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Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Claiming that
he had already in-
formed the high com-
mand about horse-
trading conspiracies
to ‘poach’ Congress
legislators, Rajasthan
Chief MInister Ashok
Gehlot said on Tues-
day that none of the
MLAs should have
fallen for the trap.
“We all knew that the
conspiracy was huge
and had been going on
for the last 6 months.
Some of our colleagues
went astray to Delhi,
but BJP’s intentions of
creating a situation like
Karnataka and Madhya
Pradesh by playing
dirty money politics
were not fulfilled. The
game was open, but
some MLAs could not
cope with it, and now
they are answerable to
the public who voted for
them. It is unbelievable
how trading of crores
of rupees is being done
in the country,” Gehlot
said while addressing
the media minutes after
he met Governor Kalraj
Mishra at Rajbhawan.
“I am sad to say
that the circumstanc-
es of horse-trading
are precarious and
this is the first time
after independence
that a ruling party is
trying to break, twist
and topple state gov-
ernments on the basis
of money power. This
is the first time in the
last 70 years that our
democracy is in peril.
Before this, govern-
ments have changed
smoothly, strengthen-
ing the essence of de-
mocracy,” said the
Chief Minister.
He further added, “In
the end, we gave them a
full chance by holding a
meeting of MLAs on
Monday and Tuesday,
but they did not attend
it. We got information
that 8-10 people from
the group wanted to
come for the meeting.
Now, there is nothing
in the hands of for-
mer PCC Chief Sachin
Pilot. The group pre-
sent with him is play-
ing in BJP’s hands as
all the arrangements
are done by BJP.”
Gehlot claimed that
the people who had
come at the time of
Madhya Pradesh gov-
ernment Turn on P6
122 MLAs, including 107 from Congress, are with us: Gehlot
NUMBERS SAY IT ALL
CM Ashok Gehlot flashes a victory sign outside Raj Bhawan on Tuesday before going to meet
Governor Kalraj Mishra. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
PARTY DOES NOT BREAK
WITH 20 PEOPLE, SAYS CM
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: After being en-
gaged in a 18 month old
cold war with his deputy
and PCC Chief Sachin
Pilot, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot was a ‘re-
laxed man’ on Tuesday
afternoon, once Pilot lost
his deputy CM and PCC
Chief job and also his
two ministers Vishven-
dra Singh and Ramesh
Meena were shown the
door.
According to sources,
after Pilot’s departure,
Gehlot is likely to have a
hundred percent free
hand, mainly in consul-
tation with Avinash
Pande, in making much
awaited political ap-
pointments and an im-
pending cabinet reshuf-
fle, which is likely to take
place on Wednesday or
Thursday afternoon.
Gehlot already sound-
ed Governor Kalraj
Mishra, when he met the
Governor on Tuesday af-
ternoon, to take his for-
mal approval on the re-
moval of Pilot, Vishven-
dra Singh and Ramesh
Meena from his cabinet.
In this way, after Pi-
lot’s exit, Gehlot was
sounding a highly re-
laxed person, who has
now no challenge from
within, at least for the
time being.
Meanwhile, serving a
record tenure of 6 years
5 months and eighteen
days at PCC as its Chief,
former deputy CM
Sachin Pilot was virtu-
ally removed from the
post of deputy CM as
well as PCC Chief, which
he nourished for a long
time and technically, it
was his tenure when in
2018 assembly polls, Con-
gress rose from 21 to 99
seats and formed the gov-
ernment, where Gehlot
was the face of the party
in election campaign and
therefore, along with Pi-
lot, he had also a major
contribution to dislodge
the saffron government
and bring Congress back
to power for a five year
term.
even after his removal
from two top positions,
he was seen completely
enthusiastic and upbeat
along with his supporters
in New Delhi because ac-
cording to a Pilot camp
spokesperson, he is also
now a relaxed person as
he was feeling ‘suffo-
cated’ and rather
humiliated dur-
ing the last one
and a half years in the
Gehlot government,
where inspite of a clear
Sonia-Rahul-Priyanka
understanding in Decem-
ber 2018 to Pilot have a
fifty percent power shar-
ing with Gehlot in the
governance, he was not
given his due share and
was sidelined, while tak-
ing all key decisions of
the state government by
the Chief Minister and
his senior colleagues.
Pilot camp feels that
now he will be in a posi-
tion to carry out a ‘deci-
sive battle’ against Ge-
hlot government, with an
indirect but active sup-
port of BJP. Meanwhile,
Pilot may hold a PC
on Wednesday.
18 MONTH OLD GEHLOT-PILOT COLD
WAR COMES TO A TRAGIC END!
AN ‘AGGRESSIVE’ PILOT LOST HIS Dy CM & PCC
JOB; HIS TWO MINISTERS ALSO DROPPED
A RELAXED MAN
END OF AN ERA! A RECORD 6 YEARS
5 MONTHS & 18 DAY PCC TENURE
New Delhi: Engaged in
a boundary dispute
with China in eastern
Ladakh, India is plan-
ning to enhance its sur-
veillance capabilities
and firepower by plac-
ing orders for Heron
surveillance drones and
Spike anti-tank guided
missiles from Israel un-
der the emergency fi-
nancial powers granted
by the government. The
Heron unmanned aerial
vehicles are already in
the Air Force, Navy, and
the Army and are being
used extensively at the
moment by both Army
surveillance and Target
acquisition batteries
and Air Force in the
Ladakh sector.
“Thereisaneedforac-
quisition of Heron UAVs
toaddtotheexistingfleet
of these drones for meet-
ing the requirements of
our Air Force fleet. We
are planning to place or-
dersfortheseUAVs,”gov-
ernment sources told
ANI here without speci-
fying the numbers to be
procured. Turn on P6
New Delhi: An arbitral
tribunal consisting of
Supreme Court Justices
(Retd) Sujatha Manohar,
Mukunthakam Sharma
and S.S. Nijjar upheld
the termination of the
IPL media rights agree-
ment for overseas terri-
tories with WSG by the
BCCI, on June 28, 2010.
It will allow BCCI to
appropriate amounts
lying in escrow ac-
count, to the tune of
over Rs 850 crore. The
matter went to arbitra-
tion, after WSG staked
claim over Turn on P6
New Delhi:Humanclin-
ical trials for a vaccine
for COVID-19 has been
initiated in the country
withapproximately1,000
volunteers participating
in the exercise for each
of the two indigenously
developedvaccinecandi-
dates, the ICMR said on
Tuesday.
Since India is one of
the largest vaccine pro-
ducers in the world, it is
the country’s “moral
responsibility” to fast-
track vaccine develop-
ment process to break
the chain of coronavi-
rustransmission,ICMR
Director General Dr
Balram Bhargava said
referring to the two vac-
cine candidates devel-
oped indigenously.
The Drugs Controller
General of India (DCGI)
has permitted two vac-
cines -- one developed by
Bharat Biotech Interna-
tional Limited in collab-
oration with the Indian
Council of Medical Re-
search and another one
by Zydas Cadila Health-
care Ltd to go in for the
firstandsecondphaseof
human clinical trials.
There are two Indian
vaccine candidates that
have undergone suc-
cessful toxicity studies
in rats, mice and rab-
bits and these data was
submitted to the DCGI,
following which both
got clearance to start an
early phase Turn on P6
COVID-19 vaccine: India
starts human clinical trials
India to buy drones, anti-tank
guided missiles from Israel
BCCI wins
`850 cr law suit
against World
Sports Group
WORLD
5,77,908
DEATHS
1,33,38,517
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
9,36,368
CONFIRMED CASES
24,314
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
10,695 DEATHS 2,67,665 CASES
DELHI
3,446 DEATHS 1,15,346 CASES
TAMIL NADU
2,099 DEATHS 1,47,324 CASES

Pilot-loyalist MLAs demand
floor test in Raj Assembly
Jaipur: Amid the politi-
cal crisis in Rajasthan,
the demand for a floor
test by the members of
the Sachin Pilot camp
has gained momentum,
with former state Food
and Civil Supply Minis-
ter Ramesh Meena say-
ing this will make it
clear how many MLAs
are with the Ashok Ge-
hlot government.
Meena, a Pilot loyal-
ist, is among the Con-
gress legislators who
skipped both the Con-
gress legislature party
meetings on Monday
and Tuesday. “Floor test
should be conducted in
the assembly. This will
expose the claim that
the Gehlot government
has support of 109
MLAs,” Meena said.
He, however, refused
to say anything further.
Congress MLA Deep-
endra Singh Shekhawat
too had raised the same
demanded on Monday.
“We want a floor test at
the earliest, which will
make the situation crys-
tal clear. We are with the
Congress and Congress
(state) president Sachin
Pilot,” Singh had told
reporters on Monday.
The Ashok Gehlot
camp has claimed that
109 MLAs, both of Con-
gress and others, are in
support of the govern-
ment. Another Congress
MLA Murari Lal Meena,
who is close to Pilot, al-
legedthatGehlotneglect-
edpartyleaders,workers
who worked hard for five
years. —ANI
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Rakshita Pareek
Jaipur: The politics in
Rajasthanhasseenmany
twists and turns in past
three days and on Tues-
day, after Sachin Pilot
wassackedfromthepost
of PCC Chief and Depu-
ty Chief Minister, and
his two loyalists Ramesh
Meena and Vishvendra
Singh were removed
from the council of min-
isters, many BJP leaders
sided with them and lent
themsupportonTwitter.
The BJP leaders
retweeted the tweets of
rebel Congress leaders
and came out in their
support in poetic tone.
BJP MP Diya Kumari
backed the MLA from
Deeg-Kumher and said,
“@vishvendrabtp Hu-
kum, your decision to
stay on the path of truth
is commendable. I wel-
come your decision and
wish you a bright fu-
ture.” Union Minister
of State for Agriculture
and Farmers’ Welfare
Kailash Choudhary also
raised his voice in the
support of ‘rebels’ and
said, “The fear of the
villain will not last long.
You have proved that
the youth of today are
rich in skills, it is not
easy to suppress them.”
“It is clear from the tone
of the rebellion that the
king’s palace has a lot of
suffocation,” tweeted
Union Jal Shakti Minis-
ter Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat.
Quoting Lord Krish-
na from Mahabharat,
BJP leader Vasudev
Devnani wrote, “Fight-
ing for injustice and
your rights is para-
mount in all religions,
even if it is your own
family: Shri Krishna
(Mahabharata).”
IN A RARE FIRST, BJP LEADERS TWEET SUPPORT TO TEAM PILOT!
IS THERE A HIDDEN INTENT?
New Delhi: Soon after
being removed from the
posts of Rajasthan Dep-
uty CM and Pradesh
Congress Committee
(PCC) chief, Sachin Pi-
lot changed his bio on
Twitter and later stated,
“Truth can be dis-
turbed, not defeated.”
Notably, the nameplate
of Pilot has also been
removed from the par-
ty’s state headquarters
in Jaipur.
Pilot’s new bio on
Twitter reads, “MLA
from Tonk| Former
Minister of IT, Telecom
& Corporate affairs,GoI
|Commissioned officer
Territorial Army”. The
senior leader has re-
moved earlier bio which
mentioned “Deputy CM
of Rajasthan and Presi-
dent, Rajasthan Con-
gress”.
In place of Pilot, Ra-
jasthan’s Education
Minister Govind Singh
Dotasrahasbeennamed
as the new PCC chief.
The decision to remove
Pilot was taken after the
conclusion of CLP meet
at Fairmont Hotel in
Jaipur, Rajasthan earli-
er today. The Rajasthan
Congress is in turmoil
over the past few days.
While CM Gehlot has
blamed the BJP for at-
tempting to destabilise
theStategovernmentby
poachingMLAs,Deputy
CMPilothasbeencamp-
ing in Delhi. —ANI
Wow Raja sahab, very
good; It is unbecoming
of your unique style.
Neither do you care
about the accusation,
nor can you be helpless.
—Satish Poonia,
State BJP Chief
Hukum, your decision
to stay on the path of
truth is commendable.
I welcome your deci-
sion and wish you a
bright future.
—Diya Kumari,
BJP MP
Fighting for injustice
and your rights is Para-
mount in all religions,
even if it is your own
family: Shri Krishna
(Mahabharata).
—Vasudev Devnani,
BJP Leader
From a practising lawyer to PCC chief!
Dotasara has come a long way in 15 yrs
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Once a prac-
tising lawyer, Ra-
jasthan Education
Minister Govind Sin-
gh Dotasara’s eleva-
tion to the post of the
state Congress chief
came almost 15 years
after he contested his
first election to be-
come a member of a
panchayat samiti in
the state.
Born on October 1,
1964 in Kriparam ji ki
Dhani in Lakshman-
garh of Sikar district,
55-year-old Dotasara
had started his career
at the grassroots level
in the party while
working as a lawyer.
Receiving this eleva-
tion, Dotasara ex-
pressed his gratitude
towards Sonia Gandhi
and Rahul Gandhi and
said that he is hum-
bled by the trust party
has entrusted in him.
“I will work tirelessly
to further strengthen
the party. I will work
keeping in view the
emotions of Congress
workers who fought
hard to bring out gov-
ernment in state and
will start strategising
to bring our govern-
ment again in 2023,”
Dotasara said.
The three-time Con-
gress MLA had con-
tested the Lakshman-
garh pachayat samiti
in 2005 before being
given the party ticket
for the assembly elec-
tions three years later.
On Tuesday, he was
made the state Con-
gress president after
the removal of Sachin
Pilot from the post fol-
lowing accusations
that he tried to topple
the Congress govern-
ment in the state as
part of a “BJP con-
spiracy”. Earlier, he
held the post of the
Sikar district Con-
gress president for
seven years. He also
worked for the Youth
Congress. Dotasara,
who comes from a
farming family, is
known as a Jat leader
and the Congress has
played its OBC card in
appointing him to the
high post.
In 2008, Dotasara for
the first time got the
party ticket to contest
the assembly elections
from the Lakshman-
garh constituency, from
where he won by a slim
margin. Since 2008, he
has been continuously
winning assembly elec-
tions. He was made the
state’s education minis-
ter after the party’s vic-
tory in the 2018 assem-
bly polls.
Earlier, he held the
post of the deputy
chief whip of the Con-
gress in the 14th Ra-
jasthan assembly. Do-
tasara has completed
BCom and then LLB
from Rajasthan Uni-
versity. He practised
in a Sikar court for al-
most two decades.
It is worth noting
that Govind Singh
Dotasara is not just
a Gehlot camp nomi-
nee to fill in Pilot’s
shoes at PCC, but
surprisingly, he was
Pilot’s own nominee
as well. Nearly two
months back, Pilot
had showed his sup-
port to Dotasara, as
and when he leaves
from the PCC, how-
ever, it is nothing
short of conspiracy
of circumstances
that Pilot’s untimely
removal has brought
Dotasara as ‘Gehlot
man’ in the Ra-
jasthan PCC.
The fear of the villain will not last
long. You have proved that the youth
of today are rich in skills, it is not
easy to suppress them.
—Kailash Choudhary, Union Minister
It is clear from the tone of the rebel-
lion that the king’s palace has a lot of
suffocation.
—Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,
Jal Shakti Minister
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot blesses newly appointed PCC
chief Govind Singh Dotasara on Tuesday.
Pilot changes
bio on Twitter,
removes Cong
from profile! Jaipur: At the Con-
gress Legislative Party
(CLP) meeting on Tues-
day, as many as 102
MLAs unanimously de-
manded that Sachin Pi-
lot should be removed
from the party, said
sources.
In a few minutes long
video, all the MLAs
were seen standing on
their seats during the
meeting and raising
their hands to show the
unified response for
sacking Pilot at the
Fairmont Hotel. Earlier
on Monday, twenty
MLAs, including Depu-
ty CM Sachin Pilot, did
not attend the Congress
Legislature Party meet-
ing held at the residence
of CM Ashok Gehlot
amid the political crisis
in the state.
The top leadership of
the Congress party in-
cluding Rahul Gandhi,
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra, Ahmed Patel, P
Chidambaram and KC
Venugopal have spoken
to Pilot several times.
102 MLAs were unanimous
on sacking Pilot at CLP meet
Sachin Pilot
Govind Singh Dotasara, Avinash Pande, KC Venugopal, Randeep
Surjewala and Ajay Maken on Tuesday.
UNITED COLOURS THAT FADED GRADUALLY!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot met Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra on
Tuesday. The CM had
proposed the governor
to remove three minis-
ters from his cabinet
including deputy chief
minister Sachin Pilot,
tourism minister Vishv-
endra Singh and food &
civil supply minister
Ramesh Meena. The
governor accepted his
proposal with immedi-
ate effect.
Later speaking to the
media, Gehlot said that
horse trading activities
weregoingonforlastsix
months. He accused BJP
of having hand in it.
“This is the first govern-
ment after the independ-
ence, which has been in-
dulging in bringing
down elected govern-
ments,” he said.
However, Gehlot rued
that some of his party
colleagues played in
BJP’s hands. “If they
had any issue, they
should have aired their
grievances on party fo-
rum. They had been in-
vited twice but did not
come,” he said.
According to Gehlot,
he did not complain
against Sachin to party
high command, which
took the decision when
no other option left.
TheCMsaidthatmere
30 MLAs can’t split the
party. To trigger break,
there has to be two-third
majority. Never a ruling
party member demands
floor test. It showed that
they were playing in
hands of the BJP.
Meanwhile, amid the
possibility of a reshuffle
in ministerial berths,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot convened a Cabi-
net meeting on Tuesday
evening. After the Cabi-
net meeting, another
meeting of the entire
council of ministers, in-
cluding the ministers of
state, too was held 8 pm
at the Chief Minister’s
Residence.
Gehlot also handed
overalistof 104MLAsto
Governor Kalraj Mishra
claiming a majority in
the state Assembly.
The move came after
his party sacked Sachin
Pilot as the deputy
chief minister for his
revolt as he skipped the
second meeting of
MLAs in two days. Two
ministers who joined
him in his revolt have
also been dropped.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Even as the po-
litical heat of Rajasthan
swelters the individuals
‘daring the weather’, CM
Ashok Gehlot went to
work on Tuesday and
held a meeting of the
council of ministers.
The council, during the
meeting, approved the
proposal to get the East
Rajasthan Canal Project
(ERCP), which will pro-
vide drinking water to
13 districts till 2051,
sanctioned as a National
project. Under the ERCP
project, surplus water of
Chambal river basin is
proposed to be dumped
in river basins of Banas,
Morel, Banganga, Par-
vati, Kalisil, Gambhir
etc. Moreover, Important
decisions were taken re-
garding the establish-
ment of ‘One Stop Shop’
system for approval of
investment proposals of
more than Rs 10 crore in
state. The meeting ap-
proved the proposal to
provide a special facility
package to Godrej
Agrovet Limited to set
up an animal feed manu-
facturing unit at Ulera
village in Bundi district.
CMmeetsGovernor,showsthedoortoPilot,Vishvendra&Meena;
GehlotCabinetexpansiononcardsonWednesdayorThursday
CM Ashok Gehlot with Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan on Tuesday where he presented the
proposal for dismissal of Sachin Pilot, Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from Cabinet.
Gehlot Cabinet proposes
national project status to ERCP
Ramesh Meena
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Over the past
two days, there have
been enough commen-
taries about the ‘cul-
ture and ethics’ in Ra-
jasthan politics. For-
mer PCC Chief and
deputy Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot is being
seen as a rebel by cer-
tain factions, while
there are others who
claim that he is a rebel
without a cause! How-
ever, with the horde of
political observers and
commentators eschew-
ing history, here is one
line which, perhaps in
the current situation,
holds the most mean-
ing: History Repeats
Itself.
There are compa-
rable similarities be-
tween the current
year ie 2020, and the
story that played out
in 1952. Although
there is a gap of 68
years, but two stories
could never be more
aligned. It was in
1952 when Chief
Minister Jainarayan
Vyas’s leadership
was challenged by a
young leader - Mo-
hanlal Sukhadiya
who rebelled against
him for the ‘chair’.
Vyas had to fight a
‘bloody’ battle
against Sukhadia
much like what CM
Ashok Gehlot fought
against his nemesis
Pilot, who claimed
that Gehlot govern-
ment was in minori-
ty. This had forced
the Gehlot camp to
huddle the MLAs
into his side.
Yet another similar-
ity between the two in-
stances is the favourit-
ism factor of the cen-
tral leadership towards
then Chief Minister
Vyas and current Chief
Minister Gehlot.
Interestingly, in
1952, Jawaharlal
Nehru was the Prime
Minister and had to
come out to diffuse
the situation, but
could not succeed in
keeping status-quo.
The fight broke out
in 1952 after Vyas was
sworn in as Chief Min-
ister even though he
lost the assembly elec-
tion and a ‘young’
Sukhadiya took it as
bone of contention,
thus starting a rebel-
lion.
Interestingly, just
like in those days,
this time too Pilot
camp feels that in
spite of intense hard
work being under-
taken by Pilot to
bring the party to
power, it was Gehlot
who was given the
reins, and this be-
came the ‘bone of
contention’ between
the two camps.
When Sukhadiya re-
belled, Nehru sent Bal-
want Rai to the state
capital Jaipur to re-
solve the difference be-
tween them, much like
the same way the Con-
gress high command
pressed Avinash pan-
de, Randeep Surjewala
and Ajay Maken to the
troubled state.
And this is where
the ‘historical repeti-
tions’ end in this sto-
ry. That is so because
after Balwant Rai
reached Jaipur, he
called a meeting of
party MLAs who
were asked to cast
their vote in support
of either of the ‘war-
ring’ leaders in ‘52,
and the battle was
won by the ‘young
turk’ Sukhadiya,
who became the
youngest ever Chief
Minister of Ra-
jasthan. Cut to 2020,
when Sachin Pilot
rushed to Delhi and
refused to come to
Jaipur. Probably
there could be yet an-
other ‘voting’ on sim-
ilar pattern and set-
tle the score once and
for all, but we will
never know of what
could have been!
THE UNCANNY SIMILARITIES OF CONG’S TWO ERAS
Mumbai: Attacking the
BJP over the political
crisis in Rajasthan, the
Shiv Sena on Tuesday
accused the NDA con-
stituent of working to
destabilise govern-
ments of its opponents
and encouraging horse-
trading in the state.
An editorial in Sena
mouthpiece ‘Saamana’
asked BJP what is it go-
ing to achieve with this
political misadventure
in the “desert”, and said
such moves will turn
the country’s parlia-
mentary democracy
into a desert.
“The central power is
working to destabilise
(the state) governments
of its opponents, the
Shiv Sena alleged.
The country is facing
problems like a corona-
virus-triggered collapse
of the economy and
“Chinese intrusion” in
Ladakh. The killings of
20 Indian soldiers in a
face-off with Chinese
troops in Galwan Valley
is still afresh, it said.
Instead of solving
these issues, the BJP is
interfering in the inter-
nal bickering of the
Congress and “encour-
aging horse-trading” in
Rajasthan, the Sena al-
leged.
What is the BJP go-
ing to achieve with this
political misadventure,
by causing a storm in
the desert? Such steps
will rather turn the par-
liamentary democracy
into a desert,” the party
said. —PTI
Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP
President Satish Poonia
on Tuesday said the
party is not demanding
floor test in the state as-
sembly as of now.
Asked about floor test
Poonia said, “At pre-
sent, we are not de-
manding anything. Our
priority was to bring
forward that it is a cor-
rupt government and it
did mismanagement in
the coronavirus crisis.
It has become a weak
government. First thing
is that this government
should go away in the
interest of the people of
the state.”
Amid the ongoing po-
litical crisis in Ra-
jasthan, opposition BJP
leaders on Tuesday met
in Jaipur to discuss the
current situation in the
state.
A meeting took place
at the BJP state office
here in which party na-
tional joint general sec-
retary V Satish, BJP
state president Satish
Poonia, leader of oppo-
sition Gulab Chand Ka-
taria and deputy leader
of opposition Rajendra
Rathore were present.
“The leaders are dis-
cussing the current po-
litical situation in the
state,” the party sourc-
es said.
“This government’s
foundation is weak.
Congress has been
claiming that their
leaders are united but
it’s clear that there are
internal disputes, be-
cause of which, Sachin
Pilot had to part from
Congress after facing
humiliation. When
such a thing happens
then the government is
not able to fulfil the ex-
pectations of the people
of the state. And then
eventually it falls,” he
said.
“It is the tradition of
Congress and this was
the reason that Jyotia-
ditya Scindia who was
in Congress for so many
years and had to leave it
to join the BJP. The
same situation was
with Sachin Pilot in Ra-
jasthan where he kept
the organisation work-
ing and when it came to
transfer him power
then he was neglected
and disrespected,” he
added. —ANI
‘Notcallingforfloortest,butgovt
shouldgoawayinpublicinterest’
Jaipur: Two video clips
of Rajasthan’s Bharati-
ya Tribal Party MLA
RajkumarRoatsurfaced
on social media on Tues-
day with the leader
claiming in one of these
that he has been kept
like a “hostage” and not
allowed to go to his con-
stituency.
The videos are shot in
a car with the MLA oc-
cupying the front seat.
One of these is purport-
edly shot by the MLA
himself. It is not clear
when it were shot. In the
videouploadedonsocial
media in the evening, a
police inspector is seen
taking away keys of his
car,withaconstablesay-
ing “there is a threat”.
In one of the clips, the
Chorasi MLA, while re-
ferring to the current
political crisis in the
state, was heard saying
that he has been kept
like a hostage . The vid-
eo was uploaded on re-
bel Congress leader
Sachin Pilot’s official
WhatsApp group.
Roat said he has been
at the MLA quarters in
Jaipur for the past three
days where many asked
him to come along .
He said when he tried
to leave, three to four po-
lice vehicles came there
and did not let him go.
He is seen alleging
that police vehicles sur-
rounded his car and his
keys were taken away.
He also showed two po-
lice vehicles parked
aroundhiscar.Congress
has counted both BTP
MLAs as supporters of
the Gehlot government.
They had voted for Con-
gress candidates in Ra-
jya Sabha polls last
month but their party
issued a whip on Mon-
day, directing them to
remain neutral and not
voteforBJPorCongress
in case of a floor test in
the assembly. Roat has
switched off his mobile
phone. —PTI
Hanuman Beniwal, Satish Poonia, GC Kataria and Rajendra Rathore during the meet at BJP ofﬁce.
Kept like‘hostage’,
alleges BTP MLA
After Pilot’s removal as PCC chief, Raj
police alerted to maintain law & order
ShivSenatargetsBJPovercrisisinRaj
Jaipur: Police person-
nel across the Ra-
jasthan have been
alerted to maintain
peace in their jurisdic-
tion amid the political
crisis in the state, an
official said.
“Following intelli-
gence inputs and po-
litical happenings, po-
lice force across the
state has been alerted
to ensure peace and
maintain law and or-
der situation,” ADG
(Law and Order) Sau-
rabh Srivastava said.
He said that police
force has been asked to
keep a vigil so that
common people do not
have to suffer.
The Congress on
Tuesday sacked
Sachin Pilot from the
posts of Rajasthan’s
deputy chief minister
and the party’s state
unit chief. Cracking
the whip on the rebel
party leader, the party
also removed his loyal-
ists Vishvendra Singh
and Ramesh Meena
from the state cabinet.
The demand for a
floor test by the mem-
bers of the Sachin Pi-
lot camp has gained
momentum, with
Ramesh Meena saying
this will make it clear
how many MLAs are
with the Ashok Gehlot
government. —PTI
New Delhi:Takingadig
at the crisis-hit Ashok
Gehlot-led government
in Rajasthan, Union
minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat on Tues-
day said that the dispen-
sation is on autopilot as
the chief minister is
“busy chasing a Pilot”.
Congress leader
Sachin Pilot, who was
sacked from the post of
Rajasthan deputy chief
minister and state Con-
gress chief by the party,
has rebelled against Ge-
hlot along with MLAs
loyal to him.
“Sad to see Rajasthan
Govt on auto-pilot be-
cause the CM is busy
chasing a Pilot,” Union
Jal Shakti minister
Shekhawat tweeted.
Shekhawat is also an
MP from Jodhpur in Ra-
jasthan.
Pilot has been upset
since he was denied the
Rajasthan chief minis-
ter’s post after the De-
cember 2018 assembly
elections.
Shekhawat also made
a veiled attack on the
Gandhi family without
taking its name.
“Looking at the rebel-
lion clearly indicates
that there is a lot of suf-
focation in the King’s
palace,” Shekhawat
tweeted.
“Why does the head-
master’s son come first
in the class?” he said in
another tweet. —PTI
Former Chief Minister Raje is expected to reach Jaipur
on Wednesday, ahead of BJP’s legislative party meet
‘Govt on autopilot as
CM chasing Pilot’
Police force deployed in city to avoid or control any mishaps.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF!
Sachin Pilot
Rajkumar Roat
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Mohanlal Sukhadiya
Present situation is a stark reminder
of 1952’s CM Vyas-Sukhadiya clash
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
BJP V-P
Mathur hits
back at CM for
blaming them
New Delhi:Thepoliti-
cal crisis in Rajasthan
has been caused by
“weakness”withinthe
Congress,theBJPsaid
on Tuesday as it hit
backatChief Minister
Ashok Gehlot for
blaming it for the tur-
moil.
“Dear Ashok Ge-
hlot, closing your eyes
does not make the sun
disappear. There is
weakness in the struc-
ture of your house,
and you are blaming
the BJP national lead-
ership for this,” BJP
vice president Om
Prakash Mathur, who
isaseniorpartyleader
from the state, said.
Another BJP vice
president Baijayant
Jay Panda, who is also
a party spokesperson,
set tongues wagging
with his tweet, “In
aviation, every flight
plan includes an alter-
nate airport or air-
strip to divert to in the
event of technical
problems or severe
bad weather. Every
experienced pilot
knows this.”
Though the BJP has
made no official com-
ment about any politi-
cal negotiation with
rebel Congress leader
Sachin Pilot, sources
said he has spoken to
some leaders from the
saffron party. Sources
close to Pilot had
thoughinsistedearlier
that he would not join
the BJP.
TheBJP,thesources
said, is keeping a close
watch on numbers of
Congress MLAs who
are supporting Gehlot
and those who are
with Pilot. —ANI
‘DearGehlot,closingeyes
doesn’tmakesundisappear’
Om Prakash Mathur
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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was invited for a talk on World
Cancer Day, 04 Feb this year at
a Medical College in Nepal.
Thereafter, me and my friend
hadaweek longseriesof events
in Nepal. Everywhere, we got
a hearty welcome and utmost
respect. Nepal’s hospitality was
par excellence. Attending the
evening aarti at Holy shrine of
Pashupathinath ji was divine
gift . Never ever did we feel that
we were in a different country.
I met a young couple at Palpa,
Nepal wherein the girl was
from New Delhi, India and mar-
ried to a Doctor from Nepal.
Similarly, large no of Nepalese
families are working in India.
In Army also, I have fought
shoulder to shoulder with Ne-
pali origin soldiers. When our
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath
Singh says “India aur Nepal
mein Roti- Beti ka rishta hai”,
I totally concur with him.
BROTHERS AND
NEIGHBOUR’S DYNAMICS
Let me give you a simple story
for better understanding. India
and Nepal are like two brothers
staying together but having
separate family affairs. Elder
brother (India) is well to do,
more prosperous and has re-
spect in community as head of
thefamily.Youngerbrother(Ne-
pal) is not so well off, does farm-
ingandagriculturebutishappy
and contended. Both have been
living happily for ages.
Now enters a zamindaar, “Ek
Villain” as neighbour (China)
who has muscle power and fi-
nancial clout with him. He
makes friends with younger
brother and poisons his mind.
He convinces the younger that
elder is being unfair and is a
hurdle in prosperity of younger
one. Thereby, the seeds of ha-
tredandjealousyaresown. The
neighbor then steps in to offer
him soft loan for the business
andmortgageshisland,without
knowledge of elder brother.
When objected by elder brother,
he instigates younger one to
fight with elder. Both brothers
become enemies and start fight-
ing at neighbor’s behest. This
simile aptly explains the dy-
namics of Indo- Nepal and Chi-
narelationship,insimpleterms.
INDO NEPAL:
CHANGING RELATIONS
India and Nepal are insepara-
bles. Thousands of people in
India and Nepal cross the open
border every day to work, buy,
sell, and transact businesses.
Cousins deal with one another
across the borders; business as-
sociates with sons and daugh-
ters married into each other
families. Lenders and suppli-
ers across offered credit based
on mutual trust. Cash also
moved easily across the border.
The has now become a bound-
ary that separates.
The trade war between Chi-
na and the United States, along
with the border skirmishes be-
tween China and India, puts
Nepal back into the center of
regional geopolitical activity.
India’s relationship with Nepal
is at its lowest point since the
five-month “Indian Blockade”
of 2015. For Nepal, the biggest
change in geopolitics since the
September 2015 blockade has
been increased Chinese inter-
est to provide an economic al-
ternative to reliance on India.
Border disputes between two
countries are another conten-
tious issue that occasionally
creates friction in bilateral rela-
tions. To enhance people-to-peo-
ple relations, Nepal and India
must resolve contentious issues
relating to the border, including
the two major areas of dispute
at Susta and Kalpani.
Nepal understands its eco-
nomic dependency on India but
time has changed the complex-
ion and narrative of India-Ne-
pal relations. Instead of old
relationships between people
and cultures, mutual economic
ties have become pivotal to all
future relations. India has
seen its position erode with
growing Chinese investments.
CHINA’S POISONING
OF MINDS
Often dubbed as ‘China Threat
3.0’, the Chinese sharp power in
Nepal has come with massive
propaganda and national inter-
ests with implications for In-
dia’s influence in the region.
Sharppoweroftenincorporates
tactics of pressure and coer-
cion as a means to interfere,
control and sway decisions of
other countries. BRI is certain-
ly one such move of China to
grow its roots under its expan-
sionist tactics across the world.
WAY AHEAD
India and Nepal must do more
than merely resolve border is-
sues. They must return to the
core strengths of their unique
social, cultural, strategic, po-
litical, and economic bonds
and modernize ties to directly
connect its people, markets, fi-
nance, and technology. India
must work harder in building
a pragmatic and realistic part-
nership with Nepal.
India and Nepal could create
modern business hubs that ena-
ble young tech-savvy Nepali en-
trepreneurs to connect with In-
dia’s innovations. It could offer
credit lines that small and me-
dium enterprises could directly
accessforcrossbordertradeand
investments. It could harmonize
and ease cross border trading
rules. Most importantly, it must
encourage Indian and Nepali
businesses to flourish.
India needs to reset its rela-
tions with Nepal and re-invent
its public diplomacy, rather
than micromanaging Nepal,
which has only undermined
India-Nepal ties. The govern-
ments of India and Nepal must
revise the narrative, modern-
ize their policies, and get out of
the way so that the ties between
people thrive again. Centuries
of social, cultural, political,
strategic, and economic ties
can only remain strong if they
evolve to remain relevant in
changing times.
INDIA-NEPAL BROTHERS FIGHTING
AT NEIGHBOUR’S BEHEST
India-Nepal must return to core strengths of their social, cultural, & economic bonds
I
Nepal
understands its
economic
dependency on
India but time
has changed the
complexion and
narrative
of India-Nepal
relations
MAJ GEN
C P SINGH, RETD
Trade war between
China and US, along
with the border
skirmishes between
China and India, puts
Nepal back into the
center of regional
geopolitical activity
The author is a scholar soldier
accredited with MA, MSc, LLB,
MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt) and M Phil
(International Strategic Affairs).
Widely travelled in India and Abroad,
the General Officer is an avid reader
and prolific writer. Post retirement, he
is a Social Activist, Career Consultant
and a Motivational Speaker of repute.
fter President
Donald Trump
said during his
June 20 rally in
Tulsa, Oklaho-
ma, that increased testing
was responsible for the
surging number of infec-
tions, the condemnation of
the inaccurate claim was
swift.
Six days later, during a
Fox News town hall, Sean
Hannity asked Trump
about those remarks on in-
creased testing.
“Sometimes I jokingly
say, or sarcastically say, if
we didn’t do tests we would
look great,” he replied.
This seems to be a pat-
tern. Two months earlier,
the president had mused
about the beneficial effects
of injecting disinfectants
into the body to combat
COVID-19. After many
health officials expressed
their dismay, Trump re-
peatedly claimed that he
was just being sarcastic.
That same month, after
he misspelled “Nobel
Prize” in a tweet – writing
it out as “Noble Prize” –
he deleted the tweet be-
fore falling back on on a
familiar excuse: sarcasm.
What is it about sarcasm
that makes it such a con-
venient excuse for people
who are trying to distance
themselves from what
they’ve said? As I describe
in my recent book on irony
and sarcasm, most cogni-
tive scientists and other
language researchers
think of sarcasm as a form
of verbal irony. Both ways
of speaking involve saying
the opposite of what you
mean. But the goals of
irony and sarcasm are ac-
tually different.
For example, if someone
slowly intones “What beau-
tiful weather!” on a cold
and rainy day, it’s clear
they’re speaking ironically
about a disappointing state
of affairs. In general, irony
is used to provide commen-
tary on unexpected and
negative outcomes.
Sarcasm, on the other
hand, is most frequently
used to disparage the ac-
tions of other people. If
someone tells you that
you’re a real genius after
you forgot to meet them
for an important appoint-
ment, they clearly don’t
mean that you’re mental-
ly gifted. Simply put, iro-
ny is commentary, but
sarcasm is criticism.
That seems straightfor-
ward enough. But in ac-
tual practice, the line be-
tween irony and sarcasm
is blurry and confusing.
Many people assert they
are being sarcastic when
they are in fact being
ironic, as in the previous
example of the weather.
The enlargement of the
domain of sarcasm – at
irony’s expense – is a lin-
guistic shift that has been
going on for some time. In
fact, linguist Geoffrey Nun-
berg called attention to this
phenomenon 20 years ago.
So it’s hard to fault the
president for conflating the
two. Another element that
makes sarcasm tricky to
grasp has to do with saying
the opposite of what is
meant. The recipient of
such a statement isn’t sup-
posed to take it literally.
For this reason, when we
use verbal irony or sar-
casm, we might employ
cues to signal our nonlit-
eral intent. We may, for ex-
ample, speak in a tone of
voice that’s slower, lower
and louder than how we
speak normally. Our pitch
may swoop up or down.
Ironic statements are also
frequently accompanied by
facial displays, such as a
smirk or the rolling of the
eyes.And that’s why, when
being sarcastic over text or
email, we’ll use emojis to
relay nonliteral intent. Of
course, even then, there’s
no guarantee that the re-
cipient will interpret the
message correctly.
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The enlargement
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sarcasm – at
irony’s expense –
is a linguistic shift
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As for those who believe &
do good deeds, these are the
dwellers of the garden; in it
they shall abide.
—Quran 2:82
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Greetings to the brothers
and sisters of Tripura on the
auspicious occasion of Ker
Puja. I pray for good health,
peace and prosperity for the
people of Tripura.
Jairam Ramesh
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very interesting. social
enterprises need every
encouragement but proﬁt-
making enterprises too need
a social dimension that is
transparent and accountable
IN-DEPTH
NEPAL GIVES INDIA
ANOTHER PINPRICK
9 LAKH PLUS CASES
AND COUNTING
aving cocked a snook at India by re-
drawing the map to claim Lipulekh
Pass in Uttarakhand and Kalapani
and Limpiyadhura, all highly stra-
tegic areas bordering China as its
own, Kathmandu has now laid claim to India’s
presiding deity Lord Ram and also the place
of his birth Ayodhya. For Hindus all over the
world, Ayodhya lies 135 km from Lucknow in
Uttar Pradesh and Ram was born here. There
has been a lot of blood-letting and decades of
litigation to prove that. Construction of a
grand temple is now underway here.
PM KP Sharma Oli, however, has given a
new twist to Ram and Ayodhya. In a conten-
tious claim Oli said, “We still believe we gave
Sita to Prince Ram but we gave the prince too,
from Ayodhya not India.” Ayodhya Oli was re-
ferring to lies in Nepal’s Birbhum district. He
also accused India of “cultural oppression”, as
opposed to India’s assertion of a long history
of religious and cultural ties with the “Hindu
Kingdom”. Oli had also blamed India for
spread of Covid-19 in Nepal. Ever since Oli’s
ascendance as PM, Nepal Communist Party
has moved closer to China which is now di-
rectly interfering in affairs of the hill state.
Just when it appeared that Oli was going to be
ousted after a rift, Chinese ambassador Hou
Yanqui went around meeting every dissident
to ensure that Oli remained in power. Indians
have reacted strongly to Nepal’s claims on
Ram but Oli is beyond New Delhi’s control.
ith 933,450 Covid-19 cases India is
third worst hit country after the US
and Brazil. With death maintaining
a rising trend over last two months,
the pandemic presents a scary sce-
nario. The government is more upbeat about
the recoveries–590,219–than it is about the ris-
ing numbers. At 24,281 fatality numbers sug-
gest that we are handling patients very well
but there’s a growing feeling that with many
positive cases going unreported the deaths are
not being accounted for. Treatment cost in pri-
vate hospitals being too high and government
hospitals poorly managed work as a deterrent
for many. India recorded over 28,000 new cases
in a day and the numbers will touch a new
peak on Wednesday.
Union Health Ministry asserts that Covid-19
cases have progressively declined daily and re-
coveredcaseswere1.8timesnumberof positive
cases. Fatality rate which stood at 2.6 per cent
was also declining. Covid-19 situation remains
alarmingandif theWorldHealthOrganisation
is to be believed, it could get “worse and worse
and worse” if the basics of social distancing
and mask-wearing are not followed. As is seen
people are becoming increasingly careless, per-
haps out of fatigue. A new dimension has been
addedtotheCovidfearwiththeICMRagreeing
with WHO on the virus remaining in air for
some time. That makes keeping masks on has
to be made an important part of one’s attire.
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INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020
‘FINAL YEAR UG ONLINE EXAMS TO
BE HELD FROM AUG 10-31’
New Delhi: Delhi Univer-
sity will hold final year
undergraduate online
Open Book Examinations
(OBE) from August 10-31,
the Delhi High Court was
informed on Tuesday. A
bench of Justices Hima
Kohli and Subramonium
Prasad was informed
by the varsity that the
students left out of online
exams will be given an
opportunity to appear in
physical examinations, to
be held sometime in Sep-
tember. While university
initially informed that it
has decided to conduct
the exams from Aug 17
& will conclude on Sept
8, the court asked it to
reconsider the sched-
ule as the students are
supposed to pass and join
other courses.
2ND GROUP OF 174 STRANDED
INDIANS BROUGHT BACK
Amritsar: As many as 174 Indians, who had been
stranded in various parts of UAE because of the
closure of companies where they were employed
due to the coronavirus, were brought back by
a chartered flight at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee
International Airport on Monday night.The flight,
which was organised by Indian businessman and
philanthropist SP Singh Oberoi, departed from
Ras al Khaimah in the UAE on Monday.This was
the second of the four chartered flights arranged
by Oberoi to bring back Indians from the UAE.
GARDEN INSPIRED BY RAM’S
14-YEAR VANVAS DEVELOPED
Dehradun: A thematic garden inspired by Lord
Ram’s 14-year exile during which he passed
through different types of forests has been
developed at Haldwani in Uttarakhand, officials
said. Built over an area of one acre as part of Ut-
tarakhand Forest Department’s Biodiversity Park,
Haldwani, the gates of “Ramayan Vatica” were
thrown open to public on Tuesday, Conservator
of Forest Sanjiv Chaturvedi under whose guid-
ance the garden has been developed said. Differ-
ent types of forests have been recreated.
ABHIJIT BHANGAR TAKES CHARGE AS
NAVI MUMBAI CIVIC CHIEF
Thane: Indian Admin-
istrative Service (IAS)
officer Abhijit Bhangar
on Tuesday took charge
as commissioner of Navi
Mumbai Municipal Corpo-
ration (NMMC). Bhangar
had earlier served as
collector of Palghar
district. He took charge
from outgoing civic chief
Annasaheb Misal. In view
of rising coronvirus cases
in Thane district and
Navi Mumbai, the state
government had replaced
three municipal com-
missioners and brought
in young IAS officials to
head the civic bodies in
the region. Bhangar told
the media reporters that
he had the task cut out
for himself to contain the
coronavirus transmission
in the area.
Washington: It seems
China is not willing to
recognise the ultimate
sacrifice made by its
soldiers for the country
as the government is
pressuring the families
of soldiers who died in
Galwan face off to not
conduct burials and in-
person funeral ceremo-
nies, according to a US
intelligence assess-
ment.
The bloody brawl be-
tween Chinese and In-
dian troops took place
on June 15 in which
both sides suffered cas-
ualties. India, without
any hesitation, accept-
ed that 20 of its soldiers
have been martyred in
the clash. They are be-
ing hailed as heroes.
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, during his
monthly radio pro-
gramme Mann ki Baat
on June 28, conveyed
condolences to the kin
of Army personnel who
lost their lives in the
Galwan valley clash
and said that the sacri-
fice of these families is
“worth worshipping”.
Even after the one
month of the incident,
China has still not dis-
closed how many of its
soldiers were killed in
the incident.
The grieving Chinese
families who have lost
their loved ones in the
clash are being mis-
treated by the Chinese
government. First, the
Chinese government re-
fused to accept the casu-
alties on its side follow-
ing the incident and
now it has denied burial
of the fallen soldiers.
According to the US
intelligence assess-
ment, China is not ac-
cepting that its soldiers
have been killed in the
showdown in order to
cover up an episode that
Beijing appears to con-
sider a blunder, report-
ed the U.S. News.
The violent face-off
occurred after China at-
tempted to unilaterally
change the status quo
during de-escalation in
eastern Ladakh. India
has said that the situa-
tion could have been
avoided if the agree-
ment at the higher level
been scrupulously fol-
lowed by the Chinese
side.
The Chinese govern-
ment has acknowledged
the deaths of only a few
officers so far. Indian
intercepts have re-
vealed that the Chinese
side suffered 43 casual-
ties including the dead
and seriously injured.
American intelli-
gence believes that 35 of
the Chinese soldiers
were killed in the show-
down.
Nagpur: Union Minis-
ter Nitin Gadkari inau-
gurated and laid the
foundation stone of na-
tional highway projects
in Haryana via video
conferencing on Tues-
day.
Haryana Chief Min-
ister Manohar Lal Khat-
tar along with Deputy
Chief Minister Dushy-
antChautalaalsojoined
the event. “I am really
happy to inaugurate
these projects. All our
officers have worked re-
ally hard. In the leader-
ship of Chief Minister
Khattar, everyone has
given us immense sup-
port,” said Gadkari.
Speaking at the occa-
sion, Chief Minister
Khattar said, “I am re-
ally thankful to Nitin
Gadkari Ji for introduc-
ing these projects in
Haryana. These pro-
jects are being given a
new way.”
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Dushyant Chautala
said, “I would like to
thank Gadkari Ji on be-
half of the Haryana
Government. A historic
step has been taken to-
day to take the road in-
frastructure of Hary-
ana Pradesh to a new
height”.
“These projects will
improve road transport
through an excellent
bypass for our 10 cities.
Gadkari Ji has taken
the road infrastructure
of this country to new
heights in the past six
years,” he added.
Some of the projects
include 4-laning of Re-
wari-Ateli Mandi Sec-
tion NH-11, 4-Laning of
Jind-Gohana Green-
field Alignment NH-
352A and 4-Laning of
Gohana Sonipat Sec-
tion, NH-352A. —ANI
New Delhi: The Uttar
Pradesh government
told the Supreme Court
Tuesday that it would
file a status report on
encounters of gangster
Vikas Dubey and his as-
sociates.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice S A Bobde
said it may consider ap-
pointing a committee
headed by a former
judge to inquire into the
encounters of Dubey,
his aides as well as the
killing of eight Uttar
Pradesh policemen by
the gangster.
The apex court said it
would hear on July 20
the pleas seeking court-
monitored probe into
the encounters.
The bench, also com-
prising Justices R S
Reddy and A S Bopan-
na, observed that moni-
toring of investigation
is something which the
court is very reluctant
to do.
The top court said it
may consider doing
something similar to
what was done in the
case of encounter of
four accused in the
gang-rape and murder
of a veterinarian in Tel-
angana, in which the
apex court had appoint-
ed inquiry commission
headed by a former
apex court judge.
Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta, appear-
ing for Uttar Pradesh,
told the bench that the
state has taken the mat-
ter seriously and would
file a status report by
July 16 detailing the
steps taken by the au-
thority.
Eight policemen, in-
cluding DSP Devendra
Mishra, were am-
bushed in Bikru village
in Chaubeypur area of
Kanpur when they
were going to arrest
Dubey and fell to bul-
lets fired from rooftops
shortly after midnight
on July 3.
Kathmandu: Nepal
Prime Minister KP
SharmaOliandco-chair
of the ruling commu-
nist party Pushpa Ka-
mal Dahal Prachanda
on Tuesday resumed
talks after a six-day hia-
tus in a bid to save the
party from a split in the
wake of growing differ-
ences between the two
factions led by them.
Prachanda’s press ad-
visor said that the two
chairs (of the Nepal
Communist Party) have
resumed discussions.
The talks are taking
place ahead of the cru-
cial Standing Commit-
tee meeting on Friday
which is expected to de-
termine the political fu-
ture of the 68-year-old
prime minister who has
previously alleged that
his detractors were try-
ing to remove him with
India’s help.
The key meeting is
taking place days after
NCP executive chair-
man Prachanda said he
will not allow the party
to split and any attempt
from anywhere to weak-
en its unity would hurt
the fight against the
coronavirus pandemic
and natural disasters.
Report: China denies burial to
soldiers killed in Galwan clashAccording to US, China is not accepting that its soldiers were killed in the showdown
The bloody brawl between Chinese and Indian troops on June 15 brought casualties for both sides.
UP to file status report, SC
may consider forming panel
VIKAS DUBEY ENCOUNTER
New Delhi:In a re-
markably statesman
like move, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
has agreed to a re-
quest to allow Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra to
retain the 35, Lodhi
Estate Bungalow for
some time. Just when
people thought there
is witch hunt against
the erstwhile first
family of Indian poli-
tics, the PM’’s move
once again validated
his large heartedness.
After the govern-
ment directive to va-
cate the prime Lu-
tyens real estate prop-
erty in Lodi Estate,
the Centre was ap-
proached to allow Pri-
yanka Gandhi to stay
there for some more
time. Sources close to
developments re-
vealed that when the
matter was brought to
Modi’’s notice, he said
that her request most
certainly be accepted.
Those who know
Modi say that this is
not the first time that
he has gone out of the
way and shown large
heartedness towards a
family that has left no
opportunity to bad
mouth him, demean
him and use every
trick out of the book
to nail him. The gen-
eral impression being
that both sides have a
visceral hatred for one
another.
It was in 2011 when
Sonia Gandhi had to
travel abroad for
health related treat-
ment. That time, it
was Modi who sent a
bouquet of flowers to
10, Janpath. The Con-
gress, which was keen
to keep Sonia Gan-
dhi’’s travel plans a
secret, was not only
surprised but was also
compelled to share de-
tails about Sonia Gan-
dhi’’s illness with the
entire nation.
Back in August
2013, when the Con-
gress-led UPA was in
power and Modi was
merely the campaign
committee chief, UPA
chairperson Sonia
Gandhi fell ill.
Priyanka ‘allowed’ to stay in
govt bungalow, courtesy Modi
Gadkari inaugurates NH projects in Haryana
Nepal PM Oli, Prachanda
hold fresh talks to avoid split
One detained
in Bengal MLA
death case
Interpol’s blue
notice sought
for accused
RULING COMMUNIST PARTY CRISIS
I am really happy to inaugurate
these projects. All our officers have
worked really hard. In the leader-
ship of Chief Minister Khattar, everyone
has given us immense support.
—Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister
VIKAS DUBEY’S AIDE ARRESTED, 2
LOOTED RIFLES RECOVERED BY COPS
Kolkata: West Bengal
CID detained a person
named in the purported
suicidenoteof BJPlead-
er Debendra Nath Roy
from Malda on Tuesday,
aseniorofficersaid.The
person was first de-
tained by local police in
English Bazar and then
handed over to CID.
“Ourofficersaretalking
to him. Initially, he has
denied any involve-
ment,” he said. The
Hemtabad MLA had
named two persons in
note and search for the
other person is on. —PTI
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Investigation
Agency (NIA) has
moved Interpol seeking
a “blue notice” against
Faisal Fareed, a Dubai-
based person named as
key accused in Kerala
gold smuggling case, of-
ficials said.
The agency has found
that Faisal Fareed had
forged the documents -
seal and emblem - of the
UAE embassy to ensure
diplomatic protection
for the baggage and the
gold was to be used for
terror activities.
FAMILIES UPSET BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT’S DECISION
PM Narendra Modi Priyanka Gandhi
This is completely incorrect !! We
have not asked for any extension of
stay. We were sent a notice on the
1st of July to leave in 30days.
We at a time of “Covid” have
packed our entire household,
and will leave a week before
time. —Robert Vadra

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine...
human trials earlier
this month, Bhargava
said at a press briefing.
“Two indigenous In-
dian candidate vaccines
have got clearance to
start early phase hu-
man trials this month.
“They have got their
sites ready and are do-
ing the clinical study on
approximately 1,000 hu-
man volunteers each at
different sites. They are
trying to do early clini-
cal testing for these two
indigenous vaccine can-
didates,”Bhargavasaid.
“... it is a moral duty
to develop them as fast
as possible because
more than half a mil-
lion people have suc-
cumbed to the disease
across the world. So,
fast-tracking these vac-
cine becomes very im-
portant,” he said.
A recent letter by
Bhargavaenvisagingthe
launch of a COVID-19
vaccinebyAugust15had
created quite a flutter
with many experts stat-
ing such a timeline may
not be realistic. Bharga-
va stated that India is
considered as the “phar-
macy of the world”, say-
ing 60 per cent of the
drugs utilised in the US
are of Indian origin.
122 people...
scuffle are again at play
because they are now
experienced of how to
play this game. The gov-
ernment cannot waste
time in such disputes as
it has to provide good
governance. The efforts
being made to topple
the government during
the corona crisis is un-
fortunate, he said.
CM Gehlot said, “Af-
ter making all efforts,
we felt that some peo-
ple would do a deal
with BJP and form a
new party. Firstly,
they will go to BJP
and then form a new
party. It is written un-
der the constitution
that the party can be
broken only if two-
thirds of people sup-
port the anti-defec-
tion bill. The party
does not break with
20 people.” A total of
122 people, including
107 from Congress, are
with us, he stressed.
BCCI wins...
the profit they would
have made, if BCCI did
not cancel the agree-
ment. They also wanted
damages, for wrongful
terminationof theagree-
ment. BCCI stuck to its
stand that it was a fraud.
“It has been proved
that Lalit Modi in con-
spiracy with WSG offi-
cials cheated, and de-
frauded the BCCI,” sen-
ior counsel, Raghu Ra-
man, who represented
the BCCI said.
The BCCI had termi-
nated its agreement
(IPL overseas media
rights ) with WSG in
June 2010, over dispute
arising out of Rs 425
crore-facilitation fee
pay-out. WSG (Mauri-
tius) that won IPL me-
dia rights in a famous
3am deal with the then
IPL commissioner on 15
March 2009, were una-
ble to find a broadcast
partner. MSM (Sony)
entered into a facilita-
tion agreement (Rs 425
crore) with WSG (Mau-
ritius) before they won
the IPL media rights for
Indian sub continent
from BCCI. The over-
seas rights stayed with
WSG but on discovering
the facilitation agree-
ment, the board called it
‘improper’ and re-
claimed the rights.
India to...
The Heron has been in
service with the three
defence wings for sev-
eral years now and can
fly continuously for
more than two days at a
stretch providing re-
connaissance from an
altitude of more than 10
kilometres.
The forces are also
working towards in-
ducting an armed ver-
sion of the UAV, as well
as upgrading the exist-
ing fleet into combat
UAVs under the ambi-
tious ‘Project Cheetah’
spearheaded by IAF.
On the other hand,
the Army is planning
to place orders for more
Spike anti-tank guided
missiles which were re-
ceived by it last year
from Israel under the
emergency financial
powers granted to the
services in the Post-
Balakot air strikes sce-
nario.
Last time, the Army
had gone in for 12
launchers and 200 Spike
missiles.“We are plan-
ning to acquire more of
these anti-tank missiles
for tackling any threat
from the enemy ar-
moured regiments,”
sources said.
DRDO is working to-
wards developing the in-
digenous Man-Portable
Anti Tank Guided Mis-
sile (MP-ATGM) which
will meet the bulk re-
quirement of over 50,000
of these missiles needed
by the Infantry units.
The defence forces
have also initiated re-
quirements for acquir-
ing Spice-2000 bombs,
assault rifles, ammu-
nition and missiles, in
case the situation es-
calates further on the
LAC.
FROM PG 1
A test kit developed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi that uses an alternative testing method to be launchedCORONA UPDATE
New Delhi: India’s
COVID-19tallybreached
the 9 lakh mark as 28,498
new coronavirus cases
were reported in the last
24 hours, informed the
Union Ministry of
Health and Family Wel-
fare on Tuesday.
As per the Health
Ministry, there are a to-
tal of 9,06,752 coronavi-
rus cases in the country
of which 3,11,565 pa-
tients are active cases.
5,71,459 patients have
been cured/discharged
while one patient has
been migrated, the Min-
istry informed further.
553 more deaths due
to COVID-19 were re-
ported in the last 24
hours in the country,
taking the number of
patients succumbing to
the virus to 23,727.
The Centre further in-
formed that India’s re-
covery rate from COV-
ID-19 stands at 63.02 per
centwhiletherecoveries
and deaths ratio stood at
96.01 per cent and 3.99
per cent respectively.
As per the Ministry,
Maharashtra -- the
worst-affected state
from the infection -- has
a total of 2,60,924 COV-
ID-19 cases and 10,482
fatalities. While Tamil
Nadu has a tally of
1,42,798 cases and 2,032
deaths due to COVID-19.
Delhi has reported a
total of 1,13,740 cases
and 3,411 deaths due to
COVID-19. —ANI
INDIA’S COVID-19 TALLY BREACHES 9L MARK28,498 new
cases were
reported in the
last 24 hours,
informed the
Union MoHFW
Delhi was the first to inaugurate the country’s first plasma
bank and within days another plasma bank has been set up.
Till the time there is no vaccine available for COVID-19,
plasma works as an aid to save people’s lives. “The
positivity rate and the death rate is coming down but people
shouldn’t be complacent. You never know, COVID-19 may
surge again. —Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM
No kids, cadets, less
VVIPs in this year’s
I-Day celebrations
New Delhi: For the
first time in history, In-
dia will witness a com-
pletely different Inde-
pendence Day function
at Red Fort in the na-
tional capital, due to
COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, only 20 per
cent VVIPs or other
participants will be
able to witness the live
speech of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi com-
pared to previous years.
Defence Secretary Ajay
Kumar and ASI Direc-
tor-General already vis-
ited the Red Fort last
week to take stock of
the preparations. Ku-
mar took stock of ar-
rangements and also
asked the concerned of-
ficials to make arrange-
ments keeping social
distancing in mind.
there would be a com-
plete change this time.
While there would no
children, cadets of the
National Cadet Corps
would attend the cele-
brations at the Red Fort.
Similarly, unlike ear-
lier times, VVIPs
wouldn’t be able to sit at
therampart,fromwhere
the prime minister de-
livers Independence
Day speech. Close to 900
VVIPs used to sit on the
top on both sides earlier.
But this time, they will
have to sit at the lower
level, with only around
a hundred allowed.
More significantly, as
many as 1,500 Corona
winners, who recovered
from the disease, will
attend the function.
Among, them 500 would
be from local police.
The other 1,000 would
be from different parts
of the country.
Till last year, at least
10,000 people used to at-
tend the function to wit-
ness the speech of the
prime minister.
In a meeting recently,
the Ministry of Defence
decided that Corona
winners, instead of the
public, be asked to at-
tend the Independence
day celebrations.
Later, the Home Min-
istry was asked to work
accordingly to imple-
ment a new plan. —ANI
‘Ensure sanitation drives in public
areas during weekend curbs’
IIT Delhi’s low-cost COVID-19 test kit
‘corosure’ to be launched on Wednesday
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
YogiAdityanathonTues-
day directed officials to
ensure sanitation drives
are undertaken in mar-
kets and public places
during weekend restric-
tions imposed to contain
spread of corona.
During a meeting to
review coronavirus sit-
uation, he stressed on
the need for cleanliness
to curb contagious dis-
eases like COVID-19. He
told officials to carry
out campaigns to raise
awareness on sanita-
tion, use of masks and
social distancing.
He said the stricter
curbs in crowded areas
and markets on Satur-
days & Sundays are
meant to achieve sani-
tation targets.—ANI
MoS PMO
Singh in self
quarantine
New Delhi: MoS PMO
Jitendra Singh went
into self-quarantine on
Tuesday after Jammu
and Kashmir BJP pres-
ident Ravindra Raina
tested positive for
COVID-19.
Singh had come in
contact with Raina on
Sunday when he visited
Jammu and Kashmir to
review the COVID-19
situation. He was ac-
companied by the BJP
chief of J&K from Sri-
nagar to Bandipora.
“Have gone into Self-
Quarantine with im-
mediate effect from 4
PM today, after receiv-
ing the news about
#Corona positive test
of J&K BJP President
Sh Ravinder Raina who
had accompanied us
from Srinagar to Ban-
dipora on 12th July,”
the Union Minister of
State for PMO said on
Twitter. —ANI
Complete lockdown in Bihar from July 16-31
Patna: The Crisis Man-
agement Group (CMG)
of Bihar, which is head-
ed by chief secretary
Deepak Kumar, has de-
cided to reimpose lock-
down restrictions in the
state from July 16 until
31 because of a recent
spike in coronavirus
disease (Covid-19) posi-
tive cases.
Bihar has reported
18,853 Covid-19 positive
cases to date, including
1,432 fresh ones on
Tuesday.
The state has record-
ed 4,523 new Covid-19
positive cases over the
past four days amid the
recovery rate from the
viral infection is at
70.97%.
The CMG has decided
to reimpose lockdown
restrictions at all head-
quarters, starting from
the state capital Patna
to block level.The rural
areas have been kept
out of the purview of
the fresh lockdown re-
strictions. No public
transport would be al-
lowed to ply in areas
falling under fresh lock-
down norms, but there
would be no bar on con-
struction activities,
state officials said.
Air and rail travel
have been allowed to
continue and offices,
banks, and other offices
would function with
minimal staff strength,
they added. —ANI
New Delhi: A low-cost
COVID-19 test kit devel-
oped by Indian Institute
of Technology Delhi
that uses an alternative
testing method will be
launched on Wednes-
day, according to the IIT
director here.
IIT Delhi, which be-
came the first academic
institute to develop a
COVID-19 testing meth-
od, gave non-exclusive
open licence to compa-
nies for commercialis-
ing the test, but with a
price rider.
While the institute
had kept a price rider of
Rs 500 per kit, the com-
pany Newtech Medical
Devices, which is
launching the kit
named ‘corosure’ on
Wednesday, has not an-
nounced the price yet.
Union Human Re-
source Development
(HRD)MinisterRamesh
Pokhriyal ‘Nishank and
Minister of State for
HRD Sanjay Dhotre will
launch the kit.
“This should change
the paradigm of COV-
ID-19 testing in the
country, both in terms
of scale and cost. The
product, approved by
ICMR (Indian Council
of Medical Research)
and DCGI (Drug Con-
troller General of In-
dia), is being launched
tomorrow. —ANI
Delhi was the first to inaugurate the country’s first plasma
bank and within days another plasma bank has been set up.
Till the time there is no vaccine available for COVID-19,
plasma works as an aid to save people’s lives. “The
positivity rate and the death rate is coming down but people
shouldn’t be complacent. You never know, COVID-19 may
Delhi CM
A PMC worker sprays disinfectant at a collection centre for COVID
testing during a total lockdown in Patna on Tuesday.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath holds a review meeting with senior
ofﬁcials at his residence in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Health workers wearing protective gear
carry out a medical checkup of residents
at a ‘COVID19 containment zones’ during
a door to door campaign in Mumbai on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
OVER 30K LEAVE
B’LURU AHEAD
OF LOCKDOWN
Bengaluru: Ahead
of the week-long
lockdown in Bengaluru
starting from Tuesday
night, over 30,000 peo-
ple left the city and gro-
cery stores and liquor
shops are witnessing
a rush with customers
thronging to stock up.
According to transport
department ofﬁcials,
labourers from other
parts of state migrated
in good numbers from
Bengaluru fearing that
they would have to face
similar challenges as
they had to confront
during the previous
shuttering. —ANI
Medics wearing PPE kits pose for a photograph during the launch
of a plasma bank at LNJP Hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday.
—PHOTOBYANI
—PHOTOBYANI
—PHOTOBYANI

NEWSJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Call it COVID
19 impact. Chartered
flights have increased
compared to regular
flights at Jaipur Air-
port.
Business honchos
and senior politicians
have been embarking
on chartered flights in-
stead of regular air-
lines. In the last one and
half months, 78 char-
tered flights have land-
ed or took off from
Jaipur Airport, which
comes to an average of
two flights a day.Earlier,
chartered flights were
rare in the months of
June and July. At the
max, one chartered
flight would take off on
a day but it has now
doubled.
The ongoing political
crisis in the state could
also have played a role
in it. Apart from politi-
cians, business honchos
have also been using
chartered flights.
Among the business
houses which used
chartered flights were
Shri Cement, Birla, Re-
liance, and some other
groups. A chartered
flight costs Rs two to
three lakh per hour.
The only plausible
reason for this could be
to avoid contact with so
many people on a regu-
lar flight, which ex-
plains that more than
two months after regu-
lar flights started, there
is still no pick up
in the number of flyers.
No surprise then that
the number of flights
has not increased.
All major airlines in-
cluding Indigo, Air
Asia, Air India, and
Spice Jet had given
schedule of 20 flights
but only 15 or 16 flights
are operational.
On average, daily
eight to nine flights are
getting cancelled.
Chartered flights trump regulars ones
IN CORONA ERA
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: With the poli-
tics in Rajasthan
reaching its highest
cacophony, AICC Gen-
eral secretary and Ra-
jasthan Incharge Avi-
nash Pande, on Tues-
day late evening, is-
sued notices to the
Congress party legis-
lators who were ab-
sent from the meeting
of the legislative
p[arty held on Tues-
day morning.
With the notice being
issued, the party has
initiatedaformalstepto
get the MLAs evicted
from the state assembly
since Chief Whip Ma-
hesh Joshi informed Ra-
jasthan Assembly
Speaker Dr. CP Joshi
aboutthesame.Withthe
matter being informed
to the state assembly, the
official proceedings in
the matter will be initi-
ated and according to
the procedure, Speaker
Joshi will issue notice to
these MLAs to appear
before him within the
next two days, from the
time of issuance of no-
tice. Knowledgeable
sources claim that the
MLAs will have to ap-
pear before the Speaker
personally and answer
for their non-compli-
ance to party line by re-
maining absent for the
twoCLPmeetingscalled
in the last two days.
If the members fail to
provide a satisfactory
answer, the Speaker can
then take the most se-
vere action against
these men and cancel
their membership to the
state assembly. Sources
in know-how of the de-
velopment claim that
through this, bypolls
could be announced in
the constituencies the
MLAs of which have
been removed from the
state assembly.
Earlier in the day,
Pande took to twitter to
firstissueappealtoPilot
and his camp to attend
the party meet and later
used the same platform
to announce that they
have been removed from
the ministership. Pande
tweeted, “I appeal to
Sachin Pilot and to all
his fellow MLAs to at-
tend today’s meeting of
the legislature party. Ex-
pressing your faith in
the ideology and values
of the Congress, please
make your presence felt
and strengthen the
hands of Mrs. Sonia
Gandhi and Mr. Rahul
Gandhi.”
However, the senior
Congress leader then
took a jibe at Pilot’s
tweet that ‘Truth can
not be defeated, only
withheld” and said,
“True words @Sachin-
Pilot. You along with
BJP troubled Truth a lot
but could not defeat it,
neither will be able to do
so ahead. Satyamev Jay-
ate.”
Late in the evening,
when the Congress an-
nounced three Presi-
dents for PCC, Youth
Congress, and Sewa Dal,
Pande tweeted, “I hope
the three newly appoint-
ed presidents will work
for the strengthening of
the organization, follow-
ing the party’s values.”
PANDE SETS THE BALL ROLLING
FOR ‘EVICTION’ OF ‘ABSENT’ MLAs
Corona cases cross 25K-mark
in state with Jodhpur on top
I-T raids continue unabated
on day two in several districts
Rajputs up in arms
over syllabus ‘gaffe’
Womanstrangulated
todeathinKotahome
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Coronavirus
crossed the 25,000-mark
by a record surge of 635
new corona positives
taking the toll to 25,571
along with 6 deaths.
Two deaths each were
reported from Rajsa-
mandandonedeatheach
wasreportedfromAjmer,
Alwar & Jaipur along
with one death of a pa-
tient from another state.
Jodhpur became the
city with the highest
number of positive cas-
es putting Jaipur to the
number two slot with
4052 & 4002 cases respec-
tively.
Maximum 128 new
cases were reported
from Jodhpur followed
by 106 from Bikaner, 51
from Churu, 48 from
Pali, 44 from Kota, 39
from Jaipur, 38 from Al-
war, 31 from Jalore, 29
from Barmer, 26 from
Dholpur, 11 from
Bharatpur, 10 each from
Ajmer & Udaipur, 9
from Bhilwara, 8 each
from Bundi & Karauli, 6
each from Sri Gangana-
gar & Nagaur, 5 from
Rajsamand, 4 each from
Dausa & Jhunjhunu, 3
from Sikar, 2 each from
Hanumangarh, Jhala-
war & Pratapgarh, 1
each from Banswara &
Sirohi along with 3 from
other states.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally of the
corona positives on Fri-
day is as follows – Ajmer
790, Alwar 1288, Ban-
swara 105, Baran 76,
Barmer 742, Bharatpur
1995, Bhilwara 300, Bi-
kaner 1061, Bundi 30,
Chittorgarh 215, Churu
442, Dausa 224, Dholpur
872, Dungarpur 494,
Ganganagar 86, Hanu-
mangarh 139, Jaipur
4002, Jaisalmer 118, Ja-
lore 710, Jhalawar 384
and Jhunjhunu 459.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amid the po-
litical crisis in the state,
income tax raids contin-
ued for the second con-
secutive day on Tuesday.
The IT sleuths on
Tuesday raided house
of KC Ajmera who is
the director in Amra-
pali jewellery group
of chief minister
Ashok Gehlot’s close
confident and Con-
gress vice president
Rajeev Arora.
IT department sourc-
es said that 250 officers
are involved in these
raids.
They said that raids
are underway at 20
places in Jaipur, nine
in Mumbai, eight in
Delhi, and six in Kota
district.
These premises are
related to the Om Ko-
thari group, Rajeev
Arora group, and
Fairmont group.
They have claimed
to unearth illegal in-
vestment in real es-
tate and bullion trad-
ing among other ir-
regularities.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A delegation of
Rajput community has
given a memorandum to
chairman of Rajasthan
Secondary Board of
Education (RBSE)
against references to
Maharana Pratap in the
social science book of
class 10.
They also held a pro-
test outside the RBSE
office and handed over
the memorandum to the
board chairman Dr.
Jaroli. They claimed
that the Rajput commu-
nity was hurt and angry
over the alleged change
in the syllabus and com-
ments related to Maha-
rana Pratap.
“The comments have
made a mockery of his-
tory and hurt the pride
of the community,” they
said.The RBSE officials
have assured them
of investigating the
matter.
First India Bureau
Kota: A case of brutal
murder of a woman
has come to light in
the Sanjay Nagar area
of Kota.
The woman was at-
tacked with a sharp
weapon and later
strangulated to death.
Knife cuts have also
been found on the de-
ceased’s neck and
hand.
The body of the wom-
an was found lying in
the room of her house.
The deceased Sumitra
was living in Sanjay Na-
gar on rent with her
12-year-old son and
used to work as a domes-
tic help in several hous-
es.
The deceased’s son
was not in the house
during the incident.
After getting the in-
formation about the in-
cident, top officials of
the police reached the
spot and gathered de-
tails.
After filing the case,
Vigyan Nagar police
isinvestigating the
matter.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Light to moderate rainfall was wit-
nessed in parts of Rajasthan where isolated
areas also received heavy rain.
Loharia in Banswara and Veja in Dungapur
each recorded a maximum of 8 cm rainfall in
the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning. Dausa,
Chomu and Amer (both in Jaipur) recorded 7,
6 and 5 cm rains respectively during this pe-
riod, according to the MeT Department here.
Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh and Dabok
(Udaipur) also received 25, 7, 4 and 1.6 mm
rains respectively till Tuesday evening since
morning. The department has predicted light
to moderate rains at several places, with the
possibility of heavy rains at isolated areas in
the state during the next 24 hours.Women ride bullock carts carrying agricultural produce from ﬁelds on the outskirts of Ajmer on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
CRACKING THE WHIP:
Avinash Pande
RAINS LASH SEVERAL
DISTRICTS, BRING
TEMP DOWN IN RAJ
First India Bureau
Pali: The District
President of the Pali
District Congress
Committee Chunnilal
Charwas has submit-
ted a resignation let-
ter to the Rajasthan
Pradesh Congress
Committee in-charge
Avinash Pande.
In the letter, Char-
was has mentioned, “I
was selected for the
post of Pali District
Congress Committee
President. I have
served the party with
honesty and dedica-
tion for five years. In
the present situation,
Congress party has
suspended PCC Chief
Sachin Pilot undemo-
cratically from his
post. I am hurt by the
decision of the party
and have decided to
resign from my post.”
‘Hurt’ Pali District Cong
Committee Prez quits
DISTRESS ELDERLY TESTS CORONA
NEGATIVE, HANGS SELF TO DEATH
The Rajasthan Incharge rapped Pilot on Twitter claiming he could not defeat ‘Truth’
PANDE’S PUNCH!
Jaipur: The ACB team
reached Degana on the
complaint of corruption
in the Women and Child
Development office on
Tuesday. ACB Addition-
al SP Vijay Singh said
that the CDPO staff and
all officers and employ-
ees working in the area
were questioned regard-
ing the information on
the case. At the same
time, the records were
also checked.
The ACB Jhunjhunu
teamcaughtaJuniorAs-
sistant working in the
Mining Engineer Office
Jhunjhunu, Madanlal
(25), red-handed while
taking a bribe of Rs.
20,000.ACBDSPShabbir
Khan said that on July 6,
Om Prakash Regar had
complained that his
mother had died on
March26duetosilicosis.
TheMiningDepartment
gives assistance of Rs 3
lakh on death. In lieu of
this, the accused asked
for Rs 30,000 bribe.
In Sawai Madhopur
district, the ACB caught
a patwari and her hus-
band while receiving a
bribe of Rs. 2,000. Pat-
wari Priyanka Bhaskar
had sought the bribe in
lieu of the boundary of
the land.
ACB nabs 3
taking bribe
in 2 incidents

To be happy and to live, we have to
stop searching for what happiness
consists of and meaning of life- we
have to be happy and live.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Cong endorses astute Gehlot, CM safe for now; Sachin
crashlands on Cong turf, but Pilot may sore with new front!
z How do you see the
power tussle between
CM Ashok Gehlot and
Ex- Deputy CM &
PCC Chief Sachin Pi-
lot ? What was the
background to this
battle ?
Jagdeesh Chandra:
Time is the most pow-
erful entity, as it can
turn a filthy rich into a
pauper in minutes.
Considering the
ground reality that
Sachin Pilot is former
Deputy CM and PCC
chief today, has a back-
ground, which dates
back to 2018 assembly
elections and the battle
to become CM. Pilot un-
der some good faith ei-
ther self nurtured or
propelled by somebody,
believed that neither
he or Gehlot will con-
test the 2018 elections
and the High Command
will ultimately appoint
him as the CM after the
elections. But seasoned
Gehlot’s suo motto de-
cision to contest elec-
tion from Jodhpur
forced him to contest as
well. Both became
MLAs and in a natural
& democratic show of
strength in legislative
meeting, Pilot lost to
Gehlot by 79-21, which
even Rahul Gandhi
couldn’t refuse. Gehlot
is undisputed master-
mind of garnering
MLA support in a legis-
lative game. This start-
ed the trust deficit,
which didn’t let the
power sharing formula
work between Gehlot
and Pilot all through-
out one and a half year
tenure of the govt and
finally, has this day in
front of all.
z What will be the
impact of this deci-
sion on Pilot and his
camp, BJP and its
central leadership ?
Was decision made
too soon or too late?
Although Gehlot is
known for his slow and
well- thought deci-
sions, but this time,
state incharge, Avi-
nash Pande helped &
insisted on ruthless
and effective decision.
The impact of the deci-
sion on Gehlot camp is
of fear & respect for
their disciplinarian
Chief Minister who is
backed by the High
Command. This has
apart from other things
forced the fence sitters,
who might have opted
for Manesar hospitali-
ty, in maintaining sta-
tus quo at least for now.
There are two reac-
tions from the Pilot
camp, first of losing
out on the parent body,
Congress they were af-
filiated to and second
is of no regrets as the
battle lines have been
drawn clear now. Even
Pilot has a clear pic-
ture that these are my
men standing with me
in the battle ahead.
The impact on BJP is
also clear that they are
a step closer to their
ultimate aim of unset-
tling another govt of
opposition. All the re-
actions by BJP leaders
after Pilot’s expulsion,
point in one direction
that they both are natu-
ral allies now onwards.
Lastly, the Congress
High Command must
be feeling low with un-
ceremonious exit of a
young leader whom
they themselves had
groomed. So it isn’t a
good day for Congress.
z How do you rate se-
lection of Govind
Singh Dotasara as
PCC Chief ?
First of all look at the
conspiracy of circum-
stances, Dotasara’s
name for next PCC
Chief was first for-
warded by Sachin Pilot
himself two months
ago. By far, he is the
best choice from the
existing Jat leader-
ship. He is a grass
roots worker, been
elected thrice and has
performed well as edu-
cation minister. An-
other interesting as-
pect is that the chiefs
of both state Congress
and BJP now are Jats
from Shekhawati cre-
ating an interesting
situation.
z Most media reports
say there was no com-
munication between
Pilot and Gandhi
family so much so
that Pilot himself
wasn’t interested in
any communication
with them. Do you
feel all doors of com-
munication between
Pilot and Congress
have been shut?
Yes, all doors have been
shutandhehasbeenvir-
tually expelled from the
party by removing him
from all responsibilities.
Apart from the main
stream media reports,
there was a word that
Gandhi family was in
communication with Pi-
lot via second rank lead-
ership. In any case, he
had gone too far to a
pointof noreturnwitha
profound thought. Now
the fact is that he and
BJP are natural allies.
z According some re-
ports Pilot has put
three conditions for
his return to the par-
ty. How true is that?
That came to me as well
that the first condition
was that he be made the
CM, may be at a later
date, but with immedi-
ate public announce-
ment. This shows the
level of trust he had on
the High Command.
Second was to replace
state in-charge Avinash
Pande with someone of
his choice. The third
condition was to give
him Home and Finance
portfolios apart from
fulfilling his quota of
8-10 ministers. But the
third condition was ir-
relevant in light of the
demand to become the
CM. So, all three condi-
tions could not be met
due to hard ground re-
alities.
z Does the recently
concluded Rajya Sab-
ha elections also con-
tributed to the bitter-
ness between Gehlot
and Pilot? And Do
you feel that Pilot
was painted as a vil-
lain by showing him
aligning with the
BJP in the Rajya
Sabha elections?
This is a fact that some
of the self- styled Pilot
supporters were in-
volved in the horse
trading attempts in
the run up to the upper
house elections. Al-
though Pilot himself
had nothing to do with
it but when you pre-
sent such a case sce-
nario in front of Con-
gress High Command
along with the version
of BJP attempts to pull
down Gehlot govt, then
the over all picture
that emerges is the one
that shows both Pilot
and BJP working to-
wards same end and
hence Pilot emerged as
a villain. When Pilot
presented his case in
Delhi, he said that
there was no threat to
Gehlot govt and the
whole exercise was
done to project Gehlot
as the sole person ca-
pable of keeping the
required votes togeth-
er for assured Con-
gress victory in the
Rajya Sabha elections,
which sidelined and
damaged Sachin Pi-
lot’s credibility & in-
tegrity.
z Was the complaint
registered by CM con-
fidante Chief Whip
Dr Mahesh Joshi
with SOG part of this
strategy ?
Naturally, it was part
of the strategy after
the state govt got con-
vinced of the attempts
of horse trading &
poaching to topple the
Gehlot govt, which re-
sulted in complaint by
Mahesh Joshi with
SOG later also taken
up by the ACB. Later
events prove that
there was certainly
something happening
on the ground related
to horse trading &
poaching.
z Some senior Con-
gressmen in Delhi feel
that the FIR step was
an action taken in
haste. What do you
feel?
This impression was
created by anti- Gehlot
lobby in Delhi that it
was a hastily taken de-
cision as it deserved a
bit delayed response.
Now these are all advi-
sory in nature and real
analysis is done by the
one, who is facing the
heat in the field. He
knows best. Then this
could also be retaliato-
ry action taken by Pilot
camp in Delhi. Remem-
ber normally this is not
Gehlot’s style of func-
tioning as he keeps po-
litical affairs strictly
political. But this time,
he felt that the situa-
tion needed a legal
remedy so he gave a go
ahead for filing the
complaint.
z Do you see any
chances of change in
State Govt in near fu-
ture? Will Pilot camp
with BJP’s support
be able to topple Ge-
hlot?
Politics is game of pos-
sibilities, so nobody
can predict exact ten-
ure of any Chief Minis-
ter however powerful.
Now, the dam has a
leak, so all depends on
how you deal with this
leak in the dam. But
yes the action taken by
the Congress has miti-
gated any immediate
threat to the govt. Ge-
hlot has definitely con-
solidated for a couple
of months to come. One
very important aspect
is that now Gehlot is
not against Pilot alone,
but also has to confront
those powers from Del-
hi, who have so far nev-
er failed in their plans.
z Do you think that
Pilot is being remote
controlled by BJP?
Sachin Pilot is too
smart, alert, politically
savvy and educated to
be remote controlled by
anybody. But what is
sure is that he is in
close coordination with
the BJP for quite some
time now. Even Modi
and Amit Shah have a
liking for Pilot for rea-
sons other than politi-
cal like they consider
him young, smart, edu-
cated and clean image
who can be part of
their party and circum-
stances are making the
situation possible. Any-
ways Pilot has chosen a
track so let’s see.
z What will Pilot do
join BJP, form third
front or opt for his
new party?
This is a million dollar
question in the current
scenario. There are two
options in front of him.
First is the closest to
his heart is to form a
third front as he has his
apprehensions regard-
ing ultimate treatment
meted out to Scindia in
form of the portfolio al-
lotted etc. He doesn’t
want to completely rely
on BJP for his political
career. Now forming
the third front may
have some legal com-
plications, but that all
will be part of the fu-
ture so let’s assume
that he will opt for the
third front ultimately.
z What exactly is the
deal which Pilot has
struck with the BJP?
The most motivating or
inspiring factor for Pi-
lot is to become the
Chief Minister by top-
pling Ashok Gehlot.
Pilot will take anybody
and everybody, who can
help in realising this
goal. The deal which
BJP and Pilot have
struck is that Pilot will
form the third front,
topple the Gehlot govt
with support from BJP,
become the Chief Min-
ister for six months
and then hand over the
reigns to Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat. Pilot
has now become a seri-
ous threat in combina-
tion with the unknown
forces of the BJP in
Delhi. It might take
time, but a liquidation
process has begun,
which definitely isn’t
good for the state or
good governance or the
interests of the com-
mon people.
z What are the pros-
pects of Operation
Lotus in Rajasthan?
It is a well-defined mod-
el. They do what they
commit. In MP, the BJP
leadership has fulfilled
some of its promises to
the people, who joined
with Scindia. Rest of
the promises will also
be fulfilled with time
like election tickets
from their constituen-
cies or other political
appointments. In Ra-
jasthan, the success de-
pends upon how far
does CM Gehlot allow
them to penetrate be-
cause they need 30-32
MLAs. If Gehlot is able
to stop his MLAs from
poaching then good
otherwise, their model
is perfect in today’s
politics.
Vasundhara factor in
present circumstanc-
es?
She is currently silent
and enjoying the bliss
of Dholpur, reading
books, which she is
fond of and admiring
nature. She is in con-
stant touch with the
party workers through
the phone. She is ex-
pected to be in Jaipur
on Wednesday, but
there is no opportunity
to strike right now.
Any opportunity only
seems to be coming in
2023, when she might
find a divided Con-
gress house at the end
of its tenure or as the
current graph of Ge-
hlot govt suggests, Ge-
hlot might surprising-
ly repeat. Now let’s as-
sume BJP game plan
with Pilot successfully
toppling Gehlot govt.
Now when Pilot relin-
quishes the CM throne
after a committed 6
months’ period and
‘IF’ Gajendra Shekha-
wat is about to be
sworn as CM, what
Vasundhara Raje does
in those preceding 48
hours, is to be seen.
z How do you com-
pare the popularity
graphs of Ashok Ge-
hlot and Sachin Pi-
lot?
There are different
models of individual
popularity of political
leaders. Once Ashok
Gehlot, after losing
election, went to a hotel
for dinner. There were
almost 150-200 people
waiting to welcome
him in the night de-
spite his defeat while
he himself expected
only 5-6 persons. Ac-
cording to me, Ashok
Gehlot is the most pop-
ular person in Con-
gress in the state. No-
body comes near him.
Then you have Vasund-
hara Raje. Be it Gajen-
dra Shekhawat, Rajen-
dra Rathore or Satish
Poonia or for that mat-
ter anybody in BJP, she
has maximum appeal
amongst people in all
the BJP leaders. After
Gehlot and Raje, Pilot
is the new emerging
third most popular face
in the state, irrespec-
tive of the face whether
he is from Progressive
Congress, Third front
or BJP. I have myself
witnessed his clout
among the crowd dur-
ing the election cam-
paign during the last
assembly elections. A
crowd of 3000-4000 was
really enthusiastic to
listen to him.
role played by senior
Congress leaders like
Ahmed Patel, KC
Venugopal, Randeep
Surjewala, Avinash
Pande, Ajay Makan
and Vivek Bansal in
the whole crisis?
Only two names are
really relevant out of
the lot you men-
tioned. Ahmed Patel
and Avinash Pande.
Surjewala too was ac-
tive but he was more
of ‘special appear-
ance’. But leaders
like Ahmed Patel and
Avinash Pande keep
constant touch. In
fact the Avinsh Pande
stamp in the action
taken on dissidents is
clearly visible. The
kind of decisive ac-
tion which he and Ge-
hlot took is not ex-
pected in Rajasthan.
All the names which
you mentioned had a
distinct quality of be-
ing unanimous and
talking in one lan-
guage without any
contradictions or dif-
ferences. As far as
contacting Pilot was
concerned Avinash
Pande did try, he tried
to contact but with no
response from Pilot.
But Pande did his
duty.
Jagdeesh Chandra with Shweta Mishra, Aditi Nagar, Deepa Bafila, Akanksha Bhalla & Faiza Khan. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Editor-In-Chief of First India, Jagdeesh Chandra, in The New JC Show, analyses the power
tussle between CM Ashok Gehlot and Ex-Deputy CM Sachin Pilot and talks about the road
ahead for Pilot, Operation Lotus in Rajasthan and will Gehlot be able to keep his tribe together?

elfies are all the rage
nowadays, there is a
rare person who has
not clicked a selfie
sometime or the oth-
er. Not only are they
the new autograph
with celebrities; selfies are a
signalof ‘I,me,myself’where
you can do it alone- get
dressed to kill, click a selfie
and upload on your social me-
dia account.
The term ‘Selfie’ was in-
vented in the year 2005, by
Photographer Jim Krause.
After the launch of iPhone 4
with a front camera, selfies
became a ‘thing’. You’ll be
surprised to know, that it was
one of the ‘Top 10 Buzzwords’
in the year 2012.
Since selfies flatter the im-
age of a person on social me-
dia, the researchers say that
they are associated with low-
er self-esteem. Yes, it’s true;
it is a major sign of insecu-
rity. Since social media is
known for gaining a lot of
attention, various people
take selfies to flaunt their
day-to-day schedule and their
happenings. Over time, this
results in increasing the self-
confidence of an individual
and making them accept
their looks!
Even though selfies may
seem really glamorous, there
are times when they become
too dangerous. In a report, it
is said that in the past few
years, there have been over
400 people who have died in a
selfie-related incident; may it
be fires, accidents, falls,
drowning, and the list can
just go on and on. This is not
just it- there are times when
people take selfies the dead
bodies to post it on social me-
dia. Isn’t that crazy? But de-
spite the risks involved, there
are people who still take ex-
tremely risky selfies, just to
create a boom on social me-
dia and be the talking-point
among some people.
But at the end of the day,
selfies never fail to make a
person happy. Nowadays on
social media, there are vari-
ous filters to make selfies
even more interesting. It all
started with Snapchat com-
ing out with trending filters
and the trend then shifted to
Instagram, where one can
find not just filters to bright-
en up their selfie, but games
too! Yes. Turn to P12
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The latest craze is the insensitive Selfie with a
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Amazing Selfie Taken at the Top of a Dubai Marina
Building in Dubai.
Carmen Greenway, 41, was killed moments after
taking this selfie.
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“Hey, let’s take a selfie” is the most common phrase used when friends have a get-together,
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