29012022 first india lucknow

‘THOSE WHO SAVED RIOTERS, WILL
THEY ESTABLISH PEACE?’
First India Bureau
Lucknow/Meerut: Ad-
dressing a ‘Prabhaavi
Matdaata Samwad’ (Ef-
fective Voter Dialogue)
in Hastinapur (Meerut)
on Friday
, CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath lashed out at
the previous state gov-
ernments over a host of
issues, including law
and order.
“The first decision we
took was to work with
the policy of ‘Zero-Tol-
erance’ against crimes
and criminals. We guar-
anteed development,
growth and welfare of
all. When the SP came to
power in 2012, the first
decision they took was
to drop cases against
terrorists,” Yogi said.
“Those who cannot
stand up for you during
a crisis and do not pos-
sess good & positive in-
tent can never work for
the welfare of all. The
oneswhodidnotprovide
electricity
, will they give
it for free? What do you
expect from those who
themselves had become
a threat to your safety?
Those who saved rioters
&goons,willtheybeable
to establish a riot-free
state?Theywillcontinue
to support the enemies
of the nation for their
own benefit,” Yogi said.
‘EFFECTIVE VOTER DIALOGUE’
CM Yogi Adityanath campaigns for BJP candidate in Kankad
Kheda area of Meerut district on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
UP
7,907
NEW
CASES
1,304
NEW CASES
IN LUCKNOW
14
NEW DEATHS
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The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given vaccine manufacturer
Bharat Biotech approval for conducting Phase-III clinical trials of an intranasal
booster dose for those who have received both doses of Covaxin. Only the
Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL), Kasauli, certified batches shall be used in
the clinical trials, which will be conducted at nine sites, including AIIMS.
Scientists from China’s Wuhan, where the Covid-19 virus was first discovered
in 2019, have warned of a new type of coronavirus ‘NeoCov’ in South Africa,
stated to have a high death (1 in 3) and transmission rate, according to a
report by the Russian news agency Sputnik. The new variant of NeoCov virus
is not new, says report. The report is yet to receive peer reviews.
BHARAT BIOTECH
GETS NOD FOR
INTRANASAL
BOOSTER TRIALS
WUHAN SCIENTISTS
WARN OF VIRUS
‘NEOCOV’ WITH HIGH
DEATH RATE
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: “Unconsti-
tutional, substantively
illegal, worse than ex-
pulsion, irrational”,
these were the precise
words used by the Su-
preme Court to describe
the July 6, 2021 resolu-
tion passed by the Ma-
harashtra Assembly to
suspend 12 BJP MLAs
from the state assembly
for one year for their al-
leged misconduct with-
in and outside the
house.
The bench led by Jus-
tice Khanwilkar or-
dered their reinstate-
ment in the Assembly
.
“We have no hesita-
tion in allowing these
writ petitions and to de-
clare that the resolution
directing suspension of
the petitioners beyond
the period of the
remainder of the
concerned Monsoon
Session held in July
2021 is non-est in the
eyes of law.
Muzaffarnagar: With
his Jat ally by his side,
Akhilesh Yadav
launched an all-out at-
tack against the BJP
in Muzaffarnagar on
Friday.
In a savage swipe, Ya-
dav denied the buzz
about a post-poll alli-
ance between the BJP
and the Rashtriya Lok
Dal’s Jayant Choud-
hary. “Unka niyotaa
maan kaun raha hai?
Sochiye kaise halaat
hain unki ki niyotaa
dena pad raha hai.
(Who is accepting their
invitation? Imagine
what condition they’re
in ... that they’re send-
ing invites).”
“A historic SP-RLD
win will wipe out the
BJP (in UP),” he de-
clared, demonstrating a
united front amid a sea-
son of crossovers in the
state ahead of the Feb-
ruary-March polls.
Sources had earlier
said that feelers were
sent to the Jat leader by
the BJP in an attempt to
consolidate the crucial
Jat vote of west UP
where farmers are a
key vote bank.
Akhilesh Yadav on
Friday yet again tar-
geted the rival party
over the farm laws and
the clampdown later.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
AND IRRATIONAL
...says Apex Court while quashing 1-year
suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs
VERDICT SLAP ON MVA
GOVT’S FACE: FADNAVIS
MAJITHIA FILES
PAPERS FROM
AMRITSAR EAST
EX-CM FALEIRO
STEPS DOWN AS
TMC CANDIDATE
RAJ BABBAR HINTS AT CONG EXIT
The Supreme Court’s decision was a
“tight slap on the face” of the ruling
tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern-
ment, said ex-CM and BJP LoP Devendra
Fadnavis. He stated that the Uddhav
Thackeray-led government (of
the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist
Congress Party and the Con-
gress) often acted as though
they were above the Constitu-
tion. He accused the MVA of
‘conspiring’ to suspend the
MLAs as they had been
fighting for rights of
the OBC community.
Shiromani Akali Dal
leader Bikram Singh
Majithia on Friday ac-
cused Punjab Congress
chief Navjot Singh Sidhu
of having “failed” the
people of Amritsar East
as their representative as
he filed his nomination
papers. Majithia also
alleged that Sidhu, who
is the sitting MLA from
Amritsar East, has not
done anything for
the people of his con-
stituency.
Trinamool Congress
national vice-pres-
ident Luizinho Faleiro
on Friday withdrew his
candidature from Goa’s
Fatorda assembly con-
stituency. Days ahead of
the assembly elections,
Faleiro, ex-Goa CM who
recently switched over
from Congress, said
he has decided to hand
over to a young female
professional on the lines
of the party’s policy to
empower women. Faleiro
joined TMC in Septem-
ber and was elected to
Rajya Sabha from West
Bengal, where Mamata’s
party has an overwhelm-
ing majority.
Senior Congress leader Raj Babbar has
voiced support to the Padma Bhushan
award for Congress leader Ghulam Nabi
Azad, toeing a different line than his party
colleagues. Babbar in a series of tweets
voiced support to Azad for being honoured with the
prestigious and hinted that he could be the next ‘big fish’
from the grand old party to jump the ship.
Akhilesh Yadav alleged that his helicopter was briefly stopped
from flying from Delhi to UP’s Muzaffarnagar - he called it
“losing BJP’s conspiracy”. Nearly half an hour after accusing
the ruling party of halting his chopper, he posted a cheeky
tweet - “We are ready to take the flight to victory”.
Father Stan Swamy, accused in Elgaar
Parishad case, dies waiting for bail at 84
JUSTICEdelayed
denied
is
With word from 10 Janpath, Maken comes calling
Jaipur: Amid the ongo-
ing ‘hushed war’ be-
tween the Gehlot and
Pilot camps; where the
attacks are as violent as
before but kept under a
garb to project that all is
well in the state Con-
gress; AICC General
Secretary incharge of
Rajasthan Ajay Maken
is heading to the state
capital to bring about
an end to the feud. Mak-
en, who will be reaching
Jaipur on Tuesday after
orders directly from 10
Janpath, will meet the
leaders of the Gehlot-
Pilot camps and listen
to their issues and grei-
vances. Maken can also
meet CM Ashok Gehlot
and talk about the po-
litical tussle. Moreover,
sources reveal that
along with pending po-
litical appointments, ap-
pointments of district
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tan Swamy, an
8 4 - y e a r - o l d
priest-activist
arrested under
an anti-terror
law in the Elgar Pari-
shad case last year, died
on Monday in the mid-
dle of his fight for bail
on health grounds. The
Jesuit priest had been
on a ventilator since
yesterday when his
health took a sharp turn
for the worse.
Stan Swamy was be-
ing treated at the pri-
vate Holy Family Hospi-
tal in Mumbai following
a court order on May 28.
The National Investiga-
tion Agency (NIA) had
suggested a government
hospital, to which, he
had said: “I’d rather die
here in prison.”
CM Ashok Gehlot
Ajay Maken
State Incharge
to make all out
attempt to bring
the tussle to an
end after meeting
Gehlot to chalk
out proper strategy
for the same
Amarinder to
meet Sonia
today in Delhi
New Delhi: Amid a
simmering feud in
the Punjab Congress,
state
Chief
Minister
Captain
Ama-
rinder
Singh is finally set
to meet AICC in-
terim president Sonia
Gandhi on Tuesday,
sources said. Ama-
rinder had sought
time from Sonia a few
days ago when he had
visited New Delhi.
“I WOULD DIE SOON,” Stan Swamy
had told the High Court via video-
conferencing that his health had consistently
declined at the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai
and interim bail must be granted
I would say what is happening to me is not unique. Many activists,
lawyers, writers, journalists, student leaders, poets, intellectuals
and others who stand for the rights of adivasis, Dalits and
the marginalised and express their dissent to the
ruling powers are being targeted
—Father Stan Swamy, tribal rights activist after arrest
12 BJP MLAs in Maha
suspended for a year for
abusing Assembly Speaker
Mumbai: The Monsoon
Session of the Maha-
rashtraassemblystarted
withchaosonMondayas
the house suspended 12
MLAs of the BJP for a
year for abusing and
manhandling the Speak-
er-in-chair.Leaderof the
Opposition Devendra
Fadnavis, who was al-
legedly present during
the ruckus which took
place in a cabin, insisted
that these are “false al-
legations”. The sus-
pended MLAs are meet-
ing the Governor, hop-
ing for a reprieve.
“These are false alle-
gations. A story is being
created... no one from
the BJP abused,” Fad-
navis told the media.
“For OBC (Other Back-
ward Castes) reserva-
tions, we are ready to
sacrifice more than 12
MLAs,” he added, refer-
ring to one of the key
issues that his party is
set to highlight during
this session.
The Opposition had
created uproar in the
House over the OBC is-
sue today and alleged
that Speaker-in-Chair
Bhaskar Jadhav did not
give them enough time
to speak. The matter es-
calated after the House
was adjourned.
“Opposition leaders
came to my cabin and
abused me using unpar-
liamentary language,”
Jadhav told media.
IT Rules ‘law of
the land’, Twitter
required to follow,
Centre tells court
NewDelhi:TheITRules
2021 are the “law of the
land” and Twitter is
“mandatorily” required
tocomplywiththem,the
Centre told the Delhi
HighCourtMonday
.The
centralgovernmentalso
told the court that Twit-
ter has failed to fully
comply with the rules,
which results in the mi-
cro-blogging site losing
theimmunitygrantedto
intermediaries under
the law.
The reply was filed in
response to a petition
alleging that the micro-
blogging site has not ap-
pointed a resident
grievance officer, as per
the IT Rules 2021. The
Centre told the court
that Twitter had initial-
ly appointed interim
Resident Turn to P6
PM:IndiatomakeCoWIN
availabletoallcountries
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday said the gov-
ernment is preparing
its Covid vaccination
platform — CoWIN —
as an open-source and
soon it will be available
to all countries.
“Indian civilization
considers the whole
worldasonefamily
.This
pandemic has made
many people realize the
fundamental truth of
this philosophy
. That’s
why, our technology
platform for Covid vac-
cination — the platform
we call CoWIN — is be-
ing prepared to be made
open-source,” he said
while addressing Global
CoWin Conclave via vid-
eo conference. Turn to P6
Restore J&K statehood before polls:
Gupkar leaders’ unanimous appeal
Srinagar: Former J&K
CM Farooq Abdullah-
led People’s Alliance
for Gupkar Declaration
(PAGD or Gupkar Alli-
ance) has said that as-
sembly elections
should be held only af-
ter full statehood is re-
stored. The coalition
said that the BJP-led
central government
should honour its
promise made in the
Parliament on this sub-
ject. PAGD spokesper-
son and CPI(M) leader
MY Tarigami said in
the statement: “As far
as full statehood of
J&K is concerned, it
was promised by the
BJP in the Parliament
and they should honour
their word.”
India a democracy, ignore
toolkit if don’t like it: SC
NewDelhi:Thetimehas
come to take action
about the frivolous peti-
tions filed in court, the
Supreme Court said to-
day
,refusingtoentertain
a Public Interest Litiga-
tion that sought a probe
by the National investi-
gation Agency into the
Congress toolkit case.
The petitioner also
wanted that the regis-
tration of the Indian
National Congress be
suspended if the allega-
tions against them on
“anti-national acts” are
found true. Turn to P6
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S
WHO WAS SWAMY WHAT THE CASE WAS
Father Stan Swamy was
a Jesuit priest and a
tribal rights activist based in
Jharkhand. He had worked
for over three decades on
issues of the adivasis on
land, forest and labour rights
including setting up of a
Tribes Advisory Council.
RAHUL: STAN DESERVED JUSTICE
SOREN: CENTRE RESPONSIBLE
“DEVASTATING...”: EU, UN HUMAN
RIGHTS REPS ON SWAMY’S DEATH
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, his Ker-
ala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan, and Congress
leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
were among hundreds of politicians, journalists and
intellectuals to mourn the death of Stan Swamy
Eamon Gilmore, European Union’s Special Repre-
sentative for Human Rights, and Mary Lawlor, a
UN Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders
expressed shock over Swami’s death. “The news
from India today is devastating,” Lawlor tweeted.
The NIA, which took over the
investigation into the Elgar
Parishad/Bhima Koregaon
case, alleges that all the
accused have links with
the banned CPI (Maoist).
Swamy from Ranchi on
October 7 last year, and
later chargesheeted.
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA
RAJASTHAN
39,796
new cases
723
new fatalities
55
new cases
03
new fatalities
BJP-SENA REUNION HITS DEAD END?
New Delhi: Reported talks between the Shiv Sena
and the BJP, which could lead to a realignment in
Maharashtra, are believed to be a factor in holding
up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet expan-
sion, expected any day now. According to reports,
a possible deal in discussion is for Devendra
Fadnavis (considered the main rival to Maharash-
tra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray) to move to
Delhi as a minister in PM Modi’s cabinet and for
Uddhav Thackeray to continue as CM with two
deputies from the BJP. But BJP sources deny this,
claiming the delays in the cabinet expansion are
not linked to the Maharashtra developments.
His lawyers moved the Bombay High
Court on Monday morning, seeking
an urgent hearing on his medical bail plea.
The HC bench expressed shock over the
news and said it was at a loss of words
2
BJP MLA Ram Satpute protest against the naming of
underconstruction Navi Mumbai International Airport, during the
opening day of Maharashtra Assembly in Mumbai on Monday.
Apex court refuses
to hear plea against
Congress ‘toolkit’
UTTARAKHAND EXTENDS CURFEW
TILL JULY 13; GOA TOO TILL JULY 12
CABINET EXPANSION, FINALLY?
Highly placed sources reveal that Maken will also look into
the work related to cabinet expansion which will be completed
by July 15 as the high command as ‘finalised’ the formula for
Rajasthan. A suitable package has also been finalised for Pilot
camp as the high command has also decided on Pilot’s role.
Furthermore, Maken’s arrival at Jaipur will also bring some
development in Hemarama Choudhary resignation case while
word is that few BSP turncoats could be adjusted to the position
of Parliamentary Secretary. Moreover, Maken will also hold talks
on PCC expansion and appointment of district presidents while
also paving a road for political appointments. It is said that a
few major appointments will be done in the ongoing months, as
Pilot camp has also given its suggestions in this regard.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held
marathon meetings with Home Minister Amit Shah and
BJP general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh in
what is being seen as the final touches being given to
the details of a likely expansion of the Union Cabinet.
Shah and Santhosh confabulated with Modi at his
residence for several hours on Saturday and Sunday
amid a “strong possibility” that the Cabinet reshuf-
fle may happen very soon. Some sources said the
swearing-in may happen as early as Wednesday.
If the prime minister goes ahead with the exercise, he
will be expanding his Council of Ministers for the first
time since assuming the charge in 2019. The current
strength of the Council of Ministers is 53, besides
Modi, and the maximum number can be 81.
PM MODI HOLDS MEETINGS WITH
SHAH, SANTHOSH BEFORE JULY 7
LIKELY UNION CABINET EXPANSION
CRUCIAL READ
PRANAB’S SON ABHIJIT JOINS TRINAMOOL
‘ED CREATING PREJUDICES AGAINST ME’
Kolkata: Ex-President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit
Mukherjee joined Trinamool Congress. Mukherjee said
he had full faith in Mamata Banerjee. “The way she halted
the recent communal wave by BJP, I believe she would
be able to do the same in the entire country,” he said.
Mumbai: Ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh
wrote to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding the
ongoing investigation against him and alleged that the
probe is not transparent. Deshmukh, who was sum-
moned by ED on Monday skipped appearance again.
‘WHY USING STRUCK
DOWN SEC OF IT ACT’
BEST TREATMENT FOR
KALYAN SINGH : MODI
New Delhi: Supreme Court
expressed shock at the
practice of police register-
ing FIRs under Section
66A of the IT Act that was
struck down in 2015.
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi called up former
Uttar Pradesh chief min-
ister Kalyan Singh’s son,
Rajveer Singh, to enquire
about his father’s health.
During the Maharashtra Assembly’s
monsoon session last year, 12 BJP
MLAs were suspended for one year
for allegedly misbehaving
with the presiding officer
in the Assembly
Speaker’s chamber.
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JULY 06, 2021
Who wants your invite? Akhilesh
rubs into BJP with Jayant by side
SHAH ON DOOR-TO-DOOR CAMPAIGN SPREE
Union Home Minister Amit Shah distributes pamphlets during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the
Uttarakhand Assembly elections in Rudraprayag on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Yediyurappa’s
granddaughter
found dead New Delhi: The Centre
appointedVenkatraman
Anantha Nageswaran
as the next Chief Eco-
nomic Advisor.
Nageswaran assumed
charge on Friday
. He re-
places Krishnamurthy
Subramanian, who re-
turned to academia in
December after a three-
year tenure as CEA.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with RLD’s Jayant
Choudhary during a press conference in Muzaffarnagar.
AKHILESH: CHOPPER DELAY FROM
DELHI TO UP WAS “CONSPIRACY”
Balance between real, virtual
lives challenges youth: Modi
V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN IS THE
NEW CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR
New Delhi: Drugabuse,
misinformation and the
balance between the
real and virtual worlds,
these are the three main
challenges facing the
country’s youths today,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said Friday
while addressing a rally
of the National Cadet
Corps (NCC).
He also asked the ca-
dets to encourage the
use of locally-manufac-
tured items.
He said that digital
technology and infor-
mation pose great op-
portunities but “there
are dangers of misin-
formation”.
HIGH LEVEL EXPERT COMMITTEE TO
REVIEW NCC: DEFENCE MINISRTY
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has constituted
a High-Level Expert Committee, for a comprehensive
review of the National Cadet Corps (NCC). Former
Member of Parliament (MP) Baijayant Panda will be the
Chairperson of the Committee. The 15-member com-
mittee will also include Cricketer MS Dhoni and Mahi-
ndra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra as members.
Turban-clad PM Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh with cadets during NCC rally in New Delhi on Friday.
Akhilesh Yadav after his
helicopter was allegedly
halted from flying, at
airport in New Delhi.
Philippines to
buy BrahMos
missile system
from India for
$375 million
Manila: Philippines on
Friday signed a
$374.96-million deal
with BrahMos Aero-
space Private Ltd. for
the supply of shore-
based anti-ship variant
of the BrahMos super-
sonic cruise missile.
This is the first export
order for the missile.
Tensions are high be-
tween Philippines and
China over the disputed
islands in the South
China Sea, and the cur-
rent purchase will bost
the Eastern country’s
defences.
Bengaluru: Soundar-
ya, 30, granddaughter of
the former Chief Minis-
ter BS Yediyurappa, was
found dead at her flat in
VasanthnagaronFriday
morning. The police
suspect it is a case of
suicide. She was rushed
to a private hospital,
where doctors declared
her “brought dead”.
A surgeon by profes-
sion, Dr. Soundarya is
the daughter of Yedi-
yurappa’s eldest daugh-
ter, Padma.
SC, ST QUOTA IN PROMOTIONS
SC refuses to lay
down yardstick
SUPREME COURT STAYS
SPICEJET WINDING UP
ORDER FOR 3 WEEKS
New Delhi: A court order to wind
up SpiceJet was paused for three
weeks by the Supreme Court on
Friday as the private airline said it
is trying
to resolve
issues with
Credit Sui-
sse AG. The
case relates
to the non-
payment of
$24 million
(Rs 180 crore) to the Switzerland-
based stock corporation. “We are
asking for three weeks. We are
trying to work out something,” said
senior lawyer Mukul Rohtagi, ap-
pearing for SpiceJet.
...SAYS STATES OBLIGATED
TO COLLECT CASTE DATA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court
on Friday refused to lay down the
“yardstick” for determining the
inadequacy of representation for
granting reservation in promo-
tions for Scheduled Caste/Sched-
uled Tribe candidates in govern-
ment jobs. It held ‘cadre’ and not
class, group or the entire service
as the unit for purpose of collec-
tion of quantifiable data for giving
promotion quotas. In respect of
the unit of collection of quantifi-
able data, the court held that the
State was “obligated to collect
quantifiable data on SC/STs.”
New Delhi/Udaipur:
Congress National Gen-
eral Secretary Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra wrote a
letter to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi demand-
ing to immediately bring
the dead body of Hiten-
dra Garasiya, a resident
of Udaipur who died
in Russia six months
ago, from Russia to
India. She said that the
Government of India
should take immediate
action on a very serious
matter related to human
sensibilities. Priyanka
met Hitendra’s family.
PRIYANKA
WRITES TO PM
TO BRING
UDAIPUR MAN’S
BODY FROM
RUSSIA

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022
02
Lucknow: The BJP de-
clared assets worth Rs
4,847.78 crore in finan-
cial year 2019-20, the
highest among all polit-
ical parties, followed by
the BSP at Rs 698.33
crore and the Congress
at Rs 588.16 crore, ac-
cording to poll reforms
advocacy group ADR.
The Association for
Democratic Reforms
prepared its report
based on its analysis of
assets and liabilities of
national and regional
parties in 2019-20.
According to the
analysis, the total as-
sets declared by the sev-
en national and 44 re-
gional parties during
the financial year
amounted to Rs 6,988.57
crore and Rs 2,129.38
crore, respectively
.
Among the seven na-
tional parties, the high-
est assets were declared
by the BJP (Rs 4847.78
crore or 69.37 per cent),
followed by the BSP (Rs
698.33 crore or 9.99 per
cent) and the Congress
(588.16 crore or 8.42 per
cent), the report said.
Among the 44 region-
al parties, the assets of
the top 10 parties were
worth Rs 2028.715 crore
or 95.27 per cent of the
total declared by them
all combined.
In the FY 2019-20,
among the regional par-
ties, the highest assets
were declared by the
Samajwadi Party at Rs
563.47 crore (26.46 per
cent), followed by the
TRS at Rs 301.47 crore
and the AIADMK at Rs
267.61 crore.
Fixed Deposits/FDR
constituted the largest
share of Rs 1,639.51
crore (76.99 per cent) of
the total assets declared
by regional parties in
the FY 2019-20.
Among regional par-
ties, political parties
such as the SP (Rs
434.219 crore), TRS (Rs
256.01 crore), AIADMK
(Rs 246.90 crore), DMK
(Rs 162.425 crore), Shiv
Sena (Rs 148.46 crore),
BJD (Rs 118.425 crore)
among others declared
highest assets under
FDR/Fixed Deposits.
The total liabilities
declared by the seven
national and 44 region-
al parties for the FY
2019-20 amount to Rs
134.93 crore.
The National Politi-
cal Parties declared the
total liabilities of Rs
74.27 crore in FY 2019-
20. National Parties de-
clared Rs 4.26 crore un-
der Borrowings and Rs
70.01 cr under Other
Liabilities and in the
FY 2019-20, Congress de-
clared the highest total
liabilities of Rs 49.55
crore (66.72 per cent)
followed by AITC that
declared Rs 11.32 crore
(15.24 per cent),” the
ADR said.Regional po-
litical parties declared
total liabilities of Rs
60.66 crore in FY 2019-
20, it said.
BJP on top with assets worth `4,847 cr, BSP second at `698 cr
ADR REPORT

In FY 2019-
2020, the
highest
assets were
declared by
SP at
` 563.47cr,
followed by
TRS at
` 301.47cr
—FILE PHOTO
CONG@ `240 CR
CM targets Akhilesh, calls
him a Jinnah worshipper
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on Fri-
day hit out at the Sama-
jwadi Party and its pres-
ident Akhilesh Yadav,
calling them supporters
of Pakistan and “wor-
shippers of Jinnah”.
Adityanath’s remark
ostensibly refers to the
SP president’s recent
statements on Pakistan
and its founder Moham-
mad Ali Jinnah.
“They are worship-
pers of Jinnah, we are
worshippers of Sardar
Patel. Pakistan is dear
to them, we will sacri-
fice our life for Maa
Bharati (Mother In-
dia),” Adityanath said
in the Hindi tweet
without taking any
name.
In another tweet, The
CM said, “When they
were (in power), Ram
devotees were fired
upon. Kanwar Yatras
were cancelled. Ex-
ploits (karnamey) like
Safai Mahotsav took
place. When we are (in
power) dream of Sri
Ramlala Virajman
came true, flowers were
showered from helicop-
ter on kanwariyas’.
Deepotsav and Rangot-
sav become the identity
of Uttar Pradesh.”
Adityanath was re-
ferring to firing on
“kar sevaks” in Ayod-
hya when SP patriarch
Mulayam Singh Yadav
was the chief minister
of the state.
Earlier this month,
Adityanath had made
the 80 versus 20 com-
ment, subtly referring
to the religious compo-
sition of Uttar Pradesh.
The CM said the elec-
tion is of the 80 vs 20
and that 80 per cent of
the voters are with the
BJP. —PTI
YOGI CALLS PEOPLE OF BJP’S IDEOLOGY AS WORSHIPPERS OF SARDAR PATEL
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a door-to-door party election campaign at Kanker Khera
in Meerut on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
In the last five years, more than Rs 1.56 lakh crore have
been paid to sugarcane farmers. The payment in the current
season is also being done within 12 to 16 days. Our govt has
done more for the farmers than what was done in the last 14 years.
—Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister UP
CORONA JIBE
NEW JOINEES
Leaders of various political parties join BJP in presence of BJP State President Swatantra
Dev Singh and President of Joining committee Laxmikant Bajpai. MP Sakshi Maharaj was
also present at party office in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
BJP declares 91 candidates,
13 ministers find place in list
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The BJP on
Friday released a list of
91 candidates for the Ut-
tar Pradesh Assembly
polls, giving tickets to
13 ministers and repeat-
ing its sitting MLA in
Ayodhya.
The party dropped
Co-Operative Affairs
Minister Mukut Bihari
Verma, whose son
Gaurav will be contest-
ing from Kaiserganj
seat in Bahraich.
CM Yogi’s media ad-
viser Shalabh Mani Tri-
pathi has been fielded
from Deoria.
The BJP repeated its
sitting MLA from Ayod-
hya, Ved Prakash Gup-
ta.He will face Sama-
jwadi Party’s Tej Naray-
an, alias Pawan Pandey,
whom he had defeated
in the 2017 elections.
The ministers in-
clude Sidharth Nath
Singh, who will contest
from Allahabad West,
and Nand Gopal Gupta
‘Nandi’, will contest
from Allahabad South.
Agriculture Minister
Surya Pratap Shahi will
contestfromPathardeva.
Other ministers
fielded by BJP are
Suresh Kumar Pasi
(Jagdishpur), Rajendra
Prasad, alias ‘Moti’ Sin-
gh (Patti), Palturam
(Balrampur), Rampati
Shasti (Mankapur), Jai
Pratap Singh (Bansi),
Satish Chandra Dwive-
di (Itwa), Sriram Chau-
han (Khajni),
Jaiprakash Nishad
(Rudrapur), Upendra
Tiwari (Phehana) and
Girish Chandra Yadav
(Jaunpur).
Eight women also
made it to the list.
The BJP has given
ticket to Nagendra
Pratap Singh ‘Chhote
Sarkar’ from Rampur
Khas in Pratapgarh to
take on Congress Legis-
lative Party leader
Aradhana Misra.
Misra and UP Con-
gress president Ajay
Kumar Lallu are the
only MLAs who are still
in the party, which had
won 7 seats in the 2017
Assembly polls.
Surya Pratap Shahi
Sidharth Nath Singh
Sitting MLA
retained in
Ayodhya, which
goes to polls on
Feb 27
MSME VOTEBANK FOR BJP
developed by Yogi’s efforts
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as the
state braces up for the
first phase of assembly
elections on February
10 when 58 assembly
seats in western Uttar
Pradesh go for ballot-
ing, political parties are
busy vying for attention
and tempting the voters
with sops. However, the
efforts of the opposi-
tion are left high n’ dry
as efforts made by the
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment in promoting mi-
cro, small and medium
scale industries (MS-
MEs) have overshad-
owed their overtures.
And not without rea-
son. As in the past five
years, the government
has provided loans of
more than Rs 2.50 lakh
crore, funding 95 lakh
units for doing business
in the MSME sector.
This loan is given in
five schemes due to
which 3.28 crore people
have got employment in
the MSME sector. The
MSME survey report
has confirmed this.
According to the re-
port, the MSME sector
has become a major
force in the business
class of UP. And the un-
employment rate in the
state has come down by
17.9 per cent, due to
which now the opposi-
tion parties in UP are
not able to cut any ice
with MSME traders.
The picture of this sec-
tor has changed under
the Yogi government.
Due to the industrial
policies of the state gov-
ernment, investment in
this sector is increasing
continuously
.
Even during the glob-
al crisis of Corona,
more than one and a
half lakh new units
were installed in this
sector. Now 14.2 per
cent of the MSME units
of the country are in
UP. During the last five
years, 3.28 crore people
have got employment in
this sector. Due to the
special attention given
by CM Yogi Adityanath,
a new core vote bank of
MSME businessmen in
UP has been prepared
for BJP.
ACS MSME Navneet Sehgal has played a pivotal role in
development of MSME Industries under the aegis of CM Yogi.
R`27,202 CRORE LOAN DISBURSED
JP Nadda holds door-to-door campaign
Shahjahanpur: Ahead
of the Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly elections,
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) National Presi-
dent Jagat Prakash Na-
dda on Friday held a
door-to-door campaign
in Shahjahanpur in sup-
port of BJP candidates.
“Went from door to
door in Shahjahanpur,
Uttar Pradesh and ap-
pealed to the public to
give their blessings and
support to the BJP,” he
said in a tweet.
Earlier while ad-
dressing the “Prabhavi
Matdata Samvad” at
Gandhi Auditorium
here, he said Zardozi
work is being encour-
aged under the Yogi gov-
ernment’s ‘One District-
One Product’ scheme in
Shahjahanpur.
JP Nadda pays homage to Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad
Mukherji and Deen Dayal Upadhyay in Shahjahanpur on Friday.
SP fielding criminals
in upcoming UP polls,
claims Gaurav Bhatia
Mathura: The BJP on
Friday accused the Sa-
majwadi Party of pro-
tecting criminals when
it was in power, and also
fielding them in the as-
sembly polls this year.
The BJP’s national
spokesman Gaurav
Bhatia said, “We chal-
lenge (SP president)
Akhilesh Yadav ji to
break his silence on the
issue of law and order
and development.”
Bhatia further said,
“Criminals used to get
protection under the
Samajwadi Party gov-
ernment.”
Alleging that women
were mistreated during
the SP government, he
claimed if police caught
an accused, a “minister
would call to let the
criminal go.”
He said that action
has been taken against
bahubalis and mafias in
Yogi governance.
“See the influence of
the uniform (police
force) today
. Those who
are called bahubalis
and mafias are in jails
and their property has
been confiscated. Earli-
er those in uniform (po-
lice) were asked to
search the buffalos.
There was no fault of
the men in uniform as
they used to get phone
calls from higher au-
thorities.”
He also charged the
Samajwadi Party with
not delivering on even
one promise made in
its manifesto for the
2012 assembly elec-
tions, and said the BJP
fulfilled the promises
also of the SP. —PTI
Gaurav Bhatia addressing a
press conference in Lucknow
on Friday.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
CRUCIAL READ
SCHOOLS IN STATE TO REMAIN CLOSED
TILL FEB 6 IN VIEW OF COVID-19
Lucknow: All schools in UP will stay closed till Feb
6, until further orders, in view of the Covid situation,
according to an order issued by ACS Home Awanish
Awasthi. Online classes, however, will continue as usual.
Several news outlets, including this paper, had incorrect-
ly reported on Thursday that an order has been issued
to extend the closure of schools till Feb 15. The directive
is a part of the state government’s ‘graded’ response to
Covid prevention. Another review of the situation will be
done before deciding on opening of schools.
EIGHT BOOKED FOR
ALLEGED INSULT
OF NATIONAL FLAG
Muzaffarnagar: Eight
people were booked for
allegedly insulting the
national flag in Tewda
village here. Accord-
ing to Sunil Sharma,
SHO, Kakrola Police
Station, the accused
were booked under the
Prevention of Insults to
National Honour Act,
1971, when a video
surfaced on social media
in which they were
seen disrespecting the
national flag. The video
reportedly showed men
sitting by the audio
console during an R-Day
event and touching
shoes with the flag.
BODY OF 24-YEAR-
OLD TECHIE FOUND
IN NTPC HOSTEL
Noida: The body of a
24-year-old trainee engi-
neer was found inside
the bathroom of the
National Thermal Power
Corporation (NTPC)
hostel in Greater Noida,
police said on Friday.
According to officials,
it appeared to be a case
of suicide as there was
no visible wound mark
on the body, but the
cause of death was yet
to be ascertained. The
incident took place late
Thursday night at the
NTPC hostel under the
Jarcha police station
limits, a police spokes-
person said.
MOU signed
forstrengthening
cancer care in UP
Hardly 500
radiation
centres in India
Need is for over
1k such centres,
feel oncologists
Making healthcare accessible, affordable in rural areas
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Cancertreat-
mentisnotevenpossible
in over 1,000 towns and
smaller cities in India.
With the objective of
making healthcare ac-
cessible and affordable
for citizens in un-
der-served rural areas, a
collaboration between
different stakeholders is
required to ensure cut-
ting-edge technologies
and drugs are accessible
and affordable for all cit-
izens. This is what Dr
NC Prajapati, Director
General Medical Educa-
tion said on the eve of
launch event for an ini-
tiativetostrengthencan-
cer care in UP
.
This initiative led by
State Agency For Com-
prehensive Health and
Integrated Services (SA-
CHIS) in partnership
with Access Health In-
ternational and Roche
India Healthcare Insti-
tute,aimstobuildcapac-
ities for standards of
cancer care among the
hospital network of
Ayushman Bharat.
“India will have to up-
grade district hospitals
into medical colleges. If
district hospitals are
managed by medical stu-
dents equipped with di-
agnostic facilities, the
quality of care can im-
prove,”saidDrPrajapati.
He further said radio-
therapy was recognised
asanessentialtoolinthe
cure and palliation of
cancer. “A radiation fa-
cility is often seen as the
nucleus for a good can-
cer centre. Unfortunate-
ly
, India has only 400 to
500radiationcancercen-
tres today
. Oncologists
stronglyfeelthatthereis
should be at least 1,005
radiation centres. The
InternationalAgencyfor
Research on Cancer, the
GLOBOCAN project,
has predicted that the
cancer burden in India
will rise to over 1.5 mil-
lion by 2035,” he added.
Sangeeta Singh, CEO,
SACHIS said with this
initiative, theaimwasto
not only build capacities
of oncology hospitals in
newcancercaremethod-
ologies and STGs, but
also to bring in more
quality care in the ser-
vice delivery
. “If there
are any techniques in
cancer care treatment
which can be included
under PMJAY, they can
bebuiltintonewpackag-
esandrecommendedm,”
she said.
The oncology department at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital,
Lucknow. —FILE PHOTO
India will have
to upgrade dis-
trict hospitals
into medical colleges. If
district hospitals are
managed by medical
students equipped with
diagnostic facilities, the
quality of care can
improve.
—Dr NC Prajapati, DG, Med Edu
NEET aspirant
suffering depression
commits suicide
First India Bureau
Agra: A student pre-
paring for NEET
committed suicide
by hanging himself
in Sarla Bagh of New
Agra police station
area of Agra. The
student had put ear-
phones in his ears
while committing
suicide. The landlord
informed the police
about the incident.
The deceased stu-
dent Jitendra Singh
was a resident of
Mainpuri and was
preparing for NEET
by staying in Agra. It
is being told that the
student was suffer-
ing from depression
for a long time.
Hailing from Ku-
ravali village of
Mainpuri, Singh was
living in a rented
room in Dayalbagh
Thana area. Accord-
ing to the police, Ji-
tendra was prepar-
ing for NEET with
his Class 12 studies.
His room was closed
for a long time on
Friday afternoon.
When there was no
answer even after
continuously knock-
ing on the door for
long, the landlord
looked through the
window. Seeing Ji-
tendra hanging from
the noose, he called
the police who pulled
the body down. Po-
lice said the victim
was under treatment
for depression.
MEDICAL CASE
Lucknow: Weeks after
PMModi’s‘redcapisred
alert’ jibe, Samajwadi
Party workers are buy-
ing the cap in hordes in
poll-bound Uttar
Pradesh to drive home
theirpointthatthehead-
gear is a symbol of
change and revolution.
And the SP’s resolve
has come as blessing for
those selling election
paraphernalia as they
are witnessing a huge
jump in the sales of red
caps, a compensation of
sorts for the losses they
have suffered due to the
ban on election rallies
due to Covid.
Led by party chief
Akhilesh Yadav, SP
leaders and workers are
registering a silent pro-
test against the PM’s
statement by flaunting
their red caps, accord-
ing to senior leaders.
“Today
, every leader
andworkerof SPiscam-
paigning in villages and
streets of the state wear-
ingaredcap,”SPnation-
al spokesperson and
MLC Sunil Sajan said.
After PM Modi and
CM Adityanath’s state-
mentthatred,thecolour
of socialism, is a ‘red
alert for UP’ and ‘goons
with red caps’, party
leaders and workers
were putting on red caps
to bring back socialism
in the state and change
thecurrentgovernment,
he added.
Addressing a rally in
GorakhpurinDecember
last year, Modi had tar-
getedtheSP
,sayingthose
in red caps were a red
alert and sign of danger
for the state.
In February last year,
Adityanath had said ev-
erychildsawthosewear-
ing red caps as ‘goons’.
Raju Shukla of Shee-
la Enterprises, a whole-
saler of election materi-
al here said, due to the
EC ban on physical ral-
lies and roadshows to
prevent the spread of
coronavirus, the sale of
banners, posters and
other campaign mer-
chandise is low except
for the red caps.
“
As there is no restric-
tion on wearing a cap,
peoplearepreferringit,”
Shukla said.
Shuklasaidheisoffer-
ingavarietyof ‘redcaps’
at different price points.
“You can get 100 caps
for either Rs 2,500 or Rs
1,500. These are of supe-
rior quality and usually
adorned by the SP lead-
ers, he said. Apart,there
is another variety for Rs
150 per hundred pieces.
This has the cycle -- elec-
tion symbol of the SP --
on one side and either
‘
Akhilesh Yadav’ or ‘Sa-
majwadi Party’ printed
on the other,” he added.
He said these caps
were donned by party
supporters in rallies and
processions. —PTI
SP workers’ red cap resolve saves beleaguered poll merch sellers
RESCUE ACT

Traders selling
election material
are having a
tough time this
poll season with
the Election
Commission
banning political
rallies in the poll-
bound states in
view of the Covid
situation
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav addressing supporters during ‘Vijay Rath Yatra’ in Ghazipur.
‘BJP, SP giving communal,
casteist,colourtostatepolls’
Lucknow: BSP presi-
dent Mayawati on Fri-
day accused the BJP
and SP of colluding to
give a communal and
casteist colour to the
UP Assembly polls.
In a tweet, the BSP
supremo also cau-
tioned the people
against their designs.
“The way religion
and caste politics dom-
inate in the UP assem-
bly elections and the
media is also full of
suchnews,itseemthat
all this is happening as
SP and BJP are collud-
ingtogivetheelections
colour of hatred on
Hindu-Muslim and
casteist lines. People
need to remain alert,”
the former CM said.
The BSP on Friday
released a list of 53
names for the fourth
phase of the seven-
phase elections in Ut-
tar Pradesh.
Fifty-nine seats will
got to polls in the
fourthphaseonFebru-
ary 23. —PTI
Lucknow: JailedSama-
jwadiPartyleaderAzam
Khan’ssonandwifehave
filed their nominations
from the same assembly
constituency as the par-
ty’s candidates for the
Uttar Pradesh polls.
Both Mohd Abdullah
AzamKhan,whowasre-
leased from jail recently
,
and his mother Tazeen
Fatma have filed their
affidavits from the Suar
assembly seat in Ram-
purdistrict,accordingto
the Election Commis-
sion (EC) website.
Azam Khan, who was
a cabinet minister in the
previous Akhilesh Ya-
dav-ledgovernment,had
on Thursday filed his
nomination papers,
while being in jail, for
the assembly polls from
the Rampur seat.
Suar goes to polls on
February 14 during the
second of the sev-
en-phase UP elections.
While Saturday is the
dateforscrutinyof nom-
inationsfortheseat,can-
didates can withdraw
their nomination till
January 31, according to
theofficialschedule.—PTI
Lucknow: Former Ma-
harashtra CM and Con-
gress leader Prithviraj
Chavan here on Friday
accused the BJP of be-
traying ex-servicemen
while alleging that the
rulingpartysoughtvotes
in the name of Army’s
bravery but attacked sol-
diers’ rights every day
.
Releasing his party’s
‘white paper’ over it
ahead of the UP Assem-
bly polls, the leader al-
legedthattheBJPcheat-
ed ex-servicemen over
One Rank, One Pension
scheme, failed to fill va-
cant Army posts and
took away facilities.
The BJP government
collects votes in the
name of the bravery of
theArmybutattacksthe
rights of soldiers every
day
, he said, adding the
Narendra Modi-led
Uniongovernmentmade
the ‘biggest cut’ in the
Armybudgetin60years.
“The Modi govern-
ment has cheated 30
lakh ex-servicemen in
the name of One Rank,
One Pension,” he said.
Cheating in the name
of One Rank, One Pen-
sion, not filling Army
posts, taking away basic
facilities,willfullyignor-
ing anomalies, hurting
the rehabilitation of
ex-servicemen is part of
aconspiracytobreakthe
moraleof theArmy
,Cha-
van claimed slamming
the Modi govt. —PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Police recov-
ered over Rs 6 lakh cash
from the SUV of Kakori
councillor and he was
unabletoprovideproper
details about the money
.
Police said during ve-
hiclecheckingdriveover
Rs6lakhwererecovered
from SUV of Kakori
councillor Abhishek
Awasthy and during in-
terrogation he was un-
able to provide adequate
information about the
money
.
Police informed offi-
cials about the cash and
flying squad rushed to
the spot and seized the
money
. The case was
handed over to the in-
come tax department
and further investiga-
tions were underway
.
Earlier, police had re-
covered Rs 21 lakh from
SUV of property dealer
near Chinhat crossing a
week back. Urmil Ku-
mar Singh, property
dealerwasunabletopro-
vide the details of the
money
.
Ex CM of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan launches a booklet,
“Shaurya ke naam par vote, Sena ke hiton par chot” at UPCC
office in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Cong corners BJP for
ignoring rights of army
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday
released a list of eight candidates for the upcoming
UP Assembly elections. Former MP Sushila Saroj
has been fielded from Malihabad seat of Lucknow,
while Ambrish Pushkar has been given a ticket from
the Mohanlalganj seat. Other names in the list are
as follows: Nadira Sultan from Patiyali in Kasganj,
Rais Ahmed from Badaun assembly seat, Hargovind
Bhargava from Sidhauli seat of Sitapur, Prabhakar
Pandey from Sikandra seat of Kanpur Dehat, Mohd
Hassan Rumi from Kanpur Cantt seat of Kanpur
Nagar and Manjula Singh have been given tickets
from Banda seat. Samajwadi Party is contesting the
elections in an alliance with Jayant Chaudhary-led
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Om Prakash Rajbhar’s
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party and several other
smaller political parties. Meanwhile, elections for
the 403 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh
will be held in seven phases starting February
10. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on
February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7. The
counting of votes will take place on March 10. —ANI
SP RELEASES LIST OF
EIGHT CANDIDATES
` 6L CASH
RECOVERED
FROM SUV OF
COUNCILLOR
Azam’s wife, son file
nominations from SP
LAND GRAB CASE
—FILE PHOTO

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
He who experiences the unity of
life sees his own Self in all beings,
and all beings in his own Self,
and looks on everything with
an impartial eye.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Over 1 crore #PrecautionDose
administered to frontline workers
and eligible senior citizens in a span
of 19 days. Under the leadership
of PM @narendramodi ji, the
#LargestVaccineDrive is strengthening
India’s fight against #Covid19 with
speed and scale.
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
The stopping of works against the
Constitution and democracy of the
Maha Vikas Aghadi government by the
Hon’ble Supreme Court is the victory
of truth. I congratulate all the 12 MLAs.
The BJP will continue to raise its voice
against the unconstitutional activities
of the Maharashtra government.
TOP TWEETS
RAHUL VS TWITTER
AS CONG SCION’S
FOLLOWERS REMAIN
LARGELY STATIC
ith the social media
reach playing a cru-
cial role in political
and other spheres Ra-
hul Gandhi has rea-
son to ask Twitter if it was “un-
wittingly complicit” in curbing
free speech in India. The Con-
gress leader claims that the num-
berof hisfollowershasremained
static since August last year. His
followersonthesocialmediahan-
dle have totalled around 20 mil-
lion while those of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi touched over
70 million last year. In the first
seven months of 2021 the Con-
gress scion was adding “nearly
400,000newusersamonth.Rahul,
whohasbeenthemostoutspoken
criticof theprimeminister,natu-
rallysuspectsagovernmenthand
in the sudden plummeting of
numbers.Twitterrespondedwith
the explanation that it removes
millions of accounts each week
for violating its policies, manipu-
lation or spam.
One doesn’t know if other ac-
count holders have complained
about such huge fluctuations in
their followers. At least no one
fromthegovernmenthasflagged
the issue.
W
welve BJP legisla-
tors who were
suspended during
the Monsoon Ses-
sion of the Maha-
rashtra Assembly last year
for misbehaving with the
Speaker in his chamber have
got relief from the Supreme
Court which found the
12-month suspension order
“arbitrary
, illegal and uncon-
stitutional”. The Supreme
Court’s judgment has come
as a shot in the arm for the
BJP which described the ver-
dict as a slap on the Shiv Se-
na-led Maharashtra Vikas
Aghadi government. The Su-
preme Court ruled that an
MLA cannot be suspended
beyond the duration of a ses-
sion. The MLAs had chal-
lenged their suspension on
principles of natural justice
and violation of Article 14 of
the Constitution.
After the apex court’s order
reinstating the suspended
MLAs, Chief Minister Deven-
dra Fadnavis demanded an
apologyfromthestategovern-
ment. Maharashtra’s Minori-
ty Development Minister
Nawab Malik said, “After the
legislature secretariat re-
ceives the Supreme Court
judgmentcopy
,itwillexamine
it and the Speaker will take
the final decision. It is not just
a question of Maharashtra,
but of Parliament, of Assem-
blies across the country
.”
Malik was hinting at a ju-
risdictional tussle between
the judiciary and the legisla-
ture which this verdict could
lead to. Section 2 of Article
212 of the Indian Constitu-
tion states, “No officer or
member of a Legislature of a
State in whom powers are
vested by or under this Con-
stitution for regulating pro-
cedure or the conduct of
business, or for maintaining
order, in the Legislature shall
be subject to the jurisdiction
of any court in respect of the
exercise by him of those pow-
ers.” The government may
rely on this provision.
SC JUDGEMENT A SHOT
IN THE ARM FOR BJP
The Supreme Court’s
judgment has come as a
shot in the arm for the
BJP which described the
verdict as a slap on the
Shiv Sena-led
Maharashtra Vikas
Aghadi government
T
ith no immediate solution de-
spite the high-level negotia-
tions between the US Secre-
taryof State,AntonyBlinken,
and the Russian Foreign
Minister,Sergey Lavorov, the
Russian- Ukrainian standoff
on the borders has caused
worldwide concern.
Earlier, India, though hav-
ing close relations with
Ukraine and Russia, has de-
cided to remain neutral on
the ongoing crisis. India is
quite aware of the western
policy that NATO has violat-
ed its earlier promise that it
would not use Ukraine as a
NATO’s Trojan Horse to un-
dermine Russia’s strategic
interests in the region.The
sudden resignation of the
German Navy Chief, Kay-
Achim Schoenbach, who has
expressed reservation about
the anti-Russian policy also
indicates that NATO is di-
vided on this issue.
Earlier, he had told an in-
teractive session of a defence
think tank in New Delhi, that
the west, including Germany
,
and India need Russia to
counter China in the geo-pol-
itics. It caused uproar among
the NATO powers finally forc-
ing him to quit, but he did not
withdraw his comment.
India’s cool response to
mediate us natural, because
a similar suggestion from the
European Union had re-
ceived an aggressive re-
sponse from Russia.
Interestingly
,if theUSPres-
ident, Joe Biden, decides to
dumptheadviceof theformer
USSecurityAdvisor,Zbigniew
Brezeninski, that a stable
Ukraine as “counterweight”
to Russia, the NATO-Russian
confrontation can end. The
Russian are keen to have a Eu-
ropean identity
.the western
powers are keen to lure
Ukraine to their camp for
endingtheRussiainfluencein
theEurasianregion.However,
in his new aggressive ‘avtar’
the Russian President,
Vladimir Putin, is taking no
chances, and has been follow-
ing the Primkov Doctrine.
YevgenyMaksimovichPrima-
kov, a former prime minister,
had scripted the doctrine. He
was convinced that the west-
ernpowerswouldneveradjust
Russia in Europe or NATO.
It means that both Biden
and the Russian President
Vladimir Putin have to un-
shackle the past.The USA
cannot afford another pro-
tracted war. These two world
powers have to reinvent their
strategies, especially when
China has emerged as the
economic Superpower. In the
next two decades, it might
also surpass both the USA
and Russia in military might.
The outcome of the conflict
may embolden the Chinese
President, XI Jinping, for big-
ger roles in the geo-politics.
The first agenda in the on-
going US-Russian talks is
that the NATO powers would
not provoke Ukraine to can-
cel the lease of the warm wa-
ter port, Sevastopol. It was
renewed in 2010 allowing
Russia to deploy it’s Black
Sea fleet till 2042.
Itappearsthathehasadopt-
ed the Primkov Doctrine that
Russia must form an alliance
with China and India for play-
ing a decisive role in geo-poli-
tics. However, the USA has
already faded that the new
triangular Superpowers com-
prising the USA, China and
Russia have emerged on the
global horizon.
The American invincibili-
ty became much more pro-
nounced during the past two
years (2020-21), when the
Covid-19 pandemic hit the
world. It, however, was not
expected that this decline
would snow-ball in to a ‘pa-
thetic’ surrender of the US-
led western powers in Af-
ghanistan on August 15, 2021.
In the new triangular play
of geo-politics, Russia is keen
to have a three-power alliance
comprising Russia, India and
China (RIC) for strategic and
economic stability
. It is a part
of the Primakov Doctrine.
The growing understand-
ing between Russia and India
mightsoonropeinChina.The
RICisexpectedtomaterialize,
especially following the grow-
ing Russian assertion in Cen-
tral Asia. The Chinese deci-
sion not to claim Vlodistok,
the Russian port in the far-
east,andthewithdrawalof its
comment against the the Rus-
sian forces in Kazakhstan are
indicative of the new situa-
tion. The Chinese newspaper,
Global Times, which had crit-
icized the Russian action in
Kazakhstan not only with-
drew it’s comment, it also ten-
dered apology
The American penetration
in the region, which once be-
longed to the USSR is not ac-
ceptable to Putin. Meanwhile,
the Russian’s strategy has
been to implement the Prim-
kov Doctrine. The trust being
built during the era of US
President Barack Obama has
been lost.Do the Americans
have a counter strategy? It’s
profit-crazy business corpo-
rates have amassed wealth by
using cheap efficient labour-
ers of China, which is the
world’s industrial hub. Biden
under the pressure of the big
business is unable to have a
long-term perspective accom-
panied by well-defined goals.
It is doubtful whether he
would be able to delink the
priorities of the with those of
it’s military-industrial estab-
lishment. Therefore, the In-
dian reluctance in playing the
role of a mediator is natural.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
THE WEST SEEKS INDIAN
MEDIATION IN THE UKRAINE CRISIS
INDIA IS RELUCTANT
W
The American invincibility
became much more
pronounced during the past
two years (2020-21), when
the Covid-19 pandemic hit
the world. It, however, was
not expected that this
decline would snow-ball
in to a ‘pathetic’ surrender
of the US-led western
powers in Afghanistan on
August 15, 2021

z The US Secretary of
State, Antony Blinken, has
stated that “ we are in seri-
ous diplomatic path” for re-
solving the Russian-Ukraine
standoff. Similar senti-
ments were recently echoed
in Moscow by the Russian
envoy, Dmitry Kozak, that
within next two weeks talks
will be held in Berlin for
resolving the issue.

z Meanwhile, the Defence
Minister of Canada, Anita
Anad, will soon be visiting
Latvia and Ukraine, to reas-
sure the two countries of
the Wests’ support.

z The two women mem-
bers of the Congress, both
belonging to the Democratic
Party, Pramila Jaipal and
Barbara Lee have asked that
President Biden, should be
given adequate space for
negotiating peace.
GOPAL MISRA
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of long and distinguished service with
the Press Information Bureau of the
Information and Broadcasting Ministry

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CRUCIAL READS
Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday stated
that the Maharashtra government’s decision to allow the
sale of wine in supermarkets and walk-in stores would
boost farmers’ income.
“Wine is not liquor. If wine
sale increases, farmers will
benefit from it. We’ve done
this to double farmers’ in-
come,” said Raut. Hitting out
at the BJP for criticizing the
state government’s decision, Raut said, “BJP only op-
poses but does nothing for farmers. Mallikarjun Kharge
has said it right. BJP has sold the public sector.”
WINE IS NOT LIQUOR, SALE WILL DOUBLE
FARMERS’ INCOME, SAYS SANJAY RAUT
Gurdaspur (Punjab): A BSF personnel sustained bul-
let injury while resisting armed smugglers in Punjab’s
Gurdaspur along the International Border on Friday. The
incident led to the seizure
of drugs, arms, and am-
munition. “As suspected,
smugglers both inside Indian
territory between Border Post
No 33/06 and 33/07 were
observed while engaging in
illegal activity, taking cover of dense fog at about 5.15 am,
alert BSF team comprising Head Constable Gyan Singh and
Constable Raju Biswas challenged them,” said the force.
BSF MAN INJURED IN ENCOUNTER WITH
SMUGGLERS IN PB; DRUGS, ARMS SEIZED
PROBE LAUNCHED ON
INDIAN FAMILY THAT
FROZE TO DEATH IN USA
New York/Toronto: Days af-
ter a family of four Indians
from Gujarat was found
dead near the Canada/US
border, Canadian authori-
ties are investigating how
they travelled to the border
and is asking people to
think about what they
“went through” and share
any info they may have.
Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel
and his 3 family members
were found frozen to death
near Emerson, Manitoba.
ARMY AIRCRAFT
CRASHES IN BIHAR’S
GAYA, PILOTS SAFE
Gaya (Bihar): An aircraft
of Indian Army crashed
on Friday in Bihar’s Gaya
shortly after take-off,
informed Army officials.
According to the officials,
both the pilots in the air-
craft are safe. “An aircraft
of the Indian Army’s Offic-
ers’ Training Academy in
Gaya, Bihar today crashed
soon after taking off dur-
ing training. Both the pilots
in the aircraft are safe,”
said Army officials.
WhenwillIndiagettheland
Chinahasoccupied:Rahul
New Delhi: After the
Chinese People’s Liber-
ation Army handed
over the 19-year old Mi-
ran Taron to the Indian
Army at Wacha-Damai
interaction point in
Arunachal Pradesh on
Thursday, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Friday said that it is
comforting to know
that China has returned
Taron, while question-
ing the Centre on the
return of “the land
which China has occu-
pied”.
“It was comforting to
know that China has re-
turned Miram Taron.
When will India get the
land which China has
occupied, Prime Minis-
ter?” the Congress lead-
er tweeted (roughly
translated from Hindi)
tagging his previous
post dated January 23
urging the government
to bring back the
19-year-old boy. Earlier,
Rahul Gandhi had com-
mented on the incident
and tweeted, “If there is
a government, then do
your duty. Bring back
Miram Taron! Bring
back #MiramTaron!”
The Chinese People’s
Liberation Army hand-
ed over the 19-year old
Miran Taron to the In-
dian Army at Wacha-
Damai interaction
point in Arunachal
Pradesh on Thursday, a
week after the teenager
went missing. —ANI
CONG TO RAISE FARMERS’ ISSUE, AIR INDIA
DISINVESTMENT DURING BUDGET SESSION
Rahul Gandhi
Om Birla reviews preparations at Parliament
New Delhi: Ahead of
the commencement of
the Budget Session, Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la reviewed the prepara-
tions at the Parliament
premises on Friday
.
The Lok Sabha Speak-
er has also
called an all-
party meet on
January 30
ahead of the commence-
ment of the Budget Ses-
sion of the Parliament.
In this customary
meeting, floor leaders
of various political par-
ties will be present to
discuss the smooth
functioning of the Par-
liament session under
the chairmanship of
the Lok Sabha Speaker.
On January 30 at 3:00
pm, the government
has called for an all-
party meeting with
leaders from
the Lok Sab-
ha and the Ra-
jya Sabha to
discuss how to go about
the business as well as
take into concern the
opposition’s demand for
discussion.
At 5:00 pm the same
day
, the Rajya Sabha
chairmanhascalledfora
meeting of the Rajya
Sabhaleaders.Thismeet-
ing will take place virtu-
ally and will be chaired
by M Venkaiah Naidu.
The Budget Session
of Parliament will be-
gin on January 31 at 11:
00 am with the Presi-
dent of India address-
ing both houses in a
joint session following
which the economic
survey will be tabled.
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
will present the Union
Budget at 11:00 am on
February 1 and this
time, it will be a Paper-
less Budget. —ANI
SESSION
BUDGET
'MEDIATION BILL 2021' REFERRED TO STANDING COMMITTEE'S
PUBLIC GRIEVANCES DEPARTMENT FOR EXAMINATION, REPORT
New Delhi: The ‘Mediation Bill, 2021’ has
been referred to the Department-related
Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and
Justice for examination and report, said
the Rajya Sabha Secretariat on Friday. As
per an official statement, the Bill inter-alia
proposes to encourage and promote
institutional mediation for resolution of
disputes. “To have a wider consultation
on the Bill, the Committee has decided
to invite Memoranda containing views/
suggestions from concerned Stakehold-
ers interested in the subject matter,” the
statement read. A copy of the Bill, along
with other details are available on the
website of the Rajya Sabha under the link
‘Bills with the Committee’. —ANI
Om Birla
ACTRESS SHWETA
TIWARI CHARGED
FOR REMARK ON GOD
Bhopal: Police on Friday
registered a case against
TV Actress Shweta Tiwari
for allegedly hurting reli-
gious sentiments through
her remark on God.The
case was registered against
her after MP’s Home
Minister Narottam Mishra’s
instructed city police to
investigate her remark.
Meanwhile Actress have
apologised and responded
that her remarks are taken
out of context.
IN THE COURTYARD
HC STAYS PROBE ORDER
ON 9 SAHARA GRP COS
New Delhi: The Delhi HC
has stayed an order issued
by the Centre against nine
Sahara Group of Com-
panies, in which the govt
asked the investigating
officials to submit a probe
report of the companies.
The bench of Justice D.N.
Patel and Jyoti Singh said.
PLEA IN SC SEEKS BAN ON
‘WHY I KILLED GANDHI’
New Delhi: A plea has been
filed in the SC seeking pro-
hibition of any exhibition or
publication of the film “Why
I killed Gandhi” on any OTT
platform or social media.
The petition by Sikarndar
Behl, sought to direct the
Respondents to remove all
contents of the film.
SC: STATE GOVERNMENTS OUGHT TO COLLECT DATA
New Delhi: The SC says state govts ought to collect quantifi-
able data before granting reservation in promotion to SC/ST
employees; further added that it cannot lay down new yard-
stick after Constitution bench decisions. A three-judge Bench
of Justices Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna, and BR Gavai
made these remarks while delivering its judgment on the is-
sue of the grant of reservation in promotion to the Scheduled
Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in govt jobs.
Punjab needs
‘honest CM’,
says Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal & Bhagwant Mann
Phillaur: AAP’s nation-
al convenor Arvind Ke-
jriwal on Friday said
Punjab needs a CM who
is very honest and urged
people in the state to
chooseAAPoverparties
who have been accused
of selling ‘drugs’ and
‘sand’.
“Punjab needs a hon-
est CM. On one hand,
we’ve people with alle-
gations of drugs sale,
sand mining against
them, On the other hand
there’s a honest man
who never took even 25
paisefromanyone,”said
Kejriwal while address-
ing a town hall in
Phillaur. —ANI
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Uttarakhand polls: CM Dhami holds
door-to-door campaign in Khatima
Khatima: Ahead of
Uttarakhand polls,
state Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
held a door-to-door
campaign at the Mel-
ghat area of his Kha-
tima constituency on
Friday
.
Addressing the peo-
ple Dhami said, “I am
your son, your brother.
In the coming days, all
your problems will be
heard.” He further
stated that all the gov-
ernment plans started
by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
are for the
poor. “No oth-
er party had
worked so
much for
U t t a r a -
khand’s de-
velopment
as BJP did”,
he claimed. He fur-
ther stated that all the
government plans
started by Prime Min-
ister Modi are for the
poor. “No other party
had worked so much
for Uttarakhand’s de-
velopment as BJP
did”, he claimed.
On Thursday, Utta-
rakhand Chief Minis-
ter Pushkar Singh
Dhami filed his candi-
dature for the Assem-
bly elections from the
Khatima Assembly
seat. Polls to
elect the
70-member
Uttarakhand
Legislative
Assembly
are sched-
uled to be
held on Feb-
ruary 14.
—ANI
BJP releases 3rd list of two
candidates for U’khand
Dehradun: The BJP
on Friday released the
third and final list of
two candidates for the
Uttarakhand Assembly
polls. The BJP has fielded
Kishor Upadhayay from
Tehri and Brijbhushan
Gairola from Doiwala as-
sembly constituencies. In
a statement, BJP national
general secretary Arun
Singh said, “The Central
Election Committee (CEC)
of the BJP has decided
the following two names
for the ensuing general
elections to the Legisla-
tive Assembly of Uttara-
khand.” Former Uttara-
khand Congress president
Upadhayay joined the BJP
on Thursday after being
expelled from the party
on Wednesday. Upad-
hayay was elected twice
from the Tehri Assembly
constituency in the past.
In 2017, he was denied
a ticket from Tehri and
fielded from the Sahaspur
Assembly constituency
in Dehradun. He lost the
election from Sahaspur.
Pushkar Singh Dhami
Visionary Awards 2021: Governance
Now to honour achievers today
New Delhi: Govern-
ance Now a platform for
analysisof publicpolicy
and governance from
the house of Sri Adhi-
kari Brothers will hon-
our achievers with Vi-
sionary Awards of 2021
in a virtual webinar to-
day
. The event will be at-
tended by thousands of
followers.Hon’bleUnion
Minister, Law, and Jus-
tice, GoI, Kiren Rijiju,
willpresentGovernance
Now, Visionary Awards
to7exclusivedignitaries
in different categories.
On this occasion,
BMC Commissioner,
Iqbal Singh Chahal
tweeted, “Receiving VI-
SIONARY AWARD, 2021
in the category of Best
Administrator(handling
Covid situation) in the
country
.GOVERNANCE
now is a public policy
and analysis platform
which has created its
credibility amongst the
policy makers.” —ANI
TO BE AWARDED
Anil Kapoor (Entertainment),
Ashish Chauhan (Finance),
Iqbal Chahal (Best Adminis-
tration), NP Singh (Person-
ality of the Year), Rajdeep
Sardesai (Popular Face
News - English), Shehzad
Poonawala (Political Spox of
the Year) Sudhir Chaudhary
(Popular Face News - Hindi)
Iqbal Singh Chahal
Dehradun: In an at-
tempt to cash in on the
prestige of veteran lead-
ers and convert it into
the gain of seats in Utta-
rakhand,majorpolitical
parties like the BJP and
the Congress have once
again given priority to
political families over
their common workers.
Though the BJP often
targets the Congress
over “dynastic politics”,
both the parties have ex-
pressed their trust only
in the close relatives of
the leaders in more than
20 per cent of the total
assemblyconstituencies
of the state. In the elec-
tionstobeheldonFeb14
for 70 assembly seats in
U’khand, more than a
dozen candidates are
trying to seek the bless-
ings of voters by taking
the help of the names of
their parents, father-in-
law, brother or husband.
The Congress has
fielded Anukriti Gu-
sain, daughter-in-law of
former cabinet minister
Harak Singh Rawat,
from the Lansdowne
seat. Party workers be-
lieve that Harak Singh
will get the benefit of
his ‘dabang’ image to
snatch this seat from the
BJP. On this seat,
Anukriti is pitted
against two-time BJP
MLA Dilip Singh Rawat,
who in 2012 took over
the political legacy of
his father and region’s
stalwart Bharat Singh
Rawat.The Congress
has also given the ticket
to party veteran Indira
Hridayesh’s son Sumit
from Haldwani after her
death hoping to retain
the traditional seat held
by his mother.
After the recent de-
mise of Harbans Ka-
poor, a record eight-time
MLA from Dehradun
Cantt Assembly seat,
the BJP has fielded his
wife Savita and the par-
ty workers are confident
that it will get the elec-
toral benefit of Harbans
Kapoor’s stature.
The BJP has also
fielded sitting Khanpur
MLA Kunwar Pranav
Singh Champion’s wife
Kunvarani Devyani
from the seat this time,
Kashipur MLA Harb-
hajan Singh Cheema’s
son Trilok Singh from
his father’s seat. —PTI
Preference for ‘dynasties’ in U’khand assembly elections
DEALING IN ‘DYNASTIES’
Senior Cong leader Harish Rawat felicitates former BJP leader Harak
Singh Rawat as he joins Congress in Dehradun. —FILE PHOTO

INDIA
06
New Delhi: Union
Minister for Chemi-
cal and Fertilizers,
Mansukh Mandaviya
on Thursday virtu-
ally launched the
Research Portal of
the National Institute
of Pharmaceutical
Education and Re-
search (NIPER)."This
research portal of
NIPER will help the
MSME sector. NIPER
may connect with in-
dustries to develop a
model to fulfill the re-
quirements. Research
is very important,"
the Union Min said
while launching the
portal.He reiterated,
"This will lead to
better coordination
between industry and
NIPER and will also
give an opportunity
to know about the
research being done
by NIPER. Research
is the backbone of
the economy of many
countries. The govt of
Modi is committed to
promoting research.
MANDAVIYA
LAUNCHES
NIPER
RESEARCH
PORTAL
New Delhi: Air India
was officially handed
over to the Tata Group
on Thursday, Jan 27.
The Finance and Civil
Aviation Ministry offi-
cials met with Tata
Group officials and
completed the formal
handover of Air India.
Following the hando-
ver, Civil Aviation Min-
ister Jyotiraditya Scin-
dia said that the airlines
had to be sold because
of piling debt.
He further informed
that the amount used to
pay off the flyers’ debts
can now be used for de-
velopment purposes.
Scindia, while speak-
ing about the disinvest-
ment said that the
debts had risen to lev-
els that could no longer
be sustained by the
govt. Speaking a day
after Tata group for-
mally took over the air-
line, Aviation Minister
Scindia said, “A carrier
that had a running loss
of Rs 85,000 Cr over last
14 years, was earning
losses of almost Rs 20
Cr a day.”
“If you look at it
from a substitution
point of view, the mon-
ey will be used in areas
that will give much
more gains to the econ-
omy and the country.
At the same time, the
airline is being handed
over to the private sec-
tor that will enable it to
give tremendous value
to the customer,” Scin-
dia added while reiter-
ating that the disinvest-
ment was a smart move
by the Centre. —ANI
Customers to get best value, facilities, says Scindia
ON AIR INDIA DISINVESTMENT
New Delhi: The Union
Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya in a
COVID-19 review meet-
ingwithSouthernstates
and UT’s Health Minis-
ter on Friday stressed
upon e-Sanjeevani, tele-
consultation, monitor-
ing, home isolation and
increasing RT-PCR tests
in states which are re-
porting lower percent-
age testing, official
sources said.
The Union Health
Minister conducted a
high-level meeting on
Friday through video
conferencing in the
context of the Omicron
variant of SARS-CoV-2
with Health Ministers
of Southern States/
UT’s Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala,
Telangana, Lakshad-
weep, Tamil Nadu, Pu-
ducherry and Anda-
man and Nicobar Is-
land.The meeting was
also attended by senior
health officials.
Earlier, he conducted
a high-level meeting
with nine Northern
States and UTs and ad-
vised them to send
COVID testing and vac-
cination data timely.
The Union Health Min-
ister also said that test-
ing should be ramped
up in the States where
it has gone down. He
also advised states and
UTs to ensure that
those in home isolation
are efficiently moni-
tored in line with the
National Guidelines.
According, Union
Health Minister “Dr
Mansukh Mandaviya
urged the States and
UTs to adopt the hub
and spoke model and
ensure that more and
more centres of tele-
consultation are
opened. This will ena-
ble beneficiaries to ac-
cess expert advice from
experts stationed at the
district hubs.” He also
said that e-Sanjeevani
has been able to provide
services to 2.6 core ben-
eficiaries where people
can seek medical advice
from the confines of
their homes. —ANI
HEALTHMINWARNSOFFICIALS
INCOVID-19REVIEWMEETING
MandaviyaurgedStatestoadoptthemodelforexpert’steleconsultation
Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya holds a meeting regarding preparedness for the third wave of
Covid-19 via Video conferencing. —FILE PHOTO
CBI OFFERS 50K FOR
INFO ON ACCUSED IN
BJP MURDER CASE
Kolkata : The Central
Bureau of Investigation
has announced a reward
of Rs 50,000 each on the
absconding accused in the
murder case of Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) worker
Abhijit Sarkar, said CBI DIG
Akhilesh Singh on Friday. “If
any information about the
five fugitives is given to the
Central Intelligence Agency,
the name of the informant
will be kept secret and the
cash reward will be given,”
the CBI said in a formal
advertisement on Friday.
ANDAMAN AND
NICOBAR COMMAND
INDUCTS MK III
New Delhi: In a boost
to maritime security, the
indigenous Advanced Light
Helicopter MK III aircraft
was formally inducted at
INS Utkrosh by Command-
er-in-Chief, Andaman and
Nicobar Command (CIN-
CAN), Lieutenant General
Ajai Singh, at Port Blair on
Friday. The ministry said the
induction marks a continu-
ing increase in the capabili-
ties of the AN Command
in the past two decades of
its raising as India’s only
joint theatre command.
100 MIGRATORY
BIRDS FROM US
FOUND DEAD IN LAKE
Agartala: More than 100
migratory birds from
California in the United
States have been found
dead in Sukhsagar, a
sprawling lake in Tripura’s
Gomati district, forest
officers said on Friday.
The carcasses were found
floating on the lake, they
said. Gomati Divisional
Forest Officer Mahendra
Singh and Udaipur Sub-
divisional Forest Officer
Kamal Bhowmik visited
the site on Thursday and
collected one carcass for
post-mortem examination.
“An inquiry has been or-
dered and the carcass sent
to Agartala for autopsy,”
Singh said, without divulg-
ing any further detail.
7 INDIANS ARRESTED
NEAR US BORDER TO
BE DEPORTED
New York: Seven Indian na-
tionals, who entered the US
illegally and were arrested
near the US/Canada border
last week, will be deported
to India after they were
released from US Border
Patrol’s custody. “All seven
migrants who illegally en-
tered the US last week were
administratively processed
for removal and/or placed
into removal proceedings
as per the Immigration and
Nationality Act,” accord-
ing to a statement by the
US Customs and Border
Protection. “All the migrants
have been released from
Border Patrol’s custody”
and ordered to report to US
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement at a later date.
Bengal: Leader of opposition in WB Assembly Suvendu
Adhikari has approached the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) saying his movement has been
repeatedly obstructed by the West Bengal Police, which is
against the ‘fundamental right’ to move free-
ly within the country.Adhikari requested
the NHRC chairperson to take appropriate
action, which would put an end to such
unconstitutional actions and reestablish
his rights. Adhikari also wrote to the West
Bengal Governor in this regard. Adhikari
mentioned that he was stopped on his way
to Netai by a huge contingent Police.
BENGALPOLICEREPEATEDLYOBSTRUCTING
MY MOVEMENT: SUVENDU ADHIKARI
CRUCIAL READ
Rijiju slams Hamid
Ansari over Hindu
nationalismremark
RRB NTPC:
Rlys forms
High Power
Committee
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of Law and Jus-
tice Kiren Rijiju on Fri-
day countered former
Vice President Hamid
Ansari’s latest contro-
versial statement on
the atmosphere of in-
tolerance and insecu-
rity for Muslims in the
country and said that
before 2014, communal
riots and violence were
regular, but India is
more peaceful now.
Taking to the micro-
blogging platform, Riji-
ju said, “Some isolated
incidents do take place
at an individual-com-
munity level, but Indi-
an culture is always in-
clusive. Modi’s mantra
is ‘Sabka-Sath Sabka-
Vikas Sabka- Vishwas
Sabka-Prayas’.” What
Hamid Ansari Ji said is
wrong. I belong to a mi-
nority community and I
can proudly say that In-
dia is the safest nation,”
he added. Rijju also
added that the minori-
ties facing trouble in
any of India’s neighbor-
ing countries prefer to
seek refuge in India be-
cause India is safe.
“Let’s be grateful to our
great nation,” he said.
Recently, Ansari has
made a controversial
statement on Hindu na-
tionalism. Addressing
the Indian American
Muslim Council pro-
gram, Ansari had said,
“Hindu nationalism is a
matter of concern.
New Delhi: A high pow-
er committee has been
formed to look into the
concerns and doubts
raised by candidates in
regard to the 1st Stage
CBT results of CEN
01/2019 of NTPC.
RRB NTPC Recruit-
ment Update: As sev-
eral students have
raised concerns over
the recently announced
results of Indian Rail-
ways’ First Stage Com-
puter Based Test (CBT)
of Centralized Employ-
ment Notification
(CEN) 01/2019 of Non
Technical Popular cat-
egories, the Railway
Ministry has formed a
high power committee
to look into the matter.
According to a state-
ment issued by the Rail-
way Ministry, a high
power committee has
been formed to look
into the concerns and
doubts raised by candi-
dates in regard to the
1st Stage CBT results of
CEN 01/2019 of NTPC
issued by Railway Re-
cruitment Boards
(RRBs) earlier this
month on 14-15 January
2022. The committee
will look into the issues
of First Stage CBT re-
sults of CEN 01/2019
and Introduction of the
CBT-2 in CEN RRC
01/2019. —ANI
COMMENT COMBAT
Congress Leader’s ‘Tehzeeb’ dig at
Mamata over R-Day Invitations
FinMin allows 2 states
to borrow `7,309 cr
New Delhi: The fi-
nance ministry on Fri-
day granted additional
borrowing permission
of Rs 7,309 crore to two
states for undertaking
stipulated power sector
reforms. Rajasthan and
Andhra Pradesh have
been allowed to borrow
additional Rs 5,186
crore and Rs 2,123 crore,
respectively
.
“Department of Ex-
penditure has granted
additional borrowing
permission of Rs. 7,309
crore to two States for
undertaking the stipu-
lated reforms in the
power sector,” an offi-
cial statement said. The
ministry, based on the
recommendations of
the 15th Finance Com-
mission, has decided to
grant additional bor-
rowing space of up to
0.5 percent of the GSDP
to the states every year
for a four-year period
from 2021-22 to 2024-25
based on reforms un-
dertaken by them in the
power sector.
This will make avail-
able additional re-
sources of more than
Rs 1 lakh cr every year
to the states. —PTI
Kolkata: Congress
leader Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury on Thurs-
day termed the West
Bengal gov-
ernment’s
decision to
drop names
from the in-
vitee list
for Republic Day cele-
brations held at Red
Road in Kolkata as “un-
fortunate”.
Notably, it is for the
first time that Opposi-
tion leaders were not
invited to the pro-
gramme by the Mamata
Banerjee govt. Speak-
ing with media, Mr
Chowdhury said, “It is
unfortunate that govt
officials did not even
send an invite for par-
ticipation to opposition
leaders in the Republic
Day ceremony
.” Attack-
ing the Trinamool govt,
the Lok Sabha MP said,
“I don’t know on whose
behest or for what rea-
sons but I am surprised
that they celebrated the
country’s ceremony
without us.” “The cul-
ture (tehzeeb) of Bengal
does not say that the Op-
position should not be
invited. —ANI
Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Fri-
day said the Tata Group's takeover of Air India is
a win-win situation for all stakeholders concerned,
adding the deal represents a huge quantum jump
in the capabilities of the country's aviation sector.
Speaking to ANI, Scindia said the deal is also a
representation of the culmination of a long process
that took almost two decades to conclude. “It also
sets in perspective a 69-year-old history which was
started on the wrong step by the nationalisation
of an airline that actually belonged to the private
sector, It is going back to the private sector,” Scin-
dia said. “We will have a player with tremendous
capabilities for international and domestic traffic a
party that probably has a game plan and strategy to
ensure the best value for our customers.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia
AVIATION MINISTER SCINDIA
SAYS WIN-WIN DEAL FOR ALL
1,000‘MAKEININDIA’DRONESTOENTHRALL
AUDIENCEATBEATINGRETREATCEREMONY
Atotal of 1000 indigenous drones and new tunes will enthral the audience
during the Beating the Retreat ceremony, scheduled to take place on Jan 29
at Vijay Chowk on the foothills of Raisina Hills. The ceremony which President
Ram Nath Kovind will grace will commemorate the 75 years of India’s freedom
from the British colonial regime, being celebrated as ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
The show would be of 10 minutes duration involving around 1,000 drones fabri-
cated through indigenous technology. Synchronised background music will also
be played during the drone show. “Martial musical tunes with Indian fervour will
be the flavour of the ceremony this year. A total of 26 performances will enthral.
IIT JODHPUR DEVELOPS COVID DIAGNOSIS TECHNIQUE
New Delhi: The researchers from IIT
Jodhpur have developed an automat-
ed Artificial Intelligence solution for
COVID-19 prediction from chest X-
rays.The experiment was performed
with more than 2,500 chest X-ray
images and achieved about 96.80 per
cent sensitivity. The statement issued
by IIT Jodhpur said that the research-
ers at IIT Jodhpur have proposed
a deep learning-based algorithm
called COMiT-Net, which learns the
abnormalities present in the chest X-
ray images to differentiate between a
COVID affected lung and a non-COV-
ID affected lung. The developed AI
algorithm not only predicts whether
the CXR has COVID-19 pneumonia or
not, but it is also capable of identify-
ing the infected regions in the lungs.
‘HAMID ANSARI
AS SUPPORTER
OF TUKDE-TUKDE
GANG’
Bhopal : MP Home
Minister Narottam
Mishra on Friday hit
out at former Vice
President Hamid Ansari
and said that as UP
elections are approach-
ing, the supporters of
the 'Tukde Tukde' Gang
are getting exposed.
His statement came as
a reaction to Ansari's
recent statement that
there is an atmosphere
of intolerance and in-
security for Muslims in
the country that
is extremely
unfortunate
and con-
demnable.
—ANI
Kiren Rijiju

NEWS
07
MERCEDES WITH
` 2.5 LAKH
‘UNACCOUNTED
CASH’
IMPOUNDED IN
GREATER NOIDA
The police in Gautam Buddh
Nagar have impounded a
Mercedes car after Rs 2.50 lakh
unaccounted cash was recovered
from it, officials said on Friday.
The seizure was made in Greater
Noida’s Bisrakh area on
Thursday, a day after the police in
adjoining Noida impounded a
Porsche car in a similar case, the
officials said. In view of the
upcoming assembly elections in
Uttar Pradesh, the police has
stepped up vigilance across
Noida and Greater Noida to keep
a check on malpractices. A
Mercedes car was intercepted
near the Tigri roundabout on
Thursday by a joint team of
personnel from the Bisrakh police
station and the static surveillance
team (SST). On inspection, Rs
2.50 lakh cash was recovered
from the vehicle, a police
spokesperson said. When
questioned about the money, the
car occupant, identified as
Amandeep Singh, could not
present any document or
satisfactory response. Hence the
cash was seized, the
spokesperson said. According to
officials, while the occupant was
released after questioning, the
Mercedes car was impounded.
No one approached the local
police till Friday evening for its
release. Further legal
proceedings in the case were
underway, the officials said.—PTI
ALLAHABAD HC
SATISFIED WITH
GOVT MEASURES
FOR MAGH MELA
The Allahabad High Court
disposed of a PIL, seeking
restriction on the number of
devotees during Magh Mela at
Prayagraj to check the spread of
COVID-19 when the state
government informed about its
preparedness and the guidelines
to check the rush of people at
one place. The bench
comprising Chief Justice Rajesh
Bindal and Justice Piyush
Agrawal disposed of the petition
filed by Utkarsh Mishra and
another. In the PIL, it was stated
that the religious congregations
in the past two years were found
responsible for spreading the
deadly virus all across the
country. The PIL was filed before
the Allahabad HC, requesting the
court to direct the state
government to restrict the
number of devotees who will
take a holy dip in the river Ganga
during Magh Mela at Prayagraj
this year. The PIL said that only
seers of ‘akharas’ should be
allowed to take the holy dip on
the dates of the ‘Shahi Snan’ to
prevent a huge turnout of
devotees, as anticipated on those
auspicious dates. During the
course of the hearing, the
additional advocate general
representing the state
government submitted that the
government has already issued
guidelines to be followed by the
devotees who come to the Magh
Mela. He further submitted that a
separate Prayagraj Mela
Authority has been set up to
monitor all the arrangements and
check the rush of people at one
place. He further submitted that
to advise people to take all
precautions and not to create a
rush at Mela areas, they will
issue public notices by different
means of communication
apprising the devotees and the
prospective devotees about the
restrictions and guidelines
issued by the government for the
purpose. The court on the stand
taken by counsel for the state
govt disposed of the petition.
—First India Bureau
HINDU YUVA VAHINI GETS GOING
Gorakhpur: The Hin-
du Yuva Vahini (HYV),
which was formed near-
ly two decades ago to
spread the message of
nationalism among
youths but was almost
dormant for the past
few years, has become
active again to canvass
for its founder Yogi Adi-
tyanath in the Uttar
Pradesh polls.
After the BJP de-
clared Adityanath’s
candidature from the
Gorakhpur Urban con-
stituency, members of
the youth organisation
got into action, and
have been fanning out
up to booth level to gar-
ner support for him.
Working in coordina-
tion with local BJP
leaders, Vahini mem-
bers have been using
social media too to
highlight the develop-
ment works of the gov-
ernment under “Maha-
raj ji” (as it refers to
Yogi Adityanath).
The organisation
that came into exist-
ence in 2002 had quickly
gained prominence,
particular in Gorakh-
pur, with a large num-
ber of youths becoming
its part. Adityanath had
formed the Vahini after
falling out with the BJP.
The outfit has served
as a power machine for
Adityanath to influence
poll outcomes in the as-
sembly constituencies
in the district.
Adityanath had en-
sured the victory of in-
cumbent MLA Radha
Mohan Das Agarwal in
his maiden electoral
battle as a candidate of
Akhil Bharat Hindu
Mahasabha in 2002
from the Gorakhpur Ur-
ban constituency
against the BJP’s Shiv
Pratap Shukla, pres-
ently a minister of state
in the union cabinet. It
also played a vital role
in Adityanath’s victory
in parliamentary elec-
tions from Gorakhpur
five times since 1998.
The HYV describes it-
self as “a fierce cultural
and social organisation
dedicated to Hindutva
and nationalism”.
Alongside cow pro-
tection, its stated objec-
tives are complete abol-
ishment of the differen-
tiation between toucha-
ble-untouchable and
high-low, promote the
harmonious develop-
ment of society”.
Over the years, the
group has found itself
embroiled in multiple
controversies. In June
2017, its three members
were arrested on allega-
tions of rape and
thrashing a police of-
ficer in Bareilly
. In May
the same year, its mem-
bers were also allegedly
involved in lynching of
a Muslim man in Bu-
landshahr for helping a
Hindu girl elope.
Some of its members
also allegedly thrashed
a Muslim couple in a
courtroom on the suspi-
cion of love jihad’ -- a
term used by some to
refer to interfaith mar-
riage between a Muslim
man and Hindu girl -- in
Baghpat in 2018. Voting
in the constituency
number 322 (Gorakh-
pur Urban) is scheduled
in the sixth phase on
March 3. —PTI
With Yogi Adityanath in fray from Gorakhpur, Hindu
Yuva Vahini gets active again to campaign for its founder
Yogi is contesting the polls for the first time from Gorakhpur
Urban, where Vahini members have fanned out to all booths
1 2
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
FOCUSED MORE ON SOCIAL WORK
3 candidates of BJP, 3 of SP file nominations
Kanpur: For the third
phase of voting in UP
elections, the process of
nomination of candi-
dates has commenced
in Kanpur surround-
ing districts. On the
first day, SP candidates
filed their nominations
from Bithoor, while on
the next day, Industrial
Development Minister
Satish Mahana filed
nominations from the
Maharajpur assembly
seat in ACM-5 court in
Collectorate premises.
Apart from them, BJP
and SP candidates also
filed nominations from
Govind Nagar, Arya Na-
gar, Ghatampur, Kaly-
anpur assembly seats.
He already registered
success on this seat in
the 2012 and 2017 elec-
tions. BSP has fielded
Suryapal Singh Chau-
han from the Mahara-
jpur assembly seat, Con-
gress has fielded Kan-
ishk Pandey but SP has
yet not declared its can-
didate.SPcandidateSat-
ish Nigam from the
Kalyanpur seat Bhag-
watiSagar,SPcandidate
from Ghatampur seat
have also filed their
nominations.
In 2012, Satish Nigam
won the Kalyanpur seat
by defeating former
minister Premlata Kati-
yar whereas in 2017 he
lost the election to his
daughter BJP candidate
Neelima Katiyar. Mean-
while, Bhagwati Sagar,
who was an MLA from
Bilhaur, left the BJP
joined SP this time and
has been fielded from
the Ghatpur seat. BJP’s
SureshAwasthihasfiled
a nomination from the
Aryanagar seat. Earlier
Awasthi had contested
from Sisamau seat on
BJP ticket but lost to Ir-
fan Solanki of SP
.
Satish Mahana from BJP
Surendra Maithani from BJP Satish Nigam from SP Bhagwati Sagar from SP
Suresh Awasthi from BJP Munindra Shukla from SP
BSP’s Baghel openly flouts EC rules
Agra: In Etmadpur
Vidhan Sabha’s seat,
BSP candidate Prabal
Pratap Singh alias
Rakesh Baghel has
nothing to do with the
Election Commis-
sion’s rules on rallies
or with the model
code of conduct.
Baghel is so confi-
dent of his victory
that he has not only
declared himself as
MLA before the re-
sults and has started
putting up posters
with his name writ-
ten as MLA. Not only
this, Baghel’s convoy
is violating the Elec-
tion Commission’s
rules on holding pub-
lic rallies. A convoy
with hundreds of peo-
ple always goes along
with Baghel. Most of
the people in the con-
voy also neither wear
masks nor follow so-
cial distancing.
In its order, the
Election Commission
has clearly said that
no candidate will car-
ry more than 10 people
along at a time during
public programmes.
But here the situation
is the opposite; during
public programmes,
hundreds of people
are mobilised and
gathered at one place
by the BSP candidate.
Rakesh Baghel
EC has said no
candidate will
carry more than
10 people in
public events
COPS DEPLOYED FOR MY SECURITY ARE GOVT
INFORMERS,SAYS AZAM’S SON ABDULLAH
Rampur: Abdullah
Azam, a former mem-
ber of legislative assem-
bly (MLA) from Swar
and son of Samajwadi
Party (SP) member of
parliament from Ram-
pur Azam Khan, has
courted a new contro-
versy, alleging that the
policemen deployed in
his security are actually
government informers
and and he relies only
on God for his security
.
Speaking to the me-
dia, Azam said, “The
security personnel is
posted for my recce by
the government. There
is no debate about my
election, rather there is
a discussion about my
nomination. My nomi-
nation is in front of the
Returning Officer and
we all should wait for
his decision. My oppo-
nents should contest
the election firmly and
if I am wrong, they
should defeat me. They
have officers 2 gov-
ernments.” Azam feels
his nomination may be
rejected. His mother
Azam Khan’s wife Ta-
zin Fatma has also filed
nomination as an inde-
pendent candidate from
the Swar assembly seat.
BJP ally Apna Dal (S)
gave a ticket to Haider
Ali Khan, son of Nawab
Kazim Ali Khan of
Rampur who is the lone
Muslim candidate field-
ed by the NDA in UP as-
sembly elections so far,
whereas there will be a
contest between Azam
Khan Kazim Ali for
the Rampur seat. The
feud between the
Nawab and the Azam
family has been going
on for quite some time.
Abdullah Azam Khan
POLLING PHASES
CRIME ROUNDUP
THREE HELD FOR MURDER OF
E-RICKSHAW DRIVER IN KANPUR
STF NABS NOTORIOUS MISCREANT
3 DIE IN ROAD MISHAP IN RAEBARELI
Kanpur: Police have arrested three accused
of the murder of a e rickshaw driver in the
Rail Bazar area. Police sources here said that
Mohammad Shafeeq alias Mote was missing
since January 22 and based on the complaint
of his mother that was filed the day after, police
started investigating the case. On January 24,
a dead body of missing Shafeeq was found
near 10 number canteen in the Cantonment
area. During investigation, it was revealed that
the victim Shafeeq was in wood business with
Naseem, Zameel and a few others. When police
interrogated both suspects, they told Shafeeq
was murdered over an old rivalry. Police have
arrested all the three accused and they have
confessed to their crime.
Lucknow: Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a noto-
rious miscreant who burgled several people after pos-
ing as Officer on Special Duty at different government
departments. STF sources said acting on a tip-off STF
team held Ajay Kumar Mishra, a native of Amethi dis-
trict, presently residing in Jharkhand, for several fraud
charges. Several identity documents, mobile phones,
and ATM cards were recovered. Over 10 criminal cases
under fraud charges are registered against him.
Raebareli: 3 lost their lives 1 was injured when a
speeding car rammed into a roadside tree near Barwali-
ya village at Bachhrawan-Lalganj road. Police sources
said that Kamran alias Chashmi (32), resident of Abu
Nagar colony in Fatehgarh district, was going for medi-
cal treatment of his mother Zia Khurshid (70) along with
his brother Asif (45) and relative Arshad (32) when their
car rammed into a roadside tree near Barwaliya village.

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