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Samajwadi Party responsible for Muzaffarnagar riots: Yogi
Muzaffarnagar: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on Sat-
urdayaccusedtheSama-
jwadi Party for instigat-
ing 2013 Muzaffarnagar
riots and helping cul-
prits get away with the
crime under its watch.
In Muzaffarnagar, 62
people were killed and
scores of others were in-
jured during the riots
betweenMuslims& Jats.
Adityanath said
Gaurav and Sachin, two
of the victims, were
killed only because they
had objected to harass-
ment of their niece.
The party whose caps
arecolouredbytheblood
of farmers and innocent
Ram devotees are plead-
ingforharmony
,hesaid.
He also said those who
fired at disciples of Lord
Ram have no right to
seek votes from people,
referring to the incident
of firing at kar sevaks in
1990 ordered by Mulay-
amSinghgovernmentin
the state.
He alleged the SP has
fielded candidates who
are responsible for
Kairanaexodus’,Siyana
disturbance, and Muzaf-
farnagar riots.
Adityanath claimed
that criminals in the
state will be put behind
the bars after March 10
when BJP comes to pow-
eragain.Suchcriminals
will sell vegetables on
the roads but would not
dare to touch any busi-
nessman, he said.
UP A HUB OF TAMANCHA
FACTORIES
UP Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has also ac-
cused Samajwadi Party
of adopting a model of
the destruction of the
state and developing
only graveyards.
The SP government
had set up factories for
‘tamanchas’ (country-
made pistols) but we are
getting defence corri-
dors built in the state.
We are building the
grand Ram temple as
well, the chief minister
said, addressing an ‘’In-
fluential Voters’ Dia-
logue”programmehere.
The Samajwadi Party
only adopted the model
of destruction and not
the development of the
state. During their time,
thedevelopmentwasvis-
ible only in the grave-
yard. Nothing was built
exceptboundarywallsof
cemeteries, he alleged.
There used to be mi-
gration of traders from
western Uttar Pradesh
earlier but there is no
migration today as de-
velopment is taking
place there, he asserted.
They used to build
theirownbungalowsbut
we built houses for the
poor, the chief minister
said.Besidesholdingthe
dialogue programme,
Adityanath also inter-
acted with party office
bearers and workers, in
addition to teachers, ad-
vocates, doctors, traders
and farmers in the Ba-
daut assembly segment
and said there had not
been a single riot in the
BJP government.
Bulldozers were run
on properties of anti-so-
cial criminals elements
criminals,thechief min-
ister asserted, adding
the damage to people’s
properties during riots
too was compensated by
his government.
Lucknow: The Election
Commission has banned
all exit polls pertaining
to the coming Assembly
elections from 7.00
am on February 10 to
6.30 pm on March 7.
In a statement issued
here on Saturday, UP’s
Chief Electoral Officer
Ajay Kumar Shukla said
that conducting the exit
polls, its publication in
print or electronic media
or its publicity has been
banned from 7.00 am on
February 10 to 6.30 pm
on March 7. Any person
who violates the order
will be punished with a
two-year jail term or fine
or both. Turn to P2
ELECTION
COMMISSION BANS
UP EXIT POLLS
The CM also took potshots at SP chief
stating that during his regime, UP
manufactured ‘Tamanchas’
As Covid crisis continues to remain grim, CM Yogi took out time
to visit a public health facility in Baghpat on Saturday.
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Facing criticism, State Bank of India on Saturday announced that it has de-
cided to put in abeyance its circular on recruitment of pregnant women. The
bank had earlier come out with revised instructions under which it had said
that a woman who is over three months pregnant will be considered “tempo-
rarily unfit” and she may be allowed to join within four months after delivery.
Night curfew will be withdrawn in Karnataka from Monday and schools and
colleges in Bengaluru will reopen as well, the state government said today,
with hospitalisation due to Covid now at 2 per cent and the recovery rate
going up. As part of revised guidelines, government offices, hotels, restau-
rants, clubs, pubs and bars will run at full capacity, instead of 50 per cent.
SBI WITHDRAWS
PREGNANT WOMEN
‘UNFIT’ FOR WORK
NORM AMID ROW
KARNATAKA TO
WITHDRAW NIGHT
CURFEW, BENGALURU
SCHOOLS TO OPEN
IS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT THE SPY?
WAR OF WORDS BREAKS
BETWEEN CENTRE, OPPN
This is an act of
treason: Congress
SC panel monitoring matter,
report awaited: Govt source
India bought Pegasus from Israel in 2017 as part of
defence deal: The New York Times report claimed
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AUS QUEEN BARTY
l Ashleigh Barty, world
no. 1, won her first
Australian Open title after
beating Danielle Collins in
the women’s singles final
at the Rod Laver Arena in
Melbourne on Saturday.
l After taking the first set
6-3, Barty was trailing 1-5
in the second set at one
stage. However, the top-
seed broke Collins twice
before eventually taking
the second set 7-6 (7-2).
Today, India mourns the loss of Mahatma Gandhi on his 74th death anniversary.
Every year on January 30, India observes Martyrs’ Day also known as Shaheed Di-
was as the Father of the Nation was assassinated at Gandhi Smriti in the Birla House.
Gandhi also referred as Bapu taught the non-violence to the people of the country in
their fight for freedom from colonial British rule. On this day in 1948, Mahatma Gandhi
was shot by Nathuram Godse during evening prayers.
Union Budget expected to focus
on increase in limits for basic tax
exemption, standard deduction
New Delhi: The Union
Budget is expected to
focus on employment
generation, increase in
limits for basic tax ex-
emption, standard de-
duction, medical ex-
penses, rationalisation
of tax rates and cer-
tain social security in-
vestments.
Currently, Section
16(1A) of the IT Act pro-
vides for a standard de-
duction of Rs 50,000
from the salary income
of a taxpayer. This de-
duction was enhanced
from Rs 40,000 to 50,000
by the Finance Act 2019
and has not been in-
creased since then.
However, considering
the rising inflation and
cost of living, there is a
need to increase such
standard deduction for
the salaried personnel
from Rs 50,000 to Rs
60,000 in case there is no
increase in the basic ex-
emption limit, said
Suresh Surana, Found-
er - RSM India.
Currently, section
80TTA provides deduc-
tion up to Rs 10,000 p.a.
only with respect to the
interest from savings
bank accounts with
banks/co-operative so-
ciety/post office.
Azam will replace Jayant if
SP-RLD form govt: Shah
Aditi Nagar
Muzaf far nag ar:
Taking a jibe at the al-
liance formed by Sa-
majwadi Party and
Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD), Union Home
Minister and a senior
BJPleaderAmitShah
said that SP-led alli-
ance forms the gov-
ernment, then Azam
KhanwillreplaceJay-
ant Chaudhary in the
government.
“Yesterday Akhile-
sh ji and Jayant ji held
a press conference.
They say that we are
together. But how long
is this together? If
their government is
formed, then Jayant ji
will leave the govern-
ment and Azam Khan
will come back. The
people of UP have un-
derstood from the dis-
tribution of tickets
what is going to hap-
pen next,” Shah said
while addressing an
effective voter interac-
tion programme.
Referring to the sit-
uation during the pre-
vious SP govt, he said
everyone in the state
was concerned about
security and the man-
ner in which mafia
flourished during SP
,
BSP governments.
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Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: A new in-
vestigative piece by The
New York Times has re-
ignited the controversy
over the spyware
Pegasus, made by Israeli
security firm NSO. The
Congress has renewed
their attack on the gov-
ernment over the spy-
ware’sallegedillegaluse
in India.
“Modi Govt bought
Pegasus to spy on our
primary democratic in-
stitutions, politicians
and public. Govt func-
tionaries, opposition
leaders, armed forces,
judiciary all were tar-
getedbythesephonetap-
pings. This is treason,”
tweeted Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi.
“Centre lied to the Su-
premeCourtwhenitwas
directly questioned
about the purchase and
deploymentof Pegasus,”
Congress’sRandeepSin-
gh Surjewala said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds a door to door
campaign in Deoband, Saharanpur on Saturday.
Congress General Secretary Randeep Surjewala addresses the press
conference on the Pegasus issue in the presence of LoP in Rajya Sabha
Mallikarjun Kharge at AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday.
SHAH ASSURES SUGARCANE
FARMERS OF COMPENSATION
CONG ACCUSES
MODI-GOVT OF
DUPING PARL,
MISLEADING SC
GOVT VERSION
BUDGET ANALYSIS
REAL SHOCK
WILL BE IN GUJ,
SAYS AKHILESH
‘LAW AGAINST
RELIGIOUS
CONVERSIONS’
Union Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that
the party will take action if payment for sugar-
cane produce gets delayed. “Some farmers told
me that sugarcane payment gets delayed. We have
decided that in the manifesto of the BJP, we are
going to announce that the interest for the delay will
be recovered from that mill, and sugarcane produced
along with interest will be paid to the farmers,” Shah
said in Muzaffarnagar.
Congress on Saturday
once again put up strong
allegations on the Central
government on the is-
sue of Pegasus Software
Purchase stating that the
Modi government deployed
it for snooping and spying
upon Rahul Gandhi and his
staff members. It duped and
deceived Parliament and
mislead the Supreme Court,
claimed party spokesperson.
A government source on Satur-
day said that the matter related
to Pegasus software is being
monitored by a committee under
the Supreme Court and its report
is awaited. The source said that
the inquiry committee — set
up under the supervision of
retired Supreme Court judge R V
Raveendran — has also published
a newspaper advertisement on
January 2 calling for submission
of phones by people who claim
their devices were infected.
Exuding confidence that
his party will form the
government in Uttar
Pradesh, Samajwadi
Party (SP) president
Akhilesh Yadav on
Saturday said that forth-
coming elections will not
throw a surprise result,
but claimed that the
“real surprise” will be in
Gujarat assembly polls
due later this year.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
national convenor and
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal on
Saturday said a law
should be made against
religious conversions,
but added that nobody
should be harassed by
misusing the law. in
Jalandhar on Saturday,
he said one should not
be forced to convert.
NO BETTER TIME THAN
TODAY TO TAKE INDIA-ISRAEL
RELATIONS FORWARD: PM
In a special video message released on
Saturday to commemorate thirty years
of full diplomatic relations between In-
dia and Israel, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi emphasised that there could not
be a better time to set new goals to take
forward relations between the two coun-
tries. “There could be no better oppor-
tunity to set new goals for India-Israel
cooperation than when India is celebrat-
ing 75 years of Independence, Israel
is about to do the same next year and
the two nations are commemorating 30
years of full diplomatic relations,” he
said. He congratulated both nations and
said he has full faith that the friendship
between India and Israel will strengthen
over the next few years.
‘NYT IS SUPARI MEDIA’
Amid attacks from the op-
position, Union Minister
General VK Singh on Saturday
slammed the New York Times.
“Can you trust NYT?? They are
known “Supari Media”,” he tweeted.
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Alongwiththis,theElec-
tion Commission an-
nouncedtheschedulefor
the biennial election of
36 members of the UP
LegislativeCouncilfrom
35 local authorities.
The notification for
the first phase will be is-
sued on February 4,
while February 11 is the
last date for filing nomi-
nations. Scrutiny of
nominationswillbeheld
on February 14 and Feb-
ruary 16 is the last date
to withdraw candida-
ture. Voting will be held
on March 3 from 8 am to
4 pm.The seats going to
polls in the first phase
are local authorities of
Moradabad-Bijnor,Ram-
pur-Bareilly
, Budaun,
Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur,
Hardoi,Kheri,Lucknow-
Unnao, Raebareli,
Pratapgarh, Sultanpur,
Barabanki, Bahraich,
Azamgarh-Mau, Ghaz-
ipur, Jaunpur, Varanasi,
Mirzapur-Sonbhadra,
Allahabad, Banda-
Hamirpur, Jhansi-Ja-
laun-Lalitpur, Kanpur-
Fatehpur, Etawah-Far-
rukhabad, Agra-Firo-
zabad, Mathura-Etah-
Mainpuri, Aligarh, Bu-
landshahr, Meerut-Gha-
ziabad and Muzaffarna-
gar-Saharanpur. The
notification for the sec-
ond phase will be issued
on February 10, while
February 17 is the last
date to file nominations.
Scrutinyof nominations
will be held on Feb 18
andFeb21isthelastdate
to withdraw candida-
ture. The seats going to
pollsinthesecondphase
are local authorities of
Gonda, Faizabad, Basti-
Siddharthanagar, Gora-
khpur-Maharajganj, De-
oria and Ballia.
First India Bureau
Muradnagar:Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath has said that un-
like the BJP
, Samajwa-
di Party, Congress and
BSP did not have devel-
opment as well as safe-
ty and security of peo-
ple on their agenda.
Talking to a select
group of intellectuals
as part of ‘Dialogue
with Influential Voters’
programme to seek
votes for BJP candidate
Ajit Pal Tyagi, CM Yogi
said that all the three
were basically family-
oriented parties in
which only family mat-
tered, while for the BJP
,
the well-being of the 25
crore people of the
state was the top prior-
ity
. “Our family is the
25 crore people of the
state”, he remarked.
Yogi said the these
parties of ‘Chacha-
Bhatija, Bua-Bhatija
and Bhai-Behan’ were
no where to be seen
during the cornoavirus
pandemic and it was
the double engine gov-
ernment of Centre led
by PM Narendra Modi,
the UP Government
and the BJP workers
that were working
around the clock to
save lives and liveli-
hood of people.
Hitting out at the SP
leadership, CM Yogi
said their red caps car-
ried blood stains of
Ram bhakts and inno-
cent people who died in
Muzaffarnagar riots
and people cannot for-
give them.
He added: “Before
2017, the situation was
bad all over Western
UP. There were fre-
quent riots. Traders
and women were un-
safe. They unleashed
chaos and anarchy
when they were in pow-
er, shielding and en-
couraging gangsters
and mafia. There was
no development.”
“Today, we have built
Meerut Expressway
while work is under-
way on a rapid rail pro-
ject between Meerut
and Delhi worth Rs
30,000 crore. And soon,
we will build a world-
class film city near
Ghaziabad also, so that
the cinematic talents
of our state do not have
to migrate to Mumbai
to try their luck”, CM
Yogi said. He further
pointed out that the
double engine govern-
ment of UP has provid-
ed 43 lakh houses to the
poor and free LPG con-
nection to 1.56 crore
families, as well as free
ration and free electric-
ity to crores of needy
people.
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‘FARMERS TO GET MONEY WITH INTEREST’
Muzzafarnagar: Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah on Saturday as-
sured farmers in Uttar
Pradesh that in the
event of delay in pay-
ment of sugarcanes,
they will get the money
along with interest.
He said this announce-
ment will be part of the
BJP election manifesto.
“We have decided to
announce in the BJP
manifestothatincaseof
delay in clearance of
payments, interest will
be released from sugar
mills, and farmers will
be paid the money along
with interest,” Shah
said while addressing
voters here.
The minister said
farmers in some regions
of the state told him
about the delay in sugar-
cane payment.Target-
ting SP chief Akhilesh
Yadav over the farmers
issue, Shah said there
were 42 sugar mills, of
which 21 mills were
closed by the SP and
BSP.“Whereas during
our time, none was
closed and payments to
farmers were made,” he
asserted. UP tops in pro-
duction of sugarcane
and the western region
of the state is known for
cultivating the crop in
bulk. The opposition
parties have been rais-
ing the issue of non-pay-
ment of cane prices to
farmers while attacking
the ruling BJP in the
state.
Shah took a swipe at
Samajwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav, saying
he does not have
“shame” while talking
“lies” about the law and
order situation in UP-
where the BJP govern-
ment has chased away
criminals and mafias
who flourished during
the earlier regime.
He also scoffed at Ya-
dav and RLD chief Jay-
antChaudhary’sdisplay
of togetherness and
said leaders of these
parties will be seen to-
gether only till election.
He said in the event of
government formation,
people like Azam Khan
and Atiq Ahmad will
take centre stage and
Chaudhary will not be
seen anywhere.
The home minister
also reeled out compara-
tive crime figures under
the present Yogi Adity-
anath-led state govern-
ment and the one head-
ed by Yadav before him,
and dared the SP chief
to come out with the sta-
tistics of his govern-
ance. Alleging that po-
liceactedwithvotebank
inmindduringtheriots,
he said, “The victims
were made accused and
accusedthevictims,and
thousands of fake cases
were lodged. I congratu-
late the BJP which acted
under party leader San-
jeev Baliyan and fought
the ‘nyay ki ladai’ (fight
for justice) either in
courts or on the roads.”
“I want to ask the people
of Muzaffarnagar and
of western UP if they
have forgotten the riots?
If the same mistake is
done, then those who in-
stigated the riots will sit
on the seat of power in
Lucknow, but if lotus’ is
elected, there will be no
riots,” he said.
SHAH SAYS IN CASE OF DELAY IN CLEARANCE OF PAYMENTS, INTEREST WILL BE RELEASED FROM SUGAR MILLS
Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds a door to door campaign ahead of UP Assembly elections, in Saharanpur on Saturday.
FARM SUPPORT
Country’s security BJP’s
topmost priority: Shah
SP fielded men who are
responsible for riots
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Claiming
thatsecurityof thecoun-
try was topmost priority
for the BJP government,
BJP chief JP Nadda said
for 10 years, it was the
Sonia (Gandhi) and
Manmohan (Singh) gov-
ernment with SP and
BSP when terrorists
from across Pakistan
border came this side
and killed our security
personnel, but the lead-
ership in Delhi was not
affected in the lure of
vote bank.
“Can the SP
, BSP and
Congress keep the coun-
try and the state safe?”
he asked, adding that it
is only the BJP that can
do it.The home minister
also visited Deoband
town in Saharanpur for
the door-to-door cam-
paigning on Saturday
,
but had to return after a
large number of sup-
portersgatheredtherein
violation of COVID-19
protocol.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Saturday ac-
cused the SP for insti-
gating 2013 Muzaffar-
nagar riots and help-
ing culprits get away
with the crime under
its watch.
In Muzaffarnagar,
62 people were killed
and scores others
were injured during
the riots between
Muslims and Jats.
Yogi said Gaurav and
Sachin, two of the vic-
tims, were killed only
because they had ob-
jected to harassment
of their niece. The
party whose caps are
coloured by the blood
of farmers and inno-
cent Ram devotees are
pleading for harmony
,
he said. He also said
those who fired at dis-
ciples of Lord Ram
have no right to seek
votes from people.
He alleged the SP has
fielded candidates
who are responsible
for Kairana exodus’,
Siyana disturbance,
and Muzaffarnagar
riots.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Congress
general secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
on Saturday accused
the Prayagraj adminis-
tration of stopping the
release of her party’s
manifesto for youths
while taking no action
against BJPO leaders
allegedly indulging in
making hate speeches.
She also accused the
Election Commission
of crushing democra-
cy allegedly in collu-
sion with local admin-
istration.
“The BJP leaders
campaigned with the
crowd and talked hate-
ful things. The admin-
istration, however, did
not take any action.
But the Congress party
was stopped from re-
leasing its youth man-
ifesto in Prayagraj to-
day,” Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra said in a tweet
in Hindi.
“Under the pressure
of the government, the
Election Commission
and administration
are engaged in crush-
ing democracy and the
agenda of the youth.
(Is it) fair? she asked in
her tweet.
Priyanka accuses EC of crushing democracy
MANIFESTO ISSUE!
Allahabad: Congress leader Hardik Patel on Satur-
day appealed to students to fight unitedly against
unemployment in the country. He was talking to
reporters at the gate of All India Sardar Patel Seva
Sansthan, Alopibagh here.“Today questions are
being raised on youth unemployment in the country
and in the entire state. The Congress is aggrieved
to see the way youths are being thrashed with
sticks, Patel said.He said that the Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment has been trying to suppress the voice of
the opposition, using police and the administration.
“In such a situation, I appeal to the youth of the
country to fight this battle unitedly. Today money is
being collected in the name of employment, Patel
said. “We are deeply saddened by the way police did
not allow us inside this institution today. Tomorrow,
we are also going to Varanasi and our efforts will
continue to gather the youth of the entire state,”
he said. Patel and NSUI national president Neeraj
Kundan were supposed to hold a meeting at Patel
Sansthan but due to the imposition of Section 144
of the CrPC in the district, the administration did not
allow it. A heavy police force was deployed around
the institute’s gate to prevent any untoward incident.
FIGHT UNITEDLY: HARDIK TO STUDENTS
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra —FILE PHOTO
Our family comprises
25 crore people of UP,
says CM Adityanath
CM Yogi has been spearheading UP’s fight against Covid-19. —FILE PHOTO
Rajnath Singh to campaign in Kasganj,
Amritpur constituencies today
Schedule for UP Legislative Council polls announced
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Union De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh, who is one of the
BJP’s star campaigners
for Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly elections, will
campaign in Kasganj
and Amritpur constitu-
encies of Farrukhabad
city in the state on Sun-
day
.
The senior Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) lead-
er will interact with
prominent voters and
hold a ‘Jan Sampark’ in
Kasganj at 11.40 am and
in Amritpur at 2.45 pm
ton Sunday
.
Earlier on January 19,
BJP released a list of 30-
star campaigners for UP
polls. While many star
campaigners like Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah are on
the list, party MPs and
mother-son duo Maneka
Gandhi and Varun Gan-
dhi have been excluded
from the list.
AAP fields
Vijay Kumar
Srivastava
against Yogi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The AAP
has fielded Vijay Ku-
mar Srivastava against
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath from Gora-
khpur Urban for the
ensuing UP Assembly
elections.
The AAP on Saturday
released the fifth list of
candidates for 40 assem-
bly seats in the state.
The party has fielded
Satya Prakash Ram
from Varanasi Ajagara
seat and Rakesh Pandey
from Varanasi. Amar-
nath Pandey will con-
test from Tiloi seat of
Amethi, Shrimati Suni-
ta Devi Dhore Auraiya,
Shubham from Ayod-
hya, Rajat Chaurasia
from Bahraich, Vikram-
jit Singh from Mau,
Zafar Bhai from
Pilibhit, Rambabu Sing-
hania from Mainpuri,
Satendra from Babina
seat of Jhansi. The AAP
will contest on all 403
seats in the Assembly
elections.
UP POLLS
Home Minister Amit Shah cuddling a child during campaigning in
Saharanpur on Saturday.
—FILE PHOTO

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First India Bureau
Lucknow: Jats were a
crucial addition to the
BJP’s social coalition
that propelled it to un-
precedented success in
the last Uttar Pradesh
assemblypollsbutasthe
party gears up for the
coming elections, signs
of discontent in the
agrarian community
against it are visible.
Issues like stray cattle
menace for farmers and
unemployment among
the younger population
seem to have found trac-
tion,evenastheBJPgov-
ernment led by CM Yogi
receivespraisefromabig
section of voters on its
handling of law and or-
der while welfare mea-
suresarealsohelpingthe
party among the poorest
sections of society
.
But if the 2017 polls
were a no-contest for the
BJP in western Uttar
Pradesh like most of the
state, the Samajwadi
Party-RashtriyaLokDal
alliance here is banking
on a coalition of a big
section of Jats and Mus-
lims,whosenumbersare
higherintheregionthan
any other part of UP
, be-
sides incremental votes
to turn the tables on the
ruling party
.
Inthepanchayatoffice
in Khatauli in Muzaffar-
nagar, two village heads,
Raushan Singh Seh-
rawat of Nona and
Ashok Rathi of Dudha-
heri, are joined by other
Jats in their lament that
they are not heard in the
local administration
while BJP leaders wield
influence.
“BothAkhileshYadav
(SP president) and
Jayant Chaudhary (RLD
chief) are young, educat-
ed and well-meaning.
They deserve a chance,”
Rathi says and cite the
menace of stray cattle,
who often destroy crops
in farms, as big trouble
for farmers.
The resentment with
theBJPoverfarmissues
spill across the caste di-
vide in some cases. Yo-
gesh Kumar and Rantek
Kumar, both farmers
from the Gurjar commu-
nity
, lament that urea
supply has become low
and jobs scarce for their
children.
Unlike 2017, fault lines in BJP’s Jat voter base pose concern for party
DISCONTENT SIMMERS

Resenting job
scarcity and urea
shortage, a large
section is getting
inclined towards
‘educated and
well-meaning’
Akhilesh Yadav
and Jayant
Chaudhary
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal
National President Jayant Chaudhary greet supporters.
UNHAPPY LOT
3 held for duping
people on pretext
of providing jobs
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Three men
were arrested from Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Noida for
allegedly duping people
on the pretext of pro-
viding jobs, the police
said on Saturday
.
The accused were
identified as Rahul Sin-
gh (38), Ajay Pal Singh
(32) and Krishna Mohan
Singh (33), all residents
of UP
, they said.
Police received a com-
plaintinwhichawoman
claimed she had applied
for a job on a website.
She then received a call
from a person claiming
tobeworkingforthepor-
tal who offered her a job
with Byju s as a yoga
teacher, a senior police
officer said.
They asked for a secu-
rity deposit and she was
made to pay Rs 1,72,500
through multiple online
transactions, but she
never got the promised
job, the officer said.
During investigation,
police managed to trace
the call centre running
in Noida’s sector 62.
A raid was conducted
and three people were
arrested.Mobilephones
and computers used in
the crime were seied
from the premises, Dep-
uty Commissioner of
Police (east) Priyanka
Kashyap said.
The accused paid
around Rs 20,000 to
22,000 per month to the
website for registra-
tion in order to access
data of job seekers, po-
lice said. They then
used to shortlist the ap-
plicants depending on
their profiles.
First India Bureau
Mathura: There was
panic in the area after
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader and close
aide of Chaudhary Lak-
shmi Narayan, BJP
MLAandcandidatefrom
Ramveer Chhata assem-
bly constituency
, was
shot dead at Shani tem-
ple in Kokilavan Dham
under Kosikalan police
station area.
Police said Ramveer
Singh, Paigaon village
headwasshotdeadwhen
he was in Shani Dham
temple to offer his
prayers. He was close
aide and proposer for
BJP MLA candidate
Chaudhary Lakshmi
Narayan.
It was reported that
armed assailants were
hiding near the temple
and opened fire on Ram-
veer Singh. He received
at least three bullet inju-
riesanddiedonthespot.
Meanwhile, the crimi-
nals managed to flee af-
ter the incident.
Agitated supporters
of deceasedvillagePrad-
han blocked Nandgaon
road and Delhi-Agra na-
tional highway and cre-
ated ruckus. Chaudhary
rushed to the spot and
pacified the situation.
Hedemandedswiftac-
tionsagainsttheculprits
and ordered that stern
actions must be taken.
Initial investigations
indicated that political
rivalry could be motive
behind the murder. Po-
lice have formed sever-
al teams to nab the
criminals.
SP Gaurav Grover
said stringent actions
would be taken against
the culprits. He said sev-
eral police teams had
been formed to investi-
gate different aspects of
the crime. Forensic de-
partment team has col-
lected evidences from
spot and CCTv footage
from nearby cameras
were being investigated.
Police have cleared
the supporters from the
highway and traffic was
regulated. People near
thetempletoldthepolice
that three armed assail-
ants attacked Ramveer
and bullets were shot in
his head. He died on the
spot in the attack while
the criminals fled the
scene on a motorbike.
Chaudhary Lakshmi
Narayan said the de-
ceased was like a son to
him and it was his per-
sonal loss. He said Ram-
veer was his proposer
for past two elections
and he warned police of-
ficialsthathewouldpro-
test if culprits were not
nabbed at the earliest.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
BJP leader shot dead in Mathura
Was close aide of
MLA Chaudhary
LakshmiNarayan
Police suspect
political rivalry,
form probe teams
SSP Gaurav Grover addressing the media.
CULPRITS AT LARGE
BEATING RETREAT 2022
Lucknow Police Commissioner DK Thakur receiving the national fl ag from UP Chief
Secy Durga Shanker Mishra during the Beating Retreat Ceremony at the Police Lines in
Lucknow on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
COVID-19 UPDATE
State logs less than 10K new
Covid-19 cases, 25 more die
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The state
reported less than
10000 fresh cases for
the first time in the
last two weeks as the
Covid-19 virus seems
to be weakening here.
Uttar Pradesh report-
ed 8338 fresh cases on
Saturday while 25
people succumbed to
the deadly virus. Of
the cities, Lucknow
too saw a decline in
fresh cases as it re-
ported 1725 fresh cas-
es on Saturday
.
Meanwhile, CM
Yogi Adityanath,
while reviewing the
Covid-19 situation
during the review
meeting of Team-9 at
his residence in-
structed the officials
to be cautious and
vigilant in the fight
for control of Covid
infections in the
state. The CM during
the meeting observed
that the special sur-
veillance campaign
launched to prevent
the spread of Covid
infection has yielded
encouraging results
and called for further
focus on the cam-
paign to increase its
effectiveness. He fur-
ther instructed the
monitoring commit-
tees/ASHAs and
teams of Anganwadi
workers to go from
door-to-door to gath-
er information about
the health of every
family and ensure
the availability of
free medicine kits to
people who exhibit
symptoms of Cov-
id. The CM during
the meeting to keep
the Integrated Covid
Command Control
Centre (ICC) active
24x7 wherein a panel
of specialist doctors
are always present
in ICC.
First India Bureau
Behraich: There was
panic in the area after a
man and his minor son
were found dead in
their house in Bashir-
ganj area near Lalkothi
under City Kotwali area
here on Wednesday
.
Police said that Pan-
kaj Singh (35) and his
son Ansh (7) were found
dead in mysterious con-
dition in his house.
Puja Singh, wife of de-
ceased said that Pankaj,
their son and she were
sleeping last night
while she found her
husband and son dead
the next morning.
Police rushed to the
spot and initiated in-
vestigation. The foren-
sic team has collected
evidences from the spot
while police have taken
Puja Singh into custo-
dy for further interro-
gations.
During interrogation
Puja reportedly told the
police that frothing was
seen from the mouth of
her husband and son in
the morning. First India Bureau
Hathras: As the date of
the UP assembly elec-
tions is approaching,
the political upheaval
has started in the state.
After the completion of
the nomination for the
first phase, now the
nomination process for
the second phase is also
nearing completion.
BSP candidate San-
jeev Kaka also filed a
nomination from the
Hathras assembly seat
on Saturday. Assembly
candidate Sanjeev
Kaka, who reached
Hathras tehsil to file
nomination, said that
he wants to work for the
entire society. For
them, all-around devel-
opment means the de-
velopment of every sec-
tion of society. He also
said that all the prom-
ises made by the BJP to
remove unemployment
have proved to be just
false assurances, so if
they win, then provid-
ing employment to the
youth will be their first
objective to eliminate
unemployment.
Making Hathras dis-
trict an ideal district
will also be included in
his priorities. Sanjeev
Kaka said that during
this time, he does not
consider anyone as his
opponent in the elec-
tions because he is rais-
ing the voice of the peo-
ple and moving ahead
with the people, that is
why in Hathras he does
not consider anyone as
his rival but for the can-
didates of other parties.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Attacking
the BJP and Samajwadi
Party ahead of the Ut-
tar Pradesh Assembly
polls, AIMIM chief Asa-
duddin Owaisi on Sat-
urday said there is a
competition between
both the parties to be-
come a greater Hindu.
Speaking to ANI, Owai-
si said, “It is not about
social justice. The fight
is on who is a greater
Hindu between Yogi
Adityanath Akhilesh
Yadav. Both are compet-
ing to become a greater
Hindu. If one talks
about a temple, the oth-
er talks about another
temple.” Asked about
his alliance, the AIMIM
chief said, “All parties
under Bhagidari
Sankalp Morcha decid-
ed that Babu Singh
Kushwaha will be our
convenor. If we win, he
will be our CM for the
first 2.5 years and the
remaining 2.5 years we
will have Dalit CM.”
Owaisi said there will
be three deputy CMs if
Bhagidari Sankalp
Morcha comes to power.
Among the three depu-
ty CMs, one will be from
the Muslim community
the other from back-
ward communities.
—FILE PHOTO
They targeted
people seeking
teaching or
nursing job,
residing in
remote areas
Man, minor son found dead at home
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi
BSP candidate Sanjeev Kaka
MakeHathrasdistrict
an ideal district: Kaka
BJP,SP competing to become greater Hindu
WIFE IN CUSTODY

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Namaste, Shalom to Friendship. As
we mark 30 years of establishment
of full diplomatic ties, my friend @
yairlapid and I write on the special
India-Israel relationship.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
During a webinar hosted by @
phdchamber on ‘Stories of Unsung
Women Heroes’, interacted with
distinguished women from varied
backgrounds who have carved a niche
for themselves and empowered others.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Elevate yourself through
your own efforts, and not
degrade yourself. For, the
mind can be the friend and
also the enemy of the self.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
MINNIE MOUSE
DOES NOT DESERVE
THIS CHANGE IN
HER WARDROBE
f humans have a fad
for designer wear,
why should the ador-
able Minnie Mouse
be denied the privi-
lege? One of the most loved ani-
mated characters in the world,
Minnie Mouse, is getting an im-
age makeover, though temporar-
ily
. Her wardrobe will be without
her iconic red polka dot dress as
she will be sporting a designer
pantsuit. She will now be seen in
a “bespoke blue tuxedo with
black polka dots”. The makeover
is to mark the International
Women’s Day and the 30th anni-
versary of Disneyland Paris.
The girlfriend of Mickey
Mouse, Minnie is fun loving,
sweet in nature and very beauti-
ful. She has often been seen los-
ing her cool at Mickey’s forget-
fulness. British designer Stella
McCartney, who has given Min-
nie the new look, likes the fa-
mous Walt Disney character
because “personifies happiness,
self-expression, authenticity…
plus she has such great style”.
Pink or red polka dot dress
matched Minnie’s vivacity. She
doesn’t need the new outfit.
Thankfully, the change is tem-
porary.
TOP TWEETS
I
egasus is back on
the front burner
with a New York
Times report
claiming that In-
dia bought Pegasus spyware
for $2 billion as part of a de-
fence deal with Israel in 2017.
The use of NSO-made spy-
ware by several countries,
including India, to remotely
track smartphones came to
light in 2021 after an expose
by the Washington Post and
the Paris-based Forbidden
Stories. In India 10 cases of
Pegasus usage to keep an eye
on journalists, social activ-
ists and others were detected.
The government has re-
fused to admit that it ordered
the use of spyware for illegal
surveillance as the disclosure
will be against national inter-
est. After a hue and cry was
raisedoverthespywareusage
to silence critics and nearly a
dozen petitions were filed in
the Supreme Court, an inves-
tigation by an Independent
committee was ordered in Oc-
tober last year. Those who
suspected that the spyware
was installed in their smart-
phones were to report to the
committee by January 7, 2022.
Chief Justice NV Rama-
na’s observation during
Pegasus hearing that the
state cannot “get a free pass”
each time it raised the issue
of “national security” gave
people hope that the govern-
ment would come clean on
the issue. The latest revela-
tion by the NYT should be
found useful by the court-
appointed inquiry panel.
The newspaper report has
given Congress Leader Rahul
Gandhi another opportunity
to hit out at the government.
Rahul Gandhi tweeted that
the government’s use of
Pegasus amounted to treason
as it was bought by the “Modi
government to spy on our pri-
mary democratic institu-
tions”.
PEGASUS IS BACK TO
HAUNT GOVERNMENT
Chief Justice NV Ramana’s
observation during
Pegasus hearing that
the state cannot “get a
free pass” each time
it raised the issue of
“national security”
gave people hope that the
government would come
clean on the issue
P
‘Writing award title after name
shows lack of self-confidence’
Remembering Ahmed Ali: A novelist, Urdu poet, scholar and diplomat
hmed Ali belonged to the gen-
eration of Mulk Raj Anand,
RK Narayan and Raja Rao.
All 4 were born in the first
decade of the 20th century.
Ahmed Ali was a novelist,
Urdu poet, scholar and diplo-
mat. He was born in Delhi in
1910. He had a brilliant aca-
demic career at the Universi-
ties of Aligarh and Lucknow.
In 1932 he published in
Urdu ‘Angarey’. It made him
famous in the Urdu-speaking
world. He taught English for
a brief period at Nanking
University in China. When
the war ended, he naturally
wanted to return to Delhi and
look for a job. In his introduc-
tion to the Rupa edition of his
famous novel, “Twilight in
Delhi”, he narrates the rea-
son why he could not return
to Delhi. “I was prohibited by
the overnight turned Hindu
Indian authorities in 1948 to
come back to India, and for no
other reason than because I
was a Muslim. As the ambas-
sador in China, KPS Menon,
ICS told me, “It is a question
of Hindu and Muslim”, when
I protested he added, “All that
I can do is to write to New
Delhi, but I can tell you noth-
ing will come of it!” (I find
this incredible) demonstrat-
ing a living repetition of his-
tory 90 years after the banish-
ment of my grandparents
and the Muslim citizens from
the vanquished city by the
British…..”
Ironically, initially, the
novel was not welcomed in
Pakistan, because it was
about a “forbidden city”.
Ahmed left for England in
August 1939, carrying the
manuscript of “Twilight in
Delhi”, with him. He showed
it to EM Forster who liked it.
Thenproblemsemerged.Hav-
ing agreed to publish the nov-
el, the Hogarth Press had sec-
ond thoughts. The Second
World War had started. The
printers said they could not
print the book for it being,
“Subversive of law and or-
der”. Ahmed was asked to de-
letethe“subversive”portions.
This he refused to do. Eventu-
ally, Forster’s intervention
prevailed- no changes.
“Twilight in Delhi” was
published in London in 1940 to
much acclaim. Ahmed Ali
came into my life in the sum-
mer of 1963. I was living in
NewYork.Iwaseditingabook
of Tributes; a gift to EM For-
ster on his 85th birthday
,
1.1.1964. Raja Rao said to me
that a Muslim friend of Forst-
er should be asked to contrib-
ute to the “Tribute” book. He
suggested the name of Ahmed
Ali. I wrote to Ahmed at his
Karachiaddress.Hisresponse
was prompt and positive.
I did not meet Ahmed Ali
for more than a decade after
the Forster book was pub-
lished. But we corresponded
regularly. We finally met in
London in 1975. We liked
each other.
From 1980 to 1982 I was am-
bassador to Pakistan. I flew
to Karachi to meet Ahmed.
By then he had made up with
the Pakistan Establishment.
President Zia-ul-Haq award-
ed him the Sitara-i-Imtiaz.
Ahmed Ali died in Karachi
on 14th January 1994. The
Government of Pakistan is-
sued a Rs 5 postage stamp in
his honour in January 2005.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
As the ambassador in China,
KPS Menon, ICS told me, “It
is a question of Hindu and
Muslim”, when I protested he
added, “All that I can do is to
write to New Delhi, but I can
tell you nothing will come of
it!” (I find this incredible)
demonstrating a living
repetition of history 90 years
after the banishment of my
grandparents and the
Muslim citizens from the
vanquished city by the
British…..”
The Bharat Ratna and the 3
Padma awards were
introduced in the mid-
fifties. Rajaji,
Jawaharlal Nehru and
Dr S Radhakrishnan
were among the first to
be awarded the Bharat
Ratnas. These awards are
national awards, given for
services rendered to the
nation and society
T
he Bharat Ratna and
the 3 Padma awards
were introduced in
the mid-fifties. Rajaji,
Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr
S Radhakrishnan were
among the first to be
awarded the Bharat Rat-
nas. These awards are na-
tional awards, given for
services rendered to the
nation and society. Civil
Servants and members of
the armed forces are also
eligible for the awards.
I was awarded the Padma
Bhushan in 1984. The awar-
dees cannot affix these hon-
ours, either before or after
their name. Some awardees
have flouted the practice. I
know several people who
write Padma Vibhushan,
Padma Bhushan and Pad-
ma Shri before or after
their name. This is cheap,
unseemly and shows lack
of self-confidence.
My close friend of near-
ly 40 years, Ghulam Nabi
Azad was awarded the Pad-
ma Bhushan on 26th Janu-
ary. The Congress party
should have congratulated
Shri Azad. The Gandhis
whom Ghulam Nabi Azad
has worked for with devo-
tion and loyalty for many
years has maintained a
stony silence. This is the
gracelessness of a high or-
der. One member of the
Congress party even made
fun of Ghulam.
O
n the front page of a
widely read newspa-
per, Shri Yogi Adity-
anath is quoted as, “They
worship Jinnah. We are
worshippers of Sardar Pa-
tel….”
Sardar Patel was a Con-
gressman from 1918-1950.
After Gandhiji’s assassina-
tion, he banned the RSS
Has the learned Shri Yogi
read Rajmohan Gandhi’s
masterly biography of
Sardar Patel. I doubt if he
has. I humbly suggest that
he will be a wiser man af-
ter reading the book.
K Natwar Singh with Ahmed Ali author of
‘Twilight in Delhi’ , Karchi 1980.
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India

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INDIA
05
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: It seems
that the central govern-
ment will decide on
changing the law of dep-
utation of All India Ser-
vice officers on the basis
of areferendumbetween
the states. So far, nine
states have opposed this
proposal of the central
government and eight
states have supported
the proposal of the gov-
ernment. Two states-
Meghalaya and Karna-
taka - had earlier op-
posedbutnowboththese
states are reconsidering
their proposal. The Cen-
tral Government wants
toretaintherightof cen-
tral deputation to all the
officers of the All India
Services, including the
IAS. The states are op-
posing it by calling it
against federalism.
In fact, even on this
proposal challenging
the concept of federal-
ism, the states are di-
vided on partisan lines.
The governments of
BJP and its allies are
supporting it and the
governments of opposi-
tion parties are oppos-
ing it. So, naturally the
Congress Governments
of Rajasthan, Chhattis-
garh and Punjab have
opposed it. The govern-
ments of Tamil Nadu,
Maharashtra and
Jharkhandsupportedby
the Congress have also
opposed it and the gov-
ernments of West Ben-
gal, Kerala and Telan-
gana are also against it.
IAS officers’ Central deputation to
be decided by the vote of states!
FEDERAL CONFLICT
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader Kapil
Sibal congratulated
Ghulam Nabi Azad for
getting the Padma
Bhushan award, term-
ing him 'bhaijaan' and
even went to the
length of taking a jibe
at Congress stressing
that the country ap-
preciates the contri-
bution of Ghulam
Nabi Azad, but the
Congress does not
need his services.
Think, is Kapil Sibal
so naive that he does
not know that the cen-
tral government has
not given Ghulam
Nabi Azad the Padma
award for any contri-
bution by him. If Pad-
ma awards are given
for such contributions
and social service,
then at least one hun-
dred Congress leaders
will become contend-
ers. Why didn't the
government itself
give Padma Bhushan
to Kapil Sibal for his
contribution? Kapil
Sibal, a capable law-
yer, would know the
real reason why the
government has given
the award to Ghulam
Nabi Azad.
Despite this, if
Sibal took a jibe at the
Congress leadership
using this as an ex-
cuse, then on thing
can be said for sure,
there is deep rooted
meaning behind all
this. It means Sibal
knows the plan ahead
and he is a part of it.
Kapil Sibal gets angry
whenever the leaders
who have written let-
ters to the high com-
mand regarding the
Congress organiza-
tion elections are
called BJP men. But
when the BJP govern-
ment gave Azad the
Padma Bhushan, he
became elated. On the
other hand Jairam
Ramesh and many
other leaders taunted
Azad. On one hand,
there are those who
are targeting Azad
and then on the other
hand are those who
are targeting the Con-
gress high command.
It is thus believed that
in days to come,
this conflict between
the two will increase
and the Congress
leadership should
be prepared for a ma-
jor exodus.
Sibal, his ‘Bhaijaan’ could spark yet another exodus from Congress?
Panaji: Utpal Parrikar,
sonof formerGoaChief
Minister Late Manohar
Parrikar on Saturday
said that cir-
cumstances
forced him
totakeade-
cision of
contestingas
a n independent can-
didatefromPanajiinthe
ensuing Goa Assembly
polls.
Utpal also said that he
will try to meet each
person in Panaji and
know about their prob-
lems. Speaking to ANI
ahead of the Goa As-
sembly elections, he
said, I will try to meet
each person in Panaji.
The circumstances
forced me to take this
decision (of contesting
an independent candi-
date)fromPanaji.Iwant
to give people a good op-
tion in candidates.
Utpal Parrikar, son of
former Goa chief min-
ister Manohar Parri-
kar, filed his nomina-
tion papers from the
Panaji Assembly con-
stituency on Thursday
.
Last week, he re-
signed from the prima-
ry membership of BJP
after the party denied
him a ticket from the
Panaji constituency and
fielded Congress party
turncoat Atanasio Ba-
bush Monserrate.
Meanwhile,GoaChief
Minister Pramod
Sawant had said that the
central leaders of BJP
were in conversation
with Utpal and had of-
fered him two constitu-
enciestocontesttheelec-
tionintheupcomingGoa
Assembly polls. —ANI
CONGRESS-GFP
ACCUSE TMC-IPAC
OF DUBIOUSLY
COLLECTING DATA
Panaji: The Congress
and Goa Forward Party
on Saturday alleged the
Trinamool Congress
and poll strategy firm
IPAC were collecting
voter data in a “dubious
manner” in the run up to
the Goa Assembly polls
scheduled for Febru-
ary 14. Goa Congress
general secretary
Sunil Kawthankar and
GFP general secretary
(organisation) Durgadas
Kamat told reporters the
two parties had jointly
submitted a complaint
with the Chief Election
Commission in New
Delhi against the TMC
and IPAC. Kawthankar
claimed “The TMC claims
some three lakh women
and over two lakh youth
have enrolled for these
schemes. It is not an
awareness drive for their
2022 election campaign,
but in fact a massive
data collection drive in a
dubious manner, which
will be used for other
purposes,” he alleged.
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will hit battleground Ut-
tar Pradesh by holding a
virtual rally on January
31, ahead of Assembly
elections in the state.
ThisrallybythePrime
Minister will cover five
districtsof UttarPradesh
namely Shamli, Muzza-
farnagar, Baghpat, Saha-
ranpur, Gautambuddh
Nagar (Dadri/Jewar)
And it will cover 21 Vid-
han Sabhas.
Keeping the direc-
tions of the election
commission in mind
the total physical mobi-
lization arrangements
have been made to lis-
ten to the Prime Minis-
ter's address at 100 loca-
tions cutting across 98
mandals and covering
21 Vidhan Sabhas.
The total physical
presence will be 50,000
covering 500 people per
location. There will be
LED screens and cam-
paign vans that will be
dispatched to these lo-
cations for people to lis-
ten to the Prime Minis-
ter's address.
The BJP which has a
massivedigitalfootprint
is likely to use all its
platforms including Fa-
cebook, Twitter, Insta-
gram, YouTube, etc, and
is hoping to reach over
10 lakh people across
these 21 assembly con-
stituencies. —PTI
Battleground UP: PM to hold
first virtual rally on Jan 31
CIRCUMSTANCES FORCED
METOFIGHTSOLO:UTPAL
‘I want to give people a good option; will try to meet each person’
587 NOMINATIONS FILED
Panaji: As many as 587 candidates have filed
their nominations for the 40 assembly seats, said
an official statement by the Chief Electoral Officer
on Friday. The filing of nominations for the polls
had begun on January 21 and ended on Friday
afternoon. The scrutiny of the nominations would
be done today and the last date of withdrawal of
candidature would be on January 31, 2022.
said that cir-
cumstances
forced him
totakeade-
cision of
contestingas
GOA
GOA
Ahmedabad: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah will in-
augurate a grand wall mural
of Mahatma Gandhi made
from 2,975 clay kulhads
(earthen cups) at there
Sabarmati Riverfront here
on Sunday, the Khadi and
Village Industries Commis-
sion (KVIC) said. The mural,
commissioned by the KVIC,
was put together by 75 potters brought here from
across the country, the official said on Saturday.
AMIT SHAH TO UNVEIL MURAL OF
MAHATMA MADE FROM ‘KULHADS’
Amritsar: Filing
nomination from the
Amritsar East seat,
Punjab Congress
chief Navjot Singh
Sidhu on Saturday
dared his bete noir
Amarinder
Singh to
l e a v e
Patiala
andtake
on him.
He also
challenged Shiroma-
ni Akali Dal's
Bikram Singh Ma-
jithia to fight only
from the Amritsar
East seat and leave
the Majitha assem-
bly constituency
.
Apart from the Ma-
jitha seat, Majithia, a
former Punjab min-
ister, has also entered
the fray from Amrit-
sar East from where
Sidhu is seeking re-
election.
If you have so
much guts and have
faith in people then
leave Majitha and
fight from one seat
here. Do you have the
guts? Sidhu dared
while interacting
with reporters after
filinghisnomination.
Sidhu also dared
Captain Amarinder
Singh to contest from
Amritsar East. —ANI
Panaji: The Goa Tri-
namool Congress on
Saturday released its
manifesto promising
to restart mining in
the state within 250
days of coming to
power, to double the
spending on health
and education as well
as to reserve 33% of
all jobs in the govern-
ment and the private
sector for women.
The manifesto that
was released by the
TMC’s state leader-
ship led by leaders
like Luizinho Faleiro,
Churchill Alemao
and state party presi-
dentKiranKandolkar
alongside Goa state
in-charge and Lok
Sabha MP Mahua
Moitra, however saw
the main leaders of
the alliance partner--
theMaharashtrawadi
Gomantak Party give
the manifesto release
ceremony a miss.
The TMC has said
that the manifesto is
the result of an exten-
sive consultative pro-
cess done over the
last three months in
the state. The mani-
festo also reiterated
the TMC’s previously
promisesof Rs5Kper
monthforonewoman
per household. —PTI
Navjot Sidhu files
nomination from
Amritsar East
Alliance releases
manifesto, vows
to restart mining
PUNJAB POLLS 2022
TMC-MGP IN GOA
Navjot Sidhu files nomination papers from Amritsar East.
10-point manifesto for the upcoming Goa Assembly polls.
SIDHU DARES
MISSING!
Amarinder
Singh to
l e a v e
Patiala
andtake
on him.
PUNJAB
Utpal Parrikar, son of former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Ghulam Nabi Azad with Kapil Sibal.
GOA ASSEMBLY POLLS
Akhilesh’s cycle is punctured, he is worried
about chopper not been able to take off: Irani
First India Bureau
Meerut: UnionMinister
and senior BJP leader
SmritiIranionSaturday
refuted the allegations
leveled by Akhilesh Ya-
dav of it being a BJP’s
conspiracy when his
chopper was stopped on
Friday
, she said that SP
leader’s cycle (election
symbol of Samajwadi
Party) was punctured
and he was worried
about his chopper not
been able to take off.
Irani lashed out at
Akhilesh over “crimi-
nalisation of politics” in
the state. She said that
Akhilesh’s party was
synonymous to “lawless-
ness and goondaraj.”
She said this while in-
teracting with media
during her door-to-door
campaign for party can-
didate Amit Agrawal in
the Meerut Cantonment
assembly constituency
.
Citing the alleged
threatsmadebySPcandi-
datefromMeerut(South)
Adil Chaudhary
, Irani
saidthatAkhilesh’sparty
could never change as it
was the foundation of
their party
. She said the
politics of Samajwadi
Party was evident from
the Meerut incident
where an SP candidate
literally threatened the
peopletovoteforthemor
be ready to face the con-
sequences. She said it
was the manifestation of
how criminalisation of
politics was the very
foundation of SP
.
Irani took a dig at the
SP chief for his silence
on videos being circu-
lated, of the SP candi-
dates issuing threats to
those who do not sup-
port them. She said that
Akhilesh was tight-
lipped on this issue.
Union Minister Smriti Irani during a door-to-door campaign for BJP
candidate at Fazalpur, in Meerut on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIA
06
New Delhi: After close
to 60 per cent of the
population in the 15-18
age group have received
the first dose of a Cov-
id-19 vaccine, the pace
of vaccination in this
group has slowed down
considerably
.
In the last one week,
just about 6.25 lakh peo-
ple in this age group
were vaccinated every
day on average, a frac-
tion of the over 40 lakh
per day who got jabbed
during the first week of
this month after vacci-
nation for adolescents
below the age of 18
years was opened up.
So far, more than 4.5
crore individuals in
this age group have re-
ceived their first doses.
India is estimated to
have between 7.5 crore
to 8 crore adolescents in
the 15-18 age group.
The slowing down of
the vaccination is not
entirely unexpected. It
is largely in keeping
with the trends ob-
served for the vaccina-
tion for adults as well.
New Delhi: The seven
Indian sailors on board
a United Arab Emir-
ates-flagged cargo ves-
sel that was seized by
the Houthis off the port
of Hodeidah in Yemen
are in good health and
the government is in
touch with multiple
sources to reinforce its
message to the Houthis
that they be released at
the earliest, the Minis-
try of External Affairs
(MEA) said Friday
.
Responding to a ques-
tion at an online media
briefing, MEA Spokes-
person Arindam Bagchi
said that as per the in-
formation received
from the shipping com-
pany based in the UAE
as well as from other
sources, the seven Indi-
an sailors are safe, in
good health and are be-
ing provided regular
meals.
However,theircaptors
havenotallowedthemto
communicate with their
families, he said.
Thegovernmentof In-
dia is in touch with mul-
tiple sources to enquire
aboutthesafetyandwell-
being of the sailors,
Bagchi said. —PTI
Focus likely on increasing
limits for tax exemption
New Delhi: The Union
Budget is expected to
focus on employment
generation, increase in
limits for basic tax ex-
emption, standard de-
duction, medical ex-
penses, rationalisation
of tax rates and certain
social security invest-
ments.
Currently, Section
16(1A) of the IT Act pro-
vides for a standard de-
duction of Rs 50,000
from the salary income
of a taxpayer. This de-
duction was enhanced
from Rs 40,000 to 50,000
by the Finance Act 2019
and has not been in-
creased since then.
However, considering
the rising inflation and
cost of living, there is a
need to increase such
standard deduction for
the salaried personnel
from Rs 50,000 to Rs
60,000 in case there is no
increase in the basic ex-
emption limit, said
Suresh Surana, Found-
er - RSM India.
Currently, section
80TTA provides deduc-
tion up to Rs 10,000 p.a.
only with respect to the
interest from savings
bank accounts with
banks/co-operative so-
ciety/post office.
However, for the pur-
pose of enabling major-
ity of taxpayers to avail
this tax benefit, the ex-
isting scope of the said
section needs to be ex-
panded in order to cov-
er other types of inter-
est such as interest on
bank/post office term
deposits, recurring de-
posit etc. Moreover,
such threshold limit of
Rs 10,000 also needs to
be enhanced to Rs 20,000
as there was no change
in the limit since its in-
troduction by Finance
Act 2012, Surana added.
There are numerous
exemptions available
with negligible upper
limits such as Children
Education Allowance
(Rs.100 pm per child),
ChildrenHostelExpend-
iture Allowance (Rs 300
pm per child). —Agencies
BEATING
RETREAT
CEREMONY
CONCLUDES
Band performing at
the ‘Beating Retreat’
ceremony at Vijay
Chowk, in New Delhi
on Saturday. Laser
projection, drones
show narrating India’s
freedom struggle
also formed part of
the ‘Beating Retreat’
ceremony.
—PHOTO BY ANI
Other areas are employment generation,
medical, and social security investments
MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR RS MEMBERS
RAJ STATE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN
SACKED IN REET PAPER LEAK CASE
New Delhi: Days ahead
of the Budget Session
of the Parliament, the
Rajya Sabha Secre-
tariat has released a
Code of Conduct for its
members. The direc-
tion for the 'Code of
Conduct' came from
Chairman of the Upper
House M Venkaiah
Naidu, informing that
Committee on Ethics
in its Fourth Report
presented to the
Council on the March
14, 2005 and adopted
by it on April 20, 2005
had inter alia con-
sidered the Code of
Conduct for Members
enumerated by the
Committee in its First
Report which was also
adopted by the Council.
The Committee felt that
the Code was quite
comprehensive and
endorsed the same. It
recommended that the
Code of Conduct may
be published in Bulletin
Part II on the eve of
each Session for infor-
mation of and compli-
ance by the Members.
NO ZERO AND
QUESTION HOURS
IN PARLIAMENT
ON JAN 31, FEB 1
Cop shot dead in JK's
Anantnag by terrorists
New Delhi: A Jammu
Kashmir police offic-
er was killed in the line
of duty when he was
fired upon by terrorists
in Anantnag, said the
police.
Head constable Ali
Mohammad was shot at
around 5.35 pm near his
residence at Hasanpora
in the Bijbehara area of
Anantnag, a police offi-
cial said.
The constable was
shifted to a hospital in
criticalconditionwhere
he succumbed.
The area has been
cordoned off and a hunt
launched to find the ter-
rorists, the official said.
Jammu and Kashmir
Police has registered a
case against the terror-
ists who fired upon a
policeman in the Anant-
nag district. —PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Ashok Ge-
hlot government on Sat-
urday sacked the chair-
man of Rajasthan
Board of Secondary
Education, Ajmer, DP
Jaroli, and suspended
the Board secretary
Arvind Kumar Sengwa
and two others in con-
nection with the paper
leak during the teach-
ers’ recruitment exam
(REET) in September.
The state govern-
ment also decided to
introduce a bill in the
upcoming budget ses-
sion of the assembly
with strict provisions to
check paper leaks and
cheating in exams.
The development
came after a high-level
meeting chaired by
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Friday night.
Apart from the board
secretaryArvindKumar
Sengwa, the state gov-
ernment also suspended
Directorate of College
Education’s Dr Subhash
Yadav, assistant director
(HRD) and assistant pro-
fessor (maths), and B S
Bairwa,assistantprofes-
sor (chemistry), admin-
istrative branch.
THREE TERRORISTS AFFILIATED WITH
LeT, TRF HELD IN JK’S GANDERBAL
Ganderbal: Ganderbal
Police along with the
teams of 24 Rash-
triya Rifles and 115
Batallion of CRPF on
Friday arrested three
terrorists who are
allegedly affiliated
with proscribed outfits
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT),
the Resistance Front
(TRF), said a statement
by the Indian army on
Saturday. Two pistols,
three magazines, and
two Chinese grenades
were recovered from
the accused persons.
Sailors on vessel seized
by Houthis safe: MEA
Vaccination in 15-18 age group slows down
New Delhi: With the first freight train reaching Manipur,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said this will
enhance the state’s com-
merce and connectivity as
goods from there will reach
all parts of the country.
The freight train arrived at
the Rani Gaidinliu station
in the north-eastern state
on January 27, days after a
passenger train from Silchar
in Assam reached the Bongaichungpao railway station in
Manipur, where assembly polls will be held in two phases
on February 27 and March 3.
MANIPUR GETS FREIGHT TRAIN CONNECTIVITY;
PM SAYS IT WILL ENHANCE STATE’S COMMERCE
DHANBAD JUDGE
DEATH: CBI CHANGES
ENTIRE PROBE TEAM
Ranchi: Two weeks
after the Jharkhand
High Court repri-
manded the Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) for not conduct-
ing the investigation
properly into the death
of Dhanbad Judge Ut-
tam Anand, the central
agency has changed
the entire probe
team in the case. A
20-member SIT team
has been investigating
the case since August
last year.
PUNE SCHOOLS TO
REOPEN FROM FEB 1,
WITH CONDITIONS
Pune: Schools and
colleges in Pune will
reopen from February 1,
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar
announced today. It will
be four hours (half-day)
classes for Classes 1 to
8 while classes 9 to 10
will have school as per
the regular schedule.
“Schools and col-
leges will reopen in Pune
district from February
1. Earlier in the month,
the govt announced the
closure of schools amid
rising COVID cases.
CRUCIAL READ
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New Delhi:
There will be no
Zero Hour and
Question Hour in
both Houses of
Parliament dur-
ing the first two
days of the Budg-
et Session.
The Budget Ses-
sion of Parliament
shall begin on Jan-
uary 31 with the
address by Presi-
dent Ram Nath Ko-
vind to both Hous-
es in the Central
Hall. On February
1, Finance Minis-
ter Nirmala Si-
tharaman will pre-
sent the Union
budget for the year
2022-23. —PTI

NEWS
07
OWAISI’S MULTI
PRONGED
APPROACH
Attacking the Bharatiya Janata
Party and Samajwadi Party
ahead of the Uttar Pradesh
Assembly polls, AIMIM chief
Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday
said there is a competition
between both the parties to
become a greater Hindu. Owaisi
said, “It is not about social
justice. The fight is on who is a
greater Hindu between Yogi
Adityanath and Akhilesh Yadav.
Both are competing to become a
greater Hindu. If one talks about
a temple, the other talks about
another temple.” Asked about his
alliance, the AIMIM chief said,
“All parties under Bhagidari
Sankalp Morcha decided that
Babu Singh Kushwaha will be
our convenor. If we win, he will
be our Chief Minister for the first
2.5 years and the remaining 2.5
years we will have Dalit Chief
Minister.” Owaisi said there will
be three deputy CMs if Bhagidari
Sankalp Morcha comes to power.
Among the three deputy Chief
Ministers, one will be from the
Muslim community and the
other from backward
communities. Asaduddin Owaisi
said out of the 403 seats, AIMIM
will contest about 100 seats.
Elections for the 403 Assembly
constituencies in Uttar Pradesh
will be held in seven phases
starting February 10. The polling
in Uttar Pradesh will be held on
February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and
March 3 and 7. The counting of
votes will take place on March
10. —First India Bureau
AZAM’S SON
FEARFUL OF HIS
OWN SECURITY
Abdullah Azam Khan, son of
Samajwadi Party MP Azam
Khan has said that he does not
trust the policemen who have
been deployed in his security and
claimed that they can shoot him.
Abdullah, who is contesting from
the Suar assembly seat in Rampur
on SP’s ticket, expressed
apprehension that only the
policemen deployed in his security
can shoot him. Speaking to
reporters, the Samajwadi Party
leader said, “.....BJP have officers
with them. The police are with
BJP, two governments are with
BJP. I am alone. I have no one
with me. I don’t even trust the
policemen who are with me.
Police can shoot me...They are
not deployed for my security.”
Akhilesh Yadav-led SP has
fielded Azam Khan, who is sitting
MP from Rampur Lok Sabha seat,
from Rampur constituency. At
present, Azam Khan is languishing
in jail after several cases were
registered against him.
Uttar Pradesh will go to the polls
for its 403-member assembly in
seven phases on February 10, 14,
20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7. The
counting of votes will take place
on March 10. —First India Bureau
Peoplehavegiventheirverdict
and BJP is nervous: Akhilesh
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh elections will
not throw a surprise re-
sult, Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Yadav
said on Saturday exud-
ing confidence of form-
ing government in the
state and claimed the
“real surprise” will be
in Gujarat assembly
polls due later this year.
He claimed the peo-
ple of Uttar Pradesh
have already given their
verdict and the BJP is
“nervous”. “A wrestler
who loses sometimes
bites or pulls. These
people (BJP) have al-
ready lost,” Yadav said
at a press conference
along with Rashtriya
Lok Dal chief Jayant
Chaudhry, after taking
the ‘anna sankalp’ of
defeating the BJP.
He asserted that the
voters will teach a les-
son to those who are
honouring the killers
of Mahatma Gandhi
and the election results
of Uttar Pradesh will
bring happiness in the
state. “The people of Ut-
tar Pradesh have given
their verdict. No sur-
prise is going to come
here. Farmers, young
traders, people of all
sections have made up
their mind that the gov-
ernment is going to be
formed by those in the
Samajwadi Party alli-
ance,” he said.
“The real surprise
will come from Gujarat
where elections are to
be held after Uttar
Pradesh,” the Samajwa-
di Party chief claimed.
Asked about the gov-
ernment repealing the
three farm laws, Yadav
sought to know why the
BJP “humiliated” the
farmers. “How can the
farmers forget that the
BJP has insulted the an-
nadata (food providers)
of the country?” he
posed. Yadav said, “To-
day I am happy that Jay-
ant Chaudhary ji is
with me and both of us
are together working to
fight for the farmers.”
The voters know that
Chaudhary Charan Sin-
gh Ji fought for the
prosperity of the farm-
ers. All those who are
fighting for the farmers
here have a chance to
save and carry forward
the legacy of Chaud-
hary Charan Singh Ji
and this is also an elec-
tion for this, the Sama-
jwadi Party chief said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With the
first phase of assembly
elections in the state to
be held February 10th,
the number of defec-
tions has increased
with Saturday seeing
several leaders of the
Samajwadi Party along
with those from Bahu-
jan Samaj Party join the
BJP along with their
supporters in the state’s
capital of Lucknow.
Ranganath Mishra,
who was once a Minis-
ter of State when the
BJP formed govern-
ment under Ram-
prakash Gupta, a cabi-
net minister in
Mayawati’s govern-
ment and former MLA
from Aurai in Bhadohi
joined BJP along with
his supporters on Sat-
urday
. On the same day,
Manish Rawat, MLA
from Sidhauli in Sita-
pur on a Samajwadi
Party ticket joined BJP
after he was not given a
ticket by the SP for the
upcoming elections.
Manish Rawat follow-
ing the snub by the Sa-
majwadi Party had lev-
elled serious allega-
tions against SP like
distribution of tickets
to those who are pro-
viding money in re-
turn. Shailendra
Kishore Pandey alias
Madhukar Pandey, a
former state spokesper-
son of Congress is ex-
pected to join the BJP
soon as he had recently
distanced himself from
the Congress and
aligned himself with
the nationalist stand of
the BJP.
Madhukar Pandey,
who started politics
from student life in the
year 1990, became the
President of BHU Mu-
nicipal Body Students
Union in the year 1992
and from here went on
to hold many important
positions in Congress
including in-charge of
M a h a r a s h t r a ,
Jharkhand, secretary
of Uttar Pradesh Con-
gress Committee, State
Vice President of Uttar
Pradesh Youth Con-
gress and many others.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary
during a press conference, in Muzaffarnagar. —FILE PHOTO
In presence of state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh, former BSP Minister Rangnath Mishra (R)
former Samajwadi party MLA Manish Rawat (L) join the BJP at party office in Lucknow on Saturday.
PEOPLE WILL TEACH BJP A LESSON IN POLLS:
AKHILESH YADAV JAYANT CHAUDHARY
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The BJP
says its government
has been providing
subsidised ration to
80 crore poor people
in the country and
that is their admis-
sion of India’s grow-
ing poverty, as con-
firmed by surveys
worldwide, Samajwa-
di Party president
Akhilesh Yadav said
on Saturday. Yadav
made the assertion in
a news conference at
Vedanta Farm House.
He was on a visit to
Ghaziabad along with
his party’s poll part-
ner Rashtriya Lok Dal
supremo Jayant
Chaudhary in sup-
port of their party
candidates. Recalling
over the year-long
farmer protest
against the now-re-
pealed 3 farm laws,
Yadav said farmers
kept camping at the
Delhi-Ghaziabad bor-
der for over a year but
the government, in-
stead of sympathising
with them, kept on
putting up barricades
and barbed wires on
roads and grafting
nails on roads to pre-
vent them from
marching to Delhi. As
thousands of migrant
workers began re-
turning homes on foot
amid the sudden Cov-
id lockdown of the
country in March
2020, said Yadav.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: At least two
people died after a fire
broke out at a sweets
shop in Kahoo Kothi
market of Kanpur city
in the early hours of
Saturday morning. The
fire broke out at 4 am on
Saturday in which the
entire shop was burnt to
ashes. “Two employees
of Raj Kishore Sweets--
Shyam Narayan and
Sunny were sleeping
inside died of suffoca-
tion. Another employee
Mohit is injured and
has been admitted to the
hospital,” informed
Ramesh Chandra, Fire
Officer of Colonelganj
Kanpur Nagar. “ The
fire spread due to the
presence of inflamma-
ble items like oil, ghee
and dalda in the sweet
shop. 10 fire units were
in place to douse the
flames,” said Chandra.
Former BSP min Dr Ranganath Mishra,
ex SP MLA Manish Yadav join BJP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Rashtriya
Samaj Paksha’s state
president Chandrapal
filed his nomination
from Bithoor in Kanpur
district on Saturday
.
Speaking to First In-
dia, following his nomi-
nation, Chandrapal
stated that under the
able guidance of the
party’s Chief Mahadev
Jankar Pal, the party
will field its candidates
in 100 seats of the state.
He added that the party
had fought well in the
civic elections in Guja-
rat, Rajasthan, and Ma-
harashtra, and in the
same lines, the party is
being received well by
the public in Uttar
Pradesh especially the
exploited society, and
the people are affected
by the policies of the
state government. He
added that in the up-
coming elections, the
party will take upon the
many issues faced by
the public. He further
leveled allegations at
the already elected rep-
resentatives of the said
exploited group by call-
ing them opportunists
who are involved in pol-
itics just for their own
benefit. Chandrapal
said that the party’s
agenda involves getting
a pension of Rs. 5000 to
every voter ID holder
while alleging that the
promises of the other
party’s like providing
free laptops, tablets,
and electricity bills will
somehow be recovered
from the public.
He added that Rash-
triya Samaj Pakhsa has
been involved in fight-
ing for the interests of
the people of the state
in the role of strong op-
position and the party
has been getting the
public’s trust and full
support. Chandrapal
ended the conversation
by assuring the public
that he is committed to
the party the public.
First India Bureau
Agra: The enthusi-
asm among the can-
didates for the public
relations campaign
is increasing. The
candidates are en-
gaged in wooing the
public. Meanwhile,
SP’s candidate from
Agra’s Northern As-
sembly seat, Gyanen-
dra Gautam, is also
constantly going
among the public
and trying to get
their support by tell-
ing them the upcom-
ing plans of the
SP. During the public
relations campaign,
Gautam reached out
to the public on Sat-
urday appealed to
support Samajwadi
Party to win with a
huge majority. Gau-
tam said that he is
getting the affection
and love of the public
during the public re-
lations campaign. He
also said that in the
name of develop-
ment, the public has
not received any-
thing except false as-
surances under the
BJP government,
due to which the pub-
lic’s trust is com-
pletely broken that
is why at this time,
the biggest challenge
for them is to con-
vince the public and
to gain the public’s
trust. He said that
people won’t change
this time SP will
work to fulfill the un-
fulfilled promises
made to the people.
‘Other parties providing free laptops will be recovered later’
SPILLING THE BEANS?

Speaking to First
India, Chandrapal
stated that under
the guidance of
the party’s Chief
Mahadev Jankar
Pal, the party will
field its
candidates in 100
seats of the state
SP candidate Gyanendra Gautam
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha leader Mahadev Jankar —FILE PHOTO
Fire breaks out at sweets
shop in Kanpur, two dead
CAUSE UNKNOWN
‘SPwillfulfillall
unfulfilledpromises
madebyBJP’
‘UP POLLS WON’T BE SURPRISING, REAL SHOCK WILL BE IN GUJ’
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR

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UPDATE
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ACTIVE CASES
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2NDFRONT
On Martyr’s Day, we remember and
pay homage to Bapu - Mahatma
Gandhi - Let us also strive to live our
life by the principle of non-violence.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The CBI,
which is probing the 22
billion PF scam in UP
Power Corporation
Limited (UPPCL), has
now sought prosecution
approval from the state
government against 3
IAS officers of UP cadre
including IAS Sanjay
Agarwal, IAS Alok Ku-
mar-I and IAS Aparna
U. These three officers
were posted in high po-
sitions in UP Power
Corporation Limited.
IAS Sanjay Agarawal
is a 1984-batch officer,
whoiscurrentlyserving
as Secretary, Agricul-
ture and Farmers Wel-
fare Department in the
Central Government.
Earlier he was Principal
SecretaryUPPowerCor-
poration, ACS Chair-
man of UPPCL between
2013 2017.
IAS Alok kumar-I is a
1988 batch officer. At
present he is posted as
Secretary, Ministry of
Power in Central Gov-
ernment. From 2017 to
2019 he was Principal
Secretary UP Power
and Chairman UPPCL
besides he headed Ener-
gy Department and UP
State Electric Produc-
tion Corporation. Apar-
na U is a 2001 batch offi-
cer and is Secertary UP
Medical Health, Family
Welfare and Mission Di-
rector NHM and Execu-
tive Director SIFSA.
Between 2017 and 2019
she was MD UPPCL
and Secretary Power
Department.
Prior to the CBI, in
2019, EOW was investi-
gating this scam which
had sent former MD AP
Mishra, director fi-
nance Sudhanshu
Trivedi and PK Gupta
to jail. This was fol-
lowed by several arrests
in which agents of the
brokerage firm and
CAs were also involved.
First India Bureau
Etawah: BJP president
J P Nadda on Saturday
launched a scathing at-
tack on Samajwadi Par-
ty chief Akhilesh Yadav
saying those who never
did any good for the
farmers are moving
around with a handful
of grains making pledg-
es. His apparent target
was Yadav’s ‘ann
sankalp’ (food commit-
ment), the SP’s resolve
for the welfare of the
farmers, a crucial vote
bank in the state.
Akhilesh Yadav has
made several promises
to the farmers of Uttar
Pradesh, including
MSP for every crop, free
irrigation facilities,
payment of arrears to
cane-growers in 15 days,
interest-free loans, and
insurance and pension
if his party-led alliance
comes to power.
At a public rally in
Etawah, Nadda said,
“Those who never did
any good for the farm-
ers are today moving
around with a handful
of grains. Akhilesh Ya-
dav should tell the peo-
ple of Uttar Pradesh
what had done for the
farmers during the
five years of his rule
(2012-2017).”
“Under the leader-
ship of PM Narendra
Modi, the government
of Yogi Adityanath
waived the worth Rs
36,000 crore loans of 86
lakh farmers. Over 10
crore farmers of the
country have got Rs 1.80
lakh crore under the Ki-
san Samman Nidhi, of
which 2.5 crore are from
Uttar Pradesh,” the BJP
national president said.
He asserted that UP
was the number one in
producing sugarcane,
sugar, potato and green
peas.“In five years, our
double engine govern-
ment has given Rs 1.48
lakh crore to sugarcane
farmers, which is more
than the payments
made during the rule of
the SP and BSP. We
have also cleared the
dues accumulated
during the Akhilesh
Yadav government.
“In the governments
of the SP and BSP, 21
sugar mills were shut
down, while in our gov-
ernment, three new
sugarmillswereopened
and there has been an
expansion of some sug-
ar mills,” Nadda said.
First India Bureau
Dehradun: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) on
Saturday released a
list of as many as 30
‘star campaigners’ for
the Uttarakhand As-
sembly elections.
The list includes
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, BJP chief
Jagat Prakash Nadda,
Union Ministers Ra-
jnath Singh, Amit
Shah, Nitin Gadkari,
Pralhad Joshi (who is
also the election in
charge of Uttara-
khand), Smriti
Irani among
others.
The list also
includes Ut-
tarakhand
C h i e f
Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath,
Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan, BJP
MP Dushyant Kumar
Gautam, BJP MLA
Madan Kaushik.
Moreover, the list
also includes names of
former Chief Minis-
ters of Uttarakhand
namely Vijay Bahugu-
na, Trivendra Singh
Rawat, Tirath Singh
Rawat and former
Union Education
Minister Ra-
mesh Pokhriyal
Nishank.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: BSP chief
Mayawati on Saturday
said in the past 10
years, under the SP
and the BJP
, there has
been “anarchy” and
“jungle raj” in UP
, and
cautionedpeoplenotto
fallpreytoanyof their
allurements.
The previous gov-
ernment in the state
was that of the SP
,
which was defeated by
the BJP in the 2017 as-
sembly polls. The BSP
chief also said that her
rivals have an “an-
ti-peoplecharacterand
face, and do double
talk”, and these have
been again exposed be-
fore the UP elections.
Assembly polls in the
statewillbeheldinsev-
en phases beginning
nextmonthandresults
will be declared on
March 10.
“They (BSP’s rivals)
are not talking about
good days by remov-
ing problems of liveli-
hood, unemployment
and inflation, among
others, but are seek-
ing votes by talking
about religion-caste
discrimination and
hate speech, which is
not right at all,” May-
awati said in a tweet.
She said, “The people
of UP have spent a
troubled 10 years, first
SP and then BJP gov-
ernment’s jungle raj,
anarchy, arrogance,
caste and religious ha-
tred. Therefore, it will
be better if people do
not fall for any of their
tempting promises
and delusion.”
CBI seeks prosecution approval against 3 IAS officers
PF SCAM
Sanjay Agarawal Alok kumar Aparna U
NADDA ATTACKS SP,
says they never did
anygoodforfarmers
BJP national president JP Nadda addressing a gathering in
Etawah on Saturday.
Modi, Shah among
BJP’s star campaigners
In past 10 yrs, SP BJP gave
anarchy, jungle raj to UP: Maya
The people of UP have
spent a troubled 10
years, first SP and
then BJP government’s
jungle raj, anarchy,
arrogance, caste and
religious hatred.
TROUBLED TIME
WHY IS VARUN
ASKING SO MUCH
OUTSIDE THE BJP?
Varun Gandhi, who
wants to awaken
the spirit of a new opti-
mistic politics, may have
been dropped by the par-
ty from its list of star
campaigners, but he has
the power to turn the ta-
bles on many seats in
Rohilkhand. Even
though his own party
has sidelined him, TMC,
SP and Congress are
seenwelcominghim.Ini-
tially
,therewerespecula-
tions of him joining
TMC, then it was specu-
lated that he talked with
Rahul and Priyanka
Gandhi, now specula-
tions are rife in the po-
litical circles that Varun
is in constant touch with
SP supremo Akhilesh.
The current BJP leader-
ship may dislike Varun,
but there was a time
when the same Sangh
andBJPaskedhimtomi-
grate to UP
. This was in
2014 when Varun was
busy with reading and
writing and came across
sensational economic
data,inwhichafrighten-
ing fact was hidden. In
this data, 14,800 such
farmer families of UP
were included who were
deeplydebt-ridden;their
financial condition was
so bad that the helpless
head of family could go
to the extent of commit-
tingsuicide.Varunalong
with his team identified
all these families and
went out to meet them.
But top BJP leadership
did not like this idea be-
cause they were seeing a
flurry of challenges for
the leadership in the ex-
perimental and optimis-
tic politics of Varun.
MIST OVER CONG
INTENTIONS
Last week in Con-
gress office in New
Delhi, when the Con-
gress youth manifes-
to for UP was to be
released, Rahul
Gandhi, Priyanka Gan-
dhi, KC Venugopal, Ran-
deep Surjewala and
Aradhana Misra were
seated on the stage, and
leaders like Salman
Khurshid and Pawan
Kumar Bansal were also
sitting the chairs below
the stage. Everyone was
waiting for UP Congress
President Ajay Kumar
Lallu, but he did not
reach and the pro-
gramme started without
him. The reason for his
inability to reach was
said to be the ‘smog’ that
got him stuck as he was
reaching Delhi by road
from Lucknow. General-
ly
, such programmes of
Congress have the pres-
ence of veteran leaders
butthistime,notasingle
member of the G-23, a
factionof theparty’s
disgruntled leaders,
was visible in this
program even re-
motely
. With this,
now the face of a
new Congress
under the
leader-
ship of
Rahul
isclearlyvisible.Awom-
an journo asked a ques-
tion to Rahul and Pri-
yanka about slogan
‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti
Hoon’. She asked why
Congress is not fielding
40% women in polls in 4
states other than UP --
Punjab, U’khand, Goa,
and Manipur. Rahul and
Priyanka did not con-
sider it appropriate to
answer the question.
SOREN IS HAPPY
WITH RPN SINGH
MOVING TO BJP’S
FOLD
Jharkhand CM He-
mant Soren’s joy is
quite visible with RPN
Singh leaving Congress
and joining BJP. RPN
was Congress’s
Jharkhand
in charge for
the past sev-
eral years
because of
his close-
ness to the
G a n d h i
f a m i l y.
T here
h av e
been
allegations against RPN
in the past that he has
given all the ‘posts’ of
Jharkhand Congress to
his loyalists. Chief Min-
ister and JMM supremo
Hemant Soren felt that
RPN was playing in the
handsof BJPevenwhile
being in Congress.
Sources said that Soren
had directly spoken to
Rahul told him that
RPN wanted to topple
his govt in Jharkhand
under the pressure of
the BJP but Rahul never
took Soren’s complaints
seriously
.WhenAvinash
Pande, who belongs to
Maharashtra, was sent
to Ranchi as the in-
charge of Jharkhand
Congress, Rahul also at-
tached Umang Sindhar,
atriballeaderfromMad-
hya Pradesh, as co-in-
charge with Pande. Ra-
hul has instructed both
these leaders to change
the face of the entire
Jharkhand Congress;
especially people ap-
pointed by RPN should
be removed. Pande has
started working on the
directions.
IS NITISH ANNOYED
WITH RCP?
Nitish Kumar’s spe-
cial friend Rajiv
Ranjan alias Lalan Sin-
gh has issued the first
list of 26 JDU candi-
dates for UP elections.
There are indications
that JDU may field its
candidates in almost all
the seats of UP. While
RCP Singh is the Union
Steel Minister from the
JDU quota in the BJP-
led central govt, JDU-
BJP coalition govt is
also running in Bihar.
Then why is Nitish’s at-
titude so rigid regard-
ing UP? Sources said
that Nitish had en-
trusted RCP
with the task
of finalising
the seat for
J D U ’ s
share in
UP with
the BJP’s central lead-
ership. It is said that
RCP was also in con-
stant touch with Shah,
Nadda and Dharmen-
dra Pradhan but there
was no consensus on
coordination of seats,
or rather, the BJP kept
RCP entangled till end.
WHY ARE
CONGRESSMEN
APPROACHING
LALU?
In Bihar, the MLC
elections are round
the corner. A broad con-
sensus has also been
reached between the
BJP and JDU in the
state regarding the can-
didates. At the same
time, the confusion of
Congress is coming out
openly in Bihar. By go-
ing alone in UP and Goa
elections, the Congress
has in a way declared in
front of its alliance
partners that the party
will fight on its own in
the coming assembly
elections. Rahul Gan-
dhi wants the same for-
mula for Bihar as well.
But the Congress lead-
ers of Bihar
have now
got used
to reach-
ing out to
Nitish or
L a l u .
Now in
the MLC elections, sen-
ior leaders of Congress
are approaching Lalu,
Tejashwi and even
Manoj Jha. Bihar Con-
gress president Madan
Mohan Jha had an-
nounced that the Con-
gress leaders who want
to claim for the post of
MLC should come to the
Congress office and get
a slip of Rs 5,000 cut.
But look at the condi-
tion of Congress in Bi-
har, not a single slip
was cut.
SP BENEFITS FROM
BHIM ARMY
SP chief Akhilesh
Yadav is now feeling
that it was a profitable
deal for him not to forge
an electoral alliance
with Chandrashekhar
Azad’s Bhim Army par-
ty. Earlier, Chan-
drashekhar Azad was
demanding 10 seats
from Akhilesh for his
party, but Akhilesh was
ready to give only two
seats to Bhim Army.
Akhilesh had offered to
bear the election ex-
penses of these two
seats. But the deal did
not work out.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Sticking to workout routine
may benefit you on the
health front. Meeting
relatives at a marriage or
party cannot be ruled out. Support
from the family may come for those
aiming an academic pursuit. A
passion-filled evening is foreseen, as
romantic front brightens.
LIBRA
SEP 24 - OCTOBER 22
Homemakers will get a
chance to implement their
ideas. You are likely to be
recognised for your efforts
on the professional front. Chance of
a raise is possible for some. Timely
decision will help you in saving a lot
of money. You will be able to
de-stress yourself completely today.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Spirituality will have a
special allure for you. Your
innovative ideas on the
professional front are likely
to be well received. Good health will
keep you fit and energetic. You are
likely to expand your social circle.
You may get immense fulfilment in
your current romantic relationship.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
A profitable day for
entrepreneurs is envisaged.
You may be played upon for
spending on someone else’s
needs and desires. Homemakers are
likely to enjoy the day in the company
of neighbours and friends. Fatigue
threatens in a long journey, but
adequate breaks will keep you going.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
It is one of those days
when you will feel satisfied
with whatever you do today
on the social front. Those
seeking love may not get lucky, but
persistence will pay! A friend or
relative can touch a sensitive nerve
and get you all upset. You will be able
to de-stress yourself today.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
A lot of time may be wasted
in socialising, but you will
love every moment of it. You
will succeed in surmounting
the odds to get a stalled job back on
the tracks. Something concerning
property will work out in your favour. A
romantic outing is on the cards and
promises much fun and frolic.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Homemakers can exceed
budget in doing up their
homes. An old friend or a
relative is likely to pay you
a visit. You succeed in putting an
ambitious project on the tracks and
cross all hurdles in making it a
success. Love beckons and promises
to give immense joy and fulfilment.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
A rethink is in order for
those going in for a heavy
investment. Recovering a
loaned amount from
someone will not pose much
difficulty. You will manage to defuse
tensions prevailing at home by your
tactful ways. You manage to weave
your magic on the one you love.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You will manage to ignore
distractions and interrup-
tions at work to complete a
pending task in time. Job
prospects for those freshly out of
professional institutes are set to
brighten up soon. Those not in a
stable job can expect permanency.
Health will be satisfactory.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Financial worries evaporate
as new avenues of earning
open up. You will put in
extra efforts to complete a
task entrusted to you. Your academic
aspirations may take some time to
get realised. A contentious property
issue may not show any signs of
getting sorted out amicably.
PISCES
FEB 20 - MARCH 20
Satisfaction is foreseen for
the image conscious
people trying to achieve
perfect figure and
physique. Your efforts on the
academic front will keep you in
contention. You are likely to spend an
enjoyable time with a close relation
today.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A major purchase may
make a dent in your
savings, but will help in
keeping up with the flow .
Speculation may not be profitable
and you can very well burn your
fingers. Some of you may get hard
pressed to find a good match for
someone eligible in the family.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
usband says:
“When my wife is
upset, she cries
for a long time. If
we sit down to
talk, she gets
more irritable
and refuses to talk. Noth-
ing works. I just feel like
giving up,” The wife says,
“when my husband came
home, I was crying. I tried
to explain why I was upset,
but he cut me off by saying
it was not that serious.
That made me even more
upset.” Can we relate to
the above experience?
Both want to communi-
cate, but they often get
frustrated.
Men and women com-
municate differently, and
they have unique needs.
Women are inclined to
show empathy, give emo-
tional support and share
their feelings openly and
often. Men are less in-
clined to discuss their feel-
ings. They prefer talking
about problems and facts.
Offering solutions is a
man’s way of showing his
wife that she can rely on
him.
Communication diffi-
culties in marriage are of-
ten because of gender. Men
and women complement
each other physically
, emo-
tionally and mentally.
Along with these differ-
ences are the complexi-
ties of upbringing, and
the moulding done by
the environment and
society’s view of what
is manly and wom-
anly. Because of
these influences, we
see certain pat-
terns in the way
men and women
talk.
The daily chal-
lenge of male-fe-
male communica-
tion is a formidable
one. Many
h u s -
bands say that a simple
question by their wives,
“how do you like my new
hairstyle”, can lead to an
argument.
A wife can make a re-
quest that her husband si-
lently resists for reasons
unknown to her. Thinking
he didn’t hear, she tells
him what to do. His resist-
ance stiffens. This situa-
tion shows two people have
not communicated clearly
.
From a wife’s perspec-
tive, she best expresses her
care when she offers good
advice. In her husband’s
view, she is ordering him
around and implying that
he is incompetent. “Don’t
forget your briefcase!” Is
for her a statement of care.
Whereas it reminds him of
his mother calling out af-
ter him. He may say to him-
self, “don’t run my life!”
A man’s response to a
stressful problem is to seek
a quiet place to think over
it. When a woman has a
problem, she wants to talk
it out with him. What she
wants most is a sympathet-
ic ear that will hear her
feelings about it.
“We have been married
for 25 years,” said one hus-
band.“If shedoesnotknow
what I want by now, she
must not care or is not pay-
ing attention.” Expecting
our partners to be mind
readers is not realistic.
Rather than belittle the
seeming peculiarities of a
partner and cling to one’s
own by saying, “that is the
way I am,” it is best to look
below the surface into each
other’s minds and specific
communication styles.
A woman has a special
need to be repeatedly reas-
sured. An insightful hus-
band takes note of his
wife’s feelings and tries to
adapt his approach accord-
ingly. He reassures her
that her thoughts and feel-
ings are important to him.
A discerning wife tries to
understand his viewpoint
and refrains from repeat-
edly saying, “why don’t
you just ask for direc-
tions,” when her husband
becomes lost while travel-
ling.
Sometimes the stresses
and strains of life leave
couples with less time and
energy for a meaningful
talk. Sharing feelings
builds trust and strength-
ens marriage bonds. Talk-
ing about even minor mat-
ters over a cup of tea or
coffee can keep them con-
nected emotionally
.
One husband said, “It’s
hard for me to really speak
my mind and tell my wife
just exactly the way I feel.”
Tactandasenseof humour
make heart to heart com-
munication easier. Letting
one’s partner know how
one feels can prevent frus-
trationanddisappointment
to accumulate.
Observing how a partner
talks with relatives can
help one understand him/
her better. At times, it is not
what is said but how it is
conveyed that reveals a per-
son’s inner thinking. Also,
much can be learnt from
what is not said.
Aseachpersonisunique,
so is each blend of two indi-
viduals in the marriage. It
is easy to assume that oth-
ers view things the same as
we do. Lack of communica-
tion is the villain that dev-
astates most homes.
One couple married for
20 years says, “We feel we
know each other quite well,
but situations sometimes
erupt that reveal a vast
communication gap which
good intentions alone can-
not bridge.”
Marital arguments may
have different tunes, but
often they are variations on
a few basic themes. Under-
standing one’s partner’s
different perspective helps
reduce these blazing forest
fires to glowing charcoal in
the heart of a happy home.
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal development
skills facilitator.
MARITAL BLUES
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