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GST ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER, HIS DEPUTY
AMONG FIVE HELD WITH `4 LAKH BRIBE
Navin Sharma
& Naveen Joshi
Jaipur/Bhilwara: In a
big crackdown on the
corruption, the Special
Investigation Unit of
Jaipur ACB carried out
major operations in
Udaipur and Bhilwara
on Sunday. The team
caught five people in-
cluding Mohammad
Hussain Ansari, Addi-
tional Commissioner
(GST) of Commercial
Tax Department,
Bhilwara Circle and his
deputy Dinesh Taylor
allegedly taking a bribe
of Rs 4 lakh from a tout
Nilesh Agarwal, who is
also held.
The ACB DG, BL Soni
said that the headquar-
ters had received confi-
dential information
that a tax evasion rack-
et is being run in
Bhilwara of GST (Com-
mercial Tax Depart-
ment, Rajasthan) and
due to this huge reve-
nue loss is being caused
to the government.
“Through this, the of-
ficers of the tax depart-
ment and private indi-
viduals together were
causing revenue loss of
crores of rupees to the
government,” Soni said.
The search of the ACB
team at the residences
and other locations of
the accused continued
till Sunday evening.
Soni said that action
was taken under the
leadership of ASP Ba-
jrang Singh Shekhawat.
Mohammad Hussain
Ansari, a resident of
Sector-12 of Udaipur,
was taking bribe from
Nilesh Agrawal, a resi-
dent of Udaipur. ASP
Shekhawat said that
Dinesh Taylor, Com-
mercial Tax Officer in
Bhilwara, was also ar-
rested later for complic-
ity in the matter.
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Accused GST Assistant
Commissioner Mohd Hussain
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: As assem-
bly elections in five
states are about to con-
clude on March 10, a
crucial meeting of the
Chief Ministers of
Chhattisgarh and Ra-
jasthan with Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
and party general sec-
retary Priyanka Gan-
dhiVadraandKCVenu-
gopal was held on Sun-
day in Delhi. Gehlot
and Bhaghel met the
Gandhi siblings and
Venugoapl at Rahul’s
residence, 12 Tuglaq
Lane, New Delhi and
theclosed-doormeeting
lasted for over an hour
and discussions on
many issues were held.
Assembly poll re-
sults of Punjab, Uttar
Pradesh, Manipur,
Goa, and Uttarakhand
will be declared by the
Election Commission
of India on March 10
and whispers in the
Congress circles is that
party’s assembly can-
didates from Punjab,
UP and Goa
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ACB’S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANISED CORRUPTION
Action was taken on a confidential
information that a tax evasion racket is
active in Bhilwara circle of Commercial
tax dept, said ACB DG BL Soni
Party assembly candidates
may be brought to Rajasthan
for ‘safety’ from horse trading
Gandhi siblings huddle with KC, Gehlot
and Baghel to chalk out party’s future!
CM WRITES LETTER
TO PM ON UKRAINE
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written
a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the
speedy and safe return of the students of the
country trapped in Ukraine. Gehlot has urged
the Prime Minister that the Central Government
should immediately contact the Government of
Ukraine to bring these students to India so that
the students can get a safe route to India via
Poland and Romania.Referring to his phone con-
versation with Ajay Singh, an Indian student living
in Ukraine, the Chief Minister informed the Prime
Minister that Indian students are not getting a
safe route from Romania and Poland to leave
Ukraine together. “State government officials are
receiving messages from students living there
and their families that a large number of Indian
students have gathered on the Romanian border
and are unable to find a way forward,” Gehlot said
in the letter and also apprised the Prime Minister
that these students Turn to P8
Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi KC Venugopal Ashok Gehlot Bhupesh Baghel
PERSPECTIVE
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1ST OCTOBER, 2001…WHEN VAJPAYEE
ASKED A PERFORMER MODI TO TAKE OVER
AN EARTHQUAKE RIDDEN GUJARAT!
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE… THE MAKING OF PM MODI – PART 5
S
oon after Narendra Modi
left Gujarat and came to
Delhi over the compromise
formula, he was given the
charge of BJP’s national
secretary
. He was also made
incharge of Punjab and
Jammu & Kashmir in addi-
tion to Haryana, Chandi-
garh (UT) and Himachal
Pradesh. Modi once again
provedhispoliticalacumen
and BJP emerged as a big
political force in Haryana
and Chandigarh
during
1996 assembly elections.
His magical run contin-
ued and he managed to
form BJP government
in
Himachal Pradesh in 1998
under the leadership of
Prem Kumar Dhumal. This
gave a new height to Modi’s
stature at national level
and the BJP appointed him
as the organisational
gen-
eral secretary
.
“Modijiisalwayseagerto
learn new things. If I could
learn computers way back
in 1996, it was the inspira-
tion of Modi ji,” remembers
Manohar Lal Khattar,chief
minister of Haryana.
BJPwasgainingstrength
at nationalleveland in vari-
ous states. Modi’s political
strategyandorganisational
skills were playing a major
role in party’s emergence.
Just then in May
, 1999, Kar-
gilwarbrokeoutandIndian
Armed Forces gave befit-
ting reply to Pakistan’s in-
vasion. The entire world
witnessed the unique war-
fare of Indian forces, which
won the battle without
crossing the line of control.
Narendra Modi was devas-
tated with the loss of lives
of soldiers and he went to
meet the injured soldiers.
He showed solidarity with
them and praised their
courage and valour.
“A soldier had lost both
his arms in a mines blast.
Modi has gone to meet
him in the hospital.
Modi asked the sol-
dier, it must be pain-
ingbadly
.Thesoldier
replied - it was pain-
ing till last evening.
Now that we have
won back the Tiger
Hills, the
pain has
vanished. Modi was down
with tears with that reply
,”
remembered
Prem Kumar
Dhumal, chief minister,
Himachal Pradesh.
The grand victory in
Kargil war brought back
Vajpayee government
for
the third time in 1999. Modi
was also becoming power-
ful at national level with
the party gaining strength
day by day
. However, in his
home state Gujarat, Modi
was still not that influen-
tial. The party suffered
massivedefeatinlocalbody
election in 2000. In the same
year on Republic Day
, Guja-
rat suffered the worst ever
earthquake resulting into
deaths of 10,000 people.
“The situation was
dreadful specially in
Kutch region. Now if we
look at Bhuj, one can’t im-
agine that the district was
down in shambles post the
earthquake in 2000.
But Modi ji believes in find-
ingopportunityincalamity
.
He practised this key strat-
egy to rebuild and trans-
form the shredded Bhuj
into a modern city,” remi-
nisced Vishnu Pandya, a
senior journalist.
The inaction of the then
Gujarat’s chief minister
Keshubhai Pa-
tel during the relief
work was questioned.
The public also showed
its anger by defeating BJP
in the bypoll of Sabarkan-
tha Lok Sabha and Sabar-
mati Vidhansabha.
There
was unrest in the party
.
On 1st October 2001, Con-
gress leader Madhav Rao
Scindia died in a helicopter
crash. Along with him a
cameraman Gopal Singh
Bisht also lost his life. Nar-
endra Modi was attending
the cremation ceremony of
Bisht when his mobile
phonerang.Theprimemin-
ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
was on the other line. He
asked Modi to meet him in
the evening. And on that
evening Modi received
marching orders for Guja-
rat to replace chief minis-
ter Keshu Bhai Patel who
had failed miserably in re-
constructionof earthquake
ridden state.
After becoming the
chief minister, the first
lesson Modi learnt was
from his mother Heera
Bai who said “Beta koi
ghoos de to lena mat ( Nev-
er take bribe from anyone).
Four months passed
since Modi was sworn in.
As per the law, he had to be-
come member of assembly
within 6 months. So, in Feb-
ruary 2002, he contested by-
election from Rajkot-II as-
semblyseatandenteredthe
assembly where he reigned
supreme till he got into the
parliament in 2014. For
Modi, who had ensured vic-
tory for several leaders
over last one and half dec-
ades, a win for himself was
just a cakewalk.
Soon after Modi entered
the Gujarat assembly, fol-
lowing Godhra train burn-
ing case which changed the
entire political discourse in
the state. On 27th February
2002, 20 years back, rioters
set afire S-6 coach of Sabar-
mati Express which was
coming from Ayodhya. The
target was lives of karse-
vaks returning from Ayod-
hya. As many as 59 people
lost their lives which trig-
gered communal riots in
various parts of the state.
“Modi requested for po-
licehelpfromvariousstates
including Congress-ruled
states. But no one came up
for help. He also asked for
military support. The next
daymilitarycameintoforce
to control the violence. It’s
purely malicious publicity
that Modi has fanned the
violence,” said Uday Ma-
hurkar, a senior journalist.
It was a big challenge for
Modi to maintain commu-
nal harmony and peace in
Gujarat amid targeted at-
tacks from the opposition.
“The so-called secularists
from across the country ac-
cused Modi for wrong do-
ing and igniting commu-
nal violence in the state.
They did everything to de-
fame Modi. But Modi ji
never lost patience,” said
Vijay Rupani, former chief
minister of Gujarat.
The opposition sharp-
ened their attacks on Modi
and in July 2002, Governor
S S Bhandari dissolved the
Gujarat Assembly on the
recommendatio
n of the
state council of ministers
on Friday paving the way
for early election in the ri-
ot-torn state. The assembly
was dissolved nine months
ahead of its term.
Undeterred by the turn
of events, Narendra Modi
launched Gaurav Yatra
across Gujarat towns to
bring back the glory of Gu-
jarat by winning 127 seats
out of 182 assembly seg-
ments and paving the way
for his oath taking ceremo-
ny at Gandhinagar
Raj
Bhavan as the Chief Min-
ister for the second time.
To be continued….
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
Narendra Modi was
devastated with the loss of
lives of soldiers and he went
to meet the injured soldiers.
courage and valour. “A
soldier had lost both his
arms in a mines blast. Modi
has gone to meet him in the
hospital. Modi asked the
soldier, it must be paining
badly. The soldier replied -
it was paining till last
evening. Now that we have
won back the Tiger Hills,
the pain has vanished. Modi
was down with tears with
that reply,” remembered
Prem Kumar Dhumal,
chief minister, Himachal
Pradesh.
Narendra Modi meeting victims of Gujarat Earthquake.
Modi visiting a devastated Bhuj.
Narendra Modi visiting Kargil in 1999
to show solidarity with the soldiers.
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Chandigarh Police officials were on toes after two
bullet shells were recovered from a private bus being
used to ferry the Sri Lankan cricket team. The police
during a routine check recovered two bullet shells
from luggage compartment of a private bus.
POLICE ON ALERT
AFTER 2 BULLET
SHELLS ON SRI
LANKAN TEAM BUS
India completed a clean sweep beating Sri Lanka by
six wickets in third T20 International in Dharamsala
on Sunday. Chasing a target of 147, it was like a walk
in the park for Shreyas Iyer, who smashed 73 not out
off 45 balls to complete the chase in 16.5 overs.
IYER’S THIRD
FIFTY IN A ROW
HANDS INDIA 3-0
SWEEP VS LANKA
‘US waives in-person interview
for many visas for Indians till Dec’
Washington (PTI):
The United States has
waived in-person in-
terview requirements
for many visa appli-
cants, including stu-
dents and workers, at
its diplomatic mis-
sions in India through
December 31 this
year, a senior Ameri-
can diplomat has told
Indian community
leaders.
These applicants el-
igible for the waiver
are students (F, M, and
academic J visas),
workers (H-1, H-2, H-3,
and individual L vi-
sas), Culture and ex-
traordinary ability (O,
P, and Q visas), report-
ed news agency PTI.
“This is much-need-
ed support to visa ap-
plicants. This would
be very helpful to our
friends and immediate
family members and
remove a lot of their
concerns and remove
inconveniences,” Ajay
Jain Bhutoria, South
Asian Community
Leader and US Presi-
dent Joe Biden’s Advi-
sor for Asian Ameri-
cans, said after his
meeting with Assis-
tant Secretary of State
for South Central
Asia, Donal Lu.
Imphal (Agencies):
Thefirstphaseof polling
for the Manipur Assem-
bly election will be held
on Monday
, February 28.
In the first of the two
phase election, 38 assem-
bly constituencies of the
state will go to polls.
Of the 38 seats, 29 are
in districts of Imphal
East, Imphal West and
Bishnupur, while nine
seats are spread across
Churchandpur, Kang-
pokpi and Pherzawl.
Moirang constituency
will witness a three-cor-
nered fight between BJP
,
Congress and National
People’s Party
. Sitting
MLAPukhremSharatch-
andraSingh,whowonon
BJP ticket in the last
term, is contesting as a
Congress candidate this
time while former Con-
gress member Mairem-
bam Prithviraj Singh is
the BJP candidate, with
Thongam Shanti Singh
of National People’s Par-
ty the third candidate.
Meanwhile, for Olym-
pic medallist Mirabai
Chanu’svillage,drinking
water supply and poor
road condition tops list.
MANIPUR VOTES TODAY;
JD(U) CANDIDATE ‘BULLET’ SHOT AT
Chief Minister and BJP candidate
from Heingang seat N Biren Singh,
Assembly Speaker Y Khemchand
Singh from the Singjamei seat, Deputy
CM and NPP candidate Yumnam
Joykumar from the Uripok seat and
Manipur Congress president N Lokesh
Singh from the Nambol seat.
KEY PLAYERS’ FATE AT STAKE
UP records 54.98%
voting in 5th phase
Around 55 per cent polling was recorded on Sunday in
the fifth phase of UP Assembly polls. According to Elec-
tion Commission, the polling percentage was 54.98. Police
said voting was largely peaceful, barring in Pratapgarh’s
Kunda seat where Samajwadi Party candidate Gulshan Ya-
dav’s convoy was allegedly attacked by some people. Party
workers claimed that Yadav sustained minor injuries. SP
state president Naresh Uttam and party national spokesper-
son Rajendra Chowdhury have sent a complained to EC.
MANIPUR PHASE-1
WHEN PRAYERS WERE SAID FOR MY
DEATH IN KASHI...: PM IN VARANASI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the people in
Varanasi today that “prayers for my death were
done” by his political rivals. “We have seen how
much people have stooped low in Indian politics but
when in Kashi prayers for my death were
done, I felt elated,” he was quoted as
saying by news agency ANI at a rally
in Varanasi. “This meant that till my
death neither will I leave Kashi nor
its people will leave me,” PM added.
The swipe was at SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav, who
had directed a barb at
PM over his many
official functions in
Varanasi last year.
Moscow (Agencies):
Russian President
Vladimir Putin ordered
his defence chiefs to put
the country’s nuclear
“deterrence forces” on
highalertSundayandac-
cused the West of taking
“unfriendly” steps
against his country
.
Internationaltensions
are already soaring over
Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine, and Putin’s or-
der will cause further
alarm.
Moscow has the
world’s second-largest
arsenal of nuclear
weapons and a huge
cache of ballistic mis-
siles which form the
backbone of the coun-
try’s deterrence forces.
NOW, UKRAINE AGREES TO TALKS
WITH RUSSIA ON BELARUS BORDER
AI EVACUATION FLIGHTS COSTING `7-8 L/HR;
ANOTHER AIR INDIA FLIGHT LANDS IN DELHI
UKRAINE KNOCKS
ON ICJ DOOR
MODI HOLDS HIGH
LEVEL MEETING
Moscow: Ukraine on Sunday agreed to hold talks with
Russia in Belarus, the Russian state media said quoting
officials in Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy’s office said the two sides would meet at an
unspecified location along the Belarusian border and did
not give a precise time for the meeting.
As Air India ferries hundreds of Indians stranded in
Ukraine, the cost of operating a two-way evacuation
flight will be more than Rs 1.10 crore and the amount
will go up depending on the duration of the flights. The
airline is operating the services with wide-body Boeing
787 plane, better known as Dreamliner. Meanwhile,
the second evacuation flight of Air India, carrying 250
Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine, landed in Delhi.
Ukraine approached the
International Court of Jus-
tice against Russia to hold
Russia accountable for its
actions against Ukraine.
President Volodymyr
Zelensky tweeted that
Russia must be account-
able for “manipulating
the notion of genocide to
justify aggression”.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi upon his return from
UP poll campaign held a
high-level meeting on the
Ukraine crisis on Sunday,
official sources said.
External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar was part of the
meeting which was also
attended by top govern-
ment officials.
CANDIDATE SHOT AT IN IMPHAL EAST
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) candidate
Wanglembam Rohit Singh, also known as
Bullet and contesting from the Kshetrigao
constituency in Imphal East district, was
shot at late on Saturday, the police said.
Kshetrigao constituency goes to polls on Monday. Police
said the incident occurred at around 11.30 pm when the
candidate was meeting some of his supporters at Naha-
rup Makhapat, about 3 km from his residence. Sapam
Ronaldo, the driver of the candidate, said Rohit was shot
at by one of the two assailants who came on a scooter.
38
Constituencies
05
Districts
20
lakh voters
173
Candidates
in the fray
7AM
Polling
begins
In 2017 polls, Congress emerged the
largest party with 28 MLAs, Later, eight
Congress MLAs left the party. BJP won
21 seats, formed govt with more support.
Development,
welfare of youth
and women top
wishlist of voters
NUCLEAR
THREAT
Russian Prez Putin puts nuclear
“deterrent” forces on high alert
France had warned Putin that
NATO has nuclear weapons
I order the defence min-
ister and the chief of the
general staff of the Rus-
sian armed forces to put
deterrence forces of Rus-
sian army into a special
mode of combat service
—Vladimir Putin,
Russian President
A women holds a child and a dog in a shelter inside a building in
Mariupol, Ukraine on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
EU TO BUY WEAPONS
FOR UKRAINE, BANS
RUSSIA IN AIR, ON-AIR
The EU on announced
new sanctions against
Russia over its invasion
of Ukraine, closing its air-
space to Russian aircraft
and banning Russian state
media outlets broadcast-
ing in the bloc. It will also
buy weapons for Ukraine.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government is promot-
ing theft by bringing an
amnesty scheme to big
thieves who steal elec-
tricity, from which one
can take advantage of
four and a half lakhs by
depositing fifty thou-
sand rupees for theft of
electricity worth five
lakh rupees. There is
also an exemption to de-
posit in 6 installments.
Advocate Poonam-
Chand Bhandari, gen-
eral secretary of Public
Against Corruption As-
sociation and president
of Rajasthan High
Court Senior Lawyer
Association, said that
the Gehlot government
is looting the common
man and giving benefits
to thieves with money.
If the common man is
unable to deposit the
electricity bill in any
way, then the connec-
tion is disconnected.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Karni Vihar
police station has busted
a gang of car, two-wheel-
er theives, with the ar-
rest of five members.
Police have recovered 7
cars and two bikes from
their possession. The
gang’s kingpin is a sus-
pended constable of Ra-
jasthan Police, who,
along with his accom-
plice, had earlier planned
to steal a vehicle while in
jail and started crimes
after coming out of jail.
So far they have done
over two dozen incidents.
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia dur-
ing his one-day visit to
Ajmer on Sunday said
that by April 6, the par-
ty’s foundation day, the
work of formation of
Panna units across Ra-
jasthan will be complet-
ed. He also targeted the
Congress over farmers’
loan waiver saying, “It
has been more than
1,100 days since Rahul
Gandhi promised farm-
ers’ loan waiver. CM
Ashok Gehlot must
muster up the courage
to fulfil this promise.”
Raising the REET pa-
per leak issue, Poonia
said that small fish
were caught in the case
and only the CBI can
trap the bigger ones.
Poonia said that after
internship was
made mandatory for
availing allowance, the
youth rejected Con-
gress government’s al-
lowance scheme.
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Thiruvananthapuram
(PTI): Uttarakhand
thrashed Rajasthan by
299 runs on the fourth
and final day of their
Ranji Trophy Elite
Group E match here on
Sunday to top the points
table with 12 points.
Resuming at 58 for 3
in pursuit of a mam-
moth target of 455, Ra-
jasthan caved in with-
out much of a fight as
they were bundled out
for 155 in 68.4 overs.
Only captain Ashok
Maneria (45, 89 balls,
2X4, 2X6) battled it out
and managed to stitch
together a 44-run stand
for the fourth wicket
with nightwatchman
Kamlesh Nagarkoti (12,
73 balls, 1 four).
For Uttarakhand,
left-arm spinners Ma-
yank Mishra (4 for 26)
and Swapnil Singh (4
for 62) did most of the
damage and bowled the
team to a well-deserved
victory and six points.
From 150 for 6, the
Rajasthan chase fizzled
out quickly as three
wickets fell in the space
of 10 balls to bring an
end as Rajesh Bishnoi
was absent hurt.
U’khand trounce Raj by 299 runs
CAVED IN WITHOUT MUCH FIGHT
Gangs of Jaipur! Rowdy sheeter
lynched to death by miscreants
18 cases were registered against Naresh; accused Roshan, accomplice held within 18 hrs
Jpr cop run over by car;
two killed in road mishap
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Gang apur
City: A big case of hit
and run came to the fore
in Jaipur. The car driv-
er ran away after delib-
erately hitting the po-
liceman. He was
stopped by the police
team for questioning on
the blockade. At first he
stopped the car, then re-
versed it and then
mounted the car on the
policeman standing in
front. Policeman in-
jured in both legs, frac-
ture in hand.
In another incident,
tractor trolley filled
with illegal gravel
wreaked havoc on two
families in Gangapur
city. Two bike riders
died in a tractor-trolley
collision.
The accident hap-
pened at Kishorpura
Piloda. Two youths resi-
dent of Baglai village
were going on a bike.
Police took both the
bodies to Wazirpur Hos-
pital.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: In the battle for
supremacy, history-
sheeter Naresh Singh
Pahari lynched to death
by unknown miscre-
ants in Jaipur. Overall,
18 cases were registered
against the history-
sheeter. Over 12 wounds
were found on his body
.
Police say that Nar-
esh had a fight with
miscreants in the Mu-
hana area a few days
ago. It is being said that
these miscreants killed
Naresh in the gang war.
The incident is of VT
Road in Shipra Path po-
lice station area late on
Saturday night where
the miscreants attacked
Naresh with sticks.
They broke his arms
and legs. The seriously
injured Naresh was
taken to SMS Trauma
Center by locals, where
he succumbed to inju-
ries on Sunday
.
Police said that the
deceased Naresh was a
history sheeter. No case
was registered against
Naresh Singh Pahari
after 2019. After a long
time, a case of Arms
Act was registered
against him at Muhana
police station.
Meanwhile, police ar-
rested the main ac-
cused, Roshan and his
accomplice within just
18 hours in the direc-
tion of DCP South
Mridul Kachhwa.
Naresh Singh Pahari
Satish Poonia at the organisational meeting of BJP Ajmer division
on Sunday.
Poonia dares
Gehlot to raise
farm loan issue
NEW ROSTER FOR HIGH COURT: 11
SINGLE, 2 DIVISION BENCHES FORMED
Jaipur: A The hearing in Rajasthan High Court
Jaipur bench will be held according to the new
roster from February 28. Chief Justice Akil Kureshi
will hear in the main bench, Jodhpur. In the new
roster, 11 single benches and two division benches
have been constituted. Justice MM Srivastava and
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand will hear in the first
division bench. This bench will hear matters like
DB Special Appeal (Writ), DB PIL Matters, Tax
Matters and others. Justice Pankaj Bhandari and
Justice Virendra Kumar will hear in the second
division bench. It will hear cases of DB Special
Appeal (Writ), DB Special Appeal (Civil), DB Family
Matters, DB Cat Matters, criminal leave to appeal,
habeas corpus plea, contempt cases and others.
Bikaner: With murmurs
that Congress party is
looking to bring its Assem-
bly election candidates to
Rajasthan, it seems the
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
is also looking to tread
Congress’ line. AAP’s Chief
Minister face Bhagwant Singh Mann recently spent
2 days in Bikaner’s Narendra Bhawan Hotel and
interestingly enough, there is a discussion among
the hotel staff about one of his ‘habits’! Meanwhile,
there were 2-3 other candidates who had accompa-
nied him. However, in AAP’s circles it is also being
claimed that Bhagwant Mann had come to Bikaner to
remove the fatigue of elections. —Laxman Raghav
Rajasthan State Kabaddi union executive election
held on Sunday. Under the supervision of Justice
Justice Karni Singh Rathore, Mahabir Singh Rathore,
Karan Singh, and Arun Saraswat were present.
Mayank Mishra took seven wickets against Rajasthan in the first
innings. (Screengrab from video tweeted by @BCCIdomestic).
AAP’S PUNJAB CM FACE BHAGWANT
MANN SPOTTED IN BIKANER HOTEL
NEWS DIGEST
Principalmolestsgirl,booked
First India Bureau
Bundi: The principal
of the Government Up-
per Primary School, lo-
cated in the Taleda po-
lice station area of
Bundi district, molest-
ed a Class 8 student. On
the complaint of the
victim, the police regis-
tered a case under the
POCSO Act and started
an investigation.
Police Officer Digvi-
jay Gurjar said that an
11-year-old girl student
of Government Upper
Primary School located
in Taleda police station
area has lodged a re-
port. She studies in the
8th class in the school.
It is alleged that Prabhu
Lal, the school princi-
pal, called her to his
room on Friday and did
an obscene act with her.
On the second day on
Saturday, she again
called the girl to his
room and molested her.
The frightened victim
girl reached home and
told the family members
about the actions of
Principal Prabhu Lal.
TRACTOR DRIVER HELD FOR
RAPING MINOR IN BARAN
Two held with
1,290 drug
tablets in Alwar
MAN ATTEMPTS RAPE
ON 2 MINOR GIRLS
Baran: A tractor driver has been
arrested for raping
an 11-year-old girl in
Mangrol town of Baran
district. Mangrol police
station officer Ramswa-
roop Meena said that the
incident happened on
February 24. That victim
asked for a lift from the accused,
Sonu Jat, took her near the water
supply department and raped her.
First India Bureau
Alwar: Action on NH-
48 under Mission-100 of
Bhiwadi SP Shantanu
Kumar Singh. Inter-
state drug smuggling
gang busted.
The Bhiwadi DST-2
team, Neemrana DSP
Mahavir Singh Shekha-
wat, Shahjahanpur
SHO Vikram Singh ar-
rested 2 youths and
seized 1,290 intoxicat-
ing tablets from their
possession.
The drug tablets were
smuggled to Punjab.
The police registered a
case under various sec-
tions of the NDPS Act.
Shahjahanpur police
engaged in investiga-
tion of the case.
Sri Ganganagar: A 35-year-old man
tried to rape two minor
girls. The ages of the
two girls are said to be 4
and 5 years. Due to the
shepherd’s alertness,
the ghastly incident
was avoided. The family
members of the girls ac-
cused Birja Ram Bawri. Police started
investigation by registering a case
under POCSO Act.
STATE KABADDI UNION POLL
‘Amnesty scheme to
benefit power thieves’
5 members of a vehicle lifting
gang led by a constable held
Two jail guards held with
mobile,tobacco in shoes
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: Two
guards were caught
carrying mobile
phones and tobacco
pouches for the pris-
oners by hiding them
in the sole of the
shoes. When the
guards were going in-
side while changing
duty, RAC policemen
caught them.
They searched eve-
ryone in turn, when
two guards Narpat
and Mustaq were
searched, they got sus-
picious. Their shoes
were removed and a
mobile lead, a keypad
mobile, 6 tobacco
pouches were found in
both the shoes of Nar-
pat and Mustaq.
A case has been
filed by the jail offi-
cials at Sever police
station.
Seized items.
The candidates of
Pharmacist recruitment
and School Lecturer
recruitment-2018 met
former CM Vasundhara
Raje at her residence
on Sunday. “Pharmacist
recruitment is pending
for 3 years and the govt
has not done anything
yet even on the promise
of creating 14% posts
in School Lecturer
Recruitment,” Raje
said. She said the govt
should complete it with
4,105 posts by adding
new posts and creating
689 posts in School
Lecturer Recruitment.
RAJE’S
‘PUBLIC’
CONCERN!
Police said that
a few days back,
Naresh again
became active
and started
threatening the
local traders in
the market
राजस्ान सरकार
कारायालर आबकारी आरुक्त, राजस्ान, उदरपुर
आबकारी भवन, 2 गुमाननरा वाला, पंचवटी, उदरपुर (राज.) 313001
क्रमांक: प.23(1)आब/लेखा/भांग/2022/1465 दिनांक: 26.02.2022
भांग समूहों हे्तु नननवदा सूचना
आबकारी एवं मद्य संयम नीदि वर्ष 2022-23 एवं वर्ष 23-24 के प्ावधान अनुसार
राजस्ान आबकारी अदधदनयम 1950 ि्ा उसके अनिग्षि बने राजस्ान आबकारी दनयम,
1956 के अनिग्षि वर्ष 2022-23 के िौरान 30 भांग समूहों के ्ोक एवं खुिरा दवक्रय के
दलये अनुज्ापत्र (Licence) सवीकृि करने हेिु दनदविाएं आमंदत्रि की जािी हैं। दनदविा की
मुखय शितें दनम्ानुसार हैं :
1. भांग समूहों का दववरण दनदविा प्लेख (Tender Document) में उललेदखि है, जो
दवभागीय वेबसाईट https://www.rajexcise.gov.in पर उपलबध है।
2. दनदविािािा द्ारा एक से अदधक समूह के दलए भी दनदविा प्सिुि की जा सकिी है, परनिु
प्तयेक समूह के दलए पृ्क-पृ्क दनदविा प्पत्र पर दनदविा प्सिुि करना आवशयक
होगा। दनदविा में प्सिादवि समूह का नाम सपषट रूप से उललेदखि दकया जावे।
3. प्सिादवि समूह के दलए दनदविा प्पत्र में वही रादश अंदकि की जावे, जो दनदविािािा
दिनांक 1.4.2022 से 31.3.2023 िक की अवदध के दलए अनुज्ा फीस के रूप में िेना
चाहिा है। यह रादश आरदषिि रादश से कम नहीं होनी चादहए।
4. भांग समूहों हेिु आरदषिि रादश के 10 प्दिशि के बराबर अमानि रादश (earnest
money) दनदविा के सा् िेय होगी। यह रादश दनदविा के संबंध में दवसिृि दनिदेश एवं
शितों के अनुसार आबकारी आयुकि, राजस्ान, उियपुर के पषि में ट्रेजरी चालान द्ारा
राजकोर में जमा करानी होगी अ्वा आबकारी आयुकि, राजस्ान, उियपुर के पषि में
उियपुर में िेय बैंक ड्ाफट के रूप में भी प्सिुि की जा सकिी है। दनदविा के सा् वांदिि
अमानि रादश जमा नहीं कराने की सस्दि में दनदविा पर दवचार नहीं दकया जायेगा।
5. दनदविा के संबंध में अनय सभी शितें दनदविा प्पत्र के सा् संलग्न दवसिृि दनिदेश एवं शितें
ि्ा अनुज्ापत्रों की शितों के अनुसार होंगी। दनदविािािा द्ारा प्सिादवि दकसी प्कार की
कोई शि्ष मानय नहीं होगी।
6. दनदविा प्लेख दवभागीय वेबसाईट https://www.rajexcise.gov.in से डाउनलोड
दकया जाकर दनदविा शुलक रादश रूपये 1000/- (एक हजार मात्र) जररये बैंक ड्ाफट /
नकि जमा करवाने होंगे।
7. इचिछुक वयसकि अपनी दनदविा दनधा्षररि प्पत्र में बनि दलफाफे में दिनांक 14.03.2022
को अपरानह 3.00 बजे िक काया्षलय आबकारी आयुकि, 2-गुमादनयावाला, पंचवटी,
उियपुर में प्सिुि कर सकिे हैं। फैकस अ्वा अनय दकसी प्कार से प्सिुि दनदविा मानय
नहीं होगी। प्ापि दनदविाएं उसी दिन अपरानह 4.00 बजे उपसस्ि दनदविािािाओं के
समषि खोली जाएंगी। आबकारी आयुकि को दबना कारण बिाये दकसी भी दनदविा को
सवीकार / असवीकार करने का पूण्ष अदधकार होगा।
(चे्तन देवडा)
आबकारी आरुक्त,
राजस्ान, उदरपुर
DIPR/C/...../2022

RAJASTHAN
03
SIGH OF RELIEF ON STUDENTS’ FACES AS
THEY SEE HOMELAND AND ACTIVE ADMN
WCD Minister Mamta Bhupesh welcomes
relieved students at the Jaipur airport
...thosewhoarewaitingforsafereturn!
ACB traps ASI with `50K in
lieu of closing a fraud case
Raj embarks on door-to-door ‘Polio
Campaign’ to cover 100% children
Raj students takes a sigh of relief at Jaipur Airport’s VIP lounge. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Returnees from Ukraine pose ‘Victory sign’ with Mamta Bhupesh at Jaipur Airport on Sunday.
Jaipur International Airport gears up to
facilitate smooth transit of the returnees
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Nine children
from Rajasthan strand-
ed in Ukraine finally
reached Jaipur on Sun-
day
. Cabinet Minister
Mamta Bhupesh wel-
comed the eight of them
at the Jaipur airport
while one girl left with
her family members at
the Mumbai airport it-
self. Minister for women
and child welfare Mam-
ta Bhupesh along with
other senior official
gave a floral welcome to
all the students at ar-
rival hall of Terminal 2.
Later students were
taken to VIP lounge,
where they shared their
experiences in Ukraine
The children, while
talking to the media,
narrated their ordeal.
“The situation is bad.
We did not sleep for 3
days and were constant-
ly in fear. Reaching the
border is difficult,” a
student said.
Richa from Ajmer
said, “More than 3,000
students are still
stranded. Children are
living in bunkers. The
Raj govt has made good
arrangements.”
The eight students
belonged to various dis-
tricts including Ajmer,
Jaipur, Kota, Bharatpur
and Bhilwara.
Later Mamta Bhu-
pesh also received the
Rajasthani students ar-
riving at Indira Gandhi
International Airport
in New Delhi.
Shivani Singh from
Pratap Nagar in Jaipur
Aashi, from Shiprapath
Mansarovar in Jaipur
Manisha from Kota
Shivani Sharma from
Bhilwara
Richa Chelani from Ajmer
Zoya Ansari from Kota
Justy Jain from Nagaur
Bhavnika Sen from Raw-
atbhata
+91 - 7026573333
011 - 23014011 (22)
+91 - 9414037200
I have not slept for three days. Couldn’t
talk to my parents, I was afraid what
would happen.
—Manisha, Kota
The situation is very bad, it does not seem that
the it is going to improve. Children are forced to
live in the bunkers, there is a big problem of wa-
ter and food also.
—Richa Chelani, Ajmer
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In light of the
current crisis in
Ukraine,JaipurInterna-
tional Airport (JIAL)
has extended full sup-
porttotheevacuationof
the stranded Indian stu-
dents who arrived in
Jaipur on Sunday by 6E
5384 at ETA 10:15 hours.
Later students were
takentoVIPloungefora
detailed interaction. Af-
ter the interaction, stu-
dents were taken to cir-
cuit house for lunch.
All students safely
landed in Jaipur from
Mumbai received spe-
cial welcome by senior
officials of airport ad-
ministration and gov-
ernment of Rajasthan.
Elaborated arrange-
ments were made by
Govt of Rajasthan to
drop the students at
their respective home-
towns.JIALisundertak-
ing steps to smoothen
theprocessfortheyoung
students arriving at the
airport. As a gateway to
the city, JIAL is ensur-
ing a seamless transit
for the young students.
All students praised the
arrangements made by the
state govt and said that the
Rajasthan govt did not let them
face any problem. In future
also, the state govt will make
full arrangements to bring
the Rajasthani to their homes
safely. This information was
given by Commissioner Ra-
jasthan Foundation and State
Nodal Officer Dhiraj Srivastava.
GOVT MEASURES
AT AIRPORT
I am very happy that I have finally
landed in Rajasthan. We are feeling
very special for the floral welcome at
Airport. Thanks to Jaipur Airport and GoR.
—Sivangi Sharma, Student
Indian Embassy helped me a lot. If the embassy
was not active in time, it was difficult to escape.
We are worried about how the other stranded
children will come back. —Shivani Sharma, Bhilwara
THE RESCUED
STUDENTS
NO DATA AT DISTT
LEVEL OF STUCK
STUDENTS
HELPLINE NOs
Laxman Raghav
Jaipur: There is no data
available at the district
level regarding the num-
ber of people stranded
in Ukraine after the war
broke out with Russia.
Also, the Centre does not
share any data on this.
Info regarding this lies
only with embassy. As of
now, there is no guideline
from the Home Depart-
ment. Bikaner Divisional
Commissioner Neeraj K
Pawan said that they are
trying to find the numbers
of people stuck in the war
torn Ukraine.
Ashok Gehlot@ashokgehlot51
Spoke to Mr. Ajay Singh on his way back from Romania
at Delhi airport after facing adversity in Ukraine and
inquired about the situation there. On reaching here,
free arrangements have been made to take all the
Rajasthanis to their homes.
Mamta Bhupesh@mamta_bhupesh
Government is making every effort for the safe return of
the students under the direction of CM @ashokgehlot51
ji. Dhiraj Srivastava, Commissioner, Rajasthan Founda-
tion has been appointed as the nodal officer to help the
children trapped in Ukraine. The government stands
with the children with full sympathy.
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Eightystudents
of Lviv National Medi-
cal College are stranded
on the Poland border.
ThreestudentsfromRa-
jasthan, Dev Purohit
from Jodhpur, Arjun
Suthar and Yashwant
Acharya from Bilara
are also among them.
Students are in touch
withREDIO’sUSChair-
man Prem Bhandari,
who has assured them
not to worry
. Two girl
students,BulbulChaud-
hary and Divya Chaud-
hary from Bhopalgarh
are trapped in Ukraine.
The girls have taken ref-
uge in a bunker.
Akshay from Baran,
pursuing MBBS studies
at Ivana University
, is
also stranded and taken
shelter on the Romania
border.
Students of Nainwa
are stranded on the Po-
land border. The wor-
ried family members
have appealed to the
Lok Sabha Speaker to
bring them home safely
.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: A team of ACB
Kota has arrested an
ASI posted at Kanawas
police station red hand-
ed while accepting a
bribe of Rs 50,000. The
accused ASI Ramratan
had demanded a bribe
of Rs 2.5 lakh from the
complainant in lieu of
imposition of FR in a
fraud case and a deal
was settled for 1.5 lakhs.
On Sunday the com-
plainant reached the
police station with the
bribe amount and gave
50 thousand in cash,
where he ASI was
caught red handed.
Complainant Chan-
draprakash Saini and
co-complainant Bharat
Singh had informed
ACB that a case of
fraud has been regis-
tered against his fa-
ther. The matter was
being investigated by
ASI Ramratan who was
threatening to arrested
the father on false
charges and asked for
Rs 2.5 lakh.
Jaipur (PTI): Five
members of a family,
including the husband
and mother-in-law,
were arrested for as-
saulting a 25-year-old
woman after tying her
to a tree in Ambapura,
Banswara, police on
Sunday said. The inci-
dent took place on Fri-
day, they said. The mat-
ter is being investigat-
ed from several angles,
including dowry har-
assment, he added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Parsadi Lal Meena
started the campaign
on the occasion of Po-
lio Day by giving polio
medicine to children
and feeding them choc-
olates from his official
residence on Sunday
.
Meena said that by
runningamassivecam-
paign in the state, chil-
dren of the age of 5
years are being given
polio medicine. He said
that a target has been
set to provide medicine
to 100% children across
Raj. For this 54,627 polio
booths have been set up.
Apart from this, 2 thou-
sand 215 transit teams
and 3 thousand 381 mo-
bile teams have been
formed.
On this occasion
Health Secy Ashutosh
Pednekar, Director of
NHM Dr Jitendra K
Soni,SpecialSecyBach-
nesh Aggarwal, Direc-
tor RCH Dr KL Meena,
Addl Director Rural
Project Director Vacci-
nation Dr Raghuraj
Sharma and other offi-
cials were present.
12,78,886
TOTAL CASES
531 IN A DAY
191 IN JAIPUR
02
DEATH IN A DAY
9,535
TOTAL DEATHS
0 IN A DAY
0 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19 UPDATE
ACTIVE CASES
4,969
Parsadi Lal Meena giving
polio drops and chocolates
to children at his residence
on Sunday. (Inset) A sister
helping younger brother
taking polio drops.
5 in-laws held for
assaulting, tying
woman to a tree
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
31 Raj students arrived at IGI airport on Sunday. Raj Foundation
Commissioner Dhiraj Srivastava and Principal Resident
Commissioner Shubhra Singh received the students.
Accused ASI Ramratan

PERSPECTIVE
04
1ST
OCTOBER, 2001…WHEN VAJPAYEE
ASKED A PERFORMER MODI TO TAKE OVER
AN EARTHQUAKE RIDDEN GUJARAT!
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE… THE MAKING OF PM MODI – PART 5
S
oon after Narendra Modi
left Gujarat and came to
Delhi over the compromise
formula, he was given the
charge of BJP’s national
secretary
. He was also made
incharge of Punjab and
Jammu Kashmir in addi-
tion to Haryana, Chandi-
garh (UT) and Himachal
Pradesh. Modi once again
provedhispoliticalacumen
and BJP emerged as a big
political force in Haryana
and Chandigarh during
1996 assembly elections.
His magical run contin-
ued and he managed to
form BJP government in
Himachal Pradesh in 1998
under the leadership of
Prem Kumar Dhumal. This
gave a new height to Modi’s
stature at national level
and the BJP appointed him
as the organisational gen-
eral secretary
.
“Modijiisalwayseagerto
learn new things. If I could
learn computers way back
in 1996, it was the inspira-
tion of Modi ji,” remembers
Manohar Lal Khattar,chief
minister of Haryana.
BJPwasgainingstrength
at national level and in vari-
ous states. Modi’s political
strategyandorganisational
skills were playing a major
role in party’s emergence.
Just then in May
, 1999, Kar-
gilwarbrokeoutandIndian
Armed Forces gave befit-
ting reply to Pakistan’s in-
vasion. The entire world
witnessed the unique war-
fare of Indian forces, which
won the battle without
crossing the line of control.
Narendra Modi was devas-
tated with the loss of lives
of soldiers and he went to
meet the injured soldiers.
courage and valour.
“A soldier had lost both
his arms in a mines blast.
Modi has gone to meet
him in the hospital.
Modi asked the sol-
dier, it must be pain-
ingbadly
.Thesoldier
replied - it was pain-
ing till last evening.
Now that we have
won back the Tiger
Hills, the
pain has
vanished. Modi was down
with tears with that reply
,”
remembered Prem Kumar
Dhumal, chief minister,
Himachal Pradesh.
The grand victory in
Kargil war brought back
Vajpayee government for
the third time in 1999. Modi
was also becoming power-
ful at national level with
the party gaining strength
day by day
. However, in his
home state Gujarat, Modi
was still not that influen-
tial. The party suffered
massivedefeatinlocalbody
election in 2000. In the same
year on Republic Day
, Guja-
rat suffered the worst ever
earthquake resulting into
deaths of 10,000 people.
“The situation was
dreadful specially in
Kutch region. Now if we
look at Bhuj, one can’t im-
agine that the district was
down in shambles post the
earthquake in 2000.
But Modi ji believes in find-
ingopportunityincalamity
.
He practised this key strat-
egy to rebuild and trans-
form the shredded Bhuj
into a modern city,” remi-
nisced Vishnu Pandya, a
senior journalist.
The inaction of the then
Gujarat’s chief minister
Keshubhai Pa-
tel during the relief
work was questioned.
The public also showed
its anger by defeating BJP
in the bypoll of Sabarkan-
tha Lok Sabha and Sabar-
mati Vidhansabha. There
was unrest in the party
.
On 1st October 2001, Con-
gress leader Madhav Rao
Scindia died in a helicopter
crash. Along with him a
cameraman Gopal Singh
Bisht also lost his life. Nar-
endra Modi was attending
the cremation ceremony of
Bisht when his mobile
phonerang.Theprimemin-
ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
was on the other line. He
asked Modi to meet him in
the evening. And on that
evening Modi received
marching orders for Guja-
rat to replace chief minis-
ter Keshu Bhai Patel who
had failed miserably in re-
constructionof earthquake
ridden state.
After becoming the
chief minister, the first
lesson Modi learnt was
from his mother Heera
Bai who said “Beta koi
ghoos de to lena mat ( Nev-
er take bribe from anyone).
Four months passed
since Modi was sworn in.
As per the law, he had to be-
come member of assembly
within 6 months. So, in Feb-
ruary 2002, he contested by-
election from Rajkot-II as-
semblyseatandenteredthe
assembly where he reigned
supreme till he got into the
parliament in 2014. For
Modi, who had ensured vic-
tory for several leaders
over last one and half dec-
ades, a win for himself was
just a cakewalk.
Soon after Modi entered
the Gujarat assembly, fol-
lowing Godhra train burn-
ing case which changed the
entire political discourse in
the state. On 27th February
2002, 20 years back, rioters
set afire S-6 coach of Sabar-
mati Express which was
coming from Ayodhya. The
target was lives of karse-
vaks returning from Ayod-
hya. As many as 59 people
lost their lives which trig-
gered communal riots in
various parts of the state.
“Modi requested for po-
licehelpfromvariousstates
including Congress-ruled
states. But no one came up
for help. He also asked for
military support. The next
daymilitarycameintoforce
to control the violence. It’s
purely malicious publicity
that Modi has fanned the
violence,” said Uday Ma-
hurkar, a senior journalist.
It was a big challenge for
Modi to maintain commu-
nal harmony and peace in
Gujarat amid targeted at-
tacks from the opposition.
“The so-called secularists
from across the country ac-
cused Modi for wrong do-
ing and igniting commu-
nal violence in the state.
They did everything to de-
fame Modi. But Modi ji
never lost patience,” said
Vijay Rupani, former chief
minister of Gujarat.
The opposition sharp-
ened their attacks on Modi
and in July 2002, Governor
S S Bhandari dissolved the
Gujarat Assembly on the
recommendation of the
state council of ministers
on Friday paving the way
for early election in the ri-
ot-torn state. The assembly
was dissolved nine months
ahead of its term.
Undeterred by the turn
of events, Narendra Modi
launched Gaurav Yatra
across Gujarat towns to
bring back the glory of Gu-
jarat by winning 127 seats
out of 182 assembly seg-
ments and paving the way
for his oath taking ceremo-
ny at Gandhinagar Raj
Bhavan as the Chief Min-
ister for the second time.
To be continued….
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
Narendra Modi was
devastated with the loss of
lives of soldiers and he went
to meet the injured soldiers.
courage and valour. “A
soldier had lost both his
arms in a mines blast. Modi
has gone to meet him in the
hospital. Modi asked the
soldier, it must be paining
badly. The soldier replied -
it was paining till last
evening. Now that we have
won back the Tiger Hills,
the pain has vanished. Modi
was down with tears with
that reply,” remembered
Prem Kumar Dhumal,
chief minister, Himachal
Pradesh.
Narendra Modi meeting victims of Gujarat Earthquake.
Modi visiting a devastated Bhuj.
Narendra Modi visiting Kargil in 1999
to show solidarity with the soldiers.
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05
Lucknow (PTI): The
vital issue of clean air
and water is missing
from the Uttar Pradesh
elections though several
cities here often figure
in the list of the world’s
10 most polluted.
Despite clean water
and air being the main-
stay of life, major politi-
cal parties, except for
the Samajwadi Party,
Congress and the Rash-
triya Lok Dal, have not
included the issue of en-
vironmental protection
prominently in their
election manifestos.
Even for the parties
that mentioned it, the
concern for environ-
ment remains on paper
as everyone is busy talk-
ing about Jinnah, Paki-
stan, vote bank politics
and‘pariwarvad’tosway
voters to their sides.
Samajwadi Party
president Akhilesh Ya-
dav has a degree in en-
vironmental engineer-
ing from Australia but
his party manifesto just
has a reference about
climate issue sans any
major announcement to
deal with the problem.
Even the Congress
has touched on some as-
pects of climate change
in its manifesto, but has
not spoken of any con-
crete initiative.
The issue hasn’t got
much importance in
BJP poll manifesto.
The saffron party has
mentioned cleaning of
the river Ganga but has
not mentioned any-
thing about countering
climate change.
According to a report
by climate think tank
‘Climate Trends’, the
Indus-Gangetic plains
are the most polluted
areas in the country in
terms of air. At the
heart of this vast land-
mass, 99.4 per cent of
the population of Uttar
Pradesh lives in areas
where air pollution lev-
els exceed safe limits.
Senior state BJP lead-
er and State Pollution
Control Board chair-
man JPS Rathore told
media why scientists
have repeatedly ex-
pressed concerns about
poor air quality
.
“The issues which are
liked by the public have
to be taken forward. The
issue of environmental
protection will become
the public’s issue after
10 years. Right now, em-
ployment and develop-
ment are the main is-
sues for the people.”
Promise of clean air and water missing from UP poll agenda
CLIMATE CHANGE

The vital issue
of clean air and
water is missing
from the UP
elections though
several cities
here often figure
in the list of the
world’s 10 most
polluted.
Ballia (ANI): Accusing
the Samajwadi Party
(SP) of doing appease-
ment politics, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday said its
government earlier did
not provide electricity
to people on Ram Nava-
mi and Sri Krishna Jan-
motsav, but power used
to be supplied during
Muharram.
Addressing an elec-
tion meeting in UP's Bal-
lia, Shah if people vote
for the SP again, elec-
tricity will not come to
Uttar Pradesh.
“Earlier, when there
was Muharram elec-
tricity used to come to
Uttar Pradesh, but on
Parshuram Jayanti, Sri
Ram Navami and Sri
Krishna Janmotsav
there was no electricity
supply,” he said.
Shah took a jibe at Sa-
majwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav, saying
his goons used to make
'katta', or country-made
pistols,inBundelkhand,
but PM Narendra Modi
is establishing defence
industry to make shells.
Shah also exuded con-
fidence that the BJP will
form the govt in the
state again and the four
phases of polling have
paved the way for it.
SPsuppliedpoweronMuharram,
not Ram Navami: Amit Shah in UP
‘Akhilesh’s goonsusedtomake‘Katta’,PMestablishingdefenceindustryinBundelkhand’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah waves to the supporters during a public meeting for the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elections, at Phephna, in Ballia on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Senior Cong leaders meet
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka
New Delhi (ANI): Sen-
ior Congress leaders
held a meeting on Sun-
day where they dis-
cussed the ongoing as-
sembly elections as
well the party’s strate-
gy regarding poll re-
sults to be announced
on March 10.
The meeting was at-
tended by Rahul Gan-
dhi, Priyanka Gandhi,
Rajasthan CM Ashok
Gehlot, Chhatisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel,
and MP KC Venugopal.
After the meeting,
Chhatisgarh CM Bhu-
pesh Baghel revealed
that the ongoing assem-
bly elections of the five
states were discussed in
the meeting.
“Had a meeting with
KC Venugopal. Rahul
Gandhi, Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra and Ashok
Gehlot today. Detailed
discussion on Assem-
bly Elections in the five
states was taken up.
Strategy regarding re-
sults that will be an-
nounced on 10th March
was also discussed,”
Baghel said, as quoted
by media.
Rajasthan govern-
ment’s decision to re-
vert to OPS has some-
how become an election
issue as well. Last week,
Priyanka Gandhi hailed
the Rajasthan govern-
ment’s decision.
Rajya Sabha elections
are also around and
with veteran leaders of
Congress like Kapil
Sibal and P Chidambar-
am along with many
other leaders will be fin-
ishing their term in ei-
ther June or July this
year, it is believed that
Congress party also dis-
cussed the vacant seats
in the Rajya Sabha.
Kolkata (PTI): Cases
of violence and mal-
practices marred elec-
tions to 107 municipali-
ties across West Bengal
on Sunday even as a
voter turnout of around
76.51 per cent was re-
corded till 5 PM, elec-
tion officials said.
Elections were
scheduled in 108 mu-
nicipalities. However,
with TMC winning one
civic body uncontested
in Dinhata in Coochbe-
har district, elections
were held in 107 towns
Sunday, a State Elec-
tion Commission offi-
cial said.
The opposition BJP,
which dubbed the poll
process as a “mockery
of democracy” has
called a 12-hour shut-
down on Monday to pro-
test the violence. The
TMC has dubbed the al-
legations as baseless
and said opposition par-
ties are trying to find
excuses sensing defeat.
Till 5 PM, 76.51 per
cent of 95.6 lakh voters
exercised their fran-
chise in more than
2,000 wards amid tight
security and strict ad-
herence to COVID-19
guidelines.
Violence mars Bengal civic elections
PM, Yogi, people ‘Triple
Engine’ of UP: Rajnath
Ballia (PTI): In the
backdrop of Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh on Sunday
said India favours
world peace.
“Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s role is be-
ing appreciated on the
matter. India is peace-
lover. India has never
attacked any country
and never grabbed land
of other country
.
“Now triple engine
will run in the state
with PM Modi’s vision,
Yogi’s mission and peo-
ple’s support,” he said.
Terming PM Modi as
“true samajwadi’, Ra-
jnath Singh said no one
has repeated the gov-
ernment in UP but BJP
is going to do it.
“We want world peace
and everyone should ac-
cept it,” Rajnath Singh
said addressing an elec-
tion rally here in Bairia.
He said after surgical
and air strike on Paki-
stan India’s image
changed in the world.
4 jawans summoned for
tampering postal ballots
Pithoragarh (PTI): Af-
ter former Uttarakhand
chief minister Harish
Rawatsharedapurport-
edvideoof thearmy
personnel allegedly
tampering with the
postal ballots in an
army centre in Jam-
mu, the Pithoragarh po-
lice have summoned four
personnel in the matter.
Thesoldiersbelongtothe
2 Kumaon regiment and
are posted in Jammu.
Superintendent of
Police Lokeshwar Singh
said, “This viral video is
of four soldiers of two
Kumaon regiments of
thearmy
.Itwasmade
viral by making a
video in Jammu.
The person who
sent and made the
video is also a
young man from 2 Ku-
maon. The police have
sent a summon to all un-
der 161 CrPC.”
The SP further in-
formedthatthenamesof
thearmypersonnelhave
been identified.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Postal bal-
lot is never considered
very important in elec-
toral politics. Rarely
would this have even af-
fected the results. But
suddenly the impor-
tance of postal ballot is
increasing. Anti-BJP
parties contesting the
elections are worried
over postal ballots as
they are casting unveri-
fied doubts on the Elec-
tion Commission as
well as the administra-
tion. That is because
they feel that BJP or a
ruling party can influ-
ence the results with the
help of postal ballot, by
taking advantage of the
system. Keep in mind
that earlier, the right to
vote by postal ballot was
only for the army per-
sonnel-officers and the
employees conducting
elections. Now, people
above 80 years of age
have been allowed to
vote by postal ballot.
Earlier, when the
counting of votes start-
ed, the postal ballots
were counted first and
after that the EVMs
were opened but now
the postal ballots are
counted alongside, till
the counting is over. An-
other change is that
postalballotsweregiven
through Booth Level Of-
ficer (BLO) earlier but
now they are being sent
by post. A worrying
thing which has come
up is that government
servants who vote by
postal ballot have to car-
ry a copy of their iden-
tity card with them to
ensure transparency
but at the same time this
breaches the secrecy of
the vote and a govern-
ment servant who is vot-
ing for the opposition
may feel compromised.
During the first phase
of polling in Uttar
Pradesh, such an inci-
dent happened on at
least one booth in Gha-
ziabad that the votes of
many members of the
Muslim family
, who had
come to cast their votes,
had supposedly already
been cast by postal bal-
lot, while they were not
aware of it.
That's how the oppo-
sition feel that there can
be some play with the
postal ballot, especially
in those seats where the
margin of victory and
defeat will be less.
Oppositionpartiesfearpostalballots!
Jammu: Senior Con-
gress leader Ghulam
Nabi Azad's nephew
Mubashir Azad joined
the BJP on Sunday and
said he was influenced
by PM Narendra Modi's
developmental works
at the ground level.
Mubashir Azad, the son
of Ghulam Nabi Azad's
youngest brother Liaqat
Ali, also said his uncle
was disrespected by
the Congress leadership
which hurt him and led
to him parting ways
with the grand old party.
JK: GHULAM
NABI AZAD'S
NEPHEW
JOINS BJP
Mubashar Azad with JK
BJP chief Ravinder Raina.
SII seeks nod for
phase-3 study of
Covovax vaccine
New Delhi (PTI):
Serum Institute of
India has sought per-
mission from India’s
drug regulator to
conduct a phase-3
study of its COVID
vaccine Covovax as a
booster dose in
adults, official sourc-
es said on Sunday
.
TheDrugsControl-
ler General Of India
(DCGI) had approved
Covovax for restrict-
ed use in emergency
situations in adults
on December 28. The
vaccine is yet to be
included in the coun-
try’s inoculation pro-
gramme.
Prakash Kumar
Singh, Director, Gov-
ernment and Regula-
tory Affairs at SII had
last week submitted
an application to
DCGI seeking nod for
phase-3, observer-
blind, randomised,
controlled study to
evaluate the safety
and immunogenicity
of Covovax as boost-
er dose on those who
have received prima-
ry vaccination either
with Covishield or
Covaxinatleastthree
months ago, an offi-
cial source said.
Singh has stated
that many countries
are already adminis-
tering booster doses
to their citizens con-
sidering the uncer-
tainties of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
BOOSTER DOSE IN ADULTS
Mumbai: Though
the curve of the third
COVID-19 wave
almost flattened, the
decision regarding
the face mask rule
will be taken care-
fully, Maha Health
Min Rajesh Tope said
on Sunday. Tope’s
comments come a
day after Maharash-
tra reported 893
COVID-19 cases and
eight fatalities due to
the infection.
“The peak of the
third wave had seen
48,000 cases per
day in Maharashtra.
Now the number of
fresh cases is not
even ten per cent (as
compared with the
peak). The number
of active cases is
around 9,000 now,
Tope said.
WILL THINK
CAREFULLY
ON MASK
RULE: MAHA
New Delhi (ANI): BJP president JP Nadda’s Twitter ac-
count was hacked on Sunday morning. A
tweet asking for cryptocurrency donations
for Ukraine was posted from Nadda’s
Twitter account, according to a screenshot
shared by news agency ANI. “Stand with
the people of Ukraine. Now accepting
cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin and
Ethereum,” one of the tweets read.
JP NADDA’S TWITTER ACCOUNT
HACKED, LATER RESTORED
Senior Cong leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The Congress government
of Rajasthan has taken a
big decision in the interest
of government employees
by implementing the Old
Pension Scheme. The Con-
gress party is fully dedi-
cated to the interests of
government employees.
—Priyanka Gandhi,
Congress leader
Police personnel detain a BJP supporter during a protest against
the alleged poll violence during the West Bengal Municipal
Elections, in Kolkata on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Defence Min Rajnath Singh
Everyone is busy
talking about
Jinnah,
Pakistan, vote
bank politics and
‘pariwarvad’ to
sway voters to
their sides.
Discuss strategy
for Assembly
poll results
BJP says mockery
of democracy, calls
for Bengal Bandh Rawatsharedapurport-
edvideoof thearmy
personnel allegedly
postal ballots in an
army centre in Jam-
thearmy
.Itwasmade
viral by making a
video in Jammu.
The person who
sent and made the
video is also a
U’KHAND
U’KHAND

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
Lucknow:Theelectoral
strategy of the Bharati-
ya Janata Party has un-
dergone a change in Ut-
tar Pradesh. By its very
nature, BJP does mid-
course correction at the
time of any election.
Four phases of voting
have been completed in
the Uttar Pradesh elec-
tions and before the
fourth phase of polling,
it seems that BJP has
changed its strategy
. Be-
fore the campaigning
for the fourth phase
ended, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi started
asking for votes in his
name. He asked people
in their meetings that
will the people vote for
him? This strategy to
askforvotesinhisname
raises two points to keep
in mind. The first is to
unite the beneficiaries
of the central govern-
ment’s schemes in fa-
vour of the BJP and sec-
ondly to give a message
to the voters of the back-
ward castes.
It seems that the
BJP’s internal assess-
ment is that Yogi Adi-
tyanath’s face may not
able to polarise more
votes at this point and
has reached its limit in
that regard, while even
issue of anti-incum-
bency is also being ob-
served. On the other
hand, Prime Minister
Modi has heard people
say that since they
have eaten Modi’s salt,
then they will not cheat
on him. This means
that the distribution of
ration, salt and oil to
the most backward and
deprived sections of
the society has had the
desired effect and this
is when PM Modi has
started giving a mes-
sage to that voter. By
playing the stake of his
face, he has again
started an attempt to
connect the backward
and most backward
castes closely with the
BJP. How much suc-
cess will be achieved in
this, it cannot be said
right now but BJP has
started a bid to ‘change
the winds’.
BJP eyes the beneficiary and the backward Govt cancels `19K-cr tender for
connecting villages in 16 States
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned Bharat
Broadband Nigam Ltd
has cancelled a Rs
19,000-crore tender that
was floated for connect-
ing villages across 16
states with an optical
fibre-based high-speed
broadband network,
following the lack of
participation of eligi-
ble bidders.
The project was ap-
proved in June last year
to roll out an optical fi-
bre network under
BharatNet in 16 states
in a public-private part-
nership (PPP) model
with a total expense of
Rs 29,430 crore.
The Centre had ap-
proved a viability gap
fund of Rs 19,041 crore
for the project that
aimed to connect 3.61
lakh villages across 16
states.
The project was di-
vided into nine pack-
ages, and tenders for
each of the packages
were floated separately
.
For each of the nine
tenders, BBNL on Feb-
ruary 8 said the tender
of the corresponding
package “with all its
corrigenda is hereby
cancelled on account of
non-participation by
any bidder”.
An e-mail query sent
to BBNL elicited no re-
sponse.
‘In the Army too, daughters are now taking responsibilities in new and bigger roles’
FROM PARLIAMENT TO PANCHAYAT
New Delhi (PTI):Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Sunday said that
women in India are
reaching new heights in
different fields and they
are dispelling old myths.
Referring to the Inter-
national Women’s Day
on March 8, he said that
the women in the coun-
try have taken the lead
everywherewhetheritis
Skill India, Self Help
Group, small or big in-
dustries.
“From Parliament to
reaching newer heights
in different fields. In the
Army too, daughters are
now taking responsibili-
ties in new and bigger
roles and are protecting
the country
,” he said in
his monthly radio pro-
gramme ‘Mann ki Baat’.
He also said that on
Republic Day
, the daugh-
ters were flying modern
fighterplanes.Thecoun-
try also lifted the restric-
tions on the admission
of daughters in Sainik
Schools, and daughters
aretakingadmissionsin
thoseschoolsalloverthe
country
, he added.
‘30 Predator
drones deal
with US
advances’
Naqvi: There
is no ban on
wearing
Hijab in India
ROLE OF INDIAN SCIENTISTS IN FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS PRAISEWORTHY: MODI
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi on Sun-
day said that the role
of Indian scientists in
the fight against Cov-
id-19 was praisewor-
thy and due to their
hard work, it was pos-
sible to manufacture
the ‘Made in India
vaccine’.
“Today, I will like to
praise the role of In-
dian scientists in the
fight against Corona,
and because of their
hard work, the manu-
facturing of ‘Made in
India vaccines’ was
possible which gave a
great relief to the
world. This is the gift
of science to humani-
ty,” he said in his 86th
episode of the month-
ly radio address of
‘Mann Ki Baat’.
Talking about the
‘National Science Day’
on February 28, he
said that this day is
also known for the dis-
covery of the Raman
Effect. “Along with CV
Raman ji, I pay my re-
spectful tribute to all
the scientists who
have contributed sig-
nificantly in enriching
our scientific jour-
ney,” he said.
Washington (PTI):
The discussions on the
sale of 30 Predator
armed drones by the US
to India, the first to a
non-NATO ally, at an
estimated cost of USD 3
billion are at an ad-
vanced stage, multiple
sources have con-
firmed.
The major defence
deal was announced
under the previous
Trump administration
during the visit of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi to the White
House in 2017. Thereaf-
ter, the two countries
have intensified the dis-
cussions and increased
the number of such
drones to be sold to In-
dia from 10 to 30 - 10
each for navy, air force
and army
.
Governmental sourc-
es told media that the
Predator/MQ9B acqui-
sition program of 30
aircraft is at an ad-
vanced stage of discus-
sion between the Indian
and US governments.
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
the hijab controversy in
Karnataka, Union Min-
ister Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi on Sunday said
there is no ban on wear-
ing the headscarf in the
country, and people
need to understand that
constitutional rights
and duties are equally
important.
Speaking to reporters
here, the Minister for
Minority Affairs said,
“The matter is in the
court… There is no ban
on (wearing of) Hijab in
India. It is clear.. Of
course, some institu-
tions have their disci-
pline, dress code and
uniform. When we talk
of rights of Constitu-
tion then we have to
talk (understand impor-
tance) of Constitutional
duties also.”
New Delhi (ANI): The
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI), prob-
ing National Stock Ex-
change Fraud case, has
found more evidence
that the mysterious
“Himalayan yogi”,
whom then bourse
chief Chitra Ramkrish-
na relied upon for “ad-
vice”, could be the
NSE’s former Group
Operating Officer
Anand Subramanian
only, as per sources.
A few locations of the
mobile device of Subra-
manian were accessed
by the CBI, and found to
be from nearby Subra-
manian’s Chennai resi-
dence, a source said.
“A few electronic evi-
dence have been found.
We suspect that Subra-
manian used to edit the
emails before sending
them as the yogi. We are
currently recording his
statements,” said the
source.
CBI sources has said
that since he had access
to the emails sent to the
yogi, they suspect they
can be the same. How-
ever, the agency did not
officially confirm it.
Subramanian, who
has been arrested after
questioning, was sent to
CBI custody till March
6 after the agency told a
Delhi court that they
needed custodial inter-
rogation to confront
him with seized articles
and others involved in
the case.
A source told media
that his statements was
recorded for three con-
secutive days at Chen-
nai, but was found to be
“evasive”.
Subramanian
could be Yogi
Baba, hints CBI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation through Mann Ki Baat on Sunday.
KPCC chief DK Shivakumar and others during the Padayatra.
Women reaching new heights
in different fields: PM Modi
K’taka Cong kickstarts
Mekedatu padayatra 2.0
Ramnagar (ANI): Kar-
nataka Congress kick-
started the Mekedatu
‘padayatra’ (foot march)
onSundaywiththebeat-
ing of drums and recital
of ‘Vande Mataram’ in
Ramnagar district. The
padayatra is being or-
ganised demanding
commencement of Me-
kedatu reservoir work
to“providedrinkingwa-
ter to Bengaluru and
surrounding areas”.
AICC General Secre-
taryRandeep SinghSur-
jewala inaugurated the
padayatra by beating
drums along with State
Congress president DK
Shivakumar,Opposition
leader Siddaramaiah,
Legislative Council Op-
position leader BK
Hariprasad and other
prominent leaders.
Shivakumar stated
that it is a “historical
walk”, taken up as per
the highest traditions of
the struggle of the Con-
gress party
,andhewon’t
bother about the criti-
cism by the ruling BJP
government. The walka-
thon is being inaugurat-
ed in the most auspi-
cious time, he said.
“This is not our strug-
gle, this is a struggle for
the lives of the people of
the state. It is a struggle
launched to provide
drinking water to Ban-
galoreans. We should
brave the sun for these
five days,” he urged.
Seeking BSY’s guidance to retain power: Bommai
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): Karnataka Chief
Minister Basavaraj
Bommai said on Sunday
that the state BJP lead-
ers will work as per the
‘guidance’ of former
Chief Minister BS Yedi-
yurappa to retain power.
After wishing Yedi-
yurappa on his 79th
birthday on Sunday at
hisresidence,alongwith
Minister for Large and
Medium Industries Mu-
rugesh Nirani and Lin-
gayat Seer Vachananan-
daSwamiji,CMBommai
showered praises on
Yediyurappa. “Yedi-
yurappa has come with
great struggle. He is a
leaderwhoalwaysfought
for the welfare of farm-
ersandthepoor.AllKan-
nadigasarewithhim.He
startedhisstrugglealone
and went on to contrib-
ute immensely to the
state of Karnataka.
“If at all anyone is
there who has not gone
back on his words, it is
Yediyurappa. He had
taken up many pro-peo-
ple projects and initia-
tives. Under his bless-
ings we will march
ahead,” Bommai said.
After the felicitation,
Yediyurappa said that
all leaders will put col-
lective effort to bring
back BJP to power and
he was sure of getting
the blessings of the peo-
ple again. “I am not in
power. Despite that,
thousands of people
have come and blessed
me. I will take up a state-
wide tour again. The
politicking of Congress
won’t work,” he said.
Another Beijing Olympics
Uyghur torchbearer detained
Beijing (Agencies): A
Uyghur doctor, who
served as a torchbearer
in the 2008 Summer
Olympics in Beijing, is
serving an 18-year jail
sentence, said a media
report.
Abduqeyum Semet, a
doctor in Kashgar, had
been detained, received
a lengthy prison sen-
tence, and was serving
his term in a detention
centre administered by
the Xinjiang Production
and Construction Corps
(XPCC), Radio Free
Asia reported citing Ab-
duweli Ayup, an Uyghur
activist and linguist liv-
ing in Norway
, who con-
firmed the news from
Uyghurs living in exile.
Notably
, the XPCC is a
state-owned economic
andparamilitaryorgani-
zation sanctioned by the
US government for its
involvement in human
rights violations against
Uyghurs in China’s Xin-
jiang Uyghur Autono-
mous Region (XUAR).
Disha Salian death: Action sought
against Min Narayan Rane, son
Mumbai (ANI): Ma-
harashtra State Com-
mission for Women
(MSCW) on Sunday
said it has asked police
to block the social me-
diaaccountsspreading
false information
about the death Disha
Salian, the former
manager of late actor
Sushant Singh Rajput,
and also sought action
againstUnionminister
Narayan Rane and his
MLA son Nitesh Rane
in this connection.
BJP leader Narayan
Rane had questioned
the circumstances sur-
rounding the death of
Salian(28)inJune2020.
In a series of tweets
on Sunday, MSCW
chairperson Rupali
Chakankar said the
Malvani police (in
Mumbai) had told the
commission that
Salian’s postmortem
report stated that she
was not raped and was
not pregnant.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai with former CM Yediyurappa.
Ever since the law
against triple talaq
has come into
being, there has
been a reduction of
80 per cent in
triple talaq cases
in the country.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
MORE EVIDENCE...

Suryaveer Singh Tanwar
Jaisalmer: Congress
state president Govind
Singh Dotasra, who is
on a visit to Jaisalmer
to participate in the
two-day residential
training programme of
the Congress, clarified
his ‘Nathi Ka Bada’
statement saying Nathi
Bai was a liberal and
child widow.
Dotasra also took a
jibe at Union Minister
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat and said that he
is seen attacking Raje
more than the Con-
gress. “Despite him be-
ing Jal Shakti Minister,
Rajasthan is unable to
get benefits of Central
schemes. Like Barmer
and Jodhpur, Dotasra
faced protests by BJP
members in Jaisalmer.
Meanwhile, on Satur-
day night, some activ-
ists created a ruckus
when they met him at
the Circuit House for
not being informed
about his stay in a pri-
vate hotel. Later, Dotas-
ra pacified them.
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: RTDC chair-
man Dharmendra
Rathore during his
Ajmer tour on Sunday
hit back at the BJP and
said that the Budget of
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has left the peo-
ple of BJP speechless.
“By re-implementing
the old pension scheme
of state employees, the
CM has set an example
before the country,
which should be fol-
lowed by the Centre
and the BJP-ruled
states,” said Rathore,
adding that every sec-
tion has been taken
care of in the budget.
Later, Rathore met
MP Bhagirath Chaud-
hary at Kishangarh toll
plaza where the two
leaders discussed run-
ning afresh the Palace
on Wheels and a rail-
way line to connect
Pushkar to Merta.
Dharmendra Singh
Rathore also reached
Pushkar where he was
given warm welcome by
the people in Jaimal
Court.
Pradeep Gadwal
Jhunjhunu: Umesh
Chandra Dutta, IG,
Jaipur range, visited
Jhunjhunu for the first
time after taking over
charge. On reaching
Jhunjhunu, SP Pradeep
Mohan Sharma and
ASP Dr Tejpal Singh
welcomed him by pre-
senting a bouquet at
Circuit House. Police
personnel gave him a
guard of honor at Cir-
cuit House. Dutta while
talking to reporters
said that curbing crime
would be his priority
.
He said that a meet-
ing of police officers
has been taken to check
crime and law and or-
der.
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: The Trib-
al Development Council
and the Tribal Reserva-
tion Forum on Sunday
demanded to give reser-
vation in proportion to
the population in the
TSP area and to give
separate reservation to
the ST category of the
TSP area in the admin-
istrative service out of
12 percent. Addressing
a press meet, Ruplal Da-
mor, President of Trib-
al Development Council
and Tribal Reservation
Forum TSP area said
that the population of
tribals in the TSP area
is more than other
classes but less reserva-
tion is being given in
proportion to popula-
tion. He said that other
tribal organizations in-
cluding the Tribal De-
velopment Council have
been raising demand.
NEWS
07
Jaipur (PTI): HMT Ma-
chine Tools Ajmer, a
wholly-owned subsidi-
ary of state-run HMT
Limited, has developed
a highly-productive
grinding machine for
railway axles which
would cost less than
half of similar import-
ed equipment, the com-
pany said on Sunday
.
Indian Railways was
importing these ma-
chines from European
countries as such equip-
ment was not being
manufactured in the
country
.
A highly motivated
team of engineers and
craftsmen took this
daunting task and pains
taking efforts to devel-
op this world class ma-
chine at HMT Machine
Tools Limited, Ajmer
plant in line with the
dream envisioned by
the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to de-
velop cutting edge tech-
nology in India by si-
multaneously achiev-
ing the objectives of
‘Make in India’ and
‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’,
a company statement
said.
The machine will be
used for grinding of
both end-diameters of
railway axles in single
set up to double the pro-
ductivity and costs less
than half of the import-
ed machine, resulting
in saving valuable for-
eign exchange, the
statement said.
The machine was re-
cently inaugurated and
launched by Chairman
Managing Director
A.K. Jain in presence of
General Manager (Op-
eration Marketing)
Balamurugesan. S and
General Technical
Manager, Ajmer J.K.
Prasad at a function at
HMT Machine Tools
Limited.
HMT develops local machine for Rly axle grinding
DAUNTING TASK
Promoted by
Jaipur (PTI): Faced
with a declining num-
ber of camels in Ra-
jasthan, the state gov-
ernment has an-
nounced a ‘Camel Pro-
tection and Develop-
ment Policy’ in its
budget 2022-23. Camel is
the state animal of Ra-
jasthan and their num-
ber is continuously de-
creasing. Considering
demand, CM Ashok Ge-
hlot proposed a budget
of Rs 10 crore in the
next financial year un-
der the new policy for
rearing, protection, and
overall development of
the state animal. Ac-
cording to figures, there
are now less than two
lakh camels left in the
state, while the number
of camels in the entire
country has reduced by
1.5 lakh since 2012.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court has di-
rected a trial court in
Rajasthan to restore
criminal proceedings
in a cheque bounce
case, noting that the
cheque was returned
with the account fro-
zen remark.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice N V Ra-
mana passed the order
on an appeal filed by a
man against the Ra-
jasthan High Court or-
der which quashed the
proceedings in the
case. The top court re-
fused the submission
that no case was made
under Section 138 of
the Negotiable Instru-
ments Act against the
accused as the bank
managers have specifi-
cally deposed that no
such bank account was
opened and main-
tained in their bank.
It is surprising that
on the one hand, the
bank managers have
specifically deposed
that no such bank ac-
count was opened and
maintained in their
bank while on the oth-
er hand the cheque
drawn by the respond-
ent in favour of the ap-
pellant, was returned
with the remark ac-
count frozen in respect
of the same cheque,
the bench said.The
bench, also compris-
ing Justices AS Bopan-
na and Hima Kohli,
said the bank account
has been mentioned on
the cheque and the en-
dorsement to the effect
account frozen will
presuppose that
an account ex-
isted.This is a
m a t t e r
which is to
be taken
into con-
s i d e r a -
tion .
DOTASRA SLAMS SHEKHAWAT
FOR WATER WOES IN STATE
Raj Budget has left BJP
leaders speechless, says
RTDC chief Rathore
`10 crore to promote
camel rearing in Raj
SC RULES OUT RAJ HC ORDER, RESTORES
PROCEEDINGS IN CHEQUE BOUNCE CASE
PCC chief participated in workers’
training programme in Jaisalmer
Dotasra defends ‘Nathi ka Bada’
statement during the meet
Govind Singh Dotasra and Shale Mohammad being felicitated by workers in Jaisalmer.
Dharmendra Rathore addressing a programme that was
organised to honour him in Ajmer on Sunday.
Union Jal Shakti Minister Shekhawat
must rethink about how he would en-
sure the Har Ghar Nal Yojana in his
constituency. He must use his influence and
talk to the Prime Minister. He must take a deci-
sion and not just talk.
—Govind Singh Dotasra, PCC President
1 2
75 JUDICIAL OFFICERS
SHIFTED IN RAJASTHAN
Jaipur: HC Registrar General Nirmal Singh
Medtwal issued transfer orders of about 75 ju-
dicial officers. While PR Sharma was appoint-
ed as judge family court Karauli, PK Modi was
appointed as Judge Family Court No-2 Jodh-
pur Metropolitan. Rajesh Chandra Gupta was
put in the family court No-2 Alwar, Ajay Kumar
Sharma II appointed Judge Family Court
Bundi, Suresh Chand Bansal appointed
as Judge Family Court No-2 Bharatpur,
Girish Aggarwal appointed as Judge
Family Court Jhalawar, Anil Kaushik
appointed as Judge Family Court
Pratapgarh and Satyanarayan Taylor
appointed as Judge Family Court
No-1 Bharatpur.
An example to follow: Statue of IAS KL
Meena’s mother unveiled in native village
Abhishek Shrivastava
Sawai Madhopur: On
the occasion of the
death anniversary of
Gulbai Meena, the
mother of Principal
Secretary Kunji Lal
Meena, a statue unveil-
ing ceremony was or-
ganized on Sunday. In
the ceremony, the stat-
ue of Kunji Lal Meena’s
mother was unveiled
by her great-grand-
daughter Krishna (1.5
years). The ceremony
was held in Ramsingh-
pura, the native village
of Kunji Lal Meena,
Principal Secretary,
Sawai Madhopur,
Bamanwas.
The statue of Moti
Lal Meena, the late fa-
ther of Kunji Lal Mee-
na, was set up by mak-
ing a temple. The statue
of Gulbai Meena has
been installed near her
husband’s statue.
Tarun Joshi
Rajsamand: In the
Budget board meeting
of Rajsamand Munici-
pal Council, there was a
scuffle among the coun-
cillors. BJP MLA Deep-
ti Maheshwari, who
was present in the meet-
ing, alleged that Con-
gress councillors threw
water at her and books,
files were thrown at
BJP councillors. The
situation became such
that the police had to
come and intervene.
Deepti said BJP Coun-
cilor Champalal raised
the question about the
budget announcements
but Chairman Ashok
Tank continued to
speak, ignoring the
voice of the BJP coun-
cillors who are not two
minutes to express
views.
In protest, BJP coun-
cilors came and sat in
the well. Slogans start-
ed from both the sides.
Despite this, Chairman
Ashok Tank continued
to read the budget pro-
posal and the budget
was passed.
Kunji Lal Meena and Parsadi Lal Meena are seen at the statue
unveiling ceremony of late Gulbai Meena.
BJP MLA Deepti Maheshwari alleged that Congress councillors
threw water and files at her.
Rajsamand MC meet
witnesses ruckus
Jaipur: Rajasthan Government is working on a
plan to regularize Madrasa Para teachers, Rajiv
Gandhi Pathshala Para teachers and education
workers. Preparations are going on to regularize
them by creating a separate cadre, sources said.
Service rules are being made for salary, promo-
tion, and pension.The finance department has
prepared the draft for the same.
GOVT MAY REGULARISE MADRASA
PARA TEACHERS, EDU WORKERS
Curbing crime
is top priority,
says IG Dutta
Tribal body
demands quota
in administrative
posts in Raj
For me, there
is no God
greater than
my parents. This is a
very proud day. When
the father’s idol was
installed, the place
was left empty . Today
mother’s idol is in-
stalled here.
—Kunji Lal Meena,
Principal Secretary
A highly moti-
vated team of
engineers and
craftsmen took this
daunting task and
pains taking efforts to
develop this world
class machine.
—AK Jain,
Managing Director
UC Dutta (right) in Jhunjhunu
Jaipur (PTI): Nine sus-
pected cow smugglers
were arrested and 59
bovines rescued in two
separate actions in
Bharatpur district, po-
lice said Sunday. A
countrymade pistol,
three empty cartridges
and five vehicles were
seized from the ac-
cused, they said. Two
cows were found dead,
the police said, adding
that the rescued ani-
mals were handed over
to a cowshed.
In the Nagar police
station area, a police
team stopped a vehicle
at a blockade for a
search on Saturday
night, but the suspected
smugglers opened fire
at the personnel, they
said. The police opened
fire in self-defence
while chasing the
smugglers and Chand
Mohammad, alias Bhu-
ra Meo, and Safi Mo-
hammad Meo were
overpowered and ar-
rested, the officials
said.One of their ac-
complices, identified as
Niyazu Meo, managed
to escape.
9 cow smugglers arrested, 59
bovines rescued in Bharatpur
Two of the accused in police custody in Bharatpur on Sunday.

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress State
President Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra and State
election in-charge San-
jay Nirupam will visit
Dausa on March 3 and
address party workers
during a meeting. Con-
gress leaders, Ministers
ParsadilalMeena,Mam-
ta Bhupesh, Murarilal
Meena,alongwith MLA
GR Khatana, office bear-
ers associated with the
Congress organisation
have been called to the
meeting.
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To be calm in your heart in the
midst of noise, trouble and work
is to be at ‘peace.’
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
First India Bureau
Alwar: Former Union
Minister Bhanwar Ji-
tendra Singh and Min-
ister of Social Justice
Empowerment Depart-
ment Tikaram Jully on
Sunday, gave Rs 25,000
each to 29 boys girls
selected by Alwar Me-
wat Education and De-
velopment Institute at
Hotel Swaroop Vilas in
Alwar city
.
They also distributed
scholarship cheques
presented digital kits of
teaching materials to 5
government schools. He
also praised the AMIED
institution for its good
work in the region.
Singh said that the
state government has
laid a special emphasis
on education. CM
Ashok Gehlot is work-
ing to provide free and
quality education. He
said that it is commend-
able that the govern-
ment is providing a
platform to the girls.
Jully said that the
CM has opened 160 new
colleges in three years
and now it has been de-
cided to upgrade each
secondary school to a
higher secondary
school.
Mins praise CM for taking steps in enhancing edu
ALL FOR EDUCATION
CongonlyOppnpartypeoplehaveexpectationsfrom:CM
Dotasra,Nirupam to visit
Dausa on March 3
From Pg 1...
may be brought to Ra-
jasthan to be kept way
from other political
parties who may at-
tempt to whisk them
away i order to form
government. In the
past, Congress has
faced such challenges
in Gujarat, MP, Maha-
rashtra and Chattis-
garh and when it came
to saving the govern-
ment or the MLAs
from horse trading,
Rajasthan became
their preferred desti-
nation where Gehlot
ensured tactical and
political support.
While speaking to
media persons, Chhat-
tisgarh CM Bhupesh
Baghel said that the dis-
cussion was held re-
garding the ongoing
election process in five
states. Moreover, the
Rajya Sabha elections
were also discussed in
the meeting.
Rajasthan Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot,
while speaking to me-
dia persons said, “De-
tailed discussion on
polls in five states and
the way forward was
done. There are chal-
lenges posed by the pre-
sent Central Govern-
ment under which the
Constitution and de-
mocracy are under
threat. Congress is the
only Opposition party
today where people
have expectations. It’s
our duty to see what we
can contribute to the
party
.”
Gehlot hailed the call
of the Rajasthan gov-
ernment’s announce-
ment on replacing the
new pension system
(NPS) with the old pen-
sion system (OPS). He
said, “Everyone was
disheartened by the de-
cision (New Pension
Scheme). You can’t fath-
om the feeling of the
people as they met me
after we took the deci-
sion (to implement Old
Pension Scheme).”
Meanwhile, Ra-
jasthan CM before leav-
ing for Jaipur, after the
meeting with Gandhis,
also met AICC Treas-
urer Pawan Bansal at
15, Gurudwara Rakab
Gunj Road, New Delhi.
Sources familiar with
the development said
the party is confident of
good performance in
two-three states, and
learning lessons from
the past are strategiz-
ing post-elections man-
agement.
Both the leaders had
an in-depth discussion
on the ongoing assem-
bly elections in five
states and the strategy
to be adopted by the
party after the an-
nouncement of results
on March 10, 2022. They
also discussed the
Chhattisgarh PCC elec-
tions and the consid-
eration of names on
vacant seats in the Ra-
jya Sabha. A senior
functionary said,
“Bhaghel discussed or-
ganizational elections
and other political is-
sues of the state. It was
decided that the pro-
cess of election in Con-
gress state’s unit would
start from April 1 this
year. The election of
Chhattisgarh block
committees of the Con-
gress party would be
held in May. At the
same time, by Septem-
ber 20, Congress will
also choose its new
state president.” “It
was also discussed that
the Congress-ruled
states would be imple-
menting the people-
friendly policies in
which Chhattisgarh’s
flagship scheme God-
han Nyay Yojana would
be implemented on pri-
ority,” sources added.
Interestingly, the is-
sue of coal mines in
Chattisgarh also came
up in the meeting,
however, both Gehlot
and Baghel did not re-
spond to the questions
on the issue posed by
the media.
ACB searching
residences, offices
of the accused...
Rajmal alias Raju
Agarwal and Laxman
Agarwal of Bhilwara
have also been arrest-
ed and are being ques-
tioned.
After questioning
the accused, searches
are being done at the
houses and places of
other suspicious offic-
ers of the department
in Bhilwara and
Udaipur under the su-
pervision of ADG
Dinesh MN.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal has
claimed that mega-pro-
jects worth about Rs
5,000 crore are under
progressinKota,includ-
ing the Chambal River
Front for Rs 1,000 crore
and after their comple-
tion, the people will wit-
ness a new and devel-
oped Kota city
. Dhariwal
was addressing a gath-
ering in the riverside
area during his visit to
hishometown,Kota. Be-
fore he visited the river-
side area, Dhariwal also
visited the Rotary Club
of Kota, where he dis-
tributed aid devices to
the differently-abled
and the elderly
.
The UDH Minister
laid the foundation of
the road from Cham-
bal’s small culvert to
BK Balaji which will
cost about Rs 4 crore.
He also laid the founda-
tion stone of the ongo-
ing project of a commu-
nity hall.
Dhariwal:Devpworksworth
`5,000crunderprogressinKota
Shanti Dhariwal lays the
foundation stone of a
Community Centre and a new
road at Bapubasti in Kota.
Bhanwar Jitendra Singh and Tikaram Jully hand over the cheques
of Rs 25,000 to a student at Hotel Swaroop Vilas in Alwar.
REET-1cutoffreleased,
appointmentslikely
beforeMarch31
BHATI: BJP MAKING IPHONE AN ISSUE
Bikaner: Energy Minister
Bhanwar Singh Bhati heard
the public’s grievances at
his residence on Sunday. In
an exclusive conversation
with First India News, Bhati
targeted the BJP, saying that
after the budget, they have
nothing left to say, so they
are making the iPhone, an
issue. The CM has even
talked about giving smart-
phones to 1 crore women.
He wants the schemes of
the government to reach the
common man. Expressing
gratitude to the Chief Minis-
ter for the announcements,
he said that Congress is giv-
ing gifts to Kolayat. Regard-
ing the Rajasthanis trapped
in Ukraine, he said the
central government needs
to show more seriousness.
—Laxman Raghav
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Expediting
the process in educa-
tion department, Ed-
ucation Minister BD
Kalla has achieved an
unimaginable feat
wherein in order to
give appointment to
the teachers from the
selected candidates
in REET level-one,
the education depart-
ment released the cut
off late on Sunday
night. Successful can-
didates can now get
appointment before
March 31. Notably,
the time taken to
reach this feat has
been merely five
months as the REET
Level-1 esam was
held on September 26
last year. Notably
, the
Directorate of Sec-
ondary Education
also opened on Sun-
day, even though it
was a holiday, to re-
lease the cutoff. The
REET Level 2 exam
issue did not over-
shadow the level 1 re-
sult and Kalla him-
self tweeted about
the release of cut off
list.
Education Minis-
ter Dr. B.D. Kalla
said, “Efforts will be
made on this basis to
give appointment as
soon as possible.
Even on a holiday
, the
Directorate of Edu-
cation has released
the cutoff after work-
ing. In future also,
the work will be done
at this pace, so that
everyone gets the ap-
pointment as soon as
possible. In this ef-
fort for 15 thousand
500 posts, double can-
didates have been in-
cluded. In such a sit-
uation, 31000 candi-
dates have been se-
lected.
GOVT IN TOUCH WITH
STUDENTS IN UKRAINE: CM
GEHLOT SPEAKS TO
RAJASTHANIS
DELHI-BASED RAJ GOVT
STAFF THANKS CM
were facing extreme cold at the
Romanian border. “Due to the cur-
rent situation in Ukraine and being
trapped there, children and their par-
ents living in India are going through
mental stress. To solve this problem,
the state government officials are in
constant contact with the Ministry of
External Affairs and these students,”
he said. Gehlot has also written a let-
ter to EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar.
New Delhi: On Sunday, CM Gehlot
spoke to Rajasthanis returning from
Ukraine over the phone from Delhi
airport. He spoke with one Ajay Singh
returning from Ukraine and inquired
about situation in Ukraine. Notably, the
Raj government has made arrange-
ments, free of cost, for the Rajasthanis
returning to India as the Rajasthan
Foundation is in constant touch with
the stranded Rajasthanis in Ukraine.
Jaipur: On Sunday, the officers em-
ployees of state government working
in Delhi, thanked CM Gehlot for the old
pension scheme other announce-
ments related to employee welfare in
state budget. They felicitated the CM
by presenting him garlands and bou-
quets and expressed their gratitude.
Govt has sensitively considered the
demand has secured future of lakhs
of employees.
PM Narendra Modi lauds R’bore people’s
participation in Swacch Bharat Mission
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi, in
the 86th Mann Ki Baat
programme on Friday,
praised the youth of
Sawai Madhopur men-
tioning the ‘Mission
Beat Plastic Rantham-
bore’ campaign. Roop
Singh Meena, who runs
Mission, said that his
relatives had com-
plained several times to
his parents saying that
their son picks up the
dirt and dirty plastic
items and urged them
to stop Meena.
However, now after
the PM’s appreciation ,
the young lad, Roop
Singh Meena has be-
come an example for
Sawai Madhopur.
During the Mann Ki
Baat programme,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said that an
inspiring example of
Sawai Madhopur in Ra-
jasthan has also come to
his notice as the youth
here have started the
Mission in Rantham-
bore, under which the
youth are collecting
plastic items and plas-
tic bags from the forests
of Ranthambore Tiger
Reserve. This spirit of
everyone’s effort
strengthens public par-
ticipation in the coun-
try, PM said. The mem-
bers of Tiger Conserva-
tion Rural Development
Committee Sawai Mad-
hopur expressed their
gratitude to the Prime
Minister for praising
the youth of Sawai
Madhopur and men-
tioning the Mission
Beat Plastic Rantham-
bore campaign.
I came across an inspirational effort in
Sawai Madhopur. The youth here are
running a campaign ‘Mission beat
plastic’ in Ranthambore. Plastic and
polythenes have been removed from forests. Such
collective efforts strengthen the spirit of people’s
participation in the country and when there is
people’s participation, we can accomplish the most
challenging goals. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
I got a call from PMO
saying that there is a
surprise for me. On
Sunday morning, PM
Modi appreciated my
efforts and its a mo-
ment which I will
cherish forever.
—Roop Singh Meena
PM Narendra Modi
GS Dotasra
BS Bhati meets the public at
Circuit House in Bikaner.
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CM Ashok Gehlot during his visit to New Delhi on Sunday,
also visited the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram to enquire
about the well being of former President of Congress’
Minority Department Nadeem Javed.
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