First india jaipur edition-29 may 2020

New Delhi: India on
Wednesday said it was
engaged with China to
resolve the border issue,
in a carefully crafted re-
action seen as virtual
rejection of US Presi-
dent Donald Trump’s of-
fer to arbitrate between
the two Asian giants in
resolving their decades-
old boundary dispute.
“We are engaged with
the Chinese side to
peacefully resolve it,”
External Affairs Minis-
try Spokesperson Anu-
rag Srivastava said, re-
plying to a volley of
questions at an online
media briefing.
The MEA spokesper-
son did not reply to
questions like whether
the US had approached
India with the offer,
whether New Delhi has
communicated its re-
sponse over it to Wash-
ington or whether the
Trump administration
has been briefed about
the current standoff be-
tween Chinese and In-
dian soldiers in eastern
Ladakh. Turn on P6
‘Engaged with
China to resolve
row peacefully’
Event to see virtual rallies,
PM’s letter to 10 cr families
New Delhi: The
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) has decided to or-
ganise one virtual rally
per district to commem-
orate the completion of
one year of Narendra
Modi government. The
party will also reach
out to 10 crore families
through a letter by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi which will de-
tail policy decisions of
the government to
make country self-reli-
ant and precautions
that need to be taken to
prevent COVID-19
spread, informed Bhu-
pendra Yadav, party’s
National General Secre-
tary. Yadav also in-
formed that party’s Na-
tional President Jagat
Prakash Nadda will ad-
dress BJP workers
across the country and
abroad through Face-
book Live. Turn on P6
 THE ORIGINATING STATE SHALL PROVIDE MEALS AND
WATER AT THE STATION AND DURING THE JOURNEY
 SHOULD PUBLICISE PLACE AND PERIOD FOR
PROVIDING FOOD TO STRANDED WORKERS
he Supreme
Court Thurs-
day directed
that no fare
for travel ei-
ther by train or bus be
charged from migrant
workers, stranded
across the country fol-
lowing the COVID-19
lockdown and want to
return to their destina-
tions, and said they be
provided food and water.
The apex court, which
passed interim direc-
tions, said all the mi-
grant workers stranded
atvariousplacesshallbe
provided food by con-
cerned states and Union
Territories (UTs) at plac-
es which shall be publi-
cised and notified to
them for the period they
arewaitingfortheirturn
to board a train or a bus.
A bench headed by
Justice Ashok Bhushan
said that the originat-
ing state shall provide
meals and water at the
station and during the
journey, the Railways
would provide the same
to the migrant workers.
Turn on P6
A mother and child on
board Shramik Special
train fill up drinking
water, at Mathura Railway
Station on Thursday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
FUND TRAVEL,
FOOD & WATER OF
MIGRANTS: SC
T
PULWAMA-TYPE TERROR ATTACK
AVERTED IN J&K
Pulwama: A major incident of a vehicle-borne IED blast was averted
by the timely input and action by Pulwama Police, CRPF and Army,
the Jammu and Kashmir Police said. According to sources, Pulwama
Police got credible information last night about a terrorist moving with
an explosive-laden car ready to blast at some location. They took out
various parties of police and security forces and covered all possible
routes keeping themselves and the police and security forces away from
the road at safer locations. The suspected vehicle came and a few rounds
were fired towards it. A little ahead this vehicle was abandoned and the
driver escaped in the darkness. On close look, the vehicle was seen to
be carrying heavy explosives in a drum on the rear seat. Possibly more
explosive would be fitted elsewhere in the vehicle, sources added. —ANI
BANNED: ALL TRAVEL FROM FIVE
STATES TO KARNATAKA
Bengaluru: Karnataka has again suspended
incoming transport from neighbouring states
to contain the spiralling coronavirus infection
in the state. This time the list has five states
instead of earlier four. No flights, trains or other
vehicles will allowed to come to the state from
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya
Pradesh and Rajasthan, the state said today.
State govt took the decision after it turned out
that most of the fresh coronavirus cases have
been of people travelling in from other states.
New Delhi: Accusing
the Central govern-
ment of not listening to
the plight of the mi-
grants, Congress inter-
im President Sonia
Gandhi on Thursday
demanded that govern-
ment provide Rs7,500 to
every needy family of
the country for the next
six months and a
Rs10,000 as immediate
relief to them. In a vid-
eo message, part of
Congress ‘Speak Up In-
dia’ campaign, Sonia
said, “Congress has de-
cided to conduct this
social campaign to
raise the voice of India.
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Army convoy moving towards Zojilla pass, in Drass on Thursday.
‘All can see migrants’
pain, except Centre’
India said this while reacting to
US President’s offer to mediate
Congress President Sonia Gandhi delivers a video message as
part of the party’s Speak Up India campaign.
NHRC NOTICES
OVER MIGRANTS’
HARDSHIPS
NHRC has send
notices to Union Home
Secretary, Railways and
governments of Gujarat
and Bihar over hard-
ships faced by migrants
onboard trains due to
delay in services and
lack of food and water
allegedly leading to
sickness and death of
some of them, officials
said on Thursday. P8
—PHOTOBYANI
MODI GOVT 2.0 1ST ANNIVERSARY
Congress will stand with Centre in crisis, hear us as well: Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress party’s
online campaign
#SpeakUPIndia gar-
nered support from eve-
ry individual of the Con-
gress party. While most
leader kept their focus
on the points on which
AICC apprised them, Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot gave a
clear display of his po-
litical acumen by not
only criticizing the cen-
tral government but as-
suring that the Congress
party would stand with
the government in hour
of crisis and demanded
that the suggestions of
opposition parties should
be heard seriously.
“I would like to congrat-
ulate Congress President
Sonia Gandhiji for
strengthening the voice of
lakhs of labourers of the
country through the Speak
Up India campaign. As you
know that after corona
how lockdown was en-
forced suddenly, the prob-
lems thus faced by the na-
tion cannot be expressed in
words. Specially the visu-
als of migrant labourers
walking home have pained
the hearts of people. The
manner in which women
are giving births on roads,
children are dying, adults
are dying on roads, this is
something incomprehensi-
ble,” said the sensitive
Chief Minister.
Gehlot said that it is for
the first time “we are hear-
ing that train leaves for
Bihar from Mumbai and
reaches Odisha. This has
never happened in the
past. The sensitivity which
should have been there in
the central government is
no where to be seen other-
wise the labourers would
not have to walk for such a
long time.” Turn on P6Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
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RAJASTHAN
180
DEATHS
8,067
CONFIRMED CASES
 During
#SpeakUpIndia
campaign, the Congress
stalwart congratulated
Sonia Gandhi for
providing semblance to
the voices of poor
 CM demands special
package for poor and
states, speaks to Amit
Shah on current
situation
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot spoke on phone on Thursday regarding lockdown.
Shah spoke with the Chief Ministers of all the states and
took feedback from CMs regarding Corona situation in their
respective states. Shah also sought suggestions from CMs
and heard Gehlot’s suggestions as well.
GEHLOT DIALS UP AMIT SHAH
INDIA
1,65,358
CONFIRMED CASES
4,710
DEATHS
WORLD
3,59,807
DEATHS
58,53,951
CONFIRMED CASES

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A FOOD SCAM IN THE OFFING IN DAUSA?Laxmikant Sharma
Dausa: The Dausa and
Sikraisubdivisionshave
given a glimpse into
whatcouldbeabigscam
of cornering the bene-
fitsof theNFSAscheme.
The government ma-
chinery responsible for
ensuring wheat distri-
bution to the NFSA ben-
eficiaries themselves is
siding away with the
wheat despite getting
government salary for
their jobs and all this
happening in critical co-
rona times when many
poor, needy, destitute
and migrants need to
quench their hunger
due to no other means to
do so. The administra-
tion is preparing to act
against the guilty.
The physical verifica-
tion in 16 village pan-
chayats has revealed
gross irregularities by
611 government employ-
ees cornering away the
wheat meant for NFSA
beneficiaries. This
seems the tip of the ice-
berg and the number of
guilty government em-
ployeescouldcrossthou-
sandinall41villagepan-
chayats of the Sikray
subdivision.Theinvesti-
gation has many names
which include govern-
ment teachers and rail-
way employees.
The NFSA scheme
started in 2013 has a pro-
vision of distributing
wheat and rice to vari-
ous identified and listed
sections at subsidized
price of Rs 3, 2, and 1 per
Kg. The matter surfaced
when the quantity to be
distributed fell short of
requirement despite re-
ceiving it in full as per
records. Local MLA Mu-
rari Lal Meena is miffed
at the disclosure as he is
intouchwithasmanyas
2000 NFSA listed people
whohaven’treceivedthe
grains yet. The adminis-
tration might be patting
its own back on the rev-
elation but the question
is that despite proper
norms to register as an
NFSA beneficiary how
didgovernmentemploy-
ees get their names on
the beneficiary lists.
Sikray SDM Haritabh
Aditya said that during
the physical verification
611stateandcentralgov-
ernment employees
were found to be among
the beneficiaries sur-
prisingly.
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‘Practice hygiene & keep
your family healthy’
Traffic cops distribute
sanitary pads, masks
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Women and
child development min-
ister Mamta Bhupesh
said that women will
have to practice hygiene
in order to keep their
families healthy. She
was speaking on the oc-
casion of International
Menstrual Hygiene Day
on Thursday.
The minister said that
women should not ne-
glect their health be-
cause of the corona pan-
demic. She said that in
this difficult time, they
have far more burden on
their shoulders than be-
fore to take care of their
families. This can only
happen if the women
stay alert about their
own health.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Menstrual Hy-
giene Day is being cele-
brated across the world
on May 28. Jaipur Traffic
Police organized an
awareness campaign for
making girls & women
aware of hygiene during
menstruation days. On
final day of the aware-
ness week Additional
Commissioner (Traffic),
Rahul Prakash distrib-
uted sanitary pads,
masks, and sanitizers in
the presence of many
traffic police cops.
Prakash said that his
team tried to make wom-
enawareof theirhygiene
during critical days dur-
ingthewholeweekindif-
ferent areas of city along
with the distribution.
Mamta Bhupesh, KK Pathak and Anupama Soni at the event.
ACP (Traffic) Rahul Prakash & team distributes napkins & masks.
Girl stranded in
Delhi reaches Raj
via Shramik bus
Cabinet secretary
holds meet with
chief secretaries
SpeakIndiaDrive:Cong
raisesvoiceoflabourers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy CM and
PCC chief Sachin Pilot
spearheaded the social
mediacampaigntoraise
the issues of migrant
workers, labourers,
small traders, and farm-
ers. Sachin Pilot de-
manded that it is the
duty of the central gov-
ernment to relieve these
sections of society of
their misery.
A large number of
congressmen including
state in-charge Avinash
Pande, many ministers
including Dr Raghu
Sharma, chief whip Dr
Mahesh Joshi along
with thousands of con-
gress workers joined the
social media campaign
on the call of Rahul and
Priyanka Gandhi for the
Speak India initiative to
raise the voice of hith-
erto unheard sections.
Pilotaskedthecentral
government to transfer
money directly to re-
spective bank accounts
of people who can’t even
pay income tax. Pilot
said that the state gov-
ernment is successfully
trying to help these peo-
ple with its outstanding
work on MNREGA.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Shramik
special buses by state
are proving to be a bless-
ing for stranded people.
Young Chanchal who
went to Delhi two
months ago with her
mother for eye treat-
ment returned home on
thisbus.DGMRajasthan
House, Delhi said under
supervision of Resident
Commissioner TJ Kavi-
tha and Commissioner
of Rajasthan Founda-
tion Dheeraj Srivastava
sofar55shramikspecial
buses have carried 1412
stranded people.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Central Cabi-
net Secretary Rajiv
Gauba held a VC with
the chief secretaries of
the states to take stock
of the corona situation
and to take feedback on
the future course of
lockdown. CS DB Gupta
told Gauba about the
steps taken so far in
lockdown 4.0 and steps
taken to resume 70-90%
industrial activity in
the state. Gupta gave a
brief on the manage-
ment of the health
sector and briefed par-
ticularly about suc-
cessful Bhilwara and
Jaipur models. CS Gup-
ta discussed the way
forward after May 31 to
increase the pace of
the economy.
Sachin Pilot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Days after a
news was published in
First India, titled “An
Honest DGP Faces
Malafide and Dubious
Charges in High Court
PIL,” and on the very
same day state govern-
ment lifted the ban
from tobacco gutka and
paan masala.
Thereafter, the PIL
of Advocate SK Singh
was listed before the
Chief Justice Indrajeet
Mahanty and Justice
Satish Kumar Sharma
which was heard on
May 27, wherein, Advo-
cate SK Singh informed
the Court that on 11 pm
on May 25, regulation
no. 4 was added in the
Rajasthan Epidemic
Diseases Ordinance
2020, wherein it was
said that “No person
shall consume liquor,
paan, gutka, and tobac-
co in public places”
and Regulation No. 5,
with respect to the sale
was deleted.
Advocate Singh fur-
ther pleaded in the
court that he is satis-
fied with the decision
of the Government but
directions may be
made to the State Gov-
ernment for prevent-
ing spitting at the pub-
lic places.
The Division Bench
directed that Advocate
General will ensure
the compliance of the
directions of the State
Government which
are issued to prevent
spitting at public plac-
es and in this way the
PIL was disposed off
by the court.
HAPPY FAMILY
Indian spot-billed duck wades along with her ducklings in a pond to beat the heat on a scorching hot day in Ajmer on Thursday. —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN
Neeti Gopendra Bhatt
orn to Pri-
tam Kumar
Mehta and
Savita Me-
hta in an or-
dinary family in the
town of Dungarpur of
Rajasthan, Dr Vishwas
Mehta had his initial
education in Chandi-
garh due to his father
being abroad. He also
studied for some time
at St Patrick School in
Dungarpur. After the
father's foreign return,
he again moved to
Chandigarh with his
parents. Where his fa-
ther was a Senior pro-
fessor in Punjab Uni-
versity. While living
there, Vishwas studied
till graduation and
post graduation in
BSC & MSC in Geology
with gold madal. After
this, in 1983, he was
elected as the Execu-
tive Officer of Steel Au-
thority of India and
later ONGC.
Later he got selected
in IPS in Madhya
Pradesh cadre but did
not join the IPS service
and studied for civil
services examination.
He was selected as In-
dian Administrative
Service officer in Au-
gust 1986 securing 9th
Rank and got Kerala
cadre. Later, he also did
MBA and got PhD from
MohanlalSukhadiaUni-
versity while being Di-
rector of Western Cul-
tural Center Udaipur.
Having tied knot
with Preeti, grand
daughter of former Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Haridev Joshi and
daughter of Dinesh
Joshi, former Chair-
person of Banswara
Municipality, this son
of Vagad has moved
forward by constantly
reviving the name of
his region.
Being the director
of Udaipur Western
Cultural Center, Vish-
was Mehta started Va-
gad Mahotsav on the
foundation day of
Dungarpur.
Right from the
princely times, the sup-
port of educational tal-
ent and through it has
been the talent of the
land of the Vagad re-
gion coming forward
and due to this, many
talents of the region
along with the former
royal family of Dun-
garpur have reached
various national and
international levels.
Having held many
important positions,
on Wednesday, Vish-
was was selected to
the post of Chief Sec-
retary of Kerala, illu-
minating the name of
his home district Dun-
garpur and his state
Rajasthan.
Dr Vishwas Mehta, a
native of Rajasthan &
Kerala’s Additional Chief
Secretary (Home) as well
as over-all-in-charge of
Covid-19 will be the next
Chief secretary of Kerala.
The decision to this
effect was taken in a
meeting taken by Kerala
Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan. Mehta, is a
1986 Indian
Administrative Service
senior officer and will
take up his new post
on May 31.
Mehta, a native of Dungarpur becomes Kerala CS
B
Ensure no public spitting
occurs: HC directs state govtoccurs: HC directs state govt
Greetings on the pious occasion of
Eid Al-Fitr. Eid is a day of
sharing what we have and caring
for others. Joy and happiness to all!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: With the lock-
down in effect and so-
cial distancing being
the order of the day, the
Rajasthan Bar Coun-
cil held the ninth ses-
sion of webinar on
Sunday during which
Chief Justice of Tel-
angana High Court -
Justice RS Chauhan
addressed the semi-
nar on criminal ap-
peals and the art of
argument in court.
Addressing advo-
cates, Justice Chau-
han said that there is
always a difference in
knowledge and expe-
rience. “We can take
knowledge from books
and life is what gives us
experiences,” Justice
Chauhan said.
“There are a few prin-
cipals of criminal law
of which the first prin-
cipal is of common law,
which states that every
person is innocent. To
prove him guilty is
the responsibility of
state government.
Every person is re-
sponsible for their ac-
tion but sometimes
there are circum-
stances where one
person can be termed
responsible for oth-
ers’ action. IPC sec-
tion 34 and 35 men-
tion this and thus ad-
vocates should know
about it,” the Telan-
gana Chief Justice,
who started his ca-
reer in 1983 as an ad-
vocate, said.
Justice Chauhan
stressed that before any
action can be termed
criminal, two facts re-
lated to it need to be
studied. First, what is
the action that has been
taken, for example a
theft or rape. And sec-
ond, what is the mind-
set or psychology of the
accused which we also
term as intention, ra-
tionale or knowledge,
he said.
“However, there are
some actions which
are devoid of mindset
or intention for exam-
ple kidnapping, rape,
socio-economic of-
fence. Crimes are of
several types like
some are related to
property like theft
and dacoity, some are
associated with per-
son like rape and har-
assment and murder,
some are against the
country like treason.
There are some crimes
against judiciary as
well like giving false
statement while under
oath. CRPC also details
crimes as bailable or
non-bailable, cogniza-
ble or non-cognizable
and then there are spe-
cial laws like POCSO
and others,” Justice
Chauhan said.
The former judge
of Rajasthan and
Karnataka
High
Courts also said that
an advocate, new to
the field, faces most
difficulty in prepara-
tion of criminal ap-
peal. He suggested that
start should be from
FIR because that is the
base for the prosecu-
tion and they can not
deviate from it. After
reading the FIR, find
out which sections does
the crime fall in and
then study the ingredi-
ents of this section, go
through the facts of the
case and read the judg-
ment after reading the
FIR and facts.
“When you go
through these points,
the ambit of appeal be-
comes large. Focus on
contradictory state-
ments. Study the post-
mortem report, narcot-
ics report and keep in
mind the FSL report.
Corroborate how much
help you can gather
from prosecution. A
Fauzdari advocate is
master of facts and if
he does not know the
facts of the case, his
arguments become
weak. Even personal
appearance also mat-
ters of any advocate,”
CJ Justice Chauhan
told advocates.
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Rajasthan po-
lice has had an impec-
cable record over the
course of history of
carrying out the gov-
ernment’s mandate ef-
fectively. Known to be
one of the premier po-
lice forces in the coun-
try, the ‘khakhi’ clad
men have given much to
the state. But could
their ‘power’ have
gone past that of the
government’s? Could
the top-cop, who has
had a ‘spring-clean’
career without the
usual ‘power hunger’
associated with the
cops, finally fallen
into the ‘trap’, thus
‘overreaching his ju-
risdiction’ and issued
‘defective order un-
der pressure from
gutka lobby’? Well, at
least that is what a PIL
filed against the Ra-
jasthan Government,
targeting a recent order
issued by Director Gen-
eral of Police Bhupen-
dra Singh, says.
The PIL, filed by
senior advocate SK
Singh, has raised the
issue of gutka manu-
facturers going free
due to an order issued
by DGP banning only
the sale of gutka and
tobacco products in
the state. The litiga-
tion states that on
May 18, 2020, the
state government had
‘clearly prohibited
the sale of gutka and
all other tobacco
products and accord-
ingly large scale raids
were organized on 42
gutka dealers in 23
cities of state. Moreo-
ver, the Chief Minister,
in his public speeches,
including his October 2
Gandhi Jayanti speech,
had clearly announced
to ban the sale of gutka.
However, on May 21,
DGP Singh issued an
order ‘mentioning that
only the sale of gutka
and other tobacco prod-
ucts is prohibited’. Sin-
gh has contested that
although sale has
been prohibited, the
manufacturing has
not been, over which
the PIL reads, “This
confusion or non-
clarity has given a
clear backdoor escape
route to the offenders
(gutka manufactur-
ers, wholesale dealers
etc) to continue with
the manufacturing,
storage, packaging
and transportation of
their goods and once
they are caught then
their argument is
that these seized good
were not for sale.”
The petitioner has
claimed that this is a
major loophole in the
DGP’s order that is
being used for benefit
by gutka lobby since
the cops then release
the seized goods.
Moreover, citing the
‘scandal’ unearthed by
two journalists that he
has given as proof of
point. Advocate Singh
has also cited two in-
stances wherein
Jawaja police and
later the Ajmer SP
busted transporta-
tion of gutka and
seized the goods but
were later forced to
release the same un-
der the garb of the
‘defected order’ and
has even gone to the
length to claiming
that ‘DGP diluted
State Government’s
order of May 18 to
give undue benefit to
some private gutka/
paan manufacturers.
Further DGP has no lo-
cus standi to issue the
aforesaid order as it
comes under direct con-
trol and domain of
Health department, in
this way DGP has over-
reached his mandate
and jurisdiction. It is
also prayed upon that
an independent inquiry
should be ordered into
the dubious and
malafide conduct of
DGP’s defective order,
which has indirectly
granted a multi-crore
relief to the accused
gutka dealers.”
The matter is likely
to come up for hear-
ing before the bench
headed by Chief Jus-
tice Indrajit Mahanty.
Knowledge is gained from books, experience... from life: Justice RS Chauhan
An honest DGP faces ‘malafide and dubious’ charge in HC PIL!
Telangana HC Chief Justice RS Chauhan during the webinar.
AHMED PATEL @ahmedpatel
The observations of the
Hon’ble Gujarat High Court on
the conduct of the state gov-
ernment & present situation in
public hospitals are extremely
worrisome. It should serve as
an eye opener for the govern-
ment
Eid Mubarak! I convey my heartiest greetings on
the occasion of Id-ul-Fitr
Compassion & Solidarity is the true spirt of Eid
Let us dedicate this Eid to assist all those who have
endured grave suffering due to this pandemic.
Vaishali
New Delhi: Two days
back, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi vis-
ited the cyclone-af-
fected areas of Odis-
ha and announced a
Rs 500 crore relief
package for the state.
To the common man,
it could appear as the
‘cause and effect’
principal. There was
a cyclone (cause) that
rained havoc on the
people of the tribal
state and in its effect,
PM Modi travelled
there. However, what
people do not know is
the background of the
visit i.e. who made a
recommendation to
Moditocarrytheserial
survey.
Highly placed
sources in the union
government inform
that it was none other
than the CM contend-
er from Odisha, cur-
rent Petroleum Min-
ister Dharmendra
Pradhan who recom-
mended to PM. Politi-
cal observers believe
that Pradhan was the
‘architect’ of PM’s
visit, giving further
impetus to the estab-
lished fact that he is
extremely close to
both PM Modi and
UnionHomeMinister
Amit Shah.
But how did he gain
the trust of probably
themostactivepolitical
minds of our nation.
One word: ‘Hardwork’.
Apart from being an
effective party work-
er, what outshone
him among the horde
of ministers, was his
success in taking the
petroleum ministry
to each and every ru-
ralhousehold.Sounds
bizarre? Well, the min-
istry, that was like a
‘honeycomb’ for big
corporate ‘bees’, bol-
stered its image among
the rural lot through
PM Ujjawala Yojna. Ef-
fective implementa-
tion of the scheme
providing free cylin-
der to over six crore
people, according to
BJP’s ‘think tank’,
proved immensely
beneficial for the par-
ty in the 2019 general
elections.
Cuttotwodaysback,
when Odisha CM
NaveenPatnaikaccom-
paniedPMModiforthe
aerial tour. While the
Prime Minister took
Pradhan along in the
flight, it is his local
politics and charisma
that has ultimately
resulted in BJD lead-
er and CM Patnaik
tweeting his thanks
and stressing that
BJD and BJP will
work together for the
people of Odisha.
As per source Cabi-
net Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan also
taking day by day up-
date about cyclone af-
fected areas/Covid-19
through his party
workers & giving in-
struction over VC to
the party leaders.
Jaipur: Nearly 3.7
lakh people stranded
at various places in
Rajasthan were facili-
tated to reach to their
native places through
state roadways buses
during the lockdown
period, the state gov-
ernment said on Sun-
day.
The buses
conducted 11,500
rounds to ferry
migrants, la-
bourers, stu-
dents to their
d e s t i n at i o n s
during the lock-
downforfree,ac-
cording to Transport
Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas.
The Trans-
port Minister
said that an ex-
penditure of
Rs 15.20 crore
was incurred
on this.
Khachariya-
was said that the bus-
es took the stranded
people to various
state borders and
sometimes to their
home districts in oth-
er states with the per-
mission of concern-
ing state.
Theministerthanked
the roadways staff, driv-
ers and conductors for
their services.
Rajendra Chhabra
Churu: There are
certain areas where
even the law does
not like meddle too
much in the affairs.
One such place in
Rajasthan appears
to be Churu where in
the current scheme
of things, it appears
that all is not well.
The Rajasthani say-
ing “Yaha ka paani
kharab hai” seems
to be an apt manner
to describe Churu’s
politics.
In the current gov-
ernment, five district
SP have been changed
in just one and a half
years of term. In
2018, SP Rahul
Barhat was replaced
by Rammurti Joshi
but could stay at the
post for only 5
months. Then in
January 2019 Vikas
Sharma was posted
but since he did not
join, Yadram Fansal
was sent in his place
and he too was
shunted out after
merely
three
months. In march
2019, Rajendra Ku-
mar was posted and
he could stay for
only four months
and in July 2019,
Tejaswini Gautam
was posted as SP Ch-
uru. Interestingly,
Gautam had served as
Banswara SP wherein
she was shifted after
six months due to con-
troversies and now yet
another issue has
cropped in Churu.
Amid all the issue
surrounding SHO
Vishnudutt’s death,
there is a strong pos-
sibility that strict
action could be tak-
en against Churu SP
Tejaswini Gautam
and Bikaner range
IG Jose Mohan.
PradhangetsPatnaikto
‘cosy-up’ to union govt
‘Over 3L stranded people ferried to
their native places in state buses’
DRY BUT ‘MURKY’
CHURU POLITICS
Union Petroleum Minister Pradhan was instrumental in bringing
PM to Bhubaneshwar and to announce `500 cr relief package
Dharmendra Pradhan with Naveen Patnaik
—FILE PHOTO
Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas
DGP Bhupendra Singh
Senior advocate SK Singh
AVINASH PANDE @avinashpandeinc
While people are struggling and
suffering due to the Pandemic
situation, Govt is busy making
profit at the cost of citizens.
PMs home state Gujarat has
become the hub of scams!
z PMcares mystery
z Ventilator scam
z Mask Scam
z Covid testing kit Mnfg Scam
The Congress govt in Rajasthan has em-
ployed a record 36 lakh people under
MGNREGA & issued an additional 2.1 lakh
job cards. The rural employment programme
brought in by the UPA govt has proven to be
the greatest boon during this difficult time.
YOU READ IT FIRST IN FIRST INDIA
MAY 25, 2020
Dr Vishwas Mehta
‘Govt will conduct a fair
probe into SHO Dutt’s case’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Government
chief whip Dr Ma-
hesh Joshi said that
government will con-
duct a fair probe into
SHO Vishnu Dutt
Vishnoi’s suicide
case. Dr Joshi who
was on a day’s visit to
NohartoldFirstIndia
Newsthatthegovern-
ment has complete
faith in the state’s in-
vestigating agencies.
“There is no need for
CBI inquiry,” he said.
DrJoshiwhowaswel-
comed at state presi-
dent of Congress
OBC cell Shravan
Tanwar’s home said
that the government
has been conducting
a probe into this mat-
tersincerely,however,
the opposition has
been doing politics in
a sensitive matter.
Dr Mahesh Joshi

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2020
Kashiram Chodhary
Jaipur: Thursday was
the fourth day of the
start of domestic
flights, but the opera-
tion of flights is not in-
creasing at Jaipur Air-
port. A relatively high-
er passenger load was
seen on Thursday, but
11 out of 20 flights were
canceled, including 6
SpiceJet flights, 2 Indi-
Go, 2 Air Asia and 1 Air
India.
Air connectivity to
West Bengal could not
start even on the fourth
day of flight operations.
IndiGo airline has giv-
en a schedule to start a
flight from Jaipur to
Kolkata, but due to op-
position from the state
government of West
Bengal, the flight opera-
tion has not been ap-
proved yet. Sources as-
sociated with the air-
port administration say
that the flight to Kolka-
ta may start from today.
Out of 20 flights of 4
airlines to be operated
from Jaipur Airport, 10
flights were operated
from on Wednesday and
only 9 flights were per-
mitted on Thursday.
Out of these, the Spice-
Jet airline gave the
schedule of maximum 8
flights, followed by In-
diGo with 6 flights and
Air India and Air Asia
with 3 flights each. But
in the last four days, all
20 flights have not been
operated on a single day
so far.
The way airlines are
not being able to oper-
ate flights as per their
schedules has increased
the hassle for passen-
gers.
Actually, the passen-
gers who have already
booked the flight, their
tickets are being
canceled. In lieu of this,
the passengers are not
even getting back their
amount. Instead, the
airline is keeping the
amount as a credit
shell. In such a situa-
tion, if the passengers
do not meet any sched-
ule again, they will not
get a refund.
Not flying high: Flights cancelled, not following schedules
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS
lll
Air connectivity
to West Bengal
could not start
even on the
fourth day of
flight operations,
which is largely
because of
opposition from
WB government
SEVEN DEATHS, 251 NEW
CASES REPORTED IN RAJ
PIL over jobs on
fake docus disposed
Dholpur: Six die in
different incidents
HC rejects demand of CBI inquiry
in Rajgarh SHO suicide case
First India Bureau
Jaipur: HCdisposedoff
a PIL asking the peti-
tioner to approach the
appropriate authority.
The petitioner had filed
the PIL alleging that IT
department recruited
people on basis of fake
documents.
However, division
bench of CJ Indrajeet
Mohanty and Justice
SatishSharmaaskedthe
petitioner Rohitash Sar-
aswat about not fling
FIR in this matter. The
bench also asked him to
approach authority.
Representing the peti-
tioner,advocatePoonam
Chand Bhandari in-
formed the court that
Rajasthan Public Ser-
vice Commission
(RPSC) had recruited
analyst cum program-
mer and deputy director
in the IT department in
2013-14. He also alleged
that people got the job
withfakedocumentscit-
ing case of one Parag
Kachchawa who failed
in the general category
but got the job in OBC in
violation of rules.
First India Bureau
Dholpur: A total of 6
deaths,including4wom-
en and 2 minors, were
reported in Saipau in
different incidents on
Thursday. In the Saipau
police station area, a
married woman was
killed for dowry, while
another newly married
woman was murdered
by some of her family
members.
In another incident, a
woman was kidnapped
by some people from her
home and was brutally
murdered, while a wid-
ow was beaten and
hanged to death by her
mother-in-law, brother-
in-law and others.
On the other hand,
the storm caused an ac-
cident where people in-
side a house were bur-
ied under debris due to
the collapse of a house.
In the incident, 3 people
died while one got in-
jured.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: High Court
has rejected demand
for CBI inquiry into
the suicide case of po-
lice officer Vishnu
Dutt Bishnoi. Justice
Sabina and Justice CK
Songara’s division
bench gave this ruling
on a PIL filed by advo-
cate Sonia Gill.
The petitioner had
sought CBI inquiry
into suicide case of
Vishnu Dutt Bishnoi
who was SHO of Raj-
garh police station in
Churu District. She
claimed that many po-
litically influential
people suspected to be
involved in this matter
as the deceased police
officer had alleged po-
litical pressure in his
suicide note.
However, the High
Court said that it’s be-
yond its judicial pur-
view to hear PIL in
this type of matter.
However, if the family
members of the de-
ceased police officer
wanted, they could file
criminal miscellane-
ous petition.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: HC issued no-
tices to DG (ACB) and
six others in an alleged
scam in RajCOMP.
The petitioner, Public
against Corruption
(PAC),claimedthatRAJ-
COMP paid around Rs
2.40 crore even though
neitherthesoftwarewas
created nor it was in-
stalled in the computer.
Advocate Poonam
Chand Bhandari and Dr
TN Sharma told the
court that Atishay Lim-
ited was given work or-
der of and paid Rs 2.4
crore. But, the company
did not deliver.
The petitioner also al-
leged that despite its
complaint no action was
taken by the ACB. After
hearing them out, Jus-
tice Sabina issued no-
tices to then additional
director of UID Aadhar
Hansraj Yadav, Aadhar
deputy director Ranvir
Singh, project officer Si-
taram Swaroop, then fi-
nancial director Nilesh
Sharma, manager (fi-
nance) Kaushal Gupta,
MD of RajCOMP and
DG of ACB.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The corona
positive tally touched
8067 on Thursday with
addition of 251 positives
in last 24 hours. The
death toll due to corona
also rose to 180 with 7
deaths reported on
Wednesday. One patient
each from Alwar, Ban-
swara, Dausa, Jaipur,
Karauli and Nagaur
died. One patient from
other state also died.
Maximum 69 new cas-
es were reported from
Jhalawar followed by 64
from Jodhpur, 32 from
Pali, 12 from Bharatpur,
10 from Sikar, 9 each
from Kota & Nagaur, 7
each from Bikaner,
Jaipur & Jhunjhunu, 6
from Ajmer, 5 from Chu-
ru, 4 from Dausa, 3 from
Hanumangarh and one
each from Bhilwara,
Bundi, Dungarpur, Ja-
lore, Sawai Madhopur &
Sirohi.
One patient from oth-
er state was also diag-
nosed positive. State
now has 3072 active cas-
es under treatment in
hospitals.activecasesof
corona.4815haveturned
negative from positive.
4249 have been dis-
charged from hospital.
Jaipur leads the most
positive cases tally with
1909 cases followed by
Jodhpur 1375, Udaipur
523, Nagaur 425, Kota
423, Pali 413, Dungarpur
333,Ajmer316,Jhalawar
204, Chittorgarh 175, Si-
kar 174, Bharatpur 165,
Tonk 163, Jalore 154,
Sirohi 142, Rajsamand
135, Bhilwara 135, Jhun-
jhunu 109, Bikaner 101,
Barmer 92, Churu 90,
Banswara 85, Jaisalmer
68, Alwar 51, Dausa 50,
Dholpur 45, Hanuman-
garh 24, Sawai Mad-
hopur 20, Pratapgarh 13,
Karauli 12, Baran 8 and
Sri Ganganagar 5.
Apart from these 50
BSF jawans, 2 Italians,
14 from other states and
61 Indians evacuated
from Iran.
On Thursday Jaipur
reported 7 new cases. 2
cases were from Nand-
lalpura and one each
from Bhojpura, SMS
Hospital, Mansarovar,
Amer Road and Shash-
tri Nagar.
Death tally reached 180, while there are total 8,067 patients in state
Woman’s
paramour kills
her husband
1 IAS and 14
RAS officers
transferred
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The police have
resolved murder case of
accountant Suresh
ChandSharmainBagru
industrial area which
happened two days ago.
The police arrested par-
amour of his wife from
Brahmpuri and is also
investigating role of the
deceased person’s wife
in the crime. DCP Kav-
endra Singh Sagar said
that the arrested person
Pooran Mahawar was
resident of Joshi colony
Brahmpuri.
The wife of the victim
hadcalledthepolicecon-
trol room on the night of
May 26. She asked to
search for her husband.
The police found her
husband’s body in the
industrial area.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: One Indian
Administrative Ser-
vice (IAS) officer and
14 Rajasthan Adminis-
trative Service (RAS)
officers have been
transferred. IAS Dev-
endra Kumar has been
deputed as SDM Sum-
erpur. RAS Naseem
Khan-Deputy Director,
Minority Affairs; San-
tosh Kumar Meena-
SDM Aklera; Gomati
S h a r m a - S D M
Rani,Pali; Sunil Arya-
SDM Bayana and
Bharat Bhushan Goy-
al-SDM Deoli.
IN DIVINE PRESENCE
A special Abhishek of lord Ganesha was done with 51 kg milk, kewra water and
itra at Moti Dungri Ganesh temple on Pushya Nakshatra on Thursday. The prayers
were offered by Mahant Kailash Sharma, in the presence of the Mahant family and
pujaris. The general public was not allowed in the temple due to the lockdown, but
arrangements were made to see the prayer online. The raksha sutra and charnamrit
prasad will be distributed after the lockdown.
‘Order CBI
probe in
Dutt’s case’
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: StateBJPPresi-
dent Dr Satish Poonia
demanded CBI inquiry
in SHO
V i s h n u
Dutt Bish-
noi’s sui-
cide case.
In a letter
to CM
Ashok Ge-
hlot, he
said that deputy LoP Ra-
jendra Rathore, MP
from Churu Rahul Kas-
wan and BJP MLA from
Nokha went to the spot
on his instructions.
They sat on dharna de-
manding fair probe and
help to the family of de-
ceased officer, which
ended after agreement
onthedemands.Besides
LoP Gulab Chand Ka-
taria and union minis-
ters Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, Arjunram
Meghwal and Kailash
Choudharytoowrotefor
CBI probe.
Vasundhara Raje
@VasundharaBJP
Understanding the
importance of removing
the stigma surround-
ing mensuration and
in order to spread
awareness about
#MenstrualHygiene our
@BJP4Rajasthan govt.
took the responsible de-
cision to make sanitary
napkins free and easily
accessible to women in
rural areas.
RAJCOMP SCAM: NOTICE TO
ACB DG AND SIX OFFICIALS
l Jaipur: Pradesh
Congress Secretary
and Being Sindhi
Foundation President
Sunil Parvani has
expressed grief over
the demise of former
Justice Indrasen Israni.
Pravani said that
irreplaceable damage
has been caused to the
Sindhi society. Justice
Israni worked to
connect Sindhi society
with Congress. Health
Minister Dr. Raghu
Sharma also paid
tribute to Justice Israni
and said that he played
an important role in
the legal field.
l Jaipur: The police
have arrested two
more accused, Bunty
Sharma and Sitaram
Meena, in the murder
case of Amarsar
Sarpanch Omprakash
Saini in Shahpura. So
far, 7 people have been
arrested in the case.
The incident took place
on May 18. The details
were revealed by IG
and Jaipur Rural SP
Shankar Dutt Sharma
through a press
conference.
l Jodhpur: A Bilara
resident Advocate
Narayan Rathore was
found dead in an old
pond of the Sojat
police station area.
The deceased’s burnt
car has been recovered
from the Chanvadia
village of Pali district.
Rathore used to wear
about 1 kg gold. The
video of his burnt car
has come out.
l Bharatpur: The
owner of Santoshi
Guest House Dinesh
Singh near Hiradas
Bus Stand committed
suicide by hanging
himself due to
depression. The
family members of the
deceased revealed that
he was worried due to
economic problems
during the lockdown.
l Churu: A case of
violation of Article 144
has been filed on 20-25
unknown people present
in the protest involving
Rajendra Rathore. The
protest was carried
out on the issue of
drinking water supply in
Ratannagar. While the
police registered the
case carefully without
using any names, BJP
has made the outline
of the protest after the
case was filed.
l Chomu: A youth got
injured in the firing
done by unknown
miscreants in Kaladera
on Renwal road.
After the incident, CO
Sandeep Saraswar
and SHO Dharm Singh
reached the spot.
BRIEF
in
Fire department vehicle sanitising streets and vehicles at Jorawar Singh gate. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN
Dr Satish
Poonia
FLIGHTS CANCELED FROM JAIPUR
AIRPORT ON THURSDAY
Flight Destination Time
SpiceJet Surat 5:45 am
SpiceJet Jalandhar 7:20 am
IndiGo Mumbai 6:40 am
Air India Agra 7:35 am
IndiGo Kolkata 4:45 pm
SpiceJet Mumbai 8:00 am
SpiceJet Udaipur 9:45 am
SpiceJet Amritsar 11:15 am
SpiceJet Guwahati 2:15 pm
Air Asia Bengaluru 9:15 am
Air Asia Pune 5:15 pm

PERSPECTIVEJAIPUR | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2020
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CONG BACK IN
BUSINESS WITH
#SPEAKUPINDIA
ith political outfits like the Sama-
jwadi Party and the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party adopting a soft ap-
proach towards the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party, the Con-
gress is playing the role of Opposition ef-
fectively. It is surprising to see how feeble
the voices of Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati
become when it comes to attacking the BJP
for the mess it has made of the migrants is-
sue and also of the pandemic. Neither the
people nor the economy have benefited from
the abrupt and long-extended lockdown. Dis-
rupting the lives of about one crore migrant
workers and leaving them helpless and hun-
gry has been the biggest humanitarian crisis
of recent times. And the biggest irony is that
there’s none to hold the government ac-
countable for its disastrous failures. On the
contrary, the ruling party may claim success
in handling the crisis in virtual rallies and
media blitz planned to celebrate the comple-
tion of one year of Narendra Modi govern-
ment’s second term in office on May 30.
Like a lone crusader the Congress Party is
fighting on for the poor. On Thursday the party
launched a massive campaign suggesting ways
to ease the burden of common man, who has
suffered the most during the lockdown. The
campaign has also been launched on various
social media platforms like WhatsApp, Face-
book, Instagram and Twitter. Congress Interim
President Sonia Gandhi, who launched the cam-
paign along with her MP son Rahul Gandhi and
daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, reiterated
her demand for cash transfer, ration distribu-
tion, support for migrants and MSME sector
and increased work days under MGNREGA.
Priyanka seized the moment to attack the
BJP. She urged the BJP to keep aside poli-
tics and work for the people during the on-
going crisis. She referred to the alleged
attempts being made to destabilise the Shiv
Sena-led coalition government in Maha-
rashtra and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adity-
anath government’s refusal to allow buses
to ferry migrants. She also attacked the UP
CM for arresting Ajay Kumar Lallu, presi-
dent of Congress’s UP unit.
Congress Party has been consistently raising
these issues and debunking the government’s
effort as being inadequate. In fact, party’s de-
mand for direct cash transfer is also backed by
Nobel Prize winning economist Abhijit Baner-
jee. By launching its #SpeakUpIndia campaign
the party has sent a message to the ruling par-
ty that its claims on relief packages will not go
uncontested. The campaign is also aimed at
striking a bond with the people thousands of
whom have been reduced to penury.
This is the first such campaign by the Con-
gress during this pandemic and drew an
overwhelming response on Twitter. Between
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. #SpeakUPIndia garnered
nearly 2 lakh posts using the hashtag. With
a feeling of disappointment running across
the country, this could be Congress’s answer
to BJP’s campaigns like “Main bhi Chowk-
idar”. It may help the party find its magic.
IN-DEPTH
W
o exorcise my
worst fears
about the com-
ing decade, I
chose to write
a bleak chronicle of it. If,
by December 2030, devel-
opments have invalidat-
ed it, I hope such dreary
prognoses will have
played a part by spurring
us to appropriate action.
Before our pandemic-in-
duced lockdowns, politics
seemed to be a game. Politi-
cal parties behaved like
sports teams having good
or bad days, scoring points
that propelled them up a
league table that, at sea-
son’s end, determined who
would form a government
andthendonexttonothing.
Then, the COVID-19
pandemic stripped away
the veneer of indiffer-
ence to reveal the politi-
cal reality: some people
do have the power to tell
the rest of us what to do.
Lenin’s description of
politics as “who does
what to whom” seemed
more apt than ever.
By June 2020, as lock-
downs began to ease, left-
wing optimism that the
pandemic would revive
state power on behalf of
the powerless remained,
leading friends to fantasize
about a renaissance of the
commons and a capacious
definition of public goods.
Margaret Thatcher, I would
remind them, left the Brit-
ish state larger, more pow-
erful, and more concentrat-
ed than she had found it.
An authoritarian state was
necessary to support mar-
kets controlled by corpora-
tions and banks. Those in
authority have never hesi-
tated to harness massive
government intervention
to the preservation of oli-
garchic power. Why should
a pandemic change that?
As a result of COV-
ID-19, the grim reaper
almost claimed both the
British prime minister
and the Prince of Wales,
and even Hollywood’s
nicest star. But it was the
poorer and the browner
that the reaper actually
did claim. They were
easy pickings.
It’s not hard to under-
stand why. Disempower-
ment breeds poverty, which
ages people faster and, ul-
timately, readies them for
the cull. In the shadow of
falling prices, wages, and
interest rates, it was never
likely that the spirit of
solidarity, which soothed
our souls during lock-
downs, would translate
into the use of state power
to strengthen the weak and
vulnerable.
On the contrary, it was
megafirms and the ul-
tra-rich that were grate-
ful socialism was alive
and well. Fearing that
the masses, condemned
to the savage arena of
unfettered markets amid
a public-health disaster,
would no longer be able
to afford to buy their
products, they reallocat-
ed their spending to
shares, yachts, and man-
sions. Thanks to the
freshly printed money
central banks pumped
into them via the usual
financiers, stock mar-
kets flourished as econo-
mies collapsed. Wall
Street bankers assuaged
their guilt, lingering
since 2008, by letting
middle-class customers
fight over the scraps.
Plans for the green tran-
sition, which young climate
activists had put on the
agenda before 2020, were
given only lip service as
governments buckled un-
der towering mountains of
debt. Precautionary saving
by the many reinforced the
economicdepression,yield-
ing industrial-scale discon-
tent on a browning planet.
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A chronicle of a lost decade foretold
T
Many on the left
still cling to the
hope that the
COVID-19 crisis
will translate into
the use of state
power on behalf
of the powerless
The spirit is beyond
destruction. No one can bring
an end to spirit which is
everlasting. —Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Digital initiatives are promoting
transparency, facilitating convenience
for our consumers and continue to
increase the agility and speed of our
organisations.Extremely pleased
that domestic PNG payments at @
IGLSocialare now 100% cashless.
#ContactlessPayments
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
CII has given me the opportunity
to interact with new sectors of the
ecosystem. All the interactions have
been very useful & enlightening.
The nation benefits deeply from all
the good work of CII & I am sure
this will get better & better as we
prepare for a post COVID-19 world.
entral Government has an-
nounced its grand economic
package to kick-start economy.
The package lacked direct cash
transfers to the poor, unem-
ployed and MSMEs, something
considered essential to boost
demand. Instead, it lay focus on
credit flows and reforms in a
few sectors. This evoked sharp
reactions from some states and
economists, as demand-side
concerns had not been ad-
dressed. But the Centre contin-
ued to justify the package.
The focus has now shifted to
the States- they are expected to
initiate steps to revive and re-
start the economy. States are at
the frontline both for fighting
Covid19 crisis and for econom-
ic revival. Surprisingly not
much is visible at their end- ei-
ther they are too overwhelmed
by the health emergency or
their financial condition
makes them feel helpless to
handle this challenge.
An important point to be
considered is that in our
vast economy there are sev-
eral things which can be
done without or with mini-
mal finances. The States can
plan their action around
such points. Some are men-
tioned here-
z SECTOR-WISE REVIEW AND
FAST TRACK APPROVALS- A
sector-wise review needs to be
undertaken at the state level
to set out the priorities and to
decide the nature of support
required for each sector. A
process of simplified and fast
track approvals needs to be put
in place. Easy and staggered
payment of government dues
can be adopted.
z MAPPING, REGISTRATION
AND ENGAGEMENT OF
LABOUR- Most of the major
states are affected by the
labour migration- inward
or outward. With lakhs of
labour going back to states
like UP, Bihar, Jharkhand,
Chattisgarh, Bengal, Rajasthan
and Orissa these states are a
worried lot. The labour here
should be registered and
their skills mapped. Based
on their skills a plan for their
engagement or reskilling
need to be prepared. With
some imaginative planning,
possibilities of engaging labour
in industry, mining, farming,
transportation, retail, services
etc can be identified. Those
who cannot be engaged need
to be supported with free
foodgrains and subsistence
allowance (based on the
capacity of state government)
z SUPPORTING
MSMES- Continued lockdown
has eroded fund flows of
MSMEs. States can play a
major role in restarting them
by coordination with banks
for tapping finance without
delays and ensuring them full
benefit of schemes announced
by Centre and RBI. Some
marketing assistance like
preference to products of
MSMEs can also be considered.
z URBAN LOCAL BODIES- Urban
local bodies have a major
role to play in approving and
expediting real estate projects.
A directive must go from
the State Governments to all
their local bodies to fast track
approval process in a time-
bound manner. This will help in
the early restart of the projects.
z CROWDSOURCING A LOCAL
LEVEL FUND- At each town/
city level a fund can be created
through crowd-sourcing for
providing food and shelter
to the poor. Such a fund can
attract small contributions from
common people who wish to
help the needy but are unable
to find a proper channel.
z INFORMAL SECTOR- with
about 90 per cent of the
labour force engaged in the
informal sector, special efforts
are needed to rehabilitate
the vendors and to facilitate
financing for them.
z RENTAL HOUSING- States
should plan rental housing
for the labour force. Better
housing facilities would help
in checking the spread of
infectious diseases like the
coronavirus. State Government
should come out with a policy
for this purpose wherein real
estate developers and industry
can be encouraged to take up
such projects.
z ACTIVATING DISTRICT-LEVEL
MACHINERY- The district
level machinery needs to be
fully geared up to meet the
challenges in the field and
for handholding industry and
labour. Specific tasks need to
be assigned to them.
z CONSTANT DIALOGUE WITH
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS-for
their involvement in the revival
process
As per the report of the Cen-
tre for Monitoring Indian
Economy (CMIE), India’s un-
employment rate has climbed
to 27.1% in April this year with
121.5mn people out of work.
This is a very grim picture and
all out steps are needed to ar-
rest this situation. If the cur-
rent scenario worsens further
there could be a serious fallout
in terms of increased social
unrest -this must be checked
with all the seriousness.
If all the states make con-
certed efforts it may be possi-
ble to put the economy back on
track and check its further
downslide.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
STATESACTIONPLAN
TORESTARTECONOMY
C
States should
plan rental
housing for the
labour force.
Better housing
facilities would
help in checking
the spread of
infectious
diseases like the
coronavirus
DR GS
SANDHU
The author is a retired
IAS, Rajasthan
QUICK TURNAROUND OF THE ECONOMY
PUSHNEEDEDFROMSTATES
A LOT HAS HAPPENED DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS
z Lockdown has been relaxed
in most parts of the country
z Several economic activities
have been allowed in all
zones including red zones
z Interstate movement of
transport has started
z Central Government
announced its economic
package from 12 to 17 May
2020
z Massive movement of
migrant labour
z New announcement by
RBI on 22 May,2020-more
liquidity infusion

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INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2020
SKY IS THE LIMIT...
IAF Chief, Air
Chief Marshal
RKS Bhadauria
preparing to
fly a sortie in
the Tejas Mk
I fighter with
45 Sqn during
the induction
ceremony held
at Air Force
Station Sulur.
—PHOTO
BY ANI
AUSTERITYMEASURES ANNOUNCED
BY MAHARASHTRA GOVERNOR
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari on Thursday,
announced austerity
measures to cut down
Raj Bhavan’s expenses by
up to 15% this financial
year to tide over the acute
economic crisis because
of the prevailing lockdown
restrictions, which were
imposed from end-March
to contain the spread
of the raging coronavi-
rus disease (Covid-19)
outbreak. Governor has
ordered that Raj Bhavan
authorities would not
undertake any new capital
works. “There won’t be
any new major construc-
tion or repair works at Raj
Bhavan. Ongoing works
will only be completed,”
said a statement issued
by Raj Bhavan.
NADDA ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
OF HIMACHAL BJP PREZ BINDAL
New Delhi: The resignation of Himachal Pradesh
BJP president Rajeev Bindal, has been accept-
ed by party’s national president Jagat Prakash
Nadda.Bindal resigned from his post on “high
moral grounds” over alleged health products’
purchase scam in the state. Bindal took over as
Himachal Pradesh BJP chief in January this year.
Prior to that, he was the state assembly speaker.
In a resignation letter sent to BJP president JP
Nadda, Bindal said he was tendering his resigna-
tion on “high moral grounds (sic).”
DAATI MAHARAJ HELD FOR
FLOUTING LOCKDOWN NORMS
New Delhi: Self-styled preacher Daati Maharaj
was arrested on Wednesday night for violating
the lockdown rules by organising a religious
ceremony at Shanidham temple in Asola in South
Delhi on May 22, police said. “Daati Maharaj was
arrested in the case registered under IPC’s Sec-
tions 188, 34, Section 54B of Disaster Manage-
ment Act, and Section 3 of Epidemic Diseases Act
at the Maidan Garhi police station on May 23. He
has been released on bail,” said deputy commis-
sioner of police (south) Atul Kumar Thakur.
SAMBIT PATRA IN HOSPITAL AFTER
SHOWING COVID-19 SYMPTOMS
New Delhi: BJP national
spokesperson Sambit
Patra was admitted to a
private hospital in Gur-
gaon on Thursday after
he showed symptoms
of COVID-19, sources
said. A source at Me-
danta hospital in Gurgaon
said Patra was “admit-
ted in the morning and
is stable”. BJP leaders
and many others posted
their wishes for a speedy
recovery of the articulate
party spokesperson, who
is one of the more widely
followed Indian politicians
on Twitter. Patra is also
among the most visible
BJP faces on news chan-
nels. He posted several
tweets, including tributes
to Veer Savarkar on his
birth anniversary, on
Thursday as well.
New Delhi: As India’s
Covid-19 infection tally
climbed to over 1.58
lakh, the government
on Thursday, said the
country’s pharmaceuti-
cal industries are trying
their best to find a vac-
cine to beat the virus.
“The fight against
coronavirus will be won
through vaccines and
drugs. Our country’s
science and technology
institutions and phar-
ma industry are very
strong,” VK Paul, a
member of the Niti
Aayog said at a briefing.
Like in many other
countries, India’s scien-
tific institutions are
also working furiously
to find a vaccine for the
virus that has affected
almost 5.8 million peo-
ple across the world.
The government’s
Principal Scientific Ad-
visor (PSA) Professor
K. Vijay Raghavan who
also addressed report-
ers at the briefing said
the country is on the
right track to develop a
vaccine. “There are
about a total of 30
groups in India, big in-
dustry to individual
academics, who are try-
ing to develop vaccines,
of around 20 are keep-
ing a good pace,” Ra-
ghavan said. He also
spoke of a hackathon
for computational drug
discovery.
“All India Council for
Technical Education
(AICTE) and CSIR have
embarked on a drug dis-
covery hackathon - this
is a high-end hackathon
- where students are
trained with informa-
tion on how to do com-
putational drug discov-
ery,” he said.Asked
whether the coronavi-
rus has mutated since it
first struck late last
year, Raghavan said
there has been no
change in the funda-
mental properties of
the virus.
“RT-PCR test is test-
ing for the presence of
the virus and is agnos-
tic whether you have
symptoms or not.
Whether you are
asymptomatic, if you
have the virus it will be
detected,” Raghavan
said. —ANI
‘CORONAWARWILLBEWONTHROUGHVACCINE’Alike many other countries, India’s scientific institutions are also working furiously to find a vaccine
A medic collects swab sample of a pregnant woman for COVID-19 test in Hubli.
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan said almost 80
% of the COVID-19 cas-
es in India are asympto-
matic or at best with
very mild symptoms.
In an exclusive in-
terview to IANS, the
Health Minister said,
“Even today, in almost
80 per cent of the cas-
es of COVID-19, which
are being reported in
India, the patients
tend to exhibit either
nil or mild symptoms.
These patients are
mostly contacts of
confirmed cases. In-
terestingly, had it not
been for our contact
tracing efforts, and if
left to their own in iso-
lation, these patients
may not have even re-
membered or reported
their infection.”
Harsh Vardhan, who
has recently been elect-
ed the chief of WHO''s
Executive Board, was
answering a query. —ANI
‘Almost 80% of COVID
cases asymptomatic’
Kolkata: Domestic
flight operations to and
from Kolkata resumed
after a gap of two
months due to the COV-
ID-19lockdown.Though
domestic flight opera-
tions across the country
began on May 25, they
could not be restarted
in Kolkata as the state
machinery was in-
volved in relief and res-
toration work after Cy-
clone Amphan whip-
lashed many areas of
the state.The first flight
from Kolkata left for
Guhawati at 6.05 am
with 40 passengers,
whereas 122 passengers
arrived from New Delhi
on Thursday morning.
Domestic flights resume at Kolkata
Medics screen passengers as they arrive at NSCBI Airport in Kolkata.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court pulled up
the National Investiga-
tion Agency (NIA) for
hastily moving activist
Gautam Navlakha
from the national capi-
tal to Mumbai even
when his interim bail
plea was pending there.
Justice Anup J
Bhambhani, said the
NIA acted in “un-
seemly haste” in
shifting Navlakha, an
accused in Bhima Ko-
regaon violence case
who was lodged in
Delhi’s Tihar jail, to
Mumbai where the in-
vestigation was pend-
ing. While the order
was passed on
Wednesday, it was
made available on the
HC’s website on
Thursday.
Navlakha was taken
to Mumbai by train on
Tuesday and was sent
to judicial custody till
June 22. Following this,
his family and lawyers
claimed that the cen-
tral investigative agen-
cy had not even in-
formed them about this
movement.
Special Public Pros-
ecutor Prakash Shetty
said the Mumbai court
hadissuedaproduction
warrant against Nav-
lakha, based on which
he was transferred
from Delhi. —Agencies
NIA pulled up over Navlakha’s transfer
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has
issued notice to the UP Government ask-
ing about steps being taken to ensure that
its natives are not forced to seek employ-
ment in other states. The order was passed
by a division bench of Justice Govind Ma-
thur and Justice Ramesh Sinha on a PIL
filed by two practicing advocates of HC.
The bench has ordered the Government to
apprise it of the “scheme of the govern-
ment for rehabilitation of migrant work-
men and their families in the state.”
The government is required to file its
response in the matter by June 1.
Allahabad HC’s notice to
UP govt on migrants issue
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court on Thursday al-
lowed the application
seeking permission for
shifting 955 foreign na-
tionals, who attended
the congregation at
Tablighi Jamaat in Ni-
zamuddin area here, to
alternate places of ac-
commodation.
A division bench of
Justice Vipin Sanghi
and Justice Rajnish
Bhatnagar, while dis-
posing of the petition,
said that all the for-
eign nationals will be
shifted from quaran-
tine centres to nine
designated places in
the national capital as
suggested by the peti-
tioner. Notably,
charge-sheets have al-
ready been filed
against most of the
foreign nationals in a
Saket court in connec-
tion with the congre-
gation, which had re-
portedly emerged as
an epicentre of the
spread of coronavirus
in the country.
The court said that
present order will be
read together with that
of magistrate when &
if, in future, the foreign
nationals apply for bail
in these cases. —ANI
‘Tablighistomovetoalternatequarters’
Bhopal: BJP general
secretary Kailash Vi-
j ay v a r g i y a
has raised
q u e s t i o n s
over Article 30
of the Consti-
tution which
provides the
minority com-
munity the
right to estab-
lish and administer ed-
ucational institutions
of their choice.
He tweeted: “Article
30 has harmed the con-
stitutional equality of
citizens. This
Article allows
the minorities
to propagate
their religion
and education
based on reli-
gion, which is
not allowed to
other reli-
gions. When our coun-
try is a secular one,
what is the need of Ar-
ticle 30.” —Agencies
‘Article 30 harms
constitutional equality’
Srinagar: The Jammu
& Kashmir administra-
tion informed that in-
ternet access across the
Union Territory with
internet speed restrict-
ed to 2G only and inter-
net connectivity with
Mac-binding will con-
tinue till June 17.
“The directions to re-
maininforceunlessmod-
ified earlier,” the admin-
istration stated.
Earlier, 2G mobile in-
ternet services were re-
stored in Srinagar after
they were snapped on
May 19 due to a gunfight
in Nawa Kadal area of
old Srinagar city. Hizbul
Mujahideen terrorist Ju-
naid Ashraf Khan, son
of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat
chairman Mohammed
Ashraf Khan, was
among the two terrorists
killed in the encounter
with security forces at
Nawa Kadal. —ANI
2G mobile
internet
services in J&K
till June 17
Kolkata: Miffed with
Centre for sending 36
trains from Mumbai to
West Bengal without
State government's
knowledge, Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee
said that if Central Gov-
ernment had planned
and discussed the move-
ment the trains with
West Bengal, it would
have been better.
Mamta Banerjee con-
ducted a review meet-
ing through vc with all
DMs and SPs over cy-
clone Amphan.
“Without concerning
us 36 trains are coming
from Mumbai... I spoke
to the Maharashtra
Government, they said
they were informed at 2
am on the night before.
If the Central Govern-
ment had planned with
us, if the Railway Min-
istry had consulted us
then it would have been
better. We are hearing
reports of 2-3 people
sharing one seat in
trains and not following
social distancing.”
Banerjee further
urged Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to inter-
vene in the current
COVID-19 situation
across several states.
“I appeal to the Prime
Minister and Home
Minister to take care of
the situation. I want
PM to intervene, this is
no time for politics.
There is a spike in cas-
es in Bihar and other
BJP ruled states. This
is one country. The vi-
rus has to be stopped
from spreading,” the
Bengal CM added. —ANI
‘Centre must have spoken to Bengal’
36 TRAINS COMING FROM MUMBAI
EXPERT SPEAK
IN THE COURTYARD
DIDI’S TAKE

INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2020
Congress will...
Giving his suggestions
on what the centre
should have done he
said, “The central gov-
ernment should have
issued advisory to
states to start bus ser-
vices and ensure that
no labourer walks to
their homes and within
three days this issue
could have been ended
like what Rajasthan
did. People supported
the government fully.
Prime Minister asked
people to clap, beat tha-
lis and people accepted
that and supported
them. But we are pained
to see the economic, so-
cial and political ‘deba-
cle’ that has occurred in
the nation because of
which no economic ac-
tivity is being started,
neither have the corona
cases died down. The
state governments are
trying to win over coro-
na,” he said, further
adding, “The central
government should
have come forward and
given packages to
states. Centre an-
nounced 20 lakh crore
rupee package and the
entire world knows the
announced amount is
ninety percent loans
which is not going to
benefit anyone. Unless
the purchasing power
of poor is increased, un-
less they do not spend,
only then demand will
rise and economy will
be back on track. Thus
Sonia Gandhi ji has
said that government
should have made ad-
vance payment of 21
days to NREGA labour.
Now congress party is
demanding that poor
should be given ten
thousand rupees so that
demand is increased.”
Gehlot demanded
that the central gov-
ernment gives package
for poor so that econo-
my comes on track.
“Congress will stand
with the government
in this crisis. But in-
stead of listening to
the oppositions’ sug-
gestions, just going on
criticising it and con-
demning them is unfor-
tunate. Our effort is to
bring the situation of
poor and needy to the
central government’s
notice,” Gehlot said.
Event to...
“The party has decided
that PM’s message
through his letter
where issues like
self-reliant India, the
situation of COVID-19,
fight against the infec-
tion along with stress
on vocal for local will be
sent to 10 crore fami-
lies,” stated Yadav.
“As this is a time
when social distancing
is the mantra to prevent
COVID-19 we have de-
cided that only two
workers per booth will
distribute the letter,”
said Yadav. —ANI
‘Engaged with...
In the midst of this
tense border standoff,
Trump on Wednesday
said he was “ready,
willing and able to me-
diate” between the two
countries.
“We have informed
both India and China
that the United States is
ready, willing and able
to mediate or arbitrate
their now raging border
dispute,” Trump said in
a tweet on Wednesday
morning. —PTI
‘All can...
We again urge the Cen-
tral Government to
open the lock of the
treasury and provide
relief to the needy.” “Ar-
range for safe and free
travel of the labourers
and bring them home
and make arrange-
ments for their daily
bread and ration. En-
sure 200 days work un-
der Mahatma Gandhi
MNREGA, to provide
employment in the vil-
lage itself. Instead of
giving loans to small
scale industries, give
financial help, so that
crores of jobs can be
saved and the country
can also grow. In this
hour of crisis, we all are
with every countryman
and together we will
surely win these diffi-
cult situations,” she
added.
She stated that for
the last two months,
the whole country is
going through a severe
economic crisis of live-
lihood-employment
due to the COVID-19
pandemic.
“For the first time
since independence, ev-
eryone saw the pain of
millions of labourers
who were forced to walk
for hundreds of thou-
sands of kilometres
barefoot, hungry and
thirsty, without medi-
cine and means. Every
heart across this coun-
try saw their plight and
pain, perhaps not the
government,” said So-
nia. —ANI
Fund travel...
It said that food and wa-
ter be also provided to
them for travel in buses.
The bench, also com-
prisingJusticesSKKaul
and MR Shah, directed
that states shall oversee
the registration of mi-
grant workers and en-
sure that they are made
to board the train or bus
at the earliest. —PTI
FROM PG 1
SBI MAN ANIL KISHORA GETS
INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENT
Anil Kishora, Deputy Managing Director and Chief
Risk Officer of State Bank of India, has been
appointed Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
of New Development Bank (NDB).Union Minister
of Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sithara-
man attended the Special Board of Governors’
meeting of the New Development Bank (NDB)
through video conference in New Delhi. The
agenda included the election of next President of
NDB, appointment of Vice-President and Chief
Risk Officer and membership expansion.
VISHWAS MEHTA IS NEW CHIEF
SECRETARY OF KERALA
Vishwas Mehta has been appointed new Chief
Secretary of Kerala. The 1986 batch IAS officer
Vishwas Mehta will succeed Tom Jose on June 1.
DG OF SAI, PRADHAN GETS EXTENSION
DG OF SPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
Sandip Pradhan, has been given two years’
extension relaxing the maximum seven year limit
on deputation.
HAULIANLAL GUITE JOINS
MANIPUR CADRE ON ICD
Haulianlal Guite is joining Manipur cadre on inter
cadre deputation (ICD) for a period of three years.
He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
HARSHA BANGARI APPOINTED
DMD, EXIM BANK
Harsha Bangari, CGM, Exim Bank, has been ap-
pointed Deputy Managing Director (DMD), Exim
Bank, for a period of three years.
SANJAY PRAKASH PROMOTED
TO IG GRADE IN CISF
Sanjay Prakash has been promoted to the grade
of Inspector General (IG) in the Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF).
CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE
OF USHA PADHEE EXTENDED
The central deputation tenure of Usha Padhee,
working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil
Aviation, has been extended for a period of two
years beyond July 16, 2020. She is a 1996 batch
IAS officer of Odisha cadre.
V RAMESH APPOINTED AS
DIRECTOR (ENT), BSNL
V Ramesh, Chief General Manager (CGM), BSNL,
has been appointed Director (Enterprises), Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The Appoint-
ments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved
his appointment to the post.
CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE OF
SUDEEP SHRIVASTAVA EXTENDED
The central deputation tenure of Sudeep Shrivas-
tava, working as Director, Department of Health
and Family Welfare, has been extended for a
period of six months beyond June 7, 2020. He is
a 2001 batch IRSSE officer.
S K BHAGAT IS NOW HOME
SECRETARY IN UTTAR PRADESH
SK Bhagat, who served the CBI for several years,
has been appointed new Home Secretary in Uttar
Pradesh. He is 1998 batch IPS officer.
TENURE OF ADITYA JOSHI AS
DIRECTOR, CVC EXTENDED
The tenure of Aditya Joshi as Director, Central
Vigilance Commission (CVC) has been extended
for a period of six months. He is a 1995 batch
IRAS officer.
PRATIBHA PARKAR APPOINTED
NEXT AMBASSADOR TO ANGOLA
Pratibha Parkar, presently Consul General of India
in Frankfurt, has been appointed as the next Am-
bassador of India to Republic of Angola. She is
an Indian Foreign Service officer of 2000 batch.
POWERGallery
New Delhi: The south-
west monsoon is expect-
ed to reach the Kerala
coast around its normal
date of June 1 and ear-
lier than forecast by the
India Meteorological
Department (IMD).
This is because con-
ditions are becoming
favourable for mon-
soon winds to advance
as a low pressure area
is expected to develop
over the Arabian Sea
between May 31 and
June 4.
An area of low pres-
sure formed over west-
central and adjoining
southwest Arabian Sea
on Thursday. It is likely
to intensify into a de-
pression on Thursday
and move northwest-
wards towards the
south Oman and east
Yemen coasts during
the next three days.
It is also likely to in-
tensify into a cyclone
but may not impact In-
dia’s west coast, IMD
scientists said.
“Scattered low and
medium clouds with
embedded intense to
very intense convection
lay over southeast and
west central Arabian
Sea,” IMD said in its cy-
clone bulletin for
Thursday.
IMD director gener-
al M Mohapatra said:
“The second low pres-
sure area is likely to
bring rain to the west
coast and make condi-
tions favourable for
advancement of mon-
soon earlier than ex-
pected. We can expect
onset of the monsoon
over Kerala around
June 1 or 2.” —Agencies
Monsoonlikelytomakeonset
overKeralaaroundJune1:IMD
New Delhi: On Thurs-
day, Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
formally launched the
facility for instant allot-
ment of PAN card using
Aadhaar-based e-KYC,
as announced in the Un-
ion Budget 2020. Those
with a valid Aadhaar
number and a mobile
number registered on
the UIDAI database will
be able to apply for Per-
manent Account Num-
ber (PAN) online.
Theallotmentprocess
is paperless and an elec-
tronic PAN (e-PAN) is
issued to applicants free
of cost by income tax
department. “The facil-
ity of instant PAN
through Aadhaar based
e-KYC has been
launchedformallytoday,
however, its ‘Beta ver-
sion’ on trial basis was
started on 12th Feb 2020
onthee-filingwebsiteof
Income Tax Depart-
ment. Since then on-
wards, 6,77,680 instant
PANs have been allotted
with a turnaround time
of about 10 mins, till
25thMay2020,”FinMin-
istry said.If required,
the applicant can check
status of request any-
time by providing her/
his valid Aadhaar num-
ber & on successful al-
lotment, can download
the e-PAN. —ANI
FM launches free instant PAN card
FM Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Anurag Thakur at 22nd (FSDC) meeting through vc in New Delhi.
A woman feeds her child with water on a hot summer afternoon.
Mumbai: NCP Presi-
dent Sharad Pawar ex-
p r e s s e d
concerns
that amid
Covid-19
pandemic
& lock-
down, the
realty sector is in “a
state of complete break-
down”. “Massive out-
flux of labourers halted
work & sales for almost
three months. Stagnant
consumer demand &
impaired economic ac-
tivities have taken a toll
on this industry which
contributes substantial-
ly to the national GDP,”
Pawar said. —Agencies
New Delhi: The 36th
National Games, sched-
uled for
October-
N o v e m -
ber in
Goa, day
p o s t -
poned in-
definitely due to COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
“National Games or-
ganising committee has
decided to postpone Na-
tional Games due to
COVID-19 pandemic,”
Goa’s dy CM Manohar
Ajgaonkar, who also
holds sports portfolio,
said in a statement
shared by IOA Presi-
dent Narinder Batra.
‘Breakdown
in realty biz
worrisome’
‘36th Nat’l
Games
postponed’
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
on Thursday, raised a
set of four demands
from the Centre for the
welfare of poor people,
migrant workers, and
revival of small and
medium enterprises
(SME).
“After the COVID-19
crisis has hit India, the
poor people and mi-
grant workers have
been forced to travel
thousands of kilome-
tres on foot to reach
their homes. The small
and medium enterpris-
es, which provide em-
ployment to most Indi-
ans, are shutting down
one after another,”
Gandhi said in a re-
corded message.
“We have four de-
mands to make from
the government. First-
ly, every poor family
should be paid Rs 7,500
each month for six
months. Secondly, the
Mahatma Gandhi Na-
tional Rural Employ-
ment Guarantee Act
(MGNREGA) should be
run not for 100 days but
200 days in a year.
Thirdly, our small and
medium enterprises
should get an economic
package for revival.
Fourthly, the migrant
labourers who are
stranded on the roads
should be provided
transport facilities to
reach their homes,” he
added. Under ‘Speak Up
India’ online campaign
arranged by Congress,
Rahul Gandhi tweeted:
“It is time for every In-
dian to stand together
& speak up in one
voice. For our brothers
& sisters struggling for
survival; for those
whose voice has been
silenced; for those in
despair. We are India.
Together we can make
a difference.” —ANI
RaGa’s 4 demands for welfare of poor‘Speak Up India’ campaign sees 57 lakh people post live videos, which reached to 10 cr people, claims Cong
New Delhi: Accusing
the government of do-
ing politics during the
coronavirus crisis, Con-
gress General Secretary
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
on Thursday raised the
plight of migrant work-
ers, citing the example
of a toddler trying to
wake her dead mother
at a railway station.
“The country is
pained to see such visu-
als,” she said and asked
the government to pro-
vide help to the needy.
In a vc with Congress
workers and leaders un-
der the ‘’Speakup’’ cam-
paign, she spoke about
the poor, migrants, and
the middle class. “We
are doing this to make
government under-
stand the demands of
the people,” said Pri-
yanka Gandhi. —ANI
Focus on migrants’
plight, says Priyanka
New Delhi: For-
mer Union Finance
Minister & senior
Congress leader P
C h i d a m b a r a m
tweeted, “Govern-
ment has dealt an-
other blow to citi-
zens who save, espe-
cially senior citi-
zens. It has discon-
tinued the 7.75 per
cent RBI Bonds. Ef-
fectively, after tax,
the bond will yield
only 4.4 per cent.
That is now taken
away. Why? I de-
plore this action.”
Abolition of
RBI bond
cruel blow: PC
Lucknow: The spe-
cialcourtforAyodhya
case on Thursday set
June 4 as the date for
commencement of
questioning in con-
nectionwiththeBabri
Masjid demolition.
Thebenchof Judge
SK Yadav, who is
hearing the case, ex-
tended the date to
June 4 after being
told by the defense
counsel that there
had been difficulty in
contacting the ac-
cused due to the ongo-
ing nationwide lock-
down. The Judge has
asked BJP leaders LK
Advani, Uma Bharti,
former UP CM Kaly-
an Singh, Murli
Manohar Joshi,
among 32 others to
appear for question-
ing beginning June 4.
In the case filed by
CBI, 49 people had
been named as ac-
cused, out of which
32 are alive while the
resthavepassedaway.
Earlierthismonth,
SC extended till Au-
gust 31 tenure of
Judge SK Yadav, who
is hearing the case,
and directed him to
complete the trial
and deliver the judge-
ment in the case by
that time. —ANI
Questioning to
begin from June 4
BABRI MASJID DEMOLITION CASE

The path to
INFECTION
 Let’s consider the risk of infection from the
moment you arrive at a restaurant or cafe.
 When you open the door, you may have to put
your hand on a door handle. If that handle has
been touched by a person while infectious,
they may leave behind thousands of individual
virus particles. If you then touch your face,
you run the risk of the virus entering your
body and establishing an infection.
 If you avoid the doorknob trap, you may pick
up the virus when you take your seat at the
table, by touching the chair or the tabletop.
Again, if you touch your face, you are risking
infection. Similarly, you risk exposure by
touching the menu or the cutlery.
 When the waiter comes to take your order,
they will likely enter your breathing space.
This is usually considered to be a circular
zone of about 1.5 metres around your body.
 If the waiter is infected but not yet showing
symptoms, you may be exposed to droplets
containing the virus on their breath or the breath
may contaminate the tableware in front of you.
 Now, your food is delivered and there’s good
news. The virus is not transmitted through food.
 But wait. The air-conditioning can help the
virus travel through the air from the infected
person at the next table who has just choked
on a crumb and is coughing uncontrollably.
 Later, on a quick trip to the bathroom, you
again open yourself to the risk of infection
by touching the door and other surfaces.
However, this trip allows you to take one very
important step to prevent infection. You wash
your hands with soap, taking care to hum
Happy Birthday twice as you scrub and rinse.
 Unfortunately, you fail to dry your hands
thoroughly. Wet hands are much more
likely to pick up microbes, so you may
recontaminate your hands as you open the
door and go back to your table.
 When you go to pay your bill, you may be
worried that cash may be a source of infection.
While there were concerns about this initially,
there is no evidence to date of any cases linked
to handling money. Just in case, you use your
credit card, but inadvertently transfer the virus
to your ﬁnger as you type in your PIN.
 On your way out the door, you not only
pick up more virus from the doorknob, but
transfer some of the ones on your hand in
return, ready for the next unwary diner.
TALKING POINTJAIPUR | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2020
NOW WE HAVE FEWER CASES OF
COVID-19, AND RESTRICTIONS ARE
LIFTING, MANY OF US ARE THINKING
OF REJUVENATING OUR SOCIAL LIVES
BY HEADING TO OUR LOCAL CAFE OR
FAVOURITE RESTAURANT
ow we have fewer cases of
COVID-19, and restric-
tions are lifting, many of
us are thinking of rejuve-
nating our social lives by
heading to our local cafe
or favourite restaurant.
Whatcanwedotoreduce
the risk of infection? And
what should managers be
doing to keep us safe?
COVID-19isaninfectious
disease spread directly
from person to person, car-
ried in droplets from an in-
fected person’s breath,
coughorsneeze.If thedrop-
lets come into contact with
anotherperson’seyesorare
breathed in, that person
may develop the disease.
Those droplets can also
fallontosurfaces,wherethe
virus can survive for up to
72 hours. If someone touch-
es these surfaces, then
touches their face, they can
also become infected.
Eating out has led to
several clusters We know
people around the world
have become infected
while eating out.
BackinlateJanuaryand
early February, three clus-
ters of COVID-19 cases in
China were connected to
dining in a single restau-
rant. A total of 10 people
became ill over the next
three weeks.
Theair-conditioninghad
apparentlycarriedcontam-
inated droplets from an in-
fectious diner to nearby
tables. This prompted the
researchers to recommend
restaurants increase their
ventilation and sit custom-
ers at tables further apart.
In Queensland, more
than 20 people connected
with a private birthday
party at a Sunshine Coast
restaurant contracted the
virus. Four were staff, the
rest guests. We don’t know
the source of infection.
Other outbreaks have
been linked with restau-
rants in Hawaii, Los Ange-
les and a fast food restau-
rant in Melbourne.
HOW CAN
I PROTECT MYSELF?
There are some simple
(and familiar) things you
can do to protect yourself
as venues reopen.
Keep washing and dry-
ing your hands, thorough-
ly and regularly. If you
don’t have access to soap
and water, use alcohol-
based hand sanitiser.
Wash or sanitise after han-
dling money, touching sur-
faces, before eating and
after visiting the bath-
room. Avoid touching your
face, including wiping
your eyes or licking juice
off your fingers. If you
must touch your face, use
hand sanitiser first.
Maintain a distance of
at least 1.5 metres from
other people, unless they
are people you share close
contact with.
Sit outside if you can.
Direct transmission is
much more likely indoors.
Finally, think about us-
ing a credit or debit card
with a contactless transac-
tion, rather than having to
enter a PIN.
To avoid infecting other
people, stay home if you
have any symptoms or sus-
pect you might have been
in contact with a person
who has tested positive.
WHAT SHOULD CAFES
AND RESTAURANTS
BE DOING?
Regulations about the
number of patrons al-
lowed in cafes and restau-
rants vary between states
and territories. But there
are certain common rules
of thumb.
First, tables need to be
spaced at reasonable dis-
tances. This allows pa-
trons to be outside others’
1.5-metre breathing zones
and also takes into account
the potential effect of air
conditioning.
While COVID-19 doesn’t
appear to be spread
through air conditioning
systems, they do boost air
flow. This means droplets
may travel a little further
than 1.5 metres. This spac-
ing will also reduce the
number of people in the
venue at the same time.
Some venues overseas
are using plastic screens
to separate diners to try to
reduce the risk of person-
to-person spread. This
should not be used as a
substitute for correct dis-
tancing if there is suffi-
cient space.
Tables and chairs need
to be sanitised, using a
chemical sanitiser such as
diluted bleach, between
patrons.
Cutlery and tableware
cannot be left ready on the
table. They must be stored
to prevent contamination
in the kitchen and brought
to the patron with their
meal. Afterward, they
need to be cleaned and
sanitised as usual.
Disposable cutlery
should never be left out for
self-service; it should only
be provided with food or
on request.
All frequently touched
surfaces must be regularly
sanitised – including door
handles, refrigerator and
freezer doors, taps, light
switches, hand rails, PIN
pads and touch screens.
Staff mustmaintainsafe
distances from patrons at
alltimesandmustneverbe
allowed to work if they
have respiratory symp-
toms or are suspected to
have had contact with a
COVID-19 positive person.
WE NEED TO
BE VIGILANT
Coronavirus cases in most
states and territories are
now very low. So, the
chance of coming into
contact with an infectious
person is unlikely and is
why restrictions are now
gradually being lifted.
However, we musn’t be-
come complacent. We need
to continue to take precau-
tions to reduce the risk of
infection via our cafes and
restaurants. It only takes
one instance of careless-
ness to start the viral ball
rolling again.
HOW
to STAY SAFEin
Restaurants
Cafes&
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CONCEPT: DIVYA HEMNANI DESIGN: VINOD KUMAR SHARMA

We all need a helping hand now
and then, try and motivate
people; with your words, actions
or even your life.
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Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Tensed about
the employment op-
portunities before
workers who have
come from other
states, the ‘sensitive’
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has in-
structed officials to
draw up an action
plan and arrange
employment for la-
bourers. “It should
be the priority of the
state government to
provide employment
opportunities to
workers who have
come from outside
and do not want to
return.
The message should
reach migrant workers
that the state govern-
ment is concerned for
them as well as the local
workers in this hour of
crisis,” Gehlot said
while chairing a high
level meeting at CMR
on Thursday. He said
that it is our responsi-
bility to connect work-
ers with employment as
soon as possible.
Meanwhile, CM Ge-
hlot also said that Co-
rona has an adverse
effect on our social
life and directed to
start a special cam-
paign to take care of
the health of elderly
people, adopt de-
stressing techniques
and motivate them to
live with new health
protocols.
Gehlot expressed
satisfaction that the
number of active cases
of corona infection in
Rajasthan has been al-
most constant for the
last five days.
He directed that the
Collector, Superinten-
dent of Police and Dis-
trict Medical and
Health Officer in all
the districts should
take regular review of
the status of infection
as well as take deci-
sions regarding deter-
mining the zone of
contention according
to local conditions.
Vaishali
New Delhi: The swelter-
ingsummersunof North
India seems to have af-
fected the polity in the
hills too where situation
has truely become ‘too
hot to handle’. With the
resignation of Himachal
PradeshBJP’sstatechief
Dr Rajeev Bindal, over a
video clip wherein two
men are discussing hand
over of Rs five lakh and
in connection of which
the vigilance and ACB
have arrested director of
health services Dr AK
Gupta, the ‘political
chess’ of the hill-state is
set for a new game.
While Bindal may
have resigned citing
‘moral high grounds’,
Congress party has de-
manded the resignation
of the health minister, a
portfoliowhichisheldby
CMJaiRamThakur.For-
mer Congress CM Veerb-
hadra Singh and his
MLA son Vikramaditya
have fired first salvo ask-
ing Thakur to step down.
However,thereisaflip
side to this story too. Po-
litical observers see this
development as moral
victory of Dhumals over
Nadda camp. Lets us di-
vulge into that for a bit.
Firstly, there is a strong
word going around that
Bindal’s resignation has
come not as a moral con-
duct, rather since there
were allegations of his
doctor daughter - who
runs a diagnostic centre
at Solan - being linked in
the issue.
Secondly, Bindal’s res-
ignation is not a small
development. He is a five
time MLA, who till two
months back, was speak-
er of HP Assembly and
Nadda chose him for the
job of state party chief.
The matter might have
been hushed up and
Bindal could have re-
tained his position how-
ever,thisiswherepolitics
comes in. It is said that
MoS Finance Anurag
Thakur apprised PM
Narendra Modi and
Home Minister Amit
Shah of the develop-
ments and ‘facts’ con-
cerned with it after
whichNewDelhicalled
for Bindal’s resigna-
tion. Bindal camp be-
lieves that Anurag has
been instrumental in
flaring up this issue in
New Delhi.
Andthisiswhereahis-
tory lesson is important.
Letusgo22yearsbackin
history to 1998, a time
when Prem Kumar Dhu-
mal,whosesonAnuragis
MoS Finance in Modi
government, was the
CM. During those times,
Bindalwasconsideredto
be a hardcore loyalist of
Dhumal, popularly
known as Dhumal’s ‘Ha-
numan’ in Himachal po-
litical circles. However
like they say, time chang-
es everything, so did the
relation between Dhu-
mal and Bindal and
around three years back,
Bindal left caravan and
jumpedintoNaddaband-
wagon, a move which ap-
parently did not go well
with Dhumals.
As Nadda’s political
graph rose, so did
Bindal’sandalthoughhe
was appointed as speak-
er, he wanted to become
a minister. When oppor-
tunity presented itself
Bindal came out as the
likely choice for BJP
party chief was appoint-
ed to position two
months back. The ap-
pointment came as a
blessing in disguise as
though he was shrugged
away from ministry,
with his elevation as
partychief,hewasvirtu-
ally a CM candidate on
anyfirstavailableoppor-
tunity! Highly placed
sourcesbelievethateven
CM Jai Ram Thakur
started started feeling
that Bindal could be his
reckoning leading to a
minorinternaltusslebe-
tween the two men.
With the latest devel-
opment, various quar-
ters within the party feel
that now there are three
power centres at Shimla
i.e. JP Nadda, Dhumals
(With Anurag Thakur)
and Jai Ram Thakur
where every group has
its own ‘equations and
calculation’. Interesting-
ly, such is the situation
that PMO had to appoint
anodalofficetolookinto
the matter which is fast
pacing out to be Nadda
versus Dhumal. It is
noteworthy that there
was a time when PM
Modi was incharge of
HPandsincethenhehas
been close to Dhumals.
Modi is aware of ground
realities of HP politics
and which way ‘winds’
blow in the hill state.
Create action plan for workers’ livelihood, directs CM Gehlot
THE MORAL VICTORY OF DHUMALS OVER NADDA CAMP!
CM Ashok Gehlot
JP Nadda Anurag Thakur Dr Rajeev Bindal
Arnab Goswami
CM also said that Corona has an
adverse effect on our social life
The flip side of Bindal’s resignation
#SPEAKUPINDIA
I will never go to the
Rajya Sabha, says
Arnab Goswami
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A year after
an abetment to sui-
cide case was closed
against renowned
journalist and Edi-
tor-in-Chief of Re-
public TV, Arnab
Goswami, the Maha-
rashtra government
has asked the state
CID to probe the mat-
ter yet again. The
case was closed by
Raigad police citing
‘not enough evidence’
against Goswami.
However, the Maha-
rashtra government is
reopening the case on
the request of Anvay
Naik, who committed
suicide.
Interestingly, at a
time when various
political parties have
laid accusations on
the feisty journalists
that he is ‘close’ to
the ruling BJP and
gone to length of say-
ing that he wants to
get into the upper
house of Parliament,
Arnab has claimed
that he has no inter-
est in getting elected
to the Rajya Sabha.
In fact an upbeat and
enthusiastic Goswa-
mi said that if such
an opportunity came
across, he would
clearly say no. “If I
do anything that puts
a cloud over last 22-
23 years of my career
- then I would not just
hesitate, I would
blindly say no to it,”
he said. This oc-
curred when Goswa-
mi was interviewing
former Chief Justice
of India and now Ra-
jya Sabha Member
Justice Ranjan Gogoi
over his appointment
to RS.
Notably, both the cas-
es filed by Arnab after
an alleged attack on
him while he was re-
turning home from
work, have now been
transferred to a single
police station after Gos-
wami moved an appli-
cation in this regard.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: With the
entire Congress party
raised its ‘war-cry’ on
on social media plat-
forms on Thursday
against the central gov-
ernment on its issues
of direct cash transfer,
support to middle class
and MSMEs and de-
mand of increasing the
man hours of MNRE-
GA, party’s stalwart
leaders like Ahmed Pa-
tel, Avinash Pande and
KC Venugopal took to
social media to create
awareness among their
followers on the issue.
The #SpeakUpIndia
campaign witnessed
the fiery but calm de-
meanour of senior par-
ty member Ahmed Pa-
tel. “I have not come
today to ask for vote but
rather to reach you all
throughmyparty’spro-
gram. A situation has
developed in this coun-
try after Covid-19 and
the manner the people
are troubled, specially
our labourers and mi-
grant work force, the
farmerssmallentrepre-
neurs, traders and sev-
eral others, it is heart-
wrenching to see them
like this. No one was
toldaboutthelockdown
which left us in perpet-
ual problems,” he said,
and further added,
“When elections come
schemesareannounced
forthepoorbuttheyare
not looked after in such
times of crisis. The de-
mand that Congress
and party President So-
nia Gandhi has made is
forthepoor.Directcash
transfer is important
since the twenty lakh
crore rupee package
will not be enough.
Nothing is going to
reach to the poor out of
this package. The mi-
grant workers and poor
should get seven thou-
sand rupees per month
for the next six months
along with free wheat
in addition to the ten
thousand rupees direct
cash transfer.”
Notably, Congress
General Secretary and
RS candidate to Rajya
Sabha from Rajasthan
KC Venugopal also ap-
pealed to the central
governmenttotakecon-
crete steps. “We know
therealsituationof our
migrant workers. The
soul of India is crying
seeing the terrible visu-
als of migrant workers
walking on the roads.
Day 1 onwards Con-
gress party has de-
manded direct transfer
of cash to poor but gov-
ernment is totally in-
sensitive on these
things. Direct cash
transfer, safe travel of
migrant workers, in-
creasing MNREGA
mandaysto200andpro-
tectionof MSMEsector
are key components in
providing relief to peo-
ple,” he stressed.
Talking on the issue,
AICCGeneralSecretary
andRajasthanIncharge
AvinashPandesaidthat
corona virus and lock-
down has troubled eve-
ryone. “The labourers,
middle class and small
businessesaretroubled,
but the government is
not listening. The Con-
gress party has suggest-
ed of giving money di-
rectly to people, and
government talks of
giving loans.
It is important to save
poor and middle class
while giving semblance
to small businesses
henceIappealtothegov-
ernment to give ten
thousand rupees to poor
and support to small
businesses which will
providerelief tothemid-
dleclasstoo.Itshouldbe
ensured that migrant
labourers are sent home
safely and MNREGA
work day should be in-
creased to two hundred
days,” he said.
Cong stalwarts raise demands, ask
people to come forward to help poor
Ahmed Patel KC Venugopal Avinash Pande
RAGHU SHARMA WELCOMES THE DRIVE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health
Minister Dr Raghu
Sharma also joined
the campaign
#SpeakUpIndia.
Dr Raghu Sharma
posted a video on his
social media handles
in which he said that
Congress’s campaign
is worth welcoming.
The voice of migrant
workers, labourers
and middle-class peo-
ple should be raised.
The Congress party
did the same through
the campaign
#SpeakUpIndia and
Center should help
every sector of soci-
ety, especially poor
and needy, in times
of crisis.
AHMED PATEL, KC VENUGOPAL AND AVINASH PANDE CORNER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
DEMANDING 10K DIRECT CASH TRANSFER AND INCREASING MNREGA DAYS TO 200
SPEAKUP, SAYS
VAIBHAV
GAZETTE OF 33 DISTS TO BE REWRITTEN
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JHAROKHELIFE BEFORE THE NATIONAL LOCKDOWN WAS
SOMETHING EVERYONE TOOK FOR GRANTED AND
TODAY, CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU WHAT PEOPLE
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THEY MISS THE MOST!
efore the out-
break of the nov-
el Coronavirus
across the globe,
most of the peo-
ple used to fanta-
size about what
they would be doing next,
where they would be go-
ing to hang out with their
friends, which movie is
being released that par-
ticular week, where to
get that perfect chaat
from, and what not. But
after the unfortunate
event and the application
of the National Lock-
down in the country,
where no one is even al-
lowed to step out of their
houses in order to stay
secure, all they can think
about is the life they lived
before the lockdown.
There are some who
have turned Chefs and
artists during the pan-
demic, while there are
still a few of them who
have been craving for
that roadside pani puri
and ‘chatpati chaat’, and
some just wish to spend
time with their loved
ones- go on dates, movies,
parties, and so on. Every-
one was so lost into them-
selves, that they never
really realised the value
of these small things that
they wish to do right now.
Like for an example, in
this scorching heat, one
would prefer going for a
dip in the swimming
pool, or head to the beach;
looking at the current
situation, people will not
be able to even think
about these things for a
few more months.
Taking this topic fur-
ther, City First got in
touch with a few of its
readers from Rajasthan
and Gujarat, to find out
about their views on
what they miss the most
from life before lock-
down.
“I miss meeting my
friends and visiting new
restaurants almost every
alternative day. Being a
Blogger, it’s so much fun
exploring new places and
trying various cuisines
and street food with
friends and colleagues,”
said Sonia Makhija from
Jaipur. Talking about
how much she misses eat-
ing chaat, Rashmi Jain
from Jodhpur stated,
“Hanging out with
friends, eating rawa dosa
and tangy panipuri is
what I miss the most.
People say marriage
brings spice, tears, hap-
piness, flavour and taste
to life! Personally, I be-
lieve Pani Puri does a bet-
ter job at a cheaper cost.”
Let’s see what the peo-
ple in Ahmedabad have
to say- “My friends and I
routinely used to get to-
gether at one of our
homes over alternate
weekends. Some of us
could meet again due to
the relaxation in the
lockdown but it just
wasn’t the same. All of us
dearly missed our chill-
ing sessions,” said Shad-
ab Nasir, while Abdullah
Mistry stated, “I love
watching movies with
family and friends. Being
a VFX artist myself, films
have become an impor-
tant part of my life. I just
miss the whole movie
watching experi-
ence on the big
screen.”
B
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar
@firstindia.co.in

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