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RAJASTHAN
633
DEATHS
37,564
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
2,348 DEATHS 56,874 CASES
KARNATAKA
1,953 DEATHS 1,01,465 CASES
WORLD
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DELHI
TAMIL NADU
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: The two top
Constitutional institu-
tions in Rajasthan ap-
pear to have ‘no love
lost’ in the run up to the
Assembly session. Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra is
visibly miffed at CM
Ashok Gehlot on his
comments made on the
Governor and the cor-
responding dharna and
gherao of the Raj Bha-
wan, which the Gover-
nor saw as ‘arm twist
tactic’ by the party in
power.
With all that happen-
ing, there is a strong
word going around in
the political circles in
both Rajasthan and
New Delhi, saying that
Governor Mishra has
shot an ‘interim’ report
to the Centre on the law
and order situation in
Rajasthan and also
made a special note of
the sloganeering by the
Congress MLAs at Raj
Bhawan on July 24.
The report, report-
edly, further says that
the state government
has failed to curtail the
spread of Coronavirus
while on the other hand
ministers and MLAs
are enjoying in a five
star hotel as the Secre-
tariat is ‘empty’. It is
also said that the com-
mon man is facing prob-
lems as the routine
work is hampered. No-
tably, although there is
no recommendation or
mention of President
Rule in the report, yet
the report by Governor,
in the current times, is
being seen as a serious
development.
Meanwhile, on Mon-
day, Mishra said that
Raj Bhavan never had
an intention “not to
call” the Assembly ses-
sion and has asked the
Gehlot government to
deliberate on three
points including 21-day
notice period for con-
vening session and
maintaining social dis-
tancing norms.
The Raj Bhavan said
a proposal was received
from the state govern-
ment to convene assem-
bly session from July 31
and the Governor has
said that the session
should be called accord-
ing to the constitutional
provisions.
Mishra told govern-
ment that an Assembly
session can be called at
a short notice if the
agenda is a floor test, a
conditional acceptance
of the Congress de-
mand.
Governor said that
statements from the
state government make
it clear that it wants to
bring a trust vote but
there is no mention of
it in the proposal sent
for convening the ses-
sion. The Raj Bhavan
said as conditions at
present were extraordi-
nary, the state govern-
ment has been asked to
give a letter again after
acting on three issues.
It said that the As-
sembly session should
be called after giving a
21-day notice to give
equal opportunity to all
members. The release
noted that important
social and political is-
sues can be discussed
through online mode as
in the Supreme Court
and High Court in the
wake of COVID-19.
Turn on P6
Guv-CM tussle hits lowest ebb in Raj!
MISHRA’S TERSE RESPONSE!
21-day notice period to
convene session; maintain
social distancing norms
Assembly session can be
called at a short notice if
agenda is a floor test
Live broadcast of floor test
and trust vote should be
carried out with a button
PIL IN RAJ HC SEEKING GOVERNOR’S REMOVAL
I spoke with Prime Minister on
Sunday and told him about the
behaviour of the Governor.
ASHOK GEHLOT, CHIEF MINISTER
Is there any arrangement in which 200 MLAs &
1000 officials do not face threat of infection. If
anyone gets an infection, how to prevent its spread?
KALRAJ MISHRA, GOVERNOR Speaker Joshi
withdraws
from SC battle!
New Delhi: Rajasthan
Assembly Speaker Dr
CP Joshi on Monday
withdrew
his plea
from Su-
p r e m e
C o u r t
a g a i n s t
the High
Court or-
der asking him to defer
his decision on disqual-
ification notices issued
to former Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot and 18 oth-
er Congress MLAs.
Senior advocate Ka-
pil Sibal appearing for
Speaker told Turn on P6
CP Joshi
WAR BIRD
FLIES
INDIATO
5 RAFALE
fighter aircraft were
flagged off on Monday
by Indian Ambassador to
France from an airbase
in Merignac in France
36 FIGHTER
jet deal was signed
by India and France in
September 2016
5 AIRCRAFT
5 flying to India includes
7 Indian pilots including
the commanding officer
of 17 Golden Arrows
squadron
12 PILOTS
have undergone
extensive training on the
Rafale fighters
Fighter jets will
be refuelled on
the way by a
French Air Force
tanker aircraft
and take a
stopover at UAE
Al Dhafra airbase
after which India
will receive them
on July 29.
7,000 km,
will be the
distance Rafale
will travel with
a stopover
in the UAE,
before arriving
at the Ambala
air station on
Wednesday
HC DISMISSES
DILAWAR’S PLEA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot received a
shot in the arm as High
Court dismissed BJP
MLA Madan Dilawar’s
petition against merger
of six BSP MLAs with
the ruling Congress.
Moreover,HCalsoreject-
ed BSP’s petition to be-
comepartyinthematter.
HC asked AAG Major
RP Singh to seek factual
position from the secre-
tary of Assembly who
later told the court that
theSpeakerhaddisposed
of Dilawar’s application
on last Friday, therefore,
his petition has no valid-
ity and should be dis-
missed. Turn on P6
Madan Dilawar
4 skip SOG notice
to appear on July 27
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Special
Operations Group
(SOG) has been inves-
tigating the MLA
‘poaching’ attempt
and audio tapes in
connection with the
attempt wherein it
had served notices to
four individuals to
appear before the in-
vestigating wing and
register their state-
ments.
The SOG had asked
these individuals to ap-
pear on July 27, howev-
er, they skipped the no-
tice served to them.
According to sourc-
es, the individuals—
Balwant Singh and his
son Digvijay Raj Singh,
Karni Singh and Tan-
veer Singh—had been
issued notice by the
SOG after the sleuths
learnt of their names
from Ashok Singh and
Bharat Malani, the duo
who were arrested by
SOG in the alleged
poaching attempt.
However, the SOG
has reissued notices
to the four individu-
als as it has now ini-
tiated action under
IPC 174.
Meanwhile, Ra-
jasthan DGP Bhupen-
dra Singh Yadav will
again write a letter to
his counterpart in
Haryana asking him
to instruct his subor-
dinates to let Ra-
jasthan SOG team to
carry out its work.
The SOG team has
been camping in Har-
yana, nearly two kil-
ometers away from
the spot where Pilot
camp MLAs are
housed.
MLA HORSE TRADING ISSUE
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur. Rajasthan High Court
advocate Shantanu Pareek has
filed a PIL asking for removal
of Governor Kalraj Mishra. The
PIL states that a Governor can’t
refuse to convene Assembly
session when a Chief Minister or
Cabinet proposal demands so.
It further goes on to state that if
the Governor doesn’t convene the
session on the first request then
he has to invariably convene the
session on the second request as
the Governor has limited options
available with him. The PIL goes on
to say that if a CM or PM advises a
Governor or the President then he
has to go by the advice. Pareek has
mentioned the verdict by Supreme
Court in the case of Arunachal
Pradesh/ Nabam Rebia where it
has been clearly said that Governor
can’t decide anything on his own
as far as convening the assembly
session is concerned. Pareek has
demanded the removal of the
Governor citing the same case.
It is noteworthy that in Nabam
Rebia case the five member
constitutional bench of SC on 13
July 2016 in its historic judgment
said that convening Assembly
session before the suggested
time against the will of the CM
was unconstitutional. The only
condition for Governor’s discretion
arises when CM and his Cabinet
differ in their decision. The verdict
called, a unilateral decision by the
Governor to convene an Assembly
session or refusal to convene one
when advised by the CM, is breach
of laid constitutional laws.
CONG-BSP MLAS MERGER
CM Gehlot speaks to
PM Modi, but in vain
Aditi Nagar
Ashok Gehlot on Mon-
day said he has spoken
to Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi to inform
him about the behav-
iour of Governor Kalraj
Mishra. “I spoke with
Prime Minister on Sun-
day and told him about
the behaviour of the
Governor. I spoke with
him regarding the let-
ter I had written to him
seven days back,” Ge-
hlot said while leaving
the Fairmont Hotel.
Meanwhile, PM has
expressed his surprise
and displeasure over
the pre-leak of his (Ge-
hlot’s) letter to PM in
media even before he
talks to PM.
“Yesterday I phoned
the PM and told him
how Governor behaved.
He said I will look into
it, as if PM does not
know. So I told him in
case in some function
he may claim that he
had no knowledge of
this,” Gehlot said.
Moreover, the Ra-
jasthan Congress Legis-
lature Party (CLP) sent
a memorandum to Pres-
ident Ram Nath Kovind,
seekinghisintervention
for convening the state
Assembly session.
While addressing the
MLAs CM Gehlot said,
“We thank Sonia Gan-
dhiji and Rahul Gandhi-
ji that they gave nation-
wide colour to the war
in Rajasthan by fruit-
fully organising two-day
programme which was
verysuccessfulascrores
of people Turn on P6
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Rajasthan Congress
legislators held a
prayer meeting on Mon-
day under the “save de-
mocracy, save Constitu-
tion” programme in
hotel where they are
holed up. CM Gehlot,
AICC general secretary
Avinash Pande and oth-
er leaders participated
in the meeting. The par-
ty was earlier scheduled
to hold a protest outside
the Raj Bhawan, but it
was called off Sunday.
RAJ CONG MLAs HOLD PRAYER MEET TO ‘SAVE DEMOCRACY, CONSTITUTION’
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Avinash Pande, Ajay Maken along with others
during the prayer meet organised at Hotel Fairmont in Jaipur on Monday.
MLAs of Ashok Gehlot Cabinet during the prayer meet to ‘save democracy and
constitution’ at Hotel Fairmont in Jaipur on Monday.
CM Ashok Gehlot,Avinash Pande, Randeep Surjewala,Ajay
Maken, Govind Singh Dotasara, Shanti Dhariwal at the meeting.
Raj CLP sends memo to Prez
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After Chief
MinisterAshokGehlot’s
telephonic conversation
withPMNarendraModi
to apprise him of efforts
to topple his govern-
ment, it was Congress
legislators’ turn to
knock the doors of Pres-
ident Ram Nath Kovind.
The CLP sent a mem-
orandum to President
Kovind on Monday,
seeking his interven-
tion for convening a ses-
sion of the state assem-
bly. CM Gehlot read the
memorandum in the
CLP meeting.
CLP members in the
memorandum claimed
that horse-trading of
MLAs was taking place
in Rajasthan to topple
an elected government.
Governors of many
states are “defying” the
Constitution at the be-
hest of the ruling party
at the Centre without
worrying about the dig-
nity of the post, they
alleged.
They also demanded
that the President
should intervene and
give permission to the
state government to call
an assembly session.
“India is battling the
Covid-19 pandemic and
Rajasthan government
wants to call the assem-
bly session to discuss
with all members the
economic problems
facing the state
along with
the coronavi-
rus situation
so that people
get relief.” But
the state gov-
ernment is not
being allowed to
call the session, they al-
leged.
In a reference to the
audio tape controversy
allegedly involving un-
ion minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat, the
memorandum though
without taking his
name talked about “pri-
ma facie evidence of
horse-trading and cor-
rupt practices by Union
ministers”, saying that
not removing them
from the cabinet was a
“blot” on democracy.
It also mentioned po-
litical vendetta and de-
plored use of investi-
gating agencies such as
ED, CBI, and Income
Tax Department to
weaken and intimidate
democratically elected
governments and pub-
lic representatives.
The CLP members in
thememorandumurged
the President to inter-
vene in Rajasthan and
wherever efforts are be-
ing made to undermine
democracy through un-
democratic methods
and corrupt practices.
“You may be aware of
events taking place in
Rajasthan but if for
some reason you may
not have received the
complete report, please
read our memorandum
and take necessary
steps for convening
state assembly,” they ap-
pealed to the President.
In fact, they sought his
intervention wherever
such corrupts practice
used to weaken democ-
racy so that the consti-
tution framed by Dr BR
Ambedkar, Jawahar Lal
Nehru, and Sardar Patel
can be saved.
The CLP members demanded that President Ram Nath Kovind should intervene
and give permission to the state government to call an Assembly session
Dhariwal okays changes
in building bylaws of Raj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amid the po-
litical gusty winds
blowing hard, the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment has paved the way
for revolutionary
changes in building by-
laws of the state. UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal has taken bold steps
for the growth of the
construction and real
estate sector in the state
which, as a pleasant
side effect, will precipi-
tate employment for the
unemployed. The ump-
teen meetings chaired
by UDH minister Shan-
ti Dhariwal with his de-
partmental officers to
draft the new rules and
regulations governing
the construction sector
in the state have finally
bore their fruit. The
crucial discussion be-
tween CM Gehlot and
UDH minister was a bit
delayed due to the ongo-
ing political crisis but
finally, CM Gehlot gave
his nod for the far-
reaching changes in the
building bylaws in the
state. Shanti Dhariwal
reached the secretariat
after this and met his
key officers and gave
them a ‘Go Ahead’ for
the crucial changes in
the bylaws. Soon the de-
partment will release
the official notification
for the same.
The economy of the
country was already
reeling under slow-
down and it was hit by
corona pandemic. The
existing building by-
laws also act as an im-
pediment to the crucial
acceleration in the con-
struction sector. Ac-
cording to social dis-
tancing norms and gen-
eral health the mini-
mum constructed area
per person should be 9.5
sq metres while the
available constructed
area in urban centers is
between 2 to 8 sq metres
in 60% residences. In
urban areas, more than
60% plots are up to 90 sq
metres which are per-
mitted to construct
ground plus one floor.
So it becomes necessary
to allow more construc-
tion on smaller plots to
ensure the minimum
constructed area for all.
The new bylaws per-
mit multi-storied con-
struction of 18 metres
height at all divisional
headquarters and
greater Bhiwadi area
with fire provisions as
existing ones. This will
give more space to
builders and users and
more revenue for local
bodies. The stilt/podi-
um will be independent
of the building height
if stilt parking is con-
structed. The deemed
approval plan will be ef-
fective on plots up to
2500 sq metres. The
deemed approval plan
will also be effective for
a constructed area up to
20000 sq metres. Ac-
cording to new rules,
the builder will be able
to start the construc-
tion after presenting
the building maps pre-
pared by a registered
architect to the local
body with no formal
permission from the
body required anymore.
3 in ACB net
for taking bribe
in separate
incidents
Man gets life
term for murder,
attempted rape
BJP tells Cong: Send
vote of trust proposalHC to AAG: Seek
info from Speaker
Jodhpur: A special unit
of ACB arrested DIS-
COM lineman Nawal
Meena and his agent,
Babu Singh, while they
were accepting a bribe
of Rs 20,000 in Siwana
of Barmer. The bribe
was demanded from
complainant Devaram
in lieu of not initiating
action in a matter relat-
ed to his electrical me-
ter. The ACB action took
place under ASP Durg
Singh Rajpurohit in a
rented house in Padru.
Lineman Nawal Meena
and JEN Jitendra Saini
came to Devaram’s hair
cutting saloon and took
away his electrical me-
ter and demanded Rs
20,000 for not taking the
matter further legally.
Meanwhile, the Sikar
ACB team arrested a
junior assistant of
Roopgarh panchayat
Samiti accepting Rs
1000 as a bribe. DSP Za-
kir Akhtar said that
complainant Laxmi-
narayan had registered
a complaint against the
demand of Rs 1000.
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
High Court on Monday
asked Additional Advo-
cate General RP Singh,
appearing for the state
government, to seek all
information from the
Assembly Speaker re-
garding the petition by
a BJP MLA and inform
the court.
BJP MLA Madan Dil-
awar has moved a peti-
tion in the High Court
seeking directions to
quash the merger of six
BSP MLAs with the
Congress party, which
had helped the ruling
party in retaining a ma-
jority in the Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly.
The petition had also
challenged the Speak-
er’s inaction in not de-
ciding on his plea
seeking disqualifica-
tion of the six MLAs
from the Assembly.
Meanwhile, the Ba-
hujan Samaj Party
(BSP) has also moved
the High Court seeking
to become a party in the
petition by BJP against
the merger.
Notably, Dilawar to-
day sat on a protest in
the office of the Vidhan
Sabha Secretary de-
manding a copy of the
order given by Ra-
jasthan Speaker on the
merger of six BSP
MLA’s with Congress.
—ANI
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The Ajmer spe-
cial court on Monday
sentenced the accused
Prem Paswan to life im-
prisonment and im-
posed afine of Rs 55,000
on him, in connection
with the case of attempt
to rape and murder.
Public prosecutor Ru-
pendra Parihar gave
information that the
minor had come to
Ajmer with her family
and used to reside in the
Sadar police station
area. One day, the ac-
cused chased the minor
and tried to rape her.
When the victim start-
ed shouting, she was
strangled to death by
using her dupatta.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After the Con-
gress PC ended, BJP
has again challenged
Congress to go to the
floor of house and bring
confidence to end the
story.
Leader of opposition
Gulabchand Kataria
said that make a pro-
posal of a line, send it to
the Governor and bring
a vote of confidence in
the assembly. To bring a
vote of confidence, just
send a line proposal,
then why won’t the Gov-
ernor approve?
While targeting the
CM, Kataria said that
efforts are being made
to depict the other
group ineligible by
speaking irrelevant
things during the fenc-
ing of MLAs in a hotel.
Apart from this, dep-
uty leader of opposition
Rajendra Rathore said
that Congress was ac-
cusing the constitution-
al head of the state.
The party has chal-
lenged the Governor in
the past as well, which
is an insult to the con-
stitution. Congress had
said that if the public
encircles the Raj Bha-
wan, then we would not
be responsible for secu-
rity.
Rathore also made a
statement regarding
Speaker CP Joshi and
said that I am very sur-
prised that the Speaker
went to court and with-
drew the SLP in an
emergency.
“You may be aware of events taking
place in Rajasthan but if for some
reason you may not have received
the complete report, please read
our memorandum and take nec-
essary steps for convening state
assembly”.
CLP members appealed to President
Ashok Gehlot
PLEA AGAINST BSP-CONG MERGER
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
was surprised by the
role assumed by the
Governor recently. Dr
Sharma in an exclusive
interview with FI said
that the government
was receiving new que-
ries every day against
the established norms
that the responsibility
of conducting the house
rests with the speaker
while BAC sets the
working agenda. None
of this has any role of
the Governor. He took a
dig that Rajya Sabha
elections can be held
without any corona
test, assemblies in oth-
er states can be con-
vened despite pandemic
but the assembly in Ra-
jasthan can’t be con-
vened despite the situa-
tion in the state is bet-
ter than many states.
He said that the govern-
ment is ready to con-
duct a corona test on all
200 MLAs along with
the officers involved in
the session.
Dr Sharma said that
there could be no crude
joke in a democracy
than stopping an assem-
bly session. He said that
therehavebeensessions
convened at short notice
even earlier and it
wasn’t the job of the
Governor to inform the
MLAs about the session.
This is the job of assem-
bly. Dr Sharma said it
was unfortunate to de-
lay an assembly session
due to ill intentions. Hit-
ting BJP hard Dr Shar-
ma said that BJP was
making hue & cry on the
issue of Congress MLAs
demonstrating at the
Raj Bhawan. He men-
tioned the photograph
of Governor Kalraj
Mishra viral in the me-
dia where he himself, as
BJP member, had put up
a demonstration in UP
Raj Bhawan.
Attacking BJP MLA
NS Rajvi directly, Shar-
ma questioned his pat-
ent over the life and ac-
tions of late Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat. He
mentionedManakchand
Surana, who was the Fi-
nance Minister in Shek-
hawat cabinet, and his
account of the Raj
Bhavan incident in Ra-
jasthan then. He said he
himself had seen how
late Shekhawat had
staged a sit-in at the Raj
Bhawan.
‘Unfortunate to delay an Assembly session’
Dr Raghu Sharma
Shanti Dhariwal
Ministersback
to workamid
political turmoil
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state
secretariat is once
again witnessing the
usual hustle-bustle
after various minis-
ters became active
and started attending
their offices more fre-
quently. The minis-
ters are clearing the
files even with the
political camping on
at the distant Delhi
road hotel.
All ministers seem
to be giving the mes-
sage of being active
for the people even
during the severe po-
litical crisis. This at-
tempt by the minis-
ters is successful in
suppressing the com-
mon feeling around
that due to the politi-
cal crisis all the rou-
tine government
work had come to a
standstill.
Ministers Mamta
Bhupesh and Dr Sub-
hash Garg reached
their offices on Mon-
day and cleared some
important depart-
mental files with
their officers. Trans-
port Minister Pratap
Singh Khachariya-
was was busy in a
statewide video con-
ference to settle pend-
ing issues at the dis-
trict level.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Tiger Festival
and Forest Department
will jointly organise a
‘Tiger Photo Digital Ex-
hibition’ on the occa-
sion of World Tiger
Day on July 29. Wildlife
lovers would be able to
see and learn about ti-
gers and their charac-
teristics through lenses
of world renowned
wildlife photographers
on Facebook, Insta-
gram and website of
Jaipur Tiger Festival.
Tiger is the national
animal of India, which
was once found in large
numbers, but now, only
a few thousands are
left.
Not just the govern-
ment, but also the peo-
ple need to be aware
about tigers’ condition
in the country, else the
species would soon be-
come extinct.
Those who live in-
side the jungle will
have to change their
lifestyle and habits.
They must not cut for-
est and give up fossil
fuel for cooking and
other purposes, instead
they should use smoke-
less biofuel.
A conducive atmos-
phere needs to be devel-
oped, wherein, the ti-
gers feel safe.
More than 200 pho-
tographers have sent
entries out of which
selection committee
will choose a few to be
be displayed during the
exhibition. The selec-
tion committee con-
sists of Deputy Forest
Conservator Sudar-
shan Sharma, Wildlife
Activist Dheeraj Ka-
poor and Senior Con-
sultant of Chest & TB
Dr Shivraj Sharma.
The first prize in-
cludes Rs 51,000, where-
as, Rs 31,000 will be
given as the second
prize and the third win-
ner will receive Rs
21,000 as the cash prize.
Besides, 10 photogra-
phers will receive con-
solation prices. Con-
vener of the exhibition
Dr Shweta Shrotriya
informed that a three
member jury for select-
ing the winners in-
cludes national award
winners, S Nalla-
muthu, Sriprakash
Ramakrishnan and An-
jani Kumar.
Digital photo exhibition on World Tiger Day!
NURTURING TALENT
BUNDI TO IMPOSE 7-DAY TOTAL LOCKDOWNThe decision has been undertaken by the administration
in wake of sudden surge in coronavirus cases in the dist
First India Bureau
Bundi: The number of
corona patients in Bun-
di, has reached close to
100. In fact, Bundi was a
‘green zone’ for quite a
long time, but now, 10-20
cases are being reported
every day. As a result, a
total lockdown will be
imposed in the district
for seven days. The lock-
downwhichbeginsfrom
today, would continue
till Aug 3. The step is be-
ing taken to stop the fur-
ther spread of deadly
virus. All shops, includ-
ing grocery stores, will
remain shut during the
lockdown. Emergency
services like medical
stores and dairies will
remain open for 3 hours
in the morning and
evening. Inwakeof sud-
den surge in number of
COVID-19 cases in the
city, a meeting of the ad-
ministration, trade or-
ganisations and police
was held. Several offi-
cials, including Collec-
tor Ashish Gupta, SP
Shivraj Meena and
ADM AU Khan, were
present in the meeting.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: Two chil-
dren from the same
family were playing in
front of the Mathura
Gate police station in
Bharatpur, when one
of them brought an il-
legal weapon from
somewhere and
opened fire on the oth-
er child while playing,
which killed the child
on the spot.
The police have
caught the 15-year old
boy, who was trying to
flee from the spot after
firing the gunshot. Af-
ter receiving the in-
formation about the
incident, the police
team, including the
SHO and ASP, reached
the spot and gathered
evidence.
According to infor-
mation provided by
the sources, both the
children were playing
outside the house in
the morning and then
suddenly there was a
sound of firing. When
the locals reached the
spot, they saw that one
of the minors was
shot in the head and
was lying on the road.
The minor who fired
the shot was running,
but the police man-
aged to catch him.
The sources further
added saying that the
15-year-old boy got an
illegal weapon from
his house and fired a
shot on another child
while at play. The de-
ceased was 14 years
old, they furthet in-
formed. Huge crowd
gathered at the spot
after the incident.
The injured child
was then taken to the
district RBM Hospital
by the police, where
the doctors declared
him brought dead.
The dead body was
kept in the mortuary
after the postmortem.
Vinod Kumar Sharma
Chomu: Encroachment
was removed on Monday
after a long drawn strug-
gle by the people of ward
no. 6 Bagdon ka Mohalla,
of Chomu. The action
was taken on the instruc-
tions of Executive Offic-
er Shubham Gupta and
other employees, includ-
ing Suryakant Sharma,
Kailash and Nareshpal,
reached the spot and car-
ried out the action.
Ward residents Sunil
and Ajay said that after
the readiness shown by
former MLA Bhagwan
Sahai Saini, people have
got relief from the action
taken by the administra-
tion.
Actually, due to the en-
croachment on the com-
mon road by Sitaram
Bumpla, the movement
of people became diffi-
cult. The narrow way left
was filled with mud after
the rain and the locals
were upset due to bad
odour.
Officers had visited
the spot following a com-
plaint made to MLA
Ramlal Sharma, but they
returned without taking
any action. After that,
the matter was raised be-
fore former MLA Bhag-
wan Sahai Saini.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur. The jawans
of the Police Armed
Battalion (PAB) will not
be able to sport their
caste or gotra (blood-
line) surname on their
name plates any more.
IG (PAB) Kishan Sahay
said that this step has
been taken to discour-
age the prevalent caste
system in the society.
IPS Sahay said that in a
bid to solidify social
harmony, the officers
will also not call any
jawan with his caste or
surname.
IG Sahay inspected the
RAC battalion deputed
at the Jodhpur Central
Jail and interacted with
the jawans to know
their problems. Earlier,
the RAC jawans gave
ceremonial guard of
honour to the visiting
IG. IG Sahay instructed
jawans to take all neces-
sary precautions while
performing duties as-
signed to them amid the
ongoing Covid-19 epi-
demic.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Dr Rajat Sriv-
astava has been ap-
pointed as the Principal
of Bharatpur Medical
College after an inter-
view by Rajasthan Med-
ical Education Society,
Jaipur. At the same
time, Dr RK Aseri has
been made the Princi-
pal of Barmer Medical
College. In the order is-
sued by Director Shi-
vangi Swarnakar, the
term will be for 2 years
from the date of joining
the office. Also, joining
must be done within 3
days from the date of
the issue of appoint-
ment order.
Interviews were held
on July 7, after which
the process of appoint-
ment to the post of
Principal was complet-
ed. For the last 15 days,
the appointment order
of the Principal was
awaited.
Mon adds 1,134
new cases in Raj,
death toll@ 633
‘Creating awareness is
also service to mankind’
Jaipur: Coronavirus
is giving no respite to
the state as Monday
added 1,134 new co-
rona positives taking
the toll to 37,564. The
state also reported 9
deaths, four from Bi-
kaner, three from
Ajmer and two from
Bharatpur. The
death toll in the state
now stands at 633.
Alwar continues
to be the ‘hotbed’ of
the virus by adding
maximum 247 new
cases to the toll, fol-
lowed by Jodhpur
with 184 cases.
Whereas, 80 cases
were reportedfrom
Jaipur, 79 from
Ajmer, 65 from Kota,
44 from Rajsamand,
43 from Pali, 42 from
Sirohi, 39 from Bar-
mer, 38 from Nagaur,
36 from Jhunujhunu,
33 from Sikar, 26
from Bhilwara, 23
from Jalore, 22 from
Udaipur,19 from
Bundi, 16 from Sri
Ganganagar, 14 from
Dholpur, 12 from
Bharatpur, 11 from
Bikaner, 10 from
Banswara, 9 each
from Churu & Hanu-
mangarh, 8 from
Tonk, 7 from Chittor-
garh, 6 each from
Baran & Dausa, 4
from Karauli2 from
Sawai Madhopur.
The cumulative
district wise tally of
the corona positives
on Monday is as fol-
lows – Ajmer 1,596,
Alwar 3,161, Ban-
swara 148, Baran
119, Barmer 1,234,
Bharatpur 2,392,
Bhilwara 511, Bi-
kaner 1,789, Bundi
110, Chittorgarh 240,
Churu 608, Dausa
291, Dholpur 1,149,
Dungarpur 565,
Ganganagar 160, Ha-
numangarh 199,
Jaipur 4,954, Jais-
almer 164, Jalore
1067, Jhalawar 491,
Jhunjhunu 578,
Jodhpur 6,250, Ka-
rauli 305, Kota 1396,
Nagaur 1,317, Pali
2,412, Pratapgarh
168, Rajsamand 566,
Sawai Madhopur
184, Sikar 898, Siro-
hi 833, Tonk 262 and
Udaipur 1,142 along
with 183 from other
states & countries.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Special secre-
tary and commissioner
DIPR Mahendra Soni
said that creating pub-
lic awareness for pre-
vention from corona is
also an important ser-
vice to humanity.
Soni said danger of
corona is still lurking,
therefore, those in-
volved in prevention
and protection from it
must keep their mo-
rale high and there
should be no letup in
their efforts. He also
called for counselling
of those who turned
negative from positive
to clear any misgiving
about plasma donation
and must be encourage
for that.
DIPR commissioner
was addressing master
trainers from different
departments after ob-
serving district level
corona awareness exhi-
bition in Government
Maharani Girls Second-
ary School on Monday.
“The state is leading
in every aspect whether
to provide meal twice a
day, delivering wheat
and pulses to a large
population or providing
social security like pen-
sion and financial sup-
port,” he claimed.
State government
has recently announced
that injection worth Rs
40,000 would be admin-
istered free of cost to
poor and needy persons,
he said. The state has
conducted highest tests
per million and daily
more than 28000 tests
are conducted.
However, Soni also
cautioned that corona
cases have been increas-
ing in the state as well
as country. “Average
daily more than 1000
people in the state and
more than 40000 in the
country have been get-
ting infection,” he in-
formed.
The DIPR commis-
sioner said in this sce-
nario role of people in-
volved in creating pub-
lic awareness becomes
very important. They
must grasp the situa-
tion and convince peo-
ple to adopt some sim-
ple and general habits
to avoid corona infec-
tion. “They will also
have to work to encour-
age people who have
been cured for their
help in plasma therapy.
Clear their misconcep-
tion about plasma ther-
apy,” he said.
“We don’t need to fear
but we should also not
take corona lightly.
Also, we should treat
corona positive people
with respect and com-
passion because cau-
tion, timely test and
right treatment can
cure,” he added.
DIPR Commissioner Mahendra Soni at the exhibition.
A personnel stands at a closed market of the containment zone curfew area due to surge in
COVID-19 cases in Bikaner.
Cops visit Mathura Gate Police Station area to gather evidence.
Khel-Khel Mein: Minor shoots
dead kin in freak accident!
Squatters removed in
Chomu after agitation
Strict licence plate
rules for cops in Raj
2 Medical
Colleges get
new Principals
WEAR A MASK OR PAY HEFTY FINES

It is a man’s own mind, not
his enemy or foe, that lures
him to evil ways. —Buddha
Spiritual
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sign of relative economic un-
derdevelopment in a state is
that its politics dominates its
economics and not the other
way around.
Rajasthan is currently in a
frenziedswirlthankstomanoeu-
vres of power politics. It seems
to be all about the ‘ease of form-
ing government’ rather then the
‘ease of doing business’!
Irrespective of how the poli-
tics shape up, the economic
heartbeatdoesnotandmustnot
stop. Rajasthan is the land
which has given in this country
exceptional leadership in the
area of enterprise, entrepre-
neurship, and business leader-
ship.Ineverycornerof ourvast
country,themarkof Rajasthan’s
entrepreneurs can be seen. Un-
fortunately, the homeland has
not reaped a rich harvest.
In Rajasthan, the economy
has taken a backseat. It can get
evenmoredismal.Oneglanceat
the ‘post-Covid’ world scenario
can tell us that. Travel and tour-
ismatastandstill.Neweconom-
ic activity devastated. Large
capital infusions are improba-
ble.Profitabilitybadlysqueezed.
Tax revenues much poorer. One
can visualise how difficult
things may become for Ra-
jasthan. We need political lead-
ership obsessed with growth
and economic expansion.
Economic growth is a matter
of objective realism. Going be-
yond individual competence
and charisma, it is about a re-
lay race where separate institu-
tions and individuals run for
the same team.
I am a corporate profession-
al, marketing expert and have
handled business operations
across diverse industries. I
look at ‘Brand Rajasthan’ from
an investor’s eyes and ask what
is the state of affairs?
How should we judge the eco-
nomic performance of a Chief
Minister?Theeasiestwaywould
be to rank performance accord-
ing to aggregated statistics dur-
ing a CM’s administration, such
as the growth of real GDP, reve-
nues, and employment. Have
majorcorporationssetupopera-
tionsinthestateandhasdomain
concentration grown?
However, given that some
Chief Ministers may face a
larger economic crisis as
against others who may govern
in more favourable times, it is
important to also take note of
the national conditions with
reference to inflation, financial
health, and overall investment
climate.
The fruits of economic liber-
alisationinIndiaeversince1991
have gone in disproportionate
measure to states such as Maha-
rashtra,AndhraPradesh,Tamil
Nadu, and Karnataka.
Why did Bangalore, Chen-
nai, and Hyderabad become
hubs for Indian IT? Why not
Jaipur? Why is there not a
booming culture industry -me-
dia, art, and leisure pursuits-
in the state? Why are Goa and
Kerala gaining and edge in ho-
listic tourism? Why does Hary-
ana have such a large manufac-
turing base compared to us?
It needs a will and ability to
lead reform, drive catalysis
through institutions, laws, and
regulations. Politicians are not
trained, economists, or busi-
ness professionals. Therefore,
observe how the Chief Minis-
ter is going about making eco-
nomic decisions. Who are the
advisors? Who are the people
chosen to head vital institu-
tions and departments? Are
they empowered to make deci-
sions that have a bearing on
economic growth?
Successful Chief Ministers
employ macroeconomic tools
such as tax policy, labour policy
and dip into the fiscal and mon-
etary broad stream to avoid
crunches, foster real GDP
growth and maintain economic
stability.
Secondly, we should consider
whether the leadership im-
proves the economic infra-
structure of the state? Are they
looking at the good social poli-
cy as a precursor to good eco-
nomic policy? Are they aware
of the cost structures of doing
business in the state? Do they
notice the conditions that im-
pact productivity and strength-
en the competitiveness of busi-
nesses based in Rajasthan?
Short term policy-making can
end up imposing excessive
costs, reducing productivity,
weakening of the state’s com-
petitiveness, and the decelerat-
ing long-term growth of real
GDP for the state.
What any CM must provide
is political will and a social
contract. Rajasthan ought to be
known as a state that is active
in those sectors where there is
great growth, vibrancy, and en-
ergy. Automotive, Telecom, In-
formation Technology, Com-
mercial Agriculture, Financial
Services – these are boosters
for job creation.
When a chief minister re-
forms the economic infrastruc-
ture, it leads to economic free-
dom and fairness revive confi-
dence and provides support to
those who seek growth. It is
also crucial that poor, de-
pressed classes in Rajasthan,
particularly those who may
have suffered from past dis-
crimination, are participating
fully, freely and energetically
in the economy and enjoying
the fruits of their labour.
Of course Rajasthan’s back-
wardness has structural rea-
sons but we must also, reflect
on whether political leadership
in Rajasthan has done enough?
Is our political leadership gen-
uinely interested in business
and economics?
When these questions be-
come part of public thought,
Rajasthan will advance.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
WHO IS THINKING OF
RAJASTHAN’S ECONOMY?
A
The fruits of
economic
liberalisation in
India ever since
1991 have gone in
disproportionate
measure to states
such as
Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh,
Tamil Nadu, and
Karnataka
IN RAJASTHAN, THE
ECONOMY HAS
TAKEN A BACKSEAT.
IT CAN GET EVEN
MORE DISMAL. ONE
GLANCE AT THE
‘POST-COVID’
WORLD SCENARIO
CAN TELL US THAT
n our Art for
Trying Times
series, authors
nominateawork
they turn to for
solace or perspective during
this pandemic.
That we are all spending
more time at home these
days goes without saying;
for those of us in Mel-
bourne, our four walls feel
restraining when most
ways of leaving them are
proscribed. So let me per-
suade you of a marvellous-
ly legitimate alternative to
breaking the law, sorting
your messy passwords, or
rearranging your higgledy-
piggledy books into some
kind of order. It’s called
vicarious escape.
The novel concerns two
sisters, Elinor and Mari-
anne. The contrasting na-
tures of the two girls pro-
vides Austen’s title, but
there is also a younger
daughter, Margaret, and an
older stepbrother by the
mother’s first marriage
whose new wife forces the
mother and daughters out
of the large family house
into a cottage in a small vil-
lage in another county.
It is this move that puts
the sisters in a situation
thathasparallelswithours.
The tiny village of Barton
could offer no social life. A
little like people obliged to
work from home, the girls
found themselves with no
externalstimuli,otherthan
Nature, with which to fuel
their inner thoughts and
mutual exchanges.
Thrown back on their
own resources then, the
two older sisters work on
their existing accomplish-
ments. Elinor sketches and
paints, Marianne practises
her piano-playing; they
walk daily, sew and read.
Their every activity seems
to the modern reader al-
most weirdly extended: a
short stroll will occupy two
hours; Marianne, at least in
intention, will read for six.
Now that lack of time is
no longer an excuse, we
might even think of emu-
lating them, but there is
one great difference (at
least for me). Each sister
has in the other, on tap, a
daily companion who pro-
vides companionship and
stimulation. There is no
mention of boredom or
restlessness; depression re-
sults only from romantic
mishaps. How? Their
neighbour Sir John turns
up, some social life takes
off, and Marianne falls in
love. Well, this is a novel.
LITERARY ISOLATES
I briefly put aside the Dash-
wood sisters to consider
darker examples of liter-
ary isolates. Dostoevsky’s
Underground Man leapt to
mind. He lives utterly
alone in a basement; his
first words announce that
he is “a sick man… a spite-
ful man … an unattractive
man” whose liver is dis-
eased. As a solitary he
qualifies, but he’s hardly
an example to follow.
Back to Jane. But could
evenshehelpsomeonewith-
outasister?Someonewhose
props, given the age we live
in,aretextsandemails,both
of which seem determined
to shorten our exchanges.
“U?” is all we need say to
seek an opinion by SMS.
Thephoneseemscurrent-
lytheonlyresourcebywhich
we Melburnians could copy
the sisters’ ability to intro-
duce,develop,andthorough-
ly draw out a conversation.
But even that we can’t count
on. Usually our life-saving
story isn’t nearly finished
before the friend we’ve rung
rudely interrupts with what
she wants to say.
Thelockdowndoespermit
you to lose yourself in a be-
guiling other world – if you
have a Jane Austen on hand.
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Shocked at the Rajasthan
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disgraces his office.
IN-DEPTH
‘BEAUTY AND THE
BEAST’ TAKES OFF
he first batch of five Rafale fighter jets
flew out from Merignac airbase in
France’s Bordeaux province for their one
hop, 7000 km long journey to India. The
Dassault-built lethal flying machine is
part of Rs 59,000-crore inter-governmental deal
signed in 2016 for 36 aircraft to bolster its aging fleet
of fighters. Due to arrive on Wednesday, the jets will
beofficiallyinductedintotheIndianAirForce’sAm-
balaairbase.Thefirstlegof thejourneywilltakethe
planes to Abu Dhabi with mid-air refuelling. From
there they will embark on the last leg to Ambala.
With the first batch on its way, France has kept its
promise of delivering the aircraft on schedule. The
remaining aircraft will reach India by 2021-end.
Thetwin-engine,multi-rolecombataircraftisbeing
toutedasagame-changerforitscapabilitytoperform
several actions simultaneously. Rafales are equipped
with India-specific modification and carry weapons
like Meteor air-to-air and Scalp cruise missiles.
India also proposes to buy 21 MiG 29 fighter jets
and 12 Sukhoi Su30 from Russia in its prepared-
ness for a situation where it has to face an aggres-
sive adversary like China.
Signed in 2016, the deal witnessed an acrimoni-
ous political debate and a legal battle over the al-
leged higher price the government was said to be
paying for fewer aircraft than negotiated by the
UPA in 2001. Former ministers Yashwant Sinha,
ArunShourie,andlawyerPrashantBhushan’speti-
tion against the deal was dismissed by the Supreme
Court. The Chowkidar Chor Hai slogan coined by
Congress landed Rahul Gandhi into trouble.
T
MAKING CHINA
FEEL THE PINCH
hina, the neighbourhood bully, must
still be calculating the economic set-
back dealt by India in retaliation for
the land-grabbing in eastern Ladakh.
Huawei has been debarred from the
5G spectrum race from India. With the United
States and Britain also banning Huawei, the
blow must have been really hard for the Chinese
telecom giant. Banning of TikTok, along with
other popular Chinese-owned applications like
Helo, UC Browser, Shareit, CamScanner, Club
Factory, and WeChat were applauded in India
where the sentiment to boycott Chinese goods
and services became especially strong after the
Ladakh ambush in which 20 Indian soldiers lost
their lives. “To protect national interest and
security” the government had banned 59 Chi-
nese applications near the end of June under
the provisions of Section 69A of the Informa-
tion and Technology Act.
Through its latest decision, the government
has barred 47 applications operating as clones or
variants of the 59 apps banned earlier citing “op-
erational ethics of certain apps”, implying shar-
ing data with the Chinese government. There are
another 250 apps under the government’s scan-
ner and may also include the gaming app PUBG.
As tension along the border persists, the gov-
ernment cannot allow IT invasion by China to
weaken it through its apps which, the govern-
ment said were “engaged in activities prejudi-
cial to sovereignty and integrity of India”.
C
SHUBHRANSHU
SINGH
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marketing leader, columnist and a social
and political commentator. He writes
on brand building, marketing, history,
politics, technology and business

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INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020
New Delhi: Cong leader
RandeepSinghSurjewala
“Thenewconstructionby
C h i n a
along In-
dian side
of LACin
Pangong
Tso Lake
area is
very wor-
rying. The misadventure
byChinesetoencroachon
country’s terrestrial in-
tegrity is not acceptable.
Will Indian govt take cog-
nizance of new satellite
images&takethecountry
into confidence?” —ANI
‘New construction
by China on
Indian side’
Sonia calls meeting of
RS MPs on July 30
Hidingtruthanti-national:RaGa
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi,
who has been targeting
the government after
June 15 clash with Chi-
na in Ladakh that killed
20 Indian soldiers,
sharpened his attack
over the issue. “I do not
mind if my whole ca-
reer goes to hell, but I
am notgoing to lieabout
the Indian territory,”
Gandhi says in a video
he shared on Twitter.
“The Chinese have oc-
cupied Indian land.
Hiding the truth and al-
lowing them to take it is
anti-national. Bringing
it to people’s attention
is patriotic (sic),” the
50-year-old ex-Congress
chief tweeted and
shared a video message.
“As an Indian, my
number one priority is
nation & its people. Now
it’s pretty clear that Chi-
nese have entered our
territory. It disturbs me.
It makes my blood boil.
How can some other na-
tion just come into our
territory?” —Agencies
New Delhi: Congress
Interim President So-
nia Gandhi has called a
virtual meeting of
Rajya Sabha
MPs on July
30, to discuss
on the “cur-
rent political
situation and
COVID-19.”
She had earlier
called a meeting
of LS MPs to discuss
these issues, interest-
ingly MPs present in
the meeting urged Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi to take on the lead-
ership of the party. At
the same time, there are
other challenges also
for Congress, the
party staged
protests out-
side all Raj
Bhawans in
the country
except Ra-
jasthan.
Congress also
launched an on-
line campaign -
Speak Up For Democ-
racy against the alleged
attempt by BJP to top-
ple the Congress-led
state governments. —ANI
New Delhi:The Infor-
mation and Technology
Ministry has banned 47
apps, which are clones
or variants of Chinese-
linked 59 apps earlier
banned in June.These
banned clones include
Tiktok Lite, Helo Lite,
SHAREit Lite, BIGO
LIVE Lite and VFY Lite.
The order regarding
ban on these apps came
on Friday, July 24.
A month since the
last ban, sources in the
Ministry tell that “the
problem is with the op-
erational ethics of cer-
tain apps. This is an
ongoing process. If
apps qualify under the
same grounds of opera-
tional ethics, then they
will also come under
the scanner.” The 59
apps, most of which
were Chinese, had been
banned by the Centre in
June in view of the in-
formation available
that they are engaged in
activities which are
“prejudicial to sover-
eignty and integrity
and defence” of the
country. —ANI
CENTRE BANS 47 CLONES OF
Chinese apps banned earlier
Theproblemiswiththeoperationalethicsofcertainapps,informsources
New Delhi: On the
82nd Raising Day of
Central Reserve Police
Force, the Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Monday extended greet-
ings to its personnel
and their families.
“CRPF is synony-
mous with valour, cour-
age and sacrifice. Time
and again @crpfindia
has made the nation
proud. Their dedication
to serve the society dur-
ing COVID-19 is unpar-
alleled. I join millions
of Indians to wish our
brave CRPF personnel
and their families on
82nd Raising Day,” Shah
tweeted. —ANI
CRPF is synonymous
with valour, courage
and sacrifice: Shah New Delhi: The SC
sought a reply from
the UGC on a batch of
pleas challenging its
circular and seeking
cancellation of final
term examination in
the wake of COVID-19
pandemic. A bench
headed by Justice
Ashok Bhush posted
the matter for further
hearing on Friday. So-
licitor General Tushar
Mehta, appearing for
the UGC, told that
there are 818 universi-
ties out of which 209
universities have al-
ready conducted ex-
ams and 394 others are
planning to conduct
the same.
The court was hear-
ing a PIL filed by stu-
dents seeking to quash
the UGC circular dat-
ed July 6 whereby all
universities all have
been asked to wrap up
the final exams before
Sept 30. —ANI
SC seeks UGC’s response on exam pleas
New Delhi: Solicitor
General Tushar Me-
hta, explaining the
Centre’s welfare
schemes during the
Covid-19 pandemic,
informed the Su-
preme Court that eve-
ry one rupee from the
Centre now fully
reaches the people,
while in contrast, ear-
lier only 15 paise for
every rupee used to
reach the people.Me-
hta submitted before
a bench headed by
Justice Ashok Bhush-
an that “Fortunately
we have passed those
times when Centre
used to send Rs 1 & 15
paise used to reach
the poor. Now the
Centre send Rs 1 &
people get Rs 1.”
Senior advocate Ab-
hishek Manu Singhvi,
appearing as a officer
court, contended that
S-G is politicising the
matter. —ANI
New Delhi : The SC
asked Solicitor Gen-
eral Tushar Mehta
what can be done to
expedite the trials
against the foreign na-
tionals, who attended
the Markaz Tablighi
Jamaat congregation
in Nizamuddin in
March this year.
A bench headed by
Justice AM Khan-
wilkar was hearing a
batch of petitions
challenging the black-
listing and cancella-
tion of visas of for-
eign nationals who
attended the congre-
gation, which had re-
portedly become an
epicentre for the
spread of coronavirus
in the country. The
court, which had ear-
lier stated that they
could individually
move concerned au-
thorities,fixedthemat-
ter for further hearing
to July 31. —ANI
GOVERNMENT MONEY FULLY
REACHING PEOPLE: SG TO SC
‘HOW CAN TRIALS AGAINST FOREIGN
JAMAATIS BE EXPEDITED?’ New Delhi: Underlin-
ing that India and Bang-
ladesh partnership is a
role model in the region
for good neighbourly
relations, External Af-
fairs Minister S Jais-
hankar on Monday said
New Delhi stands pre-
pared to cooperate with
the people of Bangla-
desh to tide over diffi-
cult times amid corona-
virus pandemic.
Speaking at the hand-
ing over ceremony of
10 broad-gauge diesel
locomotives to Bangla-
desh, Jaishankar noted
that the ongoing COV-
ID-19 has not slowed
down the pace of over-
all cooperation between
the two countries.
“Very few countries in
the world share such
close fraternal ties as
ours. Our partnership
today stands out as a
role model in the region
for good neighbourly
relations,” he said.
India stands prepared
to cooperate with Bang-
ladesh to tide over these
difficult times.” —ANI
‘Indiapreparedto
cooperatewith
Bangladeshamidcrisis’
Piyush Goyal & S Jaishankar flag off 10 diesel locomotives via VC.CRPF personnel wearing protective masks attend the function.
The MeitY received complaints about misuse of apps. Ayodhya: A day after a
member of the Shri
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust
stated that a time cap-
sule, enlisting the his-
tory and facts related to
the Ram Janmabhoomi,
will be placed thou-
sands of feet below the
construction site to en-
sure that there are no
disputes in the future,
Mahant Nritya Gopal,
Trust president said
that it is true and it will
be done.
Mahant said that he
does not have much in-
formation about the
time capsule. “It is 100
per cent correct that a
time capsule, enlisting
the history and facts re-
lated to the Ram Janma-
bhoomi, will be placed
thousands of feet below
the construction site. It
will be done in order to
ensure that there are no
disputes in the future. A
grand Ram Temple will
be built here and all ar-
rangements are in place
for Bhoomi Pujan,” he
said.“Idonothavemuch
information about time
capsule, but it will be
placed below the con-
structionsite,”headded.
PM Modi is scheduled
to lay the foundation
stone of the Temple in
Ayodhya on August 5, he
said. —ANI
‘Time capsule to be kept
under Ram Temple site’
SENSEX SLIPS 194 PTS, NIFTY
CLOSE AT 11,132 IN CHOPPY TRADE
Mumbai: Benchmark Sen-
sex slid over 194 points
to settle at 37,935 in a
see-saw session on Mon-
day, weighed down by
intense selling in banking
stocks.After starting off
the session on a positive
note, the BSE Sensex got
caught in a downward
spiral and slumped over
500 points. It managed
to recover some lost
ground and finally settled
at 37,934.73, showing
a loss of 194.17 points.
Likewise, the broader
NSE Nifty closed 62.35
points or 0.56% lower at
11,131.80. On the Sensex
chart, ICICI Bank, HDFC
Bank, Axis Bank, IndusInd
Bank and Bajaj Finance
emerged as major
laggards, dropping over 6
per cent.
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT SHOP IN DELHI’S SADAR BAZAR, NO CASUALTY
New Delhi: A fire broke out at a shop in
North Delhi’s Sadar Bazar area on Monday,
a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said.
No casualty was reported in the incident,
the official said. A call about the fire was
received around 10 am after which 13
fire tenders were rushed to the spot, DFS
Director Atul Garg said.According to the fire
department, the building comprised ground
and two floors, where plastic materials
were stored. The fire was brought under
control by around 2 pm, the DFS said.
SSR DEATH CASE: VISCERA
REPORT RULES OUT FOUL PLAY
Mumbai: Mumbai’s
Bandra police, who are
investigating Sushant
Singh Rajput’s suicide,
have received the viscera
report of the late actor.
The report has ruled out
any possibility of foul play
involved in Sushant Singh
Rajput’s death. They
haven’t found any trace
of any kind of poison. Su-
shant died by suicide on
June 14. The actor was
34 years old.In June, the
final postmortem report
of Sushant Singh Rajput
confirmed asphyxia due
to hanging as the cause of
his death. There were no
struggle marks or external
injuries on Sushant Singh
Rajput’s body. His nails
were clean. The postmor-
tem report said that it is a
clear case of suicide.
IN THE COURTYARD
MoS SPEAK
IN DETAIL
A view of Ram Janmabhoomi Teeertha Kshetra office at Ramkot in Ayodhya on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
NO FRESH ORDER ON SECURITY
OF RAM MANDIR: CRPF DG
New Delhi: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Direc-
tor General AP Maheshwari said that there is no fresh
order given by the government
regarding the security of the Ram
Mandir in Ayodhya. “There is no
fresh order which has been issued
on the security of the Ram Mandir.
If the government gives such
instructions or directions, the CRPF
will perform its duty effectively,”
the DG said after attending the
82nd Raising Day of the CRPF when asked if the CRPF
will guard the Ram Mandir. The government will soon
decide on the security of the Ram Mandir and it is likely
that CRPF may get this responsibility. The CPRF is also
guarding Vaishno Devi temple. After CRPF, CISF may
also get the security of the Mandir. —ANI

INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020
Guv-CM...
“In case, confidence mo-
tion is moved in the As-
sembly then proceed-
ings should be done in
the presence of chief
secretary, Parliamenta-
ry Affairs Department.
The proceedings should
be recorded and the
trust vote should be car-
ried out with a button,”
the release said, adding
that the proceedings
should be telecast live.
The release said it
should be clarified that
if the Assembly session
is convened then how
social distancing norms
would be followed.
“Is there any arrange-
ment in which 200
MLAs and 1000 officials
do not face the threat of
infection. And if any-
one gets an infection,
how to prevent its
spread among others?”
the release from the
Governor asked.
It said the assembly
does not have a sitting
arrangement for 200
MLAs and 1,000 officials
by following the social
distancing norms.
The release said it is
the constitutional duty
of the Governor that in
such difficult circum-
stances, the life of more
than 1200 people cannot
be put to risk by calling
a session without any
special urgency.
“Governor Kalraj
Mishra has, giving ad-
vice under Article 174
of Constitution, given
directions to the state
government to take ac-
tion for convening the
session. He has said
that Raj Bhavan never
had an intention not to
call the session,” the re-
lease said.
Earlier, Rajasthan
Governor’s Secretariat
had said the state gov-
ernment had presented
a proposal to convene
the session of the As-
sembly at very short no-
tice on the night of July
23. The paper was ana-
lysed and legal experts
were consulted over it.
It had said 21-day no-
tice is required for the
session to be called ac-
cording to the normal
procedures. —WITH ANI IN-
PUTS
CM Gehlot...
pledged to save democ-
racy which was a huge
achievement.
Gehlot said that the
new generation has a
huge responsibility and
the spectacle that is go-
ing on in state today has
never happened in 70
years! Giving pep talk
to MLAs, the CM said,
like Corona frontline
workers are called Co-
rona Warriors, in De-
mocracy you people are
the Warriors of Democ-
racy!
Speaker Joshi...
the court that Speaker
wants to withdraw his
plea challenging the
High Court jurisdiction
to interfere in pending
proceedings on disqual-
ification petition
against 19 rebel MLAs.
A Bench of Justices
Arun Mishra, BR Gavai
and Krishna Murari al-
lowed the Speaker to
withdraw the plea.
Sibal also told the
Bench that due to lack
of stay by the Supreme
Court on the High
Court’s July 21 order,
the HC has proceeded to
pass a detailed order on
July 24.
The High Court order
of July 21 has “merged”
with the High Court
subsequent order of
July 24 and therefore
this SLP against July 21
order of HC has become
infructuous, added
Sibal.
Sibal told the apex
court that HC has
passed a fresh order on
July24whichhasraised
several other issues in-
cluding interpretation
of the 10th schedule.
“They have passed a
32-page order. We have
to weigh our legal op-
tions on what to do
next,” Sibal said. —ANI
HC dismisses...
However, Dilawar’s law-
yer Harish Salve, said
that he would file fresh
petition. After hearing
both sides, single bench
of Justice Mahendra
Goyal dismissed the pe-
tition while allowing
Dilawar to file a fresh
one.
The court also dis-
missed petition of the
BSP to become party in
this matter saying that
when the original peti-
tion has been dis-
missed, there was no
logic for BSP’s petition.
Meanwhile, demand-
ing a copy of the order
given by Speaker, Dila-
war sat on a protest in
the office of the Vidhan
Sabha Secretary on
Monday. According to
sources, the Secretary
told the BJP MLA that
the order copy will be
provided to him after
consulting the Speaker,
CP Joshi. Dilawar had
filed a complaint to the
Speaker in March, chal-
lenging merger of six
BSP MLAs in Congress
and sought their dis-
qualification. However,
he approached HC on
Friday, claiming “inac-
tion” by Speaker on his
complaint. He had al-
leged that the speaker
did not decide the mat-
ter even after four
months.
FROM PG 1
WILL RASHMI SAXENA SAHNI BE
MEMBER OF CBDT ?
In case SK Gupta is not given extension in ser-
vice,, Rashmi Saxena Sahni may become the new
Member of the CBDT. She is a 1984 batch IRS (IT)
officer.
IRS OFFICER TO JOIN KERALA GOVT
Abraham Renn S is all set to join the Kerala govt
as Addl Commissioner, State Goods & Service Tax
(SGST) on deputation basis for a period of three
years. He is a 2013 batch IRS(C&CE) officer is
presently posted Dy Director, GST Intelligence,
New Delhi.
SC COLLEGIUM TO MEET THIS WEEK?
Supreme Court Collegium is expected to meet
this week. Currently there are four vacancies of
SC Judges.
EIGHT SHORT-LISTED TO BE
INTERVIEWED FOR THE POST OF RBI
DY GOVERNOR ON AUG 7
Eight shortlisted candidates for the post of Dy.
Governor in RBI are to be interviewed on August 7.
RIVA GANGULY TO TAKE OVER AS
SECRETARY (EAST), MEA ON OCT 1
Riva Ganguly Das, High Commissioner of India to
Bangladesh, will take over as Secretary (East) in
the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on October
1, 2020. Das, who is a 1986 batch IFS officer, will
succeed incumbent, Vijay Thakur Singh retiring
on September 30, 2020.
GUPTA TO JOIN AS SECRETARY
LPA CBIC has relieved Dinesh Kumar Gupta to
join as Secretary, Land Port Authority (LPA), un-
der MHA. He is a 1995 batch IRS(C&CE) officer.
He has been selected for LPA for three years on
deputation basis.
S BALA SUBRAMANYAM REDDY
RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE
S Bala Subramanyam Reddy, who was on
deputation with the State of Andhra Pradesh and
presently working as Special Secretary, Industry
and Commerce Department, has been repatriated
to his parent cadre. He is a 1989 batch ITS officer.
PALLAVI AGARWAL RELIEVED TO
JOIN CENTRAL DEPUTATION
Pallavi Agarwal has been relieved to join as Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Develop-
ment, New Delhi, on deputation basis. She is an
IRS-IT officer.
FOUR IAS OFFICERS SHIFTED
IN MAHARASHTRA
Rajiv Jalota has been posted as Additional Chief
Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Depart-
ment, Mantralaya, Mumbai, while SVR Srinivas was
made Principal Secretary, Housing Department,
Mantralaya, Mumbai and Saurabh Vijay is Secre-
tary, Medical Education and Drugs Department,
Mumbai. Besides, Jalaj Sharma has been posted as
Additional Municipal Commissioner, Nagpur Munic-
ipal Corporation, Nagpur in Maharashtra.
PARAMESWARAN IYER QUITS AS
SECRETARY, DRINKING WATER
Parameswaran Iyer has resigned from the post
of Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and
Sanitation with effect from August 21, 2020. He
is a 1981 batch voluntarily retired IAS officer of
UP cadre.
Dr Sunil Kumar appointed
as DG, Health Services
Dr Sunil Kumar has been appointed as Director
General of Health Services in the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare in Government of India.
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Effortsunderwaytoconduct
10 lakh tests per day: PMNew Delhi: Efforts are
being made to ramp up
the testing capacity in
the country to conduct
up to 10 lakh COVID-19
tests per day, said Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Monday.
The PM was speaking
during the launch of
high-throughput COV-
ID-19 testing facilities
in Noida, Mumbai and
Kolkata, in which he
took part through video
conferencing. “While
we had just one centre
for Corona testing in
January, today close to
1,300 labs are function-
ing across the country.
More than 5 lakh tests
are being conducted
daily in the country to-
day. In the coming
weeks, efforts are being
made to increase the
number to 10 lakh tests
per day,” he said.
He further highlight-
ed that the country cur-
rently has over 11,000
COVID facilities and
more than 11 lakh isola-
tion beds.
Praising the drastic
increase in the number
of PPE kits manufac-
tured in the country
during the crisis phase,
Modi said that current-
ly there are 1,200 manu-
facturers producing
more than 5 lakh PPE
kits daily.
India’s COVID tally
on Monday crossed the
14-lakh mark with the
highest single-day spike
of 49,931 cases & 708
deaths. —ANI
PM Modi speaks during the launch of 3 new high-throughput labs of ICMR via video conferencing.
The PM was speaking during the launch of high-throughput
COVID-19 testing facilities in Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata
“Greetings to all @
crpfindia personnel on
the 82nd Raising Day
of this outstanding
Force. CRPF is at the
forefront of keeping
our nation safe. The
courage and profes-
sionalism of this force
are widely admired.
May the CRPF achieve
even greater heights
in the coming years,”
he said in a tweet.
“Best wishes to
Maharashtra CM Shri
Uddhav Thackeray Ji
on his birthday. I pray
for Uddhav Ji’s long
and healthy life.”
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
COVID-19
UPDATE
Nadda hints
at BJP going
solo in next
Maha polls
Mumbai: Slamming
the Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government in
Maharashtra as ‘an un-
holy alliance,’ BJP pres-
ident JP Nadda urged
the state unit to ensure
that it doesn’t need the
support of anyone else
for the next elections.
“The government is
an unholy alliance (of
Shiv Sena-NCP-Con-
gress), it is shameless
and works for profit. We
need to ensure that we
do not need anyone and
should go alone in the
next elections,” he said
while addressing the
Maharashtra BJP of-
fice-bearers through a
video-conference.
India’s count crosses 14 lakh-mark
country, recovery rate at 63.92 pc
New Delhi: With a
spike of 49,931 cases in
the last 24 hours, India’s
COVID count crossed
the 14 lakh-mark on
Monday while the re-
covery rate stood at
63.92 per cent.
According to Union
Health Ministry, total
COVID-19 cases stand at
14,35,453 including
4,85,114 active cases and
9,17,568 cured/dis-
charged/migrated cas-
es. With 708 deaths in
the last 24 hours, the
cumulative toll reached
32,771.
A total of 7,924 fresh
COVID-19 cases and 227
deaths were reported in
Maharashtra today. The
total count of cases in
the state is 3,83,723 in-
cluding 2,21,944 recov-
ered cases and 1,47,592
active cases.
A total of 613 new cases
and 26 deaths were re-
ported in Delhi in last
24 hours. The total
count of cases has risen
to 1,31,219 including
1,16,372 recovered/dis-
charged & 3,853 deaths.
Tamil Nadu reported
6,993 new COVID-19
cases and 77 deaths in
the last 24 hours taking
the total number of cas-
es to 2,20,716. While
5,723 patients were dis-
charged, 54,896 cases
are still active in the
state. —ANI
‘850 departures, 845
arrivals during air travel’
26 DEATHS, 613 MORE CASES
REPORTED IN DELHI
New Delhi: There have
been 850 departures
and 845 arrivals on day
64 of the resumption of
domestic air travel, Un-
ion Civil Aviation Min-
ister Hardeep Singh
Puri said on Monday.
“Smooth & streamlined
Domestic operations. 26
July 2020, Day 64 till
2359 hrs. Departures
850, 75,126 passengers
handled. Arrivals 845,
74,511 passengers han-
dled. Total movements
1,695, Footfalls at air-
ports 1,49,637, —ANI
‘PM called to
inquire about
my health’
Delhi doctor,
27, dies of
Coronavirus
Bhopal: MP CM
Shivraj Singh
Chouhan “Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi ji called yes-
terday (Sunday) to
inquire about my
health. I could not
talk to him as I was
doing meditation
and yoga. After
some time, he again
called. He asked
about my health
and advised me to
take precautions,”
he tweeted. —ANI
New Delhi: A
27-year-old doctor,
who was on the
frontline in fight
against the novel
coronavirus, died
after a month-long
battle against the
highly infectious
disease.DrJoginder
Chaudhary worked
at Dr Baba Saheb
Ambedkar Hospi-
tal, He had tested
positive on June 27.
New Delhi: Delhi on
Monday witnessed a
spike of 613 new COV-
ID-19 cases, taking the
total number of corona-
virus cases in the na-
tional capital to 1,31,219.
According to a health
bulletin of the Delhi
government, there are
10,994 active cases in
the metropolis. With 26
deaths reported in Del-
hi in the last 24 hours,
the death toll stands at
3,853.
As many as 1,497 peo-
ple have recovered/dis-
charged/migrated on
Monday taking the total
number of such people to
1,16,372 recovered. —ANI
Over 55 lakh
people affected,
102 dead: Govt
Guwahati: A total
56,71,018 people have
been affected in 30
districts of Assam
due to floods since
May 22, the state gov-
ernment said.
102 people have
died due to floods and
615 relief camps have
been set up, accord-
ing to the state gov-
ernment.
A total of 132 ani-
mals at the Kaziran-
ga National Park and
Tiger Reserve have
died due to floods re-
lated incidents.
“132 animal deaths
reported at Kaziran-
ga National Park and
Tiger Reserve, Boka-
hat due to drowning
and other reasons, so
far. This includes 14
rhinos, 5 wild buffa-
loes, 8 wild boars, 2
swamp deer, 98 hog
deer, 1 sambar, 3 por-
cupines and 1 Py-
thon,” said the Gov-
ernment of Assam.
On Sunday, a team
of National Disas-
ter Response Force
(NDRF) had evacu-
ated villagers and
livestock to safer
places from flood-
affected areas of
Dighirpam Bazar in
Assam’s Barpeta
district.
Floods have
wreaked havoc in
various districts of
Assam for the
fourth time this
year. —ANI
ASSAM FLOODS
NDRF team evacuate villagers & livestock & transported
them to safer places from flood-affected areas in Barpeta.

NEWSJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020
‘SAFFRON ELEPHANT’
IN RAJ!
Politics has a funny way of repeating
the same situations and extorting
different responses from people in
power. Don’t agree with it? Well, let us
cite a fresh example then. Remember
Uttar Pradesh of 1995 when BSP
and SP alliance failed and Mayawati
had to seek support from the saffron
party. It appears that 25 years on,
UP’s neighboring state - Rajasthan - is
witnessing a similar coalition, although
not in search of power. Political circles
are abuzz that BSP’s latest jibe at
Congress on ‘poaching’ its 6 MLAs is
a shot in the arm for the saffron party,
even as the BSP hopes to ‘settle’ score
with Congress in Rajasthan. Word
is that Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi
is the reason behind BSP’s active
involvement in Rajasthan politics since
Priyanka is hurting BSP’s ‘chances’ in
UP since the Congress is also aiming
at the same vote bank as Maya. As
of now, there isn’t a remote chance of
BSP-Congress coalition in UP, such are
their terms in the prevailing situation
and on the other hand BJP has been
an old ‘frenemy’ for BSP and therefore
there are rumours of a hidden pact
between the lotus and the elephant, to
‘ﬂoat’ in the ‘pond’ that is Rajasthan!
—Yogesh Sharma
CS’s SHIRT DRAWS
ATTENTION!
They say the higher up in the
hierarchy you are, the more
‘visible’ you become, and therefore
more are the ‘eyes’ on you and your
actions. Well, it appears that the
new Chief Secretary Rajeeva Swarup
has already gathered immense
‘attention’ not by his actions, but
simply by dressing ‘inappropriately’.
Governor Kalraj Mishra had called
a meeting on Corona and law and
order situation in the state and had
asked the CS and DGP Bhupendra
Singh to come prepared for the
meeting. Since the meeting was
to be chaired by the Constitutional
head of the state - Governor - DGP
Singh reached Raj Bhawan in his
khaki uniform. Even CS Swarup
reached on the stipulated time,
however, he was wearing a half-
sleeved shirt and pant, a far cry
from what the protocol mandates.
Interestingly, since both the weather
in the open and in the political
corridors is soaring by each passing
day, this “summer Dress Protocol
Violation” has become the current
favourite topic of discussion
between Raj Bhawan staff and
the officials.
—Kashiram Choudhary
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Congress
chief Ajay Kumar La-
llu, Rajya Sabha MP
PL Punia and other
party leaders were ar-
rested on Monday
while protesting out-
side the Raj Bhawan
in Lucknow over al-
leged attempts to top-
ple the Rajasthan gov-
ernment, the party’s
media convener Lalan
Kumar said.
Police sources said
Lallu and others were
arrested after they
reached the Raj Bha-
wan and squatted on
the road.
Punia charged that
the BJP was working
like political looters
who do not care who
the people have elect-
ed. They think even
if people have not
elected them, they
can trample upon the
mandate by buying
MLAs to form gov-
ernments.
New Delhi: Amid an
impasse over the con-
vening of the Assembly
session in Rajasthan,
three former law minis-
ters have written to the
state governor, saying
thedelayindoingsohas
resultedinanavoidable
constitutional crisis.
In a letter to Ra-
jasthan Governor
Kalraj Mishra, senior
Congress leaders and
former law ministers
Ashwani Kumar, Kapil
SibalandSalmanKhur-
shidsaidthegovernor’s
office, as envisaged un-
derthecountry’sconsti-
tutional scheme, is
above and beyond the
constraints and com-
pulsions of partisan
politics, “so that its
holder can act freely
and fairly to uphold the
Constitution”.
“Having served as
Unionministersof Law
and Justice in different
periods of time and as
students of Constitu-
tional law, we are of the
clear view that estab-
lished legal position
obliges the Governor to
call the assembly ses-
sioninaccordancewith
the advice of the state
cabinet.
“Any deviation from
established constitu-
tional position in the
present circumstances
would be an avoidable
negation of your oath
of office and will create
a constitutional crisis,”
the former law minis-
ters said in the letter.
According to estab-
lished conventions and
the relevant articles of
the Constitution, prin-
ciples of parliamentary
democracyandauthori-
tative pronouncements
of the Supreme Court,
the governor is bound
to act on the aid and ad-
vice of the council of
ministers in the matter
of convening the state
assembly, they added.
Citing a seven-judge
order of the Supreme
Court, the former law
ministers said the gov-
ernor’s position, role
andthelimitsof hiscir-
cumscribed constitu-
tional jurisdiction have
been elaborated by the
apex court in the
“Shamsher Singh ver-
sus Union of India”
caseasearlyas1974and
morerecently,intheNa-
bam Rebia case of 2016.
“As a holder of high
public office, you are
well aware that consti-
tutional functionaries
are charged by the oath
of officetovindicatethe
Constitution in letter
and spirit. This obliges
theGovernor,inaccord-
ance with established
traditions of constitu-
tional and parliamen-
tarydemocracy,todefer
to the wisdom of an
elected government
that expresses the will
of the people.
“We hope earnestly
thattruetothedemands
of your high office, you
will not act in any man-
ner that will counte-
nance such a result,”
they said. —PTI
DELAY IN CONVENING SESSION LED TO CONSTITUTIONAL
IMPASSE: THREE EX-LAW MINISTERS WRITE TO GOVERNOR
UP Cong chief Lallu, MP Punia
held during gherao Raj Bhawan
Governor Kalraj MishraAshwani KumarKapil Sibal
Police arrest UPCC President Ajay Kumar Lallu while protesting
in front of Raj Bhawan in Lucknow. —PHOTO BY PTI
Salman Khurshid
Naresh Sharma
Ashok Gehlot has said
that to ensure the sur-
vival of every serious
patient of Covid-19, life-
saving injections should
be made available in all
the district hospitals
and medical colleges af-
filiated to the state at the
earliest.
“Theavailabilityof to-
cilizumab injection and
remdisivir medicine in
these hospitals should be
ensured in the next 10
days. Also, with the per-
mission from ICMR, the
work of setting up plas-
ma banks in district hos-
pitals should also be ac-
celerated, “ Gehlot in-
structed while holding a
review meeting on Coro-
na through video confer-
ence, along with princi-
pals of government med-
icalcolleges,CMHOsand
other officials of the
medical and health de-
partment.
“The government will
notallowanyshortageof
funds to prevent corona
infection and to treat pa-
tients. It is our effort to
bringthedeathratefrom
Corona to the lowest lev-
el. Patients who are re-
covering should be moti-
vated to donate plasma,”
Gehlot stressed.
The the doctors and
paramedical staff have
set an example in the di-
rectionof coronacontrol
by working with full ded-
ication for last 5 months.
Provide life-saving injections,
meds in dist hospitals: Gehlot
CMHO should
visit other
hospitals in-
cluding CHC, PHC.
Officials and local ad-
ministration should
be prepared to prevent
infection from season-
al diseases.
—Ashok Gehlot,
Chief Minister
RAJASTHAN CRISIS: FROM COURT TO ROAD
DELHI LUCKNOW KOLKATA
Guvs are acting
as BJP agents,
says WB Cong
Leaders detained
trying to march
towards LG office
Kolkata: Alleging that
governors are acting as
BJP agents in installing
saffron party govern-
ments in states ruled by
partiesopposedtoit,West
Bengal Congress workers
staged a protest in front
of the Raj Bhawan in Kol-
kata. Workers raised slo-
gans against governors.
“The states where op-
position have govern-
ments, MLAs are being
intimidated to bring
down dispensation,” said
state Congress media
in-charge Amitava
Chakraborti. —PTI
New Delhi: Congress
leaders, including its
Delhi unit chief Anil
Kumar, were detained
while trying to march to
the Lieutenant Gover-
nor’s office in Delhi, in
a protest against the
BJP’s alleged move to
topple the Rajasthan
government.
“We wanted to tell the
LG how the BJP and its
government at the Cen-
tre are murdering de-
mocracy in Rajasthan.
But the Delhi Police de-
tained us before we
could start our march to
RajNiwas,”saidKumar.
New Delhi: Home Min-
ister Amit Shah on Mon-
day paid tribute to for-
mer President Dr APJ
Abdul Kalam on his
death anniversary. He
said that Kalam has left
indelible marks on sev-
eral fields ranging from
science to politics.
"Tributes to Dr APJ
Abdul Kalam, an epito-
me of intellect, wisdom
andsimplicity.APeople's
President,wholeftindel-
ible marks on several
fields ranging from sci-
ence to politics," Shah
tweeted. Shah said that
Kalam's quest for knowl-
edgecontinuestoinspire
and capture the idea of a
self-reliant India.
BJP national presi-
dent JP Nadda also put
out a message saying
that Kalam was a peo-
ple's President whose
ideal life will keep on in-
spiring people in the
country.
"My heartfelt tribute
to former President of
India Bharat Ratna Dr
APJ Abdul Kalam ji on
his death anniversary.
He was a people's Presi-
dent whose ideal life will
keep on inspiring the
people of the country,"
Nadda tweeted.
Known as the Missile
Man of India, Dr APJ
Abdul Kalam contribut-
ednotonlytosciencebut
also served as the 11th
President of India and
was widely regarded as
the 'People's President'.
Asanaerospacescien-
tist, Kalam worked with
India's two major space
research organisations-
-Defence Research and
Development Organisa-
tion (DRDO) and Indian
Space Research Organi-
sation (ISRO).
His most significant
works include the devel-
opmentof theIndianbal-
listic missile and launch
vehicle technology. He
played a central role in
one of India's most im-
portant nuclear tests,
Pokhran-II. For his work
in science and politics,
the People's President
was awarded India's
highest civilian honour
ortheBharatRatna.—ANI
DR. KALAM LEFT INDELIBLE MARKS ON SCIENCE, POLITICS: AMIT SHAH
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Home Minister Amit Shah

Will it matter in five years
from now? Ask yourself this
question for anything that
stresses you out.
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Naresh Sharma
Ashok Gehlot has de-
cided to make signifi-
cant improvements in
thesupervisionsystem
to strengthen the ad-
ministrative structure
at the district level in
the state and make the
officials more account-
able. In the new system,
the Divisional Commis-
sioner will be given the
responsibility of super-
visingalltheworksof all
the districts of the re-
spective division.
Gehlot approved the
proposalreceivedinthis
regard from CS Rajeeva
Swarup. According to
the proposal of the Ad-
ministrative Reforms
Department, there is a
need to strengthen two
different parallel sys-
tems of administration
for effective monitoring
of schemes and pro-
grams from the state
level to the village level.
Therefore, it has been
decided to give more re-
sponsibility to the Divi-
sional Commissioner.
Accordingly, now
Divisional Commis-
sioners will be on a
tour in each district
of their division for
at least two days in
every month and will
hold meetings with
district level officials
and review the status
of implementation of
various schemes and
development programs
while also holding pub-
lic hearings as well.
The Divisional Com-
missioner has also been
given the responsibility
of givingappropriatein-
structions for the in-
spection and improve-
mentof theimplementa-
tion of various govern-
ment schemes. In addi-
tion, quarterly review
meetings with district
collectors will also be
held at the divisional
headquarters under the
chairmanship of the Di-
visional Commissioner.
Additionally, Gehlothas
also given the responsi-
bility to secretaries of
various departments to
visit at least one district
every month.
Supervision system of Div Commissioner
will be strengthened in districts: Gehlot
‘Cong fighting for justice over injustice, democracy over conspiracy’
Lucknow: A day after
the Bahujan Samaj Par-
ty (BSP) issued a whip to
its six MLAs directing
them to vote against the
Congress in any no-con-
fidence motion or any
proceedings to be held
during Rajasthan as-
sembly session, Bhag-
wan Singh Baba,
BSP's Rajasthan chief,
on Monday said that
party chief Mayawati
decided this after a lot
of deliberation.
"The whip was is-
sued as the MLAs had
won elections on BSP
tickets and they can-
not now get involved in
Congress' activities or
vote for them. BSP
chief decided this after
a lot of deliberation.
We are working on her
directions," Baba said.
Rajasthan BSP chief
alleged that Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot had
merged all the six BSP
MLAs with the Con-
gress. "The six MLAs
had won the election
on BSP tickets. CM
Ashok Gehlot merged
all of them with Con-
gress. This is not the
first time it happened
in Rajasthan. It had
happened in 2008
too," Baba said.
Notices have been is-
sued to all six MLAs, R
Gudha, Lakhan Singh,
Deep Chand, JS Awana,
Sandeep Kumar and
Wajib Ali, who have
been elected to the Ra-
jasthan Assembly. —ANI
Jaipur: All six MLAs
of BSP are part of
the Congress as the
speaker has given
them recognition,
said Congress MLA
Ramnarayan Meena
on Monday.
"TheBSPMLAshave
joined the Congress
and they were duly rec-
ognised by the speaker.
All the six MLAs are a
part of the Congress
after the speaker has
giventhemtherecogni-
tion. The way I am an
MLA, they are also
MLAs. There is no
question about their
membership," Meena
said. Commenting
uponthewhipissuedto
six MLAs, Meena said,
"Mayawati did not at-
tend any Dalit party
meeting. She only
gives speeches. Dalits
see the image of Kan-
shi Ram Ji in her as
she was with him
during her early po-
litical days. She is not
a leader." —ANI
‘All six BSP MLAs are part of Congress’
Governor-1, Government-0
First India Bureau
Jaipur: AICC State In-
charge Avinash Pande
has appealed to the
dissident Congress
MLAs to return to the
parent organisation,
however, with an apol-
ogy. He assured of due
diligence in re-induct-
ing them if they apolo-
gise. Pande charged the
Raj Bhawan of adopting
unconstitutional meth-
ods and said the party
would approach the
President of the coun-
try while addressing the
Congress Legislative
Party members.
Late in the day, the
AICC General Secre-
tary held a press con-
ference and stressed
that political battle is
on and Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot is taking
on his political oppo-
nents on three fronts
simultaneously. “The
first battle is against the
dissidents who are head-
ed by Sachin Pilot, sec-
ond is against the Raj
Bhawan for convening a
special session while the
third is the legal battles
in court. However, there
is a respite in that AICC
is standing with him,
shoulder to shoulder,”
Pande said.
He said that their
struggle will continue
since the battle that they
(Congress)arefightingis
for justice over injustice,
democracy over conspir-
acy. “The final victory
will be of democracy
and of the constitu-
tion. Raj Bhawan has
never questioned deci-
sions taken by cabinet,
but what has hap-
pened, is a sign of dan-
gerforthedemocracy,”
Pande said,furtheradd-
ing, “We will utilise, in a
Gandhian manner, all
the ‘weapons’ provided
to us in a democracy. We
will request the Presi-
dent also and for that we
all will travel to Delhi,
together. Today, we have
uploaded videos of all
102 Congress MLAs on
social media where they
are pouring their heart
out to the President.”
Stressing that the Ra-
jasthan Congress has
requested the Governor
several times in the
past, he said, “never in
the past 70 years such an
incident has occurred
and it is surprising that
Governorhimself iscre-
ating hurdles in calling
an assembly session.”
Meanwhile, newly
appointed PCC Chief
Govind Singh Do-
tasara criticised the
rejection of second
proposal by the cabi-
net calling it uncon-
stitutional while also
claiming that BJP and
BSP have colluded,
when questioned about
the BSP MLAs that
joined Congress.
‘MLAs won election on BSP tickets, CM Gehlot merged them with Congress’
(From left) Govind Singh Dotasara, Avinash Pande and Mahendra
Choudhary during the PC on Monday.
WhipissuedafterMaya’s
deliberation:Raj BSP Prez
Mayawati
had issued
press note
where she said that
when people are suffer-
ing due to the pan-
demic, govt locks their
MLAs in hotel. BSP be-
lieves that in view of
the current situation,
President’s rule should
be imposed in Raj.
—Satish Chandra Misra, BSP
National General Secretary
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: In current po-
litical conjuring in the
desert state, it appears
that Governor Kalraj
Mishra is on the front
foot while the state
government is on the
back foot. But can it be
so? If the develop-
ments in the education
department are an in-
dicator, then it surely
is Governor ‘one up’
against the state gov-
ernment. Knowledgea-
ble sources reveal that
prior to the current po-
liticalmeltdownbetween
Raj Bhawan and govern-
ment, seven universities
inRajasthanweredevoid
of Vice-Chancellors.
Only a few days back,
three V-Cs were appoint-
ed to various Universi-
ties and it is widely be-
lieved that two of these
have been appointed
from the Governor quo-
ta. On July 20, Dean of
IET institute - Amarika
Singh - from Lucknow
was appointed the Mo-
hanlal Sukhadia Univer-
sity in Udaipur while on
July 25, Vinod Kumar
Singhfromaprivateuni-
versity in Meerut was
appointed V-C of Maha-
raja Ganga Singh Uni-
versity. Notably, only one
V-C has been appointed
from the state govern-
ment’squotaandthattoo
intheGovindGuruTrib-
al University where IV
Trivedi has been ap-
pointed as V-C, who has
earlier served as V-C of
UdaipurUniversity.Gov-
ernor appoints V-Cs on
names suggested by
state government but
now, those associated
with education field in
Rajasthan are mulling
among themselves
that although state
government tried to
end the ‘differences’
with Raj Bhawan, yet
the government did not
get approval from Gover-
nor for holding a special
assembly session.
Bhagwan Singh Baba
Three rebel MLAs contacted us,
want to come back: Surjewala
‘Team Pilot united, 10-15 Gehlot camp
MLAs will switch sides once set free’
First India Bureau
Jaipur:CongressLead-
er Randeep Singh Sur-
jewala, while address-
ingtheCongressMLAs
said that one thing that
is clear in front of the
wholenationisthatma-
jority is with us.
He said, “CM Gehlot
has discussed those 19
rebelMLAsforthefirst
time. He said that be-
cause three of those
19 MLAs have con-
tacted us (Congress)
again. If they want to
come back, we have
no objection. We all
have a generous
heart, and hence we
will welcome them to
join our family.”
While talking about
the BJP’s efforts to
destabilise the state
government, he said,
“conspiracy has start-
ed inside BJP’s clan,
they wants to kill each
other politically. They
want to divide our par-
ty, which has started a
clash within their
own. It is also a coinci-
dence that Modi ji’s
lawyers are Sachin ji’s
lawyers, and Sachin
ji’s lawyers are the
lawyers against the
BSP MLAs.”
While hitting at the
rebel MLAs, he said,
“those who say are
in the Congress defi-
nitely need to reflect
on it. In this battle,
not only Rajasthan
will win but the whole
country will win be-
cause it is for both de-
mocracy and constitu-
tion.”
Meanwhile, Surjew-
ala took a dig at Gover-
nor’s role in Rajasthan
and MP saying that
Rajasthan governor is
asking for 21 day no-
tice, whereas in MP, it
was only 6 hours.
Hitting back at Sur-
jewala, BJP state
president Satish
Poonia said that if
the three MLAs join
the Gehlot camp,
then 13 MLAs will
also go from Gehlot
camp to the Pilot
camp.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Amid the
ongoingpoliticaltussle
intheRajasthan,asen-
ior MLA and one of
the staunch support-
ers of Pilot, Hemar-
am Choudhary, has
claimed that 10-15
legislators of CM
Ashok Gehlot camp
will switch sides once
they are set free.
“We heard from the
media that Randeep
Surjewala is claiming
thatthreeMLAsfrom
the Pilot camp will
reach Jaipur within
48 hours to join the
Gehlot camp.Iwantto
tell Surjewala that all
the 19 MLAs present in
thePilotgroupareunit-
ed. Whereas, 10-15
MLAs of Ashok Ge-
hlot camp are in con-
tact with us and are
saying they will come
to our side as soon as
they are set free. If
Gehlotremovesrestric-
tions, it will become
clear how many MLAs
remain on their side,”
Choudhary said in a
video. “When Surjewa-
lacameattimeof Rajya
Sabha polls, I told him
that there is a strong
dissatisfaction among
the MLAs and we are
not happy with the pre-
sent Rajasthan leader-
ship. There would be
peace in the legislative
assembly only in the
caseof achangeinlead-
ership. Otherwise, any
step could be taken,”
said the MLA.
Jaipur: A day after BSP
issued a whip ask-
ing six of its MLAs to
vote against Congress
in case of a ‘No-
Confidence Motion’ in
the Assembly, Lakhan
Singh, hit back saying
he and the five others
had already joined
Congress. “We have al-
ready joined Congress.
BSP remembered us
after nine months. They
have issued this whip,
after a message from
the BJP,” said Karauli
MLA adding, “We got
information from the
media, that they sent us
notices, but we didn’t
get it yet. We are with
Congress, even in case
of any eventuality.”
BSP issued whip after message
from BJP: MLA Lakhan Singh
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
It has never happened
in last 70 years when
majority govt wants to
call assembly session
and Governor doesn’t
give approval, creating
various obstacles. This
fight is for democracy
and conspiracy, victory
will be for democracy,
Constitution.
A relaxed Sachin Pilot is observing political developments in
Rajasthan while sitting calm in Delhi. —FILE PHOTO
Randeep Singh Surjewala
CM'S IMPORTANT DECISION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
CM Ashok Gehlot
Kalraj Mishra
—PHOTOBYSANTOSHSHARMA
If 3 MLAs join the Gehlot camp,
then 13 MLAs will also go from here
to the Pilot camp: Satish Poonia

MAA-BETI JODI’S OF
B’TOWN
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ed with legend-
ary beauties who
have graced their
presence on the
silver screen and
made history
with their acting/dancing
skills. These include beau-
ties like Sridevi, Hema
Malini, Jaya Bachchan,
Sharmila Tagore, Dimple
Kapadia, Lillete Dubey,
Tanuja, Amrita Singh and
the list can go on.
Allegationsof Nepotism
notwithstanding,thegenes
of the parents are trans-
ferred to their kids- this is
exactly what has made the
Bollywood industry as
glamorous as it is today.
These mothers not only
had rewarding careers in
the industry but also
helped their daughters
build a career in the same.
A few mother-daughter jo-
di’s that have made a mark
in the industry are Tanuja
andKajol/Tanishaa,Hema
Malini and Esha/Ahaana
Deol, Dimple Kapadia and
Twinkle Khanna, Sharmi-
la Tagore and Soha Ali
Khan, Amrita Singh and
Sara Ali Khan, Lillete and
Ira Dubey, and Pooja Bedi
and Aalia Furniturewalla
among others.
Some of these jodi’s
have been spotted in the
movies together while
some have appeared to-
gether in advertisements,
public events and ramp
shows.
Not just the Bollywood
industry, but the mothers
of the actresses who have
been on the top charts
have been extremely sup-
portive too- well, that’s the
reason why they’re so suc-
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SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Taking out time to spend
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You may feel very
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AUG 24 - SEP 23
Loving your parents more
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crop of actors and is
one of the most bank-
able stars in Bolly-
wood right now. He
is one of the high-
est-paid celebrity
of India and he
made his position
in Forbes magazine
in 2014. He was
born to film direc-
tor David Dhawan
and Karuna Dha-
wan. After complet-
ing high education, he
worked as an assistant
director in My Name is
Khan in 2010. He assisted
Karan Johar for the same.
After 2 years, he decided
to make an entry to Bol-
lywood. He made his de-
but with Karan Johar’s
romantic comedy Student
of the Year alongside Sid-
harth Malhotra and Alia
Bhatt. In 2014, Dhawan
appeared in two films, the
first of which was the ro-
mantic comedy Main Tera
Hero (2014), a remake of
the Telugu film Kandiree-
ga, which was produced
by Balaji Motion Pictures
and directed by his father.
Dhawan then played
Rakesh “Humpty” Shar-
ma, a flirtatious Punjabi
boy who engages in a ro-
mantic affair with an en-
gaged woman, in
Shashank Khaitan’s ro-
mantic comedy Humpty
Sharma Ki Dulhania. Co-
starring Alia Bhatt and
Siddharth Shukla, the
film was described as a
tribute to Dilwale Dulha-
nia Le Jayenge (1995) by
Johar, who served as pro-
ducer. The crime thriller
Badlapur (2015) from di-
rector Sriram Raghavan
saw Dhawan play a man
who over 15 years avenges
the murder of his wife
and son. Dhawan next
starred opposite Shrad-
dha Kapoor in a sequel to
the dance film ABCD: Any
Body Can Dance, entitled
ABCD 2, in which he por-
trays the real-life charac-
ter of Suresh
Mukund, a
dancer from
M u m b a i
who wins
the 2012
World Hip
Hop Dance
Champi-
onship.
Alongside his acting ca-
reer, Dhawan performs on
stage and has co-hosted
two award ceremonies. In
2013, he performed at the
Filmfare, Screen, and
Stardust award ceremo-
nies, and at an event in
Hong Kong.
POORVIKA
AGRAWAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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Varun Dhawan
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