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Priority of Akhilesh was walls of kabristan,
not development of UP: Yogi Adityanath
Gor akhpur(ANI):
Slamming the Sama-
jwadi Party (SP), Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Sunday said
the development of the
state was never the pri-
ority of party chief
Akhilesh Yadav, who
was more interested in
building walls of ‘ka-
bristan’ (graveyards).
Addressing a public
rally at Caimpiyarganj
Assembly constituency
in Gorakhpur, the Chief
Minister said, “When I
asked an SP leader to
list development works
done under his party
, he
replied that infrastruc-
ture, medical facilities,
roads were not their
priority. He said the
party’s agenda was to
get ‘Kabristan’ bounda-
ry walls made.”
Continuing his at-
tack on the SP leader,
Adityanath said, “Ittar
Wale Mitra’ accumu-
lated the money in their
lockers, focused on
‘Sabka Saath Par Sirf
Saifai Ka Vikas’...”
He added, “If the SP
government was in
power, then COVID-19
vaccines would have
been sold in markets
and no poor person
would have got it. But
the BJP ensured that no
one was deprived of it.”
Polling for the fifth
phase of the ongoing
Assembly polls was
held on Sunday in Ayo-
dhya, Sultanpur, Chi-
trakoot, Pratapgarh,
Kaushambi, Prayagraj,
Barabaki, Bahraich,
Shrawasti, Gonda, Am-
ethi, and Raebareli dis-
tricts. As many as 692
candidates are in the
fray in the fifth phase
whose political fate will
be decided by around
2.24 crore electorate.
CM Yogi Adityanath addresses the rally at Caimpiyarganj in
Gorakhpur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Felt happy when opponents wished for my death in Kashi: Modi
Varanasi (ANI): Tak-
ing a swipe at Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) chief
Akhilesh Yadav for
“wishing his death” in
Varanasi, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Sunday said that till
his death neither the
people of Kashi will
leave him, nor will he
leave Kashi.
Addressing ‘BJP’s
Booth Vijay Samelan’
in Varanasi, the Prime
Minister said, “I do not
like to criticise anyone
personally, but when I
was publicly wished to
die in Kashi, I really
felt very happy, my
heart felt very relaxed.
I felt that even my
staunch opponents
were seeing how much
love the people of
Kashi had for me,” PM
Modi’s remarks come
on a statement by the
SP chief after the inau-
guration of the Kashi
Vishwanath Corridor
in December last year.
“Bahut achhi baat
hai. Ek Maheena na-
hin, do mahina, teen
mahina wahin rahein.
Woh jagah rahene wali
hai. Aakhri samay par
vaheen raha jata hai,
Banaras mein (It is a
very good thing. Not
just one month. He
should stay there for
two months, three
months. That’s the
place to stay. When the
end nears, that’s
where one stays - in
Banaras),” Yadav had
said.
PM Modi further
said that the party has
given him the meritori-
ous task of serving
Kashi, sitting at the
feet of Mahadev and
Mother Ganga. “The
workers of BJP work
for the country. For all
of us, it has always
been party above indi-
vidual and country
above party. We win
elections but at the
same time we win the
hearts of the people,”
he said.
Talking about Vara-
nasi, he said that the
path of development
on which the city is go-
ing forward will open
the way for the country
to be free from poverty
and crime.
The Prime Minister
also offered prayers at
the Kashi Vishwanath
temple in Varanasi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people gathered for his rally in Varanasi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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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 national leveland 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
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Lucknow: A group of 37 students
returned home in UP from Ukraine on
Sunday, with 22 of them sent in 6 In-
nova vehicles to their hometowns while
parents of 15 children took them along.
37 UP
STUDENTS
RETURN FROM
UKRAINE
‘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
PM TO ADDRESS RALLIES IN
MAHARAJGANJ, BALLIA TODAY
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will
address election rallies in Maharajganj and Ballia
districts in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP has completed all
the necessary preparations for the successful organi-
sation of the rallies, State General Secretary
and rally in-charge Anoop Gupta said.
“PM Modi will first address the joint
rally for Pharenda, Paniyara, Nautan-
wa, Siswan assembly constituencies
of Maharajganj district and Ramkola
assembly constituency of
Kushinagar district.
The rally will be held
at Ambedkar Degree
College in Maharaj-
ganj,” Gupta said.
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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PM MODI LEADS POLL CAMPAIGN
BLITZKRIEG ACROSS EASTERN UP
Va r a n a s i / B a s t i /
Deoria (PTI): Address-
ing rallies in three dif-
ferent east UP districts
on Sunday, PM Modi
continued his tirade
against rivals, saying
that the “dynasts” want
“money in their lock-
ers, Constitution in
their pocket and the
poor at their feet”.
“Previous govern-
ments focused on foreign
productsfortheircutand
commission. They made
ourarmiesdependenton
foreign companies and
destroyed the defence in-
dustry
. But we are now
making a defence corri-
dor in Uttar Pradesh,”
Narendra Modi said
during his address.
Talking about crude
oil, he said India doesn’t
have wells of oil and im-
ports it in large
amounts.
“The previous gov-
ernments didn’t focus
on ethanol as fuel,
which can be produced
from sugarcane. We are
developing infrastruc-
ture to produce ethanol
and biogas from cattle
dung. We are also try-
ing to become self-reli-
ant in edible oils. For
this, the government is
buying oil seeds from
farmers,” he said.
IPM Modi said they
were with a party in
2017 and another party
in 2019 and added “those
who cannot stay with
their friends can never
stand with the people of
the state”.
Modi also addressed
a rally in Deoria and a
BJP workers’ meeting
in Varanasi.
Modi alleged that
they shut sugar mills
and didn’t clear dues of
sugarcane farmers.
“Eighteen new medi-
cal colleges have been
made in the country
and 20 are under con-
struction. We are want
the son and daughter of
the poor to study medi-
cine and engineering in
their native languages.
This will benefit the
students who study in
Hindi-medium schools
of the area,” said Modi.
Modi also said the dy-
nasts tried to instigate
people against the coro-
navirus vaccine.
BJP supporters gather at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University ground to listen to PM Modi in Varanasi on Sunday. PM offers prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
BJP NOT A ‘PRIVATE PROPERTY’: PM MODI
INDIA FAVOURS WORLD
PEACE, SAYS RAJNATH
Bairia (PTI): In the
backdrop of Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh on Sun-
day said India fa-
vours world peace.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s role
is being appreciated
on the matter. India
is peace-lover. India
has never attacked
any country and nev-
er grabbed land of
other country
.
“We want world
peace and everyone
should accept it,” Ra-
jnath said address-
ing an election rally
here in Bairia.
He said after surgi-
cal and air strike on
Pakistan India’s im-
age changed in the
world.
“The power of
country has in-
creased. World has
got the message that
India is not to be tri-
fled with, he said.
He said soon the
country will become
self reliant in the de-
fence sector and will
become an exporter
of defence equip-
ment instead of be-
ing an importer,
which it is now.
He claimed politi-
cal analysts have
come to the conclu-
sion that BJP was
going to form next
government in the
state and people are
going to write a new
history
.
“Now triple engine
will run in UP with
Modi’s vision, Yogi’s
mission and people’s
support,” he said.
Terming PM nar-
endra Modi as “true
samajwadi’, Rajnath
said no one has re-
peated the govern-
ment in UP but BJP
is going to do it.
Rajnath Singh addresses a political rally on Sunday.
MP CM Shivraj likens Akhilesh to Aurangzeb
Mau (PTI): Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Shivraj Singh
Chouhan on Sunday
likened Samajwadi
Party president Akh-
ilesh Yadav to Aurang-
zeb, accusing him of
dethroning his father
like the Mughal em-
peror did to capture
power Addressing an
election meeting in
the Ghosi assembly
constituency, Chou-
han made the scathing
attack against Yadav
while also praising
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi as a sav-
iour , committed to
evacuating Indians
tarped in war-torn
Ukraine.
Attacking Yadav he
said, “The way (Mu-
ghal emperor) Aurang-
zeb imprisoned his fa-
ther and snatched the
reins of power, Akh-
ilesh Yadav too has
snatched the power
from his father, put
him in the house and
took control over the
party and the chair.”
Shivraj addreses media in UP.
Previous govts
gave
patronage to
mafia, Rajnath
Singh said
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a public meeting
in Gorakhpur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: Slam-
ming the opposition
over the issue of law
and order, corrup-
tion and nepotism,
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath , who
was addressing peo-
ple in Gorakhpur-
said, “SP, BSP, Con-
gress, live for their
families; they en-
couraged dynasties.
If we talk about na-
tionalism, they talk
about casteism, we
talk about develop-
ment, they talk about
religion grave-
yards.
Attacking the SP
and BSP, Adityanath
asked people if they
are getting power
supply, and dou-
ble-dose of ration
presently
. As they re-
plied in the affirma-
tive, he asked again
if they used to get it
during the previous
governments and
went on to answer,
“The previous gov-
ernments used to
like darkness and de-
struction.”
Stating that MP
Ravi Kishan has re-
mained dedicated to
the people of Gora-
khpur to solve their
issues and has al-
ways been among
them, Yogi asked peo-
ple whether they
were willing to fea-
ture in bollywood
films.
As they answered
with enthusiasm,
Yogi Adityanath said
that the upcoming
Noida Film City will
make their dreams
come true.
‘SIRF SAIFAI KA VIKAS’ IN SP RULE
SP, BSP and Congress
live for their families,
says CM in Gorakhpur
NAMASKAR!
Priyanka Gandhi during a road show at Tulispur in
Balrampur district on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘SP gave electricity on Muharram, but not during Ram Navami’
Ballia (PTI): Accusing
the Samajwadi Party
of doing appeasement
politics, Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on Sun-
day said its govern-
ment earlier did not
provide electricity to
people on Ram Navami
and Sri Krishna Jan-
motsav, but power used
to be supplied during
Muharram.
Addressing an election
meeting here, Shah if
people vote for the SP
again, electricity 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 Prime Minister Na-
rendra Modi is estab-
lishing defence indus-
try to make shells.
“The goons of Akh-
ilesh used to make ‘kat-
ta’ and bullets in Bun-
delkhand. The Sama-
jwadi Party worked to
push the youth towards
the direction of crime.
Narendra Modi has
made an arrangement
so that the ‘golaa’
(shells) made in Bun-
delkhand can give a re-
ply to Pakistan,” he
said.
‘Babaji’ will be sent to his math: Akhilesh
Gorakhpur/ Deoria
(PTI): Samajwadi Par-
ty (SP) president Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Sunday
claimed that the people
of UP have decided to
send ‘Babaji’ back to his
‘math’, apparently re-
ferring to CM Yogi.
Yogi, who was a five-
time MP from Gorakh-
pur, is the mahant of
the Gorakhnath Math.
Addressing a rally in
the Chillupar in Gora-
khpur in favour of SP
candidate Vinay Shan-
kar Tiwari, Yadav said,
“Today voting in being
held for the fifth phase
and everyone has decid-
ed to send ‘Babaji’ back
to his ‘math’.”
In Deoria, he said,
“Babaji did not give you
laptop as he does not
know how to operate it.
He even does not know
how to run a smart
phone. How can a CM
who does not know how
to run a laptop and does
not understand the im-
portance of computers
and smart phones run
the state?”
Yadav claimed that
there were no crowds
at BJP’s meetings and
chairs are being
spread out to give the
impression of a large
gathering.
Akhilesh holds a mace at a rally in Maharajganj. —PHOTO BY PTI
A youngster extending his hand
to greet Akhilesh Yadav, who,
in turn responds to his request
during a political roadshow in
Gorakhpur on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Amit Shah during a political rally on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

UTTAR PRADESH
03
Lucknow (PTI): Ask-
ing the people to think
about what they are vot-
ing for, Congress leader
P Chidambaram on
Sunday said the Yogi
Adityanath model of
government had made
the state poorer, adding
40 per cent to UP’s debt.
Batting for his party,
Chidambaram said that
the Congress’ slogan
Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti
Hoon’ has added a new
dimension to the goal of
gender equality in elec-
tions.
What are you voting
for? Chidambaram
sought to know from
the people, and said Ad-
ityanath’s model of gov-
ernance was a mix of
authoritarianism, fan-
ning religious hatred,
perpetuating caste en-
mity, police excesses
and gender violence .
“This model has
made the state poorer
and kept a majority of
the people of UP poor, “
he said, adding the
state’s outstanding debt
was Rs 6.62 lakh crore.
Hailing the people of
UP as the most hard-
working, he said, “You
have sent eight PMs to
Delhi and all of them
were honourable peo-
ple. And if Narendra
Modi is added to the
list, he will be the ninth.
Yet, UP is poor, its peo-
ple are poor and on
many economic and so-
cial indicators, the state
is at the bottom.”
Stating that it was a
hard-fought election,
Chidambaram said
there were four key
players, and each had
its own strength and
appeal.
“The Congress has,
after a long interval,
planted its flag in all the
403 constituencies and
has fielded candidates
in all 403 constituen-
cies. It has given a new
dimension to the goal of
gender equality in elec-
tions. Its slogan of Mai
Ladki Hoon, Mai Lad
Sakthi Hoon has
brought new energy to
the campaign,” he said.
Praising Congress
leader Priyanka Gand-
hi Vadra, the former fi-
nance minister said she
had campaigned tire-
lessly throughout the
length and breadth of
the vast state.
Yogi govt model all about gender violence, religious hatred, police excesses:PC
VOTING FOR WHAT?
lll
Former Finance
Minister says
people of UP
made poorer by
BJP, state’s
outstanding
debts over ` 6.6
lakh crore
Congress leader P Chidambaram in Lucknow on Sunday.
VOTING DAY
(Clockwise from far left): A woman shows
her inked finger at a ‘pink booth’ for women
voters in Amethi. A girl carries a woman
voter on bicycle to the polling station in
Barabanki. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
personnel assist an elderly woman voter.
Mahant Ramnujacharya and others after
casting their vote in Ayodhya. Voters in
Ayodhya. Women voters showing their voter
ID card at a booth in Barabanki. Women
voters show their ink marked fingers after
casting their vote in Prayagraj.
STRENGTHENING
DEMOCRACY...
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: A group of 37 students, residents of UP
reached New Delhi airport from Ukraine where they
were welcomed by Resident Commissioner 1986 batch
IAS officer Prabhat Sarangi, IAS officer of 2000 batch
Dhanalakshmi K and Addl Resident Commissioner
Soumya Srivastava of 2014 batch. CS Durga Shakar
Mishra also took stock of the preparations after meet-
ing with the officers of UP at New Delhi airport.
Prayagraj: One person was killed while one other se-
verely injured in an explosion near Divisional Revenue
Training Institute in Gausnagar Kareli here. Police said
a country-made bomb exploded in a bag carried by a
man near Gausiya school. The man was scattered in
pieces while one other was severely injured, sources
said adding the blast occurred near a polling booth
which created panic in the area. SSP Ajay Kumar said
Arjun Kol of Ramgarh under Koraon died while another
youth identified as Sanajy Kol was severely injured.
Probe was started and suspects were interrogated.
BODY OF WOMAN
FOUND, SECOND
CASE IN SAME AREA
Unnao: The body of a
woman was found in a
garbage near a factory
under Jajmau police
post area. Police said
that initial investigations
revealed that woman’s
head was crushed and
her acid was poured on
her face to destroy her
identity. Forensic depart-
ment team has collected
evidences from the
crime scene and police
was trying to ascertain
her identity. It was re-
ported that it was second
body in same area which
has raised questions on
police department.
AMRY MAN’S
HOUSE BURGLED
IN LUCKNOW
Lucknow: Criminals
targetted the residence
of an army personal
and looted valuables of
over Rs 15 lakh after
making his wife and two
children captive in Sainik
Nagar under PGI police
station area. Police said
Anita Tewari, wife of
army man Arvind Tewari
filed complaint in PGI
police station that some
criminals barged into her
house late in night and
took her and their chil-
dren captive. She said
the criminals sprayed
some liquid which made
her unconscious.
37 UTTAR PRADESH STUDENTS REACH
BACK HOME FROM WAR-TORN UKRAINE
ONE KILLED, ONE SEVERELY INJURED IN
EXPLOSION, SUSPECTS INTERROGATED
CLAIMS COUNTER-CLAIMS HOG LIMELIGHT...
... As leaders vote in 5th phase polls
Barabanki (ANI):
Congress leader PL
Punia on Sunday
who cast his vote at
a polling booth in
Barabanki in the fifth
Assembly polls in
UP, attacked the BJP
saying state people
have decided to oust
the party from the
state. Speaking to
Media, Punia said the
BJP is losing that’s
why all leaders from
Prime minister Nar-
endra Modi to party
national president JP
Nadda campaigned
here. “The BJP thinks
that it is weak and is
losing. So they (BJP)
brought everyone
to campaign-from
PM Narendra Modi
to Home Minister
Amit Shah and their
national president JP
Nadda.
Prayagraj (ANI):
Cabinet Minister
and BJP candidate
from Allahabad West
constituency Sidharth
Nath Singh who cast
his vote on Sunday at
Jwala Devi Saraswati
Vidya Mandir Inter
College, said the BJP
will cross the 300-
mark and retain power.
Singh after casting his
vote while speaking to
reporters here today
said, “We’ll cross 300-
mark and form govt
again. People have
to make a decision
and they’ll vote for
development works.”
Earlier in the day,
Singh and his family
offered prayers at Baba
Mandir in Prayagraj
as voting in the fifth
phase of the Assembly
polls took place.
Amethi (ANI): Amid the
polling for the fifth phase
of the Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly elections, ‘Raja
of Amethi’ Sanjay Sinh,
who is contesting from
the Amethi Assembly
constituency expressed
his confidence that the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) would be voted
to power in the state
once again. Sanjay Sinh
belongs to Amethi’s
royal family. He’s the BJP
nominee from the Amethi
Assembly seat. Speaking
to reporters, he said,
“Amethi has never been
anyone’s bastion, be it
Gandhis or anyone else.
It has always belonged
to the people...This is a
war against oppressors.”
Sinh’s wife, Amita Singh,
a former badminton
player, lent her support
to her husband in the
poll campaign.
Pratapgarh(ANI): Con-
gress candidate from
Rampur Khas, Aradhana
Misra cast her vote in
Sangramgarh on Sunday.
She expressed confidence
that the Congress will win
the UP elections. “Biggest
power in a democracy is
your vote. Vote for the
country and your own
future,” Misra said. The
Congress leader said
people of Rampur Khas
will create history again
by voting for Congress.
She said, “We went to
the public with issues of
farmers, youth, women
security, and inflation.
People of Uttar Pradesh
will place their trust in
Congress.”
Pratapgarh (ANI): Jansat-
ta Dal Loktantrik’s (JDL)
Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias
‘Raja Bhaiya’ on Sunday
said the only challenge for
him was to break his own
victory margin record in
Kunda constituency. He
cast his vote at a polling station in Benti on Sunday.
Singh said breaking his own victory margin record
remains the only challenge for him. Singh had won
with a margin of 1.04 lakh votes in the 2017 UP
polls. He remains undefeated from the constituency,
winning in 1993, 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012 2017 as
Independent. He formed his party JDL in 2018.
Prayagaraj (ANI): BJP
MP from Prayagaraj LS
constituency Rita Bahu-
guna Joshi on Sunday
cast her vote in the fifth
polls in Uttar Pradesh
and asserted that her
party would win more
than 300 seats in the 403-seat Assembly in the
state. Speaking after casting her vote, Joshi said,
“The ground feedback is clear that the people are
leaning towards the BJP. We are expecting 70 per
cent voters’ turnout (in this phase) in Prayagraj
and we will win all seats from here.”
Pratapgarh (ANI): Senior Congress leader Pramod
Tiwari on Sunday alleged that “mafia and criminals
entered politics in UP after the BJP and BSP formed
an alliance to form government in the state in 1996”.
Speaking to the media, the Congress leader charged,
“In 1996 when the BJP-BSP formed government, 21
ministers were mafias with criminal backgrounds.
The BJP is responsible for Mafiawad in UP. The BJP
should be blamed for the criminalisation of politics in
the state.” Tiwari said Rajnath Singh had replied that
everything was fair in politics when he was the CM
after he had levelled the allegations of the BJP fielding
criminals in politics in the state Assembly.
‘PEOPLE DECIDED
ON OUSTING BJP’
WE’LL CROSS 300:
SIDHARTH NATH
‘AMETHI WAS NEVER
ANYONE’S BASTION’
‘PEOPLE WILL PLACE
TRUST IN CONGRESS’
BREAKING MY OWN VICTORY MARGIN
ONLY CHALLENGE: RAJA BHAIYA
BJP WILL SWEEP PRAYAGRAJ, GROUND
FEEDBACK CLEAR: RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI
BJP RESPONSIBLE FOR ‘MAFIAWAD’ IN UP POLITICS: TIWARI
Kaushambi(ANI):Dep-
uty Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh Keshav
Prasad Maurya on Sun-
day offered prayers at
his residence as the vot-
ing for the fifth phase of
Assembly polls in the
state got underway .
He said that the peo-
ple of the constituency
would make the “son of
Sirathu win” with a big
margin of votes.
Maurya is contesting
from the Sirathu As-
sembly constituency in
the Kaushambi district
as a Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) nominee.
Polling took place in
61 constituencies, in-
cluding the Sirathu As-
sembly seat, spread
across 12 districts of
the state.
Speaking to report-
ers here on Sunday,
Maurya said, “I believe
that the people of Sir-
athu will help bloom
Lotus and make the son
of Sirathu win with a
big margin of votes.”
The DyCM further
said, the BJP govern-
ment in the state led by
CM Yogi had been
working for the welfare
of the 24 crore people
of UP. That was why
people had made up
their mind to make the
Lotus bloom.”
People will make ‘son of Sirathu’ win with a big
margin, says DyCM Keshav Prasad on voting day
—PHOTO BY PTI
—PHOTO BY PTI —PHOTO BY PTI
—PHOTO BY PTI
—PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTO BY PTI

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.
FEB 23,
2022
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Nagar, Dudouli Road, Madiyaon, Lucknow (UP).
Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
Editor: Vishal Srivastav responsible for
selection of news under the PRB Act
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INDIA
05
Berlin: More than
100,000 people protest-
ed in solidarity with
Ukraine in Berlin on
Sunday, calling for the
end of Russia’s inva-
sion and saying histo-
ry should not repeat
itself.
Train and under-
ground service was
interrupted in some
parts of the German
capital as thousands
made their way to the
Brandenburg Gate in
central Berlin, near
the Russian embassy.
The crowd of pro-
testers bearing signs
reading: “Stop the
War”, “Putin’s last
war” and “We stand
with Ukraine” along
with Ukrainian and
European Union flags,
extended from the Vic-
tory Column in the
heart of the capital.
The protest comes as
Russia’s attack on
Ukraine entered its
fourth day, triggering
three sanctions pack-
age from Germany and
its Western allies and
pushing Berlin to shift
its decades-long policy
of not exporting arms
to conflict zones.
“Ukrainians: You’re
welcome here!” shout-
ed one of the speakers
as the crowd cheered.
More than 368,000
refugees, mainly wom-
en and children, have
fled the fighting into
neighbouring coun-
tries, the UN refugee
agency said on Sunday,
citing data provided
by national authori-
ties. The police had
expected some 20,000
people to participate
in the protest but esti-
mated that the number
of people who have
taken part is a “six-
digit figure”, adding
that more people were
still flocking to the
demonstration.
Massive Berlin protest as ‘over 1 lakh march’ in Ukraine solidarity
STOP THE WAR

More than
368,000
refugees, mainly
women and
children, have
fled the
fighting into
neighbouring
countries
Hyderabad (Agencies):
Political consultant and
strategist Prashant
Kishor appears to have
started the ground work
to prepare a strategy for
Telangana’srulingparty
TRS for the next year’s
Assembly election.
He, along with actor-
politician Prakash Raj,
visited the Mallanna Sa-
gar reservoir in Siddipet
district on Sunday
.
The visit comes amid
speculationsthattheTel-
angana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) has hired Kishor
to evolve a strategy for
next elections.
They are understood
to have discussed plans
for 2023 Assembly polls
and also Rao’s proposed
front against the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP).
PK is believed to have
provided the outcome of
a preliminary survey re-
portedly done by his
team in other states to
the TRS chief’s idea of a
national alternative.
As part of his efforts
to cobble together a
front,KCRvisitedMum-
bai a week ago and
called on Maharashtra
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray and Nation-
alist Congress Party
leader Sharad Pawar.
Telangana polls 2023: Kishor
begins groundwork for TRS
As part of his efforts to cobble together a front, CM KCR visited Mumbai a week ago
Political strategist Prashant Kishor with actor Prakash Raj in Hyderabad.
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
The crowd of
protesters were
carrying signs
reading: “Stop the
War”, “Putin’s
last war” and
“We stand with
Ukraine”.
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-
taryRandeepSinghSur-
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
,and hewon’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
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NEWS
07
MANAPPURAM
GOLD ROBBERY:
REWARD OF 1
LAKH TO AGRA
POLICE TEAM
Narendra alias Lala, the
mastermind of robbing 19 kg
of gold in the branch of
Manappuram Gold Loan
Company in Kamla Nagar, Agra,
was arrested on 17 July 2021 in
South 24 Parganas district of
West Bengal. He had a reward of
Rs 1 lakh on him. His mother
Rajkumari and brother Arun have
also been held. A reward of Rs
25,000 each was announced on
both of them. Police have
recovered 2.50 kg gold from
Narendra alias Lala. Along with
this, ACS Home and DGP have
announced a reward of 1 lakh
each to the Agra Police team on
the arrest of the vicious robber.
During interrogation, the vicious
crook Narendra told that after
committing the robbery, he took a
house on rent in South 24
Parganas of West Bengal where
he was hiding his identity
opened a grocery store. During
this time he also changed many
places. After playing hide seek
with the police for almost seven
months, Narendra Lala finally got
caught by the police. At present,
the police have brought Narendra,
his mother, and his brother to
Agra on transit remand. Police
have recovered 2.50 kg of gold
from Narendra. The police are still
looking for one more accused in
this case. A reward of Rs 25,000
has also been announced on the
absconding accused.
—Preeti Nagia
VOTE ONLY TO
STRENGTHEN
YOURSELF:
AIMIM CHIEF TO
VOTERS
In the bastion of Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath, the AIMIM
Chief Asaduddin Owaisi urged
the people not to vote helplessly
but to vote to strengthen
themselves. Addressing a public
meeting here at Baale ka Maidan
on Sunday Owaisi said “ You
have to choose and make a
decision for your coming
generation so don’t hesitate in
breaking the shackles and come
forward to elect a government
that can work for the all-round
development of weaker sections
including Muslims”. Coming
down heavily on Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath, he recalled that
when people of this region were
crying for oxygen, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath was busy in
Assembly elections of West
Bengal. He also said Adityanath
takes his name several times a
day but he did not take care of
people facing hardships in
earning their livelihood. Owaisi
said that the distribution of
grains worth Rs 600 cannot
change the fate of the people but
a sincere decision of voting for
themselves is vital for
them. Targetting the other
secular parties he said other
party’s Member of Parliament
prefer to skip the debate and
recalled that it is AIMIM that has
strongly opposed the Prime
Minister and BJP government on
various issues.
—Qazi Abdur Rahman
RAISINGAWARENESSFORENVIRONMENTPROTECTION
Pratapgarh (PTI): As
the fifth round of as-
sembly polls was held
in Uttar Pradesh on
Sunday, it was a day of
double excitement for
18-year-old Gem Mish-
ra, who lives with his
family in a quaint
neighbourhood of Prat-
apgarh district. As ex-
cited as he was for be-
ing a first-time voter,
Gem was equally exhil-
arated about becoming
part of ‘Green Voting’
-- a plantation drive
conducted on the poll-
ing day by a local envi-
ronment protection
group. “Loktantra maz-
boot karna hai aur sri-
shti bhi (We have to
strengthen the democ-
racy and the nature,
too), Gem, said a sec-
ond-year B.Sc student
at Babu Sant Baksh
College in Lilapur.
After casting his vote
in the morning in the
Raniganj assembly con-
stituency, the first-time
voter said he was very
excited as he rushed
home to plant a guava
sapling. “A politician is
one who leads the coun-
try. Their role is signif-
icant and we need to
elect the right leader
who could take us col-
lectively forward, guide
us,” Gem said. Like
Gem, hundreds of vot-
ers, including first-tim-
ers, in Pratapgarh
pledged to plant a tree
after casting their vote
through an initiative of
‘Paryavaran Sena’,
aimed at raising aware-
ness for voter turnout
as well as climate
change. Ajay Kumar Ti-
wari alias Ajay Kranti-
kaari’, the chief of Pa-
ryavaran Sena, said he
had started working for
environment two de-
cades ago and had been
campaigning to raise
awareness towards pro-
tecting nature and cli-
mate change. “The gov-
ernment does what it
has to do but we know
the nature would be de-
stroyed if people do not
wake up to the situa-
tion, said the 45-year-old
social worker lawyer.
“There are several
types of sena’ in the
country
. The sena’ for
protecting the country is
thereof coursebutsever-
al had come up for politi-
cal activities in recent
years. It struck me then
about forming a sena’
that would protect the
nature, he said. The Pa-
ryavaran Sena was
formedonAugust9,2002,
he said, adding since
then the outfit, which
has thousands of volun-
teers, has been working
for environment protec-
tion. He recalled how a
former Pratapgarh dis-
trictmagistratewhowas
impressed by his outfit’s
work had called him
Ajay Krantikaari (revo-
lutionary), a moniker
which has now become
part of his identity
. Over
the years, Ajay and his
outfit also joined forced
with the district admin-
istration for various so-
cialcampaignsincluding
those on elections and
voting.
The outfit is running
the Green Voting’ cam-
paign, which aims at
raisingawarenessforen-
vironment protection
among people as well
about the significance of
voting in a democracy
.
‘Green Voting’ - Combining votes and plants to save democracy and nature in the poll-bound state
‘Green Voting’ is a plantation drive conducted on the polling
day by a local environment protection group.
‘A DEMOCRACY, A NATION THE WORLD
WOULD SURVIVE IF NATURE SURVIVES’
The Paryavaran sainiks’ are going across district,
including villages, to raise awareness for voting,
and telling them how to make the day memorable
for themselves, Ajay said. The Paryavaran Sena
had worked during the 2019 general elections
and the 2017 state assembly elections also, with
a mission to aware people and encourage them
for 100 per cent voting, he said. If more people
vote, it will save the democracy. But a democracy,
a nation and world would only survive if the nature
survives, Ajay said. ‘We conceptualized a method
to link voting with plantation. We coined a slogan
Button Dabaao, Ped lagaao, Loktantra Va Srishti
Bachao’, he said.
Candidate,
supporters
of SP booked
for assault
Gonda (PTI):
Hours before Gon-
da went to polls on
Sunday, Samajwa-
di Party candidate
from Colonelganj
Assembly constit-
uency
, his brothers
supporters were
booked for alleged-
ly raping a woman
andbeatingherup.
Police said they
booked SP candi-
dateYogeshPratap
Singh and others
on Saturday night
after they alleged-
ly barged into the
residence of the
woman, assault-
edherherfamily
members for sup-
porting the BJP’.
The woman was
cooking at her
house. Singh, his 2
brothers and sup-
porters barged
into her house and
picked up a
fight.
When her fami-
ly members resist-
ed, they were beat-
en up. SP Santosh
Mishra said 2 per-
sons are in
custody
.
SP candidate’s convoy attacked
Pratapgarh (PTI): Sa-
majwadi Party candi-
date Gulshan Yadav’s
convoy was attacked by
some people in Kunda
area of the district on
Sunday, police said. Ya-
dav’s supporters
claimed that he sus-
tained minor injuries
in the incident some
vehicles were damaged.
Yadav is contesting
from Kunda as a SP can-
didate against Jansatta
Dal candidate Raghuraj
Pratap Singh alias Raja
Bhaiya. Circle officer,
Kunda, Ajit Kumar said
some persons attacked
Yadav’s convoy when it
reached Pahadpur
Banohi polling centre,
damaging some vehi-
cles. Yadav’s security
personnel saved him, he
said, adding a probe is
underway.Voting is un-
derway in Pratapgarh
since 7 am and will con-
tinue till 6 pm.
FOR THE 1ST TIME IN NEARLY 3 DECADES
ANOTHER ELECTION DAY
AT ‘VILLAGE OF TWINS’
Prayagraj (PTI): Amit
and Vipin might have
raised some eyebrows
when they cast their
vote at a booth in Mo-
hammadpur Umri vil-
lage here on Sunday.
They have an uncanny
resemblance to each
other. Amit and Vipin
are twins and
Prayagraj’s Moham-
madpur Umri is called
a “village of twins”.
A day before the poll-
ing, PTI met came
across at least 10 twins,
and local people say
there are about 30 such
pairs in the village,
where around 1,000 peo-
ple live. Villagers say,
over the years, several
experts have visited the
village, taking blood
and saliva samples, to
understand the phe-
nomenon. Outsiders
sometimes call the place
a “haunted village”.
Amit says he was pulled
up by security person-
nel in the last elections
when he went to a poll-
ing booth to vote. The
security personnel took
him for his brother Vip-
in, saying he has al-
ready voted, says Amit.
Amit says luckily his
brother and mother
were around, who ex-
plained to the BSF per-
sonnel that they are
twins. Another resident
admits having voted
twice on numerous oc-
casions even though he
was challenged once by
the media. He says they
manage to erase “indel-
ible ink”.
Mohammad Hassan
wasn’t as lucky as his
brother Mohammad Re-
han this time. Hassan
couldn’t vote as his
name was missing in
the voters’ list. Rehan
says several scientists
in the past visited the
village, taking their sa-
liva and blood samples
to understand why so
many twins took birth
here. But till now it is a
mystery, he says. Local
residents rubbish the
claims that their village
is a “haunted one”. The
only thing we can say is
that it is a blessing from
Allah,” Ashar and Ir-
ma’s mother says.
30-year-old twins Vipin Kumar and Amit Kumar show their fingers
marked with indelible ink after casting vote in Prayagraj on Sunday.
Narendra alias Lala with his mother and brother
SP candidate Gulshan Yadav (L) Indpendent MLA Raja Bhaiya
Yogesh Pratap Singh
Pvtunivchancellorshot
deadbybike-bornemen
Bareilly (PTI): Chan-
cellor of Bareilly Inter-
national University Dr
Keshav Kumar Agarw-
al was shot at by two
bike-borne men in
Baradari area, police
said on Sunday. Dr
Agarwal, a renowned
surgeon, was returning
from a temple on Satur-
day night when the two
men opened fire at him
near Ekta crossing,
they said. The bullet
hit his jaw. He is under-
going treatment, the
police said. Senior su-
perintendent of police
Rohit Singh Sajwan
said attempts are on to
nab those involved in
the attack.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY
KILLING MOTHER, INJURING FATHER
Bulandshahr (PTI):
A woman died and her
husband sustained a
critical injury on the
head after they re-
ceived bullet shots in
Khurja Junction out-
post area here, police
said on Sunday. The
deceased is identified
as Manjudevi (55), a
resident of Vimala
Nagar Colony. Her
husband Omprakash
sustained a bullet in-
jury on the back of his
head. He was referred
to a hospital in
Meerut, Senior Super-
intendent of Police
Santosh Kumar Singh
said. Omprakash had
sold his land for Rs
12.5 lakh. Using this
money, he bought a
piece of land else-
where and was spend-
ing the remaining
money on one of his
two sons and daugh-
ters-in-law. This en-
raged the other son
Yatendra, who picked
up fights regularly
with the elderly cou-
ple, police said quot-
ing the neighbours.
One of their
sons has been
taken into
custody on the
suspicion of
opening fire at
them, cops said.
1 PILGRIM KILLED, THREE
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Muzaffarnagar (PTI):
A pilgrim from Delhi,
en route to Haridwar,
was killed while three
others sustained inju-
ries after a car rammed
into their motorcycles
in Budhana police sta-
tion area here, the po-
lice said on Sunday
.
They identified the
deceased as Sanjiv, a
resident of Moham-
madpur in Delhi. His
friends Manoj, Ankit
and Rohit, who sus-
tained injuries, are re-
ceiving treatment, the
police said.
The four men were
travelling on two mo-
torcycles from Delhi to
Haridwar in Uttara-
khand to collect Ganga
water on the occasion
of Maha Shivaratri.
When they neared
the check post on the
Budhana-Baraut road,
the speeding car
rammed into their ve-
hicles, the police said.
A case has also been
registered against the
car driver, as per re-
ports, they said.

COVID-19
UPDATE
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TOTAL DEATHS
365,406,026
TOTAL RECOVERED
63,844,358
ACTIVE CASES
435,215,935
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
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2NDFRONT
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
First India Bureau
Agra: The three-day
Urs of Mughal emperor
Shah Jahan at the Taj
Mahal began on Sun-
day with the ceremony
of Ghusl. On the first
day at two o’clock in the
afternoon the doors of
the cellar under the
main tomb were
opened.
The graves of Shah
Jahan and Mumtaz in
the basement were
coated with sandal-
wood after ghusl.
Flowers were offered.
After this Fatiha was
read. During this, Se-
nior Conservation As-
sistant of Archaeolog-
ical Survey of India
(ASI) Prince Vajpayee,
Rajkumar Kapoor,
Chairman of Urs Com-
mittee Syed Ibrahim
Zaidi, Syed Munaw-
war Ali, Tahiruddin
Tahir, Arif Taimuri
etc. were present.
Tourists were given
free entry to the Taj Ma-
hal from 2 pm on Sun-
day. This allowed tour-
ists to see the tombs of
Shah Jahan and Mum-
taz in the basement be-
low the main dome.
On Sunday, a large
number of tourists
came to see the Taj Ma-
hal. Tourists will get
free entry to the Taj
Mahal from 2 pm on
Mondays and through-
out the day on Tues-
days. On the third day
i.e. on March 1, a color-
ful sheet of cloth sym-
bolizing the harmony
of all religions will be
offered.
Khuddam-e-Ro za
Committee President
Haji Tahiruddin Tahir
told that a colorful
sheet of cloth is being
prepared for ‘Chadar-
poshi’ in Urs. This cha-
dar will be taken to the
Taj Mahal from the Ha-
numan temple located
at the southern gate .
All the preparations
have been done for the
Urs. Corona protocol
will be strictly followed.
ASI superintendent ar-
chaeologist Rajkumar
Patel says that guide-
lines have been issued
regarding Urs.
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: In the third
polls in UP, Yadav vot-
ers were in an influen-
tial position in deciding
the results of many
seats, now non-Yadav
OBC voters are in a de-
cisive role in the ongo-
ing last phases being
held in Purvanchal. Po-
litical parties took spe-
cial care of these caste
equations while decid-
ing their candidates.
According to demo-
graphic data, of the
nearly 52 per cent OBC
population, around 43
per cent are from
non-Yadav castes. By
making an impact on
the big chunk of these
non-Yadav voters, BJP
has set records of victo-
ry in the 2017 assembly
and 2019 Lok Sabha
elections. In this elec-
tion too, the BJP, follow-
ing this tried-and-tested
formula, fielded 130
non-Yadav candidates,
out of which only four
belong to the Yadav
community. Influential
OBC leaders of the BJP
camp like Deputy CM
Keshav Prasad Maurya,
party state president
Swatantra Dev Singh,
Santosh Gangwar, San-
jeev Balyan, Anil Ra-
jbhar, Mukut Bihari
Verma and Laxmi
Narayan Chaudhary
were given the task of
making inroads among
the OBC voters.
Whereas, Akhilesh
Yadav adopted the same
formula to compete
with the BJP, for this
the party forged alli-
ances with small par-
ties having influence
among non-Yadav OBC
voters. BJP’s old allies
Omprakash Rajbhar,
Swami Prasad Maurya,
Dharam Singh Saini
and Dara Singh Chou-
han were included in
SP camp, at the same
time, SP chief also suc-
ceeded in bringing vet-
eran OBC leaders of
BSP like Lalji Verma,
Ramachal Rajbhar into
his party fold.
Lucknow(PTI): The vi-
tal 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. Despite
clean water and air be-
ing the mainstay of life,
major political parties,
except for the Samajwa-
di Party, Congress and
the Rashtriya Lok Dal,
have not included the
issue of environmental
protection prominently
in their election mani-
festos.
Even for the parties
that mentioned it, the
concern for environ-
ment remains on paper
as everyone is busy
talking about Jinnah,
Pakistan, vote bank
politics and ‘pariwar-
vad’ to sway voters to
their sides. Akhilesh
Yadav has a degree in
environmental engi-
neering from Australia
but his party manifesto
just has a reference
about climate issue
sans any major an-
nouncement 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 men-
tioned cleaning of the
river Ganga but has not
mentioned anything
about countering cli-
mate change.
Senior state BJP
leader and State Pollu-
tion Control Board
chairman JPS Rathore
told PTI 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 is-
sue of environmental
protection will become
the public’s issue after
10 years.
Right now, employ-
ment and development
are the main issues for
the people.” Asked why
the BJP is not making
climate change an issue
of political discourse
despite being a major
political party, Rathore
said, “We are serious
about it and are doing
concrete work at the
ground level. But right
now it is for the people.
It won’t become an is-
sue as other things are
more necessary for
them at the moment.”
Significantly, in the Air
Quality Index, various
cities of UP are still on
the top in terms of pol-
lution. Among these,
Lucknow and Ghazia-
bad are prominent.
Shah Jahan’s Urs begins with Ghusl ceremony, free entry in Taj
FESTIVE VIBES

From 28 Feb,
the visitors will
be allowed to
enter from 2 pm
till sunset and
on March 1, the
free entry will be
from sunrise to
sunset
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) employees and others arrive at Taj Mahal to perform a ritual on
the annual Urs of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, in Agra on Sunday.
NON-YADAV OBC
VOTE IS DECIDER
PM Narendra Modi greets Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, the BJP’s most prominent
non-Yadav OBC face, at a public rally in Varanasi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
ELECTION LAST LEG
1. Congress state
president Ajay Kumar
Lallu and BSP state
president Bhim
Rajbhar also belong
to the Nan-Yadav
OBC community.
Party coordinators
Narendra Kushwaha,
Vinay Kashyap, Suresh
Kashyap are toiling
hard to connect OBC
voters with BSP.
2. Among the fifteen
OBC leaders who got
ministerial portfolios in
the previous Akhilesh
government, there
were many faces of the
Yadav community.
MEN ON JOB
Poll agenda lacks climate change concern
Azamgarh residents angry
with hurtful ‘terror tag’
The issues which are
important have to be
taken forward. Envi-
ronmental protection
will become a public
issue after 10 years.
Ashok Singh
State Congress spokesperson
VOTING SPIRIT
A specially-abled voter arrives to cast his vote at a polling
booth for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly
elections, in Barabanki on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Sanjar pur(PTI):
Once known as the
birthplace of literary
giants such as Shibli
Nomani, Ayodhya
Singh Upadhyay
‘Hariaudh’ and Kaifi
Azmi, Azamgarh is
now grappling with
the “terror hub” tag
following the 2008
Ahmedabad serial
bomb blasts case ver-
dict with its residents
lamenting that the
stigma has stunted
growth prospects of
the youth.
Residents of San-
jarpur and Sarai
Meer villages of
Azamgarh slam label-
ling of the district by
some quarters as be-
ing a breeding ground
of terrorists and say
that politicians
“coined terms like
terror factory” for po-
litical gain. The ‘ter-
ror link’ of Azamgarh
has also made it to the
UP assembly election
campaign discourse
with Yogi accusing
the Samajwadi party
govt of “protecting
terrorists” during its
tenure.
He has alleged that
the father of one of
those convicts hav-
ing a connection
with Azamgarh is an
active Samajwadi
Party worker. Abdul
Baqi, an agricultur-
ist from Sanjarpur
village, said associat-
ing of Azamgarh
with terrorism loose-
ly over the years had
defamed it and made
it difficult for young-
sters to get a job else-
where.
“There are already
so many biases and
now with all this ter-
ror talk after the
blasts case verdict, it
is going to get
almost impossible
for children from our
village to get a job in
places like Delhi. Pol-
iticians use such la-
bels of terrorism to
score political points,
but in the end it just
defames and harms
prospects of scores
of innocents,” Baqi
told.
Echoing similar
sentiments, Shah
Alam, who has a shop
of biscuits and baked
items, also lamented
that the terror tag
had damaged the rep-
utation of many from
the district and ham-
pered job prospects.
Mau(PTI): Derided by
the BJP as a mascot of
the criminal-and-mafia
raj during Akhilesh Ya-
dav’s previous rule in
UP
, jailed don-politician
Mukhtar Ansari is out
of the poll fray this time
and his son is instead
contesting as the oppo-
sition alliance candi-
date in his Mau seat.
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah and oth-
er BJP leaders have
been taking Mukhtar
Ansari’s name to attack
the Samajwadi Party on
the issue of law and or-
der and how the Yogi
govt ran bulldozers on
his properties.
Mukhtar Ansari’s
30-year-old son Abbas
Ansari has been fielded
in the election by the
SP’s ally SBSP of Om
Prakash Rajbhar as the
coalition nominee in
the seat, where voting
will take place in the
seventh and last phase
on March 7.
Om Prakash Rajbhar
had earlier declared
Mukhtar Ansari as his
party’s candidate in the
seat, but when the pro-
cess of nomination be-
gan in the seventh
phase, Abbas Ansari
filed his nomination pa-
pers instead.
The BJP and BSP
candidates have been
making an issue out of
Mukhtar Ansari’s crim-
inal image and have ap-
pealed to people to free
Mau from the mafia.
Abbas quotes data
from the NCRB to claim
that there has been a
huge increase in the
crime rate in Uttar
Pradesh in the last five
years. Though he is the
face, the force behind
the son in the polls re-
mains the father.
Priyanka Gandhi consoles a child during a protest against the
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Azamgarh.
Akhilesh Yadav during the party joining ceremony of Mukhtar
Ansari’s brother Sigbatullah Ansari and nephew Mannu Ansari, at
SP office in Lucknow. —PHOTO BY ANI
Sanjarpur
village hogged
the limelight as
a “terror hub”
after the 2008
Batla House
encounter
Ansari not in fray but still remains in limelight

he Jaipur Winter
Polo Season 2022
came to an end with
the final match of
the Carysil Jaipur
Open for HH Briga-
dier Maharaja Sawai
Bhawani Singh, MVC being
played at the Rajasthan Polo
Club on Sunday. This 16 goal
tournament concluded with
the Vimal Arion Achievers
defeating Sona Polo by one
goal to claim the trophy
.
This tournament was the
highlight of the Jaipur Polo
Season and its finale was just
as spectacular with 3 players
scoring hattricks in one
match! But without any doubt
the hero of the evening was
Padmanabh Singh of the erst-
while royal family of Jaipur.
Jagdeesh Chandra graced
the event as the special guest
and congratulated the win-
ning team.
Singer, Harman Kaur per-
formed various popular
songs. The trophy was award-
ed to the winner and runner-
up teams of the tournament
by Jagdeesh Chandra,
popular cine actor Zayed
Khan along with Ravindra
Singal, ADG Maharashtra
Police and Vinita Singal,
Principal Secy Maharashtra
as well as Chirag Parekh,
M.D Acrysil Ltd Sheetal
Parekh, and also Narendra
Singh and Digvijay Singh.
The winning team had Raj
Sports Min Ashok Chandna,
Padmanabh Singh, Juan Cruz
Losada and Chris Mackenzie.
Veteran film-maker and pro-
ducer, Akbar Khan, well
know musicians DJ Aqeel
and Malaika Parekh Khan
were also present at the
presentation ceremony.
The match saw many
faces from the Pink
City's glitterati to
cheer the teams such
as Rajeev Arora,
Bhim Singh, Dinesh
MN, Siddhant
Singh, Samarth
Kasliwal, Archa-
na Saboo and KS
Garcha among
others.
T
POLO
POLO
KAVITA CHAUHAN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
KING OF
GAMES
GAMES
THERE IS SOMETHING REGAL ABOUT POLO
AND AS THE JAIPUR POLO SEASON COMES
TO A GLITTERING END, SUNDAY EVENING
WAS BATHED IN TRUE-BLUE ROYAL
FLAVOUR AND FERVOUR!
GAME OF KINGS
GAME OF KINGS
Narendra Singh, Padmanabh Singh, Digvijay Singh, Jagdeesh Chandra and
Zayed Khan with ‘Salsa’, the Best Polo Pony of the tournament
Narendra Singh and Gauravi Kumari
THE MAHARAJA OF GOODWILL: Padmanabh Singh hoisted on shoulders by his enthusiastic supporters after the victory
Jagdeesh Chandra, Zayed Khan and Chirag Parekh award the winning trophy to Ashok Chandna, Padmanabh Singh, Juan Cruz Losada and Chris Mackenzie of the winning ‘Vimal Arion Achievers’ team.
Also seen are (L-R) IV Rohet, Vikram Singh Rathore, Parul Rai, Digvijay Singh, Narendra singh and Sheetal Parekh
Padmanabh Singh
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

SUNIL
SHARMA
LUCKNOW, MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
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FASHION CONNECT SEASON 11
FASHION CONNECT SEASON 11
LUXURY AND GLAMOUR
rom the ravishing
models’ epically-
coiffed curls to
their teetering
high heels, First
India FC Season
11, to be held on
March 12 at Oaks Ibn Ba-
tutta Gate Hotel, Dubai.
The much-awaited night,
full of glitz and glamour,
front-row gossip, witness-
ing jaw-dropping catwalks,
designers walking through
the ramp, lavish produc-
tion and grand sets are al-
ready the talk of the town!
As the FC team revs up for
the stunning show, City
First brings to you the jour-
ney and achievements of
Dr Poonam Madan, a wom-
an who has carved a niche
for herself and Dr Purva, a
multi-talented
woman, who
are the of-
f i c i a l
partners
of First
India FC
S e a s o n
11!
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
F
AMARA: A ONE STOP SOLUTION
D
r Purva Jingar,
founder of Amara
specialises in provid-
ing individuals with den-
tal, skin, and hair-related
solutions. She has ob-
tained multiple degrees,
including BDS, PGDCC,
PGDMT, laser aestheti-
cian which goes on to wit-
ness her expertise in the
realm of dentistry, cosme-
tology, and trichology
.
Dr Jingar
aims to make
such treatment
accessible to
everyone at a
cost-effective
rate. Her zeal to
provide the best
of dental and
c o s m e t o l o g y
treatment can
be witnessed
through the
awards she has
won. So far she has bagged
many accolades namely
‘Global Achievers Award’
for the best skin and hair
care clinic, WASME SME
Award, the best skin doc-
tor in Rajasthan by Ra-
jasthan Fashion Awards,
Jaipur, Best skin doctor,
Jaipur by Creare Heritage
Award, Jaipur, ASV Pro-
duction Award for the
Best Skin Care Doctor.
Amara looks forward to
bringing in experts spe-
cialising in dentistry, cos-
metology, and trichology.
Her team at Amara shares
her view that optimum
performance and innate
knowledge. With that in
mind, Dr Purva has been
running the centre for
more than seven years.
Some of her clients in-
clude the Big Boss par-
ticipant, Saba Khan,
a renowned singer
Shibani Kashyap,
Aditi Hundia who
happens to be a
fashion mod-
el, Meera
Bhandari, a
m a k e u p
artist by
p r o f e s -
sion, and
m a n y
more.
D
r Poonam
Madan is an
educationist
by academics, an
entrepreneur and
a businesswoman
by choice and a so-
cial influencer by
passion.
Her story is one of
deter mination,
passion and hard
work.
She stands tall
with firm convic-
tions, boundless
ideas and a posi-
tive attitude.
She embarked
on her journey as
an entrepreneur
by entering into
the pharmaceuti-
cal business.
She is the Owner
and Founder of
Pristine Global
Healthcare which
deals with medici-
nal formulations,
prescriptive drugs,
over the counter
products, health
drinks, multivita-
min supplements
etc. Pristine Global
Healthcare is
aligned towards
s t r e n g t h e n i n g
health care and
medical facilities
in Rural India by
making affordable
quality medical
products and ser-
vices accessible to
rural communi-
ties.
There is a very
old and famous
saying, “behind
every successful
man, there stands
a woman” But Dr
Poonam Madan
prefers to intro-
duce a different
spectrum to the
whole concept that
“there’s a man be-
hind every suc-
cessful woman”
and she gives all
the credit of her
success to her hus-
band Sanjay
Madan. She always
says “whatever I
am today
, I owe it to
my husband. My
husband is the rea-
son behind my suc-
cess and yes today
I can proudly say,
that there’s a man
behind every suc-
cessful woman.”
FIERCE AND FABULOUS
A still from the Fashion Connect Season 9 held at Oaks Ibn Batutta Gate Hotel
Poonam Madan
Dr Purva Jingar

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POLO: ROI DES JEUX
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Ankur, Padmanabh Singh, Digvijay Singh, Narendra Singh, Chirag Parekh, Akbar Khan and Zayed Khan
during the launch of the Spring 2022 edition of JAIPUR POLO magazine which features Padmanabh Singh on the cover, as Padmanabh takes a quick look
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Rajiv Arora, Chirag Parekh and Zayed Khan Army Band gives a wonderful performance
Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with
Padmanabh Singh and Narendra Singh
Jagdeesh Chandra caught in a candid moment with Zayed Khan
Also seen are Akbar Khan and Sheetal Parekh
Ashvini, Vijaylakshmi, Dinesh MN and Col. Garcha
Gayatri and Pratik with Sudhir Mathur the captivated audience
Enthusiastic kids enjoying the match
Ashok Chandna, Chris Mackenzie, Juan Agustin Garcia Grossi, Gonzalo Fucci, Padmanabh Singh and Sunjay Kapur during the thrilling match
Padmanabh Singh Singer Harman Kaur Charu Sachdev and Devyani Jaipuria
Vanshika and Medhavi
Sheetal and Malaika Parekh Jagdeesh Chandra with Tripti Pandey
Mohan Singh Tada
with Mr Gyula
Yogesh Mishra and Akbar Khan
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

SUNIL
SHARMA

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