First india jaipur edition-14 december 2020

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facility to start
from today: RBI
Mumbai: The Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) Gov-
ernor Shaktikanta Das
onSundaysaidRealTime
Gross Settlement (RTGS)
facility in the country
will become operational
from12.30amonMonday
(December 14).
“RTGS facility be-
comes operational 24X7
from 12.30 am tomor-
row. Congratulations to
the teams from RBI, In-
dian Financial Technol-
ogy and Allied Services
(IFTAS) and Turn to P6
RAJ FARMERS MARCH TOWARDS DELHI
Jaipur: Amid the ongoing demonstration against the farm laws, the farmers’
march from Rajasthan started on Sunday morning from Shahjahanpur, which is
around 120 km from Delhi. The group of 800-900 are being led by Swaraj India
chief Yogendra Yadav. Social activist Medha Patkar is also accompanying the
group. Visuals showed farmers carrying placards and shouting slogans as they
walked slowly down the highway. Tractors pulling tarpaulin-covered trailers, and
flanked by cars with banners waved out of the windows, were also seen. P7
PUNJAB DIG (PRISONS)
TENDERS RESIGNATION
Chandigarh: Punjab DIG (Prisons) Lakhminder
Singh Jakhar on Sunday said he has resigned
from the service in support of farmers. Jakhar
said he tendered his resignation to state govt
on Saturday. In his resignation letter to Prin-
cipal Secretary (Home), he wrote that he was
himself a farmer. “I have always listened to my
conscience and now I earnestly feel that I should
stand by my brotherhood,” he wrote in his
resignation letter.
IN SUPPORT OF
FARMERS, KEJRIWAL
TO FAST TODAY
New Delhi: Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal said on Sunday
that he will be hold-
ing a one-day fast on
Monday in support of
the protesting farmers.
He also urged all AAP
workers and support-
ers to observe one-day
fast in solidarity with
the farmers. Addressing
a virtual press brief-
ing, he said the Centre
should immediately
accept all demands of
the farmers who have
been protesting on
Delhi’s borders for the
past two weeks. He also
asked BJP-ruled Centre
to shun “arrogance”
and scrap the laws as
demanded by agitating
farmers.
DELHI-JAIPUR HIGHWAY
OPENS PARTIALLY
New Delhi: Delhi-Jaipur highway was partially
opened after a three-hour closure that started as
farmers began a tractor march from Shahjahan-
pur on the Rajasthan-Haryana border. A highway
was opened as farmers removed blockade from
the Delhi-Noida border at Chilla. Thousands of
farmers on way to Delhi, meanwhile, reached
the Rewari border of Haryana, where the police
blocked both sides of the Delhi-Jaipur highway
to stop them from entering the state.
GOVT GOES INTO A HUDDLE
AS FARMERS GO ON 9-HR FAST TODAY
New Delhi: Union min-
isters, including home
minister Amit Shah,
Agri minister Narendra
Singh Tomar and minis-
terof stateforcommerce
and industry Som
Parkash, went into a
huddle on Sunday as
farmers, who have been
camping at Delhi’s bor-
ders to demand the re-
pealof threecontentious
laws, showed no sign to
relent. The ministers
were accompanied by
BJP leaders from Pun-
jab. Tomar and Parkash,
alongwiththeirministe-
rial colleague Piyush
Goyal, had led the gov-
ernment’s negotiations
with the protesting
farmers.
Both Tomar and
Parkash met the Union
home minister at his
house and it was not im-
mediately known what
transpired in the meet-
ing, even as the farmers’
agitation in and around
Delhi entered its 18th
day with the protesters
threatening to block the
Delhi-Jaipur highway.
Meanwhile, during a
press conference, on
Sunday, at the Delhi-
Haryana Singhu Border
farmer leader Gurnam
Singh Chaduni an-
nounced that heads of
all farm unions will
hold fast from 8 am till
5 pm on Monday. “Govt
agencies have been
stopping farmers from
reaching Delhi, our pro-
tests will continue till
our demands are met,”
said farmer leader Shiv
Kumar Kakka.
Union Minister
Kailash Choudhary on
Sunday said the govern-
ment will soon decide a
date and call union lead-
ers for the next round of
talks. The government
has made it clear that it
is ready for discussion
anytime. But the farmer
unions have said they
would come for talks
only if the laws are re-
pealed. Asked when the
government will hold
the next round of meet-
ing, Chaudhary told
PTI, “The meeting will
be called soon. We are
ready for discussion.
But the date has not
beenfinalised.”Thegov-
ernment will find “some
solution” to end the
deadlock. “We have full
confidence. In the next
meeting, the issue will
be resolved,” he noted.
Meanwhile, the Su-
preme Court is sched-
uled to hear on Decem-
ber 16 a plea seeking a
direction to authorities
to immediately remove
the farmers who are
protesting at several
border points Turn to P6
UNION MINISTERS TOMAR & PARKASH MEET SHAH ON SUNDAY; DATE FOR NEXT ROUND OF TALKS SOON
Security personnel stand guard as farmers block Rajasthan-Haryana border during their protest against farm laws, at NH 48 in Rewari district on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM leads nation in paying tributes to
victims of 2001 Parliament attack
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi,
Home Minister Amit
Shah and Defence Min-
ister Rajnath Singh on
Sunday paid tributes to
those who lost their
lives in 2001 Parliament
attack.
Vice President M
Venkaiah Naidu, Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la and Leader of Oppo-
sition in Rajya Sabha
Ghulam Nabi Azad also
paid tributes on the oc-
casion. “Paid floral trib-
utes to the brave mar-
tyrs who laid down
their lives while pro-
tecting our Turn to P6
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Arjun Ram Meghwal and others pays homage to
martyrs who lost their lives in 2001 Parliament attack, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BJP dumps its
coalition partner
in Assam
Guwahati: The BJP on
Sunday virtually
dumped one of its coali-
tion partners in Assam,
the BPF, and picked up a
new ally to gain major-
ity and rule the Bodo-
land Territorial Council
(BTC), a self-governing
body in the Bodo-domi-
nated areas of the state.
TheBodolandPeople’s
Front (BPF), which has
three ministers in the
SarbanandaSonowal-led
coalition government in
the state, has emerged as
the single-largest party
in the just concluded
BTC polls, winning 17
seats in the 40-member
body. Turn to P6
BJP prez Nadda
tests positive
for Covid-19
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) na-
tional president Jagat
Prakash
N a d d a
has tested
positive
for the
novel cor-
onavirus.
Taking to Twitter,
Nadda said he is in
home isolation as per
coronavirus protocol
and is in good health.
The BJP chief also ap-
pealed to people who
came in contact with
him recently to get test-
ed for the infection.
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tial symptoms Turn to P6
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
2 PAKISTANI TERRORISTS
KILLED, 1 ASSOCIATE ARRESTED
IN J-K’S POONCH
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DILEMMA OF CHOOSING BETWEEN LOYALISTS
& DISSIDENTS THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENT
GEHLOT FACING IN CABINET EXPANSION!
Two Pakistani terrorists
of proscribed terror outfit
LeT were gunned down
and one associate was
arrested at Durgan Poshana
area in Poonch in a joint
operation launched by
Jammu and Kashmir Police,
Indian Army and CRPF.The
slain terrorists have been
identified as Sajid and Bilal.
2 AK 47 Rifles, one UBGL
and one Thuraya Satphone
have been recovered from
their possession.
Yogi’s farmers’ outreach:
Who will blink first?
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Offense is
the best defense. And
nobody knows this bet-
ter than UP Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath,
who put the Opposition
parties stoking farm-
ers’ unrest in Western
UP on the back foot by
launching a blitzkrieg
of development and in-
frastructure projects on
Sunday in Meerut.
After launching 29
projects in Ghaziabad,
the UP CM laid founda-
tion stones of a whop-
ping 88 projects includ-
ing on Sunday in
Meerut. The shift in fo-
cus from Gorakhpur in
Purvanchal (Eastern),
where the UP CM spent
three-days, last week, to
Paschim (Western) UP
is being viewed as a
move to woo farmers’ on
the warpath over new
farm laws. Emphasising
that every penny (sugar-
cane dues) Turn to P6
Yogi Adityanath
Gehlot thanks people of Rajasthan for trusting Congress
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Senior Con-
gress leader and three
time Chief Minister
of Rajasthan, Ashok
Gehlot, has termed
the BJP of concocting
lies to present a dis-
mal picture of the ap-
parent ‘loss’ of the
Congress party in the
recently concluded
panchayat and local
body election, while
also terming that
Congress has fared
better than the saf-
fron party. On Sun-
day, Gehlot tweeted
his elation on per-
forming better in the
Nagar Palika and Na-
gar parishad elec-
tions and congratu-
lated those who se-
cured victory.
“I would like to con-
gratulate all those who
won the election and I
also want to thank the
people of the Rajasthan
for trusting Congress.
The people have made
us win,” Gehlot tweeted.
Interestingly, Con-
gress has won majorly
in the urban areas
and BJP has regis-
tered a good win in
rural areas.
Meanwhile, on Sun-
day, several MLAs
called on CM Gehlot
and discussed over sev-
eral issues pertaining
to their assembly con-
stituencies. Independ-
ent MLA Sanyam Lod-
ha, Ramnarayan Mee-
na and Govind Ram
Meghwal called on
Gehlot and informed
him of the problems in
their respective areas.
Lodha in particular
raised issued about ir-
regularities that he
brought to the notice
during assembly elec-
tion, after which Ge-
hlot instructed offi-
cials to act on the is-
sues raised by Lodha.
In the elections, Congress has won
majorly in urban areas while BJP
registered a good win in rural areas
Ashok Gehlot
NAGAR PALIKA AND NAGAR PARISHAD ELECTIONS CONG AHEAD
OF BJP IN CIVIC
BODY POLLS
Jaipur: After suffering
a setback in the pan-
chayati raj elections,
the ruling Congress
bounced back with
shine in the urban lo-
cal bodies by bagging
620 seats out of 1775.
Congress won 72
seats more than last
time and pushed BJP
to number three this
time. Independents
gave a surprise to the
opposition BJP as they
won 595 seats while
the saffron party got
548 seats. The BSP
got 7, CPI 2, CPI(M) 2,
and RLP 1 seats. P2

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CongsettlesscoreinurbanlocalbodiesCongress got 620, BJP 548, and independent candidates bagged 595 of the total 1,775 ward councillor posts in 50 urban local bodies
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: After suffering
a setback in the pan-
chayati raj elections,
the ruling Congress
bounced back with
shine in the urban local
bodies by bagging 620
seats out of 1775. Con-
gress won 72 seats more
than last time and
pushed BJP to number
three this time.
Out of 50 urban bod-
ies, BJP got majority in
just 4, Cong in 16, while
independents hold the
key in 30 bodies.
Independents gave a
surprise to the opposi-
tion BJP as they won
595 seats while the saf-
fron party got 548 seats.
The BSP got 7, CPI 2,
CPI(M) 2, and RLP 1
seats. The votes were
cast for a total of 1775
wards of 43 municipali-
ties and 7 municipal
councils in the districts
of Alwar, Baran, Karau-
li, Dausa, Bharatpur,
Jaipur, Dholpur, Sri
Ganganagar, Jodhpur,
Kota, Sawai Madhopur
and Sirohi.
Cong emerged strong
in Dholpur, Sri Ganga-
nagar, and Jaipur. In
Karauli and Bharatpur,
independents have won.
Of the 10 municipali-
ties of Jaipur district,
the Cong board is being
formed in more than 6
municipalities includ-
ing Chomu, Bagru,
Shahpura, Virat Nagar.
Minister Lal Chand Ka-
taria’s credibility sur-
vived in Jobner, while
Vidyadhar Chaudhary
showed amazing perfor-
mance in Phulera,
Sambhar and Renwal.
Cong MLA Indraj Gur-
jar in Viratnagar and
Ganga Devi in Bagru
saved their image while
MLA Vedprakash
Solanki could not man-
age the show in Chaksu.
In Dausa and Bandi-
kui, the Congress was
ahead of its rival party
BJP but still far from
majority. MLAs Murari
Lal Meena and GR Kha-
tana of the Sachin Pilot
camp could not show
performance. Inde-
pendents outpaced po-
litical parties in Bharat-
pur as strategy of Con-
gress MLA and former
minister Vishvendra
Singh worked.
Cong makes comeback
in Chomu after 10 years
Cong has misused
govt machinery in
elections: Poonia
Saraf writes to CM to
expedite process for
appt of 2K doctors
‘Kailashresponsiblefordefeatinpolls’
Gold worth `5.62 Lakhs seized
at Jaipur airport from Dubai
The winning candidate was greeted a garland and safa.
—PHOTO BY VINOD SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The ruling
Congress stunned the
opposition BJP in
Chomu by forming
the board after a gap
of 10 years. Congress
gotanabsolutemajor-
ity with 30 out of 45
wards in the munici-
pality election. BJP
has won 11 seats,
three independents
have won, and one
seat has gone to RLP.
Itisasetbackforlocal
MLA Ram Lal Shar-
ma, who is also BJP
spokesperson. Con-
gress’ Kiran Sharma
of Ward 34 won with
the most 647 votes.
Prithviraj Yogi of
RLP from ward num-
ber 36 won by 3 votes.
The rebels along
with Rallopa severe-
ly damaged the BJP.
Dissatisfied with the
party ticket distribu-
tion, the BJP failed
in election badly. On
the other hand, Ral-
lopa had 21 wards
candidates, who
spoiled the victory of
BJP candidates.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia said
on Sunday that the elec-
tion results of the 50
urban local bodies in
the state are against the
ruling Congress.
He said that if
clubbed together, the
number of winner BJP
and independent candi-
dates clearly indicates
that the results are
against the ruling dis-
pensation in the state.
Poonia said that Con-
gress may show fake
happiness and can man-
age to form a board, but
the results are disap-
pointing for the party.
He said that the peo-
ple of the state have
seen that the Congress
party has misused gov-
ernment machinery in
the elections.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Expressing con-
cernoverthedelayinthe
appointment of doctors,
former health minister
and BJP MLA Kalich-
aran Saraf has demand-
ed from the chief minis-
terAshokGehlottoexpe-
dite the process for the
appointment of 2,000
doctors selected in the
recruitment examina-
tionconductedbyRUHS.
He said that in view
of the shortage of doc-
tors in the state, the
chief minister had an-
nounced the appoint-
ment of 2,000 doctors in
his budget speech but
the doctors have not
been recruited after so
much delay. Saraf, in a
letter written to the
chief minister, said that
the recruitment process
should be expedited and
the doctors should be
given an early appoint-
ment in view of the
shortage of doctors.
He said that the state
government had to can-
cel the recruitment ex-
amination twice due to
technical issues.
“After much delay,
RUHS conducted the re-
cruitment examination
on 28 October and after
the result, verification
of documents of the se-
lected candidates has
been completed but the
doctors selected in the
examination have not
yet been appointed. The
delay is creating resent-
ment among the select-
ed doctors,” he said.
On the other hand,
the BJP MLA targeted
UDH minister Shanti
Dhariwal for accusing
the BJP of doing poli-
tics in the deaths of in-
fants in order to divert
attention from the
farmers’ movement.
Durg Singh Rajpurohit
Barmer: Former MP
and leader of Bharatiya
Janata Party, Colonel
(retd) Sonaram Chaud-
hary has sought resig-
nation from the Bar-
mer-Jaisalmer MP and
Union Minister of State
for Agriculture Kailash
Chaudhary.
In a press conference
at Barmer Circuit
House on Sunday,
Sonaram held Kailash
Chaudhary responsible
for the defeat in the
Panchayati Raj elec-
tions. Sonaram, a four-
time MP and one-time
MLA left the Congress
in 2014 and joined the
BJP.
He said that the party
suffered defeat in the
area in the panchayat
raj elections due to
cross-voting. He said
the situation is like a
razor in money’s hands.
Sonaram said that
Kailash Chaudhary
won because of the
Modi wave but will not
win every time.
About District Presi-
dent Aduram Meghwal,
Sonaram said how the
command has been giv-
en to a person who is
defeated twice.
Vimal Kothari
Jaipur: Custom offi-
cials have seized 110.87
gm gold worth Rs 5.62
lakhs from a passenger
who arrived at Jaipur
international airport
from Dubai.
The gold was con-
cealed in the trolley bag
of Abhiram Yadav, a
resident of Mau village
of UP. After the seizure
and initial interroga-
tion, the passenger was
allowed to go as the
value of the gold was
not high enough for the
arrest, sources said.
DOTASRA’S POSITION CONSOLIDATES
My heartiest congratulations and best wishes
to all the candidates who have won the nagar
palika and nagar parishad elections. I express my
gratitude to the people of the state who expressed
their confidence in the Congress party and made
the Congress victorious. I thank all the Congress
workers for their hard work and congratulate them
on the victory. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
Best wishes to all the candidates of the BJP
who won the municipal and municipal council
elections in Rajasthan. At the same time, heartfelt
gratitude to all voters and activists for reposing
faith in BJP by supporting the ideology of
nationalism. —Vasundhara Raje, Former CM
BJP badly lost the civic elections due to agony
of the farmers’ movement. The main reason
for BJP’s defeat is the hammer attack of farm-
ers’ pain. This hammer has hit the ego of BJP.
The public has completely rejected the BJP. BJP
should take a lesson from these results and
apologise to the farmers of the country
—Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Transport Minister
Results of urban
local bodies usually
remain favourable for
the ruling party. Con-
gress played games
in delimitation of
municipal corporations
and then tried to delay
elections. Public has
rejected the Cong govt.
—Satish Poonia,
State BJP president
Urban public has ex-
pressed confidence
in Cong. BJP has been
confined to the third
position in urban local
bodies. Congress has
got the maximum seats.
It is a victory of our peo-
ple friendly policies and
development work.
—Govind Singh Dotasra,
PCC chief
UNITED WE STAND
School fee issue is constantly gaining momentum in the state, the United Parents Association has been sitting on a dharna
for the last 14 days and has been fasting for 5 days. On Sunday, the United Parents Union appealed to more than 2 crore
parents of the state for voluntary group fasting, in which lakhs of parents from all over the state participated.
MINISTERS PERF
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Elated over the
results in urban local
bodies, PCC president
Govind Singh Dotasra
on Sunday said that the
party is in a position to
form boards in most of
the local bodies. He
said that due to the
public welfare policies
of the Ashok Gehlot
government, people
have voted for Con-
gress and rejected the
BJP in urban areas.
Dotasra said that BJP
had its boards in 34 out
of the 50 local bodies
which went to polls on
Friday and in results
announced on Sunday,
the BJP has got a major-
ity in just four.
“The number of local
bodies where the BJP
had majority has come
down from 34 to 4 which
shows that people have
no faith in BJP poli-
cies,” he told reporters.
Dotasra said that
Congress is in leading
position, independents
are on second position
while the BJP stood on
the third position in the
results which clearly
indicates that people
have reposed faith in
Congress and rejected
the saffron party.
The PCC president ex-
uded confidence that the
Congress will form
boards at more than 40
bodies. He claimed that
mostof theindependents
who have won elections
are Congress supported.
At some places like
Bharatpur, he said that
the party did not give
symbols and independ-
ent candidates were
fielded under a strategy
that was completely
successful.
He also targeted the
BJP state president Sat-
ish Poonia and other
leaders saying the saf-
fron party leaders con-
spire to topple elected
governments but they
will not be able to do this
in Rajasthan. He said
that BJP has received
just 8 percent votes in
the ULB elections.
When asked about the
statement of AIMIM MP
Asaduddin Owaisi, Do-
tasra said that entire
country knows who
sendshimwhere.Hesaid
he works to benefit a
partybuthispoliticswill
not work in Rajasthan.
‘People have voted for Cong’s welfare policies’
CONGRESS IN LEADING POSITION Garg praises Vishvendra Singh,
calls him ‘Chanakya of Politics’
Deepak Lawaniya
Bharatpur: In a sur-
prising shift in political
equations in Bharatpur,
technical education
minister Subhas Garg,
who used to be on the
target of former
minister Vishven-
dra Singh often, has
appreciated Singh
while calling him
‘Chanakya of Poli-
tics’ in Bharatpur.
He said that Sin-
gh’s strategy in
Kumher and Deeg
was successful and
the Congress party will
form boards in both the
bodies. “For this suc-
cess, I congratulate
him. He proved once
again that he is the
Chanakya of politics,”
Garg said.
Deeg-Kumher MLA
Vishvendra Singh, who
was in Sachin Pilot
camp and rebelled
against the chief minis-
ter, has targeted Garg
numerous times on so-
cial media.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Satish Poonia
Sonaram Chaudhary
Govind Singh Dotasra
Kailash Chaudhary
Kalicharan Saraf

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2020
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Gujarat Tour-
ism received the ‘Best
Stall Award’ for their
unique stall concept
and decoration at the
travel and tourism
showcase and conclave,
India Travel Mart (ITM)
on Saturday evening in
Jaipur. The theme of
the conference is ‘Ek
Bharat Shrestha Bharat
- Dekho Apna Desh -
Promoting Domestic
Tourism’. Mementos
were given to all other
stalls also.
The event was attend-
ed by officials from
Ministry of Tourism,
officials from Gujarat
and Rajasthan tourism
department, and other
members of the travel
and trade fraternity.
Managing Director,
ITM, Ajay Gupta said
that the objective of In-
dia Travel Mart Jaipur
is to promote domestic
tourism in these Coro-
na times and provide
them with information
regarding different
types of tourism and
packages. “People who
have been stuck inside
their homes for the past
9 months are itching to
get out and travel,” he
said.
Deputy Manager
Marketing & Promo-
tions Tourism Corpora-
tion of Gujarat Limited,
Nikita Kathiriya said,
“It is indeed gratifying
that the visionary and
responsible tourism ac-
tivities of Gujarat Tour-
ism have been recog-
nized and awarded by
esteemed organisations
in India and interna-
tionally.”
President, Associa-
tion of Domestic Tour
Operator, PP Khanna
said that travel and tour
operators need to edu-
cate tourists to follow
all health and safety
protocols.
Subash Verma, Na-
tional Advisor, India
Association of Travel
and Tourism Experts,
Treasurer, Travel
Agents Association of
India, Rajasthan Chap-
ter Arvind Pareek and
MD, Dove Travels, Am-
ritsar, Ashwani Gupta
were also present.
Domestic tourism in focus during corona times
EYEING DESI TOURISTS!
6-member team from AIIMS
inspects Kota’s JK Lon hospital
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: JK Lon hospital
of Kota has become the
epicenter of visits of
committees after the
deaths of infants which
were reported on
Wednesday night.
On one hand, a high-
level committee set up
by the state government
is conducting an in-
quiry in the hospital, a
six-member team from
AIIMS New Delhi and
Jodhpur also visited the
JK lon hospital. During
the visits, the entry of
media was banned in
the hospital.
Members of the cen-
tral team held discus-
sion with the Head of
Department (HOD) of
Paediatrics department
Dr Amrit Lal Bairwa
for hours. They checked
whether the hospital
fulfills all the parame-
ters of the Medical
Council of India (MCI)
in terms of number of
doctors and paramedi-
cal staff, availability
and condition of ma-
chines, equipment etc.
Kota Chief Medical
Health Officer (CMHO)
Dr Bhupendra Tanwar
said that the respective
teams will submit the
report to the govern-
ment and on the basis
of recommendations,
appropriate actions will
be taken after complete
report is made.
First India Bureau
Nainwa (Bundi):
Sports minister Ashok
Chandna on Sunday
consoled the family
members of a girl Pri-
yal Jain who died in a
road accident in the
town on Friday.
He along with the
party workers reached
the house of the girl
and paid her floral trib-
utes. The minister
handed over a cheque
of Rs. One lakh to the
family from the chief
minister’s relief fund
and assured the mem-
bers all possible help
from the government.
The girl died after being
hit by a speeding truck.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Advocate SK
Singh filed a Public In-
terest Litigation online
against Congress Rahul
Gandhi asking the Un-
ion Home ministry to
book him under Section
124A of Indian Penal
Code for sedition.
The petition said that
the Congress leader is
trying and attempting
to bring hatred against
the Government of In-
dia whereas Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi is
working round the
clock for the develop-
ment of the people of
India.
The PIL contends
that HM Amit Shah
should not meet the
farmers again and
again as the Farmers
Act has been passed by
the Parliament and the
farmers have got no
right to question the act
on roads instead of the
Parliament. Mukesh
Ambani of Reliance
Company and Gautam
Adani of Adani Group
were also made party in
the Public interest liti-
gation (PIL) as Bharati-
ya Kisan Union Presi-
dent Bhanu Pratap
Singh has openly
threatened that they are
not going to pay the toll
of these two companies.
Dr Pranoy Roy of
NDTV, PCC chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra,
and Sukhbir Singh
Sandhu have also been
made party.
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: Three engi-
neers of Urban Im-
provement Trust (UIT)
–Bhilwara, who were
arrested for allegedly
taking bribe of Rs. 1
lakh earlier this month,
have been suspended by
the UDH department.
UIT Bhilwara’s super-
intending engineer
Rameshwar Sharma,
executive engineer Sat-
ishShardaandassistant
engineer Brahmalal
Sharmaweretrappedby
a team of anti-corrup-
tion bureau on 3 Decem-
ber while taking the
bribe from a contractor
to clear his bills.
They were suspended
by the UDH depart-
ment. UDH joint secre-
tary Manish Goyal is-
sued the suspension
order.
Jaipur: Rajasthan re-
corded 14 more fatali-
ties due to the novel
coronavirus on Sun-
day taking the death
tollinthestateto2,542,
while 1,290 new cases
pushed the infection
tally in the state to 2.91
lakh, according to a
health department
bulletin.
Of the 2,91,289 COV-
ID-19 cases reported in
Rajasthan till now,
16,629 are under treat-
ment. As many as
2,72,118 people have
been discharged after
treatment, it stated.
In Jaipur, the death
toll from the coronavi-
rus infection is 474 till
now, followed by 269 in
Jodhpur, 208 in Ajmer,
164 in Bikaner, 157 in
Kota,116inBharatpur,
107 in Udaipur and 102
in Pali. On Sunday, Ra-
jasthan recorded 1,290
new cases, including
295 in Jaipur, 105 in
Jodhpur, 99 in Kota, 70
in Bhilwara, 65 in
Udaipur, and 61 in Na-
gaur. —PTI
Jaipur: BJP state
vice president and
MLA from Kesho-
raipatan in Bundi
Chandrakanta Megh-
wal has tested posi-
tive for corona. CM
Ashok Gehlot wished
her speedy recovery
on Sunday. “Wishing
speedy recovery to
BJP MLA, Chandra-
kanta Meghwal ji,
who has tested posi-
tive for #COVID19.
May she gets well
soon,” he tweeted.
Kashihram Chaudhary
Jaipur: North western
railway will be given 10
awards in various cate-
gories for outstanding
work in energy conser-
vation.
In the Energy Con-
servation Award -2020
announced by the Ra-
jasthan Government
for the year 2020, North
Western Railway has
begged 10 awards in
various categories
based on its outstand-
ing performance.
Lt Shashi Kiran,
Chief Public Relations
Officer of North West-
ern Railway, informed
that railway hospital-
Jaipur has been given
first award in Hospital
Building category.
Apart from this, in
the government build-
ing category, Ajmer
Workshop, Bikaner
Workshop, Jodhpur
Workshop, railway
training institute of
Udaipur etc. too have
got the awards.
The number of
awards received by
North Western Railway
is the highest ever in
the past years.
The CPRO said that
many works have been
done under the North
western railway (NWR)
for energy conserva-
tion.
290 fresh cases in Jpr, 14
more Covid deaths in Raj
Min consoles mishap
victim kin in Nainwa
UDH dept suspends
3 engineers held for
taking ` 1 lakh bribe
PIL seeks Rahul Gandhi be
booked under sedition charges
North Western Railways bags 10
awards for energy conservation
Keshoraipatan
MLA tests +ve,
CM wishes
speedy recovery
CONG LEADER ALLEGES
DRUG SCAM IN KOTA
Nikita Kathiriya accepting award of ‘Best Stall’ on behalf of
Gujarat Tourism from MD, ITM, Ajay Gupta in Jaipur on Sunday.
Jodhpur: Even as
the Covid-19 cases
continue to rise in
Rajasthan, the Jodh-
pur administration
has decided not to
paste any posters
outside the resi-
dents of the Cov-
id-19 patients who
are under home iso-
lation.
“As per instruc-
tions of the govern-
ment, Covid patients
will continue to re-
main under home
isolation or quaran-
tine for 14 days. As
per the pasting of
posters outside their
residence is con-
cerned, no poster
will be pasted out-
side their residences
as of now,”, Dr Bal-
want Manda, Chief
Medical Officer
(CMO), Jodhpur
said. As per the Un-
ion Government,
the state has so far
seen 2,91,306 cases.
While 16, 821 cases
continue to remain
active. —ANI
‘Nopostersoutsidepatients’houseinJodh’
CHILL GRIPS RAJ!
Since three days,
temperature has
dropped in Rajasthan.
Freezing winds have
increased the chill
in western parts of
state. The lowest night
temperature in the
state was 4.0 degrees
in Mount Abu and 4.5
degrees in Fatehpur
Shekhawati. Due to
the cold winds, fog
enveloped the rural
areas of Dholpur,
Jaipur on Sunday.
There will be no
change in weather for
2 days, reports Met.
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The annual session of
the INC was held on 31
December 1929 in La-
hore, the capital of the
then Punjab province.
In this historic session,
the manifesto of ‘Purna
Swaraj’ was prepared
by the Congress
and declared ‘Purna
Swaraj’ as the main
target of the Congress.
Covid-19 likely to be more lethal during winter in Rajasthan, say experts. With rising corona
cases, a resident of city at Covid-19 testing centre on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Team from AIIMS New Delhi and Jodhpur visited JK lon hospital in Kota on Sunday.
Ashok Chandna consoles family members of road accident victim.
North Western Railway Junction.
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edition is perhaps the very
vaguestof alloffencesknownto
the criminal law. The offence of
sedition was pitchforked in the
newsrecently,beit“Delhiriots”
during President Trump’s visit
in February this year; be it the
“Tukade-Tukade” gang of JNU
which advocated fragmentation
of India,orbeittheprosecution
of dissident MLAs in Rajasthan
in June-July this year under
Section 124-A of the Indian Pe-
nal Code, 1860.
It was rightly observed by
Counsel Paulus Pleydell in
“Guy Mannering; or The As-
trologer” (a second of the Wa-
verly novels by Sir Walter
Scott) that “a lawyer without
history or literature is a me-
chanic, a mere working mason;
if he possesses some knowl-
edge of these, he may venture
to call himself an architect.”
For analytical jurists the pre-
sent is more important, for
philosophical jurists the fu-
ture, but the historical jurists
attach greater importance to
the past. Law is not a disjointed
phenomenon or a static entity
but an organic and a living
mechanism to keep pace with
society. Let us track down the
historical evolution of the of-
fence of ‘sedition’ in India.
The offence of sedition was
extant in ancient India. Dhar-
ma-Sutras” bear ample testi-
mony to this. From very early
times, the lawgivers treated the
king as the embodiment of the
state. There were two entities
– one the king, the individual
and two the kingship, the insti-
tution - which represented the
state. Arthur Coke Burnell,
who has translated ‘Manu Sm-
riti’ in ‘The Ordinances of
Manu’, has cited Manu – the
ancient lawgiver – to the effect
that ‘a king is not to be de-
spised’….. (pp 227-228). Kau-
tilya has also echoed similar
views in his ‘Artha Shastra’
(1.13). Even in such early works
as the ‘Rig Ved’ there are
hymns glorifying the office of
king (Rig Ved IV 42). It should
be noted that it was not the
king but the kingly office that
actually carried special dignity
and sanctity and invoked re-
spect and any offence against
this office was treated very se-
verely indeed. For offences
against the royal office Narada
has prescribed monetary and
corporal punishment (Narada
Smriti, Parikirnaka, 13). The
‘Matsya Puran’ advocates ag-
gravated punishment for inter-
fering with the authority of the
king (‘Matsya Puran’ 227.185).
Brhaspati was much lenient
and suggested lighter punish-
ment for a person inimically
disposed towards king (Brhas-
pati Smriti XVII).
It is significant that Kaman-
daka emphasised that there
was no punishment, other than
death, for the offence of sub-
verting the state (Kamandaka
Nitisara XIV 16). In Mudrarak-
shasa there is an instance of
Sreshthi Canadandasa being
taken to the execution ground
for doing what was politically
unwholesome - Rajapathyaka-
rinam (Mudrarakshasam VII).
Manu has stated that in a king’s
realm there is no thief, nor
adulteror, nor libellor. Accord-
ing to Burnell ‘libellor’ here
means ‘one with an injurious
voice and sentiments towards
the king’ (‘The Ordinances of
Manu’ p. 239). Medhatithi has
opined that no communication
must be had with the man who
excites hatred towards the king
nor should he be allowed to en-
ter the house. Disloyal feudato-
ries were kept under check af-
ter the failures of rebellion and
were subjected to various in-
dignities (Epigraphia Indica
XVIII pp. 43-46). It is quite clear
that royal policy measures
were not always liked by the
people and that some political
crimes were committed during
outbursts of resentments.
Thus, our ancient legal texts
prohibited the people from de-
spising and diffusing hatred
against the office. There are
various references to instances
where people were punished
for exciting disaffection to-
wards the king (Mrcchhakati-
kam VI). The ancient regimes
in our country realised that a
government has the right to
object when its populace wan-
der off from criticism to cal-
umny. Those who excited evil
prejudices and stirred up dis-
content against the king and
the kingdom were the produc-
ers of mischief of the gravest
character. Those who distilled
and sold the poisonous product
of ferment to saturate the gul-
lible masses with evil thoughts
of king and kingdom were re-
pressed with a strong hand.
During the medieval period
there was a disintegration of
theancientIndianempire.Mus-
lim invaders captured our terri-
tory and a cultural conflict en-
sued wherein the ancient legal
mores were subdued. Conse-
quently, the laws of these invad-
ers held sway and added to the
extreme fluidity of the contem-
porary legal system. Muslim
laws had an ethico-religious
tinge and were prone to subjec-
tive application. Strictly speak-
ing, Islamic law did not have a
distinct corpus of “criminal
law”. It divided crimes into dif-
ferent categories depending on
the offence. Huddud were
crimes against God. Their pun-
ishment was prescribed in the
Quran and Hadiths. Qisas were
crimes against an individual or
family. Their punishment was
equal retaliation as per the
Quran and the Hadiths. Tazir
were crimes whose punishment
was left to the discretion of the
ruler or judge. Siyasah were
crimes against the government.
The offence of sedition, as
such, was not in vogue but we
find instances of revolt by the
Muslims themselves against
their rulers. Aram Shah pro-
voked rebellion against the re-
gime of Altmish. Similarly, re-
bellion incited by Ali Mardan,
again against Altmish, was
quelled. Razia Sultana had to
suppress the upsurge of sol-
diers against her regime. It is,
therefore, noticeable that the
offence of exciting disaffec-
tion, which included disloyalty
and all feelings of enmity,
against the Muslim rulers was
not unknown in the medieval
period also. Any incitement
and disparaging exhortation
against the Muslim kings was
dealt with an iron hand.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SEDITION IN INDIA – A
HISTORICAL RETROSPECT
S
The offence of
sedition, as such,
was not in vogue
but we find
instances of
revolt by the
Muslims
themselves
against their
rulers. Aram
Shah provoked
rebellion against
the regime of
Altmish.
Similarly,
rebellion incited
by Ali Mardan,
again against
Altmish, was
quelled. Razia
Sultana had to
suppress the
upsurge of
soldiers against
her regime
SHRAWAN
SAWHNEY
THE OFFENCE OF
SEDITION WAS EXTANT
IN ANCIENT INDIA.
DHARMA-SUTRAS”
BEAR AMPLE
TESTIMONY TO THIS.
FROM VERY EARLY
TIMES, THE LAWGIVERS
TREATED THE KING
AS THE EMBODIMENT
OF THE STATE
IAS (RETD.) SOLICITOR
& LEGAL CONSULTANT
oday’s growing
world popula-
tion and a privi-
leged minority’s
rapidly rising
living standards are driving
resource consumption and
waste production at a rate
requiring the capacities of
1.7 Earths and fuels alarm-
ing levels of global warm-
ing. And the ocean is in-
creasingly suffering the
consequences – not only the
well-known large-scale
bleaching of tropical corals
caused by rising tempera-
tures, but also the less visi-
ble risks of ocean-water
acidification and temporal
and spatial discrepancies in
productivity patterns due to
species-specificadaptability.
Earth, and especially the
ocean, is thus approaching
the tipping point of irre-
versible degradation. That
would be a tragedy, marked
bytheocean’sincreasingin-
ability to provide us and fu-
turegenerationswithneces-
sities such as healthy food,
the carbon cycle, nutrient
regeneration, and mitiga-
tion of global warming.
A recent studies and as-
sessments indicate, the
world is still able to change
course in the face of this
threat,if majorpressures—
including climate change—
are mitigated and marine
ecosystems restored. But a
new risk is looming on the
horizon: commercial deep-
seabed mining for in-de-
mand minerals.
The industry’s prevail-
ing narrative today is that
the world needs deep-sea
minerals – including rare-
earth elements, cobalt,
manganese, and tellurium
– to enable the renewable-
energy transition and de-
carbonize the global econ-
omy. But recent economic
analyses suggest that exist-
ing land-based mining and
a transition towards a cir-
cular economy can fill pos-
sible gaps in mineral sup-
ply, and even indicate that
surplus mineral produc-
tion, such as from the deep
sea, may cause prices to
collapse. So, who will gain
from mining the seafloor?
The mining of mineral-
rich substrates will poten-
tially affect the largely un-
touched deep sea at depths
of 2,000-4,000 meters in
some national waters, as
well as the international
seabed, known legally as
“the Area.” The 1982 Unit-
ed Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea (UNC-
LOS) declared the Area
and its mineral resources
to be the “common herit-
age of mankind,” and es-
tablished the International
Seabed Authority (ISA) – a
Jamaica-based body that
currently has 168 member
states – to manage them.
Since it came into exist-
ence in 1994, the ISA has
signed 30 mineral-explora-
tion contracts with 21 enti-
ties – sponsored by 16 states
and one consortium. And
industry pressure to start
commercialexploitationhas
increased in recent years.
Although this impa-
tience is perhaps under-
standable, seabed mineral
depositsaretypicallyfound
in highly specific and sen-
sitive ecosystems. Older
and more ecologically sta-
ble locations have more
concentrated deposits and
thus attract greater mining
interest, but the associated
ecosystems are more spe-
cialized and diverse.
Recent research has rev-
olutionized our view of the
deep sea and revealed an
extraordinary diversity of
small-scale habitats, life
forms, and strategies. But
we have yet to uncover
most of these ecosystems’
secrets, and our under-
standing of their complex-
ity and functional relation-
ships is still in its infancy.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
Must we risk destroying the ocean to save the planet?
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TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Welcome the round-the-clock
availability of RTGS money
transfer services on all days
from today 12:30 PM. This will
facilitate global integration of
Indian ﬁnancial markets, lead
to development of international
ﬁnancial centers in the country
and facilitate seamless payments.
Smriti Z Irani @smritiirani
NDA victory in Assam BTC polls is
validation of PM @narendramodi
Ji’s development agenda for
the State. I congratulate CM
@sarbanandsonwal Ji, @
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UPPL for the victory and express
gratitude towards the people of
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IN-DEPTH
FARMERS’ STIR CAN’T
CONTINUE FOREVER
here’s no end in sight to protest by farm-
ers who began converging on the Delhi-
Jaipur Highway to block access to Delhi
while refusing to compromise on their
demand for the repeal of the three new
farm laws. The government, on the other hand, is
resorting to the usual tactic of maligning the pro-
testers by calling them Khalistanis and tukde-
tukde gang besides staying firm on its no rollback
stand. The ranks of agitators and their sympathiz-
ers are, meanwhile, swelling. Punjab’s DIG Prisons
Lakhminder Singh resigned in farmers’ support
and next in line are 5000 army veterans who have
threatened to return their gallantry medals.
The government is not just waiting for farmers
to come forward for talks and calling them names
but it is also trying to create a split among farmers.
A group of farmers met Agriculture Minister Nar-
endra Singh Tomar and threatened to start their
own agitation if the new laws are repealed. The
petition filed in the Supreme Court by a faction of
the Bharatiya Kisan Union challenging the validity
of the three Acts passed in September this year is
also being viewed with skepticism. Validation of
theActsfromtheApexCourtwouldgivethegovern-
ment the handle to crack down on the protesters.
With all the power at its command, the govern-
ment will eventually win this fight against farm-
ers who must understand that there is a difference
between the National Democratic Alliance and the
earlier government of United Progressive Alli-
ance. They must realise that no BJP-ruled the state
will allow their protest to succeed and plan their
strategy accordingly.
T
ALL EYES ARE ON COVID
VACCINE CANDIDATES
n India the Covid-19 caseload is now a lit-
tle over 3 percent and the situation looks
much under control but life is far from
normal as the fear of the virus is still
haunting us. With the necessary proto-
cols in place this is bound to decline further. The
goal, however, is to protect the virus from infecting
the people. The government and pharmaceutical
companiesare,therefore,arestrivingtomakeavac-
cine available to the masses at the earliest.
Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of Serum Institute
of India, has said that the Covid-19 vaccination
drive was likely to begin in January. The SII is test-
ing the Oxford Astra-Zeneca vaccine and expects
clearance for emergency trial later this month.
Last week the Subject Expert Committee asked the
SII and Bharat Biotech for further study on the
safety and efficacy of their vaccine as risk-free
vaccination is important for restoring people’s
confidence so badly eroded by the pandemic.
Although Pfizer and Sputnik V are already be-
ing used, India could wait for SII and Bharat Bio-
tech vaccines as they’ll be not only cheaper but
will also be easier to maintain. Pfizer’s being an
RNA vaccine there were apprehensions of adverse
side-effects in the long run. Those fears have been
addressed but its price and low temperatures of
minus 70 degrees required for maintenance makes
it unsuitable.
That is why all eyes are on the vaccines being
developed by Bharat Biotech and the SII which are
in a critical stage of trials. States are already
geared up for the task of vaccination.
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the spread of COVID-19.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Senior Con-
gress leader P Chidam-
baram slammed the
Central government
and alleged that some of
its Ministers had allud-
ed to the presence of
“separatist” elements
in ongoing farmers’ pro-
test against the agricul-
ture reforms. “Minis-
ters have described the
protesters against the
Farm Laws as Khal-
istanis; agents of Paki-
stan & China; Maoists;
&, the latest, tukde tuk-
de gang,” the Congress
leader tweeted. “If you
exhaust all these catego-
ries, it means there are
no farmers among the
thousands of protest-
ers. If there are no farm-
ers, why is the govern-
ment talking to them?”
he asked.
Meanwhile, several
rounds of talks have
taken place between the
Centre and farmer lead-
ers regarding the laws
but no headway has
been made on the front
Farmers are protesting
against the Farmer’s
Produce Trade & Com-
merce (Promotion and
Facilitation) Act, 2020,
the Farmer (Empower-
ment and Protection)
Agreement of Price As-
surance & Farm Ser-
vices Act, 2020 & Essen-
tial Commodities
(Amendment) Act, 2020.
‘If there are no farmers,
why govt talking to them?’Chidambaram slams the Central government over issue of ongoing farmers’ protest
Jammu: The sixth
phase of District De-
velopment Council
(DDC) elections record-
ed voter percentage of
42.79 per cent across 31
constituencies spread
over different districts
of Jammu and Kash-
mir till 1 pm on Sunday.
As per the figures
given by the office of
State Election Commis-
sioner, in Kashmir Di-
vision, Pulwama has
recorded a voting per-
centage of 6.80 per
cent, Baramulla 26.68
per cent, Kulgam 32.71
per cent, Shopian 3.66
per cent, Anantnag
20.95 per cent, Bandip-
ora 40.57 per cent, Gan-
derbal 45.89 per cent,
Kupwara 41.21 per cent
and Budgam 27.44 per
cent till 1 pm.
Similarly, in Jammu
and Kashmir division,
Udhampur has record-
ed a voting percentage
of 54.69 per cent, Jam-
mu 55.62 per cent,
Kathua 50.09 per cent,
Ramban 61.91 per cent,
Doda 53.39 per cent,
Samba 60.61 per cent,
Poonch 60.73 per cent,
Rajouri 63.07 per cent
and Reasi 61.21 per
cent till 1 pm.
DDC elections:
42.79 pc
votes polled till
1 pm in J-K
New Delhi: With contin-
ued farmers protests
regarding the Central
farm laws, Union Min-
ister of State for Fi-
nance Anurag Thakur
has said that the gov-
ernment led by Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi brought three
laws to double the in-
come of farmers and
that the present gov-
ernment paid Mini-
mum Support Price
(MSP), double than
what was paid by the
previous UPA govern-
ment.
"The three agricul-
ture laws were brought
so as to double the in-
come of farmers. In the
last six years, Modi
government paid more
than double MSP, then
what was paid in the
UPA time. During 2009-
2014, the UPA govern-
ment paid Rs 3,75,000
crore whereas the NDA
government has paid
over Rs 8,00,000 crore,"
the Minister said.
"The farmers have
been given the freedom
to sell their products to
anybody in the country
at any cost. They will
own their farmlands,
only their crops will be
on contracts. The gov-
ernment has made this
arrangement too. The
Centre is working hard
to double their income
by 2022," he added.
New farm laws to double
income of farmers: Thakur
Bolpur: Claiming that
Trinamool Congress su-
premo Mamata Baner-
jee is "banking on vio-
lence" to return to pow-
er, BJP national general
secretary Kailash Vi-
jayvargiya on Sunday
said central forces
should be deployed im-
mediately in West Ben-
gal to put an end to the
prevailing atmosphere
of political violence
and terror in the state.
With Assembly polls
due in the state in April-
May next year, the BJP
Bengal minder ap-
pealed to the Election
Commission to ensure
free and fair elections,
saying there should not
be any place for fear
and violence.
"Mamata Banerjee
knows that the land un-
der her feet has slipped
and so she is trying to
return to power in the
state on the strength of
violence.
"I urge the Election
Commission to deploy
central forces from now
itself in order to put an
end to the prevailing at-
mosphere of political
violence and terror in
the state," Vijayvargiya
said. The ruling TMC
and the BJP have been
engaged in a war of
words over the attack
on BJP national presi-
dent J P Nadda''s con-
voy by alleged TMC
supporters.
‘Deploy central forces
immediately in Bengal’
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla releases
book on Parl attack
Om Birla during the release of the book ‘The Shaurya Unbound’,
which narrates stories of exemplary courage of CRPF India
Bravehearts, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla re-
leased a book on occa-
sion of 19th anniversa-
ry of the Parliament
attack.
He released the book
‘The Shaurya Unbound’
(English Version) and
‘Samundar Samawe
Boond Mein’ (Hindi
Version) in the national
capital on December 13.
Central Reserve Po-
lice Force (CRPF) DG
Dr Anand Prakash Ma-
heshwari also attended
the book launch cere-
mony along with other
officers.
Addressing the me-
dia, Central Reserve
Police Force DG said,
“We are fully prepared
to face any challenge
now and are updated
with all the relevant in-
telligence.
All the concerned
agencies are in synergy
with each other and
best possible security
systems will be given to
new Parliament.”
Chadha among 3 MLAs
detained by Delhi Police
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police detained 3 AAP
MLAs with Raghav
Chadha ahead of their
plannedprotestatHome
Minister Amit Shah’s
residence. This comes
after Police had rejected
Raghav Chadha’s re-
quest for permission to
hold a demonstration at
Union Minister Shah’s
residence on Sunday in
view of the pandemic.
On Saturday, Chadha
has written a letter to
Delhi Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police request-
ing for permission to
hold a dharna outside
the residence of Union
Home Minister against
alleging misappropria-
tion of funds by New
Delhi Municipal Coun-
cil (NDMC).
Mumbai: The Mumbai
Police has arrested Re-
public TV CEO Vikas
Khanchandani in the
alleged TRP manipula-
tion case. Recently, Re-
public TV Network has
alleged that its Assis-
tant Vice President
(Distribution) Ghan-
shyam Singh, who was
released on bail on De-
cember 5, was “tor-
tured and assaulted”
during interrogation
by Mumbai police. An
interim application
has been filed by Re-
public Media Network
before Bombay HC stat-
ing that Singh was
lashed with “chakki
belt” while he was in
the custody of Mumbai
Police. He was arrested
on November 10 in con-
nection with the al-
leged Television Rat-
ing Point (TRP) scam.
The interim applica-
tion says that police
force was saying in
Marathi “inko maaro
maro maro”. It says
that Singh was forced
to extend his hand be-
fore the police officers
& he was whipped by a
chakki belt three times
(twice on the right
hand and once on the
left hand).
Mum Police arrests Republic TV
CEO in TRP manipulation case
P Chidambaram
New Delhi: Rashtriya
Janata Dal (RJD) leader
Manoj Jha has urged
the government to
speak to farmer leaders
protesting against the
three farm laws passed
in the Parliament
recently. "I am very
sorry to say that I have
never seen such an
insensitive government
in my lifetime. They
are calling the protes-
tors Khalistanis and
Pakistanis. Then why is
the government talking
with farmers," Jha said.
"The farmers and the
rest of the society are
not demanding the
moon from the govern-
ment. They just want
proper arrangements,
but the government is
not listening to them. I
urge the government to
listen to them so that
things do not go out of
hand," RJD leader said.
He added that if the
government listens to
farmers, its reputation
will not be affected, but
instead, their stature
will increase in history.
RJD LEADER MANOJ JHA URGES
GOVT TO LISTEN TO FARMERS
New Delhi: Amid the
rise in fuel prices, Con-
gress General Secre-
tary in-charge of Uttar
Pradesh Priyanka
Gandhi slammed BJP
saying that the party
has earned around Rs
3 lakh crore additional
revenue by increasing
the excise duty on fuel
in 2020. “Petrol and
diesel prices are sky-
rocketing. By increas-
ing excise duty on fuel
in 2020, the BJP gov-
ernment has earned
around 3 lakh crore ad-
ditional revenue. But
instead of providing
relief to the people
where is this money
going? Please explain.
Rs 20,000 crore on Par-
liament Corridor. Rs
16,000 crore for Prime
Minister’s plane and
Rs 2 crores being spent
on advertising daily,”
Priyanka Gandhi
tweeted Minister of
Petroleum & Natural
Gas, Dharmendra
Pradhan said there
has been a rise in fuel
prices in the interna-
tional market because
of recent elections in
USA & other reasons.
Priyanka Gandhi slams Centre for hike in fuel prices
Priyanka Gandhi
Vikas Khanchandani
Raghav Chadha
Kailash Vijayvargiya
‘HINDU RAJ IN WEST BENGAL SOON’
Pragya Singh Thakur

NEWSJAIPUR | MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2020
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP national
general secretary and
state in-charge Arun
Singh on Sunday target-
ed the Congress govern-
ment of the state, saying
that the general public,
farmers, youth are frus-
trated and upset due to
the misrule of the Con-
gress. He said that such
situation has been cre-
ated in the state that if
the assembly elections
are held today, the BJP
will form the govern-
ment with full majority.
Singh on Sunday hon-
oured the party’s newly
elected Zila Pramukh,
up-pramukh, panchayat
samiti Pradhan, up-
pradhan, mayors and
deputy mayors and
called upon the public
representatives to take
the work of spreading
the policies of the Modi
government to the peo-
ple. He said that every
section of the country is
happy with the policies
of the prime minister
NarendraModi,whohas
worked to increase the
self-respect of the coun-
try across the globe.
Singh said that Con-
gress is the party of a
family while BJP is the
party which works on
the ideology of national-
ism. He, on the occasion,
congratulated the par-
ty’s state president Sat-
ish Poonia and his team
for the performance in
the recently held Pan-
chayti Raj elections.
Speaking the pro-
gramme, Poonia alleged
that the Congress mis-
used government ma-
chineryduringelections
but voters rejected and
voted against the party
in the elections.
Hesaidthatitwassur-
prising that despite pub-
lic mandate, CM Ashok
Gehlot was just juggling
thedataandisnotableto
accept defeat.
Leader of Opposition
Gulab Chand Kataria,
State Organisation Gen-
eral Secretary Chan-
drashekhar, Deputy
Leader of Opposition
Rajendra Rathore were
presentinthefunctionin
whichhefelicitatedBarji
Devi Bhil (Bhilwara),
Mamta Kanwar Panwar
(Udaipur), Harshini Kul-
hari (Jhunjhunu), Ratni
Devi(Rajsamand),Surya
Devi (Dungarpur), Bha-
girathram Chaudhary
(Nagaur), Vandana Arya
(Churu), Pratap Singh
Solanki (Jaisalmer)
among others.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State govern-
ment has taken initia-
tive for distribution of
“Rajasthan Energy
Conservation Award”
with an objective to cre-
ate awareness and com-
petitiveness among the
Masses, Industries,
Commercial, Govern-
ment Building owners
etc.
“Rajasthan Energy
will be awarded in the
11th State Level Award
virtual ceremony being
held in Vidyut Bhawan
Jaipur on Monday.
Energy Minister Dr
BD Kalla will be the
chief guest at the func-
tion, which will be
Chaired by Dr Subodh
Agrawal CMD, RREC.
Dinesh Kumar, Pr. Sec-
retary will be the Guest
of Honour.
Dr Subodh Agrawal,
CMD, RREC said that
“Rajasthan Energy
will be awarded in vari-
ous categories i.e. In-
dustries, Energy Fo-
rums, Hotels, Govern-
ment Buildings, Energy
Auditors, Thermal
Power Stations and
Masses who are con-
tributing best by using
energy efficient equip-
ment and utilising the
available energy re-
sources in optimum
manner.
PM SAYS FARM LAWS HISTORIC GIFT, BUT
FARMERS DON’T WANT IT: YOGENDRA YADAV
Public, farmers and youth upset
with state govt, says Arun Singh
Govt to give Raj Energy
Conservation Awards
to recognise excellence
Why Banda’s 12-yr-old Shivansh
Tripathi wrote a letter to CM Yogi
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High Court Chief Jus-
tice Indrajit Mahanty’s
son Satyajit Mahanty
tied the knot with Ruk-
sar on December 11 at
High Court Guesthouse
in Gandhinagar area of
Jaipur.
A simple wedding at
court leading to a grand
reception took place on
the next day.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra and Central
Minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat attended
the wedding.
The function was also
attended by Odisha,
Jodhpur and Jaipur
High Court Judges, Jus-
tice Sangeet Lodha, Jus-
tice PS Bhati, Justice
Dinesh Mehta, Justice
Manoj Garg, and Jus-
tice Devendra Kachwa-
ha from Jodhpur, Jus-
tice SP Sharma, Justice
Sabina and Justice
Ashok Gaur from
Jaipur High Court.
Bar Council Chair-
man SS Hassan and Ra-
jasthan High Court Bar
Association President
Mahendra Shandilya
and secretary Anshu-
man Saxena along with
several advocates also
attend the ceremony.
Satyajit and Ruksar
are both lawyers and
have studied at the
same law college. They
were friends since the
college days before get-
ting hitched.
Incidentally, Chief
Justice Mahanty’s
daughter also got mar-
ried on December 9.
Inter-religion marriage at
Chief Justice Mahanty’s Home!
SMALLER PCC
TEAM THIS TIME
AROUND?
With Congress General
Secretary Incharge
Ajay Maken announcing
that by 31st January all
political and organizational
appointments will be
completed, Congress
workers are hoping
to get a spot in the
organization and the
big question is how will
the PCC be ‘rebuilt’?
Highly placed sources
reveal that instead of 190
individuals, Dotasra’s
team will have 45-50
individuals in it. Sources
reveal that the team will
be comparatively smaller
than previous teams
and its members will be
appointed on the basis of
merit and not on based
of caste and religion
‘quota’. Word is that only
hardworking workers
who are associated with
grassroots will be given a
place but that will happen
only after speaking with
senior leaders from
every district. Moreover,
sources close to Dotasra
claim that there will not
be any difference between
members belonging to
Gehlot or Pilot camps
since the team will be
formed of only those
workers who are faithful
towards the party and
not towards any group.
However, one fact
remains that Gehlot will
play a pivotal role in the
formation of the new team
while Maken will speak
with Pilot for the team
formation.
—First India Bureau
THE CHANGING
FACETS OF
POLITICS!
They say time and sides
change in politics with
each passing day. Perhaps
the saying ﬁts well in this
situation wherein PCC
Chief Govind Singh Dotasra
made Madan Sevda the
Pradhan of Laxmangarh
Panchayat Samiti. Sevda
had contested the 2008
assembly election as a BJP
candidate and interestingly
enough it was Dotasra
himself against whom he
had contested the election
and now Dotasra has
made him the Pradhan.
On the other hand, there is
Bhagirath Godara of BJP
lost the Pradhan election.
Notably, Godara was
Congress’s candidate for
Lok Sabha election and he
was seeking an assembly
ticket in 2008 in tandem
with Dotasra wherein
Dotasra was given the ticket
and he went on to win.
Therefore, those who were
in BJP became Congress’s
candidate now and vice
versa. Therefore it is said
there is no permanence in
politics. —Naresh Sharma
Shahjahanpur/ Gur-
gaon: Swaraj India
chief Yogendra Yadav
on Sunday joined pro-
testing farmers at a
rally on the Delhi-
Jaipur highway, which
has been partially
blocked, and criticised
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi for offering a
“gift” that farmers
don’t want.
Yadav said the fail ne-
gotiations between the
government and farm-
ers, who want new farm
laws to be withdrawn,
was due to the centre’s
unwillingness to under-
stand the farmers’ de-
mand.
“It’s a strange nego-
tiation. They are forc-
ing a gift, which is un-
wanted in the first
place. The Prime Minis-
ter says it’s a historic
gift, but farmers don’t
want it,” said Yadav, re-
ferring to the new farm
laws that the govern-
ment maintains will
empower farmers and
allow them more free-
dom to sell anywhere
they like.
“Then the Prime
Minister says, ‘We will
change the wrapping of
the gift.’ But farmers
are still saying they
don’t want it. The Prime
Minister needs to think
about the welfare of
farmers and repeal the
laws,” Yadav said.
“We will not leave un-
til the laws are with-
drawn,” he added.
In several rounds of
negotiations with the
farmer leaders, the gov-
ernment had offered to
amend the laws and
even give in writing
that they would keep
their word. —Agencies
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Jaipur-
Delhi national highway
was blocked on Sunday
by farmers who were
stopped along the Ra-
jasthan-Haryana bor-
der in Alwar’s Shahja-
hanpur from entering
Haryana.
The farmers associ-
ated with various or-
ganisations were
marching towards Del-
hi to join the farmers
strike but the Haryana
police stopped them at
the border, following
which the highway was
blocked.They marched
through Behror, Shah-
jahapur and Kotputli
regions of the state to
reach Jaisinghpur-
Khera, which is the Ra-
jasthan-Haryana bor-
der.
Swaraj Abhiyan lead-
er Yogendra Yadav, ac-
tivist Aruna Roy, Medha
Patkar and CPM leader
Amra Ram also reached
Shahjahapur along
with farmers.
However, police did
not allow them to reach
forward. DySP of Hary-
ana Police Amit Bhati-
ya said there is no per-
mission for the agitat-
ing farmers to enter
into Haryana.
‘We are sitting on the
highway in support of
farmers. We are ready
to vacate the highway if
we are allowed to march
towards Delhi. We apol-
ogise to people for the
inconvenience caused
to them,” Yadav told re-
porters.
President of Kisan
Panchayat Rampal
Chaudhary is also con-
tinuing to protest along
with farmers on Hary-
ana-Rajasthan border
highway as police did
not allow them to move
forward.
“Farmers affiliated
to different farmer or-
ganisations are reach-
ing Shahjahapur bor-
der. We want the gov-
ernment to repeal farm
laws for which we want
to march towards Del-
hi,” said Chaudhary.
CPI(M) leader and
former MLA Amra Ram
said that the Centre
should withdraw anti-
farmer laws.
“We do not have any
intention to block
Jaipur-Delhi highway.
Police have stopped us
from marching to-
wards, which has led to
jam. We want the Cen-
tre to withdraw anti-
farmer laws,” Amra
Ram said.
Farmers sit in protest on a side of
Delhi-Jaipur national highway as
Haryana cops put up barricades
Security personnel put barricades near Jaisinghpur-Khera border
as the security situations beefed up during the farmers protest.
Social activist Medha Patkar addresses as farmers block Rajasthan-Haryana border during their
protest against the new farm laws, at National Highway 48 on Sunday.
Yogendra Yadav
Energy Minister Dr BD Kalla will
be the chief guest at the function
Dr BD Kalla
Chief Justice of Rajasthan Indrajit Mahanty along with Bar
Council Chairman of Rajasthan SS Hasan, Anil Chaudhary, Satish
Sharma and others during his son’s wedding reception in Jaipur
on Saturday. (Below): Groom Satyajit Mahanty and Bride Ruksar.
BJP National General Secretary and in-charge of Rajasthan Arun
Singh at Rajapark Gurudwara with Ajaypal singh, Bhajan Lal
Sharma and others during visit to Jaipur on Sunday.
First India Bureau
Banda: 12-year-old Shi-
vansh Tripathi has writ-
ten a letter to Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath for set-
tingupasewageplantin
the state.
Stating that clean wa-
ter is the biggest neces-
sity, the small child Shi-
vansh has appealed to
the Chief Minister to
pay attention to this
matter of the children.
Shivansh, who made
his entry in the cooking
competition at the coun-
try’s first digital Baal
mela sponsored by LIC.
ShivanshTripathi,stud-
ying in class 6 of St.
Mary’s School, has be-
come a part of the Water
Life Mission.
To connect children
with water conserva-
tion, the Digital Chil-
dren’sFairteamhasrun
this new campaign.
Digital Children’s Fair
is the first such chil-
dren’s fair in which chil-
dren are joining from
their own homes. In his
hand-written letter to
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, Shivansh
wrote why water conser-
vation is important. In
his letter, Shivansh, re-
ferring to the Minister
of Jal Shakti Shri Ga-
jendra Singh Shekha-
wat. In a letter sent to
thesocialmediaaccount
of the Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh, Digital
Bal Mela has mention
importance of water.
Shivansh Tripathi, studying in
class 6 of St. Mary’s School,
has become a part of the
Water Life Mission.
—PHOTOBYSANTOSHSHARMA

Belief is good. Belief in
goodness and love is better.
Anything which promotes
hate does not deserve your belief.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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Dilemma of choosing between loyalists & dissidents, the
biggest impediment Gehlot facing in cabinet expansion!
z How would you de-
cipher the mirage of
PCC re-constitution,
political appoint-
ments and the cabinet
expansion, which
seems to have blurred
the vision of every-
body concerned?
The answer to all the
questions related to is-
sues pointed out by you,
are with CM Ashok Ge-
hlot and yet due to the
fog of multiple uncer-
tainties like pulls &
pressures, caste factors,
political factors, dissi-
dence against the state
government and Corona
have created such a situ-
ation. This forces one to
wonder whether the
long pending issues like
PCC re-constitution, po-
litical appointments,
ministerial reshuffle
and some other impor-
tant decisions will ever
find a solution or not.
Let us simply hope that
the Congress High Com-
mand and CM Gehlot,
soon enough, one day
realise that they have all
the solutions and they
unveil them to end the
mirage and clear the vi-
sion.
z What according to
you is CM Gehlot’s in-
ner thought in all
this?
I feel he is in a dilemma.
Dilemma of annoying a
large number of his sup-
porters, who stood by
him in the hour of need,
for the sake of those
handful, who revolted
againstthepartyandthe
state government and
had virtually knocked
the doors of BJP. These
102 supporters, who
helped Gehlot govern-
ment survive, are with
him in thick and thin,
but only until Gehlot
doesn’t resort to ap-
peasement of the dissi-
dents, who are back in
the party fold now. Such
an appeasement might
even lead to a big revolt
in the party, which even
a highly skilful & experi-
enced Gehlot may fail to
manage. Some may al-
lege that such a revolt
would be stage-managed
by Gehlot himself, but it
would be a genuine re-
volt by his supporters
‘hurt’deepinside.So,the
day, CM Gehlot is able to
differentiate between
these loyalists and those
handful, who had shown
open dissidence and
came out of his dilem-
ma,thenitwouldn’ttake
even24hoursforthenew
ministers to take oath at
the Raj Bhawan.
z What are the im-
pediments holding
Gehlot back and don’t
you find it unusual
that AICC state in-
charge Ajay Maken
conveyed the dead-
lines for the party &
political appoint-
ments to CM Gehlot
through an interview
given to PTI?
The dilemma of choos-
ing between the loyal-
ists and dissidents, is
the topmost reason fol-
lowed by the unprece-
dented corona crisis,
coupled with the finan-
cial crunch and then the
critical caste & group
balancing in the event
of inclusion of the dis-
sidents, form the wall of
multiple reasons hold-
ing Gehlot back. Con-
sidering the experience,
stature and command
of Ashok Gehlot and his
access to Gandhi family,
it was extra ordinary
for the party High Com-
mand to route its mes-
sage through party Gen-
eral Secretary who in
turn, chose PTI to carry
forward it rather than a
‘direct approach.’ Con-
sidering the kind of sea-
soned & mature politi-
cian Maken is along
with his personal admi-
ration of Gehlot’s sen-
iority and skills plus
according to my person-
al knowledge, I am sure
that Maken did this on
the instructions of So-
nia Gandhi, who want-
ed Gehlot to come out of
his dilemma now.
z What was the ‘chro-
nology’ of the events
according to you, did
the Congress High
Command first in-
form CM Gehlot of
the deadlines for ap-
pointments and then
asked Maken to go
public or was it Mak-
en trying to pacify Pi-
lot camp after CM all
of a sudden, resur-
rected the ‘Conspiracy
Still at Work’ theory?
Mark my words, Con-
gress High Command
willneverdoanythingin
Rajasthan without first
taking Gehlot in confi-
dence. So, Gehlot knew
of the ‘deadline’ issue. It
was surprising for Ge-
hlot to rake up the dissi-
dence episode from an
unusual platform of
MLA Sanyam Lodha’s
function, but what actu-
ally happened according
to my sources, is that af-
ter Gehlot raised the is-
sue of yet another at-
tempt to topple his gov-
ernment, Pilot himself
called Maken and told
himthathewouldliketo
finally break his silence
and demeanour and re-
act to the CM’s state-
ment.ThisforcedMaken
to stop Pilot and go pub-
licwiththeappointment
deadline dates after due
permission from the
High Command and
which I think was a
‘smart move’ to satisfy
all the stakeholders in-
cluding the aspirant
partyworkers,loyalsup-
porters and the Pilot
camp.
z Do you think now
the deadlines for the
political appoint-
ments and cabinet ex-
pansion will be fol-
lowed?
Let’s keep our fingers
crossed and hope that
everything happens
keeping the sanctity of
the High Command’s
instructions, but these
are complex issues and
may stretch a bit, but I
am certain that before
the actual announce-
ments, Gehlot will sit
and double check with
the High Command that
no untoward incident
occurs during the entire
complicated process.
z Do you think Ajay
Maken’s going public
with the deadlines for
appointments has en-
thused the Pilot camp
while discouraging
the Gehlot loyalists
and will Gehlot even-
tually manage & af-
ford the re-induction
of the two suspended
ministers of the Pilot
camp?
This has been the first
ray of hope for the Pilot
supporters post home
coming after the open
defiance, so being en-
thused is but natural,
as it re-affirms their
faith in Pilot still hav-
ing sway in Delhi and
on the other hand, disil-
lusionment of Gehlot
loyalists, who are a si-
lent & disciplined lot, is
also natural for paying
the price despite stand-
ing firm and saving the
government from the
imminent fall. Now,
this is the biggest di-
lemma for Gehlot as
how to make himself
and his firm loyalists
comprehend the ulti-
mate decision to re-in-
duct the suspended
ministers in the cabi-
net, who were actually
suspended to save the
government. Let’s see
how this ultimate puz-
zle unfolds eventually
because you can’t rule
last minute changes on
this particular issue
due to the equations be-
tween Gehlot and the
High Command.
z Can you confirm
that Ahmed Bhai
had, just before his
untimely sudden de-
mise, fixed November
20 as the date of oath
taking for the new
ministers in Ra-
jasthan?
Yes, this information is
near totally true that de-
spite being hospitalised,
Ahmed Bhai was active
in his usual crisis man-
agement of Congress
through his mobile and
since the three-member
committee appointed
for Rajasthan hadn’t
met for almost four
months, the High Com-
mand asked Ahmed
Bhai to look into the
matter. It is said that
Ahmed Bhai conveyed
that he would be dis-
charged from the hospi-
tal by November 15 and
would hold a VC with all
concerned from Ra-
jasthan and make new
ministers take oath on
November 20. But des-
tiny had other plans, he
tragically passed away.
z What are the big-
gest challenges be-
fore CM Gehlot and
state in-charge Ajay
Maken?
CM Gehlot clearly has
the biggest challenge of
thwarting what is now
infamously called ‘Op-
eration Lotus-2,’ which
may in form of BJP or
any other external pow-
er, trying to destabilise
his government or it
might be Pilot camp or
some other internal
group taking a second
shot at bringing down
Gehlot government. On
the other hand, Maken
comparatively has an
easier challenge of tak-
ing both, Gehlot and Pi-
lot together amicably
and ensuring nothing
overturns this apple
cart.
z When Pilot came
back to the party fold
after the Manesar ad-
venture, the 3 member
committee had clearly
said that their ‘home-
coming’ was uncondi-
tional and ‘bargain
free,’ but the pressure
being built by the Pi-
lot camp for rehabili-
tation points to some-
thing else. How do
you see it?
This is a major contra-
diction in the party. The
three- member commit-
tee openly said then that
there were no condi-
tions for the comeback
of the Pilot camp, so ei-
ther they were unaware
of the conditions or ob-
viously kept those as a
secret, keeping the dig-
nity of their High Com-
mand, but the subse-
quent behaviour of the
High Command of not
only insisting on the re-
habilitation, but also on
a time -bound rehabili-
tation, clearly indicates
the fact that there was
some kind of under-
standing or MoU be-
tween Pilot camp and
the Gandhi family,
which is being hon-
oured now.
z What according to
you is the future of
Sachin Pilot in Con-
gress? If somehow the
Gehlot government
falls in coming
months, even then the
most probable names
for CM are Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat or
Satish Poonia or may
be some third person,
but what happens to
Pilot’s ambition of
bagging the coveted
chair then?
If Pilot had to become
CM of Rajasthan, then it
had to be when he de-
fected with his support-
ers and had the support
of BJP although that
washighlyunlikelyeven
then. Now his future is
with Congress because
in case, the Gehlot gov-
ernment falls prema-
turely,thenBJPwillonly
placate him with a cen-
tral minister portfolio
for which Pilot will have
to swallow the bitter pill
of joining BJP first,
which would be difficult
for him. In Congress, his
future is in Delhi as its
General Secretary or
Working President. The
‘so-called understand-
ing’ with Gandhi family
at the time of homecom-
ing, also had the essen-
tial clause of ‘no hyper-
active’roleinRajasthan.
Of course, being the
third most popular face
in the state after Gehlot
andVasundharaRaje,he
would have some extra
constitutional authority
in Rajasthan with his
supporters involved in
active politics of the
state. As far as BJP is
concerned, as of now,
Gajendra Singh Shekha-
wat is the one, who is
fully conducting like a
CM designate with the
blessings of his central
leadership. Though Sat-
ish Poonia can also be
considered as his alter-
native, if Raje or some
other forces obstruct
Shekhawat’s way.
z Rumour mill had it
some time ago that
the BJP High Com-
mand has now en-
trusted Vasundhara
Raje with the task of
toppling the Gehlot
government and she
herself has also as-
sured the party lead-
ership of accomplish-
ing the mission in
coming 3 months.
How credible do you
find these rumours?
Somebody added fuel to
this fire by attaching
CM Gehlot’s statement
regarding the renewed
efforts to topple his gov-
ernment with the ‘Raje
Contract Theory.’ De-
spite a strong disbelief
in this theory, on check-
ing the rumour, I found
it utterly ‘baseless,’ as I
feel, Madam will now
initiate all her efforts in
2022 so, if at all, some
body is in the game, it
might be Gajendra Sin-
gh or Satish Poonia, but
not Vasundhara Raje. I
say this with extra con-
fidence because Raje
has always found it ‘im-
moral’ to topple a gov-
ernment with however
thin a majority. Al-
though, during the re-
cent crisis, somebody
alleged that she helped
Gehlot government sur-
vive and later, some evi-
dencewasalsoproduced
to support these claims,
but that is altogether a
different ball game.
z Do you think that
the communication-
gap or ‘trust deficit’
between Raje and
BJP High Command
has narrowed down?
The answer to this will
decide the fate of
Vasundhara Raje in the
state politics, but this is
true that in a series of
meetings in Delhi with
JP Nadda, she conveyed
that she was within the
party system and was
not involved in shield-
ing Gehlot government
in the state along with
sharing her pain of
BJP’spoliticalnobodies,
taking pot-shots at her.
These messages appar-
ently were conveyed to
PM Modi, who then is
said to have told Nadda
to take Amit Shah in the
loop as he was the man,
who oversaw party af-
fairs. Later, Raje herself
had courtesy meetings
with Amit Shah, so we
can say that the misun-
derstandings and ‘trust
deficit’ between her and
the Centre have reduced
and softening has taken
place although the ex-
tent of softening is un-
known. Meanwhile, the
opposite camp report-
edly gave a tape to the
central leadership,
which allegedly had
some ‘Raje supporting’
leaders claiming that
she would break away
with her 40 MLAs, if Ga-
jendra Singh was made
CM in case the Gehlot
government ‘fell.’ But
tapes can be doctored
and all these are politi-
cal games, which go on
endlessly.
z After watching PCC
chief Govind Singh
Dotasra perform for 5
months now, do you
think he is being ‘re-
mote- controlled’ by
CM Gehlot?
Well, people expected
this to happen and since
Gehlothimself hasbeen
party chief in the state
more than once, this was
most likely to happen, as
Gehlot has firm grip on
the party organisation,
which he had loosened
to give free hand to Pilot,
when he was made the
PCC chief. I think Do-
tasra has performed
well until now and being
a grateful man to his
senior like Gehlot, he
has lived up to his expec-
tations so far. So, the
term ‘remote control’ is
wrong to use and it
would be more precise to
say that both share a
very comfortable rela-
tionship.
z With the vacuum in
Congress leadership in
Delhi, do you think
that Rahul Gandhi will
take over the charge of
the party in February-
March next year and if
that happens, how will
it affect the politics of
the state?
First, will the reluctant
Rahul take over? My call
is that Sonia Gandhi will,
due to her failing health,
transfer the power to
someone else for sure.
Now there are ‘50-50’
chances that Rahul may
take the charge or may
stick to his old stand of a
‘Non-Gandhi’ party presi-
dent. As far as impact on
state politics is con-
cerned, I don’t think Ra-
hul’s coronation will in
any way prove negative
for Gehlot because firstly,
why would he himself
destabilise a Congress
state government, which
is already numbered in
the country. Secondly, I,
contrary to popular be-
lief, don’t think that he is
completely averse to Ge-
hlot’s leadership and last-
ly, very few people know,
but Pilot, after the recent
defiance, has a new ‘God-
father’ in Priyanka Gan-
dhi and not Rahul Gan-
dhi. It was Priyanka, who
pacified Rahul,who was
upset due to Pilot’s dissi-
dence.
During the show #JC
onAshokGehlot
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Editor-In-Chief of First India, Jagdeesh Chandra, in The New JC Show, talks about the likely re-
constitution of PCC, political appointments and reshuffle of the cabinet, which are said to be the
biggest challenges before CM Ashok Gehlot, in thwarting what is infamously called ‘Operation Lo-
tus-2,’ significance of Gehlot as Congress High Command’s confidante, of Sachin Pilot’s future in
Congress & how he has found a new ‘Godfather’ in Priyanka Gandhi and much more...
‘I DON’T THINK RAHUL’S CORONATION WILL IN ANY WAY PROVE NEGATIVE FOR GEHLOT’
Jagdeesh Chandra with Shweta Mishra, Aditi Nagar, Kriti Garg, Akanksha Bhalla and Aayushi Shekhawat. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

urning dreams into
passion needs a lot
of courage, as there
are various obsta-
cles that tend to
come on the way.
Miss Rajasthan, Ra-
jasthan’s oldest beauty pag-
eant provides a platform to
all the aspiring models to
fulfil their dreams. The audi-
tions of this pageant were
being done virtually, keeping
the current scenario in mind.
Out of 5600 girls who had
participated to be a part of
the pageant, the top 28 final-
ists were announced by Yo-
gesh and Nimisha Mishra
from Fusion Group on Sun-
day at Hotel Hilton. AJ
Dance Group kick-started
the event with their graceful
performance.
Jagdeesh Chandra was the
chief guest of the event and
congratulated all the finalists
on the great achievement. He
also wished them all the best
fortheirfuture.Variousother
renowned people like SSBC
Group’s MD Madan Yadav,
Hotel Hilton’s GM Vivek Gup-
ta, Jaipur Marathon’s CEO
MukeshMishra,ArshanHus-
sain and Pawan Goyal.
Yogesh and Nimisha
Mishra said, “The sash cere-
mony was organised follow-
ing all the COVID guidelines,
and the grooming sessions of
the top finalists will be organ-
ised in the coming months.”
There will be a month of
various grooming sessions
for all the participants, to
make them compete with
confidence with each other,
and also to compete with
other states, nations in the
coming future.
Queen Chaperon Simran
Sharma,ChaperonsKanchan
Khatana and Aruna Beniwal,
Buddy Chaperons Mansi
Bainada, Mansi Bachani and
Mitali Kaur will guide the top
finalists throughout.
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finalists who will be competing to attain the title of ‘Miss Rajasthan 2020’
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Top 28 finalists of Miss Rajasthan 2020
Jagdeesh Chandra with (from left) Mitali Kaur, Kanchan Khatana,
Mansi Bachani, Simran Sharma, Nikita Shekhawat and Amisha Raj
Miss Rajasthan 2019 Kanchan Khatana Miss Rajasthan 2017 Simran Sharma
—PHOTOSBYSANTOSHSHARMA
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Saurabbh Sachdeva
VETTHEVET
am convinced that the In-
dian educational system
needs reviving. But I am
also sure that the deci-
sion-makers from
amongst the Ministry of
Educationdonotreadmy
articles, so the chances that I can
bring about change in the way we
impart education are slim. The
children whose parents can afford
an international education for
them are fortunate. Those who
cannotarealmostdoomedastheir
future is pretty much decided for
them. In India, you can either
study to be a doctor, engineer, ac-
countant, or businessman. You
can only choose from Arts, Sci-
ences,andCommerce.Everything
hasanentranceexam,andseatsof
colleges can be purchased. And
then there is the reservation sys-
tem. Sadly, this is the state of our
country.
Until recently, I believed that
only those who loved animals
choosetobecomevets.Howwrong
Ihavebeen.Whilesomechoosethe
stream because they want to help
animals, many are veterinarians
because they had no choice but to
be pushed into studying veteri-
nary science by a flawed system
thatsaysif youfailtheMBBS,you
are bound to take up Veterinary
science. And then it goes all down-
hill from there for the vets and for
the animals they treat.
So if you are one of those who
doesn’t like animals, I suggest you
do not get into it. Veterinarians
have an obligation towards ani-
mals. The Veterinarian’s oath
should be adhered. The job of a
veterinary surgeon is tougher.
Their patients do not express
themselves as human patients do.
So the task becomes a lot more
challenging and this is why the
veterinary profession is more
grounded in compassion. How
thencansomeonewhodoesn’tlike
animals do justice to the oath?
Forsomeonewhobecomesavet
just for the sake of staying in the
medical profession, it won’t make
a difference if an animal lives or
dies.Forthem,theprofessionisn’t
as gratifying as it would be had
they saved a human life. This is
why I always ensure I find out if
the vet I seek services from is an
animalloverfirst.Isuggestyoudo
too. After all, your pet is your fam-
ily member and you would want
them to be in safe hands.
We all get this one life we are
sure of living. Why would you
want to spend it doing something
you don’t enjoy? If you don’t make
the MBBS, and you ain’t fond of
animals, opt for something else in-
stead which would not entail you
putting a life at risk because you
feel you have no choice.
For those who are already vets
and are the victim of our flawed
system, I would recommend they
put in their heart and do their ut-
most to treat their patients. Trust
me it shows when a vet cares and
whenheorshedoesn’t.Soyoucan-
not fool your clients. For them, the
animal is their child. If you would
not care less for a human child,
then why such discrimination is
practiced with animals? Well, you
have taken the oath. Live up to it.
Veterinary clinics are growing
exponentially in the city. This is
usually a good thing, but we don’t
live in Utopia. There are many
cases of negligence
and man-
handling
of animals.
Fortunately,
somevetsare
passionate
animal lovers.
I hope you find
one of them for
your pet. I hope
our educational
system gives us
more kindness-led
vets. I hope the gov-
ernment gives Vet-
erinary Science as
much attention as it does to the
medical field. Schools should im-
bibe more kindness education.
Animal shelters should vet the
vets they wish to hire as they exist
for the sake of the community
animals.
An animal is a life after all.
Choosewisely.Itisalsoamatterof
yourlife.If youchosewronglyyou
will only be frustrated. Passion
will bear fruit, and force will only
kill it and the life it is being as-
signedtosave. Tothoseof youwho
have dedicated your life to serving
animals, I express my gratitude.
MARIAM ABUHAIDERI
thepersianladki@gmail.com
I
usually a good thing, but we don’t
live in Utopia. There are many
cases of negligence
of animals.
Fortunately,
somevetsare
passionate
animal lovers.
I hope you find
one of them for
your pet. I hope
our educational
system gives us
more kindness-led
vets. I hope the gov-
ernment gives Vet-
erinary Science as

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aj Kapoor was a
charmer, he could get
people to do things for
him which they had
never imagined. His
films gained national
and international ac-
claim as they grappled with so-
cial themes and issues facing
the nation like poverty, unem-
ployment and class, individual
moralissues–allwoventhrough
comedy and stirring romance
depictedbeautifullythroughhis
heroines-innocencepersonified
in white! As his heroine, one
hadtogiveuponcolourandem-
brace white.
As we take you on a rain
drenchedwalkthroughsomeof
theleadingladiesof RajKapoor
who made an impact on me for
various reasons, let me tell you
that my favourite is Raj Ka-
poor’s own favourite-Nargis.
Nargis,whomheneveraskedto
bare and who played strong em-
powered roles in all his movies.
Being a romantic, I like to be-
lievethatitwashisloveforNar-
gis which made it so. It is their
chemistry also, which led to
AwaaraandShri420beingicon-
ic films, but each of their 16
films is worth a watch.
My next favourite is Padmini
Kolhapure. She struck a chord
as the innocent girl, bride and
widow in Prem Rog and the
movie gave a strong message of
widowremarriagewhilebaring
the dark side of life of the rich
and hallowed. Yeh galiyan yeh
chaubara is a must in weddings
even today.
Padmini is closely followed
by Vijyantimala. She is one of
my favourites but in Raj Ka-
poor’shandsinSangamsheleft
me breathless. Raj had her in
whitethroughoutthemovieex-
cept in the wedding and main
kya karun ram mujhe buddha
mil gaya – the song which had
her looking super cute.
Raj charmed her into
wearing a swimsuit
ashesangbolradha
bol sangam hoga ya
nahin. And she is simply WOW
as the woman who refuses to
sacrificeherhappinessbutdes-
tiny nails her.
Dimple Kapadia in Bobby-
like the entire nation I adored
her. Only Raj Kapoor could
have presented the perfect
combination of innocent and
sexy siren in the young Dim-
ple. Andar se koi bahar na ja
sake is the cutest with Dimple
and Rishi and so is Jhooth
bole kauvva kaate with a sexy
bold Dimple. Be it the red bi-
kini or the polka-dotted knot-
ted tops, Raj Kapoor nailed the
look. The love story in the
backdrop of class and values
was an instant hit.
As for my point that Raj Ka-
poor was a charmer and could
get the ladies do and bare to
the limits they never did for
anyone else. Remember Simi
Garewal in Mera Naam Jok-
er? Many a young boy wished
himself in the shoes of the
chubby child Rishi. Zeenat
Aman in Satyam Shivam
Sundaram and Mandakini in
Ram teri Ganga maili- flashes
which come to mind is of sexy
women, waterfalls, breasts in
white transparent sarees and
sexiness seeped in woman-
hood and innocence.
That’s Raj for you! The
Showman knew his women
and he portrayed them as he
saw them- beautiful as God
made them.
The Kapoors are said to be the first family of
Bollywood and much of the credit goes to Raj
Kapoor, the founder of RK Films, son of
Prithviraj Kapoor. On his 96th Birth
anniversary, City First pays a tribute by
remembering the heroines of the Showman!
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.
com
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Raj and Krishna Kapoor with Rishi, Rajiv and Randhir

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