First India-Jaipur Edition- 21st November 2023

PM’S PEP TALK
Modi visits Team
India’s dressing
room to “raise
their spirits”
SEVERAL FANS ON ‘X’ APPRECIATED
PM MODI FOR HIS GESTURE. THESE
INCLUDED SACHETH N RAO, YASH
PATHAK, MEHROZ ALI PASHA
AND MANY OTHERS
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad
rime Minister
Narendra Modi
visited the Indi-
an dressing room to offer
his commiserations to the
Team India that was
crestfallen after losing the
World Cup at the Naren-
dra Modi Stadium, here
on late Sunday evening.
In the Indian dressing
room, PM Modi hugged
pacer Mohammed Sha-
mi, the highest wicket-
taker in the tournament,
and also spoke with
Ravindra Jadeja.
The cricketers took to
social media to reveal
about their meeting with
the PM.
“We had a great tour-
nament but we ended up
short yesterday. We are
all heartbroken but the
support of our people is
keeping us going. PM @
narendramodi’s visit to
the dressing room yester-
day was special and very
motivating,” Jadeja post-
ed on X along with a pic-
ture with Modi.
Shami also posted his
picture with Modi with a
message.
PM Narendra Modi hugs
cricketer Mohammed Shami.
P
US SEES INDIA AS STRATEGIC
PARTNER: ERIC GARCETTI
The US sees India as a strategic part-
ner and a key global player to help re-
solve urgent issues to usher in peace,
US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said.
SURYAKUMAR TO LEAD INDIA
T20I TEAM AGAINST AUS
National selectors on Monday en-
trusted a set of next-gen stars under
Suryakumar Yadav against Australia
in the upcoming 5-match T20I series.
The ECI said that over `1,760 crore worth of
freebies, drugs, cash, liquor aimed at inducing voters
in the 5 poll-bound states have been seized so far. P9
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IN BRIEF
40 fishing boats worth
`25 Cr gutted in Andhra
Visakhapatnam: In a
ghastly fire accident, 40
mechanized fishing boats
worth about Rs 25 crore
were destroyed in a fire
accident at fishing harbour
after midnight on Sunday.
BSFfoilsPakattemptto
senddrugs&ammunition
Jalandhar: Border Securi-
ty Force (BSF) foiled the
nefarious design of sending
drugs, arms, and ammuni-
tion into Indian territory
through the Punjab Border
early Monday morning.
Bihar: Suspected hooch
tragedy claims 5 lives
Patna: Five people were
killed in a suspected
hooch tragedy in Bihar’s
Gopalganj district in the
last 48 hours. But, the dist
administration denied that
they died due to hooch.
AmitShahattacksKCR
governmentinTelangana
PTI
Hyderabad
Alleging that Telangana
CM K Chandrasekhar is
“number one in corrup-
tion” in the country, Un-
ion Home Minister Amit
Shah on Monday said the
BJP would conduct a
probe into the BRS gov-
ernment’s “corrupt
deals” if it comes to pow-
er in the state and put
those who indulged in
corruption behind bars.
At a rally at Jangaon,
he also referred to alleged
scams during the BRS re-
gime, including the
Kaleshwaram project, liq-
uor scam and land deals at
Miyapur in Hyderabad.
The BJP’s manifesto
released two days ago
said, the party, on assum-
ing power, would appoint
a commission of enquiry
to probe into various pro-
jects commissioned. P8
Javier Milei elected as
Argentina’s new President
Union HM Amit Shah addresses a public meeting for the
Telangana Assembly elections, in Jangaon on Monday. ANI Javier Milei waves during his victory speech after winning the
presidential runoff election in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sunday.
Agencies
New Delhi
Argentina has a new
President-elect, econo-
mist and former TV per-
sonality Javier Milei. The
53-year-old defeated the
incumbent economy
minister Sergio Massa of
the Peronist party by se-
curing 56 percent of the
vote as against Massa’s
44 percent in the second-
round runoff vote for the
presidency, held Sunday
(local time).
Milei, who calls him-
self an anarcho-capital-
ist, burst onto the Argen-
tine political scene prom-
ising to upend the con-
ventional politics and
economic thought.
PM MODI CONGRATULATES ARGENTINE LEADER
JAVIER MILEI ON PRESIDENTIAL POLL VICTORY
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Monday congratulated Javier Milei for his victory in
Argentina’s presidential election and said he looked
forward to working closely with him to diversify and expand
the India-Argentina strategic partnership.
PM Narendra Modi being greeted by cricketer Ravindra Jadeja
during a meeting with the team in the dressing room.
HIGHLIGHTS
Rohit named skipper of
ICC’s Team of World Cup
featuring six Indians
India-Aus WC final creates
record peak viewership of
5.9 cr on Disney+Hotstar P9
Keep trapped
workers’
morale up: PM
PTI
Uttarkashi
PM Narendra Modi on
Monday spoke with Utta-
rakhand CM Pushkar
SinghDhamitotakestock
of the rescue operation to
save 41 workers trapped
in the Silkyara tunnel and
stressed on the need to
keep their morale up.
An international tun-
nelingexpert,ArnoldDix,
arrived at the disaster site
to review the rescue ef-
forts, now in its ninth day.
Dix heads the Geneva-
based International Tun-
neling and Underground
Space Association.
Necessary rescue
equipment and resources
are being provided by the
Centre, sources said. P9
Man on a ‘high’ held
on Jpr-B’luru flight
Agencies
Bengaluru
Apassenger was arrested
after he allegedly misbe-
haved with the crew
while in an inebriated
condition on a Bengalu-
ru-bound IndiGo flight,
PTI reported on Monday.
The accused, Randhir
Singh, was travelling on
the flight from Jaipur to
Bengaluru when he tried
to hold the hand of one of
the crew members when
he was allegedly under
the influence of alcohol.
Despite repeated warn-
ings from the other crew
to maintain decorum, the
passenger did not relent.
The police at the Kem-
pegowda International
Airport in Bengaluru
were then alerted. The
man was declared an un-
ruly passenger and hand-
ed over to the police
when the flight landed in
Bengaluru, police said.
Accused Randhir
Singh was travelling
on the flight from
Jaipur to Bengaluru
when he tried to hold
the hand a crew
member
KCR is number one in corruption in the country.
By conducting an inquiry into all their corrupt
deals, the BJP will put those who indulged in
corruption behind bars.
AMIT SHAH, UNION HOME MINISTER
CONG=CORRUPTION,
BJP=PROGRESS:NADDA
Kharge cautions people not
to fall prey to false narratives
Ravi Sharma
Rajsamand/Udaipur
BJPChief JPNadda while
targeting the Congress
govtinRajasthanonMon-
day said that wherever is
Congress, there will be
corruption and atrocities,
whereas wherever is BJP,
there will be development
and progress. Nadda ad-
dressed ‘Vijay Sankalp
Yatra’ in Rajsamand.
He said, ‘Today Ra-
jasthanisatnumberonein
corruption, crime against
women, insult to farmers
andatrocitiesonbackward
people. In the politics of
appeasement, Rajasthan
stands at number one.”
Nadda labeled Con-
gress as a party synony-
mous with scams, listing
various allegations, in-
cluding submarine scam,
helicopter scam, 2G
scam and coal scam.
Nadda said that on the
other hand, BJP stands
for progress and empow-
erment of women.
Kapil Sharma
Anupgarh/Hanumangarh
Congress President Mall-
ikarjun Kharge attacked
PM Modi for his “unful-
filledpromises”andurged
people not to fall for the
false narratives. Kharge
highlighted the PM’s past
promises like bringing
back black money and de-
positing Rs 15 lakh in
every person’s account.
Addressing election ral-
lies in Anupgarh and Ha-
numangarh, Kharge ques-
tioned the promised crea-
tion of 2 crore jobs annu-
ally, highlighting the stark
contrast between the as-
surances and the current
job scenario.
BATTLEGROUND RAJASTHAN
BJP Chief JP Nadda at a roadshow in Udaipur on Monday.
BJP Chief JP Nadda with BJP
candidate Deepti Maheshwari
in Rajsamand on Monday.
MallikarjunKharge, SukhjinderRandhawa withCongress candidates.
WILL BOOST SCHEMES
WHEN RE-ELECTED: CM
PRIYANKAGANDHI
VADRAHITSOUTATBJP
CM Ashok Gehlot said that
the public welfare schemes
of the current government
will be strengthened once
the Congress govt is formed
in December 2023. P10
Addressing a rally at Kekri
and Jahazpur, Congress
leader Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra on Monday hit out at
the BJP and said that those
who invoke religion or caste
during elections are never in
a position to ask for votes on
the basis of their work. P10

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BJP workers conduct a dress rehearsal for PM Modi’s roadshow in Jaipur. SANTOSH SHARMA
Pankaj Soni
Jaipur
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will start his
roadshow today from
the ancient Hanuman
temple at Sanganeri
Gate in Jaipur city. The
roadshow will in favour
of BJP candidates in ma-
jor markets of Walled
City for about two
hours. A special chariot
has also been prepared
for the road show.
BJP’s strategy is to
create an atmosphere in
favor of the party in the
Jaipur elections through
this road show of Modi.
Therefore, candidates
from all the 19 seats in
Jaipur district have been
called in the show. P6
PROGRAMME OF PM’S ROADSHOW
Modi’s roadshow will start from
the place where bomb blast took
place in 2008 at Sanganeri Gate
PM’s special chariot will pass
through 3 assembly seats
All 19 candidates of Jaipur
district will be present
Women will carry Kalash, men
will wear Rajasthani turban
Rajasthani Sanatani colours
will be seen in the welcome
PM Modi will reach Jaipur
airport at 5:30 pm
Reach Sanganeri Gate at 5:50 pm
Roadshow in an open chariot
from Sanganeri Gate at 6 pm
Kishanpole Market at 6:20 pm
Chhoti Chaupar at 6:40
Tripolia Bazaar at 6:50 pm
Badi Chaupar at 7 pm
Sanganeri Gate at 7:20 pm
PM to leave for Delhi at 7:40 pm
WORLD TELEVISION DAY
Satyanarayan Sharma, Kapil
Sharma, Laxman Raghav
Bikaner/Pali/Hanumangarh
PM Narendra Modi on
Monday held a massive
roadshow in Bikaner and
addressed rallies in Pali
and Hanumangarh. He
dropped hints of revising
the fuel prices in Ra-
jasthan after the BJPgov-
ernment is formed in the
State after December 3.
Modi said that petrol
and diesel are becoming
expensive in Rajasthan
and Congress is doing
scam in this too. “There
is BJP government in the
neighbouring states Har-
yana, Uttar Pradesh and
Gujarat, where petrol is
priced at Rs 97 per liter.
But the Congress govt
of Rajasthan sells petrol
costlier by Rs 12-13 per
liter than these states. To-
day I give a guarantee to
Rajasthan, after the for-
mation of BJP govt here
on December 3, the prices
of petrol and diesel will
be reviewed and relief
will be provided,” he said.
After PM’s announce-
ment, there is tremen-
dous enthusiasm among
middle class and other
consumers suffering
from increased prices of
petrol and diesel. In Bi-
kaner, Modi conducted a
4.5 km roadshow in an
open jeep with Union
Minister Arjun Meghwal
beside him. TURN TO P6
PM Narendra Modi at a roadshow in Bikaner on Monday. Also seen is Arjun Ram Meghwal.
MODI’S BONANZA FOR
RAJASTHAN
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ISAVERYPOWERFULLAW,ANDMCCAVERY
POWERFULTOOL:FORMERCECSUNILARORA
EVM cannot be tampered with though some units can malfunction, says Arora
zYou have an extensive expe-
rience of holding elections in a
free and fair manner in a pop-
ulation as vast as ours, how
challenging has it been?
Firstly, I would like to say that
the individual that we address
as general voter and what var-
ious platforms and media re-
fers to as common man, there
is no one more uncommon
than them. They give out huge
pleasant surprises and shocks
too. You must have seen RK
Laxman’s cartoon titled ‘com-
mon man.’When we held elec-
tions, we showed those car-
toons to the masses and many
of us, be it journalist, leader or
media those who think of
voter as mass, the politicians.
They call people ‘common
man’ because they are con-
nected with the public and
know the pulse. I joined as
CEC in 2017-2018 and in
2021, at the age of 65 years, I
exited from this charge. Till
that age, I have had an associa-
tion as an IAS with Election
Commission extending to
about 40 years and I want to
thank the Almighty that I got
the opportunity to get the 2019
general elections conducted.
zHow were those elections?
How was your experience of
2019 general election?
2019wasadifficultelectionand
in those two months or so, we
held 123 meetings of represent-
atives of political parties. In
Election Commission, we do
not take the name of parties or
even the ruling party. We prefer
to address them as political enti-
ties or political voices. So we
held 123 political meetings that
are recorded. What happens in
state elections is that when the
Commission enters, it first
meets political parties. After
that meeting of district level of-
ficers including SPs, Collectors,
Commissioners, Deputy Com-
missioners etc. is held. After
that meetings is held with Regu-
latory Agencies specially those
which are empowered to bring
an end to malpractices or some
practices that need thorough su-
pervision. Thereafter, meetings
is held with Chief Secretaries
and then the media is informed.
So, we take everyone’s experi-
ence into account an then ad-
dress the media.
zYou mentioned that there
were difficult elections. What
was the reason behind it?
Every election is difficult. Since
in 2014, I was not the CEC, I
felt there was abrasiveness in
2019 and then social media was
also in its full maturity. Our
senior most officers had held a
few meetings with social media
platforms and perhaps for the
first time in the history of any
democracy it happened that so-
cial media platforms created a
code of ethics after all the dia-
logues we had and then they
presented us with those ethics
they created. They are valid
even today. At the onset, it was
thought that those ethics would
be valid for 2019 general elec-
tions, but they kept on getting
extended and will be valid for
all future elections.
zYou conducted several in-
novations too during your
tenure. Can you throw some
light on them?
See, innovation is a continuous
process. For any CEC to say
that it has never happened nor
will it happen in future, is not
right. The processes are ongo-
ing, you take them a step ahead.
For example, when I was Elec-
tion Commissioner, the then
CEC had initiated a dialogue
on how can we increase the
participation of service voters
specially those from the Army
background? During my ten-
ure, I took that process one
step forward. In terms of disci-
pline, I believe that we made
efforts and tried that all the
polling booths should be on the
ground floor. You would be
surprised to learn that in a met-
ropolitan like Mumbai, there
were hundreds and hundreds of
polling stations even on the
first floor. Then I asked a ques-
tion to our CEO during a re-
view meeting as to how will
people with difficulties climb
up to the first floor? Then we
made amends for Mumbai and
Maharashtra, but then we en-
forced this change across the
nation. So if anyone takes
pride in bettering something, I
don’t think that is how one
should look at it. The entire
team, the entire Commission
is unitedly involved in it.
zYou used the word abrasive.
Right from 2014 onwards, polit-
ical parties started stressing and
alleging that there was no con-
fidence in VVPATs and EVMs
among political parties. Tell us
how true were the allegations
that through EVMs the result
can be changed as the political
parties had been claiming?
See, we had got a small booklet
prepared for the media at that
time and it contained the entire
history of EVMs. In 1977, a
Committee was formed under
then CEC, SL Shakdhar for
electronic machines. Finally in
1982, the EVMs were used as
a test project. I feel sad that
when in any state, the parties
that we consider opposition to-
day wins, then everything be-
comes alright, but when the
ruling parties win, they claim
that votes have been or could
be tempered. Around 2019,
various elections took place in
Delhi and various other states,
where several parties won. So
does that mean that EVM was
right then, but when the ruling
party won, EVM has been tam-
pered? During that time, I gave
statements on several public
platforms and I will repeat it
right now that EVMs cannot be
tampered with. Any machine
can malfunction anytime.
There is a difference between
malfunctioning and tampering.
Tampering means you try to
damage the EVM for particular
malafide or to get particular
result. But this cannot be done.
zElection Commission had
even thrown an open challenge
to political parties to prove that
tampering can be done?
That was done once. Moreo-
ver, during my tenure, the
work of EVMs that was being
handled by the Committee,
was from UPA’s time and lev-
el. If the Committee needs
budget or to get any other work
done, they can seek time from
the Election Commission, but
that Committee operates inde-
pendently and as such, the
Election Commission doesn’t
have any enforceable control
over them. Moreover, they are
such senior members that they
would not like to be controlled.
zYou said that EVMs cannot
be tampered with. But what
was the entire issue around
VVPATs?
VVPATs were introduced much
later. I will hand over a list of
judgements of High Courts and
Supreme Court, where the
Courts have ruled in favour of
the Election Commission say-
ing that VVPATs are right.
Even after this, I recently heard
that there is yet another case
going on in this issue. The
Election Commission, humbly,
has been telling everyone the
facts regarding VVPATs and to
political parties as well. But we
are most satisfied with the fact
that honourable High Courts
and honourable Supreme Court
understood the perspective of
the Election Commission. In
fact, I remember that the mem-
bers in our Technical Commit-
tee were dejected saying that
they do so much hard work.
zDid you never hand over the
booklets the Election Commis-
sion had printed stating facts
and history about EVMs and
VVPATs?
Oh! We gave them these book-
lets tens of times. Wherever we
would be wrong, we would ac-
cept our mistakes humbly, but
as regards EVMs, the Election
Commission isn’t wrong in any
aspect.
zQuestions were raised on en-
tire election process as well,
specially VVPAT and allega-
tions were laid that what ever
button is pressed on it, the slip
that comes out is different.
See, I respect social media a lot.
But a whole lot of videos are
fake videos. There is no dearth
of fake videos. Why don’t they
cite us a proven case? Why
can’t anyone give us any judge-
ment from any court of the land,
which has accepted that such
things happen with EVMs and
VVPATs? It is not that the Elec-
tion Commission is a final au-
thority in itself. Our every ac-
tion is in accordance with the
Constitution of India. High
Courts are open to challenge the
Commission and if High Courts
do not rule in their favour, they
can approach Supreme Court.
zOf late, questions have been
raised on the Election Com-
mission as well. What exactly is
the relationship between a gov-
ernment Election Commis-
sion? Is it true that Election
Commission is dictated by any
government on how to do cer-
tain things? These days ED is
also targeted with allegations
that it also works on directions,
but would you want to say any-
thing on that aspect too?
Why wouldn’t I? Tell me,
which regulatory agency of In-
dia is not responsible to courts?
During polls, even of the sensi-
tive cases, such agencies have
to send report to ECI. For ex-
ample, I would not cite the
name of a state since election is
going on there, but in 2019,
when general election was go-
ing on, we received a report of
about 300 pages of one particu-
lar state about money exchange
and it was an exhaustive report.
And we immediately held a
meeting and mulled over it, the
Commission recommended to
DoPT to hand over the matter
to CBI. DoPT wrote us back
that they have forwarded it to
the CBI. By that time, the elec-
tions had ended and the ‘Model
Code of Conduct’ had also
ended and after that what hap-
pens to such reports, the ECI
doesn’t have any legal power
on it. However, it is our view
that the reports that were for-
mulated during such times,
there should be some other way
to take them to a logical conclu-
sion. We do not supervise the
day- to- day working of any
such agency that exists.
zBut what sort of a relation
does ECI have with govern-
ment and other parties?
The 123 meetings that ECI held
wasn’t only with ruling party. I
can provide a list of all the par-
ties with which he held meet-
ings.Whenthecountingofvotes
was to be done, four days prior
to that, we held a meeting with
70 people and all of them be-
longed to other parties and not
just ruling parties. No one can
get the Election Commission to
do something that they desire.
And who would do that? In my
about three- year long tenure, I
never received any phone call
even from the government ask-
ing me to do this or that.
zIs Election Commission more
like a toothless tiger then?
Not at all. The Representation
of PeopleAct is a powerful act.
And what is interesting is that
the ‘combined wisdom’ of all
political parties of the nation
should be praised since we need
to think where did the Model
Code of Conduct come from?
All political parties had given
views in it and thus, MCC is an
extremely powerful aspect.
Discussing about his
tenure as Chief Election
Commissioner of India,
retired Rajasthan cadre
IAS Sunil Arora opens
up to Vice-President of
Bharat24-Vision of New
India, Rubika Liyaquat
and shares his
experience as CEC, how
he handled the 2019
general and state
elections and how
despite holding 123
meetings with political
parties, the issue of
EVMs and VVPATs still
crept in the political
narrative set by various
parties. Excerpts...
Sunil Arora in conversation with Rubika Liyaquat.

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andgangraped,oneheld
Narpat Joya
Didwana
A 16-year-old was kid-
napped and gang-raped.
After receiving word, a
big crowd gathered at the
hospital and began pro-
testing. The incident oc-
curred in Ladnun police
station region of the Did-
wana-Kuchaman district.
As per the report filed
by victim’s father, three
young men took his
daughter from the house
at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday
night and gang-raped her
in a remote spot. Manjeet
Pal Singh, a BJPcontend-
er, arrived at the protest.
According to Ladnun
DSP Rajendra Burdak,
they have detained two
suspects after filing a
case. However, one sus-
pect has escaped.Among
them, one is a minor.
FAMILY MEMBERS JAM HIGHWAY, PROTEST WITH
RAPE VICTIM’S DEAD BODY IN KOTKHAWDA
Jaipur (Kotkhavda): In the case of the death of a rape
victim under suspicious circumstances, the family
members are protest-
ing by keeping the dead body
on the state highway outside
the police station. They are
accusing the culprit of rape
and murdering the victim.
The rape case was registered
against over a dozen people
about 2 months ago. The rela-
tives and family demanded justice for the victim including the
arrest of the accused. ADCP Paras Jain and Chaksu ACP
Ajay Kumar Sharma are trying to persuade the protesters.
MAN DETAINED IN
CONNECTION WITH
MURDER OF WIFE,
TWO DAUGHTERS
Jaipur: A man
has been de-
tained in connec-
tion with the murder of
his wife and two minor
daughters here, police
said on Monday. Amit
Yadav (40), who works
in a factory, hit his wife
Kiran (33) and elder
daughter Priya (11) on
the night of November
17 while they were
asleep, killing them on
the spot, said Uday
Singh, Station House
Officer, Kardhani. Later,
Yadav slept with his
younger daughter Riya
(6) in another room in
his house here. The
next day, he roamed
around his house with
Riya. He killed her in
the same manner in the
early hours of Novem-
ber 19 and fled, the
SHO said.
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ROUNDUP
Governor Kalraj Mishra meets Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu
Trivedi at Raj Bhavan on Monday.
REPRESENTATIONAL
Governor Kalraj Mishra addresses students others from Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College.
Workhardtoadvance
inlife:Guvtostudents
Vinod Singh Chohan
Jaipur
Today, 51 students from
Kanpur’s Vikramajit Sin-
gh Sanatan Dharma Col-
lege visited the Constitu-
tion Garden at Raj
Bhavan and met Gover-
nor Kalraj Mishra.
The Governor moti-
vated the pupils to work
hard to advance in life.
Subir Kumar, Principal
Secretary to the Gover-
nor, was also present on
this occasion. Prof. Ram
Kishore Tripathi and Dr.
Rana Pratap, Coordina-
tors of Vikramajit Singh
Sanatan Dharma College,
Kanpur, described the
Constitution Garden in
theRajBhavanasunprec-
edented stated that it is
extremely important from
aneducationalstandpoint.
Army officials from 27 countries
reach Jaisalmer for military exercise
Suryaveer Singh
Jaipur
Defence attachés from
over 27 nations along
with army commanders
from around 27 coun-
tries arrived in Jaisalm-
er, on a two-day visit.
They exchanged bat-
tle techniques with the
Indian Army. The Ar-
my’s weapons may be
witnessed at the
Pokaran Field Firing
Range. There was an
interchange of military
techniques and tactics.
The army personnel
also praised Jaisalmer’s
artandculture,aswellas
security. They visited
many tourist attractions,
including Jaisalmer’s
SonarFort,andwereim-
pressed by its splendor.
10.05 MT lead Ingots
caught after tip-off
CGST dept in action
Vimal Kothari
Jaipur
The anti-evasion wing
of the Central Goods
and Services Tax De-
partment intercepted a
truck transporting
10.05 tonnes of lead
ingots from Jodhpur to
a unit in the RIICO
Kaladera Industrial
Area in Jaipur.
Following a tip-off,
the team intercepted
the truck and discov-
ered that the trans-
ported goods lacked
the mandatory e-way
bill and sufficient
documents.
The team seized the
goods and parked the
truck at the CGST
headquarters in Jaipur.
Official sources in-
dicate that the wing
had received intelli-
gence about the trans-
portation of unbilled
goods in a specific
truck coming from
Jodhpur to Jaipur.
UP GOVERNOR ANANDIBEN PRAISES AMER
Jaipur: Anandiben Patel, Governor of Uttar
Pradesh, paid a visit to Amer. After observ-
ing Gulabi Nagar’s rich
cultural heritage, Anandiben
said, “Amer is a symbol of
the glorious history of our art
and culture.” ‘It is being kept
in an exemplary manner by
the Archeology Department’.
Anandiben received thorough
information about Amer from Amer Superintendent
Pankaj Dharendra.
Two quarry
labourers killed
in Jaipur
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Two labourers were
killed when a rock
fell over them in a
stone quarry here,
police said on Mon-
day. The victims
were working in the
quarry when the in-
cident occurred,
they said.
The rock fell from
a height of around
150 feet. One of the
labourers died on the
spot while the other
succumbed to inju-
ries in hospital, Sub
Inspector (Harmada)
Imrat Singh said.
He said that the
matter was being in-
vestigated.
REPRESENTATIONAL
FILE

Kailash Chandra
Jaipur
Chairman of Media and
Publicity Department of
All India Congress Com-
mittee, Pawan Kheda,
displayed a video re-
leased on YouTube on
Monday at Rajasthan
PCC Headquarters on
BJP’s assembly election
candidate from Tijara,
Baba Balaknath.
Khera said that Baba
Balaknath belongs to
Nath sect, and we respect
him from our heart, but
Jagmandeep Singh, a
resident of Canada, has
posted a video and had
criticized Agriculture
Minister Tomar, and had
made some disclosure
about this, but PM is
busy and he did not reply.
He said, on the basis of
the allegation made in
this video, it is necessary
to ask where Baba Bal-
aknath got Rs 52 crore.
He wanted to open an
ashram in Canada, it is
his right, and no one has
any objection, he should
follow his tradition, no
one has any objection,
but Rs 52 crore went to
Canada through hawala
racket, this is objection-
able, he added.
PTI
Jaipur
The Congress will re-
lease its manifesto for
the Rajasthan assembly
elections on Tuesday.
Congress in-charge for
Rajasthan Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot,
state party president Go-
vind Singh Dotasra,
manifesto committee
chairman C P Joshi and
former deputy chief min-
ister Sachin Pilot will
release the manifesto -
‘Jan Ghoshna Patra’ - at
the state party office.
The seven “guaran-
tees” announced include
an annual honorarium of
Rs 10,000 to women
head of family, LPG cyl-
inders for Rs 500 to 1.05
crore families, purchase
of dung from cattle rear-
ers for Rs 2 per kg, law
for old pension scheme,
laptop or tablet to stu-
dents taking admission in
government colleges
among others.
The BJP has already
released its manifesto.
Assembly elections in
Rajasthan will be held on
November 25 and votes
will be counted on De-
cember 3.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
During a press confer-
ence on Monday at
PCC Headquarters,
AICCs National
spokesperson, Su-
priya Srinate, praised
the concrete efforts
made by state govern-
ment for security ar-
rangements and wom-
en’s rights in the state.
She said that today
the Modi Government
at the Center is upset
and is forced to spread
false propaganda.
Shrinate said that
BJP talks about wom-
en’s safety during
elections which is
only a lie and a facade.
In Rajasthan, the
percentage of convic-
tion in rape cases is
48, whereas at the na-
tional level it is 28.6%.
The percentage of
convictions in cases of
atrocities against
women in state is
45.2% whereas at the
national level it is only
20.5%, and it has been
made mandatory in
Rajasthan to register
an FIR of the crime.
Considering the rate
of crimes per lakh
women, Rajasthan is
ranked sixth in the
country.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
2023 Assembly General
Election Voters for vital
services can vote from
November 19 to Novem-
ber 21. With two days
remaining, 1218 votes
were cast in the Postal
Voting Center on the first
day, while 6691 postal
ballots were provided for
vital services.
According to the in-
structions issued by the
Election Commission,
doctors in the medical
sector, paramedics, am-
bulance drivers, electri-
cians, linemen in the en-
ergy department, pump
operators, turners work-
ing in the PHED, and
personnel working in
Rajasthan’s milk com-
mittees fall under the um-
brella of service voters.
Journalists are now
also included in the cat-
egory of vital services, as
are driver-conductors
media employees recog-
nized by the Election
Commission. Mail vot-
ing facilities have been
constructed so that the
said group of personnel
could vote by mail ballot.
The voters of this group
can cast their votes from
19-21 November. A total
of 6691postal balots have
been alotted for the es-
sential services workers.
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
Addressing the press
conference at BJP State
Media Centre, BJP na-
tional spokesperson Dr
Sambit Patra strongly at-
tacked the Congress gov-
ernment on women har-
assment, increasing inci-
dents of rape, paper leaks
and appeasement.
On Congress calling
‘Ram’ imaginary, Dr
Patra said that Ramlala’s
life will be consecrated in
Ayodhya on January 22,
2024, and will be the big-
gest festival day of Hindu
faith.As per him, the BJP
does not differentiate be-
tween Ram and ‘kaam’
(work), because Ram
was also a well-wisher of
the backward and de-
prived people, similarly,
the BJP is also working
for the upliftment of the
people.
He said that in the last
five years, two lakh cases
of women harassment
and more than 35,000
cases of rape have been
registered in the state, out
of which 15,000 are mi-
nor rape cases.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar
Rashtriya Loktantrik
Party (RLP) chief and
Nagaur MP Hanuman
Beniwal andAzad Samaj
Party (ASP) National
President Chandrashek-
har held a meeting in
support ofASPcandidate
Rohitashv Sharma on
Monday. Rohitashv, ex-
pelled from BJP from
Bansur assembly con-
stituency of Alwar, is
contesting onASP ticket.
During this, address-
ing to the public, the Na-
tional President of Azad
Samaj Party Chan-
drashekhar said that you
have repeatedly given
opportunities to BJP and
Congress, but they never
thought about you, now
you have a chance to ac-
commodate these parties.
How many atrocities
have taken place, but no
hearing has taken place,
he added.
While Hanuman Beni-
wal said that terror of
corruption and mafia in
Rajasthan has been
burning issues of the
state, he said this in the
election meeting in sup-
port of candidate Satish
Kumar in Chan-
drashekharAzad support
of the joint candidate of
RLP and ASP, Satish
Kumar Mandaiya.
FILE Sambit Patra addressing the
media in Jaipur on Monday.
Hanuman Beniwal, Chandrashekhar along with other leaders in
Alwar to supoort Rohitashv Sharma on Tuesday.
Pawan Khera along with Swarnim Chaturvedi and Atul Londhe Patil, addressing a press conference
at the PCC headquarters in Jaipur on Monday. NAIM KHAN
Supriya Shrinate speaking with media in Jaipur on Monday.
The lawyers in the Sessions court of Jaipur, welcoming
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Monday.
Relief in...
In Bikaner, during the 4.5
km roadshow, people pre-
sent on both sides of the
road greeted Modi with
great enthusiasm.
The road show started
at 5.57 pm from Junagadh
and ended at Gokul circle
at 7 pm. The road show
also featured cultural per-
formances, including tra-
ditional Kalbelia dance at
seven locations.
Strict security meas-
ures were takento ensure
smooth progress of the
road show, which attract-
ed an enthusiastic crowd
throughout its duration.
PM Modi also accused
the Congress of “corrup-
tion” “appeasement
politics” stating that dy-
nasty politics is every-
thing for them. In Hanu-
mangarh, Modi asserted
that a BJP government is
on the horizon.
He expressed commit-
ment to developing border
villages.
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Controversy surrounds BJP’s Tijara candidate; Khera asks party to clarify
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RAJASTHAN
ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS
2023
OUTSIDERS WITH GOOGLE MAPS: PSK CRITICIZES
BJP’S CANDIDATES ON CITY’S ASSEMBLY SEATS
KANHAIYA KUMAR
PRAISES GEHLOT-GOVT
MODEL IN RAJASTHAN
Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas lambasted
the BJP for maligning the image of the state con-
gress in the press conference. Khachariyawas
said that BJP does not have any account of develop-
ment and the work done by it, hence it is only working to
spread animosity in society by talking about communal-
ism and division. BJP is only trying to hide its failure by
abusing Congress. Regarding the BJP candidates of
Jaipur Assembly, Khachariyawas said that these outsid-
ers, looking for addresses from Google Maps, while real
and seasoned workers have been cheated by the BJP.
Praising Ashok
Gehlot government,
Congress leader
Kanhaiya Kumar on Mon-
day said that the Rajasthan
model took
lead in the
country for ef-
fective imple-
mentation of
various wel-
fare schemes.
Kanhaiya said that even
Highlighting the positive re-
sponse of schemes such as
Chiranjeevi scheme health
insurance, he asserted that
people are satisfied with
the Congress rule in the
state. He said that Gehlot
has announced 7 Guaran-
tees which will be fulfilled
if the Congress forms the
government again.
ROADMAP ACTION
PLAN FOR TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR PM’S ROADSHOW
Shrinate challenges BJP
narrative on women safety
Congresstoreleaseit’s
manifestoforRajasthan
Assemblypollstoday
GUARANTEES BY
CONG INCLUDE
 Ashok Gehlot has
announced seven
guarantees for the
state if Congress is
re-elected.
 Annual honorarium
of Rs 10,000 to women
heads of families.
 LPG cylinders for
Rs 500 to 1.05 crore
families.
 Purchase of dung
from cattle rearers for
Rs 2 per kg.
 Law for old pension
scheme for govern-
ment employees.
 Laptop or tablet for
students in government
colleges.
 Insurance cover up
to Rs 15 lakh per family
for natural calamity
losses.
 School education
for children in English
medium.
Essential workers
kick off postal voting
‘BJP sees no distinction
between Ram and kaam’
Anti-Romeo squad,
SIT against accused
of paper leak if BJP
wins in state: Patra
RLP and ASP leaders unite
for joint candidate in Alwar
Rising Third Front
Babulal Nagar
accused of
giving out money
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Congress candidate Bab-
ulal Nagar is accused of
alleged misuse of his
power and
resources.
A c c u s i n g
Babulal of
distributing
money in the
name of public relations
in Dhamana village in the
presence of police, the
angry BJPworkers raised
slogans against Mau-
zamabad Police.
The BJP officials
raised questions regard-
ing the working style of
the police. A delegation
will meet the District SP
and Returning Officer.
BJPworkers also claimed
to have made videos of
the money distribution
by the accused candidate.
Teacher on way
to poll duty dies
in road accident
First India Bureau
Baran
A teacher on his way to
electoral training in
Baran was killed, while
another was injured in a
head-on collision with a
tractor. Kedarlal
Kushwaha (55), a teacher
from Chhipabadraud
who worked at RAU Pri-
mary School Ganeshpu-
ra, died while Banwari
Lal Harnavada Jagir was
hurt. The incident oc-
curred near Jawahar Na-
vodaya Vidyalaya in
Atru. The deceased’s
body was stored in mor-
tuary of Atru Hospital.
PARKINGPROHIBITED
 Johari Bazaar, Hawa
Mahal Bazaar, Ramganj
Bazaar, Tripolia Bazaar,
Chaura Rasta, Kishan-
pole, Bapu Bazaar,
Nehru Bazaar
TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS
 Galta Gate Chauraha
to Ramganj Chaupar
diverted via Delhi road
 Vehicles from Amber
and Jal Mahal can ply from
Subhash Chowk, Char
Darwaza, Ghoda Nikas
Road, Ramganj Chaupar
 Traffic on Ramganj
Chaupar to Badi Chaupar
to be operated through
parallel routes
 Traffic from Sanjay
Circle to Chandpole Mar-
ket will be diverted from
Sanjay Circle to Sansar
Chandra Road
 Traffic from Govt hos-
tel to Ajmeri Gate will be
diverted from Panch Batti
towards St. Xavier Road
in case of heavy traffic
pressure
 Ajmeri Gate to Kis-
hanpole Bazaar traffic
will be diverted from
Ajmeri Gate Tiraha to to
Yadgaar Tiraha
 Traffic will be closed
from Ajmeri Gate to
Ghatgate during the
roadshow
Traffic congestions grip Jaipur
In wake of preprations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Jaipur
on Tuesday, commuters in the pink city faced massive traffic snarls due
to diversions and arrangements made by the traffic police on Monday.
SANTOSH SHARMA

QUOTE-UNQUOTE
Frustrated with the fear of
defeat, Congress is now
violating the model code of
conduct with the help of propaganda
and misleading advertisements. We’ve
submitted a complaint to the CEO.
Narayan Panchariya, BJP leader
The incident of kidnapping
and gang rape of a minor in
Ladnun is very unfortunate
and shameful. Not a single day passes
under Cong rule when the honor of sis-
ters and daughters is not played with.
Rajendra Rathore, BJP leader
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RAJASTHAN
ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS
2023
DAYS
FOR
ELECTION TOURS OF
SENIOR LEADERS
Narendra Modi
Anta, Kota, Karauli,
Jaipur
JP Nadda
Dhod, Fatehpur,
Shri Dungargarh
Amit Shah
Khairthal, Alwar,
Neem Ka Thana,
Nawalgarh, and
Sawai Madhopur
Yogi Adityanath
Dungarpur, Chiitorgarh,
Shahpura Bhilwara,
Mawli Vallabhnagr
Piyush Goyal
Kishangarh Ajmer
Rahul Gandhi
Vallabhnagar,
Akoli, Baytu
Ashok Gehlot
Sirohi, Udaipur,
Banswara, Pratapgarh
Wednesady, 22 Nov
Amit Shah
Jaitaran, Jalore,
Raniwara, Sirohi
JP Nadda
Danta-Ramgarh
Bamanwas
Priyanka Gandhi
Churu, Shahpura
Rahul Gandhi
Rajakheda, Nadbai
Last5yrscorruptionruledinRaj:Himanta
Ravi Katara Vikas Sharma
Nadbai/Jamwaramgarh
Assam CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma expressed
deep concern over the es-
calating incidents of mur-
der, theft, and robbery in
State. Addressing a gath-
ering in Nadbai during
his election tour, He high-
lighted the alarming lack
of safety for women in
the state and drew atten-
tion to the higher prices
of electricity, petrol,
diesel in Rajasthan com-
pared to Assam.
During another public
meeting in Jamvaram-
garh, Sarma criticized
Rahul Gandhi, asserting
that while Gandhi makes
promises but there is no
guarantee of their fulfill-
ment. He accused Con-
gress of announcing poli-
cies for coming to power,
describing the past five
years as a rule of corrup-
tion by Congress govt.
He held the Gehlot
government responsible
for the high petrol prices.
Sarma said that if the
BJPforms the govt in Ra-
jasthan, people will get
petrol for Rs 100 per litre.
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Dausa
Union Minister Smriti
Irani reached Bandikui on
Monday for a roadshow
in support of BJP candi-
date Bhagchand Saini
Tankada. The roadshow
started from the railway
station and was scheduled
till Gopal Bagichi. During
this, Union Minister Irani
and BJP candidate
Bhagchand Saini also
garlanded the statue of
Ambedkar.
Afterthis,Iranireached
Shahpura (Jaipur), and
held a road show in sup-
port of BJP candidate
Upen Yadav from assem-
bly constituency in Khe-
jroli. Congress candidate
Manish Yadav was hold-
ing a street meeting dur-
ing the roadshow. During
this, workers of both par-
ties came face-to-face and
raised slogans and also
waved flags.
The Congress workers
waved Congress flags in
front of the roadshow and
raised slogans of Manish
Yadav Zindabad.
Murari Gaur
Nagaur
Thecandidates’campaign
for the assembly elections
is going on across the
State. Given this, star
campaigners associated
with political parties are
also addressing meetings
organized to support vari-
ous political parties and
appealing to vote in fa-
vour of their candidates.
In this sequence, famous
film artist and five-time
MP Raj Babbar visited
Kuchaman City of Na-
gaur district.
During this, he visited
the Kuchaman City of
Navan Assembly Con-
stituency. He addressed
public present in support
of Congress candidate
Mahendra Choudhary. In
his address, Raj Babbar
gave information about
various development
works done by Mahendra
Choudhary including
making Kuchaman a dis-
trict and seeking votes for
Congress. During this,
comedy king ‘Khayali
Bhagat’ also appealed to
vote in favour of Cong,
citing tenure of Choud-
hary and the achieve-
ments of the state Con-
gress government in his
address full of humour.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur
In Bharatpur, the convoy
of Nadbai MLA Joginder
Awana was attacked. On
Monday morning, the
MLA was attacked in the
Sewar police station area.
The MLA filed a com-
plaint alleging vandalism
in the convoy car, as well
asfiring3timesandriding
bikes behind car. He ac-
cused the former Sewer
chief of orchestrating the
attack, but did not name
him. According to him,
the attackers halted the
automobile behind our
convoy and vandalized it
with sticks and axes.
There were also 3 rounds
fired at the automobile.
Wajahat Akhtar
Jaipur/Tonk
Taking a jibe at BJP lead-
ers for calling for a ‘dou-
ble engine govt’ in Ra-
jasthan, former Dy CM
Sachin Pilot said that
their “engines” in
Himachal Pradesh and
Karnataka have been
seized.
Addressing an election
rally in Chaksu in support
of the party candidate
Ved Prakash Solanki, he
accused BJP of imple-
menting detrimental poli-
cies, including demoneti-
zation GST, privatizing
crucial sectors like air-
ports, railways, power-
houses.
“BJP talks of double
engine but their engine
was seized in Himachal
Pradesh and Karnataka
and people will seize the
double engine in elections
in Rajasthan,” he said. He
said BJP leaders divert
real issues by talking
about temples mosques
and use divisive tactics.
He questioned BJP on in-
flation rising fuel costs.
Raj leading in crime against
women, says Yadav in Alwar
Himanta Sarma expresses
concern over escalating
incidents of murder, theft
Assam CM draws attention
to higher prices of fuel
electricity in Rajasthan
Himanta Biswa Sarma during public meeting in Jamwarmagarh
of Jaipur on Monday.
Smriti Irani during road show
of Bhagchand Saini Tankada
in Bandikui on Sunday.
Raj Babbar during public meeting, held in support of Mahendra
Choudhary, in Nawan of Nagaur on Sunday. Others are also seen.
Sachin Pilot with Ved Prakash Solanki in Chaksu on Monday.
Scoprio of Joginder Awana
that was attacked in Nadbai
on Monday. The vehicle’s
windshield was shattered.
Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav during chaupal meeting in Bansur
Assembly constituency in Alwar district on Monday.
Smriti Irani’s road shows in Bandikui, Shahpura
First India Bureau
Alwar
Union Min Bhupendra
YadavconductedChaupal
meetings in various vil-
lages in Bansur constitu-
ency in support of the BJP
candidate Devi Singh.
Yadav addressed Vijay
Sankalp Chaupal meet-
ings in Gunta-Shahpur,
Bhupseda, and Gyanpura.
The Minister highlight-
ed issues such as high
electricity costs, atrocities
against women and dalits,
stating that State leads in
crime against women.
He praised the Modi
govt for honoring soldiers
during its tenure, noting
the significant number of
soldiers serving in the
Bansur area. Yadav em-
phasizedthecentralgovt’s
commitmenttorespecting
and supporting the armed
forces under PM Modi’s
governance. Mahua/Didwana: BJP State President CP Joshi
addressed a huge public meeting by holding a
road show in support of BJP candidate Rajen-
dra Meena in the Mahua Assembly and BJP candidate
Jitendra Singh Jodha in the Didwana Assembly. During
this, the group present warmly welcomed CP Joshi and
raised slogans of Bharatiya Janata Party Zindabad, Nar-
endra Modi Zindabad. Addressing the public, Joshi said
that the Congress government of the state indulged in
corruption and appeasement for five years. The public is
seeing that here when a Dalit son dies, the government
gives him Rs 2 lakh and when a son of a particular com-
munity dies, the government gives him Rs 50 lakh. The
Gehlot government has become blind in appeasement.
Kota: With election
campaigning in
Rajasthan hitting
a fever pitch, the demand
for the development of
an airport in Kota is also
reaching a crescendo here,
even as the Congress and
the BJP blame each other for the project not moving
towards fruition. The issue has made way to the cam-
paign discourse especially in the Kota North seat where
CM Ashok Gehlot’s trusted confidant Shanti Dhariwal
is taking on Vasundhara Raje loyalist and BJP leader
Prahlad Gunjal. A small airport exists in Kota but only
VIP or special flights land there in the absence of regu-
lar flight services. Having a regular airport with commer-
cial flights has been a longstanding demand here and
makes its way inevitably to election campaigns.
‘...CONGRESS WAS INDULGED IN CORRUPTION,
APPEASEMENT FOR 5 YEARS’, SAYS CP JOSHI
THE DEMAND FOR KOTA AIRPORT REACHES A
CRESCENDO AMID POLL CAMPAIGNING
CP Joshi held a road show on Monday in support of Rajendra
Meena in Mahua and Jitendra Singh Jodha in Didwana.
DiyaKumaricampaigns
BJPcandidatefromVidyadharNagar,DiyaKumari,addressed
apublicmeetinginward28 ofKhatipuraMandalonMonday.
Hersupportersalsomadeherweighequivalenttofruits.
RajBabbarandcomedianKhayali Bhagat
attendpollralliesinKuchaman,Nawan
Attack on MLA Awana’s vehicle with sticks, axes
POLL-TOON
Pilot takes jibe at ‘double engine govt’
SACHIN PILOT GARNERS SUPPORT FROM BRAHMIN,
MALI AND RAJPUT COMMUNITIES OF RAJASTHAN
TODAY, 21 Nov
Sachin Pilot gained
significant support
from diverse commu-
nities, marking potential shift
in traditional voting patterns.
The Brahmin community ex-
pressed support, appreciating
Pilot’s respectful demeanor
administrative impartiality.
The Mali community, typi-
cally aligned with BJP, also announced its backing. Even
the Rajput community exhibited enthusiasm for Pilot, with
prominent figures expressing confidence in his victory.
Rajput community felicitating
Sachin Pilot in Tonk on Monday.
BJP has used Sanatan
Dharma religion for politi-
cal motives. PM’s perception
that there is a wave in favour of BJP in
state is an illusion. He should interact
with people to understand reality.
Lokesh Sharma, Congress leader
It is sad that the rape victim
of ST category died under
suspicious circumstances in
the police station Kotkhavda police sta-
tion area of Jaipur Police Commission-
erate. RLP stands with victim’s family.
Hanuman Beniwal, RLP supremo
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STRONG CONDITION OF INDIAN ECONOMY
STOCK MARKET: NOW THE STORM OF IPO WILL COME
he improving
trend in the
stock market
continued last week due
to the strong condition of
the Indian economy and
signs of continuous im-
provement in it. This
week, the beginning of
improvement in the spe-
cial session of Diwali
trading itself indicated
that the new year starting
from Diwali will be aus-
picious and this improve-
ment continued through-
out the week except Fri-
day. Looking at the cur-
rent situation of the mar-
ket, it can be understood
that a period of improve-
ment is going on in the
market and to take advan-
tage of which, 6 compa-
nies including Tata Tech-
nologies, IREDAare pre-
paring to raise Rs 7400
crore by entering the
capital market this week.
For some time now,
many investors have be-
come richer in the heat of
the IPO market, whether
the IPO is of main board
or SME platform, every-
one has earned, barring
exceptions.
ThegraymarketofIPO
market is also enticing in-
vestors with lucrative op-
portunities. There is no
doubt that the role of the
gray market has always
been effective in main-
taining the attraction of
investorstowardsIPOand
motivating them to invest.
This market has at-
tracted not only investors
but also many brokers.
The prices are rising in
the gray market. Craze
for the IPO of Tata Tech-
nologies, which entered
the capital market after
20 years, has been high
since the day of its an-
nouncement. This IPO
will open on 22nd No-
vember to raise Rs
3042.51 crore. This IPO
may create a record.
Apart from this, there
are some other IPOs like
IREDA, Fedbank Finan-
cial Services, Flair Writ-
ing Industries etc. which,
despite the huge premi-
um, can be considered an
opportunity from the
point of view of long
term investment.
There has been an im-
proving trend in the mar-
ket for the third consecu-
tive week ending No-
vember 17. However,
despite the strength and
improvement in the In-
dian economy, the con-
tinuous selling by foreign
institutional investors
(FIIs) is still not stop-
ping. In this month, till
November 17, FIIs have
sold shares worth Rs
6574.59 crore, while
DIIs have bought shares
worth Rs 7702.46 crore.
Regarding the trend of
the market this week,
traders say that after the
clouds of uncertainty are
removed in the Indian
markets, an investment
environment is being cre-
ated. Due to the success
of IPO, which is called a
medium of new invest-
ment, the market is cur-
rently improving.
The trend will contin-
ue but investors should
still keep an eye on mar-
ket sentiment. Traders
say that Indigo, McDow-
ell, Yash Bank, IRV In-
fra, JSW Infra, Jain Irri-
gation, Vedanta, BHEL
can be considered safe
investments. But if for
some reason sentiments
are weak in the market,
then even the so-called
good stocks may have a
downward trend.
This week, 6 IPOs will
be available for investors
to invest in the main
board. Similarly, only
one IPO, Rocking Deal,
will be available for in-
vestors on the SME plat-
form to apply for this
week. A company RK
Swamy Limited has pre-
sented its new draft Her-
ring Prospectus-DRHPto
SEBI for a new IPO.
(This is the personal opin-
ion of the author. The author,
his family members and ac-
quaintances may have invest-
ments in the companies men-
tioned in the article)
T
Vimal
Kothari
Associate Editor, First
India News Senior
Journalist
PTI
Kolkata
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi is likely to at-
tend a programme in
Kolkata in December in
which about 1 lakh peo-
ple will chant Bhagavad
Gita together, the BJP’s
West Bengal president
Sukanta Majumdar said
on Monday.
The programme, ‘Ek
Lakh Gita Path’, will be
held at the Brigade Pa-
rade Ground in the heart
of the city on December
24, he told PTI.
“We have invited PM
Modi to attend the pro-
gram, and he has ac-
cepted our invitation.
One lakh people will
recite Bhagavad Gita to-
gether on that day,” he
said. Several religious
groups have come to-
gether to organise the
massive event, he added.
“It will be an apoliti-
cal programme,” Ma-
jumdar claimed, adding
that invitations will also
be sent to Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee, Gov-
ernor CV Ananda Bose
and other noted person-
alities of the state.
The ruling Trinamool
Congress, however,
claimed that the pro-
gramme was strategi-
cally organised, with an
eye on the 2024 Lok
Sabha polls.
“As the Lok Sabha
elections are approach-
ing, it is quite natural
that BJP leaders would
be visiting the state
more frequently. We
have seen this trend
ahead of the 2019 Lok
Sabha elections, and the
assembly polls of 2021.
But, this would not yield
any result,” TMC
spokesperson Kunal
Ghosh said.
In the 2019 Lok Sab-
ha polls, the BJP se-
cured 18 out of 42 seats
in the state, while the
TMC’s tally decreased
to 22. The Congress
won two seats.
Agencies
Hyderabad
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Monday said
that India’s first Home
Minister Sardar Patel lib-
erated Telangana from
Razakars and Nizams.
Addressing BJP’s elec-
tion rallies at Jangaon and
Korutla, he slammed
KCR government for not
celebrating Hyderabad
Liberation Day due to
pressure from MIM.
“We have decided that
once BJP government is
formed in Telangana,
every year September 17
will be officially cele-
brated as Hyderabad Lib-
eration Day,” he said
Amit Shah paid trib-
utes to those who laid
down their lives while
fighting Razakars at
Bairanpally village. He
said if BJP is voted to
power, it will commemo-
rate the Bairanpally mas-
sacre on August 27 as
'Razakar Horrors’ Re-
membrance Day.
The BJP leader said a
memorial will be con-
structed at Bairanpally to
pay homage to the mar-
tyrs. He dubbed the KCR
government as number
one in corruption in the
country. “Once BJP
comes to power, we will
conduct an inquiry into
all the scams and the cor-
rupt will be thrown be-
hind bars,” he said while
alleging that many scams
took place in the state
during BRS rule.
Alleging that KCR
government is indulging
in minority appeasement,
Amit Shah said that after
BJP comes to power in
the state, it will scrap
four per cent reservation
for Muslims and increase
the reservation of BCs,
SCs and STs.
PTI
Mumbai
The Congress will re-
solve the issues related to
reservations in govern-
ment jobs and education
if voted to power, senior
party leader Nana Patole
said here on Monday.
He alleged that the
Central and Maharashtra
govts are not willing to
address these issues.
“If Congress is voted
to power in the Centre
and Maharashtra, we will
definitely solve these
pending issues. Our lead-
er Rahul Gandhi’s de-
mand for a caste census
is in line with our resolve
to get to the root of these
issues and come up with
a solution,” Patole told
reporters.
Maharashtra is wit-
nessing protests by the
Maratha community led
by activist Manoj Ja-
range seeking reserva-
tion in government jobs
and education under the
OBC category. The Other
BackwardClasses(OBC)
groups, however, are op-
posing any move to in-
duct Kunbi-Marathas
into their fold.
PTI
Chennai
Tamil Nadu’s main op-
position AIADMK on
Monday said its chief
Edappadi K Palaniswami
would chair a meeting of
district secretaries here
on November 21 to gear
up field work for the
2024 Lok Sabha election.
The high-level meet-
ing to be held at party
headquarters here would
scrutinise preparations
on the ground for the
general election at all
levels, starting from the
booth committees.
The field work of the
party’s organisational
units such as youth wings
and women’s wing would
be deliberated, a party
release here said. ‘Ilaig-
nar Pasarai’ and ‘Ilam
Pengal Pasarai’ are the
youth wing for men and
women respectively in
the AIADMK.
PTI
Bengaluru
As his government com-
pleted six months in of-
fice on Monday, Karna-
taka Chief Minister Sid-
daramaiah said his ad-
ministration has taken
decisive steps to reduce
corruption and initiated
thorough investigations
in various cases. He said
his government is com-
mitted to building a state
that not only meets the
immediate needs of its
people, but also lays the
foundation for a prosper-
ous future.
As the Chief Minister
of Karnataka, it brings
me immense pride to
mark the completion of
six months of our gov-
ernment's tenure. In this
short span, we have been
steadfast in our commit-
ment to empower the
people of Karnataka and
craft a sustainable and
progressive future for our
state, Siddaramaiah said
in a statement.
Our governance mod-
el, the New Karnataka
Model, is a testament to
this commitment. It is a
model that intertwines the
welfare of people with
holistic development. We
have introduced pioneer-
ing guarantee schemes
that have directly impact-
ed lives, he added.
PTI
Baripada
President Droupadi
Murmu Monday urged
Santali writers to focus
on children to spread Ol
Chiki by publishing
magazines in the lan-
guage for them and regu-
larly interacting with
them. Writers play a big
role in popularising any
language, Murmu, who
spoke in Ol Chiki
through out the pro-
gramme, said addressing
the 36th Annual Confer-
ence and Literary Festi-
val of All India Santali
Writers’Association.
Ol Chiki has the po-
tential to expand as an
Indian language, the
president said and
called upon Santali
writers to carry forward
their writing for the
overall development of
the language. “First we
should ourselves give
importance to our Ol
Chiki language before
expecting others to rec-
ognize it. Santali chil-
dren should be encour-
aged to interact in the
language among them-
selves,” Murmu said
while paying rich trib-
ute to Pandit Raghunath
Murmu who popular-
ised the Ol Chiki script.
Around1lakhtochant
BhagavadGitatogether
PM Modi likely to attend mega event on Dec 24
The programme,
‘Ek Lakh Gita
Path’, will be held
at the Brigade
Parade Ground
Shah slammed
KCR govt for not
celebrating
Hyderabad
Liberation Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi FILE
Edappadi K Palaniswami
Nana Patole
Amit Shah speaks during a public meeting ahead of Telangana
Assembly elections, in Jangaon on Monday. PTI
BJP WILL PROBE ALL
SCAMS IN TELANGANA:
G. KISHAN REDDY
Hyderabad: Telan-
gana BJP president
G. Kishan Reddy
has reiterated that if his
party is voted to power
in the state, it will order
a judicial probe into all
corruption scandals by the
BRS government. He said
a commission will be con-
stituted headed by a retired
judge of the Supreme Court
to probe all the corruption
allegations against the
KCR-led government. We
will ensure that the guilty
are punished, whether
they are KCR's family
members, BRS ministers or
BRS MLAs. No one will be
spared. This is the demand
of Telangana people, he
said. He alleged that the
BRS damaged the state's
economy during the last 10
years through scams.
Palaniswami to
brainstorm on
field strategies
for LS polls
‘Sardar Patel liberated
Telangana from Razakars’
We have decided that once BJP government is
formed in Telangana, every year September 17
will be officially celebrated as Hyderabad
Liberation Day. Once BJP comes to power, we
will conduct an inquiry into all the scams and
the corrupt will be thrown behind bars.
AMIT SHAH, HOME MINISTER
Siddaramaiah govt showcases
introduction of key poll promises
President urges Santali writers
to spread Ol Chiki language
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah DCM DK Shivakumar. FILE
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates an Eklavya Model
Residential School at Kuliana, in Mayurbhanj on Monday.
Raghubar Das, Arjun Munda, and other dignitaries also seen.
‘Cong will resolve issues
related to reservations’

NEWS 09
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2+2 MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE TO BOOST TIES
Rajnath Singh, Aus counterpart hold talks
PTI
New Delhi
efence Minister
Rajnath Singh
on Monday held
talks with his Australian
counterpart Richard Mar-
les during which they
concurred that a strong
bilateral defence partner-
ship will “augur well” not
just for the two countries
but also for the overall
security of the Indo-Pa-
cific, officials said.
The ministers agreed
that deepening coopera-
tion in defence industry
research would “give a
fillip to the already strong
relationship”, as per
statement issued by the
Indian defence ministry.
Singh suggested that
shipbuilding, ship repair
maintenance, and air-
craft maintenance, re-
pair, overhaul (MRO)
could be the potential
areas of collaboration.
The leaders reaffirmed
the commitment towards
further strengthening the
defence relations, the
statement said.
He congratulated Mar-
les on the successful con-
duct of multilateral exer-
cise ‘Malabar’ this year.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar receive Australian
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny
Wong ahead of the 2nd India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, in New Delhi, Monday. PTI
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Trappedworkersintunnelgetsolidfood
Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: Workers’ nightmare continues
First India Bureau
New Delhi/ Uttarkashi
Rescuers on Monday
pushed through a new
pipeline to deliver
cooked food to 41 work-
ers trapped for more than
a week in a collapsed
tunnel in the Indian Him-
alayas and said prepara-
tions were under way to
start vertical drilling to
pull them out.
The men have been
stuck in the highway tun-
nel in Uttarakhand state
since it caved in early on
Nov. 12 and are safe, au-
thorities said, with access
to light, oxygen, dry
food, water and medi-
cines already being sent
by a smaller pipe.
As workers have been
trapped inside for over a
week, the Centre said it
has finalised a 5-option
actionplantorescuethem.
AAP to hike
wages of Delhi’s
Civic Body staff
Drugs,cash,liquorworth
over`1,760croreseized
Agencies
New Delhi
The Delhi government
has decided to increase
the minimum wage of
MCD employees, a civic
official said on Monday.
Monthly minimum
wages for unskilled work-
ers of the Municipal Cor-
poration will be increased
to `17,234 from `16,792.
The wage will rise to
`18,993 from `18,499 for
semi-skilled workers and
to `20,903 from `20,375
for skilled workers. Dear-
ness allowance will be
paid to all workers start-
ing April 1, officials said.
Agencies
New Delhi
The Election Commis-
sion on Monday said
over `1,760 crore worth
of freebies, drugs, cash,
liquor and precious met-
als aimed at inducing
voters in the five poll-
going states have been
seized so far.
The poll panel said the
seizures made since the
polls were announced on
October 9 are over seven
times (Rs 239.15 crore)
the seizures made in the
previous assembly elec-
tions in these states in
2018. As per EC, seizures
worth over `1,400 crore
were made in the past six
state assembly elections
held in Gujarat, Himachal
Pradesh, Nagaland,
Meghalaya, Tripura and
Karnataka, which was 11
times the seizures made in
previous assembly elec-
tions in these states.
“Silence in stadium
when Virat got out
was most satisfying”
PTI
Ahmedabad
The deafening silence at
the Narendra Modi Sta-
dium, packed with over
90,000 fans, when Pat
Cummins snuffed out the
peerless Virat Kohli in
the World Cup final was
perhaps the “sweetest
moment” the Australian
skipper had ever experi-
enced on a cricket field.
After becoming the
fifthAustralian captain to
secure his country’s sixth
ODI World Cup here on
Sunday, Cummins admit-
ted that he has “fallen in
love with 50-over format
all over again”.
He got Kohli, who was
well-set on 54, with a de-
livery that had an extra
bounce and the premier
India batter played on
trying to jab it towards
the covers.
“Yeah, I think so,”
Cummins nodded in af-
firmative when asked if
the silence was his sweet-
est experience on a crick-
et field. In fact, going
against their custom, the
Aussies had a second
huddle to just acknowl-
edge how big the mo-
ment in the game it was.
“We did take a second
in the huddle just to ac-
knowledge the silence
that was going around the
crowd. It just felt like it
was one of those days
where it was all made for
him to score another hun-
dred like he normally
does and that was satisfy-
ing,” he said.
RohitnamedskipperofICC'sTeam
Players from 5 teams have been named in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 Team of the Tournament
WORLD CUP FINAL MATCH CREATES RECORD PEAK
VIEWERSHIP OF 5.9 CR ON DISNEY+HOTSTAR
The India-Australia World Cup final match created
record peak viewership crossing 5.9 crore mark
despite the host nation ending on the losing side,
according to Disney+Hotstar.The peak concurrency, which
is the highest number of viewers during a live stream, for
the final match on OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar was nearly
5.9 crore. With this, it has surpassed the peak concurrency
of 5.2 crore viewership recorded in the India - New Zealand
semifinal match.The India versus Pakistan match of the tour-
nament last month had recorded peak currency of 3.5 crore.
day after the
World Cup
2023 final, the
ICC has come up with its
Team of the Tournament.
Six Team India players
were included - Rohit
Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat
Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja,
Jasprit Bumrah and Mo-
hammed Shami - while
only two from winners
Australia make the cut:
Glenn Maxwell and
Adam Zampa. Rohit
Sharma was named the
skipper. The other three
player to find a place in-
clude South Africa's
Quinton de Kock, New
Zealand's Daryl Mitchell
and Sri Lanka's Dilshan
Madushanka. Pakistan's
Babar Azam was not in-
cluded in the Team of the
Tournament.
World Cup Finalists 2023
The cash seized by Election
Commission on Monday.
International Tunnelling president Arnold Dix near the site in Uttarkashi district, Monday.
LOOKING VERY POSITIVE, SAYS GLOBAL EXPERT TWO DEAD AS WALL AT
STADIUM COLLAPSES
Uttarkashi: International Tunnelling Expert Arnold Dix
conducted an inspection at the tunnel site on Mon-
day. The International Tunnelling and Underground Space
Association president, Arnold Dix, arrived at the location
site in Silkyara, Uttarkashi, to aid in the rescue efforts
and expressed optimism on the prospects of rescue and
relief operations that are underway. Professor Dix seemed
optimistic about the rescue operation. “It is looking good
but we have to decide whether it’s good or a trap, because
it’s looking very positive. I have got the best experts for this
Himalayan geology here, I’m just one” Professor Dix said.
Two migrant workers
died, 7 others were
injured when a con-
crete slab and a compound
wall of an under-construction
indoor stadium collapsed in
Moinabad area here on Mon-
day. The incident occurred
when construction work was
underway at the site.
Two killed in Manipur;
tribal body announces
shutdown in Kangpokpi
PTI
Imphal
In a fresh incident of vio-
lence, two persons were
killed in a gunfight be-
tween two rival groups in
Manipur’s Kangpokpi
district on Monday, po-
lice said. The shootout
occurred at a place be-
tween Haraothel and
Kobsha villages though
the police are not yet sure
about how it began.
A tribal organisation,
however, claimed that
the Kuki-Zo community
people were attacked
without provocation and
declared a “shutdown” in
the district. Additional
forceshavebeendeployed
in the area and searches
are on to arrest those in-
volved in the incident.
CBI charges
Maharashtra ex
minister's family
PTI
New Delhi
In a fresh jolt to former
Maharashtra home min-
ister Anil Deshmukh,
the CBI has chargesheet-
ed his daughter Pooja and
daughter-in-law Rahat in
connection
with alleged
leakage of
the agency’s
i n t e r n a l
draft report
in 2021 giving clean chit
to the leader in an extor-
tion case against him.
In its supplementary
charge sheet, the agency
has termed Pooja a “co-
conspirator” who alleg-
edly planned, directed
and provided logistical
support to Deshmukh’s
lawyer Anand to bribe
agency’s sub-inspector
Abhishek Tiwari to get
the draft report, they said.
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
z The Centre has
devised a five-option
action plan that involve
drilling from three sides
to access the trapped
workers. Five different
agencies have been
tasked with carrying out
each operation.
z Two tunnels will be
drilled horizontally from
the right and left sides
of the main tunnel,
while a vertical shaft
will be drilled from the
top of the tunnel.
z The big challenge
is finding space for
the multiple drilling
machines needed in
the hilly terrain and the
time-consuming job of
building motorable rods
have started.
z A single machine is
operating in the area,
clearing the way for a
heavier machine.
Elderly people take part in a ‘silent rally’ for peace and harmony
in the violence-hit Manipur, at Khongjom War Memorial
Complex, in Thoubal district.
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THE TEAM OF THE ICC MEN’S WORLD
CUP 2023 (IN BATTING ORDER) IS
Quinton de Kock (wk) (SA) 594 runs at 59.40
Rohit Sharma (c) (India) 597 runs at 54.27
Virat Kohli (India) 765 runs at 95.62
Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) 552 runs at 69
KL Rahul (India) 452 runs at 75.33
Glenn Maxwell (Australia) 400 runs at 66.66
and 6 wickets at 55
Ravindra Jadeja (India) 120 runs at 40
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First India Bureau
Jaipur/Bharatpur/Dausa
CM Ashok Gehlot on
Monday said that paper
leaks are also happening
in the Army and HC ex-
ams including the states
of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh, Bihar.
The Congress govern-
ment has made strict pro-
visions and action in the
State. In this, 200 people
were sent to jail and their
properties were de-
stroyed.
He addressed huge
public meetings in
Bharatpur and Baha-
rwanda in support of
Congress candidates. Ge-
hlot also addressed a
huge public meeting at
Chambal Power House
Hawa Sadak in support
of Cabinet Minister and
Congress candidate from
Civil Lines Assembly
Constituency Pratap Sin-
gh Khachariyawas. He
said that it is said about
Khachariyawas in Jaipur,
“Whose condition no one
asks about, Khachariya-
was is with him.”
The CM said that all
the Opposition leaders
are provoking people by
doing politics of religion.
Their leaders don’t have
any election issue.
First India Bureau
Kekri/Jahazpur
Hitting out at the BJP,
Congress leader Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra said on
Monday that those who
invoke religion or caste
during elections are nev-
er in a position to ask for
votes on the basis of their
work.
Addressing a rally at
Kekri and Jahazpur, the
Congress general secre-
tary asked the voters to
exercise their franchise
after evaluating the work
done by different politi-
cal parties.
She emphasized the
need for political cleanli-
ness akin to the festive
cleaning of homes. Pay-
ing respects to local dei-
ties, she encouraged the
people to break the habit
of voting based on reli-
gious rhetoric, urging
them to demand answers
from leaders.
Priyanka stated that
leaders often invoke reli-
gion and caste during
elections, diverting atten-
tion from their govern-
ance record.
She questioned Prime
Minister Modi’s asser-
tion that Congress is a
“hit wicket” in Rajasthan,
and challenged whether
Modi intends to become
the Chief Minister or
leave the post of Prime
Minister.
Priyanka asserted that
the BJP is struggling to
find leadership in the
state. She asserted that
the Congress is united in
Rajasthan and claimed
that the (BJP) is com-
pletely fragmented in the
desert state.
“If someone asks for
votes in the name of reli-
gion or caste, it means he
cannot seek votes on the
basis of work,” Gandhi
said. Gandhi said that in
Rajasthan, all Congress
leaders and workers have
entered the electoral bat-
tlefield unitedly, whereas
the BJP is completely
fragmented.
Former deputy CM
Sachin Pilot also ad-
dressed the rally in Kekri
and highlighted the
achievements of former
UPA government. He
said that Raghu Sharma
is a man of wrestling.
Vinod Modi
Nokha
Union Jal Shakti Minis-
ter Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat attributed the
state’s challenges from
soaring fuel prices to in-
creased atrocities against
women and issues like
youth employment and
paper leaks to the Con-
gress government.
Addressing a public
meeting in support of
BJP candidate Bihari Lal
Bishnoi, Shekhawat
pledged that the BJPgov-
ernment, post the assem-
bly elections, would en-
sure water access for
every household.
Shekhawat said that
the public is going to
vote for the honour of
Rajasthan, which has
been hurt by Congress.
He targeted the Ashok
Gehlot led government
over a range of issues in-
cluding crime against
women and dalit, paper
leak and corruption.
Bihari Lal Bishnoi out-
lined the party’s vision
for the transformation of
Rajasthan. The meetings
were held in Sarunda and
Jaisalsar villages.
First India Bureau
Kushalgarh/Ghatol/
Dhariyavad/Asind
Former CM Vasundhara
Raje asserted that the
Congress party thrives on
corruption, comparing it
to a fish dependent on
water. Raje, addressing
election gatherings for
BJP candidates Bhima
Bhai Damor and Maan
Shankar Ninama, ac-
cused the Gehlot govern-
ment of a Rs 1,000 crore
scam in the Annapurna
Food Packet Scheme and
a Rs 450 crore scam in
old age pensions.
Highlighting PM
Modi’s commitment to a
corruption-free rule, Raje
criticized disappearance
of JJM files from Water
Supply Dept and alleged
corruption in phone, coal
purchases for electricity.
She claimed senior Cong
MLAs blame the CM for
instigating corruption,
with Gehlot admitting to
corruption in PWD.
There is urgent need to
replace allegedly corrupt
govt with BJP, she said.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur/Dausa/Nagar
As several BJP leaders
are making efforts to woo
voters ahead of the polls
in Raj, Uttar Pradesh CM
Yogi Adityanath claimed
that the State is making
the top list for all kinds of
crimes instead of devel-
opment and tourism.
Addressing a rally in
Amber constituency in
Jaipur, he said, “The Ra-
jasthan where five years
ago, steps were taken and
events were organised to
make development reach
every village, poor, farm-
ers, youth and women in
leadership of Vasundhara
Raje, what happened to
that Rajasthan in these
five years that it didn’t
remain number 1 in de-
velopment, tourism, and
employment and is now
number 1 in crime, anar-
chy and corruption.”
Yogi also addressed a
rally in Nagar for JS
Bedam in Lasot in
support of RB Meena.
Modi touches middle class with Income
Tax exemption and mobile data rates
Manoj Mathur
Jaipur
rime Minister
Narendra Modi
held two elec-
tion rallies and a road
show in Rajasthan on
Monday. In his familiar
style, Modi touched
upon all the issues like
poor, farmers, women,
crime, appeasement,
which he had been dis-
cussing till now in the
election campaign.Apart
from this, this time he
also focused on the mid-
dle class, which is tradi-
tionally considered to be
the ‘core voter’ of BJP.
Till now, during the en-
tire election campaign,
no big leader of BJP or
Congress had spoken di-
rectly addressing the
middle class.
The largest group in
the middle class consists
of employed people,
whether they are govern-
ment employees or pri-
vate. The big pain for all
of them is Income Tax.
Referring to the differ-
ence between the current
IT exemption rates and
those during the UPA
government, Modi
showed how much he un-
derstood the
pain of the
working class
and to what ex-
tent it provided
relief. Modi said that
when the UPA govern-
ment was in
power, there
was exemption
in IT only on
income up to Rs
2 lakh, but now there is
no tax on income up to Rs
7 lakh.
PM Modi raised the
second issue of mobile
data rates and compared
it with rates during the
UPA government. Modi
said that if the rates were
the same then on the basis
of amount of data people
are using today, the bill
for a mobile would not be
less than Rs 5,000. Now
every house has three-
four mobile phones, so
imagine how much the
bill would be?
Ofcourse,boththeseis-
sues seem very small, but
their impact is very deep.
Byraisingtheseissues,the
Prime Minister then made
it clear that it is not for
nothing that Modi is an
expert in understanding
the essence of the voter.
PM Narendra Modi being felicitated by presenting him a portrait
of Alakhpuri Siddh Peeth during a public meeting held in Pali on
Monday. Kailash Choudhary and other leaders were present.
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Oppositionprovokingpeopleby
doingpoliticsofreligion:Gehlot
‘Those who invoke religion, can’t
ask for votes on basis of work’
Khachariyawas is
with those people,
who don’t have
anyone to look
upto, says Gehlot
BJP leaders don’t
have any election
issue so they are
making issue out of
an non-issue: CM
CM Ashok Gehlot with a ‘Gada’ in his hands, disseminates the message of ‘strength’ during the
‘Congress Guarantee Dialogue’ programme held in support of Pratap Singh Khachariyawas in Civil
Lines area in Jaipur on Monday. Other leaders were also present.
CM Ashok Gehlot sports a ‘Turban’ holds a ‘Gada’ during the
‘Congress Guarantee Dialogue’ programme in support of Dr
Subhash Garg in Bharatpur on Monday. Vishvendra Singh
others were also present.
GS Shekhawat being welcomed by presenting him a huge garland during a public meet held in
support of Biharilal Bishnoi in Nokha town in Bikaner dist on Monday. Other leaders were present.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath holds a ‘ Gada’ in his hands as a mark of
‘strength’ during a public meeting in support of Dr Satish Poonia
at Amber in Jaipur on Monday. Other leaders were also present.
Vasundhara Raje interacts with the masses during a public meeting in support of Bhimabhai
Damor in Kushalgarh in Banswara district on Monday. Other leaders were also present.
Opposition leaders
are provoking people
by doing politics of
religion. Their leaders
don’t even have any
election issue. BJP
should point out the
shortcomings of State
govt’s schemes. They
are seeking votes by
making issue out of
non- issue.
ASHOK GEHLOT,
CHIEF MINISTER
Look at what is happening in BJP-ruled states. Their
policies are breaking people’s back. Inflation is at its
peak. Raj govt has protected you from their policies.
GST money goes to Centre. It was PM’s duty to reduce
petrol prices control inflation, but he didn’t do so.
PRIYANKA GANDHI, CONGRESS GENERAL SECRETARY
Analysis
Masses would vote for Raj’s honour,
hurt by Congress, says Shekhawat
Raj No. 1 in crime
corruption: CM Yogi
Raje: There is an urgent need to
replace corrupt govt with BJP
Priyanka Gandhi being welcomed during a public meeting held
in support of Dr Raghu Sharma in Kekri constituency in Ajmer
district on Monday. Sachin Pilot and others were present.
l Income tax exemption increased from
`2 lakh to `7 lakh l `5,000 are being
saved every month in mobile data
Extending Blessings Wishes!
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra blesses Chomu Congress candidate Dr Shikha Meel Barala during
CM Ashok Gehlot’s Public meeting at Chomu on Sunday. Dr Chandra has been attending
a host of public rallies by different parties to personally gauge the political mood and
feedback of the people as the state goes to polls.

JAIPUR, TUESDAY | NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi during his visit to
Bandipur and Mudumalai
Tiger Reserves, in Karnataka
on April 9, 2023.
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MODI
MODI
ROARS
ROARS
IN JAIPUR TODAY
WELCOME PM!
PM Modi, the face of BJP in Rajasthan elections,
has electrified the party and the populace with
his extensive tours and campaigning in the desert
state. Today will also be a day to remember with
a massive road show of 3.2 km which will start
from Sanganeri Gate in the Walled City in Jaipur
with women supporters holding Kalash and men
sporting Rajasthani pagris. PM Modi and the BJP
hope to clinch the 19 seats of Jaipur district with
this show of power. Anita Hada

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Avisionaryleader
“True secularism comes only
when all possibilities of discrim-
ination against any citizen of the
country are eliminated and so-
cial justice is ensured only when
the benefit of all the government
schemes reaches everyone in the
same measure. This is the spirit
behind ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp
Yatra’ which will continue till
26th January next year starting
today on the Jayanti of Bhagwan
Birsa Munda. In this journey,
the government will go to every
village of the country in mission
mode and will make every poor
and deprived person a benefi-
ciary of government schemes”,
said PM Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi addressed the program
marking the celebrations of Jan-
jatiya Gaurav Diwas, 2023 in
Khunti, Jharkhand. During the
programme, the Prime Minister
launched ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp
Yatra’and Pradhan Mantri Par-
ticularly Vulnerable Tribal
Groups Development Mission.
Referring to the inspiring strug-
gle of Bhagwan Birsa Munda for
tribal pride, the Prime Minister
mentioned the association of the
land of Jharkhand with the in-
numerable tribal heroes. Modi
emphasized the need to focus on
the four ‘Amrit Stambhs of Vik-
sit Bharat’ or pillars of a devel-
oped India namely, women pow-
er or Nari Shakti, food produc-
ers of India, youth of the country
and lastly India’s neo-middle
class and the poor. He said that
the degree of development in In-
dia depends on our capability to
strengthen these pillars of devel-
opment.
PM Modi expressed satisfac-
tion with the amount of effort
and work done to strengthen the
four pillars in the last 9 years of
the present government.
JANJATIYA GAURAV DIWAS
 The bill shows the government's commitment
towards New India initiative of Sabka Saath, Sab-
ka Vikas. Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam is not a
normal law, this is the proclamation of new dem-
ocratic commitment of new India.
 There were many obstacles in the way of this
women's reservation bill. But when intentions are
pure and there is transparency in attempts, then
we witness results overcoming all obstacles. It is
a record in itself that this bill got so much support
in Parliament. I thank all political parties and MPs
for it.
 Some decisions have the capability to change
the country's future and we are witness to one such
decision. India has made history on September
20-21. It is our good fortune that people gave us
chance to do so.
 I congratulate all women of the country. Yes-
terday and the day before, we witnessed the mak-
ing of a new history. It is our fortune that crores
of people gave us the opportunity to create that
history.
WOMEN'S RESERVATION BILL IS GOVT'S
COMMITMENT TOWARDS NEW INDIA: PM
—PM Modi at BJP Headquarters,
New Delhi on September 22, 2023
Addressing the jawans, the Prime Minis-
ter remarked that the amalgamation of
the festival of Diwali and the echoes of
acclamation of the courage of the jawans
is a moment of enlightenment for every
citizen of the country. He conveyed his
best wishes on Diwali along with the
jawansfromtheborderareasofIndia,the
country's last village, which has now been
deemed the first village.
Recounting his experience, PM Modi
said that festivities are wherever the fam-
ily is there and called the situation of be-
ing away from family on the day of the
festival for safeguarding the border pin-
nacle of devotion to duty. He said that the
feeling of treating 140 crore Indians as
their family gives the security personnel
a sense of purpose. “Country is grateful
and indebted to you for this. That is why
one ‘Diya’ is lit for your safety in every
household”, he said. “The place where
jawansarepostedisnotlessthananytem-
ple for me. Wherever you are, my festival
is there.This is going on forperhaps 30-35
years”, he added.
“Our brave jawans have proven them-
selves to be the strongest wall on the bor-
der”, he said. “Our brave jawans have
always won the hearts of the citizens by
snatching victory from the jaws of de-
feat.” the Prime Minister said as he high-
lighted the contributions of the armed
forces in nation-building.
—PM Modi in Lepcha on Deepawali,
12 November 2023
ARMED FORCES HAVE
TAKEN INDIA’S PRIDE
TO NEW HEIGHTS: PM
PM visits Bhagwan Birsa Munda Tribal Freedom Fighter Museum
at Ranchi, in Jharkhand on November 15, 2023
PM with the women MPs after the passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam
at Parliament House, in New Delhi on September 21, 2023
PM Modi at the inauguration of the second edition of the Mega food event ¤World Food India 2023 at Bharat Mandapam, in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on November 03, 2023
PM performs pooja and darshan at Parvati Kund (Pithoragarh), in Uttarakhand on October 12, 2023.
PM interacting with a woman during the
Independence Day celebrations
at Red Fort, in New Delhi on August 15, 2023
PM offers prayers at Raghubir Mandir in Chitrakoot,
Madhya Pradesh on October 27, 2023
PM celebrates Diwali with Jawans at Lepcha,
in Himachal Pradesh on November 12, 2023
‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ –
these two words capture a deep
philosophy. It means ‘the
world is one family’. This is an
all-embracing outlook that en-
courages us to progress as one
universal family, transcending
borders, languages, and ideolo-
gies. During India’s G20 Presi-
dency, this has translated into a
call for human-centric progress.As
One Earth, we are coming together
to nurture our planet. As One Fam-
ily, we support each other in the
pursuit of growth. And we move
together towards a shared future
- One Future - which is an un-
deniable truth in these inter-
connected times.
-PM Narendra Modi
PM performs pooja and darshan at Parvati Kund (Pithoragarh), in Uttarakhand on October 12, 2023
PM performs Darshan and Pooja at Ambaji Temple, in Gujarat on October 30, 2023
PM pays ﬂoral tribute to statue of Bhagwan Birsa Munda
at his ancestral home Ulihatu Village, in Jharkhand on November 15, 2023
HUMAN-CENTRIC GLOBALISATION: TAKING G20
TO THE LAST MILE, LEAVING NONE BEHIND
PM during the interaction with ground level functionaries of G20 Summit at Bharat Mandapam,
in Pragati Maidan New Delhi on September 22, 2023

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Roadshows are an integral part of campaigning and elections and all parties put in
a great deal of effort but PM Narendra Modi’s roadshows are an outpouring of love
by the common people and it is his charisma which draws the crowds to throng the
path, hoping for a glimpse of their leader, take his photo, welcome him with a
shower of flowers and more. There is a surge of emotion and positivity which
creates the magic as one sees the love of the people reciprocated on the smiling
face of India’s popular PM. Modi’s roadshows are magical moments!
Varanasi on April 25, 2019
New Delhi on January 16, 2023
Ranchi on November 14, 2023
Hubballi on January 12, 2023
Kochi on April 24, 2023
Bengaluru on April 29, 2023
Bengaluru on May 6, 2023
Indore on November 14, 2023

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