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‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’ UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI — PART 84
THEMODIEVOLUTION
THEMODIEVOLUTION
HOMETOWN HERO TO
GLOBAL STATESMAN
remember once we were
in Gujarat and there was
a gentleman from a
southern state. There is a CM of-
fice complex where all the min-
isters also sit. Narendra bhai was
reaching the office and on his
way when he saw this man stand-
ing outside in the sun, away from
the office complex, he immedi-
ately stopped his vehicle and
talked to him. He asked what had
happened and why he was stand-
ing there? To this, the gentleman
said he had come to visit Gujarat
with his family on a holiday and
his wife had fallen sick. She was
reportedly admitted to the civil
hospital in Ahmedabad and he
had run out of money to bear the
expenses for her further medical
treatment. I remember, without
giving a second thought, Naren-
dra bhai said, I will pay for your
treatment, you need not worry.
Eventually he took charge of his
wife’s treatment and she soon
got well. Much later, when Modi
ji took a trip down to the south
Indian state on a party campaign,
it was found that the same gen-
tleman had pasted and circulated
small posters, urging everyone
to take him to Modi ji. He want-
ed to meet him and pay back the
medical expenses Modi ji had
borne for his wife’s treatment
way back inAhmedabad. Naren-
dra bhai helps so
many people. He
didn’t even re-
member this gen-
tleman but the
man wanted to
pay back his grati-
tude for the lead-
er. Such is Naren-
dra Modi’s rela-
tion with even the
ordinary man of
the street.
fter June 21 was desig-
nated as a global day for
the celebration of yoga,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
“The entire world is today com-
mitted to celebrating International
Yoga Day on June 21 every year.
India is proud of the fact that the
UNO took this matter forward and
177 countries of the world co-
sponsored it. India’s invaluable
heritage has today become the
world’s invaluable heritage.” Be-
fore that, he had told me, we have
to get June 21 recognised by the
UN as International Day of Yoga.
At that time Modi was about to
travel to the US to attend a UNO
meeting. So he told me we have to
get it included in the UN agenda
3-6monthspriortothevisit.Iwant
to put forth a holistic vision of
yoga. Everyone accepted the pro-
posalunanimously.Eventually,the
need never arose to introduce it in
the UN agenda. I told him, you
have done a great job. It is a big
contribution by you. Modi ji said,
I am amused that even 45 Islamic
countries supported this initiative.
Later,inaspeechontheauspicious
day, he told a huge gathering of
yogapractitioners,todaywherethe
first ray of the sun arose from and
24 hours later where the last ray of
the sun will reach, there will be no
ray, no journey of the sun that will
remain untouched from blessing
all of you yoga practitioners. Modi
very ingeniously chose June 21 as
thedaybecauseonthatdaythesun
would be visible for the longest
time.Lightisthemaximumonthat
day across the globe. It was an apt
tribute to yoga and the most noble
waytotakeitontotheglobalstage
of acceptance and appreciation.
hen I was here in Guja-
rat, working in education
counselling, there was a
divisional forest officer (DFO)
named Khamar, whose son would
often consult me for counselling.
Regarding this, I often visited
their house. Once, during a casu-
al conversation I asked him how
things were shaping up and pro-
gressing under the leadership of
Narendra Modi as the state chief
minister. So he told me, when we
go to meet Narendra Modi, we
prepare well beforehand because
no one knows what he would ask.
We do our homework for at least
10 possible questions spanning
different subjects. Once we went
to him with all the 10 possible
questions ready, but he bowled us
with a googly of
an eleventh ques-
tion to which we
had no clue, he
said. He then went
on to add that
Modi ji’s home-
grown informa-
tion network is
beyond the capac-
ity of any official
channel of com-
munication. It is
lightning fast and impeccable.An
incident had happened related to
the forest department at one of
the meetings, of which surpris-
ingly we didn’t know anything,
but Modi ji knew all about it well
before us. He immediately rang
up someone and proved to us the
authenticity of the news that had
happened in our own area but we
didn’t know of. We were left
shame faced, the DFO told me. I
realised, Modi ji’s success as a
great leader, a great CM and a PM
of such calibre rests largely on his
direct and strong rapport at the
local level.
Smriti Irani
Union Minister
Dr HR Nagendra
Yoga Guru
Sunil Lodha
Maharashtra
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AND LOVE RETURNED
TAKING YOGA TO THE
WORLD, THE MODI WAY
MODIJI’S INFORMATION
NETWORK FASTER THAN
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MODI’S SIMPLE-YET-STRONG
POWER PLAY APPROACH!
e have an RSS office at Salatwada
locality of Vadodara. I was a
pracharak at the office. Even then
I found, Modi ji took the smallest care of
any need of even the smallest karyakarta.
Among all those who reached the office at
3 pm, none was allowed to leave the place
without at least having a cup of tea. Modi
ji ensured that himself. And I also found
he was meticulous about cleanliness from
early days. He would wash his own cup
and also ensure all the cups had been
washed clean and they were spotless. He
used to ask us, “Have you all washed your
cups properly?” He was so particular
about cleanliness that not a piece of paper
was allowed to litter the office premises.
These were some things we had noticed
in Modi ji very early on and they have
continued till today.
s the state CM, Modi ji started
Gunotsav, a programme to im-
prove the quality of education
in the government schools. During the
Gunotsav festival, he would often visit
schools to take stock of the improve-
ments. He would usually take up the
remotest school in the most backward
districts to pay visit. Once during such
a visit he went to a school and after the
inspection, while discussing with the
headmaster, he asked, where is the toi-
let in your school? Surprisingly, he po-
litely said, there was no toilet in the
school. This shocked Modi ji so much
that the very next day as he reached of-
fice, he issued orders that every school
in the state must have proper toilets,
separate for boys and girls. Years later
when he became the PM he launched
the same campaign in the country to
end open defecation and it was a re-
sounding success. The seeds of this
idea came to him from the Gunotsav
experience.
n 1989, 1990 and 1991 elec-
tions were to be held. Those
days there were no mobile
phones or internet and thus communi-
cating with the karyakartas on the
ground level, directing them or getting
information was very difficult and time
taking. For this, Modi ji planned a cer-
tain strategy. Most karyakartas go out
for campaigning or poll related work
around 11 in the morning. Thus they
were mostly in their homes in the early
part of the day. We sat from 7 am to
10:30 am every day and called all the
karyakartas in the required constituen-
cies within this time to get all the details
and brief them about their day’s itiner-
ary. We made a list of the karyakartas to
be called the night before. So that in the
morning we were
well equipped
and didn’t need to
waste time. By
10:30 every day,
Modi hi had all
the grasp of the
ground realities
on his fingertips
which helped him
tremendously in
formulating his
next poll strategy.
t was a unique pro-
gramme I fondly
remember. It was in
the year 2005. He organised
a programme for his teach-
ers inAhmedabad. It was for
‘Guru Vandana’ to seek the
blessings of his teachers. He
had invited 27 teachers at
the event. Surprisingly, he
personally went up to each
and every teacher invited
and addressed him by his
name. He bowed in front of
them in obeisance and gar-
landed them in honour of
their services. This was a
unique event never held in
India before in such scale. Pt
Naval Kishore Sharma was
the governor of Gujarat at
that time and had come to
the event as chief guest. He
himself said during his
speech that he had travelled
all over the country but had
never seen or heard such an
initiative as taken up by
Narendra Modi in honour of
his teachers.
nce Narendra Modi
came to his school,
BN High School to
attend an event.There his old
friend Dr Sudheer was also
present. They used to sit on
the same bench in school
whengrowingup.Whiletalk-
ing, Sudheer ji addressed
Modi ji as ‘tu’several times.
Later when he realised
this, he apologised to
him for the disrespect
and told ‘sorry I called
youtuinmyaddress’.At
that time Modi ji didn’t
say much. But when he
went on to the stage for
his speech, he said, “ I
was talking to Sudheer a
while back. He called
me by ‘tu’ a couple of
timesandlateralsoapol-
ogised for the same. But I
want to tell Sudheer, that
these days when I find some-
oneaddressingmeas‘tu’,my
heart fills with joy.” This the
simplicity and humility of
Modi ji.
t was in 1985 that an RSS camp
was about to begin. A meeting
was held to discusss the prepa-
rations for the same. We were five peo-
ple who were overseeing the arrange-
ments for the event. The smallest thing
was ensured, from the safety pin to the
soap. We had to note down everything
so that nothing was found wanting dur-
ing the event. Even the amount of water
that would be required by a karyakarta
for his shower or consumption was cal-
culated and based on the total number
of karyakartas to be attending the event,
the arrangements were planned so that
nothing went waste at the end of the
day. All these were spearheaded by
Narendra Modi. As a pracharak for 20
years, this master planning learnt from
him in 1985 got imprinted in my mind
and always helped me in making the
best arrangements for every event of
the party.
Chandrakant Upadhyay
Vadodara
Natubhai Dhabi
Gandhinagar
Parshottam Rupala
Union minister
Ketan Devnani
Gujarat
Som Patel
Narendra Modi’s teacher
Bharat Modi
Gujarat
Modi’s penchant
for cleanliness
Narendra Modi started
Gunotsav to improve
quality of education
Narendra Modi ji’s
planned strategy for
communication
WHEN MODI SHOWED
GRATITUDE TO HIS TEACHERS
MODI’SSIMPLICITYENHANCES
OURRESPECTFORHIM
Modi ji, a master
of management
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was the leader of
the opposition in
the assembly. At
that time I took strong
stands on issues. And
mostly Narendra Modi
tried to accommodate
whatever I said. At that
time he used to tell us that
whatever the opposition
suggests, our government
notes it down and even
implements
the ones
which are worth it.
Talking about Por-
bandar airport, a terminal
building was established.
Its inauguration was to be
done by then aviation
minister Praful Patel. Nar-
endra Modi was presiding
over that function and as
an MLA and leader of the
Opposition,
I was also
present at the programme.
I told Praful Patel that
the runway of the airport
was so small that no big
aircraft could land here. It
was only 1,300 metres
long and thus we needed a
longer runway. It must be
increased to at least 2,600
metres. To this he said that
if Modi gives us the extra
land, we can do that too.
Immediately after hear-
ing this, Modi ji publicly
announced that the airport
would be expanded and
the state government was
ready to make the extra
land available to the Cen-
tre and AAI for the pro-
ject. Simultaneously,
he
also informed the collector
to issue the proposal for
the same at the earliest.
But after 2012, I was no
longer an MLA and Modi
ji went on to become the
PM by 2014, so the work
of Porbandar airport even-
tually got sidelined. The
land that was to be allotted
to the airport finally went
to the Coast Guard. It was
a bureaucratic lapse.
I thought, the Coast
Guard was under Defence
Services. So the Gujarat
government won’t be able
to stop them. It is only the
PM who can do the need-
ful. So I told then Gujarat
CM Vijay Rupani that
Modi ji had publicly de-
clared Porbandar airport
would be expanded. The
CMO sent across my mes-
sage to the PM, reminding
him of his promise.
Modi ji acknowledged
and accepted he had
promised it. He immedi-
ately ordered that at any
cost the airport had to be
expanded with a runway
length of 2,600 metres.
Despite my being in the
opposition,
Narendra
Modi worked for the
larger interest of the peo-
ple and the state and ac-
cepted and implemented
my proposal, even just
through a message I sent.
Only a big-hearted leader
can do this.
ne day Modi ji de-
cidedtohavelunchat
the Parliament can-
teen. So he walked into the
MPs canteen on the Parlia-
ment premises. Soon he said,
the same food is being taken
by people outside for Rs 50 to
Rs 100aplate,andhere inside
it is available for just Rs 10.
This is not fair. Do we belong
to some kind of privileged
class? This injustice must
stop. The same food that a
poor man is buying for Rs 50,
we are getting for Rs 5, why?
Since that day, the age-old
practiceofcanteensubsidyfor
MPs came to an end. At the
same time, Modi ji was also
disturbed by the laal batti cul-
ture of MPs, which had be-
come a show of might and
power of the political class - a
colonial hangover. Modi ji
brought an end to this culture
as well. When he faced oppo-
sitiontothisfromcertainquar-
ters, he said no matter who
abides by this or not, but my
ministers at the Centre won’t
indulge in this practice any-
more. All ministers brought
down the red beacons from
their vehicles and the pomp
and show associated with po-
litical heft was thus gone.
e were travelling in
Kashmir.Modijiwas
the CM of Gujarat at
that time. There at a place I
met aYuva Morcha karyakar-
ta (BJP youth wing activist).
He asked, “Where are you
from?” I said I was coming
fromGujarat.Heimmediately
said, you guys are so lucky. In
curiosity asked him, why is it
so? He said, because Naren-
dra Modi is your CM.
Amused, I further prodded
him and asked, why do you
think so? To this he narrated
to me a small story.
He said, “One day I was
sleeping. It was early in the
morning. When I picked up
the call and asked who it was,
the voice from the other side
said here’s Narendra Modi
speaking. Thinking it was a
bad joke by someone, I hung
up the phone. It happened the
second time too.When a third
time the same call came, then
I got alerted. It can’t be a joke
anymore. I thought I could in
fact recognise the voice.Then
once I took the call, he said I
am indeed Narendra Modi. I
have an important message.A
private vehicle from Gujarat
withseveral Gujaratis init has
met with an accident in your
area. Immediately send relief
to them and put the injured in
hospitals. After that, update
me. SittinginGujarat,Modiji
had every minute-by-minute
information of anything hap-
pening anywhere on the plan-
et. He even had the number of
the party karyakarta available
nearest to the point of acci-
dent. He didn’t let any proto-
col come in between and di-
rectly called my number to
expedite the rescue. How can
a leader be so meticulous?
That’s why say you are lucky
to have a CM like him.”
Arjun Modhwadia
Former LoP, Gujarat
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Former Union Minister
Kanubhai Vyas
Gujarat
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
The narrators express their belief that PM
Narendra Modi, a leader with a big heart,
dedicated himself to the greater good of the
people. They note that Modi possessed
detailed, minute-by-minute
information
about events worldwide. Furthermore,
they acknowledge Modi’s efforts in
abolishing the ‘laal batti’
culture, among other
accomplishments.
MODI,ATRUEDEMOCRAT
INLETTERANDSPIRIT
End of canteen subsidy
and ‘laal batti’ culture
Gujaratis lucky to have the
then CM like Narendra Modi
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The narrators highlight
Modi’s compassionate
leadership through personal
hospital support and his
tireless promotion of yoga
globally. His direct
connections with people at
the local level are credited
for his effective governance,
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First India Bureau
Ranchi
The Enforcement Direc-
torate on Wednesday ar-
rested Jharkhand minis-
ter Alamgir Alam in
money laundering case,
this days after `35 crore
was recovered from the
house of his personal sec-
retary’s do-
mestic help.
Alam was
arrested af-
ter being
questioned
by the central agency in
connection with the cash
seizure. “I was called to-
day as well and so I have
come,” the state rural de-
velopment minister had
told reporters before en-
tering the ED office. He
was interrogated by the
ED for about 10 hours on
Tuesday. Congress leader
was summoned by ED to
appear at its zonal office
in Ranchi to record his
statement under PMLA.
Pradeep Gadhwal
Neem Ka Thana
A senior official of Hin-
dustan Copper Limited
(HCL) who was trapped
inside a copper mine in
Neem Ka Thana district
died on Wednesday after
disaster rescue personnel
pulled out all 15 people
who got trapped after a
lift used to transport per-
sonnel inside the mine
collapsed.
Chief Vigilance Of-
ficer Upendra Pandey of
the company, along with
14 other personnel, were
taken out of the Kolihan
mine and rushed to hos-
Finally, ED nabs
Jharkhand min
Alamgir Alam
CM PAYS TRIBUTE TO ‘BABOSA’; HEADS TO KOLKATA
Modi understands pain of poor: CM
Satyanarayan Sharma and
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur/Kolkata
M Bhajan Lal
Sharma on
We d n e s d a y
reachedVidyadhar Nagar
stadium in Jaipur and
paid tribute to Late Bhai-
ron Singh Shekhawat.
Many dignitaries includ-
ing Union Minister GS
Shekhawat, Governor
Kalraj Mishra, Deputy
CM Diya Kumari, MLA
Balmukund Acharya and
others also paid tributes.
During the day, the CM
went on Kolkata tour
where he attended a pro-
gram with expatriate Ra-
jasthanis at Avni Mall.
Addressing the migrant
Rajasthanis, Chief Min-
ister Bhajan Lal Sharma
said, “Before 2014, we
were under the shadow of
terrorism and Naxalism.
Mamata never had any
connection with poverty
and poor welfare. Modi
understands pain of poor.
Nationalism is rampant
among expatriate Rajast-
hanis who can never for-
get Rajasthani culture.”
During the ‘Abhinan-
dan’ programme of Jain
Shwetambar Terapanthi
Sabha Trust, CM Bhajan
Lal Sharma said that,”A
huge contribution has
been made by sages,
saints and mahants in
showing the way to the
country. Our culture, our
thoughts come first.” P8
CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, Balmukund Acharya, Narpat Singh Rajvi,
Abhimanyu Singh Rajvi and others pay tributes to ‘Babosa’ at ‘Shri
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Memorial’ in Jaipur on Wednesday.
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Mine lift collapse: One Hindustan
Copper Ltd official dies, 14 rescued
EX-GUJARAT GOVERNOR KAMLA
BENIWAL PASSES AWAY AGED 97
‘RAJMATA’ MADHAVI
RAJE SCINDIA NO MORE
Veteran Congress
leader and former
Governor and former
Deputy Chief Minister
Kamla Beniwal died at a
private hospital in Jaipur
on Wednesday. She was
97. Beniwal was admitted
to the hospital after a brief
illness where she died. A
family member said that
funeral will be conducted
on Thursday. Beniwal
served as Guv in Gujarat,
Tripura and Mizoram,
deputy CM in Rajasthan
apart from holding other
posts. She was elected as
MLA 7 times. MORE ON P8
Rajmata of the Gwalior
royal family, mother
of union civil aviation min-
ister Jyotiraditya Scindia,
Madhavi Raje Scindia,
75, died on Wednesday at
AIIMS. Madhavi was born
into Nepal’s royal family
and married Madhavrao
in 1966. Her grandfather,
Juddha Shamsher, was
the PM of Nepal from 1932
to 1945. A philanthropist,
she was involved in charity
work in multiple fields. P8
PM MODI, VP, GUV,
CM, CONDOLE DEMISE
PM Narendra Modi, VP
Jagdeep Dhankhar, Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra, CM
Bhajan Lal Sharma, for-
mer CM Ashok Gehlot and
other leaders condoled
the demise of Beniwal.
GETS ROLLING!
‘JO KAHA, WOH KIYA’: PM NARENDRA MODI DELIVERS ON CAA PROMISE TO THE NATION
 Centre hands over
first set of citizenship
certificates to over 14
applicants under CAA
 The CAA or Citizenship
(Amendment) Act passed
by the Parliament in
2019, notified in March
Moni Sharma
New Delhi
The first set of citizenship certifi-
cates under the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act (CAA) was is-
sued to 14 people on Wednesday,
nearly 2 months after the Centre
notified the rules. Under CAA,
minorities persecuted on religious
grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh
and Afghanistan can acquire citi-
zenship in India. The Union gov-
ernment granted citizenship cer-
tificates to more than 300 people
who applied under the CAA, 2019,
the Union MHA said.
“I came here in 2014, and I was
very happy when this (CAA) was
passed...in Pakistan, we girls
couldn’t study and it was difficult
to go out, if we had to go out, we
used to wear burqa. In India, we
get to study, I am currently in 11th
standard and I got to tuition as
well...,” Bhavna, one of the appli-
cants said after getting certificate.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla hands over first set of citizenship certificates under the
CAA, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Bhavna says, ‘I am feeling very happy that I can study further’.
The Ministry of Home
Affairs has initiated
the process of issuing
certificates (under CAA). I want to
extend my heartfelt congratulations
to 14 refugees. CAA is PM Narendra
Modi’s promise to the nation.
AMIT SHAH, UNION HOME MINISTER
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First India Bureau
Dindori/Kalyan
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday at-
tended large-scale events
in Maharashtra’s Dindori
and Kalyan, where he as-
sured the farmers of ac-
celerated development
and growth in the state.
The PM discussed his vi-
sion for a Viksit Bharat.
He said, “We have con-
tinuously worked on what
work needs to be done
and what decisions need
to be taken in the first 100
days after the formation
of the government.”
Addressing the rally,
PM Modi spoke of the
election’s significance
and BJP’s commitment
to serving the nation,
“We draw inspiration
from Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj. This election is
not just about choosing
an MP; it’s about choos-
ing a PM who can make
tough decisions to
strengthen India.” P5
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis
greet crowd during a roadshow, ahead of the Lok Sabha Election in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks during an interview with
ANI Editor-in-Chief Smita Prakash, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court has the right to interpret
the law, I believe this is not routine judgement.
A lot of people in this country believe that
special treatment has been given (to Arvind Kejriwal).
AMIT SHAH, UNION HOME MINISTER
‘IF I DO HINDU-MUSLIM, I WILL BE UNWORTHY OF
PUBLIC LIFE, I WILL NOT DO IT, IT’S MY RESOLVE’
Maintaining that he believes “people of my
country will vote for me”, PM Modi said “the day I
do Hindu-Muslim, I will be unworthy of public life”
and “it is my resolve” that “I will not do Hindu-Muslim”.
Modi made these remarks in an interview to TV channel
News18 India — he posted clips of the interview on X —
in Varanasi on the day he filed his nomination papers.
SINGAPORE GETS 1ST
NEW PM IN 20 YEARS
Lawrence Wong has
been sworn in as Sin-
gapore’s first new PM in
20 years and only its 4th
leader since independ-
ence, capping a carefully
calibrated power transfer
aimed at ensuring conti-
nuity in the wealthy city-
state. Lee Hsien Loong
stepped down following
two decades in office.
Modi is our leader
even after 2029,
claims Amit Shah
Kejri’s ‘if vote for broom, won’t return to
jail’ remarks ‘clear contempt of SC’: Shah
ANI
New Delhi
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah has expressed
confidence of the BJP-led
NDA returning to power
in the 2024 Lok Sabha
polls under the leadership
of PM Modi and asserted
that PM Modi will con-
tinue to lead the BJPeven
after the next general
elections.
In an interview with
ANI, Amit Shah took
potshots at Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal. “I want
to make it clear again,
Modiji will remain till
2029. And Kejriwalji,
there is no good news for
you. Even after 2029,
Modiji is our leader. We
will contest elections un-
der his leadership,” Amit
Shah told ANI.
Shah also took a dig at
Kejriwal’s 10 guarantees
and said his comments
need not be taken seri-
ously as AAP is contest-
ing only 22 LS seats.
‘PoK IS OURS AND WE
WILL TAKE IT BACK’
Howrah: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Wednesday
stated that Pak-occupied
Kashmir (PoK) is a part
of India and that the Modi
government is committed to
taking it back. Addressing an
election rally for fifth phase
of Lok Sabha elections in
WB’s Howrah, Shah said,
“Isn’t PoK ours? Mani
Shankar Aiyar and Farooq
Abdullah used to scare us
by saying that Pakistan has
an atom bomb so we should
not speak about PoK. Rahul,
Mamata didi, no matter how
scared you are, Pak-occu-
pied Kashmir is ours and we
will take it back.” P5
Exercise your
right to vote
in poll wisely
and contribute to the
nation-building process
by voting for progress
and development.
NARENDRA MODI,
PRIME MINISTER
1927-2024 1949-2024
CONDOLENCES
SDRF team taking injured to hospital following a lift collapse at
the Kolihan copper mine, in Neem Ka Thana on Wednesday.
pitals for treatment. The
company officials and
the police confirmed the
death of the HCL offi-
cial Pandey on Wednes-
day afternoon. Some of
those injured were re-
ferred to Jaipur after
treatment at KCC Hos-
pital in Khetri. P3
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IN BRIEF
Slovakian PM critical post
assassination attempt
Berlin: Robert Fico, Slo-
vakia’s populist prime
minister, suffered life-
threatening injuries when
he was shot and wounded
in an attempted assassina-
tion on Wednesday. Sus-
pect detained by cops. P7
Southwest monsoon may
hit Kerala by May 31: IMD
Bengaluru: The India
Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD) Wednesday
said the southwest mon-
soon onset over Kerala is
likely to take place on
May 31, with the weather
model deviation of 4 days.
EC summons Andhra CS &
DGP over post-poll ruckus
New Delhi: The ECI has
summoned the chief sec-
retary and the DGP of
Andhra Pradesh to New
Delhi on May 16 over
post-poll violence that oc-
curred in the state, EC of-
ficial said on Wednesday.
Rangeela’s nomination
from Varanasi rejected
Varanasi: The ECI on
Wednesday rejected the
affidavit of comedian
Shyam Rangeela, who
filed his nomination from
Varanasi as an Independ-
ent candidate against PM
Narendra Modi.
SC pulls up U’khand govt,
Centre over forest fires
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Wednesday ex-
pressed its displeasure
with the Uttarakhand gov-
ernment and Centre’s han-
dling of forest fires, de-
scribing the state’s ap-
proach as “lackadaisical.”

HARI-VAN TREE PLANTATION CAMPAIGN
Health dept to plant 1 lakh saplings
First India Bureau
Jaipur
ne lakh saplings
will be planted
in the medical
institutions of Rajasthan
under a one-month spe-
cial plantation campaign
of the state health depart-
ment.
Additional Chief Sec-
retary Medical and
Health Shubhra Singh
said that with an aim of
environment protection
and increase in greenery,
“Hari-Van Tree Planta-
tion Campaign” will be
run in all the medical in-
stitutions of the state
from July 1 to July 31.
Under this, she said,
about one lakh saplings
will be planted in the
medical institutions
across the state.
Fruit and shade giving
trees have been selected
for the campaign. These
include lemon, amla,
beel, jamun, guava,
pomegranate, mango,
custard apple, tamarind,
sapota, mulberry, orange,
pear, neem, peepal, ban-
yan, rosewood, gulmo-
har, karanj, drumstick,
khejri.
Arrangements for pro-
curing the saplings will
be made through forest
department, agriculture
and horticulture depart-
ment. After plantation
drive is complete, the
concerned institution
will be responsible for
maintenance, watering
and security of the trees
forfive years.The growth
of the plants will also be
regularly reviewed,
Shubhra Singh added.
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MountAbuenjoysrainyrespite
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Heatwaves have gripped
several areas of the state
while there is some relief
in MountAbu because of
slight rains.
Several areas in the
state are sweltering under
scorching temperatures,
with the mercury soaring
beyond 44 degrees Cel-
sius. However, in con-
trast, MountAbu is expe-
riencing relief with rain
showers blessing the re-
gion. There’s a noticea-
ble change in the weath-
er, with clouds envelop-
ing the sky and the sound
of rain echoing in the
valleys of Mount Abu.
Once again, today brings
respite from intense heat.
From Pokaran in Jais-
almer , scorching heat
continues to torment the
common folk as the mer-
cury rises relentlessly.
The heatwave has led
to the phenomenon of
‘heatwave torch’.
The air is filled with
hot gusts blowing at
speeds of 8 kmph, and
markets wear a deserted
look as people seek ref-
uge in their homes.
As temperature rises so
does struggle for water
First India Bureau
Jaipur
As scorching tempera-
tures grip the region,
residents in various
parts of the state, in-
cluding the capital, are
facing acute water
scarcity. The inade-
quate water supply has
left many areas
parched, compelling
residents to seek alter-
native means for their
water needs.
With public water
supply systems falter-
ing, private water tank
operators are taking
advantage of the situa-
tion, charging exorbi-
tant prices ranging
from 400 to 500 rupees
per tanker. Complaints
have also surfaced re-
garding the sale of wa-
ter from government
tankers in several plac-
es. In areas like Jagat-
pura, Shastri Nagar,
and Sanganer, the
scheduled water sup-
ply hours have been
reduced, further exac-
erbating the situation.
Illegal connections and
leakage issues are fur-
ther adding to the
woes, causing a de-
crease in water pres-
sure in some areas.
The conditions are
dire in jaipur’s Walled
city area where con-
taminated water due to
leaks has become a ma-
jor concern.
Wanted criminal shot at,
injured & caught by cops
First India Bureau
Dholpur
Atense confrontation un-
folded as Rajveer, a
wanted & notorious da-
coit of Rajasthan and UP,
engaged in a fierce ex-
change of fire with the
RAC and police jawans
injuring him .
The skirmish occurred
during an attempt to ap-
prehend the dacoits.
In the crossfire, Ra-
jveer sustained a gunshot
wound to his left thigh.
Rajveer, alias Rajjo, was
travelling on a motorcy-
cle with his two associ-
ates from Bharatpur to
Dholpur when the police
received information
about his whereabouts.
There was an exchange
of fire between two sides
in which Rajjo got in-
jured and the police were
able to get hold of him.
CRIME
ROUNDUP
ACB SPECIAL UNIT IN AJMER NABS PATWARI
WHILE ACCEPTING BRIBE WORTH ` 2,000
WOMAN PROFESSOR ROBBED OF GOLD JEWELRY
BY MISCREANTS PRETENDING TO BE COPS
Special Unit of ACB in Ajmer
apprehended Patwari Sardar
Singh on Wednesday for accept-
ing a bribe of Rs 2,000. Singh, assigned
to the Mandal Patwari in Gaagunda of
Arain Tehsil in Ajmer district, was caught
red-handed by the ACB unit. Dr. Ravi
Prakash Meharda the Director-General
of ACB, informed that the bureau’s Spe-
cial Unit in Ajmer received a complaint
from a complainant. Upon receiving the
complaint, the ACB conducted a verification under the su-
pervision of DIG Randheer Singh, Deputy Superintendent
of Police Rakesh Kumar Verma of the ACB Special Unit in
Ajmer. Subsequently, a trap was laid, leading to the arrest
of Patwari Sardar Singh. Naveen Sharma, Shubham Jain
In a shocking incident in Beawar a woman profes-
sor fell victim to a robbery perpetrated by three
youths. The culprits, posing as police officers, tar-
geted the professor, looting her of a tola of gold chain and
two tolas of weighted earrings before fleeing the scene.
The victim, identified as Sunita Goyal, is a professor at
the Government Girls’ College in Ajmer. She promptly
reported the incident to the City Police Station. Upon
receiving the complaint, Sub-Inspector Mahadev Gurjar
initiated an investigation into the matter. CCTV footage
from the area, including Ajmer Road and its surroundings,
is being scrutinized to track down the perpetrators.
CongprotestsoverEnglishschoolsconversion
Dinesh Dangi
Jaipur
Amid speculations that
the BJP government
would convert Mahatma
Gandhi English medium
government schools to
Hindi medium schools,
Congress party’s Jaipur
unit held a symbolic pro-
test at Jaipur collectorate
and said that any such
move will be strongly
objected to.
The schools were
opened during the for-
mer Congress rule. The
Congress leaders
slammed the Bhajanlal
government and Educa-
tion Minister Madan
Dilawar over the issue.
Jaipur Dist Congress
Committee President RR
Tiwari asked whether
the children of poor do
not have the right to
study in English schools.
“Dotasara was the
Education Minister dur-
ing Congress govern-
ment when more than
3,500 English medium
schools were opened.
Today more than 7 lakh
kids are studying in
these schools and more
than 10k teachers are
employed,” he said.
RR Tiwari, Archana Sharma, Ganga Devi & other Congress leaders
during the protest on Wednesday. SANTOSH SHARMA
Residents are making every effort to cope with the brutal heat
and avoid heat-related illnesses. SUNIL SHARMA
Meeting discusses wildlife issues
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
A marathon meeting was
convened on Wednesday
at the Aranya Bhawan to
discuss the management
and conservation efforts
concerning wildlife secu-
rity amidst the heatwave
in the state’s jungles.
Chaired by the Princi-
pal Chief Conservator of
Forests (PCCF) and
Chief Wildlife Warden,
Pawan Upadhyay, the
meeting saw the presence
of Rajesh Gupta, Addi-
tional PCCF for Wildlife,
and wildlife officers from
across the state.
Strict actions against
encroachment and illegal
mining in forest areas
were directed. Further-
more, emphasis was laid
on increasing field visits,
accelerating village relo-
cation, and enhancing
nocturnal patrols.
Instructions were also
issued to strengthen
tracking and monitoring
activities and to submit
timely wildlife reports.
Forest-to-forest dialogue
was initiated with offi-
cials from tiger reserves,
leopard reserves, and
conservation reserves to
gather feedback on wild-
life management in their
respective areas.
The meeting focused
on protection and
conservation of
wildlife in all
conservation
reserves
JDA takes strict
action against
illegal colonies
constructions
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The enforcement squad
of JDAtook strict sealing
action on a three storey
illegal building built
without the permission
and approval of JDA for
commercial purpose in
Lalkothi Scheme in
Zone-3. In Zone-14, 02
new illegal colonies were
completely demolished
on about 08 bighas of ag-
ricultural land of private
ownership. JDAalso lev-
elled a land in Vatika lo-
cated under the jurisdic-
tion of Zone-14, on Bas-
doli Road, behind Deep-
shikha International Col-
lege, in district Jaipur,
where illegal construc-
tion was done on about
05 bighas of private agri-
cultural land.
Similarly, 03 bighas of
private agricultural land
was levelled behind
Deepshikha International
School, Bajdoli Road.
Concerns over revenue
allocation in Transport dept
HC takes note of construction
in front of judges’ residences
Kamal Kant Vyas
Jaipur
The Rajasthan High
Court has given status
quo orders on the multi-
storey construction tak-
ing place in front of the
bungalows of the judges
located in Gandhinagar.
The court has raised
questions on the approval
of such buildings and
have expressed concern
about the safety of the
judges. This order has
been given by the single
bench of Justice Ganesh
Ram Meena while taking
suo motu cognizance of
the case. The court has
treated the case as a PIL.
Giving the order to
register, it has been sent
to the Chief Justice.
The court, in compli-
ance with the order given
on the petition of Gulab
Kothari regarding the
master plan, expressed
displeasure over approv-
al of multi-storey build-
ings without determining
the zone. The court raised
question of dark zone and
aspects of greenery and
environment and ob-
served as to how are such
buildings being ap-
proved. Court, accepted
that there building con-
crete jungles without de-
termining the zone poses
threat to environment.
Raj Health Drive: Officers assigned
to elevate 27 aspirational blocks
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Medical and Health
Department has given the
responsibility to the state
level officers to improve
the health indicators of
27 aspirational blocks of
the state.
Orders in this regard
have been issued and
blocks have been allotted
to officers on instructions
of ACS Medical and
Health Shubhra Singh.
The officers will visit the
allotted blocks every
month and take stock of
the health services and
will submit reports to
higher officials regarding
necessary improvements
and progress.
Singh said that the
Government of India has
identified 500 aspiration-
al blocks across the coun-
try. Of these, 27 blocks
are from Rajasthan.
“These are the blocks
which are comparatively
backward in socio-eco-
nomic indicators. For the
sustainable and holistic
development of these ar-
eas, a plan has been made
to improve 39 different
indicators, out of which 7
indicators are related to
health services,” she
said.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
In a significant revenue
review meeting of the
Transport Department,
several questions were
raised regarding the al-
location of revenue.
The Additional Chief
Secretary of Finance,
Akhil Arora, chaired the
review meeting concern-
ing revenue-related is-
sues in the transport de-
partment. During the ses-
sion, officials from Dun-
garpur and Alwar high-
lighted concerns over the
revenue allocation of the
Transport Department.
Despite the closure of
Ratanpur and Shahjahan-
pur check posts, officials
pointed out inclusion of
additional amounts to the
target terming it wrong
and demanding amend-
ments in the same.
The meeting, which
aimed to scrutinize reve-
nue allocation, brought to
light discrepancies that
demand immediate atten-
tion and rectification.
It shall be noted that
among all the
departments,
Transport is falling
significantly short of
the revenue targets
set by administration
Mother’s day event: Secretariat
forum honors female employees
Dr. Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur
In a special event organ-
ized by the Secretariat
Forum to celebrate
Mother’s Day, female
employees and officers
reminisced about their
experiences and memo-
ries of motherhood.
RAS Neetu Rajesh-
war, Joint Secretary of
GAD, said, “As a work-
ing woman, aI always
ponder if I can be a better
mother to my children
than my own mother.”
On this occasion, key of-
ficials including Dr. K.
K. Swami, Sitaram
Choudhary, Subhash Sin-
gh, Narpat Singh, and
Yogita Bishnoi, shared
their perspectives. Fe-
male employees were
presented with saplings
as a symbol of remem-
brance during the event.
RAS Neetu Rajeshwar presenting a sapling to a female
employee during the programme on Wednesday.
4 kids attack
guard, escape
shelter home
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh
In a daring escape, four
children who were con-
fined to a shelter home in
Hanumangarh due to
criminal and substance
abuse managed to flee
from shelter home, leav-
ing authorities in shock.
The escapees report-
edly incapacitated a
guard by throwing chili
powder into his eyes be-
fore executing their plan.
This incident has
brought to light signifi-
cant negligence on the
part of shelter home au-
thorities.

REPRESENTATIONAL

SKN AGRI UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION
Guv urges agri scientists to innovate amid climate change
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
overnor Kalraj
Mishra has
called upon ag-
ricultural scientists to de-
velop techniques to pro-
tect crops from the ad-
verse effects of climate
change and for higher
yield in less water.
He expressed the need
to continuously work for
the development of edu-
cation in the agricultural
sector in line with the
global needs and also for
the development of fun-
damental vision of re-
search and research in
universities for agricul-
tural progress.
Mishra was address-
ing the sixth convoca-
tion ceremony of Sri
Karan Narendra Agri-
cultural University, Job-
ner on Wednesday.
He said that the uni-
versity should also work
continuously for the skill
development of the stu-
dents by partnering with
world class institutions.
He also stressed on pay-
ing special attention to
qualitative development
of agricultural education
and motivating youth for
agricultural entrepre-
neurship in the context of
the new education policy.
The governor ex-
pressed the need to in-
clude courses related to
development of im-
proved seeds in farm-
ing along with effec-
tive policies of agricul-
tural processing and
agricultural marketing
under agricultural edu-
cation. Describing the
Constitution as su-
preme, the Governor
said that the Constitu-
tion cannot be changed.
“The Constitution it-
self has given us rights
and has also given us du-
ties,” he said.
He called upon the
youth to connect with the
culture of the Constitu-
tion. Mishra said that in-
stead of becoming an
employment seeker,
youths become an em-
ployment provider.
He also urged the
youth to play an impor-
tant role in taking the
economy of emerging
India to a higher level in
the world by setting up
agricultural enterprises.
Mishra also honored
Dr. Baldev Singh Dhill-
on with the honorary de-
gree of Doctorate of Sci-
ence on behalf of the
university in the convo-
cation ceremony.
Governor Kalraj Mishra during the convocation ceremony also released various publications of Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University
in presence of Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon and other University officials. He also inspected various agriculture related models on Wednesday.
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atHCL,investigationtofollow
Pradeep Gadhwal
Neem Ka Thana
The police official said
that Hindustan Copper
Limited will conduct an
investigationintothemat-
ter and police will also
conduct a thorough inves-
tigation into the incident
after registering a case.
Hindustan Copper Ltd
Deputy General Manager,
Mohit Chatterjee said
doctors would respond to
queries on the matter.
Earlier in the day,
Praveen Nayak, Superin-
tendent of Police (SP),
Neem Ka Thana, shared
the had said 10 people
were rescued from the
site. “In the first slot, three
people were brought out
from the mine, five peo-
ple were rescued in the
second slot and two more
persons were brought out
of the mine in the third
slot,” the official said.
The incident took place
at Hindustan Copper
Limited’s (HCL’s) copper
mine in the Neem Ka
Thana district in the late
hours of Tuesday. The lift
was carrying a vigilance
team from Kolkata as
well as mine officials.
The incident took place
after the rope supporting
the lift broke and it is be-
lieved to have plunged
more than 1,800 feet in-
side the mine.
‘Mission Raniganj’ like rescue operation at HCL mines
Copper mine lift collapse
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur
To streamline the pro-
cess of resolving all cas-
es related to compassion-
ate appointments, the
Department of Personnel
(DOP) has developed the
Anukampa app. Under
this initiative, the DOP
has issued directives to
all departments.
In line with these ef-
forts, Neetu Rajeshwar,
Joint Secretary of the
General Administration
Department (GAD), has
instructed all depart-
ments associated with
the Department of Gen-
eral Administration to
follow the rules and reg-
ulations regarding com-
passionate appointments
using this app. This ap-
pointment will be pro-
vided under the Compas-
sionate Appointment
Scheme, 1996, to the
dependents of deceased
government employees
in Rajasthan by the De-
partment of Personnel.
To facilitate the pro-
cess of compassionate
appointments, the Anu-
kampa app has been
developed on the Single
Sign-On (SSO) ID of all
department heads and of-
fice directors.
The mapping of all de-
partment heads/office
directors has already
been completed.
Compassionatejobsvia
‘Anukampa’Appnow
SDRF team during the rescue operation at the accident site of Hindustan Copper Limited in Neem Ka Thana on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, a mock drill
was performed at Jaipur
Airport T-2. In a simulated
rehearsal, terrorists hijacked
a virtual airliner from Dhaka
to Delhi. After an hour of
hard efforts, the CISF, Airport
Security, and police teams
executed a coordinated
operation, killing the terrorists
while successfully evacuating
all civilians on the flight. CISF
police teams in action.
Salutations to Patience, Courage, Struggle, and Faith.
Congratulations to the rescue team for the successful
rescue operation, where a total of 9 individuals were
safely brought out from the Kolihan mine of
Hindustan Copper Limited in Khetri Jhunjhunu, after a
mishap caused by the breaking of the rope of the lift .
Hats off to all members of the rescue and relief team
for their commendable efforts.
BHAJANLALSHARMA, CHIEF MINISTER
The news of death of an officer in accident at Kolihan
mine of Hindustan Copper Ltd in Khetri, is extremely
saddening. However, hard work expertise of rescue
team have successfully brought out other 14 officers
trapped in the mine, ensuring their safety. May God
grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the
grieving families to bear this sudden loss.
DIYAKUMARI, DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER
SCasksRajtobanmining
nearSariskaTigerReserve
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In a significant ruling, the
Supreme Court has di-
rected the Rajasthan gov-
ernment to impose a com-
plete ban on mining ac-
tivities within a 1-kilo-
meter radius of the Sa-
riska Tiger Reserve. The
court has instructed the
state government to for-
mulate a closure plan and
ensure compliance with
the order by taking all
necessary steps.
The bench comprising
Justice B.R. Gavai, Jus-
tice Sandeep Mehta, and
Justice S.V.N Bhatti is-
sued the verdict on
Wednesday (May 15) af-
ter considering the matter
related to mining activi-
ties near the SariskaTiger
Reserve. The Supreme
Court unequivocally stat-
ed in its judgment that all
mining activities within a
1-kilometer radius of the
Sariska Tiger Reserve
must be halted.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur
The Rajasthan govt on
Wednesday suspended a
senior doctor of Sawai
Man Singh government
hospitalDr.RajendraBag-
ri in connection with issu-
ing fake NOC for organ
transplant case. Also, no-
tices under 16 CCA have
beenissuedtoDrRajendra
Bagri, Dr Achal Sharma
andDrRajeevBagrahatta.
The action came after
an inquiry report on the
fake NOC case was sub-
mitted to the govt. The
inquiry committee also
found that 269 cases of
transplantation were such
in which the donor and re-
ceiver were not close rela-
tives. Health min GS Kh-
imsar said that Dr Bagdi,
was appointed coordina-
tor of state authorization
committee in April 2022
and such meeting notices
have been found issued
under his signatures with
no date mentioned.
Reportsubmitted,govttakes
actionasDrBagrisuspended
ORGAN TRANSPLANT FAKE NOC CASE
Retd IAS Mohanty
acquitted in rape
case after 10 yrs
Kamal Kant Vyas
Jaipur
Retired IAS officer BB
Mohanty has got a big
relief from court in a
rape case. After almost
10 years, he has been ac-
quitted of serious charge
of rape. About a decade
ago, a MBA student had
filed a case against him
at Mahesh Nagar police
station in Jaipur.
IAS BB Mohanty’s
lawyer Bhanwar Chau-
han said that on the
court order, an FIR was
registered against Mo-
hanty under Section 376
(2)(N) of the IPC.
Mock drill at Jpr airport
Selected RAS
candidates of 2021
batch appeal to CM
for appointment
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Candidates who have
passed RAS Recruitment
Exam 2021 have ap-
pealed to Chief Minister
Bhajan Lal Sharma for
appointment. Appoint-
ment has not been given
to the qualified candidate
due to code of conduct
for Lok Sabha elections.
However, the election
commission has given
green signal to the ap-
pointment of 988 candi-
dates. Now the candi-
dates are waiting for or-
ders from Chief Minister
Sharma, who is busy
campaigning in Lok Sab-
ha elections. Chief Min-
ister has visited 5 states
in the last one week.
MNITtoscrutinize9
devp works of JMCG
RajRiverTransportation
Committeetobeformed
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Intherecentdays,contrac-
tors have undertaken road
construction and footpath
repairs in the JMCG area,
along with road light re-
pairs. These works will
now be scrutinized by the
Malaviya National Insti-
tute of Technology
(MNIT), Jaipur. JMCG
Commissioner Rukmani
Riar has issued a letter to
MNITJaipur,askingthem
to inspect 9 such projects
undertaken in past few
months submit a report.
MNIT Jaipur will as-
sess the quality of roads
and footpaths, ensuring
that the work orders is-
suedbythemunicipalcor-
poration have been exe-
cuted properly. In fact, to
maintain the quality of
roads, the municipal ad-
ministration has decided
to conduct third-party in-
spections. For this pur-
pose, the corporation will
allocate 5.31 lakh rupees
to MNIT. According to
sources, the Commission-
er has received com-
plaints in the past few
days regarding the sub-
standard quality of roads
and the non-compliance
with work orders. In re-
sponse, the Commission-
er has decided to conduct
third-party inspections of
roads by MNIT Jaipur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Ministry of Ports,
Shipping, and Waterways
convened a crucial meet-
ing via video conferenc-
ing,bringingtogetherrep-
resentatives from 30
states. Discussions also
delved into issues con-
cerning Rajasthan, ad-
dressed by the Joint Sec-
retary of Ports Shipping.
Instructionswereissued
to form a State River
TransportationCommittee
for Rajasthan, with direc-
tives to establish similar
committees at the state
level. Notable entities like
NHAI, Railways, Trans-
port, Fisheries, and Tour-
ism will be included in
these committees.
Members of the Inland
WaterwaysAuthority will
also be part of these com-
mittees. The file for com-
mittee formation has al-
readyreachedtheofficeof
the WRD Minister. Addi-
tionally, diverse insights
were gleaned from repre-
sentatives of other states
during the meeting.
2 FORTIS DOCTORS ON
SIX DAYS REMAND
In the ongoing
investigation into the
organ transplant case
involving a fake NOC, the
Special Investigation Team
(SIT) brought both doctors of
Fortis hospital before court
on Wednesday. During the
hearing SIT informed that
Information from the CDR
revealed that both doctors
were in contact with brokers.
Upon examining their mobile
phones, chats with brokers
were found. Further investi-
gation is warranted based on
evidence. The SIT requested
a 10-day remand for both
doctors, but the court granted
a 6-day remand instead.
An accident due to failure of winding rope occurred
at Kolihan Copper Mine of Hindustan Copper Ltd. at
Khetri, the Director General of Mine Safety (DGMS)
has ordered an enquiry into the causes and circumstances
leading to the accident. The enquiry is being conducted by
I Satyanarayana, Director of Mines Safety (Mining), Ajmer
Region No.2 and Shri JP Verma, Director of Mines Safety
(Mechanical), North Western Zone, Udaipur. Preliminary
enquiry report will be submitted in one week. Indian Bureau
of Mines, an attached office of Ministry of Mines, has issued
an advisory to owners and managers of all underground
metalliferous mines for safety of mine workers. The advisory
gives measures to be followed to ensure safety of miners in
underground mines alongwith directions issued by DGMS.
It includes measures to be taken to ensure safety of hoisting
equipments like cage, winder, headgear, ropes as well as
periodical audit, inspection and use of modern technology.
ADVISORY FOR SAFETY OF UNDERGROUND MINE
WORKERS FROM WINDING FAILURES
Gajendra S Khimsar Shubhra
Singh in a PC on Wednesday.
During the meeting of
Ports Ministry,
instruction were
issued to form a State
River Transportation
Committee, with
directives to establish
similar committees at
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THEMODIEVOLUTION
THEMODIEVOLUTION
HOMETOWN HERO TO
GLOBAL STATESMAN
remember once we were
in Gujarat and there was
a gentleman from a
southern state. There is a CM of-
fice complex where all the min-
isters also sit. Narendra bhai was
reaching the office and on his
way when he saw this man stand-
ing outside in the sun, away from
the office complex, he immedi-
ately stopped his vehicle and
talked to him. He asked what had
happened and why he was stand-
ing there? To this, the gentleman
said he had come to visit Gujarat
with his family on a holiday and
his wife had fallen sick. She was
reportedly admitted to the civil
hospital in Ahmedabad and he
had run out of money to bear the
expenses for her further medical
treatment. I remember, without
giving a second thought, Naren-
dra bhai said, I will pay for your
treatment, you need not worry.
Eventually he took charge of his
wife’s treatment and she soon
got well. Much later, when Modi
ji took a trip down to the south
Indian state on a party campaign,
it was found that the same gen-
tleman had pasted and circulated
small posters, urging everyone
to take him to Modi ji. He want-
ed to meet him and pay back the
medical expenses Modi ji had
borne for his wife’s treatment
way back inAhmedabad. Naren-
dra bhai helps so
many people. He
didn’t even re-
member this gen-
tleman but the
man wanted to
pay back his grati-
tude for the lead-
er. Such is Naren-
dra Modi’s rela-
tion with even the
ordinary man of
the street.
fter June 21 was desig-
nated as a global day for
the celebration of yoga,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
“The entire world is today com-
mitted to celebrating International
Yoga Day on June 21 every year.
India is proud of the fact that the
UNO took this matter forward and
177 countries of the world co-
sponsored it. India’s invaluable
heritage has today become the
world’s invaluable heritage.” Be-
fore that, he had told me, we have
to get June 21 recognised by the
UN as International Day of Yoga.
At that time Modi was about to
travel to the US to attend a UNO
meeting. So he told me we have to
get it included in the UN agenda
3-6monthspriortothevisit.Iwant
to put forth a holistic vision of
yoga. Everyone accepted the pro-
posalunanimously.Eventually,the
need never arose to introduce it in
the UN agenda. I told him, you
have done a great job. It is a big
contribution by you. Modi ji said,
I am amused that even 45 Islamic
countries supported this initiative.
Later,inaspeechontheauspicious
day, he told a huge gathering of
yogapractitioners,todaywherethe
first ray of the sun arose from and
24 hours later where the last ray of
the sun will reach, there will be no
ray, no journey of the sun that will
remain untouched from blessing
all of you yoga practitioners. Modi
very ingeniously chose June 21 as
thedaybecauseonthatdaythesun
would be visible for the longest
time.Lightisthemaximumonthat
day across the globe. It was an apt
tribute to yoga and the most noble
waytotakeitontotheglobalstage
of acceptance and appreciation.
hen I was here in Guja-
rat, working in education
counselling, there was a
divisional forest officer (DFO)
named Khamar, whose son would
often consult me for counselling.
Regarding this, I often visited
their house. Once, during a casu-
al conversation I asked him how
things were shaping up and pro-
gressing under the leadership of
Narendra Modi as the state chief
minister. So he told me, when we
go to meet Narendra Modi, we
prepare well beforehand because
no one knows what he would ask.
We do our homework for at least
10 possible questions spanning
different subjects. Once we went
to him with all the 10 possible
questions ready, but he bowled us
with a googly of
an eleventh ques-
tion to which we
had no clue, he
said. He then went
on to add that
Modi ji’s home-
grown informa-
tion network is
beyond the capac-
ity of any official
channel of com-
munication. It is
lightning fast and impeccable.An
incident had happened related to
the forest department at one of
the meetings, of which surpris-
ingly we didn’t know anything,
but Modi ji knew all about it well
before us. He immediately rang
up someone and proved to us the
authenticity of the news that had
happened in our own area but we
didn’t know of. We were left
shame faced, the DFO told me. I
realised, Modi ji’s success as a
great leader, a great CM and a PM
of such calibre rests largely on his
direct and strong rapport at the
local level.
Smriti Irani
Union Minister
Dr HR Nagendra
Yoga Guru
Sunil Lodha
Maharashtra
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SHASHIKANT SHARMA
A LEADER’S CARE,
AND LOVE RETURNED
TAKING YOGA TO THE
WORLD, THE MODI WAY
MODIJI’S INFORMATION
NETWORK FASTER THAN
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MODI’S SIMPLE-YET-STRONG
POWER PLAY APPROACH!
e have an RSS office at Salatwada
locality of Vadodara. I was a
pracharak at the office. Even then
I found, Modi ji took the smallest care of
any need of even the smallest karyakarta.
Among all those who reached the office at
3 pm, none was allowed to leave the place
without at least having a cup of tea. Modi
ji ensured that himself. And I also found
he was meticulous about cleanliness from
early days. He would wash his own cup
and also ensure all the cups had been
washed clean and they were spotless. He
used to ask us, “Have you all washed your
cups properly?” He was so particular
about cleanliness that not a piece of paper
was allowed to litter the office premises.
These were some things we had noticed
in Modi ji very early on and they have
continued till today.
s the state CM, Modi ji started
Gunotsav, a programme to im-
prove the quality of education
in the government schools. During the
Gunotsav festival, he would often visit
schools to take stock of the improve-
ments. He would usually take up the
remotest school in the most backward
districts to pay visit. Once during such
a visit he went to a school and after the
inspection, while discussing with the
headmaster, he asked, where is the toi-
let in your school? Surprisingly, he po-
litely said, there was no toilet in the
school. This shocked Modi ji so much
that the very next day as he reached of-
fice, he issued orders that every school
in the state must have proper toilets,
separate for boys and girls. Years later
when he became the PM he launched
the same campaign in the country to
end open defecation and it was a re-
sounding success. The seeds of this
idea came to him from the Gunotsav
experience.
n 1989, 1990 and 1991 elec-
tions were to be held. Those
days there were no mobile
phones or internet and thus communi-
cating with the karyakartas on the
ground level, directing them or getting
information was very difficult and time
taking. For this, Modi ji planned a cer-
tain strategy. Most karyakartas go out
for campaigning or poll related work
around 11 in the morning. Thus they
were mostly in their homes in the early
part of the day. We sat from 7 am to
10:30 am every day and called all the
karyakartas in the required constituen-
cies within this time to get all the details
and brief them about their day’s itiner-
ary. We made a list of the karyakartas to
be called the night before. So that in the
morning we were
well equipped
and didn’t need to
waste time. By
10:30 every day,
Modi hi had all
the grasp of the
ground realities
on his fingertips
which helped him
tremendously in
formulating his
next poll strategy.
t was a unique pro-
gramme I fondly
remember. It was in
the year 2005. He organised
a programme for his teach-
ers inAhmedabad. It was for
‘Guru Vandana’ to seek the
blessings of his teachers. He
had invited 27 teachers at
the event. Surprisingly, he
personally went up to each
and every teacher invited
and addressed him by his
name. He bowed in front of
them in obeisance and gar-
landed them in honour of
their services. This was a
unique event never held in
India before in such scale. Pt
Naval Kishore Sharma was
the governor of Gujarat at
that time and had come to
the event as chief guest. He
himself said during his
speech that he had travelled
all over the country but had
never seen or heard such an
initiative as taken up by
Narendra Modi in honour of
his teachers.
nce Narendra Modi
came to his school,
BN High School to
attend an event. There his old
friend Dr Sudheer was also
present. They used to sit on
the same bench in school
whengrowingup.Whiletalk-
ing, Sudheer ji addressed
Modi ji as ‘tu’several times.
Later when he realised
this, he apologised to
him for the disrespect
and told ‘sorry I called
youtuinmyaddress’.At
that time Modi ji didn’t
say much. But when he
went on to the stage for
his speech, he said, “ I
was talking to Sudheer a
while back. He called
me by ‘tu’ a couple of
timesandlateralsoapol-
ogised for the same. But I
want to tell Sudheer, that
these days when I find some-
oneaddressingmeas‘tu’,my
heart fills with joy.” This the
simplicity and humility of
Modi ji.
t was in 1985 that an RSS camp
was about to begin. A meeting
was held to discusss the prepa-
rations for the same. We were five peo-
ple who were overseeing the arrange-
ments for the event. The smallest thing
was ensured, from the safety pin to the
soap. We had to note down everything
so that nothing was found wanting dur-
ing the event. Even the amount of water
that would be required by a karyakarta
for his shower or consumption was cal-
culated and based on the total number
of karyakartas to be attending the event,
the arrangements were planned so that
nothing went waste at the end of the
day. All these were spearheaded by
Narendra Modi. As a pracharak for 20
years, this master planning learnt from
him in 1985 got imprinted in my mind
and always helped me in making the
best arrangements for every event of
the party.
Chandrakant Upadhyay
Vadodara
Natubhai Dhabi
Gandhinagar
Parshottam Rupala
Union minister
Ketan Devnani
Gujarat
Som Patel
Narendra Modi’s teacher
Bharat Modi
Gujarat
Modi’s penchant
for cleanliness
Narendra Modi started
Gunotsav to improve
quality of education
Narendra Modi ji’s
planned strategy for
communication
WHEN MODI SHOWED
GRATITUDE TO HIS TEACHERS
MODI’SSIMPLICITYENHANCES
OURRESPECTFORHIM
Modi ji, a master
of management
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was the leader of
the opposition in
the assembly. At
that time I took strong
stands on issues. And
mostly Narendra Modi
tried to accommodate
whatever I said. At that
time he used to tell us that
whatever the opposition
suggests, our government
notes it down and even
implements the ones
which are worth it.
Talking about Por-
bandar airport, a terminal
building was established.
Its inauguration was to be
done by then aviation
minister Praful Patel. Nar-
endra Modi was presiding
over that function and as
an MLA and leader of the
Opposition, I was also
present at the programme.
I told Praful Patel that
the runway of the airport
was so small that no big
aircraft could land here. It
was only 1,300 metres
long and thus we needed a
longer runway. It must be
increased to at least 2,600
metres. To this he said that
if Modi gives us the extra
land, we can do that too.
Immediately after hear-
ing this, Modi ji publicly
announced that the airport
would be expanded and
the state government was
ready to make the extra
land available to the Cen-
tre and AAI for the pro-
ject. Simultaneously, he
also informed the collector
to issue the proposal for
the same at the earliest.
But after 2012, I was no
longer an MLA and Modi
ji went on to become the
PM by 2014, so the work
of Porbandar airport even-
tually got sidelined. The
land that was to be allotted
to the airport finally went
to the Coast Guard. It was
a bureaucratic lapse.
I thought, the Coast
Guard was under Defence
Services. So the Gujarat
government won’t be able
to stop them. It is only the
PM who can do the need-
ful. So I told then Gujarat
CM Vijay Rupani that
Modi ji had publicly de-
clared Porbandar airport
would be expanded. The
CMO sent across my mes-
sage to the PM, reminding
him of his promise.
Modi ji acknowledged
and accepted he had
promised it. He immedi-
ately ordered that at any
cost the airport had to be
expanded with a runway
length of 2,600 metres.
Despite my being in the
opposition, Narendra
Modi worked for the
larger interest of the peo-
ple and the state and ac-
cepted and implemented
my proposal, even just
through a message I sent.
Only a big-hearted leader
can do this.
ne day Modi ji de-
cidedtohavelunchat
the Parliament can-
teen. So he walked into the
MPs canteen on the Parlia-
ment premises. Soon he said,
the same food is being taken
by people outside for Rs 50 to
Rs100aplate,andhereinside
it is available for just Rs 10.
This is not fair. Do we belong
to some kind of privileged
class? This injustice must
stop. The same food that a
poor man is buying for Rs 50,
we are getting for Rs 5, why?
Since that day, the age-old
practiceofcanteensubsidyfor
MPs came to an end. At the
same time, Modi ji was also
disturbed by the laal batti cul-
ture of MPs, which had be-
come a show of might and
power of the political class - a
colonial hangover. Modi ji
brought an end to this culture
as well. When he faced oppo-
sitiontothisfromcertainquar-
ters, he said no matter who
abides by this or not, but my
ministers at the Centre won’t
indulge in this practice any-
more. All ministers brought
down the red beacons from
their vehicles and the pomp
and show associated with po-
litical heft was thus gone.
e were travelling in
Kashmir.Modijiwas
the CM of Gujarat at
that time. There at a place I
met aYuva Morcha karyakar-
ta (BJP youth wing activist).
He asked, “Where are you
from?” I said I was coming
fromGujarat.Heimmediately
said, you guys are so lucky. In
curiosity asked him, why is it
so? He said, because Naren-
dra Modi is your CM.
Amused, I further prodded
him and asked, why do you
think so? To this he narrated
to me a small story.
He said, “One day I was
sleeping. It was early in the
morning. When I picked up
the call and asked who it was,
the voice from the other side
said here’s Narendra Modi
speaking. Thinking it was a
bad joke by someone, I hung
up the phone. It happened the
second time too.When a third
time the same call came, then
I got alerted. It can’t be a joke
anymore. I thought I could in
fact recognise the voice.Then
once I took the call, he said I
am indeed Narendra Modi. I
have an important message.A
private vehicle from Gujarat
withseveralGujaratisinithas
met with an accident in your
area. Immediately send relief
to them and put the injured in
hospitals. After that, update
me. Sitting in Gujarat, Modi ji
had every minute-by-minute
information of anything hap-
pening anywhere on the plan-
et. He even had the number of
the party karyakarta available
nearest to the point of acci-
dent. He didn’t let any proto-
col come in between and di-
rectly called my number to
expedite the rescue. How can
a leader be so meticulous?
That’s why say you are lucky
to have a CM like him.”
Arjun Modhwadia
Former LoP, Gujarat
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Former Union Minister
Kanubhai Vyas
Gujarat
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
The narrators express their belief that PM
Narendra Modi, a leader with a big heart,
dedicated himself to the greater good of the
people. They note that Modi possessed
detailed, minute-by-minute information
about events worldwide. Furthermore,
they acknowledge Modi’s efforts in
abolishing the ‘laal batti’
culture, among other
accomplishments.
MODI,ATRUEDEMOCRAT
INLETTERANDSPIRIT
End of canteen subsidy
and ‘laal batti’ culture
Gujaratis lucky to have the
then CM like Narendra Modi
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NAMO
hat was my first budget
speech as finance minis-
ter. It was a two-and-a-
half hour budget speech and I
had no idea beforehand that it
would be so long. I hadn’t had
water before coming and during
the session also I didn’t drink and
as a result after sometime I was
dehydrated.
People seated around me were
wondering what was wrong with
me and slowly I had to sit down
without being able to read out
the full budget piece. Four or
five paragraphs were left to be
finished when I urged the hon-
ourable speaker to consider it as
read as I was unable to continue
any further.
I hadn’t yet reached home
when there was a call from Prime
Minister Narendra Modi himself.
He asked me, what have you
done? Please take care of your-
self, and then he kept the phone
down. In a short time, he sent his
personal doctor to take care of
me. He told him, conduct all the
necessary tests, check her up and
ensure that she is alright.
And after that day, even today,
he periodically asks about my
well being and reminds me to take
proper care of myself. He doesn’t
have to. There are so many min-
isters who could do this. If you
are going to take care of yourself
you are going to
serve, or else I am
sorry. It is as simple
as that. But no. The
PM will make sure
that you take care of
yourself.
So, that care, that
tenderness in him...
He is seen as a
tough, big and seri-
ous leader, but he
has got that human
element in his heart.
That’s what I want
to highlight.
n artist named Chhaganlal
Jadhav,whobelongedtothe
scheduled caste and was as-
sociatedwithMahatmaGandhifrom
the age of 12, had drawn live images
of the Mahatma during his historic
Dandi march. He drew pencil
sketches of Gandhi ji at six different
spots during his journey apart from
other incidents of those days.Thus it
became a pictorial document of the
march as well as events surrounding
Mahatma Gandhi.
When Acharya Swami ji present-
ed the coffee table book to PM Modi
in 2018, he immediately recognised
Chhaganlal Jadhav’s
work and cried in ex-
citement, oh this is the
drawing of Chhagan-
lal Jadhav. He then
decided to hold an ex-
hibition of the works
of the artist. This was
a unique pictorial doc-
ument of the inde-
pendence struggle
which had no parallel
in the country.
In the National Gal-
lery of Modern Art in
Delhi, the largest of its
kind, the exhibition was put up that
continued for around eight months.
The artist of Ahmedabad from the
SC community made the pictorial
documentation from 1930-1948 and
it was revealed to the world for the
first time due to the innovation and
effort of Narendra Modi.
On March 12, 2021, at Abhay
Ghat, Sabarmati, nearAhmedabad’s
Bapu Ashram, when the Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav was to be held, on
thePM’sdirectionsthepaintingsand
drawings were exhibited again.
Chhaganlal Jadhav soon got global
recognition due to these steps.
uring the time of the
Covid pandemic, I used
to get calls all through
the day to perform the final
rites. Everyone wanted to get it
done early. My crematorium at
Seemapuri started receiving
dead bodies. I didn’t go home
for around 21 days.
I lived on the fourth floor
and residents of my building
objected that I was at the cre-
matorium the whole day and I
would thus be carrying the in-
fection back home, which
could lead to its spread. One
night, while performing the fi-
nal rites around 2:30 AM, my
driver told me that there was a
call for me from the PMO. My
hands were full at that time so
I asked him to hold the phone
close to my ear.
On the other side of the
phone, there was a voice that
told me, Shunty ji, I have been
watching you on television for
a long time. The whole country
is with you. Keep on with the
service you are doing. Take
care of the unidentified aban-
doned bodies..I thanked him
and when I asked who I was
speaking to, the voice on the
other side said, I am Narendra
Modi speaking!
The Prime Minister of the
country, calling up a common
man like me at the dead of night
to motivate and thank me for
my service, shows how meticu-
lous he is and how he worries
about the whole nation. I have
shared this on several plat-
forms. For me, I got to learn
that irrespective of the position
one achieves, one must always
be down to earth. This is a great
learning of life I realised after
Modi ji’s call that night.
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Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister
Dr Rizwan Kadri
Historian
Jitender Singh Shunty
Former MLA and social worker, Delhi
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
The narrators shed light on PM Modi’s
nurturing and affectionate demeanour,
revealing innate humanity within him.
Regardless of his position, PM’s grounded
nature shines through, with myriad other
qualities he possesses and lots more...
ThehumansideofPMModi How artist Chhagan Jadhav got
global recognition due to Modi
The leader who cares...
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DELHI POLL BODY URGES POLICE
‘Take action if parties register voters for post-poll schemes’
PTI
New Delhi
he Delhi elec-
tion body has
urged the city
police to act strictly
against political parties
and their workers indulg-
ing in registration of vot-
ers for post-election ben-
eficiary-oriented scheme.
In a letter to Delhi Po-
lice Commissioner San-
jay Arora on May 11, the
poll body asked him to
sensitise the field func-
tionaries and district po-
lice to be proactive and
more vigilant to curb
such unlawful activities.
The letter said the Del-
hi election office has re-
ceived complaints about
“some” political parties
“registering voters” for
post-election benefi-
ciary-oriented schemes
in the garb of conducting
surveys. Such parties are
asking voters to fill up
the forms manually or
digitally to get benefits of
their prospective
schemes, it added.
The national capital
has seven Lok Sabha
seats and would go to
polls on May 25 in the
sixth phase. “Complaints
are being received
against some political
parties and their workers
for registering the indi-
viduals for beneficiary-
oriented schemes and
distributing guarantee
cards in the form of pam-
phlets giving details of
prospective individual
benefits along with an at-
tached form asking for
details of voters such as
name, age, address, mo-
bile number, booth num-
ber, constituency name
and number etc,” the let-
ter issued by the Delhi
chief electoral officer’s
office to the CP read.
The poll body said
“while action is being
taken by the returning of-
ficers (RO) against such
violations, you (CP) are
also requested to direct,
sensitise the field func-
tionaries, district police
to be proactive and more
vigilant to curb such un-
lawful activities, if any, in
the area of their respec-
tive jurisdiction.” It urged
the CPto ensure that strict
and swift action is taken
against people found in-
dulging in such acts.
91-year-old Kantaben Nagindas Shah casts her vote by
exercising the vote-from-home facility for Lok Sabha elections,
in Mumbai, Wednesday. PTI
The election body also
suggested that the
police could take the
action under Section
127A and 123(1) of
the Representation of
People Act, 1951 and
Section 171 (B) of
Indian Penal Code
T
I am exposing Opposition’s
plan to divide people: Modi
PTI
Kalyan (Maharashtra)
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday said
he was exposing the Con-
gress and INDI alliance’s
plans to divide people on
the basis of religion, and
to him the country’s unity
was more important than
his own image.
The Prime Minister
claimed that he exposed
the Congress party’s “in-
tentions” on several oc-
casions, while the latter
blamed him for “commu-
nalising politics.”
The Congress wanted
to divide the country’s
budget into Muslim
budget and Hindu budget
by allocating 15 percent
of funds for the Muslims,
Modi alleged.
The INDI alliance of
the opposition will im-
plement this policy of ap-
peasement after coming
to power, he claimed.
The INDI alliance and
the “Congress’shehzade”
(apparent reference to
Rahul Gandhi) were do-
ing politics over religion,
and Karnataka was their
laboratory, Modi said.
Muslims in Karnataka
were included in the
OBC quota overnight,
and Congress planned to
implement this in the rest
of the country, the prime
minister alleged.
“Modi is exposing the
INDI alliance’s plans to
divide people on the ba-
sis of religion. More than
my image, the unity of
the country is important
to me,” the PM added.
In Maharashtra PM slams Cong, says party trying to create communal disharmony
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated during a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections, in
Kalyan, Maharashtra, Wednesday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is also seen. PTI
CONGRESS WANTS
BUDGET ALLOCATION
ON BASIS OF RELIGION
Nashik: PM Narendra
Modi on Wednes-
day accused the
Congress of wanting to
allocate 15 per cent of the
central government budget
for minorities and vowed not
to allow splitting of budget or
reservation in jobs and edu-
cation on the basis of reli-
gion. The Congress, when in
power at the Centre between
2004 and 2014, had planned
to spend 15% of the budget
on minorities which is its “fa-
vourite vote-bank”, but gave
up the proposal due to the
BJP’s stiff opposition though
it has not entirely abandoned
the idea, he said. Address-
ing an election rally -- Union
minister Bharati Pawar (BJP)
and Hemant Godse (Shiv
Sena) -- the PM said splitting
budget on religious lines was
a dangerous idea.
Patnaik pushed Odisha
back by 50 years: Shah
PTI
Soroda (Odisha)
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Wednesday al-
leged that Odisha Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik
has pushed the state back
by 50 years during the
BJD’s 25-year rule, and
urged voters to give an
opportunity to the BJP to
form government.
Addressing an election
rally at Soroda under the
Aska Lok Sabha constit-
uency, Shah also claimed
that the state is being run
by “outsiders” instead of
elected representatives.
“PM Modi has en-
hanced the reputation of
Odisha across the world...
However, in 25 years of
BJD rule, Naveen babu
pushed the state back 50
years.,” he said. The
home minister also said
the BJP will implement
the ‘One Nation One Ra-
tion Card’ scheme in
Odisha if it comes to
power in the state.
Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a campaign rally for Lok
Sabha polls at Chanditala, in Hooghly, Wednesday. PTI
MODI, SHAH AMONG 40 STAR CAMPAIGNERS IN HP
Shimla: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah, party president J P Nadda and
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be
the star campaigners for the BJP for the June 1 Lok Sabha
election and Assembly bypolls in Himachal Pradesh. The
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its list of 40 star
campaigners on Tuesday. The list also includes the names of
Union ministers Smriti Irani, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Piy-
ush Goyal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Hardeep Singh Puri, Assam
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Mohan Yadav, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma,
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, former Madhya
Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
INDIA bloc will double
the quantity of free
ration, says Kharge
PTI
Lucknow
Congress President Mal-
likarjun Kharge today
announced that if the IN-
DIA bloc is voted to
power it will increase the
ration quota for the poor
from 5 kilograms to 10
kilograms.
“It was the Congress
that brought in the Food
Security Act and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
is now taking the credit
for it. INDIA bloc gov-
ernment will double the
amount of free ration for
the poor,” he said in a
joint press conference.
He further said that the
INDIA bloc would im-
plement the Panch Nyay
and guarantees men-
tioned in the manifesto
and the state would be
free to add on anything
they want for their areas.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and SP President Akhilesh
Yadav during a joint press conference, in Lucknow, Wednesday.
The Cong brought the
Food Security Act, you
(Modi) did nothing.
You are giving five kg,
if I.N.D.I.A. bloc govt is
formed, we will give 10
kg of ration to the
poor. I am saying this
with guarantee
because we have
already done it in
Telangana K’taka.
MALLIKARJUNKHARGE
CONGRESS PRESIDENT
BJP wants to tear this
book, but we in
Congress and the
people of India will not
allow it. If BJP wins, the
reservation will be
scrapped, the public
sector will be
privatised, and the
country will be run by
22 billionaires. That’s
why the people’s govt
should be formed.
RAHULGANDHI,
CONGRESS LEADER
Priyanka Gandhi “non-serious, tourist” politician: Piyush Goyal
PTI
Mumbai
Union Minister Piyush
Goyal on Wednesday de-
scribed Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra as a “non-serious”
and “tourist” politician
who disappear after elec-
tions and cannot under-
stand the real India.
Goyal also said that he
respected the role of the
Nehru-Gandhi family in
the freedom struggle and
claimed that the “person-
al ambition of an indi-
vidual prevailed over the
will of the people of In-
dia” post-Independence.
“I don’t think so.These
are non-serious politi-
cians. They don’t seem to
connect with the real In-
dia. They live in an uto-
pian world. Occasionally,
they come out into the
field during elections and
disappear after that,”
Goyal said in response to
a question by PTI during
his campaign trail in
Mumbai on whether Pri-
yanka Gandhi would
emerge as a formidable
politician in the future.
“They can’t really
serve the people, under-
stand the real India as a
tourist politician.”
The senior BJP leader
said the Congress, after
Independence, preferred
to encash the work of
many freedom fighters
for an individual family.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is being greeted by
supporters during a rally for LS elections, in Rae Bareli, Wednesday.
“BJP IS NOW DIVERTING
PEOPLE’S ATTENTION,
BRINGING UP RELIGION”
New Delhi: Con-
gress leader Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
on Wednesday accused the
BJP of diverting people’s
attention and bringing up
religion during elections.
Gandhi said the govern-
ment was not accountable
to the people in the last 10
years due to this “politics
of religion”. “The leaders of
BJP have realised that they
can come to power after
tricking you in the name of
religion,” she said in a rally.
The BJP’s leaders, right
from PM Modi to the BJP
candidates, all think that
there is no need to work for
the public and “divert your
attention in the name of
religion” during elections,
she added.
“KEJRI ON CAMPAIGN WILL ADD TO BJP VOTES”
ARVIND KEJRIWAL SHOULD QUIT AS CM: BJP
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind
Kejriwal’s poll campaign
after his release on interim
bail will constantly remind people
about the liquor scam and his bro-
ken promises which will only add
to the BJP’s votes, Union Minister
Piyush Goyal said. He also noted
that the SC had clarified that the
AAP chief has been granted interim bail without going into
the merits of the liquor scam case against him.
New Delhi: The
BJP flayed AAP
supremo Arvind
Kejriwal over the alleged
incident of misbehavior
with his party MP Swati
Maliwal and demanded
either he ask his assistant
Bibhav Kumar, who is the accused, to resign or he himself
quit as chief minister. BJP national spokesperson Shazia
Ilmi also expressed concern over Maliwal’s safety.
EC operating under Modi’s directions: Mamata
PTI
Kolkata
West Bengal CM and
TMC chief Mamata Ba-
nerjee on Wednesday an-
nounced that her party
would lend support to the
opposition INDIA bloc
from outside to establish
the government at the
Centre and vowed to re-
peal the CAA, NRC and
UCC once the BJP gov-
ernment is voted out of
power. Expressing skepti-
cism about the BJP’s am-
bitious target of achieving
400seatsintheLokSabha
elections, she said people
will reject them totally.
“BJP is claiming to
win 400 seats, but people
are saying it will not hap-
pen. We (TMC) will sup-
port the INDIAbloc from
outside to form a govern-
ment at the Centre. We
will extend our support
so that in (West) Bengal,
our mothers and sisters
never face a problem...
and those who work in
the 100 days’job scheme,
also do not face prob-
lems,” Banerjee said.
The TMC supremo,
who was addressing an
election rally at Chinsu-
rah clarified that in West
Bengal, her party would
not support the Congress
and CPI(M). Banerjee al-
leged that both the par-
ties, who are part of the
INDIA alliance, have
joined hands and helping
the BJP in the state.
West Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee greets supporters in
an election rally, Wednesday.
Yogi ji accomplished
what I couldn’t in my
tenure as CM: Singh
PTI
Lucknow
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh remarked
on Wednesday that the
tasks he couldn’t ac-
complish during his
tenure as CM have been
achieved under the dy-
namic leadership of
Yogi ji. He highlighted
that Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath’s ini-
tiatives are now gaining
attention not just na-
tionally, but interna-
tionally as well.
The Defence Minis-
ter delivered a brief
speech owing to a leg
injury sustained at a pre-
vious rally in Andhra
Pradesh, mentioning his
difficulty in standing for
extended periods. In his
remarks, Rajnath Singh
praised CM Yogi’s re-
markable achievements
in the state, noting,
“Yogi ji has accom-
plished tasks beyond
imagination during his
tenure as CM.”
Rajnath Singh em-
phasized that the fore-
most requirement for
the progress of any state
is to ensure law and or-
der. He highlighted that
CMYogi’seffortsinthis
regard have garnered at-
tention both nationally
and internationally,
making Uttar Pradesh a
source of pride.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with UP CM Yogi Adityanath
during a public meeting, in Lucknow, Wednesday. PTI

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