14032022 first india lucknow

‘Priyanka’s UP campaign remarkable’
Jaipur (PTI): The In-
dian voter has always
been capable of throw-
ing up surprises and
the BJP will also get to
know about it one day,
Congress leader
Shashi Tharoor said
on Sunday.
The Congress could
have done much better
in Uttarakhand and in
Goa, he said. “We had
very good chances of
being the single largest
party”, Tharoor said at
the Jaipur Literature
Festival (JLF).
“But mind you, in
both the states the num-
ber of voters is relative-
ly small, and that per-
haps contributed,” the
MP from Thiruvanan-
thapuram said.
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra did remarkable
and energetic cam-
paigning for the party
in UP, he said. “”You
would have seen her
everywhere, including
getting arrested a cou-
ple of times by the Ut-
tar Pradesh Police. You
have seen her very
much on the spot and
running through the
state. From my point of
view, I don’t think that
the Congress per se can
be faulted on the
grounds of one per-
son’s campaigning,”
Tharoor said.
The 66-year-old lead-
er also expressed sur-
prise over political ana-
lysts describing the re-
sults as a “foregone
conclusion”, saying
very few predicted
BJP’s victory until the
exit polls came out.
“If it was a foregone
conclusion, all the pun-
dits should have been
saying that for the last
five-six weeks of elec-
tion campaign. Very
few, if any did, it was
only when the exit polls
were coming out that
the tale turned and peo-
ple said BJP is going to
win. Until then there
was no question in my
mind that most of peo-
ple were expecting a
very, very close fight,
and some were saying
anecdotally that Sama-
jwadiPartywasahead,”
Tharoor said.
Shashi Tharoor speaking at Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
EXPERT ASSESSMENT
l India’s Rishabh Pant
scored the fastest Test
fifty by an Indian batter
on Sunday when he
completed his half-
century in 28 deliveries
on the second day of
the 2nd Test against Sri
Lanka in Bengaluru.
l Pant broke Kapil
Dev’s almost 40-year
record of the fastest Test
fifty by an Indian batter.
Kapil Dev had scored
a 30-ball half-century
while batting against Pa-
kistan in the Karachi Test
in December, 1982.
l Earlier Sri Lanka was
sent packing for just
109 with Jasprit Bumrah
taking 5 wickets. At
stumps, SL in second in-
nings were 28/1 needing
419 more runs to wind
after India declared their
second innings at 303/9.
Second leg of
Budget session
begins today
New Delhi: With the
second leg of the Budg-
et session slated to
start on Monday, the
Congress appeared ap-
prehensive on Sunday
of other Opposition
parties like the Trina-
mool Congress and the
Aam Aadmi Party not
coming together to put
up a united front
against the govern-
ment in Parliament.
At a meeting con-
vened by Congress
president Sonia Gan-
dhi, Leader of the Op-
position in Rajya Sabha
Mallikarjun Kharge is
learnt to have ex-
pressed doubts that
some parties may not
join if the Congress
convened a meeting
given the changed po-
litical scenario after
the Assembly election
outcome.
Ukraine: 35 killed in Russian
attack on western military base
Kyiv (Agencies): A
Russian airstrike on a
military training base
in western Ukraine
close to the Polish bor-
der killed at least 35
people and wounded
134, a local official said
Sunday
.
Foreign military ad-
visers are often present
at the site, although it
was unclear if any had
been there at the time of
the attack or among the
casualties.
The governor of the
Lviv region, Maksym
Kozytskyi, said Russian
forcesfiredmorethan30
cruisemissilesattheYa-
voriv military range,
located 30 kilometers (19
miles) northwest of the
city of Lviv and 35 kilo-
meters (22 miles) from
Ukraine’s border with
Poland.
The United States
and NATO have regu-
larly sent instructors to
the range, also known
as the International
Peacekeeping and Secu-
rity Center, to train
Ukrainian military per-
sonnel. The facility has
also hosted internation-
al NATO drills.
Foreign troops offi-
cially left Ukraine
shortly before Russian
launched an invasion
of its neighbour.
A US journalist was shot dead and another wounded
on Sunday in Irpin, a frontline suburb of Kyiv that has
witnessed some of the fiercest fighting since Russia in-
vaded Ukraine. Papers found on the American reporter’s
body identified him as 50-year-old video documentary
shooter Brent Renaud, of New York. The International
Federation of Journalists identified the wounded re-
porter as American photographer Juan Arredondo.
US JOURNALIST SHOT DEAD, ANOTHER HURT
Ministry of External
Affairs today said that
the Indian Embassy in
Ukraine will be temporar-
ily relocated in Poland, in
view of the rapidly dete-
riorating security situa-
tion in Ukraine including
attacks in western parts.
INDIAN EMBASSY TO
SHIFT TO POLAND
White House national
security adviser Jake
Sullivan on Sunday said
that Russia will face a
response from NATO
should any of its attacks
in Ukraine cross borders
and hit members of the
security alliance.
NATO WILL ACT IF...:
US WARNS RUSSIA
Yogi’s ‘5 saal bemisal’ gets him
next tenure with Modi’s stamp!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Right from
the time the poll results
were announced and it
became clear that BJP
has retained its hold on
the government in Ut-
tar Pradesh, specula-
tions were being made
as to who will be the
Chief Minister of the
most politically sensi-
tive state of the country
.
However, on Sunday,
finally the entire pic-
ture has been cleared as
the command of Uttar
Pradesh will remain
with Yogi Adityanath
for the next 5 years. In
fact, on Sunday, PM
Narendra Modi and UP
CM Yogi Adityanath
held a one hour forty
minute long meeting
and word is that during
this time, a discussion
took place betwen the
two regarding the date
of cabinet formation
and swearing-in.
It has been learnt that
Yogi has extended invite
to PM Modi to attend the
swearing-in ceremony
and therefore, with this
meeting,allspeculations
are laid to rest since
Modi himself congratu-
lated the future CM Yogi
by tweeting in this re-
gard and said, “Yogi ji
worked according to the
aspirationsof thepeople
for 5 years. I have full
faiththathewilltakeUP
to greater heights in the
coming years.”
Meanwhile, knowl-
edgeable sources have
revealed that Yogi dis-
cussed about 50 names
with PM Modi and word
is that some new faces
may get a place in the
Yogi cabinet and the
ministers who have lost
the election may also be
included in cabinet
through MLC route.
Yogi Adityanath with PM Marendra Modi in New Delhi on Sunday.
In a 1.40-hour-long
meet, Modi-Yogi
hold discussion on
cabinet and date of
swearing-in as PM
exudes confidence
in Yogi’s leadership
for next 5-yr tenure
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Met @myo-
giadityanath ji
today. Con-
gratulated him on the
historic victory in the
Uttar Pradesh elections.
In the last 5 years, he
has worked tirelessly
to fulfill the aspirations
of the people. I am
sure that in the years to
come, he will take the
state to greater heights
of development.
The Samajwadi Party
is likely to field Swami
Prasad Maurya from
Karhal if
party chief
Akhikesh
Yadav, who
won from
this seat de-
cides to resign and retain
his Azamgarh parliamen-
tary berth. According to
sources, the decision to
field Maurya was appar-
ently taken after Maurya
called on SP president
on Sunday.
SWAMI PRASAD
MAY FIGHT KARHAL
BY-ELECTION
3 including UP cop held in
Jaipur with `3-cr ivory tusks
Jaipur (PTI): Three
people including a UP
Police Sub Inspector
were arrested here on
Sunday with 35 ivory
tusks weighing around
30 kg and worth Rs 3
crore, police said.
They were arrested
by the Special Opera-
tions Group (SOG) of
Rajasthan Police and
Wild Life Crime Control
Bureau in a joint opera-
tion.
The arrests were
made when a team in-
tercepted an SUV in Ja-
lupura area of the city
acting on a tip-off about
movement of ivory
tusks and tiger skin.
They recovered 35
ivory tusks along with
165 gram ivory tusk
powder, one loaded re-
volver with six cartridg-
es, and Rs 1.50 lakh cash
from the vehicle, an of-
ficial statement said.
The accused were
identified as Nazuddin
Khan, a Sub Inspector
posted at Hardoi Police
Lines in Uttar Pradesh,
Nadir alias Shahrukh
Khan,andGulamKhan,
it said.
The accused had
come to sell the tusks in
Jaipur and are being in-
terrogated, police said.
Nazuddin Khan, a Sub Inspector posted at Hardoi Police Lines in
Uttar Pradesh along with seized stock of ivory tusks.
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Former Union ministers Shatrughan Sinha and Babul
Supriyo will contest upcoming West Bengal bypolls
for TMC, CM Mamata Banerjee announced on Sunday.
Sinha will fight Lok Sabha bye-election from Asansol.
Supriyo will contest assembly bypolls from Ballygunje.
SHOTGUN, SUPRIYO
TO CONTEST WEST
BENGAL BYPOLLS,
SAYS MAMATA
TELANGANA MINISTER WARNS MILITARY
Accusing military of causing inconvenience to residents
near cantonment by closing roads “without reason”,
Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao warned that the state
government would cut power and water supply.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said
his government could have responded to India after its
missile landed in his country’s Punjab province but it
observed restraint. He was addressing a public rally in
Punjab’s Hafizabad district on Sunday afternoon.
IMRAN: COULD
HAVE RESPONDED,
BUT OBSERVED
RESTRAINT
5-HOUR CWC MEET
SONIA STAYS
CONGRESS PRESIDENT
New Delhi: After a
nearly five-hour meet-
ing of the Congress
Working Committee
(CWC) on Sunday, the
Grand Old Party said
Sonia Gandhi will re-
main the party presi-
dent. The CWC reaf-
firmed its faith in So-
nia’s leadership and
authorised her to make
necessary organisa-
tional changes. Party
will soon hold a brain-
storming session to
draw up future road-
map, the CWC added.
Sonia will remain as
the Congress president
till organisational elec-
tions are held later this
year to appoint a new
president.
Sources said Sonia
told the meeting if any
of the members has any
reservations over her
leadership, she was
ready to step down.
Briefing reporters,
AICC general secretary
in charge of organisa-
tion K C Venugopal said
the CWC had a “sin-
cere” and “very fruit-
ful” discussion.
The CWC admitted
that the defeat of the
party in the Assembly
elections was a cause
of serious concern for
the Congress.
l PARTY TO HOLD BRAINSTORMING SESSION SOON l G-21
HAD SUGGESTED MUKUL WASNIK’S NAME FOR TOP POST
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi chairs CWC meeting,
in New Delhi on Sunday. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, KC
Venugopal and Mukul Wasnik are also seen.
Aleader, who is a part of G21, also said that the new
party president should lead the party in the manner as
was done by Sonia Gandhi in the year 2000. “Though So-
nia Gandhi is the (interim) president, it is virtually (being)
run by KC Venugopal, Ajay Maken and Randeep Surjewala.
There is no accountability fixed on them. Rahul Gandhi is
not the president. But he operates from behind the scene
and takes decisions. He does not communicate openly. We
are party’s well-wishers and not enemies,” he added.
‘NEW CONG PRESIDENT SHOULD LEAD, PARTY
VIRTUALLY RUN BY VENUGOPAL, MAKEN AND
SURJEWALA WITH RAHUL BEHIND THE SCENE’
BLAZING PANT!

UTTAR PRADESH
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CM IN NEW DELHI
(Top left) Chief Minister-designate Yogi Adityanath meets Vice-President Venkaiah, in New Delhi on Sunday. (Bottom left)
CM-designate Yogi Adityanath meets BJP’s National President JP Nadda in New Delhi on Sunday. (Top right) Yogi Adityanath
meets Home Minister Amit Shah during his New Delhi visit on Sunday. (Bottom right) Commissioner of Police Alok Singh
meets UP’s CM-designate Yogi Adityanath in New Delhi on Sunday.
CROREPATIS’ SHARE AMONG
WINNING MLAS GOES NORTH
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The share of
MLAs with criminal
and serious criminal
cases increased to 51
per cent and 39 per cent,
according to an analy-
sis of candidate affida-
vits by the not-for-profit
Association for Demo-
cratic Reforms (ADR)
of 403 winners in the
2022 UP assembly elec-
tions. To be sure, at
least some of such cases
are politically motivat-
ed.
This is an increase of
15 per cent from 2017 UP
assembly polls in which
out of 402 MLAs ana-
lysed, 143 winners (36
per cent) had declared
criminal cases against
them. Similarly, 158 (39
per cent) winning can-
didates have declared
serious criminal cases
including cases related
to murder, attempt to
murder, kidnapping,
crimes against women
etc.
The number of such
legislators was 107 (26
per cent) in 2017 Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elec-
tions.
While five winners
have declared cases re-
lated to murder (IPC
Section-302) against
themselves, another 29
have declared cases of
attempt to murder (IPC
Section-307).
Another C that has
witnessed an increase
is that of ‘crorepatis’
(the money bags) Out of
the 403 winning candi-
dates, 366 (91%) are
crorepatis.
In 2017 assembly elec-
tions, 322 (80%) MLAs
were crorepatis.
BJP tops the chart with
233 (91%) out of its 255
legislators being crore-
patis follower by
100 (90%) out
of 111 from SP, 9 (75%)
out of 12 from Apna Dal
(Soneylal), 7 (88%) out
of 8 from RLD,
6 (100%) from Suheldev
Bharatiya Samaj Party,
6 (100%) from Nirbal In-
dian Shoshit Hamara
Aam Dal,
2 (100%) from Jansatta
DalLoktantrik,2(100%)
from Indian National
Congress (INC) and
1(100%) Bahujan Samaj
Party winning candi-
dates have declared as-
sets worth more than
Rs. 1 crore.
15% INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MLAS FACING CRIMINAL CASES
UP Vidhan Sabha. —FILE PHOTO
SERIOUS CRIMINAL
CASES ‘DECLARED’
90 (35%) out of 255
winning candidates
from BJP, 48(43%)
out of 111 winning
candidates from SP,
5(63%) out of 8 win-
ning candidates from
RLD, 4(67%) out of
6 winning candidates
from Suheldev Bharati-
ya Samaj Party, 4(67%)
out of 6 winning MLAs
from Nirbal Indian
Shoshit Hamara Aam
Dal, 2(17%) out of 12
winning candidates
from Apna Dal (Soneyl-
al), 2 (100%) from Jan-
satta Dal Loktantrik,
2 (100%) from INC and
1(100%) BSP winning
MLAs have declared
serious criminal cases
against themselves in
their affidavits.
INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MLAS
ABOVE 55-YEARS IN UP,U’KHAND
Lucknow (PTI): Af-
ter the recent round
of elections, the state
assemblies of Uttar
Pradesh and Uttara-
khand have acquired
an elder profile owing
to an increase in the
number of MLAs
aged above 55 years.
According to an
analysis by PRS Leg-
islative Research, the
proportion of MLAs
aged 55 years or be-
low has decreased to
59.5% in 2022 from
64.7%in 2017.
On the other hand,
the two newly elected
assemblies now have
more women MLAs
when compared to
the outgoing House.
The UP assembly
nowhas47womenleg-
islators, compared to
42 in the outgoing as-
sembly
,whilethenum-
ber of women MLAs
in Uttarakhand has
increased from five in
2017 to eight in 2022.
In the 70-member
Uttarakhand Assem-
bly, proportion of
MLAs aged 55 years
or below has de-
creased to 51%in 2022
from 61% in 2017.
In UP, the number
of MLAs with at least
a Bachelor’s degree
has increased from
72.7% in 2017 to 75.9
per cent in 2022.
There has also
been an
increase in
women MLAs in
the assemblies
ADG Krishna instructs policemen to keep
vigil in Agra during the festive period of Holi
First India Bureau
Agra: With the culmi-
nation of Assembly Ut-
tar Pradesh, the code of
conduct, which was in
effect during the poll
time has come to an
end. On the other hand,
the police have also
come into action mode.
The cops are leaving no
stone unturned to care-
fully chalk out the sen-
sitive areas of the city.
Properties of gangsters
are also being marked
by the cops.
ADG Rajiv Krishna
during a recent meeting
of SPs of 8 districts, di-
rected the cops that a
drive that includes con-
fiscation of properties
will be chalked out after
Holi.
Where the police
have made prepara-
tions to deal with the
people who dispute in
the festival of Holi. At
the same time, the prop-
erty of gangsters is also
being marked. ADG Ra-
jiv Krishna has directed
the SSPs of 8 districts
that after Holi, property
confiscation drive will
be conducted and im-
mediate action will be
taken on public com-
plaints. He also warned
that strict action will be
taken against the ones
who flout the rules.
ADG Rajiv Krishna addresses cops at a meeting on Sunday.
COPS ACTIVE
9 INJURED IN CLASH IN BHADOHI DISTT; 17 BOOKED
Lucknow (PTI): At
least nine people were
injured in a clash be-
tween two groups here,
police said on Sunday.
Seventeen people have
been booked in this con-
nection, they said.
One of the men in-
volved in the clash at
Nagmalpur village un-
der Suriyawan police
station limits here
claimed that it was re-
lated to the assembly
polls in the state. How-
ever, this was not men-
tioned in the FIR.
The police, for their
part, said the clash was
due to an old rivalry in-
volving two families.
A group of men at-
tacked another group
on Saturday evening.
Several police teams
were rushed to the spot
to maintain law and or-
der.
We have lodged a case
regarding the matter
and investigation is un-
derway, Station House
Officer of Suriyawan
police station Bhu-
vneshwar Kumar Pan-
dey said on Sunday
.
As per our informa-
tion, the incident oc-
curred because of an
old rivalry between two
families and has noth-
ing to do with politics,
he pointed out.
Those injured in the
clash were taken to the
nearby government
hospital for treatment,
the official said.
The FIR was regis-
tered based on the com-
plaint of one Suresh
Kumar Gupta.
GEET@GHAT
Artists perform at Dashashwamedh Ghat ahead of Holi festival, in Varanasi on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
—REPRESENTATIVE PICTURE
POLICE RESORTS TO ACTION
Ayodhya (PTI):
The Bajrang Dal began
a five-day camp here on
Saturday to train 275
volunteers in self de-
fence and martial arts,
a spokesman said.
These volunteers
have been selected from
across the country and
are being trained at the
outfit’s headquarters
Karsevakpuram in Ayo-
dhya, the spokesman,
Vinod Bansal, said.
“We are preparing
youths to face any trou-
ble on Hindu commu-
nity, religion and socie-
ty as Bajrang Dal activ-
ists,” he said, adding
that “we convene such
training camps regu-
larly, now we have in-
cluded a state of the art
training system”.
Bajrang Dal convener
Sohan Singh Solanki
said that cadets are be-
ing giving all types of
training.
There is also a new
dress code. Trainees
will be wearing a grey
coloured track suit and
the logo of the Bajrang
Dal is on the back of the
shirt, Bansal said.
“Wearing this uni-
form, our activists will
take part in all social
events,” Solanki said.
Bajrang Dal mem-
bers said that earlier
there was no dress code.
Bajrang Dal, was
started in 1984 by Vish-
va Hindu Parishad in
Ayodhya to awaken the
Youth of India with a
motto - Seva, Suraksha
and Samskara.
BajrangDalstarts5-daytrainingcampinAyodhya
HINDU-STANCE

The Bajrang
Dal
candidates
are being
given varied
trainings for
their self
defence
using a
dedicated
training
system
Training of Bajrang Dal cadets. —FILE PHOTO
CANOPY-LIKE STRUCTURE AT TEMPLE
VANDALISED; FIR REGISTERED
Tension prevailed in Jalali town here after a cano-
py-like structure at a temple was found damaged,
police said on Sunday.According to cops, the
canopy which housed idols of deities was vandal-
ised on Saturday. As a result, a crowd of protes-
tors took out a procession and local shopkeepers
shut shops.SP (Rural) Shubham Patel said a case
has been registered against an unidentified man
in this regard. He said the accused, who was in
an inebriated condition, vandalised the structure.
Police force has been deployed in the region to
prevent any untoward incident, the officer added.
BJP,SP men clash,pelt
stones,FIR against 10
Badaun (PTI):
A political argument
between supporters
of the Samajwadi
Party and the
Bharatiya Janata
Party escalated into
a clash and led to
stone pelting here,
cops said on Sunday
.
An FIR has been
registered against 10
people and three of
them have been de-
tained in connection
with the incident in
Kakarala area under
Alapur police station
here, they said.
One Mohammad
Rustam and Asrar
alias Maili, along
with their support-
ers, were involved in
a political argument
that escalated into
violence.
Their supporters
pelted stones on each
other. Four police
teams were rushed to
the spot to contain
the situation. Those
involved in the clash
managed to flee from
the spot as the police
teams reached there.
No one was injured
in the incident, Su-
perintendent of Po-
lice (City) Praveen
Singh Chauhan said.
According to the
police, both Rustam
and Asrar — who are
yet to be apprehend-
ed — have criminal
backgrounds.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
HAPPINESS...
(Clockwise from left) A cop distributes sweets to Hindu Yuva Vahini members as they welcome Yogi Adityanath
at UP Sadan in New Delhi on Sunday.Women members welcoming Yogi Adityanath. BJP Alpsankhyak Morcha
members celebrate with a bulldozer after BJP’s victory in polls, in Gorakhpur on Sunday. —AGENCY PHOTOS
CROWNING
GLORY
CRUCIAL READ
Dehradun: Five girl cadets are set to join Rashtriya
Indian Military College (RIMC) in Dehradun in July,
said Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh
(retd) on Sunday. Singh expressed hope that this
will lead to a “big change.” Singh (retd), former
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa (retd)
along with Western Army Commander Lt Gen Nav
Khanduri participated in the centenary celebrations
of the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) in
Dehradun on Sunday.
21-YR-OLD DU
GRADUATE HANGS
SELF TO DEATH
New Delhi: A 21-year-
old Delhi University
graduate was found
hanging from the ceil-
ing fan at his rented
accommodation in
Vijay Nagay area in
northwestern part of
the city, the police said
on Sunday. They identi-
fied him as Prakhar
Yadav, a native of Jaun-
pur in UP. The police
said Yadav used a bed
sheet to allegedly hang
himself from the ceiling
fan and they recov-
ered his body after his
neighbours informed a
police head constable,
who was on evening
rounds, about him.
ONLY TWO COVID
CASES REPORTED
IN LUCKNOW
Lucknow: The Cov-
id-19 graph continued
to plunge in Uttar
Pradesh with only two
fresh cases reported
in the state capital on
Sunday. The official
figures said that 24
Covid patients in
Lucknow recovered
in the last 24 hours,
bringing the number of
active cases in the city
down to a mere 221.
The overall Covid-19
figures for UP were 76
fresh cases, with only
one death reported
from Ballia district.
Uttar Pradesh now has
1,313 active Covid-19
cases in total.
5 GIRL CADETS TO JOIN RASHTRIYA
MILITARY ACADEMY IN JULY
‘Laat Saab’under heavy security as
itclasheswithShab-e-Barat
Shahjahanpur (PTI):
The ‘Laat Saab’ proces-
sion carried out on Holi
here will be a challenge
for the administration,
as it coincides with
Shab-e-Barat and Jum-
ma namaz (Friday
prayers), officials have
said.
Theysaidthataround
40 mosques that are lo-
cated on the route of
the procession have
been covered with plas-
tic sheet.
Following an
18th-century tradition,
Holi in Shahjahanpur
begins with revellers
hurling footwear at a
man impersonating as
‘Laat Saab’-- a British
Lord -- seated in a bull-
ock cart.
Additional District
Magistrate Ramsevak
Dwivedi on Sunday
said, “This time, the fes-
tival of Holi coincides
with Shab-e-Barat and
Jumma namaz. In order
to ensure that there is
no untoward incident,
around 40 mosques that
are located on the route
of the procession have
been covered with plas-
tic sheets.
Barricading is being
done at all lanes located
on the procession
route.” The observance
of Shab-e-Barat in-
volves a festive night-
long vigil with prayers.
It is the night when
people commemorate
their deceased ances-
tors. The ADM also said
to ensure a smooth pro-
cession, two additional
SPs, 8 circle officers, 50
inspectors, 225 sub-in-
spectors, 300 head con-
stables, 1,100 consta-
bles, 1 company of the
PAC, and a company of
Rapid Action Force
have been deployed. In
addition, two drone
cameras and 55 camer-
as have been installed
to monitor the proces-
sion, he said.
A member of the or-
ganising committee of
the procession said that
search for the person
who will be the ‘Laat
Saab’ begins a month
before, and after being
selected as the ‘Laat
Saab’, he is kept at a se-
cret place, and looked
after by the organisers.
“On the day of Holi,
the procession of ‘Bade
Laat Saab’ is taken out
on a buffalo cart with
Holi revellers hurling
‘jutas’ at him, Vikas
Khurana, the head of
History department of
Swami Shukdevanand
College told PTI.
The tradition dates
back to the early 18th
century, when Nawab
Abdullah Khan, the last
emperor of the dynasty,
ruled Shahjahanpur.
Khan, who also
founded Shahjahanpur,
was said to be popular
among both Hindus
and Muslims. The tra-
dition of people carry-
ing out a procession
with the Nawab seated
on a camel continued
till 1857.
First India Bureau
Shahjahanpur: After
assembly elections
concluded, 25 police-
men posted at Nigohi
police station here,
were sent to police
lines.
Senior police offi-
cials claimed that it
was routine for train-
ing but sources said
that the shifting was
connected with lathi
charge on Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
workers during elec-
tion campaigning.
On instructions of
superintendent of po-
lice S Anand five
sub-inspectors and 20
constables were shift-
ed to police lines. He
said that the shifting
was for training
purposes.
The policemen will
be posted in different
police station after
they will complete
their training to per-
form their duties in
more efficient way, he
pointed out.
While it cannot be
ignored that after scuf-
fle between Samajwa-
di Party (SP) and BJP
workers during elec-
tion campaign on Feb-
ruary 14, the police
had used some force to
disperse the mob.
Several BJP lead-
ers were injured in
that action and the
district BJP officials
had then warned
the police about the
consequences.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Govern-
ment Railway Police
(GRP) have taken two
suspects into custody
with six minor girls on
speculation of human
trafficking at Railway
station under Kotwali
police station area.
Police said suspects
werecomingfromBihar
and heading towards
Suratganj on Awadh Ex-
press. Police have hand-
ed over the girls to child
helpline centre and fur-
ther investigations were
underway
.
Arrested accused
were identified as Ak-
bar and Sartaj and they
told police that they
were going to admit the
girls in Madrasa in Su-
rat. The said that Ma-
drasa in their area were
closed and in Surat Ma-
drasa there was good
arrangement of food
and lodging.
Sartaj claimed that
one of six girls was his
daughter while other
five were from his na-
tive village. Police have
called parents of the
girls and interrogated
the accused.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: IAS officer
Shubhra Saxena has
filed complaint against
her ex-husband under
threatening and other
charges in Kotwali po-
lice station here.
It was reported that
IAS Shubhra Saxena,
resident of Celebratory
Greens Shushant Golf
City, was married to
Shashank Gupta, a res-
ident of Rohtash Presi-
dential Tower in Vibhu-
ti Khand in Gomti
Nagar area of Lucknow
on June 20, 2003.
She had taken di-
vorce in 2020 as her
married life was not
good and her husband
allegedly tortured her
mentally and physical-
ly. Even after divorce
her husband was trou-
bling her and threaten-
ing her frequently.
In her complaint the
victim officer told that
she was in Kanpur to
meet her old friend
Neha Sharma, district
magistrate, when Sha-
shank Gupta and his
goons threatened her
sister Richa Saxena
at her residence in
Lucknow.
Ajay Kumar Singh,
Kotwali in-charge
here said that sub-in-
spector Bhuneshwari
was investigation in-
charge of the matter
and further probe was
underway.
Azamgarh (PTI): A
12-year-old girl and her
maternal grandmother
were found dead with
their throats slit in the
district on Sunday, the
police said.
The incident took
place in Gawain village
under Didadarganj po-
lice station limits, they
said.
Azamgarh Superin-
tendent of Police (SP)
Anurag Arya said the
girl’s grandmother was
identified as Lilawati
Gupta (50).
The neighbours en-
tered the house in the
morning after finding
the gates open. They in-
formed the police after
discovering the two
bodies lying in a pool of
blood.
The other members
of the victim family
lived in other cities for
work, police said.
The bodies were sent
for post-mortem. Four
police teams along with
the Special Operations
Group (SOG) have initi-
ated investigation into
the murders, the SP
said.
The reasons behind
the incident are yet to
be ascertained, Arya
added.
According to police,
the duo were attacked
by a sharp-edged object.
Police have deployed
a dog squad to probe the
killings.
DIG Akhilesh Kumar
along with the SP and
other senior officials of
the district visited
the spot.
Plastic sheets used to cover the premises of a mosque ahead of
the Lat Saheb procession in Shahjahanpur district on Sunday.
LONG TRADITION
25 cops includiing
5 sub-inspectors
sent to police lines
BJP BACKLASH?
2 ACCUSED
OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
ARRESTED
IAS officer files plaint against
ex-husband for threatening
Girl,grandmother found
dead with throats slit
DIG Akhilesh Kumar
along with the SP
and other senior of-
ficials of the district
visited the spot.
WOMAN’S NAKED BODY
FOUND, RAPE SUSPECTED
First India Bureau
Moradabad: The
body of a woman was
found without
clothes in a village
under Adampur po-
lice station area.
Police said a wom-
an was murdered
late on Saturday
night and her dead
body was found with-
out clothes which in-
dicated that she was
murdered after rape.
Police rushed to the
spot and initiated the
investigations. Fo-
rensic team has col-
lected evidences
from the crime scene.
The deceased
woman’s husband
was in agricultural
farm in night and she
was with her two mi-
nor kids. Initial in-
vestigations revealed
that assailants at-
tacked with brick
and crushed her
head with bricks.
Police said the
body was sent for
post-mortem and re-
ports will clear the
motive behind the
crime. Police have in-
terrogated several
villagers about the
incident and further
probe was underway
.
Shubhra Saxena, IAS
—PHOTO BY PTI

PERSPECTIVE
04
n 26th May, preparations
for oath taking were on
the way for the lone face
who brought in a majority
non Congress government
for the first time in the
history of Indian democ-
racy. The occasion was
graced by not only the top leaders of BJP and its al-
lies but also by the opposi-
tion leaders who were
stunned by the results.
The most important fea-
ture of Narendra Modi’s
oath ceremony was pres-
ence of the heads of
SAARC countries who be-
came witness to the swear-
ing-in of Modi as the 15th
Prime Minister of India.
“This is the first time
that India has invited
all SAARC members
to attend a swearing-
in ceremony of a
prime minister.
Due to the
strained relation-
ship with Paki-
stan, it has nev-
er happened be-
fore. It was a
big risk and at
the same time
it was a fresh
thought and
new initia-
tive,” said
Syed Akba-
ruddin, for-
mer diplo-
mat.
N a r e n -
dra Modi
had never
been even a
c a b i n e t
minister at
the centre
before tak-
ing over as
the Prime
Minister. But
the power of
quick deci-
s i o n - m a k i n g
prompted him to
take a bold decision on
black money in his first
ever cabinet meeting.
Modi announced setting
up of an SIT on black
money
.
“This decision sent a
strong message to the
country
. First of all, Modi
government has zero toler-
ance towards corruption
and secondly there is abso-
lutely no difference be-
tween talks and deeds of
Modi ji,” said Dr Jitendra
Singh, a cabinet minister.
On 15th August, 2014,
Modi hoisted the tricolour
for the first time from ram-
parts of the historical Red
Fort. He presented the
blueprint of decry before
the nation.
“If you will work for 12
hours, I will put in 14
hours…if you work for 14
hours, my contribution
will be 15 hours… because
I am not in the role of
Prime Minister…I have
come before you as the
Pradhan Sevak,” Modi had
said in his maiden speech
from Red Fort.
In his first speech, Modi
focused on cleanliness and
advocated for public par-
ticipation.
“I have to start the
Swachh Bharat Mission
from the coming 2nd Octo-
ber…there should be facil-
ity of toilets in every
school… there should be
separate toilets for girls…
then only girls will not
quit school,” Modi had an-
nounced.
The poor and the farm-
ers have always been a pri-
ority for Narendra Modi.
To hand over benefits of
government schemes di-
rectly to their bank ac-
counts, Narendra Modi
launched Jan-Dhan
scheme on 28th August,
2014 and opened zero bal-
ance accounts for them.
The direct benefit trans-
fer has eliminated the
leakage in transfer of
government benefits to
poor by removing all the
intermediaries.
“Pradhan Mantri Jan-
Dhan Yojana…opening
bank accounts at such a
large scale was an extraor-
dinary operation…when
we were asked to hold 100
digital mela in 100 days
then we said that it’s im-
possible but Modi ji made
us do that… and that
brought in such a momen-
tum that we were able to
give a big digital push,”
said Amitabh Kant, CEO,
Niti Aayog.
On 2nd October 2014,
Modi launched Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan to mark
the occasion of birth an-
niversary of Mahatma
Gandhi. Modi went to Var-
anasi and volunteered to
clean the famous Assi
Ghat. This campaign be-
came part of everyone cut-
ting across the divide of
mass and class. Narendra
Modi gave utmost impor-
tance this campaign. So
much so, that he gave re-
spect to sanitation work-
ers by washing their feet
at Sangam ghat in Praya-
graj. By washing feet of
people from one of the
weakest sections of the so-
ciety, Modi sent a strong
message.
“We have to do this
work…I am appealing to
every youth of the coun-
try.. come and join us,”
Modi had said.
Modi was also worried
about the miseries of ru-
ral women who had to face
deadly fumes while cook-
ing. When he launched the
Ujjwala scheme in 2016 he
had the pictures of his
mother Hira Baa grap-
pling with fumes and
drudgery during cooking.
Tears would roll down her
eyes while blowing the fire
to do the cooking.
On 1st May, 2016, Ujjwa-
la Scheme was launched.
The scheme entailed free
distribution of LPG cylin-
der and gas stove to poor
women from rural areas. A
compassionate Modi
understood the miser-
ies of poor people and
strived to provide toi-
lets, homes, good roads,
pure drinking water
and 24X7 electricity to
poor.
“When the country
celebrates 75th anni-
versary of independ-
ence, there should not
be any family de-
prived of it’s own
home,” Modi had said.
Modi had achieved
most of these land-
marks for Gujarat
while serving as its
Chief Minister. Now, as
the Prime Minister, he
was striving to make this
more inclusive, for the
complete nation.
“Prime Minister Modi
tried to give scale and size
to whatever he achieved as
chief minister of Gujarat.
Modi launched Namami
Gange the way he revived
Narmada river in Gujarat.
The way he provided
homes to homeless in
Kutch post earthquake, he
is striving to give every
family a home in the coun-
try,” Anurag Thakur, I & B
minister had observed.
Modi was fast on his
way to structural reforms
for injecting necessary
provisions towards the
welfare of poor, women
and farmers. He replaced
Yojana Aayog with Niti
Aayog to take on the new
challenges.
“Niti Aayog is one such
agency of central govern-
ment which works with
state governments in
states…it undertakes lot of
unique initiatives which
involve transformation of
backwarddistricts.Wealso
undertake Atal Innovation
Mission…but the main tar-
get of Niti Aayog is not to
work as a ministry but to
act as an institution of ide-
as to support all the minis-
tries and take the country
forward on the progress
path,” Amitabh Kant, CEO,
Niti Aayog had said.
To be continued...
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE… PART 8
NARENDRA MODI AS PRADHAN SEVAK… PM OF INDIA
26 MAY, 2014: ARRIVAL OF AN EXTREMELY
HARD WORKING AND DECISIVE PRIME MINISTER!
O
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is Consulting
Editor, First India
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3
PM Modi washes the feet (a
mark of respect according
to Indian tradition) of the
swachhaagrahis during his visit
to the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj
in 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi waves at people during
a boat ride on the River Ganga,
in Kanpur while reviewing the
Namami Gange Project in 2019.
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The Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi addressing
the Nation on the occasion of
68th Independence Day from the
ramparts of Red Fort, in Delhi on
August 15, 2014.
Narendra Modi takes the
oath of office as the Prime
Minister of India, with President
Pranab Mukherjee administering
the oath on May 26, 2014.
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government schemes di-
Dhan Yojana…opening
bank accounts at such a
large scale was an extraor-
dinary operation…when
we were asked to hold 100
compassionate Modi
understood the miser-
ies of poor people and
strived to provide toi-
lets, homes, good roads,
pure drinking water
and 24X7 electricity to
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INDIA
05
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: This time
around the Congress
party had made major
preparations for three
states — Uttarakhand,
Goa and Manipur. Tak-
ing lessons from the last
time, this time the party
had already posted sen-
ior leaders in these
states, but all its prepa-
rations were in vain.
Congress leaders are
saying that if the party
had made similar prep-
arations in the last elec-
tions, then its govern-
ment would have been
formed in both Goa and
Manipur. But then the
Congress kept its eyes
closed. When the re-
sults started coming in
and it was felt that the
Congress needed man-
agement, the leaders
were rushed, but by
then it was too late.
Thus, taking lessons
from last time, this time
Congress had made ad-
vance preparations. DK
Shivakumar was plant-
ed along with P Chidam-
baram in Goa. Deepend-
er Hooda was sent along
with Bhupesh Baghel to
Uttarakhand. On the
other hand, Jairam
Ramesh was already sit-
ting in Manipur and
Mukul Wasnik and Vin-
cent Pala were sent to
help him. The Congress
had kept special aircraft
and helicopters ready,
so that the MLAs could
be ‘taken out’ if needed.
In Goa, Congress had
already locked its can-
didates in two differ-
ent hotels, but all these
preparations proved to
be futile, because nei-
ther did the Congress
form the government
anywhere, nor anyone
needed Congress
MLAs to form the gov-
ernment.
Cong’selaboratepreparationsprovetobeafutileexercise
DOWNFALL CONTINUES
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA) is likely
review the security situ-
ation in Jammu Kash-
mir in the wake of re-
cent attacks on civilians
and security personnel,
sources said on Sunday
.
A CRPF jawan Muk-
thar Ahmad, who was
home on leave, was
killed by terrorists in
Shopian district on
Sunday which was the
fourth such attack on
security personnel in
the last three days.
Ahmad succumbed to
his injuries on the way
to a hospital.
“Terrorists fired upon
one CRPF personnel
namelyMukhtarAhmad
Dohi of Shopian. He suc-
cumbed to his injuries
while on way to the hos-
pital.Areacordonedoff,”
JK police had tweeted.
Shabir Ahmad Mir, a
sarpanch, was shot
dead by terrorists in
Kulgam on Friday,
while the sarpanch of
Khanmoh Bashir Ah-
mad Bhat was killed
two days prior on the
outskirts of Srinagar.
On March 7, two civil-
ians were killed and at
least 35 people, includ-
ing a police official,
were injured in a gre-
nade attack Amira Kad-
al, a busy Sunday street
market in Srinagar.
Security has been
heightened across the
union territory, par-
ticularly in the Kash-
mir Valley
, while drones
are also being used
monitor forest areas.
The sources said
that the terrorists have
been hiding in the for-
ests after conducting
the attacks.
Intelligence agencies
have identified some
locations near Srina-
gar and Baramula dis-
trict and a coordinated
operation against these
terrorists have already
been planned in coordi-
nation with the Jammu
and Kashmir Police's
Special Operation
Group (SOG).
According to the mes-
sages intercepted by the
intelligence agencies,
Pakistan's Inter-Service
Intelligence (ISI) are
annoyed with the ter-
rorists in Jammu and
Kashmir for not doing
something big and
forcing them to execute
a major terror attack on
the security forces.
MHA LIKELY TO REVIEW SECURITY
SITUATION IN JK POST ATTACKS
Jammu Kashmir has witnessed four attacks by terrorists in the last three days
Army personnel set up special checkpoints to keep tabs on suspicious activities in Jammu and
Kashmir. —FILE PHOTO
Chandigarh (PTI):
Punjab's Chief Minister
elect, Aam Aadmi Par-
ty's Bhagwant Mann,
will take oath on
Wednesday, sources
have told media. The
oath ceremony of his
cabinetwillbeheldlater.
Bhagwant Mann's
swearing-in ceremony
will be held at the na-
tive village of freedom
fighter Bhagat Singh,
Khatkar Kalan.
ArvindKejriwal'sAAP
haswonPunjabbyaland-
slide vote, practically
wiping out the state's rul-
ing Congress, the Akali
Dal and the BJP
.
AAP won 92 seats —
up from 20 in 2017, its
vote share rising to a
massive 42.4 per cent.
After the results were
declared, Mann had di-
rected party leaders to
spend maximum time
in their constituencies
and not hanker for cabi-
net berths in the capital.
We have to work for
all those places where
we went to seek votes.
All MLAs must work
in the areas from
where they have been
elected, not just stay in
Chandigarh, Mann
told party leaders.
Mann to take oath
on Mar 16, Cabinet
Mins later: Sources
Mumbai (ANI): A team
of the BKC cyber police
here on Sunday reached
senior BJP leader Dev-
endra Fadnavis's resi-
dence to record his
statement in connec-
tion with a case of al-
leged illegal tapping of
phones, an official said.
Heavy security was
deployed outside the
home of former Maha-
rashtra Chief Minister
Fadnavis in Malabar
Hill area of south Mum-
bai, where the team,
comprising Assistant
Commissioner of Po-
lice Nitin Jadhav and
two inspectors, reached
around noon, he said.
The Mumbai cyber
police had earlier is-
sued a notice to Mr
Fadnavis, asking him
to appear before them
on Sunday in connec-
tion with the case.
Fadnavis, however,
on Saturday said a sen-
ior police officer called
to inform him that po-
lice will visit his resi-
dence to take the re-
quired information
and there was no need
for him to visit the po-
lice station.
Phones of political
leaders, including state
Congress chief Nana
Patole, Minister Bach-
chu Kadu, former MLA
Ashish Deshmukh, for-
mer MP Sanjay Kakade
and others were tapped
illegally by IPS officer
Rashmi Shukla, when
she was the state intel-
ligence chief, Maha-
rashtra Home Minister
Dilip Walse Patil had
alleged last month.
In the notice issued
to Fadnavis, police
have said that ques-
tionnaires were earlier
sent to him in sealed
envelopes in connec-
tion with the case, but
he did not respond to
them. Besides, notices
were also issued to him
twice to seek his reply,
but he had again failed
to reply, the police of-
ficial said.
Phone-tapping case: Police
record Fadnavis’ statement
Cyber cell officers arrive at the official bungalow of Devendra
Fadnavis in Mumbai on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Sunday registered an
FIR against Maharashtra BJP MLA Nitesh Rane
and his brother Nilesh Rane
for allegedly making remarks
against NCP chief Sharad Pawar,
an official said. The case was
registered at the Azad Maidan
police station under various Indi-
an Penal Code section, including
120-B (criminal conspiracy), 499 (defamation),
153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to
cause riot) based on a complaint of NCP function-
ary Shrinivas alias Vyankatrao Suraj Chavan.
CASE AGAINST RANE BROTHERS
AFTER REMARKS ON PAWAR
New Delhi (ANI):
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) does not have
any personal agenda
and people are liking
their way of politics,
said independent MLA
from Jharkhand Saryu
Roy on Sunday after
meeting Delhi Chief
Minister and Arvind
Kejriwal.
Roy met Kejriwal and
Delhi Deputy CM Man-
ish Sisodia at Delhi air-
port ahead of their de-
parture for Amritsar.
Roy said that it was
an informal meeting
and he will be again ar-
riving in the national
capital for a formal
meeting with them.
It was an informal
meeting, I will go to
Delhi to hold a formal
meeting. AAP does not
have any personal agen-
da. People are liking
their way of politics,
AAP emerged as an op-
tion. Let's see what will
happen in Gujarat and
Himachal Assembly
elections, he told me-
dia.
I met Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal. I congratulate
him on Punjab's win,
he said. During the
meeting, he said they
talked about
Jharkhand as well.
We also talked about
Jharkhand. However,
our state has different
issues. Only being a
good person is not
enough to win a state
like Jharkhand, a
change of mentality in
youth is important, the
independent MLA said.
After meeting Kejriwal, Jharkhand MLA
to hold ‘formal’ meeting with AAP soon
Saryu Roy with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Dy CM Manish Sisodia in New Delhi.
RJD’s Tejashwi
confident of
winning Bihar
MLC elections
Patna (ANI): Rashtri-
ya Janata Dal leader
Tejashwi Yadav on
Sunday ex-
uded confi-
dence in
w i n n i n g
“a good
number of
seats” in the upcoming
Legislative Council
elections scheduled to
be held on April 4.
Speaking to media,
Tejashwi said that he’s
confident of the RJD
doing well in the elec-
tions for the legislative
council and the party
will win a good number
of seats.
Earlier, the Election
Commission of India
announced the elec-
tions to be held on
April 4 and the count-
ing of votes will take
place on April 7.
The Legislative
Council elections are
to be held on 24 seats
in Bihar. The RJD had
in 2016 contested the
legislative council
elections in alliance
with Congress.
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Uncertainty is
still prevailing over
the next Chief Minis-
ter of Uttarakhand af-
ter Pushkar Singh
Dhami lost assembly
elections. Days after
the declaration of poll
results, the BJP is still
trying to find a suita-
ble formula to select
the new Chief Minister
of the hill state.
Sources said that
there are different opin-
ions within the party
over giving him anoth-
er chance, while some
are supporting second
chance for him, many
are saying it will set a
wrong precedent which
party always opposed.
A section in the par-
ty feels that making a
leader Chief Minister
who lost the polls will
be against the BJP's
practice and it must be
avoided this time also,
a party leader said.
UNCERTAINTY LOOMS OVER NEXT
UTTARAKHAND CHIEF MINISTER
Chandigarh: Senior
Congress leader and
former Haryana Chief
Minister
Bhupin-
der Singh
H o o d a
said the
party will
form “aap-
ki sarkar (your govern-
ment)” in Haryana, in a
bid to draw some atten-
tion away from the AAP
resounding victory in
the Assembly polls in
neighbouring Punjab.
“Somebody will say
that AAP has formed a
Govt in Punjab. That is
AAP party
, it’s not aapki
(your) government.
Sarkar to aapki (your)
hi banegi,” Hooda said.
Beijing (Agecies): The
Beijing Winter Para-
lympics were officially
declared closed on Sun-
day, after a controversy-
hit Games which
banned Russian and
Belarusian athletes
from competing over
theinvasionof Ukraine.
President of the Inter-
national Paralympic
Committee (IPC), de-
clared the event fin-
ished and praised its
“awesome organisa-
tion, vibrant venues
and sensational sport”.
Congress will form
‘aapki sarkar’ in
Haryana: Hooda
Beijing winter
Paralympics
declared closed
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Whatever
maybesaidintheanaly-
sis of the election re-
sults, one aspect that
cannot be negated is the
fact that the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party has played an
important role in the
victory of the BJP
. If the
caste and region wise
vote percentage figures
come out, then the pic-
ture will become clear.
The BSP fielded more
Muslim candidates than
SP and ensured the dis-
tribution of votes by
fielding Muslim candi-
dates in sensitive seats
against non-Muslim
candidates of SP
, which
had fielded 62 and BSP
had fielded 88 Muslim
candidates. Many of
these Muslim candi-
dates are considered
very strong and domi-
neering in their area.
Where both SP and
BSP had Muslim candi-
dates, Muslim voters did
not face any problem.
But where there was a
strongMuslimcandidate
of BSP in front of non-
Muslim candidate of SP
,
the Muslim vote got di-
vided.Mayawatihadalso
givenMuslimcandidates
for Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath’sGorakhpur
seat and Deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Prasad
Maurya’s Sirathu seat.
Both the candidates did
not garner much votes,
rather they created an
atmosphere of polarisa-
tion ahead of the elec-
tions. For Mayawati,
stopping the SP was
more a priority than the
BJP
. That’s why she got
the message to vote for
BJP at many places, as a
result of which BSP’s
own vote bank parted
ways from the party
.
BSP: The hidden
factor in BJP’s
UP poll victory!
Cut-outs of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Indira Gandhi in a poll rally.
403 POLICEMEN
RETURN TO PS
AFTER FORMER
MPs, MLAs
LOSE SECURITY
New Delhi: After strip-
ping 122 former MPs
and MLAs of security
cover yesterday, Punjab
Chief Minister-designate
Bhagwant Mann on
Sunday said that as
many as 403 police
personnel have returned
to police stations. Ad-
dressing a roadshow
in Amritsar, Mann said,
“We will utilise police
for what they are meant
to do (work for common
people),” he informed.
Pushkar S Dhami
Bhagwant Mann
BSP’s Mayawati
SEARCH OPERATION
—FILE
PHOTO

INDIA
06
New Delhi (ANI): India
is developing a new air-
launched version of the
BrahMos supersonic
cruise missile which
would be able to strike
at enemy targets at
more than 800 kilome-
ters.
The missile earlier
had the capability of
hittingtargetsataround
300 kilometers after be-
ing released from a Su-
30MKI combat aircraft.
“The range of the
BrahMos missile has
been increased already
and with the advantage
of being airborne at
high altitudes, the mis-
sile can travel a longer
distance and can hit tar-
gets at 800 kms and be-
yond,” sources told ANI.
The BrahMos missile
was recently in the
limelight after one of it
was misfired due to a
technical malfunction
from an Indian Air
Force unit during a
Command Air Staff In-
spection (CASI) there.
The missile landed in
Pakistani territory
causing very less dam-
age to the property and
equipment there and no
damage to lives there.
After the incident, In-
dia sent a letter to the
Pakistani authorities
deeply regretting the
incident and also issued
a statement in this re-
gard.
Pakistan is trying to
rake up the issue of the
misfiring of the
BrahMos and trying to
question the safety of
India’s missile arsenal
at the international lev-
el but sources said the
BrahMos was just a tac-
tical missile.
India has enhanced
the range of the tactical
missile recently and it
can go beyond 500 kilo-
meters with just an up-
grade in its software.
BrahMosmissile’sversioncanhittargets800km away
NEW AIR-LAUNCHED VARIANT
lll
The IAF has
equipped
around 40 of its
Su-30 combat
aircraft with the
BrahMos cruise
missiles which
can cause heavy
destruction in
enemy camps
CRUCIAL READ
Kolkata: Actor Rupa Dutta has been arrested for
allegedly committing attention-diverting theft at the
venue of the International Kol-
kata Book Fair, the police said on
Sunday. Dutta, who has acted in
television soaps, was arrested on
Saturday after a policeman saw her
throwing a purse into a dustbin,
an officer of Bidhan Nagar North
police station said. She was then detained and ques-
tioned. Several purses and Rs 75,000 in cash were
found from her bag during a search, he said.
Kupwara (ANI): The Indian Army on Sunday said
that one terrorist has been eliminated in Ganderbal
district in Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a
“warlike store”. Following, the area was cordoned
and contact was established with the terrorists. A
joint operation by security forces was launched at
midnight on March 12 under the name of ‘Operation
Kaubagh’ in Ganderbal. The area was cordoned and
contact established. The firefight ensued and one
terrorist was eliminated. Warlike stores recovered.
The joint operation is over,” reads a tweet by the
Chinar Corps of Indian Army.
BENGALI ACTOR ARRESTED FOR STEALING
PURSES AT KOLKATA BOOK FAIR
ONE TERRORIST ELIMINATED BY ARMY
IN GUNFIGHT IN JK’S GANDERBAL
AMERICAN
JOURNALIST SHOT
DEAD IN UKRAINE
SIX SUSPECTED
ULTRAS ARRESTED
FROM BHOPAL
Ukraine (Agencies):
A US journalist was
shot dead and another
wounded on Sunday
in Irpin, a frontline
suburb of Kyiv that
has witnessed some
of the fiercest fighting
since Russian Army
invaded Ukraine. Papers
found on the American
reporter’s body identi-
fied him as 50-year-old
video documentary
shooter Brent Renaud,
of New York. A New
York Times identity card
was among the papers,
leading to reports he
worked for the paper,
but the US daily said he
was not working for it at
the time of his death.
Bhopal (Agencies):
Four Bangladeshi terror-
ists have been arrested
from two places in Bho-
pal, Madhya Pradesh
Home Minister Narottam
Mishra said on Sunday.
They belong to the
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen
Bangladesh (JMB), the
terrorist group involved
in the 2018 Bodh Gaya
bombing, he said.Those
arrested have been iden-
tified as Fazhar Ali alias
Mehmood, 32, Moham-
mad Aqeel alias Ahmed,
24, Zahooruddin alias
Ibrahim, 28, and Fazhar
Zainul Abdeen alias
Akram Al Hasan, anti-
terrorism sqaud officials
said on Sunday.
High-level meeting: PM directs to bring mortal remains of Naveen
MUST MAKE INDIA SELF-RELIANT
IN DEFENCE SECTOR, SAYS MODI
New Delhi (Agencies):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi chaired a
high-level meeting to
review India’s security
preparedness, and the
prevailing global sce-
nario in the context of
the ongoing conflict in
Ukraine, sources have
said.
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh, Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman and External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar were among
those attending the
meeting. NSA Ajit Dov-
al, the three chiefs of
Army, Navy and the Air
Force and senior gov-
ernment officials were
present at the meeting.
PM Modi was briefed
on the latest develop-
ments in Ukraine, in-
cluding the details of
Operation Ganga to
evacuate Indian nation-
als, along with some
citizens of India’s
neighbouring coun-
tries, from Ukraine, the
government said in a
statement. The briefing
also encompassed the
latest developments
and different aspects of
India’s security prepar-
edness in the border
areas as well as in the
maritime and air do-
main PM Modi directed
that all possible efforts
should be made to bring
backthebodyof Naveen
Shekharappa, who died
in Kharkiv.
The Prime Minister
reiterated that every ef-
fort must be made to
make India self-reliant
in the defence sector, so
that it not only strength-
ens our security but
also enhances econom-
ic growth, sources said.
Akhilesh’s allies come with
pre-poll expiry for voter!
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Samajwadi
Party national presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav
contested the elections
for the third time in the
last five years by form-
ing an alliance and
could not succeed. He
fought alone in 2012 and
formed the govern-
ment. He had forged an
alliance with the Con-
gress in the 2017 and
then the slogan of ‘UP
ke do ladke’ (2 boys of
UP) had become fa-
mous. At that time
Prashant Kishor, the
strategist, was making
the ‘2 ladke’ contest.
But the alliance did not
succeed. The perfor-
mance of both the SP
and the Congress was
disappointing.
After this Akhilesh
left the Congress’ side
and aligned with the
arch-rival Bahujan Sa-
maj Party before the
2019 Lok Sabha polls,
after which the ‘Bhua-
Bhatija’ (aunt-nephew)
alliance was discussed
in great detail. Mulay-
am Singh and Mayawa-
ti’s grievances were re-
moved and Mulayam’s
daughter-in-law Dimple
Yadav touched Mayawa-
ti’s feet on the stage.
Akhilesh also included
Rashtriya Lok Dal in
this alliance by giving
seats from his quota.
But this time also the al-
liance failed.
This time in the 2022
assembly elections, the
SP allied with other
parties except BSP and
Congress. Akhilesh
aligned with Jayant
Choudhary of Rashtri-
ya Lok Dal and also
with former BJP ally
Omprakash Rajbhar’s
Suheldev Bharatiya Sa-
maj Party. He also
aligned with Krishna
Patel’s Apna Dal (Com-
munist) and Sanjay
Chauhan’s People’s Par-
ty
. There has been a big
increase in the vote
bank of the SP. But it
seems that the parties
with whom the SP coor-
dinates are unable to
transfer votes to it.
PM Narendra Modi holds the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security in New Delhi on Sunday.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
India has a
connection
with the
countries in-
volved in the war
- economically,
security wise, ed-
ucation wise and
politically as
well. India’s sev-
eral needs are
connected to these
countries
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
Cong most credible of
oppn parties: Tharoor
New Delhi (PTI): As
Congress’ top brass
mettodeliberateonits
recent electoral deba-
cle, its leader Shashi
Tharoor on Sunday
pointed to the party
having the largest
number of MLAs in
the country in the Op-
position camp and as-
serted that it was
“worth reforming and
reviving”. Taking to
Twitter, Tharoor
shared a list of the
number of MLAs that
respective parties in
the county
.
According to the
list shared by him,
Congress has over 750
MLAs, the most after
the BJP which has
over 1,400 legislators.
It was not clear
when this list was
compiled as the Sama-
jwadi Party, which
won 111 seats in the
recent UP Assembly
polls, did not figure,
though it did have
some parties with less
than 100 legislators.
“This is why INC
remains by far the
most credible of the
national opposition
parties,’’ he said shar-
ing the list.
The Congress lost
Punjab to the AAP,
could not wrest Utta-
rakhand, Goa and Ma-
nipur from the BJP
and gave its worst per-
formance in UP.
The CWC met on
Sunday to discuss the
outcome of the As-
sembly elections in
five states as the oppo-
sition party reels
from the latest elec-
toral debacle.
Grand old party
worth reforming,
reviving, asserts
Shashi Tharoor
Dozen ballistic missiles
fired at northern Iraq
Arbil: A dozen ballistic
missiles targeted Iraq’s
northern city of Arbil,
including US facilities,
causing damage but no
major casualties early
on Sunday, security
forces in autonomous
Kurdistan region said.
Local authorities
said the missiles came
from beyond the east-
ern border, suggesting
that the source of the
fire was Iran — a coun-
try that wields consid-
erable political and eco-
nomic influence over its
neighbour.
“Twelve ballistic mis-
siles” targeted the capi-
tal of Iraqi Kurdistan,
Arbil, and the US con-
sulate there, Kurdish
security forces said.
Suvendu defeated Mamata by unfair
means: TMC’s new entrant from BJP
Kolkata (PTI): Days
after switching over to
the TMC from the BJP,
veteran leader Joy
Prakash Majumder
stirred a controversy as
he said that leader of
opposition in West Ben-
gal assembly Suvendu
Adhikari did not win
the 2021 Assembly polls
from Nandigram by fair
means.
Majumder, who was
suspended by the BJP
in the last week of Jan-
uary for “anti-party ac-
tivities”, claimed that it
was “baffling” how
Adhikari went on to
clinch the seat, just
hours after Mamata
was declared winner “I
remember Suvendu had
stated on the night of
May 2 that he had to use
tricks to win Nandi-
gram,” the newly ap-
pointed vice-president
of the TMC said.
“The counting pro-
cess was not transpar-
ent. By sleight of hand,
Suvendu suddenly
pipped Mamata Baner-
jee, who was initially
declared the winner,”
Majumder said.
Central Govt plans
to publicise its
schemes, benefits
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Government plans
to spread the message
on the way various so-
cial welfare schemes
have benefitted the
masses, including wom-
en, and people from SC
and ST communities.
A decision was taken
last week to ask the var-
ious central ministries
to collate the various
welfare schemes
launched by them.
Millions locked down
as China wrestles
worst virus outbreak
Beijing (Agencies):
China placed all 17 mil-
lion residents in one of
its biggest cities under
lockdown on Sunday, as
virus cases doubled na-
tionwide to nearly 3,400
and anxiety mounted
over the resilience of
its ‘zero-Covid’ ap-
proach in the face of the
worst outbreak in two
years.
The southern tech
hub of Shenzhen told
all residents to stay at
home as it struggles to
eradicate an Omicron
flare-up linked to the
neighbouring virus-
ravaged city of Hong
Kong.The lockdown
will last until March 20,
a city government no-
tice said, adding that it
would launch three
rounds of mass testing.
3,116 FRESH
CASES IN INDIA
New Delhi: India
logged 3,116 new
Covid infections, the
lowest in 676 days,
taking the total tally
of Covid-19 cases to
4,29,90,991, while
the active cases
dipped to 38,069,
according to the Un-
ion Health Ministry
data updated. The
number of deaths
climbed to 5,15,850
with 47 fresh
fatalities.
Suvendu Adhikari and Mamata Banerjee.
Akhilesh Yadav
Allahabad HC
CJ: Delayed
relief turns
meaningless
Mathura (PTI):
Chief Justice
Rajesh Bindal of
the Allahabad
High Court in Ma-
thura on Saturday
sought to drive
home the malady
of delayed justice,
recalling an inci-
dent in which a
man refused to
take the compen-
sation 25 years af-
ter the death of
his son in a road
accident. Justice
Bindal narrated
the incident while
inaugurating the
holding of Lok
Adalat in Mathura
and said, “Delayed
relief often turns
meaningless.”
“Judge sahib,
please keep this
money with your-
self now. I dispa-
rately needed it to
raise my grand-
sons and educate
them after their
father, my son,
died, in a road ac-
cident 25 years
ago. I don’t need
the money now be-
cause all of them
are settled now,”
Justice Bindal re-
called the man as
telling the court.
—FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
ACCUSED IN
DEOBAND
JAILER ATTACK
HELD AFTER
ENCOUNTER
Police in Muzaffarnagar district
has arrested the prime
accused in the attack on the
Deoband Deputy Jailer last week
after an encounter. The encounter
broke out when police were
checking motorbikes in the police
station area of Nagar Kotwali on
Sunday. During the checking, two
bike-borne miscreants were
intercepted and an encounter
ensued between them and police.
One of the accused was identified
as Neeraj, who was shot in the
leg and arrested by police, while
his accomplice managed to
escape. Neeraj was the prime
accused in the case of the
murderous attack on the Deoband
Deputy Jailer. Neeraj is a wanted
criminal from Deoband and
according to police, half a dozen
cases, including an attempt to
murder, are registered against
him under Sections 307 and SC/
ST Act. The injured Neeraj was
admitted to the hospital by the
police. The police recovered a
motorcycle, one pistol, and three
cartridges from the possession of
the miscreant and searched for
the absconding miscreant for
hours in a forest but without any
success. As per reports, on
Sunday the police station, Nagar
Kotwali had received information
about the presence of two bike-
borne miscreants in the area.
—First India Bureau
STF ARREST
BURGLARS
SMUGGLERS IN
DIFFERENT
CASES
The UP STF has arrested four
thugs involved in burgling
huge money from Banks and Car
agencies posing as owners of car
agencies. Sources said that acting
on tip-off, STF team arrested
Ranu Kumar Singh, Rahul Kumar
Singh, Nihal Kumar Singh, and
Pankaj Kumar Shah near HDFC
bank ATM in Vibhuti Khand,
Gomti Nagar area. The accused
were involved in burgling huge
money from banks and car
agencies through internet banking
on grounds of fake documents. In
another incident, the STF team
arrested a tortoise smuggler in
Sultanpur and recovered turtles’
material from him. STF team
arrested Babua at Bhadeya
railway station under Lambhua
police station in Sultanpur. Also,
the STF team arrested four
members of an inter-state drug
peddling gang in Gorakhpur
district and recovered about
2.5-kilogram brown sugar from
them. The arrested accused were
identified as Mohammad Parvez
Shah, Irshad Ansari, Rakesh
Verma, and Ramendra Singh alias
Guddu Singh. Police have
recovered brown sugar worth Rs
2.5 crore, mobile phones, and
identification documents from
them. —Janardan Misra
BLENDING IN COLOURS
People play with colours as part of the ‘Lathmar Holi’ celebrations, at Nandgaon, in Mathura.
Women playfully hit men with sticks as part of the traditional Lathmar Holi (Holi of
sticks) celebrations, at Nandgaon, in Mathura. —PHOTOS BY ANI
BJPREIGNSSUPREMEINWEST UP
AMIDSP-RLDRISEIN2022 POLLS
Noida (PTI): The BJP
reigned supreme on
nearly 70% constituen-
cies in western UP de-
spite losing 15 seats in
the 2022 assembly polls,
even as the Samajwadi
Party (SP) and its ally
Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD) showed a rise in
the region. While the
BJP completely swept
somedistrictslikeAgra,
Mathura, Ghaziabad
and Gautam Buddh Na-
gar, the Opposition alli-
ance too scored 100 per
cent in Shamli and Mo-
radabad, and put up a
good show in Muzaffar-
nagar and Meerut.
In the 2017 assembly
polls, BJP had swept
over 300 of the 403 seats
across Uttar Pradesh,
the most populous state
in the country
. The par-
ty won 255 seats this
year, while the SP with
its allies notched up
victory on 125 seats of
the state, nearly double
from its last electoral
outing. In the 126 seats
across 24 districts of
western UP, the BJP
had won 100 (79%) of
the seats in 2017. This
time, its tally stood at 85
(67%). The SP RLD
together won 41 (32%)
of the 126 seats in the
region. The Jayant
Chaudhary-led RLD,
which was reduced to a
single seat in the 2017
polls, fought on 33 seats
this time and won 8 of
them. The BJP lost all
three seats in Shamli
district, including a sit-
ting minister from Tha-
na Bhawan, 4 of the 7
seats in Meerut, and 4
of the 6 seats in Muzaf-
farnagar all three are
Jat-dominated dis-
tricts. It also lost all six
seats in Moradabad,
three of the 4 seats in
both Rampur and
Sambhal districts. The
minister’s defeat came
even as another minis-
ter in Ghaziabad won
by a margin of over 1
lakh votes and the BJP
managed to fully sweep
districts like Agra, Ma-
thura, Aligarh — all
three have a sizeable
Jat population, Buland-
shahr, Ghaziabad and
Gautam Buddh Nagar,
negating the idea that
the recent farmers’ agi-
tation had an impact
across western UP, as
per poll observers.
The Bahujan Samaj
Party, the Congress and
others failed to get even
a single seat in the re-
gion. There is no offi-
cial demarcation of
what constitutes west-
ern UP. Political parties
have different organi-
sational structures and
classifications for the
region. However, 126 as-
sembly constituencies
in 24 districts that lie
west of Etawah are gen-
erally taken to be west-
ern UP. These 24 dis-
tricts are Agra, Mathu-
ra, Aligarh, Meerut,
Ghaziabad, Buland-
shahr, Baghpat, Hapur,
Muzaffarnagar, Sham-
li, Gautam Buddh Na-
gar, Amroha, Budaun,
Bareilly, Bijnor, Mo-
radabad, Rampur, Sa-
haranpur, Sambhal,
Shahjahanpur, Hath-
ras, Etah, Kasganj and
Firozabad.
BJP workers celebrate party win in UP Assembly polls 2022.
VOTERS’ FAITH IN BJP
Elections to these
seats took place
during the first 3
phases of the sev-
en-round elections
in the state. BJP’s
western UP prez
Mohit Beniwal said
voters have reposed
faith in PM Modi
CM Adityanath as this
was an election to
decide the future of
the country.
Dwarkadhish devotees mark early Holi fest
Mathura (ANI): Many
devoteeswereseendanc-
ing enthusiastically in
the Dwarkadhish tem-
ple, on Sunday
, marking
the early celebrations of
Holi. Both the Indian
and foreign visitors
seemtoenjoythecolour-
ful vibe around.
People have been wit-
nessing the Holi craze in
Braj since Basant Pan-
chami on 5th February
2022. Celebration of
‘Dhap Holi’ reaches the
world-famous Dwarka-
dhish temple from Ma-
thura via Barsana and
Nandgaon. It is a belief
here that when Holi is
celebrated at the temple,
God fills the devotee’s
life with happiness.
“This tradition of cele-
brating Holi at temple
premises has been a cul-
turesincetimeimmemo-
rial in the Pushtimarg
Sampradaya.Duringthe
month of Phalgun (Feb-
ruary/March), around 5
feet tall 3 feet broad
Dhap (step) is made to
bathe in oil, a month be-
fore the holi festival.
This step is then
placed in the middle of
the temple where the
Brajwasis try to con-
vince impress Krish-
na by singing melo-
dies,” said Rakesh Ti-
wari, spokesperson at
Dwarkadhish Temple.
People, here, are often
seen enjoying the col-
ourful synergy in the
air while the Holi is be-
ing played.
2 DIE AFTER
TRUCK HITS
TEMPO
Sultanpur (PTI): 2
people died after their
tempo was hit by a
speeding truck, police
said on Sunday. Sunil
Pandey, SHO, Dham-
maur Police Station
said the accident took
place on Saturday. The
deceased have been
identified as Sahabud-
din (45) and Radheyshy-
am (35), he said. Pan-
dey added the bodies
have been sent for post-
mortem examination.
Holi celebrations in Dwarkadhish temple.
Muslims made mistake in
choosing right alternative:
BSP on Uttarakhand loss
Lucknow (PTI): The
BSP on Sunday said
that despite its best ef-
forts to defeat the BJP
in the Uttarakhand
Assembly polls, the
party won because
Muslims chose the
wrong alternative.
The BSP arrived at
the conclusion at a
meeting of office-
bearers and workers
of its Uttarakhand
unit with party presi-
dent Mayawati here to
review its perfor-
mance in the just con-
cluded assembly polls.
“It was found during
the review (meeting)
that like UP, in Uttara-
khand too, a lot of ef-
fort was put in to de-
feat the ruling BJP
but especially the peo-
ple of the Muslim
community made a
mistake in choosing
the right alternative.
Due to this, despite
the strong resentment
among people against
the BJP on issues like
poverty, inflation, un-
employment and its
arrogant and auto-
cratic attitude, the
BJP benefitted
again,” the BSP said
in a statement. “It was
also felt at the meet-
ing that if the attitude
of these people does
not change in future,
then it will be very
difficult to resolve the
problem,” it said.
Mayawati —FILE PHOTO
‘OPPONENTS DO DIRTY POLITICS’
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT STAYS ARREST OF
MINOR CAUGHT WITH BEEF IN KAUSHAMBI
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
stayed the arrest of a
minor, who was
caught with beef in
Charwa, Kaushambi,
in a case registered
under the UP Gang-
ster and Anti-Social
Activities Act. The
Division Bench of
Justice Ashwani Ku-
mar Mishra and Jus-
tice Rajnish Kumar
passed this order
while hearing a Crim-
inal Misc Bail Appli-
cation filed by the mi-
nor. The contention of
the counsel for the
petitioner is that the
petitioner is a juve-
nile and is implicated
in the case on the ba-
sis of a solitary FIR
registered against un-
named as case under
Section 379 IPC and
3/5Ka/8 of Cow
Slaughter Act, where-
in also no recovery
was made from the
petitioner. The sub-
mission is that the al-
legations on the basis
of material at best
discloses a simple of-
fence which would fall
in the category of law
and order and has no
trappings of an of-
fence concerning a
larger public order,
therefore lodgement
of FIR is an abuse of
process of law.

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2NDFRONT
The man who effects a positive
compromise between the ideal
and possible, is a successful one.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
NEW BANARAS
View of Khidkiya Ghat during renovation work, on the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
ROAD AHEAD FOR YADAV
IS FULL OF CHALLENGES
First India Bureau
Lucknow: For Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) Presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav,
one journey has ended
and another has just be-
gun. In the recent-
ly-held Assembly elec-
tions, he may have
more than doubled the
number of seats his
party had won in 2017
and the vote percentage
also spiked one and a
half times, but the chal-
lenges that lie ahead for
the 48-year-old leader
have also increased
manifold.
The biggest challenge
for Akhilesh in the com-
ing months would be to
keep his party together.
Five years is a long time
and not many of the
newly elected legisla-
tors would be in the
mood to struggle
against the establish-
ment for this period.
Besides keeping the leg-
islature party intact,
Akhilesh will also have
to work overtime to pre-
vent an exodus from his
party the kind that he
had encouraged from
other parties before the
elections.
The SP is almost
brimming over with
turncoats and there is
no guarantee that such
elements will not turn
away again. These turn-
coats, interestingly, are
a major reason for the
SP’s below expectation
performance. Akhilesh
chose the ‘outsiders’
over his loyal partymen
when it came to ticket
distribution and this
led to his cadres retir-
ing into their shells.
The defeat of Swami
Prasad Maurya and
Dharam Singh Saini,
both of whom came
from the BJP, is an ex-
ample. Akhilesh will
now have to constantly
boost the morale of his
party workers and reas-
sure them that the par-
ty has a future in state
politics. While keeping
his OBC vote bank in-
tact, the SP chief also
needs to expand his
vote base.
In the midst of elec-
tions, Akhilesh dam-
aged himself to a large
extent when he said in
Pratapgarh — “Raja
Bhaiyya kaun?” Raja
Bhaiyya, in at least six
districts of the Avadh
region, is an icon for the
Thakur community.
Akhilesh’s uncalled for
remark made sure that
the Thakurs did not
vote for and support the
SP, leading to the defeat
of the party’s Thakur
leaders like Arvind
Singh Gope.
Lucknow(ANI): After
the poll defeat in UP,
Samajwadi Party ally
Pragatisheel Sama-
jwadi Party (Lohiya)
chief Shivpal Singh
Yadav said that the at-
mosphere was condu-
cive for the party to
win the elections but
there were organisa-
tional shortcomings.
Shivpal said, “Though
the atmosphere was
conducive there were
shortcomings in the
party.
We will contemplate
and review the poll out-
come. We will work
again after the review.
We welcome the peo-
ple’s mandate. We will
not sit idle and will be
among people. We will
strengthen the organi-
sation.” Asked about
the alliance winning a
lesser number of seats
than the party’s earlier
claims, the PSP(L)
chief said that the vote
share of the party has
increased. ”There have
been flaws and we will
correct them.
The people had taken
the decision to oust the
BJP from power, but
there were flaws in the
organisation. Our vote-
share has increased
along with the strength
in the Assembly but
somewhere the BJP got
the benefit,” he said.
Talking about his re-
sponsibility in the par-
ty, Yadav said that he
will “fulfil whatever
duty is given”.
L u c k n o w ( A N I ) :
Suheldev Bahujan Sa-
maj Party (SBSP) presi-
dent Om Prakash Rajb-
har on Saturday
claimed that manipula-
tion of the Electronic
Voting Machines
(EVMs) led to the loss
of Samajwadi Party
and its alliance part-
ners in the just-conclud-
ed elections in UP. Rajb-
har, an OBC leader from
eastern UP, said, “The
Samajwadi Party and
SBSP alliance lost be-
cause of the hacking of
EVMs besides Mayawa-
ti’s BSP and Asaduddin
Owaisi’s AIMIM.
The BSP and AIMIM
fielded candidates of
the same caste and
communities as fielded
by the SP and its alli-
ance partners.
The SP has a
s t r o n g h o l d
amongst Mus-
lims and Yadavs.
In eastern UP
districts like
Ghazipur
a n d
V a r a -
n a s i ,
t h e
B S P
and the AIMIM fielded
Yadav and Muslim can-
didates against the SP
candidates, which split
votes of the Opposition
parties, ensuring BJP’s
triumph.”
He added, “The
counting of votes took
place almost six times
in certain constituen-
cies where the BJP was
trailing in the initial
phases. After six
rounds of counting,
once the BJP candi-
dates came in the leads,
the counting was
stopped.
The BJP had deputed
entire state machinery
in the elections.” The
SBSP chief said,
“Mayawati and Owaisi
helped in creating buzz
for the BJP.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A case has
been registered against
IPS Shagun Gautam in
Central Vigilance Com-
mission. In the case
along with Shagun Gau-
tam, CO City Vidya
Kishore Sharma has
also been named.
The duo officials had
helped in hushing up a
case of rape against an
hospital owner in re-
gard to which a com-
plaint was made with
the Central Vigilance
Commission against
the then SP Rampur
Shagun Gautam and CO
for not registering the
woman’s case.The CVC
had registered the case
after preliminary inves-
tigation.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Two time
member (Judicial) of
District Consumer Fo-
rum Rajarshi shukla
has been appointed in
National consumer
commission as Media-
tor. All consumer com-
missions of the coun-
try will be included in
the purview of his su-
pervision in mediation
matters.
He will assist Hon.
Justice R.K Agarwal su-
preme court judge and
present Chairman NC-
DRC,Delhi. Rajarshi
Shukl, a renowned Law
luminary, is known for
his acumen in Consum-
er matters.
He has been credited
for many important de-
cisions made in the di-
rection of protection of
consumer interests.
None of his judgments
have ever been with-
held by any apex court.
His contribution in the
field of social service is
also commendable.
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: This year’s
assembly elections
again established the
notion that only the
party that wins the
maximum number of
reserved seats in UP
gets success in forming
the govt in the state.
According to the elec-
tion results, out of the
86 reserved seats, the
BJP alliance succeeded
to win 65 seats. This fig-
ure of seats is 75 per-
cent of the total re-
served seats. The saf-
fron party also man-
aged to make inroads
among the Jatav vote
bank, which was once
considered the base
vote bank of the BSP.
Whereas the main op-
position party SP could
get only 20 seats. BSP
and Cong could not get
a single seat from the
reserved category. The
BJP has, since the last
few elections, laid the
foundation of a multi-
pronged approach to
strengthen the hold
among the Dalit vote
bank. With the help of
this strategy, the party
was successful in mak-
ing an impact on a large
section of the non-Jat-
av voters.
This time too, BJP
had fielded a large num-
ber of non-Jatav candi-
dates. In these, candi-
dates of Valmiki, Kha-
tik, Pasi, Dhobi, Kori,
Dhangar and Dhanuk
sub-castes were mainly
included. However, this
time BJP strategists
had also focused on Jat-
av voters. For this pur-
pose, the former gover-
nor of Uttarakhand,
Babyrani Maurya was
given special responsi-
bility
. Former IPS Asim
Arun, who belongs to
this community, was
fielded as a candidate
fromKannauj.However,
BJP tried to give a big
message by fielding Jag-
pal Singh of Jatav com-
munity from the gener-
al seat of Saharanpur.
But Jagpal lost the elec-
tion to Ashu Malik of
SP
. Along with this, both
the seats reserved for
the Scheduled Tribes
category were also occu-
pied by the BJP
.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav with Om Prakash Rajbhar addresses a joint press
conference over the EVM security issue at the party office in Lucknow. —PHOTO BY ANI
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav
WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE?
Mandate 2022 testifies to decisive
role of reserved seats in elections
In the 2007 Legislative Assembly elections, 89 seats
were reserved for Scheduled Castes, while the BSP
had won 61 reserved seats. SP had 13, BJP seven,
Cong 5, RLD, Rashtriya Swabhiman Party and Inde-
pendents won one seat each. The BSP had captured
power by winning 69% of the reserved seats.
2007 ELECTION
In the 2017 elections, the
number of reserved seats
had gone up to 86. By the
order of the SC, for the
first time in the state, two
seats were reserved for
Scheduled Tribes. These
seats in Sonbhadra dis-
trict are Obra and Duddhi.
COURT RESERVED
SEATS FOR ST IN 2017 In the 2012 elections, 85
seats were reserved for
the Scheduled Castes. SP
won 58 seats, BSP 15,
Cong 4, BJP three, RLD
three and Independents
two. In this election, the
SP formed the govt by
winning 68%seats in the
reserved category.
85 SEATS FOR SC
RAJARSHI
SHUKLA
APPOINTED
MEDIATOR
After losing polls, Shivpal admits
organisational shortcomings
Talking about his
responsibility, Yadav
said that he will “fulfil
whatever duty is given”.
Vigilance case against IPS Shagun
Lucknow: After the historic victory of BJP in UP
election 2022, the tenure of all the OSDs and advi-
sors of CM has been extended. Tenure of all OSDs
and advisors of CM
have been extended
including Media
Advisors Mrityunjay
Kumar and Rahis
Singh besides OSD
RN Singh and NKS
Chauhan. Another
advisor Shalabh Mani
Tripathi has been
elected as MLA from
Deoria district.
TENURE OF CM’S OSD AND
ADVISORS EXTENDED
Prakash Rajbhar claims‘manipulation of EVMs’ led to UP poll debacle
Rajbar added, “The
counting of votes took
place almost six times
in certain constituen-
cies where the BJP was
trailing in the initial
phases. After six rounds
of counting, once the
BJP candidates came in
the leads, the counting
was stopped. The BJP
had deputed entire
state machinery in the
elections.”
CM Yogi Adityanath with Shalabh
Mani Tripathi.
‘DEPUTED
ENTIRE
ELECTION
MACHINE’
OM PRAKASH RAJBHAR

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LUCKNOW, MONDAY,
MARCH 14, 2022
irst India has al-
ways endeavoured
to be closely con-
nected to the pub-
lic and keep an eye
on the pulse of the
common man. To-
day, with nuclear families
becoming the norm and
humans crav-
ing for
e m o -
tional
we l l -
being,
it is but
n a t u r a l
that keep-
ing a pet animal
who loves you uncon-
ditionally. In pan-
demic times we
saw how dogs re-
ally proved to
be a man’s
best friend,
k e e p i n g
loneliness at
bay and help-
ing humans to cope.
First India and Interna-
tional Dog Bazaar came
together to celebrate ‘man’s
best friend’ with a Mega
Dog show on Sunday which
saw a huge turnout, both of
humans and their beloved
four-legged pets.
Jagdeesh Chandra wel-
comed the dog lovers from
across the city and moti-
vated them to care for the
pets as members of their
own family. Director, First
India News Virendra
Choudhary also greeted all
the dog owners and con-
gratulated Viren Sharma
for the wonderful show, his
son, Lakshay Choudhary
thoroughly enjoyed the
event and found the dogs
adorable. Addl Police Com-
missioner, Jaipur Haider
Ali Zaidi, IG Sandeep
Chauhan and DIG Rahul
Kotaki, Elite Miss Ra-
jasthan Director Gaurav
Gaur and Ashok Singh
from Big Boss Studio were
also present for the event.
The show was followed
by a dance performance
and a dog fashion show, a
drawing competition
spreading the message of
a n t i - c r u e l t y
was also organ-
ised. More
than 500 dogs of
over 60 breeds participated
in the competition. The
best part was that 120 pups
were adopted adding joy to
a family and prestige to the
event. The amazing mega
show saw a foot-fall of
more than 20,000 people
throughout the day
.
MORE IN CITY
FIRST
TOMORROW.
A BOW-WOW Day!
TO CELEBRATE THE SPECIAL BOND BETWEEN
HUMANS AND DOGS, FIRST INDIA ORGANISED A
MEGA DOG SHOW ON SUNDAY, MARCH 13 AT
DUSSHERA GROUND RAJA PARK IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH VIREN SHARMA, FOUNDER,
INTERNATIONAL DOG BAZAAR!
KAVITA CHAUHAN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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Jagdeesh Chandra with Virendra Choudhary, Lakshay Choudhary and Viren Sharma with Simba, a Labrador
Jagdeesh Chandra with Srishti Khatri holding two cute Apsos
Children pet a contestant during the fest
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

RISHABH
SAINI
Some glimpses of the dog owners with their pets
A smart German Shepherd shows off stunts during the day

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KANIKA MISHRA, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
All property
matters will
be resolved
favourably.
Adding to your
comfort on the
domestic front
can be one of
your aims today.
Your suggestions at work are likely to be
appreciated and implemented too. Joining
a gym or meditation/yoga classes is
possible in the quest for a healthy body.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Keeping a tab
on others will
help strengthen
your position
on the academic
front. Peace
prevails on the
home front. Your
bank balance is
likely to swell and make you financially
secure. Good performance is likely to get
recognition for you on the professional
front.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Parents are
likely to give you
a free hand in
something you
wanted to do
all by yourself.
Whatever
preparations you
have done for
an exam or competition will be enough
to see you through. Someone may be
planning to take you out for a meal, so
remain available!
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Marital
relationship will
get strengthened
by mutual give
and take. Those
travelling by road
are likely to make
good time. You
may find yourself
growing financially strong. Your inputs
on the professional front will be much
appreciated. Becoming health conscious
will be a first step on the path to fitness.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Good preparation
will keep you in
contention in
a competition.
Money comes
from unexpected
sources .Hiring
party agreeing
to the terms and
conditions for a payment will be like a
financial coup for those freelancing. You
will take up an exercise regimen that suits
your lifestyle.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Converting a
freehold property
into builder
floors is possible
and will prove a
win-win situation
for all. Doing
exceptionally well
on the academic
front will add to your prestige. Some
award awaits those in a government job.
A new health product may benefit those
trying to come back in shape.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Don’t expect any
concessions on
the promotional
front, but the
system will
not be unfair
to you. Those
suffering from a
lifestyle disease
will succeed in getting it under control.
Your innovations on the home front will
be much appreciated. Possession of a
property may be given to some.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You will find
someone
knowledgeable
enough to
discuss a
complex
property matter.
Financially, you
could not have
been on a sounder wicket, as money
flows in. A new deal is in the offing for
businessperson and is likely to prove
lucrative. It is time to get going.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
A social
obligation may
make you waste
your time.
Financial front
looks okay but
don’t let up on
savings. Excellent
man management
skills will help you in managing many
things at once on the professional front.
Eating right and remaining active will help
maintain good health.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Financially, you
will feel more
secure now, than
before. Judicious
spending will
help you save
much. Don’t pick
up an argument
at workplace as it
can go against you. Wayside food is best
avoided, especially during this season.
Family life will be immensely fulfilling.
Your health remains fine.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
A function at
home is likely to
keep you busy
and entertained.
You can be
invited to a social
function. Less
workload at work
will give you
adequate time to pursue some personal
commitments. Joining a gym or starting
an exercise routine is indicated on the
fitness front.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Getting a suitable
accommodation
is foreseen for
those desperate
for it. Good
earning will keep
your coffers
brimming and
keep you in high
spirits. Financially, you are likely to find
yourself on the top of the world. You will
find things moving favourably at work.
Health remains satisfactory.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
chools today
are grappling
with the pan-
demic. There
are schools
teaching on-
line as well as
offline, while most are
adopting a hybrid sys-
tem where students at-
tend a few days of
school, while on oth-
ers, they learn virtu-
ally
. Teachers are natu-
rally under tremen-
dous pressure to com-
plete courses, and
more importantly,
make learning fun and
palatable, to a new gen-
eration of learners.
This is not an easy
task, given that they
have to manage sever-
al other facets includ-
ing paperwork, admin-
istrative jobs and so
on. Add to this the bit-
ter truth that many of
our teachers, albeit
extremely hardwork-
ing and dedicated, are
teaching not necessar-
ily because they want
to but rather because
they ‘need’ to. This last
factor particularly,
robs some of the pas-
sion and spontaneity
out of teaching and
makes it a mundane
pursuit, which in turn
reflects in the stu-
dents’ enthusiasm, or
lack thereof, in class.
In my observation,
when any profession is
infused with people
who are not connected
with that profession
from time to time, it
lends a certain vitality
and freshness. I re-
member in my school
too, every other term,
there would be a Doc-
tor, or a Businessman,
a Sportsperson, who
would take a sabbati-
cal from their own
work and come to
teach on our campus.
Their approach, their
upbeat mood, their un-
orthodox methods,
would imbibe the
classroom with an al-
together new and in-
fectious energy. And
therefore I am a
staunch advocate of
people from all walks
of life contributing to
teaching, whenever
they can. I can share
my own experience of
how I came to teach as
the best example.
Teaching is a pas-
sion, turned into a vo-
cation. However, I did
not come to teaching
from the beginning.
After having spent
over a decade in the
Media Industry, I felt
compelled to leave an
established career in
Mumbai, move back to
Jaipur, and become, an
educator. Like I, there
are many who have
found teaching to be
their calling, a little
late in life. That
doesn’t matter though.
We need more passion-
ate teachers. I’d like to
share my own realiza-
tions since having be-
come a teacher about
ten years ago.
When I was a stu-
dent at boarding
school, now over two
decades ago, my teach-
ers told me that there
wasn’t a single day
that they didn’t learn
something new. These
were masters we idol-
ised, worshipped,
poked fun of, at the
same time, revered. To
have them confess that
they did not know it
all, was a revelation.
Of course, this con-
fession was long for-
gotten. Relegated to a
deep recess of my
memory
, until I, the ac-
cidental teacher, stum-
bled upon the very
same realization. And
from that crevice of
my mind’s labyrinth,
t h e s e
words from my own
teachers, revealed
themselves.
My fortuitous foray
into the world of teach-
ing has reacquainted
me with myself. It has
given me purpose,
pride, and ignited a
passion.
That I have no for-
mal education that
qualifies me to teach, a
fact sometimes held
against me, I feel is my
biggest advantage. It
does not colour my ap-
proach to my work. In
fact, I hardly perceive
it as work in the first
place. No training, no
career-long teaching
experience, are facts
that have, in fact,
granted me a great
sense of freedom and
liberty
. My interaction
with my students is
spontaneous, free-
wheeling, spirited. In
turn, theirs with me is
uninhibited, uncen-
sored, unfiltered. The
way I plan, and un-
plan my workshops
and lessons benefits
from a similarly open
and experimental
ethos. There is a desti-
nation but how my stu-
dents and I reach it is
random, interactive
and on occasion eman-
cipating!
I have come to real-
ize that to be an effec-
tive teacher and an in-
spiring mentor, the
person cannot feel or
act ‘above’. That there
MUST be a genuine
openness to learn with
each encounter, each
interaction. That stu-
dents in fact, in many
cases, teach the teach-
er more, than the
teacher does, them.
Teaching then, is a
legacy of continued
learning. A process
that is infinite. A pur-
suit that endless. A
calling.
The reason I have
shared this, like I men-
tioned in the begin-
ning, is to suggest to
all those people who
might be unsure or dis-
illusioned in their cur-
rent vocations, that
teaching is a noble,
fulfilling, and extreme-
ly rewarding profes-
sion to consider. Addi-
tionally, what we ‘ac-
cidental’ teachers
bring to the table is a
practical, real-world
wisdom that is per-
haps less present in
career-educators. Re-
member, only happy,
contented people can
inspire a similarly pre-
disposed younger gen-
eration! And for all
you people out there,
Business owners,
Bankers, Lawyers, or
really any profession
you may practice – do
consider giving some
time to teaching. It is
the most meaningful,
satisfying, rewarding,
and desperately need-
ed way of giving back
to society!
GIVE BACK
BY TEACHING
KARTIK BAJORIA
(the author is a Jaipur-based
Communication Skills
Educator Writer)
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FEATURING AN
ARRAY OF
SPEAKERS
n Sunday, March
13, day four of
this year’s edi-
tion of the on-
ground Jaipur
Literature Festi-
val unfolded at
its usual ecstatic pace.
The previous day saw a
session that featured the
Member of Parliament
and bestselling author,
Shashi Tharoor in con-
versation with journal-
ist, author and columnist
Vir Sanghvi.
The fourth day of the
literary extravaganza
opened at the Front Lawn
with a yoga session by
Nutrition Consultant and
Yoga Teacher, Shikha
Mehra. Mehra began her
practice by demonstrat-
ing body breath aware-
ness and a flow routine
that awakens the entire
body activates the mus-
cles, reduces stiffness
and tension in the body
and mind. The session
ended with a pacifying
practice of pranay-
ama. Spreading some
morning bliss to the
rich festival, the stage
was graced by The Aah-
vaan Project where the
group presented a phi-
losophy of love, human-
ity, and kindness, creat-
ing a space for harmony
with their unique ability
of storytelling via music.
Deeply moved by the
words of Kabir, musi-
cians Sumit Bal-
akrishnan, Anirban
Gosh, Vedi Sinha, Varun
Gupta and Nikhil Vas-
udevan represented a
performance that creat-
ed a space for harmony
in the rigmarole of eve-
ryday life.
At the session, Padel
talked about her book,
“Where The Serpent
Lives” and read a few
passages from it
while Sinha pro-
ceeded to read ex-
cerpts from her
work, “Wild and
Wilful”. On
how humans
should en-
gage with
forests, Sin-
ha noted,
“The thing
to be afraid
of in the for-
est is… if you
keep the bound-
ary they [ani-
mals] respect
you and I don’t
think people
a l w a y s
r e s p e c t
bounda-
ries.”
O
Vir Sanghvi.
The fourth day of the
literary extravaganza
opened at the Front Lawn
with a yoga session by
Nutrition Consultant and
Yoga Teacher, Shikha
Mehra. Mehra began her
practice by demonstrat-
ing body breath aware-
ness and a flow routine
that awakens the entire
body activates the mus-
cles, reduces stiffness
and tension in the body
and mind. The session
ended with a pacifying
morning bliss to the
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
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Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Madan B Lokur Smriti Zubin Irani in conversation with Pragya Tiwari Smriti Zubin Irani during an interactive session
HAPPINESS IS IN THE AIR: Garima Agarwal looks at the merchandise available at JLF
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Ayaan Ali Bangash addressing the crowd
Agrima Sirohiya
Literature enthusiast showing her creativity
ART ATTACK: A girl painting at the fest
Jenil Dholakia captured
while capturing
Dr Ananya
Guncha
Janina, Elena, Clara, Sophia and Vera
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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