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New Delhi (Agencies):
Japan aims to invest $42
billion over the next
five years in India,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said after a
bilateral meeting with
his Japanese counter-
part Fumio Kishida in
Delhi this evening. “Ja-
pan will raise its invest-
ment target in India to
an ambitious 5 trillion
yen or Rs 3.2 lakh crore
($42 billion) over the
next five years,” an-
nounced PM Modi.
Kishida, accompa-
nied by a high-level del-
egation, arrived in Del-
hi for the 14th India-Ja-
pan Annual Summit at
around 3:40 pm on his
first visit to India as the
head of the Japanese
government.
The two sides inked
six agreements provid-
ing for the expansion of
bilateral cooperation in
a range of areas, be-
sides firming a separate
clean energy partner-
ship.
At a joint briefing,
PM Modi said deepen-
ing India-Japan ties
will not only benefit the
two countries but will
also help in encourag-
ing peace, prosperity
and stability in the In-
do-Pacific region.
Ex-Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe in
2014 announced 3.5 tril-
lion yen in investment
during visit to India.
CM: Refrain from debates
on movie ‘The Kashmir Files’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Reacting to the
movie ‘The Kashmir
Files’ Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
pealed to the media to
refrain from debates on
the movie as it would
spoil the atmosphere of
brotherhood and har-
mony
.
“There is no need for
any debate on the film.
Any debate in the me-
dia and social media is
harmful and the media
should avoid doing so,”
he said.
Calling it improper to
discuss the exodus of
Kashmiri Pandits in the
present times, Gehlot
added, “Their pain was
felt by all the country-
men irrespective of
their religion. The film
attempts to create an
atmosphere which will
deepen the rift between
Hindus and Muslims
and this is not in the in-
terest of the country
.”
5 YRS, $42 BN IN INDIA
...Japan aims to invest: PM Modi after bilateral
meet with Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida
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The ‘cold-hearted’ Gerbera
flowers that blossom best
in chilly mountain weather,
provide warmth to the beholder.
The Egyptians believed that
they symbolised a closeness
to nature and a devotion to the
sun, whereas the Celts (the
largest group in ancient Europe)
thought they lessened the sor-
rows and stresses of everyday
life. Generally, gerberas symbol-
ise innocence, purity, cheerful-
ness and loyal love.
Deepening India-Japan
ties will not only benefit
the two countries but
will also help in encouraging
peace, prosperity and stability
in the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan will raise its investment
target in India over next 5 years
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Russian invasion of
Ukraine is a “very
serious issue which is
shaking the roots of
international order. No
permission should be given by
one side to change the status quo
in world order by use of force
—Fumio Kishida, Japanese Prime Minister
GHULAM NABI AZAD MEETS SONIA GANDHI
DID G-21-CONG REACH
A ‘COMPROMISE’?
CRPF may not be needed
in J&K, NE in a year: Shah
New Delhi (Agencies):
Leader of the Congress
dissident group G-21
Ghulam Nabi Azad met
party chief Sonia Gan-
dhiatherresidence,cap-
ping days of escalated
activities by the bloc,
which has reiterated its
demands for party re-
forms and “inclusive
and and collective lead-
ership”.
According to sources,
crucial responsibility
can be given to Anand
Sharma, Ghulam Nabi
Azad and Manish Ti-
wari. Discussion on
sending Anand Sharma
to Rajya Sabha took
place while Ghulam
Nabi Azad can be given
the responsibility of
Karnataka or may take
RS route. Meanwhile,
Deepender Hooda can
be given an important
role in Haryana.
Senior Congress lead-
er Mallikarjun Kharge
on Saturday said Ghu-
lam Nabi Azad meeting
Sonia Gandhi is a wel-
come move as Azad said
he wants to strengthen
the party
.
Srinagar (Agencies):
Praising the Central Re-
serve Police Force or the
CRPF
,thecountry’slarg-
est paramilitary force,
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Saturday said
in a few years’ time the
force may no longer be
needed in Jammu and
Kashmir and northeast.
This is for the first
time that the govern-
ment at the highest level
hasbroadlyindicateddo-
ing away with massive
security deployment in
Kashmir and also set a
timeline of achieving it
within a few years.
Dalit woman
‘gang raped’
at gunpoint
Dholpur: A 26-year-old dalit
woman has alleged that she
was gangraped at gunpoint
in front of her husband
and children under the
Kanchanpur police station
area in Dholpur. After this,
police raided more than
half-a-dozen places to nab
the accused. According to
CO Vijay Singh, the victim in
her report said that she was
returning home with her
husband and children after
harvesting mustard crop
on March 15 when some
people attacked her husband
and then gangraped her.
BJP leaders including Satish
Poonia and Vasundhara Raje
condemned the incident.
SAFFRONISING EDU
NOT AN ISSUE: NAIDU
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
asked people of the country to
give up their colonial mindset”
and learn to take pride in their
own identity. “We must go
back to our roots,” he said.
BED OF GERBERA
BED OF GERBERA
DAISIES - BLISS IN
DAISIES - BLISS IN
MOUNTAINS’ PRIDE
MOUNTAINS’ PRIDE
Progress in Indo-Japan ties
limitless, PM Modi tells his
Japanese counterpart
PM Kishida also to agree
to 300 billion Yen loan and
signs energy cooperation
document on carbon reduction
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida exchange
greetings at Hyderabad House, during the latters visit to India in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Indian Oil finalises deal
to import from Russia
Mann’s 1st Cabinet
meet: 25,000 govt
jobs for Punjab
Moscow (Agencies):
Indian Oil Corporation
Limited has signed a
deal with a Russian oil
company to import 3
million barrels of
crude. It’s a company-
to-company deal.
While Western coun-
tries have imposed
sanctions, including
the US’ oil import em-
bargo, on Russia in re-
sponse to Moscow’s at-
tack on Ukraine, there
are no restrictions on
Indian oil companies
for buying crude
oil from Russian oil
companies.
Chandigarh: Punjab
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann on Satur-
day, in the first deci-
sion of first Cabinet
meeting, threw open
25,000 jobs in various
State Government de-
partments, including
10,000 in Police De-
partment.
Meanwhile, 10
ministers, including
2 doctors, took oath
on Saturday
. P5
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Poster of ‘The Kashmir Files’
RUSSIA LAUNCHES
HYPERSONIC MISSILE
IN UKRAINE,A FIRST
Russia has claimed
it used a hypersonic
missile to strike a
large weapons depot
in Ukraine’s western
Ivano-Frankivsk region.
It marks the first time
a Kinzhal – or ‘Dag-
ger’ – missile has been
deployed since Vladimir
Putin sent his troops
into Ukraine.
BHAGWAT REACHES
G’PUR,MEETS YOGI
Gorakhpur: Acting
chief minister Yogi
Adityanath called on
Rashtriya Swayam-
sevak Sangh (RSS)
chief Mohan Bhagwat,
who arrived in Gora-
khpur on Saturday on
a three-day visit. The
close door one-to-one
meeting lasted for over
half and hour during
which Aditayanath is
understood to have
extended Bhagwat an
invitation to attend the
swearing in ceremony
of his new government
to be held in Lucknow
on March 25. The tim-
ing of the RSS chief’s
visit just days ahead of
his formally taking over
the reigns aimed at
sending a political mes-
sage to the party that
his candidature has the
backing of the Sangh
and both are on the
same page now unlike
in the past.
Sonia Gandhi with Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge.
Home Minister Amit Shah

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First India Bureau
Jaipur : After the vic-
tory in Punjab, the Aam
Aadmi Party is full of
enthusiasm. Now the
party has set its eyes on
Rajasthan. The party is
preparing a strategy for
the Rajasthan Assem-
bly elections in 2023.
The party has planned
to celebrate Vijay Utsav
on March 26 and Holi
Milan ceremony on
March 27 at Birla Audi-
torium in Jaipur.
The party’s state co-
in-charge Khemchand
Jagirdar told in the
press conference that
the state in charge and
Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay
Singh will attend the
two-day program. In
the two-day conference,
along with the expan-
sion of AAP, the upcom-
ing strategy will be
brainstormed.
Meanwhile, many
prominent people of
the state will join the
party. Singh will give
memberships of the
party to the people. Ja-
girdar said that the
public’s trust in the
party’s customs and
policies is gaining
strength and its effect
will also be seen in the
Rajasthan assembly
elections.
AAP’s membership drive
MISSION 2023
PEOPLE, POLICE, POLITICOS CELEBRATE HOLI
FROM CP JAIPUR TO CONSTABLES, EVERYONE DANCED TOGETHER IN AN EVENT HELD IN POLICE LINES; A HOLI GET TOGETHER WAS
ARRANGED AT DGP LATHER’S RESIDENCE; GOVERNOR MISHRA, CM GEHLOT AND OTHERS ALSO EXTENDED THEIR WISHES
Holi Milan ceremony was celebrated in Raj Bhavan on Friday with enthusiasm. During
this, a large number of people met Governor Mishra and applied Gulal to him.
CM Ashok Gehlot, Sunita Gehlot, Vaibhav Gehlot, Himanshi and Kashwini prayed for the
happiness, prosperity of state and performed the rituals of Holika Dahan on Thursday.
Govind Singh Dotasra giving sweets to a kid on Holi. He
met the people of the area at his Sikar residence.
Gulab Chand Kataria celebrates Holi
at Udaipur’s Sahu Samaj Bhawan.
PSK celebrated Holi with his
supporters and people of the
area at his residence on Friday.
Splash of colours spreading joy among tourists in Holi celebration
at Pushkar, Ajmer on Friday. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Five people
drowned in Kota canals
in separate incidents on
Holi. The corporation
divers and SDRF teams
carried out the rescue
operation and retrieved
four dead bodies.
In Kishorepura po-
lice station area also, a
diving team took out
the dead body of an un-
known youth which is
told to be two days old.
Three youths
drowned in the canal at
two different places in
Kunhadi police station
area. While in Kansua
of Udyog Nagar police
station area, a youth
drowned in the canal.
The team had taken out
a dead body on Friday.
The rescue operation
was stopped due to
darkness.
During the rescue op
on Saturday morning,
the body of a youth
named Deepak was also
found. On receiving in-
formation about the ac-
cident, LS Speaker Om
Birla went to the spot
late in the night and
met the family mem-
bers. He expressed dis-
pleasure by tweeting
that the officials did not
reach the spot. After
which officers, Collec-
tor and SP reached the
spot Saturday morning.
CHECK INCIDENTS
STRICTLY, SAYS SP
Strict orders of SP
City Kesar Singh
Shekhawat have cre-
ated panic in the police
department. Now if any-
one is found bathing in
the Chambal river, canal
or distributaries, action
against the concerned
SHO will be taken. Such
a case will be treated as
abetment or abetment
to suicide. City SP is in
strict action mode after
5 deaths occurred due
to falling in canals on
Dhulandi day in Kota.
Dheeraj, one of the deceased.
Khemchand Jagirdar
Devendra Shastri in Jaipur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Roadways buses will
now procure oil from
neighbouring states.
The decision was taken
after oil companies —
Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL) and
Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Limited
(HPCL) — decided to in-
crease the price to
around Rs 104.
Roadways have now
given orders to all de-
pots to buy diesel from
the open market. In
such a situation, road-
ways will get cheaper
diesel but by buying die-
sel from neighbouring
states, the government
will lose revenue.
Roadways will talk to
thelocalpetroleumdeal-
er at each depot to avail
a 50 paise discount per
litre. Besides, instruc-
tions have been given to
filldieselfromtheneigh-
bouringstatesif thereis
cheaper diesel in the in-
ter-state buses running
from Rajasthan.
Roadwaystorefuelbuses
fromneighbouringstates
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The presence
of all MLAs is manda-
tory during the session.
But one BJP MLA is
missing in the on-
going session. In-
terestingly, nei-
ther the LoP nor
the party has any
idea about the
MLA’s status. The
MLA’s phone is also
switched off. The miss-
ing MLA is Gogunda
MLA Pratap Gameti.
Gameti has not reached
the assembly this ses-
sion. The LoP himself
is not aware of his ab-
sence. Gameti was ac-
cused of raping a wom-
an on the pretext of
marriage.
In this case, an
FIR was registered
against MLA
Pratap Gameti on
the complaint of
the woman at Am-
bamata police sta-
tion in Udaipur. How-
ever, the woman later
retracted her allega-
tions. Gameti is the sec-
ond consecutive time
MLA from Gogunda.
Rape accused MLA
misses Assembly
NEWS DIGEST
DIG BHUPINDER
HONOURED WITH
VSM BY AMIT SHAH
Jaipur: Bhupinder Singh,
Deputy Inspector General
(DIG) of Police and Prin-
cipal of CRPF’s New Con-
stable Training Centre at
Paldi Khichiyan, Jodhpur
has been honoured with
the Vishisht Seva Medal
by Home Minister Amit
Shah on the occasion
of CRPF Day Parade on
Saturday at Maulana Azad
Stadium, Jammu. The
medal has been given to
him for his outstanding
service. CRPF DG Kuldeep
Singh was also present on
the occasion. The live tele-
cast of Parade was shown
at Navarakshi Training
Centre, Paldi Khichiyan.
HEAD CONSTABLE DIES FALLING DOWN FROM
TERRACE OF HIS HOUSE; THERE WAS NO RAILING
Jaipur: A police head constable died after accidentally
falling from the upper floor of his house in the Meenon
Ki Dhani of Bagru area of the city in the wee hours of
Saturday. According to police, the 35 years old deceased
Mohan Meena, who was posted in the Sindhi Camp police
station, had newly constructed the house. The railings of
the balcony on the upper floor was yet to be constructed.
When he woke up in mid-night for toilet, he could not see
things properly and fell from the terrace.
HC BAR ASSOCIATION WARNS INDEFINITE STIR
IF MISSING MINOR GIRLS ARE NOT FOUND
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court Bar Association has
written a letter to CM Gehlot, DGP and Police Commis-
sioner about the missing minor daughters of advocate AK
Purohit. They have demanded that the two girls should be
found by 12 noon on March 21 or they would stage an in-
definite sit-in protest from 1 pm the same day on Janpath
outside the High Court gate no. 3 and 4. The letter was
sent by High Court Bar Association president Bhuvnesh
Sharma and General Secretary Giriraj Prasad Sharma.
Satish Poonia painted in
colours with a kid on Holi.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: After a year,
cops of Jaipur Police
Commissionerate cel-
ebrated Holi with
great pomp on Satur-
day
. DGP Rajasthan
ML Lather was the
chief guest of the
event held in the Po-
lice Lines. Along with
Lather, the officers of
the Police HQs were
present.Jaipur com-
missioner Anand
Srivastava played
Filmy, Rajasthani
songs on the demand
of SHOsconstables.
DGP Lather wished
everyone a Happy
Holi.AdditionalCom-
missioners of Police
Ajaypal Lamba and
Haider Ali Zaidi
danced together.
In another celebra-
tion at the official
residence of DGP ML
Lather, many IAS and
IPS officers gathered
for the celebration.
Former Union min
Namo Narayan Mee-
na and others were
present on occasion.
The police
get a day,
on which
there is no difference
between the officers
and the jawans.
Wishing everyone a
very Happy Holi.
—Anand Srivastava,
Commissioner
Jaipur commissioner
Anand Srivastava played
on demand songs for the
cops. During the occasion,
DGP Lather also wished
everyone a Happy Holi in
Police Lines on Saturday.
—PHOTOS BY
MUKESH KIRADOO
UnHoli:Celebrationturnsinto
mourningas5 drowninKota
MID-JUNE IN MID-MARCH!
With temperature reaching 43°C even before May in a few parts of Raj, tourists are facing heat
wave like conditions at Jantar Mantar in Jaipur on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
any parts of Rajasthan grappled with a heatwave during the last 24 hours that
ended at 8.30 am on Saturday with Barmer recording the highest maximum
temperature at 43.2 degrees Celsius, according to the meteorological
department. During this period, the maximum temperature was 42.8 degrees
Celsius in Phalodi, 42.7 degrees Celsius in Dungarpur and Banswara, 42.2 degrees Celsius
in Jaisalmer, 41.8 degrees Celsius in Churu, 41.7 degrees Celsius in Jalore, 41 degrees
Celsius in Sirohi and Jodhpur, the MeT department said. The day’s maximum temperature
settled around 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of the state. The weather department has
also issued a heatwave warning for Bikaner and Churu for Sunday.
M
Promoted by

z HPCL and IOCL
increased prices from
`89.56/liter to `104

z Difference of
`10.73/liter in SGNGR
and Punjab

z Diesel in SGNGR
was `95.26/ liter on
Saturday, In Punjab it
was sold for `84.53/liter
INFLATION HIT!

RAJASTHAN
03
SUMMER SCHEDULE: 10 NEW
FLIGHTS TO START FROM JPR
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: There will be
a big change in air ser-
vices after Holi.
Summer schedule
of flights will be appli-
cable at all airports
across the country in-
cluding Jaipur Inter-
national Airport.
During this time, air
services will be con-
nected for some
new
cities, air connectivity
of some cities may also
be closed.
The summer sched-
ule of flights will be
applicable from March
27. According to sourc-
es related to Jaipur
airport, 10 new flights
can start from Jaipur
in this schedule while
some may close down.
On an average, 53 do-
mestic and 3 interna-
tional flights
are being operated
from here these days.
New flights to Vara-
nasi and Dharamshala
may resume. At the
same time, flight will
start for Patna for the
first time. Flights to
Jaisalmer, Bagdogra
and Udaipur may stop
due to low passenger
load. A total of 57 do-
mestic flights can be
operated for 21 cities
in the summer sched-
ule.
From March 27, the Summer
schedule of flights applicable
New flights to Dharamshala,
Varanasi, and Patna likely
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A Delhi-
bound flight coming
from Ranchi was
compelled to have
an emergency land-
ing in airport here
on Saturday
.
The AirAsia
flight No. I5-745 was
given a
priority landing as
it had exhausted its
fuel reserve. It hov-
ered over the Delhi
airport for some
time before being
diverted here. How-
ever, passengers
were not allowed to
deplane here.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Coal crises
are knocking on doors
in state with a stock of
only 2 -3 days left.
About 70,000 tonnes
of coal stock is availa-
ble while about 35,000
tonnes of coal is used
daily. Russia-Ukraine
war has further thrust
coal prices. Energy
Minister Bhanwar Sin-
gh Bhati said that I have
demanded from the cen-
tre, as well as I am in
contact with the Chhat-
tisgarh CM.
The state govern-
ment is determined to
not let the consumers
face any power crisis in
the scorching heat.
We will buy supply
but central government
should also cooperate
in dealing with crisis,
Bhati added.
Earlier Additional
CS Energy Subodh
Agarwal said delay in
sanction by Chhattis-
garh govt has caused
crisis.
First India Bureau
Dausa: Women and
Child Development
Minister Mamta Bhu-
pesh has accused the
workers of taking mon-
ey for transfer-posting.
On Saturday
, the min-
ister said that she got a
call from a village wom-
an, whose husband is a
teacher, that despite
giving money to the
workers, his husband’s
transfer six months
ago, the work has not
been done yet. She
rapped the workers in
Dausa’s Sikrai and con-
demned them for taking
money for transfer.
Bhupesh asked them
to prove if she ever took
money for transfer post-
ings and said that she
would resign if it was
proved.Shesaid,“When
I speak bitter things,
you will feel bad but
this is necessary
.” Cong
district president Ram-
jilal Odh Sikrai block
president Shivram Mee-
na were present.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Water Resourc-
es Minister Mahesh
Joshi while presiding
over the review meet-
ing of the works of
PHED in Jaipur
through video confer-
encing on Saturday in-
structed the depart-
mental officers to com-
plete all works on time
so that people can ben-
efit from it.
He asked the officers
to submit a detailed re-
port, including the pre-
sent status of drinking
water projects. He also
directed officials to in-
form him about any de-
lay in implementation
with reasons and sug-
gestions to complete all
the works in time.
“On the basis of this
road map, the works of
all important projects,
including budget an-
nouncements will be
reviewed at regular in-
tervals,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chairman of
RTDC Dharmendra
Rathore strongly con-
demned the state-
ments of former min-
ister and MLA Anita
Bhadel on the reaction
of CM Ashok Gehlot to
the movie ‘The Kash-
mir Files’. He said that
the BJP government at
the Centre is conspir-
ing to defame the Con-
gress through the film
but they will never
succeed.
“The BJP has dis-
torted the facts by get-
ting the film produced
in a planned manner.
The exodus of Kash-
miri Pandits from the
Valley took place in
January 1990, when
the BJP-backed VP
Singh government was
at the Centre and in
Jammu and Kashmir,
senior BJP leader Jag-
mohan Singh was the
governor,” he said
Rathore said that
the Modi government
did not make any ef-
fort to relocate Kash-
miri Pandits in the last
seven years. “The Cen-
tre is not doing any
work except cursing
Nehru and Gandhi,”
he said.
On Saturday, a spe-
cial show of the movie
was organized on be-
half of BJP MLA Vas-
udev Devnani for 250
key workers of his
constituency but close
to 500 people reached
to watch the film. As
chairs fell short, peo-
ple watched the film
sitting on the ground.
Jaipur (PTI): The
three-day Shekha-
wati festival, which
showcases the rich
cultural heritage of
Rajasthan, will
start from Sunday.
The festival is be-
ing organised by
the Rajasthan Tour-
ism Department in
Lakshmang arh.
“The three-day fes-
tival will let visi-
tors explore the cul-
tural heritage of
Raj, its food, art and
crafts,” Principal
Secretary (Tour-
ism) Gayatri
Rathore said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra said
that service to human-
ity is the biggest reli-
gion for human beings.
He called upon organi-
zations like Rotary
Club to work for hu-
manitarian services
and education related
to organ donation and
medical disaster man-
agement along with
blood donation.
Mishra was address-
ing as the Chief Guest
the 75th Foundation
Day of Rotary Club,
Jaipur on Saturday. He
said that bodies like Ro-
tary Club, Jaipur instil
spirit of working dedi-
catedly for others.
Delhi-bound flight had
emergency landing in JPR
Coal crisis deepens in State
as only 2-3 days’ stock left
RAS Mains today tomorrow:
Exam at 122 centres in state
Alwar‘rape’: Sarva
Samaj continues fast
Report of missing tiger has been sought: Yadav
PM Modi gifts Raj
made ‘Krishna
Pankhi’ to Kishida
Humanity is the biggest
religion for humans: Guv
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: All arrange-
ments have been put in
place for the Rajasthan
State and Subordinate
Services (RAS) Com-
bined Competitive
(Mains) Examination to
be held in two shifts to-
day and on Monday
.
A spokesperson of
the Rajasthan Public
Service Commission
said the exam will be
held from 9 am to 12
noon and from 2 pm to 5
pm on March 20 and 21.
The examination will
be held at 40 centres in
Jaipur, 23 in Jodhpur, 17
in Ajmer, 12 in Bharat-
pur, 9 in Bikaner, 5 in
Udaipur and 4 in Kota.
More than 20,000 can-
didates are registered
for the exam.
The examination was
to be held on February
25 and 26 but was post-
poned following pro-
tests by aspirants
demanding extension
due to a sudden change
in the syllabus and after
the matter landed in
court the date was de-
cided accordingly
.
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at 2:25 pm
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 Max 9 flights to Mumbai, 7 flights to Delhi
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 5 flights to Kolkata, 2 flights to Chennai
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 2 flights to Varanasi, 2 flights to Surat
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 1-1 flights to Vadodara, Lucknow, Patna,
Dharamshala, Guwahati, Goa, Bhubaneshwar,
Amritsar
First India Bureau
Alwar: Sitting on a
dharna since January
11, the representatives
of Sarva Samaj met Un-
ion Minister Bhupend-
er Yadav on Saturday
for CBI investigation
into the alleged rape of
a deaf-mute minor here.
Sarva Samaj repre-
sentative Jitendra
Rathod said that state
government has delib-
erately suppressed the
matter. CM announced
in Assembly that the
deaf-mute wasn’t raped.
Now the police are
not able to crack case.
Police officials know
that when CM has re-
fused the charges of
rape in the Assembly,
they cannot disclose the
case.
Because of this atti-
tude of the police, the
representatives of Sar-
va Samaj are asking for
a CBI inquiry. They
have been observing a
fast for the last 5 days at
the Shaheed Smarak in
the city. The protestors
say that they are sitting
on a dharna to help
deaf-mute minor get
justice.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: On the face of
Rajasthan CM, Union
Minister Bhupendra
Yadav said that faces
are like lotus petals, a
flower is formed when
all come together. “It is
a matter of pride that I
am an MP from Ra-
jasthan.”
“I was given respon-
sibility at the centre
and I am fulfilling it.
Labour and employ-
ment are a big responsi-
bility and they have to
be performed efficient-
ly,” he said.
On the missing tiger
in Sariska, Bhupender
Yadav said he has asked
for detailed report from
departmental officers.
ST 13 Tiger is miss-
ing and a probe is being
done to locate it.
Bhupender Yadav
came here on Saturday
for the first time after
BJP’s big victory in
four states including
UP.
Yadav said he is going
to Sariska for first time,
will understand issues
of villagers around
twhere. He said silicosis
is more common and
for whose treatment su-
per specialization hos-
pital will also run.
19,32,2721
TOTAL CASES
19 IN A DAY
10 IN JAIPUR
12,72,575
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,551
TOTAL DEATHS
0 IN A DAY
0 IN JAIPUR
473
ACTIVE CASES
COVID-19
UPDATE
All for candidates
Total 122 examination
centres have been
set up at all the seven
divisional district head-
quarters of the state.
Candidates can contact
the Commission’s office
on the telephone number
0145-2635255 for more
information
New Delhi (PTI):
dra Modi gifted his Jap-
anese counterpart Fu-
mio Kishida, who is on
an official visit to India,
a ‘Krishna Pankhi’, a
sandalwood artefact
made in Rajasthan with
intricate work with its
windows depicting dif-
ferent poses of Lord
Krishna, epitomising
love, compassion and
tenderness.
Sharing details, offi-
cial sources noted that
the ‘Pankhi’ is intri-
cately carved with tra-
ditional tools and has a
hand carved peacock
figure at top, India’s na-
tional bird.
It has a small ‘ghun-
garoo’ on edges which
move with flow of wind
and has four concealed
windows with more in-
tricate carvings inside.
The intricate carving
on the sandalwood is
done with precision by
master artisans in Chu-
ru in Rajasthan, who
carve the already im-
pressive sandalwood
artefact into a beautiful
and elegant master-
piece of art. It has tradi-
tional ‘jali’ designs.
Min Bhupesh raps
workers over bribe
Joshi seeks
drinking water
project status
‘TKF’: Rathore slams BJP for defaming Cong
Shekhawati
festival starts
from today
Bhupender Yadav on Saturday visited the Sariska Tiger Reserve
along with senior officials.
Mamta Bhupesh interacting
with party workers.
No connection
to fraud case:
Vaibhav Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Denying fraud
allegations in Media,
RCA presi-
dent Vaib-
hav Gehlot
tweeted, “I
have no in-
for mation
and no connection to
case in which my name
has been dragged. We all
know that as the elec-
tions approach, false al-
legations made.”

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he Internation-
al Court of Jus-
tice (ICJ), top
court of United
Nations, has or-
dered Russia to “immedi-
ately suspend” its military
operations in Ukraine.
What does decision mean,
and what happens next?
We already knew Rus-
sia’s invasion was illegal in
int’l law. But ICJ decision
now makes it virtually im-
possible for anyone, includ-
ing Russia, to deny that il-
legality
.Itisalsoimpressive
because Ukraine used a
creative strategy to get ICJ
to hear case, based on Geno-
cide Convention of 1948.
RUSSIA’S LEGAL
ARGUMENTS
Russia’spresident,Vladimir
Putin,gaveseveraljustifica-
tions for invading Ukraine.
Some had little to do with
the law, such as his com-
plaints about NATO. But
two were legal arguments.
First, he claimed Russia
wasactingin“self-defence”.
Self-defence is an estab-
lishedreasontousemilitary
force in international law.
But Putin suggested Russia
was defending 2 breakaway
parts of eastern Ukraine it
recognises as sovereign
states: Donetsk and Lu-
hansk. Legally
, these are
still parts of Ukraine’s own
territory
, not independent
states, which makes non-
sense of this argument.
THE JURISDICTION
OF THE ICJ
TheICJhearsdisputessole-
ly between sovereign states
(in contrast to separate Int’l
CriminalCourt,whichtries
individuals for committing
things like war crimes). ICJ
doesnotautomaticallyhave
jurisdictionovereverystate
and every issue.
THE ORDER MADE
BY THE ICJ
Russia did not turn up to
the courtroom in The
Hague for the initial hear-
ing in early March (though
it did write the ICJ a letter
outlining its view).
WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT?
All the ICJ has done so far is
to order provisional meas-
ures. It has not even found
conclusivelythatithasjuris-
diction in the case. It might
be a long time before it de-
cides the case as a whole.
Source: The Conversation
T
ICJ HAS ORDERED RUSSIA TO STOP THE
WAR. WHAT DOES THIS RULING MEAN?
Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal
The movie ‘The Kashmir Files’, with a
small budget, has already crossed the
100 crore mark. It is bringing about a
consciousness that the nation should
have seen 32 years ago.
Kiren Rijiju @KirenRijiju
I’m delighted that @BJP4India has
selected Smt @phangnon as the
candidate for election to Rajya Sabha
from Nagaland. She is a committed
BJP Karyakarta and currently serving
as President of State Mahila Morcha @BJP4Nagaland.
TOP TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Everything that happens to us is the result of
what we ourselves have thought, said, or
done. We alone are responsible for our lives.
—Buddha
ALL ABOUT CONGRESS’ DEFEAT IN ASSEMBLY
POLLS,G-23MEET,WAR-HITUKRAINEMORE...
he Gandhi family, once
adored and respected in
large parts of India, is to-
day looked upon as a lia-
bility by many Congress
party members. The Con-
gress Working Committee
is overflowing with politi-
cal lightweights and ac-
complished sycophants.
How did this lot get into
the CWC? Courtesy the
Gandhis.
Sonia Gandhi became
Congress President in
1998- twenty-four years
ago. Perhaps a world re-
cord for a democracy
. Gan-
dhiji was Congress presi-
dent once in 1924. Sardar
Patel once in 1931. Nehru,
Azad, Rajendra Prasad,
Subhas Chandra Bose and
Indira Gandhi came no-
where near even 10 years.
Who is responsible for
the recent electoral disas-
ter in the elections held in
5 states? Let’s take Uttar
Pradesh. 2 seats out of 403.
Who was the General Sec-
retary in charge of UP
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Who vigorously pushed
for Navjot Singh Sidhu to
become President of the
Punjab Congress-Vadra.
No one did more harm to
the Punjab Congress than
this former cricketer. He
disobeyed the Chief Min-
ister and went to Kartar-
pur Sahib, held Imran
Khan’s hand and intro-
duced him to India digni-
taries present on the occa-
sion. Sidhu embraced
General Bajwa, Head of
the Pakistan army
. Did So-
nia, Rahul, Priyanka rep-
rimand Sidhu?
Throughout his tenure
as PCC President he used
foul language against the
Chief Minister. Did the 3
Congress deities pull up
the erratic individual?
Not as far as I know. On a
visit to Hyderabad Sidhu
on TV he declared, “Cap-
tain is not my captain. My
captains are Rahul and
Priyanka”. If, according
to the fading trinity, Ama-
rinder Singh is responsi-
ble for the party’s defeat
in Punjab, who were re-
sponsible for the rout in
UP, Manipur, Goa and Ut-
trakhand.
If one were to look for
an expert and chronic in-
triguer, she is the one who
has sat in the Rajya Sabha
for 30 years. This female
announced that no Hindu
could be president of the
Punjab Congress. What
about Bhim Sen Sachar-
Was he a Sikh?
ABOUT THE G-23
Now I come to the G-23.
Kapil Sibal’s interview in
the Indian Express was
widely appreciated. He
said what needed to be
said. Manish Tiwari’s
critical candour is wel-
come. Members of the
G-23 should not even think
of leaving the Congress.
They can do much to re-
form, rejuvenate and re-
vive the party. The dia-
logue between Sonia and
Ghulam Nabi Azad should
continue.
The Congress does face
an acute dilemma. The
Gandhis are an asset and
also a liability
. Sonia is an
astute politician. In the
CWC meeting she an-
nounced that she and her
son and daughter would
step down if the Party so
desired. She knew the an-
swer, “No, No, madame,
please keep leading us”.
The CWC now resem-
bles a mini public meet-
ing. It should urgently
abandon the practice of
having special invitees to
attend CWC meetings.
Their number keeps in-
creasing. The CWC now
resembles a jamboree.
The Congress party is
reduced to ruling 2 states,
Rajasthan and Chattis-
garh. At one time it was in
office in every Indian
state. On 29 December
1984 it had 414 members in
the Lok Sabha. Today only
52 or is it 57. In 2014 the
number was 42.
UKRAINE CRISIS
Russian President
Vladimir Putin will go
down in history as a de-
stroyer of an independ-
ent, democratic country.
Hundreds of children
have been killed, millions
of Ukrainians have be-
come refugees, finding
temporary homes in Po-
land, Romania, Slovakia.
A few in Western Europe,
the UK, Canada has of-
fered to take in many
.
ZELENSKYY MANN
The world now has 2 for-
mer comedians heading
governments. Volodymyr
Zelenskyy President of
Ukraine has become a fa-
miliar name throughout
the world. Sardar Bhag-
want Mann who regaled
his audiences is now
Chief Minister of Punjab.
CHANDIGARH TRIP
My wife and I spent a
week in Chandigarh a few
days back with Ama-
rinder Singh, my wife’s
younger brother. It was a
melancholy visit. Ama-
rinder lost his Patiala seat
by 19,000 votes. An unu-
sual experience for him.
Also staying with him was
an engaging couple from
New Delhi. They are
friends of Raninder Sin-
gh, one of the outstanding
shooters in the world. He
is Amarinder’s son.
Jitin Singh is a man of
all seasons. He like me as
a Stephenian. In his col-
lege days he was among
the best squash players in
India. He is not only witty
but well informed about
the politics, economic,
business and media func-
tioning or non-function-
ing. His attractive wife
Rachna is a product of
Miranda House, where
she read History
.
It is unusual for people
in their eighties and in
nineties to make new
friends. “We took Jitin
and Rachna and they
warmly and respectfully
reciprocated”.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
Jitin Singh is a man of
all seasons. He like me as
a Stephenian. In his
college days he was
among the best squash
players in India. He is
not only witty but well
informed about the
politics, economic,
business and media
functioning or non-
functioning. His
attractive wife Rachna is
a product of Miranda
House, where she read
History. It is unusual for
people in their eighties
and in nineties to make
new friends. “We took
Jitin and Rachna and
they warmly and
respectfully reciprocated”
THE CONGRESS DOES FACE AN ACUTE
DILEMMA. THE GANDHIS ARE AN ASSET
AND ALSO A LIABILITY. SONIA GANDHI IS AN
ASTUTE POLITICIAN. IN THE CWC MEETING
SHE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE AND HER
SON AND DAUGHTER WOULD STEP
DOWN IF THE PARTY SO DESIRED. SHE
KNEW THE ANSWER, “NO, NO, MADAME,
PLEASE KEEP LEADING US”
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India

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INDIA
05
Kohima (PTI): Naga-
land is likely to get a
woman Rajya Sabha
MP for the first time as
a coalition of the
NDPP and the BJP,
having 35 MLAs in the
60-member Assembly,
nominated the saffron
party’s Mahila Morcha
president S Phangnon
Konyak as the candi-
date for the election to
the state’s lone seat to
the Upper House of
Parliament.
The Naga People’s
Front with 25 members
held a meeting on Sat-
urday to decide wheth-
er to support Konyak or
field its own candidate,
but it remained incon-
clusive, NPF secretary
general and spokesper-
son Achumbemo Kikon
told media.
The party will hold
another round of meet-
ing on Sunday
.
However, even if the
NPF fields its candi-
date, the NDPP-BJP
combine has more
MLAs and its nominee
is likely to win.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) high command
has once again sum-
moned to Delhi the care-
taker Chief Minister of
Manipur, N Biren, and a
seniorBJPMLA,T Bish-
wajit, on Saturday
. Both
left Imphal by different
flights. Both declined to
speak to the press about
the sudden directive.
They were earlier
summoned on Tuesday
in connection with the
selection of the State’s
next Chief Minister and
went to Delhi by a char-
tered flight, accompa-
nied by State BJP presi-
dent A Sharda, to return
after two days in sepa-
rate commercial flights.
Bishwajit returned by a
morning flight, and
Biren and Sharda re-
turned by an evening
flight at the time.
With Biren and Bish-
wajit summoned back
to Delhi, political cir-
cles here have been left
wondering over new
developments in the
ongoing tussle.
Nagaland may get
first woman RS MP
Manipur leadership issue
still hangs in the balance
PM MODI, HOME MIN SHAH TO ATTEND
ADITYANATH’S OATH-TAKING ON MAR 25
Lucknow (Agencies):
dra Modi, Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah, Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh,
Bharatiya Janata Party
national president JP
Nadda are among the
list of invitees sched-
uled to attend the oath-
taking ceremony of
Yogi Adityanath as
Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh, said sources.
According to sources,
Yogi Adityanath, who
led his party to a thump-
ing victory in Uttar
Pradesh, is likely to take
oath as Chief Minister
of the state for the sec-
ond tenure on March 25.
Other than Union
Ministers and the lead-
ership of BJP and
Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh, many other
Union Cabinet Minis-
ters and chief minis-
ters of BJP-ruled
states are also among
the invitees. If sources
are to be believed, sev-
eral Opposition lead-
ers have also made
their way to the list of
invitees to the oath-
taking ceremony.
“Congress president
Sonia Gandhi, Con-
gress General Secretary
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra, Samajwadi Par-
ty founder Mulayam
Singh Yadav, SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav and Ba-
hujan Samaj Party
chief Mayawati are
among the prominent
names likely to be in-
vited from the opposi-
tion parties,” said
sources.
Beneficiaries of vari-
ous central and state-
run welfare schemes
have also been invited to
the oath-taking ceremo-
ny with a special focus
onwomenbeneficiaries.
Preparations for the
grand ceremony
have begun in Eka-
na Stadium of
Lucknow.
As per sources,
cabinet members’
names have al-
ready been
finalised
by the
BJP
.
Opposition leaders, including Sonia, Mulayam, Mayawati, likely to be invited
BJP ALLIANCE PARTNERS
SEEK ‘RESPECTABLE’ SHARE
IN UTTAR PRADESH CABINET
Lucknow (PTI): Ap-
parently convinced
that they had played a
crucial role in the
massive victory of
the BJP in the Assem-
bly polls, the Apna
Dal (S) and Nishad
Party (NP), which
had contested the
polls in alliance with
the BJP
, are now seek-
ing their pound of
flesh ahead of the for-
mation of the next
government in the
state. They also be-
lieve the saffron
party would need
them to win the
state in the
next general
elections in
2024. Accord-
ing to the
sources in the
BJP, the
A D
and NP wanted a ‘re-
spectable’ share in the
UP cabinet and their
leaders had also ap-
prised the BJP leader-
ship in the state about
their ‘expectations’.
The AD, which had
contested 17 seats in
the polls, managed to
win 12 while the NP
had contested 18 seats
and its candidates
emergedvictoriouson
11 seats, mainly the
eastern region of UP
.
NP president San-
jay Nishad said that
his party had not put
any conditions.
“We are sure the
BJP will keep in mind
our contribution and
role in the electoral
victory while forming
the ministry and will
accommodate us re-
spectfully
,” he said.
Preparation underway at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium where Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to be
sworn in as UP Chief Minister for the second consecutive term on Friday.
Chandigarh (PTI):
Punjab Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann on
Saturday, in the first
decision of his first
Cabinet meeting,
threw open 25,000 jobs
in various State Gov-
ernment departments,
including 10,000 in Po-
lice Department.
The decision to fill
the 25,000 vacancies in
various departments
was taken in a Cabinet
meeting chaired by
Chief Minister Mann,
whohimself announced
it in a video message.
“The agenda of 25,000
government jobs was
passed in the Cabinet
today
,” Mann said in his
message.
He said 10,000 jobs
will be filled in the Pun-
jab Police Department
and the rest of them
will be in different oth-
er departments, boards
and corporations.
He said the jobs will
be given on merit.
“There will be no dis-
crimination, no ‘sifar-
ish’ (recommendation)
or no bribe,” he added.
Unemployment has
been one of the major
issues that the Aam
Aadmi Party had raised
during the just-conclud-
ed state assembly polls.
25,000 government jobs for Punjab:
Bhagwant Mann’s 1st decision as CM
Punjab CM Mann chairs the first meeting of the Punjab Cabinet, in Chandigarh on Saturday.
PUNJAB: TEN AAP MLAS INDUCTED
INTO BHAGWANT MANN-LED CABINET
Chandigarh (ANI): Ten
AAP MLAs, including a
woman, were inducted
in the Bhagwant Mann-
led Cabinet in Punjab
here on Saturday.
Governor Banwarilal
Purohit administered
the oath of office and
secrecy to the minis-
ters at Punjab Bhawan
here. Among the 10,
eight are first-time
MLAs. All of them took
the oath in Punjabi.
Harpal Singh Cheema,
Harbhajan Singh, Dr
Vijay Singla, Lal Chand,
Gurmeet Singh Meet
Hayer, Kuldeep Singh
Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh
Bhullar, Bram Shanker
Jimpa, Harjot Singh
Bains and Dr Baljit
Kaur, the lone woman
in the cabinet, were
administered the oath.
There are 18 berths
in the Cabinet, includ-
ing the Chief Minister.
Punjab Governor had
on Wednesday ad-
ministered the oath of
office and secrecy to
Bhagwant Mann.
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) court
has ordered framing of charges against Lashkar-
e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz
Saeed and Hizbul Mujahi-
deen chief Syed Salahuddin,
Kashmiri separatist leaders
including Yasin Malik, Shabbir
Shah, Masarat Alam and oth-
ers under various sections of
Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in a case
pertains to the terrorist and secessionist activities
that disturbed the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mumbai: Following the reports of a surge in COVID-19
cases in European countries and neighboring China,
Maharashtra Health Minister
Rajesh Tope on Saturday said
the state government is on
alert over the situation. “We
have received a letter from the
Centre to be on alert as there
is a surge in cases across
European Countries, South Korea and China. Accord-
ingly, our health department had issued a letter to DCs
to be cautious and take necessary steps,” Tope said.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh chief of the Rash-
triya Lok Dal (RLD) has resigned from the party
after accusing the top brass of selling tickets for
the recently concluded State assembly elections.
In a letter to RLD supremo Jayant Chaudhary,
former state unit president Dr Masood Ahmad
alleged party tickets were sold to undeserving
candidates ahead of the UP elections, and that
Muslims and Dalits were sidelined. Jayant Chaud-
hary’s RLD had tied up with the Samajwadi Party,
led by Akhilesh Yadav, in the run-up to the seven-
phase Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. RLD had
bagged eight seats in the recently held polls.
HAFIZ SAEED, HIZBUL CHIEF, SEPARATISTS
CHARGED IN TERROR FUNDS CASE
COVID-19: MAHARASHTRA ON ALERT
AMID RISING CASES IN CHINA, EUROPE
RLD’S UP CHIEF RESIGNS, ALLEGES
SALE OF PARTY TICKETS BEFORE POLLS
AIMIM is BJP’s ‘B’ team,
it was proved in Bengal,
UP elections: Sena’s Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP
Sanjay Raut on Satur-
day rejected the sugges-
tion of AIMIM for an
alliance with the MVA,
saying those who bow
before the grave of Au-
rangzeb cannot become
Maharashtra’sidealand
dubbed the Asaduddin
Owaisi-led party as the
“B team” of the BJP
.
AIMIM MP Imtiaz
Jaleel has caused a flut-
ter in political circles by
hinting an alliance with
the MVA, saying the dis-
pensation can become a
“comfortable car” from
the three-wheeled au-
torickshaw which can
prevent the BJP from
coming to power.
“The AIMIM has a se-
cret alliance with the
BJPwhichwasprovedin
UPandBengalpolls.The
AIMIM is a ‘B’ team of
the BJP and will remain
so. The MVA is a three-
party alliance and there
is no room for a fourth
partner,” Raut said.
He said MVA part-
ners revere Chhatra-
pati Shivaji Maharaj
and Chhatrapati Samb-
haji Maharaj while
AIMIM bows before
Aurangzeb- the 17th
century Mughal em-
peror who had kept
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj in captivity in
Agra before the latter
managed to escape.
India may soon top
hate, anger charts:
Rahul slams Centre
New Delhi (PTI):
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi on Satur-
day in an apparent
jibe at the Centre over
the country’s ranking
in the latest World
Happiness Report,
said India would soon
top hate and anger
charts.
Taking to Twitter,
Rahul Gandhi shared
the report and said,
“Hunger Rank: 10,
Freedom Rank: 119,
Happiness Rank: 136.
But, we may soon top
the Hate and Anger
charts!”
Published by Unit-
ed Nations Sustaina-
bleDevelopmentSolu-
tions Network, the
World Happiness Re-
port ranks 150 coun-
tries of the world on
several factors such
assenseof well-being,
GDPpercapita,social
support system, life
expectancy
, generosi-
ty
, liberty to make life
choices and percep-
tions of corruption,
etc.
In this year’s re-
port, Finland topped
the list. The other
countries ranked
among the top 10 list
includeDenmark,Ice-
land, Switzerland,
The Netherlands,
Luxembourg, Swe-
den, Norway
, Israel
and New Zealand
(rankwise from sec-
ond to tenth).
India performed
slightly well this year
and moved up three
places to 136th posi-
tion in the World Hap-
piness Report. Last
year,Indiawasranked
139th in this list.
Uttarakhand: BJP meeting to
pick new CM likely on Monday
Dehradun (PTI): The
BJP legislature party
meeting to decide the
new chief minister of
Uttarakhand is likely to
be held here on Monday
.
Theparty’scentralob-
servers for Uttarakhand
Rajnath Singh and
Meenakshi Lekhi may
arrive a day earlier on
Sunday or on the same
day to attend the meet-
ing.
The swearing-in cere-
mony may take place on
Tuesday with Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, Home Minister
Amit Shah, BJP presi-
dentJPNaddaandChief
Ministers of several
BJP-ruled States likely
to attend the event, he
said.
The MLAs have been
informed about the like-
ly formation of govern-
mentintwotothreedays
and will arrive in Dehra-
dun by Sunday
, Uttara-
khand BJP president
Madan Kaushik said.
While Pushkar Singh
Dhami continues to be
the frontrunner for the
post of chief minister,
other probable names
for the top job doing the
rounds include those of
Chaubattakhal MLA
Satpal Maharaj, Shrina-
gar MLA Dhan Singh
Rawat and Rajya Sabha
member Anil Baluni.
CALL FOR ALLIANCE!
Sena leader Sanjay Raut AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi
Two CM probables summoned to nat’l Capital
N Biren Singh, CM, Manipur
India among
‘unhappiest’
nations, languishes
at 136th spot
WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT
Rahul Gandhi

Promoted by
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it won’t wreck
it won’t wreck
RUSSIAN
A
t the time of writing,
donations have ex-
ceeded US$50 mil-
lion. This may not be
in the same league as
the value of the war
bonds or the financial aid and
military assistance being of-
fered by governments around
the world, but it’s not insignifi-
cant. It shows individuals col-
lectively having a state-like
impact on the global stage.
This new way of accessing
global private capital is a re-
freshingly welcome facet of
cryptocurrencies. By going
straight to the people of the
world, Ukraine’s government
has been able to raise finance
quickly without the need for
financial intermediaries.
Yet as ever with cryptocur-
rencies, they bring benefits and
risks in equal measures. They
also have the potential to help
Russians to evade the crashing
rouble – contrary to demands
by Ukraine. Mykhailo Fedorov,
for example, pleaded on Twit-
ter for, “all major crypto ex-
changes to block addresses of
Russian users … It’s crucial to
freeze not only the addresses
linked to Russian and Belaru-
sian politicians, but also to
sabotage ordinary users”.
The crypto community has
not wholeheartedly agreed.
One leading Twitter user, Da-
vid Gokhshtein, replied that he
is, “definitely with Ukraine
and for peace but we don’t do
that in crypto”.
Changpeng Zhao, founder of
leading exchange Binance, has
said that it’s not the place of
crypto exchanges to restrict
Russian activities in general,
though he emphasised that his
exchange was not permitting
any of the hundreds of wealthy
Russian individuals on west-
ern sanctions lists to use its
services. Even then, he said, it
was impossible to stop them
because there were so many
other exchanges that they
could use instead.
With Russians also being re-
stricted by moving money out
of the country both by sanc-
tions on Russian banks and
capital controls imposed by
their own government, many
appear to be attempting to
throw off the shackles of their
national virtual identity to get
around these rules. Russian de-
mand for VPNs, which help in-
dividuals to stay private online
when using public networks,
was up at least fourfold over the
weekend, and possibly a good
deal more.
Russian demand for crypto
may already help to explain bit-
coin’s rise by about 15% since
the weekend, currently trading
at around US$43,500. Leading
altcoins such as ethereum
(+12%), ripple (+7%) and sola-
na (+18%) have also been on the
way up.
War is expensive. The United States spent about US$1.1 trillion
(£830 billion) on the 2003 Iraq war in today’s money, while the
Falklands war cost the UK the equivalent of about £2.6 billion.
Funding is therefore an important resource in any conflict, similar
to that of artillery, fuel and boots on the ground. The burden of
finance traditionally falls to governments, often in the form of
issuing war bonds. Ukraine is currently issuing US$270 million in
war bonds for that very purpose. Interestingly, however, Ukraine is
also drawing on options that were not available until very recently.
Several days after the Russian invasion, Mykhailo Fedorov, vice
prime minister of Ukraine and minister of digital
transformation, called on people around the world to show
solidarity with Ukraine by making crypto donations.
The bigger
ISSUE
There are also questions about how
crypto could affect the sanctions re-
gime as a whole, which not only in-
cludes restrictions on Russian banks
and oligarchs but also a freeze on the
US$630 billion foreign reserves of
the Russian central bank. Could
Russian institutions get around
these restrictions by using crypto-
currencies?
The problem is not new to this
conflict. Countries such as Iran
have previously been accused of us-
ing bitcoin to bypass sanctions.
Nonetheless, as the global commu-
nity looks ever more fractured by
ideology and past grievances, con-
cerns about Russia are of a differ-
ent order.
In my view, however, it is doubtful
that crypto will save Russia from
sanctions. Even apart from the huge
task of establishing the necessary
facilities within Russian banks,
many of the people and institutions
that would be receiving the crypto
would need to set up wallets of
their own. Besides that,
daily transaction val-
ues in crypto
only amount to a few billion dollars.
This is a big number, but an order of
magnitude less than the overall fi-
nancial system. If Russia were to
seriously start using crypto for pay-
ments, the market is not yet mature
enough to cope.
Having said that, it’s worth noting
that thanks to the devaluation of the
rouble, bitcoin has now eclipsed it
in overall value. It is now the 14th
most valuable currency in the world,
three places above the rouble.
It is possible that the positives
that crypto has brought to this war
will be a step towards it becoming
more widely accepted and for the
world to come up with the harmo-
nised global regulation vital for it
to fully reach the mainstream. On
the other hand, it is clearly already
difficult to prevent crypto from be-
ing used as a way of evading sanc-
tions on a relatively small scale,
and it has the potential to make it
much harder to financially
restrict pariah coun-
tries in years to
come.
Source: https://theconversation.com/
EXPENSE OF
UKRAINE-RUSSIA
WAR
UKRAINE
RUSSIA FACING
US$270
million
issuing war bonds
currently
US$630
billion
freeze on foreign
reserves
The problem is not new to
this conflict. Countries such
as Iran have previously been
accused of using bitcoin to
bypass sanctions.
Nonetheless, as the global
community looks ever more
fractured by ideology and
past grievances, concerns
about Russia are of a
different order.
BIZ BUZZ
06
Bitcoinis helping both sidesinUkraineconflict,but
Bitcoinis helping both sidesinUkraineconflict,but

NEWS
08
First India Bureau
Bharatpur/Pratap-
garh/Alwar : A wom-
an and her two sons,
who were going to cele-
brate Holi, lost their
lives in a horrific acci-
dent. In an attempt to
avoid a truck, the speed-
ing car collided with a
tree and overturned
several times. Three
brothers-in-law of the
deceased woman are in-
jured. The woman in
the car was going to her
in-laws’ house to play
Holi with her sons and
brother-in-law. Acci-
dent happened at Uch-
hain in Bharatpur.
In Pratapgarh, two
cousins on a bike died
in a road accident on
National Highway 56 in
Pratapgarh Friday
night.
Investigating officer
of the case Jawaharlal
said that accident hap-
pened when two cous-
ins Chandrapakash
Goswami and Ankit
Goswami were return-
ing after taking petrol
in the bike.
In Alwar, three
friends were killed in
an accident on Friday
while three others were
injured in the Neemra-
na police police station
of Alwar.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The govern-
ment introduced an
amendment bill for
changes in the Ra-
jasthan Land Revenue
Act. The bill will be
taken up in the Assem-
bly on March 23.
There is a change in
sub-section 8 of Section
90A of the Act pro-
posed. Here the cut-off
date is to be changed
from June 17. 1999 to De-
cember 31, 2021.
Thisextensionwould
provide relief to illegal
colonies on agricultur-
al land.
Close to three-four
thousand colonies of
the state will get relief
and seven-eight lakh
plot holders will get
leases.
The Cabinet ap-
proved the amendment
in sub-section 8 of Sec-
tion 90-A of the Ra-
jasthan Land Revenue
Act to give relief to peo-
ple living in urban are-
as on agricultural land
after June 17, 1999. It is
noteworthy that in sub-
section 8 of section 90-A
of the act, there is a pro-
vision for conversion of
agricultural land for
non-agricultural use in
urban areas before
June 17, 1999. In the last
two decades, there has
been rapid urbaniza-
tion and various non-
agricultural activities
have developed on the
agricultural land.
However, the conver-
sion of agricultural
land is not happening
after June 17, 1999. In
such a situation, it is
necessary to facilitate
the conversion with the
aim of providing relief
to the common people
who have built houses
or earning livelihood on
suchland,areleasesaid.
“For this, the cabinet
has approved to change
this date to 31 December
2021 instead of 17 June
1999,” the release said.
Jaipur: The gov-
ernment has pre-
sented a Bill in the
State Assembly to
amend the Land
Revenue Act (LRA)
under which the
documents of
housing coopera-
tive societies
would be rendered
useless if issued
after 16th June
1999 for patta regu-
lation purpose. No
action would be
taken under Sec-
tion 90A (8) of the
amended Bill for
land use conver-
sion from agricul-
ture to non-agri-
culture.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The govern-
ment will have to auc-
tion the government
aircraft C-90 once again.
After the auction pro-
cess held on February
17, the successful bid-
der did not deposit 25%
of the amount in the
stipulated 7 days and
the second bidder was
not ready to buy it. CM
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the re-auction
process of the aircraft.
For its re-auction, the
department will soon
issue EOI i.e. letter of
Expression of Intent,
which will have details
of the terms and condi-
tions of the auction.
The C-90 along with the
B-200 aircraft, Agusta
helicopter was auc-
tioned on 17 Feb. On
this day, the auction
of C-90 aircraft was
fixed at price of Rs 7.60
crore, double its reserve
price of Rs 3.25 crore.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: RCA presi-
dent Vaibhav Gehlot,
who is also a member of
the All India Congress
Committee, visited the
city Congress office
during his stay in Jodh-
pur and took stock of
the Congress member-
ship campaign. Senior
Congress leaders Rajen-
dra Solanki and Ganpat
Singh Chouhan, PCC
Secretary Sachin Sar-
wate, Sarwan Patel,
Mayor Kunti Deora and
MLA Manisha Panwar
were also present. From
senior Congress leaders
to grassroots workers
were present. Apart
from Congress District
President Salim Khan
and Naresh Joshi, mu-
nicipal councillors
were also present.
AMENDED LAND REVENUE ACT TO BE
TAKEN UP IN HOUSE ON MARCH 23
Effects of
LRA amend
8 die, several hurt in 3 separate
road accidents in Rajasthan
CM Gehlot gives nod to re-
auction of govt aircraft C-90
Vaibhav reviews progress of
membership drive in Jodhpur
n There is change proposed in sub-section 8 of section 90A of the Act
n
The extension would provide relief to illegal colonies on agriculture land
Several passengers were injured when a roadways bus going
from Ajmer to Devlia fell into a gorge near Telada.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Two persons
were allegedly stabbed
to death by a group of
people during an argu-
ment between the two
sides in Bikaner dis-
trict on Friday evening,
police said on Saturday
.
Two groups were
playing colours on the
occasion of Holi when
an altercation broke out
between them. As it es-
calated, one group at-
tacked the other with
knives, the police
said. The accused hit so
much with knives that
the intestines of the
dead came out. Later,
police have arrested the
main accused.
2 stabbed to death while playing Holi
Chittorgarh: In a
mishap, a container
coming from the
wrong direction
collided with a diesel
tanker on Chittorgarh-
Udaipur Highway near
Hajyakhedi village on
Saturday. Both the
heavy vehicles caught
fire after the collision
and three persons
are suspected to have
been charred to death
while a person was
seen jumping out from
a vehicle to safety.
3 suspected to
be charred alive
in accident
Manoj Jain
Karauli: Family mem-
bers of a youth who
died while undergoing
treatment at a hospital
in Hindaun city on Fri-
day night filed a case
accusing some people
of the village of mur-
der.
According to Mandi
police station officer,
Girraj Singh, a report
was filed on behalf of
Suresh, a resident of
Pura that his brother
Prem Kumar, 36, was
called by Gulab, Uday,
Samay Singh, Jamuni,
Ashok, Yogesh, Murari,
all residents of Barka-
pura, to play Holi but
they beat him up bru-
tally with sticks. The
accused, later, took Ku-
mar to the district hos-
pital at Mohan Nagar
where he died during
treatment. A few days
ago, three-four people,
including Samay Singh
came and threatened to
kill him. A case has
been registered and an
investigation is on.
Man dies in Karauli,family alleges murder
Relatives of the deceased outside the mortuary in Bikaner.
Police speaking to the neighbours at the incident site in Karauli.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: A Border Se-
curity Force
(BSF) jawan alleged-
ly shot him-
self dead with his ser-
vice rifle at BSF’s bat-
talion headquarter in
Barmer, police said.
According to the po-
lice, the deceased was
identified as Dinesh Ku-
mar (51), a resident of
Madhya Pradesh. He
was head constable in
BSF’s 142 battalion.
The jawan shot him-
self at battalion head-
quarter at Jalipa in
Barmer on Friday when
he was alone at home,
police said. After hear-
ing the gunshot, sol-
diers rushed him to the
district hospital where
doctors declared
him dead.
Police are yet to find
the reason for the al-
leged suicide, but sus-
pect that the jawan end-
ed his life out of depres-
sion due to family-relat-
ed issues.
TWO DIE AS ROAD
SOIL CAVES IN
RAJSAMAND
BSF jawan
shoots self with
service rifle
MINOR GIRL FALLS
IN TANK IN
DUNGARPUR, DIES
Rajsamand: A woman
and her three-year-old
daughter, who were go-
ing to visit a temple on
a bike on the Umti-Talai
road of Kelwa police sta-
tion, died while the bike
rider was injured. Villag-
ers started demanding
action against the mine
owner. Villagers alleged
that the owner of Pad-
mini Marble in Umti has
dug up even a road and
accidents often happen
there.
Dungarpur: A 6-year-old
child died after falling
into a water tank in a
house under construc-
tion in Thana village of
the district. According to
the information, 6-year-
old Jenny, daughter
of Kamlesh Patidar, a
resident of Thana village,
was a class I student in
a private school of the
village. Jenny had gone
to the nearby grocery
shop late Friday evening
to get some stuff.
Jodhpur: Two people died after chlorine gas leaked
from a clothing factory in Jodhpur’s Tanwara Indus-
trial Area. The relatives
of the deceased claim
that the gas leaked
while they were working
in the factory but the
police say that after
investigating the matter,
it is being ascertained what actually happened. The
deceased are identified as Nisar Khan, 60, of Jodh-
pur and Vijay, 28, of Sonpat of UP.
TWO DIE AFTER INHALING CHLORINE GAS
AT JODHPUR TEXTILE FACTORY
NEWS DIGEST
WHAT’S
COOKING!
Atete-e-tete between two
Meena leaders belonging to
two opposing parties has set the
tongues wagging. When BJP
veteran Kirodi Lal Meena and
Congress Minister Murari Lal
Meena met at a private function
in Dausa, they exchanged
pleasantries and had a brief
parley. But political pundits are
not ready to take it as usual.
They see something cooking
behind the scene and link it to
the state polls scheduled next
year. The minister is known for
his proximity to rebel leader
Sachin Pilot.
—First India Bureau
UP POLL IMPACT
The historic results of Uttar
Pradesh elections are sure
to have its cascading effects in
Rajasthan politics. The ripples
are most felt in the state unit of
BSP. Two of the six party MLAs,
who jumped over to Congress
last time, were mulling to return
to the party fold. But the UP poll
results have compelled them to
rethink their strategy. Many oth-
er party leaders are also chang-
ing their minds. Now, they are
in a dilemma whether to deposit
the party fund or not. Grapevine
has it that they would try to get
a ticket from BJP or Congress
first. —First India Bureau
Vaibhav Gehlot addressing party workers in Jodhpur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A seminar of
ASSOCHAM Jaipur
was organised at a hotel
on Saturday
. The theme
of the seminar was
Business Potential and
Opportunity in Sharjah
Airport International
Free Zone (SAIF). Rajiv
Arora, Chairman of Ra-
jciko expressed the im-
mense potential of busi-
ness in Sharjah and In-
dia. SAIF director Saud
Al Mazrouei and other
dignitaries were pre-
sent. Speaking on the
occasion, Arora men-
tioned the glorious cul-
ture of Sharjah and Raj,
the strength of tourism
and the same climate
and termed both like
brothers.
Huge potential
in Sharjah-Raj
biz: Rajiv Arora
Jhunjhunu: Miscre-
ants beat up a youth
Sandeep Nayak black
and blue injuring him
critically at Mandrella
Square in Chadawa
town of the district on
Saturday. The victim,
however, breathed his
last on the way to BDK
Hospital here and the
doctors declared him
dead on arrival.
YOUTH THRASHED
TO DEATH

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
60,95,212
TOTAL DEATHS
39,97,58,090
TOTAL RECOVERED
6,27,78,190
ACTIVE CASES
46,86,31,492
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,16,381
TOTAL DEATHS
4,24,61,926
TOTAL RECOVERED
27,773
ACTIVE CASES
4,30,06,080
TOTAL CASES
NEWS
09
HAS THE STATUS OF
THE GANDHI FAMILY
DIMINISHED?
Defeat often carries
with it the burden
of blocked beliefs,
which was clearly visi-
ble in CWC meeting
convened in New Delhi.
The meeting lasted for
five hours but only five
people came forward in
support of Gandhi fam-
ily. Whereas, 52 leaders
attended the meet. So-
nia Gandhi offered her
resignation, declaring
that ‘the Gandhi family
can sacrifice anything,
to protect the Congress’.
This time no slogans of
‘Sonia Gandhi
Zindabad’ were raised.
Only five leaders stood
in her support. After
this, it was the turn of
Rahul Gandhi. KC
Venugopal raised slo-
gans in favor of Rahul.
Same was the case with
Priyanka Gandhi. The
five people who took the
lead in Rahul’s favour,
after Rahul spoke, were
Bhupesh Baghel, Ka-
mal Nath, Ashok Ge-
hlot, Mallikarjun
Kharge, and Adhir Ran-
jan Chowdhury. In this
meeting, only three
leaders of disgruntled
G-23 faction of Con-
gress including Ghu-
lam Nabi Azad, Anand
Sharma Mukul Was-
nik attended the meet.
Various senior leaders
praised Azad for his
speech. Obviously, Gan-
dhi family was feeling
uncomfortable.
RAJYA SABHA SEAT
TO VADRA’S CLOSE
ONE FROM KERALA?
As a senior party
leader AK Antony
had kept all his hopes on
the lone RS seat from
Kerala.Butthenamedo-
ing the rounds for the
same is that of Con-
gress’ Telangana in-
charge Krishnan Srini-
vasan, who is also on
board of directors of
several firms owned by
Robert Vadra. Ever
since the matter of RS
candidature has come to
the fore, there has been
a ruckus in Congress
unit of Kerala and AK
Antony has started talk-
ing about retiring from
politics. RS term of
Anand Sharma, a prom-
inent Congress G-23
leader, is about to end.
Sharmaalsoapproached
AAP supremo Arvind
Kejriwal, but given Ke-
jri’s political style, there
is little hope that he will
favour Sharma.
AKHILESH’S EYES
ON 2024!
SP chief Akhilesh Ya-
dav has won from
Karhal seat of Mainpu-
ri, but he wants to leave
his assembly seat and
retain the MP status.
Akhilesh’s uncle Shiv-
pal Singh Yadav wants
to field his son Aditya
Singh from Karhal,
but Akhilesh has de-
clared him as LoP in
Assembly, so that he
couldn’t pres-
surise Akh-
ilesh on
this is-
s u e ,
say-
ing that he has some big
plans for Aditya in
2024. Akhilesh’s vote
share has increased by
one a half times in
UP polls he wants to
maintain this boom in
2024 LS polls too.
WILL AKHILESH
GIVE RAJYA SABHA
BERTH TO JAYANT?
The queue of those
seeking RS seat
from Akhilesh Yadav
gets longer. Jayant
Chaudhary’s name has
also been added to this
list. On the one hand,
the BJP continues to
woo Jayant so that the
party’s path can be
eased in western UP in
2024. This time
J a y a n t ’ s
party RLD
has won 8
seats. Usu-
ally, 38
votes are
re-
quired for a RS seat,
that is why Jayant is
now looking towards
Akhilesh for 30 votes.
But Akhilesh’s dilem-
ma is that there is a
long queue of people
seeking Rajya Sabha’s
seat from him. Akhile-
sh has also made up his
mind that ‘he will not
give Rajya Sabha seat to
any Yadav or Muslim
on behalf of SP’. In fact,
Akhilesh wants to send
a message to the back-
ward caste voters of the
state before the election
of 2024 that SP is not
only a party of Yadavs
and Muslims.
DEFEAT FROM
WITHIN?
To review Congress’
crushing defeat in 5
states, party’s interim
president Sonia Gandhi
has constituted a com-
mittee. The responsibil-
ity of probing the defeat
has also been entrusted
to same leaders, on
whom the party cadre
has been raising fingers
earlier. For example,
most of Congress lead-
ers of Uttarakhand
were blaming the in-
charge Devendra Yadav,
Avinash Pandey and co-
in-charge Deepika Pan-
dey for the crushing
defeat. Now interest-
ingly, in the committee
formed by Sonia Gan-
dhi to review the defeat,
Ajay Maken along with
Avinash Pandey has
also been included. In
review meeting which
was held to review de-
feat in Punjab, just be-
fore CWC meeting, Con-
gress MPs said that
‘Ghar ko ag lagi ghar ke
chirag se’. Now ques-
tions are being raised
that who is in Rahul’s
team who is taking for-
ward leaders like Avi-
nash Pandey and Chan-
dan Yadav. The needle
of suspicion has wan-
dered around and fixed
on Alankar Sawai.
PRIYANKA GANDHI
IN TROUBLE!
After UP poll results
were declared, Pri-
yanka Gandhi held a
review meeting with
Congress leaders of the
state. The narrative of
‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti
Hoon’ has reached the
public in a wrong way
etc-etc. So, realizing the
gravity of the situation,
many prominent lead-
ers of the state were
called from Priyanka’s
office and Priyanka
herself spoke to those
leaders and presented
her clarification. Af-
ter this, when
the meeting
s t a r t e d ,
s e n i o r
U P
Congress leader
Pramod Tiwari started
his speech by praising
Priyanka and said,
“You fought very well.
Congress’s voice has
been raised in the en-
tire state.” Majority of
leaders weren’t agree-
ing with Tiwari’s opin-
ion’ For Priyanka too,
the situation was get-
ting uncomfortable in
the meeting, but some-
how she managed the
matter.
...AND FINALLY
The Sangh’s Sarkar-
yavah Dattatreya
Hosabole is ready to re-
turn to Nagpur after
completing his mission
UP. His office is also
shifting from Lucknow
to Nagpur. Sources re-
veal that Hosabole, the
architect of BJP’s mas-
sive victory in UP, can
be handed over the com-
mand of the 2024 Lok
Sabha elections from
now on.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: A transfer list
for IAS officers is ex-
pected to be out any-
time soon. While some
positions are lying va-
cant, many others are
going to be vacant soon.
Two IAS officers are
Awaiting Posting Or-
ders (APO) and one of-
ficer is returning from
deputation.
Last week, Rajesh Ku-
mar Yadav relinquished
his position as Principal
Secretary, PWD, and
moved to Delhi. Simi-
larly, Agriculture Com-
missioner Om Prakash
returnedtohishomeAs-
samMeghalayacadreon
March 16 after complet-
ing his 5-year deputa-
tion. The Department of
Personnel (DoP) has not
given additional charge
of both these posts to
anyone as of yet.
Other than this,
Bharatpur Divisional
Commissioner Prem-
chand Baswal is retir-
ing on March 31. The
post of a member of the
IAS quota in the Reve-
nue Board is lying va-
cant. Half a dozen sec-
retaries are carrying
the burden of addition-
al charge.
Moreover, two IAS of-
ficers Ravi Kumar Sur-
pur and Pooja Kumari
Parth are running APO.
Poonam, a 2015 batch
IAS officer, is returning
from her home cadre
Bihar after a 5-year dep-
utation.
Additional chief sec-
retary (ACS) Vinu Gup-
ta, who could not play
his full innings in PWD
earlier, could be given
the command of PWD
once again. There is
also a discussion about
the name of ACS Pawan
Kumar Goel, who fell
behind in the race of
CS. Anand Kumar of
the 1994 batch is also a
contender for this de-
partment.
The post of Agricul-
ture Commissioner is
considered to be the
most important for any
HOD. Om Prakash, who
came on deputation,
was handling the re-
sponsibility of this post
since July 2019. Initial-
ly, Samarth Raj Mathur
was the commissioner
for 7 years, Tara Chand
Kala for 6 years and CS
Rajan for 5 years. The
name that is currently
in discussion for this
post is that of Aarushi
Malik. She is also the of-
ficer of choice for min-
isterLalChandKataria.
For Divisional Com-
missioner of Bharat-
pur, Senior IAS of 2003-
2005 batch is required.
Here also the availabil-
ity of officers is limited.
Besides, it is also being
said that a few minis-
ters have requested the
CM to change their sec-
retaries. These include
Water Resources Minis-
ter Mahendrajeet
Malviya (for his secre-
tary Prithviraj), Health
Minister Prasadilal
Meena (for his secretar-
ies Ashutosh Pednekar
and Vaibhav Galriya)
and Lalchand Kataria
(for his secretary
Dinesh Kumar).Ravi
Kumar Surpur (2004
batch) of the rank of
Principal Secretary has
been running APO
since Feb 29. Pooja Ku-
mari Parth of the 2015
batch is running APO
since November 2021.
Some important re-
sponsibilities can be
entrusted to them.
Inderjit Singh and
his wife Neha Giri (both
of the 2010 batch) are
going to America on
study leave. There
should be a new posting
in their place.
Well, a huge transfer
list is due, while a lot of
changes are to be made
in the same. But a brief
list to fill the vacant
post give postings to
APO, can be issued be-
fore the end of the As-
sembly session on
March 28.
IAS transfer list may come before end of Assembly session
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla met the
common people at his
camp office in Shaktin-
agar on Saturday and
held a public hearing
for a long duration. A
lot of people visited
Birla at the office prem-
ises to extend Holi
greetings to the LS
Speaker. Birla also con-
gratulated the people
on the occasion of Holi
and on Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav and said that
all have to preserve
freedom, which has
been achieved with
great efforts.
Birla expressed con-
cern about the acci-
dents that took place in
various water bodies in
Kota on Dhulandi. “We
should take lessons
from such untoward in-
cidents to prevent their
recurrence,” said Birla,
who is on a visit to his
hometown Kota.
He said he has also
spoken to the Chief
Minister regarding
these accidents in Kota
and expected that the
administration should
be more vigilant and
should adopt a ‘prompt
action mode’ during
such mishaps.
Birla reached the ac-
cident site after 12
o’clock in the night.
Five people died due to
drowning in the canals
of Chambal on Friday
at different places in the
city
.
Weshouldlearnfrommishapsto
preventtheirrecurrence:Birla
Om Birla visited the famous Vibhishan Mela and attended the programme related to burning the
effigy of Hiranyakashyap at Kaithoon. He also greeted people of the region on the occasion of Holi.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot’s advisor and an
independent MLA San-
yam Lodha has now ex-
pressed the possibility
of a break-up in Guja-
rat Congress. Lodha
tweeted saying, “Guja-
rat Assembly Election
2022. BJP is wooing 10
Congress MLAs. Be
healthy, be alert.”
In the meanwhile,
Congress veteran Dr
Raghu Sharma, who is
in charge of party af-
fairs in Gujarat,
said that the BJP has
failed to provide good
governance in Gujarat.
People of the state have
already had the experi-
ence about its false
promises hence Con-
gress’ performance
would be better this
time,” he said.
‘Guj BJP failed
in giving good
governance’
Kota will set new tourism
standards soon: Dhariwal
Bhanwar S Charan /
Arif Mansoori
Kota/ Jhalawar: UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal said that the people
in Kota are facing the
potholes on the roads,
but these are because a
lot of development
works are going on in
the city. Dhariwal is on
a tour of Kota on the oc-
casion of Holi. Attend-
ing a programme of
Agrawal Samaj, Dhari-
wal said that even when
some work is being un-
dertaken in the house,
the family members feel
uncomfortable for a few
days.
“Large scale develop-
ment work is going on
in the city
. Due to which
many roads are also
bad. So don’t look at
these bad roads now.
When the development
works are completed
then Kota will look dif-
ferent. Historical works
are being done in Kota.
In the field of tourism,
Kota will set a different
standard,” he said.
From underpass to
flyover and river front,
works are going on in
the city. There have
been many demonstra-
tions in the city regard-
ing the bad roads.
Dhariwal also visited
and held a round of
meetings with officials
and Congress leaders.
District Collector Bhar-
ti Dixit and SP Monica
Sen met him. Dhariwal
has an old association
with Unhel Nageshwar
temple and he visits the
place every year on the
occasion of Holi.
UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal during his three-day visit to Kota,
offered prayers at Shri Nageshwar Parshwanath Teerth situated
at Unhel in Jhalawar district on Saturday.
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Akhilesh Yadav Priyanka Gandhi
Jayant Chaudhary
Ajay Maken

If you propose to do good, expect the
stones as well as a flower or two,
they should not hinder your efforts.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
10
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24

z The main theme of
The New JC Show is
that the fight is not
for 2024 now, but for
2029. What does that
mean?
Jagdeesh Chandra:
The point is that it is a
sweeping statement
which only indicates
the towering image of
Modi and Amit Shah
and failure of all Oppo-
sition parties including
Congress, SP and oth-
ers. I can see it clearly
that the fight is no long-
er for 2024. Now leaders
in Delhi have to plan for
2029. If the team Modi-
Shah remains then it is
sure that 2024 is in their
hands. Now, the next
milestone is 2029. That
is the theme of the en-
tire story
.

z What is the politi-
cal message and
practical effect of the
five Assembly elec-
tions where BJP has
won 4 states?
The messages from this
win are multi-fold.
Firstly, Narendra Modi
is the real hero of the
nation and it has been
proved once again.
There is no match for
Narendra Modi’s face
and Amit Shah’s hard
work and strategy. Sec-
ond message of this vic-
tory is that 15-20 crore
people still place Modi
adjacent to God, since
he can turn the tables at
the last moment. An-
other message is that
Central leadership is
now making party win
in states too and people
have been voting on
Modi’s face in states
too. Local CMs have be-
come irrelevant as all
the work is being han-
dled by central teams.
CMs only have one re-
sponsibility, that of
campaigning. There is
no role in decision-mak-
ing process of state
leadership and central
leadership’s new exper-
iment has been a super-
hit in this election. An-
other message is that
traditional political dis-
course like inflation,
unemployment etc have
become irrelevant.
Such issues can make
people think on them
but cannot convert
their votes in favour of
other parties. Modi
goes, makes promises,
attacks opposition, tar-
gets its leaders and the
situation changes com-
pletely. One more mes-
sage of this election is
that Congress is almost
over in the election bat-
tle. Priyanka was Con-
gress’ last hope, but that
card too has failed. And
the last message is that
wherever people have
become disgruntled
with Congress, BJP, SP
or any other party, they
have found an option in
Kejriwal’s AAP whom
they will give a decision
mandate.

z Everyone thought,
even the Opposition
parties, that SP will
form government in
Uttar Pradesh. But it
came to nought. How
do you see that?
It was a failure of Op-
position unity. In UP,
Mayawati was a natural
ally but she went her
way
. Therefore, SP lead-
ers termed her a villain
and it’s a fact that due to
Mayawati factor, SP lost
on several seats and
BJP won. The anti-es-
tablishment forces
could not form a union
and therefore they fell
down like a house of
cards.

z The Opposition
could not come under
one umbrella in UP
,
so will there be a
united front with one
face against Naren-
dra Modi in 2024 gen-
eral elections?
There is no hope. It is
purely imagination. It
is a dream to have one
leader from the united
opposition be it for
Prime Ministerial post
or for Presidential post
or any other position.
Opposition parties can-
not be united. They can
certainly talk, Mamata
can meet with other
party leaders, Thacker-
ay, Pawar and others
can meet but, in the
end, no one face will be
seen. There is example
of Bengal where Con-
gress has parted ways
from TMC. There is no
chance that one candi-
date of united opposi-
tion can be placed be-
fore BJP’s Modi.

z Who among Modi,
Shah and Yogi have
played what role in
BJP’s massive win in
Uttar Pradesh and
how much of a credit
will you give to each
of the BJP leaders?
First credit goes to Nar-
endra Modi not just for
being a leader but for
being the most popular
leader. Secondly, for
strategy and executing
it on ground, credit goes
to Amit Shah. Thirdly,
for campaigning, mak-
ing a consensus among
people and hard work
for the party credit goes
to Yogi Adityanath. I
had said that this elec-
tion proves that CM has
become irrelevant but
UP will be an exception
to that since Yogi has
had an existence in the
state, he has had a ma-
jor contribution, he has
an image and his contri-
bution can be seen
clearly. So, these three
are key players who
have played out their
roles to the best. Amit
Shah conducted several
meetings, PM moved
about for 20 days on sev-
eral seats, but of course,
the maximum credit
goes to Narendra Modi
who covered 134 seats
and then Amit Shah
who went to about 60
seats and thereafter
Yogi Adityanath who
held over 200 rallies.

z Before elections,
Yogi Adityanath’s
contribution to UP
,
his performance and
results were being
highlighted by both
PM Modi and Amit
Shah. But in Modi’s
victory speech in the
BJP office post re-
sult, there was no
mention of Yogi.
What sort of contra-
diction is this?
This is not a contradic-
tion. It is a political
compulsion before Nar-
endra Modi and Amit
Shah on how to handle
Yogi. They could not de-
cide for a long time and
have perhaps still not
found a way in this re-
gard. But they tweeted
about Yogi being given
another term as CM
and his relationship
with the high command
is like a googly where it
keeps changing and
PM’s tweet about Yogi
as CM is part of that,
which is a good thing
and should have hap-
pened too in the man-
ner it did. One person
has worked hard in UP
and it is a good effort
but it is basically a po-
litical compulsion.

z There were rumours
of certain differences
between Yogi and
Central leadership
for the past two
years. What do you
think, were these ru-
mours only? Also,
what about the up-
coming cabinet for-
mation?
Call it difference of
opinion or communica-
tion gap but the basic
point is that all was not
well between BJP high
command and Yogi. The
reason for that is that
Yogi is a strict person
with his own unique
ways, he is compara-
tively less flexible. Sec-
ondly, he is a reluctant
‘yes man’ before high
command, whereas in
Congress and BJP by
and large everyone is a
‘YES MAN’ before high
command. Therefore,
he is considered strin-
gent due to which dif-
ferences may arise. But
in some cases, being
flexible is a constitu-
tional requirement be-
tween the Centre and
state. What happened
last year? The high
command decided on
AK Sharma’s inclusion
in government but it
didn’t go down well
with Yogi. Then the is-
sue of carving Purvan-
chal state also came up
and a meeting was held
in Delhi. I have heard
that the Home depart-
ment had even finalised
the draft to this effect
but Yogi didn’t want
that and the same even-
ing he released a press
note that UP will not be
divided. Then this
year’s differences are
too deep and therefore
there is a delay in for-
mation of cabinet.
From what we have
heard, it appears that
Baby Rani Maurya,
high command’s Dalit
face, has to be made
Deputy CM and a de-
partment like Home has
to be given to her. Yogi
says she does not have
that kind of role in UP
politics whereas the
high command may
have a strategic thought
behind it, and therefore
a difference may erupt.
But one thing is sure,
whenever cabinet is
formed in UP, you will
find Baby Rani Maurya
as deputy CM else the
cabinet will not be
formed. UP cabinet is
not a minor issue or
just Yogi’s cabinet for-
mation. It is what will
decide BJP’s future po-
litical landscape and
2024 roadmap of the saf-
fron party. We heard
that there was come is-
sue on number of depu-
ty CMs as high com-
mand was asserting for
four while Yogi wanted
just two but then news
came that the parties
have agreed to three po-
sitions. But I feel that
there is still no agree-
ment on it. It is a tricky
situation which could
be delayed for few more
days.

z The high command
has decided that Yogi
will lead UP for next
5 years. So, has Yogi
become indispensable
for the high com-
mand or has he be-
come flexible or if the
coordination has im-
proved?
Both the things are
there. He is indispensa-
ble because of the par-
ty’s Hindu card, of
which he has a good fol-
lowing. So, he is indis-
pensable to the extent
that neither can you
underwrite him or
change him. You can-
not make a new leader
in his place in UP. You
cannot undermine him
too in cabinet forma-
tion and running of
state. You will have to
give him freedom in
these aspects. To that
extent he is certainly
indispensable for the
party and high com-
mand. And if it is about
being flexible, well the
world runs on hope, so
let’s see.

z The Yogi cabinet is
to be formed in next
few days. How much
of a free hand will
Yogi have and how
much of a say will
the central leader-
ship have?
It is very difficult, but
the baseline is that Yogi
will not get more than
fifty percent free hand.
This is what I think.
Amit Shah himself is
going there as an ob-
server and it is perhaps
for the first time in 9
years that a leader of
Home Minister’s stat-
ure is going to any state
as an observer. Because
the challenge and task
is to handle Yogi. In it
there is another chal-
lenge that when he goes
to Delhi and when he
comes back to Lucknow
if the issues decided
upon get implemented
in the same manner as
decided upon, that is
one challenge. UP is a
complicated state and
whosoever may be the
Chief Minister, if they
say I will have a hun-
dred percent say in cab-
inet formation, it will
never be so. But one
thing is sure that Yogi
will have a reasonable
free hand and you will
not see if he has been
undermined. But an-
other thing is also sure
that high command will
have a huge say in it.

z Yogi came to Delhi
on March 13 and met
PM, Home Minister,
JP Nadda and BL
Santosh. What really
happened in these
meetings?
I believe that PM does
talk about the nitty-
gritty of things and
talks on broader lines.
During his meet one
year back, PM had
handed a report fur-
nished by BL Santosh
stressing that 150 MLAs
were against CM and he
was told that there is a
need for improvement.
Agencies had conduct-
ed surveys wherein at
first BJP was getting 80
seats and then 150 seats.
PM talks on policy lev-
el. The nitty-gritty
would have come when
he would have met Amit
Shah and perhaps a bit
with BL Santosh. Na-
dda does not have a
critical role in decision
making as his office is
more or less a post of-
fice. But I feel Mohan
Bhagwat would get in-
volved this time around
because UP is a sensi-
tive issue.

z PM Modi tweeted in
favour of Yogi after a
long meet with him.
What does that
mean?
It is a welcome move.
He is the Prime Minis-
ter and Yogi is his lead
worker. The Yogi camp
was demotivated that
after such a historic
win and in the function
at BJP headquarters,
Yogi wasn’t mentioned.
So, to counter that feel-
ing, and to fill in the
gap, Modi displayed his
leadership through that
tweet.

z How many phases
will the Yogi cabinet
be formed in and who
will be part of it?
Phases can be many, till
the time CM gives his
resignation to Gover-
nor for the next elec-
tion. In Rajasthan too
everything has hap-
pened but people still
hope that there will be
another expansion ex-
ercise. So such things
can go on but I feel that
eighty percent appoint-
ments will be carried
out in this first phase
and from what I have
heard, it is said that 62
ministers will be sworn
in, 25 cabinet minis-
ters, 21 MoS with Inde-
pendent charge and 23
MoS. As far as faces are
concerned, there are
many in the race for
deputy CM but apart
from Baby Rani Mau-
rya, I am not too sure
about others personal-
ly. So Baby Rani Mau-
rya, AK Sharma and
Asim Arun of which
Arun being appointed
as deputy CM will be an
experiment. Modi lead-
ership is known for giv-
ing surprises so per-
haps he may be includ-
ed. Others include
Rajeshwar Singh, Pan-
kaj Singh, Siddharth
Nath Singh, Swatantra
Dev Singh. But those
who have lost, I don’t
think they will be given
a chance. 11 ministers
have lost the election, I
don’t think any of them
will be adjusted any-
where.

z How did Narendra
Modi and Amit Shah
handle Yogi govern-
ment’s anti-incum-
bency factor?
Definitely there was
some anti-incumbency
but it wasn’t much per-
haps 20-25 percent. But
to counter it, they fo-
cussed on the constitu-
encies where their sur-
vey indicated anti-in-
cumbency was preva-
lent. So, they focussed
on 134 seats and Modi-
Shah handled the reins
of critical seats. These
people accept challeng-
es and confront it, work
hard for it so they han-
dled it and succeeded.
During the show
#JConModiUPWave
trended top All-India
on Twitter
TO BE CONTINUED...
Editor-In-Chief of First India, Jagdeesh Chandra, in The New JC Show
Editor-In-Chief of First India, Jagdeesh Chandra, in The New JC Show,
, speaks about the massive
victory of BJP in the Assembly polls of four states and what it means for the future political realm
of the nation and all political parties. Chandra also analyses how people now don’t vote for Modi
only for LS polls but also for the State Assemblies, how the strategy of Modi-Shah changes with
time issues at hand and the relationship of Yogi Adityanath with the high command...(Part I)
Jagdeesh Chandra with Shweta Mishra, Aditi Nagar, Akanksha Bhalla, Astha Khandelwal and Sudhanshu Mathur at the New JC Show. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
NOT 2024, BUT THE ACTUAL
FIGHT NOW IS FOR 2029!
MODI’S POPULAR FACE AND
AMIT SHAH’S STRATEGY IS
A DEADLY COMBINATION
WHICH THE OPPOSITION
CANNOT MATCH!

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JAIPUR, SUNDAY,
MARCH 20, 2022
oli is known
as the ‘Fes-
tival of
Happiness’
since peo-
ple of all
c a s t e s ,
creeds, colours and
races are painted in
the same colour.
And this year, India
has celebrated the
festival of colours
two years after the
outbreak began
with great vigour
and joy.
Holi sequences
and Bollywood are a
natural fit. We have
seen how Indian
cinema has given a
new expression to
the festival of col-
ours, starting with
vintage films. From
upbeat songs to
funky dance moves
and crazy celebra-
tion. On the auspi-
cious occasion,
many Bollywood ce-
lebrities took to so-
cial media plat-
forms to
wish
their fans while
some experimented
with colours, others
spent time with
their family and cel-
ebrated the festival
with much love and
enthusiasm. City
First brings you
some colourful chit-
chat about gingery
Bollywood celebs
and their Holi cele-
bration.
Katrina Kaif and
Vicky Kaushal, the
newlyweds from
Bollywood, cele-
brated Holi in the
most intimate and
lovely way possible
with their loved
ones. On their first
Holi after marriage,
the couple decorat-
ed the entire town
with their colour of
love and celebrated
the festival with
much elegance.
Priyanka Chopra
and her hubby Nick
Jonas threw a super
fun Holi bash at
their Los Angeles
home. The lovebirds
brought the party
home and
drained each
other in
the colour
of their
love. The diva
smeared colours on
her hubby’s face
and exchanged some
lovely kisses. Tak-
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the couple gave a
glimpse of all the
madness.
AnkitaLokhande
and her betterh-
alf Vicky Jain
c e l e b r a t e d
their first Holi
together with
much love.
The couple
enjoyed the
c l o s e - k n i t
Holi, they
were dressed
in white enjoy-
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mance, candid
moments with
each other.
Mouni Roy, went
desi and celebrated
her Holi in the tra-
ditional manner.
The gorgeous diva
was seen touching
her husband’s
feet. The couple
also shared
some cosy pic-
t u r e s
smeared in
gulaal.
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