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to the ground. This was my
initiation into the humble
world of Samaj Sevaks, peo-
plewhoworkwholeheartedl
y
for society and the country
.
The process of debunking
myths about contesting elec-
tions had started for me.
I was told that I would be
fighting against a candidate
belonging to the royal family
and had ruled over the area
from 1952 to 1998. So it was
natural that winning the
election was going to be no
walk in the park for me, nei-
ther would my candidature
be accepted easily. Seniors
advised me to spread a word
among my family, friends
and relatives that I would be
fighting the elections and
seek their support. They
also advised me to meet
Atalji, Advaniji, Kushabhau
Thakre and Sushmaji.
The first karyakarta meet-
ing was to be held at Agarwal
Dharamshala
, Gurgaon. We
were fighting as a coalition
so a joint meeting with Indi-
an National Lokdal and BJP
karyakartas was organized.
The hall was chock-full of
workers of the two parties.
Modiji was present for the
meeting along with the most
renowned names of the BJP
.
What transpired that day
touched me to the core and I
grew emotionally attached
with Modiji for his brotherly
protection,guidanceandsup-
port. In his speech, Modiji
said, “One vote has made all
the difference and it is this- it
is the vote of Congress’s Rao
Indrajeet. Now Sudha Yadav
will fight for this seat. She is
a Veerangana and does not
have anything. We have to
help her fight and win.”
Modiji spread out a sheet on
the floor and placed a steel
Kalash in the centre. He then
charged the hall with these
words “I am a pracharak and
the Sangh takes care of me
and my expenses. Several
years ago when I visited my
mother, she blessed me with
Rs 11 and told me that this
money will come in handy
someday
. I feel it was for this
day that my mother gave me
that money
. I offer Rs 11 for
mysisterSudhaYadav’sfight
in this election and I request
all the karyakartas to sacri-
fice in this yajna everything
they have on them right now,
except for the fare to go back
home.” I was mesmerized, in
a state of transcendence
, as
this entire experience was so
new to me. Within half an
hour, at Modiji’s behest, an
amount of Rs 7.5 lakh had
been collected as funds for
my election campaign.
This is how my political
journey began. After this
Modiji organised a sabha in
my Lok Sabha constituency
.
It was a magnificent sabha
in Rewari and Atalji was to
attend it as well. Modiji rode
on a scooter the entire day to
gauge the pulse of the peo-
ple and the response to our
campaign. My car was stuck
in jam as people were gush-
ing in for the sabha and the
hovering of Atalji’s helicop-
ter could be heard signaling
his arrival. Modiji got me a
lift on a scooter too that took
me through the narrow
lanes so that I could make it
to the sabha in time. After
the event was over, Atalji
had a brief interaction with
me before leaving. He con-
gratulated me for inching
closer to a win. At last, when
I met Modiji at the party of-
fice later in the day, he said
“Look, you are winning this
election. Keep your calm
and continue to campaign
for a couple of days more.
You will make it.” And in-
deed, I won that election!
TO BE CONTINUED…
udha Yadav is a Kargil war
widow and has been a Lok
Sabha MP from Haryana.
Modi’s decision to field Kar-
gil war widows as candidates
gave this teacher a chance to
contest elections. Modi was
PrabhariatHaryanaofficeat
that time. The story is about
the immense support and
guidance that she received
from Modiji for the big con-
test. The incident as it hap-
pened: Modiji had once re-
ceived Rs 11 from his mother
in blessing, which he in turn,
a few years down the line,
handed over to Sudha Yadav
as a blessing to initiate her
election campaign and asked
the karyakartas to contrib-
ute whatever they had on
them at that moment to fund
her campaign. Within half
an hour, there were Rs 7.5
lakh on the blanket donated
as a campaign fund for Sud-
ha and of course, Sudha Ya-
dav won that election.
There were 18 Kargil war
widows in the area I resided
in and it was Modiji’s vision
to field someone from the
family of martyrs for that
election. I was a teacher by
profession and was clueless
about the ways of politics.
All of a sudden I started re-
ceiving calls from BJP mem-
bers encouraging me to con-
test elections but I continued
to refuse as neither my fam-
ily nor I ever imagined my-
self cut out for such a role.
Also, I had no political back-
ground. It was then that
Chaudhary Ishwar Singhji,
who was then the State Pres-
ident of Kisan Morcha, said
to me “I will give you a num-
ber. Speak to the person. You
will find your way
.” It hap-
pened to be Narendrabha
i’s
number. Let me reiterate, I
was so politically naive, I did
not even know what it meant
to be Rashtriye Sanghathan
Mahamantri of BJP
.
Nevertheless,
I called up
the landline number. Naren-
dra bhai used to reside at
Harishchandr
aMathurLane
at that time. He answered the
call himself and I introduced
myself. I said that the mem-
bers of the BJP are persuad-
ing me to contest the upcom-
ing elections and since I am
befuddled I have been given
your number. What he said to
me completely changed my
perspective.Hesaid“Sudhaji
a great change has come in
yourlifewiththemartyrdom
of your husband. Now you
must come out to serve soci-
ety
. Just say yes and the party
will help you fight the elec-
tions.” Although I wasn’t
completelyconvincedwheth-
er really politics was my cup
of tea, I called up Narendra
bhai the next day and con-
firmed to him my intention
to contest the elections. But
again I shared my misgiv-
ingswithhimandsaid,“Nar-
endra bhai, a few party work-
ers have told me that a lot of
money is required to run an
election campaign whereas I
belong to the service class.
What I have received as
exgratia payment, I wish to
save for my children. My
daughter is 7 while my son is
only three and a half. So this
money I cannot spend.” Nar-
endra bhai replied “Sudhaji
just say yes. Sangathan will
help you fight the elections.
These are all myths about
elections that you must not
harbour.HavefaithinNaren-
dra bhai and say yes to serv-
ing the society
.”
Thiswasthefirsttelephon-
ic conversation
I had with
Narendra bhai and I was yet
to meet him in person. My
first meeting with some of
the senior leaders of the
Sangh Parivar happened a
coupleof dayslateratHarish-
chandra Mathur Lane which
wastheresidenceof anMP
.It
had two rooms at the back
and an open area in the front.
I was awe-stricken
to find
Modiji,suchawell-knownpo-
litical figure, sitting on a mat-
tress on the floor, with books
strewn all over the place and
a telephone next to him. One
hadonlytotakeoff one’sslip-
persattheentranceandsiton
the floor to hold a discussion
with him. Even in my wildest
dreams, I could not have im-
agined Narendra bhai to be
someonesosimpleandrooted
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Modiji organised a sabha in my LS
constituency. Modiji rode on a scooter
the entire day to gauge the pulse of
the people and the response to our
campaign. My car was stuck in jam as
people were gushing in for the sabha
and hovering of Atalji’s helicopter could
be heard signaling his arrival. Modiji
got me a lift on a scooter too that took
me through the narrow lanes so that I
could make it to sabha in time.
‘MODIJI GOT ME A LIFT ON A
SCOOTER SO THAT I COULD
MAKE IT TO SABHA IN TIME’
The first karyakarta meeting was to be
held in Gurgaon. I grew emotionally
attached with Modiji for his brotherly
protection, guidance and support. In
his speech, Modiji said, “One vote has
made all the difference and it is this- it
is the vote of Congress’s Rao Indrajeet.
Now Sudha Yadav will fight for this seat.
She is a Veerangana and does not have
anything. We have to help her
fight and win.”
‘I GREW EMOTIONALLY
ATTACHED WITH MODIJI FOR
HIS BROTHERLY PROTECTION’
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CONGRESS CRIES
‘VENDETTAPOLITICS’
 Rahul Gandhi has been summoned today
 Sonia Gandhi has been summoned on June 8
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
on Wednesday sum-
moned Congress presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi and
her MP son Rahul Gan-
dhi for questioning in a
money laundering case
linked to the National
Herald newspaper, offi-
cials said.
The case was regis-
tered recently to probe
alleged financial irregu-
larities in the party-pro-
motedYoungIndianthat
owns the National Her-
ald newspaper. State-
mentsof otherCongress
leaders, who were then
office bearers of the Na-
tional Herald and Asso-
ciated Journals Limited
(AJL), have also been
recorded by the ED.
The case only in-
volved the conversion
of debt into equity to
pay off dues like sala-
ries, the Congress said,
accusing the govern-
ment of trying to deflect
attention from “real is-
sues” like inflation.
By targeting National Herald every
now and then, BJP has disgraced
and disrespected freedom fighters
as their [BJP’s]
predecessors
didn’t play a role in India’s
Freedom Movement. National
Herald newspaper was started
in 1942. At that time British
tried to suppress it. Today,
Modi govt is using the ED
to do the same. A money
laundering case has been registered when there is
no money laundering. Move reeks of a vendetta,
pettiness, fear, and political cheapness.
—Randeep Singh Surjewala,
Congress National General Secretary
ON ED NOTICE TO SONIA-RAHUL, NADDA
SAYS ‘CRIMINALS DENY’ THEIR CRIMES
BJP prez JP Nadda took a swipe at Sonia Rahul
after they were summoned by ED. he declared
that a criminal will always deny
their crimes. “Have you ever
seen a criminal say I’m (a)
criminal? They will, (So-
nia and Rahul) of course,
deny it.” he further said
agency’s documents were
“proof” of Gandhis’ crimes.
“If chargesheet is filed,
you would approach
court to get it
quashed,”
Nadda said.
Mumbai warns of huge
spike in Covid cases
Mumbai: Testing for
Covid will be ramped up
in Mumbai as the test
positivity rate in the
city has jumped to 6 per
cent, civic body BMC,
said on Wednesday
. It
has asked officials to im-
mediately increase test-
ing “on war footing”.
Testing labs have also
been asked to be proac-
tive and fully staffed.
“Daily new cases
have tremendously in-
creased in Mumbai,
with monsoon around
corner, we will now see
a rapid rise in sympto-
matic cases,” it warned.
New Delhi: India on
Wednesday reported
2,745 new coronavirus
infections, bringing the
total number of Covid-19
cases to 4,31,60,832.
The number of death due
to Covid-19 climbed to
5,24,636 with 6 fatalities
in the last 24 hours.
Cabinet allows procurement by
co-op through GeM portal: Thakur
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet, chaired by
PM Modi on Wednes-
day approved a propos-
al to expand the man-
date of Government e-
Marketplace (GeM) by
allowing procurement
by cooperatives. Move
will help over 8.54 lakh
registered coopera-
tives and their 27 crore
members as they
would get products at
competitive rates from
GeM portal. These co-
operatives will be ben-
efitted from the deci-
sion, said IB Minister
Anurag Thakur.
Anurag Thakur speaks during a media briefing on Cabinet
decisions, at National Media Centre in New Delhi on Wednesday.
BJP APPOINTS IN-CHARGES FOR RS POLLS
New Delhi: BJP has appointed union ministers as in-charges
for forthcoming RS polls in Haryana, Maharashtra, Karna-
taka and Rajasthan. Narendra Singh Tomar of Rajasthan,
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat of Haryana, G Kishan Reddy of
Karnataka and Ashwini Vaishnaw of Maharashtra. BJP is
pushing Opposition to gain more seats in these 4 states.
A MASSIVE
ED ACTION
AGAINST PFI
33 bank accounts
`68 lakh attached
in PMLA case
New Delhi: In a big de-
velopment, the ED on
Wednesday froze bank
accounts of the Popular
Front of India (PFI) in
anongoingPMLAinves-
tigation. The ED has
provisionally attached
23 bank accounts of PFI
having a collective bal-
ance of `59 lakh and 10
bank accounts of PFI’s
front organization Re-
hab India Foundation
(RIF) with a balance of
`9.50 lakh. Total amount
of `68,62,081 has thus
been provisionally at-
tached under Section 5
of Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002.
GONE TOO SOON: KK, A TIME-LINE!
Gun salute being given to Bollywood playback singer Krishnakumar Kunnath,
popularly known as KK at Rabindra Sadan in Kolkata on Wednesday.
53-year-old singer collapsed on Tuesday night after his concert.A preliminary
post-mortem report has ruled out unnatural death of KK, according to police
sources, his face and head bore injuries. His last rites will be performed in
Mumbai today. (R) WB CM Mamata Banerjee pays floral tribute to KK.
IND SEES 2,745 CASES,
6 DEATHS IN ONE DAY
Greetings on the
occasion of
Maharana Pratap
Jayanti, a
legendary king of
Mewar. P3
RaGa SEEKS MORE
TIME FROM ED
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
has sought more time to
appear before the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) after the agency
summoned him in the National
Herald money laundering case
on June 2, said sources.
‘KASHMIRI PANDITS PROTESTING,
BJP BUSY CELEBRATING 8 YEARS’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednes-
day slammed the govt over the killing of
a Hindu woman teacher in Kulgam, saying
Kashmiri Pandits are protesting but the BJP is
busy celebrating 8 years of Modi govt. Security
personnel and civilians are dying in Kashmir
and this is the truth and it is not a film, he said.
“In Kashmir, 15 security personnel have been
martyred and 18 civilians have been killed in
the last five months. Yesterday too a teacher
was murdered,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
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DECLARED IN
RECORD 10 DAYS
New Delhi: The NBE de-
clared the result for NEET
PG - the postgraduate
medical entrance exam
within a record time of
10 days of conducting
the exam. After months
ling pertest seeking
postponement, the medi-
cal entrance exam was
conducted on May 21.
4 KILLED, 14 HURT
AS EARTHQUAKE
HITS CHINA
Beijing: At least 4 people
were killed and 14 others
injured when a earth-
quake of 6.1-magnitude
on Wednesday struck
Ya’an city in China’s
quake-prone SW Sichuan
province, authorities said.
Epicenter, with depth of
17 km, was monitored at
30.4 degrees north lati-
tude, 102.9 degrees east
longitude, CENC said.
KASHMIR: SHAH
CALLS L-G, SEEKS
EXPLANATION
New Delhi: Targeted kill-
ings of Kashmiri Pandits
and other civilians in
Kashmir valley have
prompted HM Amit Shah
to seek an explanation
over security lapses from
UT’s Lieutenant Gover-
nor. Shah has called L-G
Manoj Sinha to Delhi
on June 3 for a briefing
on the ground situation.
National Security Advisor
Ajit Doval will also attend
the meeting.
MUCH ADO ABOUT
A TWEET: DADA IS
STILL BCCI BOSS
Kolkata: BCCI on
Wednesday quashed
speculation that Sourav
Ganguly will be step-
ping down from his role
as board prez. BCCI
secy Jay Shah told that
Ganguly is still BCCI prez.
Ganguly, hinting at new
“chapter of his life”, said
that “planning to start
something” to help a lot
of people. Dada, broke on
late Wednesday evening.
“I have launched a world-
wide edu app,” he said.
P4
Sonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi JP Nadda
ED NOTICE ACT OF SUPPRESSION, CAN’T STOP
VOICE OF SONIAJI AND RAHULJI: CM GEHLOT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot fired salvos on cen-
tral govt on Wednesday
over notice issued by
ED to Congress leaders
Sonia Gandhi and Ra-
hul Gandhi.
On Wednesday, Ge-
hlot tweeted, “During
freedom struggle, Pan-
dit Jawaharlal Nehru
started National Herald
Qaumi Awaaz news-
papers, which have con-
tributed a lot to the free-
dom struggle. After in-
dependence, Gandhi
Nehru started Navjee-
van newspaper. NDA
govt is taking retaliato-
ry action against Sonia
and Rahul by attacking
efforts made to carry
forward the legacy of
these newspapers. The
giving of notice by ED
in case already going on
in court is culmination
of suppression of Op-
position being done by
Modi govt by misusing
the power. Such notices
cannot stop Sonia Ra-
hul from raising voice
of commonmanagainst
the dictatorial govt.”
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at
the inaugural session of state-
level workshop organised by
Rajasthan PCC at Hotel Clarks
Amer in Jaipur on Wednesday.
TENSION ERUPTS
IN CHITTORGARH
AFTER MURDER
Chittorgarh: Commu-
nal tension prevailed
in Chittorgarh after
Ratan Soni, associ-
ated with Hindu outfit
Bajrang Dal, was beat-
en to death by some
unidentified persons
on Tuesday, police
said on Wednesday.
In protest, markets
were closed by Hindu
outfits who accused
some men from a
minority commu-
nity for the murder,
a tempo was torched
and stone pelting was
done on the police on
Wednesday. P7
RS: Cong MLAs to be shifted
to U’pur, lodged in Taj Aravali
Jaipur: The Congress
has decided to shift its
MLAs in Rajasthan to
Taj Aravali hotel in
Udaipur, with party
sources saying they
fear that the BJP will
poach them ahead of
the June 10 Rajya Sab-
ha elections. “The
MLAs have been
asked to reach
Udaipur. Some are
likely to go today and
the rest will be reach-
ing Udaipur tomor-
row,” a source said.
Apart from the Con-
gress MLAs, independ-
ent legislators and
those belonging to oth-
er parties and support-
ing the ruling outfit
will also be shifted to
Udaipur. The MLAs
will stay in the hotel
where the Congress
party’s Chintan Shivir
was held last month.
Turn to P8

RAJASTHAN
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has taken a big
decision to give relief
to the beneficiaries
joining Indira Gandhi
Urban Employment
Guarantee Scheme. In
the scheme, a provi-
sion has been made to
apply online through
e-Mitra for making
necessary job cards for
employment. Gehlot
approved the proposal
to make the beneficiar-
ies free of ay cost and
reimburse the amount
directly to the Infor-
mation and Technolo-
gy Department.
This decision will
give relief to the poor
people. It is notewor-
thy that this scheme
has been implemented
with the objective of
benefiting the families
residing in urban are-
as by providing 100
days of employment
every year on demand
by them.
CM Gehlot gives fee relief, job
cards will be made free of cost
URBAN EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME
BDO cries in Zila Parishad
meet, alleges harassment
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A Block Devel-
opment Officer openly
expressed her anguish
over the conduct of the
husband of Chaksu
Pradhan and accused
him of harassing her
and other staff during a
meeting of Jaipur Zila
Parishad held on
Wednesday
. The general
meeting of the Zila Par-
ishad was chaired by
Zila Pramukh Rama
Devi in which Krishna
Maheshwari alleged
that Chaksu Pradhan
Uganta Chaudhary’s
husband Badrinarayan
Chaudhary interferes
in official works, har-
asses her and other em-
ployees. She also al-
leged that Chaudhary’s
conduct with female
employees is not good
and he passes com-
ments on them. While
alleging all this, she
turned emotional.
When Zila Pramukh
asked the BDO of Chak-
su about work in area,
she started accusing
Badrinarayan Chaud-
hary of commenting on
women. Chaksu Prad-
han Uganta Chaudhary
retaliated and said that
BDO calls her illiterate
and idiot.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The ‘Nigam
Aapke Dwar Pro-
gramme’ started from
Wednesday by the
Jaipur Municipal Cor-
poration Greater got
lost in politics on the
first day. Mayor Dr
Somya and MLA Narpat
Singh Rajvi returned
after giving speeches for
about an hour in the
campaign that started
from Ward 24 of Vidyad-
har Nagar zone.
The basic task of the
campaign was to hear
the problems of the peo-
ple on the spot and solve
them but that did not
happen. In the pro-
gramme held at
Parshuram Garden in
Vidyadhar Nagar, more
than 30 people reached
and they gave their
problems by writing
them in that format.
Some people asked to
speak instead of giving
problems in writing, but
neither anyone listened
to them nor there was
any solution.
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Rajasthan
State Haj Committee
President Amin Kagzi
on Wednesday said that
full care would be taken
to ensure that the Hajis
do not face any prob-
lems.
He said that 2290 Ha-
jis including 1185 men
and 1105 women from
the state would leave for
Haj from Delhi report-
ing and embarkation
point for Madinah. He
said that the state gov-
ernment, the Haj Com-
mittee and volunteers
will provide all possible
help to them. Kagzi said
that along with the
guidelines issued by the
Central and Saudi Gov-
ernment for Haj, it has
been made mandatory
for Hajis.
Targeting AIMIM
chief Asaduddin Owai-
si, Kagzi said that Owai-
si is going to get noth-
ing in Rajasthan and
should refrain from
making provocative
speeches. He said that
Owaisi has come to Ra-
jasthan to help BJP.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Special
Operation Group (SOG)
arrested Shaitan Singh
(38), a resident of Chi-
talwana Jalore, an ac-
cused of solving paper
of REET. SOG has so far
arrested 65 people in
this case. Ashok
Rathore, ADG of ATS
and SOG said accused is
a lecturer in Govern-
ment Higher Secondary
School, Surachand and
solved the paper for the
REET exam 2021 by get-
ting it before the exam.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Highlighting
the achievements of
Modi government, BJP
state president Satish
Poonia on Wednesday
said that a revolution-
ary change has come in
eight years of the Modi
rule. He said that the
Central government’s
achievements and pro-
grammes are being tak-
en to the public across
the state by the party’s
state unit during a 15-
day campaign from May
30 to 14 June on comple-
tion of 8 years of the
Modi rule. Poonia said
that under Ujjwala Yo-
jana, 10 crore gas con-
nections were given in
the country. Fifty-five
crore people were in-
sured under Ayushman
Yojana and so far, 3
crore people have taken
advantage of this
scheme, he said at a
press conference at the
party office here. Depu-
ty Leader of Opposition
Rajendra Rathore said
that Congress has no
courage to present its
report card. Comment-
ing on allegation of
Hardik Patel on Raghu
Sharma, Rathore said
that Congress would re-
duce to 15 seats if elec-
tions happen today
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Member of
Parliament from Jaipur
(Rural), Col. Rajyavard-
han Singh Rathore laid
the foundation stone for
a OPD building of a
Community Health
Centre (CHC) in Kisan-
garh’s Renwal town on
Wednesday
.
The OPD building
equipped with state-of-
the-art facilities will be
constructed at the cost
of Rs 1 crore from the
MLA fund.
The building will
have ten chambers for
doctors and one ward
each for males and fe-
males. Phulera MLA
Nirmal Kumawat pre-
sided over the founda-
tion laying ceremony
.
On this occasion,
Rathore promised to
give Rs 1 crore for the
expansion of the hospi-
tal and Rs 10 lakh for
the development work.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the train-
ing camp of Congress,
questions have again
been raised on the bu-
reaucracy. Food and
Civil Supplies Minis-
ter Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas raised
questions on the style
of functioning of the
officers. He suggested
to take strict action
against the officers
who obstruct the work
of the people. “Due to
lack of action against
the officers who do not
work for the people,
wrong message is sent
to the people. Many of-
ficers are blocking the
government’s schemes
in reaching the public.
It is necessary to give
them a lesson,”
Khachariyawas said.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A married
woman was shot dead
in her house in Udaipur
city on Wednesday
. The
incident occurred in an
apartment in Sundar-
was area under Pratap
Nagar police station.
“Two accused
reached the third floor
and rang the doorbell.
As soon as Neha (30)
opened the door, the ac-
cused opened fire. The
bullets hit the woman’s
head, leaving her dead
on the spot,” police
said.
She was living in the
rented flat with her hus-
band Chandan Singh
and a one-and-a-half-
year-old daughter.
Her husband works
in a factory and was on
duty when the incident
occurred, said police.
“Efforts are being made
to identify the accused,”
the police said on
Wednesday
.
(Top) Rajan Vishal, Mohan
Lal Dagar, Amrita Choudhary,
Rama Devi, Suman Devi were
present in the meeting. (Inset)
BDO Krishna Kaheshwari (left)
narrating her woes before the
officials.
Mayor Dr Somya distributing lease of the house during a camp
organised under PSKS campaign in Murlipura zone office.
Satish Poonia during a programme organised by the Kisan Seva
Samiti at Phagi, Jaipur on Wednesday.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore laying the foundation stone for the
new OPD block of CHC at Renwal on Wednesday.
CM Ashok Gehlot, Govind
S Dotasra, and Pratap S
Khachariyawas coming to
attend Cong training camp.
BDO expressed her anguish over
the conduct of husband of Pradhan
Zila Parished CEO Jasmeet Singh
ordered an inquiry in the matter
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1st day of Nagar Nigam Aapke
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PM Modi brought revolutionary
changes in eight years, says Poonia
Rathore lays foundation stone for
CHC’s state-of the-art OPD building
Babus’ style of functioning
is not upto the mark: PSK
Udaipur girl shot dead in house, police clueless
2290 people to perform Haj from Raj, says Amin Kagzi
REET Paper Leak:
SOG arrests
paper solver; 65
held so far
Jaipur: Shastri Nagar
Police booked a man
for slitting the throat of
his wife with a knife in
front of their 5-year-old
daughter over some fam-
ily dispute on Wednesday.
Police sources said the
girl fainted after witness-
ing the scene as blood
spilt onto her. Both the
mother and daughter are
undergoing treatment
in critical condition. The
police have launched a
hunt for the culprit who
escaped on his bike after
committing the crime.
Kota: The Kota police have arrested a man for allegedly
killing his mother in an inebriated state on May 27. The
accused strangulated his mother to death, police said.
“The accused has been identified as Manish, a resident
of Bambuliya village. The 45-year-old victim was alleg-
edly strangulated to death by his son over some issue.
The PM report revealed injury marks on the victims’
neck, which confirmed that it was a murder case,” said
Etawah thana SHO Ramvilas.
MAN SLITS WIFE’S
THROAT WITH KNIFE
BEFORE DAUGHTER
MAN KILLS MOTHER IN KOTA, ARRESTED
FIRE ENGULFS HUTS AND CAR
A massive fire broke out
in a slum area of Jaipur
on Wednesday. Nearly
15 women and children
were rescued and 20 fire
tenders were pressed
into service to douse
fire. (Right) A car caught
fire due to a short circuit
near Nandpuri under pass
in Malviya Nagar. A fire
tender brought the fire
under control. —PHOTOS
BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Jodhpur (PTI): Police
used a garbage van
Wednesday to take the
body of a man who
came under the wheels
of a bus to hospital as
shocked passersby
looked on.
Police ordered a
probe and the Ra-
jasthan State Human
Rights Commission
stepped in after a video
clip of the incident in
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot’s hometown sur-
faced on social media
on Wednesday
.
Police take man’s
body to hospital
in garbage van
CM Ashok Gehlot reached residence of MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma
in Jaipur to enquire about his well being on Wednesday. PCC
Chief Govind Singh Dotasra also accompanied him.
Chaudhary goes to each room of the office,
and checks the files without any authority.
There is an atmosphere of fear in the office
of Panchayat Samiti, no one can work there. I was
tortured so much that I came under mental stress
and I had to take leave for 2 months.
—Krishna Maheshwari, BDO
Man accused of killing his mother (left) in police custody.
Police investigating at the
incident spot in Udaipur.
Amin Kagzi talking to the media.

RAJASTHAN
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First India Bureau
Udaipur: As part of
CM Gehlot’s budget
announcement, fi-
nance dept has ap-
proved Rs. 5.40 crore
for developmental
works of Maharana
Pratap’s Armory
(Myra Kee Gufa) here.
Approval comes just
a day before Maharana
Pratap’s birth anniver-
sary, that falls on
Thursday. Sources in-
formed that a proposal
was sent to Tourism
Department for resto-
ration of Myra cave.
Notably, efforts were
made by the District
Collector for the reju-
venation of places as-
sociated with Maha-
rana Pratap.
CM Ashok Gehlot has
greeted people of state
on the birth anniversa-
ry of Maharana Pratap
(June 2). On this occa-
sion, the CM called
upon the people of state
to take inspiration from
bravery sacrificed life
of Maharana Pratap
play an important part
in progress of the state.
`5.40 cr for restoration of Pratap’s Armory
MAHARANA PRATAP’S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
RBSE RESULT: GIRLS TRUMP BOYS
WITH PASS PERCENT OF 97.55%
With release of first result, the result of Arts is expected to be released before June 15
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: Raj Board of
Secondary Education
declared result of class
12th
Science Com-
merce on Wednesday
.
Board Administrator
LN Mantri declared re-
sult by pressing button.
The overall result for
Science category was
96.53 percent, while
Commerce saw 97.53
percent. In both catego-
ries, girls have secured
a better result percent-
age than boys.
In Science category,
pass percentage of girls
was 97.55, the pass per-
centage of boys was
95.98 percent. Similarly,
in Commerce, the pass
percentage of girls was
98.62, while boys se-
cured 96.93 percent.
Compared to last year,
this time there was a
decline of 1.5-2 percent.
With the release of first
result on Wednesday,
Arts result is expected
to be released before
June 15.
21 LOCATIONS OF
HOTEL HYATT, 2
MORE GROUPS
I-T RAIDS IN JAIPUR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Income Tax De-
partment on Wednes-
day raided 21 locations
of 3 business groups
related to hotels and
real estate. The depart-
ment raided four part-
ners of Hotel Hyatt on
Mansarovar Iskcon
Road, including the son
of former MP
, Sanganer
resident Ramswaroop
Dhanopia, Kunch Bi-
hari and Harikishan.
According to the in-
formation, all these
businessmen are con-
nected with each other.
Along with the pur-
chase and sale of some
land, deals for construc-
tion work have also
been done between
them. Till now a large
number of documents
of purchase and sale of
land have been found in
which there is a possi-
bility of some undis-
closed property
.
Apart from this, a
large number of infor-
mation related to cash
payment has been re-
ceived by the depart-
ment.
In fact, in the inter-
im action plan of the
department for three
months, the officers
were asked to collect a
lot of information re-
lated to tax evaders.
The teams also raided
premises of owner of
Triveni Construction.
A big complex is be-
ing built on Tonk
Road at the corner of
Gandhi Nagar station.
The department also
raided premises of a
contractor Murarilal
Agrawal located at Sa-
hakar Marg.
No land compensation,if award
of compensation is in cash: UDH
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Raj govt has is-
sued a policy for giving
land compensation
against the acquisition.
UDH and LSG issued a
joint order after incor-
porating all circulars,
orders, and notifica-
tions issued in the past.
As per the order, land
compensation will not
be given in cases in
which award of com-
pensation is in cash, lo-
cal body has taken pos-
session of land and plan
has been fully imple-
mented, or award mon-
ey is deposited in court
or has been paid to
leaseholder and the
plan has been fully im-
plemented.
In both such cases,
land compensation will
not be given now. Cases
in which cash compen-
sation has been paid or
land allotment has been
done will also not be
reopened for compensa-
tion. For land compen-
sation in lieu of land
acquisition, the govern-
ment has clarified two
types of situations. A
lottery will be drawn for
land compensation.
If the land is ac-
quired for a special pro-
ject in an ecological
zone, then up to 50 per-
cent of the developed
plot will be given in
compensation but ap-
proval of the state gov-
ernment will have to be
taken. A developed plot
of 1000 square meters
will be given as per the
order. Resorts, motels,
farmhouses, eco-friend-
ly houses sports com-
plexes are permissible
in such areas.
D
D
D
GUV PAYS TRIBUTE TO MAHARANA PRATAP
HighCourtacquitsgraft-taintedcop,quashessentence
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The High Court
on Wednesday acquit-
ted a police officer who
was accused of corrup-
tion 8 years ago.
The Bench of Justice
Uma Shankar Vyas also
set aside the 4-year jail
term awarded to Sta-
tion House Officer
Ashok Yadav by the Al-
war Anti-Corruption
Court on 22 January
2018 in the bribery case.
In its order, the
Bench said that the
prosecution has not
been able to substanti-
ate the charges framed
against the police of-
ficer. Apart from this,
the trial court, with-
out properly analysing
the facts and evidence,
has given the punish-
ment on the basis of
presumptions, contra-
ry to the arrangement
given in the judicial
illustrations.
MARRIED WOMAN GANG-RAPED
BEATEN BY SEVEN MEN FOR 24 DAYS
Karauli: A 30-year-old married woman was
abducted gang-raped for 24 days by 7 men in
Sawai Madhopur’s Gangapur
city, police said. A case has
been filed at Sapotra police
station here. “Victim had gone
to Sapotra with her husband on
May 7. She was abducted by
one of the accused while her husband had gone
to buy something in the market. Later, she was
kidnapped, beaten and raped by seven men in
different locations,” said police. —MANOJ JAIN
Udaipur/Jaipur: A CI and a constable were injured in
an accident in Udaipur. The car of Kelwara CI collided
with a tree on Wednesday
afternoon near Losing.
Due to the accident,
CI Praveen Tank and
constable Rakesh were
injured. In a similar acci-
dent in Jaipur, officer in
charge of Kardhani police
station Banwari Lal Meena got into a car accident. He
suffered injuries in the head and hand. Car coming on
wrong side hit his car near Khirni phatak area.
IN TWO CAR ACCIDENTS IN JAIPUR AND
UDAIPUR, TWO COPS INJURED
Jaipur: The operators of Hallmark centres across
the state went on a day’s strike on Wednesday. All
the 46 Hallmark centres in the state remained closed
during the day, leaving around 25,000 units of gold
jewellery without being hallmarked, thereby affecting
business of about Rs 200 crore in the state. Also,
the representatives of Rajasthan Hallmark Associ-
ation staged a demonstration at Statue Circle here
demanding the State Pollution Control Board to
issue the no-objection certificates.
HALLMARK CENTRES ON STRIKE IN
STATE, `200 CR BUSINESS AFFECTED
NEWS DIGEST
Fans upsets as
Sadhguru did
not stop to meet
them in Udaipur
4nabbedafterbriefencounter
More than `10
cr recovered as
fine from illegal
mining: ACS
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: After a long
journey of more than 70
days, through Europe
and the Middle East,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vas-
udev reached Udaipur
on Wednesday for the
final part of his ‘Save
the Soil’ Yatra.
However, the follow-
ers of the spiritual guru
were upset as Sadhguru
did not stop and meet
people, who had lined
up to meet him under
the scorching sun.
Sadhguru will be
reaching Jaipur on
June 3. Here he will at
Jaipur Exhibition and
Convention Centre,
Sitapura Industrial
Area address the gath-
ering and also would
connect online as well
for the event, said a
spokesperson.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Miscreants
opened fire on Jaipur
Rural police late Tues-
day night when the lat-
ter raided a marriage
garden near Manohar-
pur town where the
criminals were hiding.
The cops retaliated
and laid a siege around
the place. After a brief
encounter, the police
nabbed four miscre-
ants. No one was hurt
in the firing. SP Man-
ish Aggarwal informed
that Sohail Khan, a
resident of Rai Colony
in Hasanpura, Mohd
Salman, Gautam Singh
and Waseem Ahmed,
residents of Mehrauli
of Shrimadhopur,
were arrested.
The police have re-
covered a pistol, 2
country-made guns
and 8 live cartridges
from the culprits.The
raid followed a com-
plaint lodged by Ram
Singh, a resident of
Ganesh Nagar Colony,
at Jhotwara police
station that the mis-
creants had opened
fire on his vehicle on
the night of May 28 in
Jhotwara area.
He said that it was in
retaliation to his alter-
cation with the gang in
Pushkar on May 23.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: ACS Mines, Pe-
troleum Dr Subodh
Agrawal informed in
joint in-
vestiga-
tion cam-
p a i g n
a g ainst
i l l e g a l
mining,
transpor-
t a t i o n
and storage, more than
1100 cases have been
booked since May 15.
This has resulted in the
recovery of more than
Rs 10 crore penalty. Bi-
furcating penalty
amount he stated fig-
ures of Jaipur, Jhala-
war, and Bundi are
touching Rs 1 crore
mark each.
The penalty amount
of Rs 85,74,556 have
been recovered in
Jaipur, Rs 85,73,920 in
Jhalawar, Rs 83,73,449
in Bundi, Rs 76,61,229 in
Pali, Rs 49,48,149 in
Ajmer. And the remain-
ing amount has been
recovered at other plac-
es. Director KB Pandya
informed that a joint
investigation operation
is in progress.
20-YEAR JAIL
FINE IMPOSED ON
RAPIST OF MINOR
NUMBER OF
REGISTRATION
PROMOTION
ADARSH CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETY: 4 ACCUSED IN CUSTODY
MAN GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR
RAPING MINOR 2 YEARS BACK
Karauli: The POCSO
court here on Wednes-
day sentenced a man
to 20 years of rigorous
imprisonment for
raping a minor girl in
Shri Mahavir Ji police
station area 2 years
ago. Special Judge Alka
Bansal also imposed
a fine of Rs 1.2 lakh
on the convict Mohit
Sharma. Special Public
Prosecutor Mahendra
Mudgal informed that
on 23 May 2020, Mohit
entered the house of
the victim clandestinely
when she was sleeping
and raped her.
2 lakh 36 thousand
30 students regis-
tered in science. 2
lakh 35 thousand
954 students partic-
ipated in promotion
process. 2 lakh
34 thousand 827
students were pro-
moted. There were
31 thousand 993
students registered
in commerce. 31
thousand 989 stu-
dents participated.
Jaipur: A local court on Wednesday sent four accused
of Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society scam arrested
under the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes
Act-2019 to judicial custody. Vivek Purohit, Bharatdas
Vaishnav, Ishwar Singh Singhal and Rajeshwar Singh
were taken into police custody from the court under
the act. Police produced them in court of DJ Jaipur
Metro- II. Court sent them to judicial custody. Court
was informed Virendra Modi, accused, died in jail.
Dungarpur: The Special POCSO Court here on
Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment
and imposed a fine of Rs 2.1 L for raping a minor girl
in Kua police station area 2 years ago. According to
prosecution, the victim, who was a Class X student,
did not return from school on Feb 25, 2020. She
came back 2 days later and told family members that
when she was on her way to school, Mukesh, resi-
dent of Noliawada, forcibly outraged her modesty.
DISTRICT High% Student
Nagaur 98.30 1
Sikar 98.30 1
Jhunjhunu 97.54 2
Jalore 97.31 3
Rajsamand 97.30 4
Alwar 97.27 5
Dausa 97.24 6
Jodhpur 97.23 7
COMMERCE
Bundi 100.00 1
Dungarpur 99.32 2
Jhunjhunu 99. 27 3
Pratapgarh 98.88 4
Dausa 98.71 5
Barmer 98.65 6
Hanumangarh 98.51 7
Alwar 98.42 8
Nagaur 98.39 9
Pali 98.13 10
Sriganganagar 98.09 11
Bhilwara 98.08 12
Karauli 97.80 13
Jaipur 97.79 14
Bikaner 97.56 15
Ajmer 97.53 16
Kota 97.47 17
SCIENCE
DISTRICT High% Student
Sachin Pilot @SachinPilot
Congratulations to all
the students who passed
the examination.
Students who
did not get
the expected
results, do not
get disappointed
try again.
Tanisha Ashwath
(97.2%) in science
Prativa secured (96%)
in commerce
Hansi Khandelwal
(93%) in commerce
Maryam Shaikh (90%)
in commerce
Sheraram (98 %) in
science
Vedanshi Thawani
(87.4%) in commerce
Lakshya Khandelwal,
(99%) in science
Manisha Chaudhary
(98 %) in science
HC to get two judges,
names to be out soon
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The Ra-
jasthan High Court
may soon get two judg-
es. The Rashtrapati
Bhavan has sought the
spelling of the names
of senior advocates
Kuldeep Mathur and
Shobha Mehta.
Warrants in the
name of both can be is-
sued soon from the
Rashtrapati Bhavan in
relation to the appoint-
ment of judges in Ra-
jasthan High Court.

to the ground. This was my
initiation into the humble
world of Samaj Sevaks, peo-
plewhoworkwholeheartedly
for society and the country
.
The process of debunking
myths about contesting elec-
tions had started for me.
I was told that I would be
fighting against a candidate
belonging to the royal family
and had ruled over the area
from 1952 to 1998. So it was
natural that winning the
election was going to be no
walk in the park for me, nei-
ther would my candidature
be accepted easily. Seniors
advised me to spread a word
among my family, friends
and relatives that I would be
fighting the elections and
seek their support. They
also advised me to meet
Atalji, Advaniji, Kushabhau
Thakre and Sushmaji.
The first karyakarta meet-
ing was to be held at Agarwal
Dharamshala, Gurgaon. We
were fighting as a coalition
so a joint meeting with Indi-
an National Lokdal and BJP
karyakartas was organized.
The hall was chock-full of
workers of the two parties.
Modiji was present for the
meeting along with the most
renowned names of the BJP
.
What transpired that day
touched me to the core and I
grew emotionally attached
with Modiji for his brotherly
protection,guidanceandsup-
port. In his speech, Modiji
said, “One vote has made all
the difference and it is this- it
is the vote of Congress’s Rao
Indrajeet. Now Sudha Yadav
will fight for this seat. She is
a Veerangana and does not
have anything. We have to
help her fight and win.”
Modiji spread out a sheet on
the floor and placed a steel
Kalash in the centre. He then
charged the hall with these
words “I am a pracharak and
the Sangh takes care of me
and my expenses. Several
years ago when I visited my
mother, she blessed me with
Rs 11 and told me that this
money will come in handy
someday
. I feel it was for this
day that my mother gave me
that money
. I offer Rs 11 for
mysisterSudhaYadav’sfight
in this election and I request
all the karyakartas to sacri-
fice in this yajna everything
they have on them right now,
except for the fare to go back
home.” I was mesmerized, in
a state of transcendence, as
this entire experience was so
new to me. Within half an
hour, at Modiji’s behest, an
amount of Rs 7.5 lakh had
been collected as funds for
my election campaign.
This is how my political
journey began. After this
Modiji organised a sabha in
my Lok Sabha constituency
.
It was a magnificent sabha
in Rewari and Atalji was to
attend it as well. Modiji rode
on a scooter the entire day to
gauge the pulse of the peo-
ple and the response to our
campaign. My car was stuck
in jam as people were gush-
ing in for the sabha and the
hovering of Atalji’s helicop-
ter could be heard signaling
his arrival. Modiji got me a
lift on a scooter too that took
me through the narrow
lanes so that I could make it
to the sabha in time. After
the event was over, Atalji
had a brief interaction with
me before leaving. He con-
gratulated me for inching
closer to a win. At last, when
I met Modiji at the party of-
fice later in the day, he said
“Look, you are winning this
election. Keep your calm
and continue to campaign
for a couple of days more.
You will make it.” And in-
deed, I won that election!
TO BE CONTINUED…
udha Yadav is a Kargil war
widow and has been a Lok
Sabha MP from Haryana.
Modi’s decision to field Kar-
gil war widows as candidates
gave this teacher a chance to
contest elections. Modi was
PrabhariatHaryanaofficeat
that time. The story is about
the immense support and
guidance that she received
from Modiji for the big con-
test. The incident as it hap-
pened: Modiji had once re-
ceived Rs 11 from his mother
in blessing, which he in turn,
a few years down the line,
handed over to Sudha Yadav
as a blessing to initiate her
election campaign and asked
the karyakartas to contrib-
ute whatever they had on
them at that moment to fund
her campaign. Within half
an hour, there were Rs 7.5
lakh on the blanket donated
as a campaign fund for Sud-
ha and of course, Sudha Ya-
dav won that election.
There were 18 Kargil war
widows in the area I resided
in and it was Modiji’s vision
to field someone from the
family of martyrs for that
election. I was a teacher by
profession and was clueless
about the ways of politics.
All of a sudden I started re-
ceiving calls from BJP mem-
bers encouraging me to con-
test elections but I continued
to refuse as neither my fam-
ily nor I ever imagined my-
self cut out for such a role.
Also, I had no political back-
ground. It was then that
Chaudhary Ishwar Singhji,
who was then the State Pres-
ident of Kisan Morcha, said
to me “I will give you a num-
ber. Speak to the person. You
will find your way
.” It hap-
pened to be Narendrabhai’s
number. Let me reiterate, I
was so politically naive, I did
not even know what it meant
to be Rashtriye Sanghathan
Mahamantri of BJP
.
Nevertheless, I called up
the landline number. Naren-
dra bhai used to reside at
HarishchandraMathurLane
at that time. He answered the
call himself and I introduced
myself. I said that the mem-
bers of the BJP are persuad-
ing me to contest the upcom-
ing elections and since I am
befuddled I have been given
your number. What he said to
me completely changed my
perspective.Hesaid“Sudhaji
a great change has come in
yourlifewiththemartyrdom
of your husband. Now you
must come out to serve soci-
ety
. Just say yes and the party
will help you fight the elec-
tions.” Although I wasn’t
completelyconvincedwheth-
er really politics was my cup
of tea, I called up Narendra
bhai the next day and con-
firmed to him my intention
to contest the elections. But
again I shared my misgiv-
ingswithhimandsaid,“Nar-
endra bhai, a few party work-
ers have told me that a lot of
money is required to run an
election campaign whereas I
belong to the service class.
What I have received as
exgratia payment, I wish to
save for my children. My
daughter is 7 while my son is
only three and a half. So this
money I cannot spend.” Nar-
endra bhai replied “Sudhaji
just say yes. Sangathan will
help you fight the elections.
These are all myths about
elections that you must not
harbour.HavefaithinNaren-
dra bhai and say yes to serv-
ing the society
.”
Thiswasthefirsttelephon-
ic conversation I had with
Narendra bhai and I was yet
to meet him in person. My
first meeting with some of
the senior leaders of the
Sangh Parivar happened a
coupleof dayslateratHarish-
chandra Mathur Lane which
wastheresidenceof anMP
.It
had two rooms at the back
and an open area in the front.
I was awe-stricken to find
Modiji,suchawell-knownpo-
litical figure, sitting on a mat-
tress on the floor, with books
strewn all over the place and
a telephone next to him. One
hadonlytotakeoff one’sslip-
persattheentranceandsiton
the floor to hold a discussion
with him. Even in my wildest
dreams, I could not have im-
agined Narendra bhai to be
someonesosimpleandrooted
YOU READ PART-6 ON MAY 27, 2022
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
Narendra Modi - The Quintessential Magic Maker
The Magic of Modi’s `11 in the election Yajna
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COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
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‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
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MODI
SAINIK
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Modiji organised a sabha in my LS
constituency. Modiji rode on a scooter
the entire day to gauge the pulse of
the people and the response to our
campaign. My car was stuck in jam as
people were gushing in for the sabha
and hovering of Atalji’s helicopter could
be heard signaling his arrival. Modiji
got me a lift on a scooter too that took
me through the narrow lanes so that I
could make it to sabha in time.
‘MODIJI GOT ME A LIFT ON A
SCOOTER SO THAT I COULD
MAKE IT TO SABHA IN TIME’
The first karyakarta meeting was to be
held in Gurgaon. I grew emotionally
attached with Modiji for his brotherly
protection, guidance and support. In
his speech, Modiji said, “One vote has
made all the difference and it is this- it
is the vote of Congress’s Rao Indrajeet.
Now Sudha Yadav will fight for this seat.
She is a Veerangana and does not have
anything. We have to help her
fight and win.”
‘I GREW EMOTIONALLY
ATTACHED WITH MODIJI FOR
HIS BROTHERLY PROTECTION’
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INDIA
05
COURTESY VISIT
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla meets President Ram Nath
Kovind on Wednesday.
Bihar politicos see eye to
eye, caste census soon
New Delhi: Caste-
based survey to be con-
ducted in Bihar soon,
announced chief minis-
ter Nitish Kumar on
Wednesday
.
Addressing a press
conference along with
RJD leader Tejashwi
Yadav, Nitish Kumar
said that the “caste-
based count” will done
in a set time frame.
The Bihar chief minis-
ter made announce-
ment after an all-party
meet held on Wednes-
day.
“In the meeting all
nine parties unani-
mously decided that a
caste-based census will
be done in a set time
frame. Soon a cabinet
decision will be taken
and it will be available
in the public domain,”
Nitish said.
RJD leader Tejashwi
Yadav asserted that the
“caste-based survey”
was in the interest of
the people of the state
and urged the Central
government to provide
the necessary finan-
cial support.
“It’s a caste-based
survey, not a census.
It’s our win. Today we
suggested (in the all-
party meeting) that so-
cial anthropologists
should be included in
this,” Tejashwi said.
“We’ve said to bring
the (bill) in the next
cabinet meeting and
start it in the month of
November. During
Chhath puja people who
reside outside Bihar
will also come to the
state and till then we
can complete prepara-
tion for it,” he added.
All nine parties unanimously decided to go ahead with caste census
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addresses a press conference after an all-party
meeting on the caste-based census in the state, at Samvad Hall in Patna. —PHOTO BY PTI
RJD PASSES RESOLUTION EMPOWERING
TEJASHWI TO TAKE PARTY DECISIONS
Patna: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs in Bihar
have passed a resolution authorising leader of the op-
position, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav to take all calls related to
the party’s strategy inside and outside the House during a
state legislature party held on Tuesday late evening, lead-
ers aware of the matter said. The decision is indicative of
how the 32-year-old Yadav scion has got an elevation in
the party’s hierarchy as the de-facto number 2 as well as
the heir apparent to the ailing RJD chief, Lalu Prasad Ya-
dav, by wielding more powers in organisaitonal matters.
Peace cannot be
restored by army,
police in Kashmir:
Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar (Agencies):
Assertingthatpeacecan-
notberestoredbytheuse
of army and
police in
K a s h m i r,
N a t i o n a l
Conference
chief Fa-
rooq Abdullah batted
strongly for bringing all
politicalpartiesonboard
tofindoutawaytotackle
this grave situation and
said people want protec-
tion of their families.
Abdullah asked the
government to be very
alert during forthcom-
ing Amarnath yatra
and said if there is one
single untoward inci-
dent during the yatra,
there will be country-
wide repercussions.
In reply to a question
about the security chal-
lenge to Amarnath
yatra, he said, “God for-
bid, if there is even one
untoward incident, re-
percussionof whichwill
not only be faced by
Jammu and Kashmir
but entire India. They
(government) have to be
veryalertandcautious.”
UP CM Yogi Adityanath lays the foundation stone of the sanctum
sanctorum of the Ram temple, in Ayodhya. —PHOTO BY PTI
Yogi places first
stone for Mandir’s
‘Garbha Griha’
Ayodhya (Agencies):
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Wednesday
performed a ‘Shila Pu-
jan’ (prayer ritual) of
the sanctum sancto-
rum of the Ram temple
and said the temple
will be a “symbol of
people’s belief”.
Yogi Adityanath laid
the foundation of the
Ram Temple’s sanctum
sanctorumamidstchant-
ing of mantras in the
presenceof theRamtem-
ple trust, Deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Prasad
Maurya and others.
“This temple will be
symbol of people’s be-
lief. It will be a ‘Rashtra
mandir’ and its work
will move forward with
full speed,” Yogi said.
“The 500-year old
‘tadpan’ (uneasiness) of
devotees is going to end
and we will have a tem-
ple in Ayodhya,” Yogi
Adityanath asserted.
Earlier, Maurya said
the first phase of the
Ram temple construc-
tion is completed and
the second phase will
start after the founda-
tion laying of the sanc-
tum sanctorum.
Cannot‘mediate’ in Naga issue,says Himanta
New Delhi (Agencies):
Inavirtualroyalsnubto
the Nagaland Core Com-
mittee comprising state
ministers and legisla-
tors,AssamChief Minis-
ter and NEDA convener
Himanta Biswa Sarma
said on Wednesday that
“Idon’tthinkIcanmedi-
ate in such a big issue”.
“This(Nagainsurgen-
cy-political problem) is a
big complex issue. The
Government of India
has already nominated
A.K. Mishra to negotiate
with the NSCN(IM) and
findoutasolutionthatis
acceptable to everyone,”
Sarma said a day after
the Core Committee in-
vited him for a meeting
in Dimapur on Thurs-
day
.
The key panel is head-
ed by Nagaland Chief
Minister Neiphiu Rio of
theNDPPandcomprises
BJP leader and Deputy
CM Y Patton, former
Chief Minister TR Zeli-
ang (also NDPP) and
NPFleaderKAzoNienu.
However, Sarma
maintained that at the
“political level” as the
NEDA convener, he
keepsoninteractingand
meeting the leaders of
BJP
, NDPP and NPF in
Nagaland.Rioisheading
the NDPP-BJP-NPF ‘op-
position-less’ govern-
ment in the state where
Assembly elections are
due by Feb-March 2023.
“We keep on talking
because all are NEDA
leaders. But my role is
limited — only to inter-
act with our NEDA part-
ners and not beyond,”
Sarma said.
Assam CM with his Nagaland counterpart Neiphiu Rio. —FILE
Lakhimpur Kheri violence witness escapes attempt on life.
Lakhimpur witness
shot at, security
guard was on leave
Lakhimpur Kheri: A
Bharatiya Kisan Union
(BKU) office-bearer and
a witness to the mowing
down of farmers pro-
testing against the now-
repealed farm laws in
October 2021 in Uttar
Pradesh’s Lakhimpur
Kheri escaped an at-
tempt on his life late on
Tuesday
.
Police said two uni-
dentified armed men on
a bike intercepted the
SUV Dilbag Singh, the
Lakhimpur Kheri dis-
trict president of BKU
which spearheaded the
agitation against the
farm laws, was travel-
ling in and fired on it.
How SC lashed Alla-
habad High Court over
Ashish Mishra’s bail in
Lakhimpur Kheri case
Huge setback for
Ashish Misra Teni, key
accused in the Lakhim-
pur violence case. The
Supreme Court has
canceled the bail of
Ashish Mishra Teni.
son of MoS Home Ajay
Mishra Teni, in Lakh-
impur Kheri case as Su-
preme Court ordered
the accused to surren-
der in a week. He is cur-
rently out on bail after
Allahabad High Court
granted him bail on...
Singh said his police
guard was on leave at
the time of the attack as
his son was sick.
Congress has leaders but no
party workers, says Nadda
Bhopal (Agencies):
BJP president JP Na-
dda on Wednesday took
a dig at the Congress
saying the grand old
party is a workerless
party in Madhya
Pradesh. His remarks
came after he arrived in
Bhopal on Wednesday
.
Nadda claimed, “A
Congress leader told
him that around 40 lead-
ers are mahamantri
and over 150 are mantri
in the Madhya Pradesh
Congress, but it has no
workersontheground.”
Nadda arrived in the
state capital on a three-
day visit to Madhya
Pradesh on Wednesday
.
Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan, State
BJP president V
.D. Shar-
ma and other senior
BJP leaders welcomed
him at the state hanger.
Nadda further said
that only BJP had lead-
ers, policies, intention,
workers and environ-
ment to work. All these
qualities were needed
for success in politics.
Addressing the BJP
leaders and party work-
ers, he said that he felt
overwhelmed by the
grand welcome.
JP Nadda
BRIEF
in
in
GHOSH IN NO
MOOD TO ABIDE
BY GAG ORDER
Kolkata: BJP’s nation-
al Vice President and
former West Bengal
unit chief Dilip Ghosh
seems to be in no
mood to honour his
party high command’s
order barring him
from making media
statements against its
leadership. Just a day
after BJP’s national
General Secretary
and headquarters
in-charge, Arun Singh
sent an email commu-
nique to Ghosh on this
count, the latter was
in his usual maverick
mood on Wednesday.
“I have not received
such communication
from the party high
command,” he said.
BRIJESH KALAPPA
QUITS CONGRESS
IN KARNATAKA
Bengaluru: The Con-
gress party in Karnata-
ka has suffered another
setback with senior
party worker Brijesh
Kalappa resigning
to switch over to the
Aam Aadmi Party. Mr
Kalappa, a Supreme
Court advocate, joined
the grand old party in
1997. While making
the announcement
in an emotional note
addressed to Congress
chief Sonia Gandhi, he
said he started losing
the passion for con-
tinuing working for the
party’s interest as he
was not given his due.
CIVILIAN SHOT AT
BY MILITANTS IN
JK’S SHOPIAN
Srinagar: Militants
shot and injured
a civilian in JK’s
Shopian district on
Wednesday. Police
sources said that the
militants fired at the
civilian in Rakh-e-Ch-
idren village of Shop-
ian district. “The
civilian, identified as
Farooq Ahmad from
Rakh-e-Chidren,
was shifted to the
hospital where his
condition is stated to
be stable. The area
has been cordoned
off and a search
operation is on,” the
sources said.
Bawana gang vows
revenge in 2 days
The Delhi-based Neeraj
Bawanaganghasthreat-
ened to launch a retalia-
tory attack in the wake
of Punjab singer Sidhu
Moosewala’s broad day
light murder in Punjab.
In a Facebook story,
the gang has vowed to
deliver results in just
two days. The message
was uploaded by a Fa-
cebook profile named
‘Neeraj Bawana Delhi
NCR’. “Jai Baba ki.
Got the tragic news.
Sidhu Moosewala was
our brother from
heart. WIll deliver re-
sults in 2 days,” read
the FB post.
Sidhu Moosewala

❍ MOOSE WALA’S MURDER
‘ACCUSED GANGSTER
NOT COOPERATING’
New Delhi: A gangster who
is a suspect in the murder
of Sidhu Moose Wala is
not cooperating with the
police during interrogation,
Delhi Police sources have
said. The gangster, Law-
rence Bishnoi, has denied
any role in the killing of the
Punjabi singer on Sunday,
the sources said.
United Nations (Agen-
cies): India has cau-
tioned over the “height-
ened”threatof misuseof
biological agents and
chemicals as weapons
against the backdrop of
the COVID-19 pandemic
andcalledontheinterna-
tional community to ad-
dress the rapid evolution
of proliferation risks.
It said new and
emerging technologies
may increase the risk
of Weapons of Mass De-
struction (WMD) access
by terrorist groups and
other non-state actors.
“The access to these
weapons of mass de-
struction by terrorists
and other non-state ac-
tors adds a serious di-
mension to threats
posed by these weapons
to international peace
and security,” A Amar-
nath, a counsellor at
India’s UN Mission,
said on Tuesday
.
Speaking at the open
consultations of the UN
Security Council 1540
Committee on the pro-
liferation of nuclear,
chemical and biological
weapons, he said a key
area that needs the fo-
cus of the international
community is the rapid
evolution of prolifera-
tion risks.
“New and emerging
technologies may in-
crease these risks of
WMD access by terror-
ist groups and other
non-state actors. The
growing capabilities of
terrorists and other
non-state groups to ac-
cess delivery systems
like missiles and un-
manned/uncrewed aer-
ial systems have com-
pounded the risks of
terrorism using WMDs.
“Similarly, in the
COVID-era,thethreatof
misuse of biological
agents and chemicals as
weapons,combinedwith
advances in chemistry
and biology
, has height-
ened.Theopenconsulta-
tions would be a useful
forum to deliberate on
theseissuesandhowthe
Committee can assist
member states in this
area,” he said.
An outbreak of novel
coronavirus was first
reported in central Chi-
na’s Wuhan city in De-
cember, 2019 and spread
rapidly to become a pan-
demic. Over 530,022,000
cases of COVID-19 have
been reported globally
while the disease has
claimed the lives of over
6,292,000 people, accord-
ing to Johns Hopkins
University
.
He stressed that India
accords great impor-
tancetotheimplementa-
tion of resolution 1540.
India points to risk of terrorists using bioweapons
IN COVID’S AFTERMATH
In Covid-era, the threat of misuse of biological agents and chemicals as weapons has heightened.

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: When for-
mer Karnataka Chief
Minister BS Yediyurap-
pa was removed from
the post of Chief Minis-
ter, there was talk that
his son BY Vijayendra
would be made a minis-
ter in the state govern-
ment, but that did not
happen. Then there was
a discussion that he
would be given ticket in
the Legislative Council
elections to be held on
seven seats, but he
didn’t even get the tick-
et. Now Yediyurappa
has said that a big re-
sponsibility will be
given to his son. There-
fore the question is,
will his son get the big
responsibility as his fa-
ther has claimed? Keep
in mind that the assem-
bly elections are going
to be held in the state
next year and it is be-
lieved that Vijayendra
can get a ticket then.
But contesting the as-
sembly elections is not
a big responsibility. So
the question natural
arises: Is Yediyurappa
seeing his son become
the chief minister?
On the other hand,
knowledgeable BJP
leaders say that Basa-
varaj Bommai has been
made the Chief Minis-
ter of the state as Yed-
diurappa’s choice. So
now there is no need to
listen to him.
Either he can keep a
chief minister of his
choice or get his son
made a minister. It is
said that Yeddyurappa
is sacrificing his son
only to keep ‘alive’ CM
‘nominated’ bi him.
But it won’t last long.
Yeddiurappa will real-
ly take some big re-
sponsibility in the par-
ty for his son before the
next assembly elec-
tions. If his son is not
made a minister, then
he would like to inter-
fere more in the distri-
bution of assembly
tickets so that more
and more people can
get tickets. Yediyurap-
pa is laying his cards
by sensing the situa-
tion of a hung assem-
bly and therefore, the
assembly elections
next year are going to
be interesting.
Does BS Yediyurappa see a CM in his son?
FATHER PAVES THE WAY!
Srinagar (Agencies):
More than 100 Hindu
families have fled Kash-
miraspanicspreadafter
the killing of a Hindu
school teacher in the re-
gion, a community lead-
er said on Wednesday
.
Militants on Tuesday
shot dead Rajni Bala,
36, outside a govern-
ment school in Kulgam
that lies south of Srina-
gar - the latest in a spate
of targeted killings of
Hindus and Muslims.
Avtar Krishan Bhat,
president of a Hindu
Kashmiri Pandit colony
in Kashmir’s Baramul-
la, said that around half
of the 300 families liv-
ing in the area had fled
since Tuesday
.
“They were terrified
after yesterday’s kill-
ing. We will also leave
by tomorrow as we are
waiting for a govern-
ment response,” he
said. “We had asked the
government to relocate
us outside Kashmir.”
Residents said po-
lice had sealed off a
Hindu area in Srina-
gar and stepped up se-
curity around places
where Kashmiri Pan-
dit government em-
ployees live.
The local administra-
tion did not immediate-
ly respond to a request
for comment on fami-
lies fleeing, but the re-
gion’s top government
official, Lieutenant
Governor Manoj Sinha,
last month assured
Kashmiri Pandits that
measures would be tak-
en for their security
.
Some 2,50,000 Kash-
miri Pandits left the
Kashmir valley in 1989.
KASHMIR EXODUS 2.0!
OVER 100 HINDU FAMILIES FLEE
VALLEY AFTER TEACHER’S KILLING
Relatives and family members of government teacher Rajni Bala mourn during her funeral, in Samba
on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Thiruvananthapuram
(Agencies): The last
time this happened was
way back in June 2019,
when Kerala schools
opened for a new aca-
demic year, but amidst
Covidblues,thefirstday
of a new academic year
in 2020 and 2021 was
held online, but on
Wednesday it was a re-
turn to the past, when
close to five million
schoolchildrenmarched
to their schools across
the state.
Even though the
schools had opened last
year, there were restric-
tions on the number of
students and at no point
of time the entire
strength of the schools
was present.
The state level inau-
guration of this was
heldatastaterunschool
near the IT hub at Tech-
nopark by Chief Minis-
ter Pinarayi Vijayan.
Pinarayi Vijayan said
his government was
very particular to pro-
vide the best infrastruc-
tureforstaterunschools
and they have been able
to do well in this front.
Oh it's great to be
back. It was tough for
two years to be staying
at home, when we
should have been at
our schools, said a
group of very young
students in the state
capital city, waiting for
classes to begin.
State Education Min-
ister V
. Sivankutty said
that none need to be
worried of Covid as all
arrangements are in
place and the state gov-
ernment is keeping a
close tab on the daily
happenings. Masks are
mandatory at the
schools all the time for
staff and students.
COVID: Almost 50 lakh students return
to Kerala schools after gap of 2 years
Chennai (Agencies):
With Sri Lanka facing
an acute economic cri-
sis, the migration of
people coming to India
continues as three more
persons from the island
nation reached Tamil
Nadu on Wednesday
.
RameswaramMarine
police found them at the
seashore near the
Gothandaramar temple
during a routine inspec-
tion. The three who
reached the shores of
Tamil Nadu are L Ani-
stan, Jesintha Mary
alias Akhila and her
son Pravin Sanjay
.
Three more Sri Lankans
arrive in Tamil Nadu
The Income Tax depart-
ment on Wednesday
started search opera-
tions at about 400 loca-
tions belonging to vari-
ous groups, including
liquorbarons,acrossthe
country
, sources said.
The search operation
is on at five states, in-
cluding Haryans's Guru-
gram, Mumbai, Delhi.
In Mumbai, an I-T
team reached the office
of Embassy Group situ-
ated in Bandra Kurla
Complex. Nobody was
allowed to leave or enter
the office.
At Gurugram, the
search operation was on
at the office of a busi-
nessman who deals with
liquor. The government
agency has doubt that
they are allegedly in-
volved in tax evasion.
I-T raids at 400
locations of liquor
barons, others
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): Amid the huge
controversy on revision
of class 1 to 10 text
books, the Textbook Re-
vision Committee head-
ed by Rohith Chakrathi-
rtha has completed the
revision of history text-
book of PUC-II in Kar-
nataka, according to
reliable sources.
The sources in Educa-
tion department re-
vealed that the commit-
tee has revised one les-
son of history textbook.
The revision has been
made on the chapter
“Birthof newreligions”.
The committee will
submit the revised text
to the Education depart-
ment and seek its con-
sent.RulingBJPgovern-
ment had earlier direct-
ed to handover the re-
sponsibility of revision
of the 4.2 lesson “Birth
of New Religions” of So-
cial Science Text book
prescribed for II PUC
students.
Education Minister
B.C. Nagesh had written
a note in this regard on
February 17, 2022 to the
Principal Secretary of
the department.
The4.2lessonforPUC-
II Social Science book in
the title ‘Birth of new
religions — Jainism and
Buddhism” says that the
confusions, dominance
of priests, sacrifice of
animals, prayers, caste
system and birth of leg-
ends led to the birth of
new religions. This in-
terpretation has created
a controversy
.
PUC-II history lesson revised
in Karnataka amid furore
New Delhi (PTI): India
has underscored that its
projectsarefullycompli-
ant with the provisions
of the Indus Water Trea-
ty and it is committed to
bilateral resolution of
issues and suggestions
givenbyPakistanduring
a meeting of the Perma-
nentIndusCommission,
sources told media.
The discussion was
held during PIC's 118th
meeting, comprising In-
dus Commissioners of
India and Pakistan, that
concluded on Tuesday
in New Delhi. India has
also said it is already
providing information
of extraordinary dis-
charges of water from
reservoirs and flood
flows after Pakistan re-
quested New Delhi to
provide advance flood
information during the
forthcoming flood sea-
son, they said. Techni-
cal discussions were not
held during the meet-
ing, sources said.
India further assured
that the same will be
continued in the man-
ner provided in the
Treaty
, they said.
India assured that In-
dian projects are fully
compliant with the pro-
visions of the Treaty
and it is committed to
bilateral resolution of
issues, and suggestions
given by Pakistan dur-
ing 117th meeting will
be examined and dis-
cussed in the next meet-
ing, sources said.
‘Indian projects fully comply
with Water Treaty,Pak told’
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): To bring efficien-
cy and check the pilfer-
age of state revenue,
the Punjab government
on Wednesday abol-
ished the physical
stamp papers.
Stamp papers of any
denomination can now
be obtained via e-stamp,
ie, computerised print-
outs from any stamp
vendor or from banks
authorised by the state
government. Revenue
Minister Bram Shanker
Jimpa said that earlier,
the e-stamping facility
was applicable only to a
value above Rs 20,000.
Punjab replaces
physical stamps
with e-stamp
AUTHORITIES LOCK
KASHMIRI PANDITS
Srinagar: Migrant
Kashmiri Pandit
employees were on
Wednesday confined to
their pooled accom-
modations by the
authorities as they have
threatened to leave the
Valley in protest against
recent killings by the
militants. Authorities
confined migrant Kash-
miri Pandit employees
to pooled accommo-
dations in Tullamulla
area of Ganderbal
district, Sheikhpora
in Budgam district,
Veesu in Anantnag and
in Baramulla and Kup-
wara districts. These
employees have not
been attending duties
after Rahul Bhat was
killed by militants.
AFTER CLINCHING VICTORY
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Womens World Boxing Championships 2022 gold
medalist boxer Nikhat Zareen and bronze medalist boxers Manisha Moun and Parveen
Hooda, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
POLITICAL SLUGFEST BEGINS
Kolkata (ANI): Con-
gress MP Adhir
Ranjan Chowd-
hury on Wednesday
demanded a thor-
ough inquiry into
the death of singer
KK after a live con-
cert in Kolkata.
“All said and done.
I demand a thorough
inquiry behind the
sad demise of singer
KK by a competent
authority
. The pre-
vailing ambience of
the Nazrul Mancha
during his perfor-
mance reveals many
unsavoury questions
including critical
mismanagement of
the said platform
which might have
triggered his death,”
said Chowdhury in a
Twitter post.
Singer Krishnaku-
mar Kunnath, better
known as KK, passed
away on Tuesday
evening. The singer
fell ill while perform-
ingataneventinKol-
kataandwasbrought
to the CMRI hospital,
where he was de-
clared dead.
Staff members of
Nazrul Manch where
the concert was held
said people were
more than the capac-
itywhereinthecrowd
was jumping from
the boundary and
some broke the gates.
“KK’s show was at
7 pm. He was sweat-
ing and took water in
between. He left only
after completing the
programme. Our
seat capacity was
2,482 but the crowd
was more than dou-
ble the capacity
. The
crowd broke the
gate,” Chandan Mai-
ty, Nazrul Mancha
staff told media.
Adhir demands
thorough probe in
singer KK’s death
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Wednesday
registered an unnatural death case related
to the sudden demise of singer KK, here on
Tuesday night, people aware of the matter
said and added his body will be flown to
Mumbai after a post-mortem. Minister Aroop
Biswas said KK’s body was taken from a
private to a state-run hospital for the post-
mortem, which is mandatory when a person
is declared dead on arrival at a hospital. “After
the post-mortem, the body will be flown
to Mumbai.” He said KK’s widow and their
son and daughter have arrived in Kolkata.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who was
in Bankura, said she was rushing back to
Kolkata to pay her last respects to the singer.
KOLKATA POLICE REGISTERS
UNNATURAL DEATH CASE
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa with his son BY
Vijayendra. —FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The Chief Sec-
retariesof thestateswill
get a chance to interact
withPMNarendraModi.
FromJune15to17,Modi
will directly interact
with the Chief Secretar-
ies in Dharamshala,
Himachal Pradesh. In
the conference of all the
CS, the top officials will
brainstorm about their
development vision and
actionplantoimplement
it, which will prepare a
roadmap and blueprint
for collective develop-
ment across the country
.
CS Usha Sharma will
represent Rajasthan in
the conference.
Sharma has intensi-
fied the preparations
for the proposed CS
conference. The Centre
has asked every state to
send the points of con-
versation or proposed
agenda points by June
5 for this conference.
Every state has been
asked to bring a maxi-
mum of 3 senior offic-
ers. In such a situa-
tion, along with CS
Usha Sharma, Plan-
ning Secretary Bha-
wani Singh Detha,
ACS School Education
PK Goyal and Agricul-
ture Principal Secre-
tary Dinesh Kumar
can attend the confer-
ence. Other senior and
young officers have
been instructed to join
through web link.
PK Agrawal
Chittorgarh: The po-
lice on Wednesday faced
the stones and the an-
ger of the locals after
protests broke out in
Chittorgarh over the
death of Ratan Soni, as-
sociated with Hindu
outfit Bajrang Dal, was
attacked with swords
and iron rods by some
unidentified persons on
Tuesday, police said.
The deceased was the
son of former council-
lor Jagdish Soni and he
died on Tuesday night.
The Hindu outfits ac-
cused men from a mi-
nority community for
the murder and closed
markets, a tempo and a
shop were torched, and
stones were pelted on
the police and the me-
dia on Wednesday
.
The police arrested 4
accused, said SP Preeti
Jain. MP CP Joshi and
BJP MLA Chandrab-
han Singh reached Kot-
wali and demanded ar-
rest of the culprits.
During talks held in the
presence of SP Preeti
Jain, consensus was
reached to give Rs 25
lakh as financial assis-
tance to Soni’s family,
job in private company
to his wife and arrest of
the accused.
Chief secretaries to interact with PM Modi in Dharamshala
BRAINSTORMING OVER DEVELOPMENT
Tension grips Chittorgarh as
Bajrang Dal member murdered
“Law order is continuously deteriorating
in Rajasthan. After Jodhpur, Bhilwara such
incidents will happen in Chittor also, it is
beyond understanding. After many years
such an incident has happened in peaceful
Chittorgarh. There was no fear of the government and
administration among the criminals. The accused should
be arrested at the earliest.” —CP Joshi, MP Chittorgarh
Chittorgarh SP Preeti Jain took charge of the situation and reached the spot after the protestors
pelted stones on the cops and set a vehicle on fire over the murder of (inset) Ratan Soni.
Section 144 has not
been invoked and
internet services are
not blocked in the
area. RAC STF
deployed, and the
situation is
completely under
control.
Postmortem of the
body to be
conducted. Four
persons have been
arrested in the
matter.
—Preeti Jain,
SP Chittorgarh
“The administration
has agreed to our
demands. We should
get justice. Last rites
will be performed today
after the postmortem is conducted”
—Former BJP councillor
Jagdish Soni, deceased’s father
6 kgs heroin smuggled
with a drone, 5 arrested
Sunil Sihag
Sri Ganganagar: In a
joint operation, the Bor-
der Security Force, the
intelligence unit of Ra-
jasthan police and the
Sri Ganganagar police
arrested five people
with 6 kgs of heroin on
Wednesday. Police said
that the drugs were
brought from Pakistan
with the help of a drone
in Manjhiwala village
at Sri Karanpur Inter-
national Border.
“The team was work-
ing on some specific in-
puts and following the
leads, the arrests were
made. The accused
identified as Veerpal
Singh, Surendar
Raisikh and Sona Singh
are residents of Sri
Ganganagar. While two
other smugglers, Goru
and Jagga, are natives
of Punjab. The accused
were arrested from dif-
ferent locations along
with 6 kgs of heroin and
Rs. 2.5 lakh cash. The
police have also seized a
car,” said SP Anand
Sharma. The accused
are being interrogated.
Raj CS Usha Sharma preparing
for June 15-17 conference
z Crop diversity,
Implementation
of National
Education Policy

z Self-sufficiency in
oilseeds, pulses

z LSG-Urban
Governance

z Women and
child health

z Skill development
FOCUS POINTS
Jaipur: The Jobner police arrested an adopted
son and his wife for killing his mother on May 24.
To escape suspicion, after killing the mother, they
reached SMS Hospital to get the post-mortem done.
The matter appeared doubtful to the hospital admin-
istration and they informed the Jobner police. The
accused couple confessed to the murder. There was
a frequent quarrel between mother and son regard-
ing land and property.
Jodhpur: The birthday of
Vaibhav Gehlot, President,
Rajasthan Cricket Association
(RCA) will be celebrated on
June 2. Preparations for it have
started in the city. Many events
will be organized by the Indian
Youth Congress around social
causes inlcuding distribution of fruits in the orphan-
age, t-shirts to poor students, shoes, and slippers
to poor children in the slum areas. Parindas will be
installed for birds at various places. T-shirts with
photo of Vaibhav Gehlot was released on Wednesday
by Indian Youth Congress. —Rajeev Gaur
ADOPTED SON AND HIS WIFE HELD FOR
MURDER OF WOMAN IN JOBNER
MYRIADS OF EVENTS TO MARK BIRTHDAY
OF VAIBHAV GEHLOT IN JODHPUR TODAY
NEWS DIGEST
Police said that the drugs
were brought from Pakistan
with the help of a drone in
Manjhiwala village at Sri
Karanpur International Border.
Three accused are residents of
Sri Ganganagar while two are
from Punjab.
Hardik’s charges are unfounded,
he wanted to join BJP: Dr Raghu
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Gujarat Con-
gress in-charge and
Kekri MLA Dr. Raghu
Sharma countered al-
legations of Hardik Pa-
tel. Recently
, in an inter-
view to a news channel,
Hardik had alleged that
Dr. Raghu Sharma says
that with CM Ashok Ge-
hlot at the helm, Con-
gress would bag only 15
seats in next elections.
Sharma told the me-
dia at his residence on
Wednesday that Hardik
said irresponsible
things about the party
leader Rahul Gandhi.
“We had given him free-
dom in Congress, which
was taken advantage of
wrongly. He will join
the BJP, it was clear
only when the cases
against him of Patidar
agitation suddenly
started dropping,” said
Sharma.
He said that Congress
will win all 3 Rajya Sab-
ha seats in Rajasthan.
Excise rakes
in `2,498
revenue in
two months
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: There has been
a sudden enthusiasm in
the excise department,
which was running at a
slow pace in the excise
settlement. The new Ex-
cise Commissioner,
Prakash Rajpurohit fo-
cused on increasing the
revenue of the depart-
ment by showing better
administrative and fi-
nancial skills. The re-
sults have started com-
ing in a short time. In
the first two months of
the financial year itself,
the department has got
more than Rs 2498 crore
revenue.
In the first two
months of the current
financial year, the em-
phasis was on lifting of
beer and country liquor
and achieved record
revenue despite the en-
tire shops not being
auctioned. The depart-
ment earned Rs 1274
crore in April, the first
month of the financial
year. Similarly, in May,
earning of Rs 1224 crore
was recorded.
ACB arrests broker
with `35,000; main
accused escapes
First India Bureau
Nagaur: The Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau took ac-
tion in the Nagar Pari-
shad Nagaur and ar-
rested a broker Ghula-
mudin red-handed tak-
ing a
bribe of
`35,000.
Howev-
er, main
accused
j u n i o r
a s s i s -
tant Harnarayan es-
caped after giving a slip
to the ACB.
On May 30, informa-
tion was received in
ACB Nagaur office that
in lieu of making 69A
lease in the name of the
complainant, Har-
narayan demanded Rs ₹
35,000. ACB got the com-
plaint verified and on
June 1 laid a trap. Ghu-
lamuddin was held tak-
ing bribe in a shop lo-
cated in Gandhi Chowk
while the main accused
Harnarayan absconded
and is being searched,
said ACB Inspector Mo-
han Singh.
RCDF MD stresses on milk quality, seeks restart of Shudh Ke Liye Yudh
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The MD of Ra-
jasthan Co-operative
Dairy Federation, Su-
shma Arora has called
upon all district milk
unions across the state
to be vigilant to prevent
adulteration in milk
and milk products. In-
structions have been is-
sued to concerned offi-
cials for effective pre-
vention of adulteration
in respective areas.
She also wrote a let-
ter to Health Secretary
Dr. Prithviraj urging
for effective prevention
of adulteration in food
items and to run Shudh
Ke Liye Yudh campaign
throughout the year.
“Maximum number
of samples of milk and
milk products should be
taken and tested so that
adulteration can be de-
tected and strict action
should be taken against
the culprits,” she said.
I had no such
conversation
with him. I met
him only 3 times during
my tenure of 6 months
as in-charge. He’s not a
big leader that I discuss
with him about Raj
politics.
—Dr Raghu Sharma,
Gujarat Congress in-charge
ACCOUNTS BABU
AT CMHO OFFICE
HELD WITH
`15,000 BRIBE
Chittodgarh: The
ACB team arrested
Moolchand Verma,
Assistant Accounts
Officer of Chittorgarh
CMHO office, taking a
bribe of Rs 15,000 in
lieu of fixation with the
CHC Bari Sadri’s retired
MPW ie Multipurpose
Health Worker. The
complainant 70-year-
old Ramlal Shrimali
had retired 10 years
ago and the court had
ordered for the fixation
of the complainant. He
was caught from a tea
vend.
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
On World Milk Day, let us recognize the
importance of milk as a complete food
celebrate the success of our dairy sector in making India
the largest milk producer in the world. The hard work
and dedication of our farmers lies behind this success.
PM Narendra Modi CS Usha Sharma

A new beginning – a day, a
month or a year – brings a
measure of hope and
resolution, always!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: IAS Sudhansh
Pant will head to Delhi
as the state government
has given him NOC to
head for deputation to
the central govern-
ment. With this, the
suspense and specula-
tion over Pant heading
to Delhi, or not, has
also come to an end.
Now he will serve as
Secretary in the Cen-
tral government.
It is believed that ow-
ing to Pant’s connect
and image in the cen-
tral government, he
may get a call soon.
Pant, a 1991 batch IAS,
has five years of service
still left and till then he
may continue to serve
in the Centre. When in
March 2020, during the
first wave of covid, Pant
was called to Centre on
special deputation, he
continued to serve in
Delhi till December
2021, after he was given
an extension on deputa-
tion. This was so be-
cause from 2014 to 2019,
Pant had served in the
Union Health Ministry
and therefore, he was
called specially
.
At that time itself,
Pant had requested the
state government to al-
low him to continue
serving in the Centre,
but instead of giving
him NOC, in January
2021, he was called back
to Rajasthan, given a
promotion to the post
of additional chief sec-
retary and handed the
reins of PHED.
Pant was assured
that after June 2022,
once the drinking wa-
ter problem comes to an
end, he would be given
the NOC to head to Del-
hi, but the situation de-
veloped so fast that sud-
denly in April 2022, he
was transferred from
PHED to Pollution Con-
trol Board as its Chair-
man.
Not only that, ten
days back he was given
a three year appoint-
ment on the same post.
Government’s order
shocked the entire bu-
reaucracy and it was
thought that Pant
would not be able to go
to Delhi for the next
three years.
Sources reveal that
Sudhansh Pant met
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot last week and
after that, on Wednes-
day, he was given the
NOC to head to Delhi. It
is said that the three
year appointment order
will also not curtail
Pant’s move to Delhi.
Pant gets NOC, to head for Central deputation now!
GIVING A MOUTHFUL, PRAKASH
ASKS CM TO BE MORE FOCUSSED
Yogesh Sharma and
Dimple Sharma
Jaipur: In the ‘Action
Taken’ Camp of Con-
gress, senior leader Mo-
han Prakash gave a
huge scolding to party’s
senior leaders. Prakash
said that if Congress
organizes any demon-
stration, then only a few
leaders attend it and
public could not join
these demos held on
many issues including
inflation.
Prakash said, “CM,
you should stop caring
for the child in womb
while doing away with
one in the lap. We are
not worry about the ba-
sic vote bank of Con-
gress and not giving
them participation in
power. In their place, we
are giving participation
to such people who are
not vote banks. It is like
leaving the adopted
child and worrying
about the one who is in
womb. This will not be
in the interest of the
party. Our CM is Gan-
dhian, but some BJP-
RSS leaders spoil the
atmosphere. It is neces-
sary to give strength to
local leaders.”
Mohan Prakash sug-
gested to strengthen the
Congress organization
andpreparetheworkers
for the competition by
staying on the ground.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The implemen-
tation of the manifesto
of UdaipurNavSankalp
Shivir has started in Ra-
jasthan Congress and it
has gone ahead of other
states in implementing
the Udaipur Manifesto.
PCC Chief Govind
Singh Dotasra said that
three ministers Ramlal
Jat, Mahendrajit
Malviya and Govin-
dram Meghwal have
submitted their resig-
nations from the posts
in the organization un-
der the principle of one
person one post, and
the resignations are
now being sent to the
high command.
Sandeep Chaudhary,
Jaswant Gurjar and
Sachin Sarwate, who
were included in the
same state executive,
have also resigned
from the post. Similar-
ly, five district presi-
dents have also sent
their resignations. All
these resignations are
being sent to the state
in-charge Ajay Maken
for further action.
3 Mins follow 1 person-1
post decision, step down
Our CM is Gandhian,
but some BJP-RSS
leaders spoil the
atmosphere:
Mohan Prakash
Over 75 MLAs
attended the first
day with 10
independent MLAs
Rathore: Gehlot expert
in ‘elephant trading’
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, GS Dotasra, Pratap S Khachariyawas,
Govind Ram Meghwal, Rajiv Arora and Khanu Khan Budhwali
saluting the Congress flag during training camp on Wednesday.
MukulWasnik and PramodTiwari with Govind S Dotasra Neeraj
Dangi and Pratap S Khachariyawas on Wednesday.Vaibhav Gehlot,
Subhash Garg, LC Kataria, P Bairwa are also seen.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, PCC Chief GS Dotasra, Rameswhwar
Dudi and former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot during the programme
on Wednesday. Bhanwar S Bhati and GR Meghwal also seen.
Pramod Tiwari, Harimohan Sharma, Naseem Akhtar, Prashant
Bairwa, R Arora, K Tiwari, Satveer Choudhary and others actively
participating during the training camp held at Hotel Clarks Amer.
TO STOP EX-BSP MLAs
FROM VOTING, BSP
WRITES TO GUV, JOSHI
Jaipur (PTI): Dy LoP
Rajendra Rathore on
Wednesday targeted CM
Gehlot for accusing the
BJP of horse-trading,
saying the Cong leader
himself is an expert in
“elephant trading”, re-
ferring to BSP’s election
symbol. He said Gehlot
brought BSP MLAs to
theCongwhilebeingthe
CM twice and It was not
just ‘elephant trading’
but he swallowed the en-
tire ‘elephant’ (BSP).
All the 6 BSP MLAs
had joined the Cong in
2019. During Gehlot’s
earlier term as CM in
2009 as well, all BSP
MLAs had defected to
the Cong. “The CM lev-
elledallegationsthatthe
MLAs were given the
temptation of Rs 35
crore. All agencies are
with the CM, why clear
things do not come to
the fore? He only tries to
mislead the people by
speaking lies,” Rathore
said. He claimed that
there is an internal fight
in the Cong and resent-
ment among its MLAs
ministers, who are giv-
ing statements against
their own government.
Jaipur: Days ahead of the RS
polls on 4 seats in Raj, BSP’s
state unit has written a letter
to Governor Kalraj Mishra and
assembly speaker CP Joshi
demanding that the 6 MLAs
who had defected to Congress
should be barred from par-
ticipating in polls. BSP state
prez Bhagwan Singh Baba
said in the letter that six MLAs
who won on BSP symbol in
the 2018- assembly elections
unconstitutionally merged
with the Congress and a case
is going on against them in
SC under the Anti-Defection
Act, therefore these should
be stopped from voting in the
Rajya Sabha elections.
CONG TRAINING
CAMP BEGINS
WITH AGENDA
NOMINATIONS OF 5
VALID, REJECTED
OF INDEPENDENT
BJP APPOINTS UNION MIN TOMAR, SHEKHAWAT
IN-CHARGES FOR RAJASTHAN AND HARYANA
Jaipur: The two day
Congress training camp
started on Wednesday
with CM Gehlot, PCC
Chief GS Dotasra, Sachin
Pilot, Dr. Chandrab-
han, Mohan Prakash,
Zubair Khan and other
prominent leaders be-
ing present. During
the training camp, the
agenda of the workshop
was also discussed
and brainstorming was
done on the outline and
preparations of the huge
state level program to
be held on 15th August.
Furthermore, discussion
was also held on filling
up vacant positions in
the organization with fifty
percent youth mainly in-
clude the posts of cells,
departments and frontal
organizations.
Jaipur: Scrutiny of 14 nomi-
nation papers received from 6
candidates was completed on
Wednesday in Vidhan Sabha.
The incomplete nomination
of independent candidate
Manoj K Joshi was canceled.
13 nomination papers of
remaining 5 candidates were
correct. Returning Officer Dr.
Jogaram said, nomination
of BJP’s Ghanshyam Tiwari,
BJP-backed Subhash Chan-
dra, and Congress’s Randeep
Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and
Pramod K Tiwari were correct.
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on
Wednesday appointed Union
ministers Narendra Singh Tomar
and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat its
in-charge for Rajya Sabha polls in
Rajasthan and Haryana respec-
tively, two states which are headed
for a keen contest with the entry of
party-backed independents.
To keep the mo-
rale of the
workers height-
ened, everyone will have
to take along and give a
message of unity to the
public. To compete with
the BJP on the ground
we need to take the work
of the our government to
the ground.
—Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas,
Food and Civil Supplies Minister
This is a good
initiative of
the State Con-
gress wherein the Nav
Sankalp Shivir agenda
will be discussed. The
decision of 50 percent
participation of youth
is good. Training
Camp will strengthen
the organization in the
state.
—Vaibhav Gehlot,
AICC Member
The final deci-
sion will be tak-
en at the level of
AICC. It should not be
assumed that what has
been said will apply. Be-
fore implementing the
big decisions of the Con-
gress Chintan Shivir, the
approval of the High
Command will still be
awaited.
—Govind S Dotasra,
Rajasthan PCC Chief
We are unable
to repeat the
govt in Raj.
Our govt has been re-
peated in Delhi, it has
been repeated in Assam,
it has been repeated in
Andhra. It is not that
the Congress govern-
ment does not repeat.
Therefore, the reasons
need to be discussed.
—Sachin Pilot,
Former Dy CM
CONGRESS’ ‘ACTION TAKEN’ CAMP
Randeep S Surjewala,MukulWasnik and PramodTiwari with
Neeraj Dangi after visiting Moti Dungri Temple on Wednesday.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CAMP

z Mandal will now be
formed in Congress
on the lines of BJP. A
new unit mandal will
be formed between the
booth and the block.

z Discussions in the
workshop will be
mainly focussed on
10 points of Chintan
Shivir: Dotasra

z Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas suggested
to strengthen the or-
ganization to compete
with the BJP on the
ground

z It was decided that
75 km padyatra will
be organized in all
the districts on 9th
August.
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Withthepolling
date for Rajya Sabha
elections around the
corner, former Deputy
CM and PCC Chief
SachinPilothasclaimed
victory on all three
seats. Pilot said that
Congress has majority
figure. “126 MLAs are
with us, so BJP should
not remain under illu-
sion. On the question of
BJP making inroads in
Congress’ ‘voters’ i.e.
MLAs, Pilot said that no
one should be in the illu-
sion that they will be
able to lure the MLAs.
In what is being seen
as a jibe at CM Gehlot,
Pilot further said that
the reasons why Cong
govt does not get repeat-
ed in Rajasthan despite
good policies needs to be
discussed. “We were re-
duced to 50 seats and 21
seats respectively
. What
is the reason that our
govt does not repeat?
There should be brain-
storming on this too.
Theexcuseof Modiwave
will not work as we’ve
not repeated in Ra-
jasthanevenbeforeModi
came to power,” he said.
126 MLAs WITH US, BJP SHOULD
COME OUT OF ITS ILLUSION: PILOT
Why doesn’t Congress govt get repeated
in Rajasthan, we need to mull over it
and find out shortcomings, he said
Sachin Pilot speaking at PCC training camp in Hotel Clarks Amer
on Wednesday.
Rajendra Singh Rathore
RS Elections...
The Congress move
has come a day after
media baron Subhash
Chandra, who is
backed by the BJP,
filed his nomination
papers as an independ-
ent candidate for the
Rajya Sabha polls. A
few legislators will be
flown in to Udaipur on
Thursday evening by
chartered flight while
a few MLAs would
reach directly to the
hotel.
Word is that CM
Ashok Gehlot may
also reach Udaipur
with the three Con-
gress candidates. No-
tably, 150 rooms have
been booked at Taj
Aravali for the pur-
pose.
The Congress has
fielded Mukul Wasnik,
Pramod Tiwari and
Randeep Singh Sur-
jewala for the elec-
tions to four seats of
the Rajya Sabha from
Rajasthan. The BJP
has named former
minister Ghanshyam
Tiwari.
Subhash Chandra is
currently a member
of the Upper House of
Parliament from Har-
yana and his term is
going to expire on Au-
gust 1.
FROM PG1…
Sachin Pilot
@SachinPilot
The central government
is attacking democ-
racy by doing politics of
hatred and hatred. By
sending ED summons to
Congress President Smt
Sonia Gandhi ji and Shri
@RahulGandhi ji, BJP
wants to suppress the
voice of the opposition.
But history is witness
that Congress has not
bowed down to such
oppressive thinking and
will never bow down.
lll
Pant met CM
Gehlot last week
and after that,
on Wednesday,
he was given the
NOC to head to
Delhi, the 3 year
appointment
order will also
not curtail
Pant’s move
Sudhansh Pant
Govind Singh Dotasra
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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ollywood has
more than its
share of films
with lead ac-
tors in double
roles with
Ram aur Shy-
am, Seeta aur Geeta
and Chaalbaaz, being
my personal favour-
ites. Sharmilee was
not in this league as
an entertainer but it
had its moments with
it’s moral ambiguity
and in-depth charac-
terisation of the lead
actors not to mention
the music.
The title track
O’meri Sharmilee is
super cute and buoy-
ant. Khiltey hain gul
yahaan and Megha
chaye aandhi raat are
both totally humma-
ble even today. Aaj
madhosh hua jaaye
rey … it’s all about
love and togetherness.
Rakhee is actually
breathtakingly beau-
tiful in both person-
nas as the wild and
outgoing Kanchan
and the demure and
traditional Kamini,
though I personally in
looks preferred the
traditional sweet Ra-
khee. She does mod-
ernise herself for her
beau Shashi but her
core remains tradi-
tional.
I liked the negative
Rakhee as Kamini
much better with her
spontaneity, naughti-
ness, perkiness, self-
ishness and flirta-
tious ways much more
than Kanchan who is
‘demure as dumb’,
painfully shy. And un-
like the usual Bolly-
wood twin dramas,
the ‘bad’ twin does
not have a change of
heart in the end, in
fact Kanchan be-
comes actually vil-
lainous towards the
end- her’s and the
movie’s. There is a
stark contrast be-
tween the two with
the self- sacrificing
Kamini and the self-
ish Kanchan.
Shashi Kapoor will
steal your heart as a
dashing, handsome,
charming Army of-
ficer (in uniform most
of the time) who falls
for one sister to be
married off to her
twin though I do wish
he had been kinder to
the innocent Kamini;
he is brutal in heart-
break and actually we
see a nervous break-
down. But the charac-
ters are all too human,
be it Shatrughan, Ra-
khee as Kanchan or
Shashi.
The movie has a
moral lesson of
traditional versus
modern Kanchan
the party girl falls
in the wrong com-
pany and how her life
deteriorates. The
strength of Kamini
who with her moral
compass and compas-
sion finds happiness.
The movie does have
some unnecessary
twists and under-
world drama but then
what is Bollywood
without these?
B
JAIPUR, THURSDAY
JUNE 2, 2022
NOT SO SHY
NOT SO SHY
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
THIS THROWBACK THURSDAY, CITY FIRST TAKES YOU ON A RIDE OF
ROMANCE AND THRILLING MYSTERY WITH DOUBLE ROLES, SPIES, LOVE,
ROMANCE, HEARTBREAK, MODERNITY VS TRADITIONAL, EAST VS WEST,
FLAWED HUMANS AND MUCH MORE WITH SHARMILEE, THE RAKHEE DOUBLE
ROLE STARRER WITH THE DASHING SHASHI KAPOOR IN LEAD WITH A
WONDERFUL TRACK BY SD BURMAN!

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