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BJP trying to commit
fraud: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow: The BJP is
attempting fraud as
the SP-led alliance is
going to win the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly
elections, Samajwadi
Party chief
Akhilesh
Yadav
said on
Wednes-
day, exhorting party
workers to foil the
ruling party’s con-
spiracies. “Treat the
counting centres as the
pilgrimage of democ-
racy. Go there and
stand firm,” Yadav said
in a tweet. “Foil every
conspiracy by the rul-
ing party to manipulate
the election results, he
said. “The SP alliance is
winning, that is why the
BJP is trying to commit
fraud,” Yadav added.
BJP demands EC action against Akhilesh for ‘false charges’
‘TRYING TO INCITE ANTI-SOCIAL ELEMENTS’
New Delhi(PTI): The
BJP on Wednesday peti-
tionedtheElectionCom-
mission demanding ac-
tion against Samajwadi
Party president Akhile-
sh Yadav for allegedly
trying to “incite anti-so-
cial elements” over the
electoral process.
A BJP delegation sub-
mitted a memorandum
to Chief Election Com-
missioner Sushil Chan-
dra, claiming that Ya-
dav, through a press
conference on Tuesday,
had “attempted to
spread disaffection and
levelled brazen, unsub-
stantiated, frivolous and
false charges against
the Election Commis-
sion and its officials”.
“Should such leaders
even be allowed to par-
ticipate in the elections,
the ultimate celebra-
tion of democracy? The
commission must take
a view on the matter,”
the BJP leaders said in
the memorandum to the
Commission.
Senior BJP leaders
including Dharmendra
Pradhan, who is the
BJP’s election in-charge
for UP
, and Mukhtar Ab-
bas Naqvi, G Kishan
Reddy and Om Pathak
requested the Commis-
sion to ensure that the
counting process, its
venues and the areas
around it are fully pro-
tected. At a press confer-
ence in Lucknow on
Tuesday, Yadav had al-
leged that senior gov-
ernment officials in the
state capital were di-
recting their subordi-
nates in the districts to
slow down the counting
of votes and prolong the
process till late night
where the chances of
the BJP candidates win-
ning were slim.
“Spreading lies and
inciting citizens is a se-
rious and grave offence
and Akhilesh Yadav
and his cohorts must be
held accountable and
be charged under rel-
evant provisions
of Election code
and Indian Penal
Code,” the BJP
leaders said.
Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and G. Kishan Reddy talk to the media
after a meeting with Election Commissioners in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Y
ogi Adityanath
returning in Ut-
tar Pradesh, a
comfortable AAP victo-
ry in Punjab, a dead-
heat race in Uttara-
khand and Goa and a
BJP sweep in Manipur
— as the exit polls put
out their predictions, all
eyes are set on tomor-
row’s results as the As-
sembly elections in the
five states draw to a
close.
In Uttar Pradesh,
most pollsters, barring
two forecasts that the
ruling BJP may suffer
losses, predict them
crossing the half-way
mark of 202 comfortably
and retaining power,
bucking a trend of near-
ly four decades. The
state has not returned a
government to power
since 1985. The SP-RLD
alliance, which waged a
spirited campaign, may
make major gains as
compared to 2017 but is
likely to fall well short
of the magic figure. The
Congress, the polls pre-
dicted, would remain in
single digits.
In Punjab, most pre-
dictions see an AAP
win, with the party be-
ing comfortably ahead
of the ruling Congress
and the Akali Dal-BSP
combine. If the AAP
manages to win Punjab,
the outcome has the po-
tential to trigger a
churning in Indian poli-
tics, especially in the
Opposition space as no
other party barring the
BJP and the Congress
are in power in more
than one state now.
Political parties in
both Uttarakhand and
Goa are preparing for
post-poll scenarios —
lining up resorts and
rushing senior leaders
to handle the situation.
While in Goa, the Con-
gress election candi-
dates and party leaders
convened at a hotel in
Bambolim, the party
was also considering
the same in Uttara-
khand. Meanwhile, sit-
ting BJP Goa CM
Pramod Sawant trav-
elled to Delhi Tuesday
to meet Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah.
Moscow (Agencies):
Russia warned the West
on Wednesday that it
was working on a broad
response to sanctions
that would be swift and
felt in the West’s most
sensitive areas.
“Russia’s reaction
will be swift, thoughtful
and sensitive for those
it addresses,” Dmitry
Birichevsky, the direc-
tor of the foreign minis-
try’s department for
economic cooperation,
was quoted as saying by
the RIA news agency
.
US President Joe
Biden on Tuesday im-
posed an immediate
ban on Russian oil and
other energy imports in
retaliation for invasion.
Russia warned that oil
prices could shoot up to
over $300 per barrel.
UP: Yogi Adityanath Punjab: Charanjit Singh Channi Uttarakhand: Pushkar S Dhami Manipur: N Biren Singh Goa: Pramod Sawant
ADM Varanasi removed from poll duty,
special observer sent to Varanasi
WEBCAST 50% COUNTING: AKHILESH TO
EC AFTER VOTING MACHINE ROW
Lucknow: A day after Samajwadi Party alleged
EVM fraud in Varanasi, the Election Commission
ordered the removal of the nodal officer for EVMs in
Varanasi, ADM Nalini Kant Singh. Also, the Election
Commission has deputed two special officers, Chief
Electoral Officer (CEO) Bihar HR Srinivas to Varanasi
and CEO Delhi Ranbir Singh to Meerut to supervise
the counting arrangements.
Samajwadi Party has demanded that Election Com-
mission webcast the counting of votes live. The
link, the party said, should be given to the political
parties which contested the election, apart from the
ECI. Citing the live webcast of election in at least
more than 50 per of election centres, SP said in a
letter that the counting also should be webcast to
ensure that it is “efficient, independent and free”.
PUTIN WARNS WEST, DENIES BID TO TOPPLE UKRAINE GOVT
‘Our sanctions will hurt you’
ALLROADSLEAD
TOCOUNTING
CENTRESTODAY
FROM ‘RESORT POLITICS’ TO RUSHING
SENIOR LEADERS: PARTIES WAIT FOR
FIVE STATES ASSEMBLY POLLS RESULTS
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Rajiv
Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan. The
top court had been mulling if it should give bail to Per-
arivalan as the Governor is yet to decide on his petition
seeking release from prison.
RAJIV GANDHI
ASSASSINATION:
SC GRANTS BAIL
TO CONVICT
NEET UG: UPPER AGE LIMIT REMOVED
The National Medical Commission has removed the up-
per age limit for those appearing in NEET-Under Graduate
2022 exam. Upper age cap was 25 years for unreserved
candidates and 30 years for reserved candidates.
Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, deadliest of five hijackers of
IC-814 Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi
in 1999, was shot dead in Pakistan’s Karachi. The JeM
terrorist, living under a false identity “Zahid Akhund”
was shot twice in the head by unidentified men.
IC-814 HIJACKER,
WHO SLIT FLYER’S
THROAT, SHOT
DEAD IN KARACHI
Russia issued a warning to the West
on Wednesday announcing that the
country’s reaction to the Western sanctions
will be ‘swift’, ‘thoughtful’ and ‘sensitive’
Russia says not trying to overthrow
Ukraine government. It along with
Ukraine agreed to a day-long ceasefire
around a series of evacuation corridors
1 2
10 DIE IN RUSSIAN
MILITARY ATTACK
IN UKRAINE TOWN
KREMLIN SAYS US UNLEASHED
ECONOMIC WAR ON RUSSIA
RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES TARGET
CHILDREN HOSPITAL: UKRIANE
CHINA SENDS
HUMANITARIAN
AID TO UKRAINE
At least ten people
have died in a Russian
military attack in Ukraine’s
Severodonestk city, ac-
cording to reports. This
comes as Ukraine’s war
with Russia entered day
14. Several key cities in
Ukraine are witnessing
relentless shelling.
The Kremlin accused the United States
on Wednesday of declaring an economic
war on Russia that was sowing mayhem
through energy markets and put the United
States on notice that it was thinking care-
fully how to respond to a ban on oil.
A children’s hospital in the Ukrainian’s Mari-
upol was destroyed by Russian airstrikes,
the city council said in an online post.
Reacting to the airstrikes, Ukraine President
Zelenskyy tweeted, “...You have power but
you seem to be losing humanity.”
China says it is send an
initial batch of humanitar-
ian aid, including food
and daily necessities,
worth 5 million Yuan to
Ukrainian Red Cross while
continuing to oppose
sanctions against Russia
imposed by the US over
its invasion.
Reputation of country at stake,
investors will move to China
...Court observes in NSE scam case
New Delhi (Agencies):
A Delhi court pulled up
the CBI on Wednesday
for the slow pace of in-
vestigation in the 2018
National Stock Ex-
change(NSE)manipula-
tion case. It also sent the
former group operating
officer of the NSE,
Anand Subramanian, to
judicial custody till
March 23.
SpecialJudgeSanjeev
Aggarwal said, “What is
the magnitude of this
case? Rs 1,000 crore? I
don’t know. The volume
will be big. It is not a
small scam. The reputa-
tion of the country is at
stake. People invest
their money in India.
They think the NSE is
fair. If they come to
know that something
fishy is going on, who
will invest money? You
are taking this investi-
gation very lightly
.”
One dead, 14 injured in IED blast at
Slathia Chowk in Jammu’s Udhampur
Udhampur: One per-
son was killed and 15
were injured in an IED
blast near the district
court complex in Jam-
mu region’s Udham-
pur town on Wednes-
day
, officials said.
The blast took place
around 1 pm in Slathia
Chowk where fruit
and vegetable vendors
put up their carts, they
said.
Additional Director
General of Police
(Jammu) Mukesh Sin-
gh told reporters that
initial investigation
points towards the use
of IED. The blast was
so powerful that some
irongrillsnearbywere
damaged in its impact.
A woman in despair puts her head in her hands as she sits on a cot in a shelter, set up for
displaced persons fleeing Ukraine, inside a school gymnasium in Przemysl, Poland.

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‘Only India bringing citizens back from Ukraine’
YOGIMEETSSTUDENTSFROMGORAKHPURWHORETURNEDFROMUKRAINE,
SAYSSTUDENTSFROMOTHERCOUNTRIESWERELEFTONTHEIROWN
Lucknow( PTI): Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Wednesday met stu-
dents from Gorakha-
pur who returned from
Ukraine, and claimed
that only India was tak-
ing action to bring back
its citizens from the
war-torn country
.
The Ukrainian air-
space has been shut
since February 24 due
to the Russian military
offensive. The Indian
citizens stuck in
Ukraine are being air-
lifted once they cross to
neighbouring coun-
tries such as Romania,
Hungary, Slovakia and
Poland.
The chief minister
claimed that students
from other countries
were left on their own
while “only India has
ensured the safe return
of their residents.”
“This facility (of bring-
ing back home) was
available only to Indian
citizens and students.
You must have seen
that students from oth-
er countries studying
with you were left on
their own at the mercy
of God. Their govern-
ments did not take any
cognizance of bringing
them back,” he said.
Adityanath said,
“Because of Prime
Minister Narendra Mo-
di’s good relations with
Romania, Hungary and
Poland, no problem has
arisen anywhere. The
facilities which the cit-
izens of India were get-
ting at the borders of
these countries, people
from other nations
were not getting them,”
the CM said.
The chief minister
said as soon as Russia
attacked Ukraine, PM
Modi held a meeting to
bring back its citizens
safely to India.
“The Uttar Pradesh
government also col-
lected information
about all the people of
the state studying in
Ukraine by deploying
nodal officers. PM
Modi himself took in-
terest and sent four
Union ministers to
bring them back to In-
dia. It expresses the
sentiments of the gov-
ernment,” he said.
Nothing can be said
about how many days
will the war last but the
students who have re-
turned from Ukraine
should continue to pre-
pare for their courses
here, the CM said.
CM Yogi with students who returned from Ukraine at his official residence.
The CM said that a total of 2,290 students from UP
were living and studying in Ukraine. He said, “2078
of them have been brought back. All arrangements are
being made to bring back those who are left. Out of 74
students from Gorakhpur, 70 have been brought back.
Remaining four are also being brought back,” he said.
2078 OF 2290 STUDENTS RESCUED
The government is also concerned
about your (the students who belong
to Uttar Pradesh and were studying
in Ukraine). The government here is think-
ing about it.
—Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister
Russian forces did not
stop students after
seeing the tricolour
Aligarh (ANI):
Students evacuated
from war-battered
Ukraine expressed
their gratitude to-
wards the Indian
Flag in helping
them seek safe pas-
sage to home.
The Centre
launched ‘Opera-
tion Ganga’ to bring
back the stranded
students in Ukraine
following the Rus-
sian military attack
in Ukraine.
The Centre had
arranged flights for
the Indian nation-
als once they
crossed the Roma-
nia border. But the
journey to the bor-
ders was not easy
for the students.
“Seeking a way out
to Romania was dif-
ficult, there was
less help from the
Indian Embassy
. We
arranged transport
on our own to move
out of the city. As
the war started, we
were in contact
with the Embassy.
We were told to put
Indian Flag on our
buses to avoid fac-
ing problems on the
way. . It’s a matter
of pride that Rus-
sian Forces did not
stop us seeing the
Tricolor Flag and
we got easy clear-
ance,” told a medi-
cal student, Neyam
Rashid, who re-
turned to UP from
Ukraine.
4 BEEGHA LAND ON BET OVER BJP WINS OR SP
Janardan Mishra
Lucknow: While the
result for the UP As-
semby polls will be an-
nounced today, there
are some interesting
cases of bets being
placed on the outcomes.
Placing bets verbally
is common, but there
are some who have en-
tered into written con-
tracts to make sure
that they win.
Recently, a bet of four
beegha land was report-
edly placed in Viriyad-
nandi village of Shekh-
upur assembly where a
Panchayat was going
on. Talks took a politi-
cal twist and two fac-
tions were reportedly
arguing over SP and
BJP’s win in the state.
The matter related to
the political issue soon
escalated to a level that
one Sher Ali who
claimed that the SP will
form a government
pledged his four bee-
gha land to Udayveer
Singh for a period of
one year who sided BJP
and vice versa if BJP
forms a government.
The agreement was
signed on paper and
many villagers signed
the paper as witnesses
to the agreement. The
photograph of the
agreement soon went
viral on social media.
Earlier, a contract
signed on a Rs 10 stamp
paper went viral over
the social media cir-
cles, which stated that
one Iqbal would pay Rs
18000 to Amit Baisal if
BJP’s Nandkishor Gur-
jar wins the the elec-
tions from Loni. Amit
Baisal will owe the
same amount to Iqbal
if Rashtriya Lok Dal’s
Madan Bhaiya wins
the polls.
Bets are being placed on the win of their favourite candidate with
regards to the results of the UP polls, which will be announced today.
First India Bureau
Azamgarh: The UP
exit polls have been
unanimous in their
conclusion of a majori-
ty for the incumbent
BJP – and by extension,
CM Yogi Adityanath –
but vastly divided in
their seat-projection;
one pollster even pre-
dicted an upper limit of
326 for the saffron party
and its allies.
The UP campaign, de-
spite the multi-pronged
contest in the state, had
two clear themes. The
ruling BJP sought a re-
newed mandate by fero-
cious avowals of jingo-
istic nationalism, fur-
ther othering of the
Muslim minority and
by raising the bogey of
a global crisis (a la
Ukraine) that India can
withstand only as long
as Narendra Modi re-
mains prime minister.
The party’s continuing
effort to further fortify
its Hindutva-identity,
one that subsumes all
caste identities, while
simultaneously creat-
ing a caste and religion
neutral electoral bloc of
‘laabharthis’ who must
repay the government
in votes .
There was much that
gave hope to the opposi-
tion, especially to Akh-
ilesh Yadav who was
clearly viewed as lead-
ing the best formation
that could oust the BJP.
It is this public anger
that political stalwarts
such as Swami Prasad
Maurya and Dara Singh
Chauhan, with their
reputation of being
electoral weathervanes,
sensed when they chose
to dump BJP and defect
to SP
, along with several
MLAs loyal to them.
The BJP maintained
that none of these is-
sues would stop it from
crossing the majority
mark.
For Akhilesh, who
woke up rather late in
the day but quickly
built a formidable coali-
tion and ran a visibly
popular campaign, a
loss would almost cer-
tainly lead to another
churn within the SP
that had, in 2017, been
witness to an ugly and
embarrassing feud
within its founding
family. A loss would
also threaten the sus-
tainability of the social
engineering he had
tried to achieve in this
election by compromis-
ing his core Muslim-Ya-
dav vote bank to add to
it other non-Yadav
backward castes and
non-Jatav Dalits.
The Congress was nev-
er tipped to win UP but
it was hopeful of a fair
increase in its dwin-
dling vote share in the
state because of the
massive crowds that
turned up for Priyanka
Gandhi’s campaign.
Gandhi aspires to
change UP’s political
discourse with her
‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti
Hoon’ plank, out-of-the-
box candidate selection
strategy and issue-ori-
ented politics.
For BSP Supremo
Mayawati, a failure to
hold on to her Dalit vote
bank in Uttar Pradesh
– especially if her cap-
tive bloc of Jatav votes
also splits – would make
her even more political-
ly vulnerable than she
has already begun to
appear.
UP decides: What the outcome would mean for major players
POLLITICS

While many
political
experts are
certain of
BJP’s win,
they are
divided over
the number
of seats it
may win
—FILE PHOTO
ANTI-BJP ISSUES
SECURITY PREPS
Cops patrol the street to review the security measures taken on the eve of vote counting
for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Kanpur on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MINISTER MOHSIN RAZA SLAMS SP
CHIEF OVER EVM TAMPERING REMARKS
Opposition has accepted defeat in UP
polls,says BJP’s Shrikant Sharma
Lucknow (ANI): Uttar
Pradesh Minister
Mohsin Raza on
Wednesday slammed
Samajwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav for ac-
cusing the ruling BJP
of trying to “steal”
votes by saying that it is
sad to question the
working of Election
Commission of India.
Speaking to ANI today,
Raza said, “It is sad to
question the working of
ECI. Indirectly, they are
accepting their defeat
by questioning the
EVMs. Our party will
accept the mandate of
the people. Exit polls
have come. The exact
poll result will come to-
morrow.”
“Akhilesh speaks with-
out logic. If you do not
have logic, then why
will public vote for you?
Akhilesh was almost
invisible for the last five
years,” he added.
Mathura ( PTI): Uttar
Pradesh Minister Shri-
kant Sharma on
Wednesday slammed
the Samajwadi Party
for levelling allegations
of the EVM tampering
and said that the Oppo-
sition party has already
accepted the defeat in
the Assembly elections.
“Their (Akhilesh Ya-
dav) allegations are
baseless. They have ac-
cepted their defeat that
is why they are blaming
EVMs,” said Sharma.
Further launching an
attack on Akhilesh Ya-
dav, the BJP leader said
that the SP government
had served the interests
only of particular
castes.
“People had rejected
him in the 2017 elec-
tions. His government
was limited for the ben-
efit of certain families
and castes,” he said.
Confident about the
BJP’s victory, Sharma
said, “We have travelled
across the state to re-
view the works done by
our departments.”
“Because of our hard
work people will elect
us again and we will
form the government,”
he added.
Mohsin Raza Shrikant Sharma.
HAILS UP GOVT
Brajesh Pathak confident of
BJP’s victory in elections
Lucknow (ANI):
Uttar Pradesh Minis-
ter Brijesh Pathak
slammed Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav for accusing
the ruling BJP of try-
ing to “steal” votes
by saying that one
cannot do anything
about Yadav’s
thought process.
BJP leader Pathak
also exuded confi-
dence in Bharatiya
Janata Party being
voted to power again.
Speaking to ANI to-
day, Pathak said,
“People of Uttar
Pradesh have blessed
BJP in the recently
held Assembly elec-
tions. One can see the
change in exit poll
results and the actu-
al results tomorrow.
The results will be in
favour of the BJP.”,
Pathak said.
The letter signed by different
villagers that went viral on
Tuesday, where four beegha
land was pledged to the
winner for a year.

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First India Bureau
Lucknow: A row has
erupted over the protec-
tion of EVMs used in
polling in the seven
phases of polling from
February 10 to March 7.
Reacting to SP’s accu-
sation of hacking of
EVMs former Secretary
to Government of India
Vijay Shankar Pandey
said EVMs have over
the years vastly im-
proved the electoral
process with transpar-
ency, and those oppos-
ing it have been mis-
leading people by false
assertion that EVMs
could be hacked by
Bluetooth or Wi-fi.
Pandey said demon-
stration in the past by
some people to rig the
EVMs has no validity as
time and again the EC
invited stakeholders to
effectively demonstrate
its functioning.
Pandey said Voters
Verified Audit Trail
Machines (VVPATs)
and the latest M3 model
system appears to have
further improved. He
said EVMs despite
some functional prob-
lems had vastly im-
proved the electoral
system.
Pandey said there
have been reports of
malfunctioning of large
number of machines
during the elections
and it is binding on the
EC to do more to clear
the apprehensions of
stakeholders about the
production, security
and allotment of ma-
chines. He said even
though problem of mal-
functioning required to
be set right urgently the
EVM model cannot be
termed as flawed. These
machines have saved
the election process
from decades of looting
and stashing of ballot
papers into ballot boxes
at polling stations by
hooligans. He said the
commission’s electoral
efficiency should not
come at the cost of cred-
ibility
.
Though EVMs are
stored in strong rooms
in various districts for
the last one month in
western UP, the SP
workers created ruckus
when they spotted a
truck carrying some
machines in Varanasi.
SP president Akhilesh
Yadav attacked BJP ac-
cusing it of “stealing
votes by manipulating
EVMs”. However, the
BJP strongly rebutted
the charge.
Lucknow (PTI): Count-
ing of votes polled in the
Assembly elections will
take place today
, in all
the 75 districts of the
state, starting at 8 am.
“The postal ballots
will be counted first,
and then the votes
polled in the EVMs will
be counted,” a senior
election official said.
The official said,
“Covid protocols, in-
cluding the use of hand
gloves, sanitisers,
masks, thermal scan-
ners and adhering to
socialdistancingnorms,
will be followed at the
counting centres.”
“The votes cast
through postal ballots,
including those by peo-
ple with disabilities and
senior citizens above 80
years, will be counted
manually
, while the
votes of the service vot-
ers --- ETPBS (Electroni-
callyTransmittedPostal
Ballot System) will be
done online,” he said
Apart from this,
VVPAT slips of five ma-
chines will be counted
in every assembly con-
stituency
.
The Supreme Court
had on April 8, 2019 di-
rectedtheECtoincrease
random matching of
VVPATslipswithEVMs
tofivepollingboothsper
assembly segment, from
one,duringthethenLok
Sabha polls, saying it
will provide greater sat-
isfaction not just to po-
litical parties but to the
entire electorate.
Video and static cam-
eras have been installed
at all the counting cen-
tres, the official said,
adding media centres
have also been set up.
“Adequate AROs (As-
sistant Returning Offi-
cers)havebeendeployed
ineveryconstituencyfor
interruption-free count-
ing,” the official said.
He said a three-layer
security set-up has been
madecomprisingof cen-
tral police forces, PAC
and the state police. To-
tal 250 companies of
CAPFs (Central Armed
Police Forces) have been
provided to all the dis-
trictsandcommissioner-
ates, the police said.
Lucknow(ANI): A
day after former
chief minister Akh-
ilesh Yadav alleged
“tampering with
electronic voting ma-
chines”, Samajwadi
Party (SP) wrote a
letter to the Election
Commission and de-
manded the webcast-
ing of the counting
process in all constit-
uencies of Uttar
Pradesh to ensure
“efficient, indepen-
dent and free of par-
tisanship” counting.
In a letter to the
Chief Election Com-
missioner, the Akh-
ilesh Yadav-led party
has requested the
poll body to send the
link of the webcast
to all political par-
ties, apart from the
Election Commis-
sioner of India and
the other key elec-
tion officials, so that
it can be watched
live. This develop-
ment comes after Sa-
majwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav al-
leged “tampering
with electronic vot-
ing machines” say-
ing BJP was scared
as his party was win-
ning Ayodhya. He
urged the Election
Commission to look
into the issue.
“Samajwadi Party
is winning Ayodhya
that is why BJP is
scared. Election
Commission officials
tampering with
EVMs,” he claimed
at a press conference
here. Yadav also al-
leged that EVMs had
been transported in
Varanasi without in-
formation to local
candidates.
However, the Chief
Electoral Officer, UP
said those EVMs
were marked for
training.
Lucknow/Varanasi/
Bareilly (PTI): Three
officials were removed
from election duty in Ut-
tar Pradesh on Wednes-
day
, a day after the Sam-
ajwadi Party alleged
EVMs were being shift-
ed in an unauthorised
manner.
The officials were re-
placed on the directions
of the EC. Nodal officer
for EVMs in Varanasi, a
returning officer in Son-
bhadra district and an
additional election offi-
cerinBareillyhavebeen
pulled out from election
duties, a day ahead of
the counting of votes.
Apart from UP
, count-
ing of votes in Uttara-
khand, Punjab, Goa and
Manipur will take place
on Thursday
.
VaranasiDMKaushal
Raj Sharma said ADM
Nalini Kant Singh was
removed from election
duty for negligence in
EVM transportation.
Janardan Misra
Lucknow: Ahead of
counting day of assem-
bly elections in UP ten-
sion prevailed in several
areas and party mem-
berswerekeepingeyeon
counting centres, check-
ing vehicles of govern-
ment officials including
administrative officers.
After Samajwadi Par-
ty (SP) workers created
ruckus alleging that
EVMs were being
changed, Election com-
mission has suspended
additional district mag-
istrate Nalini Kant
Singh in Varanasi. He
was responsible for stor-
age and transportation
of EVMs in the region.
ADM (Finance and
revenue) Sanjay Kumar
was given charge at the
place of Nalini Kant
Singh. Meanwhile SP al-
liance supporters along
with Arvind Rajbhar
were thronged at count-
ing centre at Pahadiya
Mandi. SP workers were
checkingvehiclesof gov-
ernment officers also
who were entering in
polling centre.
Reports from Sant Ka-
beerNagarsaidSPwork-
ers alleged that a Lekh-
pal was caught with bal-
lot papers near HR PG
college though ballot
papers were clank. DM
Divya Mittal rushed to
the spot and suspend ac-
cused Lekhpal from im-
mediate effect and in-
structed to registered
case against him.
Also, in Mirzapur SP
workers alleged that
beep sounds were com-
ingfromcountingcentre
inPolytechnicinBathua
area. Agitated workers
alleged sound should be
checked and no one
shouldbeallowedincen-
tre till counting starts.
Expert ditches EVM hacking theory, says poll process improved vastly due to it
RIGGING ALLEGATIONS
Polling officials gather at a distribution centre to collect EVMs and
other polling material in Prayagraj. —PHOTO BY ANI
SP workers check a loaded truck for EVMs outside the Gorakhpur
University counting centre, in Gorakhpur on Wednesday.
CRUCIAL READ
Lakhimpur Kheri: On Wednesday morning, Aarti Rana
of Kheri reached her home with Nari Shakti award,
where DM Mahendra Bahadur Singh gave her a warm
welcome. He interacted with Rana, of tribal com-
munity of Gobraula village in Dudhwa forests of Kheri
and recipient of Nari Shakti award. On the occasion of
International Women’s Day on Tuesday, President Ram
Nath Kovind had presented the awards for the years
2020 & 2021 at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
MAN KIDNAPPED
FOR REFUSING TO
VOTE FOR SP
Lalitpur: A man has
filed complaint in SP
office that he was ab-
ducted for 10 days when
he refused to vote for
Samajwadi Party. Police
said Govind Rajput of
Badwar village under
Girar police station area
reached at superinten-
dent of police office
with his family and filed
complaint against Vijay
Yadav, Gulab Yadav,
Manoj Yadav, Ram
Naresh Yadav, Preetam
Yadav and others.
Govind alleged accused
asked him to vote for SP
and when he refused ac-
cused kidnapped him.
16-YR-OLD GIRL
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
AFTER RAPE
Shahjahanpur: A
16-yr-old girl attempted
suicide by consum-
ing pesticide after she
was allegedly raped by
her father in a village
under Khudaganj police
station area here, police
said on Wednesday.
“The incident took
place on March 5 when
the girl’s mother was
out of town to meet
her relatives, and the
father and daughter
were alone at home,”
SP (Rural) Sanjeev
Bajpai said.When the
girl opposed her father,
she was beaten up, the
SP said.
DM GREETS NARI SHAKTI AWARDEE
AARTI RANA ON HER RETURN HOME
Who Wins? Vote counting to decide today
Lucknow: Ahead of the
counting of votes in the
recently held UP Assembly
polls, ADG (law & order)
on Wednesday said the
police has ramped up their
presence and action will
be taken against those
disturbing peace on the
day of results. “For March
10, we have deployed
about 70,000 civil police
workers, 245 company -
paramilitary forces and 69
company PSE command-
ers. We have ensured
peaceful voting, we will
ensure peaceful counting
also, said Prashant Kumar,
UP ADG (Law and Order).
Meanwhile, the state
Excise government has
prohibited the sale and
operation of liquor in the
entire state on the day of
the result. “In view of vote
counting of UP Election
2022 on March 10, sale
and operations of liquor
prohibited in the state for
the entire day, tomorrow.
Action to be taken in case
of violation,” reads the
Excise Department order.
Amid the allegations made
by SP chief Akhilesh
Yadav of EVM tampering,
Lucknow Police Commis-
sioner DK Thakur said the
authorities have made ade-
quate security measures at
EVM strong rooms.
ADEQUATE SECURITY FOR COUNTING DAY,
POLICE PRESENCE RAMPED UP: ADG
Lucknow Nagar Nigam workers sanitise the Ramabai Maidan
vote counting centre on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
SP workers sitting in front of the Ramabai Maidan vote
counting centre in Lucknow on Wednesday.
250 CAPF, 61 PAC COMPANIES ON DUTY
SP writes to EC
urging webcasting
of countingprocess
3 officials removed from election duty
Addl Election Officer VK
Singh was removed from
the election process in
Bareilly. Ballot boxes and
other election items were
found inside a garbage bin
of the municipality in Ba-
heri area. In Sonbhadra,
returning officer Ramesh
Kumar was removed from
election work.
IMPORTANT NAMES
RLD members,BKU workers
keep close eye on EVMs
Noida (PTI): Workers
and activists of the
Rashtriya Lok Dal and
farmers’ outfit Bhara-
tiya Kisan Union have
pitchedtentsnearelec-
tion offices in various
districts of western
UP to keep an eye on
assembly polls’ vote
counting on Thursday
.
While the RLD has
fought the just-con-
cluded polls in tie up
with the Akhilesh Ya-
dav-led Samajwadi
Party, the office-bear-
ers of the BKU, which
was part of the an-
ti-farm laws protest
against the BJP-led
Centre, insists it is an
apolitical group.
Voting in 113 seats
across 20 districts of
western UP had taken
place on February 10
and 14. Several RLD
workers across dis-
tricts in western UP
have been camping
near centres where
counting of votes will
take place on Thurs-
day
. Some have been
there for last 2-3 days
in view of reports of
EVM mishandling in
other parts of the
state, an RLD worker
in Baghpatsaid.
Similarly, BKU
members in Muzaf-
farnagar, Shamli,
Meerut, Baghpat,
among other places,
are also keeping an
eye on poll centres
where the EVMs are
kept, the union’s
spokesperson Dhar-
mendra Malik said.
Earlier on Tuesday,
SP candidate from
Hastinapur Yogesh
Verma was seen look-
ing at an EVM strong-
room through binocu-
lars as he stood atop
his open gypsy car.
The visuals of Ver-
ma’s acts went viral on
social media, while
later in the day
, the SP
chief accused BJP of
stealing EVMs in the
wake of reports that
the voting machines
were being transport-
ed in various districts,
including Varanasi,
against rules.
BKU national spokes-
person Rakesh Tikait
had also given a call to
farmers to secure the
EVMs on the voting day,
union’s spokesperson
Saurabh Upadhyay said.
Apart from guarding
the country’s border
and agriculture, farmers
should also be ready to
guard the vote. There
is no trust in deceitful
leaders, Tikait had
tweeted on March 5.
GUARD YOUR VOTES:
TIKAIT TO FARMERS
Tension prevails at several places
amidst EVM rigging allegations
POLITICAL PARTIES ON ALERT
SP workers stop a truck carrying EVMs and protest the alleged
replacement of EVMs used in elecitons, in Varanasi on Tuesday.
ACS Home Awanish Awasthi and ADG Law & Order Prashant
Kumar hold a press meet in Lucknow on Wednesday.
SPL OFFICERS FOR SUPERVISION
—PHOTO
BY
ASHOK
DUTTA
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
—PHOTO BY PTI

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municipal elections reflects
people’s unwavering trust
in PM @narendramodi led
BJP’s politics of development.
Grateful to the people of
Assam for their continued
support. Congratulations
to CM @himantabiswa,
@Bhabesh_KalitaR, @
BJP4Assam our ally.
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@AmitShah SPIRITUAL SPEAK
As a man casts off worn-out
garments and puts on others
that are new, so does the soul
cast off its worn-out bodies and
enter into others that are new.
—Bhagavad Gita
TOP
TWEETS
I congratulate the
South Delhi Municipal
Corporation (SDMC)
for fulfilling a long
pending demand of the
residents of the area. I
am confident that the
park will promote a
healthy lifestyle
among the people
living in the area.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
hen Narendra Modi took
over the reins of Gujarat
for the second consecutive
time, he realised that the
state cannot develop with-
out investment. This un-
derlined the basis for con-
ceptualising a mega invest-
ment meet for Gujarat - Vi-
brant Investment Global
Gujarat Summit - which is
still being organised every
two years to attract invest-
ment from across the globe.
The summit which started
in 2003 grew in size and
scale every year and invest-
ment poured in from across
the sectors to prove Guja-
rat as a safe haven for busi-
ness and industries devel-
opment. While the state
started getting attention of
corporates and industrial-
ists, a visionary Modi
trained his guns for achiev-
ing all-round development
of the state in a mission
mode. Modi’s balanced ap-
proach towards welfare
was being praised by one
and all. His initiatives to
improve the living stand-
ard of citizens is now being
hailed as Gujarat model of
development across the
globe. It has become a topic
to research how an under-
developed state improved
on almost all the parame-
ters of human index with-
in a short span of time.
Modi’s key to develop-
ment was to nurture skills
of people and create em-
ployment opportunities for
them. For this, he promot-
ed vocational courses,
launched schemes for edu-
cating poor people. He fo-
cused on providing a qual-
ity life to a common Guja-
rat by launching pro-
grammes like Pehle
shauchalay aur phir Deva-
lay
. These programmes cre-
ated awareness about
cleanliness, hygiene and
importance of health
among people. His scheme
Gram Jyoti Yojana aimed
at 24X7 power supply to
every household not only
electrified the entire rural
Gujarat but also ignited
minds of people. These
schemes laid the founda-
tion of a prosperous state.
“24X7 power supply for
every household was start-
ed in Gujarat when no one
in the country could even
think of such thing. It’s the
vision of Modi ji which
has made this happen,”
said R Balashankar, a
senior journalist.
The focus was also
on increasing the crop
yield in agriculture.
Modi launched agri-
culture carnivals and
several farm schemes
to increase the pro-
ductivity and income
of farmers. He intro-
duced soil health card
to evaluate the nature
and fertility of soil so
that farmers may use
fertilisers and ma-
nures as per the re-
quirement.
“When there is
change in farming, change
in agriculture, then there
is eminent change in sys-
tem,” Modi had then an-
nounced.
Modi focused on basics.
He improved the health-
care system, agriculture
set up and took innovative
initiatives to increase ru-
ral income. He brought ur-
ban facilities to villages by
overhauling the govern-
ment hospitals and in-
creasing the number of
medical colleges.
“NarendraModihadsaid,
if countryneedstobeshown
direction, only Gujaratis
can guide. Even if it takes
expense to generate power
from solar rays….the land
of our Kutch is so vast that
we can supply solar power
to entire country from
here,” said Saurabh Patel,
former minister of Gujarat.
With his all-round initi-
atives, Gujarat got Asia’s
largest solar plant, the
world’s largest canal net-
work and the country’s
first riverfront.
“When the project of Sa-
barmatiriverfrontwascom-
pleted, thousands of poor
peoplelivinginslumsonthe
either side of the river got
permanent housing. He
showed the best utilisation
of space worth 2 square km
on either side of the river
bank. That showed us how
problemsof commonpeople
can be dealt with and how
they can lead a meaningful
life,” reminisced Bimal Pa-
tel, an architect.
Modi’s tenure as chief
minister is punctuated
with several live trans-
forming achievements in-
cluding setting up of the
world’s highest statue -
Statue of Unity, lifting the
water table by construct-
ing millions of check dams
and bringing Narmada
water to dry and arid re-
gions of Kutch and Sau-
rashtra among several
other initiatives which
have become examples for
not only governments in
the country but also for
global organisations.
Modi’s unique heart
touching initiatives have
made the famous Gujarat
Model of development,
which also comprises
modernisation of police
system,internetconnec-
tions at panchayat level
and handling of all the
public complaints on-
line in a transparent
manner. This not only
reduced corruption in
the state system but also
improved efficiency and
efficacy of government
schemes. Modi started
marching ahead on the is-
sue of development leaving
behind the age-old politics
of vote bank. But the road
to development was not
easy
. Modi was to face im-
pediments on his way
.
The challenge for Modi
came in form of Sardar Sa-
rovar dam which had been
a bone of contention for
years between centre, state
and NGOs. The centre
didn’t want to increase the
heightof thedamwhileGu-
jarat government wanted a
higher structure. In March
2006,permissionwasgrant-
edtoraiseitto121.92m,and
work for this started. But
again in 2006, then water
resources minister Saifud-
din Soz called a meeting to
reconsider the decision of
raising the height of the
dam. Modi, then Gujarat
CM, sat on a hunger-strike
in Ahmedabad for 52 hours
starting that April 17, alleg-
ing that the Centre was do-
ing Gujarat an injustice.
“Perhaps Modi was the
only chief minister who
had to sit for hunger strike.
His protest awakened en-
tire Gujarat and the centre
had to give in,” says Bhu-
pendra Chudasama, a sen-
ior BJP leader of Gujarat.
To be continued...
W
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE…THE MAKING OF PM MODI – PART 6
EMERGENCE OF A
‘Businessman’Modi,
WHO BROUGHT A NEW CULTURE
OF VIBRANT INVESTMENT
SUMMITS ACROSS THE NATION
IN MARCH 2012
TIME MAGAZINE
FEATURED MODI
ON ITS COVER
PAGE WITH THE
HEADLINE –
‘MODI MEANS
BUSINESS’
24X7 power supply for
every household was started
in Gujarat when no one in
the country could even
think of such thing. It’s the
vision of Modi ji which has
made this happen.
R Balashankar,
Senior Journalist
When the project of
Sabarmati riverfront was
completed, thousands of
poor people living in slums
on the either side of the river
got permanent housing. He
showed the best utilisation
of space worth 2 square
km on either side of the
river bank. That showed us
how problems of common
people can be dealt with
and how they can lead a
meaningful life.
Bimal Patel,
Architect
Narendra Modi had said,
if country needs to be
shown direction, only
Gujaratis can guide. Even
if it takes expense to
generate power from solar
rays….the land of our
Kutch is so vast that we
can supply solar power to
entire country from here.
Saurabh Patel,
Former Minister of Gujarat
Perhaps Modi was the only
chief minister who had to
sit for hunger strike. His
protest awakened
entire Gujarat and the
centre had to give in.
Bhupendra Chudasama,
Senior BJP Leader of Gujarat
The then CM of Gujarat Narendra Modi with LK Advani and others at Vibrant Gujarat Summit in 2003.
The challenge for Modi came in form of
Sardar Sarovar dam which had been a
bone of contention for years between centre,
state and NGOs. The centre didn’t want to
increase the height of the dam while Gujarat
government wanted a higher structure. In
March 2006, permission was granted to
raise it to 121.92 m, and work for this start-
ed. But again in 2006, then water resources
minister Saifuddin Soz called a meeting to
reconsider the decision of raising the height
of the dam. Modi, then Gujarat CM, sat on
a hunger-strike in Ahmedabad for 52 hours
starting that April 17, alleging that the Centre
was doing Gujarat an injustice.
Modi sat on a hunger-strike
in Ahmedabad for 52 hours
vision of Modi ji which
has made this happen,”
said R Balashankar, a
senior journalist.
on increasing the crop
yield in agriculture.
Modi launched agri-
culture carnivals and
several farm schemes
to increase the pro-
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INDIA
05
Central agencies used for spying
on Maha leaders: Sharad Pawar
Mumbai (ANI): NCP
chief Sharad Pawar on
Wednesday said that
the video recordings re-
leased by the Leader of
Opposition (LoP), Dev-
endra Fadnavis, in the
Maharashtra Legisla-
tive Assembly on Tues-
day in a way show that
the central agencies
were involved in carry-
ing out the recordings.
“I have heard that the
recordings extend to 125
hours. If that is true,
then you need to have
the support of powerful
agencies to execute this
act. Such agencies are
only available with the
Union government.
They have managed to
enter a state govern-
ment office and carry
out hidden recordings
for hours. I am sure the
state government will
probe the incident and
also the veracity of the
tapes,” Pawar said.
On Tuesday, Fad-
navis had presented
video recordings before
Maharashtra Legisla-
tive Assembly deputy
speaker Narhari Zirw-
al, claiming that the
tapes contain proof
that the leaders of the
Maharashtra Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) govern-
ment were trying to
frame state BJP leaders
in false cases.
In response, Pawar
claimed that the BJP
was making false accu-
sations as it was not be-
ing able to destabilise
the MVA government.
“BJP leaders make
complaints and then
elected representatives
get targeted. This is
happening in Maha-
rashtra and West Ben-
gal,” he added.
Pawar also said that
the central agencies
raided Anil Deshmukh,
his family and associ-
ates at least 90 times.
‘BJP FRUSTRATED AT NOT BEING ABLE TO DESTABILISE MVA GOVERNMENT’
It first needs to
be proved
whether it (the
recording) is authentic
or not. The state govern-
ment will definitely
probe that…the veracity
needs to be confirmed.
My name also seems to
have been dragged di-
rectly/indirectly. There
is no reason, I am not
related to it.
Sharad Pawar,
NCP chief
Unfortunate that
Chief Minister
and Governor
don't trust each
other: High Court
Mumbai (ANI): Refer-
ring to differences be-
tween Maharashtra
Chief Minister Uddhav
ThackerayandGovernor
BSKoshyariovervarious
issues, the Bombay High
CourtonWednesdaysaid
itwas“unfortunate”that
the two highest constitu-
tional functionaries in
the state “did not trust
each other”.
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice Dipankar Datta and
Justice MS Karnik said
it would be appropriate
for the two (the Chief
Minister and the Gover-
nor) to sit together and
sort out the differences.
The court made the
oral observations while
presiding over two PILs,
filed through counsels
MaheshJethmalaniand
Subhash Jha, challeng-
ing the procedure for
selection of the Maha-
rashtra Legislative As-
sembly Speaker.
The high court dis-
missed the pleas after a
lengthy hearing, hold-
ing that the procedure
did not breach the citi-
zens’ fundamental right
to equality before law, as
guaranteed by Article
14 of the Constitution.
Devendra Fadnavis among BJP leaders
detained during Mumbai protest
Mumbai (PTI): For-
mer Maharashtra chief
minister Devendra Fad-
navis and other BJP
leaders were detained
by police in Mumbai on
Wednesday as they
tried to take out a pro-
test march to press for
state minister Nawab
Malik’s resignation.
They were released
later, said a police offi-
cial.
BJP leaders tried to
take out a protest march
from Azad Maidan in
south Mumbai, de-
manding that Mr Malik,
a senior Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
leader arrested by the
Enforcement Directo-
rate, resign or be
sacked.
Mr Fadnavis, state
BJP chief Chandrakant
Patil, Ashish Shelar,
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
and others were de-
tained near Metro Cin-
ema and taken to the
Yellow Gate police sta-
tion, said the official.
They were released
later after the comple-
tion of legal formali-
ties, he added.
The protest also led to
traffic snarls in the
area. Extra police force
had been deployed in
the area in view of the
protest, the official said.
No FIR has been reg-
istered with respect to
the protest, the police
official added.
Fadnavis and others BJP leaders were released later.
AAP guards Goa candidates
after Congress moved its
own to resort, says sources
Panaji (Agencies): A
day after Congress
moved its MLA candi-
dates in Goa to a resort,
the Aam Aadmi Party
has also moved to keep
itsowncandidatesunder
guard. Sources say AAP
candidateshavebeenput
together at certain loca-
tions in the state.
With predictions of a
hung assembly and Con-
gress’s neck and neck
fight with the BJP in
Goa, both AAP and Con-
gress have started ring-
fencing their candidates
to avoid a 2017 repeat.
Congress has report-
edly moved its candi-
dates to a resort in north
Goa, where they will
stay until Thursday’s
counting of votes is over
and the results are out.
The exit polls have
also predicted three
seats for Mamata Ba-
nerjee’s Trinamool
Congress - a situation
that might push it to the
role of kingmaker.
TheAamAadmiParty
,
exit polls said, might
drawablankbuttheCon-
gress apparently
, is not
taking any chances, giv-
en the outcome last time.
Senior Congress lead-
er P Chidambaram, who
is in Goa ahead of the as-
sembly election results,
hadyesterdaytoldmedia
that his party is also on
the guard against “those
who steal candidates”.
Referring to the 2017
polls results, when the
Congress failed to form
the government in Goa
despite emerging as the
single largest party, he
said the party is “dou-
bly guarding” its house
and will not let it “be
burgled” this time.
AAP Goa candidates with party Convenor Arvind Kejriwal. —FILE PHOTO
EXIT POLLS SHOULD BE BANNED,
SAYS SAD’S SUKHBIR BADAL
Amritsar: Days after several exit polls predicted a clean
sweep for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab assembly
elections, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on
Wednesday said that he does not believe
in them and further mentioned that exit
polls and opinion polls should be banned.
SAD expressed confidence in being voted
to power in the recently held assembly
elections. Addressing a press conference
today, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukh-
bir Singh Badal said, “SAD represents the
voice of people. I hope God gives us the chance to do Seva
of the people.” The SAD leader further highlighted that he
does not have faith in the credibility of the exit polls.
PM’S 2-DAY VISIT TO GUJ FROM MAR
11, TO HOLD RALLY IN AHMEDABAD
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
hold a roadshow in Ahmedabad on Friday and
also address a rally of over one lakh elected
representatives of panchayat bodies as part of
his two-day visit to Gujarat on March 11 and 12,
a State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said
on Wednesday. Modi’s visit to his home State will
come a day after the declaration of results of the
Assembly elections in five States. Gujarat will go
to polls at the end of this year.
MANIPUR: A FOUR-CORNERED CONTEST?
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Imagine for
a minute, what if BJP
does not win or its gov-
ernment is not formed
in Manipur? If that hap-
pens then the National
People’s Party (NPP), an
ally of the BJP in Ma-
nipur, will also part
ways.KeepinmindCon-
rad Sangma, son of late
PA Sangma, Speaker of
the Lok Sabha, is cur-
rently the Chief Minis-
ter of Meghalaya and
the BJP is included in
his government. On the
other hand, in Manipur,
Sangma’s NPP had ex-
tended the support of
four of its MLAs to the
BJP. Apart from the
NPP
, the support of four
MLAs of Manipur Peo-
ple’s Front was also
with the BJP. But the
BJP left both its allies
and contested on all the
60 seats alone.
Therefore, Manipur’s
has become a four-cor-
nered contest between
the BJP, the Congress,
the NPP and the MPF,
with strong chances of
a hung assembly. Last
time also BJP had won
21 seats and Congress
got 28 seats. This time
on behalf of Congress,
Jairam Ramesh has
camped in Manipur and
he has indicated to form
the government with
NPPandJDU.Thetrend
of Sangma’s party NPP
is also visible to be
against the BJP. NPP
has opposed the Armed
Forces Special Powers
Act (AFSPA). In a new
development, just be-
fore the second and last
phase of polling in Ma-
nipur, the Meghalaya
government of Sangma
withdrew the ‘general
consent’ given to the
central agency CBI.
Earlier, eight govern-
ments of the Congress
and other opposition
parties had withdrawn
the ‘general consent’
from the CBI. The effect
of this move may be
seen after the elections.
Pb bars crowd outside
counting centres
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Punjab Chief
ElectoralOfficerSKaru-
na Raju said in view of
counting of votes on
Thursday, prohibitory
measures under CrPC
section 144 have been
imposed in all districts
and gathering of people
outside the counting
centres is prohibited.
Allnecessaryarrange-
ments have been made
for the counting. Only
two people can accom-
pany the winning candi-
date or his official repre-
sentativetothecounting
centre to collect the cer-
tificate, he said, adding
that victory processions
are prohibited as well.
“In view of the count-
ing of votes, section 144
(prohibitingassemblyof
four or more people) has
been imposed in all the
districts by the district
election officers-cum-
deputy commissioners
and gathering of people
outsidethecountingcen-
tres is prohibited,” he
said on Wednesday in an
official statement.
Dhankhar jabs Mamata Banerjee,says
she applauded disorder in Assembly
Kolkata (ANI): West
Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar to-
day took a dig at Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee saying she has
applauded disorder in
the House on the inau-
gural day of the budget
session of the House
whenhehadto cutshort
his inaugural speech
and table it instead.
Governor Dhankhar
said he was virtually
subjected to “gherao”
by the ministers and the
rulingTrinamoolMLAs
in the Assembly during
the incident on Monday
.
Hiscommentfollowed
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee coming out in
praise of her women
MLAs on Tuesday for
requesting the governor
to read his inaugural
speech in the House
amid vociferous pro-
tests by BJP lawmakers.
Governor Dhankhar
had asked Speaker Bi-
man Bandyopadhyay a
day ago to meet him on
the incident.
He tweeted, “There
can be no justification
to sanctify, much less
applaud, ‘gherao/block-
ade’ of Guv in the hal-
lowed precincts of au-
gust WBLA.”
“Reflect !! Where are
we heading ! and Why !
Hon’ble CM applauding
What ! “Disorder” in
House ! We all need to
work to blossom democ-
racy
,” the Governor said
attaching a video of the
Chief Minister’sspeech.
BENGAL BJP MLAs
SUSPENDED FROM
BUDGET SESSION
Kolkata: BJP lawmakers
Sudip Mukhopadhyay and
Mihir Goswami were on
Wednesday suspended
from attending the West
Bengal assembly for the
rest of the budget session
for creating disturbances
in the House during Gov-
ernor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s
inaugural speech. The mo-
tion was brought by the
state Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Partha Chatterjee
seeking the suspension
of the BJP MLAs for the
rest of the current session
of the House and was put
to vote by Speaker Biman
Banerjee.
West Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar
ASSAM LOCAL BODY POLLS
BJP makes a clean
sweep, wins 73 of
80 civic bodies
Guwahati (ANI): The
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) on Wednesday
sealed a landslide victo-
ry in Assam local body
elections by bagging as
many as 73 civic bodies
of a total of 80, accord-
ing to results declared
by the State Election
Commission (SEC). The
Congress party
, which is
the primary opposition
in the northeastern
state, has failed to win a
single civic body so far.
The result for one
civic body is yet to be
released.
The state election
commission said inde-
pendent candidates
emerged victorious in
seven of 10 wards while
the other three were
won by the saffron
camp. Of 977 wards, the
BJP has won in 672 so
far, while the grand old
party has bagged 71.
Other parties have won
in 149 wards.
The election commis-
sion further stated that
poll results gave five
hung municipal boards.
Overall, as many as 57
wards have been won
uncontested.
Assam Chief Minis-
ter Himanta Biswa Sar-
ma tweeted to say the
results are a “reitera-
tion” of the state’s “un-
wavering faith in com-
mitment”of PrimeMin-
ister Narendra Modi.
“We’re humbled by
unflinching faith of peo-
pleinus,andtheirabun-
dant blessings,” Sarma
wrote in another tweet.

INDIA
06
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s drug regulator has
granted restricted
emergency use authori-
sation to Serum Insti-
tute of India’s Covid-19
vaccine Covovax for the
12-17 years age group
subject to certain condi-
tions, official sources
said on Wednesday
.
It is the fourth vac-
cine to receive the regu-
lator’s nod for use
among those below 18
years. The Drugs Con-
troller General Of In-
dia’s (DCGI) approval
comes after the Subject
Expert Committee on
COVID-19 of the CD-
SCO last week recom-
mended granting emer-
gency use authorisa-
tion (EUA) to Covovax
for those aged 12 to 17.
The government has
still not not taken a deci-
sion on vaccinating
those aged below 15
years.
In the EUA applica-
tion to DCGI, Prakash
Kumar Singh, director
(government and regu-
latory affairs) at SII on
February 21 had stated
that the data from two
studies on about 2707
children aged 12 to 17
yearsshowthatCovovax
is highly efficacious, im-
munogenic, safe and
well tolerated in this age
group of children.
DCGI’s EUA nod to Covovax for 12-17 yrs age group
CONDITIONS APPLY

PM Narendra
Modi on
Wednesday
chaired a
meeting to
review the Covid
situation and the
public health
response to the
pandemic
Birla voices concern
over no. of sittings
of State Assemblies
Bhopal (PTI): Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla on
Wednesday expressed
concern over the declin-
ing number of meetings
of Legislative Assem-
blies and legislators
spending less time on
the floor of Houses.
He appealed to hold
more sittings of legisla-
tive assemblies and
urged legislators to
spend more time in
Houses.
“There are several
state assemblies where
even 30 sittings (a year)
are not organised. This
is not good for democ-
racy,” Birla said while
addressing a pro-
gramme organised in
the MP Assembly to dis-
tribute the Parliamen-
tary Excellence Award.
Expressing concern
over the reducing num-
ber of sittings during
sessions, Birla said the
number of legislators
sitting in the House
during proceedings is
also coming down.
Earlier, even senior
leaders used to sit in the
House throughout the
day-long proceedings of
state Assemblies, he
said. The Lok Sabha
speaker called for a dis-
cussion in the Assem-
bly from a “comprehen-
sive perspective”. “We
work for the develop-
ment and welfare of the
nation and state in the
House.
OPERATION GANGA
8,000INDIANSALREADYEVACUATEDVIA
ROMANIA,LASTFLIGHTTODEPARTTODAY
Bhubaneshwar (ANI):
A total of 8,000 Indians
who were stranded in
war-torn Ukraine have
been evacuated through
Romania, informed the
Government of India
on Wednesday
.
India will wind up
Operation Ganga — the
evacuation programme
for Indian nationals
from war-torn Ukraine
— and by Thursday
evening, the last flight
will take off, bringing
home the government
teams sent specially for
the evacuation, sources
said. Since Russia in-
vaded Ukraine, the gov-
ernment has evacuated
around 18,000 Indian
nationals.
A total of 410 Indians
arrivedinIndiaonTues-
day by two special civil-
ian flights from
Ukraine’s neighbouring
countries, said the Min-
istery of Civil Aviation
in a media statement.
As per the govern-
ment, the last flight will
depart from Bucharest.
Meanwhile, the MEA on
Tuesday informed that
it evacuated all Indian
students from Sumy
.
HASINA THANKS MODI FOR
EVACUATING 9 BANGLADESHIs
YOUNGEST UKRAINIAN MP
HEAPS PRAISE ON INDIA
‘INDIA SHOULD PREP TO FIGHT
WARS WITH DESI WEAPONS’
PAK CITIZEN AMONG 17 FOREIGN
NATIONALS RESCUED BY INDIA
New Delhi: Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina on Wednesday
thanked Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for evacu-
ating her nine citizens
from Ukraine’s Sumy
under ‘Operation Ganga’.
The nine Bangladeshis,
who were stuck in northeastern city Sumy, were
evacuated brought to Poltava city in Ukraine. They will
be brought back to India along with the other Indian
nationals from Poland on Wednesday or Thursday.
Kyiv (ANI): Sviatoslav
Yurash, Ukraine’s young-
est MP praised India for
the humanitarian measures
and thanked PM Modi for
speaking with the Ukrain-
ian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy. “India is one of
those countries which will
decide the fate of this century. Thankful for the call PM
Modi made to our President. We’re thankful for the
humanitarian steps that India has been making,” said
the MP in an interview with ANI.
New Delhi: Indian Army
Chief General Manoj
Mukund Naravane has
said that the Russia-
Ukraine conflict shows
that a war can happen
and the country needs to
be ready to fight future
wars with indigenous
weapons. “Is the war being fought in cyberspace
or through air-conditioned chambers?” General
Naravane asked. He then replied that this war
shows that a “conventional war could happen”.
New Delhi: A Pakistani citizen was among 17
foreign nationals who were rescued by India from
Sumy in Ukraine where they were stuck for about
a fortnight. Official sources said besides the Paki-
stani woman, Asma Shafique, a Nepalese citizen,
two Tunisian and 13 Bangladeshi nationals were
rescued by India, along with nearly 700 Indian citi-
zens. All these people were evacuated from Sumy
on Tuesday by the Indian Embassy.
Indian nationals stranded as part of Operation Ganga using airfields in Romania and Hungary in view of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
Indian Embassy moving Indians located at the border to neighbouring countries for onward evacuation.
It’s a matter of pride Rus-
sian Forces did not stop us
after seeing the Indian
Tricolor flag
—Neyam Rashid, Medical student
Ties with China
must be based on ‘3
mutuals’: Shringla
New Delhi (PTI): India
has made it clear to Chi-
na that peace and tran-
quillity in border areas
is essential for the de-
velopment of overall
bilateral ties and the
relationship has to be
based on the “three mu-
tuals” of respect, sensi-
tivity and interest, For-
eign Secretary Harsh
Vardhan Shringla said.
Shringla also said
that India desires a good
relationship with Paki-
stan, but it cannot be at
the expense of its secu-
rity. The foreign secre-
tary was speaking at an
event at the Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Acade-
my of Administration.
“We have made it
cleartoChinathatpeace
and tranquillity in the
border areas is essential
for the development of
our relationship.
“Development of In-
dia-China relationship
has to be based on ‘three
mutuals’ — mutual re-
spect, mutual sensitivi-
ty and mutual interest,”
Shringla said.
His comments came
two days ahead of the
15th round of Corps
Commander-level talks
on the eastern Ladakh
standoff.
Cabinet approves amendment in MMDR Act
New Delhi (PTI): The
Union Cabinet on
Wednesday approved a
proposal to amend the
Second Schedule to the
MMDRActtospecifythe
royalty rates of certain
minerals, including pot-
ash, emerald and plati-
num group of metals.
The approval would
ensure auction of min-
eral blocks in respect of
glauconite, potash, em-
erald, platinum group
of metals, andalusite
and molybdenum there-
by reducing imports.
“Cabinet has ap-
proved proposal for
amendment of Second
Schedule of the Mines
and Minerals (Develop-
ment and Regulation)
Act, 1957, for specifying
the rate of royalty in
respect of Glauconite,
Potash, Emerald, Plati-
num Group of Metals
(PGM), Andalusite, Sil-
limanite and Molybde-
num,” it said.
CRUCIAL READ
IN THE
COURTYARD
New Delhi: Army Chief
Gen MM Naravane on
Wednesday held wide-
ranging talks including
bilateral ties with his
Australian counterpart
Lt Gen Rick Burr on
ways to further deepen
bilateral military coop-
eration. Lt Gen Burr is
on a visit to India. The
defence and security
relations between India
and Australia have been
on an upswing.
New Delhi: A CBI court
of Delhi on Wednesday
sent Anand Subrama-
nian, former Group
Operating Officer and
advisor to former MD
of NSE, to judicial
custody for 14 days.
He was the first person
arrested by CBI in the
NSE Co-Location case.
The CBI Judge Sanjeev
Aggarwal pulled up for
the slow pace of the
investigation and asked
about status of probe.
New Delhi: Supreme
Court on Wednesday
extended the interim
protection from arrest
granted to former
Mumbai Police Com-
missioner Param Bir
Singh in a case related
to the allegations of
misconduct and cor-
ruption. A bench of
Justices SK Kaul and
MM Sundresh said that
the interim order will
continue till March 24.
New Delhi: 2011 ICC
World Cup winner S
Sreesanth has an-
nounced his retirement
from India’s domestic
cricket. Sreesanth has
represented India in
27 Tests, 53 ODIs and
10 T20Is. He was also
part of the Indian team
that won the 2007 ICC
WT20. Sreesanth was
banned by the BCCI
for a lifetime in August
2013 in alleged spot-fix-
ing in the IPL that year.
ARMY CHIEF TALKS
TO AUSTRALIAN
COUNTERPART
NSE CASE: ANAND
SENT TO 14-DAY
JUDICIAL CUSTODY
SC EXTENDS
INTERIM RELIEF
TO PARAM BIR
SREESANTH
ANNOUNCES
RETIREMENT
HIGHLIGHTS
 Covid: Over 75% in
15-18 age group admin-
istered first dose
 Covid-19 cases,
deaths continue to drop
globally, WHO says
 India logs 4,575
new COVID-19 cases,
145 Covid deaths in 24
hours: Centre
Baghel carries briefcase made of
cow dung to present state Budget
Raipur (ANI): In a
first, Chhattisgarh
Chief Minister Bhu-
pesh Baghel on Wednes-
day presented the state
budget 2022-23 at the
Legislative Assembly in
a briefcase which was
made of cow dung.
The briefcase has
been made by applying
layer by layer mixture
of cow dung powder,
chuna powder, maida
wood and guar gum in
10 days. Specially de-
signed for budget, the
handle and corner of
this briefcase are craft-
ed from Bastar Art Ar-
tisans by Kondagaon
City Group.
Notably, Godhan
Nyay Yojana of Chhat-
tisgarh has made a dif-
ferent identity in the
country and also re-
ceived praise from
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi in the past.
Presenting the state
Budget 2022-23, Baghel
announced the increase
in assistance.
CABINET NOD TO SETTING UP
WHO GLOBAL CENTRE IN GUJ
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved
the establishment of the WHO Global Centre for
Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM) in Jamnagar,
Gujarat. The WHO GCTM will be established in
Jamnagar under the Ministry of AYUSH. This
would be the “first and only global outposted”
Centre (office) for traditional medicine across the
globe. An official release said the Centre will help
position AYUSH systems across the globe, provide
leadership on global health matters pertaining to
traditional medicine and ensure quality, safety, ac-
cessibility and rational use of traditional medicine.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh
Baghel carries a briefcase
made of cow dung in Raipur
on Wednesday. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
and Narottam Mishra on MP Assembly premises.

NEWS
07
EVM HACKING: A
CASE OF SOUR
GRAPES?
This isn’t the first time that
allegations of EVM tampering
have been made. In fact, EVM
tampering has long been a poll
issue, with many political
parties also demanding to
return to the use of ballot
papers. Akhilesh Yadav’s EVM
tampering allegations join a
long list of complaints. In 2009,
a senior BJP leader LK Advani,
who was the Leader of
Opposition at that time, had
demanded the reintroduction of
ballot papers for the Assembly
elections in Maharashtra and
three other states. That was the
first time a mainstream political
party had questioned
EVMs. Years later, in 2014, the
BJP won the general election
with a thumping mandate and
their allegations against EVM
tampering were history.
However, since then, the
Opposition has accused the BJP
of tampering with the machines
to win in several Assembly
elections. When the BJP won
the Uttar Pradesh elections in
2017, a stunned Opposition
resorted to EVM tampering
claims; first among them was
Bahujan Samaj Party’s Mayawati
in which many supported her
claims, including Akhilesh
Yadav, Congress, the Left, and
the Aam Aadmi Party. Arvind
Kejriwal, unable to digest that
his party had underperformed in
Punjab in 2017, accused the
Election Commission of working
for the BJP. As EVMs are not
networked devices, hacking any
EVM would require altering the
machine itself. This means that
anyone attempting to hack an
EVM cannot do so remotely, and
would need physical access to
machines themselves, which
would require them to be in
collusion with EVM
manufacturing authorities, the
EC as well as companies that
make the chips for EVMs.
—M Tariq Khan
HUSBAND
AMONG 5
BOOKED FOR
DOWRY DEATH
Acase of dowry death was
registered against the
husband and in-laws of a woman
who died after the car in which
she was travelling plunged into a
canal here, police said on
Wednesday. Gulbahar (34), a
teacher was on her way to her
school in Harinagar village from
Meerut with her brother-in-law
Naved Hasan when the alleged
accident occurred on Monday.
Hasan told police that he lost
control of the car, causing it to
plunge in the roadsides Ganga
canal near Khatoli. He, however,
managed to jump out in the nick
of time. The woman’s family
alleged in their police complaint
that she was being harassed by
her in-laws for dowry and
claimed that she was murdered.
On Tuesday, police registered a
case of dowry death against the
woman’s husband -- Babur and
four others, including her
mother-in-law Nisha Begum,
brothers-in-law Hasan and
Danish, and sister-in-law
Shaheen. —PTI
Parties in U’khand begin to
fine-tune their strategies
Dehradun (PTI): With
less than 24 hours to go
forcountingof votes,po-
litical parties in Uttara-
khand on Wednesday
began fine-tuning their
strategies to deal with
any scenario that could
possibly emerge once
the results of the assem-
bly polls are declared.
Countingof votesforthe
state’s 70 assembly seats
will begin at 8 am on
Thursday
. Over 65 per
cent polling had been re-
corded in the Uttara-
khand Assembly Polls
held on February 14.
While many exit polls
have given either the
BJP or Congress a ma-
jority in Uttarakhand,
several of them have
predicted a close fight
between the two major
players or a hung as-
sembly - a scenario in
which the role of win-
ning independents and
candidates of regional
outfits like the AAP, SP,
BSP and UKD will be-
come significant in gov-
ernment formation.
The BJP and Con-
gress are locked in
straightcontestson40to
45 seats, while the re-
gional outfits make the
fight triangular on 25-30
seats. Though the BJP
andCongresshaveexud-
ed confidence of win-
ning a clear majority,
their leaders have held
several closed-door
meetings among them-
selves over the last few
days to deal with differ-
ent scenarios that they
may confront after the
poll results. The major
parties are also keeping
an eye on rebels who en-
tered the fray as inde-
pendents against their
official nominees. Thir-
teen rebels from the BJP
and six from the Con-
gress contested this
time. BJP national gen-
eral secretary and strat-
egistKailashVijayvargi-
ya’svisithereonSunday
had sent the Congress
intoalertmodewithsev-
eral party leaders al-
ready in town to ensure
that their flock of MLAs
remains intact.
Considered an expert
in the politics of making
and breaking, Vijay-
vargiya was closeted
with another party strat-
egist and former CM Ra-
meshPokhriyalNishank
after his arrival. They
heldmeetingswithsever-
al other party leaders,
includingChief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami,
Pradesh BJP president
Madan Kaushik and poll
in-chargeforthepartyin
Uttarakhand Pralhad
Joshi to put in place a
foolproof strategy that
can help the party retain
power for a second con-
secutiveterminthestate.
Vijayvargiya had be-
come active in state pol-
itics at the time of the
rebellionagainstHarish
Rawat by his MLAs in
2016, reducing his gov-
ernment to a minority
and leading to imposi-
tion of President’s rule
in the state.
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami with Union minister Pralhad Joshi and
state BJP president Madan Kaushik in Dehradun to prepare for
election results. —PHOTO BY PTI
BJP’S BIGGEST CHALLENGE AGAINST CONG
The Congress camp is also keeping a close watch
on the situation with central party observer
Dipendra Hooda, party in-charge for Uttarakhand
Devendra Yadav, poll campaign head Harish Rawat
and PCC president Ganesh Godiyal holding a
meeting on Tuesday to discuss the strategy to be
adopted for government formation. Another meet-
ing was held by party poll observer Mohan Prakash
and M B Patil at the party office here on Wednes-
day. Matching its landslide victory of the last polls
and retaining power for a second consecutive term
is the BJP’s biggest challenge in U’khand against a
resurgent Congress trying to stage a comeback.
Sacked asst
prof booked
for assault,
rape attempt
Janardan Misra
Baghpat: A case
was registered
against a former as-
sistant professor
and his wife under
charges of attempt
to rape and physical
assault on the com-
plaint of a woman
assistant professor
of another college.
The accused was
earlier terminated
from services at a
college in Badot.
Police sources
here said that a
woman assistant
professor of a col-
lege alleged that a
former assistant
professor who was
terminated from
services had
thrashed her and
tried to rape her
when she was on
seven days’ training
of officials of the
National Service
Scheme. In her com-
plaint she said that
the accused tried to
strangulate her
with the help of his
wife and when she
screamed for help,
both of them es-
caped from the
spot. Police said
they have registered
a case and initiated
an investigation.
GETTING READY FOR GOOD NEWS
AHEAD OF VOTE COUNTING
Laddoos being prepared on the eve of assembly polls results in Patiala on Wednesday.
6 killed, 3 injured in road accident
Etawah (PTI): 6 young
men were killed and
three suffered critical
injuries in a head-on col-
lision between a mini-
truck and a car on the
Etawah-Mainpuri road
here on Wednesday
, po-
lice said. The injured
wereadmittedtotheSai-
fai Medical College hos-
pital, Superintendent of
Police (Rural) Satyapal
Singhsaid.Thedeceased
were identified as Man-
jeet, Brijmohan, Karan,
Vipin,VisheshandSadd-
am, all aged between 25
and 35 years. The bodies
have been sent for
post-mortem.Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
expressed his grief over
the deaths in the acci-
dent in Etawah, an offi-
cial spokesman said in
Lucknow. A group of
people from Jaswant-
nagar area were on their
way to attend a function
in the car when it collid-
ed with the mini-truck
near Baba Gyan Das
Ashram in Saifai police
station area. Police have
registered a case and be-
gun investigation, the
police officer said.
Crowd gathers at the site where a mini-truck collided with a car
on the Etawah-Mainpuri road. —PHOTO BY PTI
Ajay Lohia takes over as Chairman
CII Kanpur Zone for year 2022-23
Kanpur: CII Kanpur
Zone today organized its
Annual day over the vir-
tual platform where
Ajay Lohia, Director,
Threads India Ltd was
announced the incom-
ing Chairman of CII
Kanpur Zone 2022-23.
Addressing the annual
day members of Kan-
pur Zone, Akash Goen-
ka, outgoing Chairman,
CII Kanpur Zone Di-
rector,ShubhamGoldiee
Group shared the initia-
tives undertaken during
histenureandrequested
inputs from the mem-
bers for greater engage-
ment with all the stake-
holders.
He urged all the in-
dustry members as
well as their employees
to follow safety norms
during covid get
their booster dose
scheduled as early as
possible. CP Gupta,
Chairman, CII UP State
Council CMD, Ambi-
ca Steels announced
Ajay Lohia, Director,
Threads India Ltd as
the new nominated
Chairman for the CII
Kanpur Zone 2022-23
pointed out that Kan-
pur is a major financial
and industrial center
of North India and also
the ninth-largest urban
economy in India. It is
the 12th most populous
city in India and is pop-
ularly called the Leath-
er City of the World.
Akash Goenka Ajay Lohia
‘4.02% TO THE STATE’S GSDP’
Bogus labourers tending lawns of
historical sites in Lko: CBI files FIR
New Delhi (PTI): The
CBI has registered a
case of large-scale cor-
ruption in the mainte-
nanceof gardensatUP’s
historical sites, includ-
ing Taj Mahal and The
Residency in Lucknow,
allegedlybyArchaeolog-
ical Survey of India offi-
cials in collusion with a
private contractor, offi-
cials said on Wednesday
.
It is alleged that the
contractor siphoned off
government funds by
submitting fake bills
showing unskilled
workers engaged in My-
sore circle of the Ar-
chaeological Survey of
India (ASI) tending
lawns of historical sites
2,000 kilometers away
in Lucknow. Labourers
listed under ASI’s Kota
and Delhi circles were
also shown working in
Lucknow. Similar bo-
gus bills were also sub-
mitted for maintenance
of lawns in cites like
Kushinagar, Agra, Kan-
pur, among others, on
the basis of which huge
funds were embezzled
by the contractor
Kuldeep Singh, they
said. The complaint,
now a part of the FIR,
gave specific details
about archaeological
sites in UP like the icon-
ic Taj Mahal and The
Residency in Lucknow.
The Residency, also
called as the British
Residency and Residen-
cy Complex, is a group
of several buildings in
a common precinct in
Uttar Pradesh’s capital
city Lucknow. It served
as the residence for the
British Resident Gener-
al who was a represen-
tative in the court of the
Nawab. The complaint
also alleged that similar
fraud also took place in
Agra’s Sikandara, Ram
Bagh Fatehpur Sikri.
Singh was awarded a Rs
2.5 crore contract on Oc-
tober 22, 2019 for the up-
keep of archaeological
gardens in UP for the
year 2019-20 which was
again extended for next
year at the same
amount.
Lucknow Residency
ACCORDING TO DSR
One unskilled labour
is required to work for
26 days in a month at
the rate of Rs 365 per
day to complete the
maintenance work of 1
acre garden, the com-
plaint alleged, as per
(DSR) Delhi Schedule
of Rates, 2018,
Stop spread
of fake news,
instructs EC
Lucknow: Strict in-
structionshavebeen
issued to refrain
from spreading ru-
mour/provocative
postsregardingelec-
tion and counting of
votes. An FIR has
been registered
against Dr. Aashray
Gupta at Police Sta-
tion Sector 49 Noida
for spreading false
rumors and posting
provocative messag-
es on his Facebook
account which went
viral. Instructions
have been issued to
all to follow the
guidelines issued by
Election Commis-
sionfollowsection
144, not to spread
any rumour which
could create a dis-
turbance.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
60,37,909
TOTAL DEATHS
38,44,73,737
TOTAL RECOVERED
5,96,92,965
ACTIVE CASES
45,02,04,611
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,15,386
TOTAL DEATHS
4,24,13,566
TOTAL RECOVERED
46,931
ACTIVE CASES
4,29,75,883
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
On a daily basis, learn to focus
your thoughts upon the brightest
part in all prospects, it will
make you happier and more productive.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Irrespective
of whichever party
forms government in
UP, what seems to be
certain is that this time
the party would also get
majority in Legislative
Assembly and Legisla-
tive Council from the
very beginning because
the winning members
would play a decisive
role in local body elec-
tions to be held for the
36 seats of Legislative
Council in April.
Till now in UP
, which-
ever party is in power,
its members used to
win in the local body
area. It may be men-
tioned here that the
term of 35 members of
local body in Legisla-
tive Council ended on
March 7. Now nomina-
tions for 35 seats would
be filed between March
15 to 22 while voting
would be held on April
9. In 2022 assembly polls
the main contest is be-
lieved to be between the
BJP and SP. In such a
situation, whichever
party would form the
government, either SP
or BJP, most of the
members of that party
would get elected in the
local body area polls.
There are 47 mem-
bers of the SP in the
100-member Legislative
Council in UP so far, out
of which seven have left
the SP and joined BJP.
Thus BJP has 36,
BSP 6, BJP’s allies
Apna Dal and Nishad
Party have one member
each, Congress has one,
Shikshak Dal has two,
Nirdal group has two
besides one indepen-
dent member. At pres-
ent two posts are va-
cant. A week after the
results of the assembly
elections are an-
nounced, the process of
election would com-
mence for 35 seats.
In UP, three seats of
nominated quota
would become vacant
on April 28 and three
seats on May 26. These
seats would go to the
account of the ruling
party. On July 6, 13 con-
stituency quota seats
will become vacant and
the party which will
have more MLAs, mem-
bers of the same party
are likely to win.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
has reinstated 2006
batch IPS officer
Abhishek Dixit, who
had been suspended for
almost one and a half
years on charges of cor-
ruption. The 2006 batch
IPS officers of Tamil
Nadu cadre had come to
UP on deputation.
Abhishek Dixit was
suspendedonSeptember
8, 2020 on charges of cor-
ruption. Sources in-
formed that the Centre
had sent a letter to UP
government to send him
back to the original cad-
re but somehow he has
beenreinstatedthougha
vigilance inquiry is still
going on against him.
After the suspension
of IPS Abhishek, the de-
partmental inquiry
against him was handed
over to IPS Nilabja
Chaudhary
, Joint Com-
missionerof Police(Law
Order), Lucknow Po-
lice Commissionerate.
Dixit, during his post-
ing as SSP in Prayagraj,
facedseriousallegations
of corruption by taking
money in the posting of
Inspector and Outpost
Incharge, after which
the Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment suspended him
and ordered a Vigilance
probe against him.
During the deployment
in Prayagraj, large-scale
corruption was carried
out in transfer posting, a
complaint of which was
sent to CM Yogi on Sep-
tember 8, 2020, after
which Vigilance inquiry
was ordered to investi-
gate the properties of
Dixitduringsuspension.
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The exit
polls have indicated the
BJP’s lead. After the
EVM results are out on
Thursday
, it will be de-
cided to what extent the
exit polls convert into
exact results. From the
perspective of political
parties, all tried their
best to reach the voters
and win the elections.
Party strategists did not
leaveanystoneunturned
to balance equations in
ticket distribution.
In the elections to the
403-member assembly,
the BJP contested 92
percent seats. The re-
maining eight percent
of seats were given to
the quota of allies. Out
of which Sanjay Ni-
shad-led Nishad Party
got 16 seats while An-
upriya Patel-led Apna
Dal (S) contested on 17
seats. Rajendra Kumar
Maurya was fielded
from BJP’s side after
Apna Dal (S) decided
not to field any candi-
date for Pratapgarh Sa-
dar seat. Since then the
number of declared
candidates of BJP has
reached 370. Six candi-
dates of Nishad Party
contested from BJP’s
Lotus symbol. Yogi Ad-
ityanath, who broke the
no-visit jinx of the CM
in Noida, wants to re-
peat the 25-yr-old histo-
ry by forming the gov-
ernment again in the
state, when Mayawati
returned to power after
being ousted from pow-
er in the nineties.
Whereas, the SP con-
tested 86 percent of the
seats i.e. 348 seats with
its symbol cycle, giving
55 seats to the alliance
partners. The main par-
tieswithwhichAkhilesh
Yadav’s party formed an
alliance were, Rashtriya
Lok Dal, Progressive Sa-
majwadi Party
, Mahan
Dal, National Democrat-
icParty
,SuheldevBhara-
tiya Samaj Party
, Apna
Dal (Communist), Gond-
wana Party
. Of these,
RashtriyaLokDalgot33,
SBSP 8 and Apna Dal
(Kameravadi) got four
seats. However, Pallavi
Patel of Apna Dal
(Kameravadi) entered
the fray from Sirathu
seat on the SP symbol.
PSPLNationalPresident
Shivpal Singh Yadav
contested from Jaswant-
nagar seat. Mahan Dal’s
national president Kes-
havdev Maurya’s wife
Suman contested from
Farrukhabad and her
son Chandra Prakash
contested from Bilsi. Ra-
striya Janvadi Party’s
vice-president Haseeb
Hasan was fielded from
the Utraula seat on SP’s
cycle symbol.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad HC has directed
the Centre to consider
petitionerscandidature
if theyremovetheirtat-
toos who participated
in the 2018 Services Se-
lection Board (SSB) re-
cruitment process but
were denied employ-
ment on account of cer-
tain tattoos on a certain
part of their hands
(forearm).
A Single Bench of
JusticeSiddharthaVar-
ma passed this order
whilehearingapetition
by Avneesh Kumar and
two others.
The Ministry of
Home Affairs, on July
20,2018issuedanadver-
tisementfortherecruit-
ment of Head Consta-
bles (Ministerial). The
petitioners who were
qualifiedforthepostsin
question, had applied
and were also declared
successful in the result
declared on May 20,
2021. They typing test
also on September 17.
Thereafter they were
required to have their
medical examination
on November 13, 2021
and had to report for
thispurposeat8.00AM.
The petitioners, how-
ever, were found unfit
by orders dated Novem-
ber15,2021.Resultantly
,
they applied for the re-
view medical examina-
tion on November 16,
2021,theresultof which
was declared on No-
vember 17, 2021 and
these results have been
challenged.
Avneesh Kumar was
declared unfit for hav-
ing a tattoo mark on his
right forearm. Petition-
er 2 Mohit Kumar was
also declared unfit on
account of tattoo mark
on the right forearm
andpetitioner3Gaurav
Kumar was declared
unfit for the same.
Counsel for the peti-
tioners relied upon a
judgment of the Court
passedinServiceBench
(Vihaan Nagar vs.
Union of India Ors.)
dated November 7, 2013
has submitted that if
tattoos were removed
then a review medical
could always be done in
which the petitioners
could be found fit.
Jaipur(PTI): For-
mer Rajasthan depu-
ty chief minister
Sachin Pilot on
Wednesday said the
results of the assem-
bly elections held in
the five states will
bring a change and
that Congress’ per-
formance will be
better.
“People have
watched the central
government for eight
years, and according
to the feedback I have
received from vari-
ous states, I believe
that a change is al-
most certain, be it in
Uttar Pradesh, Ut-
tarakhand or the cen-
tral government,”
Pilot told reporters
in Tonk.
“Wherever there is
a BJP government,
there is huge dissat-
isfaction in the
minds of the people,”
he added.
Populist dreams
were shown and
many speeches given
for eight consecutive
years but what hap-
pened on the ground
is well-known, the
Congress leader said.
“I feel that when
the results come,
there will be a change
and the performance
of the Congress party
will be much better,
and we will form gov-
ernments in many
states. In the case of
UP, I want to say that
change is certain. In
Hathras, Unnao and
Lakhimpur Kheri,
where Dalits, farm-
ers and women were
subjected to atroci-
ties, Priyanka Gand-
hi was the most vo-
cal,” Pilot said.
Party that forms govt certain to get majority riding on local body polls
DECISIVE APRIL

Three seats of
nominated quota
would become
vacant on April
28 and three on
May 26. These
would go to the
ruling party
Abhishek Dixit
DIRECTIVE TO CENTRE
Beyond exit polls: Both the SP,
BJP camps confident of win
—FILE PHOTO
NISHAD MEMBERS
Change is certain
in UP: Pilot on polls
BUOYANT MOOD
CM Yogi Adityanath taking a ride with children in a chopper in Gorakhpur on Wednesday, a
day before the counting of Assembly election votes.
IPSofficerAbhishekDixitreinstated after1.5years
During his tenure as
SSP, Prayagraj,
Dixit faced serious
corruption allegations
CONSIDER CANDIDATURE IF
TATTOOS REMOVED: ALD HC
HCsetsasidetransfer
orderof Class4staffer
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Al-
lahabad High Court
while setting aside a
transfer order
passed against a
Class IV Employee
noted that the same
was punitive in na-
ture. It observed
that no Class-IV em-
ployee should nor-
mally be transferred
out of the district.
A single bench of
Justice Vivek
Chaudhary passed
this order while
hearing a petition
filed by Maya.
The petitioner, by
the petition has
challenged the or-
der of transfer dat-
ed July 12, 2021 as
well as order dated
August 12, 2021
whereby represen-
tation of petitioner
is rejected.
Counsel for peti-
tioner submitted
that petitioner, who
is Class-IV employ-
ee has been trans-
ferred from Luc-
know to Kanpur by
transfer order dat-
ed July 12, 2021 on
a d m i n i s t r a t iv e
ground.
The said order
does not give any
reason whatsoever
for transferring the
petitioner.
The petitioner
has approached the
Court on the ground
that Class-IV em-
ployees cannot be
transferred so far
away
.
—FILE PHOTO

hat do I
write about
D e e w a r ?
This is one
movie on
which each
one of us
can write…so I will
just share with my
deepest feelings that I
wish Nirupama Roy,
the mother had taken
the side of Vijay, Am-
itabh Bachhan in one
of his best roles so far.
For me the most heart-
wrenching scene of
Deewar is not ‘Mere
paas Maa hai’ but
when Nirupama tear-
fully watches a young
Shashi Kapoor
standing forlornly at
the gate of the school
and shares with her
other child, Amitabh
that she can’t even af-
ford to send them both
to school and he re-
plies that maybe she
can’t earn enough to
send them both to
school but they both
can earn enough to
send Shashi to school.
My heart weeps for
this tender child, al-
ready tortured
by the ‘tat-
too’ of
‘ M e r a
b a a p
chor hai’
standing
up to
shoulder
the re-
sponsibility. And the
difference is clear to
see. Amitabh grows
up to be a brooding
young man, who re-
fuses to enter a temple
even if he takes his
mother there daily
and will not stand for
injustice as he lives
bound tightly by his
past and present bur-
dens while Shashi is a
happy-go-lucky man
with opportunities in
life and love.
I wish Nirupama
had looked be-
yond her princi-
ples to see the
little child in the
angry towering
Amitabh and been
there for him as he
was there for her
and Shashi, al-
ways.
For me, the
movie was
path-break-
ing for the
character
of Praveen
Babi and
the ac-
ceptance
given to
her by
Amitabh, two scarred
souls reaching out to
each other…hoping
for a future.
Amitabh makes
choices that are not
governed by greed but
by his past and the
contempt he feels for a
society that branded
him and his mother
for his father’s un-
proven misdeeds. He
is the perfect anti-he-
ro, unapologetic but
with a bleeding heart.
From ‘Mere paas
Maa hai’ to ‘Main aaj
phi fenke hue paise
nahi uthata’ , Deewar
has spawned decades
of movies and charac-
ters which continue to
inspire and thrill us
and still the stuff for
memes.
I have nothing
much to say about the
songs except for the
cute Keh doon tum-
hein by Shashi and
Neetu Singh.
Deewar’s theme is
clearly one of class
struggle with an anti-
establishment narra-
tive which is still rele-
vant. I could write a
hundred, a thousand
more words for Dee-
war but you need
heart to experience
this movie, watch it
today… every minute
will be worth it and
you will prefer to
write your own
Throwback
Thursday
.
LUCKNOW, THURSDAY,
MARCH 10, 2022
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ANITA HADA
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THIS THROWBACK
THURSDAY, WE
TAKE A LOOK AT
ONE OF THE
CLASSICS OF
INDIAN CINEMA,
DEEWAR. SAY THE
NAME AND EACH
ONE OF US WILL
HAVE A DIFFERENT
FAVOURITE SCENE
OR DIALOGUE- THE
MOVIE ABOUNDS
IN ICONIC SCENES
AND DIALOGUES
WHICH HAVE SINCE
BECOME IDIOMS IN
POPULAR
CULTURE. THERE IS
AN EMOTIONAL
RICHNESS TO
DEEWAR WHICH
MAKES IT A
SUSTAINABLE
COMMERCIALLY
SUCCESSFUL FILM.
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Smoking is injurious to health

ETC
THE WAIT IS OVER
ay 1 of the 15th
edition of JLF
will begin today
at Hotel Clarks
Amer. The Dar-
bar Hall in the
C o n f e r e n c e
Room, Baithak at the
Pool Area, Mughal Tent
at Brij Nest Lawn, and
Front Lawn at the Rama
Bagh will host the festi-
val arenas from past edi-
tions this year at Hotel
Clarks.
The décor inspiration for
JLF 2022 is the festive
colours of Rajasthan.
The festival will com-
mence with yoga, medita-
tion and morning music
at the Front Lawn at 9:20
am followed by an Inau-
gural Ceremony. Re-
nowned authors and fes-
tival directors, Namita
Gokhale and William
Dalrymple will be pre-
sent at the Inauguration
along with Sanjoy Roy,
MD Teamwork Arts. The
keynote speakers at the
ceremony will be re-
nowned translator Har-
ish Trivedi as well as US
Diplomat and UN Resi-
dent Coordinator in In-
dia, Shombi Sharp.
Day 1 of the Festival will
host close to 30 sessions
from 11 am to 6:30 pm
with national and inter-
national authors, poets
and filmmakers. The ses-
sions held at Mughal
Tent, Darbar Hall and
Front Lawn will be live-
streamed. This
year, JLF will
be hosting a
new series
on biogra-
phies and
day 1 will
witness a session with the
famous musician Remo
Fernandes in conversa-
tion with Sanjoy Roy
about his book ‘Being
Remo’.
Close to 400 speakers
are a part of this hybrid
edition for the offline/on-
ground festival from
March 10-14. The prima-
ry themes of JLF 2022 are
– The Urgency of Bor-
rowed Time to draw focus
on the issue of climate
change; and The 50th An-
niversary of the 1971 War
creation of Bangla-
desh. Several books and
writers from Bangladesh
are to be a part of the fes-
tival to commemorate the
same.
The newly written book
by Senior Cardiologist
and HOD of Cardiology,
SMS Medical College
Jaipur, Dr Rajeev
Bagarhatta was featured
at the Jaipur Literature
Festival (JLF) under the
series: ‘Jaipur Writers’
Shorts’ entitled ‘Well-
played. From there to
Eternity’.The book is on
his father, Jagdish
Bagarhatta, who started
as a humble physical in-
structor and became an
associate professor of
Cardiac Rehabilitation.
The book vividly outlines
his struggles to get car-
diac rehabilitation recog-
nised as an essential part
of medical care.
D
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Dr Rajeev Bagarhatta
Shashi Tharoor with Shunali K Shroff Namita Gokhale during launch of Jaipur Journals
Namita Gokhale William Dalrymple Sanjoy Roy
Clarks Amer
Dharmendra
Kanwar
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n t e r n a t i o n a
brands have a great
following and
when they make
Ad campaigns that
challenge gender
roles and issues,
they can create a huge
positive impact across
their users and target au-
dience.
City First brings you a
campaign by Levis,
which released a spe-
cial feature video on Dr
Kriti Bharti, Managing
Trustee and Rehabilita-
tion Psychologist at
Saarthi Trust in
Jodhpur, as part of
their I Shape My
World Campaign
Season-7. Dr Kriti
Bharti is the cam-
paign’s lone na-
tional social ac-
tivist.
On Interna-
tional Women’s
Day, Levi’s Den-
im, one of the
world’s top jeans
manufacturers,
unveiled the sev-
enth season of I
Shape My World.
The daring inspira-
tional tale of Dr
Kriti Bharti, Re-
habilitation Psy-
chologist and
Managing Trustee
of Saarthi Trust.
Saarthi Trust is a non-
profit organisation dedi-
cated to rescuing child
marriage victims and en-
suring their rehabilitation
and well-being. More than
41 child weddings have
been dissolved by Bharti’s
team, and over 1,400 have
been avoided due to their
rigorous efforts.
The video edition of
this campaign has high-
lighted four women celeb-
rities from various areas.
The teaser was re-
leased in the first phase,
and the full film would
be released later.
The feature story film de-
picts the lives of four
amazing women.
Dr Kriti’s daring cam-
paign for child marriage
annulment and preven-
tion will be carried on
digital channels for the
next year in the following
phase.
Dr Kriti Bharti has been
included in the Social Ac-
tivist category in Season 7
of Levi’s I Shape My World
campaign.
In addition, the video
has featured internation-
al sprinter, runner and
first IAAF gold medalist
Hima Das, actress and
first World Cup female
commentator, Mandira
Bedi, and famous YouTu-
ber Tanya Appachu.
BOLD INITIATIVE
TO ANNUL THE CHILD
MARRIAGE:
It is noteworthy that Dr
Kriti Bharti has taken a
unique bold initiative by
getting the country’s first
child marriage annulled.
She was included in the
BBC’s list of 100 Inspira-
tional Women and was
also included in the World
Top Ten Activists list by
the international TAFFD
magazine.
So far, 43 child mar-
riages have been an-
nulled and more than 1500
child marriages have been
stopped which was includ-
ed in many records.
Last year, international
chocolate brand Hershey
launched a special choco-
late edition with a photo
cover of Kriti Bharti on
Women’s Day
. Kriti’s cam-
paign was also featured in
Colors Balika Vadhu.
She has been awarded
many national and inter-
national honours for her
efforts.
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SAFARI ADVENTURE!
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and Actress Raveena Tandon went
on a Leopard Safari in Jhalana, Jaipur on Wednesday. The actors
were fortunate enough to have close contact with a Leopard
when visiting Jhalana. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
BREAKING GENDER NORMS!
CITY FIRST
T
he Lucknow-
based ‘Rising Be-
yond the Ceiling’
organisation has
taken another huge
step towards em-
powering women
andbreakinggender
norms. On Tuesday,
the RBTC Team opened
its mentorship pro-
gramme to all, beyond
the boundaries of reli-
gion for free.
“Regardless of reli-
gion, any girl with the
aspiration to work in
any field can get in
touch with the organi-
sation to seek whatever
help is required. The
mentorship is free of
cost, and we have
started inviting
submissions for it
apart from the cur-
rent mentees being
guided already,” said
Sabiha Ahmad, RBTC
Uttar Pradesh coordi-
nator and UP Sunni
Waqf Board member.
The step opens up
the expert council of
the RBTC for all, pre-
senting an incredible
opportunity for girls
from socially weaker
sections. Young women
in UP will now be men-
tored directly under
100 spectacular female
figures in the state,
added reports. Notably,
RBTC is present in
about 8 regions across
India, besides Luc-
know, and has a board
of 100 Muslim women
honourees. It is also
relevant at the interna-
tional level.
Improving Employability!
CITY FIRST
L
ucknow Univer-
sityannounceda
deal with Awoke
India, a training,
consultancy
, and social
organisation, on Tues-
day to improve stu-
dents’employabilityby
providing practical
and on-the-job instruc-
tion in financial man-
agement.
Prof Alok Rai, vice-
chancellor of LU, and
PK Dwivedi, director
of Awoke India,
signed the MoU.
Under the terms of
the agreement, LU’s
counselling and guid-
ing cell will assist
with start-up and
entrepreneurial
mentoring.
“Students will
be provided intern-
ships, training pro-
grammes, and semi-
nars in partnership
with the Awoke India
group,” said Prof
Madhurima Pradhan,
director of LU’s coun-
selling and advisory
department.
Thiswillhelpinpro-
viding new-age career
skills and practices on
the ground learning
opportunities in
emerging areas of
financetherebyen-
hancing their em-
ployability
.
“This industry-aca-
demia partnership
will support our stu-
dents to understand
the basics of entrepre-
neurship and entering
into start-ups,” said
Prof Rai.
URINATING IN PUBLIC IS AN OUTRAGE!
CITY FIRST
L
ucknow Munici-
pal Corporation
has planned to
eliminate all yel-
low areas in the city to
enhance its Swacch
Bharat Survekshan
ranking this year. Yel-
low patches are identi-
fied along the roadway
where individuals uri-
nate in the open. LMC
has identified over 300
yellow areas around
thecityaspartof its
cleanup campaign.
LMC is preparing
to adopt stringent
steps to prohibit indi-
viduals from urinating
intheopentoputastop
to this problem and im-
prove the city’s health
and cleanliness.
The initial phase of
this effort will see all
yellowspotsinthese
regionsremovedby
March 31. Those
found urinating in
public will also face a
punishmentof $100,ac-
cording to the local or-
ganisation.
Kirti Bharti
Tanya Appachu, Mandira Bedi, Kriti Bharti, and Hima Das

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