status of Covid vaccina-
tion in districts through
VC at the Government
Secretariat on Tuesday
.
She said prevention of
third wave of Covid has
been possible only due
to vaccination.
Health secretary
Ashutosh Pednekar, in-
formed about the status
of district-wise Covid
vaccination. He said
that the percentage of
state in administering
first dose to adult popu-
lation is better than the
country’s percentage.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan HC
on Tuesday granted
bail to 11 accused ar-
rested in REET paper
leak case. A single-
judge bench of justice
CK Songara allowed the
release of the accused
including Amril Lal
and Bhajan Lal on bail.
The other accused who
got bails are Bharti
Meena, Udharam, Soh-
ni, Pradeep Parashar,
Savita Choudhary, Bab-
lu Meena, Narendra
Vishnoi & Nitesh Ku-
mar. The bench also al-
lowed one-month inter-
im protection on an an-
ticipatory bail applica-
tion of one of the ac-
cused named Mancheti,
who is pregnant. How-
ever, the court deferred
hearing on one accused
named Ramkripal.
It was argued by their
lawyers Grish Khandel-
wal Dr Mahesh Sharma
and that no paper or
money was recovered
from them and they
were arrested by the in-
vestigating agency on
basis of call recording.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Giving a major
relief to BSTC candi-
dates and Rajasthan
government, the Su-
preme court has upheld
the order of the Ra-
jasthan High Court in
the matter related to
BSTC.
Also, the court re-
fused to give relief to
B.Ed degree holders,
who are about 9 lakhs in
number.
With this, around 7
lakh BSTC candidates
will get their right in
REET Level-1 exam.
Their number is about
7 lakhs.
The development has
cleared the way for the
appointment of teach-
ers on 15,500 posts.
Level-1 posts will be
filled from BSTC candi-
dates only, whereas
B.Ed. candidates will
get the right to be
appointed in Level-2
only
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: All the 1097 stu-
dents from Rajasthan
have returned from
Ukriane. The students
who came after spend-
ing their money, their
ticket money will be re-
funded, said Rajasthan
Foundation commis-
sioner Dhiraj Srivasta-
va, the nodal officer for
the returnees.
Dhiraj performed the
responsibility very well
and ensured the return
of children trapped in
Ukraine.
Some children had
returned even after the
issue of advisory and
after their return the
latest number has risen
to 1097.
First India Bureau
Neemrana (Alwar):
Two youth have been
booked on charges of
kidnapping and gan-
graping an 18-year-old
girl who came out of the
house at night to an-
swer nature’s call in a
mustard field in a vil-
lage under Neemrana
police station area on
March 15.
The accused took her
to Haryana, where after
two days the victim’s
father was informed.
After the girl came
back, the father and she
went to the police sta-
tion and lodged a case.
Accused first raped
victim in field & again
in Haryana. The ac-
cused are cousins. Vic-
tim’s medical test will
be done on Wednesday
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An alleged let-
ter of an Executive of-
ficer of Jaipur Munici-
pal Corporation Herit-
age has gone viral on
social media. In the
letter, the officer has
purportedly expressed
apprehensions about
any incident, accident
with him, or murder or
suicide. He has held
the Mayor, commis-
sioner and DLB direc-
tor responsible for it.
The officer was recent-
ly transferred but he
got a court stay on the
transfer.
First India Bureau
Jaipur : A tourist from
Italy Anjalika Bossi
was robbed on Tuesday
at Narayan Singh Cir-
cle, here. The police set-
tled theincident by reg-
istering it under nor-
mal sections. 30-year-
old Anjalika Soristori
Bossi from Florence,
Italy, had come to visit
India with her friends
and family. While she
was outside Narayan
Place with iPhone in
hand, 2 bike-borne men
snatched her phone.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An action plan
for sanitation and solid
waste management will
be prepared for all dis-
tricts in the state.
After the slump in
cleanliness ranking,
state government has
taken over command of
Swachh Bharat Mission
2.0 (Phase II) for direct
monitoring by the
Chief Secretary
.
State High Power
Committee & State Lev-
el Technical Committee
constituted. One com-
mittee has been com-
manded by the CS and
other by the Secretary
of Government of the
Department of Autono-
mous Government.
Work has been divided
into three parts -- Waste
free city, Sustainable
sanitation and treat-
ment of useful water
(removal of septic
tanks, blockage).
Jaipur: Health dept
is going to introduce
‘Swasthya Darpan’ on
the lines of education
dept’s ‘Shala Darpan’ to
end dispute of deputa-
tion. Department is
getting Swasthya Darpan
software prepared with
help of NIC. After this
initiative, no medico will
work without an approved
post and there will be no
irregularity in name of
appointment of responsi-
ble officers. Details of all
medicos will be available
with just one click. Health
secretary Ashutosh AT
Pednekar is monitoring.
Niwai: Governor Kalraj
Mishra while returning
from Ranthambore with
his family halted at a re-
sort in Gunsi on Tuesday
where he interacted with
mediapersons and wished
everyone happy Holi in
advance. He appealed to
all to give up ill feelings
and celebrated with love
& enthusiasm.
The Governor said
that the festival should
be celebrated with joy,
love, brotherhood and
harmony. At the resort
were present Trilokchand
Meena, Prakash Chand,
Rudraprakash Sharma,
Pranjal Kanwar, Prahlad
Sahai, Mahavir Taylor,
Mohit Taylor and adminis-
trative officers.
The councilors of
both corporations
will play Holi together
in Jai Club. This is an
initiative of JMC Greater
Mayor Dr Somya on
the upcoming festi-
val of Holi. The JMC
Greater is calling the
councilors of both the
corporations. At the
same time, MLAs under
the corporation areas
are also invited to have
funfilled celebration of
the festival of colours.
Tourists will not be
able to visit Amber
Palace on Holi as night
tourism will be closed
on March 17 and 18 on
account of state holiday
due to Holi. Amber pal-
ace superintendent Pan-
kaj Dharendra gave the
information about night
tourism being closed in
Jaipur. Archaeological
director Pradeep Ga-
wande issued orders in
regard to the upcoming
festival.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Jaipur Devel-
opment Authority’s En-
forcement Wing has re-
mained active for the
last three years during
which proactive actions
were taken against ille-
gal constructions and
encroachments, and
made valuable lands en-
croachment free.
On violation of build-
ing bylaws, the wing
took action in a total of
56 buildings. 18 actions
were taken in 2019, 20 in
2020, 16 in 2021 and one
action has been taken
this year.
From Jan 1, 2019, to
March 15, 2022, 96 build-
ings were sealed (10 in
2019, 19 in 2020, 61 in
2021 and 6 in 2022).
At the same time,
seals were opened in 25
buildings in compli-
ance with the schedule
of the procedure.
Also, 2625 illegal con-
structions were demol-
ished and 1994.5 bighas
of land were made en-
croachment free.
Encroachments were
recovered from 692
bighas in 2019 while 795
bighas lands were made
encroachment free in
2020. In 2021 and 2022,
encroachments were re-
covered from 394 bighas
and 112 bighas of lands
respectively
.
2625 constructions razed, 1995 bighas land freed
JDA’S CRACKDOWN IN LAST 3 YEARS
lll
In past three
years JDA’s
Enforcement
Wing has
remained active,
action has been
taken against 56
buildings for
violating
building bylaws
CHILDREN AGED 12-14 YRS TO GET VAX
FROM TODAY, ABOVE 30L TO BE COVERED
12,82,377
TOTAL CASES
67 IN A DAY
25 IN JAIPUR
12,72,033
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,550
TOTAL DEATHS
0 IN A DAY
0 IN JAIPUR
794
ACTIVE CASES
COVID-19
UPDATE
Schools to open in April,
children must get vax: CS
‘Swasthya Darpan’ to end deputation issue
CELEBRATE HOLI WITH LOVE & BROTHERHOOD: GUV MISHRA
28 DAYS GAP BETWEEN FIRST &
SECOND DOSE FOR CHILDREN
9 MONTHS GAPS FOR
PRECAUTION DOSE
30L PLUS CORBEVAX
VACCINE FOR RAJ
A school girl in the age group of 15-18 years gets vaccinated. —File Photo
RU students played Holi in the campus on Tuesday.
YOU READ IT IN FIRST INDIA
ON MARCH 15, 2022
Raj HC grants
bail to 11
REET paper
leak accused
After slump, state govt to monitor
closely Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0
7L BSTC candidates get relief from
SC, but not for 9L B.Ed holders
With 1097 returnees,
all Raj students back
Two youth booked for
gangraping 18 yr-old
COUNCILLORS
OF BOTH MCs TO
PLAY HOLI
NO NIGHT
TOURISM ON
MARCH 17 &18
ABOVE 40° BEFORE MARCH 15 AFTER 12 YRS!
In the last 12 years, temperature has never soared above 40 degree Celsius before
March 15 but this time it has touched 41.6 degree Celsius in Barmer. However,
tourists thronged Jantar Mantar on Tuesday despite the rising temperature. Weather
experts are anticipating that this time there will be record breaking heat in March-
April. According to met dept, hot winds have started coming from the western region
of Pakistan and Oman leading to heat wave. Bikaner recorded 40, Jaisalmer 40.9
and Jalore 40.8 degree Celsius. Night mercury crossed 20 degrees in 14 cities, 22.2
degree Celsius in Jaipur. (inset) A street vendor protects herself from the scorching
heat using an umbrella in Jaipur. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
JMC Heritage
EO writes about
threat to his life
Italian tourist’s
iPhone robbed
in broad daylight
Vaccination is
being started
for children of
12 to 14 years. Schools
for these children are
also starting in the
month of April, so no
children should be de-
prived of vaccination.
—Usha Sharma, Chief Secretary
Mamta Bhupesh and Dhiraj
Srivastava with students.
—FILE PHOTO
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
It is easy to see the faults of others,
but difficult to see one’s own faults.
One shows the faults of others like
chaff winnowed in the wind, but one
conceals one’s own faults as a
cunning gambler conceals his dice.
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W
hen will Congress wake up
from its slumber? March 10
should have been consid-
ered by Congress as a Day
of Awakening! After the
drastic slide in its tally in
general elections, it is now
in power only in Chhattis-
garh and Rajasthan and is
a player in the coalition
governments in Maharash-
tra and Jharkhand!
“Change or it will be the
endgame”… this was the
feeling from several party
stalwarts on Thursday
.
The brother-sister duo
was also held responsible
for the high-drama deci-
sions taken in Punjab, in-
cluding the humiliating
ouster of Amarinder Singh
days and putting up a Dalit
leader Charanjit Singh
Channi as the CM face
which now looks like the
entire exercise backfired
and boomeranged and it
insteadalienatedthestate’s
politically dominant Jat
Sikhs who finally came out
and voted in favour of
Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP
.
The Congress’ extremely
poor show in the Assembly
elections of 5 states has
added to a series of deba-
cles which has raised sev-
eral serious questions
about the political exist-
ence and future of the
Grand Old Party. In Pun-
jab, one of the big states
that it ruled, the Congress
witnessed a huge 15 per-
cent swing against it.
The Aam Aadmi Party,
which “swept” (literally)
the elections, emerged as
the strongest party and
also led in terms of gain in
votes with a huge 19%
swing in its favour. The
BJP had a much smaller
swing of +2%.
The AAP mainly benefit-
ed (almost 19%) from the
combined huge 21% drop in
votes of the Congress, Aka-
li Dal and smaller parties.
Some G-23 leaders, who
had sought (an organisa-
tional) overhaul over the
last 2 years, now again
raised questions on Rahul
Gandhi’s leadership and
again pitched for “re-
forms”. Party leader
Shashi Tharoor, who was
part of the G-23 group, said
it is clear that change is
unavoidable. “’All of us
who believe in INCIndia
are hurting from the re-
sults of the recent Assem-
bly elections. It is time to
reaffirm the idea of India
that Congress has stood for
and the positive agenda it
offers the nation. “And to
reform our organisational
leadership in a manner
that will reignite those ide-
as and inspire the people.
One thing is clear - Change
is unavoidable if we need to
succeed,” he tweeted.
The strategy of Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra is also be-
ing questioned also field-
ing some controversial
candidates in UP has put
the high command on a
sticky wicket. Priyanka’s
ambitious Ladki Hoon, Lad
Sakti Hoon campaign has
too fallen on its face. Apart
from the internal differ-
ences, rift and uphill chal-
lenges, Congress’ defeat
has literally pushed down
its stakes as the principal
opposition party with
Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP
now sitting comfortably in
two states and can easily
and rightfully stake its
claim as the main challeng-
er to the Saffron Power!
GOA POLLS
In Goa too, the Assembly
election results proved to
be extremely disastrous for
the Congress; it registered
a huge 6% swing against it.
No other party saw such a
damage swing. And mind
it… the most notable gain
in the coastal state was
that of the Revolutionary
Goa Party (RGP). The new-
ly created RGP witnessed a
10% rise in vote share,
leaving the AAP, Trina-
mool Congress, and Maha-
rashtrawadi Gomantak
Party (MGP) behind.
UTTAR PRADESH POLLS
In Uttar Pradesh, India’s
most politically vital and
crucial state, the Congress
failed to create a ripple and
make any visible impact
despite a “high-octane”
campaign led by Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra.
UTTARAKHAND POLLS
In Uttarakhand, even as
there was a slight glimmer
of hope… It was here that
Congress had expected a
comebackoratleastexpect-
ed to give a photo-finish
fight and finally it was here
that the party saw a rise in
its vote share. The party
emerged as the biggest
gainer in terms of votes --
withasubstantial5%swing
in favour of the party (Con-
gress) -- but since only 2%
of this came from the Saf-
fron might, but the Con-
gresscouldnotbeattheBJP
and had to remain content
withbeingthesecondparty
.
MANIPUR POLLS
West, north or even east…
there’s no change in the
sad saga of the Congress.
It turned out to be equally
catastrophic in Manipur
for the country’s oldest po-
litical party as its vote
share eroded by 19% and
thus reducing the party’s
tally strength to less than
half of what it was in the
2017 Assembly elections.
However, strangely, the
huge swing and people’s
anti-Congressmooddidnot
materialise things for the
Saffron party but it went to
other parties instead…
NPP got 12% and JDU gar-
nered 11% thus making it
(JDU) the new second
(joint… mind it) largest
party in the eastern state.
Looking back, it may be
revealed that the electoral
fortunes of the Congress
took a downward trend in
the last round of elections
in 5 crucial states in 2021 as
it failed to make a mark in
Assam, Kerala, West Ben-
gal, Tamil Nadu and Pu-
ducherry
. However, it man-
aged a slight consolation
prize in the form of a part-
ner in the DMK-led alliance
in Tamil Nadu. In West
Bengal, the Grand Old Par-
ty was down to a cipher!
However, on Sunday’s
crucial CWC meeting what
was the outcome? The (per-
haps only) question was
repeated: Who was respon-
sible for the Opposition
party’s massive debacle?
Sonia Gandhi went on to
harp on the “sacrifices” is-
sue. She went on to say if
the CWC members — all
her nominees — thought
she and her children were
responsible for what hap-
pened to the Congress,
they (the three of them)
were willing to ‘sacrifice’
and ‘step away’. Remem-
ber, Rahul Gandhi’s resig-
nation letter which he had
tweeted in July 2019 after
the humiliating defeat in
the Lok Sabha polls… It
also spoke of ‘sacrifices’ as
he virtually put the onus
of defeat on his party col-
leagues, writing how he
“stood completely alone”
in his fight against Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
Again the word “Sacri-
fice” was the Parivar’s
main weapon. How long
will they harp on “Sacrifice
sentiment”? However, the
question that hangs heavy
in the air, especially for the
Congress is that if the Gan-
dhis are not responsible for
the party’s crisis or rather
humiliating debacle, who
is? Now, this sentence in the
CWC statement actually
takes the cake… “Congress
party represents the hopes
of millions of Indians
against political authori-
tarianism prevailing in the
country today, and the par-
ty is fully conscious of its
immense responsibility”.
If so, where were “those”
millions who voted in this
election? Why were they in-
visible? See the above vote
shares which I explicitly
mentioned… and to round
up and substantiate the ar-
gument against this state-
ment…The Grand Old Par-
ty also says it is “fully con-
scious of its immense re-
sponsibility,” if that is
true… the statistics don’t
really show how it is fully
conscious.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Shashi Tharoor
@ShashiTharoor
All of us who believe in
INC India are hurting
from the results of recent
Assembly elections. It is
time to reaffirm the idea
of India that Congress has
stood for and the positive
agenda it offers the nation.
And to reform our organi-
sational leadership in a
manner that will reignite
those ideas and inspire the
people. One thing is clear
- Change is unavoidable if
we need to succeed.
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and
former Managing Editor, First India
GRAND OLD CONG PLAYS
‘RIP’ VAN ‘WRINKLE’?
LET’S
RECAP…
IN UP,
CONGRESS
MANAGED
2.33% VOTES,
2 SEATS
(OUT OF 399
SEATS IT HAD
CONTESTED)
IN 2022 POLLS
CONGRESS
MANAGED
6.2% AND 7
SEATS (OUT
OF 114 IT
CONTESTED)
IN THE 2017
ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS!
THE CONGRESS’ EXTREMELY POOR SHOW IN
THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS OF 5 STATES HAS
ADDED TO A SERIES OF DEBACLES WHICH HAS
RAISED SEVERAL SERIOUS
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLITICAL
EXISTENCE AND FUTURE OF THE
GRAND OLD PARTY. IN PUNJAB, ONE
OF THE BIG STATES THAT IT RULED, THE
CONGRESS WITNESSED A HUGE 15
PERCENT SWING AGAINST IT
(Top) Congress supporters holding party flags
stage a sit-in protest demanding non-
resignation of the party Interim President
Sonia Gandhi and Congress party leaders Rahul
Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, outside the
party headquarters, in New Delhi on Sunday.
The Aam Aadmi Party, which
“swept” (literally) the elections,
emerged as the strongest party
and also led in terms of gain in
votes with a huge 19% swing in
its favour. The BJP had a much
smaller swing of +2%. The AAP
mainly benefited (almost 19%)
from the combined huge 21% drop
in votes of the Congress, Akali Dal
and smaller parties

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INDIA
05
UP results Yogi’s Cabinet: The BJP has to satisfy many groups this time
Lucknow (Agencies):
After a stupendous vic-
tory in the Uttar
Pradesh elections, hec-
tic parleys have begun
in the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) over cabi-
net formation. Yogi Adi-
tyanath was in the capi-
tal on Sunday to discuss
the details with JP Na-
dda, Amit Shah and
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi.
Sixty MLAs can be-
come Ministers in the
Uttar Pradesh cabinet.
The first and foremost
question is whether the
Cabinet will have a cen-
tral BJP imprint or Yogi
Adityanath’s imprint,
as he is the main archi-
tect of the victory
.
Yogi may have a big-
ger role to play unlike
the last time in 2017,
when he had lesser free-
dom. However, Amit
Shah’s deputation as an
observer also means
that the Centre doesn’t
want to give him a free
hand as there was a lot
of resentment against
his style of functioning
in the previous term.
WILL THE GOVT
HAVE DEPUTY
CHIEF MINISTERS?
There are many ques-
tions on everyone’s
minds with respect to
the Yogi 2.0 Cabinet.
Will the government
have Deputy Chief Min-
isters? Will it abolish
the post altogether or
will the number be in-
creased to include more
caste groups such as
SCs and minorities?
Will the state follow the
Karnataka model of no
Deputy Chief Minister?
Keshav Prasad Mau-
rya lost the election
from Sirathu. Will he
continue as Deputy
Chief Minister if the
party decides to have
one? Technically, he is
still a member of the
Legislative Council and
can be made a Deputy
Chief Minister even
though he is not an
MLA. Or, will the party
accommodate him in
the organisation?
Will Dinesh Sharma
be replaced as Deputy
Chief Minister? There
were reports of people
not being happy with
his behaviour. Will he
be replaced by ex-Guja-
rat bureaucrat AK
Sharma, a Bhumihar
Brahmin, who is con-
sidered close to Modi?
WHAT ABOUT
A JAT OR SC
DEPUTY CM?
In any cabinet forma-
tion, the caste composi-
tion of the state, the
caste break-up of MLAs
who have won on the
party’s ticket, and re-
gion-wise representa-
tion are the key deter-
mining factors. Since
Lok Sabha polls are two
years away, the larger
picture also needs to be
taken into account.
As per the popula-
tion, Uttar Pradesh has
around 20% upper
castes, 19% Muslims,
10% Yadavs, 21% Sched-
uled Castes and 30%
Non-Yadav OBCs.
In terms of the com-
position of the House,
as per calculations by
Arvind Kumar, 33% of
the MLAs belong to the
upper caste, 38% are
OBCs, 21% are SCs, 8%
are Muslims and 1% are
Sikh or others.
Most of the BJP’s
MLAs are Brahmins
(45), followed by
Thakurs (43) and Kur-
mis (27). Jatavs (19) and
Pasi (non-Jatav; 18)
have also won in good
numbers.
Twenty-one MLAs
fromtheBania/Vaishya
community, 12 from
Maurya and eight Jats
have also won on BJP
tickets. The one Muslim
candidate from ally
Apna Dal has lost the
election.
BJP workers apply gulal on UP CM Yogi Aityanath after his victory in UP Assembly polls during a
celebration at the party office, in Lucknow on Thursday. —FILE PHOTO
The Brahmins have
backed the BJP in large
numbers (89% as per
the Centre for the Study
of Developing Socie-
ties) despite reports
of disillusionment and
neglect. A Brahmin
Deputy Chief Minister
is likely to be inducted.
Dinesh Sharma could
be replaced by Brajesh
Pathak, who joined
the party after leaving
the BSP just before
the 2017 polls, as per
reports.
THE BJP CAN'T
IGNORE BRAHMINS
BJP still unsure about Goa
CM; Sawant to meet Nadda
Panaji (PTI): With the
BJPunabletogetafixon
its chief ministerial
nominee in Goa, five
days after election re-
sults returned the saf-
fron outfit as the single
largest party
, just one
short of the majority
mark, caretaker Chief
MinisterPramodSawant
isheadedforthenational
capital to meet BJP na-
tional chief JP Nadda.
“I am going to Delhi
to meet the party Presi-
dent,” Sawant told re-
porters at the Assembly
complex here, after tak-
ing oath as a re-elected
legislator.
The BJP has 20 MLAs
in the 40-member Goa
Assembly
, just one short
of a simple majority.
The ruling party, how-
ever, has received let-
ters of unconditional
support from three In-
dependent MLAs and
the two-member Maha-
rashtrawadi Gomantak
Party (MGP).
While Sawant was
sworn-in as a caretak-
er Chief Minister by
Governor P.S. Sreed-
haran Pillai on March
12, BJP legislators
have not formally cho-
sen their legislative
party leader so far.
On Monday, the top
BJP leadership appoint-
ed Union ministers Nar-
endra Singh Tomar and
L Murugan as observer
and co-observer, respec-
tively
, for the election of
the leader of Goa’s leg-
islative party
.
Meanwhile, amid re-
ports of a rivalry be-
tween Sawant and his
now former Health Min-
ister Visjwajit Rane in
the race for the top
chair, Rane’s wife, new-
ly-elected MLA Deviya
Rane, created a flutter
on Tuesday by saying
that her husband, like
any elected legislator, is
ready to accept the top
chair.
“Of course, any elect-
ed representative can be
ready and he (Visjwajit
Rane) is a very experi-
enced politician. But the
final decision is of the
central committee,”
Deviya Rane told report-
ers after she was asked
if her husband is ready
to take up the top post.
She, however, said
that there is no dissent
over the choice of chief
minister within the
BJP, adding that the de-
cision is left to the par-
ty’s high command.
“The party will de-
cide, its central leaders
will decide... Whatever
they decide is the final
decision,” she said, as
she blamed mediaper-
sons for ‘fabricating’ a
‘rift’ between Rane and
Sawant.
JP Nadda Pramod Sawant
Akhilesh Yadav
Akhilesh Yadav
claims his party
won 304 seats
in UP elections
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Partychief AkhileshYa-
dav on Tuesday claimed
that the SP-led alliance
had got 51.5 per cent of
the postal ballots in the
recent UP Assembly
election, and that it won
304 seats on this basis.
“The SP-alliance got
51.5percentof thepostal
ballotvotes,whichmeans
thattheSPregisteredvic-
toryon304seats,”hesaid
in a Hindi tweet.
“This is telling the
truthaboutthevictoryof
the SP-led alliance in the
election.Thankstoevery
government employee,
teacher and voter, who
cast their postal ballot.
“Therulingpartyshould
knowthatdeceitdoesnot
give any strength,” said
Yadav, targeting BJP
,
which won the election
with 255 seats.
‘Bihar model’ reaches Manipur,
but will it be any good for JDU?
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: There are
many models of gov-
ernance emerging in
the country these days.
Narendra Modi showed
the Gujarat model to
the people of the coun-
try. Before that there
was Andhra model of
Chandrababu Naidu,
which no state in the
country followed. Later
Arvind Kejriwal made
the Delhi model and
went to many states
with it but it ‘claimed
success’ was found in
Punjab. Now Delhi mod-
el will be implemented
in Punjab, which Kejri-
wal’s party leaders are
calling Kejriwal Model
of Governance. Now
the discussion of a Bi-
har model has started,
which Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar calls de-
velopment with justice.
His party’s national
general secretary KC
Tyagi has said that the
Bihar model has shown
its effect in Manipur.
Remember, JD(U) has
won six seats in Ma-
nipur, which by any
measure, is an amazing
performance.
In some states of the
Northeast, the Janata
Parivar parties, espe-
cially the JDU, have had
an impact. JD(U) had
six MLAs in the cur-
rent Arunachal
Pradesh assembly, who
joined the Bharatiya
Janata Party. BJP says
that all those people be-
longed to its party, who
fought on JDU ticket.
Although the discus-
sion is that a senior
leader of JDU sacri-
ficed the party for his
personal interest. How-
ever, in Nagaland too,
JD(U) MLAs have been
winning and switching
sides. Now six MLAs of
the party have won in
Manipur, so whatever
be the ‘model’ present-
ed before people prior
to election, the chal-
lenge is the same and
that is to keep everyone
together. Although BJP
has got majority and it
does not need support,
yet the JDU has given
support to BJP. But it is
difficult to guarantee
that all the MLAs will
continue in JDU in the
coming times.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with newly-elected JDU MLAs
from Manipur. —FILE PHOTO
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with other senior Congress leaders.
Of course, any elected representative can be
ready and he (Visjwajit Rane) is a very ex-
perienced politician. But the final decision
is of the central committee. Whatever they decide is
the final decision.
Deviya Rane, Poriem MLA
Sidhu’s circus drives voters away from Congress?
Sharat K Verma
Chandigarh: As much
as Arvind Kejriwal is
happy with the victory
of the Aam Aadmi Par-
ty in Punjab or Captain
Amarinder Singh is
happy after the defeat
of the Congress, the
state president Navjot
Singh Sidhu is even
more upbeat. No one
has congratulated and
expressed happiness on
AAP’s victory like him.
Sidhu, in his first reac-
tion after the results,
said that the people of
Punjab have taken an
extremely good deci-
sion. The way Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi expresses grati-
tude to the people on his
victory, thanks them
and congratulates
them, in the same way
Sidhu has thanked to
the people of Punjab on
the victory of AAP. He
has congratulated the
people of Punjab for a
very good decision and
thanked them for voting
for the change.
Think, if a party has
such a leader and that
leader is the head of the
state unit, then what
would have happened if
that party had not lost?
It is not known whether
the Congress high com-
mand has considered
this or not, but it is a
general impression that
Navjot Singh Sidhu is
the main reason behind
this bad defeat of Con-
gress in Punjab. For the
last one year, the party
was converted into a
circus. He and his advi-
sors first attacked Cap-
tain Amarinder Singh
and later on Charanjit
Singh Channi. No one
has done as much defa-
mation to one’s own
government as Sidhu
did. ‘Sidhu’s circus’
drove the voters of Pun-
jab away from the Con-
gress and that is why
Sidhu himself lost. The
Congress high com-
mand does not know
how much information
is available about Sid-
hu’s cricketing career,
but the fact is that he
used to fight with the
captain there too and
the record of getting
four players run out in
a match is also in Sid-
hu’s name. He got four
players run out in a
match in Sharjah and
himself got out without
scoring any big score.
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra chairs review
meet on UP poll rout
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress’s Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra is holding a
meeting to review the
party’s decimation in
the politically crucial
Uttar Pradesh. The
50-year-old was put in
charge of Uttar Pradesh
soon after she joined
politics and tasked with
building the party from
ground up. Four years
down the line, despite
her high voltage “Ladki
hoon lad sakti hoon” (I
am a girl and can fight)
campaign, the party
managed to get only two
seats in the state, down
from seven in 2017. The
Congress general secre-
tary in-charge of Uttar
Pradesh is at the party’s
war room at Delhi’s Gur-
dwara Rakabganj Road.
She is chairing a meet-
ing, which is being at-
tended by the top state
leaders of the party
.
Malik’s plea for
release from
custody nixed
Mumbai (Agencies):
TheBombayHighCourt
on Tuesday rejected a
plea by Ma-
harashtra
M i n i s t e r
Nawab Ma-
lik seeking
his release
from judicial custody
after his arrest by the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) in an alleged
money-laundering case
arising out of a tainted
land deal around 20
years ago.
Rajiv Gandhi’s
killer Perarivalan
released on bail
Chennai (PTI): After
serving 31 years of
prison term, the Rajiv
Gandhi assassination
case convict AG Perari-
valan came out of
Chennai’s Puzhal Cen-
tral Jail on bail on
Tuesday.
Speaking to media
persons outside the jail
premises, Perarivalan
and his mother Ar-
putham Ammal
thanked everyone “who
stood with them in their
fight for justice”.
T’gana to bear edu cost
of Ukraine-returnees
Hyderabad (Agen-
cies): AftertheUkraine-
returned medical stu-
dents are unable to re-
turn to their colleges,
the Telangana govern-
ment has offered to bear
expenses of their edu-
cation in India.
Considering the
plight of students, Tel-
angana government
has decided to bear the
cost of education of
Ukraine-returned stu-
dents. “We will write to
the centre about this is-
sue and help these stu-
dents. These kids can’t
go back to Ukraine, and
nor can we discontinue
their education. We
will help them com-
plete their education
here,” Telangana chief
minister K Chan-
drashekar Rao said.
TN anti-NEET Bill will be
sent for Prez assent: Guv
Chennai: Tamil Nadu
Governor RN Ravi on
Tuesday assured Chief
Minister MK Stalin
that the anti-NEET Bill
adopted recently by the
state Assembly would
be forwarded to the
Centre for Presidential
assent.
Stalin called on Gov-
ernor Ravi at the Raj
Bhavan in Chennai and
urged him to expedi-
tiously send the Bill to
exempt Tamil Nadu
from the purview of the
NationalEligibilitycum
Entrance Test for get-
ting Presidential assent,
an official release said.
OnFebruary8,theTa-
mil Nadu Assembly had
adopted once again the
anti-NEET Bill and sent
it Raj Bhavan for getting
Presidential assent.
New Delhi (PTI): COn-
gress’ Lok Sabha whip
Manickam Tagore on
Tuesday hit out at senior
leader Kapil Sibal for
his remarks against the
leadership by accusing
him of speaking RSS-BJP
language. “Why the RSS
and BJP wants Nehru-
Gandhi’s out of the lead-
ership? It’s easy to kill
Congress then it’s easy to
destroy the idea of India
(sic). Sibal knows it but
why he is speaking the
language of RSS/BJP,”
Tagore said on Twitter.
CONG LEADER HITS
OUT AT KAPIL SIBAL
K Chandrashekar Rao RN Ravi

INDIA
06
Tushar Kumar
New Delhi: There are a
total of seven national
parties in India at pre-
sent, but their number
may increase in the
coming days. After the
assembly elections in
five states, the Aam
Aadmi Party is very
close to the destination
in the race to become a
national party and if all
goes well, AAP will get
the status of a national
party by the end of this
year. Aam Aadmi Party
will meet at least one of
the standards set by the
Election Commission
for being a national par-
ty this year. It has got
the status of a regional
party in three states and
assembly elections in
Gujarat and Himachal
Pradesh are due at the
end of the year, where
AAP has to contest.
According to the
Election Commission,
the first criterion is to
get two per cent of the
Lok Sabha seats i.e. 11
seats, while AAP has
only one Lok Sabha MP
- Bhagwant Maan - who
has resigned as he is go-
ing to become the Chief
Minister of Punjab. The
second criterion is to
get six per cent votes in
four states and four
seats in the Lok Sabha.
This is also not possible
yet. The third criterion
is to achieve regional
party status in four
states. According to
this, if a party gets six
percent votes in the
state elections and its
two MLAs win, it may
beconsidered a national
party and AAP hopes it
will complete it by the
end of this year. It cur-
rently enjoys the status
of a regional party in
Goa, Punjab and Delhi.
Despite this, the fast-
est record of getting the
status of the national
party the fastest will
not be in the name of
Aam Aadmi Party
. This
record has become in
the name of National
People’s Party (NPP)
formed by PA Sangma.
The NPP was formed in
2013 and got the status
of a national party in
2019. Aam Aadmi Party
was formed a year be-
fore this. The NPP is the
first party in the North-
east to get the status of
a national party. It is a
regional party recog-
nized in four states-
Meghalaya, Manipur,
Arunachal Pradesh and
Nagaland. It has a gov-
ernment in Meghalaya
and this time it has be-
come the main opposi-
tion party in Manipur.
Apart from BJP, Con-
gress, Trinamool Con-
gress, CPM, CPI and
BSP
, NPP is the seventh
party to have national
party status. Sharad Pa-
war’s NCP had also be-
come a national party at
one time, but later it
was stripped of its sta-
tus. Now again Pawar’s
party is in this race and
a new entrant in this
race is Nitish Kumar’s
Janata Dal U, which has
won six seats in Ma-
nipur. It has regional
party status in Bihar
and Manipur and will
try to achieve regional
party status in Megha-
laya and Nagaland in
the 2023 elections. JD(U)
has been winning in Na-
galand and has six
MLAs in the present
Arunachal Pradesh as-
sembly as well. So, three
parties AAP, JDU and
NCP are in the race to
become a national party
.
2022: THE YEAR FOR NEW ‘NATIONAL PARTIES’?
‘Nepotism’ would not be
encouraged in BJP: PM
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
said on Tuesday that it
was his decision not to
field children of BJP
MPs in the recent state
elections, in which the
party won in four states.
“Several MPs and
party leaders were seek-
ing tickets in the recent-
ly concluded elections
for their children and
many of them were de-
nied. BJP MPs’ children
did not get tickets to
contest because that
comes under dynastic
politics. They did not
get tickets because of
me,” PM said at the first
weekly meeting of BJP
MPs after the party’s
election wins.
The comments were
seen in reference to BJP
MP Rita Bahuguna
Joshi’s son Mayank,
who joined the Sama-
jwadi Party just before
polls after being denied
a BJP ticket to contest
in Uttar Pradesh.
INDIA FOCUSES ON HI-TECH AGRI TO HELP FARMERS
New Delhi (ANI): With the purpose of making farmers self-reliant the government has
decided to make agriculture hi-tech in this year’s Union Budget. It is a high priority
sector for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The government has made provisions
to develop it in a new way by moving beyond traditional farming. From rural housing to
chemical-free agriculture, a five-kilometer-wide corridor along the Ganges, and water
for irrigation in Bundelkhand through the Ken-Betwa link project, all of this ensures that
the Budget caters to the needs of every Indian. A new public-private partnership (PPP)
scheme will be launched to deliver digital and high-tech services to farmers.
Over 300 died
while cleaning
sewers in last
5 years: Govt
New Delhi (PTI): No
death has been reported
for engaging in manual
scavenging but 325 peo-
ple have lost their lives
in accidents while un-
dertaking hazardous
cleaning of sewer and
septic tanks in the last
five years, the govern-
ment said on Tuesday.
Family members of 276
people who died during
the said period have re-
ceived compensation,
MoS for Social Justice
and Empowerment
Ramdas Athawale said
in reply to a question in
the Lok Sabha.
“No death has been
reported due to engag-
ing in manual scaveng-
ing (which is lifting of
human excreta from
insanitary latrines as
defined in Section 2(1)
(g)of theMSAct,2013),”
Athawale said in a writ-
ten response.
He said 325 people
have died due to acci-
dents while undertak-
ing hazardous cleaning
of sewer and septic
tanks during the last
five years.
The highest number
of such deaths have
been reported from Ut-
tar Pradesh at 52 fol-
lowed by Tamil Nadu
43, Delhi 42, Haryana 33
and Maharashtra 30.
Covid-19 spreading its
tentacles in US again?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda being
felicitated by Union Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh during the BJP parliamentary party
meeting at Ambedkar International Center in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Tit for tat, Russia sanctions
Biden, several top US ofiicials
Birla chides Giriraj for
interrupting colleague
Why is Didi hurt over
UP Assembly results?
Clear Govt stand on rail
privatisation: Oppn in LS
Moscow: Russia’s For-
eign Ministry said on
Tuesday that US Presi-
dent Joe Biden and a
dozen other top officials
had been banned from
entering the country in
a reciprocal response to
US sanctions.
The measure, which
also applies to Secre-
tary of State Antony
Blinken and Defence
Secretary Lloyd Austin,
“is the consequence of
the extremely Russo-
phobic policy pursued
by the current US ad-
ministration”, the Rus-
sian Foreign Ministry
said in a statement.
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Tuesday chided Union
Minister Giriraj Singh
for intervening in the
reply of his junior col-
league, saying that any
question in the Lower
House and its supple-
mentary should be an-
swered by the same
Minister.
The Speaker’s com-
ment came when Singh
stood up to reply to the
second supplementary
question of his Rural
Development Ministry
during Question Hour
after junior Minister
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
replied to the first one.
“Honourable Minis-
ter, this is not proper.
Either the MoS or the
Cabinet minister
should reply to all the
questions. Not one after
another. You should not
intervene. Let the MoS
(Jyoti) complete the an-
swers,” he said.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Even
though his party could
not form the govern-
ment, former UP CM
Akhilesh Yadav is not
seen as hurt as TMC su-
premo and West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee is
over the Assembly elec-
tion results of UP. Akh-
ilesh also raised the is-
sue of EVM malprac-
tices at many places but
he is not an aggressive
attacker like Mamata is.
Didi accused of mal-
practices in the Uttar
Pradesh elections by
holding a press confer-
ence and said that the
vote has been ‘looted’.
Mamata also demanded
that forensic examina-
tion of EVMs should be
done while also accus-
ing the administration
and the Election Com-
mission of wrongdoing.
Just think, in the midst
of all these allegations,
did Mamata Banerjee
herself not win the elec-
tion last year?
The BJP also accused
Mamata’s party of loot-
ing vote. Yes, there was
no allegation of EVM
malpractices, even
though there were votes
from EVMs and Mama-
ta got a landslide victo-
ry. So therefore, the
question remains as to
why is Mamata so hurt?
Is it that she got hurt
because she went to
campaign twice and
still nothing happened?
Keep in mind that UP
is the only state outside
Bengal where Didi went
for campaigning. De-
spite holding a joint
rally and a joint Press
conference with Akh-
ilesh, the BJP managed
a huge victory. It is be-
ing said that Didi be-
lieved SP would come
out victorious an there-
fore she had gone to be-
come a participant in
the win. She is seeing
this as a denial for her-
self even in the largest
state of the country
.
New Delhi: Opposition
membersonTuesdayac-
cused the government
of indulging in jugglery
of railway fi-
nances and
sought to
know whether
it intends to
privatise the
Indian Rail-
ways after Air India. Ini-
tiating the debate on
DemandforGrants2022-
23 for Railway in Lok
Sabha, Congress mem-
ber K Suresh accused
the government of run-
ning the railways in an
inefficient manner.
“... The intention of
this government is pri-
vatising the
Indian Rail-
ways also. Air
India already
sold.Nownext
step of this
government is
Indian Railways. That
will happen very soon,”
Suresh said, asking the
RailwayMinisterwheth-
er the Indian Railways
will remain under Gov-
ernment of India or not.
UN CHIEF SAYS IN CONTACT WITH
COUNTRIES INCLUDING INDIA, CHINA
New York: Underlining how Ukraine is being “decimated
before the eyes of the world”, UN chief warned that a melt-
down of the global economy due to the conflict is provoking
a hunger crisis. “It is time to stop the horror unleashed and
get on the path of diplomacy and peace”, he said, noting that
he had been in close contact with countries including China,
France, Germany, India, Israel and Turkey.
Washington (Agen-
cies): A wastewater net-
work that monitors for
Covid-19 trends is warn-
ing that cases are once
again rising in many
parts of the US, accord-
ing to an analysis of
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
data by Bloomberg.
More than a third of
the CDC’s wastewater
sample sites across the
US showed rising Cov-
id-19 trends in the peri-
od ending March 1 to
March 10, though re-
portedcaseshavestayed
near a recent low. The
number of sites with
rising signals of Covid
cases is nearly twice
what it was during the
Feb. 1 to Feb. 10 period,
when the third wave
was fading rapidly
.
It’s not clear how
manynewinfectionsthe
signs in the sewage rep-
resent and if they will
turn into a new wave, or
will be just a brief bump
on the way down from
the last one.
HIGHLIGHTS
l India logs 2,568 new Covid-19 cases, 97 Covid
deaths In 24 Hours: Centre
l 16.29 crore Covid vaccine doses supplied to 98
countries, says Government
MALDIVIAN PREZ THANKS INDIA FOR
‘GENEROUS AID’ DURING PANDEMIC
New Delhi (PTI): Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih has
thanked India for its help during the pandemic, highlight-
ing that India donated vaccines and generously aided
the island nation on many occasions. During an address
to the people of his country on Sunday, President Solih
thanked Maldives’ friendly bilateral partners who assisted
it in Covid-19 response efforts. “I take this opportunity
to highlight India, Japan, USA, UAE, China, Bangladesh,
WHO and some of the UN agencies for their support,”
President Solih said. “In the last two years, India has
generously aided us on many occasions,” he noted.
CRUCIAL READ
LANKA-INDIA TO
TO SIGN $1 BN
BAILOUT PACKAGE
INDIA IN TALKS TO
BUY DISCOUNTED
RUSSIAN OIL
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s
Finance Minister Basil
Rajapaksa on Tuesday
left for New Delhi to ink
a fresh USD 1 billion
bailout package with
India, amid a crippling
economic meltdown
staring at the island
nation. Rajapaksa left
for India for a two-
day official visit for
crucial talks for broader
financial assistance to
tide over Sri Lanka’s
economic crisis.
New Delhi: India is
exploring options for
buying Russian crude
oil, authorities said on
Tuesday, with prices
plunging to record lows
in the wake of a global
backlash to the Ukraine
conflict. New Delhi
enjoys historic ties
with Moscow, hosting
a rare overseas trip
by President Vladimir
Putin late last year, and
has called for an end to
the violence in Ukraine.
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on
Tuesday stayed till further orders
the January 31 order of the Centre
banning telecast of Malayalam news
channel ‘MediaOne’ on security
grounds. A bench of Justices DY
Chandrachud, Surya
Kant and Vikram
Nath said that
the news and
current affairs
channel will
continue its
operations as
it was oper-
ating prior
to the ban
of telecast.
New Delhi: More than 6,000 cases
of atrocities against the Scheduled
Caste community are pending in
Gujarat courts. Several of the cases are
pending for more than 10 years. The
information was shared in the ongoing
Budget Session of Assembly.
London: Britain’s top court on Monday
refused WikiLeaks founder Julian As-
sange permission to appeal against a
decision to extradite him to the US to
face spying charges. The court said it
refused because the case “didn’t raise
an arguable point of law.”
SC STAYS CENTRE’S BAN
ON MediaOne CHANNEL
OVER 6K CASES OF ATROCITIES
ON SC PENDING IN GUJ COURTS
ASSANGE DENIED PERMISSION
TO APPEAL BY UK’S TOP COURT
Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
—FILE PHOTO
Mamata Banerjee with Akhilesh Yadav. —FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Centre has sought
clarifications from the
Governments of Ra-
jasthan and Manipur
on their respective anti-
lynchingbills,informed
Minister of State for
Home Affairs Nity-
anand Rai on Tuesday
in Lok Sabha.
Anandpur Sahib
Congress MP Manish
Tewari had asked
whether the Govern-
ment has been delaying
the review consultation
process with the Bill
from Rajasthan Gov-
ernment under inter-
ministerial consulta-
tion since 2019 and the
one from Manipur since
2018.
Rai replied that the
Government has re-
ceived “The Rajasthan
Protection From Lynch-
ing Bill, 2019” and “The
Manipur Protection
from Mob Violence Bill,
2018”. After consulta-
tion with the nodal Min-
istries/Departments,
certain clarifications
have been sought from
the respective Govern-
ments.
Tewari had also
asked whether the Na-
tional Crimes Records
Bureau (NCRB) started
collecting data on mob
lynching, hate crimes
and cow vigilantism,
and why the data were
not published.
The minister replied
that in the year 2017,
NCRB collected data on
cases of mob-lynching,
hate crimes etc, but it
was observed that the
data was unreliable.
In a reply to the ques-
tion of whether it is a
fact that there has been
a four-fold increase in
hate speech incidents
between 2015-2020 as re-
corded in the Crime in
India-2020 report by the
National Crimes Re-
cord Bureau, Nity-
anand Rai said that
NCRB does not main-
tain data under head-
ing “hate speech”.
The question was
also asked on whether
it is a fact that lynching
is not defined as a crime
under the Indian Penal
Code, Rai replied that
yes, it is not defined un-
der IPC.
CENTRE RETURNS ANTI-LYNCHING
BILL OF RAJ; SEEKS CLARIFICATION
MP Manish Tewari asked whether govt
delaying process with Bill from Raj govt
Centre has sought clarifications from the
Governments of Rajasthan and Manipur
In the year
2017, NCRB
collected data
on cases of mob-lynch-
ing, hate crimes etc,
but it was observed
that the data was un-
reliable. NCRB does
not maintain data
under heading ‘‘hate
speech”.
—Nityanand Rai
Minister of state for home affairs
1 2
Launch drive to recover
power dues: ACS Subodh
2 get lifer for
raping minor
in Pratapgarh
TWO DIE AS THREE
VEHICLES COLLIDE
ON HIGHWAY
Centre’s wrong policies
leadingtounemployment
in the country: Arora
Vaibhav Gehlot
assures all help to
Shergarh residents
Absconding diamond firm exec
held in Rs 300 crore fraud case
Kota police catches killer of 2 cops a
gangster after 11 yrs from Chhatisgarh
Subodh Agarwal talking to senior officials at Vidyut Bhawan.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: The outstand-
ing electricity bills in
the central and state
government depart-
ments and undertak-
ings will be recovered
strictly by running a
campaign. ACS Energy
Dr. Subodh Agarwal, in
a review meeting held
at Vidyut Bhawan on
Tuesday, directed
Jaipur, Ajmer and Jodh-
pur Discoms to take
strict steps for recovery
of dues in government
departments and un-
dertakings and make
concerted efforts to re-
cover the arrears.
Dr. Agrawal said that
about Rs 2,390 crore out-
standing till February
in Central and State
Government Depart-
ments and Undertak-
ings has been taken se-
riously by the govern-
ment. The highest out-
standing amount is in
urban bodies, UITs,
municipalities, city
councils and municipal
corporations etc.
First India Bureau
Pratapgarh: The Pocso
court sentenced two to
life imprisonment and
imposed a fine of Rs
50,000 each in gangrape
case of a seven-year-old
in Pratapgarh. Gopal
Tank, Special Public
Prosecutor said that 7
years ago, a girl student
of Kotwali PS went for
tuition but did not re-
turn home after which
the family searched her
but could not find.
Man gets 20 years
jail for rape
In Jhalawar, a special
court on Tuesday sen-
tenced a 22-year-old
man to 20 years of im-
prisonment for raping
a girl around three
years ago.
Udaipur: Two persons were
killed when 3 vehicles col-
lided on Udaipur-Chittorgarh
highway. The incident oc-
curred near Daroli Bhamra-
sia village on NH-48 where a
truck hit a pickup van from
behind and overturned. The
Pickup driver lost control
and hit a motorcycle that
was moving ahead of it.
First India Bureau
Dausa: The chairman
of Rajasthan Small In-
dustries Development
Corporation Rajiv Aro-
ra on Tuesday blamed
the Centre for the ris-
ing unemployment in
the country. He said
that due to the wrong
economic policies of
the central govern-
ment, many people
have lost jobs in the
last six years due to
which unemployment
has increased. Arora
was on Dausa visit on
Tuesday.He said that
PM Narendra Modi
had promised to pro-
vide two crore jobs
every year but many
small industries were
closed during the co-
rona period and the
MSME sector suffered
the most.Arora said
that there is a need to
create an industrial en-
vironment in Ra-
jasthan so that more
industries can be set
up and people can get
employment opportu-
nities.Arora said that
the government has
started ‘Niryatak Bano
Mission’ to help the lo-
cal trader become ex-
porters.
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: The people
of Shergarh Assembly
constituency on Tues-
day felicitated RCA
president and AICC
member Vaibhav Ge-
hlot as Shergarh As-
sembly constituency is
the second such assem-
blyconstituency
,where
the maximum budget
has been announced by
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot.
Overwhelmed by the
welcome, Vaibhav Ge-
hlot expressed his grat-
itude to everyone and
assured that all prob-
lems of the area would
be taken care of.
Vaibhav Gehlot was
also greeted by Con-
gress leaders and work-
ersattheCircuitHouse
of Jodhpur. Vaibhav
Gehlot wished the peo-
ple of the state a very
happy Holi. It is hap-
pening that every sec-
tion has been fully
taken care of in this
budget, he said. The
workers of Patel Samaj
and Muslim Samaj ex-
pressed their gratitude
for the facilities pro-
vided in the Budget.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a joint ac-
tion, Chomu police sta-
tion and CST team of
Jaipur district arrested
Raj Mohan Saini, co-di-
rector of Daily Dia-
mond Company, ab-
sconding for the past
three years in a Rs 300
crore fraud case on
Tuesday
.
Police station in-
charge Hemraj said that
the company’s directors
Brijmohan Saini and
Rajmohan floated a
company in the name
of Saini Marketing Pri-
vate Limited. They
lured people with huge
profits upon investing
in the company
.
They closed the com-
pany’s office in Jaipur’s
Murlipura area and
fled.
Company’s director
Brijmohan Saini was
also arrested some time
ago. Police are interro-
gating the two and a
case of cheating has
been registered against
the accused in over a
dozen police stations.
First India Bureau
Kota: Kota Police has
arrested Narendra Sin-
gh alias Kittu (42), in-
volved in the murder of
two policemen and a
gangster. He killed
gangster Bhanu Pratap
Singh with bullets to
avenge the death of his
brother Brijraj. Along
with, two policemen
were killed, Four police-
men were injured. Nar-
endra was wanted in
Kota and Udaipur. DST
Cyber Cell and a team
of commandos caught
the accused from Janj-
gir Champa Chhattis-
garh. Narendra is
younger brother of
gangster Shivraj Singh.
Narendra Singh alias Kittu in the police custody.
Vaibhav Gehlot during a
function at Shergarh
Police investigating at the
crime spot.
Military School
warden dies by
suicide in Dholpur
Lovers die by suicide in hotel room
ELDERLY COUPLE MURDERED FOR RS 15,000, SILVER ANKLETS IN DUNGARPUR
Vinod Tiwari
Dholpur: The warden
of Military School in
Sadar police station
area of Dholpur district
hanged himself late
on Monday. In-charge
Deepak Banjara said that
35-year-old Rashid Khan
was found dead in a
guest room. According to
relatives of the deceased,
Khan, who was a habitual
drinker, entered the guest
room that day and bolted
its doors from inside and
hanged himself.
Bhilwara: A youth and a married woman ended life
by hanging in a hotel room near Bemali square under
Kareda police limits here on Monday. According to
the police, 25-year-old Sumer Singh, a resident of
Udairamji Ka Kheda, and 26-year-old Gudia, a resi-
dent of Mushi Kheda, were in love. Gudia was mar-
ried to a man of Nai Arwad under Phulia Kalan police
limits. The duo went to the hotel late Monday evening
and hired a room for some time. When the waiter
went to the room after some time, he found the door
locked from inside and nobody was responding.
Dungarpur: An el-
derly couple was
found murdered at
Surajgaon village of
Sagwad subdivision of
Dungarpur district on
Tuesday morning. In the
morning, their daugh-
ter Babli saw them in
pool of a blood. Savji
Valji Dodiya (70) and
Maan Savji (65) were
found dead in a pool
of blood. Rs 15,000
cash and silver anklets
were looted. Haris-
hankar, the son of the
deceased couple, said
that his parents used to
work as labourers and
did not stay at home.
They guarded fields
of a person and used
to stay in a room built
there. When his sister
Babli went to him on
Tuesday morning, she
found them killed. The
police reached the spot
and started probe.
Accused Raj Mohan Saini in
police custody.
Rajiv Arora talking to media in
Dausa on Tuesday.

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
60,69,240
TOTAL DEATHS
39,39,19,718
TOTAL RECOVERED
6,06,04,582
ACTIVE CASES
46,05,93,540
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,16,005
TOTAL DEATHS
4,24,46,171
TOTAL RECOVERED
33,886
ACTIVE CASES
4,29,96,062
TOTAL CASES
Festivals are joyful as they bring us
together submerging our sorrows
and flowering us with happiness.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: RHB Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora in-
formed on Tuesday that
a 9-member delegation
led by Levene Nijina, Di-
rector, IT Dept of the
Govt of Kenya, came to
study working style of
RHB along with plans
projects being run.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora apprised
this team in detail about
the achievements made
by RHB in a short time
while also informing
team about plans and
projects run by board
and its working style.
The delegation of Govt
of Kenya said that way
RHB has been revived
under the leadership of
Commissioner Pawan
Arora is a case study for
themandassertedthatin
Kenyaalso,workswillbe
done on the lines of the
Board. The delegation
talked about the imple-
mentation of e-auction
and e-bid submission
scheme in Kenya and
urgedtheCommissioner
to visit Kenya to train
them. Arora briefed the
delegation in detail
about the achievements
made by the Board. He
said that more than
13,500 properties were
disposedoff bytheBoard
in a transparent manner
in a short span of three
years through e-bid and
e-auction process.
Commissioner said
that in the e-auction by
RHB,theBoardsold1,010
housesinjust35working
days, due to which the
Board got a revenue of
Rs 162 crore,” Arora in-
formed the delegation.
Along with this, he
gave detailed informa-
tion about the ongoing
major projects like
Coaching Hub, City
Park, Fountain Square,
Vidhayak Awas Project,
Constitution Club of Ra-
jasthan, Jaipur Chaupa-
tisandhousingschemes.
After this the delegation
visited the projects un-
der construction in
Jaipur.
Interestingly
, Com-
missioner Arora urged
this delegation to visit
Jaipur Chaupatis.
JAIPUR CHAUPATI, NOW IN KENYA;
COURTESY RHB’S PAWAN ARORA!
(Top) RHB commissioner Pawan Arora greeting a 9-member delegation of Government of Kenya
led by Levene Nijina in Jaipur on Tuesday. (Bottom) The delegation from Kenya visited Jaipur
Chaupati at Pratap Nagar in Jaipur on Tuesday and said that they had never seen such good quality
construction yet and that they will also build such Chaupati in Kenya.
Under
Wednes-
day auc-
tion festival, in e-
bid submission
scheme, in 12 days,
by selling 1,213
properties of `185
crore, RHB made
an Int’l record.
This record has
also been recog-
nized by the World
Book of Records.
—Pawan Arora,
RHB Commissioner
Gehlot government has
written budget script
to attract people: Raje
Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar: Cornering
state govt over various
issues, former CM and
BJP’s National VP
Vasundhara Raje on
Tuesday said that writ-
ing a captivating story
bringing it to ground
is different thing.
“The Gehlot govern-
ment has written script
of budget to attract the
people, but there is no
remote possibility of
turning it into reality,”
Raje told the media per-
sons in Jhalawar. “This
Congress govt is ne-
glecting Jhalawar. On
the contrary, we have
never done this,” she
said. ‘To quench thirst
of 13 districts including
Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar
and Bandra, BJP govt
started work on ERCP
project by making a
DPR. In this episode,
the previous govt sanc-
tioned Rs 1,600 crore for
the construction of the
Navnera barrage in
Kota. The work of
Navnera barrage is also
progressing at a slow
pace,’ Raje added.
Vasundhara Raje speaks to media personnel in Jhalawar on Tuesday.
Birla will be on
3-day visit to
Kota on Friday
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla will cele-
brate the festival of Holi
with the people of Kota-
Bundi parliamentary
constituency
. Birla be in
Kota on a three-day visit
from Dhulandi.
The Speaker will
reach Kota by a train at
3:40 am on Friday. He
will celebrate Holi with
the people in his camp
office in the
mor ning.
He will par-
ticipate in
e f f i g y
burning of
Hiranyakashyap in Vib-
hishan Mela being or-
ganized in Kaithoon at
7:30 pm on the same day
.
Birla will meet the
public at the camp of-
fice on March 19. Next
day on March 20, he will
attend Holi Milan Sa-
maroh of Agrawal sa-
maj in Shubham Gar-
den. He will leave for
New Delhi by Mewar
Express at night on the
same day
.
TIME-BOUND IMPLEMENTATION OF BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENTS
Complete announcements on time with
pro-active thinking: Gehlot to officials
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has said that it is
the aim of the state govt
that budget announce-
ments should come on
the ground on time so
that their benefits can
reach the common man
at the earliest. “Officers
of all depts should com-
plete the budget an-
nouncements in a time-
bound manner without
any delay in the direc-
tion of good govern-
ance,” Gehlot said
while reviewing time-
bound implementation
of budget announce-
ments on Tuesday. “We
have made announce-
ments like cashless
treatment up to Rs 10
lakh under Chiranjeevi
Yojana. Officials should
get ready to complete
announcements,” he
stressed. CM directed
that all officers should
ensure that every com-
plainant gets justice by
effectively resolving the
problems of the people.
(L) MLA Preeti Shaktawat and others greet CM Ashok Gehlot. (R) CM Ashok Gehlot displaying affection to a kid who came along with people thanking CM.
THE CM SAID
THAT RAJASTHAN
IS PROGRESSING
RAPIDLY IN THE FIELD
OF BEST HEALTH
SERVICES
BUDGET OF
RAJASTHAN FOR
THE YEAR 2022-23
IS BEING DISCUSSED
ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY
I HOPE THAT LIKE
LAST BUDGET,
WHICH HAS BEEN
COMPLETED UP TO
85%, THIS BUDGET TOO
WILL BE COMPLETED
TIMELY, SAYS GEHLOT
1
2
3
There are many
announcements in the budget
in which various departments
have to work in coordination.
The departments should work
in close coordination to fulfill
these announcements and
the Revenue, Local Bodies
and Urban Development
Departments should
expeditiously dispose the
land allotment cases for new
government offices.
Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
In the last three budgets, 1695
announcements were made,
out of which approval of 1419
(84 percent) has been issued.
She said that necessary
guidelines have been given to
all the departments for timely
completion of the budget
announcements made in the
Budget 2022-23.
Usha Sharma, Chief Secretary
The departments
have started sending proposals
regarding the announcements
of this year to the Finance
Department. So far, out of
715 announcements, about
80 financial approvals have
been issued.
Akhil Arora,
Principal Secretary, Finance
KNOW OF PEOPLE’S HOPES EXPECTATIONS,
BUDGET WILL FULFILL THEM, SAYS GEHLOT
Jaipur: The process of expressing gratitude to CM Ashok
Gehlot for the budget announcements continues. On Tues-
day, various delegations from across the state reached the
CMR and expressed their gratitude by garlanding CM and ty-
ing a safa. During this, the CM also listened to the problems
of the people and instructed the officials to solve them. Del-
egations from Sanvida Shiksha Sangh, Rajasthan Brahmin
Mahasabha, Provincial Nal Mazdoor Union, Vishwakarma
Shilpkar Mahasabha, Health Guide Association, Nav Jagriti
Seva Sansthan, Dhobi Samaj, and from Makrana, Mathania,
Vallabhnagar, Ajmer, Tonk, Kota, Sojat, Bikaner, Sumerpur,
Bagri, Chaksu and Bhusawar expressed their gratitude to the
CM. The immense gathering of people has climbed to over 2
lakh visitors at CMR in a few days.
WRITERS CALL ON CM GEHLOT TO PRESENT THEIR BOOKS
Jaipur: Various writers called
on CM Gehlot at CMR on
Tuesday and presented their
books. Well-known litterateur
Dr CP Deval presented a
copy of The Gita - miniature
paintings (1680-1698 AD) and
translation of shlokas under
Raza Foundation Fellowship.
Dr Satyanarayan presented
a souvenir published by the
organization, committed for
urban, rural development, and
litterateur Nand Bharadwaj and
senior journalist-painter Vinod
Bhardwaj also presented books.
Look, this budget represents the sentiments of
the people of the entire state and I understand
that in the same way people from different
sections are welcoming the announcements made.
So our responsibility increases that how their hopes
can be addressed. And the expectations are from the
government, how to fulfill them.
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inquires health of Congress MLA
Rajendra Pareek at the EHCC Hospital in Jaipur on Tuesday.
‘Inquired about Pareek’s health from the doctors and wishing
him a speedy recovery,’ CM Ashok Gehlot said on Tuesday.
SPEEDY RECOVERY!
JDA official takes possession of land and seal the premises.
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: Inwhatcould
be termed as a major
action by the JDA in
taking back the pos-
session of its en-
croached properties,
on orders of JDC
Gaurav Goyal,
Chief Control-
ler (Enforce-
ment) Raghu-
veer Saini and
his team sealed
a 25-30 year old
building built
on JDA owned
land.
The property
,
m e a s u r i n g
about 650 square
yards and located on
Plot number 6 of
Chandrakala Colony
in Durgapura was oc-
cupied for a long time
and a two-storey ille-
gal factory had been
constructed without
even leaving any set-
back. When JDA
learntaboutthesame,
a notice was given on
the complaint of busi-
ness activities to re-
move encroachment
under section
72 of the JDA
Act.
However, the
e n c r o a c h e r
took legal
route and re-
ceived a stay
order from
SDM Sanganer.
But the JDA
got the order
removed through
Court as Additional
CJ accepted that
ownership of land
belong to JDA and
encroacher’s suit
was dismissed.
THE ACTION PLAN
Therefore, action was thus taken following the
direction of JDA Appellate Tribunal and entranc-
es of the premises and gates, of ground floor and
1st floor of building, were locked, after which JDA
officials took possession of land and sealed the
premises. Meanwhile, a notice has also been given
to free plot number 7 in the vicinity from encroach-
ment without delay.
‘SWIFT’ JDA takes
possession of own
land encroached for
nearly 3 decades!

here’s a famous
saying that Only
Advocates and
Painters can
turn white into
black, but Navya
Tiwari, a model
and law student
from Kota, Ra-
jasthan has proved
this statement
wrong by shades of
her amazing person-
ality.
She was born and
raised in Kota.
Navya was not born
strong but made
strong, she aspires to
be a successful young
lady who works as a
lawyer.
Her life’s ambition is
to spread positive energy
and inspire people to be
better versions of them-
selves wherever she goes.
Whether a lawyer or a
model, she wants to be
self-sufficient and dedi-
cated to her work.
When asked about her
journey Navya said, “I’ve
faced a lot of challenges
when I was starting my
journey as a model. I’ve
gone through a lot of
criticism and judge-
ments, of whether I’ll be
able to balance both as-
pects of my life or not.
But according to me, this
is a test of your attitude.
I’m always ready to re-
ceive criticism, and actu-
ally embrace it since it
helps me to improve in
my job, and become a
better model. I’ve al-
ways been eager to learn
from the professionals,
and I don’t take any crit-
icism personally. I sim-
ply take it as an opportu-
nity to become a better
model–something that
you try to achieve.”
“To be honest, I’ve
never had any particular
sources of inspiration
because I feel that learn-
ing may come from any
place. I also make an ef-
fort to learn from every-
one I meet since I feel
that we can all benefit
from each other’s experi-
ences. However, I learnt
a lot from Gaurav Gaur
during my Elite Miss Ra-
jasthan beauty pageant.
A short message I’d
want to send to eve-
ryone out there is
to always believe
in yourself and
put yourself
first.” “Work on
yourself and
strive to be the
best version
of yourself
at all times.”
She added.
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JAIPUR, WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 16, 2022
UTTKARSHA
SHEKHAR
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T
SHADES OF
NAVYA
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
SUPERMODEL NAVYA
TIWARI BORN AND BROUGHT
UP IN KOTA, RAJASTHAN,
IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH CITY FIRST, GIVES
A SNEAK PEEK ABOUT HER
JOURNEY AS A LAWYER
AND A MODEL!

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