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  • Rahul says actual ballot struggle in Goa is between Cong and BJP, talks of ‘Nyay’ scheme

    By means of PTI

    PANAJI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday stated his birthday celebration has designed a ‘Nyay’ scheme for the deficient within the poll-bound Goa and asserted the true struggle within the coastal state is between his birthday celebration and the ruling BJP and advised folks to not waste their votes through supporting others who’re additionally within the fray.

    Hitting out on the BJP-led central executive over the problem of demonetisation in 2016, he claimed all of the workout handiest helped the wealthy, whilst small companies have been badly affected.

    “The truth is that the struggle in Goa is between the Congress and the BJP, remainder of the political events aren’t within the race. Because of this don’t waste your votes through vote casting for some other political birthday celebration,” Gandhi stated at a public assembly in Sankhalim forward of the February 14 polls for the 40-member meeting.

    The Sankhalim meeting constituency is represented through Leader Minister Pramod Sawant.

    The Congress has solid a pre-poll alliance with the Goa Ahead Birthday party (GFP), a former BJP best friend. Beneath the alliance, the Congress is contesting on 37 seats and the GFP at the last 3.

    But even so the Congress and the BJP, the AAP, the Trinamool Congress, the MGP, the Shiv Sena and the NCP, amongst others, are contesting the polls in Goa.

    Gandhi stated the Congress has taken a ancient resolution for the welfare of the deficient in Goa. “We’ve got designed a Nyay scheme for Goans underneath which each and every month Rs 6,000 can be going immediately to the account of the deficient of the state. It might be transferred robotically,” he stated.

    Wooing electorate, the Lok Sabha MP stated he needs to present assurance to them on behalf of state Congress leaders that if his birthday celebration paperwork a central authority after the polls, it’ll constitute all Goans. “It might no longer be a central authority of the Congress birthday celebration. No matter you need can be fulfilled through the federal government,” he stated.

    The previous Congress president stated a central authority led through his birthday celebration can be run after consulting the folks of the coastal state. “We can no longer let Goa turn into a coal hub. Air pollution and tourism can not cross in combination,” he stated, including that tourism, the mainstay of the state’s financial system, can be advanced after taking all stakeholders into self belief.

    In a veiled assault at the BJP, Gandhi stated two hugely other Hindustans are being created.

    “Some days again, I gave a speech in Parliament declaring that there are two Hindustans which might be being created. One is of wealthy businessmen. That Hindustan has not anything to do with the regulation and the opposite one is of crores of folks. This is deficient Hindustan, unemployed Hindustan. The place you’ll no longer get schooling, well being infrastructure and no longer even jobs underneath MNREGA (rural employment scheme),” he added.

    Stating to the demonetisation of top price forex notes in 2016, Gandhi stated not one of the wealthy folks have been status in lengthy queues out of doors banks to interchange their notes all through that segment.

    “All of the workout of demonetisation helped handiest the wealthy folks whilst small companies have been eradicated,” the Congress chief stated.

    Gandhi stated the Congress had confident that defectors is probably not given tickets for the elections and the birthday celebration has adhered to that promise.

  • UP Chunav: ‘Mom and daughters weren’t protected within the SP executive, withdrew the instances of terrorists’, JP Nadda lashed out on the opposition

    Vishal Verma, Jalaun: BJP Nationwide President JP Nadda used to be on a excursion of UP. Right through this, he held two public conferences in Jalaun’s Koch and Orai. The place he fiercely centered the opposition, counting the achievements of the BJP executive. Whilst attacking, he mentioned that the previous Akhilesh Yadav-led SP executive has finished the paintings of taking bail of terrorists. They did the paintings of establishing the prison, we now have constructed the roads. The #1 economic system of the rustic has change into that of UP. She has been the Ganges of building right here.

    If truth be told, polling is to be held in Jalaun on February 20 and BJP’s megastar campaigner Nationwide President JP Nadda reached Jalaun lately. Right through this, he addressed a public assembly at Koch Nagar in Madhaugarh Meeting and GIC Floor in Orai. Whilst attacking the SP, he mentioned that 5 years in the past in Uttar Pradesh, moms and sisters have been very afraid to come back out of the home. Lifetime of commonplace guy had change into tough. However lately new tales of building are being written in the similar UP, building works are being finished separately.

    Metro teach will run in giant towns of UP
    Counting the achievements of the federal government, Nationwide President JP Nadda mentioned that UP is now changing into a large funding hub. Metro has been run in Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad. Metro will run in many huge towns within the subsequent 5 years. In UP, the BJP executive has given 10 new clinical faculties. Together with this, the rule of thumb of legislation has been established right here. Ken-Betwa paintings will probably be finished at a value of 44 thousand 605 crores. Previous folks made amusing of cleanliness marketing campaign however below BJP executive, greater than 2 crore recognize properties have been in-built UP. The PM of the rustic has finished the paintings of empowerment of girls through giving recognize to girls. The economic system of UP has change into the number 1 device of the rustic. With 10 new universities, 77 new faculties had been constructed.
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    SP executive did the paintings of saving the terrorists who performed the bomb blasts: Nadda
    Attacking the SP executive, he mentioned that the SP executive did the paintings of stopping the development of Ram temple. Those are the similar individuals who didn’t give permission to the tableau of Ram. Girls sisters weren’t protected within the SP executive. SP applicants are contesting from prison and are actually combating for bail. On the similar time, relating to the 2 terrorist incidents of Gorakhpur and Rampur, he mentioned that the bomb blasts came about in Golghar and the individuals who have been eager about it. The Akhilesh executive withdrew the case towards him. However after the intervention of the Top Courtroom, the similar accused are serving lifestyles imprisonment lately. Crime and hooliganism are at its height within the SP executive. Because of this it will be significant to show a lesson to such leaders in elections.

    UP Chunav Information: Hema Malini claims – BJP will win the UP elections very conveniently, additionally informed the explanation

  • India can’t be dominated by way of a stick from Centre, says Rahul Gandhi

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    NEW DELHI: Former Congress president and member of Parliament on Wednesday stated that India has reached a perilous position below the Modi govt whose insurance policies have resulted in the alienation of other people and undermining of establishments on one hand, and coming in combination of China and Pakistan.

    Talking at the movement of because of the President’s cope with to the joint consultation of Parliament, Gandhi stated, “The RSS and BJP are weakening the root of our nation, they’re weakening the hyperlinks between our other people, our languages. Lately, India is vulnerable in comparison to the place we had been a couple of years again.”

    Gandhi stated the tools of dialog between our states and our individuals are being attacked. “Tamil Nadu is got rid of from the verdict making, they don’t have a voice on your framework. They call for a choice on NEET, however you are saying no to it. Farmers of Punjab can upward push in opposition to you however you are saying you would not have a voice… they may be able to take a seat on dharna for three hundred and sixty five days, however you are saying you’ll be able to die however we gained’t pay attention to you.”

    He stated that there are two competing visions of India – one is a union of languages, states, tradition, this can be a bouquet of vegetation, the opposite is the theory of a king, a shahenshah, a ruler. That is the concept that the Congress had got rid of, he claimed. 

    “We had smashed it. However now the king is again, centralising the entire energy. What is going on because of following this fallacious imaginative and prescient is that it has alienated other people. This at a loss for words working out of the country of India is taking part in havoc with our nation. I counsel you to forestall. It is rather bad. It displays a whole lack of expertise about India. Take a look at our historical past, India has at all times been a union of states, and you’re destroying it.” 

    “What we’re witnessing as of late is a battle between two competing visions of India. A tussle between the theory of the union of states as opposed to an concept of a king. That is our elementary distinction with them,” he stated and added that India can’t be dominated by way of a stick from the centre. “You don’t have any concept of historical past. Each and every time stick was once used, it was once damaged,” he added.

    “The judiciary, the election fee, all establishments are compromised. Pegasus (snooping malware) is being deployed. When the Top Minister individually is going to Israel and is derived again and deploys Pegasus at the other people of India, it’s positive to spoil the rustic,” Gandhi added.

    He stated this assault on an institutional framework gets a reaction from the rustic, from the states of the country.

    Gandhi stated the prevailing govt has created two Indias – one of the crucial wealthy and the opposite of the deficient, and the space between the 2 is expanding. He stated the rustic witnessed how the adolescence of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar struggled to get jobs just lately. 

    “However they didn’t get jobs. The deficient adolescence of the rustic would not have jobs. However the President’s cope with didn’t have a unmarried phrase about jobs. Far and wide the rustic adolescence is on the lookout for jobs. And your govt isn’t ready to provide jobs. However no person is speaking about jobs,” the previous Congress president claimed.

    Pointing that during 2021, 3 crore jobs had been misplaced, he stated, “The rustic as of late has the best possible joblessness within the remaining 50 years. The federal government has no longer been ready to provide jobs. In reality, the roles that had been there were misplaced. That’s why no person within the govt talks of jobs now.” 

    “How did this case come about? Jobs are created within the small and medium sectors and the casual sector and unorganised sector. However those sectors had been handled one blow after some other thru choices equivalent to demonetisation, fallacious implementation of GST and loss of enhance right through corona,” he stated. 

    “Because of this, 80 in keeping with cent of the Indians noticed a dip of their source of revenue. Underneath the UPA govt, 27 crore other people had been lifted out of poverty in 10 years. However this govt has driven 23 crore again in poverty within the remaining seven years,” claimed Rahul Gandhi.

    “In formal sector monopolies are being created. And it’s spreading in all sectors. One individual has been given the entire ports of India, all airports, energy corporations, transmission, mining, inexperienced power, after which there may be someone else who has a monopoly on petrochem, telecom, retail and e-commerce. Whole cash going within the fingers of decided on other people. You will have killed unorganised sector, all small and medium industries are close,” he stated. 

    “When you had helped them the producing sector would have survived. However you stay speaking about Make in India, however it isn’t conceivable. It isn’t conceivable as a result of Make in India can have been led to best by way of small and medium business which you will have destroyed,” he stated and added that during remaining 5 years, there was 46 in keeping with cent drop in production jobs. 

    “I haven’t any downside with large companies. However let me let you know they can not create jobs. Jobs can best be created by way of small and medium business,” Gandhi pointed. He stated deficient India is gazing that India’s 100 most sensible richest have extra wealth greater than 55 in keeping with cent of the folk. Ten in keeping with cent of the folk have greater than 40 in keeping with cent of India’s wealth. 

    “That is your new India. The entire wealth is amassed within the fingers of 2-3 other people. Simply because they marketplace you on TV and Whatsapp,” puzzled the 51-year-old chief.

    Gandhi stated that India has weakened below Modi each internally and externally. He stated this govt’s fallacious insurance policies have introduced China and Pakistan in combination and transformed two fronts into one entrance for India and this, he stated, was once an overly bad state of affairs.

    He stated, “The Chinese language have a transparent imaginative and prescient of what they wish to do, and the only largest strategic objective of Indian international coverage is to stay Pakistan and China separate. However what you will have finished is that you’ve got introduced them in combination. Don’t underestimate the ability and power that stands in entrance people.”

    He stated India as of late is totally remoted and surrounded. “Why had been you no longer ready to get a visitor for Republic Day. India as of late is totally remoted and surrounded and our fighters perceive our place. We now have been weakened. That is your unmarried largest crime that you’ll be able to devote in opposition to the folk of India,” he stated.

  • Not anything for center magnificence, deficient in Union Price range: Rahul Gandhi

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the federal government had delivered a “zero-sum funds” that has not anything for the center magnificence, farmers and the deficient, drawing a derisive reaction from Union ministers who recommended that the opposition chief had no longer understood the “futuristic” measures.

    As the 2 aspects exchanged barbs, the opposition celebration additionally hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, accusing her of insulting the folks of Uttar Pradesh together with her remarks and significant that she apologise to them.

    “There may be depression throughout our nation, our early life haven’t any long run and as soon as once more the Modi executive’s funds totally ignores this painful truth. #Budget2022,” Gandhi mentioned in a publish on Instagram.

    “M0di G0vernment’s Zer0 Sum Price range! Not anything for – Salaried magnificence, Heart magnificence, the deficient and disadvantaged, Formative years, Farmers and MSMEs (sic),” he mentioned on Twitter.

    Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, who could also be an MP from Uttar Pradesh, mentioned “more than likely, Rahul Gandhi didn’t perceive the funds, which is futuristic”.

    Reacting to Chaudhary’s remarks on Rahul Gandhi, Finance Minister Sitharaman mentioned, “I believe he (Chaudhary) has for the reason that standard UP-type of a solution which is excellent sufficient for an MP who ran clear of UP.”

    “I want because the chief of the oldest political celebration, Rahul Gandhi will have to perceive what’s being mentioned,” the finance minister mentioned, including that he will have to do one thing within the Congress-ruled states first earlier than commenting at the BJP govt.

    Union Minister Piyush Goyal additionally hit out at Rahul Gandhi pronouncing he has a unfavorable angle in opposition to the whole thing this govt does. “Rahul Gandhi has an issue with arithmetic, he’ll take a look at the whole thing which has a sum of 0,” Goyal mentioned.

    M0di G0vernment’s Zer0 Sum Price range!

    Not anything for
    – Salaried magnificence
    – Heart magnificence
    – The deficient & disadvantaged
    – Formative years
    – Farmers
    – MSMEs

    — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 1, 2022

    Later reacting to Sitharaman’s remarks, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned on Twitter, “You didn’t put anything else for UP within the bag of Price range. however what was once the wish to insult other people of UP on this method?” “Perceive, the folks of UP are proud to be ‘UP-type’. We’re pleased with the language, dialect, tradition and historical past of UP,” the Congress basic secretary in-charge UP mentioned in a tweet in Hindi, the use of the hashtag “UP Mera Abhiman (UP my delight)”.

    ..@nsitharaman जी आपने यूपी के लिए बजट के झोले में कुछ डाला नहीं, ठीक है…लेकिन यू पी के लोगों का इस तरह अपमान करने की क्या ज़रूरत थी?

    समझ लीजिए, यूपी के लोगों को “यूपी टाइप” होने पर गर्व है। हमको यूपी की भाषा, बोली, संस्कृति व इतिहास पर गर्व है। #यूपी_मेरा_अभिमान

    — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) February 1, 2022

    Congress leader spokesperson Randeep Surjewala accused the finance minister of insulting the folks of Uttar Pradesh together with her “UP-type” observation that made mild of them.

    “Nirmala Sitharaman has insulted the 25 crore other people of Uttar Pradesh and made amusing of them together with her ‘standard UP-type’ remark. This can be a large insult to the 25 crore other people of Uttar Pradesh. Modi ji and Nirmala Sitharaman will have to right away apologise to the folks of Uttar Pradesh,” Surjewala advised newshounds.

  • Selection of subscribers to PM Modi’s YouTube channel crosses one crore

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The choice of subscribers to High Minister Narendra Modi’s YouTube channel has crossed one crore.

    Modi has an important presence on social media with a large following throughout more than a few platforms.

    Whilst US President Joe Biden has over seven lakh fans on YouTube, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has over 36 lakh, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has 30.7 lakh, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has 28.8 lakh and the White Space has 19 lakh fans.

    A few of the nationwide leaders, former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has 5.25 lakh fans on YouTube whilst Shashi Tharoor, who may be fashionable on social media platforms, has 4.39 lakh fans.

  • PM commends efforts of Assam folks, executive in lowering rhino poaching circumstances

    By way of PTI

    GUWAHATI: High Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the efforts of the folk and the federal government of Assam in bringing down rhino poaching circumstances from 37 in 2013 to 1 in 2021.

    “When there’s a honest effort, paintings is finished with a noble goal, effects additionally observe,” he stated in his per 30 days radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat’.

    Responding to the appreciation from Modi, Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated his govt is company in making sure that the risk of poaching of the long-lasting one-horned rhinoceros is eradicated.

    The manager of the state’s anti-poaching squad and particular DGP, GP Singh, additionally reiterated the get to the bottom of for preventing poaching altogether.

    All the way through the programme, the high minister spoke of the poaching risk the one-horned rhinos of Assam were dealing with over time. “To take on this problem, an enormous marketing campaign in opposition to the poaching of rhinoceros was once introduced within the closing seven years with the particular efforts of the Assam govt,” he stated.

    Modi stated greater than 2,400 horns seized from smugglers have been burnt on September 22 closing 12 months at the instance of International Rhino Day. “This was once a stern message to the poachers. The results of such efforts is that now there’s a stable lower within the looking of rhinos in Assam,” the PM stated.

    The choice of rhinos killed was once 37 in 2013, which diminished to 2 in 2020 and one in 2021, he stated including: “I recognize the get to the bottom of of the folk of Assam to avoid wasting the rhinoceros.”

    Modi additionally stated Assam is synonymous with tea plantations and nationwide parks, along side the one-horned rhinoceros, and this pachyderm has at all times been part of Assamese tradition.

    The BJP had first come to energy within the state in 2016 with incumbent Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal main the federal government then.

    The saffron-party led coalition retained energy for a 2nd consecutive time period in 2021 state polls, with Sarma taking up the reins.

    Thanking the high minister in a sequence of Tweets for acknowledging the anti-poaching actions, Sarma wrote: “We are immensely motivated through Hon PM Sri @narendramodi’s reputation of our efforts on single-horned Rhino conservation.”

    “GoA with reinforce of folks shall be sure that risk of poaching of our valuable icon is totally eradicated. Steerage of Adarniya PM is valuable,” he added.

    Mentioning that this Mann Ki Baat episode is ‘particular for Assam’, Sarma stated, “The PM didn’t handiest recognize the function of folks in anti-poaching efforts but in addition made us nostalgic through taking part in the Kaziranga music of Bhupen Hazarika, who’s a perennial inspiration for Assam. Presentations PM’s love for us.”

    Modi’s radio broadcast had incorporated part of past due Hazarika’s music in Assamese language, with the high minister later explaining the lyrics to his listeners.

    “The that means of this music may be very related. This music says, the plush inexperienced setting of Kaziranga, the dwelling house of elephants and tigers, the Earth watches one horned rhinoceros and listens to the melodious chirping of birds. The pictures of the rhinoceros also are observed within the Moonga and Eri attire woven at the international well-known handlooms of Assam,” Modi stated.

    Assam Particular DGP and Anti-Rhino Poaching Job Power Leader GP Singh additionally expressed his gratitude on Twitter to the high minister for recognising their efforts.

    “It is a second of delight for @assampolice and @assamforest that Hon @PMOIndia has recognised our joint effort,” he stated.

    As the manager of the anti-poaching process drive, Singh complimented every guy and lady for the “stupendous effort”.

    Despite the fact that the poaching circumstances have come down considerably, the primary suspected case of this 12 months got here to gentle on January 20 when the carcass of an grownup feminine rhino with its horn lacking was once discovered within the Kaziranga Nationwide Park.

  • Modi places on Uttarakhandi cap throughout R Day serve as, moves emotional chord with hill state

    By way of PTI

    DEHRADUN: High Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday struck an emotional chord with the folk of poll-bound Uttarakhand through dressed in an Uttarakhandi cap on the Republic Day serve as in Delhi.

    Manufactured at SOHAM Himalayan Centre, Mussoorie, the cap worn through Modi remained the debate of the city during the day with political leaders deciphering it as a heat gesture of the High Minister to the folk of the state which works to polls on February 14.

    SOHAM Himalayan Centre preserves and promotes Uttarakhand’s Himalayan heritage, tradition and ethnicity.

    “We’re thankful to the High Minister. By way of dressed in an Uttarakhandi cap at Rajpath he has honoured each citizen of the state. This can be a proud second for each Uttarakhandi,” Leader Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami mentioned.

    Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi additionally thanked the High Minister for honouring Uttarakhand’s cultural id through dressed in the cap.

    “Because of this why Modi ji lives within the hearts of the folk of Uttarakhand.

    It additionally displays that vocal for native is not only a slogan for the High Minister however a dedication,” Joshi mentioned.

    He additionally congratulated Samir and his complete group of artisans at Soham Himalayan Centre for making the cap.

    Political commentators mentioned such emotional gestures do produce an affect at the electorate however the issue is all events are doing it.

    “With the corona curbs nonetheless in position, huge rallies don’t seem to be being held.

    Possibly the High Minister is making an attempt to make up for that thru this type of symbolism.

    However then all political events are doing that so as to add a sentimental quotient to their marketing campaign,” political observer Jaisingh Rawat mentioned.

    Bringing up the instance of a serve as held at an area resort on Tuesday to release “Char Dham Char Kam” marketing campaign of the Congress birthday celebration, he mentioned all Congress leaders together with Chhattisgarh leader minister Bhupesh Baghel, birthday celebration marketing campaign head Harish Rawat, senior birthday celebration chief Mohan Prakash and PCC president Ganesh Godiyal have been dressed in the Uttarakhandi cap.

    “In a scenario like this, it’s going to must be observed which birthday celebration’s gesture touches extra hearts,” Rawat mentioned.

    “Modi by no means misses a chance to strike an emotional chord with folks.

    He all the time starts his speech on the rallies within the native dialect, be it in Himachal Pradesh or the Kumaon or Garhwal areas of Uttarakhand,” he mentioned.

    The state’s Congress birthday celebration leaders, then again, brushed aside the PM’s gesture of dressed in the Uttrakhandi cap throughout the Republic Day serve as at Rajpath as “only a ballot gimmick”.

    “He had grown an extended beard throughout West Bengal meeting elections however after the polls the beard went lacking,” As soon as the polls are over right here, folks of Uttarakhand will pass about looking for the cap to the best way folks in West Bengal are looking for his lacking beard.

    It’s only an electoral stunt,” he added.

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  • Netaji’s statue at I-gate: Great gesture says daughter Anita Bose-Pfaff

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: The daughter of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Anita Bose-Pfaff, on Friday hailed as “a pleasing gesture” High Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement about putting in a statue of the long-lasting freedom fighter at India Gate, and was hoping it’ll put to leisure the debate over rejection of West Bengal’s tableau for the Republic Day parade.

    Welcoming the verdict as “higher past due than by no means”, Bose-Pfaff mentioned the announcement took her by means of marvel.

    “I’m more than happy in regards to the resolution. It is extremely just right location. I’m unquestionably happy that his statue could be submit at this kind of outstanding position. What surprises me is it got here impulsively now. One may have ready slightly previous, however higher past due than by no means, I should say. I am hoping that the debate in regards to the tableau may also be put to leisure in a sufficient way,” Bose-Pfaff advised PTI over the phone from Germany, the place she lives.

    When requested if she thinks that the verdict used to be taken to finish the tableau controversy, she mentioned she isn’t able to touch upon it.

    “I have no idea. Let’s put it that approach. Closing 12 months the centenary celebrations had began, and there have been bulletins that each one varieties of issues will have to be finished. This committee (for celebrating Netaji’s one hundred and twenty fifth delivery anniversary) used to be arrange, of which I’m additionally a member, (the panel) by no means referred to as a gathering. So far as I do know, I have not heard about it.”

    “Then impulsively, when West Bengal executive had proposed to ship a tableau, the central executive grew to become it down. I do suppose that although the verdict got here past due, it isn’t a nasty resolution. This can be a great gesture finally,” she mentioned.

    Forward of Bose’s one hundred and twenty fifth delivery anniversary on January 23, the top minister introduced on Friday {that a} grand statue of the long-lasting freedom fighter might be put in at India Gate as a logo of India’s “indebtedness” to him.

    Until the statue, manufactured from granite, is finished, a hologram statue of his might be provide on the identical position, he mentioned. Modi mentioned he’ll unveil the hologram statue on January 23.

    Because the rejection of West Bengal’s tableau for the Republic Day parade snowballed into a significant row, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wrote to Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee informing her that the CPWD’s flow for the instance will pay homage to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, however her TMC used to be implacable, announcing the state’s “dignity has been harm”.

    In a letter to High Minister Narendra Modi, Banerjee had expressed “surprise” on the rejection of the state’s tableau, themed on Bose and his Indian Nationwide Military.

    It additionally featured different Bengal icons like Rabindranath Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo.

    Bose-Pfaff, the one kid of Bose, had previous mentioned the mythical freedom fighter’s legacy has incessantly been “in part exploited” for political causes.

  • No separate account maintained on PM swearing-in: RTI respond to Bengaluru activist

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    BENGALURU: An RTI answer has printed that the place of work of the President of India does no longer have main points of the overall cash spent at the swearing-in rite of the High Minister in 2019. T Narasimha Murthy, an RTI activist from Bengaluru, had carried out via RTI in search of data of the overall price of the swearing-in rite of Narendra Modi as High Minister of India, on Would possibly 30, 2019.

    Within the utility, Murthy had sought main points of expenditure on top tea, meals association (each veg and non-veg) for all contributors, together with overseas dignitaries, transportation, together with air price tag fees for foreigners, mild, sound, flower ornament, invitation playing cards, and different expenditure.

    Even though the applicant were given main points of the bills on a couple of issues, the main points of others have no longer been shared mentioning quite a lot of causes. As consistent with the main points shared to the applicant, Rs 32,11,953 was once spent on tents and cell bathrooms, Rs 11,79,750 on lighting fixtures and DG set, and Rs 18,63,744 on an audio device, automotive calling, video partitions, and UPS device. But even so, Rs 10,60,058 was once spent in opposition to flower association and showing of potted vegetation. These kind of put in combination, Rs 73,15,505 was once spent.

    So far as the meals bills are involved (round 8,000 visitors took phase within the occasion), the applicant has were given a answer that no separate event-wise accounts have been maintained, and expenses generated by way of distributors are settled periodically.

    “In a similar fashion, the printing of invitation vehicles is undertaken by way of the Govt of India Press, and bills on the subject of the similar are debited notionally. With reference to the bills at the air tickers of overseas delegates, it was once mentioned that the similar was once no longer incurred by way of the President’s Secretariat,” the answer mentioned.

    RTI activist Murthy stated denial of knowledge is the denial of the basic proper assured beneath the Charter of India. “That being the case, how can the President’s place of work deny a citizen question via RTI?” he puzzled.

  • Environment of anxiety, violence prevailing in nation: Gehlot right through match attended by way of PM

    By means of PTI

    JAIPUR: Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday mentioned an environment of anxiety and violence is prevailing within the nation as he stressed out at the want to paintings for peace and cohesion right through an internet match attended by way of PM Narendra Modi.

    He mentioned India’s traditions were wealthy and wonderful, propagating the speculation of “Vasudhaiva kutumbakam”, which means that all global is one circle of relatives.

    The Rajasthan leader minister additionally countered the claims that the rustic didn’t development for over seven many years after the Independence, a story utilized by political events to focus on the Congress, which dominated a majority of the duration.

    Gehlot was once talking on the nationwide release rite of the “Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav se Swarnim Bharat Ke Ore”, organised just about by way of the Brahma Kumaris, a non secular motion.

    The top minister flagged off yearlong projects right through the programme.

    “There’s a want to beef up peace, cohesion and brotherhood within the nation as a result of it’s being observed that there’s an environment of anxiety and violence, and it’s the need of all to eliminate it,” Gehlot mentioned.

    He mentioned PM Modi visits different nations and will get appreciate since the nation had improved in 75 years in science, era and different spaces, which is being valued by way of different countries.

    “We’ve a wonderful historical past. As we’re celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, we must have in mind Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, B R Ambedkar, Lokmanya Tilak and others who struggled to get us freedom and as a result of them we have now reached right here prior to now 75 years after Independence,” mentioned the CM.

    “Our nation’s id isn’t new and from the traditional time, we have now believed in Vasudhaiva kutumbakam, which means that the arena is one circle of relatives,” mentioned the CM.

    “I imagine that the rustic and society can development handiest by way of strolling at the trail of fact and non-violence. The advance will occur the place there’s peace and that is what we imagine in,” he added.

    In the meantime, the opposition BJP in Rajasthan shared on Twitter part of the CM’s speech, during which he’s talking in regards to the violence within the nation.

    The BJP when put next it with the PM’s speech, which the celebration mentioned displays “sure considering”.

    “On one hand, there’s hateful considering of the Congress and at the different is the sure considering of Top Minister Narendra Modi,” the BJP tweeted sharing the video clip.

    Countering it, the manager minister’s OSD Lokesh Sharma shared your complete speech and mentioned false propaganda must no longer be run.

    “The CM has mentioned ‘Vasudhaiva kutumbakam’. His considering is that peace, cohesion, brotherhood must be robust within the nation, which is the most important want,” he mentioned.

    Previous, turning in the keynote deal with, Modi famous that one’s development is aligned with the country’s development and stressed out the will for giving significance to 1’s tasks for the rustic’s upward thrust.

    “We additionally must admit that within the 75 years after Independence, a malaise has troubled our society, our country and us all. The malaise is that we became clear of our tasks and didn’t give them primacy,” he mentioned.

    Launching greater than 30 campaigns and 15,000 programmes, the top minister mentioned other people handiest talked in their rights these kind of years and fought for them.

    Talking of rights could also be proper to a point in sure instances however forgetting one’s tasks totally has performed an enormous function in preserving India susceptible, Modi mentioned and referred to as for everybody to paintings in combination to discharge their tasks that may take away social ills and in addition take India to new heights.

    The Brahma Kumaris is a world religious motion devoted to non-public transformation and global renewal.

    Based in India in 1937, the Brahma Kumari motion has unfold to over 130 nations.

    The development was once held at the instance of the 53rd ascension anniversary of Pitashree Prajapita Brahma, founder father of the motion.