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BUILDING OF A SHOWDOWN
s the executive
and judiciary
heading for a
s h o w d o w n ?
Both sides have
exchanged harsh words on
the process to be adopted
for appointment of judges.
The Centre argues that the
collegiumsystemisopaque
and “alien to the Constitu-
tion”, while the Supreme
Court’s argument is that
the National Judicial Ap-
pointments Commission
Act, which the government
wants implemented, was
struck down by a majority
verdict of a Constitution
bench hence was not rele-
vant. The Centre appears
in no mood to follow that
verdict.
Law Minister Kiren Riji-
ju, who has been critical of
the collegium system for
appointment of judges,
firedthefirstsalvoafterthe
Supreme Court blamed the
Centre for sitting over
names recommended by
the collegium. “The Centre
is frustrating the appoint-
ment process of judges in
higher judiciary by not
clearing names recom-
mended by its collegium”.
Warning the Centre to re-
solve the issue and “not
force it to take decision on
the judicial side”. Rijiju’s
response further irked the
court. Rijiju said, “Never
say that the government is
sitting on the files, then
don’t send the files to the
government, you appoint
yourself,youruntheshow.”
The exchange did not
stop here. Justice SK Kaul
of the Supreme Court re-
torted, “Let them give the
power. We have no diffi-
culty…when somebody
high enough says let them
do it themselves, we will do
it ourselves, no difficulty”.
On Monday Justices Kaul
and AS Oka urged the gov-
ernment’s law officers to
ensure that the law laid
down by the apex court for
judges’ appointment is fol-
lowed. This may not be the
end of the story
.
I
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For whatever things were written before
were written for our learning, that we
through the patience and comfort of the
Scriptures might have hope. —Bible
he Supreme Court last
week had questioned the
“haste” and “tearing hur-
ry” in appointing Arun
Goel as Election Commis-
sioner. The Centre had ve-
hemently resisted the ob-
servations, with the attor-
ney general asking the
court to “hold its mouth”
for a while and look into
the issue in entirety
.
At the outset, a five-
judge Constitution bench
headed by Justice K M Jo-
seph perused the Centre’s
original file pertaining to
Goel’s appointment as EC,
and said, “What kind of
evaluation is this? Al-
though, we are not ques-
tioning the merits of Arun
Goel’s credentials but the
process.”
As the bench questioned
the “lightning speed” with
which Goel was appointed
as Election Commissioner
andalsothathisfiledidnot
even move within depart-
mentsfor24hours,theCen-
tre through Attorney Gen-
eral Venkataramani vehe-
mentlyurgedthebenchnot
to make observations with-
out looking into the entire
issue pertaining to the ap-
pointment process.
During the hearing, law-
yer Prashant Bhushan
tried to make submissions
before the bench while the
Attorney General was
speaking. “Please hold
your mouth for a while,”
the top-most law officer
had told Bhushan.
The Supreme Court re-
served its verdict on a
batch of pleas seeking a
collegium-like system for
the appointment of ECs
and the Chief Election
Commissioner and asked
the parties to file written
submission in five days.
Justice Ajay Rastogi,
who is also a part of the
bench, told Venkatarama-
ni, “You have to listen to
the court carefully and an-
swer the questions. We are
not on individual candi-
dates but on the process.”
The Attorney General
said he is bound to answer
the questions of the court.
The Supreme Court said
the 1985-batch IAS officer
got voluntary retirement
from service in a single
day, his file was cleared by
the Law Ministry in a sin-
gle day, a panel of four
names were put up before
the Prime Minister and
Goel’s name got the nod
from the President within
24 hours.
The bench, which also
comprised Justices Anir-
uddha Bose, Hrishikesh
Roy and CT Ravikumar,
said none of the four
names in the panel were
“carefully hand-picked”
by the law minister so that
they could complete a six-
year tenure.
Venkataramani said
that there is a mechanism
and criteria for selection
and there cannot be a sce-
nario where the govern-
ment has to look back at
everyofficers’ trackrecord
and ensure that he com-
pletes a six-year tenure.
Under the Election Com-
mission(Conditionsof Ser-
vice of Election Commis-
sionersandTransactionof
Business) Act, 1991, an
Election Commissioner
can have a tenure of six
years or up to the age of 65,
whicheverisearlier.Speak-
ingonArunGoel’sappoint-
ment, the Attorney Gener-
al said his profile is impor-
tant and not the voluntary
retirement matter which is
being made an issue.
The bench said the 1991
Act says that the Election
Commissioner’s tenure is
of six years and the gov-
ernment has to ensure that
the person who holds the
post completes the stipu-
lated period. The Apex
Court said it is “strug-
gling” to find the reasons
and objects on how the law
minister selected a panel
of four names who were
not going to complete the
stipulated six-year tenure.
OnlastWednesday
,Arun
Goel’s appointment as an
Election Commissioner
cameunderthescrutinyby
the top court which had
sought from the Centre the
originalrecordspertaining
to his appointment for pe-
rusal, saying it wanted to
know whether there was
any “hanky panky”.
The Apex Court, which
had rejected the Centre’s
objections to its order for
producing the original file,
had said it wanted to know
whether everything was
“hunky dory” in the ap-
pointment process as
claimedbythegovernment.
On November 19, Arun
Goel, a Punjab cadre IAS
officer, was appointed as
election commissioner.
Goel would be in line to be
the next CEC after incum-
bent Rajiv Kumar demits
office in February 2025.
His total tenure in the
Election Commission
would be over five years.
He will join Rajiv Ku-
mar and Election Commis-
sioner Anup Chandra Pan-
dey on the poll panel. Arun
Goel was the secretary in
the Ministry of Heavy In-
dustries till recently and
his voluntary retirement
came into effect on No-
vember 18. He has also
served in the Union cul-
ture ministry
.
The bench said since
1990, voices have been
raised from various quar-
ters and once, veteran BJP
leader LK Advani had
written for a collegium-
like system for constitu-
tional bodies, including
election commissioners.
The top court also termed
the exploitation of the “si-
lence of the Constitution”
and the absence of a law
governing the appoint-
ments of ECs and CECs a
“disturbing trend”.
ThecourtflaggedArticle
324 of the Constitution,
which talks about the ap-
pointment of election com-
missioners,andsaiditdoes
not provide the procedure
for such appointments.
Moreover, the article had
envisaged the enactment
of a law by Parliament in
this regard, which has not
been done in the last 72
years. The court also noted
that since 2004, no CEC has
completed his six-year ten-
ure and during the 10-year
rule of the UPA govern-
ment, there were six CECs
and in the eight years of
the NDA government,
therehavebeeneightCECs.
On November 17, the
Centre had vehemently
opposed a batch of pleas
seeking a collegium-like
system for the selection of
CECs and ECs, contending
that any such attempt will
amount to amending the
Constitution.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
NEW EC APPOINTMENT: SC ASKS CENTRE
WHY THE ‘HASTE’ & ‘LIGHTNING SPEED’
T
Top Court last week
had questioned the
“haste” and “tearing
hurry” in appointing
Arun Goel as
Election
Commissioner. Centre
had vehemently resisted
the observations, with
the attorney general
asking the court to
“hold its mouth” for
a while and look into
the issue in entirety.
Bench, which also
comprised Justices
Aniruddha, Hrishikesh
Roy and CT Ravikumar,
said none of 4 names
in panel were
“carefully hand-
picked” by law min
so that they could
complete 6-year
tenure
APEX COURT OBJECTS TO LAW MINISTER
RIJIJU’S REMARKS ON COLLEGIUM SYSTEM
Apex Court bench of SK Kaul and Abhay S Oka objected to Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju’s remarks that the government is not sitting on files recommending
the appointment or transfer of judges. “Never say that the government is sitting on
the files. Then don’t send the files to the govern-
ment, you appoint yourself, you run the show then,”
Rijiju had said. Justice Kaul said on Monday, “When
someone high enough says that..it should not have
happened…Mr [attorney general] I have ignored all
press reports, but this has come from somebody
high enough also. With an interview… I am not
saying anything else…” The judge, who is junior
only to CJI in seniority, asked AG R Venkataramani
to “resolve” the issue, according to Bar and Bench,
adding, “Don’t make us take a judicial decision [to ensure that files are cleared].”
Over the past few months, Rijiju has taken repeated swipes at the collegium system.
ARTICLE 324 OF THE
CONSTITUTION TALKS
ABOUT APPT OF ECs
Supreme court flagged Article 324 of the
Constitution, which talks about the ap-
pointment of election commissioners, and
said it does not provide the procedure for
such appointments. Moreover, the article had
envisaged the enactment of a law by Parlia-
ment in this regard, which has not been done
in the last 72 years. The court also noted that
since 2004, no Chief Election Commissioner
has completed his six-year tenure and during
the 10-year rule of the UPA government, there
were six Chief Election Commissioners and in
the eight years of the NDA government, there
have been 8 Chief Election Commissioners.
Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp
Even though the Prime Minister
@narendramodi’s government
is giving money for houses
in the housing scheme, West
Odisha has been neglected in
the allocation of houses. The
Modi government has provided
toilets in Swachh Bharat Yojana, money to farmers
in Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana, piped water to
every house, and gas in Jwarja Yojana.
TOP TWEETS
Bhupender Yadav @byadavbjp
Met with Karnataka Chief
Minister Shri @BSBommai
ji today. We spoke in
detail about several issues
concerning the sustainable
development of the state.
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LAW MINISTER KIREN
RIJIJU, WHO HAS BEEN
CRITICAL OF THE
COLLEGIUM SYSTEM
FOR APPOINTMENT OF
JUDGES, FIRED THE
FIRST SALVO AFTER
THE SUPREME COURT
BLAMED THE CENTRE
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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Tata Sons
and SIA on Tuesday an-
nounced that they will
merge Vistara into Air
India, with a target to
complete the process by
March 2024 subject to
regulatory approvals.
Tata Sons will hold
74.9% stake in the AI-
Vistara-AI Express-Ai-
rAsia India Pvt Ltd
(AAIPL) combined enti-
ty and SIA remaining
25.1% stake. Based on
SIA’s 25.1% stake post-
completion, its share of
any additional capital
injection could be up to
$615 mn, payable after
completion of merger.
 Tatas and Singapore Airlines agree to
merge Vistara Air India by March 2024
 25.1 per cent stake for the Singapore
Airlines (SIA) in “new Air India (AI)”
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
 SIA to invest $250
million after integration
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 The valuation of the
new Air India is more
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 AAIPL and Vistara
airlines both did carriers
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38 international and 52
domestic destinations
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your future: Vistara CEO
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GILON, ISRAEL’S
AMBASSADOR TO
INDIA APOLOGISES
Israel’s ambassador to
India on Tuesday publicly
denounced a filmmaker
from his
country
who called
‘The Kash-
mir Files’ a
“propa-
ganda”
and “vulgar movie”.
Envoy Naor Gilon apolo-
gized to India in an “open
letter” on Twitter, a day
after filmmaker Nadav
Lapid slammed movie at
the closing ceremony of
the festival on Monday.
Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid
The merger of Vistara
and Air India is an im-
portant milestone in our
journey to make
Air India a truly
world-class airline.
We are transform-
ing Air India, with
the aim of provid-
ing great customer
experience, every
time, for every customer.
—N Chandrasekaran,
Tata Sons chairman
Tata Sons is one of the most
established and respected
names in India. With this
merger, we have an
opportunity to deepen
our relationship with
Tata and participate
directly in an exciting
new growth phase in
India’s aviation market
and restore AI to its
position as a leading airline on the
global stage.
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Sanctions-hit Russia looks
at India for key products
Moscow: Moscow has
sent India a list of over
500 products for po-
tential delivery in-
cluding parts for
cars, aircraft and
trains, four sourc-
es familiar with
matter said, as sanctions
squeeze Russia’s ability
to keep vital industries
running. India is keen to
boost trade in this way,
said the source, as
it tries to narrow a
ballooning trade
deficit with Russia.
Firms have ex-
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however, about poten-
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Western sanctions.
Pramod Raghavan
Bengaluru: It seems
that trouble is brewing
in Kerala Congress
and ‘
ALLISNOTWELL’
in the state unit as the
KC Venugopal and
Shashi Tharoor camps
have reportedly come
face to face. Former Ker-
ala Congress President
Muraleedharan said on
Tuesday that those
dreaming of becoming
Kerala CM are the same
people that are engaged
in opposing Tharoor.
“Opponents were also
behind the cancellation
of the Kozhikode Youth
Congress program,” he
claimed. There was
rhetoric regarding
Kozhikode, Malabar
and Malappuram phase
of yatra and now Kerala
Congress sources have
revealed that KC’s name
is in CM race in case of
formation of govt.
But on the other hand,
Tharoor’s stature has in-
creased after the Con-
gress president election.
“Tharoorhadperformed
well in elections even
without any support. A
large part of Kerala
YouthCongressalsosup-
ported Tharoor,”sources
said. Notably
, disturbed
by the news of rebellion,
Shashi Tharoor made it
clear that he has no in-
tentiontoformanyparty
.
“IwillworkforCongress,
and have no intention to
formanyotherparty
.But
at whose behest the
Kozhikode program was
cancelled should be
probed,” he said. Mean-
while, on Tuesday
, KC
reachedJaipurtoresolve
the issue of Rajasthan.
High command’s plain talk
gets Gehlot-Pilot in solidarity!
Naresh Sharma and
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: On Tuesday,
senior Congress leaders
Ashok Gehlot, KC Venu-
gopal, Sachin Pilot and
Govind Singh Dotasra
held a closed door meet-
ing to prepare for the
Bharat Jodo Yatra. Af-
ter the meeting, Gehlot
and Pilot were called by
KC and taken to a sepa-
rate room wherein a dis-
cussion took place be-
tween four leaders for
about 30 minutes KC
delivered message from
high command. After
this KC gave some in-
structions to Dotasra
and came out in front of
media directly from a
separate room. The in-
structions of the closed
room were clearly visi-
ble in front of the media
and Gehlot and Pilot
clicked a picture of “sol-
idarity”. KC was tasked
with ending the differ-
ences before Yatra and
with his message in war
room, a message of stay-
ing united went across
the party organization
in state. Thereafter KC
gave a detailed brief of
the entire episode to Ra-
hul and shared a picture
of the ‘unity’ with him.
Rahul asked KC to con-
vey to both Gehlot-Pilot
to campaign together in
Sardarshahar bypoll for
which First India had
given clear hint.
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WE ARE BOTH ASSETS TO PARTY: CM
GEHLOT AFTER RAHUL’S REMARKS ON
RAJASTHAN POWER TUSSLE
Jaipur: A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called
both Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy
Sachin Pilot assets to the party, the CM on Tuesday sug-
gested that the matter rests there. “When Rahul Gandhi
has said that our leaders are assets then we are assets...
where is the dispute then,” Gehlot said when asked about
the former party president’s observation. Gehlot’s remarks
were in sharp contrast to the interview he gave last week
to NDTV, calling Pilot, with whom he is caught in a tussle
for power, a “traitor”. Asked to comment, Gandhi had told
reporters in Indore on Monday that both leaders were
assets to the party. “This is the beauty of our party that
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KC Venugopal
Shashi Tharoor
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
paid a courtesy
visit to Honourable
Governor of Gujarat,
Acharya Devvrat at
Raj Bhavan Gujarat,
in Gandhinagar on
Tuesday evening.
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AFTER CYBER ATTACK
New Delhi: The All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) in
New Delhi confirmed on
Tuesday that the e-hospital
data has been restored
after seven days. It was
feared that the personal
data of three to four crore
patients were at stake
owing to the cyber attack.
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The National
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The office will cover
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RAJASTHAN
04
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: A senior IAS
officer, Sudhansh Pant
would finally be re-
lieved from Rajasthan
today and would head
to Delhi as on Decem-
ber 1, he has to take
charge of a new respon-
sibility in the Ministry
of Ports, Shipping and
Waterways. This will
also be a new record in
the state bureaucracy
.
It is for the first time
in the past two decades
that an IAS from Ra-
jasthan cadre is going
to serve directly as Sec-
retary without serving
as Additional Secre-
tary. A 1991 batch IAS,
Pant had served from
September 2014 to Feb-
ruary 2019, as Joint Sec-
retary in the Union
Government. After
this, as a special case,
he again went on depu-
tation to the Centre
from March 2020 to De-
cember 2020. He wanted
to continue at the Cen-
tre, but the State Gov-
ernment, inspite of giv-
ing him the NOC, gave
him the high chair of
ACS and called him
back, even though the
Central Government
did not want Pant to re-
turn to the State.
After this, he got em-
panelled for the post of
Additional Secretary at
the Centre and he could
have immediately head-
ed to the Centre on this
post, but the State Gov-
ernment delayed hand-
ing him the NOC and
his batch mates became
Additional Secretary at
the Centre.
Pant was picked up
last month when the
Central Government
started appointing
1991 batch IAS as Sec-
retary, But perhaps
what is more impor-
tant is the fact that
even though there was
no post vacant, yet con-
sidering him as a spe-
cial case, Pant was pro-
moted to Secretary in
advance, which speaks
volume of his need at
the Centre.
The second most no-
table point is that last
month the one and half
dozen IAS, who were
promoted have all been
promoted from Addi-
tional Secretary rank,
who were already work-
ing in Delhi. Pant is the
only IAS, who has been
called to Delhi from
Jaipur and this has
been possible because
Pant is an outstanding
officer. He has an image
of a meritorious, bril-
liant, hard working and
result -oriented officer.
The Union Government
realised that potential
in Pant and thus, when
the situation demand-
ed, he was picked up
without delay. In reali-
ty, Pant is actually a
‘Delhi material’ bu-
reaucracy, but for some
strange reason, he has
not been able to get rec-
ognition in his home
state and his past 23
months in Jaipur have
been a difficult service
period for him.
There are still 5 years
left in Pant’s retire-
ment and he may not
return to Rajasthan.
But he will definitely
raise Rajasthan’s ban-
ner higher in the Cen-
tre while carrying out
major responsibilities.
Sudhansh Pant heads to Delhi to raise Rajasthan’s banner!
CARVING A NICHE
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It is for the first
time in the past
two decades
that an IAS from
Rajasthan cadre
is going to serve
directly as Sec-
retary without
serving as Addl
Secretary
JAIPUR AIRPORT TO WITNESS
INCREASE IN FLIGHT OPERATIONS
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Jaipur Interna-
tional Airport will see
an increase in flight op-
erations from Decem-
ber. At present, on an
average 52 flights oper-
ate daily from Jaipur
airport and the number
is likely to be 54 next
month onwards. How-
ever, despite airlines
planning to increase
the number of flights, it
would still be less than
last year. Last year, in
November, an average
of 58 flights were oper-
ating daily. Maximum
11 flights will operate
daily from December to
Mumbai. Apart from
this, 10 flights will oper-
ate daily for New Delhi.
Flights will run for the
18 domestic cities that
are currently running
next month as well.
However, there will be
improvement in the air
connectivity of New
Delhi, Udaipur and
Jaisalmer from Dec.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: In the case
of ATM uprooting
in the Shikargarh’s
mini market, police
reached the spot and
started the investiga-
tion at midnight. The
people around are be-
ing investigated, on
the basis of the CCTV
footage.
On the basis of old
crime incidents, ef-
forts are being made
by the police to resolve
this incident as well.
This is a matter of the
Airport police station
area, where the police
team is engaged in the
investigation. Apart
from a driver, six gang
members have execut-
ed the incident of up-
rooting the ATM. The
incident happened
late at night around
1.40 am. Since Monday
night police officers
have been trying hard
to find any clue of the
miscreants.
FLIGHTS TO START FROM NEXT MONTH
‘Reply before Dec
6 in matter of
elections in HC’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A division
bench of Rajasthan HC
has instructed all par-
ties to reply before De-
cember 6 in the matter
of elections in the high
court bar and other bar
associations.
Single bench had
stayed the order of BCI
on October 11. BCI had
banned the election of
bar associations on Oct
3. Advocate AK Jain has
filed an appeal on be-
half of BCI. Being the
supreme body, it is the
responsibility to ensure
compliance of the or-
ders of the Supreme
Court.
BCI said in appeal
that the HC bar associa-
tion is not an independ-
ent entity
. A
Bharat Jodo Yatra
will be a historic: Pilot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former deputy
chief ministerSachinPi-
lot on Tuesday said that
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat
Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan
willbeaverymemorable
and historic yatra.
He said that people
from all walks of life
will join this yatra
apart from the workers
and leaders of the party
.
“This is going to be a
historic yatra in the
state,” he told reporters
at PCC’s war room.
On the other hand, Pi-
lotreachedtheresidence
of hispersonalassistant
Nathu Singh (Nangal
Tej Singh, Jamwaram-
garh) and paid tribute
to his mother Bhuli
Devi. He expressed con-
dolences to the bereaved
family members.
Sachin Pilot attends the wedding of Harsh Gupta in Kishangarh in
Ajmer on Tuesday.
HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON
Jodhpur: ATM uprooted and taken away
Bikaner (PTI): An elderly man was burnt alive when
a market caught fire in Bikaner district, police said on
Tuesday. The fire broke out around 10 pm on Mon-
day and, soon, it engulfed
the market, which had nearly
22 temporary shops of wool-
en clothes. A 55-year-old
man, Ramjan, who also had
a shop there, got trapped
and burnt alive, Kotgate
police station inspector Pradeep Singh said. He said
Ramjan was sleeping in the shop. Other shopkeepers
managed to escape when the fire broke out, but he
could not, he said. Fire brigades from the army were
also pressed into service to control the fire, he said.
Jaipur: Veterinarians from across the state gathered
in Jaipur and staged a sit-in at the Martyr’s Memorial
over the 11-point demand letter on Tuesday. They
have demanded the state government to give them
pay scale equivalent to that of regular doctors or
dentists. They raised slogans and demanded filling
of vacant posts and removal of pay scale anoma-
lies. Equal pay as that of regular doctors for senior
veterinary officers and higher positions. Demand for
dynamic assured career progression acceptance on
a par with regular doctors. Non-practicing allowance
should be approved for veterinarians. 3 advance
increments should be approved for PG degree holder
veterinarians. —Kashiram Choudhary
CLOTHING MARKET BURNT TO ASHES,
SHOPKEEPER BURNT ALIVE IN BIKANER
RAJ VETS PROTEST IN JAIPUR, SEEK
PAY PARITY WITH REGULAR DOCS
POLICEMEN TO
GET WEEKLY OFFS
IN THE STATE
TWO KILLED IN A
CAR ACCIDENT, 3
INJURED IN KOTA
Jaipur: Policemen
working in police
stations will start
getting weekly offs in
the state. The initia-
tive is being taken
from Ajmer as a pilot
project and it will be
implemented across
the state from next
month. Barring officer
class, other policemen
will get weekly off.
Gegal police station
Ajmer was selected for
the pilot project. The
pilot project will be
reviewed on Monday.
Kota: Two persons
died after an uncon-
trolled car rammed
into a Matador late
Monday night in Deoli
Manjhi police station
area of Kota Rural.
According to the in-
formation, there were
5 people including the
driver in the car, out of
which 2 people died.
While three people
including the driver are
seriously injured. The
collision was so in-
tense that the car was
completely shattered.
NEWS DIGEST ATM ROBBED IN JUST 10 SECONDS
ATM uprooted in the Shikargarh’s mini market in Jodhpur.
Sudhansh Pant
Judicial
employees to
boycott work
in lower
courts today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Judicial
employees will
boycott work in all
the subordinate
courts of the state
today in a case re-
lated to the self-
immolation of an
employee from the
fraternity
. State
President of the
union Surendra
Narayan Joshi on
Tuesday an-
nounced this in
Jaipur. He ex-
pressed displeas-
ure over the “stub-
bornness” of the
High Court admin-
istration in the
Sangarsh Samiti
meeting.
Judicial employ-
ees in Jaipur are
on mass leave from
November 18. A
common date is be-
ing given in all
courts due to the
lack of employees.
President Badrilal
Chaudhary said,
“The movement
will continue until
our demands are
not accepted.” The
demands include
FIR regarding the
suspicious death
of the assistant
worker, compensa-
tion of Rs 50 lakh,
appointment on
compassionate
grounds, ban on
practising at
homes and others.
DGP reviews security
arrangements for
Bharat Jodo Yatra
Shivendra Singh Parmar
Kota: DGP Umesh
Mishra reached Kota
on Tuesday to strength-
en the security arrange-
ments for Rahul Gan-
dhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra,
which will enter Hadoti
in the first week of De-
cember. The DGP held a
meeting with the four
SPs and police officers
of the Kota range.
Mishra took feedback
regarding the security
arrangements made on
the route of the Yatra.
About 3000 policemen
will be deployed during
the Yatra.
The DGP expressed
satisfaction over the re-
covery in cases in Kota
division. The DGP has
instructed the police to
stay away from land re-
lated disputes. In the
crime meeting, Kota
Range IG Prasanna
Khamesara, ADG San-
jeev Narjari along with
ADG VK Singh, Kota
Bundi Baran and Jhala-
war SPs, other offic-
ers of all four districts
were present.
For better policing,
DGP Umesh Mishra
gave a new the PPT
mantra to the police of-
ficers in Kota on Mon-
day.
State govt makes changes in
land compensation policy
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The state govt
has made major chang-
es in the compensation
policy to settle the land
compensation cases
pending for years
across the state.
The state govt issued
a detailed order on June
1, 2022, to curb the arbi-
trariness of the state’s
urban bodies in cases
of giving land in lieu of
land. In this order, a
policy has been decided
by the govt to bring
transparency in the dis-
posal of cases of giving
land as compensation
and to end the game of
pickandchoose. Ahigh-
level meeting was held
under the chairman-
ship of Urban Develop-
ment Minister Shanti
Dhariwal. First India
News aired this exclu-
sive news on Nov 18.
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NEW CHANGES IN THE EXISTING POLICY
BODY OF A MISSING CHILD FOUND IN
SWIMMING POOL IN JODHPUR
Jodhpur: The body of a missing child
was found in a swimming pool. The
deceased was missing for 24 hours
ago. The villagers and the police were
constantly trying to find the body of
the innocent in the swimming pool of
the hotel. The deceased was identified
as Swaroop Bheel. The body was
found at the hotel located on the sand
dunes, said DSP Noor Mohammad.

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RAJASTHAN
05
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Energy Min
Bhanwar Singh Bhati
on Tuesday reviewed
progress of various
schemes power cor-
porations’ works in-
cluding the power sup-
ply system, and release
of agricultural connec-
tions.
Bhati instructed the
officials to ensure un-
interrupted power sup-
ply to farmers and all
other consumers in the
Rabi season.
Reviewing the status
of the power supply,
Bhati directed that in
view of increasing
number of connections
and Rabi season in
coming months, ade-
quate availability of
electricity should be
provided.
He said that there
should be a proper cal-
culation of demand
and availability and
farmers and other con-
sumers should get an
adequate supply of
power.
Principal Government
Secretary Energy and
Chairman Discoms
Bhaskar A Sawant said
that special attention
should be given to qual-
ity while releasing ag-
ricultural connections.
All components should
be used and they
should also be exam-
ined.
Farmers should get proper supply: Bhati
POWER CORPORATION REVIEW MEET
Spar between BJP councillors
DrSomya,only9agendaspassed
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: In the meeting
of the Executive Com-
mittee held on Tuesday
at JMCG, discord was
visible between BJP
councillors chairper-
son. Councillors were
seen in two different
factions in the meeting.
One group supported
Deputy Mayor Puneet
Karnavat others May-
or Dr Somya. Karnavat
had a heated discussion
with the officials on sev-
eral issues. In the meet-
ing, which lasted for
about four hours, only
nine out of 31 agendas
could be passed.
Along with naming
road after former VP
Bhairon Singh Shekha-
wat, proposal to make
city free of open gar-
bage depots and ban the
rearing of dangerous
breed dogs in the city
was discussed.
Mayor Dr Somya gave
a befitting reply to the
opponents. She said, “If
public representatives
have to work in the cor-
poration, then all offic-
ers and employees will
have to go along with
them.”
“They have so much
authority that they are
free to take every deci-
sion,” she said.
In the meeting, there
was a tussle between
Deputy Mayor Puneet
Karnavat, Chairman
Ramesh Saini and
Councillor Dinesh Kan-
wat also argued.
Dr Somya, Puneet Karnavat, Ramesh Saini, Dinesh Kanwat and others during Executive Committee
meeting held on Tuesday at Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
JMCG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEET
Bhanwar Singh Bhati during the review meeting.
We have taken
the most im-
portant deci-
sion to make the city
garbage depot free. We
will make this happen
in the next few
months. Proposal of
foreign dogs of dan-
gerous breed including
Pitbull and Husky
has been passed.
—Dr Somya, JMCG Mayor
Minister cooks chapatis at
Khasa Kothi Indira Rasoi
Vikas Sharma
Japiur: Food and Civil
Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas after visiting the
Indira Rasoi on Khasa
Kothi Circle targeted
the Centre and said that
at a time when the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment is providing full
meal to the poor for a
mere Rs 8, the Narendra
Modi government is im-
posing tax on essential
food items like flour
and salt.
During his visit, he
inspected the food being
prepared in the kitchen
and encouraged the
workers there. The min-
ister also made rotis.
In a special conversa-
tion with First India,
Khachariyawas said
that the intention of the
Gehlot government is
that no one sleeps hun-
gry. “Indira Rasoi was
started with this aim.
Needy people in every
city are taking advan-
tage of Indira Rasoi.
The Centre should im-
plement the schemes of
Rajasthan so that a
good message is spread
across the country
.”
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
making Chapatis at Indira
Rasoi (inset) PSK during a
conversation with First India.
PSK said Modi govt
is imposing tax on
essential food items
like flour and salt
Gold worth `31.43 lakh seized
from a man at Jaipur airport
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Gold worth Rs
31.43 lakh has been
seized from a man at the
Jaipur airport, an offi-
cial said. The gold,
weighing 582.2 grams,
was concealed in an
emergency light by the
passenger, who arrived
from Dubai on Monday
night, a customs official
said. Gold valued at Rs
31,43,880 has been recov-
ered from the passenger,
who has been detained
and under interroga-
tion, the official added.
Three detained
from bordering
area in Barmer
Delhi court rejects
plea of Rohit Joshi
Now,buildingsupto10to15
mtrscanbebuilton750sqm
BJPwillretainpowerin
Guj in 2022: Poonia
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Border securi-
ty force on Tuesday
caught three people for
having suspicious in-
volvement in cross bor-
der activities. Later all 3
were handed over to po-
lice for further investi-
gation. Deepak Bhargav,
superintendent of po-
lice in Barmer con-
firmed the detainment
of all 3. However, police
did not disclose identity
and other details of ac-
cused saying that inves-
tigation is still pending.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A Court in Del-
hi on Tuesday rejected
the plea of Rohit Joshi,
son of minister Mahesh
Joshi, for leaving Delhi.
MM-6 Court dismissed
the petition. Actually,
Rohit was given condi-
tional bail in the rape
case with restriction on
him from leaving the
country and Delhi with-
out the permission of
the court.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Major changes
have been made in the
building bylaws in Ra-
jasthan . The state gov-
ernment issued orders
regarding the changes.
According to chang-
es, permission for the
construction of build-
ings can be extended
for years if construc-
tion is not done within
the stipulated period.
20 percent of the ap-
proval fee will have to
be paid for this. Chief
Town Planner level of-
ficers posted in devel-
opment corporations
will be able to author-
ised to issue clarifica-
tion or corrigendum
and for technical inter-
pretation of any provi-
sion of bylaws.
Another change was
made in context of
height of buildings.
Now tall buildings will
not be allowed on small
plots.Buildingsupto10
to 15 mtrs height can be
built on 750 sqm.
Earlier, ground plus
three floors were al-
lowed on 30-40 feet
wide roads. Height of
15 meter was allowed
on plot of 90 sq meter
on roads of 60 feet or
more but now con-
struction up to 10 me-
ter will be allowed. On
40-feet wide roads also,
height of construction
will be allowed up to 10
feet instead of earlier
12 metres.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP Rajasthan
president Satish Poonai
along with Gujarat CM
Bhupendra Patel ad-
dressed public meeting
in Gujarat’s Banaskan-
tha in support of party
candidates Aniket Tha-
kar and Praveen Mali.
Thakar and Praveen
Mali are contesting
from Palanpur and Dee-
sa constituencies re-
spectively
.
Poonia said that with
the hard work of work-
ers and the blessings of
the people, the BJP will
retain power in Gujarat
in 2022 and in Rajasthan
in 2023 with historic
margins. He said that
the BJP is going to make
a strong comeback.
CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWER SHOW
DGP Umesh Mishra, Rajeev Jain, RN Sharma, Dr Ram Avtar Sharma, Tamesh Panwar at
exhibition of chrysanthemum flowers at nursery in RU. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
HCquashesFIRagainstman
whoraped,impregnatedminor
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: In an impor-
tant decision, Ra-
jasthan HC has quashed
an FIR registered for
rape under POCSO Act.
The case was registered
against a 22-year-old
man who had a relation-
ship with a sixteen-
year-old girl because
of this a child was born.
HC said in its deci-
sion that the court is
neither in favor of sex-
ual relations with a mi-
nor nor does it allow
anyone to do so, but it is
a bitter truth that love
does not take into ac-
count any legal or so-
cial rules.
Uncontrollable emo-
tions in relationship
went so far that a child
was born and one of the
partners is a minor. Jus-
tice Dinesh Mehta said
the wcourt cannot re-
main a mute spectator
and if the case is pro-
ceeded further, the peti-
tionermaybesentenced
to ten years.
This will have a di-
rect impact on the fam-
ily of both as well as on
the child born after the
love affair. In view of all
these, the FIR lodged
against the petitioner is
quashed, he said. Minor
girl delivered a baby
boy in August this year,
she said in statement.
Satish Poonia addressing public meeting in Banaskantha.
14-year-old girl raped
in school premises
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A case of rape
of a 14-year-old girl by
an acquaintance has
come to light. The ac-
quaintance who came
with a friend had kid-
napped the minor from
the house. Taking the
minor to school prem-
ises, accused raped her
by threatening. His
friend stood guard out-
side school premises.
The victim’s mother
has lodged a report
againstboththeaccused
at Bhankrota police sta-
tion. The police have
startedtheinvestigation
aftergettingthevictim’s
medical done on Tues-
day afternoon. SHO
Shrimohan Meena said
that 14-year-old girl was
raped by an acquaint-
ance living in the colony
.
1 GETS LIFE TERM
UNDER POCSO
In Kota, the court sen-
tenced the accused to life.
The convict Jagdish was
sentenced for raping a
3-year-old boy. Jagdish
alias Bhuria is a resident
of Jhalawar. Special Public
Prosecutor Dhirendra
Chaudhary of POCSO Court
4 gave information on it.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

INDIA
06
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: After Mall-
ikarjun Kharge was ap-
pointed as Congress
President, an interest-
ing development hap-
pened. Sonia Gandhi
andRahulGandhifound
place in the steering
committee formed by
the new Congress Presi-
dent Mallikarjun
Kharge, but the ques-
tion is whether both will
attend the first meeting
of this committee or
not? After stepping
down from the post of
president, Sonia Gandhi
is completely away from
everyday political ac-
tivities. In a way
, she has
retired as her health is
also not very good.
Therefore it is possible
that she may not attend
the steering committee
meeting. When Rahul
Gandhi was the presi-
dent, it happened maybe
once in a while that Ra-
hul had held a working
committee meeting and
Sonia did not attend.
But barring a few excep-
tions in the last 24 years,
Sonia has held all the
meetings.
Rahul Gandhi defi-
nitely used to remain
absent from many meet-
ings. But that is a thing
of the past. Now he has
become a serious and
round the clock politi-
cian. But right now he is
undertaking the Bharat
Jodo Yatra and there is
no news that he will
leave the trip and come
to Delhi to attend the
steering committee
meeting. Although he
had come to Delhi for
Kharge’s oath taking
ceremony
. But there is
no news about coming
to Delhi for the steering
committee meeting. It is
possible that he may
join this meeting
through video confer-
encing facility
. But if
both Sonia and Rahul
are not in the meeting
then it will be a big deal
andthenthewholestage
will be in the hands of
Kharge. Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra will definitely
participate in the meet-
ing but she usually re-
mains silent in such
meetings. That’s why
there is a need to keep
an eye on the December
4 meeting.
Will Sonia-Rahul attend the Dec 4 steering committee meeting?
CHANGES IN CONGRESS
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi Mallikarjun Kharge. —FILE PHOTO
Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi find place in
steering committee formed by Kharge, now
question is, whether they will attend this?
Campaigning ends for first phase of Gujarat polls; Shah attacks Congress
First India Bureau
Kheda: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Tuesday alleged that
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi used to warn
people against taking
the Covid-19 vaccine
terming it `Modi vac-
cine’, but later got vac-
cinatedhimself secretly
.
Addressing a cam-
paign rally in poll-
bound Gujarat, he also
said that when he intro-
duced the bill for abro-
gating Article 370, op-
position leaders began
to shout like crows in
Parliament.
“When Congress
leaders were busy do-
ing politics during the
pandemic, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
worked hard to keep the
people of Gujarat safe,”
he added. Modi, as
chief minister, estab-
lished peace in Gujarat,
Shah said. “In Gujarat,
Congress did nothing
except making Hindus
and Muslims fight each
other. The BJP govern-
ment eliminated riots
in Gujarat. Such riots
benefit neither Hindus
nor Muslims. Such vio-
lence only hinders de-
velopment,” the Union
minister said.
Shah was speaking at
Thasra town in Kheda
district where voting
for the Gujarat Assem-
bly elections will be
held on December 5, in
the second phase.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah waves at his supporters while
addressing rally in Kapadvanj, Gujarat on Tuesday.
JP Nadda during the road show in Bhavnagar West on last day
of campaigning for the phase 1 Gujarat Elections on Tuesday.
Rahul gan-
dhi used to
warn people
against vaccine say-
ing do not take `Modi
vaccine’ and it could
harm you. But thank-
fully, no one takes him
seriously nowadays.
—Amit Shah,
Union Home Minister
NADDA: CONG,AAP LIKE QUAILS,WILL
FLY AWAY AFTER DESTROYING CROPS
Ahmedabad: BJP president J P Nadda on
Tuesday said the opposition Congress and
Aam Aadmi Party were like quails who destroy
standing crops and fly away. The BJP was here
to stay, he said at a rally in tribal-dominated
Devgadh Baria town of Dahod district where
voting will be held on December 5 in the sec-
ond phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections.
“Parties like AAP and Congress emerge during
the polls, and then disappear. The people of
Gujarat must not give opportunity to those
who seek votes by making misleading claims.
They are like quails. As soon as the crop gets
ready, quails come, and fly away after eating
away the entire crop,” said Nadda. Both Con-
gress and shed “crocodile tears” for tribals but
did nothing for them for 70 years, he alleged.
‘DOYOUHAVE100HEADS
LIKERAVAN?’,ASKSKHARGE
New Delhi (ANI): Days
after PM Narendra Modi
clapped back at a Con-
gress leader’s “aukat”
comment, the party’s
new chief Mallikarjun
Kharge has delivered a
new controversy for the
party
, just before the Gu-
jarat election, by target-
ing PM with a “Ravan”
reference.
The BJP has accused
Kharge of “insulting Gu-
jarat’s son” repeatedly
.
Kharge made the com-
mentswhileaddressinga
rally in Ahmedabad
ahead of polls next
month.“ModijiisPMbut
forgetting his work, he
keeps campaigning in
corporation elections,
MLA elections, MP elec-
tions, and everywhere
all the time he’s talking
about himself” Kharge
said. “How many times
do we see your face? How
manyformsdoyouhave?
Do you have 100 heads
likeRavan?”Khargesaid,
drawing laughter and ap-
plausefromhisaudience.
“Is Modi going to come
and work at municipali-
ty
,” Kharge asked.
MinisterThakurschoolsmedia
overreportingonterrorattacks
G-20: India plans mega 200
meetings across fifty cities
Earthquake of 2.5
magnitude jolts
Delhi, 3rd in 20 days
New Delhi (PTI): An
earthquake of magni-
tude 2.5 struck 8km west
of Delhi on Tuesday
night at 9.30pm, Nation-
al Center for Seismolo-
gy said. The quake
struck at a shallow
depth of 5km.
However, there were
no reports so far of any
injury or damage to
property
. Tremors were
felt across the national
Capital. This is at least
the third earthquake to
hitDelhiinthelastdays.
New Delhi (ANI): India
will be hosting over 200
meetings across the na-
tion in 50 cities as New
Delhi is set to assume
the Presidency of the
G20 for one year from
December 1, 2022, to No-
vember 30, 2023, accord-
ing to sources.
India will assume the
presidency of the
Group of 20 (G-20), the
alliance of 19 major
economies and the Eu-
ropean Union on De-
cember 1st of this year.
Asperthesources,the
meetings will take place
in less explored parts of
country at very exotic
locations of India.
PM Modi’s vision is
to connect all districts
and blocks with G-20 so
that the message will
reachtomassesthrough
Jan Bhagidari initia-
tives. India will also
light up 100 monuments
on Dece 1st with the
G-20 logo as the country
officially takes the pres-
idency of the grouping.
New Delhi (PTI): Infor-
mation and Broadcast-
ing Minister Anurag
Thakur on Tuesday ad-
vised caution while live
reportingterrorattacks,
saying it should not pro-
vide clues to attackers
and their ill motives.
“Media needs to re-
port with responsibility
in the case of earth-
quakes, fire and more
importantly terrorist
attacks. Media must en-
sure that any live re-
porting in case of ter-
rorist attack should not
provide clues to the at-
tackers and their ill mo-
tives,” Thakur said
while addressing the
Asia-Pacific Broadcast-
ing Union (ABU) Gen-
eral Assembly here.
While the speed with
which information is
transmitted is impor-
tant, accuracy is even
more important and
should be primary in
the minds of communi-
cators,Thakursaid.The
Union minister said
maintaining public
trust should be the high-
est guiding principle for
responsible media or-
ganisations. Thakur
also credited the media
for coming to the aid of
those stuck at home dur-
ing the COVID-19 pan-
demic, saying it con-
nected people with the
outside world.
IN THE
COURTYARD
DRAMA ERUPTS AS
COPS DETAIN YS
SHARMILA IN HYD
ON 7th DAY OF BJY IN
MP, RAGA REACHES
MAHAKALESHWAR
WOMEN SQUAD OF BSF SHOOTS DOWN
DRONE ALONG INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER
NIA RAIDS 20 PLACES
AFTER INFO GIVEN BY
LAWRENCE BISHNOI
Hyderabad: Hyderabad
Police on Tuesday eve-
ning arrested YSR Tel-
angana Party chief and
Andhra Pradesh CM YS
Jagan Mohan Reddy’s
sister YS Sharmila
along with her six as-
sociates in connection
with a protest outside
Telangana chief minister
K Chandrasekhar Rao’s
residence. Earlier today,
the police had towed
away a car with YS
Sharmila sitting inside
and detained her.
Indore: Rahul Gandhi’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra headed
for Ujjain from Sanwer, In-
dore on the seventh day of
its Madhya Pradesh leg on
Tuesday. Gandhi and other
Congress leaders includ-
ing former CM Digvijaya
Singh, ex-parliamentarian
Prem Chand Guddu were
seen walking briskly in the
morning after the yatra
marched towards Ujjain.
Amritsar: A women squad of the Border Security Force
has foiled a cross-border drug-smuggling attempt in
Amritsar district by shooting
down a drone, which was flying
from Pakistan into India with
3.1kg of narcotics, officials said
on Tuesday. The troops fired
at the drone at on late Monday
night after they noticed it enter-
ing the Indian territory near Chaharpur village, around
40km north of Amritsar city, they said.
New Delhi: NIA has
conducted raids at 20
spots across Del-
hi-NCR, Rajasthan,
Haryana and Punjab in
connection to the gang-
ster-terror nexus case.
The raids followed after
probing six gangsters,
including Lawrence
Bishnoi, Neeraj Bawana
and Tillu Tajpuria. The
six gangsters had
named several others
during questioning and
the NIA hunt is on to
find them.
V-P JAGDEEP DHANKHAR IN AGARTALA
CRUCIAL READ
NO COMPULSION
TO GET COVID VAX,
CENTRE TELLS SC
DEATH PENALTY TO
2 BY ODISHA COURT
FOR RAPING MINOR
RIJIJU CROSSED
‘LAKSHMAN
REKHA’: SALVE
New Delhi: The Centre
clarified to the Supreme
Court that there was
no legal compulsion to
get a Covid vaccination.
In an affidavit filed in
the Supreme Court, the
Centre submitted that
the concept of informed
consent is inapplicable
to the voluntary use of
a drug. “While the GoI
strongly encourages all
eligible persons to take
vax in public interest,
there is no legal com-
pulsion for the same,”
the affidavit read.
Paradip: Two persons
were sentenced to death
by a fast-track court in
Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur
on Tuesday for raping
killing an eight-year-old
girl. The incident hap-
pened in 2014 in Tirtol
PS area. The girl was
returning home from a
shop after buying choc-
olates when allegedly
four people took her to
a secluded spot, and
raped her. They killed
her after that, according
to the prosecution.
New Delhi: Displeased
over Kiren Rijiju’s recent
remarks on the run-ins
between the govt and
the judiciary over the
functioning of the Colle-
gium, Senior Advocate
Harish Salve said the
Union Law Minister had
crossed the ‘Laksh-
man Rekha’. Rijiju had
criticised the Supreme
Court’s observation that
the govt was sitting on
files relating to appoint-
ment of judges cleared
by Collegium.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar with his wife Sudesh
Dhankhar and Tripura CM Manik Saha at a seminar on ‘A New
Horizon in the Development of Education’ and an exhibition on
‘Historical Cultural Heritage of Tripura’, at MBB College, in
Agartala on Tuesday.
‘ISIS-led terror still a threat, Ulemas have vital role’
New Delhi (PTI): Em-
phasising that cross-
borderandISIS-inspired
terrorism continues to
pose a threat, NSA Ajit
Doval said on Tuesday
that Ulemas have a “vi-
tal role” to play in coun-
tering radicalisation
and extremism by prop-
agating progressive
ideas and thought. In
his opening remarks at
a dialogue between the
Indonesian and Indian
delegationof Ulemaand
leaders of other faiths,
Doval said the coopera-
tion of the civil society
is essential in counter-
ing threat from ISIS-in-
spired individual terror
cells and returnees from
theatres like Syria and
Afghanistan.
“Cooperation of the
civil society is essential
in countering the threat
from ISIS-inspired indi-
vidual terror cells and
returnees from theatres
like Syria and Afghani-
stan,” Doval said.
KHARGE IGNITES ROW
Mallikarjun Kharge while addressing a rally in Gujarat.
Anurag Thakur
BJP SLAMS KHARGE FOR ‘RAVAN’ JIBE AT
PM,CONGCALLSITBJP’SANTI-DALITTIRADE
Congress president
Kharge’s “Ravan” barb
at PM Modi on Tuesday
triggered a slugfest with
the BJP
slamming it
as an insult
of every
Gujarati and
the Opposi-
tion party
calling the attack on its
leader “anti-Dalit tirade”.
BJP spokesperson Sambit
Patra asked voters in
Gujarat to do “100 per
cent voting for the son
of the soil” Modi to take
“revenge” in a democratic
manner for the “insult”,
as he invoked various ob-
jectionable remarks made
by Congress members
over the years against the
prime minister. BJP leader
Amit Malviya said, “Unable
to take the heat of Gujarat
election, pushed to the
fringe, Congress national
president Mallikarjun
Kharge loses control over
his words, calls PM Modi
“Ravan”. From “Maut ka
Saudagar” to “Ravan”,
Congress continues to
insult Gujarat and it’s son.”
Slamming Malviya, Con-
gress’ Pawan Khera asked
“why can’t you digest the
fact that a Dalit who has
worked his way up is the
elected prez of Cong”.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
performing puja with rituals at
the famous Mahakal temple of
Lord Shiva in Ujjain, Madhya
Pradesh on Tuesday.
Rahul Gandhi once
advised people
against taking
Covid-19 vaccine,
says Amit Shah

JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2022 07

08
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,837.00 101.00 0.19 (Per 10g)
SILVER 61,744.00 353.00 0.57 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.71 0.03 0.03
GBPINR 97.96 0.32 0.33
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: There’s al-
most a year left for the ar-
rival of iPhone 15 series
but the rumours and
speculations have been
endlessly pouring in. In
the latest news, the iP-
hone 15 series is said to
use Sony’s new camera
sensor that has photodi-
odes and transistors
placed in separate layers,
allowing for more photo-
diodes resulting in well-lit
photos. According to a re-
port, upcoming iPhone 15
series could use Sony’s
newest “state of the art”
image sensors. — FIB
IPHONE 15 TO COME
WITH NEW SONY
CAMERA SENSOR
New Delhi: A govern-
ment-appointed gas price
review panel, led by Kirit
Parikh, is recommending
a floor and ceiling price
for natural gas produced
from legacy fields of
state-owned firms for five
years to help moderate
CNG and piped cooking
gas rates. State producers
Oil and Natural Gas Cor-
poration (ONGC) and Oil
India Ltd (OIL) will be
paid a minimum or floor
price of $4 per million
British thermal unit and a
cap or ceiling price of
$6.5 as against the cur-
rent rate of $8.57, three
sources with knowledge
of the matter said. —PTI
ONGC GAS PRICE TO
BE CAPPED AT $6.5
FOR FIVE YEARS
New Delhi: The increased
partnership with the pri-
vate sector has led to a
substantial rise in defence
exports. India achieved
exports of defence items
and technology worth a
record `13,000 crores in
2021-22 and this figure is
likely to rise to `17,000
crores in 2022-23. Several
factors like rising demand,
greater innovation, more
conducive policies and a
maturing ecosystem in
defence and aerospace
manufacturing space are
leading to growth. — FIB
EXPORTS OF DEFENCE
ITEMS TO REACH
`17K CRORE IN FY23
New Delhi: Gold price fell
`101 to `52,837 per 10
grams on Tuesday amid
weak global trends, ac-
cording to HDFC Securi-
ties. In the previous trade,
the yellow metal had set-
tled at `52,938 per 10
grams. Silver also de-
clined `353 to `61,744
per kilogram. “Gold fell to
the lowest level in more
than a week as the dollar
rose from session lows
on hawkish comments
from members of the US
Federal Reserve reiterat-
ing their fight against in-
flation,” an official said on
Tuesday. —PTI
GOLD PRICE FALLS
`101; SILVER ALSO
DECLINES BY `353
*Rates till the edition went to print.
GO FIRST AIRLINE
SERVICES GET `400
CRORE UNDER ECLGS
New Delhi: Indian airline
services Go First on Tuesday
received an additional `400
crore under the
government’s
Emergency
Credit Line
Guarantee
Scheme (ECLGS). The airline is
likely to receive 16 new PW
engines in the coming weeks.
The no-frills carrier has at least
25 planes on the ground, mainly
due to the non-availability of
PW engines that power its
A320 fleet. Go First, which can
take up to `1,500 crore under
the scheme, has so far availed
at least a total of `800 cr. —FIB
KIA INDIA FORAYS INTO
CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED
CAR BUSINESS
New Delhi: Automaker Kia In-
dia on Tuesday said it has com-
menced certified pre-owned
business in
the country
with a plan to
have 30 sales
outlets by the
end of the year. The company
said its certified pre-owned car
business ‘Kia CPO’ intends to
provide a new age experience
to customers, in line with new
car buying experience, that
will allow them to sell, buy
or exchange pre-owned cars,
backed by ownership transfers
and customised finance
options. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
DIRECT SELLING INDUSTRY IN INDIA IS SHOWING
CONSISTENT GROWTH, SAYS IDSA
New Delhi: Indian Direct Selling Industry is showing consistent
growth. The size of the industry has grown rapidly to over $2 billion
last year. Indian Direct Selling Asso-
ciation (IDSA) is the association of the
direct selling companies in India and
is contributing to the growth and the
development of this sector. Worldwide,
the Direct Selling industry is estimated
to be over $180.5 billion. Indian industry
has grown at a CAGR of 15.7% over the past four years despite the
COVID-19 pandemic and is likely grown even more rapidly. —ANI
DIGITAL RUPEE TRIAL
STARTS TOMORROW
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Reserve
Bank of India will launch
the first pilot for CBDC
(Central Bank Digital Cur-
rency) or retail digital Ru-
pee (e`-R) on December 1,
it said on Tuesday.
“The pilot would cover
select locations in closed
user group (CUG) compris-
ing participating custom-
ers and merchants. The
e`-R would be in the form
of a digital token that rep-
resents legal tender. It
would be issued in the
same denominations that
paper currency and coins
are currently issued. It
would be distributed
through intermediaries,
i.e., banks,” the RBI said in
a statement.
Users will be able to
transact with e -R through
a digital wallet offered by
the participating banks
and stored on mobile
phones. Transactions can
be both Person to Person
(P2P) and Person to Mer-
chant (P2M), the central
bank said.
Payments to merchants
can be made using QR
codes displayed at mer-
chant locations.
RBI has also selected
eight banks for phase-wise
participation in this pilot.
The first phase will begin
with four banks: State
Bank of India, ICICI Bank,
Yes Bank and IDFC First
Bank in four cities. Later,
Bank of Baroda, Union
Bank of India, HDFC Bank
and Kotak Mahindra Bank
will join this pilot.
The pilot will initially be
rolled out in Mumbai, New
Delhi, Bengaluru and Bhu-
baneswar. It will be extend-
ed to Ahmedabad, Gang-
tok, Guwahati, Hyderabad,
Indore, Kochi, Lucknow,
Patna and Shimla. The
scope of pilot may be ex-
panded gradually to in-
clude more banks and loca-
tions, the RBI said.
RBI Governor Shakti-
kanta Das had earlier this
month said that the RBI
will follow up on the whole-
sale e-rupee pilot with a
similar trial on the retail
side this month itself. The
broader wish of the RBI is
to execute a full-fledged
launch of the CBDC “in the
near future”, Das said.
SALIENT
FEATURES
 Users will be able to
transact with e`-R through
a digital wallet offered by
the participating banks and
stored on mobile phones.
Transactions can be both P2P
P2M, the central bank said
 The first phase will begin
with SBI, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank
and IDFC First Bank in four
cities. Later, BoB, UBI, HDFC
Kotak Mahindra Bank will join
 Payments to merchants
can be made using QR codes
displayed at merchant
locations
New Delhi (PTI): India
will witness “significant
economic activity” over
the next decade on the
back of open network for
digital commerce (ONDC),
record aggregating system
and government measures
like GST, FAStag and e-way
bills, Infosys Technologies
co-founder and chairman
Nandan Nilekani said
on Tuesday
.
“...there are three big
things coming today
, which
will over the next decade
have more of an impact (on
India). I believe in the next
10 years India is going to
see significant economic
activity which is broad
based, inclusive and de-
mocratised,” he said.
The first is, ONDC sec-
ond is account aggregator
framework and the trans-
formation happening in
the logistics sector due to
government initiatives like
GST, Fastag and the e-way
bill, Nilekani said.
Nilekani said he expects
the ONDC — an initiative
of the government to pro-
mote an open platform for
all aspects of the exchange
of goods and services
through electronic net-
works — to begin soon.
Nilekani foresees
‘significant
economic activity’
New Delhi (PTI): Citing a
weak manufacturing sec-
tor coupled with the steep
margin compression, SBI
Research has pencilled in
the country’s GDP growth
for the second quarter at
5.8%, down 30 basis points
from average estimates.
In a report, SBI Research
headed by Soumya Kanti
Ghosh said corporate re-
sults, operating profit of
companies, excluding
banking and financial sec-
tor, degrew by 14% in
Q2FY23 as against 35%
growth in Q2FY22, though
the top line continued to
grow at a healthier pace.
Net sales grew by 28%,
while bottom line was
down by around 23% from
the year ago period.
Further, corporate mar-
gin seems to be under pres-
sure, as reflected in results
of around 3,000 listed enti-
ties, excluding banking
and financial sector, due to
higher input costs with de-
clining operating margins,
from 17.7% in Q1FY22 to
10.9% in Q2FY23. Given
this and the wide diver-
gence in market consensus
(6.1%) regarding Q2 GDP,
SBI sees the economy print-
ing in at 5.8%.
Q2 growth likely slowed to 5.8%: SBI
UK delivering on
new FTA with
India: Rishi Sunak
London (PTI): British
Prime Minister Rishi Su-
nak has reiterated the UK’s
commitment to a free trade
agreement (FTA) with In-
dia as part of the country’s
wider focus on enhancing
ties with the strategic Indo-
Pacific region and standing
up to competitors with
“robust pragmatism”.
The British Indian lead-
er reflected upon his herit-
age and committed to pro-
moting British values of
“freedom and openness”
around the world.
He also pledged to “do
things differently” far re-
moved from the so-called
“golden era” with China,
which he said poses a “sys-
temic challenge” to British
values and interests.
“Before I came into poli-
tics, I invested in business-
es around the world. And
the opportunity in the In-
do-Pacific is compel-
ling,” Sunak said.
“By 2050, the In-
do-Pacific will de-
liver over half of
global growth com-
pared with just a
quarter from Eu-
rope and North
A m e r i c a
combined.
T h a t ’ s
w h y
we’re joining the Trans-
Pacific trade deal, the
CPTPP, delivering a new
FTA with India and pursu-
ing one with Indonesia,”
he said.
India and Britain
launched negotiations for
the FTA in January with
an aim to conclude talks by
Diwali but the deadline
was missed due to a lack of
consensus on issues. The
focus of the FTA nego-
tiations is on reduc-
ing the barriers to
trade, cutting tar-
iffs, and support-
ing easier imports
and exports into
each other’s
m a r -
kets.
‘PROMOTING
BRITISH VALUES’
 Delivering his first major
foreign policy speech since
taking charge at 10 Downing
Street last month at the Lord
Mayor of London’s Banquet
on Monday night, the British
Indian leader reflected upon
his heritage and committed
to promoting British values
of “freedom and openness”
around the world
New Delhi (ANI): Fitch
Ratings expects telecom op-
erators to raise tariffs in
2023, given the focus on
profitability by the service
providers.
It said Vodafone Idea
needs to increase tariffs as
its EBITDA generation is
insufficient to meet finance
costs and to invest suffi-
ciently in capital expendi-
ture. The last time the tel-
ecom operators raised tar-
iffs was in late 2021.
“We have only one mar-
ket on an improving out-
look - India - compared
with two (India and Malay-
sia) in 2022. Only one mar-
ket - Sri Lanka - is on a de-
teriorating outlook. Con-
solidation is likely to con-
tinue in most markets as
weaker participants face
the choice whether to be
acquired or decline,” it
said in a report.
Telecom
operators may
raise tariffs in
2023: Fitch
Sensex, Nifty
settle at fresh
lifetime highs
New Delhi (PTI): The
Sensex and Nifty ended at
fresh lifetime peaks on
Tuesday amid a largely
firm trend in other Asian
markets and continuous
foreign fund inflows.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
gained 177.04 points or
0.28% to settle at 62,681.84,
its fresh record closing
high. The broader NSE
Nifty advanced 55.30 points
or 0.30% to end at 18,618.05,
its fresh record closing
high. Among the Sensex
pack, Hindustan Unilever,
Sun Pharma, Nestle, Dr
Reddy’s, Tata Steel, ICICI
Bank, Titan were gainers.
` FALLS 3 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 81.71/$
New Delhi (PTI): The rupee
slipped 3 paise to close at 81.71
(provisional) against the US
dollar on Tuesday as rising crude
oil prices in the international
market weighed on forex market
sentiment. At the interbank
foreign exchange market, the
local unit opened strong at 81.58
but later slipped into the negative
territory. During the session,
it touched an intra-day high of
81.57 and a low of 81.74 against
the greenback. The local unit
finally settled at 81.71.
FUELPRICECUTHOPESRISEASCRUDEOILPRICESDROP
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A huge drop in
crude oil prices have rekin-
dled hopes in India of a
possible reduction in fuel
prices.
Benchmark Brent crude
fell to its lowest since Janu-
ary on Monday, with prices
dropping $2.6/barrel, or
more than 3%, to $80.97.
Apprehension over anoth-
er production cut by the
Opec+ grouping of oil ex-
porters, including Russia,
has contributed to the
sharp fall.
The fall in Brent crude
oil prices has brought down
the cost of ‘Indian Basket’
–orthemixof crudebought
by Indian refiners – to $82/
barrel from an average of
$112.8 in March.
Thisfallhasraisedhopes
of a fuel price cut in India
as the current petrol and
diesel prices reflect oil at
about $85/barrel.
Petrol and diesel prices
are supposed to be revised
daily but state-owned fuel
retailers have not exer-
cised their rights since
April 6. Rates have been on
freeze since then except on
May 22 when prices were
reduced following a cut in
excise duty
.
Prior to the April freeze,
petrol and diesel prices had
gone up by `10 per litre
each. Petrol currently costs
`96.72 a litre in the national
capital and diesel is priced
at `89.62.
If the price reduction
happens, this will be the
first cut since May 22 when
the govt cut excise duty on
the two fuels.
POSITIVE SIGNS
LOWEST SINCE
JANUARY 2022
 Benchmark Brent crude fell
to its lowest since January
on Monday, with prices
dropping $2.6/barrel, or
more than 3 percent, to
$80.97
 This fall has raised hopes
of a fuel price cut in India
as the current petrol and
diesel prices reflect oil at
about $85/barrel
New Delhi (PTI): In signs that the country’s civil aviation
sectorisrecoveringwell,domesticcarriersflewmorethan
4 lakh passengers for two consecutive days. After being
severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, air traffic is
picking up but is yet to reach the pre-COVID level when
the daily average passenger number was more than 4 lakh.
C u r r e n t l y, the average passenger number is
around 3.70 lakh and the same is expect-
ed to rise in the coming months
of December and January
.
DOMESTIC AIR TRAFFIC TOPS
4 LAKH-MARK FOR TWO DAYS

NEWS
09
State providing quality edu to students: CM
CHIEF MINISTER BAL GOPAL YOJANA FREE UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION SCHEME
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Tuesday inaugurated
the Chief Minister’s
Bal Gopal Yojana and
also distributed school
uniforms under the
Chief Minister’s Free
Uniform Distribution
Scheme from his resi-
dence in the presence
of Education Minister
BD Kalla and other
leaders.
He said the state gov-
ernment was working
with commitment to
provide quality educa-
tion and better health
to the students, adding
that both the schemes
were important steps
in this direction, ac-
cording to an official
statement.
Now it is up to the
teachers and parents to
ensure that the uni-
forms are stitched soon
and the students come
to the school wearing
their uniforms, he said.
Gehlot added that the
education department
played an important
role in the operation
and implementation of
the schemes and asked
the teachers to ensure
that not a single student
was deprived of their
benefits.
Under the Chief Min-
ister’s Bal Gopal Yoja-
na, milk prepared from
powdered milk will be
made available every
Tuesday and Friday to
students of Classes 1 to
8 in government prima-
ry, upper primary
schools, madrassas and
special training centres
benefiting from the
mid-day meal pro-
gramme.
To ensure quality, the
teachers, parents or
members of the school
management commit-
tee will taste the milk.
The government will
spend Rs 476.44 crore on
the scheme.
CM Ashok Gehlot distributes uniforms to school children at CMR on Tuesday. BD Kalla, Zahida Khan, Usha Sharma, Kuldeep Ranka were also present during the event.
BHARAT JODO YATRA: GEHLOT HOLDS MEET
WITH PCC CHIEF AND OTHER LEADERS
Jaipur: An important meeting on Bharat Jodo Yatra
preparation was held under the chairmanship of CM
Ashok Gehlot at the Chief Minister’s residence. PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasra, Ministers Ramlal Jat, Govind
Meghwal and Bhajanlal Jatav were present in the meet-
ing. Leaders Dinesh Khodania and Sandeep Choudhary
were also present in the meeting.
Government will
spend Rs 476.44
crore on the scheme,
says CM Gehlot
Along with education, the state has
also been a leading employment
provider with 1.35 lakh jobs being
sanctioned. Applications for 1.25 lakh jobs
are under process and another one lakh has
been announced in the Budget.
—ASHOK GEHLOT, Chief Minister
Indisciplinewon’tbetolerated,
VenugopaltoCongressleaders
Don’t give
statements
during BJY:
Venugopal
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Senior Con-
gress leader KC
Venugopal has deliv-
ered the message of
the party high com-
mand that no one
should give state-
ments during the
yatra. Before coming
to Jaipur, Venugopal
also talked to Harish
Chaudhary, Bhan-
war Jitendra Singh
to take feedback.
Now all eyes were
on the meeting
whether a pleasant
picture would
emerge today!
Famous song
‘Laila Main Laila’
disturbed Congress
leaders during the
meeting held for the
preparations of
Bharat Jodo Yatra at
PCC’s war room. The
song was being
played in high vol-
ume during a func-
tion near the war
room which dis-
turbed the meeting.
❍ BHARAT JODO YATRA MEETING
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur:SeniorCongress
leader KC Venugopal
gave a strict message of
disciplineinthemeeting
held on Tuesday for the
preparations of Bharat
Jodo Yatra in the State.
“Now listen to me…,”
said Venugopal to all
Ministers, MLAs and
other leaders present in
the meeting.
“Rhetoric went on
even after my instruc-
tions. Those who are
present should also lis-
ten, what you are today
may not be tomorrow if
anyone has spoken a
word,” he said.
There was silence in
the meeting as soon as
Venugopal said this.
Venugopal made it
clear that indiscipline
will not be tolerated.
Venugopal, Gehlot,
Dotasra and Pilot held
a separate meeting in a
room. Discussion took
place among the four
leaders for about 30
minutes.
KC Venugopal speaks with CM Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, Harish Choudhary, Bhanwar Jitendra
Singh, Bhajanlal Jatav, Dheeraj Gurjar, Mahender Chaudhary, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Bhanwar
Singh Bhati, Rafeek Khan and others during Bharat Jodo Yatra meeting in Jaipur on Tuesday.
KC VENUGOPAL REVIEWS MPLAD FUNDS
Jaipur: AICC General
Secretary KC Venugopal
on Tuesday took a meeting
regarding the MP Local
Development Fund. He
also instructed the officers
to pay attention to quality
and monitoring. During the
meeting, Panchayati Raj
Minister Ramesh Meena
told him about Rajivika and
asked him to give funds, for
which he not only agreed,
but also asked to seek co-
operation from other MPs.
—Dr Rituraj Sharma
KC Venugopal with Ramesh Meena during the meeting.
FOR COMMON MAN’S CONVENIENCE,
RHB CHANGES ITS TYPE DESIGN
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Housing Board (RHB)
has made significant
changes in its type de-
sign to provide conveni-
ent ready-to-shift hous-
ing and flats to the com-
mon people as per the
changing times and re-
quirements.Nowallthe
housesandflatsbuiltby
RHB will not be less
than the villas and flats
prepared by the big
builders in any sense.
After the approval of
the RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora, the new
type designs have been
sent to all the offices of
the circle. Now, what-
ever new independent
houses or multi-sto-
reyed flats will be built
by the Housing Board
for different income
groups, they will be
built on the basis of
these new type designs.
Informing about the
same, the RHB Com-
missioner said that
these new type designs
have been prepared on
the basis of suggestions
received from Vastu ex-
perts (architects) and
according to the de-
mandsof moderntimes
and people. It is notable
that till now the inde-
pendent houses which
were given to the allot-
tees by the Housing
Board which did not
have the facility of at-
tached lat-bath. “There
wereno boundarywalls
and stairs due to which
people could not get
ready-to-shift houses.
After taking posses-
sion,theallotteeshadto
build boundary walls
and stairs at their own
expense. Now, after the
amendment in the type
design, this complaint
of the people will be re-
moved and they will be
able to get ready-to-shift
houses,” Arora said.
The Commissioner
further informed that
priority has also been
given to finishing
works. “As per the cur-
rently prevalent finish-
ing work, specifications
of high quality tiles,
POP finish plaster, tex-
turepaintetc.havebeen
included in all classes
and categories of hous-
es and flats. Keeping in
view the needs of wom-
en, kitchen slabs and
sinks will now be made
of granite in EWS and
LIG category houses
and flats. After this, not
only will the houses of
the board be of high
quality
, but their finish-
ing work will also be
keeping in tune with
modern design aesthet-
ics,” Arora said.
It is worth mention-
ing that after a long
time, the scheme of in-
dependent housing and
flats is being brought
for the general public in
Jaipur’s Pratap Nagar.
Work is also going on in
the scheme of 4 thou-
sand independent hous-
es and flats in different
cities of the state. All
the houses and flats
that will be built in
these schemes will be
built on the basis of
new specifications.
RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora during the meet on Tuesday.
Now, Housing
Board’s houses will
be ready-to-shift in
Satyanarayan Sharma
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The meeting of
GurjarAarakshanSang-
harsh Samiti with the
membersof cabinetsub-
committees over pend-
ing demands continued
on the second consecu-
tive day on Tuesday
.
Ahead of Rahul Gan-
dhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra,
the State Government
has initiated dialogue
with the Gurjar leaders
to resolve their reserva-
tion-related issues and
other pending demands.
Afterhourslongmeet-
ings in two separate ses-
sions, both the govern-
ment and Gurjar delega-
tionreachedaconsensus
to hold another round of
talks on Wednesday
. Dis-
cussions with Gurjar
representatives were
started on Monday at
State secretariat.
Gurjar-Govt
talks remain
inconclusive
on Day 2
All State leaders will make
yatra successful: CM Gehlot
L
ast week’s jibe by
Gehlotandasharp
response from Pi-
lot came just days before
Gandhi’s Bharat Judo
Yatra is scheduled to en-
ter Rajasthan.
The CM said all leaders
together will make the
yatraasuccessinthestate.
“Rahul Gandhi also
meant that every party
worker is an asset,” he
added.
The CM told reporters
here that the main issue
before the party is the
2023 assembly election,
and claimed that the
mood is in the favour of
the Congress.
“We will win the as-
sembly elections. We
have introduced several
unique schemes and pro-
grammes which are ben-
efitting people across the
state. I get an overwhelm-
ing response from people
when I go on visits. It
means that the govern-
ment is going to be re-
peated. There is a lot of
enthusiasm among the
people of the state re-
garding the yatra. Rahul
Gandhi has come out on
issues of public interest
and he has been success-
ful in conveying the mes-
sage to the people. We
want to work on ERCP,
but the center is not seri-
ous,” he said.
Targeting the BJP, Ge-
hlot said that the party
should bother about it-
self instead of comment-
ing on the Congress.
FROM P1… THIS IS THE RAJASTHAN CONGRESS: VENUGOPAL
AS GEHLOT, PILOT GIVE MESSAGE OF UNITY
Jaipur: In a show of unity days after Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot had called his former deputy Sachin
Pilot a “traitor”, the two Congress leaders appeared
together on Tuesday. “This is the Rajasthan Congress,”
KC Venugopal said, as he held the hands of both leaders
locked in a power tussle. Recalling Rahul’s comments
that both leaders are assets to the party, Venugopal said,
“Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot have assured that the Yatra
will be the one of the most successful in the country.”

When you forgive someone, it is
not condoning their behaviour
but moving on.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
10
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
 Both Narendra Modi
and Amit Shah are
campaigning in Guja-
rat and addressing the
people in Gujarati.
Will that have any ef-
fect on the voters?
Of course. This is their
‘masterstroke’ as the
public connects with it.
I hear them addressing
the public in Gujarati
and I admire them
thinking that the elec-
tion has slipped from
the Opposition’s hands.
What ever public meet-
ing they address and
some meeting is ad-
dressed by those who
speak in Gujarati, tell
me whom will the voter
feel connected to more?
Unless the voter is the
staunch supporter of
the Congress or AAP or
any other party
. So this
is a ‘masterstroke.’ This
move has definitely
made an impact.
 Will the enormous
crowd that is visible
in PM’s rallies con-
vert into votes?
Definitely. I have ob-
served a difference in
the crowd that Naren-
dra Modi gets in his ral-
lies, and the crowd that
other leaders garner.
His crowd is a genuine
crowd. Others’ is a
crowd that the party as-
sembles from various
places, but that does not
convert into votes. But
perhaps he (Modi) is
God gifted or may be it
is his style, or his hard
work or commitment
that the crowd that as-
sembled to hear Modi
gets converted into
votes. That is why you
have 50,000 people at
places where the maxi-
mum capacity is to in-
corporate 30,000 or so.
Similarly, for Amit
Shah, the capacity may
be 10,000, but there
would be 15,000 people
attending the rally. So,
this crowd should be
considered as genuine.
 How despite the stat-
ure and terror of Amit
Shah, so many rebels
have jumped into the
electoral foray and
will they have any ef-
fect on the overall
equation for BJP?
They can hamper the
equation albeit only to a
limited extent. But they
will come to know the
real result of their deci-
sion only after the elec-
tion. Defying Amit Shah
and not acknowledging
his orders since he is a
senior leader is a techni-
cal mistake of these re-
bels. It so happens that a
person learns about the
mistake at the very
time, or after it shows
some result. Of course,
they will hamper par-
ty’s prospects in 32 as-
semblies. So, the party
also assigns the task re-
garding the ‘damage
control’ to 30-35 people.
Yes, there will be some
damage, but not in the
same proportions as
they had thought of
whentheystoodforelec-
tion, because the entire
election is focused on
Narendra Modi. They
won’t be able to hurt
much but like everyone
else, I am also surprised
with the bravery that
these candidates have
shown.
 So will the Con-
gress and AAP rebels
also result in a simi-
lar story for their re-
spective parties?
They too have rebels,
but they are irrelevant.
They are not going to
form the government.
They aren’t in the race.
They are dividing the
40% vote amongst
themselves. Only one
estimate claims that the
Congress will get 60
something seats, re-
maining all others have
denied; So giving only
25-30 seats to Congress
the rebels can cast
their affect on those
seats. But the rebels can
affect the BJP more
since their number is
greater in BJP while the
number of rebels in
Congress is not too
high. AAP may have
one or two rebels, but it
does not have any rele-
vance. So, as far as dam-
age caused by rebels is
concerned, it will be in
context of BJP
.
 In the entire cam-
paigning in Gujarat,
the Congress has
maintained an unu-
sual silence. Why is
it so?
They are afraid. Once
long back, Sonia Gan-
dhi had used the term
‘Maut Ke Saudagar’,
then some one else said
something else. These
days Jairam Ramesh
says something or Chi-
dambaram says some-
thing else. But now it is
said that they have been
told to keep off. They
don’t know what issues
to pick apart from what
they have said in their
manifesto. So, they are
cautious that as soon as
they say anything,
Modi-Shah will catch
them and a new contro-
versy would be created.
Thus, they have been
asked to remain silent
and keep off. And ac-
cording to me, that it is
a ‘wise strategy
.’
 What are the real is-
sues in this Gujarat
election? Also, what
are the issues that the
BJP has been making?
The BJP’s main issue
has always been
‘Hindutva,’ whether di-
rectly or indirectly.
Then the second issue it
raises is of the double
engine government,
and their third issue
has always been of de-
velopment, Remaining
all other issues are
based on a short time
span. Even in their
manifesto, they ad-
dressed issues of farm-
ers, youth, students etc.
But BJP’s basic key is-
sues are the ones which
have been aforemen-
tioned.
 And what does
the Congress’
manifesto say?
The Congress’ mani-
festo is based on prom-
ises. They do not want
to get into any contro-
versy. So, firstly they
promised OPS Scheme
which is given by Ashok
Gehlot. Based on this,
they are hoping to win
theelectioninHimachal
too. Here too they have
promised the same and
made it an issue. Then
they have promised em-
ployment to 10 lakh peo-
ple. Thereafter, bring-
ing the ‘Chiranjeevi
Scheme’ like Rajasthan
has been promised as
well. Then come free
electricity and women
centric schemes. So
major issues they have
addressed and prom-
ised are is OPS, employ-
ment and the ‘Chiran-
jeevi Scheme.’
 Talking about
promises, what has
AAP promised or
made into an issue?
AAP has only one
promise. They promise
everything to be free.
Free electricity, water,
education etc. And they
also say that they will
give everything for free
and cite the example of
Delhi and Punjab,
where they have actu-
ally implemented their
‘free’ agenda. It is a
separate issue that now
a debate has started in
the nation regarding
freebies.
 After Delhi and
Punjab, now AAP has
promised freebies in
Gujarat. What do you
think will be its effect?
It won’t have much ef-
fect. An effect can hap-
pen only in totality and
that is when the voters,
as a whole, become
‘game- changer.’ Now
that we have already
made an assessment
that these parties will
be restricted within 9
seats and other survey
claims not more than
15-20 seats. These is-
sues will perhaps bring
AAP to a few seats.
 So by that meas-
ure, do you think
BJP will taste victo-
ry in the New Delhi’s
MCD elections?
BJP is making its best
attempt to win the elec-
tions. It has got all its
Central Ministers and
Chief Ministers to cam-
paign there. But my
analyses is that it will
be difficult to bring
down AAP. They (BJP)
may come close to in
number of wards, but
AAP gets ruled out or is
routed, I don’t see that
happening. Astrologers
claim that though AAP
will not have any major
victory in Assembly
elections, but in local
body elections, AAP
cannot be ruled out.
 Then why is BJP’s
entire campaign fo-
cused on negative
propaganda on AAP?
Everything is fair in
love and war. Secondly,
what BJP has done, like
the videos and stings of
AAP, they are all genu-
ine. They can’t deny
that they haven’t taken
money. They cannot
deny that a person was
massaging their leader,
who has a rape case
against him, in jail.
They also can’t deny
that they sold their tick-
ets. So, it can be termed
as BJP’s negative cam-
paign on AAP, but it is
based on facts and is
logical as well.
 How do you analyse
the ‘Women Factor’
in these elections con-
sidering a lot of
women are now tak-
ing to active politics?
The factor is reasonable
and although it is not in
proportion with the
number of women in
society
, still the number
of active women in pol-
itics is reasonable. BJP
has fielded 17 female
candidates and Con-
gress has fielded 14,
while AAP has fielded
7, so there has been a
reasonable representa-
tion of Gujarati women
in these election.
 But if we look
closely, it seems that
the political parties
do not give that rele-
vance to women or to
put in another way,
they are not given as
many tickets as men?
There must be a tactical
or political reason for it.
Considering that all po-
litical parties eye wom-
en voters and introduce
schemesforthem.There
are talks of 50% reser-
vation,35%reservation,
laws are framed for
them and lots of other
steps are taken, but
whenitcomestoground
reality, I think, that the
parties do not get win-
ning candidates in good
numbers and hence
women do not get more
tickets. Look at Con-
gress, they brought the
slogan ‘Ladki Hoon Lad
Sakti Hoon’ during Ut-
tar Pradesh polls, but
they did not bring that
slogan to Gujarat. So,
everypartyhasthisrule
to give tickets according
to the representation in
their organisation.
 But luring the fe-
male voters is also im-
portant. So what are
the promises made by
all three parties?
You can’t ignore the fe-
male voters as they are
almost 48% i.e. almost
half of 4.90 crore total
votersin theState.Thus,
the parties will have to
bring populist schemes
like free education, free
gas cylinder, free elec-
tricity
,freescootyorfree
computers. These are
some of the things every
government and party
engages in.
 What is this ‘5P’
that is being heard in
the Gujarat election?
Narendra Modi brings
out a new miracle from
his hat every day. This
‘5P’ will be a success
and everyone is observ-
ing how successful it
will be. He gives a slo-
gan and that becomes
super hit. He gave the
slogan ‘Lets make Guja-
rat’ and that became
hit. Now he has given
this ‘5P,’ and that has
already become a hit
amongst the masses.
 Will the Morbi
bridge collapse re-
sult in any effect on
these elections?
There was a probability
that it could have cast
some effect, but BJP
handled the entire epi-
sode with utmost grit
and smartness. It could
not become an issue.
Secondly
. political par-
tieshavetheirowninter-
est. Some tried to make
it an issue and I read
that 132 people died, but
no party is ready to give
away its vote. Congress
has made an issue over
it and has said that 132
peoplehavediedandFIR
hasbeenregisteredthen
at least name the con-
tractor in the FIR or
formaJudicialCommis-
sion or do something
else in the matter. Chid-
ambaram said no one
apologised, no case was
registered and no one
resigned. But still Morbi
incidenthasnothadthat
big an effect, as much as
the people were hoping
it would have had. Then
BJP played a master-
stroke in this. The per-
son, who saved the peo-
ple, Kanubhai, the party
gave him a ticket. So,
Morbi has a moral influ-
ence, but I don’t think it
will become a major is-
sue in this election.
Modi: The country’s biggest crowd puller,
who has capacity to convert crowd into votes
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India, CMD First India News, highlights what sets Modi led BJP
campaign apart from other parties in Gujarat, how the issues created by other parties have become inconsequential, what role rebels will play in hurting BJP and what
will be their political future post election. Dr Chandra also stresses that AAP may perhaps perform better in MCD elections than assembly elections and that the Morbi
bridge collapse incident was handled superbly by BJP due to which the Opposition parties have not been able to make an issue around it. Excerpts... (Part II)
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Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with (R to L) Astha Khandelwal, Poornima Mishra, Aditi Nagar, Pooja
Yadav, Shweta Raje, Amit Mishra, Kshama Tripathi and Manish Desai during The JC Show.
Modi’s crowd is a genuine crowd. Others’ is a
crowd that the party assembles from various
places, but that does not convert into votes. But
perhaps he (Modi) is God gifted or may be it is
his style, or his hard work or commitment that
the crowd that assembles to hear Modi gets
converted into votes. That is why you have
50,000 people at places, where the maximum
capacity is to incorporate 30,000 or so
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n discrepancy
to the ‘every-
day smiley
catalogue girl’,
the model is
seen as
‘unique’ and
‘strong.’ She is typi-
cally described as
having an unusual
or ‘edgy’ look.
Everyone in the
field had a tough
time building
themselves as a
Model. From
being rejected
for a ‘not-so-
good person-
ality’ to wear-
ing the
crown of
First In-
d i a
Queen and donning the stage
with her charm and confi-
dence, Bhakti has proved that
she was born to conquer the
fashion world.
It is rightly said that one
should not mind their make-
up every time, but make up
their mind once in a while.
The 25-year-old diva showed
the world that she just does
not have good looks but
learned good books. She
shared, “My journey from be-
ing a student to being a fash-
ion designer was very hap-
pening and great, I always
dreamt about being an inspir-
ing artist and wanted to get
framed in a big bang poster to
make my parents and myself
proud”.
Bhakti’s inimitable style
transformation from fresh-
faced girl to modelling power-
house shook everyone, when
asked about her struggle the
crowned beauty said, “I
strongly believe that if you re-
ally desire something from
the heart then the whole uni-
verse will work towards get-
ting you that. From being re-
jected because of not so good
personality, I made sure to
give myself a chance and
work on myself and present
out there as a talented artist.
I am working as a stylist in a
production house for 4 years
and also realised that there
are many girls who have been
rejected for their looks. I pre-
sented myself the way I am
the way
, I wanted to show the
real me, my work, etc. I always
wanted to inspire other
dreamers. Rejections are mo-
tivation to the one who really
wants to achieve dignity and
success, and I wanted to be a
voice for those who think they
can’t do what they dream.”
The elegant queen further
said, “I am extremely grateful
to Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and
First India Queen for making
my dream come true, some-
thing great like this can only
be visualized by JC sir, he has
opened open the gates of op-
portunity for many deserving
girls like us.”
Bhakti Jani, the winner of First India Queen,
which took place on Friday, October 21 at the
Jade Ballroom of the Sahara Star in Mumbai,
shares her journey with City First
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FIRST INDIA QUEEN
Jagdeesh Chandra along with Aditi Jaggi Rastogi felicitate Bhakti Jani
Jagdeesh Chandra along with Aditi Jaggi Rastogi
and Pearl Agarwal (Winner First Miss India 2021)
and the participants congratulate
Bhakti Jani on being crowned as the Winner
of First India Queen 2022
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

SUPER INDIANS RAJASTHAN CHAPTER
City First brings to you some more glimpses from the Super Indians Rajasthan Chapter organised by First India News
Rajasthan and Bharat24 News channel on Sunday at Lake City Udaipur. The lamp lighting of the program was done in five-star
Hotel Ananta in the presence of Dr Jagdeesh Chandra along with Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi, renowned film actor
Govinda, Rajasthan Foundation Commissioner Dhiraj Srivastava, Erstwhile Mewar royal family member Lakshyaraj Singh
Mewar, Chief Business Office and Strategic Advisor Manoj Jagyasi, Newly appointed Managing Editor of Bharat-24 Shamsher
Singh and First India News Editor Jinendra Singh Shekhawat and other dignitaries. During the event, actor Govinda conducted
panel discussions in three different sessions with experts from different fields and shared valuable information.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Jagdeesh Chandra lights the lamp with Dr CP Joshi, Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar and Govinda. Also seen are (L-R) Manoj Jagyasi, Shamsher Singh and Dhiraj Srivastava
Jagdeesh Chandra and Govinda enjoying the evening
Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar addressing the audience
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Dr Sameer Bhati, Dr Ajay Hardia, Bhavit Malhotra,
Manoj Jagyasi, Hardeep Bakshi, Gajraj Pagariya, Shreyans Mehta and Jawed Siddiqui
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the audience
Jagdeesh Chandra with Dhiraj Srivastava and Govinda
Superstar Govinda being welcomed with a memento. Seen here are (L-R)
Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Dhiraj Srivastava, Shamsher Singh Manoj Jagyasi
Vijendra Singh Solanki in conversation with Govinda
Jagdeesh Chandra with
Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar (L) and Govinda (R)
Dr CP Joshi addressing the audience
Megha Kaushik in conversation with (L-R) Govinda, Dr Sameer Bhati, Dr MM Mangal, Dr Ajay Hardia and Dr Arvinder Singh
(L-R) Ashish Aman, Shaan, Megha Kaushik and Jinendra Shekhawat
Megha Kaushik Mahendra Singh Sisodiya along with his wife
Shamsher Singh addressing the audience
Govinda with (L-R) Mahendra, Pramod, Sachin, Bhuvnesh, Vijendra, Ashish, Tripti, Jinendra, Megha, Dhiraj, Dr Deepa,
Shamsher Singh, Bhavit, Manoj Jagyasi, Dr Rajendra, Jawed, Bheem, Manisha, Dr Ajay, Sarish, Nishant and Shyam Bihari
Standing (L-R) Sarish, Mahendra, Nishant, Rajeev, Kuldeep and Atul
Sitting (L-R) Shyam Bihari, Shamsher Singh, Manoj Jagyasi, Bheem Negi and Nitin Dhabu
Govinda and Gulabo Sapera share a moment of joy
Dhiraj Srivastava addressing the audience
ETC
12-13

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