27042022_First India Jaipur.pdf

JAIPUR l WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 3 l Issue No. 319
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW NEW DELHI www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
Mumbai: Benchmark indices rebounded sharply on Tuesday after falling
for the past two days, with the Sensex jumping 657.67 points. The
30-share BSE benchmark was trading 657.67 points higher at 57,237.56
in early trade. The NSE Nifty jumped 204.35 points to 17,158.30.
MARKETS
REBOUND 657
POINTS AFTER
2-DAY SLIDE
Barpeta: Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was remanded to five days in
police custody on Tuesday by a court in Assam’s Barpeta district in
an assault case filed by a woman police officer. CJM Mukul Chetia
remanded Mevani to police custody.
MEVANI SENT TO
FIVE DAYS IN
POLICE CUSTODY
IN ASSAULT CASE
Denied free hand, PK
‘folds hands’ to Cong
As Prashant Kishor declines Sonia’s offer to join Cong and says party
currently needs ‘leadership, collective will to fix structural problems’,
party appoints Pratibha Virbhadra Singh as Himachal PCC Chief;
dismisses Jakhar, Thomas and suspends 5 MLAs from Meghalaya
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Poll strate-
gist Prashant Kishor,
popularly addressed to
as PK in political cir-
cles, on Tuesday de-
clined the Congress of-
fer to join the party and
evolve its poll strategy
and said more than
him, the party needs
leadership and collec-
tive will to fix deep-root-
ed structural problems
through transforma-
tional reforms.
Kishor was asked by
Congress president So-
nia Gandhi to join the
party and be a part of
the Empowered Action
Group-2024 and take
care of its election strat-
egy for upcoming polls.
Congress chief spokes-
person Randeep Sur-
jewala said Kishor has
declined the offer and
the party appreciates
his efforts and sugges-
tions. Kishor had made
a detailed presentation
before top Congress
leaders, which was dis-
cussed at length by sen-
ior leadership of the
party
, after which an of-
fer was made to him.
“ In my humble opin-
ion, more than me the
party needs leadership
and collective will to fix
the deep rooted struc-
tural problems through
transformational re-
forms,” Kishor said in a
tweet.
Gehlot’s way of winning the ‘political
battle’, through a ‘WAR’ (room) exercise!
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur:Nowthatamere
18 months are left for the
current dispensation,
thestategovernmenthas
started aggressively pur-
suing the completion of
major projects and budg-
et announcements.
Now, Chief Minister
AshokGehlotismonitor-
ing the works undertak-
en and will take day-to
-day progress report of
the works.
For this work, a sepa-
rate ‘War Room’ is being
prepared in CMO which
has been christened ‘Ra-
jasthan State Service
Delivery War Room’ and
CM’s newly appointed
young IAS Gaurav Goy-
al is working as its
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO). Goyal has been
given this additional re-
sponsibility along with
his basic work. Moreo-
ver, Joint Secretary in
CMO - Ajay Aswal - has
been given the addition-
al responsibility of Di-
rector of the War Room.
Sources have re-
vealed that this war
room has been set up in
the library building
which is far from CMO
where work will be car-
ried on round the clock
and five RAS officers
have been posted for it
and full deployment of
staff has been done un-
der it. In addition to
this, various subject ex-
perts - numbering 20 - as
Consultants are also be-
ing appointed here on
remuneration.
The War Room will
keep a close eye on the
progress of all major
projects of all the de-
partments Turn to P8
CM Ashok Gehlot Gaurav Goyal
CONG REMOVES
JAKHAR AND
THOMAS FROM
ALL PARTY POSTS
45 CR LOST HOPE DUE TO MODI’S
“MASTERSTROKES’’: RAHUL GANDHI
DID PK ASK FOR MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW?
70% PEOPLE WHO TOOK BOOSTER
DOSE DIDN’T GET COVID: STUDY
PROBABILITY OF 4TH WAVE EXTREMELY
LOW, VIROLOGIST JACOB JOHN
New Delhi: The Con-
gress Disciplinary
Committee on Tuesday
recommended the
suspension of its former
Punjab unit chief Sunil
Jakhar for two years and
his removal from all party
posts, besides recom-
mending removal of Ker-
ala leader K V Thomas
from all party positions
for anti-party activities.
Ahead of the Congress
disciplinary committee
meeting, Jakhar had
said those who still
have a conscience will
be punished. The panel
also recommended the
suspension of five party
MLAs in Meghalaya, who
had supported the ruling
Meghalaya Democratic
Alliance (MDA) in the
state, while defying the
party directives.
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on
Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi
over the unemployment issue, alleging over 45
crore people have lost hope of getting a job due to
his “masterstrokes”. He claimed that Modi is the
“first such prime minister” in 75 years to do so.
Informed sources in Congress have disclosed that PK wanted to lead the
Empowered Committee 2024, but Sonia wanted to make PK only a member of
the committee. Furthermore, PK wanted to report only to the Congress leader-
ship, but as a member he could not directly contact the high command. Prob-
ably because of all these reasons Kishor did not join the Congress. However,
the grapevine in ‘relevant’ party circles is that claim that Rahul and his team
were not too elated by PK’s entry in the party and in the meantime, the news of
Priyanka going on a foreign tour last night also acted as the final nail. In such
a situation, there was no consensus in the Gandhi family about PK, who, it is
learnt, had advised Gandhis to make an outsider as party president while also
advocating for change in Rajasthan.
New Delhi: Seventy per cent of the people who received
a booster dose of the Covid vaccine did not contract the
disease during the third wave, according to a new study
that covered around 6,000 people in India. The study said
that 45 per cent of the vaccinated people who did not take
a precautionary dose reported Covid in the third wave.
Renowned Virologist Dr T Jacob John has said that the prob-
ability of fourth Covid wave in India is ‘extremely low’. He
said that Delhi and Haryana had minor increases in Covid
numbers over the last two to three weeks but the increase
was not being sustained. He stressed that one thousand
cases in Delhi is equal to just five per lakh population.
Kids over 5 now under
Covid vax umbrella!
DCGI allows Corbevax for kids aged 5-12, Covaxin
for 6-12 age group, in major relief to parents
New Delhi:India’sdrug
regulator has granted
emergency use authori-
sation for Biological E’s
COVID-19 vaccine Cor-
bevax for those aged five
to 12 years and Bharat
Biotech’s Covaxin for
children in the age
group of six to 12 years,
Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
said on Tuesday
.
The Drugs Controller
General of India (DCGI)
has also granted emer-
gency use authorisa-
tion (EUA) to Cadila for
its ZyCoV-D for an ad-
ditional dose of 3mg
with a two-jab inocula-
tion schedule 28 days
apart for those aged
above 12 years.
The approval by the
Drugs Controller Gener-
al of India (DCGI) comes
following recommenda-
tions by the Subject Ex-
pert Committee on COV-
ID-19 of the CDSCO.
RAM NAVAMI
VIOLENCE
SC junks plea
seeking setting
up of judicial
commission
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day junked a PIL seek-
ing setting up of a judi-
cial commission to in-
quire into the recent
communal violence in
Delhi’s Jahangirpuri
andinsevenotherstates
during Ram Navami.
A bench of Justices L
Nageswara Rao and B R
Gavai dismissed the
plea filed by advocate
Vishal Tiwari. “You
want inquiry to be
headed by former CJI?
Is anybody free? Find
out...What kind of re-
lief is this...Don’t ask
for such reliefs which
can’t be granted by this
court. Dismissed,” the
bench said.
108 ex-bureaucrats
request PM to call for
end to ‘politics of hate’
New Delhi: Over 100
former civil servants
have written to PM
Narendra Modi with
the hope that he will
call for an end to what
they termed as “poli-
tics of hate” allegedly
practised “assiduous-
ly” by governments un-
der BJP’s control.
In an open letter, they
said “we are witnessing
a frenzy of hate filled
destruction in the coun-
try where at the sacrifi-
cial altar are not just
Muslims and members
of the other minority
communities but the
Constitution itself”.
Former Lt Governor
of Delhi Najeeb Jung,
former NSA Shivs-
hankar Menon and for-
mer prime minister
ManmohanSingh’sprin-
cipal secretary T K A
Nair are among the 108
signatories to the letter.
“Your silence, in the
face of this enormous
societal threat, is deaf-
ening,” the letter said.
Meanwhile, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will interact with
Chief Ministers on the
emerging COVID-19
situation in the country
on Wednesday through
video conferencing.
Are Sonia Gandhi,Priyanka on long holiday,
asks Anurag on Dausa gangrape-murder
New Delhi (PTI): Hit-
ting out at the Con-
gress govt over Dausa
gang-rape and murder,
Union minister Anur-
ag Thakur on Tuesday
said whether Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi and party gen-
eral sec Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra have gone
on a long holiday.
Meanwhile, the Dausa
police arrested second
accused in the case on
Tuesday
.
“Atrocities on
children, women
are on the rise in
Rajasthan and
questions are
raised about gov-
ernance in the
state. I wonder
whether Sonia
Gandhi and
Priyanka Gandhi too
have gone on a long
holiday as Ra-
hul ji? Can’t
they see the
breakdown
of law and
order in Ra-
jasthan?,”
T h a k u r
t o l d
reporters when asked
about the incident of
gang-rape and murder
in Dausa, Rajasthan.
“Why has the Con-
gresspartyandRajgovt
remained a mute spec-
tator? I hope they will
take these things seri-
ously and the Raj govt,
whichisfastasleep,will
wake up,” he said.
—Related reports on P2
CAA a limited, narrowly tailored
law for specific reasons: MHA
Opposition parties slam
Mann for ‘Delhi agreement’
New Delhi: The Citi-
zenship (Amendment)
Act (CAA) is a limited
and narrowly-tailored
legislation that seeks to
provide a relaxation to
specific communities
from specified coun-
tries with a clear cut-off
date, taking a compas-
sionate and ameliora-
tive view, according to
the annual report of the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA).
“The CAA is a limited
and narrowly tailored
legislation which seeks
to provide a relaxation
to aforesaid specific
communities from the
specified countries with
a clear cut-off date. It is
a compassionate and
ameliorative legisla-
tion,” the MHA annual
report for 2020-21 said.
Chandigarh: Opposi-
tion parties in Punjab
on Tuesday slammed
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann for signing
a knowledge-sharing
agreement with his Del-
hi counterpart Arvind
Kejriwal, accusing him
of surrendering his au-
thority and institution-
alising interference in
the border state.
An agreement was
signed on Tuesday be-
tween the two chief
ministers with Mann
saying that 117 schools
and mohalla clinics
will be developed in
Punjab. Congress lead-
er Partap Bajwa
termed it complete ab-
rogation of responsi-
bility on behalf of the
state government
Elgar Parishad
case: HC rejects
Navlakha’s plea
for house arrest
Mumbai: The Bombay
high court on Tuesday
dismissed the petition
filed by human rights
activist Gautam Nav-
lakha, an accused in the
Elgar Parishad-Bhima
Koregaon violence case,
seeking to be placed un-
der house arrest due to
his failing health and
lack of proper medical
facilities in Taloja jail.
Navlakha, arrested on
August 28, 2018, from his
residence in New Delhi,
had moved the petition
through advocates Yug
Chaudhry and Payoshi
Roy claiming relief on
the grounds of his ad-
vanced age and the fact
that he had a lump in
his chest.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022
02
www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
Sunil Sihag
Sri Ganganagar: Ra-
jasthan Foundation
Commissioner Dhiraj
Srivastava said state
has become head of en-
tire country and turn-
ing its shortcomings
into opportunities has
made it a unique iden-
tity in the world.
As keynote speaker
of lecture ‘Rajasthan:
Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow’ held under
the joint aegis of Tantia
University and Ekta
Manch, he praised the
state govt and also gave
details of the activities
of the Foundation.
VS Dr. Mohit Tantia,
Executive director KS
Sukhdev, Director Dr.
AshwaniGogia,Dr.MM
Saxena, Dr. Vikas Sach-
deva, Ekta Manch Pres-
ident Ravindra Leela
etc felicitated Dhiraj.
Raj has unique identity in world: Dhiraj
GAME CHANGER
Raj has become rapistan: BJP on Dausa gangrape
BJP panel visits the victim’s family, demands house under PM Awas Yojna and compensation of ` 10L
Aishwary Pradhan
Laxmi Kant Sharma
Jaipur/Dausa: React-
ing to the Dausa gan-
grape and murder of a
35-year-old woman, BJP
state president Satish
Poonia on Tuesday said
that Ashok Gehlot has
proved to be the most
unsuccessful CM in the
history of Rajasthan.
Poonia constituted a
five-member committee
who reached Dausa on
Tuesday and will pre-
pare a factual report
and hand it over to Poo-
nia. The committee in-
cludes Deputy Leader
of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore, former state
president Arun Chatur-
vedi, former MLA Kan-
haiyalal Meena, BJP SC
Morcha State General
Secretary Mukesh Garg
and state panelist Lax-
mikant Bhardwaj.
They demanded
death sentence in a fast
track court, a house un-
der PM Awas Yojana to
victim’s family, and Rs
10 lakh compensation.
“Under Gehlot’s rule,
peace-loving Rajasthan
has now become a Rap-
istan,” said Rathore.
Jodhpur HC building No. 1, to
be awarded in Delhi on April 28
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: New HC
building here has
topped among build-
ings across the country
.
Indian Building Con-
gress selected construc-
tion agency RSRDC for
Excellence in Built En-
vironment - 2021 Award
by selecting new build-
ing of HC in category of
commercial office
buildings. Award will
be given at NDMC Con-
vention Center, Parlia-
ment Street, New Delhi
on April 28. To receive
award, RSRDC, has se-
lected then Project Di-
rector PWD Barmer
SE Suresh Sharma,
RSRDC Jaipur Deputy
GM Subhash Arya, Pro-
ject Officer (Retd) Ajay
Kishan Mutha Pro-
ject Officer Jitendra
Sharma.
Jodhpur High Court.
Cong blamed BJP for temple row
but now acting on officials: Poonia
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia and
Deputy Leader of Oppo-
sition Rajendra Rathore
have blamed the Ashok
Gehlot government for
demolishing the temple
in Alwar’s Rajgarh.
Poonia tweeted say-
ing truth cannot be de-
feated. Cong govt,
which has accused BJP
board of hiding mis-
take of its officers, is
finally taking action
against the officers by
blaming them.
BJP has once again
targeted Gehlot govt for
suspending SDM Kes-
hav Meena, Municipal
EO Banwari Lal Meena
and Municipal Presi-
dent Satish Duharia in
demolition in Rajgarh.
Rathore has also
tweeted that now taking
action against Rajgarh
SDM is proof that state
government is guilty of
breaking temple.
Demolished temple site in Alwar’s Rajgarh. —FILE PHOTO
Kota: A sensational case of suspected murder of 1.5-
year-old boy by drowning in a water tank has come to
light in Ladpura of Rampura
Kotwali area of the city. Last
evening 18-month-old Abir had
gone missing. After intensive
search by the relatives the
body of the child was found
in the water tank kept on the terrace on the third floor
of the house itself. The lid of the water tank was also
closed. Investigation is on. —Gul Mohammad
Dungarpur: When Rural Development and Pan-
chayati Raj Minister Ramesh Meena when asked
about factionalism in the Congress and to which
faction he belonged to, during his visit to Dungar-
pur on Tuesday, the minister replied that he is from
the Congress camp and refuted any factionalism
in the party. He said that he would do everything
to strengthen the Congress. On the question of
changing the CM in Rajasthan, Meena said that
Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot are our leaders and
whoever decides our national leadership will be CM.
18-MONTH-OLD BOY FOUND DEAD IN
WATER TANK, MURDER SUSPECTED
RAMESH MEENA REFUTES ANY
FACTIONALISM WITHIN CONGRESS
NEWS DIGEST
1 held for duping
man on name of
providing tortoise
JMCH PSKS
camps from
May 1 to 11
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A fraudster
trapped a man in pre-
text of providing him
with a rare breed of tor-
toise for Rs 1 crore and
decamped with Rs 3
lakh given in advance.
Police arrested cheat af-
ter victim filed a case in
this regard on Tuesday
.
Police sources said vic-
tim Shankar Lal Shar-
ma, a resident of Donda
Ki Dhani village of
Bhanpur Kalan in Jam-
waramgarh area, runs a
motor servicing .
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Camps are
being started by
Jaipur Municipal
Corporation Herit-
age again under Pra-
shasan Shehron Ke
Sang campaign from
May 1. Programme
has been announced
to organise a camp in
Civil Lines Zone
from May 4. Zone
Deputy Commission-
er Deepali Bhagotia
said on May 4, 5 and
6, Camps in Ward No.
31, 32 33 will be set
up in front of Munic-
ipal Corporation of-
fice. On May 9, 10
and 11, camps in 34,
35, 36 and 37 will be
held.
Dhiraj Srivastava felicitated by Dr. Mohit Tantia, KS Sukhdev, Dr
Ashwani Gogia, Dr MM Saxena and Dr. Vikas Sachdeva.
Hathi Gaon left with 87
elephants as 15 sent to
Gujarat; 5 more to go
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Only Hathi Gaon
here is on verge of being
vacant as elephants are
constantly being shifted
out of state. Prepara-
tions are on to send 5 el-
ephants to Gujarat. For-
est depart is issuing ap-
provals even after cases
of elephants pending in
court.
Elephants are being
sent from Hathi Gaon to
Gujrat after taking ap-
proval for 3 years citing
religious use.
About 15 elephants
have been sent so far 5
more elephants are being
prepared to be sent.
Forest department
also gave a green signal
to transport elephants.
Department also formed
a medical board for ex-
amining health of 5 ele-
phants. as soon as de-
partment received appli-
cation for transporta-
tion. However, 2 ele-
phants declared unfit.
The elephants are trans-
ported in trucks. Hathi
Gaon is left with only 87
elephants, earlier there
were 125.
Severe heatwave for four days
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state is ex-
pected to see a four-day
severe heatwave from
Tuesday to Friday as
per the Metrological de-
partment. Mercury in
some areas is expected
to soar above 46 degree
Celsius. The districts of
Bharatpur, Jhunjhunu,
and Karauli would be
most affected in East-
ern Rajasthan, while
Barmer, Jodhpur, Chu-
ru, and Jaisalmer will
be hit in Western Raj.
Barmer was the hot-
test place in the state
recording a maximum
temperature of 45.1 de-
gree Celsius. Max temp
in Jaisalmer was 44.4
degrees, Bikaner (44.1),
Churu (43.8), Phalodi
(43.6) Jodhpur (43.2).
Minor abducted raped;
mother strangled, injured
Woman raped, alleges
forced conversion
Bharatpur: In Bharat-
pur’s Kaman police
station, a woman has
lodged a case of rape
forced conversion
by intoxicating her.
Woman told that a
person took her to a
cemetery and allegedly
raped her. According
to victim’s husband, he
also attempted to con-
vert her. Victim said
that on Monday when
she was alone at home
a person named Akash
Qureshi, came and
took her to cemetery.
Banswara: In a
shocking incident,
a man abducted a
12-year-old girl by
strangling her mother
and raped her.The
accused entered the
house in midnight and
strangled a woman.
Considered her dead,
he abducted her minor
girl and took her to a
forest area where he
raped her. The woman
and her daughter are
undergoing treatment
at the district hospi-
tal. The mother and
daughter were alone
in their house.Police
were informed by the
neighbours.
1 MORE ACCUSED
HELD, CAR USED
IN THE CRIME
RECOVERED
NCW SENDS TEAM
TOMORROW TO
PROBE MEET
POLICE OFFICIALS
Dausa: A second ac-
cused was arrested
on Tuesday in con-
nection with gangrape
and murder of a
35-year-old woman
here, police said. The
woman was going to
her maternal home
from Jaipur and took
a lift, following which
the accused allegedly
raped her and then
dumped her body in
a well on Saturday,
police said. Kaluram,
the main accused, was
arrested on Monday
while Sanju was ap-
prehended on Tuesday,
ASP Dausa, Dinesh
Kumar Sharma, said.
Car used in the crime
also recovered.
New Delhi (PTI): The
National Commission
for Women will send
a team to Raj to probe
alleged gang-rape and
murder of a woman at a
village in Dausa district.
Commission has also
written to Rajasthan
Police, asking it to
immediately file an FIR.
A 35-year-old married
woman was allegedly
gang-raped and killed
by two men on Sunday.
NCW Chairperson Re-
kha Sharma has written
to DGP ML Lather seek-
ing arrest at earliest. A
team led by the Com-
mission’s chairperson
will be visiting the crime
scene on Thursday and
also meet the police.
We seek death sentence to the accused
in a fast track court, a house under the
PM Awas Yojana to victim’s family,
and Rs 10 lakh compensation. The culprits of
this heinous crime should be given the strictest
punishment and the families should get justice.
Crimes against women are at all time high in
the state. —Rajendra Rathore, Dy Leader of Opposition
Sky overcast near Albert Hall on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Rajendra Rathore, Arun Chaturvedi and others met the victim’s family on Tuesday.
Congress needs Chanakya, not
businessman: Subhash Garg
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Technical Edu-
cation Minister Sub-
hash Garg on Tuesday
said the party organisa-
tion could only be
strengthened by its
workers and leadership
and not any service pro-
vider. He was speaking
about the proposed en-
try of poll strategist
Prashant Kishor to the
Congress.
“Leadership needs a
Chanakya and not a
businessman,” he
tweeted without nam-
ing anyone. Garg is a
Rashtriya Lok Dal MLA
from Bharatpur, who
supports the Congress
govt in the state. Politi-
cal experts are consid-
ering this message as a
test fire before Con-
gress’ Chintan Shivir in
May
.
Kishor was keen to
join the Congress, alleg-
edly without any expec-
tations, but senior par-
ty leaders had ex-
pressed doubts about
his commitment in
view of I-PAC’s agree-
ments with rivals in
West Bengal, Bihar and
Telangana even though
Kishor had denied his
involvement.
Subhash Garg
An elephant roaming in Hathi Gaon.
SRIVASTAVA TASTES FOOD!
Rajasthan Founda-
tion Commissioner
Dhiraj Srivastava in-
spected Indira Rasoi
and tasted the food
from the worker’s
plate in Bikaner on
Tuesday. The labour-
ers were stunned at
his down to earth
attitude. Srivastava
said the quality can
be checked this way
only, govt is serious.
—Laxman Raghav

Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: After raising
the REET paper leak
issue, BJP’s Rajya Sab-
ha MP Kirodi Lal Mee-
na on Tuesday de-
manded a CBI inquiry
in the RAS 2018 exami-
nation while alleging
corruption on a large
scale in the conduct of
the exam.
Meena said he will
register a complaint
with the SOG on
Wednesday
. “Congress
leaders took money
and got nearly 40 per-
cent of the candidates
passed in the inter-
view. CBI inquiry
should be ordered in
the matter,” he said.
He alleged that the
top 200 candidates in
the RAS recruitment
examination have
been selected from 7
institute centres in
Jaipur whereas 70 peo-
ple got selected in RAS
from Kalam Institute
alone.
At the same time,
70,000 copies of the
year 2018 were exam-
ined in just 17 days.
Meena also made alle-
gations against Shiv
Singh Rathore, who
was the acting chair-
man of RPSC, alleg-
ing he gave 80
marks to
Gaurav Poo-
nia, a rela-
tive of Go-
vind Singh
Dotasra. Tar-
geting profes-
sor Shivdayal
Singh Shekha-
wat, Meena
said he was
caught by ACB
taking cash. He said
that Shekhawat com-
mitted irregularities
in 2014 Pre PMT exam.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: This year five
RAS officers will be pro-
moted as IAS officers.
UPSC will soon send
names for selection af-
ter which it will an-
nounce the date of
board meeting for selec-
tion. Names of the of-
ficers to be promoted
include Shruti Bhard-
waj, Arun Kumar Puro-
hit, Mukul Sharma,
Ajay Singh Rathore are
likely to be promoted as
IAS officers.
These names will be
sent after approval at
the higher level. Names
have been sent to the
CMO. After the approv-
al of the CM, these
names will be sent to
the UPSC.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Amid the
scorching heat, the de-
mand for electricity is
increasing continuous-
ly in Rajasthan. For
load management, pow-
er cuts are being done
from villages to towns.
Despite this, supply
is not below 2400 lakh
units in a day in April.
Looking at the supply
graph of Discoms, the
minimum supply on
April 1 was 2423 lakh
units which increased
to 2735 lakh units on
April 19. There is more
supply of 450 lakh units
in April as compared to
last year.
Jaipur Discom MD
Ajit Saxena is keeping
an eye on the situation.
Saxena said that power
cuts are necessary for
load management. “By
the way, the effort is
that people face the
least problems. For this,
the farmers’ block is be-
ing shifted during
night,” said Saxena.
Meanwhile, wind en-
ergy is not getting as
expected in April as
only an average of 156
lakh units of electricity
is being available daily
.
The maximum supply
of 315 lakh units of
wind energy was on
April 12. Whereas on
April 23, production of
wind energy remained
only 33 lakh units.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Covid cas-
es have started surging
in the state. On Tues-
day, 50 new cases were
reported, highest 30
in Jaipur, with
which the
number of ac-
tive cases rose
to 203. On
Monday, the
state had re-
ported 30 new cases.
There is big jump in
the cases as on April 16
only 8 cases were re-
ported.
Meanwhile, 18 pa-
tients were cured of co-
rona on Tuesday while
no death was reported.
Manoj Jain
Karauli: In the matter
of Karauli communal
clashes, the District po-
lice is preparing to at-
tach the properties of
the absconding accused
former chairman of Ka-
rauli Municipal Coun-
cil Rajaram Gurjar.
Hindu Sena State
President Sahab Singh
Gurjar, councilor Mat-
loob Ahmed and Anchi.
Rajaram is the husband
of JMC Greater Mayor
Dr. Somya. Police start-
ed the process of war-
rant under section 37 in
the court. SP Shailen-
dra Indoliya said, “‘The
process of attaching the
properties of 4 accused
has been initiated.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Directo-
rate of Revenue Intelli-
gence has recovered 1
kg gold of around Rs 55
lakh, 1.5 lakh foreign
cigarettes of about Rs
17 lakh, 10 kg Iranian
saffron of about Rs 12
lakh from three persons
who were intercepted at
the Jaipur airport on
April 20. Two accused
were carrying 390 and
372 grams of gold hid-
den in their rectums.
From third accused, the
agency did not find any-
thing and got court’s
permission for his X-
ray after which four
gold balls of 58 gram
each were recovered
from him stomach on
Tuesday. The trio came
from Sharjah.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Over a class 12
political science ques-
tion paper that report-
edly asked six questions
about “achievements of
Congress party”, the
Union Ministry of Edu-
cation has written to
the Rajasthan Educa-
tion Department in this
regard.
“A news item has ap-
peared in section of
press along with rele-
vant copies of the ques-
tion paper, which is self
explanatory
. Comments
and inputs of state gov-
ernment on the news
item may be sent to the
department,” the min-
istry said in a letter sent
on Monday
.
The agitation of Covid Health Assistants, who have been
demanding reappointment, continued at Shaheed
Smarak in Jaipur on the 26th consecutive day on Tuesday.
A delegation of the candidates reached the residences of
ministers Tikaram Jully and Pratap Singh Khachariawas.
Jully said that the matter is in the notice of the chief minis-
ter. He assured that a solution will be found. The services
of CHAs were discontinued after the cases were reduced.
RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Sports Council has de-
cided to distribute the
long-pending prize
money to the medal
winning players of the
state. The council has
organized a 14-day
camp at Jaipur SMS
Stadium. After verifica-
tion, the grant money to
the players will be di-
rectly transferred.
About 10,000 players
of the state are still de-
prived of the prize mon-
ey. On the first day of
the camp on Monday,
Archery and athletics
winner verification
camp was organized.
While on Tuesday, a
verification camp was
organized for the play-
ers from Badminton,
Basketball and Hand-
ball. Sports Council
Chief Sports Officer
Virendra Poonia in-
formed that the camp
will be organized till
May 11. Poonia said that
from the coming sea-
son, the verification of
documents would also
be done online.
Players to get prize money directly in bank
A LONG TIME COMING
A candidate, who gave Rs 30
lakh, was told that he would get
82 marks in the interview. When
I complained about this to the
RPSC chairman, he denied it saying it was
impossible. But the candidate got 82 marks
only in the result. I demand a CBI inquiry
into this whole matter.
—Kirodi Lal Meena, BJP Rajya Sabha MP
‘CONG TOOK MONEY FROM 40%
CANDIDATES IN RAS INTERVIEW’
Kirodi seeks CBI inquiry saying top 200
candidates selected from 7 centres in Jaipur
Kirodi Lal Meena said he
will file a complaint with
the SOG while showing
documents to media on
Tuesday.
50 cases in a day, active
cases rise to 203 in Raj
Union edu ministry writes to
Raj govt for glorifying Cong
CHA AGITATION 26TH
DAY: DELEGATION
MEET MINs JULLY KHACHARIYAWAS
COVID SURGE
Slamming the Rajasthan's Congress government over
the question paper, the state BJP asked whether
it was a political science
paper or a Congress his-
tory paper. The party also
took a dig at Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot over the is-
sue. Seeing this question
paper of political Science,
many students did not even
understand whether the examination was about Political
Science or the history of Congress! Perhaps Gehlot ji
has now considered Congress as a part of history, the
party tweeted in Hindi.
RAJ BJP SLAMS CONGRESS GOVT
NEWS DIGEST
SPORTS ACADEMIES TO RESTART WITH TRIALS
Selection trials for 19 sports academies across
Rajasthan will start soon. Trials will took palce from
8 to 14 May. Candidates in the age group of 14 to 18
years will be given entries. Earlier, the age criteria was
13 to 17 years. Now the candidates will be able to stay
in academies till the age of 20. Trials will be held for
Athletics Academy (May 8-9), Basketball and Handball
Academies (May 9-10 ), Hockey Academy (May 10-11),
Volleyball Academy (May 11-12), Archery and Football
Academies (May 12-13) and Wrestling, Cycling and
Kabaddi (May 13-14).
Karauli violence:
Properties of
Rajaram,others
to be attached
DRI recovers 1 kg gold
from rectum,stomach of 3
Joshi forms panel on potable
water woes, report likely soon
Power crisis: Farmers to get power during
night only, wind energy also falls short
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: PHED Minister
Mahesh Joshi said that
the State Govt is serious
about solving the drink-
ing water problem faced
by people living in mul-
ti-storey residential
buildings. He has di-
rected a committee to
make a policy in this re-
gard and submit its re-
port in a month. He was
addressing a meeting
organized to discuss the
policy to be made re-
garding release of
drinking water connec-
tions in multi-storey
buildings at the Secre-
tariat here on Tuesday
.
Joshi said that the
availability of drinking
water in Rajasthan is
dire as compared to
other states. In such a
situation, the policies
adopted for providing
drinking water to mul-
ti-storey buildings in
other states will be
studied. A preliminary
draft of the policy will
be prepared soon.
PHED Minister Dr Mahesh Joshi during the meeting at Secretariat
on Tuesday. ACS Subodh Agarwal, Joint Secy PHED Pratap Singh,
and Chief Engineers were present during the meeting.
Rajasthan Vipra Welfare Board President Mahesh Sharma
on Tuesday had a courtesy call on Governor Kalraj Mishra.
Sharma received guidance regarding the operation and
implementation of the board from Governor Mishra.
5 RAS to be promoted
as IAS, process rolls on
Jaipur: Parking prob-
lem in Walled City and
extortion in the name of
parking vehicles is ex-
pected to end now. The
Heritage Corporation
has decided to limit
parking time to a maxi-
mum of 3 hours. JMCH
will implement the new
system in May
.
However, the fee will
remain the same – Rs 10
for two-wheelers and Rs
30 for four-wheelers – for
3 hours. After 3 hours,
the vehicle will be lifted
by Traffic police, upon
contractors info. —FIB
Parking in Walled
City limited to
three hours
COURTESY CALL
Jaipur : The passenger load and flight operations figures
for the financial year 2021-22 show that Jaipur Airport
ranks drop to 15th
rank in the list of the busiest airports
in the country. According to the Air Traffic Passenger Re-
port, the number of passengers from Jaipur Airport has
not even reached 30 lakhs. It lags behind even smaller
airports like Patna and Srinagar. The pandemic hit the
aviation industry hard. Jaipur International Airport also
incurred losses. New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore were in
the list of top three airports. —Kashiram Choudhary
Sawai Madhopur: Safaris in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
in Sawai Madhopur will be dearer than the ones in Madhya
Pradesh and Maharash-
tra. Safari fees have also
been increased in other
tiger reserves. Sandeep
Choudhary, DFO, Ran-
thambore Tiger Reserve
Tourism said that, the
fare for tiger safaris is
charged by TRDF, which
has been increased by
10%. This has led to an
increase of Rs 21 per tourist in Gypsy. These rents became
effective from Tuesday. Earlier, Rs 7,080 had to be paid for a
gypsy (6 rides). Now, tourists have to shell out Rs 7,206.
JAIPUR AIRPORT RANKING DROPS TO
15TH
PLACE IN PASSENGER LOAD
TIGER SAFARIS IN RAJ GET DEARER BY
10%; HIGHER THAN MP, MAHARASHTRA
16 APRIL 08
21 APRIL 14
18 APRIL 12
23 APRIL 18
20 APRIL 25
25 APRIL 30
26 APRIL 50
17 APRIL 09
22 APRIL 34
19 APRIL 23
24 APRIL 15
CASES
IN
LAST
11
DAYS
The agency also
seized 1.5 lakh
foreign cigars 10
kg Iranian saffron
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 3 l Issue No. 319
l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764.
Printed and published by
Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of
First Express Publishers. Printed
at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B.
Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk
Road, Jaipur. Published at 304,
3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das
Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001,
Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504.
Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to
perceptions and views
wander the world
offending people.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Had a wonderful meeting with the UK
Minister of Defence Procurement,
Mr. Jeremy Quin. We discussed
the opportunities available in
areas pertaining to aviation, ship
building and other defence industrial
programmes for both the countries.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
On #WorldIPDay, we recommit to
strengthening India’s Intellectual
Property (IP) regime to foster
innovation. This year’s theme ‘IP
Youth: Innovating for a Better Future’
rightly acknowledges the positive
changes that youth are effecting through
disruptive ideas technologies.
TOP TWEETS
PRASHANT KISHOR
AND CONGRESS
COME CLOSE, BUT
CHOOSE TO PART
day after Congress
president Sonia Gan-
dhi formed an em-
powered action
group to take steps
for the party’s revival based on
the points made by poll strate-
gist Prashant Kishor the two
have parted company, though
not on a bitter note. Prashant
Kishor’s statement that he has
declined the Congress chief’s of-
fer to join the party has led to
finger-pointing at Rahul Gan-
dhi’s coterie. One would tend to
believe those who say that this
coterie does not want any
change which will weaken their
position in the Congress.
The point of friction could
have been the role which was of-
fered to PK as against what he
aspired for. Whatever may be the
reason, the star-crossed Con-
gress looks set to continue its
journey on the beaten track.
The party’s plan to hold a Nav
Chintan Shivir at Udaipur next
month for revival may prove to
be an exercise in futility given
the old guard’s penchant for sta-
tus quo. Who wants change?
A
lon Musk, who is
the new owner of
Twitter, has been
a strong advocate
of free speech on
the social media platform. A
month before making his hos-
tile bid to buy out Twitter in
an all-cash deal, Musk con-
ducted his own poll tweeting,
“Free speech is essential for
democracy
. Do you believe
Twitter rigorously adheres to
this principle?” Of the
2,035,924 votes polled, 70.4 per-
cent said “No”. The Tesla and
SpaceX boss describes him-
self as a “free-speech absolut-
ist”. Although he is known to
have blocked some of his crit-
ics on Twitter, Musk said in
another tweet, “I hope my
worst critics remain on Twit-
ter, because that is what free
speechmeans.”Inyetanother
tweetMusksaid,“Freespeech
is the bedrock of democracy,
and Twitter is the digital
town square where matters
vital to the future of human-
ity are debated…”
All that sounds like wish-
ful thinking. Democracies
around the world, including
India, are reluctant to allow
absolute freedom of speech
even though it is guaranteed
in the Constitution. Govern-
ment, though biased in quite
a few cases, keeps an eye on
hate and provocative mes-
sages on Twitter. Will Musk
allow an anti-Narendra Modi
tweet the likes of which land-
ed Jignesh Mevani, the inde-
pendent MLA from Gujarat,
in jail in Assam?
Indiaisstronglyinfavourof
regulating social media plat-
forms and so is the European
Union. The EU has proposed a
Digital Services Act that pro-
vides for hefty fines on Inter-
net platforms like Twitter if
theyfailtoflagterroristpropa-
gandaorcurbdisinformation.
Absolutely free speech will
remain a notional idea.
FREE SPEECH ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS RISKY BIZ
Though biased in quite a
few cases, the Government
keeps an eye on hate and
provocative messages on
Twitter. Will Musk allow
an anti-Narendra Modi
tweet, the likes of which
landed Gujarat MLA
Jignesh Mevani in jail?
E
AAP goes full throttle,
makes forays across nation
f the recently held bypolls in
WB are any indication for the
prospects of the Grand Old
Party… it may be noted that
the party’s fortunes are turn-
ing out to be the same across
the length and breadth of the
country
.
In the Guwahati Munici-
pal Corporation elections,
BJP and its ally Asom Gana
Parishad (AGP) on Sunday
swept elections winning 58 of
the total 60 wards, while the
principal opposition party
Congress drew a blank!
The other 2 seats were
shared by debutant AAP and
the Assam Jatiya Party
(AJP). It is not difficult to
gauge the matter of the fact
that the Congress’ stature of
the principal Opposition par-
ty has been dwindling at jet
speed and it may not be per-
haps wrong to say that the
Old Order has Changeth…!
The buoyed AAP has been
seen to open its account even
in as far as Assam especially
at a time when even regional
parties like Trinamool have
not been able to create a rip-
ple in states like Tripura not-
withstanding its giant stat-
ure in WB.
AAP has already made for-
ays into several frontiers of
the country
. The party has
started its groundwork for the
KarnatakaAssemblyelections
due in the first half of 2023.
Even as the ruling BJP and
the “opposition” Congress
are preparing for the ballot
battle in Karnataka, the AAP
smells opportunity in the
southern state. AAP’s state
convener, Karnataka, Prithvi
Reddy recently told the me-
dia that people of the state
will have a real alternative
after a long time.
While AAP will continue
banking on the party’s win-
ning formula of focusing on
providing basic necessities
for people to live in dignity,
Reddy said adding that a Kar-
nataka plan is also in place.
THE HIMACHAL STORY
Since Himachal Pradesh and
Punjab are neighbouring
states, many believe the AAP
could “vroom” in Himachal
as it did Punjab. But political
observers with an eye on
Himachal’s politics have a
different script to narrate.
The Ground Reality of
Himachal is a trifle different.
Himachal has traditional-
ly been a two-party state,
with the Congress and the
BJP at the helm. Several po-
litical parties in the past
tried their luck in Himachal
but have never succeeded.
In Punjab, what mainly
wentinfavourof AAPwasthe
existing political forces’ dis-
connect with the masses. The
larger than life political netas
were too far from reality liter-
ally for the aam aadmi and it
was here that the AAP scored
with its grassroots connect.
In Himachal, leaders are
just like next door neigh-
bours. They are so closely
connected with the fabric of
their constituency that they
know each family and attend
their weddings, funerals etc
and all social events.
Himachal is well placed in
most social development pa-
rameters. At nearly 83% lit-
eracy rate (2011 Census), it is
one of the most literate states
in the country. It has also
done well in improving pri-
mary healthcare. Despite its
topography, Himachal has a
hundred per cent electrifica-
tion and a good road network.
ROAD TO GUJARAT
With a massive roadshow in
Ahmedabad on April 2, AAP
declared its next major goal
after winning Punjab — chal-
lenging the BJP and the Con-
gress in Gujarat and consoli-
dating itself as the third
power in what has histori-
cally been (again like in
Himachal) a two-party state.
The AAP’s plans (for the
state) were apparent in the
closed-door meetings that the
party’s national convener
and Delhi CM Arvind Kejri-
wal held with key social and
political leaders. On March
27, Kejriwal met BTP leader
and Dediapada MLA Mahesh
Vasava. The party, which has
two MLAs at present, is like-
ly to ally with the AAP for the
Assembly elections.
AAP’s PAST TENSE
AAP’s Gujarat unit was set
up in 2013 but it got its first
state president 4 years later
in 2017 when 79-year-old re-
tired mathematics professor
Kishore Desai was appoint-
ed. It contested 29 of the 182
Assembly seats and bagged
votes even less than the
NOTA option in some con-
stituencies. The party rejiged
its state organisation in 2020.
So, the Congress must real-
ise the state of affairs and it
is evident from the AAP’s ef-
forts which slow but steady,
that the party is inching
ahead to capture the Grand
Old Party’s position as the
principal Opposition.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
THE BJP CONNECT
The BJP’s national president
Jagat Prakash Nadda hails
from Himachal. Congress also
has a reasonably good presence
there. However, the dismal state
of the Grand Old Party in the rest
of the country could be worrying
for it. AAP will have to work on a
sound and credible roadmap here
that is unique to the Himachal
needs, which would be its USP.
In Punjab, Congress ruled
for 26 years, Akali Dal for
24 and the people of Punjab
felt let down. I think the
situation is very similar in
Karnataka. Now that they
will have a real alternative,
I think Karnataka will
vote in one way.
Prithvi Reddy, AAP’s state
convener, Karnataka

To Receive Free Newspaper
PDF Daily
Whatsapp:
http://bit.ly/whatsappjpr
Telegram:
https://t.me/firstindiajaipur
Click the above link☝ subscribe us on your
preferred platform.

INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: In Bihar,
preparations are being
made for a change in the
BJP organization amid
speculation that all is
not well between BJP
and JDU. Words is that
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar would leave Bi-
har politics and head to
Delhi. The present or-
ganization of the party
is not working properly
which is evident in the
NDA’s performance
which was poor in the
recently held elections
to the 24 Legislative
Council seats in the
state. BJP lost many of
its seats, due to mutual
factionalism. After that
the BJP lost badly in the
by-electiononBochahan
seat as well. Since then
the demand for change
in the state organisation
has intensified.
According to in-
formed sources, BJP
state president Sanjay
Jaiswal can be replaced.
It is being told that the
BJP will make an upper
caste individual the
state president. The bot-
tom line of the review
after the defeat of the
Legislative Council and
Bochahan is that the
party has become too
backward-centred, an-
gering the core voters,
the upper castes. Keep
in mind that the BJP
StatePresidentandboth
the Deputy Chief Minis-
ters come from back-
ward castes. Nityanand
Rai is sitting in the most
important ministry at
the center, he also be-
longs to the backward
caste and the in-charge
is also from the back-
ward caste. That is why
it is being said that now
a leader from the upper
caste strata will be made
the state president and
according to sources in
the BJP, a change may
happen soon.
Will BJP fall back on ‘core voters’?
IN BIHAR
Let Sonia Gandhi take decision:
Thomas on disciplinary action
Kochi (Agencies):
Soon after the AK An-
tony-led Congress dis-
ciplinary committee
meeting held to take a
call on breaching of
party discipline by for-
mer Union Minister KV
Thomas, concluded on
Tuesday, Thomas told
the media here that let
the decision come.
According to sourc-
es, the Antony com-
mittee has come up
with a few recommen-
dations, which include
removing Thomas
from posts, and sent it
to Congress president
Sonia Gandhi for fur-
ther action.
Thomas is a member
of the high power po-
litical affairs commit-
tee in the Kerala unit of
the party and is also an
AICC member.
When the media
pointed out these, he
said: “I cannot answer
to such assumptions
and let Sonia Gandhi
take the decision. One
thing I can tell is what-
ever is the decision, I
will always remain a
Congressman.”
Meanwhile, the An-
tony-led committee, de-
clined a request from
Thomas that he would
like to appear in person
before the committee.
Thomas has also
written to Sonia seek-
ing an appointment.
Incidentally
, both An-
tony and Thomas were
in the cabinet of then
Prime Minister Man-
mohan Singh 2009-14
and the latter was the
State Tourism and Fish-
eries Minister in the
cabinet of Antony in
Kerala during 2001-04.
The Congress lead-
ers from Kerala have
been seeking Thomas’s
immediate removal
from the party follow-
ing his participation in
a seminar on the Cen-
tre-state relations held
as part of the 23rd par-
ty congress of the CPI-
M held in Kannur early
this month.
The CPI-M had as
part of its 23rd party
congress invited
Shashi Tharoor and
Thomas to participate
in the seminar.
State Congress party
president AK Sudha-
karan immediately in-
formed both the lead-
ers not to participate
and even the party
president Sonia inter-
vened in the matter and
told the leaders not to
participate. While Tha-
roor backed out, Thom-
as decided to go ahead
with the seminar.
Probe agencies scan PFI’s
role in Jahangirpuri riots
New Delhi (Agencies):
Central probe agencies
have been scanning the
alleged role of the Pop-
ular Front of India
(PFI) into the Jahangir-
puri communal vio-
lence on April 16, ac-
cording to sources.
The sources in the in-
telligence network have
said that the agencies
have been scanning the
presence of a few peo-
ple connected to the
PFI’s student wing in
Jahangirpuri and try-
ing to ascertain with
whom they met while
they were in the area.
The sources also said
that they have identified
around 22 mobile num-
bersof PFIstudentwing
members who were pre-
sent in the area before
the violence erupted.
They said that the
probe agencies have
been trying to ascertain
their activities and they
may be questioned by
the Crime Branch of
the Delhi Police.
Some of these num-
bers were found to be ac-
tiveevenduringtheFeb-
ruary 2020 Delhi riots.
The probe agencies
also want to ascertain
whether these PFI
members had any links
with the violence in Ja-
hangirpuri.
BSP faced
maximum
defections in
UP polls
Police oppose
Umar’s bail
plea in Delhi
riots case
Lucknow (Agencies):
The Bahujan Samaj Par-
ty (BSP) faced the maxi-
mum number of defec-
tions by its candidates
and MLAs during the
recent assembly elec-
tions in Uttar Pradesh.
The BSP lost nearly
75 (27 per cent) candi-
dates to other parties
during the polls and 12
sitting MLAs crossed
over to other parties.
According to a de-
tailed analysis report
released by Associa-
tion for Democratic Re-
forms (ADR), the num-
ber of candidates who
left the Congress to
join other parties was
37 (13 per cent).
In recent assembly
elections, 54 (20 per
cent) out of the total of
276 re-contesting candi-
dates switched to the
Samajwadi Party fol-
lowed by 35 (13 per
cent) candidates who
joined BJP and 31 (11
per cent) candidates
who joined BSP.
DelhiPolicehasopposed
before the Delhi High
Court a plea of former
JNU student Umar
Khalid seeking bail in a
case under the stringent
UAPA for alleged con-
spiracy behind the 2020
riots in Delhi, saying the
narratives sought to be
createdbyhimcannotbe
looked into as his de-
fence at the this stage.
In its reply filed to the
plea which challenges
the rejection of Khalid’s
bail application by the
trial court, the police
statedthatthetrialcourt
has “rightly dismissed”
Khalid’s plea for release
by a “well-reasoned or-
der” which suffers from
no illegality
.
“Itismostrespectfully
submitted that the ap-
peal raises no good
grounds for considera-
tionbythishon’blecourt
andthusthesamebedis-
missed,intheinterestof
justice,” stated the reply
filed through public
prosecutorAmitPrasad.
Bengal SSC scam: Cops use water cannon
to stop Surya-led BJP workers, many hurt
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal Police used wa-
ter cannon to disperse
BJP workers who were
taking out a protest
rally against the state
government towards
Bikash Bhavan in Kol-
kata on Tuesday
.
Lok Sabha MP and
BJYM national presi-
dent Tejasvi Surya was
leading the protest rally
while West Bengal BJP
chief Sukanta Majum-
dar, BJP MP Raju Bista,
BJYM State In-charge
ShaktiSingh,MPJyotir-
moy Singh Mahato and
PriyankaTibrewalwere
also present at the rally
.
State BJP chief Su-
kanta Majumdar al-
leged lathi-charge by
the police. “Mamata Ba-
nerjee has killed democ-
racy in West Bengal. We
told the police to arrest
or detain us but not re-
sort to lathi-charge. But
they did not. Male cops
attacked our women
workers. As per my info,
four workers need hos-
pitalisation, one is al-
ready hospitalised”,
said Majumdar.
He added, “Mamata
Banerjee is a fascist and
a photocopy of Hitler.
The state police’s only
job is to stop the BJP,
they do not have any
other work. Mamata Ba-
nerjee, being a woman
said that the woman
whowasrapedwaspreg-
nant and had an affair.”
TMC’s Anubrata Mandal
denies having passport
Victims take out padayatra
to K’taka CM’s native town
Kolkata (Agencies):
After TMC strongman
Anubrata Mandal de-
nied having a passport,
the CBI on Tuesday
alerted the Kolkata air-
port authorities and
said that any possible
air travel attempt by
Mandal via there should
immediately be brought
to its notice.
The CBI officers have
also contacted the Re-
gional Passport Office
in Kolkata to verify
Mandal’s claims of not
having any passport.
According to CBI
sources, on Monday
, the
central agency had
sought from Mandal de-
tails about his passport,
but he denied having
one. For the time being,
the agency has procured
photocopies of his Aad-
haar and PAN cards.
“However, we have
alerted the airport au-
thorities and have also
contacted the Regional
Passport Office here to
cross-check his claims,”
said a CBI source.
Haveri (Anegcies):
Hundreds of victims of
a hysterectomy scandal
in Karnataka on Tues-
day took out a padayatra
to Chief Minister Ba-
savaraj Bommai’s na-
tive town of Shiggaon in
Haveri district.
The protest march
has been organised to
condemn the apathy
and negligence of the
authorities as Rs 40
crore compensation
amount sanctioned for
the victims of the scan-
dal was sent back to the
government without
being distributed.
The victims, after
walking a distance of 75
km, will reach the town
on Wednesday
.
The agitators have de-
clared that until Bom-
mai personally arrives
and assures them of re-
lease of compensation,
theywon’tmoveaninch.
Yogi asks ministers, IAS
officers to declare assets
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Tuesday directed his
ministers to declare
within three months all
property owned by them
and their families and
asked IAS and IPS offi-
cials to put similar de-
tails online.
He also said that the
ministers’ family mem-
bers should not inter-
vene in the govt work.
The CM while ad-
dressingaspecialsitting
after the cabinet meet-
ing said that the IAS,
IPS, and the Provincial
Civil Service officers
shouldalsodeclaretheir
and their family mem-
bers’ properties and
make it available on an
online portal for the peo-
ple to see it. The code of
conduct prescribed for
the ministers should be
followed, he said.
MHA seeks factual report from Maha Govt
Mumbai (Agencies):
The complaint filed by
Lok Sabha MP Navneet
Rana claiming that she
was subjected to “inhu-
man treatment” by Ma-
harashtra Police after
her arrest in connec-
tion with a call to chant
Hanuman Chalisa on a
loudspeaker outside
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray’s residence
has been referred to
Lok Sabha Privilege
Committee.
Sources said the Lok
Sabha Secretariat has
also sent a letter to the
state government seek-
ing the reasons for the
arrest as well as the fac-
tual situation about her
claims at the Khar po-
lice station in Mumbai.
In her letter to LS
Speaker Om Birla, the
MP claimed that she
was denied water at the
police station because
she was a Dalit. She
said she was sent to By-
culla Women’s Jail
while her husband was
taken to taloja Jail.
“To my shock and
disbelief, the police
staff told me that I be-
long to Scheduled
Caste and hence they
will not give me water
in the same glass.
Thus, I was directly
abused on the basis of
my caste and it is only
for this reason that no
drinking water was
provided,” she said.
COUPLE’S BAIL PLEA TO BE
HEARD ON FRIDAY
Mumbai (Agencies): In another setback, the
Mumbai City Civil and Sessions Court on Tuesday
posted the hearing of independent MP Navneet
Kaur-Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana’s
bail plea for Friday. The couple’s lawyer Rizwan
Merchant had moved the bail plea but the court
directed the prosecution to file its reply on Friday
and would hear it further that day.
TMC-BJP SLUGFEST: WHICH
SIDE DOES ANSAR BELONG TO?
The TMC and BJP are now in a war of words over the
origin of Ansar Sheikh, prime accused in the Jahan-
girpuri clashes. BJP’s Amit Malviya has said Ansar
is one of those who had attacked Suvendu Adhikari,
leader of the opposition in West Bengal, in 2021.
Meanwhile, a photo of Ansar with Ajijul Rehman, a
local TMC councillor, has been doing the rounds on
the social media. TMC’s Ajijul Rehman, however, de-
nied the allegations of him being connected to Ansar.
He accepted that he had met Ansar during his trip to
Manali. “It was a spontaneous photo,” he said.
I cannot answer to
such assumptions;
let Sonia Gandhi
take the decision.
Whatever the
decision, I will
always remain a
Congressman.
KV Thomas,
AICC member
Antony-led
Cong panel
recommends
removal of
KV Thomas
from posts
HYSTERECTOMY SCANDAL
NAVNEET RANA ACCUSES MUMBAI POLICE OF MISTREATMENT
Kolkata Police did not help, says BJP MP Tejasvi Surya as more
than 15 party workers injured during protest rally.
CBI alerts Kolkata
airport authority

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The politi-
cal parties of India use
their internal surveys
for their electoral and
organisational deci-
sions. Apart from this,
there are surveys of
media groups and sur-
vey agencies, which
reveal the popularity
of parties and leaders.
But distanced from
these is the Aam Aad-
mi Party (AAP) has its
own model of survey
wherein the party it-
self conducts the sur-
vey and declares it for
her political purpose.
Like AAP has just an-
nounced a survey
again. This was an-
nounced by the party’s
Kalkaji MLA Atishi.
This survey will be
done across the coun-
try, in which people’s
opinion about the par-
ty will be asked. Along
with this, opinion
about BJP will also be
sought. Through this,
the aim of the Aam
Aadmi Party is to mark
itself better than the
BJP, which will be evi-
dent from this survey
.
Everyone knows the
results as soon as the
survey starts. Every-
one knows that after
this alleged survey, it
will be announced by
AAP that the people of
the country like AAP
instead of BJP and the
model of AAP govern-
ments is better than
BJP governments.
Even before this, the
Aam Aadmi Party has
conducted countless
surveys, in which it
wins every time. After
every survey comes the
desired results of the
party leadership. It is
being told that this is
the beginning of the
party’s positioning for
pan-India politics. In
fact, questions have
been raised about
Arvind Kejriwal’s si-
lence in the midst of
communal riots and
hate speeches happen-
ing across the country
.
Interestingly, political
observers feel that this
survey has been an-
nounced to divert at-
tention from Kejriwal.
AAP ENGAGED IN POLITICAL SURVEY OR SURVEY POLITICS?
Assault case: Mevani sent
to five-day police custody
MLA’s counsel says he will move bail at higher court in Barpeta today
Guwahati (PTI): Gu-
jarat’s Independent
MLA Jignesh Mevani
has been sent to police
custody for five days,
in a case where he has
been accused of as-
sault and molestation
by a woman police con-
stable in Assam.
The case was filed at
the Barpeta road police
station on April 21, in
which Mevani has been
accused under laws
dealing with obscene
acts or words in public,
voluntarily causing
hurt, using criminal
force to deter public
servants from dis-
charge of his duty and
outraging of modesty
.
The MLA’s counsel
said hewillmovethebail
petition at a higher court
inBarpetaonWednesday
.
“We are absolutely
surprised. There was
not a whisper about the
assault on officials
when he was under po-
lice custody for three
days. Suddenly after he
was granted bail, he
was shown as rearrest-
ed,” Mevani’s lawyer
said on Monday
.
The MLA was arrest-
ed immediately after in
the second case involv-
ingthewomanconstable.
Mevani was initially
arrested from Gujarat’s
Palanpur on Thursday
after a complaint was
filed against him by a
leader of the Assam
BJP over his tweets on
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi.
CALL FOR RELEASE
Jignesh Mevani has been accused of using criminal force against
public servant.
Chinese nationals among four
killed in Karachi suicide blast
Karachi (Agencies):
An explosion ripped
through a van inside a
university campus in
southern Pakistan on
Tuesday, killing three
Chinese nationals and
their Pakistani driver,
officials said. A separa-
tist militant group
claimed responsibility
and said the attack was
carried out by a woman
suicide bomber.
The bombing at the
University of Karachi
also wounded a fourth
Chinese national and a
Pakistani guard accom-
panying the van, ac-
cording to university
spokesman Mohammad
Farooq.
Karachi police chief
Ghulam Nabi Memon
said an initial investi-
gation showed a sui-
cide bomber was be-
hind the attack.
Blast occurred near Confucius Institute inside Karachi University.
‘Will continue to take action
against YouTube channels’
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): A day after Min-
istry of Information
and Broadcasting
blocked 16 YouTube
news channels for
spreading misinforma-
tion related to the na-
tional security, Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur said on Tues-
day said that the Centre
will continue to take
strict action in future
also if need be.
Thakur said that the
Centre supports free-
dom of expression but
no one has the right to
divide the country,
spread misinforma-
tion and fake news.
“No one has the right
to spread rumours and
fake news which be-
come a challenge to
the security and integ-
rity of the nation.
Strict actions were
taken as per the rules
and once again, Gov-
ernment of India has
taken action against 16
YouTube channels by
blocking them. This is
the fifth such action,”
Thakur said.
It is a clear message
to those outside and in-
side the country that
strict action will con-
tinue in future also.
“No compromise with
the security of India
and efforts will contin-
ue in future to stop mis-
information against
the country,” he said.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur
22K CR MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
ED raids 26 premises
linked to ABG Shipyards
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Tuesday
carried out raids at 26
premises linked to ABG
Shipyard Ltd, one of
the largest private ship-
building companies ac-
cused of cheating a con-
sortium of 28 banks to
the tune of ₹22,842 crore,
people familiar with the
development said.
The raids, under the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act
(PMLA), are being car-
ried out at the premises
of ABG Shipyard, its
sister companies and
executives, in Mumbai,
Pune, Surat and other
places, officials said.
The ED registered a
money laundering case
in connection with the
matter in Feb based on
a FIR filed by the CBI.
ABG Shipyard dock in Surat, Gujarat. —FILE PHOTO
SC indicates to list
pleas after two days
Supreme Court on
Tuesday indicated to
list a batch of petitions
challenging the Karna-
taka High Court’s
judgement that upheld
the ban on Hijab in Pre-
University Colleges, for
hearing after two days.
Senior advocate
Meenakshi Arora men-
tioned the matter before
abenchpresidedoverby
Chief Justice NV Rama-
na for urgent hearing.
“I will list the matter,
wait for two days,” the
CJI told her.
The top court had
earlier refused a num-
ber of times a plea to
consider the special
leave petitions against
the High Court’s judge-
ment urgently
.
On March 24, the
court had asked the peti-
tioners not to sensation-
alise the issue when sen-
ior advocate Devadatt
Kamat on behalf of girl
students said that they
wouldloseoneacademic
year, if they are denied
permission to wear
headscarf and appear in
examinationsbeginning
since March 28.
Questioning the High
Court’s verdict, the pe-
titioners claimed wear-
ing of Hijab was pro-
tected under the funda-
mental rights to priva-
cy, expression and con-
science guaranteed un-
der the Constitution.
India’s position is clear on
Russia-Ukraine crisis: EAM
India has a clear posi-
tion on the ongoing Rus-
sia-Ukraine war, exter-
nal affairs minister S
Jaishankar said on
Tuesday, stressing that
New Delhi “urges a ces-
sation of hostilities, re-
turn to dialogue and
national sovereignty”.
During an interaction
at the Raisina Dialogue,
Jaishankar said the con-
flict in Ukraine is one of
the most dominating is-
suesatpresent“notonly
because of interests or
values concerned, but
also because of the con-
sequences worldwide”.
“And there is a wide
world out there where
sustaining a rules based
order is often an issue.”
When asked about In-
dia’s stand on the war,
he said: “When rules-
based order was under
challenge in Asia, the
advice we got from Eu-
rope was; do more trade.
At least we are not giv-
ing you that advice.”
He also stated that
what happened in Af-
ghanistan clearly stated
what was the rules-
based order.
“We have to find a
way to return to diplo-
macy and to do that, the
fighting must stop.”
Talking about the
wider consequences of
the war, the minister
said “there will be no
winners out of this
conflict”.
Seven CRPF
jawans hurt
in Shopian
road accident
Srinagar (Agen-
cies): Seven Cen-
tral Reserve Police
Force (CRPF)
troopers were in-
jured in a road ac-
cident in JK’s
Shopian district
on Tuesday
.
JK Police
sources said a
CRPF vehicle col-
lided with a speed-
ing truck in Sofi-
pora village of
Zainapora area of
Shopian district.
“Seven CRPF
jawans of 178 bat-
talion were in-
jured in the acci-
dent. The injured
have been shifted
to hospital for
treatment”, the
sources said.
BALOCHISTAN LIBERATION ARMY
CLAIMS ATTACK, SAYS GROUP’S ‘1ST
WOMAN SUICIDE BOMBER’
New Delhi: The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)
on Tuesday claimed responsibility for
a suicide attack at Karachi University
that killed four people, including three
Chinese nationals. The BLA is a militant
group that operates mainly in the
restive Balochistan province that has
previously targeted Chinese citizens
and interests. The explosion ripped
through a van inside the Karachi University campus
in the southern Pakistani port city. The BLA said the
attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber.
EAM S Jaishankar
Centre says over 64,800 Kashmiri Pandit
families left the Valley in early 1990s
New Delhi (PTI): Pa-
kistan-sponsored ter-
rorism forced 64,827
Kashmiri Pandit fami-
lies to leave Kashmir
valley in the early 1990s
and settle in Jammu,
Delhi and other parts
of the country, the gov-
ernment has said.
According to the an-
nual report of the
Home Ministry for
2020-21, as many as
14,091 civilians and
5,356 security force per-
sonnel lost their lives
to terrorism in Jammu
and Kashmir between
the 1990s and 2020.
“Militancy in Jammu
and Kashmir is intri-
cately linked with infil-
tration of terrorists
from across the border,”
the report said.
Besides Kashmiri
Pandits, terrorism
forced some Sikh and
Muslim families too to
migrate from Kashmir
valley to Jammu, Delhi
and other parts of the
country, it said.
Nearly 1,054 families
from the hilly areas of
Jammu migrated to
Jammu plains, it said.
As per the records of
registration available
with the Relief and Mi-
grant Commissioner
of Jammu and Kash-
mir, at present 43,618
registered Kashmiri
migrant families are
settled in Jammu,
19,338 families are set-
tled in Delhi and Na-
tional Capital Region,
and 1,995 families in a
few other states and
Union Territories, the
report said.
Govt cancels
FCRA licences
of two NGOs
The Union Home Minis-
try has cancelled the
FCRA licence of two
NGOs — Common-
wealth Human Rights
Initiative (CHRI) and
Apne Aap Women
Worldwide (AAWW) —
for allegedly violating
laws and diverting
funds received from
abroad, officials said on
Tuesday
.
The NGOs allegedly
failed to file annual fi-
nancial returns man-
dated under the Foreign
Contribution Regula-
tion Act 2010, they said.
The Ministry has
also found that the
NGOs allegedly divert-
ed funds received as for-
eign donations, the of-
ficials said.
The CHRI works in
the field of realisation
of people’s basic hu-
man right to access in-
formation from govt
and other public bodies
in Commonwealth
countries, according to
its website.
The CHRI’s also
works on police reforms
programme that aims
to realise increased de-
mand for rights-based
police reform and the
strengthening of police
accountability in the
Commonwealth, it said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other AAP leaders.
AAP announces new countrywide
survey to get public opinion about
various political parties

❍ HIJAB BAN
Shari Baluch

NEWS
07
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: The Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau has
tightened its noose
around corruption in
the state. In this regard,
a review meeting of the
state units was held on
Tuesday at ACB head-
quarters at Jhalana.
ACB DG BL Soni and
ADG Dinesh MN had a
one-to-one conversation
with all the outpost in-
charges.
BL Soni and Dinesh
MN asked all the offic-
ers to make case docu-
mentation strong and
based on evidence so
that the case can be kept
firmly in the court.
They also advised to
send prosecution sanc-
tion requests in traps
related to central ser-
vice employees to the
Government of India as
well as to the CVC, so
that the sanction is re-
ceived soon.
“We have to take full
care of the evidence
while presenting the
chargesheet so that
there is no scope for any
lapse,” Soni said.
Sawai Madhopur/
Jaipur/Jaisalmer
(PTI) Five people were
killed in two separate
road accidents in Ra-
jasthan’s Sawai Mad-
hopur and Jaisalmer
districts on Tuesday,
police said. Three peo-
ple were killed in Sawai
Madhopur when their
motorcycle collided with
a truck, they said.
Tauhid (24) along with
his wife Tamina Bano
(22) and mother Memuna
Bano were killed in the
accident which took
place near Bodal forest
outpost on Chirgaon
highway, police said.
In another accident,
two people were killed
in a collision between a
car and a truck in Jais-
almer, they said. Bhom
Singh and Jhajhar Sin-
gh, who were in the car,
were killed in the acci-
dent, police added.
In another accident
in Chomu in Jaipur, a
collision between car
and scooty claimed two
lives near Kanarpura
under Kaladera police
station area.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-
ernment has extended
the period of exemption
in stamp duty on the
sale of land from unreg-
istered documents.
As per the order of
the UDH department,
the exemption will con-
tinue till 31 March 2023.
It will be applicable on
plots sold by the allot-
tees of housing socie-
ties. The finance de-
partment has already
issued a notification in
this regard. In such cas-
es, stamp duty will be
levied at 20 percent of
the value of the plot
while no stamp duty
will be taken if con-
struction is done on the
plot. The state govern-
ment has also given re-
laxation in depositing
the remaining amount
in cases of auction. In
cases where the last
date of depositing the
remaining 50 percent
amount was 15 March
2020, the date has been
extended to 30 Septem-
ber 2022.After approval
of the UDH minister
Shanti Dhariwal, the
UDH department has is-
sued an order.
On the other hand, of-
ficers of half a dozen
local bodies will be is-
sued show-cause notice
for poor performance in
Prashasan Shahron ke
Sang campaign.
Udaipur: The Ra-
jasthan Police SOG will
investigate scams
worth crores in the 272
plots of the Municipal
Corporation. After the
order of CM Ashok Ge-
hlot, the investigation
has now been handed
over to the SOG. Addi-
tional SP posted at
Jaipur SOG Headquar-
ters has started investi-
gating the matter. Many
employees of the MC,
including those who il-
legally occupied the
plot of Udaipur Munici-
pal Corporation, are in
a state of shock. Al-
though, the Corpora-
tion filed a case against
illegal occupation.
However, now employ-
ees of the MC will also
come under purview of
the SOG, said an offi-
cial. —FIB
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The glory of
Saras Parlour on JLN
road will be restored in
the day to come. The
parlour was a famous
spot for hanging out but
there was a problem of
parking and VIP move-
ment therefore the
dairy administration
had limited its activi-
ties. Now, the dairy
management has taken
an important decision
regarding parking
which now will be done
in such a way that there
is no problem in traffic
on JLN road.
RCDF MD Sushma
Arora inspected Saras
Parlor on Tuesday and
instructed the officials
of RCDF and Jaipur
Dairy to keep high-
quality products at the
parlor. A committee of
officers will be formed
to ensure the quality of
products. She also in-
structed regarding
fountain, decoration,
greenery, lighting, and
drinking water ar-
rangements on the
premises.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Police will launch a
campaign against those
who waste time and re-
sources of law enforc-
ers and courts by regis-
tering false cases.
ADGP (Crime) Ravi
Prakash Mehrada said
on Tuesday said initial-
ly two police stations of
Jhunjhunu district
were focused and the
police got success. He
said that in 50 out of 52
false cases identified,
courts have imposed
fines on the accused
who registered false
cases. He said this will
be taken up as a cam-
paign now.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: IAS Nannu Mal
Pahadia and RAS
Ashok Sankhla were
suspended on Tuesday
after they were arrested
by the ACB on Saturday
while taking bribe.
They are suspended
with effect from April
23. The duo along with
a broker Nitin Sharma
is in the jail now.
ACB ASP Vijay Singh
that there were com-
plaints against
NM Pahadia earlier
also and he was in-
volved in taking bribe
for issuing NOC of a
petrol pump but the
complaints could not be
confirmed.
He has taking bribe
from company con-
structing Delhi-Mum-
bai Express Highway
for about 1.5 years. In
many ways, crushers
and mining lease hold-
ers were harassed, said
a bureau official.
Sikar: The Jaipur ACB team arrested
a college employee taking a bribe of
Rs 18,000 in lieu of marking students’
fake attendance in Ranoli police sta-
tion area of Sikar.The complainant had
complained against Vinod Kumar, an
employee of Aravali B.Ed Aravalli College
at Jeenmata Road, Sikar. The accused, a
resident of Payli in Didwana, sought Rs
30,000 in lieu of getting permission to
appear in the B.Ed examination, pass-
ing it and completing the attendance
through false means. After the complaint
lodged, the ACB team laid a trap. Under
the leadership of ASP Alok Sharma,
ACB Jaipur Nagar I, Dy Superintendent
Neeraj Gurnani team took action of trap
after getting the complaint verified. The
team arrested Vinod Kumar, a resident
of Payli, Didwana, red-handed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur : Chief Secre-
tary Usha Sharma dur-
ing a review meeting
instructed the District
Collectors of seven dis-
tricts to select the land
keeping in mind the
convenience of the
movement of students
in the allotment of land
for government colleg-
es. Sharma said that
land should be allotted
on time.
The District Collec-
tors apprised the CS
about the status of
land allotment for the
construction of the
Government College
building. They said
that the process of land
allotment would be
completed soon.
The meeting was at-
tended by Anand Ku-
mar, Kunjilal Meena,
Naveen Mahajan,
Shuchi Tyagi and Man-
ju Vijay
.
CS Usha Sharma asks district collectors
to allot land for govt colleges on time
ACB insists on evidence-based strong cases
Bribe accused IAS NM Pahadia,
RAS Ashok Sankhla suspended
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The ACB on
Tuesday arrested
two employees of a
company authorised
to recruit District Co-
ordinators in the Na-
tional Nutrition
Campaign in Jaipur.
They were held red-
handed taking a
bribe of Rs 35,000. In
the complaint it was
mentioned that the
contract was given to
a private company
for the selections on
the post of District
Coordinators. The
company’s signature
authority, Ramkaran
Sinsinwar was de-
manding demanding
Rs 45,000 in lieu of
selection. After con-
firming the com-
plaint, the ACB ar-
rested Ramkaran
Sinsinwar and com-
puteroperatorManoj
Tanwar.
Earlier, Rs 10,000
had been taken from
the complainant as
an advance.
ACB nabs 2 in Jaipur
with ``35,000 bribe
Review: Information was taken from the officials about
special traps and how it has increased confidence in ACB
Complaints received
against Pahadia
earlier also but
couldn’t be trapped
Along with
getting the
trap done, we
also need to increase
the focus on more and
more court cases.
—Dinesh MN,
ADG-ACB
SIKAR COLLEGE EMPLOYEE HELD TAKING BRIBE OF `18,000
NEWS DIGEST
NM Pahadia and Ashok Sankhla
Sushma Arora inspecting
Saras Parlour on Tuesday.
Ramkaran Sinsinwar Manoj Tanwar
ACB DG BL Soni and ADG Dinesh MN holding a review meeting of the state units officials. DIG Sawai
Singh Godara, Vishnu Kant, Kailash Vishnoi, and Rajendra Goyal are also seen.
Mangled remains of the accidental car in Jaisalmer.
Usha Sharma holding meet with Rajeshwar Singh, Anand Kumar,
Alok Gupta and others about National Lok Adalat.
7 die in three separate road accidents in Sawai
Madhopur, Jaisalmer and Chomu in 24 hours
Period of exemption in
stamp duty extended
SOG to probe 272 plots
issued in Udaipur MC
Rajasthanpolice’s
campaign against
false cases
CM’s initiative: 50 accident-prone
state highways identified in Raj
COURT ORDERS
SCHOOL TO ADMIT
GIRL IN JODHPUR
SETTLE MORE CASES
IN NATIONAL LOK
ADALAT, SAYS CS
MAN GETS 20-YEAR JAIL TERM FOR
RAPING A MINOR
2 FROM RAJASTHAN ARRESTED WITH
DRUG WORTH RS 23 LAKH IN GUJARAT
TEACHER BOOKED FOR FLEEING WITH
GIRL STUDENT IN DUNGARPUR
RAJASTHAN HC ASKS SOG TO CONTINUE
PROBE IN REET 2021 EXAMINATION
Jaipur: After a number of road accidents across
the state, the CM Ashok Gehlot had expressed dis-
pleasure following which the Transport and Road
Safety Department has identified 50 accident-
prone highways of the state. Transport dept has
started a special drive to prevent road accidents
on these highways for 15 days. Transport com-
missioner Khel Swamy directed RTOs and DTOs to
take this drive seriously. —Shivendra Parmar
Jodhpur: High Court judges
were in for a shock on
Tuesday when a teenage
girl told them that she has
never gone to school. During
hearing of a habeas corpus
petition, the Division Bench
of Justices Sandeep Mehta
and Vinod Kumar Bharwani
got the reply when they
wanted to see her marksheet
to clear the confusion about
her age. The stunned judges
then ordered Station House
Officer Jameel Khan to
get the girl admitted in the
village school under Right to
Education (RTE) Act.
CS instructed officials
of the departments
concerned to provide re-
lief to public by dispos-
ing of maximum cases in
the National Lok Adalat
to be held on May 14.
CS said that the depart-
ments should prepare
an action plan. CS was
presiding over the meet-
ing held in connection
with the National Lok
Adalat at the secretariat
on Tuesday.
Dausa: The local POCSO court on Tuesday sentenced
a man to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a minor.
Special judge Annu Agarwal also imposed a fine of Rs
1.15 lakh on the convict Sonu. A case was registered in
this regard with Kotwali police in February 2019. Special
Public Prosecutor Sunil Saini produced 21 witnesses
and 34 documents to prove the crime.
Ahmedabad (PTI): Two men from Rajasthan
were arrested on Tuesday for alleged possession
of mephedrone worth over Rs 23 lakh in Gujarat’s
Ahmedabad city, an official said. A team of the
SOG arrested the duo from Odhav locality of the
city with 238.4 gm of mephedrone, worth Rs
23.8 lakh, he said. Mahesh and Lalshankar, both
natives of Dungarpur in Rajasthan.
Dungarpur: Dhambola police has filed a case against a
school teacher for fleeing with one of his girl students.
The teacher, who teaches in a government school in
Simalwara block, was suspended a month ago by the
department for molesting the minor girl. During his
suspension, the teacher was instructed to report to
DEO (Primary) here. The father of the girl studying in
Class 12 said that the teacher Bhura Lal Roat of Unda-
rda village had run away with his minor daughter.
Jaipur: Hearing the matter related to REET exams in
2021, the High Court Division Bench of Acting CJ MM
Srivastava and Justice Sameer Jain ordered SOG to
bring the issue of Level-I appointments under the peti-
tion. SOG ADG Ashok Rathod presented the report on
the investigation so far; SOG is conducting the probe
under the court’s supervision in an order on Madhu
Nagar’s petition and PIL by ABVP

z Bharatpur to Deeg, Gegal to Bandersindri via
Kishangarh, Dausa to Mahua, Dausa to Lasot

z Kishangarh to Nasirabad to Kothun via Niwai,
Molasar to Parbatsar, Paniyala to Chandwaji

z Nagaur to Khivasar, Alwar to Rajgarh, Alwar to
Barodamev, Bharatpur to Ulpura Paaya Halena
SOME OF ACCIDENT-PRONE SPOTS
Saras Parlour to regain old glory,
problem of parking to be solved
IN THE COURTYARD
22-YEAR-OLD
STABBED TO
DEATH IN KOTA
AAP HAS NO
IDEOLOGY, SAYS
ARCHANA
Kota (PTI): A
22-year-old man was
allegedly stabbed to
death during a brawl
here, police said on
Tuesday.The incident
took place on Monday
night when Tabish, a
resident of Amar colo-
ny, was out for a walk
in Sanjay Nagar local-
ity, they said.According
to police, Tabish had an
argument with a group
of five people following
which they thrashed
and stabbed him in the
abdomen with a knife
before fleeing.
Ajmer: Rajasthan
Social Welfare
Board chief Archana
Sharma visited
Ajmer on Tuesday
and targetted the
Aam Aadmi Party
and raised questions
on its ideology, de-
scribing the party as
a hindrance for the
Congress. Sharma
was welcomed by
the workers and
went to the old age
ashram and spent
time with the elderly.

Rationalisation is good to move
forward but always leave space
for sunshine, some flowers and a
butterfly!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The Congress
Committee of Ra-
jasthan has started pre-
paring to become the
host of party leaders
coming from all over the
country in the Chintan
Shivir. The hospitality
tradition of Rajasthan
and Mewar will be visi-
ble during the Chintan
Shivir. The PCC has in-
tensified the prepara-
tions for the National
Chintan Shivir of the
Congress to be held in
Udaipur from May 13 to
15 for which PCC will
form some committees.
Along with the politi-
cal churning of the next
Lok Sabha elections,
there will be a glimpse
of Rajasthani folk color.
There will also be spe-
cial arrangements for
tourism for the Con-
gress leaders coming to
Udaipur. Half a dozen
committees will be
formedamongwhichPro-
tocol Committee, Media
Committee, Stage Steer-
ing Committee, Catering
Arrangement Commit-
tee, Housing Committee
are prominent.
The Chintan Shivir
will also have many
leaders who did not get
the privilege of coming
to the land of Rana
Pratap and Panna Dhai
earlier. These Congress
leaders will be made
aware of the sacrifice,
valor and sacrifice of
Mewar.Thecityof lakes
to welcome Sonia Gan-
dhi, Rahul Gandhi and
several party veterans.
City of lakes gears up for Mewari hospitality
CONGRESS CHINTAN SHIVIR IN UDAIPUR FROM 13 TO 15 MAY
lll
SONIA GANDHI,
RAHUL GANDHI
AND SEVERAL
OTHER CONG
VETERANS
FROM NATION
WILL BE PART
OF THE EVENT
It is believed that on
May 4, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, state in-
charge Ajay Maken and
PCC Chief Govind
Singh Dotasra will visit
Udaipur to take stock of
the preparations
COMMITTEE FORMED FOR CONGRESS’
UDAIPUR ‘NAV SANKALP SHIVIR’ MEETS
New Delhi (ANI): The conveners of the commit-
tee formed for the Congress’ Nav Sankalp Shivir
in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, Rajasthan met on Tuesday
at the party’s war room. The meeting was held
for almost half an hour. According to the sources,
each committee will have a separate meeting this
coming week. Congress President Sonia Gandhi
constituted 6 committees that will prepare papers
and lead a discussion at the party’s three days long
Nav Sankalp Shivir at Udaipur. Committees will also
prepare papers on politics, economy, farmer and
agriculture, organisation, social justice empow-
erment, and youth. Congress has announced that
it will hold a 3-day brainstorming session, or Nav
Sankalp Shivir from May 13 to 15 in Udaipur. Event
will be attended by over 400 Cong party members.
Nadda to visit Bikaner, Suratgarh,
Sriganganagar on May 11 and 12
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP has fo-
cused on north Ra-
jasthan along with east-
ern and southern parts
with the party presi-
dent JP Nadda planning
to visit Sriganganagar
and Hanumangarh dis-
trict on May 11 and 12.
The party’s program
which was earlier sup-
posed to be organized in
Ajmer, will now be held
in the Bikaner division.
Itisthefirstprogramme
of BJPinBikanerintwo
years where a big leader
of the party is going. On
the first day of a two-day
visit, Nadda will attend
a program in Suratgarh,
Sriganganagar
There are only about
12, 000 booths in the Bi-
kaner division. In such
a situation, 20,000-25,000
workers and leaders
will attend the pro-
grammes. Nadda will
communicate with
them and will also ask
them to take the work
of the Narendra Modi
govt to the people. Na-
dda will go to Hanu-
mangarh on the second
day and will inaugurate
the party offices.
It is 1st programme of
BJP in Bikaner in two
years where a big leader
of the party is going
JP Nadda
Gehlot’s magic ‘spell’!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Asthesuspense
aroundPrashantKishor
joining Congress sub-
sided on Tuesday
, it sud-
denly dawned on party
workers and even politi-
cal observers that Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot had al-
ready, in a way, predict-
ed the future of Kishor
since his statements
about the political ana-
lyst and strategist
proved to be correct.
Prior to meeting with
PK in Delhi, CM Gehlot
gave a statement and
had said that connec-
tions keep on develop-
ing with several profes-
sionals and agencies.
“Prashant Kishor be-
came a brand, and thus
he acquired a good
name.Opinionissought
from such experts or
agencies,” Gehlot had
said.
Now these words of
CM’s are being seen in
hindsight since Gehlot
had called PK a mere
‘expert’ whereas Con-
gress was abuzz with
the word that the star
analyst would be given
an important responsi-
bility
. Now political ob-
servers claim that per-
haps Gehlot already
had an idea of PK’s fu-
ture. “After all, Gehlot
is called the magician
of politics for nothing,”
an observer remarked.
Prashant Kishor
Pilot on a one-day tour
to Gangapur City today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Sachin Pilot
will be on the Gangapur
City tour today. Pilot
will depart from New
Delhi by Janshatabdi
Express train and reach
Gangapur City by 4:15
pm. Pilot will depart for
Khobpura village of Sa-
potra by road to attend
a marriage ceremony.
SDM Anil Chaudhary
has been appointed in
charge of arrange-
ments for Pilot’s visit.
Congress workers led
by Women Congress
District President Van-
dana Meena along with
other Congress workers
are engaged in prepara-
tions to welcome Pilot
at various places. He
will return Jaipur by
the evening.
Sachin Pilot
(L) Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on a visit to Mumbai meets Congress leader
Prithviraj Chavan, ministers Nitin Raut and Balasaheb Thorat. During the day, CM
also met Chairman Meter Gauge Overseas Assn Delegation led by Vimal Raka,
President Nagar Palika Sanchore Naresh Seth, Jagdish Suthar from Jaisalmer,
Pratap Rajpurohit Raniwara from Jalore, NSUI National Convener Sandeep
Maurya and several other leaders at Sahadri Guest House on Tuesday.
MEET GREET
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has written a letter
to Union Minister for
Health and Family Wel-
fare Mansukh Mandavi-
ya urging him to give
early approval to the
proposals of opening
government medical
colleges in Pratapgarh
and Jalore and to make
necessary amendments
in the provisions to
open a new government
medical college in Ra-
jsamand district.
The CM in his letter
has requested to give
approval under the Cen-
trally Sponsored
Scheme to the propos-
als for setting up new
medical colleges at
Pratapgarh and Jalore
district headquarters
and to give relaxation
in the provisions for Ra-
jsamand district.
The Chief Minister
further wrote that new
medical colleges can be
approved only in that
district which does not
have any medical col-
lege in the govt or pri-
vate sector.
Students are deprived of the facility of a govt
college in the district that has a private medical
college. State govt had requested multiple times
in the past to make necessary amendment by reviewing
the provisions pertaining to the scheme. The fees of
private medical colleges are always high and every
student cannot bear such burden.
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot wrote a letter to
Union Minister for
Road Transport and
Highways Nitin Gad-
kari requesting to ex-
tend road connecting
Paniyala Mod and Del-
hi-Mumbai Expressway
up to Bharatpur along
with announcing Al-
war-Bharatpur (97 km)
road as NH and upgrad-
ing it to a four-lane
road. CM said that Al-
war is a leading indus-
trial and tourist desti-
nation Bharatpur too
has world-famous Gha-
na Sanctuary. “World-
famous Taj Mahal at
Agra, Mathura, Go-
vardhan, Vrindavan etc
are near Bharatpur and
thousands of tourists
visit these places every
day from Punjab, Hary-
ana and other States.
Del-Mum Greenfield
Expressway
, newly built
Ambala-Narnaul-Pani-
yala Mod NH are being
connected by NHAI it
will connect to Sheetal
village near Alwar-
Bharatpur,” CM said.
Due to this reason, the road from Paniyala
Mod to Delhi-Mumbai Expressway should be
extended up to Bharatpur, along with
announcing Alwar-Bharatpur road (97km) as NH it is
necessary to upgrade it to four-lane. This will boost
development and tourism in this area and also provide
employment opportunities to the general public.
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
A RIGHT MAN AND
A RIGHT CHOICE!

z GAURAV GOYAL: UDH,
Housing Board, Mining,
Health Ayurveda,
LSG, Jaipur Metro,
MSM, Industry, Khadi,
VIP, PSU, ESI, GAD,
Civil Aviation, Cabinet,
Motor Garage, Sampada
Petroleum, Planning,
Statistics Department,
family welfare

z AARTI DOGRA: Home,
DOP, Police, Home
Guard Vigilance, Jail,
Civil Defence, Energy,
PWD, PHED, Water
Resources, IGNP,
Administrative Reforms,
Printing and Stationery,
Public Problem Solving

z ANURAG VAJPAYEE:
Dept of Information and
Public Relations

z RAJESH KUMAR
GUPTA has been given
charge of Finance,
Taxation, Excise, Small
Savings, GPF, Forest
and Environment,
Pollution Control Board,
CMRF, VIP, References,
Social Justice and
Empowerment,
Disabled, Tribal

z HANUMAN MAL
DHAKA: Food
Supplies, Primary
Secondary Higher
Education, Language,
Technical Education
Sanskrit Education

z AJAY ASWAL: Science
Technology, Revenue
Colonisation, Soldier
Welfare, Disaster
Management Relief
Rehabilitation, CMIS,
Implementation of
Project and Program

z LALIT KUMAR:
Redressal of public
prosecution

z LAXMAN SINGH
SHEKHAWAT: Public
Prosecution Dissolution

z GS YADAV:
Departmental
investigation
prosecution sanction,
works of RTI Act

z SOHANLAL SHARMA:
Agriculture, Agricultural
Marketing, Horticulture,
Agricultural Marketing
Board, Animal
Husbandry, Gopalan,
Dairy, Fisheries,
Cooperatives, Labor
Employment Skill Devp

z SHAHEEN ALI KHAN:
Rural Development
and Panchayati Raj,
Watershed, Soil
Conservation, Minority
Affairs, Waqf, General
Administration

z GAURAV BAJAD:
Women and Child
Development,
Devasthan, Transport,
Youth and Sports
Affairs, Parliamentary
Affairs, Assembly,
Elections, Tourism, Arts,
Culture and Museum
NEW RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED
TO OFFICERS IN THE CMO
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: A workaholic,
no nonsense and result
oriented bureaucrat -
IASGauravGoyal-has
been given important
role in the CMO. Prior
tothisGoyalhasshown
exemplary dedication
and zeal in the JDA as
its Commissioner. In
fact, word is that an at-
tempthasbeenmadeto
give a ‘facelift’ to CMO
and thus efforts have
been made to make
CMO more orderly and
effectiveinviewof 2023
elections. On Wednes-
day
, the work division
of all the officers was
done afresh giving Go-
yalimportantresponsi-
bilityof UDH,Housing
Board, Mining and
Medical etc.
CM, CS HEALTH MIN TO ATTEND VIRTUAL
MEET WITH PM MODI ON COVID TODAY
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot, CS Usha Sharma, Health Min-
ister Parsadi Lal Meena will be attending the Prime Minis-
ter’s virtual meeting with all the Chief Ministers of the
country today regarding the rising graph of Corona. CM
Gehlot will also present his suggestions regarding corona
in the meeting. Corona cases are increasing rapidly in
many states, including neighbouring UP and Delhi.
GEHLOT’S WAY...
And will issue directions on how to speed up work by removing obstacles and
solving problems in completion of work. Furthermore, the War Room is also
responsible for in time action of budget announcements, for which the War
Room will also coordinate with Finance Dept. According to sources, War Room
will give daily feedback to CM regarding progress of work and departments will
have to give their presentations via War Room. People adept and experienced in
state work have claimed that this would be the first and exemplary experiment in
the state which will start working in the first week of May.
FROM
PG
1
Ajay Aswal
FOR BETTERMENT OF RAJ, CM
GEHLOT WRITES TO CENTRE
Gehlot demands early approval from Centre to open new medical
colleges in Pratapgarh Jalore and relaxation for college in Rajsamand
CM urges extension of road connecting Paniyala Mod to Delhi-
Mumbai Expressway to upgrade Alwar-Bharatpur road as NH
Gaurav Goyal

www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/
thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09
ndia gracefully strad-
dled the globe after the
huge success of First
Miss India Season 1,
held at Dona Sylvia
Resort, Goa on Octo-
ber 30, 2021 and now
First Miss India is launching
its second season on Wednes-
day, April 27 at Hex High ener-
gy Xperience, Mumbai.
Jagdeesh Chandra will
launch the poster and unveil
the top 3 winning crowns by
SVAR Fine Jewellery in Mum-
bai today
. First Miss India is a
unique blend of glamour and
elegance contrary to the tradi-
tional state of pageantry, hap-
pening on a national level in
India. Empowering young
women while allowing them to
grow and develop a positive
self-image, is the focus of this
beauty pageant.
AnjaliKhandal,oneof theup-
coming supermodels of India, a
new innocent face with a drop-
dead gorgeous international fig-
ureistheFACEof theFirstMiss
Indiaasitopensforregistrations
for its season 2. Anjali with her
debutant entry in fash-
ion week was showstop-
ping for designer Tarun
Tahilliani at India Cou-
ture Week. She has
walked for all national
designers and has shot
several National In-
ternational Cam-
paigns.Onecanregister
and check for further
details on the official
website, https://www.
firstmissindia.in/. Audi-
tions for the same will be
heldofflinein8citiesacross
India, starting from Mum-
baiinJune.ShowDirectorof
Season 2 Parimal Mehhta-
Founder and CEO of Blanckan-
vasMediaPvtLtdalongwiththe
glitterati and celebs of Mumbai
also grace the evening.
Season1setnewbenchmarks
and a show of such magnitude
wouldn’t have been possible
without the support of the
show directors of season 1
GauravGaurandAshokSingh.
Supermodel and influencer
Hina Khan, celebrity Fashion
Designer Ken Ferns, Actress,
VJ and supermodel Deepti Gu-
jral, Supermodel and Miss Uni-
verse India 2015 first runner up
Natasha Assadi were present
on the jury in Season 1.
Season 2 promises to bring
you even more glamour and
entertainment as beauties
from across India compete
for the privileged titles and
crowns.
I
FIRST MISS INDIA SEASON 2
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
JAIPUR, WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 27, 2022
Jagdeesh Chandra with the winners of First Miss India Season 1. Fom left Rayna Sikri (Winner First Miss India Teen) Mrunmayi Barve (First Miss India Teen 2nd Runner up),
Pearl Agarwal (Winner First Miss India), Lekh Uthaiah (First Miss India 2nd Runner up), Shreya Gupta (First Miss India 1st Runner up) and Shubhi Dhaneta (First Miss India Teen 1st Runner up)
Anjali Khandal
A GATEWAY TO
A GATEWAY TO
SUCCESS GLORY!
SUCCESS GLORY!
AFTER THE HUGE SUCCESS OF
FIRST MISS INDIA SEASON 1
HELD AT DONA SYLVIA RESORT IN
GOA ON OCTOBER 30, 2021,
FIRST INDIA IS LAUNCHING
ITS SECOND SEASON AT HEX
HIGH ENERGY XPERIENCE,
MUMBAI TODAY!

—
PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

27042022_First India Jaipur.pdf

27042022_First India Jaipur.pdf

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

Similar to 27042022_First India Jaipur.pdf

Similar to 27042022_First India Jaipur.pdf (20)

More from FIRST INDIA

More from FIRST INDIA (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (20)

27042022_First India Jaipur.pdf