First india gujarat for gujarat today epaper 15 feb 2020 edition

New Delhi: Sushma
Swaraj epitomised dig-
nity and had an unwa-
vering commitment to
public service, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi said on Friday, as
he paid tributes to the
late BJP leader on her
68th birth anniversary.
Swaraj died on Au-
gust 6 last year follow-
ing a cardiac arrest.
“Remembering Su-
shma Ji. She epito-
mised dignity, decency
and unwavering com-
mitment to public ser-
vice,” the prime minis-
ter tweeted.
Modi said the former
external affairs minis-
ter was firmly rooted in
Indian values and
ethos, and had great
dreams for the country.
“She was an excep-
tional colleague and an
outstanding minister,”
he added.
On the eve of her
birth anniversary, the
government had re-
named the Pravasi
Bharatiya Kendra, a cul-
tural centre in Delhi re-
flecting India’s connect
with its diaspora, as Su-
shma Swaraj Bhavan.
The Foreign Service
Institute, a renowned
institution in Delhi
where diplomats are
trained, has also been
renamed the Sushma
Swaraj Institute of
Foreign Service.
—PTI
ndia and Portu-
gal on Friday
signed seven
agreements to
boost coopera-
tion in a range of areas
after Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and
Portuguese President
Marcelo Rebelo de Sou-
sa held extensive talks.
The pacts provide for
cooperation in areas of
investment, transport,
ports, culture and in-
dustrial and intellectu-
al property rights.
Portugal is an im-
portant country for
India in Southern Eu-
rope, and bilateral
ties have witnessed a
steady progress in the
last 15 years.
In October 2005,
Portugal extradited
Abu Salem and Moni-
ca Bedi to face terror
charges.
Prime Minister Modi
visited Portugal in June
2017 during which 11
agreementsweresigned
covering a large
number of areas in-
cluding space, avoid-
ance of double taxation,
nano-technology, bio-
technology and higher
education.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo
de Sousa at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
INDIA, PORTUGAL INK 7 CRUCIAL
PACTS AFTER MODI-SOUSA TALKS
Haresh Jhala
Gandhinagar: The de-
velopment of tourism
in Gujarat is based on
tradition, talent and
trade. Driven by this
principle, the State
Government has de-
veloped new tourism
sites like Madhavpur
Ghed and similar oth-
ers during the last
three years.
After inaugurating
the All India Council of
Tourism Secretaries at
Dhordo in the Great
Rann of Kutch, Chief
Minister Vijay Rupani
said Prime Minister
Narendra Modi during
his tenure as the Guja-
rat CM developed the
state’s tourism on three
‘Ts’ -- tradition, talent
and trade. This has
been taken forward by
his government.
Speaking at the in-
augural session, Ru-
pani said special pro-
vision has been made
in the Budget for pro-
moting five iconic ar-
chaeological sites in
India, including
Dholavira and Lothal
in Gujarat.
He said the world’s
tallest statue, Statue of
Unity in the memory of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel, was built with the
initiative of the Prime
Minister with a view to
link religion, culture
and history with na-
tional unity for tour-
ism. Tourists visiting
the site of the statue are
spellbound by the Unity
Wall and Bharat
Bhavan, Rupani said.
Union Minister of
State for Tourism
Prahlad Singh Patel
said the Rann of
Kutch is like a heaven
on earth, which has
become a tourist cen-
tre made better by
several cultural ac-
tivities, thanks to the
far-sightedness of
Prime Minister Modi.
Gujarat’s Tourism
Minister Jawahar
Chavda said that Guja-
rat has a long coastline,
wild ass sanctuary in
the Rann of Kutch,
many temples and ar-
chaeological sites.
A MoU was signed
between ITDC and
Gujarat Tourism De-
partment by ITDC MD
Kamla Vardhan Rao
and TCGL MD Jainu
Devan in presence of
the Chief Minister for
consultancy services
to develop innovative
and decorative light
and sound show on
Gujarat’s major tour-
ist places.
CM Vijay Rupani addresses the convention of the All India Council of Tourism Secretaries in Kutch.
Tradition, talent, trade — guiding principles of Gujarat tourism: Rupani
BUILDING CM’S IMAGE
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched
a campaign on social media to build his
image, where he has been postured as a deci-
sive leader giving transparent governance. It
also states that Gujarat is lucky to have Vijay
Rupani as the Chief Minister and even his
opponents concede that he is decisive. The
message on social media claims that even
his arch rivals have started recognising his
capabilities. He is a very low proﬁle, commit-
ted and result-oriented leader, it says. Every
day he is taking one major decision for the
beneﬁt of Gujaratis.
Shah reviews status
of ‘Bharat Ke Veer’
New Delhi: A high-level
meeting chaired by Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shahtoreviewthestatus
of ‘BharatKeVeer’fund-
raising initiative by his
Ministry on behalf of
members of the Indian
paramilitary forces, is
currently underway.
BorderSecurityForce
Director General Vivek
Kumar Johri and Cen-
tralReservePoliceForce
DG AP Maheshwari are
present in the meeting.
The contributions in
‘Bharat ke Veer’ are ex-
emptedfromincometax.
A number of corpo-
rate houses and individ-
uals have come in sup-
port of the kin of CRPF
personnel, who lost
their lives during the
ghastly Pulwama attack
on February 14 last year.
As many as 40 CRPF
jawans were killed when
a suicide bomber of Pa-
kistan-basedJaish-e-Mo-
hammad terror outfit
rammed an explosive-
laden vehicle into the
convoyof securityforces
in Pulwama. They were
2,500inallandweretrav-
elling to Srinagar in 78
busesfromJammu.—ANI
PM MODI REMEMBERS OLD
COMPATRIOT SUSHMA
I
STATE’S MoU WITH CENTRAL TOURISM FOR
LIGHT & SOUND SHOWS AT KEY TOURIST PLACES

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A
ntarctica has
logged its hot-
test temperature
on record, with an Ar-
gentinian research sta-
tion thermometer read-
ing 18.3C, beating the
previous record by 0.8C.
The reading, taken at
Esperanza on the north-
ern tip of the conti-
nent’s peninsula, beats
Antarctica’s previous
record of 17.5C, set in
March 2015.
A tweet from Argen-
tina’s meteorological
agency on Friday re-
vealed the record. The
station’s data goes back
to 1961.
Antarctica’s penin-
sula – the area that
points towards South
America – is one of the
fastest warming places
on earth, heating by al-
most 3C over the past 50
years, according to the
World Meteorological
Organization. Almost
all the region’s glaciers
are melting.
The Esperanza read-
ing breaks the record
for the Antarctic conti-
nent. The record for the
Antarctic region – that
is, everywhere south of
60 degrees latitude – is
19.8C, taken on Signy
Island in January 1982.
Prof James Renwick,
a climate scientist at
Victoria University of
Wellington, was a mem-
ber of an ad-hoc World
Meteorological Organi-
zation committee that
has verified previous
records in Antarctica.
He told Guardian
Australia it was likely
the committee would be
reconvened to check the
new Esperanza record.
He said: “Of course
the record does need to
be checked, but pending
those checks, it’s a per-
fectly valid record and
that [temperature] sta-
tioniswellmaintained.”
“The reading is im-
pressive as it’s only five
years since the previ-
ous record was set and
this is almost one de-
gree centigrade higher.
It’s a sign of the warm-
ing that has been hap-
pening there that’s
much faster than the
global average.
“To have a new re-
cord set that quickly is
surprising but who
knows how long that
will last? Possibly not
that long at all.”
He said the tempera-
ture record at Esperan-
za was one of the long-
est-running on the
whole continent.
Renwick said higher
temperatures in the re-
gion tended to coincide
with strong northwest-
erly winds moving
down mountain slopes
– a feature of the weath-
er patterns around Es-
peranza in recent days.
He said there were
complex weather pat-
terns in the area, but
the Esperanza reading
was likely a combina-
tion of natural variabil-
ity and background
warming caused by ris-
ing levels of green-
house gases in the at-
mosphere.
He said: “The reason
the peninsula is warm-
ing faster than other
places is a combination
of natural variations
and warming signals.”
Prof Nerilie Abram, a
climate scientist at the
Australian National
University, has carried
out research at James
Ross Island at the north-
ern tip of the peninsula.
The lowest tempera-
ture ever recorded in
Antarctica – and any-
where on Earth – was at
the Russian Vostok sta-
tion, when tempera-
tures dropped to -89.2C
on 21 July 1983.
Mass melting of the
West Antarctic ice sheet
Rising global tem-
peratures and
warming ocean wa-
ters are causing one
of the world’s coldest
places to melt. While
we know that human
activity is causing cli-
mate change and driv-
ing rapid changes in
Antarctica, the poten-
tial impacts that a
warmer world would
have on this region
remain uncertain.
Our new research
might be able to pro-
vide some insight into
what effect a warmer
world would have in
Antarctica, by look-
ing at what happened
more than 129,000
years ago.
We found that the
mass melting of the
West Antarctic Ice
Sheet was a major
cause of high sea lev-
els during a period
known as the Last In-
terglacial (129,000-
116,000 years ago).
The extreme ice loss
caused more than
three metres of aver-
age global sea level
rise – and worryingly,
it took less than 2˚C of
ocean warming for it
to occur.
To conduct our re-
search, we travelled to
an area on the West
Antarctic Ice Sheet
and drilled into so-
called blue ice areas
to reconstruct the gla-
cial history of this ice
sheet.
Blue ice areas are
areas of ancient ice
which have been
brought to the surface
by fierce, high-densi-
ty winds, called kata-
batic winds. When
these winds blow over
mountains, they re-
move the top layer of
snow and erode the
exposed ice. As the ice
is removed by the
wind, ancient ice is
brought to the sur-
face, which offers in-
sight into the ice
sheet’s history.
While most Antarc-
tic researchers drill
deep into the ice to
extract their samples,
we were able to use a
technique called hori-
zontal ice core analy-
sis. As you travel clos-
er to the mountains of
the ice sheet, the ice
that been brought to
the surface by these
winds progressively
gets older. We then
were able to take sur-
face samples on a
straight, horizontal
line across the blue
ice area to recon-
struct what happened
to the ice sheet in the
past.
Our team took
many measurements.
We first looked at the
fine layers of volcanic
ash in the ice to pin-
point when the mass
melting took place.
Alarmingly, the re-
sults showed that
most ice loss hap-
pened at the start of
Last Interglacial
warming, some
129,000 years ago –
showing how sensi-
tive the Antarctic is to
higher temperatures.
We think it’s likely
this melting started
well before the ocean
warmed by 2˚C. This
is concerning to us to-
day, as ocean tempera-
tures continue to in-
crease, and the West
Antarctic is already
melting.
The West Antarctic
ice sheet can tell us a
lot about the effect of
warming ocean tem-
peratures because it
rests on the seabed.
It’s surrounded by
large areas of floating
ice, called ice shelves,
that protect the cen-
tral part of the sheet.
Despite 197 coun-
tries committing un-
der the Paris agree-
ment to restricting
global warming to 2˚C
by the end of this cen-
tury, our findings
show that even minor
increases in tempera-
ture could have far-
reaching impacts.
Source: The Conversation
Antarctica’s peninsula – the area that points
towards South America – is one of the
fastest warming places on earth, heating by
almost 3C over the past 50 years. Almost all
the region’s glaciers are melting
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temperature on record
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AHMEDABAD l SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 81
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment has asked tel-
ecom companies to
pay their dues by 11.59
pm tonight, Press
Trust of India report-
ed on Friday, hours
after the Supreme
Court’s dressing down
on unpaid dues.
Companies like
Bharti Airtel and
Vodafone Idea have
been issued notices
by the Department of
Telecom, according to
the news agency.
The telecom compa-
nies have to pay ad-
justed gross revenue
(AGR) worth Rs
92,000 crore to the
government.
This morning, the
court ripped into tele-
com companies as well
as the government over
the dues remaining un-
paid despite its orders.
“We don’t know who is
creating this nonsense,
is there no law left in
the country,” the Su-
preme Court asked,
summoning telecom
company bosses for
contempt. Turn on P5
New Delhi: A “desk of-
ficer’s” letter asking that
no coercive action be
taken against telecom
companies for not pay-
ing dues was the trigger
for the Supreme Court’s
tongue-lashing for the
government and a no-
tice to telecom compa-
nies for contempt. The
top court summoned
Turn on P5
Mumbai: Equity bench-
mark indices ended
lower after a volatile
trading session on Fri-
day following Supreme
Court’s rejection of the
telecom companies’
plea. The BSE S&P
Sensex closed 202
points lower at 41,258
while the Nifty 50
slipped by 61 points
to 12,113.
THE LETTER THAT
ENRAGED COURT
SENSEX CLOSES
200 PTS LOWER
New Delhi: Protestors
at Shaheen Bagh on
Friday held heart-
shaped cut-outs urg-
ing Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to
visit them at the pro-
test site.
‘PM Modi please
come to Shaheen Bagh’
read the cutouts. The
heart-shaped cutouts
were held by five men in
the gathering. The pro-
test at Shaheen Bagh
against the Citizenship
Amendment Act has
been continuing for the
past nearly two months.
New Delhi: Finance
Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman on Fri-
day said that she is
open to more tweak-
ing inside and out-
side the Budget for
economic growth
based on the feed-
back given by econ-
omists and experts.
“If more has to be
done beyond the
Budget 2020, we are
willing to do that. I
am open to take steps
beyond it. We are
open to hearing from
all of you so that as
and when tweakings
have to happen or
more has to be done
beyond the Budget,
we are willing to do
that, the Finance
Minister said in a
panel discussion.
Turn on P5
SC notice To J&K on plea by
Omar’s sister for his release
New Delhi: Whether
Omar Abdullah’s deten-
tion under the stringent
Public Security Act
(PSA) is valid will be
examined by the Su-
preme Court, which is-
sued notice today to the
Jammu and Kashmir
administration. The Su-
preme Court said it
would take up the case
again on March 2, re-
jecting senior lawyer
Kapil Sibal’s request to
hear it earlier.
Omar Abdullah’s
sister Sara Abdullah
Pilot had petitioned
the Supreme Court
against his detention
and had asked that
he be produced in
court and freed im-
mediately.
“We were hoping that
the release would be
sooner...,” said Sara Ab-
dullah Pilot.
“We have full faith in
the justice system. We
are here in hope that
the people of Kashmir
have the same rights as
the rest of India. We are
waiting for that day,”
she added.
Earlierthismonth,the
former chief minister --
in detention since Au-
gust 5 when the govern-
ment ended special sta-
tus to Jammu and Kash-
mir--waschargedunder
the stringent law that al-
lows detention without
trial for up to three
months, and this can be
extended. Turn on P5
E-vehicles on roads, but much-awaited subsidy policy still missing
Haresh Jhala
Gandhinagar: The
State Government
may boast of initiat-
ing proactive meas-
ures in promoting
and attracting indus-
trial investments, but
is proving a laggard
in framing of policies
and announcements.
For electric vehicles,
the State Government
is yet to finalise the
subsidy policy.
Sources in the Ener-
gy and Transport de-
partments told First
India that, “There was a
time in Gujarat, when
policies were prepared
and announced first
and industrial invest-
ment used to follow it.”
But now the trend
seems to have reversed.
“Industries are permit-
ted to set up plants and
there is no policy. The
government has grant-
ed permission for Lith-
ium Ion battery manu-
facturing, two compa-
nies have set up plants
and by mid or end of
this calendar year these
are likely to go opera-
tional. Along with elec-
trical commercial vehi-
cles like buses and per-
sonal vehicles, electric
cars are on the road but
there is no concrete
subsidy policy being
framed by the state gov-
ernment.”
On Thursday, En-
ergy Minister Sau-
rabh Patel while flag-
ging off electrical ve-
hicles purchased by
the Gujarat Urja Vi-
kas Nigam Limited
(GUVNL) told media
persons that an e-ve-
hicle policy will be
announced soon.
But Energy Depart-
ment sources said the
framing of the subsidy
policy involves four to
five departments and
nothing concrete has
worked out so far. In
September, the State
Government had an-
nounced its intention
of giving subsidy to the
tune of Rs 37,500 for two
wheelers and Rs 90,000
for three wheelers, but
there has been no ac-
tion since.
According to tech-
nical experts, 50 per
cent of the cost of
electrical vehicle is
on Lithium Ion Bat-
tery and so if the gov-
ernment doesn’t give
a matching subsidy
on two- wheelers,
electrical vehicles
will be not be viable
for the consumers.
The State Govern-
ment targets to have
one lakh e-vehicles by
the end of 2022 and this
can be achieved only if
the government an-
nounces subsidy poli-
cies at the earliest and
also start giving per-
mission Turn on P5
Apex Court judge faints during
Nirbhaya trial, hearing deferred
New Delhi: A Supreme
Court judge fainted in
the courtroom on Fri-
day while she was dic-
tating an order on the
centre’s petition seek-
ing separate execu-
tions for the four death
row convicts in the
Nirbhaya gang rape
and murder case.
Justice R Banumathi
regained consciousness
even as court staffers
rushed to her aid, PTI
said,addingthatshewas
subsequently taken to
her chamber in a wheel-
chair. The three-judge
bench, also comprising
Justices AS Bopanna
and Ashok Bhushan,
said that the order will
be passed in-chamber.
In a related develop-
ment, the same bench
dismissed the plea of
Vinay Sharma -- one
of the four death row
convicts in the case -
challenging the rejec-
tion of his mercy peti-
tion by President Ram
Nath Kovind.
“We do not find any
ground for exercise of
judicial review of the
order of the President
of India rejecting the
petitioner’s mercy peti-
tion and this writ peti-
tion is liable to be dis-
missed,” it said.
Vinay Sharma had
claimed in the Supreme
Court that President
Ram Nath Kovind did
not consider the “men-
tal stability” he suf-
fered due to torture in
jail while rejecting his
mercy petition.
The centre denied the
assertion, saying he was
“fit and of sound mind”.
Thiswaspartof thecon-
vict’s last-ditch effort to
escape the death sen-
tence handed to him and
three others for the bru-
tal sexual assault on a
23-year-old physiothera-
py intern on December
16, 2012. Turn on P5
Justice R Banumathi
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Energy Minister claims E-vehicles
policy soon, but precious little has
moved on ground
Shaheen Bagh
invites PM with
heartily cut-outs
Omar Abdullah Sara Abdullah Pilot
‘Opentotweaking
inside&outsideof
Budgetforgrowth’
LIVELIHOOD OF 80
MN HOUSEHOLDS
AT STAKE WITH
PM’S DAIRY PUSH
The Narendra Modi
government is wooing
US President Donald
Trump with offers of
duty concessions on
dairy products and
chicken to seal a trade
deal with the United
States during the up-
coming visit of Trump
and his entourage.
India, the world’s larg-
est milk producer, has
no need to import milk
or other dairy products,
and has traditionally
restricted such imports
to protect the liveli-
hoods of 80 million ru-
ral households involved
in the industry. But the
Trump administration is
challenging Turn on P5
After Supreme Court rap, telecos
ordered to clear dues by 11:59 pm
FURIOUS SC TEARS
INTO TELECOS
 “I am anguished. I
feel I should not work in
this court,” a Supreme
Court bench of Justices
Arun Mishra, S Abdul
Nazeer and MR Shah
said on the petition filed
by Vodafone Idea, Bharti
Airtel and Tata Teleser-
vices. “Our conscience
has been shaken by the
way things are happen-
ing in the country,” they
remarked.
 The Supreme Court
had ordered the telecom
companies to pay adjusted
gross revenue (AGR)
worth Rs 92,000 crore to
the government.
 “We will initiate con-
tempt against the officer
and the companies. Not a
penny has been deposit-
ed... Is it not the outcome
of money power?” the
Supreme Court said today,
referring to a “desk of-
ficer” in the government
who had put on hold the
top court’s order.
 “I am totally at loss
how to work in this sys-
tem and in this country...
A desk officer considers
himself judge and stays
our order. Turn on P5
TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS
TWO WHEELERS
FOUR WHEELERS
THREE WHEELERS
PUBLIC BUSES
Gujarat Govt
Electrical Vehicles
Target by 2022
80,000
4,500
14,000
1,500
SC NOTICE TO CENTRE
ON CAA VALIDITY PLEA
NCP SLAMS GOVT OVER
BHIMA-KOREGAON CASE
The Supreme Court on Friday
issued a notice to the Centre on
a plea challenging the consti-
tutional validity of Citizenship
(Amendment) Act, 2019, and
National Register of Citizens. P7
NCP chief Sharad Pawar said
Maha government’s decision to
transfer Bhima-Koregaon case
to the Centre is constitutionally
wrong as the investigation falls
under state’s jurisdiction. P8

GUJARATAHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020
BUGGED? Or is it the
grapevine... . First India
begins a column that
brings to you gossips or
tete-e-tete from the
corridors of power
GUP
SHUP
TALKIN’ ‘BOUT A
REVOLUTION
Two government employees were
overheard discussing dilly-dallying
tactics employed by various departments
at a department canteen at the
Secretariat. Apparently, like many of us,
they are also fed up with the slow pace
of things in the government. First, they
were cribbing to each other about the
loops one has to jump through before
anything gets done. One said to the
other, “At this tortoise-like speed, we
can’t deliver results and meet people’s
aspirations.” Then, they moved to
solution mode. “There is a need for a
sea change in the system,” said the first
person, “which can be brought only
through revolution.” As the other nodded
sagely, we have to wonder, is Gujarat
prepping for a revolution?
NO ROOM AT THE INN?
The logistics team handling
accommodation for President
Trump’s visit is having a problem
of the almost biblical variety. There
doesn’t seem to be room at the inn
for the many officers of the various
security agencies that have been
swarming in lately. At least, not the
rooms they want, from what we
hear. Officials from two different
security agencies from New Delhi
apparently got into a ‘thing’ over
a ‘choice’ room at a government
guesthouse. Neither was willing to
accept any other rooms. Until a high-
ranking police officer intervened. To
recap: Grown men were fighting over
a room until they were separated by a
superior officer. This would be funny if
it weren’t so tragic.
LIGHT ON THE DETAILS
How would you feel if you opened your daily newspaper and saw only
headlines with no articles? We got a taste of that on Friday, the day after
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated a tent festival which is apparently going
to be held at Mandvi beach annually. Inner road-trippers suitably awakened, we
excitedly turned to Google to plan a trip at the earliest. Early mover advantage
and all that, right? Wrong. There’s zero information available on how much this
thing would cost, or how to get there. There isn’t even a website for the brand
new tourism initiative. That’s saying something (and nothing nice) at a time
when even pets have an Internet presence.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO TRUMP
We understand that Trump’s an important guy and that his visit is important,
but it’s not ok that civic body officials are so enthusiastic about the Donald’s
visit that they’re ignoring tax-paying citizens. Anyone who’s visited the office of
the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to get any work done has been receiving
the same line: “(Insert person in charge) is not available since they’re on a visit to
airport/Gandhi Ashram/Motera.” This is particularly true of the commissioner and
mayor. We get that we need to roll out the red carpet, but could we maybe not
trip over ourselves in the process? There’s an election coming, after all.
2 suspects confess to
involvement in murder
First India News
Surat: Two persons
surrendered before Su-
rat’s detective crime
branch (DCB) for their
alleged involvement in
the murder of gangster
Surya Marathi. Out of
the seven accused in the
case, the two persons,
Satish and Rahul, con-
fessed to being part of
the group that carried
out the attack, wherein
Marathi’s former asso-
ciate, Hardik Patel, who
was with the assailants,
also died.
Marathi was stabbed
to death by Hardik Pa-
tel’s goons on Wednes-
day when he was sitting
alone in his office un-
armed. Patel was se-
verely wounded in the
incident and was later
declared dead in a pri-
vate hospital. The as-
sailants were identified
as Rahul, Satish, Sahil,
Vicky and two other
unidentified persons.
History-sheeter Mar-
athi was one of prime
accused in the murder
of Manu Davya. Sourc-
es say Patel was former-
ly a close associate of
Marathi.
City jeweller
cheated
Ahmedabad: A jewel-
lery shop owner has
filed a complaint of
cheating against two
jewellers from Ra-
jasthan for non-pay-
ment of Rs44 lakh,
which he says they owe
him against jewellery
purchased. Yagnesh-
kumar Gandhi, 39,
runs a jewellery shop
named Ashtamangal
jewellers in Navrang-
pura. In his complaint,
he says the cheque for
payment given by the
two customers,
Shailendra Ramlal
Soni and Vinay Ramlal
Soni, bounced.
Women’s Commission calls for inquiry into Bhuj ‘strip’ check
First India News
Gandhinagar: The Gu-
jarat Women’s Commis-
sion has initiated suo
moto action against the
Shree Sahajanand Girls
Institute in Bhuj, a day
after 68 female students
complained that the in-
stitute stripped checked
them to see if they were
menstruating. The Na-
tional Commission for
Women (NCW) has also
taken cognizance of the
issue.
“NCW will set up an
inquiry team and visit
the girls to inquire
about the incident.
NCWhasalsoappraised
the Kutch University in-
charge Vice-Chancellor
Darshna Dholakia and
the DGP of Gujarat,
Shivanand Jha, to look
into the matter thor-
oughly and report to the
Commission at the ear-
liest.” — National Com-
mission for Women” a
statement from NCW
said. In addition, NCW
has also written to in-
stitute trustee, Pravin
Pindora, and principal
Rita Raniga to “give an
explanation of this
shameful exercise”
that has taken place in
their institute. At the
state level, Leelaben
Ankoliya, chairperson
of Gujarat’s women’s
commission told First
India, “The commis-
sion has initiated suo
moto against the Shree
Sahajanand Girls In-
stitute. We have writ-
ten to the District Su-
perintendent of Police
in Bhuj, asking that a
team be sent to the in-
stitute to record state-
ments from the girl
students. Women po-
lice have already
reached the campus
and have started an in-
vestigation.”
She has further said,
“We have also asked
the local Nari Adalat
committee to look into
the allegations. We
will decide what to do
depending on the po-
lice report.”
On Wednesday, 68 fe-
male students alleged
that they were physi-
cally checked to see
that menstruating stu-
dents were not attend-
ing classes since that
is against institute
rules. The institute
also expects menstru-
ating women to not
touch other women or
enter the kitchen, they
also said.
—FILE PHOTO
FIR LODGED
RESERVATION ISSUE: CM STEPS INMeets representatives from both sides of the divide in one day to explore options to keep everyone happy
First India News
Gandhinagar: Chief
Minister Vijay Rupani
took time off from his
busy schedule to meet
with leaders from differ-
ent communities to find
a solution to the ongo-
ing reservation agita-
tion, where SC/ST/OBC
communities have been
in open conflict with the
unreserved classes to
protect their rights.
Sources told First In-
dia that Deputy Chief
Minister Nitin Patel and
MoS (Home) Pradipsinh
Jadeja met the chief
minister on Friday af-
ternoon and briefed him
about the upper castes’
strongly opposition to
the idea of scraping the
August 2018 resolution.
They have threatened to
launch a state-wide agi-
tation if their demands
are not met. The chief
minister later met Ad-
ditionalChief Secretary
(Home) Sangeeta Singh,
chairmen of the LRD
recruitment board and
officers from legal and
home department. They
discussed the legal con-
sequences, and CM also
wanted the officers to
help him find a solution.
Thereafter, the officers
discussed various op-
tions to resolve the issue
while keeping all par-
ties happy in a meeting
with senior officers
from the CMO, these
sources said. Later in
the day, OBC leader Al-
pesh Thakor and
Bharatji Dabhi too met
Rupani and urged him
to scrap the resolution
as it is against the reser-
vation policy. Sources
say the duo also ex-
plained that the resolu-
tion, if still in effect,
would have a political
impact in North Guja-
rat, and that the BJP
would suffer in the up-
coming panchayat polls.
Thakor had issued an
ultimatum, giving the
state government 48
hours to scrap the reso-
lution.
First India News
Ahmedabad: The Vish-
va Hindu Parishad
(VHP) on Friday staged
a protest here against
Valentine’s Day in a bid
to “save Indian culture”
according to the mem-
bers of the organiza-
tion. Mehta, President
of VHP Ahmedabad,
said that Valentine’s
Day is a western festival
and hence should be
shunned.
“We have always op-
posed the western festi-
val of Valentine’s Day. It
is not our culture. We
have never opposed
love, but we oppose in-
decency in the name of
love. We are taking out
protests across the
country against Valen-
tine’s Day to save our
culture.” VHP members
were also seen distribut-
ing pamphlets request-
ing youths to not cele-
brate Valentine’s Day.
“We have urged the
youngsters to not cele-
brate the western festi-
val. For the last three
days, we have been dis-
tributing pamphlets to
youngsters urging them
to not celebrate the fes-
tival. We are also re-
questing Hindu girls
not to fall for ‘Love-Ji-
had’,” he added.
VHP stages protest
against Valentine’s
DayinAhmedabad
VHP workers asked youth to not celebrate the ‘western festival’.
Women candidates from the non-reserved category stage a near
the Sardar Patel statue in Gandhinagar.
—PHOTO BY NANDAN DAVE
Cong plans ‘Save
Constitution’ rally
First India News
Ahmedabad: All India
Congress Committee
(AICC) secretary and
Gujarat in-charge Rajiv
Satav alleged that the
agenda of the BJP and
RSS is to abolish reser-
vation from the country.
He said that Uttara-
khand’s BJP govern-
ment has submitted an
affidavitintheSupreme
Court stating that reser-
vation in government
jobs is not the constitu-
tional responsibility of
the government.
“The affidavit was
against the fundamen-
tal right of reservation.
Unfortunately, the Su-
preme Court ruled in
favour of that affidavit.
The BJP and RSS have,
time and again, talked
about abolishing the
reservation,” he said.
The Congress party’s
chief in Gujarat Amit
Chavda said that sub-
mitting such responses
in the Supreme Court
reflects the BJP’s anti-
reservation mentality.
“We always stand by
the people who are
marginalized and de-
prived. We will take out
a rally with slogans
‘Samvidhan Bachao’ on
February 17. To protect
the rights of the re-
served-category com-
munity, we will fight
from Sadak to Sansad,”
he said.
GPCC Chief Amit Chawda
The Congress party
will hold protest
at the district- and
taluka-level to
protect rights of
reserved categories.
Leader of Opposi-
tion in the Gujarat
Assembly Paresh
Dhanani said that
the BJP government
is pushing society
towards class con-
flict. “The BJP gov-
ernment is gradually
implementing their
idea of reservation
abolition, by issuing
circulars,” he said.
In the recent past,
the state has seen
many protests that
resulted from BJP’s
divisive policy,
he said, adding,
“The Congress will
stage a protest at
the state level and
district levels in
the coming days
to fight against the
anti-reservation
mindset of BJP.”
MODIFICATION
First India News
Ahmedabad: Discipli-
nary action has been
initiated against six
persons, including a
doctor, at Sola Civil Hos-
pital, after an internal
investigation found
them guilty of negli-
gence during fumiga-
tion operations.
About two months
back, a 75-year-old man
died after inhaling va-
pours produced during
fumigation in the hospi-
tal’s ICCU ward. Sola
Civil hospital manage-
ment took action
against six persons on
Friday after a report by
the hospital’s newly-es-
tablished investigation
committee. An inquiry
committee was appoint-
ed after the incident.
The report was submit-
ted to the hospital’s au-
thorities by a commit-
tee of senior officials of
Sola Civil Hospital and
Sola Government Medi-
cal College.
Sola Civil Hospital
superintendent, Dr RM
Jitia said, “After inves-
tigating the negligence
in fumigation opera-
tions, the committee
has submitted a report
to us. On the basis of
which, we have taken
action against a total of
six persons, including
a class 4 employee
working on contract.
Two doctors and three
nurses have been
warned and trans-
ferred to another ward-
department.”
In this regard, an em-
ployee of the hospital
who did not want to be
named for fear of blow-
back, said: “The hospi-
tal authorities have
made a farce out of the
investigation. They ter-
minated one of the em-
ployees working on con-
tract, while the doctor
and nurses were only
warned. The major cul-
prits have been saved.”
6 held for negligence at Sola Civil
—FILE PHOTO
Congress
to hold
more rallies

GUJARATAHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020
E-vehicles on...
for the charging stations
across the state. Public
charging stations are to be
approved by the Central
Government and its subsidy
is disbursed through Guja-
rat Energy Development
Agency.
In the current financial
year, the pan-India sales of
E-vehicles have touched
2,85,000 vehicles and they
were paid Rs 3.6 billion in
subsidy.
Furious SC...
The managing directors of
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone,
MTNL, BSNL, Reliance
Communications, Tata Tele-
communication and others
were summoned to the court
on March 17.
“It is better not to live in
this country and rather
leave the country,” the judg-
es thundered, angry about a
letter from a desk officer of
the Department of Telecom,
who “stayed” the court or-
der and said no action
should be taken against the
companies if they failed to
pay up by the deadline.
Top 10 developments...
 Who is the desk officer? Where
is the desk officer. Call him now
here. Is there any law left in the
country?” the judges fumed. “No
company has deposited anything
for many years. They should have
deposited some money,” they said.
 Telecom companies including
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and
Tata Teleservices had approached
the Supreme Court in January,
seeking modification in the top
court’s verdict to get more time to
pay up.
 The court had rejected the
telecom service providers’ plea
seeking a review of its earlier
order that allowed the government
to collect dues worth Rs 92,000
crore from them.
 The telecom companies want
the top court to allow them to
approach the Department of
Telecommunications (DoT) so that
dues could be cleared beyond the
January 23 deadline for payment.
 Telecom providers in the
country pay the DoT 3-5 per cent
of their AGR in spectrum usage
charges and 8 per cent as licence
fees.
 Companies have long argued
that the AGR should comprise
just revenue accrued from core
services, while the govern-
ment says it should include all
revenue.
 According to the Telecom
Department, Bharti Airtel owes
around Rs 23,000 crore, Voda-
fone Idea Rs 19,823 crore and
Reliance Communications Rs
16,456 crore.a
The Letter...
the officer besides telecom
bosses over non-payment
of dues of Rs 92,000 crore
as Adjusted Gross Revenue
(AGR). The Department of
Telecom, given one hour to
withdraw the letter, has now
done so. “Should we wind up
the Supreme Court? A desk
officer considers himself judge
and stays our order. Who is
the desk officer? A desk officer
says coercive action not to be
taken until further orders. How
can he stay our orders,” Justice
Arun Mishra had demanded of
the government, represented by
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
Livelihood of...
all hurdles to US exports
across the world, more
importantly to nations that
nurture a trade surplus with
America and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is trying to pull
all stops to make the 24-25
February visit pleasant for the
US President.
‘Open to...
Participating in an interac-
tive session on ‘Budget &
Beyond’, organised by the
NITI Aayog, the Finance
Minister said that the imme-
diate feedback to the Budget
has been motivating, as it
has had a “positive impact”
on the currency, bond and
equity markets. NITI Aayog
CEO Amitabh Kant said, “In
order to take India to a high
trajectory growth rate, we
willdiscussonforward-look-
ing measures regarding the
Budget and Beyond.”
Apex Court...
The top court had earlier
rejected the request of AP
Singh, the counsel of Vinay
Sharma, seeking the perus-
al of the original file of rec-
ommendation made by
Delhi Home Minister Sa-
tyendra Jain and Lieu-
tenant Governor Anil Baijal
for the rejection of his mer-
cy petition.
SC notice...
Abdullah’s father Farooq Ab-
dullah and Mehbooba Mufti,
also former chief ministers,
havebeendetainedunderthe
samelaw,whichisusedmost-
ly against terrorists and
stone-throwers.
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First India News
Ahmedabad: To guarantee in-
fallible security for the visit of
US President Donald Trump on
February 24, 300 American se-
cret service agents arrived in the
city and met with Ahmedabad
police and other security agen-
cies to discuss the three-layered
security system. During the
event, Trump is to take part in a
roadshow with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, and inaugurate
the newly rebuilt Motera stadi-
um and tour the Sabarmati Ash-
ram. The US head of state is to
stay at Hotel Hyatt in Vastrapur.
The law enforcement agency
tasked with protecting the US
President arrived on Thursday
and conducted a security sweep
of Hotel Hyatt. They will visit
Motera Stadium and Gandhi
Ashram on Saturday. Only secret
service agents and Trump’s per-
sonal security have been allowed
entry into the presidential floor
at Hotel Hyatt.
Ahmedabad: Brijeshku-
mar Thakur, an executive
officerwithTorrentPower
at Shahpur, has filed a po-
lice complaint accusing
two men, identified as Ir-
shad Dilshad Saiyad and
Vajiul Saiyad, of verbally
and physically assaulting
him on Thursday. In his
complaint, Thakur says
the two accused ap-
proached him while he
and his supervisor were
checking for illegal elec-
tricity connections in Vat-
va’s Gulmahor Society.
“They asked why we were
checkingthere,”hesaysin
his complaint, adding,
“They suddenly got very
angry and started using
abusive language. Then
they beat us up and threat-
ened to kill us.” Police are
investigating.
US Secret Service
agents descend
TorrentPowerstaffattacked
CIVIL HOSP IS TRUMP-READYOperation theatres, ambulances, emergency medicine and medical teams preparing in accordance with VVIP protocol
First India News
Ahmedabad: With
preparations for US
President Donald
Trump’s visit to the city
in full swing,
Ahmedabad’s Civil Hos-
pital has been put on
high alert. The largest
civil hospital in Asia
has kept their emergen-
cy services ready to
deal with any medical
emergencies that might
occur on February 24.
At part of a pro-
gramme titled Kem
Chho Trump, the Amer-
ican head of state is
scheduled to partici-
pate in a road show in
the city on February 24
with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, and in-
augurate the newly-
built Motera stadium
and tour the Sabarmati
Ashram. Trump is to
stay at the Hyatt hotel
in Vastrapur during his
visit to the city.
Sources say the hos-
pital has been prepar-
ing in accordance with
protocol issued by the
state government. In
addition, two operation
theatres have been pre-
pared at the hospital,
while five specialist
doctors and a paramedi-
cal team have also been
assigned for duty.
Moreover, blood of
Trump’s blood group
will also be kept ready
at the hospital as part
of the protocol. Three
ambulances, including
an ICU on wheels, are
prepared for any emer-
gency. Dr GH Rathod,
Medical Superinten-
dent of the hospital,
says, “Whenever there
is a VVIP movement,
we prepare the protocol
according to the medi-
cal emergency. There is
nothing more that can
be said.”
First India News
Ahmedabad: Presi-
dent of the United
States of America Don-
ald Trump will likely be
be treated to a 22km
long roadshow during
his 3.5 hour visit to the
city on February 24.
During the roadshow,
more than 50,000 people
are likely to greet the
international guest
along the cavalcade’s
route from the Airport
to Motera stadium and
Gandhi Ashram route.
Mayor Bijal Patel told
that more than 300 reli-
gious leaders, NGOs,
and other organizations
have been invited by the
civic body to take a part
in the roadshow. “The
roadshow will be simi-
lar to the ones we have
organized in the past to
greet international dig-
nitaries. We have asked
different communities
and people from differ-
ent regions to remain
present in their tradi-
tional attire. Different
religious people will
also greet the presi-
dent,” she said.
“There will be stages
for cultural events and
folk dances along the
road,” she added. So far,
11 roads have been re-
surfaced at the cost
Rs27 crore. For now,
three routes have been
decided for Trump’s
travel within the city.
Citizens will be prohib-
ited from using the road
from the airport to the
Gandhi Ashram, from
Gandhi Ashram to the
Motera Stadium and
from the stadium to the
airport for the course
of Trump’s visit.
First India News
Gandhinagar: The state gov-
ernmenthasreleaseditslistof
IAS and IPS officers who will
handle various duties on Feb-
ruary24,whenPrimeMinister
Narendra Modi and US Presi-
dent Donald Trump arrive in
the city to inaugurate the new-
ly rebuilt Motera Stadium.
Sources say the assignments
rely heavily on the officers’s
track record and their previ-
ous exposure to international
dignitaries. Additional Chief
Secretary Pankaj Kumar and
Principal Secretary Kamal
Dayani will handle the event at
the stadium, in coordination
with other officers and event
management company. Road
and Building Secretary Sand-
eep Vasava and Ahmedabad
Municipal Commissioner Vi-
jay Nehra will be in charge of
thebrandbuildingforthestate
alongtheroutefromAirportto
stadium and Gandhi Ashram.
DGP Shivanand Jha and
Ahmedabad Police Commis-
sioner Ashish Bhatia will be
responsible for the Guard of
Honour at the airport, while
cultural event and welcome
reception at the airport will be
taken care of by Secretary C V
Som. Secretary Mamta Verma
and Ahmedabad Collector KK
Nirala will take care of Sabar-
mati Ashram, while cultural
events at the stadium will be
coordinated by Industries
Commissioner Rahul Gupta.
The control room and logis-
tics at Motera Stadium will be
handled by Dhananjay Dwive-
di. Media coordination has
been assigned to Ashwani Ku-
mar, Secretary Information
and secretary to Chief Minis-
ter Vijay Rupani. Airport per-
missions and coordination
will be the responsibility of
Lochan Sehra and Captain
Ajay Chauhan.
Govt assigns IAS, IPS
officers duties for visit
US Prez to have 22km
roadshow in Ahmedabad
AT THE READY
3 ROUTES
Stages are being erected along the convoy’s route.
Ahmedabad’s civic
authorities are leaving
no stone unturned in
their quest to ensure
that US President Donald
Trump’s visit to the city
later this month goes off
without a hitch. Police
checking has increased,
roads have been fixed,
junction boxes on
street-light poles are
being checked, and
even Gandhi Ashram has
been fogged to avoid
any untoward incident,
including mosquito bites.
—PHOTOS BY
NANDAN DAVE
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PERSPECTIVEAHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020
PLIGHT
OF INDIA’S
WOMENhat is common between Delhi, the
national capital and Bhuj, a town in
thefar-flungKutchhregionof Guja-
rat? At both these places, girl stu-
dents have been subjected to the
most shameful treatment in recent times. Stu-
dents of Delhi’s prestigious all-women Gargi
College had a harrowing time when they were
sexually molested by “outsiders” at a college
event a few days ago. On Valentine’s Day, stu-
dents of Sahjanand Girl’s Institute were
humiliated by the principal and staff who
allegedlyaskedthemtoremovetheirunder-
wear to prove they were not menstruating.
As it is, educating a girl child is a challenge
for various reasons. To make matters worse
educational institutions are becoming night-
marish places for them.
The Bhuj incident not only highlights how
we treat girls but also the medieval mindset
which some of the so-called educated women
carry. The institute’s principal and other
female staff insulted and paraded the stu-
dents forcing them to strip to check on
their menstrual cycle. The reason, as given
by an Ahmedabad newspaper: the institute,
which is run by Swaminarayan temple follow-
ers, believes in segregating its menstruating
students to avoid physical contact with fellow
students and prevents them from entering the
kitchen or a temple. All this is happening in
even as the SC is seized of the issue of Sa-
barimala temple where menstruating
women are not allowed entry to the sanc-
tum sanctorum as that would defile the
presiding deity.Theincidentalsoremindsone
of the menstruating girls not going to schools
to avoid “embarrassment”.
More than action against the institute’s
principal and staff, what is needed is a wide-
spread campaign to change the mindset of
the people who still follow 16th-century prac-
tice against a normal and necessary biologi-
cal phenomenon. For the time being a “dis-
turbed” National Commission for Women
has promised an inquiry into the incident.
At Gargi College, outsiders forcibly en-
tered the premises during a college festi-
val and molested them. The incident hap-
pened during the third day of the college
festival Reverie on February 6, when
hoodlum barged in and groped students
besides indulging in other disgusting
acts. Initially, the college principal too de-
nied the incident and the police also refused
to take cognizance of their complaint. But
when students started giving a detailed ac-
count of the shocking incident and mounted
pressure the principal lodged an FIR. The
police also moved into action as the issue
threatened to get out of hand.
If at Bhuj the institute’s principal and staff
themselves humiliated the girl students, at
Gargi College the Principal remained indif-
ferent to the plight of her students who re-
fused to take things lying down. If women
work as enemies of their own, who will fight
for their rights? Maybe, it is time to ponder.
IN-DEPTH
W
fter the Election Commis-
sion’s continued badgering
of ‘weeding-out’ netas with
a criminal background from
Indian politics, Friday’s
judgment of the SC is both a
moral and strategic victory
of the Election Commission
in ensuring that the citizens
of India get a legislative that
is free of criminals or at
least the voters’ fundamen-
tal right to know about the
criminal background of can-
didates is secured. The lu-
cidly written judgment of
the SC on Friday, welcomed
by the EC is a document that
is a statement on the state of
politics in the nation today.
With the SC empowering a
decisive and powerful Election
Commission headed by the un-
assailable CEC Sunil Arora,
the political system may see
fewer of unworthy men enter-
ing the legislature. Armed with
this order, the Election Com-
mission should now be able to
purge the system for clean pol-
itics. Provided parties, too,
shun criminals for a healthy
democracy. According to sourc-
es, the EC is likely to come
down heavily on the dispropor-
tionate assets of tainted netas
and election candidates.
Point 3 of the judgment
states, “On a perusal of the
documents placed on record
and after submissions of
counsel, it appears that over
the last four general elec-
tions, there has been an
alarming increase in the in-
cidence of criminals in poli-
tics. In 2004, 24% of the Mem-
bers of Parliament had crim-
inal cases pending against
them; in 2009, that went up to
30%; in 2014 to 34%; and in
2019 as many as 43% of MPs
had criminal cases pending
against them.” It justifies the
public perception that poli-
tics has for long been a safe
refuge for criminals in India.
In 2002, the Supreme Court
held that the voter has a funda-
mental right, to know relevant
factsaboutthecandidateinclud-
ing assets and criminal back-
ground. (Union of India v/s As-
sociationfordemocraticrights).
The parliament then amended
the Representation of people’s
actions to nullify certain direc-
tionsof theSupremeCourt.The
amendment was that the candi-
date had only to declare convic-
tion and charge framed an of-
fence punishable with impris-
onment of two years or more.
Supreme Court again in 2003 in
the PUCL v/s Union of India
reiteratedthatwithoutknowing
the relevant antecedents of the
candidatetheelectioncannotbe
free and fair. In 2013, the Su-
preme Court in Lily Thomas v/
s Union of India ruled that any
MLA, MP, MLC, who is convict-
ed of a crime and given a mini-
mum of two years imprison-
ment loses membership of the
houseimmediately.However,an
attempt was made to overturn
this direction by way of the or-
dinancewhichfailed.Still,there
isnoprovisionwhichblocksthe
wayof criminalsinlegislatures,
only a convict with two years or
more imprisonment is barred
from election and that too only
if theconvictionisnotstayedby
the appellate court.
The general feeling is that
shady characters win elec-
tions using money and mus-
cle power and become “maan-
niyas” (honourable) over-
night simply by donning
white khadi. Their winnabil-
ity and ill-gotten wealth
make them a favourite of all
political parties who have no
qualms about fielding such
elements and those with a
criminal background also
are not embarrassed when
they give details of their an-
tecedents at the time of filing
nomination.
OnFriday,concernedoverthe
alarming rise in criminaliza-
tion of politics, a bench of Jus-
tices RF Nariman and S Ravin-
dra Bhat passed the significant
order directing all political par-
ties to comply with the order.
The judges also asked the Elec-
tion Commission to bring to
their notice non-compliance of
theorder,if any,whichwouldbe
treated as contempt.
The judges said, “It shall
be mandatory for political
parties (at the Central and
state level) to upload on their
website detailed information
regarding individuals with
pending criminal cases (in-
cluding the nature of offenc-
es and relevant particulars
such as whether charges
have been framed, the con-
cerned court, the case num-
ber etc.) who have been se-
lected as candidates, along
with the reasons for such
selection, as also why other
individuals without crimi-
nal antecedents could not be
selected as candidates.”
In its February 13 order the
Supreme Court has made it
mandatory for political par-
ties to “publish, including on
official social media pages,
details of cases against their
candidates” and also give a
reason for their selection. Po-
litical parties have been di-
rected to publish all informa-
tion about pending criminal
cases within 48 hours of a
candidate’s selection “or not
less than two weeks before
the first date of filing nomi-
nation, whichever is earlier.”
Notably, it has two points at the
end that are very critical which
empower the Election Commis-
sion and will have long term
positive implications in the pro-
cess of cleaning up the political
system, namely: “ The political
party concerned shall then sub-
mit a report of compliance with
these directions with the EC
within 72 hours of the selection
of the said candidate. 6) If a po-
litical party fails to submit such
compliancereportwiththeElec-
tion Commission, the Election
Commission shall bring such
non-compliance by the political
party concerned to the notice of
the SC as being in contempt of
this Court’s orders/directions.”
SCjudgmentontainted
netas…amoralvictoryforEC!
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With the SC
empowering a
decisive and
powerful
Election
Commission
headed by the
unassailable
CEC Sunil
Arora, the
political system
may see fewer of
unworthy men
entering the
legislature
lobal dissatis-
faction with de-
mocracy has in-
creased over the
past 25 years,
according to our recent re-
port. Drawing upon the HU-
MAN Surveys project, the
report covered 154 coun-
tries, with 77 countries cov-
ered continuously for the
period from 1995 to 2020.
Not surprisingly, the
gloomy headline finding –
rising democratic dissatis-
faction – attracted the most
attention. Less widely dis-
cussed, however, is the
“good news” – that a
small sample of coun-
tries has bucked the
trend, and have record
high levels of satisfaction
with their democracies.
ISLANDS OF
CONTENTMENT
Why are such countries –
the Netherlands, Den-
mark, or Switzerland –
able to achieve high and
rising levels of democrat-
ic contentment? There are
four factors that stand out
in explaining why some
democracies have – or
have not – experienced an
eroding democratic satis-
faction. These can be
summarised by four
“Ps”: polarisation, pa-
ralysis, perfidy, and
powerlessness.
POLARISATION
First, countries with in-
creasing polarisation
show rising dissatisfac-
tion. This is especially the
case in majoritarian elec-
toral systems that gener-
ate “winners and losers”,
leaving close to half of
the electorate dissatisfied
following every election.
PARALYSIS
Citizens abhor a political
vacuum. Perhaps one of
the clearest examples is
the UK during the Brexit
paralysis of 2019, in which
the British cabinet and
parliament were log-
jammed over whether to
pass the EU withdrawal
agreement, hold a second
referendum, or call an
election.
The UK is not the only
example: government
shutdowns in the US un-
der Bill Clinton in 1995-
’96, Barack Obama in
2013, and Donald Trump
in 2018-’19 did not in-
crease public satisfaction.
And in Australia, the re-
volving door of prime
ministers between 2013
and 2018 has left many
voters dissatisfied.
PERFIDY
Perfidy – or, corruption
and scandal – is one of
the strongest predictors
of dissatisfaction with
democracy. These can be
short-lived, as with the
UK parliamentary ex-
penses scandal of 2009,
which saw dissatisfaction
temporarily spike, or
rather longer in duration,
such as the “tangentpoli”
investigations in 1990s It-
aly which led to the col-
lapse of the entire party
system.
POWERLESSNESS
Finally, citizens must feel
that they have agency
over the political process.
A clear example of power-
lessness is where there is
low electoral integrity.
Elections are one of the
most visible aspects of de-
mocracy, and unfair elec-
toral practices decrease
public satisfaction.
The unlimited money
pouring into US elections
since 2010, its demonstra-
bly gerrymandered elec-
toral districts, active voter
suppression, and contro-
versies in vote counting
have left many disillu-
sioned with the electoral
process. Canada is better
off, but the circumvention
of election finance rules
by Conservatives in the
2006 election campaign
and Robocall scandal in
the 2011 Canadian federal
elections did not enhance
public satisfaction.
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SOULS OF GANDHI FAMILY ARE
CORRUPT , SAYS SAMBIT PATRA
New Delhi: BJP national
spokesperson Sambit
Patra slammed Rahul
Gandhi for targeting the
government on Pulwama
terror attack anniversary,
saying that the souls of
Gandhi family are corrupt.
“That was a Dastardly
attack.. And this is a
dastardly comment.. Who
Benefitted the most? ..Mr
Gandhi can you think
beyond Benefits? ..off
course not..this so called
“Gandhi” family can never
think beyond Benefits
..not just materialistically
corrupt..their Souls are
also Corrupt,” tweeted
Patra. Hitting out at Cen-
tre on first anniversary of
Pulwama attack, Rahul
Gandhi asked who has
been held accountable for
the “security lapses.”
LEFT PARTIES TO PROTEST
AGAINST TRUMP’S VISIT TO INDIA
New Delhi: The Left parties will stage a protest
against US President Donald Trump’s visit to
India scheduled for later this month. Trump will
pay a two-day visit to India from Feb 24 at the in-
vitation of PM Modi. “CPI and CPI (M) will stage
a protest against Donald Trump’s visit. The agi-
tation is likely to take place on February 24,” CPI
General Secretary D Raja said. “Left parties are of
the view that people should express their strong
opposition to Trump when he is visiting India &
there are several reasons to oppose his visit.
PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT
VARANASI ON SUNDAY
New Delhi: PM Modi is slated to visit his Par-
liamentary constituency, Varanasi, on Sunday
(February 16). Modi is scheduled to participate in
the closing ceremony of the Centenary Celebra-
tions of Shri Jagadguru Vishwaradhya Gurukul.
He shall also be releasing the translated version
of the Shri Siddhant Shikhamani Granth in 19
languages, according to an official statement. Dr
Chandrasekhar Shivacharya Mahaswami, Head
of the Gurukul, said Modi would also release a
mobile app of the Granth.
FELT BAD: DIDI ON NOT BEING
INVITED TO E-W METRO FUNCTION
Kolkata: Attacking the
BJP for not inviting her
for the inauguration of
Phase I of East-West Met-
ro corridor, West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Friday said
a lot of hard work was
put on the work of metro
but they don’t have the
courtesy to call and in-
form.”We worked hard for
the metro and it feels bad
that even for a small route
they don’t have the cour-
tesy to call me and in-
form,” said Banerjee while
speaking at the Assembly.
Her comments come
after Banerjee’s name was
missing from the invita-
tion of the inauguration
of Phase I of East-West
Metro corridor between
Salt Lake Sector-V to Salt
Lake Stadium.
New Delhi:PM Modi
led the nation in paying
tribute to the 40 CRPF
personnel killed in a
terror attack in Pulwa-
ma a year ago and said
India will never forget
their martyrdom.
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi, ministers
Rajnath Singh, Smriti
Irani and Hardeep
Puri as well as AAP
chief Arvind Kejriwal
were among those who
remembered those
killed when a convoy
of vehicles carrying
security personnel
was attacked on Febru-
ary 14 last year.
“Tributes to the
brave martyrs who lost
their lives in the grue-
some Pulwama attack
last year. They were ex-
ceptional individuals
who devoted their lives
to serving and protect-
ing our nation. India
will never forget their
martyrdom,” Prime
Minister Modi tweeted.
BJP president J P Na-
dda also hailed the sac-
rifice of the CRPF per-
sonnel.
“India will always re-
member their martyr-
dom. We should all
unite to completely
end terrorism from its
very roots,” he said on
Twitter. —PTI
PULWAMA ATTACK ANNIVERSARY
NIA FAILED TO NAB
CULPRITS: MUFTI
PULWAMA PROBE
REACHES DEAD END
MOS HOME SLAMS
RAHUL’S ‘PULWAMA
BENEFIT’ QUESTION New Delhi: PDP leader
Mehbooba Mufti said that
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) failed to nab
the culprits of Pulwama
terror attack even after a
year. “No surprises that
a year post-Pulwama
attack, NIA failed to nab
culprits. The same agency
is now sheltering it’s pawn
Davinder Singh who was
caught with militants,”
Mufti tweeted.
Srinagar: The case threw
unique challenges for NIA,
anti-terror probe agency
formed in aftermath of
Mumbai terror strikes
in 2008, as it there is no
solid information about
mastermind behind the at-
tack. “It was a blind case
for us. There were lot of
murmurs but everything
needs to be established
beyond doubt in the court
of law,” an official said.
MoS Home Affairs G Kishan
Reddy fired a broadside at
former Congress President
Rahul Gandhi for playing
politics on Pulwama attack.
Gandhi had raised ques-
tions on ‘beneficiaries’ of
fallout of the martyrdom
of CRPF personnel. Reddy
alleged that Gandhi was
making such statements at
the behest of “adversarial
state” Pakistan.
Srinagar: The Central
Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) on Friday paid
tributes to their person-
nel who lost their lives
in the Pulwama attack
on this day, last year
when their convoy was
targeted by a suicide
bomber of Pakistan-
based Jaish-e-Moham-
mad (JeM).
Umesh Gopinath Jad-
hav from Maharashtra
was the special guest at
the wreath-laying cere-
mony at CRPF campus
here to mark a year of
the attack. Jadhav took
a 61,000 km long jour-
ney across India to meet
families of the 40
jawans who lost their
lives in the attack.
Jadhav met the fami-
lies of the Pulwama
martyrs and said that
he collected the soil
from their houses.
“I am proud that I
met all the families of
Pulwama martyrs, and
sought their blessings.
Parents have lost their
sons, wives lost their
husbands, children lost
their fathers, friends
lost their friends. I col-
lected soil from their
houses and their crema-
tion grounds,” he said.
CRPFremembers40jawans
PM, OTHER LEADERS PAY
TRIBUTE TO CRPF MARTYRS
‘SACRIFICE WON’T BE FORGOTTEN’
‘THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES TODAY’VALENTINE’S DAY’
RAGA RAISES THREE QUESTIONS ON
PULWAMA ATTACK ANNIVERSARY
New Delhi: Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan
remembered the martyrs of Pulwama and their
sacrifice on the day of love. Am-
itabh wrote on social media, “Suna
ja raha hai aaj hai Valentine Day.
Pyar mohabbat jatate hain foolon
se aur dilon se. Dil Mohabbat ki
baatein to honi chahiye pratidin.
Ek hi din banaya kyu gaya hai ye
hai to abhinn. Par soche zara saal bhar pehle hua
jo. Isi din shaheed hue Pulwama mein veer jo
Shraddha se natmastak hote hain aaj hum, fool
barsaate hain unpar aaj hum.”
New Delhi: Slamming the Centre on the first
anniversary of Pulwama attack, Rahul Gandhi
questioned who has been held ac-
countable for the “security lapses”
and also asked about the outcome
of the inquiry into the attack.
“Today as we remember our 40
CRPF martyrs in the #PulwamaAt-
tack , let us ask: 1. Who benefitted
the most from the attack? 2. What is the outcome
of the inquiry into the attack? 3. Who in the BJP
Govt has yet been held accountable for the secu-
rity lapses that allowed the attack?” he tweeted.
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: London
based businessman
Sanjeev Chawla, who
was extradited to India
for his involvement in a
match-fixing racket,
moved Delhi HC chal-
lenging his 12-day cus-
todial remand pro-
nounced by Patiala
HouseCourt.He,through
his counsel, challenged
custodial remand on
groundsthatitwasagainst
extradition treaty signed
between U K & India.
‘BOOKIE’ CHAWLA
MOVES HC OVER
CUSTODIAL REMAND
New Delhi: Delhi HC
said that it will hear on
Feb 17 advocate ML
Sharma’s petition seek-
ing a CBI probe in the
Gargi college incident.
Sharma mentioned his
plea before a division
bench of Justices GS
Sistani & Justice C Hari
Shankar seeking an ur-
gent hearing in the mat-
ter. The bench enquired
Sharma about the ur-
gency with regard to his
plea. He responded by
stating that there are
chances of destroying
evidence related to the
case. The advocate told
the court that nothing
major has been done so
far.
Hearing on CBI probe in Gargi
college incident on Feb 17
New Delhi: SC declined former Congress leader
Sajjan Kumar’s plea seeking interim bail in 1984
anti-Sikh riots case. Appearing for Kumar, Senior
lawyer and former ASG sought the interim bail,
citing the need for private medical treatment. A
bench headed by Chief Justice SS Bobde refused
interim relief to Kumar and scheduled the matter
for hearing after the Holi vacation.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court adjourned the
hearing of a plea seeking to declare manifesto
of Indian National Congress for the 2019
Lok Sabha elections as “unfair” and against
the Model Code of Conduct, as the party had
promised freebies to voters in an attempt to
bribe them. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde
posted the matter for hearing after two weeks.
The petition seeks to declare null and void the
winning seats of Congress party. One Adarsh
Kumar Agarwal has filed this petition against
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
SC DECLINES SAJJAN KUMAR’S PLEA
FOR BAIL IN 1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS CASE
HEARING ON CONGRESS’ MANIFESTO
PLEA FOR 2019 LS POLLS ADJOURNED
New Delhi: The CBI
and Enforcement Direc-
torate filed the status
report in the Aircel-
Maxis case in a Special
Court in Delhi.
CBI has informed the
court that they have
sent Letters Rogatory to
Malaysia and there is
some development re-
garding it, and also that
the agency is working
on a new lead. ASG San-
jay Jain appeared for
both probing agencies.
DJ Sujata Kohli after
receiving the report ad-
journed the matter for
February 20.
In January, the court
directed the Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
(CBI) and Enforcement
Directorate (ED) to file
a fresh status report in
the Aircel-Maxis case.
While issuing the direc-
tions, district judge Su-
jata Kohli observed that
the allegations men-
tioned in the charge
sheet appeared to be
“quite serious in na-
ture.” The matter was
earlier adjourned sine
die.
The case, which is be-
ing probed by the CBI
and ED, relates to al-
leged irregularities in
grant of Foreign Invest-
ment Promotion Board
(FIPB) approval in the
Aircel-Maxis deal.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
issued a notice to the
Centre on a plea chal-
lenging the constitu-
tional validity of Citi-
zenship (Amendment)
Act, 2019, and the Na-
tional Register of Citi-
zens (NRC).
The apex court has
sought the Central gov-
ernment’s reply and
tagged the matter along
with similar pending
matters. The petition
was filed by Jamiat Ule-
ma-e-Hind. Earlier on
February 7, the top
court issued a notice to
the Centre on a plea
challenging the consti-
tutional validity of
CAA and effective im-
plementation of the As-
sam Accord.
Over a hundred peti-
tions have been filed in
the apex court for and
against the amended
citizenship law.
Status report in Aircel-Maxis case filed SC notice to Centre on plea
against validity of CAA
SC ALLOWS KARTI
TO TRAVEL ABROAD
CBI MOVES SC
AGAINST BAIL
New Delhi: SC allowed
Congress MP Karti
Chidam-
baram
to travel
abroad,
for
attending
a tennis
tournament and asked
him to deposit Rs 10
crore with the apex
court registry. A three-
judge Bench of the
apex court, headed by
CJI Sharad Arvind Bob-
de passed the order.
New Delhi: CBI moved
SC against the J’khand
HC’s
order
granting
bail to
RJD chief
Lalu
Prasad
Yadav in the fodder
scam case. After the
former Bihar CM
completed half of his
jail term in connection
with Deoghar treasury
scam case, HC had
granted him bail.

Kolhapur: Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
chief Sharad Pawar
said that the Maharash-
tra government’s al-
leged decision to trans-
fertheBhima-Koregaon
case to the Centre is
constitutionally wrong
as the investigation of
crime falls under state’s
jurisdiction.
“Behaviour of some
people in Maharashtra
Police (involved in Bhi-
ma Koregaon investiga-
tion) was objectionable.
I wanted that the role of
these officers is investi-
gated. In the morning,
there was a meeting of
Maharashtra govern-
ment ministers with po-
lice officers. At 3 pm,
the Centre ordered the
transfer of the case to
NIA. This is wrong as
per the Constitution be-
cause crime’s investiga-
tion is state’s jurisdic-
tion,” he said. “The Cen-
tre taking out investiga-
tion out of state’s hands
in this manner is wrong
and Maharashtra gov-
ernment giving support
to their decision is also
wrong,” he said.
Last month, Maha-
rashtra Home Minister
Anil Deshmukh had
said that the Centre
should not have trans-
ferred the Bhima Kore-
gaon case to NIA with-
out taking the state gov-
ernment in the loop.
“Wehavenotreceived
any letter regarding
probe in Bhima Kore-
gaon case. We will de-
cide our next step after
reading the letter and
seeking a legal opinion
on it. People from many
organisation have told
me that some people
have wrongly been
charged in the case,”
Deshmukhhadclaimed.
OnJanuary1,2018,vio-
lence had erupted during
the200th-anniversarycel-
ebrations of the Bhima-
Koregaon battle. One per-
son lost his life while
several others were in-
jured in the incident. Po-
lice had filed 58 cases
against 162 people.
INDIAAHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020
ARMY HQ LIKE RESTRUCTURING
NOW FOR AIR HQ?
Army HQ like restructuring is reportedly now
being made applicable to Air HQ with some
seniors officers likely to be moved to opera-
tional duties. Rajiv Bansal appointed as CMD,
Air India Rajiv Bansal has been appointed as
Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Air
India. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Naga-
land cadre.
RAJEEV RANJAN APPOINTED AS
SECRETARY, FISHERIES
Rajeev Ranjan has been appointed as Secretary,
Department of Fisheries. He is a 1985 batch IAS
officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
PAWAN KUMAR AGARWAL
APPOINTED AS SECRETARY,
CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Pawan Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as
Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs. He is
a 1985 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
SARASWATI PRASAD APPOINTED
AS SECRETARY, NCST
Saraswati Prasad has been appointed as Sec-
retary, National Commission for Scheduled
Tribes (NCST). He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of
Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
TENURE OF IYER AS SECRETARY,
DRINKING WATER EXTENDED
The tenure of Parameswaran Iyer as Secretary,
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation
has been extended upto April 30, 2021. He is a
1981 batch voluntarily retired IAS officer of UP
cadre.
SAI MANOHAR TO RETURN TO MP
NEXT MONTH JOINT DIRECTOR CBI,
A Sai Manohar, is returning to the parent cadre
Madhya Pradesh after completion of seven years
deputation tenure next month. He is a 1995
batch IPS officer.
AWASTHI LIKELY TO BE
REGULAR DGP, UP
As per available indications, Hitesh Chandra
Awasthi is likely to be declared as a regular DGP
of UP. He is a 1985 IPS officer and presently
holding the additional charge of DGP.
IFS OFFICER IS PS TO PIYUSH GOYAL
Mahesh Kumar has joined as PS to Piyush Goyal,
Minister of Commerce and Industries. He is a
2008 batch IFS officer.
ALLAHABAD HC STILL SHORT
OF 11 PERMANENT JUDGES
Allahabad High Court is still short of 11 perma-
nent Judges as on February 1, 2020.
NINE ADDL JUDGES RECOMMENDED AS
PERMANENT JUDGES OF MADRAS HC
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved
the proposal for appointment of following nine
Additional Judges of Madras High Court as
Permanent Judges of that High Court: Ms Jus-
tice P.T. Asha, Justice M. Nirmal Kumar, Jus-
tice Subramonium Prasad, Justice N. Anand
Venkatesh, Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, Justice
Krishnan Ramasamy, Justice C. Saravanan,
Justice B. Pugalendhi, and Justice Senthilku-
mar Ramamoorthy.
SACHIN DHANI RELIEVED TO JOIN
CENTRAL DEPUTATION
Sachin Dhania has been relieved to join central
deputation as Deputy Secretary in the Depart-
ment for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade, Delhi on deputation basis.
RAJENDRA KUMAR TIWARI IS NOW
FULL TIME CHIEF SECRETARY, UP
Rajendra Kumar Tiwari has been appointed full
time Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. He is a
1985 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
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SONIA TAKES FEEDBACK FROM CONG
LEADERS AFTER DELHI DEBACLE
New Delhi: Following the
Congress debacle in Delhi
Assembly elections, party
interim president Sonia
Gandhi has launched
an exercise to meet
leaders for a feedback
on the dismal showing
of the grand old party.
Congress leader Alka
Lamba, a former MLA
from Chandni Chowk,
met Gandhi to give a
feedback on the reasons
for the poor showing in
Delhi, where it was last
in power from 2003 to
2013 on its own. Lamba
said that they discussed
the election results and
the steps to strengthen
the party in the national
capital. Lamba said that
she would meet people in
her constituency to thank
them for their support.
BAGHEL FIRST C’GARH CM TO
SPEAK AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Raipur: Bhupesh Baghel will be the first CM of
Chhattisgarh to have been invited to deliver a
keynote address at Harvard India Conference. A
press release from DPR said: “It is a matter of
pride for a tribal-dominated 7 agriculture-orient-
ed state like Chhattisgarh.” “Although the CM has
been invited to a discussion on the topic ‘Caste
and Politics in Democratic India’, he will share
his experiences on recent innovative initiatives in
agriculture and allied sectors in Chhattisgarh with
policymakers and researchers present there.”
JHARKHAND ADGP SUSPENDED
OVER 2016 RS POLLS CASE
Ranchi: The Hemant Soren government ordered
suspension of ADGP (CID) Anurag Gupta in con-
nection with conduct of RS polls in state in 2016.
Gupta, a 1990-batch IPS officer, was accused
of working in favour of a BJP candidate at the
behest of the then state govt headed by Raghubar
Das. In an audio clip that went viral, the ADGP
was heard talking to Cong leader Yogendra Sao
and asking the latter to vote for his legislator
wife. He was accused of using foul language
against the then LoP & present CM Hemant Soren.
THIRD INDIAN DIAGNOSED WITH
CORONAVIRUS ABOARD CRUISE
New Delhi: Another In-
dian aboard a cruise ship
quarantined off the coast
of Japan has been infect-
ed by the coronavirus, the
embassy in Tokyo said.
This takes the number of
Indians infected by the
highly contagious disease
on board the Diamond
Princess to three. A viral
outbreak that began in
China has killed 1381
people and infected
nearly 64,000 on Friday
since it began spreading
in central Wuhan city in
late December. The WHO
has named the illness
COVID-19, referring to its
origin late last year and
coronavirus that caus-
es it. 219 people have
the virus on the cruise
ship isolated at a port in
Japan’s Yokohama.
Pawar slams Maha govt, Centre
over Bhima-Koregaon case transfer
New Delhi: Arvind Ke-
jriwal has invited PM
Modi for his swearing-
in ceremony on Febru-
ary 16 in New Delhi.
AAP supremo Arvind
Kejriwal, who spear-
headed the party’s land-
slide victory in the
Delhi Assembly polls,
will take oath as the
chief minister for the
third consecutive time
in a grand public cere-
mony Delhi’s iconic
Ramlila Maidan.
Senior AAP leader
Sanjay Singh said
that he does not be-
lieve that the contro-
versial remarks made
by BJP leaders dur-
ing the Delhi Assem-
bly election did not
have the approval of
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah.
“He himself uses
such aggressive lan-
guage. I don’t believe
that without his
knowledge Arvind
Kejriwal was called
terrorist and Ravan,”
Singh told ANI.
Shah while accept-
ing BJP’s defeat in
Delhi polls, had said
that the party had dis-
tanced itself from
some controversial
remarks made by its
leaders during Delhi
elections.
Arvind Kejriwal invites
PM Modi for swearing-
in ceremony on Feb 16
Delhi C M Arvind Kejriwal meets veteran writer-lyricist Javed
Akhtar at his residence in presence of AAP leader Sanjay Singh.
Ayodhya: Voices of
dissent have started
emerging from the
Nirmohi Akhara here
over the Shri Ram
Janambhoomi Teerth
Kshetra Trust, set
up by the Centre to su-
pervise the construc-
tion of a grand Ram
temple.
Nirmohi Akhara
‘‘Sarpanch’’ Raja Ram-
chandracharya has
said that the new trust
has ‘‘several faults’’.
Nirmohi Akhara
not ‘satisfied’
with temple trustLucknow: The All-In-
dia Babri Masjid Action
Committee will move
SC seeking rubble of
demolished Babri
mosque in Ayodhya,
said AIBMAC convener
Zafaryab Jilani. He said
that he would soon dis-
cuss the issue with sen-
ior lawyer Rajiv Dha-
wan and would file a
petition in SC later this
month. “We could have
raised the rubble issue
during the review peti-
tion’’s hearing, but the
plea was dismissed.
“According to the Sh-
ariat, a mosque’’s de-
bris cannot be used in
any other construction.
The apex court has not
given any direction on
the mosque’’s debris,”
he said. SC stated that
demolition of mosque
was illegal & unlawful.
“The pillars, stones &
other wreckage of de-
molishedmosqueshould
be handed over to Mus-
lims. We will soon file a
petition for this.”
BabrirubblepetitionsooninSC
New Delhi: Over 81 per
cent of Delhi’s popula-
tion received fake news
through various social
media platforms as the
Assembly elections
neared, according to a
new survey by non-prof-
it Social Media Matters
and Institute for Gov-
ernance, Policies and
Politics.
Facebook and What-
sApp were the leading
platforms that were
used for the dissemina-
tion of misinformation,
showed the results.
“The epidemic of
fake news is threaten-
ing the basic fragment
of our democracy.
When the voter is in a
constant state of cogni-
tive dissonance how
are they expected to
make an informed
choice. As a nation, it
has to be our priority to
bring an end to it,” Am-
itabh Kumar, Founder,
Social Media Matters,
said in a statement.
The Delhi Assembly
elections were held on
February 8. The re-
sults declared on Feb-
ruary 11 saw the Aam
Aadmi Party winning
62 of the 70 seats,
bringing the Arvind
Kejriwal-led govern-
ment back to power
with a massive victory.
The survey “Delhi –
#DontBeAFool” was
conducted on a sample
size of 400 people to in-
terrogate dissemina-
tion, penetration and
impact of fake news
spread via social media
on the elections.
Rumours spread
ahead of the elections
included allegations
that women participat-
ing in the sit-in protests
at Shaheen Bagh were
being paid to demon-
strate against CAA and
the proposed NRC.
Tweets of renowned
individuals proved to be
volatile before elections.
About 40% of people in
survey were between 18-
25 yrs of age.
81% Delhi voters received fake
news during elections: Survey
Pune: A Sessions Court here on
Friday passed an order in Bhima
Koregaon case, transferring all
records and further proceedings of
the case to Special National Investi-
gation Agency (NIA) court, Mumbai.
All the accused in the case will be
produced before the special court of
NIA in Mumbai on February 28. The
NIA had filed a petition in Pune’s
Sessions Court on January 29 last
month seeking transfer of the case
to the agency’s court in Mumbai.
COURT TRANSFERS BHIMA
KOREGAON CASE TO NIA COURT
Mumbai: Bombay HC rejected the
anticipatory bail plea of Gautam
Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde in
connection with Bhima Koregaon
case. The court has given them a
four-week time to approach the Su-
preme Court. Navlakha and Teltumb-
de were booked under provisions of
the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act (UAPA) and various sections of
the Indian Penal Code (IPC) follow-
ing the violence at Koregaon Bhima
village in Pune on January 1, 2018.
BAIL PLEA OF NAVLAKHA,
TELTUMBDE REJECTED
JAVADEKAR SPEAK

SPORTSAHMEDABAD | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020
London: Lewis Hamil-
ton has unveiled the
new Mercedes he hopes
will fire him to a record-
equalling seventh For-
mula One world cham-
pionship. The 35-year-
old British driver will
be given the first taste
of his new machinery
during a shakedown
test at Silverstone on
Friday afternoon.
Hamilton is this
year bidding to
match Mi-
chael Schu-
macher’s re-
cord of seven world ti-
tles. He is also just sev-
en victories shy of the
German’s all-time win
record of 91. ‘At this
time of the year you
don’t really feel any
pressure,’ said Hamil-
ton. ‘You are focused
but it is about enjoying
the mo-
ment. ‘The
guys have worked so
hard to put the car to-
gether and there are
only two of us, Valtteri
(Bottas) and I, who get
to drive it. ‘It is pretty
incredible, and we get
to stretch its wings to-
day. It is a real privilege
to be in this position.’
Hamilton returned to
the Mercedes factory in
Northamptonshire for
the first time this year
on Tuesday having
spent much of the off-
season in America.
Lewis Hamilton unveils new Mercedes car
AIMING FOR 7TH F1 TITLE
New Delhi: MS Dhoni
seems to be making the
best use of his time
away from internation-
al cricket. The World
Cup-winning former
captain has been on an
envious vacation spree.
On Friday, Dhoni
shared a stunning pho-
tograph of a tiger from
Kanha Tiger Reserve in
Madhya Pradesh. Dho-
ni revealed that he spot-
ted the tiger and the Big
Cat just gave him
enough time to snap
some photos. “When u
spot the tiger on ur own
and he obliges u with
just enough time to
click a few pics.Visit to
kanha was outstanding
(sic),” Dhoni wrote on
Instagram after flaunt-
ing the photograph.
Dhoni with his family
and friends had visited
the Kanha Tiger Re-
serve in January. As per
the official website of
Kanha National Park, it
was the 1st time MS
Dhoni visited the popu-
lar park of central In-
dia. He had arrived on a
chartered plane that
landed onBaiher.
Dhoni, it came to
light, was even mobbed
by fans as he rode a jeep
on the way to Tiger Re-
serve. In a viral video, a
huge crowd can be seen
approaching Dhoni
even as the guards try
to keep it away.
It’s Mahi way: MS Dhoni turns wildlife
photographer, shares stunning image
Bopanna enters semifinals Ranji:Gujarat
putAndhra in
brink of defeatRotterdam: India’s Ro-
han Bopanna & Cana-
dian partner Denis
Shapovalov have en-
tered the semifinals of
the Rotterdam Open
with a thrilling victory
over 4th seeds & 2015
champion of Jean-Ju-
lien Rojer and Horia.
The Indo-Canadian
pair registered a 6-2, 3-6,
10-7 victory in 74 min-
utes to enter the last
four of the ATP 500
event. Bopanna &
Shapovalov, who
reached their first ATP
Tour final in June last
year at the Mercedes-
Cup in Stuttgart, will
meet the winners of
match between Henri
Kontinen and Jan-Len-
nard Struff versus
Jamie Murray and Ken
Skupski. Bopanna and
Shapovalov had entered
the quarterfinals by
beating the Australian
pair of John Peers and
Michael Venus in a
gripping encounter.
Meanwhile, second
seed Stefanos Tsitsipas
lost 7-5 6-4 to unseeded
Slovenian Aljaz Bedene
as upsets continued at
the Rotterdam Open on
Thursday. Tsitsipas
earnedfivebreakpoints
in the opening set but
the Greek failed to con-
vert any and Bedene
won 11 points in a row
to wrap up the set.
New Delhi: Gujarat,
who resumed the day’s
play at 354/6, added 52
runs more to their over-
night score to secure a
229-run lead against
Andhra. While Karan
Shinde scored 64 & Bo-
dapatiSumanthchipped
in with 47, Axar Patel
picked up five wickets
as Gujarat reduced
Andhra to 216/7. Guja-
rat is now three wickets
away from sealing a
quarter-final berth.
Hamilton: Hanuma
Vihari’s gutsy
hundred and
the seasoned
Cheteshwar
Pujara’s 92 were
the bright spots in an
otherwise dreadful
batting performance
by India on the first
day of their warm-up
gameagainstNewZea-
land XI here. All the 3
designated openers
Mayank Agarwal (1),
Prithvi Shaw (0) and
ShubmanGill(0)failed
the seam and bounce
test, falling cheaply.
With skipper Virat
Kohli opting for an in-
tense net session over
the warm-up game,
India managed only
263/9 with none apart
from Vihari (101 re-
tired) and Pujara able
to score even 20 runs
on a Seddon Park
track that had liberal
grass covering.
What would worry
the Indian team man-
agement was failure
of all the three open-
ers. Shaw and Gill
were undone by the
extra bounce while
Agarwal failed to
counter to seam move-
ment.
New Zealand pacer
Scott Kuggeleijn (3/40)
got the ball to rear up
awkwardly from
length during his first
spell and Shaw’s dis-
missal was the ugliest
one. Kuggeleijn, who
was hitting the deck
hard, got one into
Shaw’s rib-cage leav-
ing the batsman in no
position to duck.
The eyes were not
on the ball with the bat
face closed. The awk-
ward hit ballooned up
and was taken by Ra-
chin Ravindra at short
leg. Agarwal, who has
been in horrible form
of late, then edged an
away going delivery to
keeper Dane Cleaver
behind the stumps.
Vihari come to rescue
on Day 1against NZ XI
Kohli ‘Anxious & desperate’
post series defeat shocker
New Delhi: India’s
confidence is shaken
as skipper Virat Koh-
li looks ‘anxious &
desperate’ ahead of
crucial 2-match Test
series, starting on
February 21.
As per reports, ru-
mor has it in the wake
of the 3-0 defeat in the
ODIs. After winning
the T20Is 5-0, India
were thrashed by the
Black Caps in the
three-match ODI se-
ries. India’s confident
must have taken a
blow with the way
they lost all the three
games. What was
more worrying for In-
dia during the series
was their batting
mainstay Virat Koh-
li’s form. The world
numberoneTestand
ODI batsman strug-
gled to get going in
the ODIs, scoring
just 75 runs in
three innings.
And Kohli was so
shocked with the
turn of events that
he didn’t even get
out of his pads after
dismissal in the
third ODI.
India are playing against NZ XI in
Hamilton before the start of Tests
Lausanne: Nether-
lands women’s cap-
tain Eva de Goede
has been named as
the 2019 FIH Wom-
en’s Player of the
Year by the Interna-
tional Hockey Feder-
ation (FIH). The mid-
fielder took the prize
ahead of Argentina’s
Carla Rebecchi and
Janne Muller-Wie-
land of Germany,
who finished second
and 3rd respectively.
Eva de Goede has
been a fixture of the
Netherlands’ nation-
al women’s team
since her debut in
2006. With each year,
the creative midfield-
er seems to just get
better and better. In
2018, she was voted
Player of the Tourna-
ment at the last
Hockey Champions
Trophy in China.
She led her team to
victory in the inaugu-
ral FIH Hockey Pro
League - where the
team lost only 1 game
& then gold at Euro-
Hockey Champion-
ships in Antwerp,
where they beat Ger-
many in the final.
Overacareerspan-
ning14years,30-year-
old de Goede has
played more than 230
matches for the Neth-
erlands and has two
Olympic gold medals
(Beijing 2008 & Lon-
don 2012), 2 World
Cup gold medals and
three Champions
Trophy gold medals
to her name. This is
the second consec-
utive year that de
Goede has won
the FIH Play-
er of the
Y e a r
award.
Eva de Goede
wins FIH 2019 Women’s
Player of the Year award
‘Exciting to be
able to tell my
story via biopic’
Mumbai: Tennis star Sania
Mirza says she is excited
about bringing her life sto-
ry to the screen and is cur-
rently in talks with direc-
tors. It was announced last
year that Sania, the only
Indian women to win a
Grand Slam title (in
doubles), has
signed a con-
tract with Ron-
nie Screwala’s
RSVP movies.
“I’’ve had
some meet-
ings with
directors
and that’s
why I
was in
Mumbai... It’s still
in the initial stag-
es,” Sania said about
the film. The sports
star said she has always
lived her life on her
terms and it would be in-
teresting for her to see her
fans’ reaction to her journey.
Sania believes athletes make
for a good movie subject as
people can relate to their strug-
gle and hardwork.
It was a beautiful crowd, it
was beautiful weather and
we won the gold, which was
special. I just love to play
those games.
Eva de Goede, Captain Netherlands
Hanuma Vihari

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Gargi Raval
Ahmedabad: The al-
ready delayed forma-
tion of the new body of
the State Congress will
take one more month,
even as the organisa-
tion is likely to have a
fresh young look, AICC
secretary in-charge
of Gujarat affairs Ra-
jiv Satav said.
In an exclusive in-
terview to First India,
Satav denied that
there is any in-fight-
ing in the party that
is delaying the re-or-
ganisation of the
State unit. He claimed
that the State leaders
are “very disciplined
children.”
The Congress leader
attributed the delay in
the formation of the
new State unit to the
Delhi elections and it
will be delayed further
because of the upcom-
ing Rajya Sabha elec-
tions for four seats.
“Most of the things
for the party’s body
formation in the state
have been settled, but
the announcement
will take some time.
At present we are fo-
cused on the upcom-
ing Rajya Sabha elec-
tion,” Satav said.
He admitted that the
party lacks support in
the urban areas and
they need to strengthen
their cadres in this re-
gion. “We need to focus
more in the urban are-
as. We need to strength-
en cadre in urban areas
before the local body
polls,” Satav conceded.
Asked about the par-
ty’s approach in the for-
mation of the new unit,
he only said, “Youth
matters to us and in the
new leadership you will
find more young peo-
ple.” Satav said the
party performed well
in 2017 and hopes to
better its perfor-
mance in upcoming
polls. Some elected
MLAs left the party
then but that has not
affected the work and
the party as a whole.
“Shankersinh Vaghe-
la too left the party
with 14 other leaders.
If we look at it from
that angle we couldn’t
have achieved even 43
seats,” said Satav.
Guj Cong set-up to take another month: Satav
FORMATION OF NEW STATE UNIT
First India News
Vadodara: 84% work
of land acquisition for
Dabhoi - Kevadia rail
link project has been
completed by the dis-
trict administration for
which a sum of more
than Rs 17 crore has
been paid to land own-
ers, said district collec-
tor Shalini Agrawal.
Kevadia is now on
global tourism map
due to world’s tallest
statue - the Statue of
Unity.
Indian Railways
has set target to build
Kevadia railway sta-
tion by 30th October
this year.
Dabhoi - Kevadia
railway link once
completed will con-
nect Vadodara to Stat-
ue of Unity.
Vadodara is located
on main Mumbai -
Delhi rail route.
The process of land
acquisitioninVadodara
district is underway in
14 villages of Dabhoi
taluka under the leader-
ship of Prant Officer
Himanshu Parikh.
The process is mon-
itored by Chief Min-
ister residence staff
in real time through
CM Dashboard Dab-
hoi - Kevadia rail line
project requires ac-
quisition of 6,20,498
square meter land of
14 villages of Dabhoi
taluka in Vadodara
district. Of this or-
ders for land acquisi-
tion of 5,19,207
square meter land
have been issued al-
ready for which land
owners have been
paid Rs 17 crore 91
lakh 99 thousand
468.
Process of acquisi-
tion of rest 16% land
which equals to
1,01,291 square meter
is in final stage, said
Collector office.
A proposal in this
regard under section
19(1) has been sent
to State government
Such proposal is eligi-
ble for approval 60
days after received
which is March 27.
First India News
Ahmedabad: Rashtri-
ya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) Gujarat swayam-
sevaks and pracharaks
will get a modern head-
quarters with latest
technology. The new
five-storeyed building
has been constructed
with donation from
Swayamsevaks and
well wishers.
Dr Hedgewar
Smark Samiti Trustee
Amrutbhai Kadiwala
said that following
the Indian tradition
and culture Vastu Pu-
jan was done on Fri-
day and it will be in-
augurated and dedi-
cated to Sangh sway-
amsevaks and pracha-
raks by Sarsanghcha-
lak Mohan Bhagwat
on Saturday by light-
ing a lamp at 9.15 am.
Later, he will dedicate
a hall at 10.15 am.
Bhagwat will also ad-
dress intellectuals at
the Dinesh Hall in the
evening. He will speak
on ‘India’s role in
world’. The lecture and
interaction have been
organised by Madhav
Smriti Nyas.
The RSS headquar-
ters has been reno-
vated at a cost of Rs 8
crore that was donat-
ed by three lakh sway-
amsevaks and well
wishers. It has re-
placed the 55-year-old
building that had
hosted M S Golwalkar,
Pandit Deendayal
Upadhyay, former
Prime Minister, the
late Atal Bihari Vaj-
payee, among several
other veterans.
The RSS was found-
ed in 1925, while its
original Gujarat
headquarters was a
rented place in the
Manek Chowk area
until 1964 when it
was shifted to the
Maninagar building.
It was then inaugu-
rated by Sarsangh-
chalak Balasaheb
Deoras.
The new building
will have water har-
vesting facility, roof-
top solar panels to
meet its power re-
quirement and it is
going to use treated
water for toilets. 2
floors have been dedi-
cated for residential
purposes and 3 floors
will have halls. In the
basement of building,
there will be 2-tier
parking facilities.
First India News
Ahmedabad: Ram-
sinh Parmar a big
name in cooperative
sector as well in
Thasra assembly
constituency, is un-
happy with govern-
ment and BJP or-
ganisation and sig-
nalled that he may
bid goodbye to the
party.
Parmar just before
state assembly elec-
tions joined BJP, but
lost election. Since
1977 Parmar, MLA
from Thasra, is asso-
ciated with coopera-
tive organisations of
Charotar area as well
as AMUL and has
ruled single handedly.
He got elected in fed-
eration unanimously.
It all started when
his supporters and
workers were ne-
glected in Dakor
municipal elections
and were not given
proper weight age
in organisational
structure. Not only
this he demand to
provide ministerial
berth to CK Raulji,
who also joined BJP
leaving Congress
with Parmar, was
not met. His de-
mands are not an-
swered in a positive
manner which has
angered Parmar
and he might big
goodbye. He is not
happy with organi-
sation as well as
government and
ready to quit.
Not only this he
has started prepara-
tions to field his
trustworthy candi-
dates against BJP
candidates in up-
coming elections of
Dakor Sevaliya and
Thasra polls. Some
BJP leaders are also
using their might.
In between Parmars
statement regarding
his retirement has
charged the atmos-
phere. It is possible
that Paramar keeps
himself aloof from
BJP and in future
field his trustworthy
candidates in the elec-
tions for AMUL, a
huge brand and coop-
erative against BJP
candidates.
‘Parmar unhappy with
govt and organisation’
First India News
Porbandar: The Paki-
stan Marine Security
Agency has captured
4 Indian boats with 22
fishermen aboard
near International
Maritime Border Line
(IMBL), off the
Jakhau coast in Guja-
rat An office bearer
of the Gujarat Ma-
rine Fisheries Society
today said that the
boats were from Okha
and Porbandar and
had ventured in the
sea to catch fish yes-
terday.
They were captured
from near the Interna-
tional Maritime Bor-
der Line, the imagi-
nary boundary between
the territorial waters of
the two countries
Gandhinagar to get
police commissionerate
First India News
Gandhinagar: The
state government is
set to introduce a Po-
lice Commissioner’s
Office in Gandhina-
gar, a decision taken
after seeing the in-
creasing areas under
the city’s police. Expe-
riencing rapid urban
growth in recent years,
Gandhinagar has be-
come the fifth city in
the state to get a unified
command system.
According to govern-
ment draft, an officer of
the rank above IG and
DG will sit as the Police
Commissioner.
This decision might
see a number of police
stations currently un-
der the jurisdiction of
the Ahmedabad police,
such as Sabarmati Po-
lice Station and Chand-
kheda police station,
being included under
the new commissioner-
ate in Gandhinagar. Un-
til now, Ahmedabad,
Rajkot, Vadodara and
Surat were the only
four cities in state to
have commissionerate.
First India News
Ahmedabad: Adani
Enterprises Ltd (AEL)
on Friday signed a 50
years concession
agreements with Air-
ports Authority of In-
dia (AAI) for develop-
ing and operating
three airports includ-
ing Ahmedabad, Luc-
know and Mangalu-
ru, the company said
in its filing with stock
exchanges.
The agreements has
been signed between
AAI and AEL’s wholly
owned subsidiaries
Adani Ahmedabad In-
ternational Airport
Ltd, Adani Lucknow In-
ternational Airport Ltd
and Adani Mangaluru
International Airport
Ltd.
Earlier in February
2019, AEL had made
the highest bids for
airports at
Ahmedabad, Jaipur,
Lucknow, Mangalu-
ru, Thiruvanan-
thapuram and Guwa-
hati of which the Un-
ion Cabinet had ap-
proved the AAI run
Ahmedabad, Luc-
know and Mangaluru
airports to be leased
out on a public-pri-
vate partnership
(PPP) mode.
Having won bids,
AEL had also set up a
subsidiary Adani Air-
ports Ltd which would
operate, manage and
develop the airports.
The company had ear-
lier stated that it would
be investing roughly Rs
10000 crore in airport
projects.
Under the current
agreements, AEL
would stand to hold a
management control
for 50-year lease pe-
riod as well as on a
per-passenger fee
model. While AEL
would pay Rs 3600
crore to Airports Au-
thority of India as
part of the lease, it
would spend Rs 6000
crore on the airports
for the next seven
years post takeover.
Meanwhile, approv-
al for Guwahati and
Jaipur airports are
awaited from the
state governments
while Kerala govern-
ment has challenged
the Thiruvanan-
thapuram airport bid
of AEL in court.
84% land acquisition for Dabhoi
Kevadiya railway link complete
The railway link once completed will connect Vadodara to the Statue of Unity
THE FINAL STAGE
Mohan Bhagwat to inaugurate
new RSS Gujarat HQ today
FEELING NEGLECTED
Pak marine
force captures
4 Indian boats,
22 fishermen
State should
promote Dandi
memorial: LoP
G a n d h i n a g a r :
Leader of Opposi-
tion Paresh Dha-
nani has alleged
that though state
government has
developed ‘Nation-
al Salt Satyagraha
Memorial’ at Dan-
di, it has not effec-
tively promoted it
as a tourist desti-
nation. In a letter
addressed to CM Vi-
jay Rupani, he has
asserted that State
is not promoting the
national memorial
in same way as some
festivals and tourist
places, because of
which Dandi does
not get good number
of tourists. Dhanani
reminded CM that
on Jan 30, 2019, PM
Modi had dedicated
this memorial to na-
tion. “But, Gandhi
is not promoted like
Patel,” he asserted.
He claimed that
while the State
and Central Gov-
ernments are ag-
gressively promot-
ing the Statue of
Unity. But very lit-
tle is done to pro-
mote the national
memorial.
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