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T he Election Commission (EC) may announce the schedule for the Delhi Assembly polls after the final publication of electoral roll on January 6. The polls will be cru- cial for both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP. After losing Jharkhand, the BJP is desperate to capture power in the national Capital, whereas for the AAP it will be a test to see if a string of welfare mea- sures initiated by the Kejriwal Government is suffice to buck the anti-incumbency factor The EC has begun a series of meetings in preparation for the polls scheduled early next year. The first meeting of EC officials took place on December 24 and the second one on Thursday. The third one by the Chief Secretary of Delhi is expected on Monday. During the review meeting, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh and Special Commissioner of Police Pravir Ranjan, who is State Police Nodal Officer, made a presen- tation about the general law and order situation prevailing in Delhi and action being planned by the Delhi Police to enforce all the measures as mandated by the commission. Officials privy to the delibera- tions said the Delhi Police top brass is of the view that law and order situation in the national Capital is well under control and that the force was prepared for the elections. As per the presentation by the CEO of Delhi, there are 1.45 crore electors in the national Capital as on December 18. Of them, 79.98 lakh are men and 65.73 lakh women. The number of trans- gender voters is 707. The 2015 elections were announced on January 12 and the voting was held on February 7. The AAP had won 67 out of 70 seats. The BJP had managed to secure just three seats in 2015 while the Congress had drawn a blank. The tenure of the 70-mem- ber Assembly expires on February 22, 2020. Banking on a string of freebies, including free water and power, the ruling AAP is confident of repeating its per- formance. Last week, the AAP released its five years report card. The AAP Government has listed quality education, free health facility, good gov- ernance, and subsidised elec- tricity as its main achieve- ments. There is possibility that the ruling AAP may return to power due to weak Opposition parties — both the BJP and the Congress. The BJP is banking on granting ownership right to people of unauthorised colonies and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image. Ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls, the BJP has directed its party lead- ers to hold public outreach pro- grammes in Assembly con- stituencies across Delhi. Party’s national general secretary BL Santosh discussed the programmes during the meetings with party’s Delhi unit leaders. The party will organise a social media work- shop on December 26 which will be attended by a represen- tative from every Assembly constituency. From January 2 to January 15, the leaders will address people through video broadcast rallies. The Delhi CEO informed the EC regarding special mea- sures taken for facilitating per- sons with disabilities and senior citizens, including pick and drop facility from home to polling booths. He also informed the com- mission about the facilities being created at all polling sta- tions; like provision of crèche facility, ramp, water facility, mobile locker, selfie point, waiting area and wheel chairs. Sources said the full com- mission comprising Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra reviewed poll pre- paredness for Delhi Assembly elections. The meeting was attended by District Election officers, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Joint Commissioners of Police, chairman of New Delhi Municipal Council, Commissioners of three Municipal Corporations, Chief Executive Officer of Delhi Cantonment and other stake- holders. The commission also held a separate meeting with Chief Secretary Vijay Dev and the Delhi Police Commissioner. During the meeting, Delhi CEO Singh presented pre- paredness with regard to elec- toral rolls, manpower avail- ability, EVMs/VVPATs, train- ing of all election officials, and SVEEP activities focusing and targeting low turnout areas for increasing the number of voter turnout. “The EC also reviewed the status of preparation at the level of Districts. All district election officers along with their respec- tive DCPs gave detailed pre- sentations of their district to the Election Commission,” said officials. A rmy Chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday found himself in the thick of a major controversy after his remark on the violent protest against anti- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) invited backlash from political parties, veterans of the services and others. Speaking at an event here, Rawat said, “Leaders do not lead masses in inappropriate directions as we are witnessing in a large number of universi- ty and college students, the way they are leading masses of crowds to carry out arson and violence in our cities and towns. This is not leadership.” Rawat was addressing a health leadership summit here. The Congress, the CPI(M) and the AIMIM among others slammed the Army Chief for “breaching his institutional limit” and “speaking against constitutional democracy.” The CPI(M) demanded an apology from him for his “indiscretion”, claiming his remarks have adverse ramifications for the constitutional arrangement. Citing the example of protests by a large number of university and college students, the Army Chief said, “A leader is the one who leads you in the correct direction, gives you the right advice, and then ensures that you care for the people you lead.” Rawat added the leadership is conveyed through personal example. “That is what we in the armed forces are proud of,” he said. Incidentally, Rawat’s state- ment comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had denounced the destruction of public property during the protests, saying rights go along with duty. “I want to ask peo- ple who resorted to violence in UP to sit at home and ask themselves whether what they did is good or not. They destroyed buses and public property that belongs to the future generation,” he said. Continued on Page 4 P rime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that there was no detention centre in the country led to a bitter war of words between the Congress and the BJP on Thursday amid disclosure about existence of such camps in Assam and Karnataka. The Congress has also attacked the Government over National Population Register (NPR) and said that there was a design to bring in NRC in the garb of NPR. Taking to Twitter, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attached a video clip showing a deten- tion centre being constructed in Assam. While accusing the Congress, its allies and “Urban Naxals” of spreading the rumour that Muslims will be sent to detention centres, the PM had denied presence of any such centre in the country. “RSS’ Prime Minister lies to Bharat Mata,” Rahul said in the tweet in Hindi with the hash- tag ‘jhoot jhoot jhoot (lies, lies, lies). Reacting to Rahul’s liar jibe at the Prime Minister, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra described the Congress leader as “joothon ka sardar” (master of lies) and asserted that deten- tion camps in Assam were set up when the Congress was in power both at the Centre and in the State. The BJP spokesperson alleged after apologising to the Supreme Court on the Rafale issue, Rahul is now spreading lies on the detention centres. He asserted that the Prime Minister had only said there is no such detention camp in which Muslims of India will be placed after NRC. Addressing a Press confer- ence, Patra showed the official statement issued by the Congress-led UPA Government in 2011 and ‘White Paper’ on the issue of foreigners published by the party-led Government in Assam in 2012, and claimed that as per these documents, detention camps were estab- lished in the State. “Rahul Gandhi is joothon ka sardar. The three detention centres were set up in Assam at the time when his party was in power both at the Centre and the State,” Patra said. Continued on Page 4 T he Moon on Thursday slowly masked the Sun to leave just a burning ring of fire in what was the last solar eclipse of the decade, an astro- nomical phenomenon wit- nessed by thousands of scien- tists and spiritualists across India. As the Moon came in between the Earth and the Sun and the three celestial bodies aligned, people gathered on rooftops, beaches and other open spaces as well as plane- tariums to watch the flaming solar disc. But overcast skies and fog played spoilsport in many parts, particularly north India, leaving those in towns such as Kozhikode in Kerala to watch the eclipse unfold in clear skies. The partial phase of the eclipse began at 8 am and the annular phase at 9.06 am. The annular phase ended 12.29 pm, while the partial phase ended at 13.36 pm, the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) said. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the angular diam- eter of the Moon falls short of the Sun so it cannot cover the latter completely. As a result, the Sun is visible only as a “ring of fire” around the Moon. The obscuration of the Sun by the Moon at the time of greatest phase of partial eclipse was around 90 per cent in Bengaluru, 85 per cent in Chennai, 79 per cent in Mumbai, 45 per cent in Kolkata, 45 per cent in Delhi, 42 per cent in Patna, 33 per cent in Guwahati, 70 per cent in Port Blair, 35 per cent in Silchar, the MoES said in a statement last week. The rigours of space sci- ence and the arcane world of religion and myths merged as they do with every eclipse. Various temples, including the famous Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, Padmanabha Swamy temple at Thiruvananthapuram and Lord Krishna temple at Guruvayur were closed during the solar eclipse, believed to be inauspicious by some. Continued on Page 4 H uge swarms of Pakistani locusts have descended on agricultural fields in Gujarat and Rajasthan and inflicted major damage on crops of mustard, castor, fennel, cumin, cotton, potato, wheat and jat- ropha. The Gujarat Government on Thursday promised com- pensation for farmers in Banaskantha district and other areas of north Gujarat which has been facing the massive locust attack over the last two weeks. Worried over huge loss of crops, 27 teams have been formed to tackle the problem of locusts entering various dis- tricts of the State and damag- ing crops. The Ministry of Agriculture has despatched 11 teams to Gujarat while the State Government has set up 16 teams to keep a watch the movement of swarms and to spray pesticide. Top officials of the Agriculture Ministry said mas- sive swarms of locusts — which are mainly tropical grasshop- pers with strong powers of flight — descended on Banaskantha, Mehsana, Kutch, Patan and Sabarkantha dis- tricts in the last few days in Gujarat, and Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jalore, Jodhpur of Rajasthan. “They entered Gujarat from the desert areas of Pakistan. This is the second time in a month that locusts have invaded the fields in north Gujarat and Rajasthan. 27 team will take all necessary steps, including spraying of pesti- cides, to contain the attack. The teams will remain in the State until the problem is solved,” officials said. The Ministry is exploring the possibility of using drones to spray insecti- cides. Officials said that a team of experts will conduct survey on the Locust Warning Oganisation’s report and spray pesticides. Farmers have been directed to deploy various mea- sures to deal with the situation, including burning tyres in fields, playing drums and clanging utensils, switching on table fans near crops and even blaring out music from a mini truck-mounted console, an agriculture department offi- cial said. According to the Gujarat Government, in Banaskantha, crops over 8,000-10,000 hectares have been damaged. Locusts were first seen in Suigam, Danta, Deesa, Palanpur and Lakhni tehsils of Banaskantha last week. From there they moved to Satlasana tehsil in Mehsana district. A few days ago a huge swarm, spread across 30 to 35 square kilometres, descended in Tharad tehsil and devoured mustard, castor, funnel and wheat crops, he said, adding that locusts are still present in neighbouring areas of Jalore district in Rajasthan and in the Tharparkar desert of Pakistan. In Rajasthan, as many as 128 places have been identified in Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jalore, Jodhpur under the spell of the locust attack. Continued on Page 4 T here was a respite from cold in the State capital on Thursday with bright sunshine and clear sky. Besides, few regions in the State recorded rainfall in the past 24 hours. The State capital recorded night temperature at 11.4 degree Celsius. During the day State capi- tal recorded temperature at 20.7 degree Celsius. For Gwalior, Chambal, Sagar, Rewa, Bhopal and Ujjain divisions Met officials have issued warning of intense cold day to cold day conditions. Warning of shallow to dense fog has been issued for Gwalior, Chambal, Sagar, Rewa and Ujjain divisions by Met and these regions are likely to witness the conditions in the next 24 hours. Light showers and thun- dery activities are likely to be witnessed at Anuppur, Umaria, Dindori, Balaghat, Mandla, Seoni and Chhindwara in the next 24 hours. Gwalior and Datia recorded the lowest night temperature at 5 degree Celsius. Shahdol, Jabalpur and Hoshangabad recorded light rainfall in the past 24 hours. The night temperatures record- ed significant dip in the night temperatures in Rewa, Sagar, Bhopal and Ujjain. Continued on Page 4 RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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    The Election Commission(EC) may announce theschedule for the DelhiAssembly polls after the finalpublication of electoral roll onJanuary 6. The polls will be cru-cial for both the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) and the BJP. Afterlosing Jharkhand, the BJP isdesperate to capture power inthe national Capital, whereasfor the AAP it will be a test tosee if a string of welfare mea-sures initiated by the KejriwalGovernment is suffice to buckthe anti-incumbency factor

    The EC has begun a seriesof meetings in preparation forthe polls scheduled early nextyear. The first meeting of ECofficials took place onDecember 24 and the secondone on Thursday. The third oneby the Chief Secretary of Delhiis expected on Monday.

    During the review meeting,Delhi Chief Electoral OfficerRanbir Singh and SpecialCommissioner of Police PravirRanjan, who is State PoliceNodal Officer, made a presen-tation about the general lawand order situation prevailingin Delhi and action beingplanned by the Delhi Police toenforce all the measures asmandated by the commission.Officials privy to the delibera-tions said the Delhi Police topbrass is of the view that law andorder situation in the nationalCapital is well under controland that the force was preparedfor the elections.

    As per the presentation by

    the CEO of Delhi, there are1.45 crore electors in thenational Capital as onDecember 18. Of them, 79.98lakh are men and 65.73 lakhwomen. The number of trans-gender voters is 707.

    The 2015 elections wereannounced on January 12 andthe voting was held onFebruary 7. The AAP had won67 out of 70 seats. The BJP hadmanaged to secure just threeseats in 2015 while theCongress had drawn a blank.

    The tenure of the 70-mem-

    ber Assembly expires onFebruary 22, 2020.

    Banking on a string offreebies, including free waterand power, the ruling AAP isconfident of repeating its per-formance. Last week, the AAPreleased its five years reportcard. The AAP Governmenthas listed quality education,free health facility, good gov-ernance, and subsidised elec-tricity as its main achieve-ments.

    There is possibility thatthe ruling AAP may return to

    power due to weak Oppositionparties — both the BJP and theCongress.

    The BJP is banking ongranting ownership right topeople of unauthorisedcolonies and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s image. Aheadof the Delhi Assembly polls, theBJP has directed its party lead-ers to hold public outreach pro-grammes in Assembly con-stituencies across Delhi.

    Party’s national generalsecretary BL Santosh discussedthe programmes during the

    meetings with party’s Delhiunit leaders. The party willorganise a social media work-shop on December 26 whichwill be attended by a represen-tative from every Assemblyconstituency. From January 2 toJanuary 15, the leaders willaddress people through videobroadcast rallies.

    The Delhi CEO informedthe EC regarding special mea-sures taken for facilitating per-sons with disabilities and seniorcitizens, including pick anddrop facility from home to

    polling booths. He also informed the com-

    mission about the facilitiesbeing created at all polling sta-tions; like provision of crèchefacility, ramp, water facility,mobile locker, selfie point,waiting area and wheel chairs.

    Sources said the full com-mission comprising ChiefElection Commissioner SunilArora, Election CommissionersAshok Lavasa and SushilChandra reviewed poll pre-paredness for Delhi Assemblyelections. The meeting wasattended by District Electionofficers, Deputy Commissionerof Police, Joint Commissionersof Police, chairman of NewDelhi Municipal Council,Commissioners of threeMunicipal Corporations, ChiefExecutive Officer of DelhiCantonment and other stake-holders. The commission alsoheld a separate meeting withChief Secretary Vijay Dev andthe Delhi Police Commissioner.

    During the meeting, DelhiCEO Singh presented pre-paredness with regard to elec-toral rolls, manpower avail-ability, EVMs/VVPATs, train-ing of all election officials, andSVEEP activities focusing andtargeting low turnout areas forincreasing the number of voterturnout.

    “The EC also reviewed thestatus of preparation at the levelof Districts. All district electionofficers along with their respec-tive DCPs gave detailed pre-sentations of their district to theElection Commission,” saidofficials.

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    Army Chief General BipinRawat on Thursday foundhimself in the thick of a majorcontroversy after his remark onthe violent protest against anti-Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) invited backlash frompolitical parties, veterans of theservices and others.

    Speaking at an event here,Rawat said, “Leaders do notlead masses in inappropriatedirections as we are witnessingin a large number of universi-ty and college students, the waythey are leading masses ofcrowds to carry out arson andviolence in our cities andtowns. This is not leadership.”Rawat was addressing a healthleadership summit here.

    The Congress, the CPI(M)and the AIMIM among othersslammed the Army Chief for“breaching his institutionallimit” and “speaking againstconstitutional democracy.” TheCPI(M) demanded an apologyfrom him for his “indiscretion”,claiming his remarks haveadverse ramifications for theconstitutional arrangement.

    Citing the example ofprotests by a large number ofuniversity and college students,

    the Army Chief said, “A leaderis the one who leads you in thecorrect direction, gives youthe right advice, and thenensures that you care for thepeople you lead.” Rawat addedthe leadership is conveyedthrough personal example.“That is what we in the armedforces are proud of,” he said.

    Incidentally, Rawat’s state-ment comes a day after PrimeMinister Narendra Modi haddenounced the destruction ofpublic property during theprotests, saying rights go alongwith duty. “I want to ask peo-ple who resorted to violence inUP to sit at home and askthemselves whether what theydid is good or not. Theydestroyed buses and publicproperty that belongs to thefuture generation,” he said.

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    Prime Minister NarendraModi’s assertion that therewas no detention centre in thecountry led to a bitter war ofwords between the Congressand the BJP on Thursday amiddisclosure about existence ofsuch camps in Assam andKarnataka.

    The Congress has alsoattacked the Government overNational Population Register(NPR) and said that there wasa design to bring in NRC in thegarb of NPR.

    Taking to Twitter, Congressleader Rahul Gandhi attacheda video clip showing a deten-tion centre being constructedin Assam. While accusing theCongress, its allies and “UrbanNaxals” of spreading therumour that Muslims will besent to detention centres, thePM had denied presence of anysuch centre in the country.

    “RSS’ Prime Minister lies toBharat Mata,” Rahul said in thetweet in Hindi with the hash-tag ‘jhoot jhoot jhoot (lies,lies, lies).

    Reacting to Rahul’s liarjibe at the Prime Minister, BJPspokesperson Sambit Patra

    described the Congress leaderas “joothon ka sardar” (masterof lies) and asserted that deten-tion camps in Assam were setup when the Congress was inpower both at the Centre andin the State.

    The BJP spokespersonalleged after apologising to theSupreme Court on the Rafaleissue, Rahul is now spreadinglies on the detention centres.

    He asserted that the PrimeMinister had only said there isno such detention camp inwhich Muslims of India will beplaced after NRC.

    Addressing a Press confer-ence, Patra showed the officialstatement issued by theCongress-led UPAGovernment in 2011 and‘White Paper’ on the issue offoreigners published by theparty-led Government inAssam in 2012, and claimedthat as per these documents,detention camps were estab-lished in the State.

    “Rahul Gandhi is joothonka sardar. The three detentioncentres were set up in Assam atthe time when his party was inpower both at the Centre andthe State,” Patra said.

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    The Moon on Thursdayslowly masked the Sun toleave just a burning ring of firein what was the last solareclipse of the decade, an astro-nomical phenomenon wit-nessed by thousands of scien-tists and spiritualists acrossIndia.

    As the Moon came inbetween the Earth and theSun and the three celestialbodies aligned, people gatheredon rooftops, beaches and otheropen spaces as well as plane-tariums to watch the flamingsolar disc. But overcast skiesand fog played spoilsport inmany parts, particularly northIndia, leaving those in townssuch as Kozhikode in Kerala towatch the eclipse unfold inclear skies.

    The partial phase of theeclipse began at 8 am and theannular phase at 9.06 am. Theannular phase ended 12.29pm, while the partial phaseended at 13.36 pm, theMinistry of Earth Sciences(MoES) said.

    An annular solar eclipseoccurs when the angular diam-

    eter of the Moon falls short ofthe Sun so it cannot cover thelatter completely. As a result,the Sun is visible only as a “ringof fire” around the Moon.

    The obscuration of the Sunby the Moon at the time ofgreatest phase of partial eclipsewas around 90 per cent inBengaluru, 85 per cent inChennai, 79 per cent inMumbai, 45 per cent inKolkata, 45 per cent in Delhi,42 per cent in Patna, 33 percent in Guwahati, 70 per centin Port Blair, 35 per cent in

    Silchar, the MoES said in astatement last week.

    The rigours of space sci-ence and the arcane world ofreligion and myths merged asthey do with every eclipse.

    Various temples, includingthe famous Lord AyyappaTemple in Sabarimala,Padmanabha Swamy templeat Thiruvananthapuram andLord Krishna temple atGuruvayur were closed duringthe solar eclipse, believed to beinauspicious by some.

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    Huge swarms of Pakistanilocusts have descendedon agricultural fields in Gujaratand Rajasthan and inflictedmajor damage on crops ofmustard, castor, fennel, cumin,cotton, potato, wheat and jat-ropha.

    The Gujarat Governmenton Thursday promised com-pensation for farmers inBanaskantha district and otherareas of north Gujarat whichhas been facing the massivelocust attack over the last twoweeks.

    Worried over huge loss ofcrops, 27 teams have beenformed to tackle the problemof locusts entering various dis-tricts of the State and damag-ing crops. The Ministry ofAgriculture has despatched 11

    teams to Gujarat while theState Government has set up 16teams to keep a watch themovement of swarms and tospray pesticide.

    Top officials of theAgriculture Ministry said mas-sive swarms of locusts — whichare mainly tropical grasshop-pers with strong powers off light — descended on

    Banaskantha, Mehsana, Kutch,Patan and Sabarkantha dis-tricts in the last few days inGujarat, and Jaisalmer, Barmer,Jalore, Jodhpur of Rajasthan.

    “They entered Gujaratfrom the desert areas ofPakistan. This is the secondtime in a month that locustshave invaded the fields in northGujarat and Rajasthan. 27 team

    will take all necessary steps,including spraying of pesti-cides, to contain the attack. Theteams will remain in the Stateuntil the problem is solved,”officials said. The Ministry isexploring the possibility ofusing drones to spray insecti-cides.

    Officials said that a team ofexperts will conduct survey onthe Locust WarningOganisation’s report and spraypesticides. Farmers have beendirected to deploy various mea-sures to deal with the situation,including burning tyres infields, playing drums andclanging utensils, switching ontable fans near crops and evenblaring out music from a minitruck-mounted console, anagriculture department offi-cial said.

    According to the Gujarat

    Government, in Banaskantha,crops over 8,000-10,000hectares have been damaged.Locusts were first seen inSuigam, Danta, Deesa,Palanpur and Lakhni tehsils ofBanaskantha last week. Fromthere they moved to Satlasanatehsil in Mehsana district. Afew days ago a huge swarm,spread across 30 to 35 squarekilometres, descended inTharad tehsil and devouredmustard, castor, funnel andwheat crops, he said, addingthat locusts are still present inneighbouring areas of Jaloredistrict in Rajasthan and in theTharparkar desert of Pakistan.

    In Rajasthan, as many as128 places have been identifiedin Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jalore,Jodhpur under the spell of thelocust attack.

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    The quality and excellenceof higher educationensures the golden futureof youth. The Kamal NathGovernment of MadhyaPradesh has taken significantsteps in the first year of itstenure and has raised the con-fidence of crores of youth.Madhya Pradesh has takenstrong strides with betterteacher-student ratio towardsbecoming parallel to the lead-ing and selected States of thecountry for better education.

    With the successful imple-mentation of policies likeequipping educational institu-tions with modern resources,creation of infrastructure,accessible and better educationfor girls, simplifying the admis-sion process, skill develop-ment and employment orient-ed education, appointment oflibrarians and sports officers,availability of e-library andsports ground, the education-al scenario of the State has beenmade constructive and reliable.

    Madhya Pradesh has seen

    a bad phase of neglect of high-er education, students studyingin colleges were facing shortageof teachers for many years, thisalso affected the level of edu-cation in the State. But the pre-sent Government is committedto make the future of youthbright. The Kamal NathGovernment has taken steps inthis direction with commit-ment. That is why the educa-tional institutions of the statewill no longer remain withoutprofessors.

    Our qualified teachersselected in higher level exam-inations will be availableamong the students to provideexcellent education in everynook and corner of the State.Librarians have been appoint-ed to ensure that the state-of-the-art libraries have high-level and quality books and itsbenefits are available to thegeneral students. It is beingensured that no college remainswithout sports officers so as toensure that the youth bringglory to the state and the coun-try in sports disciplines.

    The objective of educa-

    tional institutions is the all-round development of the stu-dent along with his educa-tional development.

    Admission process hasbeen simplified to make itaccessible to the general stu-dent. Colleges should havetheir own land and have theirown play ground, garden etc.with modern resources. TheKamal Nath Government hasstarted a land security cam-paign to ensure ownership ofthe land of all governmentcolleges, which will be com-pleted by this year.Development is being done inthis on the basis of 30-yeardevelopment plan.Infrastructure developmentworks of education institu-tions are being done continu-ously. In order to improve thequality of education, virtualclassrooms are being broadcastcontinuously, which is helpingto make education environ-ment better and universal inevery corner of the state.

    Kamal Nath Governmentis doing many innovations forimproving the quality of edu-

    cation. Under this, MP Onlinehas been made better withimprovements to complete theadmission process in a regularand timely manner, therebycompleting the admissionprocess on time. Lakhs of girlshave benefitted from totalwaiver of fees.

    The safety of girls is amongthe biggest priority of the gov-ernment. By setting up a policechowki in the Girls College, abetter and secure academicenvironment is being given tothem.

    The year of hopes andexpectations of crores of peo-ple of Madhya Pradesh hasbecome a symbol of enthusi-asm and faith. The Kamal NathGovernment is continuouslyworking to ensure the future ofthe State’s youth through goodand improved education and itis bearing good results.However, the construction of agolden Madhya Pradesh hasstarted with an improved edu-cation.

    (The writer is the HigherEducation and Sports andYouth Welfare Minister)

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    The State Government’s pri-ority is to expand the urbanfacilities to the end of the cityand to the poorest sections.Due to the able leadership in theState for the last nearly one year,while the existing urban devel-opment schemes have beenrationalised, the projects likedrinking water, sewerage andmetro which have been stalledor left incomplete for one yearhave been implemented.

    Cluster-based concept forsolid waste management inurban bodies has been elimi-nated and decentralized actionplan has been implemented. Anamount of Rs 50.76 crore hasbeen allocated after allowing topurchase 850 vehicles for door-to-door garbage collection.

    An additional amount ofmore than Rs 14 crore has beenreleased for 83 Material RecoveryCentres in the bodies and morethan Rs 5 crore for transfer sta-tions in municipal corporations.Ujjain Municipal Corporationhas been given financial assis-tance of Rs 7 crore for bio-meth-anization and recycling machine

    and Rs 22 crore for SwachhBharat Mission, to MunicipalCorporation Indore. Rs 12 crorehas been given to the bodies forinformation, education andcommunication. In the missionmore than 4 lakh cloth bags weredistributed apart from spreadingthe message of cleanliness to 4lakh families through personalcontact.

    Under the Smart CityScheme, 29 projects worth Rs630 crore have been completedand work orders of 89 have beenissued. Also 50 projects areunder tendering process. Underthe scheme, land-monetizationhas been approved for field-based development. Half of theincome from this will be spentin the smart city and half willremain with the government inthe reserve fund.

    The work of Storm waterdrain project of Damoh andwater supply of Dabra andShivpuri were started underAMRUT Mission. In the GreenArea and Park DevelopmentProject, 6 projects have beenapproved in Jabalpur, 1 each inGwalior and Khargone and 2 inMandsaur. Work on 35 projects

    worth Rs 19 thousand 167 lakhhas been completed in 22 bod-ies.

    Work of metro rail has beenstarted in Bhopal and Indore.MoU has been signed betweenGovernment of India, MadhyaPradesh Government andMadhya Pradesh Metro RailCorporation in New Delhi forBhoj and Indore Metro Project.Two corridors will be con-structed in 27.87 km in BhopalMetro Project. One corridorwill be 14.99 km from Karond

    Circle to AIIMS and another12.88 km from Bhadbhada inter-section to Ratnagiri intersectioncosting Rs 6941.40 crore. A ringline of 31.55 km will be built inIndore Metro Rail Project. It willgo from the Bengali intersectionto Vijayanagar, Bhanwar Shala,Airport to Palasia. The cost is Rs7,500 crores 80 lakhs. Along withthis, there are also plans to runrapid trains.

    Madhya Pradesh UrbanDevelopment Company hasspent Rs 10.50 crore in the spe-

    cial fund for 8 cities under theNarmada Seva Mission. Workscosting Rs 350 crore are pro-posed in 14 cities under the minismart city works. 74 DrinkingWater and 4 Sewerage Schemesunder ADB Drinking Waterand Sewerage Scheme, 4Drinking Water and 7 SewerageScheme in 7 urban bodies underWorld Bank, under Special FundSewerage Scheme in 8 urbanbodies and under KFWSewerage Scheme in 3 urbanbodies and 12 mini smart cities.

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    The Nazeerabad Police hasbusted a gang involved inproducing counterfeit curren-cy notes and recovered fakecurrency notes over Rs 1 lakhfrom four miscreants; mainaccused of the gang was nabbedfrom Indore and recoveredprinter, computer and paperused.

    The police nabbed a mis-creant from weekly marketidentified as Manoj Chouhanand recovered 12 fake curren-cy notes of denominations of Rs200 were recovered from hispossession.

    The nabbed accused wastracked and his movementswere watched from past fewdays and he was nabbed onDecember 20, 2019. In theinvestigation Manoj who wascaught in suspect to stealingvegetable from the market butlater it was revealed that he wasinvolved in circulating fakecurrency notes and provideddetails of the main accused.

    Based on the details pro-vided by Manoj, police searchedseveral places in Indore andHoshangabad and trackedAnees Kourav alias Sikanderfrom Indore and arrested him.

    Anees confessed that he

    wanted to make big money andlearnt making of fake currencynotes from internet and laterproduced fake currency noteswhich were circulated in thestate and in other states with thehelp of Raju Sirsagar and AjayNath.

    Police have registered acase under section 489 A, B, Cand D and 34 of the IPC andstarted search for other mem-bers of the nexus. More regionswere the gang members used tocirculate fake currency wouldbe investigated in the furtherinvestigation. The period forwhich the gang members wereactive is yet to be revealed.

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    Players of Madhya Pradesh HockeyAcademy showcased a brilliant per-formance in 48th Nehru Junior HockeyTournament (Boys Under-17) and baggedthe Nehru Hockey Cup for the first timein ten years.

    The team returned Bhopal onThursday after creating history in thetournament which was played in Delhi.On reaching the city stadium, the play-ers met Director Sports and YouthWelfare SL Thoussen. Sports DirectorThoussen warmly greeted and congrat-ulated the returning players after win-ning the Nehru Cup for the first time inten years.

    He encouraged each player by pattingthem on the back and cheering them on.The Sports Director appreciated theexcellent performance of the players in theNehru Junior Hockey Tournament andsaid that we are proud of our players.

    He discussed the performance of theplayers with the Chief Instructor ofMadhya Pradesh State Men's Academy,Rajinder Singh and congratulated themfor this achievement of the team.

    It is noteworthy that Madhya

    Pradesh Hockey Academy defeatedNCC Rourkela 2-1 in the final match ofthe 48th Nehru Junior HockeyTournament (Boys Under-17) played atMajor Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium inDelhi and won the Nehru Cup and hoist-ed the state of Madhya Pradesh.

    Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh StateEquestrian Academy players have so fargiven a total of 13 medals to MadhyaPradesh in the Junior National EquestrianCompetition being held from 20 to 29December 2019 in Bengaluru. Medalsinclude 7 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronzemedals.

    Raju Singh Bhadauria won the gold,Aditya Aayush won the bronze, Juniorclass de Saj team event earned Rajusinh,Meera Malaiya, Hiral Joshi and AdityaAyush the silver medal in the junior classday event.

    Similarly, in the Youth Class Day 4individual event, Anand Jhala won thebronze medal. In the team event, AnandJhala, Prannoy Khare, AkankshaVishwakarma and Paridhi Joshi earnedgold medals. In the group two day eventof the competition, Arjun Singh won onegold and one silver medal and in teamevent Krishna Joshi and Suryansh got one

    gold medal.Similarly, Arjun Singh won one gold

    and one bronze medal in Group toJumping and Pranay Khare one goldmedal in Young Raider Jumping eventand Bholu Parmar gave one gold medalto Madhya Pradesh in Group-1 jumping

    accumulator event.On this achievement by sportsper-

    sons, the Minister of Sports and YouthWelfare Jeetu Patwari and Director Sportsand Youth Welfare SL Thoussen expressedhappiness and congratulated the medalwinners.

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    Four miscreants including aminor involved in robbery ofcash and mobile phone from atruck driver and cleaner atknife point on December 26near Kalyanpur under Ratibadpolice station area; Rs 5500,mobile phone and two motor-bikes were recovered from hispossession on Thursday.

    Police said that the nabbedwere accused from ChholaMandir area and were identifiedas Manoj Sharma (30), ArunVardele (21), Abhisek Shrivas(22) and a minor of AyodhyaNagar.

    Victim Ahad Khan ofVidisha along with cleaner ofthe truck Shahwar Shah were atSukhisewania bypass when theirtruck broke suddenly and whilethey were waiting four miscre-ants on bike and scooter cameand robbed them of cash andmobile phone at knife point.

    The accused robbed amobile phone and Rs 500 fromShahwar and Rs 5000 fromAhad and when they opposedthey were assaulted by theaccused.

    During the investigationpolice received informationregarding white coloured active

    bearing registration numberMP04UF0515 and two youthsare with the scooter. The nabbedaccused were Manoj and Arunand when the two were quizzedthey confessed that robberywith Abhisek and one minor.

    The motorbike bearing reg-istration number MP04QM5697 was also recovered in theinvestigation.

    Meanwhile Kolar policearrested a robber who tried torob a 63-year-old man atSarwadharam Colony alongwith his two other miscreantsat knife point on Wednesday.

    The victim Mozam Khanand his wife Noor-unnisa wereat home when three men pos-ing as delivery boy came andclaimed that the parcel was ontheir name and when theyopposed they locked the maingate and tried to rob them byputting knife on neck ofMozam but he managed toescape and raised alert andneighbours rushed to theirhelp and nabbed one of theaccused identified as RaviJathav while two managed toescape and are still at large.

    Police have registered acase under sections 452,393and 34 of the IPC and startedinvestigation.

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    Bhopal: Shahpura police havebooked four members of coop-erative housing society atShahpura who duped membersof the society and sold thehouses (duplexes) constructedto outsiders at higher rates;police have registered case afterinvestigation was completed.

    Police have booked KalyanSingh, Zeeshan Ali, AkhtarHussain and Zahur-ur-Hasan ofShadab Housing Society whocheated with the other membersof the society and sold theduplexes to other people outsidethe housing society.

    A complaint was lodged byInspector Rajesh KumarSharma of Department ofCooperatives regarding thefraud by the accused. In thecomplaint it was stated that thehousing society was formed inthe year 2000 and a colony wasdeveloped over 4.36 acres ofland. Duplexes were construct-ed in the colony but the fouraccused sold the houses to out-siders while the society mem-bers remained empty handed.

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    An array of creativity is woo-ing the city art lovers. Agroup exhibition ‘Junction ofInteractivity’ is being put up atSwaraj Bhavan Art Gallery.

    The exhibition began onThursday is being put up byKalachar Artist Welfare Society.The young painters have show-cased the bright side of creativ-ity through their paintings.Besides, the artistic perceptionscould be seen in sculptures and3D Rangolis.

    It was inaugurated byrenowned artist RamchandraBhawsar. The exhibition will beon view till Saturday at thegallery. The artists have pre-sented their perceptions over thecanvas ans sculptures that clear-ly showcases their love for nature.They have tried to bring thecharm and sheer beauty of thenature in their own way.

    Each one of them has hisown way of handling colours andforms. They are spontaneous,expressive and open to anymode of art and art material.They are experimenting with zestand finding their solutions tostart a long journey. It is thebeginning of their walk in to theunknown world of art andexpression.

    The new set of artists withnew ways of seeing and usingsame old medium display theircreations. As the painters a dceramic artists exhibited theirartistic works at the gallery, theart enthusiasts loved the cre-ativity that they showcased at thegallery. The kind of work doneby them over the canvas, fasci-nates the art lovers, as they walkthrough the gallery. Even theshades used are implausible andeach one of them is eye pleasing.It is an artistic fest for the art afi-cionados of the city.

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    Slamming the ShiromaniAkali Dal (SAD) for their‘double standards’ on the issueof National Register of Citizens(NRC) and the CitizenshipAmendment Act (CAA),Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Thursdayasked the party to clarify theirstand on support to theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ofwhich they were an ally in theCentral Government.

    “SAD had supported theruling NDA’s CitizenshipAmendment Act in theParliament, but had since comeout with conflicting statementson the legislation, as well as theNRC,” Capt Amarinder point-ed out, lambasting the Akalisfor misleading the people onthese sensitive issues.

    Capt Amarinder, reactingto the recent statements ofSAD president Sukhbir Badal

    and SAD”s Rajya Sabha MPNaresh Gujral seeking inclu-sion of Muslims in CAA, saidthat it was patently obvious thatthe Akalis were playing doublegames in the matter.

    “It is clear that the SADleaders had decided to back-track on their earlier stand inview of the public protests andbacklash triggered byCAA/NRC…This is not thefirst time the Akalis had shownsuch dual standards with regardto their relations with the BJP,”said Capt Amarinder, pointingto the SAD’s support to OmPrakash Chautala’s INLD in theHaryana assembly electionseven while continuing to be apart of the NDA.

    In fact, even while sidingwith INLD in Haryana, theSAD had allied with BJP inPunjab, where by-electionswere being held at the sametime in a couple of constituen-cies, he added.

    It was time the SAD clari-fied their stand on their alliancewith the NDA, said CaptAmarinder, adding that thepeople wanted to knowwhether the Akalis favouredBJP’s divisive and hardline ide-ology on key issues, includingthose that affect the IndianConstitutional principles andvalues. The people are nolonger willing to be fooled bythe SAD’s dual standards andmisleading statements, he said.

    “Such contradictory standsand statements had exposedthe fact that the Akalis wereonly interested in promotingtheir vested political interests,and has no ideological princi-ples on any issue of nationalimportance,” he said.

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    Aday after Jannayak JantaParty (JJP), MLA andsenior leader Ram KumarGautam resigned as party'svice president, triggering apolitical crisis of sorts saying hewas upset with the functioningof the party, JJP chief DushyantChautala on Thursday soughtto downplay the issue

    "He (Gautam) is one of thesenior leaders and if he has anycomplaint, he should speak tothe party," the Deputy chiefminister said, adding that hegot to know about the resig-nation from media only.

    Speaking to reporters here,Chautala said he has notreceived any resignation andadded that the party's seniorleadership will soon meetGautam and resolve the con-cerns and issues raised by him.

    "Ram Kumar Gautam isour elder and I do not mind hiswords. He has contributedgreatly in the expansion ofparty's organizational struc-ture in the state," the JJP leadersaid.

    The Deputy Chief Ministeralso cleared that it was greathonour when Gautam hadhimself brought the proposalfor coalition in the meeting ofJJP's MLAs.

    He said that party's presi-dent and other senior leaders ofJJP will hold consultations with

    Gautam and sort out his issuesif any.

    "Nothing is going right inthe party. I am upset with theway it is functioning and I haveresigned as party's vice presi-dent. Moreover, I was made allIndia vice president in theparty even though the party hasinfluence in a limited pocket inHaryana," Gautam had said aday before.

    On a question regardingresentment of other MLAs,Chautala said that whole teamof JJP is working like familyand party's MLAs are workingin unison for strengthening theparty.

    Replying to a question thateverything was not right in theparty and some MLAs want tobecome Minister and TohanaJJP MLA Devendra Babli hadrecently come out public and raised the issue of corrup-tion in the Government,Dushyant claimed that thereare no differences among partyleaders.

    "Party is united. JJP leadersand members are working tostrengthen the organisation atgrass root level. Tohana MLAis a member of the monitoringcommittee of the membershipcampaign of the party in whichcampaign is being conductedfrom December 20 to January20. Babli is also monitoring thecampaign by visiting variousdistricts of the State", he said.

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    Accusing the Congress ofsupporting violence duringthe protests against CitizenAmendment Act (CAA) in thenational Capital, UnionMinister of Home Affairs AmitShah said it is time to punishthe tukde-tukde gang whichwas responsible for the violencein the streets of Delhi with thehelp of the Congress party.

    “There were discussionsheld in Parliament on CAA andthen no one said anything butwhen the Bill came out, mis-information was spread andpeace was disrupted in thenational Capital,” said Shah ata rally in city on Thursday.

    With the Assembly elec-tions round the corner in Delhi,the Union Government onThursday announced a slew ofdevelopmental projects for theoverall development of Delhiand welfare of its people.

    Speaking on the occasionof foundation stone laying cer-emony of IntegratedDevelopment of East DelhiHub city, the Union Ministersaid creation of riverfronts onboth banks of the Yamuna andits beautification, a dedicatedcycle track in Delhi to promotegreen transportation andreduce road accidents, devel-opment of JJ clusters are someof the works to be taken on pri-ority basis.

    Shah said 116 kilometre ofnew Metro lines out of whichwork on 70 kilometre route hasalready started. Moreover, 18projects worth �802 crore hadbeen completed under theAMRUT scheme in the city.

    Also, he said the RegionalRail Transport System betweenDelhi and Meerut, Panipat andAlwar was being developed bythe Union Government on afast-track basis.

    Shah said �1,400 crore and30 hectares have been dedicat-ed for this scheme, and assuredthat the scheme would be com-pleted well in time.

    He noted that this wouldbe a mixed use scheme, with 70per cent land earmarked forresidential purposes, 20 percent for commercial purposesand 10 per cent land for pub-lic facilities. He said the schemewould include housing forEconomically Weaker Sections(EWS) as well as stations forpink and violet Metro lines. Hesaid 4,526 units will be formiddle class and 288 for EWS.

    Shah also promised that 30per cent area would be marked

    as green open public space,which would help mitigate pol-lution. He further noted thatpublic facilities in the hubwould include a Harit Bhawan,a cultural centre, a skywalk andbasement parking facilities,among other things.

    Speaking on unauthorisedcolonies in national Capital,Shah said the UnionGovernment’s decision to reg-ularise 1,731 unauthorisedcolonies and conferring own-ership rights at a nominal costhas ensured a dignified life for40 lakh poor people living inthese colonies.

    He said 13 laws that were

    a hindrance to this decisionwere bypassed with a singlecabinet decision by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

    Attacking the DelhiGovernment, Shah alleged that80 per cent of welfare schemesannounced by the DelhiGovernment remain unful-filled and major among themare like providing jobs to 8 lakhyouths and clean drinkingwater to every household.

    Shah also mentioned thatDelhi has the worst quality ofdrinking water in the country.He said the Delhi Governmentbelieves in taking credit ofdevelopmental works of theCentral Government throughadvertisements and asked as towhy Central schemes for thepoor like ‘Ayushman Bharatand Pradhan Mantri AawasYojana’ were not implementedand always acted like a speedbreaker in execution of CentralGovernment projects, theHome Minister alleged.

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    An UP Minister on a visithere on Thursday refusedto meet the families of the twoMuslim men who died in therecent protests against the newcitizenship law, terming them“upadravi” (vandals).

    “Why should I go to van-dals’ place? How can thosewho are involved in vandalismand put the entire country andstate in arson be social,”Minister Kapil Dev Agarwaldefended his decision to notvisit the homes of the twoMuslim families.

    “Why should I visit thosewho want to put Nahtaur/Bijnorin flames?” the Minister in-charge of the district shot backwhen asked by reporters to jus-tify his decision.

    Agarwal, the VocationalEducation and SkillDevelopment Minister in theYogi Adityanath Government,did meet Om Raj Saini, whowas injured in the violencethat hit the district’s Nehtaurarea, and his family.

    Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra on Sunday metthe families of those dead in theviolence in Bijnor.

    When a mediaperson con-fronted the UP Minister by ask-ing him specifically whether itdid not amount to discrimina-tion, Agarwal retorted saying,

    “Those who are doing vandal-ism and want to inflame pas-sions, how are they part of soci-ety. Why should I go there? Thisis not about Hindu-Muslim.Why should I go to vandals?”

    During Friday’s violence20-year-old Suleman, an IASaspirant, and 25-year-old Anaslost their lives.

    After initial denials, thelocal police admitted thatSuleman died from a police bul-let and that he was among thealleged rioters who opened fireat a cop from a country-madegun and that he was shot in self-defence.

    Suleman’s family, however,denies this and says he hadnothing to do with the protests.

    Nineteen people werekilled, 263 police personnelinjured and State-owned prop-erty damaged across UttarPradesh in violence during theprotests against the amendedlaw.

    Security was beefed up andpatrolling intensified to ensurepeace ahead of the Fridayprayers, keeping in mind thewidespread violence that hit theState last week.

    Meanwhile, the process toconfiscate property of thoseinvolved in damaging publicassets during the protests gainedmomentum with 372 personsbeing served notices in differ-ent districts.

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    From Page 1Rawat is set to retire as the

    Army Chief on December 31and is in the race as the coun-try’s first Chief of DefenceStaff (CDS), the creation ofwhich was approved by theUnion Cabinet on Tuesday.Vice Chief of Army MMNaravane is the next ArmyChief.

    Rawat’s comments evokedsharp response from politicalleaders and others.

    Former Navy ChiefAdmiral L Ramdas termed as“wrong” the Army Chief ’scomments and said people inthe armed forces must followthe decades-old principle ofserving the country and notany political forces.

    Ramdas said all the threeservices have an internal codeprescribing that they must beneutral and not partisan,adding that these rules havebeen the bedrock of the armedforces for decades.

    “The rule is very clear thatwe are serving the countryand not the political forces andto express any political views aswe have heard today are quitea wrong thing for any servingpersonnel whether he is the topgun or at the bottom rank. It is

    not proper,” Ramdas told PTI.Taking exception to his

    comments, Lok Sabha MPManish Tewari said in a tweet,“Since when have Army Chief ’sstarted commenting aboutinternal affairs. It underminesCivil-Military Relations whosecornerstone is that ArmedForces neither comment norinterfere in domestic politics.This has been our singularsuccess going back to 1947.”

    Congress spokespersonBrijesh Kalappa too slammedhim and said, “Army ChiefBipin Rawat speaking against#CAAProtests is wholly againstconstitutional democracy. Ifthe Army Chief is allowed tospeak on political issues today,it also permits him to attemptan Army takeover tomorrow!!,”he tweeted.

    AIMIM chief AsaduddinOwaisi said leadership is aboutknowing the limits of one’soffice. “It is about understand-ing the idea of civiliansupremacy and preserving theintegrity of the institution thatyou head,” he said.

    Congress leader DigvijaySingh also tweeted, “LeadersNot Those Who Lead MassesIn Arson” Army Chief OnCitizenship Protests. I agree

    General Saheb but also Leadersare not those who allow theirfollowers to indulge in geno-cide of communal violence. Doyou agree with me GeneralSaheb?”

    The CPI(M) also slammedthe Army Chief for criticisingthe anti-CAA protesters, andsaid as the highest officer inuniform he has “breached thelimit” of his institutional role.

    The Politburo of the partysaid the General has “directlyindulged” in condemning thestudent protesters who havebeen opposing the amendedcitizenship law and the pro-posed pan-India NationalRegister for Citizens.

    The party asked the ArmyChief to apologise to the nationfor his “indiscretion” which hasextremely adverse ramifica-tions for the Constitutionalarrangement in the country.“We also demand that theGovernment takes note of sucha breach and censures theGeneral,” the party said.

    Section 21 of the Army Actprohibits any Army personnelto attend or address any meet-ing or to take part in anydemonstration organised byanybody for any political orother purposes.

    From Page 1On October 20, 2012, the

    Congress Government in Assamreleased the White Paper on theissue of foreigners and on its pagenumber 38, it was written thatthe Central Government hasdirected the Assam Governmentto set up detention centres, Patraclaimed.

    As per the details availablein the White Paper, a detentioncentre each was established inGolpara, Kokrajhar and Silcharby the then CongressGovernment, in which 66, 32and 20 foreigners were keptrespectively.

    He said there is no connec-tion between detention centresand the National Register ofCitizens. “Rahul Gandhi has noknowledge on any subject, buthas to speak on every subject. Hisattack is neither intended on theissue of NPR nor CAA but toattack Modi. The Congress partyis unable to digest how a tea sell-er became Prime Minister,” theBJP spokesperson said.

    Government sources, mean-while, said detention centreswere set up in different parts ofthe country in full compliancewith law and with the SupremeCourt’s cognisance.

    Detention centres or holdingcentres or camps are confine-ment centres where foreignnationals are confined pending

    nationality verification andissuance of travel documents bythe Governments concernedand their deportation to theirnative countries.

    Such detention centres werein existence in various States forthe last few decades and the set-ting up of such centres was notat all connected with theNational Register of Citizens(NRC), the sources said.

    Meanwhile, former Ministerof State for Home and seniorcongress leader Ajay Maken alsoaccused the Government ofbringing the NRC, in the garb ofthe NPR and claimed that ques-tions related to the NRC will beasked in the pre-test forms forthe NPR. Maken said his partywill oppose the Government if ittries to link the NPR with theNRC and alleged that it infringesupon the citizens’ right to pri-vacy. “The BJP Government istrying to bring the NRC in thegarb of the NPR. The BJPGovernment wants to polarisethe society,” he said. He addedthat the questions asked in theNPR pre-test questionnaire arenot required for the exercise.

    “In NPR, a person like memight have a problem -- if a per-son like me is asked where yourfather and mother were born, myparents were born in Pakistan.Where will I get their details,”Maken said.

    From Page 1Earlier in November this

    year, three to four lakh hectarecrops have been destroyed bylocusts in Punjab, Haryana,Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.The LWO, responsible for mon-itoring, controlling the locust sit-uation in scheduled desert area(SDA) mainly in Rajasthan andGujarat and parts of Haryanaand Punjab, has launched efforts

    on a war footing to control thelocusts, sources said. Locust, akind of insect, attacks crops suchas millet, maize, wheat, barley,rice, sugarcane, cotton, corn,oats, peanuts and green vegeta-tions. It causes extensive dam-age due to its feeding behaviour.According to reports, swarm oflocusts has damaged cotton andmango crops in Pakistan thisyear.

    From Page 1In Bhopal’s Moti Masjid,

    Muslim devotees offered theNamaz-e-Kusuf, a specialprayer, during the solar eclipse.

    While thousands bravedthe cold to take a dip in riversin different parts of the coun-try in accordance with ancientrituals, students, scientists andspace enthusiasts queued upoutside telescopes set up inplanetariums and other openspaces to watch the celestialphenomenon unfold.

    Prime Minister NarendraModi was among the enthusi-asts who wanted to view theannular phenomenon but thefog blocked his view. “Likemany Indians, I was enthusi-

    astic about #solareclipse2019.Unfortunately, I could not seethe Sun due to cloud cover butI did catch glimpses of theeclipse in Kozhikode and otherparts on live stream. Alsoenriched my knowledge onthe subject by interacting withexperts,” he said on Twitter.

    The PM said he enrichedhis knowledge on the subject byinteracting with experts. Whena Twitter user posted a pictureof Modi looking up at the Sunand said it was becoming ameme, Modi took the remarkin his stride and respondedwith, “Most welcome....Enjoy :)”.

    The MoES advised peopleto not watch the eclipse withthe naked eye. According to

    Arvind Paranjpye, director ofthe Nehru Planetarium inMumbai, more than 600 peo-ple watched the eclipse througha projection box set up on thepremises. Paranjype, however,was part of the Mumbai-basedastronomy group that wit-nessed the eclipse from an air-craft.

    Jyotirvidya Pratishthan, aPune-based association of ama-teur astronomers, said theorganisation had set up tele-scopes on the Z-Bridge of thecity but the view of the eclipsewas hindered by cloudy skies.Though there are many mythsassociated with eclipses,Paranjype said there has beena change in attitude over the

    years. “Now people are moreforthcoming and want to wit-ness the event,” he said. Theannular eclipse of the Sun wasvisible within a narrow corri-dor in the NorthernHemisphere near the equator.Its path passed through SaudiArabia, Qatar, Oman, UAE,India, northern Sri Lanka,Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatraand Borneo.

    The next solar eclipse willbe visible from India on June21, 2020. It will also be anannular solar eclipse. A narrowpath of annularity will passthrough northern part of India.From the rest part of the coun-try it will be seen as partialsolar eclipse, the MoES said.

    From Page 1Temperatures in the state

    capital are likely to makeweather conditions harsh asthe day temperature would berecorded around 20 degreeCelsius while night temper-ature would be recordedaround 10 degree Celsius.

    Among regions whichrecorded intense cold weath-er conditions during the

    night are Shivpuri whichrecorded 6 degree Celsius,Nowgong and Guna record-ed 7 degree Celsius, Sagar andSatna at 8 degree Celsius,Sidhi, Rewa, Rajgarh andRatlam recorded 9 degreeCelsius.

    The weather conditionswould prevail and after littlerelief intense cold conditionsare likely to prevail.

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    The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) on Thursdaysearched the residence ofarrested RTI activist AkhilGogoi in Guwahati and seizedseveral documents and a laptopcomputer.

    The activist, who advisesvarious farmer organisations,was arrested when Assam washit by widespread protestsagainst the Citizenship(Amendment) Act.

    Agency sleuths searchedGogoi’s residence in Nizaraparaarea of Guwahati and alsoseized copies of his PAN card,an SBI debit card, an ElectoralPhoto Identity Card (EPIC)and a bank passbook.

    After the three-hour searchthat began at 7 am, the seizeditems included a certificate ofregistration by the Registrar ofCooperative Societies, a letterfrom SuperintendingArchaeologist of ASI Milan

    Kumar Chauley, files marked"Credit-Deposit ratio KMSSFile Misc", "Jail 2015", "JailDiary 2014" and "NHPCLSHEP 2015" featured in thelist.

    While showing a list of theseized items to reporters inGuwahati after the searches,Gogoi's wife Gitashree Tamulysaid, "They (NIA) wanted to seethe files in our house and

    selectively took some of them.I asked them to give me copiesof the seized files but theydeclined. I was also asked ifAkhil had met militants whenhe was jailed earlier."

    The NIA team also askedfor the documents relating tothe KMSS orchid environmentpark in Kaziranga but his wifetold them that she had noinformation about them.

    The KMSS office inGandhibasti area of the city wasalso raided and nine books,including one on the life ofChina's revolutionary leaderMao Zedong, Marxism, andKMSS leaflets were seized,KMSS president Raju Borasaid.

    The Krishak MuktiSangram Samiti (KMSS) leader,whose NIA custody was to endon Friday, was brought fromNew Delhi and will be pro-duced before a court here.

    While being taken to theNIA court, Gogoi only inquired

    about the well being of thewaiting journalists.

    The NIA has accusedGogoi of being involved in "ter-ror activities" and using thepassage of the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill to promoteenmity among different groupsthat was against national inte-gration.

    He has also been accusedof having links with the bannedultra-Left outfit CPI (Maoist).

    Meanwhile, a special NIAcourt in Guwahati on Thursdayremanded to judicial custodyfor 14 days.

    The special court alsoturned down NIA's plea toextend his police custody for 10days.

    Gogoi was arrested by theNIA from Jorhat on December12 when large scale protests against the CAA going on in Assam under thestringent anti-terror law-Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act.

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    The Enforcement Directorate(ED) has attached assetsworth over �36 crore of aretired Gujarat cadre officerSanjay Gupta and his family onmoney laundering charge in acase of criminal misconductand misappropriation of fundsof Metro Link Express forGandhinagar and AhmedabadCompany Ltd, (MEGA).

    The ED has attached assetsworth �36.12 crore held byretired IAS officer of Gujaratcadre Sanjay Gupta, his wifeNeelu Gupta along with assetsheld in the name of his NeesaGroup Companies like NeesaLeisure Ltd., NeesaTechnologies, Neesa Agritech& Foods Ltd. under Preventionof Money Laundering Act.

    The attached propertiesinclude flats in Ahemdabad atDhananjay Towers, Satellite,Casela Towers, Jodhpur, oneflat at Agarwal Apartment,Vejalpur, Satellite, Cambay

    Hotel at Thaltej, and plots andfactories at Visalpur,Changodar and Daskroi.

    Based on FIR andchargesheets filed by CIDCrime, Gandhinagar Zoneunder various sections ofIndian Penal Code includingcriminal conspiracy and pro-visions of the Prevention ofCorruption Act, the ED hadinitiated investigation underPMLA against Gupta and oth-ers for misappropriation ofpublic funds from MEGA.

    Gupta was a 1985 batch IASofficer of Gujarat cadre who quitservice in 2002 and started hisown hospitality business in nameof Neesa Group of Companies.He became Chairman of MEGAin April 2011 and continued tillAug 2013.

    Investigation under PMLArevealed that Gupta, during histenure as Chairman, MEGA,arbitrarily appointed his closeassociates in various officialpositions in MEGA who werepreviously working with him in

    Neesa Group, the ED said. Accused Gupta also float-

    ed a number of paper/dummycompanies with these employ-ees, as Directors and got openedbank accounts of these compa-nies during 2012-13, it said.

    These fictitious companiesfurther raised fabricated/bogusbills/invoices to MEGA withoutany supply of Goods/Services.

    Dummy companies wereawarded contract on pretext forsupply of goods/services toMEGA and bogus bills/invoic-es were raised. These bogusbills/invoices were certified bythe illegally recruited MEGAofficials and payments werefinally approved by him, as theadministrative and financialpowers were vested in him.

    The proceeds of crime tothe tune of �65.73 crore werereceived from MEGA throughbogus bills/invoices as well asillicit Cash/DD/Chequesdeposits in the accounts of thedummy companies floated andcontrolled by Gupta.

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    India and Japan have vowedto deepen maritime cooper-ation and also held consulta-tions on disarmament, non-proliferation and export con-trol.

    The 5th Round of India-Japan Maritime AffairsDialogue was held in Tokyo onTuesday with the Indian dele-gation led by Indra ManiPandey, Additional Secretary(Disarmament andInternational Security Affairs),Ministry of External Affairs,while Japanese delegation wasled by Ambassador YamanakaA Osamu, Deputy AssistantMinister, Deputy Director-

    General in Foreign PolicyBureau.

    The two sides exchangedviews on various topics ofmutual interest in maritime domain and identi-fied the means for further strengthening theirmaritime cooperation, aMinistry of External Affairsstatement said.

    Both sides reiterated theimportance of the dialogue asan important mechanismbetween the two countries forconsultations on issues ofmutual interest in maritimeaffairs and agreed to hold thenext round of talks on a mutu-ally convenient date in India, itsaid.

    Meanwhile, the 8th Roundof India-Japan bilateral con-sultations on disarmament,non-proliferation and exportcontrol was held in Tokyo onDecember 23.

    The Indian side was led byPandey, while Japanese dele-gation was headed byAmbassador Hisajima Naoto,D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l ,Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and ScienceDepartment, Ministry ofForeign Affairs.

    During the consultations,the two sides exchanged views on issues of mutual inter-est in these fields, the MEAsaid.

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    most people residing in theDefence cantonment areas arepoor and the cantonmentboards should ensure that suchpeople do not feel scared in anyway due to the behaviour of theboard officers.

    In a Defence cantonmentarea, public services such ashealth, sanitation, primary edu-cation etc are provided by theconcerned cantonment board,which is a civic administrationbody under the Ministry ofDefence.

    "I was telling Army ChiefGeneral Bipin Rawat that mostpeople living in the canton-ments are extremely poor.From the bottom of my heart,I would like to appeal that you

    must ensure that because ofyour behaviour, they shouldnot feel scared," Singh said inhis speech after giving away the"Awards for Excellence 2019" tothe cantonment boards.

    He added that such people

    should have the trust that ifthey go to an officer in a can-tonment area, they would begiven protection.

    "It is my experience...Thata poor man's cry is the worst.God has given you this respon-

    sibility. It is not just to rule overthem (poor people), it is toserve them. This precautionmust be taken," Singh said.

    The cantonment boardswork under the DirectorateGeneral of Defence Estates

    (DGDE). Currently, DeepaBajwa is the Director Generalof Defence Estates, the topmostofficial of the DGDE.

    "Not only the DGDE, butit is also the responsibility of theofficials below it that theyshould go to the cantonmentsand listen to people's problems.At a local level, people's prob-lems are heard, but thoseshould be heard at this (seniorofficials') level too. This is myexpectation," Singh said.

    "Your department (DGDE)is doing the important work ofmanaging defence land with anarea of more than 17 lakhacres, catering to the landrequirements of the three wingsof the armed forces and

    providing civil and munic-ipal services to over 20 lakh res-idents of 62 cantonment areasof the country," he added.

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    The Supreme Court has dis-missed a plea of DelhiUniversity (DU) on account ofinordinate delay in challenginga 2011 decision of the DDAallowing a private real estatefirm to construct a high-rise inthe university campus withoutany height restriction.

    Delhi DevelopmentAuthority (DDA), on May 12,2011, had allowed M/S YoungBuilders (P) Ltd to construct ahigh-rise group housing soci-ety in the north campus ofDelhi University.

    Out of total three hectaresland, which was earlier given toDelhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) by the Ministry ofDefence for construction of themetro station, two hectareswas leased out to the privatefirm for building the housingsociety.

    The Delhi Universitymoved a plea before a singlejudge bench of the Delhi HighCourt after a delay of seven toeight years.

    The single judge benchtook note of the "delay andlaches" and dismissed DU'splea on April 27, 2015.

    The DU did not get its acttogether even after dismissal ofits first plea and filed the con-sequential intra-court appealbefore a two-judge bench of theHigh Court after a delay of 916days.

    The larger bench of thehigh court declined to condonethe delay of over 2.5 years in fil-ing the appeal to challenge thejudgment of 2015 and it led theDU to file an appeal before thetop court.

    Assailing the DDA's actionto allow a high-rise buildinginside the campus, the DU

    sought condonation of delay infiling the first plea and theappeal in the high court.

    The DU said the permis-sion sought by M/s YoungBuilders Private Limited forconstruction of a group hous-ing society in the Universityenclave was violative of theMaster Plan of Delhi-2021 andwas against the larger publicinterest, "given the fact that theproject site in question and itsvicinity are within the NorthCampus of the University andthat it contains various histor-ical and archaeological build-ings".

    It also alleged that thelocation of various ladies' hos-tels of the University in closevicinity of the proposed con-struction site raised "an impor-tant privacy concern".

    The top court bench com-prising Justices R Banumathiand AS Bopanna said it was inagreement with the two judge-ments of the Delhi High Courtwhich dismissed the plea of theDU on the ground of delay andlaches.

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    Amother, who was convict-ed and sentenced to lifeimprisonment for allegedlystrangulating her baby hoursafter her birth as she was a girl,has got relief from the SupremeCourt which acquitted her bysaying that it was "totallyunnatural" for the woman tokill her own child.

    The apex court, whileallowing the appeal filed by thewoman challenging the March2010 judgement of the DelhiHigh Court upholding herconviction and sentence, saidthere was no "clear evidence onrecord" to hold her guilty of theoffence.

    "It is true that in the post-mortem, doctor has opinedthat death (of child) is due toasphyxia and there were marksof strangulation, but at thesame time if totality of evidenceon record is considered, motiveis not established and it istotally unnatural for the appel-lant-mother to kill her ownbaby by strangulation," a bench

    of Justices M MShantanagoudar and RSubhash Reddy said.

    In its December 17 verdict,the bench said it was clear fromthe evidence on record thatimmediately after birth, thebaby was put in an incubatorwith oxygen mask and she hadneither opened her eyes norcried.

    According to the prosecu-tion, the woman had deliveredthe child at a hospital here onAugust 24, 2007 and hadallegedly strangulated the babyas she was a girl after she washanded over to her on the samedate.

    On August 26, 2007 post-mortem was conducted and onAugust 31, 2007 a case was reg-istered against the mother forthe alleged offence under sec-tion 302 (murder) of the IndianPenal Code (IPC).

    The trial court had deliv-ered the judgment inDecember 2009 and sentencedher to life imprisonment afterholding her guilty of murder-ing the child.

    The woman hadapproached the high courtchallenging the trial court'sverdict. The high court had inMarch 2010 upheld the trialcourt's verdict.

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    Four months after comingout with an estimate that thecountry has over 2,900 tigers,the apex body tasked with theirconservation has proposed toincrease the number of TigerCells to perform the task of bigcats' head count more effi-ciently and transparently.

    A senior Government offi-cial told PTI that the NationalTiger Conservation Authority(NTCA), a statutory bodyunder the Ministry ofEnvironment, has sent a note tothe Wildlife Institute of India(WII), which too comes underthe Ministry, to revamp theTiger Cell and increase itsnumbers.

    According to officialsources, the country's lone TigerCell is based in Dehradun andit has been a challenge to sourceand disseminate informationwith just one such office.

    Asked if the move is aimedat removing the alleged dis-crepancies in the tiger popula-tion estimates released in July

    this year, the official said it hasnothing to do with the sum-mary report and the final datawas to be finalised by the endof December.

    "There were no discrepan-cies in the report. It was noteven a final report. The deci-sion to expand the Tiger Cell isindependent of any study doneso far. It is a call to improve theefficiency of the system. Wewill come out with the finalreport by the end of thismonth. The Ministry will takea call on when to release it," YV Jhala, one of the lead authorsof the tiger estimation reportand senior scientist from theWII, said.

    Tiger Cell is the bodyresponsible for the counting ofbig cats and has DNA finger-prints from tiger reservesacross the nation with theirphotographic evidence.

    The NTCA and WII hadreleased a summary report oftiger count in India in July thisyear with its data showing a 33per cent rise in the number ofbig cats in the country.

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    Within a few months of herswitching from BJP to theCongress, former MP SavitriBai Phule on Thursday resignedfrom the grand old party tooand announced that she willform her own outfit. She ten-dered her resignation on theground that her "voice is notbeing heard" in the Congress.

    Phule had joined theCongress in May this year.The Congress had hoped thather strong Dalit connectionwould help the party in easternUttar Pradesh in the 2019 LokSabha elections. Phule, how-ever, failed to garner enoughvotes from Bahraich, fromwhere she was the sitting MP.

    Phule had quit BJP in Declast year, alleging that party was

    playing "divisive politics" andwas "misusing money to con-struct temples and statues."

    "Constitution is underthreat under the BJP regime.BJP wants to do away withreservation and I believe that ifanyone can stop BJP at thenational level, it has to be theCongress and not the smallerparties. This is why I decidedto join the Congress," she hadsaid in May. Prior to BJP, Phulewas with the BSP.

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    Delhi could be in for the sec-ond coldest December ofthe century even as it may rainin several parts of the countryas we enter the New Year.

    "The average mean maxi-mum temperature(MMT) ofDecember (till December 26) is19.85. The expected MMT forDecember 2019 is 19.15. If ithappens, then it will be the sec-ond coldest December of thecentury," the IndiaMeteorological Departmentsaid on Thursday. For now,December 1997 holds therecord of being the coldestmonth in the century in northIndia since 1901.

    The IMD also maintainedthat north, northwestern andcentral regions of the countryare expected to get rainfallfrom December 31 to January3.

    Severe cold day conditionspersisted in north and north-

    western India as the mercurycontinued its downward trend.Temperatures are likely to dropfurther in the coming days.

    This is due to an unusualand powerful spell of "WesternDisturbances", interaction withlower level easterlies, has madethe J&K, Himachal Pradesh,Uttrakhand, Punjab, Haryana,Madhya Pradesh, Odisha,Chandigarh and Uttar Pradeshshiver for the past fortnight.The rain will bring down thetemperature further in theseregions.

    IMD officials said thatthe thick cover of smog on theIndo-Gangetic plains and theuneven warming of the IndianOcean has a role to play in thisrobust spel l of Western Disturbances, theextratropical storms originat-ing in the Mediterraneanregion causing sudden winterrain to the northwestern partsof the Indian subcontinent,which have brought the day

    temperatures in some Indiancities below 12 degreesCelsius.

    Cold wave intensified inPunjab and Haryana as theminimum and maximum tem-peratures further plummeted inthe two states. Narnaul inHaryana was the coldest placewith the mercury dropping to2.5 degrees Celsius.

    Hisar was also chilling witha minimum of 3.3 degreesCelsius. The minimum tem-perature also dropped inRohtak (3.4), Bhiwani (4.8),Sirsa (4.3), Ambala (5.3) andKarnal (6). Bathinda in Punjab

    was the coldest place recordinga low of 4 degrees Celsius. Faridkot (4.5),Ludhiana (6.6), Patiala (6.4),Halwara (5.8).

    According to the IMD,snowfall in middle and highhills of the Himachal Pradeshbetween December 31 andJanuary 1 is expected.

    The weather remained dryand cold with the minimumtemperature settling 2 to 3degrees Celsius below normalat many places in HimachalPradesh. Low visibility due todense fog was observed in theplains and lower hills, includ-ing Una and southwestern partof Kangra district, it said. Theminimum temperature inShimla and Dalhousie was 1and 1.7 degrees Celsius respec-tively.

    According to KuldeepSrivastava, head of the IndiaMeteorological Department'sregional forecasting centre, a"cold day" is when the maxi-

    mum temperature is at least 4.5notches below the normal. A"severe cold day" is when themaximum temperature is atleast 6.5 degrees Celsius belowthe normal, he said.

    The Drass belt of Kargildistrict became the coldestplace in the twin UnionTerritories of J&K and Ladakhrecording a minimum tem-perature of minus 30.2 degreesCelsius.

    The minimum tempera-ture across Kashmir andLadakh remained severaldegrees below the freezingpoint. Night temperaturesplummeted at most places inthe region, with Srinagarrecording its coldest night atminus 5.0 degrees Celsius..The minimum temperature inwinter capital Jammu settled at6.4 degrees Celsius, 1.8 notch-es below the season's average.The minimum and maximumtemperatures in Drass wererecorded at minus 30.2 degrees

    Celsius and minus 13 degreesCelsius respectively. Lehrecorded a low of minus 18degrees Celsius, the weatheroffice said. Pahalgam, in southKashmir's Anantnag district,was the coldest recorded placein the valley, he added.

    Katra, which serves as thebase camp for pilgrims visitingthe Vaishno Devi shrine inReasi district of Jammu region,recorded 3.2 degrees Celsius,the official said, adding thatBhadarwah township of Dodadistrict was, however, the cold-est place in the region with aminimum recorded tempera-ture of minus 2.7 degreesCelsius, followed by Banihal atminus 2.2 degrees tempera-ture.

    Kashmir is currently underthe grip of 'Chillai-Kalan'-the40-day harshest period of win-ter when the chances of snow-fall are most frequent andmaximum and the temperaturedrops considerably.

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  • As the year comes to a close, in thisweek’s article, let’s take a look backto see how we have come by. Theyear 2019 marked the com-mencement of polling in theworld’s largest democracy. The rhetoricespoused by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)led to it winning the elections with a comfort-able majority of its own. After the swearing-in of the Narendra Modi-led BJPGovernment, the nation saw the appointmentof Amit Shah as the Union Home Minister.This is when things got interesting. Ever since,the year has been most obviously punctuat-ed by events with the Home Minister at itsforefront.

    In the years between 2014 and 2019, Shahwas primarily viewed as the orchestrator ofthe BJP’s victories in a few States, somethrough strategy and others through blatantsubversion of democracy. Each such victory— whether through subversion or strategy —was lauded by certain media organsiations.Some news anchors came up with the kindof servile praise that would make even theKorean Central News Agency look on in admi-ration.

    After giving another five years to theModi-led BJP Government, we saw Shah riseto a much more prominent position, inadministration and in the Government. Thisis surely distinct from the much more clan-destine and behind-the-scenes role thatHome Ministers have been given whileworking for the party. As the BJP president,rumours and discussions were already doingthe rounds about just how much power andinfluence Shah held even then. But now, thereis hardly any debate. He is possibly the mostpowerful man in the Government and itsagenda is being driven by the Home Minister.The change in dynamics was visible evenbefore the new Government was sworn in,most visibly during the Press conference heldby the Prime Minister. If one were to watchthe briefing even now, it will be evident thatthe address was led by Shah. It was incredi-ble to see a Prime Minister, the head of theGovernment, look at the soon-to-be HomeMinister before answering questions putbefore him. This set the tone for 2019.

    Then came one of the first significantdecisions of this Government, the abrogationof Article 370 and the bifurcation of Jammu& Kashmir into two Union Territories.Whatever one’s views on the change in sta-tus of Kashmir may be, there can be littledebate that this change in status came withlittle or no discussion or debate with the realstakeholders in Kashmir, namely the peopleof the former State. Instead, what we saw wasthat in the blink of an eye, a tectonic changein India’s political and Constitutional land-scapes was thrust down our throats evenbefore we were given a chance to debate theniceties. It is good governance and frankly, abasic principle of our federal democracy thatthe Central Government, while exercising adecision that affects each citizen of the State,

    takes the concerns of its peopleinto account. However, therewas no debate or discussion onArticle 370 as to what could havebeen the best way to take such amove forward.

    Instead, what we have seenand what we continue to see isan entire State still under lock-down. This is a State, whereinternet services have been shutdown for almost half a year nowand where the local leadershiphas been silenced through notonly the internet embargo butalso through house arrests. Fromthe reports that have emerged inthe international media andfrom what we have seen inother States, where internet ser-vices have been shut (such asAssam and Uttar Pradesh),major repercussions and reac-tion of the people of Kashmir tosuch a move can really begauged after the internet block-ade is lifted. All we can hope isthat the damage and oppressioncaused by such a move does notresult in us losing Kashmir alto-gether. I believe that the entireepisode could have been han-dled by involving all stakehold-ers, especially the people, whoare the most affected.

    The same brazen approachwas followed by theGovernment during the passageof the Citizenship AmendmentBill, now the CitizenshipAmendment Act (CAA). I havealready written in detail about

    how the CAA goes against thespirit of the Constitution and thevery idea of India that theframers of our Constitution andthe builders of modern Indiahad envisaged. I will not go intothese details again but the per-son leading the CAA and theone who forced it down our col-lective throats was the HomeMinister. The standard proce-dure for the passage of any Billcalls for it to be presented beforethe Standing Committee.However, in the case of CAA, theGovernment did not deem it fitto take the views of theOpposition or of the public.

    The CAA and the NationalRegister of Citizens (NRC) aretwo sides of the same coin. It wasinteresting to see the juxtaposi-tion between the Prime Minister’sunderstanding of the NRC andthat of the Home Minister. Inlight of the protests against thedivisive CAA, the Prime Ministerspoke to the nation to presum-ably pacify those, who have beenprotesting against the Act.However, he left the citizenslargely confused.

    The Prime Minister saidthat the Government does notintend to implement a pan-IndiaNRC. However, Shah explicitlystated on more than one occasion(including in Parliament) that theNRC will take place all across thecountry. So who’s right? Whomdo we trust? Is it the PrimeMinister or the Home Minister?

    Recently, the Cabinet gave ago ahead to the NationalPopulation Register (NPR).There is widespread fear that thedata collected as part of theNPR will be the basis of the NRC.This squarely provides theanswer. While the HomeMinister and the Pri


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