23012022 first india lucknow

Double engine government did what it said: CM Yogi
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Saturday flagged off the
election campaign van
from the state BJP head-
quarters by showing the
party’s flag. On this oc-
casion, he said that
BJP’sdoubleenginegov-
ernment has fulfilled all
the promises it made.
“TheBJPgovernment
has ensured develop-
mentof thepeopleof the
state while following the
mantra of Sabka Saath,
Sabka Vikas, Sabka
Vishwas and everyone’s
efforts, said the CM. He
said the 25 crore people
of the state witnessed
thatbefore2017,thebusi-
nessmenandthecitizens
had to migrate due to
which the progress of
the state was blocked. “
Now the trend is re-
versedandcriminalsare
migrating after 2017. To-
day
, the state is moving
towards becoming the
leading economy of the
country by setting new
paradigmsof progress,“
he asserted. Turn to P2
POLL PRACHAR

CHIEF MINISTER,
ALONG WITH
UNION SPORTS
MINISTER
ANURAG
THAKUR,
FLAGGED OFF
THE CHUNAV
PRACHAR RATH
OF THE BJP BY
SHOWING THE
PARTY FLAG
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, CM Yogi, UP BJP President
Swatantra Dev Singh and Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya flagging
off party’s Chunav Prachar Rath in Lucknow on Saturday.
Decked up BJP campaign vans pass through the Vidhan Sabha Marg in Lucknow on Saturday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
6 DEAD, 23
INJURED IN
MUMBAI HIGH-
RISE FIRE
Mumbai: At least six
people died and 23
others were injured
after a fire broke out
at a residential build-
ing in South Mumbai
early on Saturday. The
fire broke out at 7.28
am on the 18th floor of
the 20-storey Kamala
Building in Tardeo area.
Of those injured, three
are said to be critical and
have been admitted to
the Intensive Care Units
of nearby hospitals. The
injured were taken to
Nair Hospital, Kasturba
Hospital and Bhatia Hos-
pital. Preliminary reports
suggested the fire could
have been caused be-
cause of a short circuit.
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FLAKES
CHILL
&
ourists amid snow flakes at the
Ridge in Shimla on Saturday. Shimla
received fresh snowfall as mercury
dropped below zero. The streets and
houses were seen covered under white
blanket in the Himachal capital as the Mall
Road was flooded with overjoyed tourists.
T
NOT ABIDING
WITH GANDHI!
Preparations underway at redeveloped Central Vista Avenue for Republic Day celebrations.
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: Abide
with Me — Mahatma
Gandhi’s favourite
hymn,whichusedtobe
played at the end of the
Beating Retreat cere-
mony on January 29,
on the eve of Gandhi’s
death anniversary —
has been dropped from
the ceremony this year.
It’s exclusion in 2020
hadcreatedafurorefol-
lowing which it was
reinstated last year.
The official list of
the26tunestobeplayed
in the Beating Retreat
ceremony does not
mention Abide with
Me. The hymn had
been played every year
during the ceremony
since 1950 but dropped
in 2020. The hymn, by
Henry Francis Lyte, is
set to the tune of Even-
tide by William Henry
Monk.
Beating Retreat
marks the end of near-
ly week-long festivities
of the Republic Day
,
which used to begin on
January 24 earlier, but
starting this year, they
will begin on January
23, the birth anniver-
sary of Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose.
Gandhi’s favourite hymn, Abide With
Me, dropped from Beating Retreat again
The hymn had been played every year
during the ceremony since 1950 but
dropped in 2020 and reinstated last year
after its exclusion created a furore
Union Home Minister Amit Shah distributes pamphlets to people
during a door-to-door campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh
Assembly election in Kairana on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AMIT SHAH BEGINS CAMPAIGN FROM KAIRANA...
Holds door-to-door campaign
with ‘new devpt wave’ vision
Kairana: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Saturday held a door-to-
door campaign in UP’s
Kairana ahead of as-
sembly elections in the
state. He interacted with
thepublicandaddressed
the media saying, “A
new wave of develop-
ment can be seen across
the state. Several roads,
airports, medical col-
leges have been built.
Every poor household
now has a gas connec-
tion, toilets, electricity,
Ayushman Bharat Yo-
jana card, free vaccines
& free ration during Co-
rona pandemic”.
Shah also interacted
with people who had mi-
grated from Kairana in
2014 but have now reset-
tled back to the city
.
Kairana is a municipal
board and a city in the
Shamli district of UP
.
BJP’S ATTEMPT
TO TAB THE HINDU
VOTE VIA KAIRANA
‘EXODUS’ CLAIM
The alleged “exodus”
of Hindus from Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Kairana
before 2017 - a claim
widely debunked as a
communal bogey - took
centre-stage with door-
to-door campaign. The
choice of Kairana is seen
as significant given how
BJP leaders have alleged
that a large number of
Hindus were forced to
migrate from the area
due to threats during
the Samajwadi Party
rule, making it a big poll
issue in 2017. In the
recent election rallies,
the subject has made a
comeback courtesy of
the party’s top leaders
who claimed there has
been an improvement
in law and order in the
state under Yogi regime.
ANALYSIS
NOW OFFICIAL FROM SAMAJWADI PARTY:
AKHILESH YADAV TO FIGHT FROM KARHAL
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) put to rest the specu-
lation about party chief Akhilesh Yadav contesting polls,
confirming that he will be fielded from Karhal in
Mainpuri. The announcement was made by SP
national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav.
“I am making a formal official announcement
now. Our national president Akhilesh Yadav
will contest from Karhal, and he will win
with massive mandate,” Ramgopal
Yadav said at a press conference
where Akhilesh was also present. P7
POLL RALLY BAN EXTENDED TILL JAN 31,
SMALL MEETINGS OK IN SOME AREAS
New Delhi: The ban on roadshows and rallies for state
polls was extended till the end of this month on Saturday
by the Election Commission but with certain relaxations
for the first two phases of voting due on February 10 and
14. The decision came after the election body held a meet-
ing earlier in the day with the Union Health Secretary and
the Chief Health Secretaries of the five states to review the
restrictions given surge in coronavirus cases. More on P8
OWAISI DECLARES NEW FRONT, IDEATES
2 CMs & 3 DY CMs FOR UTTAR PRADESH
Lucknow: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
president Asaduddin Owaisi announced alliance in UP
with Babu Singh Kushwaha and Bharat Mukti Morcha.
“If the alliance comes to power there will be 2 Chief
Ministers, one from OBC community and another from
Dalit community. There would be 3 Deputy Chief Minis-
ters including from Muslim community,” he told a press
conference. More on P7
IPL this year
To Be Held In
India Without
Crowd: Report
The IPL 2022 season will
be held in India, BCCI
sources confirmed. The
COVID-19 subsides in
the country, then the
boardwillgoaheadwith
hosting the IPL 2022 in
India. “IPL 2022 will be
held in India and the
tournament will be
staged without crowds
in attendance. Likely
venues for IPL 2022 are
Wankhede Stadium,
Cricket Club of India
(CCI), DY Patil Stadium
in Mumbai and if need-
ed, we can look at Pune
as well,” the source said.
Militant killed
in encounter in
J&K’s Shopian
Srinagar: A militant
was killed in an encoun-
ter with security forces
in Jammu and Kash-
mir’s Shopian district
on Saturday
, police said.
Acting on informa-
tion about the presence
of militants in Kilbal
area of the south Kash-
mir district, security
forces launched a cor-
don and search opera-
tion when the militants
fired on them. The iden-
tity and group affilia-
tion of the slain ultra is
being ascertained.
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
UP
16,740
NEW CASES
2,660
NEW CASES
IN LUCKNOW
02
DEATHS
16
NEW DEATHS

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2022
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Union Home Minister attacks SP during his Kairana visit; Meets exodus-affected families; Urges people to re-elect Yogi-led BJP govt
APPEASEMENTPOLITICSSHOULDEND:SHAH
First India Bureau
Kairana: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Saturday attacked Sa-
majwadi Party and oth-
er opposition parties
during his visit to Kaira-
na and said if the law
and order situation has
to be maintained in Ut-
tar Pradesh then “ap-
peasement has to end,
the practice of govern-
ments working for a spe-
cific caste has to be fin-
ished” and a BJP gov-
ernment led by Yogi
Adiyanath should be
re-elected.
Shah, who held a
door-to-door campaign
here as part of BJP’s
campaign for upcoming
assembly polls, targeted
Samajwadi Party over
the migration from
Kairana during its rule
and said the families
who have returned told
him that CM Yogi Adi-
yanth has improved the
law and order situation.
Shah said he met the
families who had mi-
grated from Kairana in
2014 and have now re-
turned to their homes.
“I met people who
were forced to migrate
due to misrule of Sama-
jwadi Party and they
said that CM Yogi has
improved the law and
order situation,” he
said. Shah said these
families told him that
“those who forced them
to migrate had migrated
themselves”.
Citing an example of
the Mittal family, Shah
said that all the 11 mem-
bers of the family sat
with him and said that
they don’t have any fear
in the city anymore.
“They too once had to
migrate. They don’t
have any fear anymore
and that everyone is car-
rying out their business
peacefully
,” Shah said
The constituency had
seenanexodusof Hindu
families in 2016 and
their return later after
huge efforts. As Shah
distributed pamphlets,
people raised “Jai Sri
Ram” slogans. He ex-
pressed confidence that
UP will become the
most developed state of
India in the coming
days. “I have come to
Kairanaforthefirsttime
afterJanuary2014.After
2014, PM took the axle of
UP’s development in his
hands,” Shah said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah interacts with the families who had migrated from Kairana in 2014 and have returned to their homes, in Kairana on Saturday. Shah
sharing a lighter moment with a child during a door-to-door campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, in Kairana.
CONSITUENCY WATCH
SP is full of goons, criminals,
corrupt & rioters, says Maurya
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Deputy
Chief Minister Keshav
Prasad Maurya on Sat-
urday launched a scath-
ing attack on Samajwa-
di Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav, saying that the
SP had already sensed
his defeat in the first
phase of elections.
“This is why Akhile-
sh Yadav was nervous
about contesting elec-
tions earlier and now he
is also nervous about
releasing the list,” re-
marked Maurya.
He said that even af-
ter March 10, the exo-
dus of rioters, mafia,
goons and corrupt will
continue from the state.
UP always loved devel-
opment and progress,
which only a BJP gov-
ernment could provide.
The UP Deputy CM
said that it had been for
everyone to witness
how BJP government
of Uttar Pradesh en-
sured progress of farm-
ers, youth, women,
poor and underprivi-
leged in the state since
2017. Those who forced
the people of UP to mi-
grate were themselves
on the run today. “The
exodus of such people
will continue in Uttar
Pradesh, because UP
again demands BJP
government, “ he said.
Referring to the
achievements of the
BJP government, the
Deputy CM said SP
chief Akhilesh Yadav
should understand that
his party stood no
chance it was the time
to return home.
“Jan Jan Ki Yahi Pukar,
UP Maange Phir Bhajpa
Sarkaar, he said.
Taking a jibe at the
opposition Samajwadi
Party, he said that the
BJP’s wind is blowing
in Uttar Pradesh miti-
gating the SP politics
of deceit and false
promises.
To a query, the Depu-
ty CM said that the SP
was full of goons, crim-
inals, mafia, corrupt
and rioters.
“This is why Akhile-
sh Yadav is now panick-
ing about the release of
the list of candidates”,
he added.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya
Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma in
Agra to bolster BJP’s PR drive
First India Bureau
Agra: The BJP is going
full throttle in its public
relations campaign. Af-
ter National President
JP Nadda on Friday,
Deputy Chief Minister
DineshSharmareached
Agra on Saturday
.
Speaking to the me-
dia, Sharma said the
defeat of opposition
parties would be clear
in the second phase it-
self, and the BJP would
once again emerge vic-
toriousinUttarPradesh
with full majority by
getting at least 300 seats.
On the matter of
Akhilesh Yadav him-
self entering the elec-
toral fray from Agra di-
vision on behalf of the
Samajwadi Party, he
said it didn’t matter if
Akhilesh or anyone else
contested the election,
as all the seats in Agra
and elsewhere belonged
to the BJP
.
He said that not only
with the RLD, but with
any party
, the SP has no
effect on the BJP. The
way BJP formed the
government in Uttar
Pradesh in 2017 with
full majority, this time
too history will be re-
peated.
Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma interacting with local people in Agra
on Saturday.
ALL SEATS ARE OURS
Cong
Aligarh
candidate
externed
First India Bureau
Aligarh: Con-
gress candidate
from Aligarh city
Salman Imtiaz
has been slapped
with an order bar-
ring him from
staying in the dis-
trict, authorities
said on Saturday
.
The externment
order which was
pasted on his
house on Friday
was dated Janu-
ary 14.
Imtiaz had filed
his nomination
for the UP polls on
Thursday
.
“The ban was
imposed on the
basis of his being
charged under the
Gunda Act since
he posed a threat
to the peace of the
city, Additional
District Magis-
trate city Rakesh
Kumar Patel said.
Imtiaz, a for-
mer president of
the AMU stu-
dents’ union, was
served a ban order
in March 2020 also
in the wake of
anti-CAA agita-
tion in the Ali-
garh Muslim Uni-
versity
.
Besides him,
several other
AMU student
leaders were is-
sued such a ban
order. Imtiaz said
he had responded
to the ban order
in 2020 and but
there has been no
official response
to his plea since
then. “Suddenly
after I filed nomi-
nation, I was
asked to leave the
city and report at
a police station in
Kasganj district,”
he said.
Salman Imtiaz
First India Bureauu
Lucknow: The tableau
of Uttar Pradesh will
feature a replica of
Kashi Vishwanath
Dham, showcasing the
glorious history and
culture of the ancient
city at this year’s Re-
public Day parade.
Last year too, the UP
tableau had won the top
prize which was re-
ceived by ACS Nanveet
Sehgal and Director (In-
formation) Shishir.
Based on the theme
of India’s 75 years of
Independence, the tab-
leau will also showcase
the state government’s
‘One District One Prod-
uct’ (ODOP) pro-
gramme which seeks to
preserve, develop and
promote indigenous
products, arts and
handicrafts, and also
create employment op-
portunities through
skill development pro-
grammes, officials said.
“Artists from Kolkata
have been engaged to
develop the tableau
which is based on the
country’s 75 years of In-
dependence. The artists
readied the tableau
within 20 days despite
unfavourable weather
conditions,” a state gov-
ernment official said.
The state’s tableau
will show the achieve-
ments made through
skill development and
employment under the
ODOP programme
which is based on the
new micro, small and
medium enterprise pol-
icy and industrial de-
velopment policy of the
BJP government.
“The developments
which have been done in
the world-famous Kashi
Vishwanath corridor
are showcased,” a note
on the UP tableau read.
The UP tableau will
also exhibit Gorakh-
pur’s famous terracotta
ceramic crafts.
Placed at the top of
the tableau, a cow made
of brass, under the
ODOP programme, will
represent Moradabad’s
metal craft.
UP tableau to showcase replica of Kashi Vishwanath Dham
ALL SET FOR R-DAY
The tableau that is to be sent to Delhi for participation in the Republic Day parade.
Based on India’s 75 years of
Independence theme, it will also
showcase govt’s ODOP programme
FIRSTRANDOMISATIONOFEVM,VVPATMACHINESDONE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The first
randomisation of
EVM and VVPAT ma-
chines was done by
District Election Of-
ficer/DM Abhishek
Prakash in the pres-
ence of all political
parties in Collector-
ate’s Video Conferenc-
ing (NIC) hall.
DeputyDistrictElec-
tion Officer/ADM Ad-
ministration Amarpal
Singh, Assistant Dis-
trict Election Officer
Abhay Kishor partici-
pated. Randomization
of 530 Ballot Units, 530
Control Units and 618
VVPATs was done in
MalihabadVidhanSab-
ha while in Bakshi Ka
Talab, 612 Ballot Units,
612 Control Units and
714 VVPAT Units were
randomised.
In Sarojininagar, 732
Ballot Units, 732 Con-
trol Units and 854
VVPATs were rand-
omized while in Luc-
know West, 525 Ballot
Units,525ControlUnits
and 612 VVPAT Units
were randomised.
DMAbhishek Prakash chairing a meet of poll officials on Saturday.
CM Yogi flags off election campaign
Continued from page 1
...Earlier, in a pro-
gramme organized in
the state BJP office
premises, Chief Minis-
ter Yogi along with State
President Swatantra
Dev Singh, Union Minis-
ter and co-election in-
charge of the state Anu-
rag Thakur and Deputy
CM Keshav Prasad Mau-
rya flagged off the elec-
tion campaign by show-
ing the BJP flag.
The CM said the party
was launching election
vans in all 403 Vidhan
Sabhas of the state. He
said today the benefits
of doubleenginegovern-
ment was visible to all.
“We are working with
commitment towards
development of villages,
upliftment of poor, pros-
perity of farmers, em-
ployment of youth and
protection of mothers
and daghtets while
adopting PM’s motto of
Sabka Saath, Sabka Vi-
kas, Sabka Vishwas and
Sabka Prayas,” Yogi
pointed out. Making it
clear that there was no
place for appeasement,
he said BJP’s double en-
gine government had
brought about develop-
ment for all without any
discrimination. “Once
againwearegoingoutto
dissiminatethemessage
of development with the
blessings of the people,”
he said while stating
thatIndradev alsoshow-
ered his blessings in the
form of rain.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
The full dress rehearsal in run-up to Republic Day parade in
Lucknow was dampened due to the weather but the armed
forces personnel put up a brave show amid the chill.
Officials taking stock of the situation at the accident site on
Saturday morning.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Heavy
rains, high velocity
winds coupled with
temperature hovering
below 8 degrees Celsius
threw life out of gear in
whole of Uttar Pradesh
on Saturday.
The maximum and
minimum temperature
across Lucknow re-
mained around 10 de-
grees Celsius and 7 de-
grees Celsius respec-
tively
.
The spell of rain that
began on Saturday ear-
ly morning continued
throughout the day, dip-
ping the maximum tem-
perature to spine chill-
ing levels.
Fog too disrupted
people’s life in the capi-
tal Lucknow. The dou-
ble whammy of rain
with increasing cold
has had a deep impact
not only in UP but
across the Northern
plain.
Meanwhile, the India
Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD) has issued
a warn ing of a new
western disturbance.
This disturbance is
likely to affect entire
North India which may
lead to heavy rains in
Uttar Pradesh on Janu-
ary 23, 24 and 25.
Meteorological de-
partment has also is-
sued a “yellow alert” for
North India as a whole
“Western disturbanc-
es are usually active in
January, this year too
light rain is expected
from last night due to
the disturbance,” said
an official from MeT.
IMD said that dense
fog may prevail in many
parts of Uttar Pradesh
in the next two days.
Meanwhile, in Luc-
know, most of the busi-
est roads remained de-
serted as people chose
to stay indoors. Even
the stray cattle couldn’t
be seen strolling.
First India Bureau
Mathura: Agoodstrain
derailed in Vrindavan
in Uttar Pradesh, affect-
ing rail traffic between
Mathura and Delhi, of-
ficials said on Saturday
.
Several coaches of
the Ghaziabad-bound
freight train derailed
at 11.30 pm Friday, they
said.
The accident took
place between Bhutesh-
war and Vrindavan
Road stations of Mathu-
ra-Palwal section.
“Both up and down
routes and the third
line have been affected
owing to the derail-
ment, Agra division
railways PRO S K Sriv-
astava said.
Over 300 men under
the supervision of sen-
ior officers and engi-
neers have been work-
ing continuously to re-
move the coaches,
which were loaded with
cement, he said.
Shivam Sharma,
CPRO of North Central
Railway
, said the up line
of Mathura-Palwal sec-
tion may be restored
before midnight of Sat-
urday
.
According to officials,
10 trains have been can-
celled and two trains
have been partially
cancelled due to the ac-
cident. For 59 more
trains, either the routes
have been diverted or
their timings changed,
they said.
RAIN BASERAS COME TO RESCUE
All edu institutes closed in UP till Jan
30, CM cautions public against laxity
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The state
government on Satur-
day extended the clo-
sure of education insti-
tutions, including
schools, till January 30
inviewof risingcorona-
virus cases.
The closure of all edu-
cation institutions has
been extended till Janu-
ary 30 and online classes
will continue, according
to an order issued by
ACS (Home) Awanish
Kumar Awasthi.
The government had
earlier ordered closure
of education institu-
tions till January 23 in
view of rise in Covid
cases.
CM lauds vaccina-
tion: Underlining the
role of high uptake of
vaccinations in protect-
ingagainstsevereillness
and deaths due to Cov-
id-19, the CM on Satur-
day said despite cases
rising fast, the need for
hospitalisation is little
as the third wave is less
severe than the second
one. “...but the public
needs to stay alert and
safe, the government is
making all possible ef-
forts to save lives and
livelihood,” he said.
Lucknow: Two-time
Olympic medallist P V
Sindhu reached the
women’s singles final of
the Syed Modi Interna-
tional badminton tour-
nament after her fifth
seeded Russian oppo-
nent Evgeniya Kosets-
kaya retired hurt mid-
way into their semifinal
here on Saturday
.
Sindhu, the top seed,
easily pocketed the first
game 21-11 before Koset-
skaya conceded the sec-
ond women’s singles
semifinal match.
Former world cham-
pion Sindhu will face
compatriot Malvika
Bansod in the summit
clash on Sunday
.
Malvika defeated an-
other Indian, Anupama
Upadhyaya, 19-21 21-19
21-7 in a tough three-
game contest.
It was expected to be
an easy outing for Sind-
hu going by form, world
ranking as well as head-
to-head record.
Ranked seventh in the
BWF rankings, Sindhu
had defeated world num-
ber 28 Kosetskaya twice
beforeSaturday’stie,and
theIndianaceonceagain
cameoutontoptoextend
her dominant record
against the Russian. —PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Apna Dal
leader and Union Minis-
ter Anupriya Patel on
Saturday said that talks
with the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) regard-
ing seat-sharing for the
upcoming assembly
polls were underway
and her party would
soon declare the exact
number of seats that it
will be contesting.
“Right now we are in
talks with BJP on seat
sharing and very soon
we will come out with
the total number of
seats we would be con-
testing,” said Patel.
“We have started our
election campaign five
years ago with our de-
velopment works. We
had taken up issues
faced by the common
man from time to time,”
she added.
When asked about
people leaving the party
,
the Union Minister said,
“The people had re-
tained their place as
MLA for 5 years and left
the party ahead of polls
as per their benefit.
They have their own cal-
culation. They must
have done it assuming
that they won’t be given
an election ticket.”
She added that during
elections many people
change their political af-
filiations but alliances
won’t get affected by it.
The full dress rehearsal in run-up to Republic Day parade in
CHILLING
COLD HITS LIFE
COLD HITS LIFE
COVID WARD
INSPECTION
People getting jabbed at a vaccination centre in Lucknow.
CM Yogi said “Be-
cause of high vaccine
uptake, we are not
witnessing severe
disease and death
in the current wave.
However, those with
comorbidities and
unvaccinated should
watch their health.”
He inspected Covid
ward of Pt Deendayal
Upadhyay Hospital,
in Aligarh
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Lucknow:
The SPG has considered
the issue of chief minis-
ter’s helicopter landing
at the designated venue
for PM at the helipad in
Parade Ground, an hour
before the arrival of PM
Narendra Modi on De-
cember 21 in Prayagraj,
as very sensitive and vi-
olation of VVIP proto-
col. In this connection,
on Friday
, all the police
commissioners, DMs
and SSPs were issued a
letter directing them to
be aware of such negli-
gence in future. It has
been said through the
letterthattheprotocolof
VVIP should be ensured
in letter and spirit.
On December 21, 2021
in Prayagraj a women
empowerment confer-
ence was organized for
mobilizingwomenmem-
bersassociatedwithself-
help groups and other
schemesacrossthestate.
Three helipads were
madeforPM’shelicopter
convoyononesideinthe
Parade Ground while on
the other side a helipad
was prepared for two he-
licopters.CMYogi’sheli-
copter was to land at the
place where arrange-
ments were made for the
two helicopters.
According to sources,
it happened that an hour
beforearrivalof PM,the
CM came to inspect the
venue.TheCM’shelicop-
ter landed at the helipad
where the PM’s helicop-
ter was to land.
However, soon after
inspectingthevenue,the
CM went to Bamrauli
Airport, from where he
received the PM and re-
turned with him to the
venue. Under what cir-
cumstances and with
whoseapprovaltheCM’s
helicopterwaslandedan
hour ago at the designat-
ed site for the PM, the
SPG had sought a reply
considering it a viola-
tion of the protocol, but
no satisfactory answer
was given to the SPG.
Subsequently
, ADG, Se-
curity Vinod Kumar
Singh has written a let-
ter to top officers across
the state for assurance
of VVIP protocol.
SPG calls out PM’s protocol breach in CM Yogi’s chopper landing
PRAYAGRAJ EVENT

The CM’s
helicopter
reportedly
landed at the
helipad where
the PM’s
helicopter was
to land —FILE PHOTO
Rail traffic disrupted
as goods train derails
Man, wife arrested for
murder of first wife
Sindhu in final of Syed Modi tourney
after Russian opponent retires hurt
‘Over 5 m
publicity
materials
removed’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief
Electoral Officer
of UP Ajay Kumar
Shukla said in or-
der to ensure mod-
el code of conduct
was being followed
across the state
during UP Assem-
bly General Elec-
tion-2022, a total of
54,67,112 publicity
materials were re-
moved from pub-
lic and private
places so far, of
which 40,83,599
publicity materi-
als were removed
from public places
and 13,83,513 from
private places.
He said action
was taken in
2,97,272 cases of
wall writing from
public places,
18,45,721of posters,
12,86,651 of ban-
ners besides
6,53,955 other cas-
es. Similarly, ac-
tion was taken in
1,36,813 cases of
wall writing on
private places,
6,16,565 banners,
3,88,150 of posters
and 2,41,985 other
cases.
Shukla said
Model Code of
Conduct had been
implemented ef-
fectively in the
state to conduct
free, fair, peaceful
and safe Covid
elections. In this
context, action
was being taken
by the Police, In-
come Tax, Excise,
Narcotics and oth-
er departments.
Seatsharing talks with BJP underway: Anupriya
‘STOOD BY OBCS’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: PolicearrestedYasinKhanandhis
first wife Shahrbano for murder of his second
wife Zara Khan (26) in Kashiram colony in
Para area here. Police said Yasin and his first
wife murdered Zara who was converted to Is-
lam after marriage, for dispute of money
.
Rajesh Srivastava, additional DCP here
said Yasin and his first wife Shahrbano were
arrested near Krishna Nagar under-pass.
Three teams were formed to probe the case,
he said adding Yasin had married Zara two
years back and she was converted to Islam
after marriage. Her name was Shiva Vishva-
karma earlier, he added.
PV Sindhu during her match against Evgeniya Kosetskaya on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
—FILE PHOTO
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Elevate yourself through
your own efforts, and not
degrade yourself. For, the
mind can be the friend and
also the enemy of the self.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Had a wonderful interaction with the
NCC cadets taking part in Republic
Day Camp 2022. India’s youth have
tremendous potential and NCC helps
them in harnessing their energy into
serving the country & the society.
Exhorted them to realise their dreams.
Pralhad Joshi
@JoshiPralhad
India Gate does not celebrate a national
war and could, at best, be an ad-hoc
memorial for India’s fallen,” writes
retired chief of naval staff Shri Arun
Prakash. He explains why ‘relocating
the #AmarJawanJyoti to National War
Memorial is logical’.
TOP TWEETS
NO POLL RALLIES
TILL JAN-END A
RELIEF FOR FUND
STARVED PARTIES
he Election Commis-
sion has extended
the ban on election
rallies till January-
end but doubled the
five person limit for door-to-door
campaigning. It will be a relief
for parties facing resource
crunch. It is also a much better
way to connect with the people
than addressing a gathering of
a few thousand from some dis-
tance or from a hydraulic plat-
formfittedinabuscalled“rath”.
Direct contact with voters was
the usual form of campaigning
in the past, besides workers
with hailers moving around on
rickshaws seeking votes for a
candidate. Those were the days
when party’s did not have big
budgets for elections.
Watching Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah going door-to-
door in Kairana campaigning
for Mriganka Singh, the BJP
candidate, was a refreshing
sight. Will senior leaders of oth-
er parties follow suit, especially
Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav?
Mayawati has so far not moved
out to address any rally. To ex-
pect her to go house-to-house
will be a bit too much.
T
fter a long wait of
decades, Netaji
Subhas Chandra
Bose is getting his
rightful place in
India’s history
. The BJP gov-
ernment has announced that
Bose’s statue will be installed
at India Gate in a tribute to
the charismatic leader. Till
the time it is installed a holo-
gram of Bose will be installed
at the place on January 23.
The decision should assuage
the feelings of Bengal which
felt hurt at the dropping of
its tableau from the Republic
Day parade.
Despite being a firebrand
leader and a brilliant orator,
Bose’s sterling contribution
in India’s freedom was denied
his due recognition by the
Congress. That had been the
case from the very beginning
as Mahatma Gandhi was be-
lieved to have favoured Jawa-
harlal Nehru over Bose. Gan-
dhi and Bose also disagreed
on the means to be adopted
for attaining freedom. The
contrast lay in Gandhi-Nehru
believed in passive non-vio-
lent resistance, while Bose
was of the view that the Brit-
ish could be driven out only
through violent means, or as-
sertive nationalism. He has
been an emotive issue in In-
dian politics ever since he
gave his famous “you give me
blood, I shall give you free-
dom” call to people.
The decision has pleased
Netaji’s daughter Anita Bose
Pfaff who described the deci-
sion “very remarkable” but
called for revival of Netaji’s
values and ideas in everyday
life. Netaji stood for secular-
ism, unity and equality. Ne-
taji’s grandnephew Chandra
Kumar Bose also said that
following the freedom fight-
er’s ideals of secularism and
communal harmony will be
the best tribute to him. Both
his ideals reflected in his In-
dian National Army
.
REVIVING IDEALS OF
BOSE IS IMPORTANT
BJP government has
announced that
Bose’s statue will be
installed at India Gate in a
tribute to the charismatic
leader. Till the time it is
installed a hologram of
Bose will be installed
at the place on
January 23
A
mong the greatest novels of
the 20th century is “One Hun-
dred Years of Solitude” by the
Columbian author, Gabriel
Garcia Marquez. It is a daz-
zling, creative work of geni-
us. He was awarded the Nobel
Prize for literature in 1982.
I met Marquez twice. The
first time in New Delhi was
in March 1983. Next in Ha-
vana in 1985. Both times in
the company of the very dis-
tinguished legendary Cuban
leader and statesman, Mr Fi-
del Castro.
I was familiar with the
names of a few Latin Ameri-
can writers. I got to know Oc-
tavio Paz when he was an am-
bassador of Mexico to India
from 1962 to 1968. He was
awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1990. I was ac-
quainted with Tagore’s
friendship with the famous
Argentinian literary celebri-
ty Victoria Ocampo. I spent a
few minutes with her in 1968
in her palatial home, San
Isidro outside Buenos Aires. I
had accompanied Prime Min-
ister Indira Gandhi on her
nine-country tour of South
America in 1968. The PM hon-
oured Victoria Ocampo with
an honorary degree on behalf
of Shantiniketan University
.
I met Pablo Neruda the
Chilean Nobel Laureate in
Warsaw in 1971 when I was
ambassador to Poland. Neru-
da’s meeting with Nehru in
the 1950 is not worth recall-
ing. The politician and the
poet did not take to each oth-
er. In his memoirs, Neruda is
viciously critical of Jawaha-
rlal’s indifference and lack of
interest in what Neruda was
telling him. I find these ob-
servations highly prejudiced.
Nehru was a man of great
courtesy
.
I began this article with
references to Gabriel Garcia
Marquez. I have much more
to write about him. The prov-
ocation for doing so was pro-
vided by an article in the In-
dian Express on Thursday,
January 20.
In early 1990, Marquez has
a secret affair with Susana
Cato, “a writer and journalist
who worked with Garcia Mar-
quez”. Cato gave birth to a
daughter, whom her ‘parents’
named Indira. She is at pre-
sent in her early thirties and,
“uses her mother’s name”
Marquez died in Mexico
City in 2014. He was born in
Colombia on March 6, 1928.
His wife, Mercedes Barcha
had been married for 5 dec-
ades Marques was known for
his disturbing virility
.
The “Express” article has
caused some excitement. Is
Susan Cato named after In-
dira Gandhi? In India, tens of
thousands of girls are named
Indira. If Susan Cato is
named after Indira Gandhi,
she is very fortunate.
In December 1982 Leonid
Brezhnev, President of USSR
died in Moscow. Indira Gan-
dhi attended his funeral.
Among others, she met Fidel
Castro and Marquez at the
funeral. It was decided be-
tween Indira Gandhi and Fi-
del Castro that Marques be
invited to the Summit of the
Non-Aligned Movement be-
ing held in March 1983 in
New Delhi. Marquez came to
the meeting of the NAM
Summit as a member of the
Cuban delegation and was
much in demand.
During the pandemic, the
millionaires have become bil-
lionaires. The planet’s ten
richest men are, Elon Musk,
Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault
and family, Larry Ellison,
Larry Page, Mark Zucker-
berg, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin,
Steve Ballmer, and Warren
Buffet. The collective wealth
of these 10 grew from dollars
700 billion to dollar 1.5 tril-
lion. Musk’s fortune grew by
1,000%, Bill Gate’s by a mod-
est 30%. During the same pe-
riod 160 million people were
forced into poverty
.
40 billionaires were added
to the existing list in India.
Their combined fortune is
almost dollar 700 billion,
more than the poorest 40% of
the population. 84% of house-
holds suffered income de-
cline. Inequality contributed
to the deaths of at least 21,300
people each day or more than
one person every 4 seconds.
These figures are provided
by Oxfam International.
In my younger days, I was
a reasonably accomplished
Tennis player. I am now an
accomplished Grand-slam
watcher on TV From 1988 to
1992 I was president of the
All India Tennis Association.
Sir Andy Murray, whom I
have admired for over 9 years.
He is a Stout-hearted Scots-
man. He became the first Brit
to win Wimbledon since Fred
Perry did so in 1936. Among
the Indian Tennis players,
Sania Mirza stands out. Alas!
She will be retiring soon.
The ongoing Melbourne
Grand slam was almost ru-
ined by the unnecessary tan-
trums of the great Novak
Djokovic. He had no business
to go to Melbourne without
being vaccinated. The Aus-
tralian Tennis establishment
came out with an egg on its
face. They should have de-
ported Novak the moment he
arrived in Melbourne.
TheMelbourneGrandslam
has bounced back, with the
unpredictable genius Nick
Kyrgios providing brilliant
but erratic Tennis. The crowd
adores him- win or lose.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
About Marquez, pandemic billionaires
and Melbourne Grand slam...
ALL STORIES ABOUT MARQUEZ TEND TO HAVE A TOUCH OF MAGICAL REALISM
A
In early 1990, Marquez
has a secret affair with
Susana Cato, “a writer
and journalist who
worked with Garcia
Marquez”. Cato gave
birth to a daughter, whom
her ‘parents’ named Indira.
She is at present in her
early thirties and, “uses
her mother’s name”
During the pandemic, the
millionaires have become
billionaires. The planet’s ten
richest men are, Elon Musk,
Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault
and family, Larry Ellison,
Larry Page, Mark
Zuckerberg, Bill Gates,
Sergey Brin, Steve Ballmer,
and Warren Buffet. The
collective wealth of these 10
grew from dollars 700 billion
to dollar 1.5 trillion. Musk’s
fortune grew by 1,000%, Bill
Gate’s by a modest 30%.
During the same period
160 million people were
forced into poverty
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
(From Left) Natwar Singh,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
and Fidel Castro.

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NETAJI'S CITY OF JOY ERRUPTS IN JOY
A tram decorated with flowers and photographs of Netaji runs on a city street on the eve of the
birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Kolkata on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: In a mas-
sive global win for In-
dia, foreign countries
and social media giant
YouTube has clamped
down on anti-India
proxies just ahead of
Republic Day
.
The Govt of India
now hopes that the ac-
counts banned on Jan 20
will have a similar fate.
Almost a month later,
the Government of In-
dia, through the Minis-
try of Information and
Broadcasting, banned
20 YouTube channels
and two websites on De-
cember 21. YouTube has
now banned 19 of these
channels globally and
further taken steps
against websites which
were propagating fake
news. —ANI
YouTube bans 19 channels
over 'anti-India' propaganda
Udhampur: General
Officer-Commanding-
in-Chief, northern com-
mand, Lieutenant
General YK Joshi on
Saturday lauded the
armed forces of the
country and said that
the troops displayed
boldness in standing up
to "aggressive designs"
posed along the Line of
Control(LoC) and Line
of ActualControl(LAC).
"The troops of our
Armed forces have dis-
played boldness in
standing up to the ag-
gressive designs posed
along the LoC and LAC
in Jammu and Kashmir
and Ladakh," GOC-in-C
Joshi said. A top army
officer while addressing
at northern command
investiture ceremony
here on Saturday said,
"There has been a reduc-
tion in terrorism-relat-
ed incidents, stone-pelt-
ing activities and pro-
tests as a result of tire-
less efforts of the secu-
rity forces and the peo-
ple of J&K."
Lt Gen YK Joshi
thanked the armed forc-
es for their efforts. —ANI
Troopsshowedboldnessalong
LAC in‘aggressivedesigns’:Joshi
Punjab BJP to file complaint
over ‘inflammatory speech’
Chandigarh: The Pun-
jab BJP is keen to file a
complaint with the Elec-
tion Commission over
anallegedinflammatory
speech made earlier this
weekbystateCongchief
Navjot Singh Sidhu’s
aide Mohammad Musta-
fa. Mustafa who is a
retired IPS is hus-
band of the Con-
gress party’s
Malerkotla candi-
date in Punjab polls,
Razia Sultana.
“I am appalled that
such a statement was
made by a former police
officer.Thisisinflamma-
tory and anti-Muslim as
well as anti-Hindu. Was
this statement made to
orchestrate riots? It is
unacceptable,” said BJP
spox Shazia Ilmi. —ANI
HERE TO SAVE PUNJAB, PEOPLE
WITH US, SAYS FARMERS' BODY
Chandigarh:
The determination
to contest elections
in Punjab was taken
as individuals wished
us to clear the “filth”
created by political
events, a key member
of farmer group which
is contesting the polls
told media. Samyukta
Samaj Morcha Chief
Balbir Singh Rajewal,
whereas ruling out
an alliance with Aam
Aadmi Party, was
additionally crucial of
the Arvind Kejriwal
get together’s chief
ministerial alternative,
Bhagwant Mann. “We
are here to save Punjab,
to improve the system.
The situation in Punjab
is getting worse.
Children here have lost
hope. They are migrat-
ing in large numbers
due to unemployment,”
Rajewal stated. —ANI
MANN CHALLENGES CHANNI TO FIGHT FROM DHURI
New Delhi: Ahead of the
Punjab Assembly Polls, Aam
Admi Party’s CM candidate
Bhagwant Mann challenged
Congress’ Charanjit Singh
Channi to face him in his poll
constituency Dhuri and asked
the Punjab CM to issue an of-
ficial statement on the recent
ED raids at the residence of
his relatives. “If Channi Sa-
hab wants to contest against
me, I invite him to Dhuri. He
must give a statement on
illegal property papers
worth Rs56 cr found
in his name.” said
Mann. —ANI
fa. Mustafa who is a
retired IPS is hus-
gress party’s
Malerkotla candi-
Chandigarh:
The determination
to contest elections
in Punjab was taken
PUNJAB
FORMER GOA CM LAXMIKANT PARSEKAR
QUITS BJP, TO CONTEST AS INDEPENDENT
Panaji (Goa): Former
Goa Chief Minister and
now former BJP leader
Laxmikant Parsekar on
Saturday resigned from
the BJP and announced
that he would be contest-
ing as an independent in
the upcoming assembly
polls. The three-term
MLA and former state
BJP president, who has
represented the Mandrem
constituency in North Goa
since 2002 until his defeat
in 2017 has said that he
was taken for granted by
the party and ignored in
favour of a non-perform-
ing MLA. Parsekar added
that during his tenure as
CM he got caught up in
admin work which “wid-
ened the gap” between
him and his voters. —ANI
Panaji (Goa): Goa TMC
on Saturday has written
to the Election Commis-
sion, complaining about
"illegal and wrongful"
harassment by a EC’s
flying squad that van-
dalised flex and banners
at the party office in
Panaji around midnight
on Friday
.
The Goa TMC
alleged that a
group of armed
police officers ac-
companied by four uni-
dentified individuals in
plainclothes, pertaining
tobeEC’s"FlyingSquad"
enteredthepartyof-
fice around 11.10
pm on Friday
.
TMC in its letter
allegedthat“Flying
Squad” wrongfully and
forcefully tore down
hoardings and glow
board. —ANI
Goa TMC alleges EC
barged into its office
Panaji around midnight
The Goa TMC
group of armed
police officers ac-
enteredthepartyof-
fice around 11.10
pm on Friday
.
TMC in its letter
allegedthat“Flying
GOA
GOA
New Delhi: Republic
Day 2022: The Indian
Army on Saturday is-
sued a statement and
said this year’s Republic
Day parade will have 16
marching contingents,
17 military bands and 25
tableaux of various
states. Giving more up-
dates, the Army said
that it will be represent-
ed by a mounted column
of cavalry, 14 mecha-
nised columns, six
marching contingents
and a flypast by ad-
vanced light helicopters
of its aviation wing at
the Republic Day pa-
rade-2022 (RDP-2022).
The Army further
added that the mecha-
nised columns of the
Army will show one PT-
76 tank, one Centurion
tank, two MBT Arjun
MK-I tanks, one APC
TOPAS armoured per-
sonnel carriers, one
BMP-I infantry fighting
vehicle and two BMP-II
infantry fighting vehi-
cles.
The Army also stated
that the six marching
contingents of the Indi-
an Army will be of Ra-
jput Regiment, Assam
Regiment, Jammu and
Kashmir Light Infantry
,
Sikh Light Infantry,
Army Ordnance Corps
Regiment and Para-
chute Regiment.
“One marching con-
tingent each of the In-
dian Air Force and the
Indian Navy will also
participate in RDP-2022
with overall 16 march-
ing contingents from
other forces,” the Army
said in a statement. —PTI
RDP to have 25 tableaux, 16 marching contingents
REPUBLIC DAY

Indian Army
says Republic
Day parade will
have 16
marching
contingents, 17
military bands &
25 tableaux of
various states
—FILE PHOTO
Kochi (Kerala): Kerala
High Court restrained
police from arresting
Malayalam Actor
Dileep till January 27 in
a case registered by the
Crime Branch of Kera-
la Police for allegedly
threatening the investi-
gation officials probing
the Actress Assault
Case of 2017.
The court also direct-
ed the accused people
including Dileep to re-
port before the investi-
gation officer from 9 am
till 8 pm on January 23,
24 and 25. Court also
said that they shall be
available for interroga-
tion and further inves-
tigation.
Court issued this in-
terim order on an an-
ticipatory plea filed by
Dileep. Court will con-
siderthisnextonJan27.
Single Bench of Jus-
tice P Gopinath also
made it clear that "any
attempt to subvert the
investigation will result
in declining bail. I am
very very serious and
that any violation will
be dealt with seriously.
Don't attempt to do any-
thing unnecessary.
Don't even think about
it. Petitioner shall fully
co-operate with investi-
gation. Senior Public
Prosecutor shall place a
report of any material
of investigation in a
sealed cover."
Crime Branch of Ker-
ala Police registered a
new case against movie
actor Dileep and five
others on Jan 9 for al-
legedly threatening the
investigating officials.
They were booked
under several sections
of IPC.
The case pertains
that an actress who
worked in Malayalam,
Tamil, Telugu films and
was allegedly abducted
and molested inside her
car by a group of men
who had forced their
way into the vehicle on
the night of February
17, 2017. —ANI
New Delhi: A petition
wasfiledintheSupreme
Court seeking direction
to the Election Commis-
sion of India to seize
election symbols and
deregister political par-
tiesthatpromisedtodis-
tribute irrational free-
bies from public funds.
In his PIL advocate
Ashwini Kumar Upad-
hyay claimed political
parties' arbitrarily
promises or irrational
freebies to lure voters in
their favour.
It claimed that prom-
iseof irrationalfreebies
frompublicfundsbefore
elections could unduly
influence the voters,
shake the roots of a free
and fair election.
"Direct and declare
that promise/distri-
bution of irrational
freebies from the
public fund be-
foretheelection
to lure voters is
analogous to the
Bribery and
Undue Influ-
ence under
Section 171B
and Section
171C of the IPC," the
plea stated.
It further sought di-
rection to the ECI to in-
sert an additional condi-
tion: "political party
shall not promise/dis-
tribute irrational free-
bies from the public
fund before the election"
inparas6A,6Band6Cof
the Election Symbols
Order1968.
—ANI
KERALA HC RESTRAINS
ACTOR DILEEP’S ARREST
Court directs
Dileep, accused
to report before
investigation
officer
IN THE COURTYARD
Prosecutor
suggests
police to
appeal
Kottayam (Kerala):
Following a local
court acquitting Bish-
op Franco Mulakkal in
the nun rape case, the
special public pros-
ecutor on Saturday
gave a legal opinion
to police to file an
appeal against the ac-
quittal. Kerala Police
sought legal opinion
after Franco Mulak-
kal was acquitted by
the court. Following
this, the special public
prosecutor gave the
legal opinion to the
Kottayam district po-
lice chief. Last week,
the Kottayam court
acquitted Bishop
Franco Mulakkal in
the nun rape case.
—ANI
PIL filed by political
parties in SC against
freebies during polls
DELHI HC REUNITES INTER-CASTE
MARRIAGE COUPLE; ASSURES SECURITY
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court reunited an inter-
caste marriage couple while directing Delhi Police to
ensure the security of the wife of the petitioner. The
bench of Justice Siddhartha Mridul and Justice Anup
J Bhambhani directed the Delhi Police to lodge Ms
Meena, wife of the petitioner, at Nirmal Chhaya Home
at Jail Road Hari Nagar under the care and custody of
Inspector Nisha Sharma of Janak Puri Police Station.
The bench made it clear, in its order that Inspector
Nisha Sharma shall be personally responsible to
escort Ms Meena to Nirmal Chhaya and her lodging
there. Court said the Superintendent is directed not to
permit any person at Nirmal Chhaya Home.
ORISSA HC ASKS FOR STATUS REPORT
ON VIOLENCE IN DHINKIA STEEL PLANT
MADRAS HC DIRECTS TO HOLD LAST RITES
IN TAMIL NADU SCHOOLGIRL’S SUICIDE CASE
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa high court on Thursday
asked the state’s home dept to submit a status re-
port on the ground situation in Dhinkia village, the
proposed site of a 13.2 million tonne per annum
integrated steel plant by Jindal Steel Works (JSW)
in Jagatsinghpur dist, where a face-off between
villagers and police left more than two dozen
persons injured six days ago. Justice RK Patnaik
sought the home dept’s status report on the issue
while hearing a PIL filed by Kuni Mallick and four
others seeking a probe into the “police atrocities”
committed on the residents of Dhinkia.
Chennai: The Madras High Court's Madurai bench
on Saturday directed the parents of the 17-year-old
girl who died by suicide on Wednesday - after al-
leging abuse by her school warden and attempts to
convert her to Christianity - to collect her
body and carry out the last rites
on Saturday. The girl's father
had moved the court seeking
a probe by a team from CID
in addition to requesting a
second post-mortem.
Malayalam Actor Dileep

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gresspartyhasgiventhe
slogan of ‘Ladki Hoon,
Lad Sakti Hoon’ (I am a
girl, I can fight) in Uttar
Pradesh and is contest-
ing the elections on the
same slogan. Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra has giv-
en this slogan and
has started giv-
ing 40 percent
tickets to
w o m e n
as per
her promise. Although
she herself is not con-
testingtheelections,itis
also being suggested in
social media that the
Congress party should
change the slogan to
‘Ladki hoon lad sakti
hoon’. However, the
question is if the girls of
Uttar Pradesh can fight,
can’t the girls of Punjab
do so? Why is the Con-
gress party not giving
this slogan in Punjab
andgivingticketstogirls
in the same proportion
there too?
In Punjab, the Con-
gress party has declared
candidates for 86 seats
out of 117 seats. Of
these, only 8% tickets
have been given to wom-
en; a sharp contrast
from Uttar Pradesh’s
forty percent tickets! If
Congress feels that
women are emerging as
a separate electorate
group and Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra’s face can
bring them with Con-
gress by freeing them
from the constraints of
caste, religion etc. then
it should be tried in
Punjab also. If the Con-
gress is not doing this,
then it simply means
that it will do such ex-
periments only in those
states where it sees the
failure of these experi-
ments to be certain. If
there is no chance of
winning the election in
Uttar Pradesh, then
make the girls fight and
where there is a possi-
bility of winning the
election, give tickets
according to the politi-
cal equation.
WHY CAN'T GIRLS 'FIGHT' IN PUNJAB?
CONGRESS' ‘LADKI HOON, LAD SAKTI HOON’ CAMPAIGN
LANKA: INFLATION
SKYROCKETS AND
FOOD PRICES HIGH
MAOISTS BLOW UP,
TORCH MOBILE
TOWERS IN GIRIDIH
EIGHT DETAINED IN
US FOLLOWING
DEATH OF 4 INDIANS
WITH A FINAL BLAST,
BRO CONCLUDES
EXCAVATION WORK
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s
benchmark inflation rate,
measured by the National
Consumer Price Index,
accelerated to 14 per
cent in December 2021,
up from 11.1%, the govt
statistics office said on
Saturday, amidst a severe
a foreign exchange crisis.
Food prices jumped 6.3%
while non-food prices
rose 1.3 per cent in De-
cember, as per the NCPI.
Giridih: Maoists blew up
a mobile phone tower
and torched another one
in Jharkhand’s Giridih
district in the early hours
of Saturday, police said.
The incidents marked the
first day of the “resistance
week” being observed by
the Maoists to protest the
arrest of their top leader
Prashant Bose, a police
officer said.
New Delhi: US authorities
have detained 8 people, in-
cluding an American, for al-
leged involvement in human
smuggling following death
of four Indian nationals from
exposure to severe cold on
Canadian side of border with
US. Indian authorities are
working with their Canadian
counterparts to probe death
of Indian nationals during an
apparent human smuggling
operation.
New Delhi: The BRO on
Saturday completed the ex-
cavation work on the Sela
Tunnel Project -- located in
the West Kameng district
of Arunachal Pradesh. The
BRO managed to achieve
the feat amidst inclement
weather and heavy snow-
fall. Final blast for 980-me-
tre long tunnel (Tunnel 1)
was conducted by DGBR Lt
Gen Rajeev on Saturday.
CENTRAL VISTA AVENUE IS READY WITH
NEW EFFECT, SAYS UNION MINISTER PURI
New Delhi: Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs,
Hardeep Singh Puri, on Saturday, said that Central Vista
Avenue is completely ready
with its new effect. Talking to
ANI at Central Vista Avenue,
Puri said that after the redevel-
opment, the green coverage
has been increased. “Central
Vista Avenue itself has been
widened. Now, the walkways are of 12 to 15 kilometres.
The water bodies have been cleaned. It’s a new effect”, the
Union Minister added.
BHOWMICK, ASIAD MEDALLIST WHO GAVE
UP BEER TO BE FOOTBALL LEGEND, DIES
Kolkata: Subhash Bhowmick, the 1970 Asian Games
bronze medallist footballer, passed away early Saturday
morning at 72. He was suffer-
ing from renal ailments and,
according to his family sources,
he recently had a chest infec-
tion also. One of those very
few Indian footballers post the
Class of 50s and 60s to have an
Asian Games medal, Bhowmick was undergoing dialysis
but remained sprightly until about a month ago, still har-
bouring hopes to return to the maidan in the future.
CRUCIAL READ
GOOD GOVERNANCE
.... says PM Modi; direct & emotional connect between administration & public needed, he adds
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi interacts with
district magistrates
(DMs) from various
parts of the country on
implementation of key
government schemes
on Saturday, said aspi-
rational districts are
now eliminating the
barriers to the progress
of the country and they
have become accelera-
tors for growth instead
of impediments.
PM Narendra Modi
also urged district mag-
istrates to implement
‘Vocal for Local’ in their
respective districts.
“For this, you will have
to identify the skill of
your respective district
and make the value
chain stronger,” he
said.
As per the NITI Aay-
og bulletin, the Aspira-
tional Districts Pro-
gramme essentially is
aimed at localizing Sus-
tainable Development
Goals, leading to the
progress of nation.
The Prime Minister
also said, “On the one
hand, earlier, the budg-
et kept increasing,
plans kept on making,
economic development
also kept happening in
the figures, but even af-
ter 75 years of inde-
pendence, many dis-
tricts in the country
remained behind. Over
time these districts
were tagged with back-
ward districts.” —ANI
PM Narendra Modi interacts with the District Magistrates of various districts via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Saturday.Also seen here is Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel.
Over3.37Lnewcases,Omicrontally10k+
A total of 488 deaths were reported in country in the last 24 hours, increasing count to 4,88,884
New Delhi: India has
logged 3,37,704 new Cov-
id cases on Saturday,
while the country’s
Omicron tally has
jumped to 10,050 -- up by
3.69% from Friday. The
new Covid cases show a
slight dip as the coun-
try reported 3,47,254
new cases on Friday
.
60% deaths in ‘3rd
wave’: Max study
A study by a private hos-
pital has said that 60%
of the patients who died
during the current wave
of pandemicwereeither
partially or fully unvac-
cinated. The study by
Max Healthcare said the
deaths reported were
largely among those
aged over 70 and those
suffering from multiple
co-morbidities such as
kidney diseases, heart
diseases, diabetes, can-
cers etc. —PTI
OMICRON CONCERN
TOP 5 STATES
STATECASES
MAHARASHTRA48,270
KARNATAKA 48,049
KERALA 41,668
TAMIL NADU 29,870
GUJARAT 21,225
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Government has
given an affidavit in the
Supreme Court that the
vaccine is not manda-
tory
. That is, no one can
be forced to get the vac-
cine administered to
prevent Covid. Govt has
also said that no citizen
can be asked for a cer-
tificate vaccination.
That is, if someone
does not have a certifi-
cate of vax, then on this
basis he/she cannot be
stopped from any work
nor can they be denied
any benefit.
Assam: CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma has said
that those who have not
yet been vaccinated
should stay at home. He
said that people can nei-
ther go to the hotels nor
to the parks without be-
ing jabbed. Similarly, in
Haryana: Children will
not be able to go to
school, who have not re-
ceived the jabs.
Chandigarh: Admin-
istration has gone a step
further than this. People
are being fined for going
out without getting the
vaccine shot. It has also
been said that govt em-
ployees will not get sala-
ry if the vaccine is not
administered.
Think, are these
things not in the eyes of
the central govern-
ment? Is the court not
seeing this position?
Why are people being
coerced when the vac-
cine is not mandatory
or the vaccination cer-
tificate is not manda-
tory? Why isn't the
government making
some categories of ex-
emptions, like those
made in other coun-
tries of the world?
Vaccine is not mandatory yet state
govts forcing people to get jabbed!
In Punjab, Cong
has declared
candidates for
86 seats. Only
8% tickets have
been given to
women; contrast
from UP’s 40%
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
PM Modi took direct feedback about the prog-
ress and present status of implementation of
government schemes and programmes in the
districts. It is aimed at achieving saturation of
various schemes by various depts in the districts
in mission mode, in convergence with all stake-
holders. “The work done in aspirational districts
is a matter of study for big universities. In the last
four years, there has been an increase of 4 to 5
times in Jan Dhan accounts in almost every district
of the country. Almost every family has got a toilet,
electricity has reached every village,” he added.
FEEDBACK OVER PROGRESS OF
GOVT SCHEMES IN DISTRICTS
PM SPEAKS TO DMs
Dists eliminating barriers,
becoming accelerators of the
country’s progress
Learn from each
others success,
evaluate challenges
Plan 10 tasks that can be
completed in 3 months
which improve ease of living
Plan 2 tasks that you
can club with Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav
We have to reach
100% saturation be-
tween service and fa-
cilities for each dis-
trict with a time-
bound target and cre-
ate a roadmap of
short visions for dis-
tricts that can be com-
pleted in next 2 years.
—Narendra Modi, PM
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: It is being
said that Aparna Ya-
dav wanted to contest
from Lucknow Cantt
seat and logically,
Akhilesh Yadav
shouldn't have had
any problem with
this. After all, Apar-
na had contested
from this seat in the
2017 elections and
lost by a huge margin
of about 34 thousand
votes. She was defeat-
ed by Rita Bahuguna
Joshi of BJP and the
vote difference be-
tween the two was 20
per cent.
Later, Joshi became
an MP from Alla-
habad, and a by-elec-
tion was held on this
seat, in which BJP's
Suresh Chandra Ti-
wari won. This time
Aparna Yadav did not
contest and the vote
difference between
the SP and the BJP be-
came 30 per cent.
So, this time if
Aparna wanted to
fight, she could have
been given a seat.
Even if she would
have won, there would
not have been any
challenge to Akhilesh
Yadav and if she was
defeated, it would not
have mattered much.
Despite this, Akhile-
sh did not stop her
and let her go to BJP.
Therefore it is being
said in political cir-
cles that the reason is
be something else for
her joining BJP.
Keep in mind that
along with Mulayam
Singh, both Akhilesh
Yadav and Prateek Ya-
dav are embroiled in
the disproportionate
assets case. It is pos-
sible that Aparna Ya-
dav wants to get some
relief for her husband
Prateek Yadav by join-
ing BJP party
.
Has Aparna joined BJP to
safeguard her husband?
Aparna Yadav with her husband Prateek Yadav.
She has been
praising Modi
and Yogi time.
Reason that she
would not be
given ticket will
be last as there
is no bar on no.
of members of
Mulayam family
to fight polls
HIGHLIGHTS
l PM MODI WISHES
MALDIVES
PRESIDENT SOLIH
SPEEDY RECOVERY
FROM COVID
l Former Prime Minister
HD Devegowda tests
positive for Covid-19
l UP SCHOOLS TO
REMAIN SHUT TILL
JAN 30 TO PREVENT
FURTHER SPREAD
OF COVID-19
l Pune to not reopen
schools from Monday
l ODD-EVEN RULES
FOR VEHICLES
REINFORCED AS
CASES SURGE IN
NEPAL
l Those who have
contracted Covid are
eligible for vaccination
including precaution
dose only after 3
months post-recovery
l POSTMEN DELIVER
MEDICAL KITS
TO PATIENTS IN
ISOLATION IN GAYA
l Schools with high
cases closed for one
week in Pakistan
l DELHI POSITIVITY
AT 16%, HALF OF A
WEEK AGO, BUT 45
DEATHS
NO TANTRUMS! A medic takes a swab sample of a child for test
amid a surge in cases at Govt JP hospital in Bhopal on Saturday.
OUCH! Woman reacts while receiving a dose in Patna on Saturday.

NEWS
07
RAVI KISHAN,
NEHA RATHORE,
MITTAL BECOME
HUGE SUCCESS
ON NET
With pandemics changing
the whole concept of
electioneering, the candidates
have fallen on social media and
with videos of varieties of
songs. There are desperate
efforts by all contestants to
attract supporters on the
internet by uploading frequent
posts on their respective
sites. In this connection,
Bhojpuri songs have attracted
huge viewers in Purvanchal.
The Bhojpuri song of Gorakhpur
BJP MP Ravi Kishan “UP mein
Sad Bad” has become a huge
attraction with at least 10 lakh
people viewing it. The song has
become big hit in East UP as it
presents performance of Yogi
government lyrically. This song
was uploaded on YouTube last
week. Interestingly, another
Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh
Rathore, who belongs to Bihar
created another record of 14
lakh hits for her song “ UP mein
Ka Ba, Aree Baba ke darbad ba,
saab khatma Rozgar baa”. Her
song is a strong counter to Ravi
Kishan’s song. It is not only
Bhojpuri songs which have
become big hit but Bhajans are
also not lagging behind.
Kanhayya Mittal bhajan “Jo
Ram ko Layen had ham unko
layenge” has also gathered
momentum. The Bhajan is
being liked by people as it has
been seen by around 15 lakh
people on YouTube. Similarly,
the song prepared by Congress
on the theme of “Ladki hoon lad
sakti hoon” has also become
popular among girls with 11
lakh hits so far.
—First India Bureau
OFFICERS
EXPRESS
DISPLEASURE
OVER PARTY
FUND
The demand for party fund
donations from the UP
bureaucracy in the 2022 Uttar
Pradesh assembly elections is a
hot topic of discussion in political
corridors. The personal secretary
of a Cabinet minister, whose
department has the responsibility
of cleanliness in the state, has
come under the scanner as he has
been accused of demanding
contribution in the party fund for
the assembly elections over the
phone from officers posted in one
and a half dozen districts. On
arrival of the phone of the PS of
the minister, where some officers
got involved in flattery, some
officers have expressed their
displeasure. Some officers have
also helped while some even
talked about complaining about it
to the top. The demand for funds
for the elections was made in the
first week of New Year after which
a reminder was sent after 10
days. A triple dose slot has been
designed for the task wherein the
first slot was named as the first
dose, the second slot named as
the second dose, and the third
slot named as a booster dose.
Some took advantage of the slot
and fulfilled the order of the
minister as per their position
while the young officers protested
fiercely. When the matter started
worsening, the minister was also
made to jump in it by the head of
the department. One of the
protesting officers leaked the
matter which made the minister
feign ignorance on the matter of
monetary help sought from
officers in the election while PS
termed it as a rumour.
—First India Bureau
POLLGOAL:YADAV PROMISESJOBS
FOR22LAKHYOUTHS INITSECTOR
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party president Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Saturday
said his party will pro-
vide jobs to 22 lakh
youths in the IT sector
if it is voted to power in
the UP Assembly polls.
Yadav was speaking at a
press conference. At the
press conference, SP
general secretary Ram
Gopal Yadav also made
a formal announcement
that Yadav will contest
the upcoming assembly
elections from Karhal
seat in Mainpuri.
Mainpuri is the Lok
Sabha constituency of
SP patriarch and Ya-
dav’s father Mulayam
Singh. “Twenty-two
lakh youths will be giv-
en jobs in the IT sector
under the ‘Naukri-
Rozgar Sankalp’ series
by the Samajwadi Party
after coming to power
in the 2022 assembly
elections,” Yadav said.
“The Samajwadi Party
will also build IT hubs
in Kanpur, Agra, Ba-
reilly, Jhansi, Varanasi
and Purvanchal besides
Lucknow and fulfil its
promise of providing
jobs to more than 22
lakh youths in the IT
sector,” he said.
These 22 lakh jobs
will be in addition to re-
cruitment in police
other government de-
partments, he added. On
the work done by the
erstwhile SP dispensa-
tion, Yadav said, “The
SP government had
made efforts to take the
state forward in the IT
sector. HCL was the first
to invest in Chak Gajar-
ia Farm here. Had the
workdoneduringthe SP
government been taken
forward,Lucknowcould
have been recognised as
an IT hub.”
“But nothing was
done later. In the HCL
campus, 5,000 people
are working and several
others could have got
indirect jobs,” he said.
The SP government
from 2012-17 was head-
ed by Yadav. The SP
president also hit out at
the BJP, accusing it of
stopping all develop-
ment schemes started
by his party’s govern-
ment. The BJP showed
false advertisements to
the public cheated the
farmers, youth and la-
bourers, he alleged.
SPgensecyRamGopalalsomadeanannouncementthatYadavwillcontestelectionfromKarhalseat
SP national president Akhilesh Yadav holding a pamphlet mentioning Naukari Rozgar Sankalp Shrinkhala
during a press conference at party offi ce in Lucknow on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
ON THE WORK DONE BY THE ERSTWHILE SP DISPENSATION
Congress nominee
from Bareilly Cantt
joins SP, to contest
from same seat
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Days af-
ter the Congress
named her as its can-
didate from Bareilly
Cantt in UP, Supriya
Aron on Saturday
joined the Samajwa-
di Party which field-
ed her from the same
assembly constitu-
ency. SP president
Akhilesh Yadav an-
nounced her candi-
dature from the same
seat, dropping Rajesh
Agarwal who was
earlier declared as
SP nominee. Yadav
welcomed the Arons
into the party fold at
a press conference
exuded confidence
that they will further
strengthen the or-
ganisation. Journal-
ist-turned-politician
Supriya Aron’s name
had figured in the
first list of Congress
candidates declared
by Priyanka Gandhi
on January 13. She
was among the 50
women candidates of
the total 125 declared
that day in keeping
with the party’s
promise of fielding
40 per cent women.
Aron, a former
mayor of
Bareilly, joined
SP along with
her husband
former
Congress MP
BSP RELEASES LIST
OF 51 CANDIDATES
FOR SECOND PHASE
Lucknow: The Bahu-
jan Samaj Party (BSP)
on Saturday released a
list of 51 candidates for
the second phase of the
upcoming Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elec-
tions. Addressing a
press conference, BSP
chief Mayawati also
gave the slogan of the
party for the elections
“Har Polling Booth Ko
Jeetana hai, BSP Ko
Satta Mein Lana Hai”.
“Today, I am an-
nouncing a list of 51
candidates out of 55
seats for the second
phase of the Uttar
Pradesh elections. This
time we have given the
slogan ‘Har Polling
Booth Ko Jeetana hai,
BSP Ko Satta Mein
Lana Hai’. I hope party
workers will work hard
and will form the BSP
government like of
2007,” said Mayawati.
She further said that
the names of the re-
maining 4 candidates
will also be announced
soon. “We have asked
the workers to cam-
paign while following
the COVID-19 protocols.
I sincerely hope that
even in the critical
times of Corona, the
workers will work to
make their candidates
win,” added Mayawati.
Earlier on January
15, Mayawati had an-
nounced the names of
the candidates for the
first phase. Elections
for the 403 Assembly
constituencies in Uttar
Pradesh will be held in
seven phases starting
February 10. A total of
58 assembly seats
spread over 11 districts
will go to the polls in the
first phase on February
10. Polling in Uttar
Pradesh will be held on
February 10, 14, 20, 23,
27 and March 3 and 7 in
seven phases. The
counting of votes will
take place on March 10.
Owaisi now promises 2 CMs for
UP if his new front gets power
First India Bureau
Lucknow: AIMIM
chief Asaduddin Owaisi
on Saturday launched a
new pre-poll front,
‘Bhagidari Parivartan
Morcha’, promising two
chief ministers for Ut-
tar Pradesh, if the new
front is voted to power.
While launching the
new outfit, the All India
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Mus-
limeen chief also prom-
ised three deputy chief
ministers for the state,
saying his new front will
fight the UP Assembly
polls on all its 403 seats.
Out of the two CMs,
one will belong to the
backward classes and
the other to the Dalit
community, he said,
adding the state will
also have three Dy CMs,
with one belonging to
the Muslim community
.
“If voted to power,
the Morcha will give
two chief ministers to
the state. Of this one
will be from the OBC
community, while the
other will be from the
Dalit community
.
Apart from this, three
deputy chief ministers
will be made, of which
one will be Muslim,”
Owaisi said. Owaisi did
not explain under what
provision of the Consti-
tution the state will
have two CMs.
The AIMIM chief an-
nounced the launch
while addressing a
press conference along
with Kushwaha and
current chairperson
Waman Meshram of
the all-India Backward
and Minority Commu-
nity Employees Federa-
tion (BAMCEF).
Former UP minister
Kushwaha was made
the convenor of the
new front. “The doors
of the Morcha are open
for other political par-
ties,” said Kushwaha.
He also claimed that the
UP assembly poll battle
which is being per-
ceived to be between
the BJP and SP, is now
between the Morcha
and the BJP.
AIMIM national president Asaduddin Owaisi announced alliance
with Babu Singh Kushwaha and Vaman Meshram (Bharat Mukti
Morcha) during a press conference in Lucknow on Saturday.
OWAISI’S POLL STRATEGY?
Construction work of
over bridge kicks off
Kanpur: In order to
get rid of the traffic
jam in the city before
the elections, the pro-
posal of an over-
bridge from Mall
Road to Jaipuria
crossing was not only
passed in a hurry
, but
the work has also
started. Excavation
work for construc-
tion of over bridge at
Jaipuria crossing
will start from next
week. At present, the
work of twisting iron
bars for making the
pillar has started
near the Jhadi Baba
Padav bridge. After
officers of Setu Nig-
am meet DCP traffic
and request route di-
version and the route
is diverted, excava-
tion work will begin
for pillar construc-
tion. Often traffic
jam is witnessed be-
tween Mall Road to
Jaipuria School due
to the closure of the
crossing for 12
hours. There were al-
ready problems due
to the work of over
bridge at Jhadi Baba
but now due to work
of metro there is di-
version on the mall
road due to which
traffic coming from
Jajmau remains
stranded for long
hours. Two years
back a proposal for
overbridge was
passed but work
could not begin. But
just before the elec-
tions, the budget was
released and an over-
bridge would be built
here at a cost of 59.95
crores. Its construc-
tion will benefit more
than eight lakh popu-
lation. As soon as the
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2NDFRONT
To understand and enjoy life,
one has to seek and accept both -
light and dark, the negative and
positive and then we become ‘WHOLE’!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: After the
announcement of CM
Yogi to contest from
Gorakhpur and Keshav
Prasad Maurya from
Sirathu seat, all eyes
are now on the proba-
ble seat of Deputy CM
Dr. Dinesh Sharma. Al-
though it is certain
that Dr. Sharma will
contest from Lucknow
itself, confusion pre-
vails regarding the
particular assembly
seat.
Party strategists
are brainstorming
about Lucknow-East,
North and Cantt seats.
Significantly, the
Lucknow-East seat is
considered a BJP
stronghold.
This seat has been
with the BJP since the
time of the Ram Man-
dir movement of the
nineties. In the year
2012, out of five seats in
Lucknow city, BJP
could win only from
Lucknow-East seat. Al-
though, sitting MLA
and cabinet minister
Ashutosh Tandon is
considered a strong
contender from this
seat. But the name of
Dr. Dinesh is also being
discussed from this
seat, which has
become a
guarantee of
victory for
BJP for
three dec-
ades. Luc-
know-Nor th
seat, which
came into exist-
ence in the year
2012, was won by
A b h i s h e k
Mishra, the SP
candidate close
to Akhilesh Yadav. But
in the last election this
seat was captured by
BJP, Neeraj Bora had
won from here. The
possibilities of field-
ing Dr. Sharma
from this BJP-
d o m i n a t e d
seat is also
being as-
sessed.
At pre-
sent, the
hottest seat
in the cap-
i t a l
of UP is the Cantt as-
sembly seat. From
here, Rita Bahuguna
Joshi defeated Suresh
Tiwari of BJP in the
year 2012 as a Congress
candidate. In the year
2017 as a BJP candi-
date, Joshi defeated
Aparna Yadav of SP by
thirty-four thousand
votes. BJP’s Suresh Ti-
wari became MLA
from here in the by-
elections held after
Joshi became an MP.
Now in the changed
political scenario,
Aparna Yadav has
joined the BJP camp,
while Prayagraj MP
Rita Joshi wants to
field her son Mayank
Joshi from this seat.
She has even said that
if BJP implements the
formula of one person
per family, then she
is ready to resign
from the post of MP for
her son.
The caste equation
of this seat is also fa-
vorable for Deputy CM
Sharma. The popula-
tion of this area con-
sists of 1.5 lakh Brah-
min, 25000 Vaish,
60,000 Sindhi and Pun-
jabi community vot-
ers, who have tradi-
tionally been BJP
supporters.
However, the picture
is going to be clear
soon about which seat
the high command de-
cides for Dr. Sharma,
the significant Brah-
min face of UP BJP.
Where will Dy CM Sharma contest from?
Although it is certain that Dr.
Sharma will contest from Lucknow
itself, confusion prevails regarding
the particular assembly seat
RUCKUS IN THE
DEPUTATION
OF IAS OFFICERS
EC extends ban on physical rallies,
road shows till January 31 in UP
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The Center
has outrightly rejected
the allegations of Ben-
gal CM Mamata Baner-
jee that the new rules of
sending IAS and IPS of-
ficers on central depu-
tation against the will
of the state govts in the
country are against the
federal structure.
The Center main-
tained that despite a
nearly double increase
in the number of these
officers in the last seven
years, the number of of-
ficers coming on Cen-
tral deputation was de-
creasing. Due to this the
functioning of the Cen-
tral govt was getting af-
fected. After Bengal CM
Mamata Banerjee’s pro-
test, now Chhattisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel
has also jumped in the
field to lodge his pro-
test. He has sent a letter
to PM Modi against the
amendment of Cadre
Rules of Civil Services
in which he has op-
posed the new rules.
The Central Govt has
been accusing the states
of not following the
1955 IAS Rules. Highly
placed bureaucracy
sources in Central Govt,
citing IAS Rules of 1955
informed that under
the rules, the quota for
sending 40 percent of
the total cadre of the
states on Central depu-
tation was fixed.
All the work of the
Central govt was done
with the help of these
officers who come on
deputation from the
states. But in the last
few years there has
been an increasing
trend of states refusing
deputation citing
shortage of officers. In
2011, there were a total
of 309 IAS officers on
Central deputation,
whose number pres-
ently has come down to
223. Even at that time
only 25 percent of IAS
officers were sent from
the states on Central
deputation.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Elec-
tion Commission (EC)
on Saturday extended
its ban on physical ral-
lies and roadshows un-
til January 31. This is
the second time the
commission has ex-
tended the ban after
first one announced on
Jan 15 and second on 22.
The commission has,
however, given relaxa-
tion for physical public
meetings of political
parties or contesting
candidates for Phase 1
allowed from Jan 28
and for Phase 2 from
Feb 1. Limit of 5 per-
sons for door to door
campaign enhanced to
10 persons. Video vans
for publicity permitted
at designated open
spaces with COVID re-
strictions,” the EC
said. The EC said it
took the decision after
considering the pre-
sent situation, facts
and circumstances, as
also the inputs re-
ceived in the virtual
meetings it held on Sat-
urday with the Union
health ministry, chief
secretaries and health
secretaries and the
chief electoral officers
of the poll-going states.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a major
development, the Elec-
tion Commission of
India has transferred
district magistrates
(DMs) of Firozabad,
Bareilly and Kanpur
Nagar and superinten-
dents of police (SPs)
for Firozabad and
Kaushambi districts.
Based in Lucknow,
the managing director
of Madhyanchal Vidy-
ut Vitran Nigam Lim-
ited (MVVNL)
Suryapal Gangwar
(IAS 2009), will replace
Chandra Vijay Singh
(IAS 2009) as Firo-
zabad district magis-
trate. The additional
chief executive officer
Noida, IAS 2010 batch
Neha Sharma has also
been transferred to
Kanpur Nagar as DM.
This is her third post-
ing as DM, earlier she
was DM of Firozabad
and Rae Bareli. Mean-
while, IPS Ashish Ti-
wari was given the
charge of SP Firo-
zabad He replaced
Ashok Kumar Shukla.
Election Commission transfers three
DMs and two SPs in UP ahead of polls
EC Sushil Chandra
Suryapal Gangwar Neha Sharma
Deputy CM Dr.
Dinesh Sharma
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee
IS YOGI IN DANGER
FROM LOVED ONES?
Is UP CM Yogi Adity-
anath savoring his
estranged feelings in
this election battle? The
planhasbeenlaidtosur-
roundYogiinhisstrong-
hold itself. On one hand,
BhimArmychief Chan-
drashekhar Azad has
dentedtheDalitvotesby
announcing that he will
contest against Yogi
from Gorakhpur. At the
sametime,Yogiisalsoat
loggerheads with a big
leader of Nishads, San-
jay Nishad, because the
newschannelwhichhad
shown the sting opera-
tion of Nishad is consid-
ered very close to Yogi.
Now look at the exam-
ple, the election chariot
of the newly launched
Hindi news channel of
this channel group was
to be
flagged
off by the channel head,
butthisworkwasfinally
completed by Yogi. Ni-
shad is saying that ‘Tere
rehte loota hai chaman
bhagwan, kaise maan
lun ki tera ishara nahin
tha’. Because Nishad
voters are decisive in de-
ciding the victory or de-
feat of a candidate in
Gorakhpur. This time
the ticket of Radha Mo-
han Agarwal, a four-
timeBJPMLA,hasbeen
cut for fielding Yogi
from Gorakhpur. Agar-
wal’s dissent is natural.
WHY DID PARRIKAR’S
SON BECOME A REBEL?
Utpal Parrikar, son
of late Manohar
Parrikar, an honest BJP
andverypopularinGoa,
has opened a front in
Goa against his father’s
favourite party
. To carry
forward his father’s leg-
acy
,Utpalwaspolitically
active in Panaji for the
past several years. He
was also ready to bat on
the saffron pitch but at
the last moment comes
in the picture Devendra
Fadnavis, the in-charge
of Goa. Utpal was in
constant touch with
the local BJP lead-
ers and the local unit of
the party
. Fadnavis
wanted Utpal to come
and meet him and re-
quest for a ticket. Utpal
was also adamant that
he would not go to meet
Fadnavis until the party
announced his name
fromPanaji.WhenUtpal
did not turn up to meet
Fadnavis, his ticket was
cut and the ticket was
given to a staunch oppo-
nent of Parrikar from
the Panaji seat.
NOW ALLIES ARE
SHOWING THEIR
EYES!
Recently
, BJP organ-
ized a PC in Luc-
know to show the unity
of its alliance partners
in UP. JP Nadda and
Dharmendra Pradhan
had also reached Luc-
know. Anupriya Patel
of Apna Dal (Sonewal)
and Sanjay Nishad of
were also seen with Na-
dda and Pradhan. Anu-
priya was made to talk
to Shah on phone. Anu-
priya repeated demand
of 20 tickets for herself.
Shah told Anupriya -
‘You are like my young-
er sister, your honour
will be fully protected’.
So 18 seats for Apna Dal
(Sonewal) and 10 for
Sanjay Nishad were fi-
nalised. Whereas earli-
er BJP was to leave 15
seats for Anupriya and
only 4 seats for Nishad.
Anupriya attended this
press conference only
after getting a solid as-
surance from Shah.
Now BJP has to give its
won seat to An-
upriya. 2
seats of Be-
naras and 1
Rampur are
being left
for Anupri-
ya. Apna
Dal (S) is
field-
ing
a Muslim candidate
from Rampur. Anupri-
ya can also get a seat in
Lucknow. Sanjay Ni-
shad has also got the lot-
tery. He has a shortfall
of eligible candidates to
be contested on 10 seats,
so 5 tickets have come
directly in possession
of those with money
.
SONIA’S ADVICE TO
SIDHU
Sonia Gandhi was to
discuss seat wise
with the senior Con-
gress leaders of Punjab
regarding ticket distri-
bution in Punjab. But
Sidhu became so ag-
gressive in this Zoom
meeting that Sonia had
to postpone the meeting
in just 10 minutes.
Sources tell that as soon
as the meeting started
and as soon as Sidhu
did not like any
name, he started
blaming that claim-
ant citing police cas-
es, doubtful charac-
ter etc. Sonia was so
enraged by these simi-
les of Sidhu that
she asked sen-
ior party leader Sunil
Jakhar to explain to
your Sidhu how these
election meetings are
held. ‘First of all, sit to-
gether and finalize a
name on each seat, then
I will join the meeting.’
Saying this, Sonia dis-
connected the Zoom
meeting.
CAPTAIN’S
DILEMMA!
Former Punjab CM
Captain Amarinder
Singh is now directly
urging his close people
tojointheBJP
.Inameet-
ing of his close ones,
Captain has made it
clear that he does not
know what the future of
hisformedpartyisgoing
to be after the Punjab
elections. Either it will
remain or they will
merge it with BJP
, so
they should think of
joining BJP
. In this elec-
tion, Captain wants his
daughter to contest,
while his wife Preneet
Kaur wants to field her
son. Now it has been
agreedbythecouplethat
why should not both son
and daughter be given
tickets. But Captain Sa-
hib is afraid that if both
his son and daughter
lose the election, then
who will take his politi-
cal legacy forward?
LOTUS GRAPH!
Has the rising graph
of the Lotus party
affected by evil eye of
the opponents? If sourc-
es are to be believed,
Amit Shah, the number
two of the central govt,
recently sought time to
meet at least 3 opposing
CMs and expressed his
desire to consult with
them regarding the pos-
sible Presidential elec-
tion in July
. These CMs
are Jagan Mohan Reddy
of Andhra, K Chan-
drashekhar Rao of Tel-
angana and Naveen Pat-
naik of Odisha. Shah
was surprised when the
three CMs said more or
less the same thing
about the possible meet-
ing. ‘Let the result of UP
come first, then we will
see what to do with the
required numbers’. Is it
just a coincidence or a
sign of future politics?
SP SETTLED THE
ACCOUNT WITH
JAYANT!
As soon as Akhilesh
Yadav has come to
know about Chhote
Choudhary i.e. RLD
chief Jayant Choud-
hary’s saffron plans, he
is slowly gnawing the
wings of Chhote Choud-
hary
. The seat of Anoop
Shahar which was fixed
for RLD was given to
NCP, in Bijnor also SP
fielded its candidates.
Siwalkhas seat of
Meerut was fixed for
RLD, from there Akh-
ilesh fielded RLD’s
Ghulam Muhammad on
SP ticket.
...AND FINALLY
Akhilesh, who spe-
cializes in politi-
cal disguises, has out-
done his uncle Shivpal,
who is well-versed in
politics. Where earlier
the uncle was demand-
ing 10 seats from his
nephew. When neph-
ew’s stature rose, un-
cle’s demand came to 6
seats, Akhilesh has
made it clear to his un-
cle that he can give par-
ty ticket to him only.
This time if govt is
formed, he should get
his old ministry also,
which he had in 2012.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Yogi Adityanath Sonia Gandhi
Utpal Parrikar Amit Shah

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ETC
hile undertaking an
investigative study
commissioned by
Brooke India, the In-
dia chapter of UK-
based equine charity
Brooke, the writer
came to know about several
fascinating facts about don-
keys, the beasts of ultimate
burden. The study titled
“Hidden Hide” is about the
Donkey Hide Trade (DHT)
going on illegally in India.
While the Study reveals
that the illegal donkey hide
trade is bringing donkeys on
the verge of extinction in In-
dia, the investigation re-
vealed following lesser-
known facts about donkeys:-
COSTLY DONKEY MILK
Can you guess what the price
of 1 litre of donkey milk is?
Any wild guesses? It sells up
to Rs 7000/litre as it is a very
good immunity booster and
very close to human milk.
The people who are allergic
to bovine milk can easily di-
gest donkey milk. And hold
on, a big surprise about don-
key milk is on the way. An
Iranian university is con-
ducting research on the ef-
fects of Donkey Milk on the
COVID-19 patients and early
signs are positive. Mean-
while in India, the National
Research Centre for Equines
(NRCE) has sent a proposal
to the Food Safety and Stand-
ards Authority of India (FS-
SAI) to recognize donkey
milk as a food product.
DONKEY BLOOD ENERGY DRINK
FOR ATHLETES
The investigation in Andhra
Pradesh pointed out that
some athletes, specially
sprinters, drink blood of
donkeys to enhance their
stamina and energy. The in-
vestigation revealed that
donkey blood is sold for Rs
4000/litre in Andhra.
DONKEY URINE
Most people laugh at people
who drink cow’s urine for
medicinal and religious pur-
poses. But, do you know
some people drink donkey’s
urine too as a cure for sev-
eral ailments. Donkey’s
urine costs upto Rs 500 per
litre. It is used in Siddha
medicine. Benefits of donkey
urine therapy have been
mentioned by researchers as
a remedy for people suffer-
ing from insanity, epilepsy
and seizures. The mode of
intake of this urine is men-
tioned as drinking it as it is.
Besides, donkey urine is also
helpful in curing diabetes
and diseases caused by
worms.
DONKEY DUNG
Donkey’s dung is a very good
natural manure that helps
crops grow. Vijay Shankar
Singh, a farmer in Alampur
village of Bihar’s Rohtas dis-
trict, said that ever since he
has started donkey’s dung in
his farms the crop produc-
tion has increased as com-
pared to past when he used
to use chemical fertilizers.
DONKEY MEAT
In several localities of
Andhra Pradesh and Telan-
gana donkey meat is eaten
there as people, including
doctors, are obsessed with
donkey meat believing it to
have medicinal values that
cure several ailments includ-
ing complex sex drive among
men folks. In Tadepalli local-
ity of Andhra Pradesh (vis-
ited by this author) several
meat sellers openly sell don-
key meat despite ban by the
government. Hundreds of
donkeys are butchered on
every Thursdays and Sun-
days there. The Andhra
butchers procure these don-
keys from other states and
illegally bring them to
Andhra for butchering and
selling their meat. Gopal R.
Surabathula, Founder- Secre-
tary of the Animal Rescue
Organization, is pursuing a
legal battle to get the illegal
sale of donkey meat and
slaughter of donkeys
stopped. “If the slaughtering
of donkeys continues at this
pace, 10 year down the line,
the entire donkey population
would be wiped out,” Sura-
bathula said.
DONKEY HIDE (SKIN) TRADE
Brooke India (BI) has got
this Investigative Study con-
ducted on the Donkey Hide
Trade (DHT) going on ille-
gally in India. The Study, ti-
tled “The Hidden Hide” was
conducted by this writer. A
drastic decrease in the don-
key population across the
country was the trigger for
this Investigative Study
, com-
missioned by BI. From the
2012 Livestock Census until
the latest Livestock Census
of 2019, the donkey popula-
tion has decreased by 61.23
per cent. China is directly
and indirectly to blame for
the fall in the donkey popula-
tion not only in India but
across the globe as donkey
hide (skin) is used for manu-
facturing Ejiao, a traditional
Chinese medicine.
Ejiao is donkey hide gela-
tin or ass-hide glue obtained
from the skin of a donkey by
soaking and stewing. Ejiao is
an ingredient to treat differ-
ent types of illness such as
bleeding, dizziness, insomnia
and dry cough. It is also a
health fad, believed to pro-
long life, increase sex drive
and maintain beauty
, and has
seen an explosion in demand
for China’s rising middle
class. Several previous stud-
ies, conducted in several
countries, categorically men-
tion that the soaring demand
for donkey hides in China for
Ejiao has left the global don-
key population in crisis.
Alarmed by the drastic de-
crease in the donkey popula-
tion in India, BI conducted
this investigative undercover
study. The final report of
this Study has been submit-
ted with the Animal Hus-
bandry Commissioner.
SHARAT K VERMA
sharatkverma@gmail.com
SOME INTERESTING ASPECTS OF DONKEYS
GOOD BONDING WITH FELLOW DONKEYS
Donkeys love to live in pairs. In any
herd, donkeys develop their friendly
donkeys with fellow donkeys and they
love to stay with them. Several donkey
traders told this writer that if they
sell one donkey to anyone, they have
to sell pair’s other donkeys otherwise
they refuse to work, no matter how
much you beat them up, they would not
work at all.
MALE DONKEYS WOO FEMALES
Another interesting fact came to
light during this investigation that
if female donkeys are kept in a
herd, the male donkeys start woo-
ing them and often compete with
fellow males to catch the attention
of females. If the herd’s owner
takes away females, the males “go
on strike” and refuse to work at any
cost.
DONKEYS ARE NOT DUFFER
Unlike the common be-
lief, donkeys are not duf-
fers but intelligent spe-
cies. Contrary to horses,
donkeys can go to a par-
ticular destination on
their own and you need
not to guide them. More
surprisingly, they return
to their place on their
own after unloading the
goods they carry. Last
year (2021), Brooke In-
dia conducted a work-
shop in Delhi on the top-
ic Donkeys Intelligent
Species. At this work-
shop, experts proved
that donkeys are not duf-
fer but intelligent. So
next time when you
equate someone with a
donkey to insult him, it
is not the insult of that
person but an insult of
the donkey.
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LESSER-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT DONKEYS

he ongoing
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might have
shifted the
runways to a
digital plat-
form but, the
trends have been the
rayof sunshineamid
the gloom of lost
physical catwalks.
As the year tran-
scends into the re-
turn of work from
home and quar-
antines, the
trend of do-
p a m i n e
d r e s s i n g
had to take
the lead. Do-
pamine dress-
ing aka feel-good,
mood-boosting dress-
ing, is the new black
with colours like tangy
orange and lemon yel-
lowtakingcentrestage.
Here are four ways to
dress up in dopamine.
POWER SUITING
Suits in any season are
always a hit. They are
structured, bold and
when paired with
some colour look ul-
tra-chic. A fierce crim-
son blazer or a royal
blue pantsuit can be
the spirited choices for
a wardrobe makeover
or even a dandelion in-
spired yellow suit to
induce a happy mood.
SNAZZY FOOTWEAR
Footwears are the star
of any ensemble and
since dopamine dress-
ing is all about incor-
porating colour, heels
in different colours
can be your go-to solu-
tion. Block, platform
and stilettos in col-
ours like burnt or-
ange, hot pink and in
styles like knitted and
a mule could be a great
new addition.
EYE CATCHING
OUTERWEAR
Jackets, blazers, coats,
in colours like green,
blue and pink are the
new game-changers.
The good old denim
works great but to add
colour and elevate
mood try silk jackets
as it adds sheen and
luxe or pastel suede to
add the oomph factor.
COZY KNITWEAR
Since the winters are
in an uproar, add col-
ours to your turtleneck
in shades of yellow,
maroon, green and or-
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