First india rajasthan rajasthan news in english 29 january 2020 edition

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RAHUL
2.0 SARFAROSH SE AAKROSHIndia is considered ‘rape capital’ of the world, says Gandhi scion
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: On the contrary, the
morning didn’t show the day.
It was a windy dawn and
then the dark clouds hovered
over Jaipur sky around 1.30
PM and it even drizzled a few
drops. But then, the Sun
emerged from the clouds and
the day was pleasant. The
Yuva Aakrosh Rally which
was spearheaded by the Gan-
dhi scion Rahul Gandhi on
Tuesday targeted the Centre
and accused Prime Minister
Narendra Modi of damaging
the country’s image and put-
ting off both existing and
potential investors.
Earlier, on Monday, AICC
general secretary and Ra-
jasthan incharge, Avinash
Pande, Chief Minister,
Ashok Gehlot, PCC chief
Sachin Pilot, Health Minis-
ter, Dr Raghu Sharma played
a crucial role in planning the
rally and getting the crowd.
Itmaybenotedthatthisrally
might prove to be a launching
pad for Rahul, who is likely to
take back the reins of the party
by the end of next month. Be-
foreJaipurwaszeroedinonfor
therally,SoniaGandhihadheld
a detailed discussions with
Ahmed Patel, Avinash Pande,
Ashok Gehlot and KC Venugo-
pal. Also several consultations
were held by Rahul Gandhi’s
office with Sachin Pilot who
also recently completed his
sixth year PCC tenure.
Meanwhile, Rahul also
claimed that the country
has come to be known as
the “rape capital” of the
world. “The reputation and
image that India had in the
world was that it is a coun-
try of brotherhood, love
and unity, while Pakistan
was known for hatred and
divisiveness. This image of
India has been damaged by
Narendra Modi,” Gandhi
said while addressing ‘Yuva
Aakrosh’ rally in Jaipur
and added, “Today, India is
considered as the rape capi-
tal of the world.”
Rahul also launched ‘Na-
tional Register for Unemploy-
ment’, a joint campaign of
Youth Congress and NSUI,
asking the Modi government
to start a national register for
unemployed people. The party
has also released a number for
people to give a missed call to
ask the central government to
introduce a national unem-
ployment register.
The Congress leader also
spoke on the issue of unem-
ployment and slammed the
Prime Minister for not ad-
dressing the issue.
“Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi had promised two
crore jobs, but last year our
youth lost one crore jobs.
Wherever the Prime Minis-
ter goes, he talks of the
Citizenship Amendment
Act, National Register of
Citizens but the biggest is-
sue of unemployment is not
mentioned. The Prime Min-
ister does not even speak a
word on it.” Turn on P10
DESPITE NATIONWIDE BUZZ AROUND CAA AND
NRC, RAHUL CHOSE TO CONCENTRATE ON
ECONOMY AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN HIS RALLY
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Deputy CM and PCC Chief Sachin
Pilot, AICC Gen Secy Avinash Pande along with NSUI leaders Abhimanyu Poonia , Satveer
Chaudhary and Abhishek Chaudhary during the Yuva Aakrosh Rally. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA

O
n December
31, China
alerted the
World Health
Organization (WHO) to
several cases of pneu-
monia in Wuhan, a port
city of 11 million peo-
ple in the central Hubei
province. The virus is
unknown.
Several of those in-
fected worked at the
city’s Huanan Seafood
Wholesale Market,
which was shut down
on January 1.
As health experts
worked to identify the
virus amid growing
alarm, the number of
infections exceeded 40.
On January 5, Chi-
nese officials ruled out
the possibility that this
was a recurrence of the
severe acute respirato-
ry syndrome (SARS)
virus - an illness that
originated in China
and killed more than
770 people worldwide in
2002-2003.
On January 7, they
announced that they
had identified a new vi-
rus, according to the
WHO. The novel virus
is from the coronavirus
family, which includes
SARS and the common
cold, and is named 2019-
nCoV. Coronaviruses
are common and spread
through coughing,
sneezing, or touching
an infected person.
On January 11, Chi-
na announced its first
death, a 61-year-old
man who had pur-
chased goods from the
seafood market. Treat-
ment did not improve
his symptoms after he
was admitted to hospi-
tal and he died on the
evening of January 9
when his heart failed.
On January 13,
WHO reported a case in
Thailand, the first out-
side of China, a woman
who had arrived from
Wuhan.
On January 16, Ja-
pan’s health ministry
reported a confirmed
case, a man who had
also visited the city.
On January 17, as a
second death was re-
ported in Wuhan,
health authorities in
the United States an-
nounced that three air-
ports would start
screening passengers
arriving from the city.
Authorities in the US,
Nepal, France, Austral-
ia, Malaysia, Singapore,
South Korea, Vietnam
and Taiwan confirm
cases over the following
days.
On January 20, Chi-
na reported a third
death and more than
200 infections, with cas-
es also reported outside
Hubei province includ-
ing in the capital, Bei-
jing, Shanghai and
Shenzhen.
Meanwhile, a Chi-
nese expert on infec-
tious diseases con-
firmed human-to-hu-
man transmission to
state broadcaster
CCTV, raising fears of
a major outbreak of as
millions travel for the
Lunar New Year holi-
day.
Asian countries
ramped up measures to
block the spread of the
virus, introducing
mandatory screenings
at airports of all arriv-
als from high-risk are-
as of China.
On January 22, the
death toll in China
jumped to 17 with more
than 550 infections.
Many European air-
ports stepped up checks
on flights from Wuhan.
Wuhan was placed
under effective quaran-
tine on January 23 as
air and rail departures
were suspended.
Beijing cancelled
events for the Lunar
New Year starting on
January 25, while offi-
cials reported the first
death outside of Hubei.
The WHO said later
on January 23 that the
outbreak does not yet
constitute a public
emergency of interna-
tional concern and
there is “no evidence”
at the moment of the
virus spreading be-
tween humans outside
of China.
By January 24, the
death toll in China
stood at 26, with the
government reporting
more than 830 infec-
tions.
Shanghai Disney-
land shut down and
some cities announced
the closure of enter-
tainment venues. Bei-
jing said a section of
the Great Wall and oth-
er famous landmarks
would also be closed.
On January 25, travel
restrictions were im-
posed on a further five
cities in Hubei prov-
ince, taking the overall
number of people af-
fected to 56 million.
On January 26, the
death toll rose to 56,
with almost 2,000 cases
confirmed as travel re-
strictions were in-
creased and Hong Kong
closed its Disneyland
and Ocean Park theme
parks.
As of January 27,
the death toll in Chi-
na had risen to 106,
with 100 in Hubei
province, authorities
reported. Another
4,515 people in China
had been infected.
There were 2,714 con-
firmed cases in Hubei
province, up from
1,423 the day before.
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CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE CLOSED OFF ALMOST 20 CITIES IN EFFORTS TO CONTAIN A NEW CORONAVIRUS THAT HAS
KILLED AT LEAST 106 PEOPLE IN RECENT WEEKS, WITH CASES CONFIRMED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN ASIA AND BEYOND
ONE ‘FLU’ OVER THE...
What is
CORONAVIRUS?
Coronavirus is an
umbrella term for
viruses that cause ill-
ness which can range
from a common cold to
respiratory diseases
like Middle East Res-
piratory Syndrome and
Severe Acute Respira-
tory Syndrome (also
known as SARS). Ac-
cording to the World
Health Organisation,
coronaviruses (CoV)
are a large family of vi-
ruses that cause illness
ranging from the com-
mon cold to more severe
diseases such as Middle
East Respiratory Syn-
drome (MERS-CoV) and
Severe Acute Respira-
tory Syndrome (SARS-
CoV). A novel coronavi-
rus (nCoV) is a new
strain that has not been
previously identified in
humans.
Protect yourself and
others from getting sick
WHO’s standard recommendations for the
general public to reduce exposure to and
transmission of a range of illnesses are as
follows, which include hand and respiratory
hygiene, and safe food practices:
z Frequently clean hands by using alcohol-
based hand rub or soap and water;
z When coughing and sneezing cover mouth
and nose with flexed elbow or tissue - throw
tissue away immediately and wash hands;
z Avoid close contact with anyone who has
fever and cough;
z If you have fever, cough and difficulty
breathing seek medical care early and
share previous travel history with your
health care provider;
z When visiting live markets in areas currently
experiencing cases of novel coronavirus,
avoid direct unprotected contact with
live animals and surfaces in contact with
animals;
z The consumption of raw or undercooked
animal products should be avoided. Raw
meat, milk or animal organs should be
handled with care, to avoid cross-contam-
ination with uncooked foods, as per good
food safety practices.
WHO GUIDELINES
What are the symptoms of coronavirus?
The symptoms of most coronaviruses are similar to any other upper-
respiratory infection, including runny nose, coughing, sore throat,
fatigue, headache, shortness of breath and fever in some cases.
How does coronavirus spread?
Coronavirus can transmit from an infected person via
z Close contact like shaking hands, touching or any other personal
contact
z Touching any surface or object with virus on it; you must wash your
hands before touching your mouth, eyes, nose in such a situation
z Transmission is also possible through air via coughing or sneezing
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION HAS ALSO SHARED FEW TIPS TO STAY
HEALTHY WHILE TRAVELLING. SOME SAFETY TIPS EXPLAINED WHO INCLUDE:
z Avoid travelling if you have a fever
or cough; seek medical care as early
as possible
z Avoid close contact and travel with
animals
z If you choose to wear a face mask,
be sure to cover mouth and nose;
avoid touching the mask once it’s on
z If you seek any medical help, inform
about your travel history to the
health care provider
z Immediately discard single-use
mask after each use and wash
hands after removing mask
Stay
healthy
while
travelling
Source: Agencies

‘RAHEGA TO THEEK, NAHI RAHEGA TO THEEK’
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday all but expelled close aide Prashant
Kishor, who has been needling him on the citizenship law and openly
targeting ally BJP in tweets. "Rahega to theek, nahi rahega to theek. (If he
stays, it's ok. If he goes, it's ok)," Mr Kumar told reporters after a meeting
with party leaders and lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon.
"Do you know how he joined the
party? Amit Shah told me to induct
him. He must have something on his
mind? Maybe he wants to leave...,"
Kumar remarked.
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Now, Dhankar
‘misses’ CU
convocation
Kolkata: West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar was on Tues-
day prevented by a sec-
tion of students from at-
tendingtheCalcuttaUni-
versity’sannualconvoca-
tion at Nazrul Mancha
here, following which he
left the premises.
Dhankhar, who is
also the chancellor of
the university, said
“those that compro-
mised culture and de-
corum need to be in a
reflective mode”.
Shortly after the gov-
ernor arrived at the
venue around 12.30 pm,
the students, Turn on P5
‘WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH,
BUT SEXUALLY ABUSED IN JAIL’
New Delhi: Mukesh
Singh, one of the four
men convicted for the
2012 Delhi gang rape,
told the Supreme
Court on Tuesday
that the rejection of
his mercy
petition by
the Presi-
dent was
arbitrary and the de-
cision taken without
giving Rashtrapati
Bhavan an opportu-
nity to go through the
records, including the
trial case verdict.
Senior lawyer Anjana
Prakash,whorepresent-
ed Mukesh Singh before
a three-judge bench led
byJusticeRBanumathi,
haschallengedtherejec-
tion of his request for a
presidential pardon ear-
lier this month. The
bench later
reserved its
verdict to be
pronounced
on Wednesday.
Mukesh Singh and
his three other ac-
complices, who were
convicted for the
gang rape and mur-
der of a 23-year-old in
2012, were sentenced
to death. Earlier this
month, a Delhi court
ordered the four of
them to be executed
on February 1.
Anjana Prakash told
the bench, which also
comprises justices
Ashok Bhushan and
AS Bopanna, that the
government should
have placed all the re-
cords before the Presi-
dent but slipped up on
this account.
For instance, she
said, the records that
would indicate a delay
in extending legal aid
to the convict. Or the
records that would indi-
cate that only the DNA
of two convicts, Ram
Singh and Akshay
Thakur, was on the
rape victim. Turn on P5
NIRBHAYA RAPE
CONVICT
Mukesh Singh
Nothing to panic, coronavirus
hasn’t entered India: Dr Harsh
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Dr
Harsh Vardhan on
Tuesday said there is
nothing to panic as nov-
el coronavirus has not
come to India and that
the government is in
continuous talks with
the China to bring back
about 500 India nation-
als to home.
This is being done as
a preventive measure
against the outbreak of
deadly novel coronavi-
rus (nCoV) outbreak in
Wuhan, Hubei province
of China where more
than 2,000 cases have
been reported and the
virus has claimed over
80livessofar.“I request
to all people of this
country not to panic
as novel coronavirus
has not come to India.
We are taking all pre-
ventive measures to
keep our people safe.
Anybody who is show-
ing slight symptoms
of flu is being kept un-
der isolation,” Dr Var-
dhan told ANI.
“This, however,
does not mean that
they are a case of cor-
onavirus. These are
just suspected ones
and should be quar-
antined for some time
for medical care. We
are sending blood sam-
ples of all suspected
cases to the National
Institute of Virology,
Pune, Turn on P5
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
Sensitive Gehlot extends palanhar scheme to silicosis patients
First India News
Jaipur: Expressing
concernovertheplight
of families of silicosis
patients, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
decided to extend ben-
efit of ‘Palanhar’
scheme to children of
silicosis patients.
He has approved a
proposal of the fi-
nance department as
the state government
had announced Ra-
jasthan silicosis poli-
cy 2019 for the wel-
fare of families of
silicosis victims.
Following this pro-
posal, when a person ei-
ther the mother or fa-
ther is affected from sili-
cosis, the child/children
aged between 0-18 years
of age would receive
benefits of Palanhar
scheme of social justice
and empowerment de-
partment. For this, the
government will add
silicosis affected fami-
lies in the list of Palan-
har scheme eligibility.
Gehlot’s sensitive
decision would bene-
fit 15,828 children
that will cost the state
exchequer nearly Rs
200 crore. Under the
scheme, children up
to six years of age get
Rs 500 per month and
those between 6 and
18 years get Rs 1000
per month.
Meanwhile, the state
government has extend-
ed the last date for 100%
rebate on interest
amountonone-timepay-
mentof dueleasemoney
of municipal bodies.
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has approved a
proposal of finance de-
partment in this regard.
The state govern-
ment had announced
an amnesty scheme to
encourage defaulters
to pay lease money of
municipal bodies,
UIT, development au-
thorities and Ra-
jasthan Housing
Board. Under the
scheme, 100% rebate
was granted for one-
time payment of all
dues till December 31,
2019. This date has
now been extended
till March 31, 2020.
It will provide relief
topropertyowners,earn
revenue income of mu-
nicipal bodies and the
stateexchequerwillalso
getapartof thisamount.CM Ashok Gehlot with BD Kalla and Bhanwar Lal Meghwal. —FILE PHOTO
GOVT EXTENDS LAST DATE FOR 100%
REBATE ON INTEREST AMOUNT ON
ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF DUE LEASE
MONEY OF MUNICIPAL BODIES
WHO IS
SHARJEEL IMAM?SHARJEEL IMAM?SHARJEEL IMAM?
A 31-year-old student at
Jawaharlal Nehru University
pursuing his PhD in modern
Indian history. He graduated
in computer science from
the Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay.
WHAT HE HAD SAID
“If we have five lakh people with us, we
can cut off the Northeast from India. If
not permanently, for one or two months.
Put rubble on tracks and roads...Assam
aur India katke alag ho jaaye, tabhi ye
humari baat sunenge (Once Assam is cut
off, then only they will listen to us)…We
can do that because the Chicken’s Neck
corridor (connecting Northeast to rest of
India) is dominated by Muslims.”
WHAT HE TWEETED
“I have surrendered to the
Delhi Police on 28/1 2020
at 3 PM. I am ready and
willing to operate with
the investigation. I have
full faith in due process
of law. My safety and
security are now in the
hand of the Delhi Police.
Let peace prevail”
DELHI POLICE MODUS OPERANDI
On Monday, the Delhi Police deployed at least five teams of the Crime
Branch across three cities to look for him.
FAST FACTS
Since January 25, five states
have charged Sharjeel Imam,
a PhD student at Jawaharlal
Nehru University, with sedition
and other serious offences.
These include offences under
the draconian Unlawful
Activities Prevention Act.
In a video recording of the
speech, Imam said that India
and the North East could be
“permanently cut” if “five lakh
people can be organised”.
JNU STUDENT ARRESTED
FROM BIHAR BY DELHI POLICENew Delhi: JNU stu-
dent Sharjeel Imam has
been arrested in Bihar’s
Jahanabad by the Delhi
Police on Tuesday.
Imam had been
booked for sedition
by police of five states
— Assam, Uttar
Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh, New Delhi,
Manipur — for a
speech he gave on
January 16 at Aligarh
Muslim University.
Bihar’s Director Gen-
eral of Police Guptesh-
war Pandey said Imam
was arrested from his
native Kako village in
Jehanabad. He is like-
ly to be produced be-
fore a Bihar court
where police will
seek his remand for
questioning.
It is not yet
clear wheth-
er he will be
questioned in Bihar
or taken to the na-
tional capital.
In a tweet, Imam
said he surrendered to
Delhi Police and was
willing to cooperate in
the investigation. “I
have surrendered to
the Delhi Police on 28/1
2020 at 3 PM. I
am ready and
willing to op-
erate with the
investigation. I have
full faith in due pro-
cess of law. My safety
and security are now
in the hand of the Del-
hi Police. Let peace pre-
vail,” Imam tweeted.
Turn on P5
Sharjeel Imam had been booked for sedition by police of five states — Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh, New Delhi, Manipur — for a speech he gave on January 16 at Aligarh Muslim University
SEDITION
CASE
MORE DANGEROUS
THAN KANHAIYA,
SAYS AMIT SHAH
Slamming anti-CAA
activist Sharjeel
Imam, arrested on
charges of sedition,
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Tuesday
said his speech was
“more dangerous” than
that of former JNU
student leader Kanhaiya
Kumar. Speaking at an
event here, Shah also
said Sharjeel has been
arrested by Delhi police
and is being brought to
Delhi to be put behind
bars. Turn on P5
‘India can’t
play Asia Cup
in Pakistan’
T
he Board of
Control for
Cricket in In-
dia [BCCI] have
made it clear to their
Pakistani counter-
parts [PCB] that it
has no issues in Pa-
kistan Cricket Board
hosting the 2020 edi-
tion of the Asia Cup,
just that Team India
will not travel to Pa-
kistan to participate
in the tournament.
Controver-
sy around
the venue
to host the
202 edition
of Asia
Cup- which
will be played
in a T20 format in
order to help the
teams’ beef up
their preparations
ahead of the ICC
T20 World Cup in
Australia- have ga-
lore ever since the
Chief Executing
Officer (CEO)
Wasim Khan de-
clared that if India
does not come to
Pakistan to play in
the Asia Cup then
the latter will boy-
cott next years T20
World Cup which
is scheduled to
take place in India.
“The question
isn’t about the PCB
hosting the tourna-
ment. It is about the
venue and as things
stand now, it is quite
clear that we would
need a neutral
venue. There
is no way
that an In-
dian team
can visit Pa-
kistan to even
participate in a
multi-nation event
like the Asia Cup.”
“If theAsianCrick-
etCouncil(ACC)isok
with an Asia Cup mi-
nus India then it is a
different ball game.
But if India is to par-
ticipate in the Asia
Cup, then the venue
cannot be Pakistan,”
the official said.
in the tournament.
Controver-
sy around
the venue
to host the
202 edition
of Asia
Cup- which
will be played
clear that we would
need a neutral
venue. There
is no way
that an In-
dian team
can visit Pa-
kistan to even
participate in a
PITCH DARK: Future tense for tournament. —FILE PHOTO

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020
WHEN PILOT LEFT RAHUL’S ADDRESS
MIDWAY LEAVING ALL GUESSING
z The high-point of any rally is always the ‘keynote
speaker’ and when he/she addresses the gather-
ing, people stop and listen. But it was strange to
notice Sachin Pilot leave the stage when Rahul
Gandhi was addressing. Pilot, who was seated
on the left side of Gandhi, prior to the address,
suddenly stood up from his seat and left the
stage. However, after sometime he returned
and sat back on his seat. Sachin’s ‘vanishing
act’ raised concerns amongst political quarters
and it was later found that he had gone to meet
Rahul’s aide, Alankar, who is considered close to
Rahul and handles his work too. Sources reveal
that Pilot spoke on certain ‘grievances’.
WHEN DIVYA MADERNA MISSED
MEETING RAGA
z While ordinary individuals may be running
around her when she tours her constituency
and seldom get a turn to meet her, it was Osian
MLA Divya Maderna’s turn to be a commoner
on Tuesday when she wanted to meet for-
mer Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Divya
crossed the VIP gate and reached back-stage,
however, the security detail stopped her from
going on stage. The MLA whipped out her
phone and called up several influential people to
make her pass, but security did not budge and
as a result she too stood like dozens of individ-
uals who could only catch a glimpse of Rahul.
THE PRIVILEGED SIX WHO GOT TO
ADDRESS THE YUVA AAKROSH RALLY
z A total of six individuals addressed the rally.
While there were CM Ashok Gehlot and his
deputy Sachin Pilot and of-course Rahul
Gandhi, three other addresses were given by
national president of Youth Congress and NSUI
while the last one was by sports and youth
affairs minister Ashok Chandana. None of the
other ministers, national leaders or any other
leader from frontal organisation were invited to
address the rally.
CLAMOUR FOR VIP PASSES AND THE
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT FOLLOWED
z As with any major ‘event’, here too struggle for
VIP passes was evident. Congress post hold-
ers and public representatives expressed their
discontent on not being provided the passes.
In the race to be seen next to Rahul Gandhi on
the stage, several junior leaders could get their
hands on passes, while senior leaders had to sit
elsewhere. Women leaders from PCC expressed
their discontent openly on the issue.
—Compiled by Yogesh Sharma & Naresh Sharma
RINGSIDE VIEWCM Ashok Gehlot receiving Rahul Gandhi at Jaipur Airport upon
his arrival on Tuesday. Pramod Jain Bhaya, Raghu Sharma and Bhanwar Lal Meghwal. Sachin Pilot welcoming Rahul Gandhi at Jaipur Airport.
Anand Srivastav.
Mahesh Joshi.A large number of people gathered to hear Rahul Gandhi at the Yuva Aakrosh Rally at Ram Niwas Bagh on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
CAN AAKROSH RALLY BE TERMED AS
A COME-BACK PLATFORM FOR RAGA?
z The ‘Aakrosh’ rally is being again seen as the ‘come-
back’ of Rahul Gandhi in main stream politics. The
Congress party is abuzz that the ‘seed’ for the ‘crown’
have been sown at Jaipur’s rally and the final call
over the same can be taken in March or April while a
session of the AICC could be held in Rajasthan in the
month of May.
YOUTH & NARENDRA MODI TAKE UP RAHUL’S
25-MINUTE SPEECH TIME
z In his 25-minute-long speech, Rahul focused on youth
as he used the word 29 times. The second word used by
him the most was Narendra Modi, which he used eight-
een times and the issues like unemployment, GDP and
GST were said only 6 and 3 times respectively. Interest-
ingly, the main issue on which the rally was called—CAA
and NPR—were said just once.
PINK CITY IN TUNE WITH RAGAGandhi scion while participating in Yuva Aakrosh Rally at city’s Ram Niwas Bagh launched ‘National
Register for Unemployment; accused PM Modi of tarnishing India’s image and putting off investors
Randeep Dhankar, Dharmendra Rathore, Vaibhav Gehlot, Pukhraj Parashar & Ganga Devi during Yuva Aakrosh Rally on Tuesday.
WHEN AN EXCITED YOUTH LEADER
FORGOT PARTY’S HIERARCHY
z It was probably youth leader Sumit Bhagasara’s
‘photo-opportunity’ with Rahul Gandhi in front of
a huge crowd or youths, that he even forgot his
‘rank’ amongst the hierarchy of leadership in the
party. During the release of a poster, Bhagasara,
who was too excited to share stage with Rahul,
forgot that PCC Chief and Deputy CM Sachin
Pilot was standing adjacent to him and in his
‘infancy’ Bhagasara pushed aside Pilot. However,
AICC General secretary and Rajasthan Incharge
Avinash Pande saw this and quickly signalled
Bhagsara, following which he rectified his mis-
take and stood behind Pilot. However, showing
his large heartedness, Pilot asked Sumit to stand
near Rahul but Bhagasara handed the poster to
Pilot and quietly stood behind Pilot.
CM Ashok Gehlot, Rahul Gandhi, Sachin Pilot, Avinash Pande, Vivek Bansal, Venugopal, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Raghu Sharma, Vishvendra SIngh, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Subhash Garg, Udai Lal Anjana, Bhanwar Lal Meghwal Harish Choudhary, Ramesh Meena, Ashok
Chandana, Prasadi Lal Meena, Raghuveer Meena, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, Dheeraj Gurjar, Amin Kagzi, Ruchi Gupta, B Srinivasan, K Raju and other Congress leaders at Yuva Aakrosh Rally. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR &SANTOSH SHARMA
COPS ENSURE SMOOTH TRAFFIC,
WIN HEARTS FOR THEIR EFFORTS
z Traffic management was excellent dur-
ing Rahul’s rally and for this DCP Traffic
Rahul Prakash was praised a lot for
successfully managing the parking and
diversion plan in the heart of the city.
The common man did not face any kind
of problem due to efforts of DCP East
Rahul Jain. Team Anand Srivastav won
praises from DGP Bhupendra Yadav for
excellent traffic management. The DGP
called and congratulated DCP Traffic
Rahul Prakash, DCP East Rahul Jain,
additional Commissioner Ajaypal Lamba
and at the same time, Police Commis-
sioner Anand Srivastava appreciated all
the officers.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020
Indradhanush
workshop today
Jaipur: A programme
building intensive work-
shop, Mission Indrad-
hanush 2.0, is being or-
ganised by the Ministry
of Health, Government
of India on Wednesday
in city. The function is
being held through Re-
gional Public Aware-
ness Bureau by I&B and
will be inaugurated by
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma.
BEd college
inspection: 2 in jail
Jaipur: In the matter
related to inspection in
BEd colleges in 2008, in-
spectors Kaushalendra
Yadav and Amrita Ma-
heshwari have been
jailed for two-and-a-half
years. CBI had regis-
tered four cases against
Reader in AK College
Shikohabad Agra
Kaushalendra and Sen-
ior Lecturer in SRM
College Ghaziabad Am-
rita, after recovering
Rs. 12,000 from Kausha-
lendra and Rs96,000
from Amrita.
Man gets lifer for
raping minor
Jaipur: In the case of
rape with an 11-year-
old girl, Ganesh Bair-
wa, 20, has been sen-
tenced to imprison-
ment till death. The Ph-
agi resident had com-
mitted the crime on
May 5, 2018 in a rented
room in Bhankrota.
Judge Dilip Singh also
imposed a penalty of
Rs3 lakh on Bairwa.
Cop Recruitment
order challenged
Jaipur: The division
bench of Justice Sang-
eet Raj Lodha and Jus-
tice Dr PS Bhati, in the
main bench of the Ra-
jasthan High Court in
Jodhpur, challenged the
order of the single
bench under Police
Constable Recruitment
2018 and dismissed the
petition filed by the
state government.
On behalf of state gov-
ernment, AAG Sandeep
Shah said that the can-
didate Suresh has not
only concealed the
facts, but he has also
not been acquitted from
the Faujdari Court. Re-
sponding to it, Advocate
Om Prakash Sangwa
said that according to
the notification, it is
necessary to give infor-
mation of the case by
the applicant once,
which was provided by
the candidate.
RaGa rally: HC
refuses to take
up case
Questioning Rahul
Gandhi’s rally at Al-
bert Hall, Advocate
Satish Khandelwal
mentioned in the High
Court before the bench
of CJ Indrajit Mahanty
that rally at Albert
Hall is contempt of
Court’s order. The HC
refused to take suo
motu cognizance in the
case and asked the ad-
vocate to present the
application in writing.
BRIEF
in
First India News
Jaipur: More than 60
lakh voters including
31.33 lakh male, 28.90
female and 26 other vot-
ers will cast vote in the
third phase of panchay-
at elections on Wednes-
day. The state election
commission has made
all arrangements for
peaceful voting.
State election com-
missionerhasaskedvot-
ers to vote for their
choice of candidates
withoutanyfearorpres-
sure.Healsoaskedthem
to vote early and not to
wait till the last minute
of polling time. He ap-
pealed to them to main-
tain peace during vot-
ing, counting and after
the results are declared.
“Help district adminis-
tration in maintaining
law and order,” he said.
According to PS Meh-
ra, voting will take place
in 17,516 wards of 1,700
gram panchayats of 49
panchayat samitis.
Nearly, 11,000 candi-
dates are in fray for the
post of sarpanch while
17 have been elected un-
opposed.
Similarly, 6,953 panch
have been elected unop-
posed so far whereas
more than 28,000 are in
fray for the post of ward
panchinthethirdphase.
For 31 wards not a single
nomination was filed or
found invalid.
The third phase of
voting will take place
through EVMs. The
state election commis-
sion will be using 8,500
EVMs while 30% ma-
chines have been kept
on reserve. Mehra said
that to resolve technical
problems in EVMs engi-
neers from Bharat Elec-
tronics Limited and
Electronics Corpora-
tion of India would be
available all the time.
They have been camp-
ing in the districts since
January 10.
The state election
commissioner said that
those who do not pos-
sess voter IDs can use 12
alternative photo carry-
ing identification docu-
ments including driving
license, Aadhar card,
PAN card, MNREGA job
card, passport, pension
document, bank or post
office passbook.
First India News
Jaipur: In the case of
consistent deaths of
children at the govern-
ment hospital of Kota,
the High Court has is-
sued a notice to the
state government. On
the PIL filed by Mith-
ilesh Kumar Gautam,
bench of Chief Justice
Indrajit Mahanty has
sought a response from
Chief Secretary, Prin-
cipal Health Secretary
and others.
Govt justifies stand
on upper age limit
In the case related to
the upper age limit in
the constable recruit-
ment 2019, ACS Home
Rajeeva Swaroop was
present in High Court
along with IG Rules VK
Singh and ADG Re-
cruitment Prakasha
Mathur. Swaroop said
that the order of Janu-
ary 17 is clear and gov-
ernment’s stand to in-
crease upper age limit
is right in every sense.
The High Court has re-
served the verdict on
petitions. The single of
bench of Justice Pan-
kaj Bhandari reserved
the verdict.
HC hears pulses
import issue
In the case pertaining
to the import of pulses
worth thousands of
crores, the marathon
hearing for 2 and a
half hours continued
in the High Court on
Tuesday as well. ASG
RD Rastogi and Anand
Sharma advocated for
the Centre. During the
hearing, it was re-
vealed that four High
C o u r t s — M a d r a s ,
Bombay, Madhya
Pradesh and Guja-
rat—have dismissed
petitions earlier. The
advocates accused the
petitioner of filing
four petitions by form-
ing 4 different firms.
The High Court is be-
ing misled to seek re-
lief, the team argued.
Raj HC staff to get
10 CLs
In big news related to
HC, the employees of
the Court were given a
New Year gift when the
High Court administra-
tion approved 10 days
casual leave (CL) of the
employees. Issuing the
Standing Order, the
High Court administra-
tion sanctioned the 10-
day casual leave during
summer vacation. On
this moment, High
CourtEmployeesUnion
President Rituraj Shar-
ma expressed gratitude
towards CJ Indrajit Ma-
hanti and Registrar
GeneralSatishSharma.
First India News
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra inaugu-
rated the ‘E Corner’
ATM of SBI by cutting
theribbonatRajBhavan
on Tuesday. He also used
his debit card and with-
drewcashfromtheATM.
It was a busy day for
the Governor with back
to back meetings.
Suresh Patodiya invited
him on the foundation
day of Mahadev Temple
built on Delhi Road.
Neelima Singh, vice-
chancellor of Rajasthan
Technical University
Kota met the Governor
and informed about the
activities of the univer-
sity. Assistant General
Manager of Railways
SK Aggarwal and IAS
Sawarmal Verma too
met Mishra.
Later in the evening
birthday celebrations
of the Governor’s
granddaughter Ashi
were held at Raj Bhavan
on Tuesday. Ashi is the
daughter of Mishra’s
younger son Amit. For-
mer CM Vasundhara
Raje and all members
of Mishra family cele-
brated the birthday.
Discom extends
amnesty scheme
150-yr of Gandhi: Award for
depts for excellent works
Kotachildrendeaths:HCnoticetogovt
Governor inaugurates SBI’s
e-corner ATM at Raj Bhawan
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: There is news
of great relief for the
consumers who are suf-
feringbecause of elec-
tricity connection be-
ing cut due to outstand-
ing power bills. All
such consumers can
start get their power
connections resumed
by paying only the base
amount, without de-
positing interest and
penalty. For the same,
the Jaipur Discom has
extended the scope of
the amnesty scheme.
Actually, till now the
amnesty scheme in-
cluded only the discon-
nected connections
which were cut before
April 1, 2007, but now
the Discom has also
abolished this obliga-
tion for domestic and
non-domestic catego-
ries. Jaipur Discom has
extended the amnesty
scheme for the first
time and now all con-
sumers of domestic and
non-domestic catego-
ries would be able to
take advantage of it.
It means that now the
consumers of all dis-
connected connections
before March 31, 2019
can get their connec-
tions restarted by pay-
ing principal amount,
without depositing in-
terest and penalty.
Along with it, the peri-
od of the scheme has
also been extended for
two months and so ben-
efitof theschemewould
be taken till March 31.
Apart from this, du-
ration of voluntary
load increase declara-
tion scheme has also
been extended by two
months, till March 31.
First India News
Jaipur: Governmentde-
partments will be re-
warded for excellent
work to commemorate
the 150th birth anniver-
sary of Mahatma Gan-
dhi. Chief Secretary DB
Gupta announced this
during a review meeting
to check progress report
of departments.
He said that art, cul-
tural and literature de-
partment has been ap-
pointed as the nodal de-
partment for activities
related to popularise the
Mahatma’sideologyand
encourage people to fol-
low it in life.
He said that govern-
ment departments
should coordinate to or-
ganise programmes re-
lated to Gandhiji’s prin-
cipals and ideology
throughout the year.
The department with
best performance would
be rewarded on October
2. According to the CS,
schoolandhighereduca-
tion departments can
playamajorroletomake
Gandhiji’s ideology pop-
ular among students.
DIPR commissioner
Neeraj K Pawan in-
formed that important
programmes to be or-
ganised through Bharat
integration mission are
lined up till Samrasta
Diwas on April 14.
JNU student...
Reacting to his arrest,
Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar said “no-
body can talk about
country’s disintegra-
tion”. “Police must
have acted according
to law for wrongdoing.
Protests are one thing,
but nobody can talk
about the country’s
disintegration,” he
told reporters.OnMon-
day, the Delhi Police de-
ployed at least five teams
of the Crime Branch
acrossthreecitiestolook
for him.
In a video of his Jan-
uary 16 speech, Imam
gave the example of a
Kanhaiya Kumar rally
in Bihar, where “around
five lakh people turned
up”, and said, “If we
have five lakh people
with us, we can cut off
the Northeast from In-
dia. If not permanently,
for one or two months.
Putrubbleontracksand
roads...Assam aur India
katke alag ho jaaye,
tabhi ye humari baat
sunenge (Once Assam is
cut off, then only they
will listen to us)…We
can do that because the
Chicken’sNeckcorridor
(connecting Northeast
to rest of India) is domi-
nated by Muslims.”
More dangerous...
“See his (Sharjeel’s)
statement. Have you
seen the video of (the
speech of) Sharjeel? It is
more dangerous than
Kanhaiya Kumar’s
statement,” he said.
“He (Sharjeel) is talk-
ing about cutting off the
Chicken’s Neck to disin-
tegrate Assam from In-
dia. Even seven genera-
tions would not be able
to do that,” Shah said.
Nothing to...
for testing. So far all the
results have been nega-
tive,” added Dr Vard-
han. “Three suspected
coronavirus cases at
RML Hospital have
been kept in isolation
for medical care. Our
government is vigilant.
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi is himself tak-
ing regular updates on
the situation. All States
have been directed to
follow the instructions
to be prepared. In 2014,
we were so strict and
focused that our efforts
did not let Ebola virus
to enter India. I am also
in regular touch with
the WHO,” he said.
He said that the gov-
ernmentwillexpandthe
thermal screening facil-
ity to seven more air-
ports now. Till now, ther-
mal screening of pas-
sengers coming from
China via Hong Kong
was done at 13 airports.
From tomorrow, it will
be expanded to seven
more airports. Till now,
about 35,000 passengers
have been scanned at
the airports, he said.
Now, Dhankar...
with ‘No CAA’ and ‘No
NRC’ posters in hand,
waved black flags at
him and raised ‘go back’
slogans.
Dhankhar headed
straight towards the
Nazrul Mancha green
room, where he met No-
bel Laureate Abhijit Ba-
nerjee, who was on
Tuesday conferred hon-
orary D Litt (honoris
causa) by the universi-
ty. Minutes before the
programme started,
however, another group
of students took to the
stage and raised slo-
gans against the gover-
nor, this time prompt-
ing him to leave the
venue around 1.30 pm.
The protesters
claimed that Dhankhar
was “the (BJP- led) Cen-
tre’s representative,
who doesn’t deserve to
be on the dais for CU’s
convocation ceremony”.
Vice-Chancellor Son-
ali Chakravarty Band-
hopadhyay, on her part,
was seen trying to con-
vince the students to
withdraw their agita-
tion. She later an-
nounced that the gover-
nor had left the venue.
Taking to Twitter,
Dhankhar later shared
pictures of his rendez-
vous with the Nobel lau-
reate and said, “The
actions of those who
created or stage man-
aged unseemly specta-
cle would resonate for
long in the ears of the
cultured people of WB
(West Bengal)”.
‘Was sentenced...
Mukesh Singh’s law-
yers also complained
that he had been sent to
solitary confinement
even before his mercy
plea was rejected,
which was a violation
of norms and the hu-
miliation that he was
subjected to.
“Courts only sen-
tenced me to death..was
I sentenced to be sexual-
ly abused?”, said the
lawyer representing
Mukesh Singh. Rebecca
John, who also repre-
sented Mukesh Singh,
pointed to the pace at
which the President re-
jected his mercy plea.
Tushar Mehta, the
Centre’s second
most-senior law officer,
countered Mukesh
Singh’s submissions,
arguing that it was
strange that questions
about sanctity of life
are being raised by the
convict.
FROM PG 1
PANCHAYAT POLLS : OVER
60 L TO VOTE IN THIRD PHASEVoting will take place in 17,516 wards of 1,700 gram panchayats of 49 panchayat samitis
ALL SET
Governor Kalraj Mishra inaugurated the ‘E Corner’ ATM of SBI by
cutting the ribbon at Raj Bhavan on Tuesday.
 In a major success,
DCP East Jaipur Rahul
Jain and his team were
able to nab an inter-
state gang of mobile
thieves. Police arrested
2 members of the gang
and recovered 15 stolen
mobiles from the ac-
cused. During interroga-
tion of the two accused
a big disclosure came to
light. Small children are
brought from Jharkhand
to Jaipur and put in
the business of mobile
stealing. This gang
used to get the mobiles
stolen with the help of
these children.
 In the news from
Mehndipur Balaji,
Dausa police took
major action and were
successful in arresting
the accused seeking
ransom of Rs 70 lakhs.
The accused used to
chat through WhatsApp
and asked for the ran-
som amount. This time
he demanded ransom
in the name of the
Balaji Temple Mahant
Kishorepuri.
 Alwar police were
successful in arresting
two accused with weap-
ons in Bhiwadi, Alwar.
The Phulbagh police
arrested the two miscre-
ants and recovered 6
locally-made pistols
and 6 live cartridges.
It also managed to
recover a bike with Uttar
Pradesh number plate.
Both accused were
caught during patrol-
ling on Monday night.
Both accused are the
residence of Barsana,
Uttar Pradesh. Phulbagh
police are investigating
the case further.
 In the Thanagaji town
of Alwar, a case of a
woman jumping in a
well along with her two
children has come to
light. All three died in
the incident on Mon-
day night at Nathusar
village. Thanagaji police
reached the spot and
took all three bodies out
of the well. SHO Sajjan
Singh is investigating
the case.
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in
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RAHUL’S
SILENCE ON
CAA AND NRC
PERPLEXING
he only surprise about Rahul Gan-
dhi’s ‘Yuva Aakrosh’ rally in
Jaipur on Tuesday was his silence
on two issues that his party has
been very vocal about: the CAA
and its ideological cousin, the proposed NRC.
The Congress leader has always been a
maverick when it comes to issues and
even people -- he wants to embrace. But,
even by his own standards, his silence on
CAA and NRC was a bit perplexing.
The rally in Jaipur was held in the
backdrop of the Rajasthan government’s
decision to steer a resolution against the
CAA in the state Assembly. The timing of
the rally and the clear stand taken by the Con-
gress suggested Rahul may use the occasion
to speak unequivocally on the contentious
subjects. But then, only Rahul knows when
he would resort to a jhappi and when he
would roll out a testy ‘Chowkidaar hi...’ slo-
gan against the recipient of his ephemeral
affection.
Be that as it may, the Congress leader tried
to be loyal to the occasion—the script of his
speech was in complete sync with the title of
the rally. He spoke about the angst amidst
the youth because of rising unemploy-
ment, the melancholia among traders be-
cause of a falling economy and the im-
pact of what he calls Gabbar Singh Tax
and the erosion of savings in Indian
households, especially in rural areas.
He pointed out that the country has lost at
least 10 million jobs, a big letdown consider-
ing the PM’s promise of generating 20 million
additional opportunities. He blasted the
Modi govt for bringing down the real
GDP growth to “less than 2.5 percent”
and wasting the demographic dividend of
the country by ruining the economy. Even
though this narrative is now being played on
the loop, all these are valid criticisms. The
Indian government has indeed taken some
questionable decisions in the past and many
experts now believe the current slowdown in
the economy was triggered by the decision to
outlaw currency notes of the higher denomi-
nation in 2016 and introduce the Goods and
Services Tax without adequate homework
and planning. It is apparent Rahul is trying
to focus on the performance of the Modi gov-
ernment and highlight its failures. By doing
this, Rahul believes, the attention would shift
from emotive issues like nationalism and the
politics of Hindutva. His attempt to mobi-
lise the youth (Yuva) points at a strategy
to strike at Modi’s loyal base by arguing
they have been betrayed by the BJP. But,
his silence on NRC-CAA shows Rahul is still
wary of raising contentious issues and get-
ting drawn into an ideological debate with
the BJP. Right or wrong, it’s a strategy that
makes him pragmatic in a milieu of idealism.
IN-DEPTH
T
ne of the most
worrying news
stories of 2019
did not receive
the coverage
one might expect from me-
dia outlets in the United
States or Europe. But the
economic slowdown in
China, and the potential-
ly steep deceleration in
growth in India, will
most likely receive con-
siderably more attention
in 2020.
The International Mon-
etary Fund, the Asian De-
velopment Bank, and the
OECD have downgraded
their growth estimates for
India in 2019-20 to around
6 percent, which would be
the lowest since the begin-
ning of the decade. Others
claim that even this is op-
timistic and project much
more dire narratives. For
example, Arvind Subra-
manian, until recently
the Indian govern-
ment’s chief economic
adviser, has argued,
based on triangulating
evidence on various eco-
nomic indicators, that
growth may sink as low
as 3.5 percent.
In China, GDP growth
has slowed from 14.2 per-
cent in 2007 to 6.6 percent
in 2018. The IMF projects
that it might fall to 5.5 per-
centby2024.Rapid growth
there and in India have
lifted millions out of
poverty, and the slow-
down is likely to impede
progress on improving
the lives of the poor.
What should China and
India do? Or, rather, what
should they not do? When
we were writing our book
“Good Economics for Hard
Times” in 2018, before the
bad news about India
started coming out, we
were already concerned
about a potential down-
turn there (the slowdown
in China was already
known). Anticipating the
fall in growth, we warned
that “India should fear
complacency.”
The point we were
making is simple: in
countries that start from
a situation in which re-
sources are being used
badly, as in China under
communism or India did
in its days of extreme di-
rigisme, the first bene-
fits of reform may come
from moving resources
to their best uses. In the
case of Indian manufactur-
ing firms, for example,
there was a sharp accelera-
tion in technological up-
grading at the plant level
and some reallocation to-
ward the best firms within
each industry after 2002.
This appears to be unre-
lated to any changes in eco-
nomic policy, and has been
described as “India’s mys-
terious manufacturing
miracle.”
But it was no miracle,
just a modest improvement
from a rather dismal start-
ing point. One can imagine
various reasons why it
happened. Perhaps it re-
sulted from a generational
shift, as control passed
from parents to children,
often educated abroad,
more ambitious, and sav-
vier about technology and
world markets. Or maybe
the accumulation of mod-
est profits eventually made
it possible to pay for the
shift to bigger and better
plants. Or maybe both
causes—and others—
played a role.
More generally, per-
haps the reason why
some countries, like Chi-
na, can grow so fast for
so long is that they start
with a lot of poorly used
talent and resources that
can be harnessed to
more valuable activities.
But as the economy sheds
its worst plants and firms
and solves its most dire
misallocation issues, the
space for further improve-
ment naturally shrinks.
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M Modi’s 2019 Independence
Day assurance followed by cab-
inet approval has fulfilled a
long-pending demand of na-
tion to have a Chief Of De-
fence Staff (CDS) as a single-
point military advisor to the
government on all matters
related to the military with
a focus on the synergy be-
tween the Army/Air Force /
Navy. The security challenges
and amidst the threat of Hy-
brid wars in future (a blend of
psychological, cyber, space,
economic and media) the deci-
sion to approve CDS is a bold
one and is a display of strong
and mature democracy disap-
proving the apprehensions
about CDS becoming an all - too
powerful position capable of
challenging the government.
So far Bharat was the only
large democracy that did not
have a single point military
advisor; with all P 5 members
of UNO and 65 other countries
already having CDS like posts
to deal with threats of modern
warfare. In addition to CDS,
the defence ministry compris-
es four arms namely depart-
ments of defence, Defence pro-
duction, Defence research,
and Ex-Servicemen welfare
all headed by secretary-level
officers.
The CDS will be the “first
among equals” and the three
service chiefs retaining the
operational command of
their respective forces but
will be the permanent chair-
man of the chiefs of staff
committee, giving that ap-
pointment stability for up to
three years against the ear-
lier short tenures based on a
rotation system.
CDS has a dual-hatted role
wherein he will head the newly
established Departmen t of
Military Affairs (DMA)/ the
Sainya Karya Vibhag in the De-
fence Ministry and will be per-
manent Chairman of the Chief
of Staff Committee. Works ex-
clusively pertaining to mili-
tary matters will now fall un-
der the preview of DMA while
the larger issues pertaining to
Defence of the country will
continue to remain with the
Department of Defence. The
important functions of the
CDS will be:-
@ Will be the Principal Mili-
tary Advisor to the Govern-
ment on all tri-Services mat-
ters.
@ Will be the military advi-
sor to the Atomic Command
Authority.
@ Will be the permanent
chairman of the Chiefs of Staff
Committee.
@ Will be the head of the De-
partment of Military Affairs.
@ Will be a member of the
defence acquisition Council
chaired by Defence Minister
and the defence planning com-
mittee chaired by national se-
curity advisor.
@ Will have direct com-
mand over tri-service organ-
isations related to Special
Forces, Space, and Cyber do-
mains. The current CDS
working system is more evo-
lutionary in nature and will
progressively adopt more
means of integration and
joint functioning until an
integrated theatre command
system is established. The
three-year time frame has been
given to the first CDS to bring
about synergy in training/op-
erations/logistics and support
services like communications,
repairs, and maintenance of
the three services leading to
the establishment of theatre
commands.
Defence Secretary will
continue to have primacy on
policy matters an d big weap-
onry purchase/capital ac-
quisition. National Defence
College (NDC) and the Insti-
tute of Defence Studies and
Analysis (IDSA) have been
placed under the Defence
Secretary on grounds that
their “remit is broader than
military matters”. However,
three armed services, their re-
spective headquarters, the ter-
ritorial army and works relat-
ing to the Army, Navy, and Air
force have been moved to the
direct ambit of CDS. The CDS
will have the powers to send
files directly to the defence
minister thus circumvent-
ing the bureaucracy.
Contrary to the original rec-
ommendations of a five-star
rank officer, appointing CDS
with only four-star rank may
have working problems at exe-
cution level since the equiva-
lence of rank does not carry
the stamp of authority. The
CDS will exercise authority
over the Andaman & Nico-
bar Command (ANC) and the
Strategic Forces Command
(SFC) and will be the nuclear
adviser to the Prime Minis-
ter. The responsibility of su-
pervising the 15-year Long
Term Integrated Perspective
Plan and modernisation of de-
fence forces will demand detail
understanding and coordina-
tion for allocating financial
priorities based on the recom-
mendations of the three ser-
vice headquarters.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
CHALLENGES BEFORE
CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFFHe can send files directly to the defence minister thus circumventing the bureaucracy
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The CDS will
exercise
authority over
the Andaman &
Nicobar
Command
(ANC) and the
Strategic Forces
Command
(SFC) and will
be the nuclear
adviser to the
Prime Minister
The current CDS
working system is
more evolutionary in
nature and will
progressively adopt
more means of
integration and joint
functioning
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INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020
Raipur: The Centre’s
intention is to main-
tain a “better coordina-
tion” with all states,
Home Minister Amit
Shah said on Tuesday
while addressing the
Central Zonal Council
(CZC) meeting here in
Chhattisgarh.
Shah chaired the
22nd meeting of the
CZC, a forum for the
Centre and states to ex-
change ideas on multi-
ple issues including
security and infra-
structure, at Nava
Raipur.
“The Centre intends
to maintain a better co-
ordination with all the
states,” Shah said in
his address.
He also said that the
Centre will extend sup-
port to states on all the
fronts for their better-
ment. The issue of co-
operative federalism is
currently debated in
certain quarters in the
context of CAA.
Earlier in the day,
senior Congress leader
and Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Kamal
Nath said that several
issues have led to con-
frontation between the
Centre and states,
though he avoided any
specific mention.
He said such con-
frontation not only
causes harm to the
country but also ham-
pers its smooth func-
tioning.
Chief Ministers of
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh and Uttara-
khand are attend the
meeting while Chhat-
tisgarh CM Bhupesh
Baghel is present as
the vice chairman. The
regional councils of
states were formed for
maintaining better co-
ordination and address
various issues between
the Centre and states,
and of the states among
themselves. Shah said
the Centre has made
efforts to hold such
meetings regularly,
“which would yield
better results”. —ANI
Lucknow: With India
aiming to evolve into a
major indigenous de-
fence manufacturing
powerhouse in the years
to come, Prime Minister
Modi is likely to inaugu-
rate the biggest ever De-
fence Expo to be held in
Lucknow next month.
The biennial mega
event known as DefEx-
po would be held from
5-9 February and its lat-
est edition will have a
theme of “Digital
Transformation of De-
fence”. The event is be-
ing touted as biggest
ever defence exhibition
in India in terms of par-
ticipation of various
stakeholders.
DefExpo-2020 aims to
bring the leading tech-
nologies in the defence
sector under one roof
and provide a myriad
of opportunities for
government, private
manufactures and
startups. —Agencies
New Delhi: Central Re-
serve Police Force, the
Centre’s lead counter-
insurgency force, had
carried out a massive
internal audit to check
if there were any at-
tempts of subversion
within the force after
the arrest of J&K police
officer Davinder Singh,
CRPF chief AP Ma-
heshwari said.
Davinder Singh, the
Deputy Superintendent
of Police of the J&K Po-
lice, was arrested on
January 11 on charges
of colluding with ter-
rorists. Singh’s arrest
had stunned the J&K
police force but it had
also underscored the
possibility that there
might be other officers
as well who could col-
lude with terrorists.
Maheshwari, who
had recently taken
over the CRPF, said “It
was a grave incident....
an area of extreme
concern”.
CRPF has deployed
about 70,000 personnel
in J&K. —ANI
New Delhi: Home Min-
ister Amit Shah
slammed Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal, alleg-
ing poor infrastructure
in state-run schools and
said that claims of edu-
cation revolution have
been ‘exposed’ during
visits by BJP parliamen-
tarians at schools.
“Arvind Kejriwal ji,
you had called me to
visit the schools run by
the Delhi government.
Yesterday, eight MPs of
Delhi had toured differ-
ent schools and showed
the conditions. The
ground situation has ex-
posed the claims of ‘rev-
olution in education’.
Now, you have to give an
answer to the public of
Delhi,” Shah tweeted.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day fixed a 10-day pe-
riod for concluding the
hearing on the petition
seeking women’s entry
into Sabarimala tem-
ple, mosques, and Par-
si Agiyari.
A three-judge bench
of the apex court,
headed by Chief Jus-
tice of India Sharad
Arvind Bobde, was
hearing the petitions
pertaining to the dis-
crimination against
women at places of
worship. Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta
mentioned the matter
before the top court
and said that all the
lawyers from various
parties in the case sat
togetheranddiscussed
the issue but could not
reach a consensus on
the matter, which is to
be heard by a 9-judge
constitution bench.
SC had on January
13 said that it will only
hear the questions re-
ferred to in the review
order passed by it in
November last year in
the Sabarimala temple
case, which allowed
women and girls of all
age groups to visit the
shrine in Kerala. —ANI
New Delhi: Just a day after MoS Finance Anurag
Thakur raised slogans of ‘Desh
Ke Gaddaro Ko, Goli Maaro Saalo
Ko’ during an election rally in
Delhi, Senior Congress leader
Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said that
such slogans are clear violation of
several sections of IPC. He also
claimed that the “BJP started these slogans”.
New Delhi: Hitting out at Kejriwal, Union Minis-
ter Dharmendra Pradhan said BJP’s victory in en-
suing Delhi polls is ‘certain as people want peace
and not anarchy.’ “BJP’s victory is certain. People
of Delhi want peace, not anarchy. It is the BJP
that promotes brotherhood, unity and peace...
People will give a befitting reply to those who
want to create a Shaheen Bagh-like environment
in Delhi...Whenever Kejriwal ji wants, the road in
Shaheen Bagh will be re-opened.” said Pradhan.
CLEAR VIOLATION OF LAW
‘PEOPLE WANT PEACE, NOT ANARCHY’
19 IPS OFFICERS RETIRING IN JANUARY
As many as 19 IPS officers of various cadres
and batches are retiring in January 2020. They
include: Amulya Kumar Patnaik, Shivaji Sinha,
Brijesh Kumar Sinha of UT cadre; Md Rahman
of Bihar; K C Agrawal, A R Korram of Chhat-
tisgarh; MAMH Anarwala of Guj; Arun Kumar
Singh of Jharkhand; Neelamani N Raju, Dr Mal-
gaveri Narain Reddy, Raghavendra H Auradkar,
Rajendra Prasad P of Karnataka; Tomy K M of
Kerala; B G Gaikar of Mahrashtra; Akhil Kumar
Shukla, Khatra Joy Reang of Tripura and Dr
Om Prakash Singh, Mahendra Modi and Sunil
Kumar Singh of UP.
WILL SEBI HAVE NEW CHIEF?
It seems that the Government is in search
of a new Securities and Exchange Board
of India (Sebi) Chairman. The Government
has now issued an advertisement for the
post putting to rest speculation about
the reappointment of Ajay Tyagi as SEBI
Chief whose term is coming to an end next
month. The chairman will be appointed on
the recommendation of FSRAC.
S K DASH TO BE MEMBER OF CBDT?
S K Dash is likely to be appointed new Member
of the CBDT. He is 1983 batch IRS (IT) officer.
WILL ASHA AGRAWAL MISS THE BUS?
Asha Agrawal is likely to miss the bus for the
post of Member CBDT.
SHARMA STRONG CONTENDER FOR
MEMBER, RAILWAY BOARD
Suneet Sharma, a 1978 IRSME officer, is re-
portedly ahead in the race for Member, Rolling
Stock, if post continues. He is presently posted
as GM, Eastern Railway.
DECISION ABOUT CP, DELHI & DGP, UP
Long awaited decision about fate of CP, Delhi
and DGP, UP will be taken this week. Amulya
Patnaik, CP and OP Singh, DGP UP are sched-
uled to retire on January 31.
3 DEFENCE ADVISERS IN
INDIA’S UK MISSION
Indian High Commission in UK is one of the
few foreign missions of Indian Government
which has advisers for all three wings—Brig-
adier V M B Krishnan (Military), Commodore
Anil Jaggi (Naval), Air Commodore Prashant
Mohan (Air Adviser).
NEW ORISSA CJ TO BE FROM NE?
Orissa High Court will get a new Chief Justice
soon. The new Chief Justice is currently hold-
ing the office of a north eastern State.
AMIT AGRAWAL APPOINTED GOVT
NOMINEE ON BOB BOARD
The Central Government has nominated Amit
Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Government of India,
Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial
Services, as Government Nominee Director on
the Board of Directors of Bank of Baroda.
JUSTICE A B SINGH TO TAKE OVER AS
NCLAT JUDICIAL MEMBER
Justice Anant Bijay Singh has resigned as
Judge of the Jharkhand High Court following
his appointment as Judicial Member of Nation-
al Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).
RAO APPOINTED ADDL SECY,
DEFENCE PRODUCTION
V L Kantha Rao has been appointed as Ad-
ditional Secretary, Department of Defence
Production.
SANJAY KUMAR SINGH APPOINTED ADDL
SECY, AGRICULTURE RESEARCH & EDU
Sanjay Kumar Singh has been appointed Ad-
ditional Secretary, Department of Agricultural
Research & Education and Secretary, Indian
Council of Agricultural Research.
ONE IPS OFFICER OF 1990 BATCH FROM
TAMIL NADU EMPANELLED AS ADG
One 1990 batch IPS officer, out of total five,
from Tamil Nadu cadre has been empanelled
for holding ADG and ADG equivalent posts in
Government of India.
19 OFFICERS OF UT SEGMENT
AWARDED IAS CADRE
19 officers of State Civil Service of UT Seg-
ment have been awarded Indian Administrative
Service (IAS) cadre. The officers include: Arun
Mishra, Kalyan Sahai Meena, Syed Musaw-
wir Ali, Sundaresan S D, Deepak Virman,
Indu Shekhar Mishra, Sanjeev Kumar Mittal,
Jayanta Kumar Ray, Sunil Kumar Singh, Ajay
Kumar Bisht, Ravi Prakash A S P S, Smitha R,
Pankaj Kumar Jha, Vinay Kumar, Vallavan E,
Anil Kumar Singh, Pooja Joshi, Balwan Singh
Jaglan and D Varma.
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SC TO CONCLUDE HEARING ON
WOMEN’S ENTRY TO SABARIMALA
TEMPLE, MOSQUES IN 10 DAYS
IN THE COURTYARD
‘ARREST OF PTM’S PASHTEEN
INTERNAL MATTER OF PAKISTAN’
New Delhi: The arrest
of PTM leader Manzoor
Pashteen is an inter-
nal matter of Pakistan,
Indian Army’s new Vice
Chief, Lieutenant General
Satinder Kumar Saini
said. Saini’s remarks are
in stark contrast with the
stance taken by the Paki-
stani military which often
spews venom against
India, mostly over New
Delhi’s internal matters.
PTM leader Manzoor
Pashteen was arrested
from Shaheen town in
Peshawaron Monday. In
Pakistan, where speaking
against the military is
frowned upon, PTM is
known for its strident criti-
cism of the country’s pow-
erful military for alleged
enforced disappearances
and extrajudicial killings.
‘IMPOSE COW SLAUGHTER BAN
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY’
Panjim: Secretary-general of VHP, Milind
Parande on Monday said that a ban on cow
slaughter should be imposed throughout the
country. “ We are not calling for a ban on other
non-vegetarian food,” Parande told ANI “There
should be a ban. The cow is related to the Hindu
faith. We will campaign for this and interact with
political parties regarding it,” he said. “We do not
believe in violence. We will pursue a ban on cow
slaughter in the country. It has been our public
stand for the last 50 years, he added.
TARANJIT SINGH SANDHU NEXT
INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO US
New Delhi: Senior
diplomat Taranjit Singh
Sandhu on Tuesday was
appointed as the next
Indian ambassador to the
United States. Sandhu
is currently serving as
the High Commissioner
of India in Sri Lanka. He
will be replacing Harsh
Vardhan Shringla, who
has been serving for the
post since January 2019.
Sandhu will take up the
assignment shortly, the
MEA said while making
the announcement. He
served in the former So-
viet Union (Russia) from
1990 to 1992 as Third
Secretary (Political)/ Sec-
ond Secretary (Commer-
cial). Following the break
up of the Soviet Union, he
was sent to open a new
Embassy in Ukraine.
‘CENTRE WANTS BETTER
COORDINATIONWITHSTATES’Centre will extend support for the betterment of all regions, Shah said
Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the 22nd meeting of the
Central Zonal Council, in Raipur on Tuesday.
PM to inaugurate
Defence Expo 2020
Davinder ’s arrest
prompted search for
black sheep: CRPF
BJP inspects govt schools in Delhi,
Shah slams Kejri over poor infra
EC ISSUES NOTICE
TO THAKUR
New Delhi: A special
court in Delhi on Tues-
day sent businessman
CC Thampi to judicial
custody till
February 7
and reserved
its order on
a bail plea
filed by him
in connec-
tion with a money laun-
dering case pertaining to
the overseas properties
of Robert Vadra. Special
Judge Arvind Kumar
will pass order on the
bail plea. Court refused
to extend ED remand of
Thampi, which was
sought by the economic
offenses watchdog. —ANI
SPECIAL COURT
SENDS THAMPI TO
JUDICIAL CUSTODY
New Delhi: SC reserved its order
on pleas challenging RBI decision,
which barred banking services
from dealing in any transaction
linked with cryptocurrency. A
bench headed by Justice RF Nari-
man has reserved the order after
hearing arguments from all the
parties in the matter. —ANI
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on
Tuesday dismissed a petition
seeking “reasonable time” to file
nomination for the upcoming as-
sembly polls alleging they were
not able to do the same due to
long queue and special treat-
ment given to Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal. —ANI
New Delhi: A Supreme Court
judge on Tuesday offered to recuse
himself from hearing the Central
government’s curative plea seek-
ing additional funds of Rs 7,844
crore from successor firms of US-
based Union Carbide Corporation
for compensation to the victims of
1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy. —ANI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court
on Tuesday gave its nod to a pro-
ject by the Central government
seeking to bring African Cheetah
to suitable sites in India. A Bench
of Chief Justice SA Bobde allowed
bringing Cheetah from Namibia to
Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary in
Madhya Pradesh. —ANI
ORDER RESERVED ON
CRYPTOCURRENCY BAN
PLEA FOR TIME TO FILE
NOMINATION DISMISSED
JUDGE OFFERS TO RECUSE
FROM BHOPAL GAS CASE
SC ALLOWS BRINGING
CHEETAH FROM AFRICA
Army tanks to be displayed in the upcoming Defence Expo 2020.

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020
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DUBAI INVESTED
BUILDER
Awell known young builder
from Jaipur is the focus
of many discussions in the
real-estate sector. The builder,
who got crores of rupees to
be invested from Dubai based
businessmen, has struck
gold! Within a few months,
the builder has changed the
market and launched several
projects while also opening
resorts in Goa. Looking at
his growth, several builders
from Dubai are looking to get
themselves on the same ‘line’.
However, I-T department has
started its ‘vigil’ on the builder
and so has ED!
BUILDER WHO ROSE TOO
HIGH FELL TOO FAST
He came like a storm, went like a
blizzard! Something on these lines
is being said about a builder from
Jaipur, who was in the ‘thick’ of talks
centered around new projects as the man
launched new projects one after the other
wherein several major investors from the
Pink City had invested with the builder.
Projects were initiated at C-Scheme,
Sahkar Marg, Vaishali Nagar, Malviya
Nagar and Vidhyadhar Nagar, however,
since 2017, his luck seems to have run
out as most of his projects have been
lying dormant. All his investor ‘friends’
have left him. Interestingly, the man had
set foot in the real estate sector from
Insurance sector and everyone believes
that he will not repeat his ‘mistake’.
UNIQUE MANTRA REALTY’S
MAJOR DEAL IN AJMER
The Unique Mantra Realty has
underwent a major land deal in
Ajmer city wherein the real-estate
ﬁrm has purchased 98,880 square
yard land for 20.41 crore rupees
near Hathikhora village. The RERA registered project is
much talked about in the Ajmer real estate sector.
KAMLA AASHIRWAD PROJECT ON
LAND WORTH `19.64 CRORES
The Sunny Real Construction Group at Bharatpur
purchased a 9055 square yard piece of land for
19.64 crore rupees for its new project, Kamla Aashirwad
Project. the deal is touted to be one pof the most
important which has given a boost to the local real-estate
sector as the group has registered its project with RERA.
Patna: Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
on Tuesday said that
then BJP president
Amit Shah had asked
him to induct political
strategist Prashant
Kishor into the Janata
Dal-United (JDU).
“Someone wrote a let-
ter I replied to it. Some-
one is tweeting, let him
tweet. What do I’ve to do
with it? One can stay in
the party (JD-U) till he
wants. He can go if he
wants...Do you know
how did he join the par-
ty? Amit Shah asked me
to induct him,” said Ku-
mar. Kishor has more
than once made his dif-
ferences with the party
known on the issue of
theamendedcitizenship
Act. JDU had supported
the legislation in both
Houses of Parliament.
Last month, Kishor
had told ANI that it is
only Bihar Chief Minis-
ter Kumar, who can tell
under what circum-
stances the party sup-
ported the Citizen
(Amendment) Bill in
the Lok Sabha and the
Rajya Sabha.
On January 24 this
year, Bihar Chief Min-
ister had hit out at sen-
ior party leader Pavan
K Varma about the alli-
ance of the party with
BJP for Delhi polls.
Kumar said: “That is
not a letter. If a person
is in the party, he
writes a letter explain-
ing the issue and then
a reply is given to that
person. Sending an e-
mail without even in-
forming and straight
away going to the press
doesn’t make any sense
to me. I don’t consider
that to be a letter.” —ANI
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday said that today
there is ‘Yuva Soch’ and
the country is progress-
ing with youthful think-
ing. “That is the reason
it does surgical strike,
airstrike and teaches a
lesson to terrorists after
entering their resi-
dence,” he said while ad-
dressing a function of
NCC.
“Our government did
what your youthful
thinking and young
heart want. Today there
isaNationalWarMemo-
rial in Delhi and also a
National Police Memo-
rial. Youth energy is the
biggest strength today.
This energy has always
handled this country.
This energy will also
handle this decade,”
said Modi. Praising
NCC for inculcating dis-
cipline and commit-
ment in the youth, Modi
said these qualities are
directly associated with
development of the
country. “NCC instils
the youth of the country
with energy, discipline,
devotion, commitment
andmoresuchqualities.
These are directly asso-
ciated with the develop-
ment of the country,”
PM said. —ANI
Ranchi: Jharkhand
CM Hemant Soren ex-
panded his one-month-
old ministry, inducting
seven ministers in the
Council of Ministers.
Governor Droupadi
Murmu administered
oath of office and secre-
cy to the newly inducted
ministers in a simple
ceremony at Raj
Bhavan. Five of the new
ministers are from
Jharkhand Mukti Mor-
cha and two belong to
Congress. The JMM-
Congress-RJD coalition
government assumed
power in the state on De-
cember29lastyear,oust-
ing the BJP- led regime.
Soren inducted
Champai Soren, Haji
Hussain Ansari, Jagar-
nath Mahato, Joba Man-
jhi, Mithilesh Kumar
Thakur (all from JMM),
Banna Gupta and Badal
Patralekh (both from
Congress). Mahato and
Thakur are first-time
ministers and Manjhi
had been a minister in
previous NDA govern-
ments. The other four
had been in the previous
UPA governments. —ANI
New Delhi: Union gov-
ernment summoned a
senior official from Pa-
kistan High Commis-
sion to register its pro-
test against alleged ab-
duction of a Hindu
womanmidwaythrough
her marriage ceremony
at Hala city in Pak’s
Sindhprovincetwodays
ago. The 24-year-old was
said to be abducted by
residents with help of
local police personnel
on Saturday. She had al-
ready been married off
to a Pakistani man by
the time her family
members managed to
lodge a complaint,
sources said. —Agencies
Soren expands
J’khand ministry
Pak: Protests over Hindu
woman’s kidnapping
‘AMIT SHAH ASKED ME TO
INDUCT KISHOR INTO JDU’Kumar all but expelled his close aide, who has been needling him on CAA
‘Nation progressing with
youthful thinking’
Our govt cleared
stalled purchase
of Rafale: Modi
New Delhi: BJP gov-
ernment cleared work
which had been stalled
for more than three dec-
ades leading to inclu-
sion of Rafale aircraft
in the fleet of IAF, said
PM Narendra Modi.
“For over 30 years not
a single next-generation
fighter plane was added
to IAF’s fleet. Our age-
ing aircrafts used to
meet with accidents,
fighter pilots kept get-
ting martyred but the
people responsible for
getting the new planes
had no concern. Should
we have let that contin-
ue? Should we have al-
lowed the Air Force to
get weakened? No. We
cleared the work which
was stalled for more
than 30 years and today
I am happy that India
has got the next-genera-
tion fighter plane Rafale
and it will fly in the
country’s skies soon,”
Modi said.
‘PAK TAKE STEPS AGAINST TERROR’
CAARNAMA
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee on Tuesday
said that she is ready
for talks with Prime
Minister Modi but first
the PM will have to
withdraw the conten-
tious Citizenship
Amendment Act
(CAA).
“It is good that the
Prime Minister is
ready for talks but first
take back CAA. They
did not call an all-party
meet before taking a
decision on Kashmir
and CAA. NRC, NPR,
and CAA these three
are bad for the country.
We are ready for talks
but first withdraw
NRC,” said the chief
minister. Mamata Ba-
nerjee was speaking at
an event organised to
protest against the
CAA, through paint-
ings. Banerjee further
added she will not ac-
cept NRC, NPR and
CAA. “We want a unit-
ed India, we want unit-
ed Bengal. We are not
accepting CAA, NRC
and NPR,” she said.
The West Bengal As-
sembly on Monday
passed a resolution
against the CAA which
was moved by TMC
government.
After Kerala, Punjab
and Rajasthan, West
Bengal is the fourth
state to pass a resolu-
tion against the CAA.
The state assembly had
on September 6 last
year, passed a resolu-
tion against the NRC.
Protests have been
going on in different
parts of country
against CAA which
grants citizenship to
Hindus, Sikhs, Jains,
Parsis, Buddhists and
Christians fleeing reli-
gious persecution
from Pakistan, Af-
ghanistan, and Bangla-
desh if they entered
India on or before De-
cember 31, 2014. —ANI
‘Ready for talks, first withdraw CAA’‘CAA protests
meant to
create 1947-
like situation’
New Delhi: Senior
BJPleaderandUnion
minister Giriraj Sin-
gh claimed that the
protests against the
CAA are being organ-
ised to “create 1947-
like conditions”
when India was parti-
tioned, and alleged
that Congress, West
Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee and “tukde-
tukde gang” are be-
hind the Shaheen
Bagh protest.
Singh also accused
Delhi CM Arvind Ke-
jriwal of allegedly
backing the “tukde-
tukde gang”. “If a
state refuses to im-
plement a law passed
by Parliament, will
democracy remain in
this country? The
Congress party,
Mamata Banerjee
and the tukde-tukde
gang have made de-
mocracy a joke. They
are using Shaheen
Bagh as a pawn to
further their ambi-
tions,” Singh said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee draws a painting
at anti CAA, NRC and NPR art camp in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Bhopal: Opposing the
the new CAA and the
proposed NRC, BJP
MLA Narayan Trip-
athi said the country
cannot be divided
along religious lines.
“Either you follow
the constitution or tear
it off because it lays
emphasis on secular-
ism and the country
can’t be divided along
religious lines. Yet the
country is being divid-
ed along religious
lines,” the Maihar leg-
islator said adding that
Muslims in villages
are suspicious and
avoid interacting with
others.
“When getting an
Aadhar card made is
difficult for people in
rural areas and the
poor in urban areas
where will the people
get all the documents
to prove their citizen-
ship,” he said.
Tripathi, who was
previously with the
Congress and the Sa-
majwadi Party, said an
atmosphere of gruh
kalah was prevailing
in the country. No vil-
lage, mohalla, or coun-
try can enjoy peace if
such an atmosphere
prevails, he said.
Tripathi had voted
along with Congress in
Madhya Pradesh As-
sembly on a bill last
year but the BJP did
not crack the whip
against him. —Agencies
Follow constitution or tear it
off: BJP MLA opposes CAA
W
est Delhi MP
Pravesh Ver-
ma said if the
anti-CAA and NRC
protests at Shaheen
Bagh contin-
ued, Delhi will
face a “Kash-
mir-like situa-
tion”. Verma
also said pro-
testers at
Shaheen Bagh “can
enter homes and
rape our sisters and
daughters”. The pro-
testers at Shaheen
Bagh are predomi-
nantly women. Ver-
ma’s remarks come a
day after he had said
that no one will be
found at the protest
site in Shaheen Bagh
if BJP is voted
to power in
Delhi. “People
of Delhi know
that the inci-
dent that had
happened in
Kashmir, the daugh-
ters and sisters of
Kashmiri Pandits
were raped. Similar
incidents continued
to happen in UP, Hy-
derabad, Kerala.
‘Shaheen protesters
can enter homes’
‘IT’S OK IF HE
STAYS OR LEAVES’
India’s first
underwater metro
Kolkata: Kolkata Met-
ro Rail Corp. expects to
complete its East-West
project, which runs
partly under Hooghly
river, by March 2022 af-
ter a delay of several
years doubled costs.The
authority is awaiting a
final installment of 200
millionrupeesovernext
two years from Indian
Railway Board, said Ma-
nas Sarkar, managing
director at KMRC. A soft
loan of 41.6 billion ru-
pees from Japan Inter-
national Cooperation
Agency helps fund
48.5% of the project.

SPORTSJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020
Advani beat
Sourav in final
Pune: Ace Indian cue-
ist Pankaj Advani on
Tuesday claimed yet an-
other Senior National
Billiards Championship
title with a 5-2 win over
Sourav Kothari in a pul-
sating final here. After
losing the first frame in
the best-of-9 150-up tie,
Advani bounced back
with breaks of 95 and
151 to go 2-1 up.
Chess: Anand
draws with Duda
New Delhi: Five-time
winner Viswanthan
Anand had to settle for
the joint sixth spot after
drawing with Jan-Kr-
zysztof Duda of Poland
in the 13th and final
round of Tata Steel
Chess tournament that
concluded. Fabiano
Caruana capped a bril-
liant performance with
another fine victory
coming at the expense
of Vladislav Artemiev
of Russia and won the
tournament with a huge
two points margin over
world champion Mag-
nus Carlsen of Norway,
who finished second.
Rajasthan women
beat Saurashtra
Jaipur: Rajasthan
women defeated Sau-
rashtra on Tuesday in
the Under 23 Women’s
One Day Trophy in the
match being played in
Chennai. Playing first,
Saurashtra scored 155
runs for 9 wickets. Ra-
jasthan bowlers Arpita
Chaudhary and Sumi-
tra Jat took 2 wickets
each. It was Ayushhi
Garg’s half-century and
brilliant innings from
Tanuja Vaishnav that
led the team to victory.
34 students in
scholarship race
New Delhi: Spains top
division football league
held the final phase of
selection for its annual
LaLiga Football schools
scholarship, through
which 2-4 students will
be selected to visit
Spain for an immersive
football experience. At
the national camp, held
in Delhi, 8 trained
coaches judged 34 play-
ers on various aspects
to select the best. The
winners of the scholar-
ship will be announced
in February 2020.
Sharjah all set for
Arab Women Tour
Sharjah: The spotlight
is on Sharjah as 78
clubs from 18 Arab
countries will compete
in nine sports at the
fifth edition of the Arab
Women Sports Tourna-
ment (AWST), organ-
ised by Sharjah Wom-
en’s Sports (SWS) be-
tween February 2 — 12.
AWST 2020 will record
the largest participa-
tion ever in the history
of the event. The UAE
tops the list with 15 par-
ticipating clubs, fol-
lowed by the Saudi Ara-
bia with 12. Bahrain
has eight clubs compet-
ing, Kuwait six, Oman
three and Qatar with
two teams.
BRIEF
in
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In the 38th Na-
tional Shooting Foot-
ball Championship, to
be held from February
21 to February 23, 2020,
the state teams of 25
men and 25 women
from Pushkar, Ajmer
will be participating.
From Rajasthan gov-
ernment, Sports Minis-
ter Ashok Chandna who
give the new dimen-
sions to sports in Ra-
jasthan and 2 per cent
reservation in govern-
ment jobs to senior men
and women was the
chief guest in the event.
On this occasion Su-
shil Mahala, Chairman
of Rajasthan Shooting
Ball Association, OP
Machra, President of
Shootingball Ball Asso-
ciation, General Secre-
tary Advocate
Bhagchand Kumawat,
other officials Shakki
Mohammed, Indu Raj
Sharma, Rajesh Gurjar
Advocate met with the
Sports Minister Ashok
Chandna during the
event.
Ashok Chandna said
that it is a matter of
time as the government
is trying its best to pro-
mote shootingball at
district level, state level
like other games. In the
state, since the shooting
ball game is the second
popular sport in India
after kabaddi. For this,
many discussions are
being held. Also, offi-
cials of Rajasthan
Shooting Ball Associa-
tion expressed their
gratitude to him.
Shooting Ball C’ship to be held in Pushkar from Feb 21
READY TO ROLL
SHOWDOWN SET
FOR BIG CLASH
When Simona Halep
takes to the court in
the quarterfinals on
Wednesday, she will
do so with long-time
coach Darren Cahill
back in her box. Over
the course of 2019, the
pair were officially on
a break from working
together on a full-
time basis, though
the Australian coach
admits that he missed
collaborating with the
Romanian, a person
her considers part of
his ‘family’ too much
to take a back seat
entirely. Cahill says that
aside from his physical
location by the side of
the WTA World No.3,
not much has changed.
Melbourne: They own
a combined 13 Australi-
an Open crowns be-
tween them and will
meet for the 50th time in
the Australian Open.
The Serbian tennis star
Novak Djokovic cruised
to the semi-finals after
securing a win over
Canada’s Milos Raonic.
Djokovic dominated
Raonic in all three sets
and secured a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6
win in the match. With
this victory, the Serbian
player has advanced to
his eighth Australian
Open semi-final. In the
semi-finalmatch,Djoko-
vic will compete against
Roger Federer, who
made it to the semi-fi-
nals after beating Ten-
nysSandgrenof USAby
6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3. The
world number three,
Federer, has now en-
tered his 15th semi-final
of the Australian Open.
He has also become the
oldest player since Aus-
tralia’s Ken Rosewall in
1977 to make it to the
semi-finals of the tour-
nament.
Ashleigh Barty withstood a
fierce challenge from Petra Kvi-
tová to become the first local
woman to reach the Australian
Open semi-finals in 36 years.
The steely-eyed world No 1 had
to fight off eight break points in
a tense first set before deny-
ing the free-hitting Czech 7-6
(8-6) 6-2 in a rematch of their
2019 quarter-final at Rod Laver
Arena. The first Australian to
make the Open semi-finals
since Wendy Turnbull in 1984,
Barty will play American 14th
seed Sofia Kenin on Thursday
for a spot in Saturday night’s
title decider. Barty found
herself under pressure from
the off. The reigning French
Open champion had to fight off
a break point in the opening
game as Kvitová pounced on
anything short.
SIMONA HALEP’S QUARTERFINALS CLASH TODAYBARTY REACHES MAIDEN SEMI-FINAL
Jaipur: The biggest
prize money Rs 15 lakh
($18,000) squash tourna-
ment in the history of
Jaipur - HCL SRFI Indi-
an Tour: Jaipur Leg 2020
– will be held from Janu-
ary 30 to February 2 at
the Rajasthan Squash
Academy,SMSStadium.
Surbhi Misra, former
squash international
and the chief organizer
of the tournament, said
top squash players from
12 countries, including
India, will be vying for
$12,000 prize money in
the women’s section
while men’s cash purse
is $6,000. Misra said for
1st time players Ireland,
Canada, Hong Kong,
South Korea, Egypt,
Iran, Malaysia and Ja-
pan will display their
talent in the Pink City.
The Indian challenge
will be led by Harinder
Singh Sandhu and Ab-
hishek Pradhan, who
have been given first
and second seeding.
Harinder and Abhishek
were part of the Indian
squash team, which
won silver medal at the
recently held SAF
Games in Nepal. Apart
from them, Rounak Ya-
dav, Rahul Baitha,
Ritwik Rao, Abhishek
Agarwal, Vikas Mehra,
Ashwary Singh, Suraj
Chand, Yash Fadte, Ravi
Dixit will be part of the
Indian contingent.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The Ranji
match between Rajas-
than and Hyderabad
has reached an exciting
turn. In the opening two
days, it was fast bowl-
ers who took all the at-
tention. The bowlers
stole the show as Hyder-
abad bundled out Rajas-
than for a below-par 135
in 49.4 overs. This was
in reply to Hyderabad’s
score of 171. Rajasthan
captain Ashok Menaria
scored highest 42 runs.
Hyderabad bowlers
rose to the occasion be-
fore the batsmen yet
again frittered away the
advantage in the second
innings to place the
four-day Group A & B
Ranji Trophy league
match against Rajas-
than delicately poised
on the second day at Ra-
jiv Gandhi Internation-
al stadium on Tuesday.
Hyderabad, who were
bowled out for 171
against Rajasthan,
made a solid fightback
as they bowled out Ra-
jasthan for 135 as Ravi
Kiran picked up four
wickets. However, Ra-
jasthan struck back
with the ball and left
Hyderabad reeling at
101/6 before stumps. A
spirited performance
saw Hyderabad take a
36-run first innings lead
over Rajasthan in the
seventh round clash in
Hyderabad.
Jaipur: Hiralal Chaud-
hary, a resident of vil-
lage Sachoti of Pancha-
yat Samiti Jhotwara,
has been appointed as
the coach of ball bad-
minton game of Rajas-
than University for All
India Inter University
Student Ball Badminton
Competition to be held
in Karnataka from Jan-
uary 29 to February 1.
Hiralal is a medal win-
ner in National Games
and has a good experi-
ence in sports field.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s
Pranjal Yadav scored a
century in the Under 14
Raj Singh
Dungarpur
Trophy. In
the match
hosted by
Rajasthan
Cricket As-
sociation in Jaipur, Ra-
jasthan scored 321 runs
on the loss of 8 wickets
against Uttarakhand.
In total, Pranjal Yadav
scored 125for the team.
Squashtournamenttobe
heldinJaipurfromJan30
Hyd take convincing lead
over Rajasthan in Ranji
Hiralal elected
as coach for
Ball Badminton
Century from
Pranjal Yadav
of Rajasthan
NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND ROGER FEDERER SET FOR
50TH MEETING IN AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMI-FINAL
HEAD TO HEAD
Novak Djokovic Roger Federer
26 2349
WINWIN
Abhishek Pradhan
practicing squash.

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