21022022 first india ahmedabad

Pak detains 30 fishermen, 5 boats off Guj coast
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Pakistani
authorities captured at
least 30 Indian fisher-
men off the Porbandar
coast in the Arabian Sea
on Saturday
. A total of
five boats were also
seized by the Pakistan
Maritime Security
Agency (PMSA) in Por-
bandar, Wanakbara,
Okha 1, and 2 Mangrol
(Gir Somnath).
Most of the boats that
have been impounded
are from Okha and Por-
bandar. While the Paki-
stan Marine Force has
hijacked 20 boats carry-
ing120Indianfishermen
in the last 25 days, there
isresentmentamongthe
fishermen over the lack
of action from the cen-
tralorstategovernment.
Currently
, around 1,200
boats and 500 fishermen
are lodged in Pakistani
jails.
Priortothis,onFebru-
ary10,Okha’s‘Satyavati’
boat was seized by the
PMSA from Indian wa-
ters off the Porbandar-
Pakistan border. Earlier,
on January 28, another
boat named ‘Tulsi Mai-
ya’ was also captured.
On January 31, a contin-
gent of Border Security
Force (BSF) personnel
patrolling in the Lakh-
patwari Creek area of
Bhuj had caught a Paki-
staniboattryingtoenter
Indian waters. There
were four to five Paki-
stani fishermen aboard
the vessel. The BSF ap-
prehendedonePakistani
civilian and three Paki-
stani boats, while the
others managed to flee.
The seized boats were
searched and none of
them were suspicious.
Manish Lodhari of
the National Fee Forum
has demanded the re-
leaseof thefishermenin
Pakistan’s jails. He said
that the main reason for
crossing the border by
fishermen from both
sides is to get a good
catch. “Industrial pollu-
tion on the sea coast has
affected the aquatic life.
And, to hunt for good
fish, the fishermen
sometimes cross bor-
ders. It is a complex is-
sue and should be ad-
dressed as soon as pos-
sible,” he added.
TROUBLED WATERS
Six Indian boats seized by Pakistan authorities. —FILE PHOTO
In the past 25
days, the PMSA
has apprehended
120 Indian
fishermen
and 20 boats
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UP: 60.46%; PUNJAB: 65.32%
BJP,SP battle for UP in third phase Punjab seals multi-cornered contest
A
n average voter
turnout of
65.32% was re-
corded in Punjab while
Uttar Pradesh, in its
third phase of the As-
sembly elections, wit-
nessed an average vot-
er turnout of 60.46%
till 5 pm on Sunday.
In Punjab, the high-
est voter turnout was
in the Mansa constitu-
ency with 73.45%.
Punjab Chief Minis-
ter Charanjit Singh
Channi claimed after
casting his vote that
the Congress party
will form government
with 2/3rd majority in
Punjab.
The Samajwadi Party
had pinned hopes in
the third phase in the
largely Yadav-dominat-
ed region to solid its
tally in the polls.
WILL HIT TON IN ANOTHER TWO
PHASES: YADAV; YOGI HITS BACK
AKHILESH IS ‘AURANGZEB’ OF
TODAY: MP CM SHIVRAJ CHOUHAN
BUTTON ON SP,
VVPAT SLIP FOR
BJP, ALLEGES SP
COPS IMPOUND SONU SOOD’S
CAR, ASK HIM TO STAY AT HOME
KANPUR MAYOR BOOKED FOR
TAKING SELFIE INSIDE POLL BOOTH
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said his party
has hit a Century in first two phases and even in the
next two phases, the party alliance will be ahead of
everyone else. “The maximum number of unem-
ployed youths are from Bundelkhand region. The in-
come of farmers has not doubled. From Bundelkhand
till here, the BJP has stopped development, snatched
jobs,” he added. Meanwhile, UP CM Yogi Adityanath
contradicted Akhilesh’s claim saying it is clear that
the BJP is coming back to power in the state
The Uttar Pradesh election got personal on Sunday
with Madhya Pradesh chief minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan calling the
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
a modern-day Aurangzeb. “Akhilesh is
today’s Aurangzeb. The one who wasn’t
loyal to his father, how will he be loyal
to you?,” news agency ANI quoted MP
Chief Minister Chouhan while he addressed a poll
rally in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh.
Soon after polling for the
third phase of Assembly
elections kicked off in
Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi
Party alleged discrepan-
cies in the Electronic Vot-
ing Machine (EVM) stating
that the Voter Verifiable
Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)
issued a slip of the BJP as
the voter cast his vote to
the former. . “BJP’s slip is
coming out after pressing
the button of Samajwadi
Party at booth number
121 of Bhognipur 208
assembly of Kanpur rural.
The Election Commission
should take cognizance
for ensuring smooth
and fair voting,” the SP
tweeted in Hindi.
Punjab police on Sunday impounded the vehicle of
actor Sonu Sood and instructed him to stay at home
after receiving a complaint from SAD
that he was visiting polling booths in
Moga district and allegedly trying to
influence voters. Sonu Sood’s sister
Malvika Sood Sachar is the Congress
candidate from Moga constituency.
Meanwhile, the actor took to Twitter and alleged that
other candidates in Moga are buying votes.
BJP leader and Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey has
been booked for allegedly clicking a selfie and
making a video while exercising her franchise at
a polling booth during the third phase of voting in
Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, officials said. They said
legal action is also being initiated against another
BJP leader, former city president of the party’s Yuva
Morcha Nawab Singh, for clicking selfies inside a
polling booth. The mayor has shared her video online
that has gone viral on social media platforms.
‘Paraivarvadis’ didn’t
let me work for UP
from 2014-17: Modi
Hardoi: In a veiled at-
tack on Samajwadi
Party, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Sun-
day said that between
2014-2017 the ‘paraivar-
vadis’ did not let him
work for the people of
Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing a public
rally in Hardoi, the
Prime Minister said
that the people of Har-
doi will celebrate the
first Holi on March 10
with the bumper victo-
ry of the BJP.
“People of Hardoi
have made prepara-
tions to play Holi twice.
First Holi will be played
with BJP’s bumper vic-
tory on 10th March. But
if you want to play Holi
on 10th March, you will
have to make arrange-
ments at polling
booths,” said PM Modi.
PM Modi said that
BJP government is for
poor, farmer and youths
of the country
.
Low-grade politics, not Hindutva:
Uddhav Thackeray, KCR hit out at BJP
New York: The US
has intelligence that
Russian commanders
have received orders
to proceed with an in-
vasion of Ukraine,
with commanders on
the ground making
specific plans for how
they would maneuver
in their sectors of the
battlefield, CBS News
national security cor-
respondent David Mar-
tin reported on “Face
the Nation” pro-
gramme on Sunday.
Meanwhile, French
President Emmanuel
Macron and Russian
leader Vladimir Putin
on Sunday agreed to
work for a ceasefire in
eastern Ukraine, Ma-
cron’s office said.
According to a top
diplomat, US President
Joe Biden is also will-
ing to meet Russia’s
Vladimir Putin “at any
time” to prevent a war
in Ukraine.
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray targetted
the BJP and said that
damage to the country’s
federalism, and “low-
grade politics that is
not Hindutva”.
His Telangana coun-
terpart K Chandrashek-
ar Rao, during his
Mumbai visit, declared
they were practically
brothers, since their
states shared a 1,000-km
border. The Telangana
CM assured that the
talks will continue. “We
will sit in Hyderabad or
somewhere else in a few
days and discuss more,”
he said. Meanwhile,
NCP President Sharad
Pawar stressed the need
for all like-minded par-
ties to join hands to re-
solve various socio-po-
litical issues.
WON’T RESPOND
TO RUSSIAN
PROVOCATIONS:
UKRAINE PREZ
QUEEN ELIZABETH, 95,
IS COVID POSITIVE
Ukraine’s president has
said his nation will not
respond to provocations
amid a deadly escalation
in fighting in rebel
Russian-backed
eastern territories. But
Volodymyr Zelensky told
world leaders Ukraine
would defend itself.
Two Ukrainian soldiers
were killed on a third
day of clashes between
Ukraine’s military and
Russian-backed rebels.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II
tested positive for Covid-19
on Sunday but her
symptoms are “mild”
and she intends to
continue with light
duties.The news
comes after Prince Charles
tested positive on February 10.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav with wife Dimple Yadav hold
identification cards during polling in Saifai on Sunday.
Punjab CM Charanjit Channi leaves a polling
booth after casting vote in Kharar on Sunday.
AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann
after casting vote in Mohali on Sunday.
Punjab Cong CM Navjot Singh Sidhu and
wife Navjot Kaur after casting votes.
President of Punjab Lok Congress and candidate from Patiala constituency Capt.
Amarinder Singh shows his inked finger after casting vote in Patiala on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
addresses a public meeting in
Hardoi on Sunday.
SP again alleges discrepancies in
working of VVPAT in Kanpur Rural
Pollpanelrestoresthenumberofstar
campaignersto40asCovidcaseswane
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President of India
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President Kovind inaugurated
the three-year-long celebrations
of the 150th birth anniversary of
Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati
Goswami Prabhupad, the founder
of Gaudiya Math and Mission in Puri, Odisha today.
Amit Shah@AmitShah
Extend my warm wishes to the
people of Mizoram on their
statehood day. Mizoram is known
for its vibrant culture and amazing
people, passionate about the
nation’s growth. May the state
continue scaling new heights of development.
TOP TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
“The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the
dead. There was never a time when you and I and
all the kings gathered here have not existed and nor
will there be a time when we will cease to exist.”
—Bhagavad Gita
n anti-BJP sen-
timent is grow-
ing in Telanga-
na with Chief
Minister K.
Chandrashek
ar Rao (KCR)
leading the charge. His
meetings with Chief Min-
ister Uddhav Thackeray of
Shiv Sena and Nationalist
Congress Party’s Sharad
Pawar are being seen as an
attempt to stitch up a non-
Congress front against the
BJP before the 2024 elec-
tions. The meeting took
place at Thackeray initia-
tive. This unity effort ap-
pears to be a move inde-
pendent of Mamata Baner-
jee and Prashant Kishor’s
plans for a unified front.
While reaching out to re-
gional parties, both intend
to keep the Congress out of
their scheme of things.
Could KCR and Mamata
find a common meeting
ground for a unified oppo-
sition front? And a bigger
question that looms is
whether these regional
leaders, including KCR,
will be able to rein-in their
balloon-sized
ambitions in
the national interest?
There have to be a host
of reasons for the Telan-
gana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) leader, who once
sided with the BJP in Par-
liament, to turn against
the BJP and Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi.
One of the reasons clear-
ly is the political threat to
the TRS. The saffron party
is making inroads in Tel-
angana and giving KCR
pinpricks with remarks on
bifurcation of the state
that please YSR Congress
chief YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy, the chief minister
of Andhra Pradesh.
On Chief Minister
KCR’s birthday, the Union
Ministry of Road Trans-
port issued full-page ad-
vertisements
announcing
variousprojectsinAndhra
to dilute the impact ads
greeting Rao. KCR has
blamed the BJP for not re-
leasing funds for the
state’s development.
KCR
must remember that there
is no double-engin
e gov-
ernment there.
TELANGANA’S MOVE
AGAINST THE BJP
of reasons for the
Telangana Rashtra
Samithi (TRS) leader, who
once sided with the BJP
in Parliament, to turn
against the BJP and
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
A
or those who thought that Nar-
endra Modi doesn’t care for
Muslims should revisit the dead-
ly floods of Morbi in 1979 when
thousands of people lost their
lives to this disaster. There was
a great risk of epidemic due to
rotten bodies. Most of the people
living in that area were Mus-
lims. Soon after knowing the
pathetic condition of the resi-
dents, Modi swing into action
and took them to relief camp in
Rajkot. He took personal care of
Muslims and arranged for their
sehri during the pious Ramzan
month. Modi stayed in the relief
camp for 2-3 months and left
only after settling them.
Meanwhile in New Delhi,
Chaudhary Charan Singh took
over from Morarji Desai as
Prime Minister. But he could not
the govern for even 6 months
and the experiment of Janta
front failed. Fresh elections
were held in 1980, bringing In-
dira Gandhi back to power.
However, a major political
event happened on 6th April 1980
when leaders of Jansangh found-
ed a political party - Bhartiya Ja-
nataParty-whichhasbecomethe
largest political party and is pres-
ently ruling the country
. The first
session of BJP was held in Mum-
bai where the former Prime Min-
ister and where one of the BJP’s
founding members Atal Bihari
Vajpayeehadfamouslysaid-And-
hera Chhatega, Kamal Khilega.
In 1981, the country was shak-
en up by mass conversion of Dal-
its to Muslims at Meenaxipuram
in Tamil Nadu. Sangh parivar
immediately took cognisance of
that and started Ekatm Yatra
across the country
. This embold-
ened Hindus and during these
yatra, representativ
es of Sangh
parivar connected more than 6
crore Hindus. Narendra Modi
led this campaign in Gujarat giv-
ing new dimensions to his lead-
ership skills.
Kaushik Mehta of VHP be-
lieves that the concept of this
yatra was of Narendra Modi
only
. “Every citizen of the coun-
try is one. Two raths were taken
out in the country simultane-
ously putting kumbh of Gangaji
and photo of Mother India to-
gether. This spread a meaning-
ful message to Hindus,” he said.
Meanwhile,PrimeMinisterIn-
dira Gandhi was assassinated on
31st October, 1984 and Congress
rompedhomewithgreatmajority
ridingonthesympathyvotes.The
newly formed BJP ended up win-
ning just two seats. In the next
year, assembly elections were
heldinGujaratandCongresswon
149 out of 182 seats while BJP
could manage to win just 11 seats.
This set the alarm bells on and
Sangh started sending pracha-
raks to strengthen the BJP
.
On6thDecember1986,pracha-
rak Narendra Modi was sent to
BJP by the then Sarsanghchal
ak
Bala Saheb Devras. Modi, who
was working selflessly for the
Sangh for last one and half dec-
ades, found a new path to trudge.
Soon after coming into BJP, in
1989 Modi had a tough challenge
ahead which he turned into an
opportunity. There was an elec-
tion of Ahmedabad Nagar Nig-
am. Modi took over the entire
responsibility
of poll strategy
and publicity
. He gave the slogan
– ‘Bas ab Bhajapa’. That slogan
played an important role in re-
vival of BJP and changed the
face of electoral politics. People
related with the slogan and the
political acceptability
increased
simultaneous
ly
.
After the great win at
Ahmedabad
Nagar Nigam,
Modi’s role in the party gained
prominence and he was entrust-
ed with the responsibility
of Or-
ganising Secretary in Gujarat.
Modi took out yatras to connect
with the people of the state.
While he carried out ‘Nyay yatra’
championing
the cause of farm-
ers in 1987, he also took out Lok
Shakti yatra in support of tribals
in 1988. In the same year, Modi
went on one more yatra - Kailash
Mansarovar
yatra, which was
organised by External Affairs
ministry for the first time. Soon
after he returned from the yatra,
he came to know about his fa-
ther’s ill health. He immediately
went to Vadnagar, only to see his
father taking his last breath.
Modi’s father probably was wait-
ing for the last sight of his son.
However, undeterred by his
father’s demise, Narendra
Modi left his home the next day
for a journey meant for nation
building.
F
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE…
DUSTY LANES TO CROWNING GLORY- THE MAKING OF PM MODI – PART 3
NARENDRA MODI: FROM A ‘PRACHARAK’
TO A STRATEGIC BJP LEADER !
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
Soon after coming into
BJP, in 1989 Modi had
a tough challenge
ahead which he turned
into an opportunity.
There was an election
of Ahmedabad Nagar
Nigam. Modi took over
the entire responsibility
of poll strategy and
publicity. He gave the
slogan – ‘Bas ab
Bhajapa’. That slogan
played an important
role in revival of BJP
and changed the face of
electoral politics. People
related with the slogan
and the political
acceptability increased
simultaneously.His role
in Party also gained
prominence
However, a major
political event
happened on 6th April
1980 when leaders of
Jansangh founded a
political party -
Bhartiya Janata Party
- which has become the
largest political party
and is presently ruling
the country. The first
session of BJP was held
in Mumbai where the
former Prime Minister
and where one of the
BJP’s founding
members Atal Bihari
Vajpayee had famously
said - Andhera
Chhatega, Kamal
Khilega
PM Narendra Modi with former PM late
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
PM Narendra Modi with veteran RSS
leader Lakshman Rao Inaamdar.
PM Narendra Modi being welcomed at Ahmedabad Airport.
Narendra Modi
BIG PLAYERS WITH HIGH-STAKES
P4
An instructor shows a Kalashnikov assault rifle during a training
of members of a Ukrainian far-right group in Kyiv on Sunday.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao along with Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and
Sanjay Raut. (Right) KCR with NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Praful Patel and Prakash Raj in Mumbai.
Maha Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray assured support to Telangana
counterpart K Chandrashekar Rao’s efforts to form an anti-BJP front
Embassy in Kyiv
advises Indians, its
staff families to
leave Ukraine
Putin gives Russian commanders orders
for Ukraine invasion, US channel claims
Groom, 8 others killed after car
falls into Chambal river in Kota
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Nine people, in-
cluding the groom,
were killed when a car
carrying a marriage
party fell into the
Chambal river in Kota
on Sunday, police said.
The deceased were
travelling in a Maruti
Ertiga car to Madhya
Pradesh from Sawai
Madhopur for his mar-
riage when the driver
lost the control over the
car and it fell into the
river from a bridge in
the Nayapura police
station area, SP (Kota
city) Kesar Singh Shek-
hawat said.
The ill-fated car being fished
out from the Chambal river.

NEWS
AHMEDABAD | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2022
02
First India Bureau
Patan: Chief Minister
BhupendraPatelonSun-
day visited the under-
construction site of the
Veer Meghmaya Memo-
rial being developed by
theGujaratRajyaPavitra
Yatradham Vikas Board
in Patan. A total of Rs11
crore have been invested
in this project. Later, the
CM also visited the his-
torical Rani Ki Vav
.
On a review visit, CM
Patel also went down to
Radhanpurtoreviewthe
progressof watersupply
projects. One of them is
a water filtering plant
that is being set up with
a capacity of 60 million
litre per day
. Water from
the Narmada River will
be supplied to 65 villages
andbenefitover1.74lakh
villagers.Around74%of
the project has already
been completed, and it
will be ready for opera-
tion by August this year.
Interestingly
, when
the chief minister visit-
ed Radhanpur, he was
accompanied by Other
Backward Class (OBC)
leader Alpesh Thakor
and the Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party’s old guard and
OBC leader Shankar
Chaudhary was missing
from his convoy
.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Rumour
mill suggests that the
relative of a national
Congress leader from
Madhya Pradesh, who
is in Gujarat, is likely to
join the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP). He
presented central Guja-
rat and was also elected
for the state assembly
for one term. The leader
is also a close friend of
Jayrajsinh Parmar, the
former Gujarat Con-
gress spokesperson,
who is all set to join the
ruling party
.
Three days ago, Par-
mar decided to leave the
party as he was dissatis-
fied with the party’s
performance in polls
and inactivity of its
leaders. Parmar re-
signed from Congress
after the party did not
grant him a ticket in the
past four state assembly
and Lok Sabha elec-
tions.
He plans to join the
BJP on February 22, as
per an announcement
he made on the social
media platform Twitter.
“With the blessings of
my family goddess Shri
Harsiddh Bhavani
Mataji and village god-
dess Shri Ajay Mata
and my guru, I am join-
ing Bharatiya Janata
Party on Tuesday 22-02-
2022 at 11 am at Shri Ka-
malam. Jai Hind.”
A leader represent-
ing the Kshatriya com-
munity in North Guja-
rat, Parmar took the
decision to quit Con-
gress, after desperate
efforts to secure a poll
ticket. Now, he plans to
join the BJP with 150 of
his followers and/or co-
workers.
Parmar also in-
formed media persons
that two more senior
leaders from the Con-
gress party are plan-
ning to switch parties
on February 21. It is to
be noted that sources
indicate that two tribal
leaders from Congress
are likely to join the
BJP.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: A recent-
ly held controversial
elocution competition
held at a Valsad school
where one of the topics
was on Mahatma Gan-
dhi’s killer Nathuram
Godse, created a stir.
Another vandalism in-
cident involving dam-
age to a Gandhi statue
has grabbed the atten-
tion of renowned Gan-
dhians. First India
spoke with a few of
them to ascertain
whether attempts are
being made to tarnish
Bapu’s image to an ex-
tent that Godse is pro-
jected superior to him.
Surat-based activist
and Gandhian Uttam
Parmar addressed ‘an-
ti-Gandhi’ events held
in the state recently
and said, “They were
intentionally pro-
grammed to tarnish
the image of Gandhi.”
“For the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS), Mahatma Gan-
dhi is still a threat even
years after his death.
The current political
environment is condu-
cive for the Sangh, to
spread their agenda
and gradually replace
Gandhi with their fa-
voured people. The
Manuvadi mentality of
RSS is making these
events happen, which
are being reported
from many places
now,” asserted Parmar.
A staunch Gandhi
supporter, he added,
“The Gandhian ideol-
ogy will be more con-
solidated by such ef-
forts. One can kill Gan-
dhi, but cannot ever
kill his ideology.” He
blamed the Manuvadi
mentality and ex-
plained that it was
mainly against equali-
ty and extending equal
rights to women and
Dalits, which was advo-
cated by Gandhi.
Meanwhile, Rashtri-
ya Yuva Sangathan
Convener Vishwajeet
Roy attributed anti-
Gandhi events to the
intention of spreading
hate among some peo-
ple. “Even while doing
that, thoughts of Ma-
hatma Gandhi hamper
them. They blame Gan-
dhi for everything and
think that in this era of
social media domi-
nance, things can easi-
ly be exploited. But no,
this will further en-
hance Gandhian
thoughts,” he said.
Roy added that it is
disheartening to see
this happening in Gu-
jarat—Mahatma Gan-
dhi’s home ground.
“This is called the ruf-
fian’s way of tarnish-
ing Bapu’s image. They
want to create an illu-
sion, but while trying
to achieve that, there
will be curiosity among
the people to know
Gandhi more. He can
never be erased,” add-
ed Roy.
Police officers believe in ‘giving back’ handsome returns
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: As po-
lice officers get trans-
ferred to other cities
with dizzying regulari-
ty
, there are times when
they choose not to move
with their families.
This means that they
have to live in hotels as
they prefer them to
empty apartments. In
deals struck with hotel
owners, they receive
free accommodation in
their establishments,
and in return, ensure
that events and/or so-
cial functions are or-
ganized there. This has
enabled a few hotel
businessestobookhefty
profits amid the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
According to the
sources within the po-
lice department, two
police officers stationed
in western part of
Ahmedabad have been
living in hotels. Howev-
er, they stay here free of
chargeandtheonlypay-
ment they give is by en-
suring the hotels book
events/social functions.
Hotel owners had no
complaints and were
happy that the officers
werestayingintheirho-
tels. This was because
when other hotels and
restaurant owners were
crying foul that their
businesses had been ad-
versely affected due to
nCoV
, these hotel own-
ers were literally ‘print-
ing’ money
. As hotels
and banquet halls re-
ceived event cancella-
tion calls, these hotels
were operating at full
capacity with several
event bookings, said
sources.
Apparently, there
was no set limit for the
number of guests at
events held at these ho-
tels. Sources said, “If
any family booked
rooms in these hotels
--even when there was a
restriction of 150
guests-- more than 500
guests attended social
events organized there.
When other hospitality
businesses were suffer-
ing losses, these hotels
booked huge profits, all
thanks to the police of-
ficers who had been liv-
ing in them free of cost.
Commenting on the re-
turns given by the offic-
ers, an Ahmedabad-
based hotelier said,
“These (police) officers
have given back hand-
some gifts to hotel own-
ers, for giving them free
rooms to live in.”
SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP
lll
Hotels where
they get free
rooms to live in
have cashed in
big cheques for
social events
held there,
courtesy of the
policemen
CM Bhupendra Patel (in blue kurta) at Rani Ki Vav on Sunday.
CM Patel visits Patan,reviews
progress of developmental projects
RELATIVE OF NATIONAL-LEVEL
CONGRESS LEADER TO JOIN BJP?
Jayrajsinh Parmar, who is set
to become a BJP leader on Feb
22. —FILE PHOTO
Jagjivan Sakhiya: BJP member
Sanghi who was cheated
Masuma Bharmal
Jariwala
Rajkot: Jagjivan
Sakhiya, the business-
man who had levelled
corruption allegations
against Rajkot police
for demanding ‘com-
mission’ by police to
recover the money he
lost to financial fraud,
is a member of the
Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh (RSS). He
turned into a Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
party worker in his
youth and has been a
generous donor to both
the party and the po-
lice ever since.
With claims to be
one of the highest tax-
payers in his ward,
Sakhiya joined RSS
when he was 13-year-
old,thenJanSanghfol-
lowed by the BJP.
“When former a BJP
national leader filed
his first nomination
for the Lok Sabha in
2014, I personally do-
nated Rs1,01,00,000 to
the party fund,” Jagji-
van told First India.
For the past 25 years,
there has not been a
single MLA or MP
from Rajkot for whom
I have not given dona-
tions. Even the police
have received Rs11
lakh for the Rajkot
highway project, po-
lice welfare. If a per-
son like me is harassed
to this extent, imagine
what the common man
endures. This was not
the case before. For the
past four years, this CP
(Manoj Agarwal) has
crossed all limits and
his acts of hooligan-
ism are out in the open
now. Taking money
from both the victims
and the accused had
become his routine, he
asserted.
Calling for Agarw-
al’s suspension and an
investigation into the
corruption allega-
tions, Sakhiya said, “I
demand suspension of
this officer and all
those involved. Official
cases should be filed
against all of them.”
Meanwhile, on Feb-
ruary 18, Jagjivan pro-
duced more evidence
supporting his claims
that included a video
of two police officers
handing his nephew
Rs4.5 lakh cash at Di-
wanpara police chow-
ki. The exchange hap-
pened a day after the
allegations were made
public. However, Jagji-
van questioned the
money’s origin.
“Where did the cash
come from? If it had
come from the ac-
cused, I would have
had to go through the
courts to get it re-
leased. Also, there
should a muddamal
pavti signed by the ac-
cused. These acts are
against the law and
must be probed,” he
said.
In response to cor-
ruption claims, eight
police inspectors and
sub-inspectors from
the Rajkot crime
branchandSpecialOp-
erations Group (SOG)
have already been
transferred.
In a candid chat with First India,
the man who levelled corruption
claims on Rajkot police reveals it all
Jagjivan Sakhiya —FILE PHOTO
EXCLUSIVE
THE CONTENTION
Jagjivan and his brother Mahesh Sakhiya had
claimed that Rajkot police had taken Rs75 lakh
to recover the money they lost to financial
fraud. They also alleged that a demand for an
additional Rs30 lakh had also come in from of-
ficials later. BJP MLA from Rajkot Govind Patel
had written about the role of Rajkot police in ex-
acting ‘commission’ from the Sakhiya brothers
to Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi.
News gained traction after Rajya Sabha MP
Rambhai Mokariya and MLA Arvind Raiyani also
backed the allegations. An investigation team
was formed under DGP (Training) Vikas Sahay
to investigate the allegations.
‘GANDHI CAN BE KILLED,
BUT NOT HIS IDEOLOGIES’
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: A
Memorandum of Un-
derstanding (MoU)
will be signed be-
tween the state cli-
mate change depart-
ment,UnitedNations
International Chil-
dren’s Emergency
Fund (UNICEF) and
Gujarat University at
the ‘Building a Cli-
mate Resilient Guja-
rat’ event to be held
on Monday at Sci-
ence City. The de-
partment will also
bestow a grant of
Rs1.5 crore for estab-
lishing a Centre of
Excellence on the
university campus.
The gathering will be
attended by several
dignitaries including
Chief Minister Bhu-
pendra Patel, Educa-
tion Minister Jitu
Vaghani, Change De-
partment Minister
Kiritsinh Rana,
among others.
Guj govt, UNICEF
GU to sign MoU
Gandhians
assert ‘anti-
Gandhi’
events will
only
consolidate
his
philosophies
in minds of
people
Vishwajeet Roy, Convener,
Rashtriya Yuva Sangathan
Uttam Parmar, Activist

GUJARAT
03
JNV SCHOOL FORMS COMMITTEE
TO PROBE RAGGING ALLEGATIONS
First India Bureau
Amreli: A committee
has been constituted
by Jawahar Navodaya
Vidhyalaya in Amreli
to investigate ragging
allegations levelled by
a Class IX student
against his seniors. If
they are proven to hold
substance, the offend-
ing students face ter-
mination from the
school.
Sashwat (name
changed), native of
Sanali village in
Kunkavav Vadia taluka
of Amreli district, was
asked by senior stu-
dents to wash their
laundry. He was beaten
up with belts for refus-
ing to comply with
their order. The young-
ster has alleged that an
argument broke out be-
tween the seniors a few
days ago over waste on
one of the senior’s
beds. And, using the in-
cident as an excuse, the
seniors had been pres-
suring him to wash
their clothes for the
past week.
Four days ago, when
Sashwat refused to
wash their clothes
again, a group of sen-
iors beat him with belts.
After the beating, he
fled from the school
hostel and returned
home, where he in-
formed his parents
about the ragging inci-
dent.
Shockingly, the hos-
tel warden was not
even aware that Sash-
wat had not been living
in the hostel for the
past three days. In fact,
he came to know about
it only when his par-
ents informed him and
complained about the
ragging.
A written applica-
tion has also been sub-
mitted by Sashwat’s
parents to Kunkavav
Vadia police station,
but an official First In-
formation Report (FIR)
has not been lodged yet,
said relatives.
However, the school’s
principal has denied
ragging even took place
on campus. “There is
no possibility of rag-
ging, as we have only
had online classes for
the last two years, as
per COVID-19 guide-
lines. And so, there is
no question of students
living at the hostel,”
claimed Vijay Kumar,
principal of Jawahar
Navodaya Vidhyalaya.
However, he also added,
“An inquiry committee
has been constituted to
look into the allega-
tions. Strict action will
be taken against the
seniors, if the allega-
tions are proven to be
correct.”
First India Bureau
Vadodara: Three
persons were in-
jured after a por-
tion of an under-
c o n s t r u c t i o n
house collapsed on
them in Manjal-
pur area of the
city on Sunday
morning. While
locals rescued two
people before the
arrival of fire
emergency servic-
es, the homeowner
was rescued by the
team when it
reached the scene.
According to re-
ports, the house
owner, Bhupen-
dra Patel, and two
other members of
his family were
trapped in the
rubble.
“At around 10.30
am, we received a
call about a house
collapse and dis-
patched rescue
teams to the scene.
The two injured
people were mov-
ing, and locals also
assisted in their
rescue. However,
the house’s owner
was trapped deep
inside but we suc-
ceeded in rescuing
him. He was trans-
ported to a nearby
hospital for treat-
ment,” said fire of-
ficial Nikunj
Azad.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: On Sat-
urday, a 12-year-old
girl who had been
missing for a few
days was discovered
at Kalupur railway
station in the city. Ac-
cording to police, the
girl eloped with a
youth and is current-
ly undergoing medi-
cal examination.
During primary
questioning, Suhasini
(name changed) said
she began exchanging
messages with her
neighbour on a social
media platform a few
months ago. After regu-
lar chats and in-person
meetings, she fell in
love with him.
The minor also told
officials that she en-
tered into a physical
relationship two
months ago. Wanting to
be together, they both
fled to Ludhiana on Feb-
ruary 15, after making
the choice to leave their
homes. Two days after
their arrival in Ludhi-
ana, Suhasini began
feeling homesick and
insisted on returning
home. The same even-
ing the couple started
for Ahmedabad. After
reaching the city on
February 19, the youth
dropped the minor at
Kalupur railway sta-
tion and left.
The girl’s family had
reported her missing at
Satellite police station
on February 15. The girl
had not returned home
from school, according
to them. But as Suhasi-
ni’s phone was turned
off, it had been difficult
for the police to trace
her whereabouts. On
February 17, the family
had received a call from
the girl informing them
that she was in Ludhi-
ana and wanted to re-
turn home. Then she
called him from Kalu-
pur station where her
boyfriend had left her.
Satellite police have
begun searching for the
youth.
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: The
state witnessed a fall in
number of COVID-19
daily infections on Sun-
day, as the state report-
ed a total of 377 cases.
Nine deaths were re-
ported, of which, five
occurred in Vadodara,
two in Jamnagar, and
one each in Surat and
Bhavnagar.
With the new cases,
the case tally has now
reached 12,20,562 and
death toll to 10,896,
since the pandemic hit
in March, 2020.
The highest number
of cases was reported
in Ahmedabad (136), fol-
lowed by Vadodara (72).
It is to be noted that
with a decrease in the
infection rate, not a sin-
gle new case was report-
ed in seven districts.
First India Bureau
Surat: At least 400 peo-
ple of Indira Nagar in
Udhana area of the
city have been living in
the dark for five days,
as the Dakshin Guja-
rat Vig Company Ltd
(DGVCL) has discon-
nected their power
connection.
According to DGV-
CL officials, the elec-
trical connections
were removed follow-
ing a complaint
lodged by the land-
owner. On the other
hand, its occupants
said that they were
given this land 60
years ago and have re-
sided there with their
families ever since.
They copped to pay-
ing their electricity
bills and municipal
taxes on time. Discon-
tinuing the electricity
supply is just a means
to harass them, al-
leged the occupants.
When applications
for new power connec-
tions were filed, offi-
cials of the DGVCL
had checked all the
documents, and after
confirmation, meters
were allotted.
Speaking on behalf
of his client, advocate
Nisar Shaikh said,
“This property was
purchased by Mahavir
Meratwala in 2017,
who had approached
the court in February
2020, to clear encroach-
ment. However, the
lockdown delayed the
process. In April 2021,
Meratwala asked DG-
VCL to disconnect the
electricity supply, and
action on that applica-
tion was taken on
Tuesday
. However, it is
against the law to dis-
connect basic facilities
when the issue is still
pending in court. Offi-
cials have to take prior
permission before tak-
ing any action.”
Welt marks on the victim’s back.
Rescue op underway
at the site.
WHAT HAPPENED
A Class IX student has alleged that seniors pressurised
him to wash their laundry beat him up when he refused
3 INJURED
IN V’DARA
HOUSE
COLLAPSE
First India Bureau
Vadodara: A city girl
has bagged the gold at
the Indo-Nepal Interna-
tionalSeries2022recent-
ly held in Nepal. Nivedi-
ta Rakesh Kalambe was
also named ‘Champion
of Champions’ in the
sub-junior 43 kg catego-
ry for her feat at the in-
ternationaltournament.
The 14-year-old aspires
to build a career in the
sportandhopestorepre-
sent India in the Olym-
pics.
She also received a
second medal after be-
ing named Champion
of Champions in her
division. Nivedita de-
buted on the interna-
tional competitive
sports circuit with a
gold medal in the tour-
nament, though she has
previously demonstrat-
ed her abilities and
strength in district,
state, and national com-
petitions.
“During the COV-
ID-19 lockdown in 2020,
I took her to watch a
powerlifting tourna-
ment in our city, and
she has been interested
in the sport ever since. I
have been training her
for the past year-and-a-
half on my own. Nived-
ita has represented Va-
dodara city and the
state in numerous
games, winning med-
als. This was her first
international competi-
tion, and she bagged the
gold again, making me
proud,” remarked Rake-
sh Kalambe, Nivedita’s
father and coach.
A Class X student,
Nivedita hopes to hone
her skills and advance
in the sport as she fin-
ishes her education.
She hopes to pursue the
sport as a career in the
future and aspires to
compete in the Olym-
pics for India someday
.
Vadodara powerlifter bags gold at Indo-Nepal Int’l Series 2022
YOUNG BAHUBALI

Nivedita
Rakesh
Kalambe, a
Class X student,
hopes to pursue
the sport as a
career and
represent India
in the Olympics Nivedita poses with her medals and certificate.
‘Missing’ girl who
had eloped ‘found’
at Kalupur station
100 FAMILIES PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS
AFTER DGVCL POWER CUT OVER LAND ISSUE
FIERY HOT
As summer nears, a woman is spotted spreading out red chillies on the ground for drying--as
her child looks on— in Shertha village located on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city on Sunday.
Fall in nCoV cases as Gujarat reports 377
new ones, 09 deaths; A’bad highest at 136
12,04,656
TOTALRECOVERED
1,148 MORE
IN A DAY
12,20,561
TOTAL CASES
377 CASES
IN A DAY
136 MAX
CASES IN
A’BAD
ACTIVE CASES
10,896
TOTAL DEATHS
5,010
09 DEATHS
IN A DAY
COVID-19 UPDATE
—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
Wanting to
be with her
boyfriend, the
minor had
left home on
February 15
The meter can only be disconnected
if the documents are not in order.
When they are cleared, the power
connection will be restored. And, if they
(the residents) want anything from us,
they will have to give it in writing.
Heera Parmar,
A engineer from Gujarat Electricity Board (Udhana Zone)

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President Kovind inaugurated
the three-year-long celebrations
of the 150th birth anniversary of
Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati
Goswami Prabhupad, the founder
of Gaudiya Math and Mission in Puri, Odisha today.
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Extend my warm wishes to the
people of Mizoram on their
statehood day. Mizoram is known
for its vibrant culture and amazing
people, passionate about the
nation’s growth. May the state
continue scaling new heights of development.
TOP TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
“The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the
dead. There was never a time when you and I and
all the kings gathered here have not existed and nor
will there be a time when we will cease to exist.”
—Bhagavad Gita
n anti-BJP sen-
timent is grow-
ing in Telanga-
na with Chief
Minister K.
Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)
leading the charge. His
meetings with Chief Min-
ister Uddhav Thackeray of
Shiv Sena and Nationalist
Congress Party’s Sharad
Pawar are being seen as an
attempt to stitch up a non-
Congress front against the
BJP before the 2024 elec-
tions. The meeting took
place at Thackeray initia-
tive. This unity effort ap-
pears to be a move inde-
pendent of Mamata Baner-
jee and Prashant Kishor’s
plans for a unified front.
While reaching out to re-
gional parties, both intend
to keep the Congress out of
their scheme of things.
Could KCR and Mamata
find a common meeting
ground for a unified oppo-
sition front? And a bigger
question that looms is
whether these regional
leaders, including KCR,
will be able to rein-in their
balloon-sized ambitions in
the national interest?
of reasons for the Telan-
gana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) leader, who once
sided with the BJP in Par-
liament, to turn against
the BJP and Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi.
One of the reasons clear-
ly is the political threat to
the TRS. The saffron party
is making inroads in Tel-
angana and giving KCR
pinpricks with remarks on
bifurcation of the state
that please YSR Congress
chief YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy, the chief minister
of Andhra Pradesh.
On Chief Minister
KCR’s birthday, the Union
Ministry of Road Trans-
port issued full-page ad-
vertisements announcing
variousprojectsinAndhra
to dilute the impact ads
greeting Rao. KCR has
blamed the BJP for not re-
leasing funds for the
state’s development. KCR
must remember that there
is no double-engine gov-
ernment there.
TELANGANA’S MOVE
AGAINST THE BJP
of reasons for the
Telangana Rashtra
Samithi (TRS) leader, who
once sided with the BJP
in Parliament, to turn
against the BJP and
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
A
or those who thought that Nar-
endra Modi doesn’t care for
Muslims should revisit the dead-
ly floods of Morbi in 1979 when
thousands of people lost their
lives to this disaster. There was
a great risk of epidemic due to
rotten bodies. Most of the people
living in that area were Mus-
lims. Soon after knowing the
pathetic condition of the resi-
dents, Modi swing into action
and took them to relief camp in
Rajkot. He took personal care of
Muslims and arranged for their
sehri during the pious Ramzan
month. Modi stayed in the relief
camp for 2-3 months and left
only after settling them.
Meanwhile in New Delhi,
Chaudhary Charan Singh took
over from Morarji Desai as
Prime Minister. But he could not
the govern for even 6 months
and the experiment of Janta
front failed. Fresh elections
were held in 1980, bringing In-
dira Gandhi back to power.
However, a major political
event happened on 6th April 1980
when leaders of Jansangh found-
ed a political party - Bhartiya Ja-
nataParty-whichhasbecomethe
largest political party and is pres-
ently ruling the country
. The first
session of BJP was held in Mum-
bai where the former Prime Min-
ister and where one of the BJP’s
founding members Atal Bihari
Vajpayeehadfamouslysaid-And-
hera Chhatega, Kamal Khilega.
In 1981, the country was shak-
en up by mass conversion of Dal-
its to Muslims at Meenaxipuram
in Tamil Nadu. Sangh parivar
immediately took cognisance of
that and started Ekatm Yatra
across the country
. This embold-
ened Hindus and during these
yatra, representatives of Sangh
parivar connected more than 6
crore Hindus. Narendra Modi
led this campaign in Gujarat giv-
ing new dimensions to his lead-
ership skills.
Kaushik Mehta of VHP be-
lieves that the concept of this
yatra was of Narendra Modi
only
. “Every citizen of the coun-
try is one. Two raths were taken
out in the country simultane-
ously putting kumbh of Gangaji
and photo of Mother India to-
gether. This spread a meaning-
ful message to Hindus,” he said.
Meanwhile,PrimeMinisterIn-
dira Gandhi was assassinated on
31st October, 1984 and Congress
rompedhomewithgreatmajority
ridingonthesympathyvotes.The
newly formed BJP ended up win-
ning just two seats. In the next
year, assembly elections were
heldinGujaratandCongresswon
149 out of 182 seats while BJP
could manage to win just 11 seats.
This set the alarm bells on and
Sangh started sending pracha-
raks to strengthen the BJP
.
On6thDecember1986,pracha-
rak Narendra Modi was sent to
BJP by the then Sarsanghchalak
Bala Saheb Devras. Modi, who
was working selflessly for the
Sangh for last one and half dec-
ades, found a new path to trudge.
Soon after coming into BJP, in
1989 Modi had a tough challenge
ahead which he turned into an
opportunity. There was an elec-
tion of Ahmedabad Nagar Nig-
am. Modi took over the entire
responsibility of poll strategy
and publicity
. He gave the slogan
– ‘Bas ab Bhajapa’. That slogan
played an important role in re-
vival of BJP and changed the
face of electoral politics. People
related with the slogan and the
political acceptability increased
simultaneously
.
After the great win at
Ahmedabad Nagar Nigam,
Modi’s role in the party gained
prominence and he was entrust-
ed with the responsibility of Or-
ganising Secretary in Gujarat.
Modi took out yatras to connect
with the people of the state.
While he carried out ‘Nyay yatra’
championing the cause of farm-
ers in 1987, he also took out Lok
Shakti yatra in support of tribals
in 1988. In the same year, Modi
went on one more yatra - Kailash
Mansarovar yatra, which was
organised by External Affairs
ministry for the first time. Soon
after he returned from the yatra,
he came to know about his fa-
ther’s ill health. He immediately
went to Vadnagar, only to see his
father taking his last breath.
Modi’s father probably was wait-
ing for the last sight of his son.
However, undeterred by his
father’s demise, Narendra
Modi left his home the next day
for a journey meant for nation
building.
F
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE…
DUSTY LANES TO CROWNING GLORY- THE MAKING OF PM MODI – PART 3
NARENDRA MODI: FROM A ‘PRACHARAK’
TO A STRATEGIC BJP LEADER !
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
Soon after coming into
BJP, in 1989 Modi had
a tough challenge
ahead which he turned
into an opportunity.
There was an election
of Ahmedabad Nagar
Nigam. Modi took over
the entire responsibility
of poll strategy and
publicity. He gave the
slogan – ‘Bas ab
Bhajapa’. That slogan
played an important
role in revival of BJP
and changed the face of
electoral politics. People
related with the slogan
and the political
acceptability increased
simultaneously.His role
in Party also gained
prominence
However, a major
political event
happened on 6th April
1980 when leaders of
Jansangh founded a
political party -
Bhartiya Janata Party
- which has become the
largest political party
and is presently ruling
the country. The first
session of BJP was held
in Mumbai where the
former Prime Minister
and where one of the
BJP’s founding
members Atal Bihari
Vajpayee had famously
said - Andhera
Chhatega, Kamal
Khilega
PM Narendra Modi with former PM late
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
PM Narendra Modi with veteran RSS
leader Lakshman Rao Inaamdar.
PM Narendra Modi being welcomed at Ahmedabad Airport.
Narendra Modi

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Hardoi: Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi tar-
geted rivals Samajwadi
Party and the Congress
in Uttar Pradesh on
Sunday, adding to alle-
gations that the parties
are soft on terror. Point-
ing to the 2008
Ahmedabad serial
blasts, which claimed 56
lives and left over 200
people injured, he said
some parties are sym-
pathetic to terrorists.
Speaking at a rally in
Hardoi, he accused the
erstwhile Uttar Pradesh
government of seeking
to withdraw cases
against terrorists.
“The attitude of the
leaders of the Samajwa-
di Party and the Con-
gress has been even
more alarming. These
people address a terror-
ist like Osama as ‘ji’.
These people shed tears
over the elimination of
terroristsinBatlaHouse
encounter,” he said.
“Similarly
, in 14 cases
of terrorist attacks in
Uttar Pradesh, the Sa-
majwadi government
had given orders to
withdraw the cases
from many terrorists.
These people were set-
ting off blast after blast,
and the Samajwadi Par-
ty government was not
even allowing these ter-
rorists to be prosecut-
ed,” he added.
The BJP has tradi-
tionally accused the
Congress of appease-
ment politics because
of its sizeable Muslim
support base. Once this
support shifted to the
Samajwadi Party, the
barbs got sharper.
Campaign in the run-
up to this election was
sharply polarised, with
senior state leaders and
the Chief Minister ac-
cusing Akhilesh Ya-
dav’s party of being
supporters of Pakistan
and its founder Muham-
mad Ali Jinnah. Mr
Yadav’s father, party pa-
triarch Mulayam Singh
Yadav was dubbed
“Maulana Mulayam”.
Yogi Adityanath had
also alleged that the SP
was trying to turning
the assembly seat of
Bhojpur into an “Is-
lamabad”. —PTI
INDIA
05
New Delhi: The out-
come of the five state
elections will have an
impact on the Presiden-
tial poll and will also
bring some change in
the Upper House of
Parliament as except
for Punjab the other
four states were ruled
by the BJP with brute
majorities in UP and
Uttarakhand.
The Bharatiya Janata
Party may not be that
comfortably placed in
the Presidential elec-
tion which is likely to be
conducted in June-July
2022, as the President is
indirectly elected by an
electoral college con-
sisting of the elected
members of both the
Houses of Parliament
and the assemblies.
The electoral colleges
comprises 776 MPs of
both the Houses and
4,120 MLAs of all the
states and Union Terri-
tories. The electoral col-
lege has 1,098,903 votes,
and a majority is 549,452
votes. As far as the value
of votes is concerned,
Uttar Pradesh has the
highestnumberof votes,
approximately83,824fol-
lowed by Maharashtra
and West Bengal.
The BJP has a brute
majority in the assem-
blies of UP and Uttara-
khand and any reduc-
tion of seats will put the
game in the opposition
camp as the Chief Min-
isters of different re-
gional parties are try-
ing to join hands.
If they join hands
and put up a joint candi-
date, the BJP will find
it difficult to get
its nominee
e l e c t e d .
The only
way would
be a divi-
sion in the opposition
camp which may be a
difficult task. After
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee
who is trying to expand
her party, Trinamool
Congress’ footprints at
the national level, Tel-
angana Chief Minister
K. Chandrashekhar
Rao (KCR) had a
meeting with Maha-
rashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray
.
Not only is the Mum-
bai meeting important
but KCR is also meeting
Tamil Nadu Chief Min-
ister M.K. Stalin and
Kerala Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan.
Even Mamata Ba-
nerjee is likely to
travel to Hyderabad to
meet KCR. He has the
support of former
Prime Minister H.D.
Deve Gowda who could
be another possible can-
didate for President.
However the Chief
Ministerstryingtounite
en bloc is not a good sign
for the Congress which
may get isolated in the
opposition while the
BJP has to search for a
consensus candi-
date for the
Presiden-
tial poll.
K C R ’ s
new initia-
tive is to save his home
turf as the BJP is ex-
panding its base in Tel-
angana. He is being
forced to take on the
BJP due to domestic po-
litical compulsions, oth-
erwise the party had
been bailing out the BJP
on key legislation in the
Upper House since 2014.
The southern states
and Maharashtra ac-
count for more than 200
Lok Sabha seats and al-
most half of the elector-
alcollegewhichcouldbe
crucial in the next Presi-
dential poll. If the re-
gionalpartiesteamup,it
will be unlikely that the
BJP will have its way in
the choice of President.
Thus the electoral
outcome in the five
states which include UP
will impact the presi-
dential election.
If the opposition puts
up a candidate like NCP
supremo Sharad Pawar
who is capable of mus-
tering support from oth-
ers like the Trinamool
Congress, the BJD, the
TRS,theYSRCP
,theCPI-
M, the CPI and the other
parties, then the BJP
will have a tough task
ahead of it. —Agencies
How Assembly polls will impact Presidential and RS elections
POLITICAL INTRICACIES
Patna: Lalu Prasad’s
RJD has slammed its
doors shut on the pos-
sibility of any under-
standing with the Con-
gress, its estranged ally,
for elections to 24 seats
of the legislative coun-
cil in Bihar.
State RJD president
Jagadanand Singh on
Saturday announced its
candidates for two
seats, having done the
same for 21 others a
week ago, and declared
that it was leaving one
for the Left parties.
Elections to the two
dozen seats, vacant for
quite some time, are ex-
pectedinMarchorApril.
The development
came barely a day after
Congress leader Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra came
outinsupportof Prasad,
whoisinjailafterconvic-
tion in yet another fod-
der scam case. The two
parties, along with the
CPI,CPI(M)andCPI(ML)
hadformedaGrandAlli-
ance to contest the 2020
Assembly polls. —PTI
THEY SAY OSAMA-JI:
PM SLAMS SAMAJWADI, CONG
POLLS
UTTAR PRADESH
Gurdaspur: Shiroma-
ni Akali Dal (SAD)
leader Bikram Singh
Majithia said on Sun-
day that the party will
decide on forming an
alliance with the Bhar-
tiya Janata Party
(BJP) post Punjab As-
sembly elections if the
SAD-Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) alliance
comes to power.
Talking to media,
Bikram Majithia said,
“My fight is for the peo-
pleof Punjab.Amritsar
East needs develop-
ment. There are poor
people who do not get
welfare schemes. It is
themostbackward.The
truth will win.”
“We will decide on
the tie-up with the BJP
afterthestateAssembly
polls,” he added.
Majithia, who had
filedhisnominationpa-
pers from two seats —
Majitha and Amritsar
East — in January
, will
be facing off with Pun-
jab Congress President
Navjot Singh Sidhu in
the Amritsar East con-
stituency
. —ANI
Will decide on tie-up with
BJP after Punjab polls, says
SAD’s Bikram Majithia
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting in UP’s Hardoi on Sunday.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav addresses party workers in Unnao.
Cong leader Rahul Gandhi with RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav. —FILE
Lambi: Former Punjab Chief Minister
and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader
Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday took
a dig at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP),
saying the party does not have any
relation with Punjab. Speaking to the
media persons after casting his vote
with the entire Badal family, he said,
“AAP does not have any relation with
Punjab. Neither does it have any
sympathy with the state. They do not
know how many districts are there in
the state.” Slamming Chief Minister
Charanjit Singh Channi’s “UP-Bihar”
remark, Badal said that if you behave
inappropriately with the people of
other states, they would do the same
with you.
Patiala: Former Punjab Chief Min-
ister Captain Amarinder Singh said
that Congress will be wiped out from
the state in the Assembly elections.
Speaking to media, Amarinder Singh,
who left Congress and formed Punjab
Lok Congress, said, “I am certain of
winning Patiala. I think we will win
the elections...They (Congress) live
in a different world will be wiped
out in Punjab.” “Bhagwant Mann is
an anti-national and he is supporting
Arvind Kejriwal,” said the Punjab Lok
Congress founder after casting his
vote in Patiala. The former CM also
said that his party is performing well
and positive reports coming from the
ground.
AAP DOES NOT HAVE ANY
RELATION WITH PUNJAB:
PARKASH SINGH BADAL
CONGRESS WILL BE WIPED
OUT FROM PUNJAB, SAYS
CAPT AMARINDER SINGH
‘They’ll get answer from
people of UP on Mar 10’
PM accuses Congress
of appeasement politics
POLLS
PUNJAB
Ayodhya: Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav took a jibe at in-
cumbent Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Sunday by calling him
“Baba Bulldozer” and
said that “Baba” will
lose election just like
contentious farm laws
were withdrawn.
“BJP leaders are now
learning abcd, I want to
tell them, “agar Kaka
chale gaye toh Baba bhi
chale jaenge” (if black
farm laws were taken
back, CM Yogi will also
go back),” said Yadav
while addressing a
raaly in Rudauli of Ayo-
dhya district.
Akhilesh further
said, “Yogi changed
the name of every-
thing. Till now we were
calling him “Baba CM”
but today one of the re-
puted English newspa-
pers called him “Baba
Bulldozer”. —Agencies
EVERY VOTE COUNTS
People wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling booth during the third phase of Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elections in Hathras on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
1 2
Just like farm laws, ‘Baba
Bulldozer’ will be gone:
Akhilesh’s jibe at Yogi
‘They’ appease Muslims for votes,
did nothing for triple talaq: Nadda
AKHILESH WILL
BE CM: SHIVPAL
Etawah: Shivpal Singh
Yadav on Sunday said
that the third phase of the
State Assembly elections
has made it clear that
Akhilesh Yadav will be-
come the CM. Yadav was
interacting with the media
after casting his vote in
Etawah on Sunday.
Lucknow: Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur on Sunday
slammed the Sama-
jwadi Party saying
that all criminals,
goons and rioters
have links with it.
His latest attack
on the party comes
a day after he had
questioned its chief
Akhilesh on the al-
leged involvement
of his party’s leader
in 2008 Ahmedabad
serial blasts case.
“All criminals,
goons and rioters
have their links to
the Samajwadi Par-
ty,” Thakur said.
He called out
chief Yadav for his
silence on the al-
leged connection of
his party’s leader
with 2008
Ahmedabad blasts,
saying that ‘Aantan-
kiyo ka abbujaan,
Samajvadiyo ka
bhaijaan, isliye
band hai zubaan’.
All criminals,
goons, rioters
have links to
SP:Thakur
Lucknow: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) na-
tional president
JP Nadda on Sunday
while attacking his ri-
vals for communal poli-
tics endorsed his gov-
ernment’s triple talaq
abolish move and said
even Islamic countries
don’t have laws for
the upliftment of Mus-
lim women.
Targeting the previ-
ous regime for not do-
ing anything against
the unjust practise of
Triple Talaq, Nadda
said, “Those appeasing
Muslims don’t know
that there’s no triple ta-
laq in Afghanistan or
Pakistan or Bangladesh
or Iran or Iraq or Indo-
nesia. These Muslim
nations didn’t triple ta-
laq but our secular na-
tion had it.”
“PM Modi gave free-
dom to crores of Mus-
lim women,” said BJP
chief in Shravasti while
campaigning for his
party as Uttar Pradesh
undergo polling in the
third phase. —PTI
RJD snubs Cong in Bihar
legislative council elections
Parkash Singh Badal
Captain Amarinder Singh

INDIA
06
Mumbai/Khajuraho:
Taking cognisance of a
complaint by a Maha-
rashtra heritage expert,
the Archaeological Sur-
vey of India (ASI) is
probing allegations of
certain activities re-
ported from the vicinity
(buffer zone) of the an-
cient Khajuraho Tem-
ples — a UNESCO
World Heritage site.
The quiet develop-
ment follows objections
by the Jalgaon-based
Heritage Foundation
Director Bhujang
Bobade to the ASI Di-
rector-General, Madhya
Pradesh ASI officials,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and others.
Bobade said in his
complaint that a group
of Jain Temples in the
close proximity of the
Khajuraho Temples
have recently carried
out certain minor reno-
vations and used chem-
ical/synthetic paints.
This poses a severe
threat to the safety of
the 11-12 centuries old
Khajuraho Group of
Monuments, compris-
ing two dozen temples.
They were declared a
UNESCO World Herit-
age Site in 1986.
It was in December
2021-January 2022 that
locals were taken aback
to witness painting and
minor repairs being un-
dertaken on the equally
ancient cluster of Jain
Temples outside the
Khajuraho Group of
Monuments. —Agencies
ASI probes ‘risks’ to heritage Khajuraho temples
Mumbai: A 10-member
Indian delegation will
visit Pakistan for the
annual meeting of the
Permanent Indus Com-
mission (PIC) from
March 1-3, a senior Jal
Shakti Ministry official
said on Sunday
.
In a first since the
signing of the Indus Wa-
ter Treaty between the
two countries, three fe-
maleofficerswillalsobe
part of the Indian dele-
gation, which will be ad-
vising the Indian Com-
missioner on various
issues during the meet-
ing, the official said.
Last year, a delega-
tion led by the Pakistan
Commissioner for In-
dus Waters had visited
India for the annual
meeting.
“The annual meeting
of the Permanent Indus
Commission will be
held in Islamabad, Paki-
stan between March 1
and 3, 2022,” Pradeep
Kumar Saxena, Indian
dus Waters, told PTI.
The delegation will
comprise Saxena's ad-
visers from the Central
Water Commission, the
Central Electricity Au-
thority, the National
Hydroelectric Power
Corporation and the
Ministry of External
Affairs. The Pakistan
side will be led by Syed
Muhammad Mehar Ali
Shah, the Pakistan
dus Waters.
The Indian delega-
tion will leave for Paki-
stan through Atari bor-
der on February 28 and
will return through the
same route on March 4.
The agenda for the
meeting is being final-
ised between the two
Commissioners, offi-
cials said. Pakistan's
objections on Indian
hydroelectric projects
namely Pakal Dul (1,000
MW), Lower Kalnai (48
MW) and Kiru (624 MW)
in Chenab basin in Jam-
mu and Kashmir and
few small hydroelectric
projects in Ladakh are
likely to be on the agen-
da for discussion.
According to the trea-
ty, India has been given
the right to generate hy-
droelectricity through
run-of-the-river pro-
jects on the western riv-
ers subject to specific
criteria for design and
operation.
The pact also gives
the right to Pakistan to
raise objections to de-
signs of Indian hydroe-
lectric projects on the
western rivers. Paki-
stan has raised objec-
tions on the design of
these projects. —PTI
Munich: India's rela-
tionship with China is
rightnowgoingthrough
a very difficult phase
after Beijing violated
agreements not to bring
the military forces in
the border, External Af-
fairs Minister S Jais-
hankar has said, em-
phasising that the state
of the border will deter-
mine the state of the
relationship.
Speaking at a panel
discussion on Saturday
at the Munich Security
Conference (MSC) 2022
in Munich, Mr Jais-
hankar said that India
was having a problem
with China along the
Line of Actual Control.
For 45 years, there
was peace, there was
stable border manage-
ment, there were no
military casualties on
the border from 1975.
That changed because
we had agreements
with China not to
bring military forces
to the border and the
Chinese violated those
agreements, the Min-
ister said.
Now, the state of the
border will determine
the state of the relation-
ship. That's natural. So
obviously, the relations
with China right now
are going through a dif-
ficult phase, he added.
The eastern Ladakh
border standoff be-
tween the Indian and
Chinese militaries
erupted following a vio-
lent clash in the Pan-
gong lake areas and
both sides gradually
enhanced their deploy-
ment by rushing in tens
of thousands of sol-
diers as well as heavy
weaponry
. —PTI
Indian delegation to visit
Pak for Indus panel meet
117th ROUND OF PIC
Meeting of PIC to take place
in Pak from 1st to 3rd March
3 female officers will also be
part of the Indian delegation
According to sourc-
es, the delegation
is expected to leave
around February
28th and return on
March 4th. This
will be the 117th
meeting of the
commission led by
the commissioners
from both sides.
1 2
India’s relations with China going
through ‘very difficult phase’: EAM
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addresses a meeting with
Indian community in Munich on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Munich: Dismissing the notion that the Quad
is an Asian NATO, EAM S Jaishankar has said
that there are interested parties who advance
such analogies and one should not slip into it,
underlining that the four-nation grouping is a
kind of 21st century way of responding to a
more diversified and dispersed world. Jaishankar
was speaking during a panel discussion on 'A
Sea Change? Regional Order and Security in the
Indo-Pacific' at the MSC 2022. Quad is a group-
ing of four countries who have common interests
a great deal of comfort, who happen to be located
at four corners of the Indo-Pacific. —PTI
'LAZY ANALOGY': S JAISHANKAR ON
COMPARISONS OF QUAD WITH NATO
Development in Arunachal
being speeded up, says PM
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday said the govern-
ment has done unprec-
edented work to speed
up development in
Arunachal Pradesh and
asserted that modern
infrastructure is being
built there considering
its role from the nation-
al security perspective.
In his message to the
people of Arunachal,
Modi said that it has
been his firm belief
that eastern India and
particularly the north-
east will be the engine
of the country's de-
velopment in the
21st century.
—PTI
MODI GREETS PEOPLE OF MIZORAM,
ARUNACHAL ON THEIR STATEHOOD DAY
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday
greeted the people of Mizoram and Arunachal
Pradesh on their statehood day. Greetings to the
people of Mizoram on their Statehood Day. India
takes great pride in the vibrant Mizo culture and
the contributions of Mizoram to national pro-
gress, PM said in a tweet. I pray for the good
health and well-being of the people
of Mizoram, he said. PM also
extended best wishes to the
people of Arunachal on their
statehood day. The people
of the state are known for
their stupendous talent and
hardworking nature. May the
state scale new heights
of development
in the times
to come, he
said. —PTI
PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Daily new
Covid-19 cases in India
fell below 20,000 after 51
days, taking the total
virus tally to 4,28,22,473,
while the active cases
dipped to 2,24,187, ac-
cording to the Union
Health Ministry data
updated on Sunday
.
A total of 19,968 cases
have been reported in a
day while the death toll
climbed to 5,11,903 with
673 fresh fatalities, the
data updated at 8 am
stated.
The daily Covid-19
cases have remained be-
low one lakh for 14 con-
secutive days.
India reported 16,764
corornavirus infections
on December 30 last
year. The active cases
comprise 0.52 per cent
of the total infections.
Active Covid cases decline to 20K after 51 days
New Delhi: Bharat
Biotech on Saturday
said its Covaxin will
be evaluated as a
Covid-19 vaccine
candidate in the
US. In a statement,
Ocugen Inc, Bharat
Biotech's partner in
the US and Canada
for Covaxin, noted
that the American
health regulator —
the US Food and
Drug Administra-
tion (FDA) — has
lifted its clinical
hold to evaluate the
Covid-19 vaccine
candidate BBV152,
known as Covaxin
outside US. —PTI
London: The British
government con-
firmed that people
with Covid-19 won't
be legally required
to self-isolate start-
ing next week, as
part of a plan for
“living with Covid”
that is also likely to
see testing for the
coronavirus scaled
back PM Boris
Johnson said end-
ing all of the legal
curbs brought in
to curb the spread
of the virus will let
people in the UK
“protect ourselves
without restricting
our freedoms.” —AP
US TO EVALUATE
COVAXIN, SAYS
BHARAT BIOTECH
UK TO SCRAP
ALL CURBS
NEXT WEEK
INDIAN ARMY USES DRONES TO SUPPLY
VACCINE DOSES IN JAMMU KASHMIR
New Delhi: In
a bid to ensure
that the Covid-19
vaccine reaches
members of the
armed forces
in the most far-
flung areas in
the country, the Indian Army has opted to use drones.
The Indian Army is using drones to supply the booster
dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to forward troops in
snow-bound areas in Jammu and Kashmir. —PTI
‘AN OBLIGATION, NOT A CHOICE’,
ZAIRA JUMPS INTO HIJAB RING
MAHARASHTRA: FORGERY CASE AGAINST
SAMEER WANKHEDE OVER BAR LICENCE
New Delhi: 'Dangal' actor Zaira Wasim, reacted
to the ongoing hijab controversy in Karnataka.
Former actor Zaira Wasim is the latest to use
her social media power to react on the same. On
Twitter Zaira posted a long note. It's often either
a construct of convenience or ignorance. Hijab
isn't a choice but an obligation in Islam. Like-
wise, a woman who wears the hijab is fulfilling
an obligation enjoined upon her by the God she
loves and has submitted herself to, the 21-year-
old shared.
Mumbai: An FIR was filed against IRS
officer and former zonal director of
Mumbai NCB Sameer Wankhede for
forgery in Mumbai's Thane for allegedly
obtaining a license for a hotel by willful
misrepresentation of his age, said the
Kopri police on Sunday. The FIR was
filed on Saturday night on the complaint of State Excise
Department official Shankar Gogavale who alleged that
Mr Wankhede was below 18 years of age in 1996-97
while obtaining a license for Sadguru Bar in the city.
CRUCIAL READ
SUSPECTED LeT
ULTRA ARRESTED
FILE CASE AGAINST
18 UP COPS: COURT
Jammu: A suspected
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
terrorist was arrested
in Doda district of
Jammu and Kash-
mir, officials said on
Sunday. Adil Iqbal Butt,
a resident of Sazan-
Bajarni village, was
apprehended by a joint
search party of police.
Shahjahanpur: A court
in Shahjahanpur has
directed the police to
register a case against
18 policemen including
the then superinten-
dent of police chief
in an alleged fake en-
counter case in which
two persons were
killed 18 years ago.
New Delhi: The Lok
Sabha Speaker, Om Bir-
la, will lead an parlia-
mentary delegation to
the United Arab Emir-
ates from February 21
to 25 on the invitation
of the Federal National
Council of UAE.
This is the first-ever
visit under the bilateral
exchange of parliamen-
tary delegations from
either side, read the of-
ficial release of the Lok
Sabha Secretariat.
During their visit to
UAE, the delegation,
apart from meeting
their host, Saqr Gobash,
Speaker of the Federal
National Council of
UAE, will also call on
Sheikh Mohammed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu
Dhabi and Deputy Su-
preme Commander of
UAE Armed Forces and
Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum,
Vice President and
Prime Minister of the
UAEandRulerof Dubai,
added the release. —ANI
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla to lead delegation
to UAE from Feb 21 To 25
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
—FILE PHOTO
Munich: India
and Germany
share a commit-
ment to promoting
green growth and
clean technology,
EAMSJaishankar
has said, as he
held a construc-
tive meeting with
German Minister
for Economic Co-
operation and De-
velopment Svenja
Schulze.
Jaishankar ar-
rived in Germany
on Friday to take
part in the Munich
Security Confer-
ence 2022.
A constructive
meeting with Ger-
man Minister for
Economic Coop-
eration and Devel-
opment @Sven-
jaSchulze68, Jais-
hankar tweeted.
India, Germany
committed to
promote green
growth: EAM
This is the first-
ever visit under
the bilateral
exchange of
parliamentary
delegations from
either side, read
official release

BIZ BUZZ
07
Promoted by
AU Small Finance Bank
TradepactwithUAEmaybenefit
$26 bn worth of Indian goods
New Delhi: The com-
prehensive free trade
agreement between In-
dia and the UAE is like-
ly to benefit about $26
billion worth of domes-
tic products like gems
and jewellery that are
currently subjected to
5% import duty by the
Gulf nation, an official
said. Labour intensive
industries such as tex-
tiles, leather, footwear,
sports goods, plastics,
furniture, agricultural
and wood products, en-
gineering, pharmaceu-
ticals and medical de-
vices, and automobiles
would gain substantial-
ly from the pact.
The services sector
segments which would
get significant boost
from the pact include
computer-related ser-
vices,audio-visual,edu-
cation, health, tourism,
travel, nursing, engi-
neering, and account-
ancy
, the official said.
India and the UAE on
Feb 18 signed the CEPA
with a view to boosting
bilateral trade in goods
to $100 billion over a
five-year period and
creation of lakhs of
jobs. “While the UAE is
already India’s second
largest export destina-
tion with exports val-
ued at approximately
$29 billion in 2019-20,
CEPA with UAE is like-
ly to benefit about $26
billion worth of Indian
products that are sub-
jected to 5% import
duty by the UAE.”
As per estimates, ex-
ports of plain gold and
gold-studded jewellery
wouldincreaseto$10bil-
lion in 2023 and tariff
concessions offered to
the UAE by India in
products like gold will
reduce the import cost
of inputs. Additional in-
creaseintextilesexports
is projected at $2 billion
over the next five years.
“With duty free tariffs,
India can cater to the
hospital segment of the
UAE through institu-
tional selling of home
textileslikebedandbath
linen as well as contract
textiles - beach towels,
salon and spa linen etc,”
the official said. —PTI
LIC’s biz plan change after
IPO a threat to private firms
Mumbai: Amend-
ments to the surplus/
profit distribution
rules for IPO-bound
LIC, which has already
improved its margins
by 700 bps to 9.9% and
will further rise to 20%
when the national in-
surer shifts its busi-
ness mix to non-partic-
ipating policies, can
give nightmares to pri-
vate players who have
been thriving on this
segment for too long,
says a report.
According to an
analysis of its IPO fil-
ings by Swiss broker-
age Credit Suisse, SBI
Life, ICICI Prudential,
HDFC Life and Max
Life will face the maxi-
mum impact of the
LIC move.
The report notes
that LIC’s margin has
already gone by up 700
bps to 9.9% after gov-
ernment amended
LIC’s surplus/profit
distribution rules
which allows it to
make a 10% shift in the
business mix from par-
ticipating policies to
non-participating poli-
cies, which is only 4%
now, which can take its
margins to 20%.
This is based on the
assumption a full tran-
sition to new surplus
distribution from 100%
for non-participating
policies now and 10%
for participating poli-
cies.
A participating (par)
insurance policy pro-
vides both guaranteed
and non-guaranteed
benefits to policyhold-
ers in the form of bo-
nus or dividend pay-
outs, while a non-par-
ticipating (non-par)
policy typically pro-
vides guaranteed ben-
efits to policyholders,
but they do not receive
profit or dividend pay-
ments.
Currently, LIC just
has 4% of its new busi-
ness premium coming
in from non-participat-
ing policies, while the
same is for its the top
five private sector
peers range from 20 to
45%. —PTI
PARTICIPATING (PAR) POLICY
GOLD EXPORT UP
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment’s revenue col-
lection from telecom
services will be signifi-
cantly higher than the
projection of `52,806.36
crore made in the un-
ion budget after adding
the collection from the
proposed spectrum
auction, a top telecom
department official
said. The government
has lowered its revenue
estimate from the tele-
com segment to `52,806
crore for the next finan-
cial year, according to
the budget document.
“Some people are
making advance pay-
ments and since spec-
trum auction is pro-
posed we expect this to
go northwards. It will
be significantly higher
but at this stage we
won’t be able to give
any estimates because
we don’t have recom-
mendations in hand,”
Telecom Secretary K
Rajaraman said.
The telecom revenue
collection is expected
to be higher than the
budget estimates of
`53,986.72 crore for the
current financial year
at `71,959.24 crore.
Rajaraman said that
the DoT has already
collected `69,559 crore
as of February 3.
The receipt from
communication servic-
es includes licence fees
from telecom operators
and re-
c e i p t s
on ac-
count of
spectrum us-
age charges
which are charged
at the rate of 8% of
their adjusted gross
revenue.
“We will not
be able to
guess 5G
spectrum
auction es-
timates till
we have
Trai’s rec-
o m m e n d a -
tions in
h a n d .
These rec-
ommenda-
tions will
u n d e r g o
some chang-
es,” Rajara-
man said.
—PTI
The government has lowered its revenue
estimate from the telecom segment to
`52,806 crore for the next financial
year, according to the budget
document
Govt telecom revenues to exceed BE: Official
Govt plans new tech
to support coal ops
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment plans to im-
plement new technolo-
gies and build digital
infrastructure to sup-
port current and fu-
ture coal mines opera-
tions, a move that
would reduce the
country’s dependency
on imports. Techno-
logical advancements
in coal mining are also
making operations
more productive.
“The objective is to
implement new tech-
nologies and build
digital infrastructure
to support current and
future ramp-up for the
mines,” according to
the government’s
draft technology road
map for the coal sector.
This involves a
strong, multi-speed
backbone information
technology and infra-
structure system that
allows rapid deploy-
ment of new technolo-
gies. “Creation of
such system would
require access to new-
age ecosystems. The
technological trans-
formation will also
entail the creation of a
new culture in the or-
ganisation,” it said.
To reduce the de-
pendency on imports,
it is critical for CIL to
reach the one billion
tonnes target, thereby
embarking on a tech-
nological transforma-
tion journey, it said.
—PTI
OBJECTIVE
Devas:AI wins nod to appeal
against seizure ruling in Canada
New Delhi: Air India
has won a nod of an ap-
peals court in Quebec to
challenge a Canadian
court order that allowed
foreign investors in
Bengaluru-headquar-
tered Devas Multime-
dia to seize its funds to
recover compensation
for a failed 2005 satellite
deal with Antrix Corpo-
ration, a commercial
arm of ISRO.
In a February 11 rul-
ing, Judge Christine
Baudouin agreed with
Air India that the court
should take a closer
look at the claim
brought by three Mau-
ritius investors and the
German major
Deutsche Telekom to
identify the airline as
an alternative to Gov-
ernment of India to fa-
cilitate recovery of
compensations award-
ed by international tri-
bunals over the failed
satellite deal.
“Without expressing
an opinion on the mer-
its or on the chances of
success in appeal, I am
satisfied that the pre-
sent matter is one that
should be submitted to
the court,” Judge Bau-
douin wrote in a brief
order. She set a hearing
in the case for May 13.
Earlier this month, a
US federal court for the
southern district of
New York stayed pro-
ceedings to identify Air
India as an alter ego of
India and to find its as-
sets in the US to facili-
tate recovery of com-
pensation awarded by
international tribunals.
The shareholders
have been targeting
government assets
abroad to recover a total
of $1.3 billion compen-
sation they won in three
different arbitrations.
—PTI
New Delhi: Foreign
portfolio investors
(FPIs) have with-
drawn a net `18,856
crore from the Indian
markets in February
so far amid geopolitical tensions and
chances of a rate hike by the US Fed-
eral Reserve. As per depositories data,
overseas investors took out `15,342
crore from equities and `3,629 crore
from the bonds market between Febru-
ary 1-18. —PTI
FPIS PULL OUT `18,856 CR
FROM INDIA IN FEBRUARY
New Delhi: Tata Technolo-
gies, a global engineering
and product development
digital services firm, will
hire at least 1,000 more
people in FY2023 than its planned
recruitment of over 3,000 innovators
over a 12-month period to fulfill the
requirements of customers as its busi-
ness growth accelerates, according to
Tata Technologies Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer Warren
Harris. —PTI
TATA TECHNOLOGIES TO HIRE
TO SUPPORT GROWTH
New Delhi: EPFO is mulling a new
pension product for organised sector
workers who are getting basic wages
of more than `15,000/month and are
not mandatorily covered under its
EPS-95. At present, all those
employees in the organised
sector whose basic wage
is up to `15,000/ month
at the time of joining
service are mandato-
rily covered under
EPS-95. —PTI
EPFO MULLS A NEW PENSION
SCHEME
New Delhi: Bull-
ish on the future
of green mobility,
the Hinduja Group
flagship Ashok Leyland plans to set
up a new manufacturing facility in the
country to roll out electric vehicles,
according to a top company official.
The Chennai-based firm has also lined
up a `500 crore investment to develop
powertrains based on alternative fuels
like CNG, hydrogen and electric for its
commercial vehicles range. —PTI
ASHOK LEYLAND MULLS
SEPARATE PLANT FOR EVs
New policy to cut green
hydrogen cost by 50%
New Delhi: India’s
largest oil firm IOC
will set up ‘green hy-
drogen’ plants at its
Mathura and Pani-
pat refineries by
2024 to replace car-
bon-emitting units
as it sees the just an-
nounced green hy-
drogen policy as a
watershed moment
in the country’s en-
ergy transition that
will help cut costs.
SSV Ramakumar,
Director for Re-
search and Develop-
ment at Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC),
says the new policy
will help cut the cost
of manufacturing
green hydrogen by
40-50%.
—PTI
Services exports may
reach $325 bn in FY23
New Delhi: India’s
services export is ex-
pected to reach $325
billion in 2022-23 on
account of increasing
demand for all kinds
of services and grad-
ual resumption of
regular international
travels, SEPC said. It-
said by the end of the
ongoing fiscal year,
services exports
would reach about
$250 billion.The esti-
mated value of ser-
vices export for April-
Jan 2021-22 is $209.83
billion. —PTI
New Delhi: The
country’s leather and
footwear exports are
expected cross $6
billion in 2022-23 on
account of increasing
demand in the US and
new markets such as
Middle East, Africa
and Latin America,
CLE Chairman Sanjay
Leekha said.During
April-Jan this fiscal,
leather and leather
products exports rose
by 33% to $3.6 billion.
The exports stood at
$3.3 billion in 2020-21.
Leather, footwear
exports to cross
$6 bn in 2022-23
FedFina files IPO
papers with Sebi
New Delhi: Fed-
bank Financial Ser-
vices Ltd (FedFina),
which is promoted
by Federal Bank,
has filed prelimi-
nary papers with
capital markets reg-
ulator Sebi to raise
funds through an in-
itial public offering
(IPO). The public is-
sue consists of a
fresh issue aggregat-
ing up to `900 crore
and an Offer for Sale
(OFS) of up to
45,714,286 equity
shares by promoter
and investor. —PTI
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and UAE Minister of Economy, Abdulla bin
Touq Al Marri. — PHOTO BY PTI

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,903,460
TOTAL DEATHS
349,562,801
TOTAL RECOVERED
68,886,688
ACTIVE CASES
424,352,949
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
511,935
TOTAL DEATHS
42,086,383
TOTAL RECOVERED
224,155
ACTIVE CASES
42,822,473
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Rajkot: Left-arm spin-
ner Kumar Kartikeya
Singh returned a five-
wicket haul after Shub-
ham Sharma hit a grit-
ty unbeaten ton as
Madhya Pradesh re-
corded an emphatic
106-run win over Guja-
rat in their Elite Group
A Ranji Trophy game,
in Rajkot on Sunday.
Madhya Pradesh had
conceded the first in-
nings lead to Gujarat
but the central team
then fought back with
gusto, putting 251 in
their second session
with Shubham scoring
an unbeaten 103.
Kartikeya Singh
(5/34) then spun the
web around the Guja-
rat batsmen, as the
team was shot out for a
meagre 88 in their sec-
ond session in just 37.5
overs.
Gujarat chased a 195-
run target for an out-
right win but none of
their batsmen could
make a substantial con-
tribution as they made
a beeline to the chang-
ing room at the Sau-
rashtra Cricket Asso-
ciation stadium in
Khandheri.
Skipper Priyank
Panchal (5) became
Kartikeya Singh’s first
victim and he soon re-
moved one-down Bhar-
gav Merai (0).
Experienced Ishwar
Chandra Pandey (2/28)
played his part to per-
fection as he sent back
Karan Patel and Man-
prit Juneja.
Patel’s patient 27
only delayed the inevi-
table but an all-round
show from the Aditya
Srivastava-led side
fetched them six points.
Shubham (2/7) and
Gaurav Yadav (1/17)
also shared the spoils.
Gujarat next take on
Kerala, who thrashed
Meghalaya, while MP
will square off against
Meghalaya, beginning
February 24.
Kartikeya’sfiferhelpsMProutGujby106runs
WHAT A MATCH!
Madhya Pradesh skipper Shubham Sharma. —FILE PHOTO

Skipper
Shubham
Sharma’s
century
contributed
to the team’s
fightback
after
conceding
innings
lead
First India Bureau
Surat: The airport au-
thority has sought 2.5
bighas of land adjacent
to the Surat airport for
aircraft parking. The
demand was made in a
meeting held last week,
where Collector Ayush
Oak, MP CR Patil were
present along with the
District Airport Advi-
sory Committee.
The Airport Author-
ity has demanded more
land for aircraft park-
ing. Collector Ayush
Oak said, “Two-and-a-
half bighas of land
around the airport is
currently under con-
struction. If this land is
acquired, then 24 air-
craft can be parked eas-
ily. Parking was one of
the key issues raised
during the Airport Ad-
visory Committee meet-
ing.”
MP CR Patil and
member of the Airport
Advisory Committee,
has also asked to formu-
late a policy on taxi
fares. He said, taxis can
not afford parking fees,
especially during air
traffic. Thus, to ease the
burden of taxi drivers,
a monthly pass could
perhaps be introduced
according to the time of
the plane or the trip.
Airport authority seeks
2.5 bighas of land for
aircraft parking space
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The 38
convicts in the 2008
Ahmedabad serial
blasts case were
deemed deserving of
the death sentence by a
special court in its or-
der, “as allowing them
to remain in society is
akin to releasing a man-
eater leopard in public
that consumes inno-
cents.”
In the judgement, a
copy of which was
made available on Feb-
ruary 19, the court also
said that in its opinion,
the death sentence will
be reasonable as the
case falls in the “rarest
of the rare” category
.
The special court had
on February 18 sen-
tenced to death 38 mem-
bers of the terror outfit
Indian Mujahideen
(IM) for the Ahmedabad
bombings, which killed
56 people and injured
over 200 on July 26, 2008.
The court also gave life
terms to 11 other IM
convicts in the case.
It was for the first
time in the country that
the maximum number
of death sentences were
handed down by a court
in one go.
“The convicts creat-
ed unrest in a peaceful
society and carried out
anti-national activities
while living here. They
have no respect for the
constitutionally-elect-
ed government at the
Centre and in Gujarat,
and a few believe only
in Allah and not in the
government or the judi-
ciary,” said Special
Judge AR Patel in the
order.
There is no need for
the government to keep
the convicts in jail, es-
pecially those who said
they believed only in
their God and none oth-
ers, the court said, add-
ing there is no jail in the
country that can keep
them lodged forever.
“For the people car-
rying out such terrorist
activities, death sen-
tence is the only option,
for the sake of peace
and safety of the coun-
try and its people,” the
court said about the 38
convicts.
Handing down life
sentences to 11 other
convicts till the end of
their natural life, the
court observed, “They
took part in the conspir-
acy along with the main
conspirators, but their
role in the crime does
not involve death sen-
tence.”
Judge compares their advent into society to releasing man-eating leopard in pronouncement
REPARATIONS
Family members of blast victims celebrate the court’s judgement. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
First India Bureau
Maputo (Mozam-
bique)/ Anand : A
56-year-old business-
man Bharatkumar
Dhanji Tapu was kid-
napped from his bottle
store in downtown Ma-
puto, Mozambique, on
February 12. The Mo-
zambican Police has ar-
rested one of the sus-
pects involved in the
kidnapping.
The Maputo city po-
lice spokesperson, Leo-
nel Muchina, said, “The
suspect was arrested
near the crime scene,
thanks to the images re-
corded by the CCTV
surveillance video cam-
eras installed in the fa-
cilities.”
On the security video
footage, the suspect
could be seen inside the
shop wearing a blue
shirt and talking on his
phone, while two others
armed with guns car-
ried out the crime. But
a few minutes before
the kidnapping, the sus-
pect left, returning
shortly after, the crime
was committed.
“The police then had
launched a manhunt
that led to the arrest of
one of the gang mem-
bers. It came to light
that this member was
given a task of scouting
the area and supplying
every detail about the
shopkeeper’s routine to
the kidnappers to ena-
ble the kidnapping,”
said Muchina, adding
that after the crime, the
suspect returned to his
job.
From this arrest,
Muchina hopes that the
police will gather the
necessary clues, which
might lead to the where-
abouts of the other
criminals involved.
Back home in Anand,
Bharatkumar Dhanji
Tapu’s relatives and
friends have taken up
thematterwithAnand’s
Member of Parliament
Mitesh Patel and the
state government, seek-
ing External Affairs
Ministry’s intervention
to find Bharatkumar.
His business partner
Bhavesh Sutaria told
the media that Bharat’s
family has been doing
business in Mozam-
bique for four genera-
tions.
1 arrested for Indo-African
businessman’s kidnapping
District Collector Udit Agarwal
to be honoured in New Delhi
Rokadia, Dr Patel head inside
stormwater drain to find leakage
First India Bureau
Mehsana: With the
guidance and inspira-
tion of Mehsana Dis-
trict Collector Udit
Agarwal, Mehsana Dis-
trict has been selected
by the National Com-
mission for Protection
of Child Rights (NCP-
CR) and Narcotics Con-
trol Bureau (NCB), as
the “Best Performance
District”, nationally.
So, District Collector
Udit Agarwal will be
honoured on March 2,
2022, in New Delhi.
The Ministry of So-
cial Justice and Em-
powerment, Govern-
ment of India, New
Delhi had launched the
“Drug-Free India Cam-
paign” in 272 districts
across India on August
15, 2020. The Joint Ac-
tion Plan of the Dis-
trict under the aegis of
NCPCR and NCB was
titled “Protection of
Children from Drugs
and Other Drugs”. It
involved joint action
work between the De-
partment of Social Se-
curity and Child Pro-
tection and other de-
partments working
with children. They
organized awareness
programs, de-addiction
chariot schools, online
quiz competitions for
drug-free society, ora-
tory competitions,
painting, etc. across
schools and colleges.
In addition, semi-
nars and training pro-
grams were also con-
ducted by volunteers,
stakeholders, childline
activities, village lead-
ers, voluntary organi-
zations across
Mehsana District Child
Care Institutions, Ob-
servation Homes, Cen-
tral Jail, and other
places.
First India Bureau
Vadodara Mayor Key-
ur Rokadia and Stand-
ing Committee Chair-
man Dr Hitendra Patel
stepped inside the
stormwater drain
(SWD) at Uma Chaar
Rasta on Saturday
night to find the leak-
age in the water pipe-
line.LocalBJPcouncil-
lor Ashish Joshi had
made an aggressive
representation in the
general body meeting
on Saturday at the Cor-
poration. Municipal
Commissioner Shalini
Agarwal also reached
the spot, and they joint-
ly assured of fixing the
issueattheearliestpos-
sible. BJP Ward no 15
councillor Ashish
Joshi had raised an is-
sue of water problem
in his area. He blamed
the concerned officials
for not listening to his
complaints; thus, forc-
ing him to go inside the
SWD on Friday
, where
he found leakage in the
main water line. He
alsosentthevideotoDr
Patel, who stays in the
same area.
Based on this video,
the Municipal Com-
missioner, Mayor, and
the Standing Commit-
tee Chairman with of-
ficials of the con-
cerned departments
reached the spot late
on Saturday
.
“On going inside the
SWD we saw the leak-
age. The team will in-
vestigate to find the
source and if, required,
will break and repair
the slab again,” said
Mayor Rokadia.
CCTV grab showing kidnapping
of Bharatkumar Dhanji Tapu
done at gunpoint. (Inset)
Bharatkumar Dhanji Tapu
District Collector Udit Agarwal. Officials step inside SWD to check for leakage.
2008 A’BAD SERIAL BLASTS
38 convicts deserve death
sentence, says special court
Family keeps us rooted, like
branches we spread out reaching to
the sky, but remain one at the roots.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

elebrating the tran-
sition of grand wed-
dings to more inti-
mate nuptials, the
Jaipur Couture
Show 2022 revisits
the traditional tech-
niques synonymous with the
vision to refashion and recre-
ate veritable pieces of art
with a new commitment to
drapes silhouettes which
are luxurious yet light. Strad-
dling the present and tradi-
tion rooted in Indian heri-
tage, each designer’s cre-
ation exemplifies the guiding
philosophy—“all that we
were and more”, combining
historical opulence with
modern chic.
The Pink City’s fashion and
beauty extravaganza, ‘Jaipur
Couture Show,’ is back for its
tenth season. The three-day
fashion festival is set to take
place on April 6, 7 and 8 at The
Palace, Jaipur. The event will
bring together a medley of
fashion designers showcasing
their vivacious and latest col-
lections. The poster unveiling
ceremony was held at the U
Club on Saturday
.
Gaurav Gaur, director Elite
Miss Rajasthan along with
various dignitaries like pa-
tron JD Maheshwari, Nakul
Vijay, Ankur Jain, Virendra
Singh, Yasheel Pandel, Ajit
Soni and supermodels
Akanskha Bhalla, Astha
Khandelwal, Vasudha Tiwari,
Muskaan Kamdar among oth-
ers graced the occasion.
Rajasthan, according to
Gaurav Gaur, is evolving
quite quickly in the realm of
fashion today. He said, “For
the past ten years, the Jaipur
Couture Show has
served as a forum
for fashion,
jewellery
, and
accessories
designers,
as well as
models. This
year, various
fresh and well-
known designers
will also display their
craftsmanship and crafts-
manship and we’re beyond
excited to hold this.”
At the same time, like in
previous years, a gathering
of Bollywood and televi-
sion superstars will be vis-
ible on the Couture show’s
stage. Prince Narula and
Yuvika Chaudhary of Road-
ies and Bigg Boss fame will
spend four months on the
ramp. Shiney Ahuja, of
Metro, Bhool Bhuliya, and
Welcome Back fame, will
also be seen doing a run-
way walk in designer
clothes. The three-day
event will have 16 sequenc-
es with 4-5 celebs serving as
show stoppers. Khizar Hus-
sain and Karan Wig, two ac-
claimed artists, will choreo-
graph the show.
The season will definitely
provide an artistic sympho-
ny of fine craftsmanship and
finesse to cherish one’s spe-
cial moments.
AHMEDABAD, MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
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JAIPUR COUTURE SHOW 2022!
The grand poster launch ceremony of Jaipur Couture
Show Season 10 was held at U-Club, Jaipur on
Saturday. The star-studded event will be held from
April 6 to 8 at The Palace, Jaipur!
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Scintillating
Scintillating Evening!
Evening!
Queen of Cosmos India, held on Hotel
Fairmont on Friday is still grabbing all
the attention. City First brings to you
some more glimpses of the glamorous
evening. Brand Ambassador Rishee
Miglani and Show Director
Lokesh Sharma along with
the First India team paid
immense gratitude to
the team including
the sponsors and
partners in the Queen
of Cosmos International
Beauty Pageant!
Jagdeesh Chandra with Manju Sharma and Rishee Miglani
Jagdeesh Chandra and the First India family with the winners. (L-R) Mitali Dusad, Anita Hada, Kavita Chauhan, Angela Kumar, Sanskriti Sharma, Aarna Vishvkarna, Sanskriti Negi, Khushi Verma, Ashok Singh and Shaan
Mandakini, Usha Punia, Vishaal Mathur, Meera Kataria and Hemant ambwani
Amisha and Bharat Anshuman Bhomia and Dhirendra Raghav Deepak and Anjali Gupta Shalini and Farha Ansari
Usha Punia, Meera Kataria and Rimmi Shekhawat
Richa and Vishal Jhalani
Parul amd Dushyant Beel
Aaysha and Pradeep Rohit, Ankit, Shivani and Payal Ayush, Purva and Piyush Ayan and Simran Pankaj and Reema Kothari
Indu, Gunjan, Rajat Sharma and Vineet Tusharika, Jagdeep, Vishaal and Gagan Gaurav and Swaroop Bhati
Vinay, Maria, Parul, Minal, Nupur, Dushyant and Rajiv Anjula and Mohit Falod with Arti Dubey, Poonam Madan and Dr Bhavna
Anjana and Kewal Miglani with
Akansha and Preeti Bakshi
Pooja
Karwasra,
Shruti
Pareek,
Bahaar,
Kalpana
Yadav,
Priya
Vinod
Singh,
Muskan
Moolchandani,
Nivedita
Dhariwal,
Dayana
Jayanath
and
Tripti
Arora
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

MUKESH
KIRADOO
Nikhil Anand and Timsy Sikri. Also seen are Ashok Singh and Mitali Dusad

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