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INDIA WILL BE THE NEXT INVESTMENT
GLOBAL HOTSPOT, SAYS PIYUSH GOYAL
World’s approach from ‘Why India?’ to ‘Why Not India!’, now ‘We must be in India!’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister for Commerce and
Industry
, Consumer Af-
fairs, Food and Public
Distribution and Tex-
tiles Piyush Goyal has
said, as per a recent CII-
Ernst & Young report,
India will be the next in-
vestment global hotspot.
“We have the poten-
tial to attract an annual
FDI in the range of
$120- $160 billion by
2025. Last seven years
we’ve seen a record FDI,
each year breaking the
previous record for 7
years in a row. And I do
hope to see that contin-
ue looking at the major
structural reforms, the
fact that we have a pro-
active leader in Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, willing to listen
and willing to change
with the changing
times,” he said, address-
ing the 2nd edition of
the CII National Confer-
ence on MNCs, 2021,
through video confer-
ence on Tuesday
.
Goyal said global sen-
timents have changed
from ‘Why India?’ to
‘Why Not India!’, and
today ‘We must be in In-
dia!’ “There are more
success stories here
than anywhere in the
world today, 71 uni-
corns. Naukri Jobspeak
Index for Oct’ 2021 re-
ports a 43% growth in
employment over the
same month last year.
Our Manufacturing
PMI (is high) and Ser-
vice PMI reached a dec-
ade high,” he said.
Goyal said Govern-
ment has introduced
several key policy and
business reforms for
improving the invest-
ment climate.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal holds a review meeting of Cotton
Corporation of India in Mumbai, on Tuesday. —TWITTER
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW & NEW DELHI
Jaipur: International cricket match is going to be organised in Jaipur
after a long wait of 8 years. Team India will play the first match of the T20
International series with New Zealand on November 17 at SMS Stadium
wherein, the newly appointed coach of Team India, Rahul Dravid and captain
Rohit Sharma will have their first test in more ways than one. P7
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex tanked 396 points on Tuesday tracking losses
in index majors Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and SBI amid a mixed trend in
global markets. Index ended 396.34 points or 0.65 per cent lower at 60,322.37.
The 50-issue Nifty fell 110.25 points or 0.61 per cent to 17,999.20. Reliance
Industries was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 2 per cent. P6
T20 INTERNATIONAL
MATCH TO BE HELD
IN JAIPUR AFTER 8
YEARS TODAY
SENSEX TUMBLES
396 PTS; NIFTY
SLIPS BELOW
18,000
CORONA CATASTROPHE
NEW DELHI
INDIA
12,907
new cases
251
new fatalities
44
new cases
00
new fatalities
E-WAY
TO PROGRESS,
SECURITY
Sultanpur: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday
accused the previous Uttar
Pradesh governments of let-
ting poverty and the mafia
take over the state’s eastern
part, saying the BJP govern-
ment is now writing a new
chapter of development there.
Modi was addressing a rally
here after the launch of the
341-km Purvanchal Express-
way
, where he himself landed
in a military transport air-
craft on a 3.2-km stretch devel-
opedasanemergencyairstrip
for the Indian Air Force.
Development was limited to
places where the previous
CMs had their homes or fami-
lies, Modi said while not nam-
ing SP, the BSP or Congress
which the ruling BJP faces in
the Assembly polls just
monthsaway
.UPCMYogiAdi-
tyanath,GovernorAnandiben
Patel & others were present.
Shah: Kartarpur Corridor to
reopen ahead of Gurupurab
New Delhi: In a major
decision, PM Modi-led
government has decid-
ed to reopen the Kartar-
pur Sahib Corridor
from Wednesday, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah said on Tuesday
.
Taking to Twitter
Shah said, “In a major
decision, that will bene-
fit large numbers of
Sikh pilgrims, PM Nar-
endra Modi government
has decided to re-open
the Kartarpur Sahib
Corridor from Novem-
ber 17. The nation is all
set to celebrate the
Prakash Utsav of Shri
Guru Nanak Dev ji on
November 19 and I am
sure that PM Narendra
Modigovernment’sdeci-
sion to reopen the Kar-
tarpur Sahib corridor
willfurtherboostthejoy
and happiness across
the country
.” —ANI
MIRAGE, JAGUAR, SUKHOI AND AN-32
AIRCRAFT SPELLBOUND SPECTATORS
A MAJOR BOOST
FOR IAF PLANES
Event ended with an air show by Mirage, Jaguar,
Sukhoi and An-32 aircraft, before PM headed back
to Delhi on C-130 Hercules which had brought
him here. A Mirage-2000 was the first to land.
Commandos emerged later from the belly of an
An-32 plane. Another Mirage, two Jaguars and an
Su-30MKI performed touch-and-go manoeuvres
on the air strip. Show ended with a flypast.
341 KM-LONG
EXPRESSWAY
The 341 kilometre-long
Purvanchal Express-
way starts from village
Chaudsarai in Lucknow
on Lucknow-Sultanpur
road and ends in Hydaria
village located on National
Highway number 31, 18
kilometres east of the Ut-
tar Pradesh-Bihar border.
MAMATA LIKELY TO MEET
MODI NEXT WEEK
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee is likely to visit New Delhi
next week for three days and meet PM
Modi to discuss dues to the state and
increased BSF jurisdiction in Kolkata.
Didi is expected to fly to Delhi on
November 22 and return to Kolkata on
November 25. During her visit, she may
meet PM Modi and also hold meetings
with leaders of other parties.
The key feature of the E-
way is 3.2 km long airstrip
to enable landing and take-
off of IAF fighter planes
in case of emergency.
Six-lane expressway can
be expanded to eight lanes
in the future. It has been
constructed at estimated
cost of `22,500 crore.
New Delhi: The operations at the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor
had been suspended since March 16, 2020, on account
of the Covid-19 pandemic. Pilgrimage through the cor-
ridor would be facilitated as per existing procedures and
adherence to Covid protocols. Punjab CM CS Channi an-
nounced that the entire state Cabinet would pay obeisance
at Sri Kartarpur Sahib on 18 November as a part of the
first delegation after the re-opening of the corridor.
Capt.Amarinder Singh @capt_amarinder
My profound gratitude to PM @narendramodi
and HM @AmitShah for timely opening of Kar-
tarpur Sahib Corridor. It will provide a chance
to thousands of devotees to pay obeisance at the holy
shrine on occasion of Guru Purab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Can’t interfere
in how to hold
‘puja’, break a
coconut: SC
WB Assembly
resolution against
GoI’s BSF move
2 businessmen killed in Srinagar
Op; supported terrorists,say cops
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day said the constitu-
tional court can’t inter-
fere in the day-to-day
affairs of the temple,
and declined to issue
any order on a petition
alleging irregularities
in certain rituals of
Tirupati Balaji temple.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice NV Ra-
mana said constitution-
al courts can’t spell out
how rituals (‘puja’ in a
temple) should be per-
formed, how coconut
should be broken, how
a garland should be put
on a deity, etc.
Bench, also compris-
ing Justices A.S. Bopan-
na and Hima Kohli said
these issues cannot be
decided in a writ peti-
tion. Sarvari Daadaa, a
devotee of Lord Ven-
kateshwara Swamy had
filed the PIL. —ANI
Kolkata: West Bengal
Assembly on Tuesday
passed a resolution
against the Centre’s de-
cision to extend BSF’s
jurisdiction, amid oppo-
sition by BJP legisla-
tors. WB became the
second state after Pun-
jab where such a resolu-
tion has been passed.
House saw unruly
scenes after TMC MLA’s
remark against BSF. P5
Srinagar: Four per-
sons, including two
businessmen, were
killed during an anti-
terror operation by se-
curity forces in Srina-
gar. The police said that
two terrorists were
killed in the operation
and the killed business-
men were “terrorist
supporters”.
The killed business-
men—Dr Mudasir Gul
and Altaf Bhat—had
shops in the commer-
cial complex at Hyder-
pora where the encoun-
ter took place on Mon-
day evening.
Ex-J&K CM Mehboo-
ba Mufti had demanded
an inquiry into the kill-
ings. The families al-
lege that the business-
men were killed by se-
curity forces but cops
earlier insisted that
both of them were ei-
ther killed in terrorist
firing or killed during
the crossfire. —ANI
CBI crackdown on child porn at 76 locations
New Delhi: In a major
crackdown against sex-
ual abuse and child por-
nography, the Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) conducted search-
es at around 76 loca-
tions across 14 states
and union territories in
the country
.
A senior official on
Tuesday informed that
CBI has registered 23
separate cases on Mon-
day against a total of 83
accused on the allega-
tions related to online
child sexual abuse and
exploitation. “The raids
are underway in
Andhra Pradesh, Delhi,
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab,
Bihar, Odisha, Tamil-
nadu, Rajasthan, Maha-
rashtra, Gujarat, Hary-
ana, Chhattisgarh,
Madhya Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh and
other states,” he added.
Details will be re-
leased after completion
of raids they said. —ANI
Country’s security is as important as its prosperity said PM
Modi, who landed in a C-130 Hercules plane on the airstrip
constructed on 341-km Purvanchal Expressway on Tuesday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
arrives to inaugurate 341-km long
Purvanchal Expressway, at Karwal
Kheri in Sultanpur on Tuesday.
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
SHUT DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
When I laid the foundation stone of
Purvanchal Expressway 3 yrs back, I
had never thought that I will land here
on an aircraft one day. Roar of these aircraft
will also be for those who ignored nation’s
defence infra for decades. —Narendra Modi, PM
The corridor was shut in wake of the COVID pandemic
PM Modi flanked by UP Governor Anandiben Patel
and CM Yogi Adityanath enjoy the air show.
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CRUCIAL READ
LS SPEAKER BIRLA ARRIVES IN SHIMLA
FOR PRESIDING OFFICERS CONFERENCE
Shimla: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday arrived
in Shimla for the Presiding Officers conference and he
was accorded a warm welcome by Himachal Pradesh
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on his arrival at
Raj Bhavan. Lok Sabha Speaker has arrived here to attend
the Presiding Officer’s Conference being organised in HP
Vidhan Sabha. A dinner will also be hosted in his honour
by the Governor in Peterhoff on November 18. P3
RECOVERY IS NOW
TAKING HOLD: DAS
New Delhi: RBI Governor
Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday
said that there are numer-
ous indicators that suggest
that economic recovery is
now taking hold, but for
the growth to be sustain-
able and reach its potential,
investment in private capital
has to resume. P6
CM GEHLOT
ACCUSES SHAH
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot on
Tuesday accused Union
Home Minister Amit Shah
of being involved in the
fall of Congress govern-
ment in Madhya Pradesh
and trying to do it with his
state government too last
year.
SC JUNKS PIL ON PB
DGP APPOINTMENT
Chandigarh: SC on
Tuesday dismissed
petitions filed by
DGPs Sidharth Chat-
topadhyaya and Mohd
Mustafa challeng-
ing appointment of
1987-batch IPS officer
Dinkar Gupta as the
Punjab Police chief
by Captain-led Punjab
govt. The development
is seen as a setback to
Chattopadhaya, con-
sidered a frontrunner
for the post of Punjab
DGP, the appointment
of which is expected in
the next few days.
—Agencies

First India Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi Dep-
uty Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia said
the AAP government’s
target is to raise Delhi’s
per capita income to
Singapore’s level by
2047.
Sisodia said the na-
tional capital’s growth
rate has reached 11-12
per cent in the last six
years and the per capi-
ta income is three times
the national average.
Highlighting that
Delhi is one of the fast-
est growing states in
the country, the deputy
chief minister said the
Arvind Kejriwal gov-
ernment is committed
to fostering a progres-
sive business environ-
ment in the city
.
“In Delhi, the growth
rate has been 11-12 per
cent over the last 5-6
years. Delhi’s contribu-
tion to the country’s
GDP is 4.4 per cent de-
spite having only 1.49
per cent of the coun-
try’s population. Del-
hi’s per capita income
is 3 lakh 54 thousand,
which is three times
the national per capita
income standard,”
Sisodia said.
“The government in-
tends to raise Delhi’s
per capita income to
that of Singapore by
the 100th anniversary
of the country’s inde-
pendence in 2047,” he
added.
Sisodia made the re-
marks during a virtual
meeting headed by Un-
ion Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
on Monday evening.
Discussions were
held during the meet-
ing to improve the
country’s economy and
accelerate the pace of
development in
the states.
The deputy
chief minister said the
service sector accounts
for 85 per cent of Del-
hi’s Gross Domes-
tic Product
(GDP).
He stated that the Ke-
jriwal government is
constantly working on
several developmental
issues in Delhi that re-
quire the Centre’s co-
operation.
“Kejriwal govern-
ment’s special focus is
on health, education
and environment. If
the central government
cooperates, Delhi will
soon be counted among
the developed cities of
the world.
“Lack of land with
the Delhi government
is the biggest challenge
in the all-round devel-
opment of Delhi and it
expects cooperation
from the central gov-
ernment,” Sisodia said.
On the infrastruc-
ture front, the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
government is rede-
signing 540 km roads in
Delhi and these “world-
class roads” will be cel-
ebrated all over the
world.
“The redesigning of
these roads will cost Rs
11,000 crore. The Delhi
government is current-
ly funding this project
with its own funds, but
it expects the Centre to
contribute as well. Peo-
ple from all over the
world visit Delhi, In-
dia’s capital, they
should have a positive
impression of the
country after seeing
roads here,” Sisodia
said.
Sisodia also apprised
the Union finance min-
ister that his govern-
ment has taken a slew
of measures, including
implementation of Del-
hi Electric Vehicle Pol-
icy, to tackle rising pol-
lution.
CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2021
02
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi Envi-
ronment Minister Gopal
Rai on Tuesday said that
the Kejriwal government
is putting its best foot for-
ward to reduce pollution
in Delhi and has so far
managed to reduce the
pollution generated in
the state by a large mar-
gin.
He stated that the Un-
ion Environment Minis-
ter should clarify Cen-
tre’s stand on stubble
burning as Centre’s sub-
mission of two contrast-
ing facts in the court has
created chaos. He ex-
pressed his shock at the
fact that the Centre has
said that the contribu-
tion of stubble in pollu-
tion is 4 pc on one page
and 35 to 40 pc on another
in its submission.
He said that it is essen-
tial for the Centre to clar-
ify as different strategies
are needed to deal with
both the situations and
data must be taken seri-
ously. The minister add-
ed that the Centre should
clarify the situation so
that the right strategy
can be made regarding
pollution and we can to-
gether find an immediate
and a permanent solu-
tion to it.
Punjab, Haryana, Ut-
tar Pradesh, Rajasthan &
Delhi presented their
stands in the joint meet-
ing of the Commission
For Air Quality Manage-
ment today on the direc-
tions of the Supreme
Court. The Environment
Minister hoped that this
meeting will lead to a
joint action plan to re-
duce pollution which can
be implemented by all
the states.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Tuesday
allowed the use of herbal
hookah in restaurants
and pubs in the national
capital, saying that COV-
ID-19 restrictions cannot
be permitted to continue
at the cost of livelihood.
Justice Rekha Palli,
who was hearing a batch
of pleas by several res-
taurants and bars
against the prohibition
on the sale or service of
herbal flavoured hook-
ahs, said that prohibi-
tionsimposedonaccount
of the pandemic “cannot
go on forever” and noted
that the authorities have
already permitted cine-
ma halls and swimming
pools to function at full
capacity. The court clari-
fied that it was granting
permission as an interim
relief and the same is
subject to the petitioners
giving an undertaking to
it that they would strictly
follow COVID-19 appro-
priate norms while serv-
ing herbal hookah. —ANI
New Delhi: The Directo-
rate of Education (DoE)
of Delhi has issued a cir-
cular asking schools to
discontinue public ac-
tivities such as distribu-
tion of ration and vacci-
nation during examina-
tion hours with the
Term-I Board examina-
tions of CBSE Class 12
commencing Tuesday.
The Term-I Board ex-
aminations of CBSE of
classes 10 and 12 for mi-
nor subjects will com-
mence from November 17
and 16. The exams for
major subjects for Class
10 and Class 12 will com-
mence from November 30
and December 1 respec-
tively. The mid-term ex-
aminations of classes 9
and 11 are also scheduled
from December 1. These
examinations will be
conducted offline. —PTI
New Delhi: Facebook In-
dia’s Public Policy Direc-
tor Shivnath Thukral
and Director (Legal) GV
Anand Bhushan will ap-
pear before Delhi Assem-
bly’sCommitteeonPeace
and Harmony on Novem-
ber 18 in connection with
the Delhi riots.
Thukral, in an official
letter, wrote, “We again
thank you for the oppor-
tunity to appear before
the Committee on Peace
and Harmony to provide
our views to assist the
Committee in its ‘aims to
recommend preventative
and remedial measures
concerning issues of
governance, social cohe-
sion, unity, brotherhood
and peace’ and ‘to
strengthen overall social
and economic develop-
ment’ through commu-
nal harmony. Facebook
shares the Committee’s
aim to improve harmony
among religious commu-
nities, linguistic commu-
nities, and social
groups.” The following
senior representatives
shall appear before the
Committee on November
18, 2021 on behalf of Fa-
cebook: Shivnath
Thukral and GV Anand
Bhushan, the official
communique said.
As per Facebook India,
this letter was issued
without prejudice to and
expressly reserving, any
and all rights available to
Facebook under the Judg-
ment and the law. —ANI
TWO MAIDS FOUND DEAD AT
EMPLOYER’S HOME IN DELHI
WOMAN DIES TWO WEEKS AFTER BEING
ATTACKED WITH ACID BY MAN IN DELHI
New Delhi: Two female maids from West Bengal were
found dead at their employer's house in southeast Del-
hi's Jungpura Extension on Monday morning, police
said The two women
— aged 35 and 40 —
hailed from Darjeeling
in West Bengal and had
been living in the staff
quarters of the house
since they started
working there as maids in June, they said. Police said
no injury marks were present on the body of any of the
deceased but the cause of death will be clear only after
post-mortem.
New Delhi: A 26-year-old married woman succumbed
to her injuries on Monday nearly two weeks after being
attacked with acid by a man
in outer Delhi's Bawana area,
police said. The incident
took place on November 3
when she rejected his mar-
riage proposal. The accused,
Montu (23), was arrested
from Buxar district in Bihar, they said. Police said the
woman sustained third-degree burns on her face, neck,
chest and abdomen after being attacked by Montu who
lived in her locality and was known to her family.
New Delhi: Suresh Chandra who was appointed as
the legal advisor to Delhi
Police Commissioner Rakesh
Asthana has tendered his
resignation on health grounds,
an official said on Tuesday.
A senior police officer said
the retired officer was only a
temporary consultant and was under contract only for
six months. He was almost at the end of his tenure and
tendered his resignation on health grounds. His succes-
sor has not been appointed yet, the officer added.
DELHI POLICE CHIEF’S LEGAL
ADVISOR SURESH CHANDRA QUITS
CRUCIAL READ
government on Tuesday
toldtheDelhiHighCourt
that till now, 200 liquor
brands have been regis-
tered under the Delhi
Excise Policy 2021-22 and
MRP has been fixed for
184 of them.
The AAP government
told Justice Rekha Palli,
who was hearing pleas
by several retail liquor
traders, that 192 brands
have already paid the
registration fee under
the new policy.
Out of the remaining
eight, three have with-
drawn and the process
was ongoing for five, sen-
ior advocates Abhishek
Singhvi and Rahul Meh-
ra, representing the Del-
hi government, told the
court.
The court directed
that the Delhi govern-
ment’s status report in
the matter be placed on
record and listed the
case for further hearing
on November 16.
The petitioners are
successful bidders for li-
cences for the operation
of retail liquor vends
and seek to declare the
decision of the Delhi
government to levy li-
cence fees with effect
from November 1, 2021,
as illegal.
On November 9, the
high court had asked the
Delhi government to in-
form it about the num-
ber of liquor brands
where MRPs are fixed
and those yet to be done
under the Delhi Excise
Policy 2021-22. It had also
asked the Delhi govern-
ment to inform whether
registration of any liq-
uor brands has already
been done.
On November 11, the
Delhi government had
orally assured the court
that no coercive action
would be taken against
liquor retailers for the
time being for not paying
the licence fees. No pre-
cipitate action would be
taken against the traders
for now since they are
partners in the business,
it was said. —PTI
‘Max price fixed for 184 liquor brands under new policy’
DELHI EXCISE POLICY
—Representational pic
BRUSHING UP!
Children draw sketches of famous personalities at the 40th edition of the India International
Trade Fair (IITF), Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
Delhi riots: Facebook officials to
appear before panel on Nov 18
‘We aim for ‘Singapore-level’ per capita income’
Delhi’s growth rate reached 11-12 pc in last six years, per capita income three times the national average: Manish Sisodia
The government
intends to raise
Delhi’s per capita
income to that of
Singapore by the
100th anniversa-
ry of the coun-
try’s independ-
ence in 2047.
Our special focus
is on health, ed-
ucation and
environment.
—Manish Sisodia,
Deputy Chief Minister
Discontinue public activities
during board exams: DoE
Lack of land with the
Delhi Govt is the big-
gest challenge in the
all-round develop-
ment. It expects
cooperation from the
Centre, Sisodia said.
On the infrastruc-
ture front, the AAP
Govt is rede-
signing 540 km
roads in Delhi
and these “world-
class roads” will
be marked all over
the world.
LACK OF LAND
BIGGEST HURDLE
HC allows sale of herbal
hookah in restaurants,
pubs in National Capital
Gopal Rai: Delhi Govt putting best
foot forward to reduce pollution
LOCKDOWN WILL
TROUBLE PEOPLE:
TRADERS’ BODY
‘RED LIGHT ON,
GADDI OFF’ DRIVE
EXTENDED
New Delhi: A lockdown
to curb air pollution will
“trouble” lakhs of people
even as its effectiveness
is being questioned, the
Chamber of Trade and
Industry claimed on
Tuesday. The Delhi gov-
ernment has informed
the SC that it is ready to
take steps like complete
lockdown to control air
pollution.
government has extended
the “Red Light On, Gaddi
Off” campaign by 15
days in view of the rising
pollution levels, Environ-
ment Minister Gopal Rai
said on Tuesday. The
“Red Light On, Gaadi Off”
initiative — turning off
a car’s engine at a red
signal — was supposed
to end on November 18.
GOPAL RAI

INDIA
03
Siddhaarth Mahan
Jaipur: Jaipur will wit-
ness the dawn of a new
era in Indian Cricket
as Rohit Sharma
takes over the reins
of the team in the T20
format. The game with
New Zealand will begin
India’s tryst with ‘Split
Captaincy’.
It has been regarded
as a solution to India’s
cricketing ills for the
past few years. Be-
sides lessening
the burden
on Virat Kohli and en-
hancing the responsibil-
ityonRohitinwhiteball
cricket, it may well in-
fuse fresh ideas and en-
ergythataremuchneed-
edafterIndia’searlyexit
in the recent T20 World
Cup.
Rohitsurehasthecre-
dentials to revive the In-
dian team after its disas-
trous World Cup cam-
paign. On a personal
plane, Rohit is a calm,
laidback character. His
relaxed attitude was
ridiculed in the early
phase of his career but
once the ‘hitman’ un-
veiled his batting prow-
ess, critics were si-
lenced.
His calmness takes
pressure away from his
teammates, testified by
many players of Mum-
bai Indians, the side he
has led to five IPL titles.
When given a chance
to be India captain, Ro-
hit has done well in the
past. He ensured Indian
victories in 15 of the 19
T20 games and in 8 of 10
ODIs.
Moreover, under his
captaincy India not only
won the tri-nation Nida-
has Trophy but also the
Asia Cup in 2018 despite
the absence of several
senior players. Rohit
Sharma’s captaincy
will, of course, be very
differentfromViratwho
is a fierce competitor
and more emotionally
charged in all games. Vi-
ratKohli’shyper-aggres-
sion makes him an ex-
cellent cricketer but a
rather stressful captain.
SPLIT CAPTAINCY AND ROHIT SHARMA
LS Speaker Om Birla arrives in Shimla for Presiding Officers conference
PMTOINAUGURATE
MEETTODAY:BIRLA
Shimla: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Tuesday arrived in
Shimla for the Presid-
ing Officers conference
and he was accorded a
warm welcome by
Himachal Pradesh Gov-
ernor Rajendra
Vishwanath Arlekar on
his arrival at Raj
Bhavan.
The Conference will
be attended by the Dep-
uty Chairman of the
Rajya Sabha and the
presiding officers of all
the States and Union
Territories, added the
Lok Sabha speaker.
Himachal Pradesh
Chief Minister Jai
Ram Thakur will also
participate in the meet-
ing. Along with this,
many Union ministers
will also participate in
it. The Governor of
Himachal Pradesh will
conclude the confer-
ence, Birla said. —ANI
CRUCIAL READ
CAIT TO HOLD
PROTESTS IN 1,000
CITIES TODAY
New Delhi: The Confed-
eration of All India Trad-
ers said that it would
hold protests today
in around 1,000 cities
across nation over
drug peddling gang
using e-commerce sites
to supply marijuana.
Through protest, they
would request govt to
take cognizance of the
matter and take action.
5 RELATIVES OF
SUSHANT SINGH
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Patna: At least six
people were killed and
four injured in a road
accident in Bihar’s Lakh-
isarai district on Tues-
day. Five of six deceased
were the relatives of late
Bollywood actor Sush-
ant Singh, sources said.
They were going Jamui
from Patna where they
went to attend last rites
of a relative.
MEALS AND MAGAZINES TO BE BACK ON ALL
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS: CIVIL AVIATION MINISTRY
New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday
said it has allowed airlines to serve meals and also
permitted resumption of
magazine on all domestic
flights. The carriers had not
been allowed to serve meals
in flights, which have dura-
tion of less than two hours,
since April 15 due to the pandemic. The decision has
been taken as “Covid caseload” has reduced.
I hope, from the Shimla Conference, that in coming times, we will
strengthen the democratic institutions of the country and prepare an
action plan for 100 years in the Conference of Presiding Officers.
During this conference, we will formulate an action plan to deal
with the challenges that lie ahead of us over the course of 100 years.
—OM BIRLA, Lok Sabha Speaker
z Rohit Sharma
takes over the
reins of the team
in the T20 for-
mat in Jaipur
z The game
with New Zea-
land will begin
India’s tryst with
‘Split Captaincy’
z Rohit sure has
the credentials to
revive the Indian
team after its dis-
astrous World
Cup
Hardik Pandya clarifies
on seizure of his watches
Mumbai: Dismissing
reports of custom offi-
cials at Mumbai airport
seizing his luxury
watches worth Rs 5
crore, Indian all-round-
er Hardik Pandya on
Tuesday clarified that
‘he voluntarily went to
the Mumbai airport
customs counter to de-
clare the items brought
by him and pay the req-
uisite duty
.’
‘I had voluntarily de-
clared all the items that
I’d lawfully purchased
from Dubai and was
ready to pay whatever
duties that needed to be
paid. As a matter of
fact, the customs de-
partment had asked for
all the purchase docu-
ments which were sub-
mitted; however, cus-
toms is doing the valua-
tion for duty which I’ve
already confirmed to
pay,’ Pandya tweeted.
Hardik Pandya, who
was returning home
along with other Indian
players after India’s
exit from the ICC Men’s
T20 World Cup, also
claimed that the cost of
the watch is approxi-
mately Rs 1.5 crore and
not Rs 5 crore as per ru-
mours floating around
on social media. —ANI
The ways of empow-
ering the Lok Sabha,
Rajya Sabha and
State Legislative As-
sembly and Legisla-
tive Council would be
discussed. The rights
and responsibilities of
the presiding officers
will also be discussed
extensively in this
conference.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
will on Wednesday
inaugurate a meet-
ing of the National
presiding officers to
be held in Shimla on
November 17 and 18
to commemorate the
centennial year of the
AIPOC, the 82nd edi-
tion of the AIPOC.
POINTS TO BE
DISCUSSED
PM TO ADDRESS
EVENT TODAY
Shekhawat: Climate change
will impact water, food cycle
New Delhi: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
on Tuesday said climate
change will impact the
water cycle & therefore
affect food security but
effective water conser-
vation is possible only
with community. ‘The
already felt impacts of
floods & droughts are
definitely its footprints.
This will pose threat to
food security,” Shekha-
wat said at virtual ses-
sion on ‘Int’l Water Se-
curity, Climate Change
Conference 2021’. —ANI
HAR GHAR DASTAK
Mandaviya urges NGOs
to strengthen campaign
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya on
Tuesday discussed “Har
GharDastak”Covidvac-
cination campaign with
NGOs and CSOs and
sought their support to
strengthen the cam-
paign, urging them to
take it to every nook and
corner of the country
.
With the ‘Har Ghar
Dastak’ campaign, the
Centre is targeting to
complete maximum
single dose and second
dose adult COVID-19
vaccination in the
country. It was
launched on November
2 on occasion of Dhan-
wantari Diwas. —ANI
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
@mansukhmandviya
Interacted with NGO
and CSO of the coun-
try. Discussed how an
enhanced partnership
between the government
and these organisations
will strengthen our Har
Ghar Dastak vaccination
campaign. Our govern-
ment seeks support of the
organisations to take our
campaign to every nook
and corner of the country.
Mansukh Mandaviya holds meeting to discuss the strengthening
of PM’s ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign with NGOs, CSOs and the
Development partners, through VC in New Delhi on Tuesday.
US issues ‘Level
1’ travel notice to
India as cases dip
Washington: The US
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC) has issued a ‘Lev-
el One’ Covid-19 notice
for Americans travel-
ling to India, saying the
risk of contracting the
infection and develop-
ing severe symptoms
may be lower if one is
fully vaccinated. The
travel health notice has
also been issued for Pa-
kistan. However, US
State Department is-
sued level two and three
travel advisories for In-
dia and Pakistan, say-
ing while citizens are
urged to reconsider
travel to Pakistan due
to terrorism and sec-
tarian violence, those
going to India must ex-
ercise increased cau-
tion due to crime & ter-
rorism. —ANI
Nadda meets former bar assn
prez jailed during Emergency
Rudrapur: BJP Na-
tional President JP Na-
dda on Tuesday met the
former president of the
district bar association,
Subhash Chhabra who
was imprisoned during
the Emergency at his
residence in Rudrapur
districtof Uttarakhand.
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami, state
BJP chief Madan Kau-
shik and others were
also present. Nadda,
who is on a two-day trip
to Uttrakhand had in-
augurated the ‘Shaheed
Samman Yatra’ from
Chamoli on Monday.
BJP Prez is scheduled
to participate in several
meetings during his
trip, BJP chief spokes-
person Anil Baluni had
said in statement. —ANI
ED arrests IREO
Group’s Goyal
Chandigarh: ED has
arrested Lalit Goyal,
vice chairman and MD
of the real estate
group IREO, in con-
nection with a money
laundering case. Goy-
al has been taken into
custody under provi-
sions of PMLA by cen-
tral watchdog in Chan-
digarh. —ANI
JP Nadda at a dialogue programme with Bengali society in Rudrapur.
Also seen here is Pushkar Singh Dhami, Madan Kaushik and others.
India faces more
challenges in the
face of climate
change because there is a
huge geographical diversity.
We have 18% share of world
population but only 4% of
water. Under ‘Jal Jeevan
Mission’, as many as 5.5
crore new connections have
been provided by the govt.
—GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT,
Union Jal Shakti Minister
CENTENARY
YEAR CELEBRA-
TIONS!
President Ram
Nath Kovind during
the centenary year
celebrations of the
Punjab Engineering
College in Chandigarh on
Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
RWANDA PRESIDENT KAGAME INVITES
PM MODI TO CHOGM SUMMIT IN KIGALI
New Delhi: Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has
invited PM Narendra Modi to participate in next
CHOGM summit to be held
in his country in 2022, dur-
ing a call on him by MoS for
External Affairs V Muraleed-
haran in Kigali. Kagame also
spoke about the strategic
partnership between India and Rwanda and ex-
pressed his desire to work with India.
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Vipin
Singh Parmar welcomes Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Om Birla being welcomed by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Raj Bhavan in Shimla on Tuesday.
This is perfect time to blood Rohit about year
ahead of next T20 World Cup. With Rahul Dravid
driving team as Coach, Rohit could soon lead India
to an ICC title that has eluded them since 2013!
Rohit Sharma
Dawn of a glorious era for Indian Cricket?

PERSPECTIVE
04
Vol 1 Issue No. 78
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How BSF’s stretched footprint is
politically significant for Bengal
The state government
decided to bring a
resolution in the Assembly
against the extension of
the BSF’s jurisdiction on
November 16, taking a cue
from the Congress
government in Punjab.
TMC’s apprehensions
stem from the fact that the
directive will bring nearly
one-third of West Bengal,
which shares
global borderlines with
Bangladesh, Bhutan and
Nepal, under the direct
jurisdiction of the BSF
he major amendment in the
statute of the BSF extending
the force’s area of jurisdic-
tion to 50 km from the inter-
national borders with Paki-
stan and Bangladesh in Pun-
jab, Rajasthan, West Bengal
and Assam has created po-
litical heartburn in the
states especially ruled by
non-BJP parties.
The new rule gives BSF an
ambit increase of 35 km from
the existing limit of 15 km in-
side the border and will effec-
tively ensure that almost one-
third of West Bengal, espe-
cially crucial areas in north
Bengal, will come under the
searchlights of the force.
West Bengal has the long-
est and reportedly the most
“porous” global borders. The
state also shares a 2216-km-
long border with Bangladesh
and a 100-km border with Ne-
pal and a 183-long km border
with Bhutan.
This will also have a huge
impact in strategic towns
like Siliguri (in the north)
which is one of the most im-
portant cities after Kolkata
in West Bengal as Siliguri is
also considered to be the
gateway to the entire north-
eastern part of the country
and also Bhutan and Nepal.
Opposition parties have
been watching this develop-
ment closely and haven’t
taken this new law at face
value.
“The expansion of
#BSF area of jurisdic-
tion up to 50 km from
the border of some
states amounts to bra-
zen infringement upon the
territory of states. @HMOIn-
dia, you should not indulge
any ‘Chherkhani’ else will
face the consequences,”
tweeted Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury, leader of the
Congress party in the Lok
Sabha.
“This is simply infringing
upon the sovereign rights of
the state. There are allega-
tions of links between BSF
and smugglers. To let them
increase their area of opera-
tion would be suicidal. The
state should oppose this,”
said Saugata Roy, TMC MP.
Most of North Bengal com-
ing under BSF’s purview is
also seen as a politically sen-
sitive development, as the
region is becoming an in-
tense political hotbed with
the BJP focussing closely on
the region as it is doing rela-
tively better in the area than
rest of Bengal which was wit-
nessed especially in the re-
cently held crucial Assembly
elections earlier this year.
Apart from several BJP
leaders giving a clarion call
for a separate statehood of
north Bengal, this region
also got a shot in the arm fol-
lowing the Centre’s during
the reshuffle in June.
FourMPsfromthestategot
a ministerial berth with two
of them from north Bengal.
The party recently also chose
an MP from north Bengal, Su-
kanta Majumdar, as its state
unit president! Thus giving
more impetus to the region.
In his bid to defend the de-
cision on BSF’s jurisdiction,
minister Nisith Pramanik
had said, “All of us know that
north Bengal is located in
chicken’s neck (the area
where the width of the Indian
sub-continent is the thinnest
and perched between Nepal
and Bangladesh). We have
four international borders
here and this decision (of ex-
tending BSF’s jurisdiction)
can help in bolstering secu-
rity of the region.”
Even as the Union minister
of state tried to pass on a mes-
sage that people living in the
concerned area will not face
any problems following the
jurisdiction order, local peo-
ple continue to live in appre-
hension that their trade
might get affected if the
force imposes fresh re-
strictions across the
new area of jurisdic-
tion. Hundreds of
trucksandgoodscar-
riagevehiclesmeant
for Bangladesh are parked in
this area and innumerable
small traders, who depend on
the border trade, run their
units along the stretches
which run up to the border. It
isstillnotknownif suchfresh
rules on jurisdiction might af-
fect them also.
Meanwhile, the TMC has
decided to raise strong objec-
tions over the new BSF juris-
diction rule in the Winter ses-
sionof Parliamentastheissue
has become a new flashpoint
between the West Bengal gov-
ernment and the Centre.
The TMC sees a political
motivebehindthemovewhich
will allow the BSF to conduct
searchandarrestsdeepinside
the state’s territory with the
purpose of protecting India’s
international borders from il-
legal encroachments and
cross-border crimes.
“It interferes with the po-
lice’s responsibility of main-
taining law and order in the
state and also violates the
federal structure of our
country,” TMC Lok Sabha
leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay
said, adding that the party,
according to instructions
from chief Mamata Baner-
jee, would raise the issue in
both houses of Parliament in
the Winter session starting
from November 29.
The state government de-
cided to bring a resolution in
the Assembly against the ex-
tension of the BSF’s jurisdic-
tion on November 16, taking
a cue from the Congress gov-
ernment in Punjab.
TMC’sapprehensionsstem
from the fact that the direc-
tive will bring nearly one-
third of West Bengal, which
shares global borderlines
with Bangladesh, Bhutan
and Nepal, under the direct
jurisdiction of the BSF.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
The new rule gives BSF an
ambit increase of 35
km from the existing
limit of 15 km inside
the border and will
effectively ensure that
almost one-third of West
Bengal, especially
crucial areas in north
Bengal, will come under
the searchlights of the force
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Anyone who is steady in his
determination for the advanced
stage of spiritual realization
and can equally tolerate the
onslaughts of distress and
happiness is certainly a person
eligible for liberation.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Vice President of India
@VPSecretariat
Hearty congratulations to all the friends
associated with the media on the
occasion of National Press Day. You
have an important role in educating
the public with correct, fair, authentic
and timely information, it is also
necessary for a healthy democracy.
#NationalPressDay
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
I thank PM @NarendraModi ji for
institutionalising role of auditing
in nation-building, by marking the
first #AuditDiwas. The CAG’s role
in strengthening transparency
accountability in governance is
paramount. The institution’s legacy
must be protected improved.
TOP TWEETS
SC COLLEGIUM BACKS
GAY ADVOCATE FOR
JUDGESHIP, WILL
CENTRE GIVE ITS NOD
fter inducting the
maximum number of
women judges in the
SupremeCourt,Chief
Justice of India NV
Ramana is likely to leave another
legacy
. The Supreme Court’s col-
legiumheadedbytheCJIhasrec-
ommended senior advocate Sau-
rabh Kirpal, a gay
, for appoint-
ment as a judge of the Delhi High
Court. Saurabh Kirpal is openly
gay
. His name has been recom-
mended for judgeship after being
deferred for four years. When the
SCcollegiumforwardedhisname
to Central government in 2017, it
was rejected over his gay partner
beingaSwisshumanrightsactiv-
ist. How will the Centre treat the
recommendation this time re-
mains to be seen.
Centre’s stand on homosexual-
ity is no secret. It has been op-
posedtotherepealof Section377,
which the Court declared uncon-
stitutional in 2018. The Court di-
rected the government to create
public awareness about homo-
sexualitynotbeingacrime.Same
sex marriage is still not recog-
nized. The government’s argu-
ment is that a “spouse” means
either a husband or wife.
A
ttar Pradesh took
the expressway to
development with
PM Narendra
Modi inaugurat-
ing the Purvanchal Express-
way
. Together with Lucknow-
Agra and the Yamuna Ex-
pressways the Purvanchal
Expressway puts UP on the
threshold of becoming one
of the states with excellent
road connectivity. Other ex-
pressways—Bundelkhand,
Ganga and Eastern Periph-
eral Expressways—which
are in the making will pro-
vide further impetus to
growth and reduce regional
imbalances. Like the Agra
and Yamuna expressways,
Purvanchal has also been
constructed keeping in mind
future defence needs and is
built to specifications to fa-
cilitate take-off and landing
of IAF’s aircraft.
Irrespective of Samajwadi
Party claiming credit for ini-
tiating Purvanchal E-way,
the project will always be
known for government
which completed it. The pos-
itive takeaway is that devel-
opment projects conceived
of by any Opposition-ruled
government are not junked.
Besides catalyzing the
state’s development, the
event, which comes a few
months before elections, will
also push issues like infla-
tion and other inconvenienc-
es into the background. Bet-
ter road connectivity and the
hope for a better future
should outweigh the impact
of other issues. Thanks to
PM Modi and CM Yogi, UP is
able to dream of a developed
state tag. The Central and
state governments, being of
the same party, have perfect
understanding and that is
what makes them a “double
engine ki sarkar”. This was
not the case earlier when the
Centre and state were ruled
by political parties pulling in
different directions. That ef-
fectively stalled the state’s
progress pushing it into the
BIMARU category where it
languished for a long time.
POLITICS CAN WAIT,
UP TAKES E-WAY TO PROGRESS
The Central and state
governments, being of the
same party, have
perfect understanding
and that is what makes
them a “double engine
ki sarkar”
U

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Mumbai: Keeping the
controversy cauldron
bubbling, actor Kanga-
na Ranaut on Tuesday
claimed Subhas Chan-
dra Bose and Bhagat
Singh got no support
from Mahatma Gandhi
and went on to mock his
mantra of ahimsa by
saying that offering an-
other cheek gets you
“bheek” not freedom.
Inmakingthe“bheek”
comment, Ranaut
wound the clock back to
last week when she
described In-
dia’sIndepend-
ence as
“bheek”, or
alms, and de-
clared that
freedom came
in 2014, when the Modi
govt came to power.
In a series of posts on
Instagram, Ranaut this
time targeted Mahatma
Gandhiandsaid“choose
your heroes wisely”.
The “Manikarnika”
actor, still in the eye of
the proverbial storm for
her comments, today
shared an old news clip-
ping headlined “Gan-
dhi, others had agreed
to hand over Netaji”.
The report claimed
that Gandhi, along with
Nehru and Jinnah,
came to an agreement
with a British judge
that they would hand
Bose over if he were to
enter the country
.
“Either you are a Gan-
dhifanorNetajisupport-
er. You can’t be both...
Choose and decide,”
Ranaut, whose Twitter
account has been sus-
pended, captioned the
news clipping.
In another post,
Ranaut, who has court-
ed many a controversy
with her incendiary
and provocative state-
ments, then claimed,
“Those who fought for
the freedom were ‘hand-
ed over’ to their masters
by those who had no
courage burning/ boil-
ing hot blood to fight
their oppressors but
they were power hun-
gry and cunning.”
She then went on to
target Gandhi, even
claiming that there was
evidence suggesting he
wanted Bhagat Singh to
be hanged.
“Those are the ones
who taught us, ‘If some-
one slaps you offer an-
other cheek for one
more slap’ and that is
how you will get Aazadi.
That’s not how one gets
Aazadi, one can only get
bheekhlikethat.Choose
your heros wisely(sic),”
the 34-year-old actor
said. —PTI
‘Offering another cheek gets ‘bheek’ not freedom’
GANDHI UNDER ATTACK
Either you are a Gandhi fan or
Netaji supporter. You can’t be
both... Choose and decide.
—Kangana Ranaut, Actor
INDIA
05
CRUCIAL READ
TMC LEADERS
GRANTED BAIL IN
NARADA SCAM
Kolkata: Kolkata city
sessions court on
Tuesday granted interim
bail to West Bengal
Transport Minister
Firhad Hakim, TMC
leader Madan Mitra,
and Ex-Mayor Sovan
Chatterjee in the Narada
scam on the bond of
`20,000. The next date
for them to appear
physically is January
28. Earlier on May 10,
Bengal Governor had
sanctioned the prosecu-
tion of Firhad Hakim,
Subrata Mukherjee,
Madan Mitra and Sovan
Chatterjee in Narada
scam being probed by
the CBI. —ANI
KERALA HC: BOOZE
SMELL NOT PROOF
OF INTOXICATION
Kochi: The Kerala High
Court on Monday ruled
that alcohol consump-
tion in private places
does not constitute
an offence, as long as
it does not cause any
nuisance in the public,
the Bar and Bench
reported. The court
also observed that the
mere smell of alcohol
does not mean that the
person was intoxicated
or under the influence
of alcohol. —Agencies
JHUNJHUNWALA
AIRLINE’S ORDERS
72 BOEING 737S
Dubai: Akasa Air on
Tuesday placed an order
for 72 Boeing 737 MAX
jets, valued at nearly $9
billion at list prices - a
deal that could help the
US planemaker regain
lost ground in one of the
world’s most promising
markets. The order by
billionaire investor Rake-
sh Jhunjhunwala-backed
airline comes months
after air safety regulator
allowed the country’s
airlines to fly the MAX jet,
ending its nearly two and
a half years of regulatory
grounding after two fatal
crashes in five months
killed 346 people.
—Agencies
HEARING ON NEET
RESERVATION ISSUE
LIKELY ON NOV 24
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court deferred
hearing on a peti-
tion filed against the
implementation of 27
per cent reservation
for Other Backward
Classes (OBC) and 10
per cent reservation for
Economically Weaker
Sections (EWS) in
NEET. The top court is
likely to hear the matter
next on November 24.
NEET PG counseling
for 50% AIQ seats was
scheduled to begin
from October 25, 2021.
However, MCC had
postponed the dates of
NEET PG counseling
2021. —Agencies
DRUGS-ON-CRUISE CASE: NCB ASKED TO
APPROACH PUNE COURT TO EXAMINE GOSAVI
Mumbai: The Special Narcotic Drugs and Psy-
chotropic Substances (NDPS) Court, Mumbai on
Monday disposed of the Narcotics Control Bu-
reau’s (NCB) plea for
recording statement
of KP Gosavi, who is a
witness in the drugs-
on-cruise case and was
arrested by Pune Police
in a cheating case. The
court said that Gosavi
is “technically” in judicial custody of another court
and the NCB should approach that court (Pune
court) for it. —ANI
COLLABORATION STRONG TERM: TOP
COURT ON ZAKIA JAFRI’S SIT CHARGE
New Delhi: The top court on Tuesday objected to
Zakia Jafri, widow of Congress MP Ehsan Jafri,
who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots - alleging
“collaboration” between
the SIT and some of
the accused, including
the then Gujarat CM
Narendra Modi, given a
clean chit. “Collabora-
tion is a strong term for
a SIT constituted by the
court,” a three-member bench of Justices AM Khan-
wilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar said in
reply to senior advocate Kapil Sibal. —Agencies
KCVENUGOPAL:THE‘GENERAL’OF
CONGRESSGENERALSECRETARIES!
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Several
questions were raised
about former Congress
President Rahul Gan-
dhi’s decision to give a
‘major’ promotion to,
Kerala resident RS MP
from Rajasthan, KC
Venugopal and appoint-
ed him as organisation’s
general secretary in
place of Ashok Gehlot.
Till that time all mem-
bers of AICC did not
even know KC. He him-
self was not familiar
with people and office
bearers associated with
party organisation
across the country. His
scope was also very lim-
ited there was no spe-
cial recognition about
himeveninDelhimedia.
So, from time of his ap-
pointment, this decision
was under question.
After this appoint-
ment, Venugopal did not
even contest the 2019
Lok Sabha elections, in
which Congress lost for
the second time in a row.
Although it is true
that the Congress per-
formed very well in his
home state of Kerala
and Rahul himself
reached Lok Sabha from
there. Despite this, peo-
ple’s perception about
Venugopal did not
change. But in last two
years, he has gradually
consolidated his posi-
tion and has taken hold
of party organisation.
This happened since he
may have been appoint-
ed by Rahul, but he also
managed to win trust of
Sonia and Priyanka.
Continued support of
the trio made him an ac-
ceptable face among
Congress leaders.
Recently, Venugopal
played an active role in
handling the crisis in
two Congress-ruled
states - Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh - and re-
mained active even dur-
ing the Punjab crisis. So,
it can be said that in the
last one year, he has
played an important role
in resolving the crisis in
the Congress ruled
states. He continued to
act as a bridge for state
governmentsorganisa-
tion on behalf of Sonia,
Rahul Priyanka which
hasfurtherstrengthened
his position.
Now he is being called
the ‘General Secretary
of the General Secretar-
ies’ within the party.
Earlier this system used
to work in Congress that
the General Secretary
of the party was in di-
rect contact with the
party President. The
general secretary in
charge of the states also
gave their report to the
president and their feed-
back was most impor-
tant in the politics of the
states. KC Venugopal,
who came to be known
as KCV in the last two
years, is now link be-
tween General Secretar-
ies and President and
former President. That
is, if any general secre-
tary has to meet Sonia
or Rahul, then it is hap-
pening through KCV
he is also present in
every such meetings. In
fact, Congress leaders
say that he has not be-
come Ahmed Patel and
may not be able to be-
come one, but his posi-
tion in the organisation
is not weaker than that
of Patel.
PARTY’S CRISIS
MANAGER
Recently, Venugopal
played an active role in
handling the crisis in two
Congress-ruled states of
Rajasthan Chhattisgarh
and remained active even
during Punjab crisis. So,
it can be said that in the
last 1 year, he played an
important role in resolving
crisis in Cong-ruled states.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi with general secretary
KC Venugopal and party leader Rahul Gandhi. —FILE PHOTO
WB Assembly passes resolution against
Centre’s move to expand BSF jurisdiction
Kolkata: The West
Bengal Assembly on
Tuesday passed a reso-
lution against the Cen-
tre’s decision to extend
BSF’s jurisdiction,
amid opposition by BJP
legislators.
Bengal became the
second state after Pun-
jab where such a resolu-
tion has been tabled and
passed.
The resolution was
moved by state parlia-
mentaryaffairsminister
Partha Chatterjee under
Rule 169 of the Proce-
dures of Conduct of
Business of the House.
“We demand that this
decision be withdrawn
immediately as enhanc-
ing the area of jurisdic-
tion of the BSF is a di-
rect attack on the coun-
try’s federal structure,”
he said.
Unruly scenes were
witnessed in the House
during the day after
TMC MLA Udayan
Guha made a remark
that raised eyebrows.
“A child living in a
border area can never
be patriotic if he wit-
nesses his mother being
i n a p p r o p r i a t e l y
touched under the garb
of body search by the
BSF,” Guha said.
BJP MLAs opposed
theremarkanddemand-
ed that it be expunged.
Speaker Biman Ba-
nerjee, however, re-
frained from expunging
Guha’s comment.
Leader of the Opposi-
tion Suvendu Adhikari
said the kind of lan-
guage used against a
forceliketheBSFiscom-
pletely unacceptable.
“When the Union
government tries to
withdraw central forc-
es from Junglemahal, it
is the state government
that opposes the move.
And now, the same gov-
ernment is opposing
BSF activities. Under
this new rule (jurisdic-
tion extension), there
is no question of con-
flict between the state
police and the BSF,”
Adhikari stated.
The resolution was
passed with 112 voting
in favour of it and 63 op-
posing it.
The BJP-led central
governmenthadamend-
ed the BSF Act to au-
thorise the force to un-
dertake search, seizure
and arrest within a
larger 50 km stretch, in-
stead of 15 km, from the
international border in
Punjab, West Bengal
and Assam. —PTI
“BSF JAWANS
TOUCH WOMEN
INAPPROPRIATELY
DURING CHECKS”
New Delhi: Chaos erupted at the West
Bengal assembly after Trinamool Con-
gress legislator Udayan Guha accused
personnel of the Border Security Force
(BSF) of inappropriately touching women
while searching them during border
movement. The Dinhata MLA further said
that no matter how much the personnel
chanted ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, they were
not patriotic. Guha made the statement
during a discussion on the Centre’s deci-
sion to extend the BSF’s jurisdiction up to
50km inside the international border.
—Agencies
You can criticise the
decision. You can say
the duty of the police
will be hampered and
if it is true, we will
appeal to the Centre
but what some lead-
ers spoke about BSF,
a force that relentless-
ly works to save our
borders, is very un-
fortunate and people
of India will hear
what opinion the
leaders have about
the forces.
—Suvendu Adhikari,
Leader of Opposition
A GREEN PEDAL
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya arrives on a cycle to inaugurate the Health Pavilion at
India International Trade Fair 2021, Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Body of
Maoist leader
found two
days after
Gadchiroli Op
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The body
of a Maoist leader
was recovered from
the encounter site two
days after the encoun-
ter between security
personnel and the Mao-
ists in Maharashtra’s
Gadchiroli.
According to a senior
Home Ministry official,
the commander has
been identified as
Sukhlal Parchaki, who
was carrying a reward
of 25 lakh.
“With this, the num-
ber of Maoists killed in
theencounterreached,”
he added.
Earlier, on November
13, an encounter took
place at the Gyarapatti
forest of Korchi Tehsil
in the Gadchiroli dis-
trict. The police have
recovered the bodies of
26 Maoists. —ANI

BIZ BUZZ
06
New Delhi: Realtors’
apex body CREDAI on
Tuesday expressed con-
cern over an increase in
the rates of cement and
steel during the past one
year and said housing
prices could rise 10-15%
if the prices of construc-
tion raw materials do not
fall.
The industry body de-
manded that the govern-
ment should take meas-
ures to control the prices
and suggested reduction
in GST for construction
raw materials.
The Confederation of
Real Estate Developers’
Association of India
(CREDAI), which has
over 13,000 member de-
velopers, pointed out that
the prices of construc-
tion raw materials have
been increasing con-
sistently since Jan-
uary 2020.
Moreover, the
association said
the the delays
in construction
caused by lock-
downs, curfews
and the short-
age of labour re-
sulted in a direct
increase in con-
struction cost any-
where between 10% and
15%inthepast18months.
“If the prices of a high-
er raw materials do not
start decreasing in the
immediate future, there
is a high probability that
the prices of residential
properties will go up by
10-15% to offset the in-
creased cost of construc-
tion,” CREDAI said in a
statement. Harsh
Vardhan Patodia,
president, CRE-
DAI National,
said: “We have
been consistently
witnessing sharp
increase in the
raw material pric-
es over the last
one year
and they
d o n ’ t seem to be
decreasing or stabilising
in the near future.”
He said the developers
might not be able to ab-
sorb escalating costs and
will pass on the burden
onto homebuyers.
Patodia urged the gov-
ernment and relevant
ministries to address this
issue and tackle the pric-
es rise at the earliest.
Credai suggested that
the government can per-
mit escalation of prices
by allowing a clause in
the buyer-seller agree-
ment.
“The government may
also consider either al-
lowing input tax credit
for real estate projects
and/or rationalisation of
GST on various con-
struction raw materi-
als from their cur-
rent rates,” it said.
If these steps are
not taken immedi-
ately, property
prices across all
segments will
shoot up, directly
hampering the af-
fordable housing and
housing for all mis-
sions of the govern-
ment, CREDAI said.
Anarock Chairman
Anuj Puri said: “We have
to give credit where it is
due despite the massive
increases in input costs
for developers since the
pandemic took
hold, they
held on to the
low property
prices as
long as pos-
sible in or-
der to foster
and nurture demand.”
However, he said it was
evident that sooner or
later developers will have
to hike their prices.
“The hikes in the cost
of construction materi-
als are too severe to ab-
sorb any further without
impacting buyers. Infla-
tion has impacted our
lives at every level, and
real estate construction
is certainly no excep-
tion,” Puri said.
Trehan Developers
Managing Director Sa-
ransh Trehan said the
construction cost has al-
ready gone up by 10-
20% compared to last
year because of
the in-
crease
i n
the cost of
raw material
as well as la-
bour charges.
“Developers are
left with no elbow room
to absorb this increase in
raw material cost, unwill-
ingly developers will
have to offset the in-
crease in cost by in-
creasing the price
to some extent,”
he added.
—PTI
Housingpricesmayrise 10-15%
if rates of raw material not controlled: CREDAI
2000
The rate of
P-sand has gone
up by `2,000 a
load.
the prices of construc-
tion raw materials have
been increasing con-
sistently since Jan-
Moreover, the
age of labour re-
sulted in a direct
increase in con-
struction cost any-
where between 10% and
15%inthepast18months.
for real estate projects
and/or rationalisation of
GST on various con-
struction raw materi-
als from their cur-
rent rates,” it said.
hampering the af-
fordable housing and
housing for all mis-
sions of the govern-
ment, CREDAI said.
Anarock Chairman
We have been consistently
witnessing sharp increase in
the raw material prices over
the last one year and they
don’t seem to be decreasing
or stabilising in the near fu-
ture.
—Harsh Vardhan Patodia
CREDAI President
up by `
15-20
The rates of PVC
pipes and electric
cables went up by
15% to 20%
cables went up by
15% to 20%
470
A bag of cement,
which was sold
between `370-
390 before the
lockdown, has
shot up to
`430-470
390 before the
lockdown, has
shot up to
`430-470
20
Most of the
construction materials,
including cement,
electric cables, steel,
PVC pipes, M-sand and
P-sand, have gone up
by 20%
Economic recovery taking
hold; private investment
should resume: RBI Guv
New Delhi: Numer-
ous macro indicators
suggest that the eco-
nomic recovery is
now taking hold after
the beating it has
taken during the
pandemic, but for
growth to be sustain-
able and reach its po-
tential, private capi-
tal investment has to
resume, the Reserve
Bank Governor said
on Tuesday
.
RBI Governor
Shaktikanta Das said
the economy has the
potential to grow at a
reasonably high pace
in the post-pandemic
scenario, provided
private capital in-
vestment resumes.
Despite many
economists revis-
ing down their
growth forecasts be-
tween 8.5 and 10%
for the current fiscal,
the central bank has
not changed its fore-
cast of 9.5% for the
year so far.
Addressing a
banking function,
the governor asked
banks to be invest-
ment-ready when the
investment cycle
picks up, which the
RBI feels to begin
f r o m
the next fiscal.
It can be noted that
since 2013, private
capital has been
missing from the
economy and many
are of the view that
this should begin
from mid-next fiscal.
Lauding the tech
entrepreneurs, the
governor said the
country has
emerged as a top
performer in the
startup land-
scape, attracting
billions of foreign
c ap i - tal. —PTI
The
economy has
the potential to grow
at a reasonably high
pace in the post-pan-
demic scenario, pro-
vided private capital
investment resumes
—Shaktikanta Das,
RBI Governor
Significant percentage of borrowers
prefer securing loan online: Survey
New Delhi: A signifi-
cant percentage of bor-
rowers led by millenni-
als, prefer online mode
to secure loans rather
than traditional offline
channels, indicating an
increase in digital pen-
etration during the
COVID-19 period, says a
survey
.
Post the second wave
of COVID-19 pandemic,
shows a largely positive
consumer borrowing
trend and thereby, re-
flects a return to nor-
malcy as consumer sen-
timents are positive
and buoyant about eco-
nomic revival, accord-
ing to an annual survey
‘How India Borrows’
(HIB) conducted by fi-
nancial firm Home
Credit India.
Nearly 40%borrow-
ers showed willingness
to move to digital plat-
forms for taking loans.
This is over and above
the 15% customers who
have already graduated
to the online loan jour-
ney instead of tradi-
tional offline channels.
Although technology
has been a key enabler,
the survey findings re-
veal that like all digital
trends, chatbot famili-
arity and trust on it are
governed by age young-
er customers leading it.
There has been a
sharp drop in borrow-
ing for running house-
hold expenses to 4% in
2021 viz--viz 85% last
year, thereby showing a
transition from need-
based borrowing to de-
sire-based borrowing
due to revival of the
economy, the survey
report said.
There has been no-
ticeable uptick in bor-
rowing for business set-
up or expansion. —PTI
Edible oils import up 63% to
`1.17 lakh crore in 2020-21
New Dehi: India’s im-
port of edible oil re-
mained almost flat at
131.3 lakh tonnes dur-
ing the 2020-21 market-
ing year ending Octo-
ber, but in value terms
inwardsshipmentsrose
63 per cent to `1.17 lakh
crore, according to in-
dustry data.
The marketing year
of vegetable oil, which
comprises of edible oil
and non-edible oil, runs
fromNovembertoOcto-
ber. ‘’Import of vegeta-
ble oils during oil year
2020-21 is reported at
135.31 lakh tonnes com-
pared to 135.25 lakh
tonnes during 2019-20,’’
Solvent Extractors’ As-
sociationof India(SEA)
said in a statement.
Theimportof vegeta-
ble oils has been at the
lowest for the second
time in last six years, it
added.
As per the data, edi-
b l e
o i l
i m -
port
f e l l
t o
131.31 lakh tonnes in
2020-21 from 131.75 lakh
tonnes in the previous
year, while imports of
non-edible oil rose to
399,822 tonnes from
3,49,172 tonnes.
In value terms, SEA
said the import of edi-
ble oil gone up to
`1,17,000crorein2021-21
from `71,625 crore in
2019-20.
Thefrequentchanges
inimportdutyonedible
oils in last few months
by the Government of
India also disturbed the
import pattern, the as-
sociation said.
Import of refined oil
has marginally in-
creased to 6.86 lakh
tonnes in 2020-21 as
compared to 4.21 lakh
tonnes during 2019-20,
while crude oil import
marginally decreased
to 124.45 lakh tonnes
compared to 127.54 lakh
tonnes.During 2020-21,
palmoilimportsharply
increased to 83.21 lakh
tonnes as compared to
72.17 lakh tonnes dur-
ing the previous year
due to reduction in im-
port duty on CPO
(Crude Palm Oil) and
lifting of restriction on
import of RBD (Re-
fined, Bleached and
Deodorised) Palmolein.
The import of soft oil
decreased to 48.12 lakh
tonnes from 59.58 lakh
tonnes in last year, con-
sisting of 28.66 lakh
tonnes of soybean oil,
18.94 lakh tonnes of
sunflower oil, 0.52 lakh
tonnes of rapeseed oil.
—PTI
As per the data, edible oil import fell to 131.31
lakh tonnes in 2020-21 from 131.75 lakh
tonnes in the previous year, while imports of
non-edible oil rose to 399,822 tonnes from
3,49,172 tonnes
Sensex tumbles
396 points;
Nifty slips
below 18,000
Mumbai: Equity
benchmark Sensex
tanked 396 points on
Tuesday tracking losses
in index majors Reli-
ance Industries, ICICI
Bank and SBI amid a
mixed trend in global
markets. The 30-share
index ended 396.34
points or 0.65 % lower at
60,322.37. The 50-issue
Nifty fell 110.25 points
or 0.61 % to 17,999.20.
Reliance Industries
was the top loser in the
Sensex pack, shedding
over 2 %, followed by
SBI, UltraTech Cement,
IndusInd Bank, NTPC.
On the other hand,
Maruti, MM, Tech
Mahindra were among
the gainers. —PTI
KIA ALL SET TO EXPAND
PRODUCT RANGE IN INDIA
New Delhi: Automak-
er Kia India is looking
to strengthen its prod-
uct portfolio as it gears
up to introduce a new
model in the country
in the first quarter of
next year, as per a top
company official.
The company
, which
currently sells three
products in India --
Seltos, Sonet and Car-
nival -- is all set to glob-
ally un- veil its
fourth model (code-
named KY) on Decem-
ber 16. While the glob-
al showcase of the
product would happen
next month, the actual
market launch would
take place later in the
January-March quar-
ter. Kia has become
the fastest player in
the Indian automotive
industry to cross the
three lakh cumulative
sales mark in less than
two years of com-
mencing opera-
tions in
t h e
c o u n -
try
.
—PTI
Office space demand to rise
in Asian countries: GAR Corp
Singapore: Global
companies are eager to
work in countries like
India and Asian coun-
tries are going to see an
increase in office space
demand on the back of
strong economic
growth, according to
Abhinav Reddy, man-
aging director of GAR
Corp.
More and more com-
panies are looking to
work in India, especial-
ly in the digitalisation
space, Abhinav Reddy,
managing director of
GAR Corp, told an in-
ternational conference
in Singapore on Mon-
day
.
There is a big differ-
ence between the East
and the West.
He said most homes
in Asia have three gen-
erations living in it.
“So, you have an av-
erage of five people per
home staying there. So,
working from that sort
of home environment
is not really as condu-
cive as when you have
nuclear families in the
West,” he said, adding
this is a big factor
which will change de-
mand for office space.
—PTI

07
NEWS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: All India
Congress Committee
(AICC) general secre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi
will hold a conference
of women in Chitrakoot
on Wednesday which
would be held at
Ramghat.
With the Congress
announcing to give 40
percent reservation to
women in the ticket dis-
tribution, Priyanka
Gandhi been carrying
on special women cen-
tric campaign to mobi-
lise them in the
state.
The spokes-
man of UPCC Dr
Umashankar
Pandey said
Priyanka,
who has
emerged
as a sym-
bol of
fighter
for the cause of women,
has been attracting this
section of the society
who are looking to-
wards her with hope
and aspiration. Pandey
said that Priyanka’s slo-
gan “ I am girl, I can
fight” has attracted the
women to a large extent
and has become symbol
of women empower-
ment. He said this cam-
paign
she will be holding dia-
logue with women in
Chitrakoot.
Pandey said the way
the BJP had turned the
state into a “crime
state” the worst affected
section was women and
Priyanka has given
them a call to join her
campaign. He said the
Congress has already
promised 40 percent
reservation to women
in the ticket distribu-
tion and girl students
of intermediate and
graduation would
be given smart-
phone and scooty.
Similarly, women
would be allowed
free travel in the
government buses.
Aganwadi workers
have been promised Rs
10,000 remuneration.
Congress has also
promised three
free gas
cylinders.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: About 10
members of the Ut-
tar Pradesh Legisla-
tive Council, belong-
ing to the Samajwadi
Party and Bahujan
Samaj Party, will be
joining the BJP soon.
All of them are
Vidhan Parishad
members, elected
through local bodies,
and their terms are
coming to an end in
March next year.
The names of
these ten leaders
have been cleared by
the newly constitut-
ed joining committee
of the Uttar Pradesh
BJP, according to
party sources.
All these leaders
wield considerable
influence in their re-
spective areas and
with support from
the BJP, they will
manage a comforta-
ble reelection next
year.
In the list that has
been cleared for in-
duction into the BJP,
the most prominent
name is that of Ravi
Shankar Singh Pap-
pu who is presently
in the Samajwadi
Party
.
Former Minister
Markanday Chand’s
son, CP Chand is also
joining the BJP.
Akshay Pratap
Singh, a cousin of
former minister
Raghuraj Pratap Sin-
gh a.k.a. Raja Bhai-
yya, is also quitting
the Samajwadi Party
to join the BJP.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The vast,
green and mostly flat
terrain of eastern Uttar
Pradesh is witnessing a
flurry of activity as the
Lucknow-Ghazipur
Purvanchal Express-
way was thrown open to
the people by Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday
.
The 340-km-long ex-
pressway has opened
doors of socio-econom-
ic development for the
entire region, causing
immense excitement
among the people, who
feel they are no longer
associated with a re-
gion for decades consid-
ered backward or unde-
veloped.
For farmers, stu-
dents, traders, busines-
men, labourers, small
vendors, entrepreneurs
or potential investors,
the expressway has
come as a boon as it has
made fast, seamless
connectivity with state
capital Lucknow and
the Delhi-National Cap-
ital Region on one end,
and with Bihar and ar-
eas bordering Nepal on
the other a reality
.
Be it transport of lo-
cal products, ODOP
items, agriculture pro-
duce, wholesale goods
or necessary travel for
medical, educational,
pilgrimage, tourism, so-
cial or personal rea-
sons, the Purvanchal
Expressway is expected
to bring about unprec-
edented transformation
in the lives of millions
of people in dozens of
districts adjacent or
close to it.
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath had conducted a
fresh assessment of the
Purvanchal Express-
way project report and
after quick clearances,
work was started in
2018. Elaborate meas-
ures have been taken to
ensure the quality of
construction.

Beginning with
the purchase of
land, then construc-
tion of the stadium
and now return of
the international
cricket; it is a big
achievement?
Vaibhav: It was the
desire of the district
union officials that
cricket should pick
up pace in the state.
We have waited for 8
long years. Now that
the time has come, we
will put up a fantastic
show on November
17.

There were match-
es when Rungta and
Lalit Modi were
president of the
RCA. Cricket as a
game and the way it
is organised has
evolved over the
years. How do you
think the
state crick-
et associ-
ation
has
evolved
to
match
up with
the chal-
lenges?
V a i b h a v :
Jaipur has seen
matches in the past
and our aim is to en-
sure that we put up a
show that is better
than those in the
past. We have the vast
experience of our of-
ficials on our side
and this will help us
overcome the weak-
nesses of
the past.
Bio Bub-
ble re-
mains
t h e
biggest
c h a l -
lenge.

We have
seen you on
the ground for
past 3-4 days like a
true leader. Are you
feeling the pressure
before the match?
Do you sleep well at
night?
Vaibhav (laughing):
I sleep like a log. Dur-
ing the times of CP
Joshi (former RCA
president) I got to be
part of the organisa-
tion committee. Al-
though it’s my first
match, my experience
of the past as well as
that of my team is
coming handy today.

Talking about the
facilities for the
spectators, what is
new this time
round?
Vaibhav: Our plan-
ning is top-notch. Post
COVID this is going to
be the first interna-
tional match in the
country and Jaipur
has got the honour of
hosting it. All blocks
and stands have world
class facilities. We
have diverse commit-
tees to look after dif-
ferent areas and dis-
trict officials are do-
ing a great job.
We will put up a fantastic show: Vaibhav Gehlot
Ahead of the India-New Zealand match, RCA
chief Vaibhav Gehlot talked to Naresh Sharma
over a host of issues including the coming up
stadium in Chonp area on Delhi road
PURVANCHAL EXPRESSWAY
OPENS DOORS FOR UNPRECEDENTED DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN UP
First India Bureau
Sultanpur: UP chief
minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Tuesday
said the newly
opened Purvanchal
Expressway will give
momentum to devel-
opment in the state.
Addressing the in-
augural event of the
341-km expressway,
Adityanath said,
“Three years ago,
the foundation of
the expressway was
laid. Despite the cor-
onavirus disease
(Covid-19), the ex-
pressway is ready
for inauguration on
schedule.”
The CM said this
is the expressway for
the people of Uttar
Pradesh and it is not
only a medium for
transportation, but
it would also pave
the way for develop-
ing the state’s east-
ern region which re-
mained neglected
since the country’s
Independence.
Three-match T20I series: Rohit-led Men in Blue ready for ‘revenge’
Jaipur: After a disap-
pointing show in the
recently concluded
ICC men’s T20 World
Cup, Team India will
look to start their prep-
arations for next year’s
T20 World Cup on the
right note when they
take on New Zealand
in the first T20I at the
Sawai Mansingh Sta-
dium on Wednesday.
India and New Zea-
land will lock horns in
a three-match T20I se-
ries this week and it
will be the start of a
new era for the Men in
Blue under skipper
Rohit Sharma and
new head coach Rahul
Dravid.
Last week, opening
batter Rohit Sharma
was named India’s T20I
skipper and KL Rahul
was appointed his dep-
uty. Virat Kohli had an-
nounced before the T20
World Cup that the
showpiece event will
be his last assignment
as skipper in the short-
est format of the game.
With the ICC announc-
ing the dates of the
2022 T20 World Cup,
Team India will look to
bury the ghost of this
year’s performance
and start afresh.
Vice-captain Rahul
has said the Men In
Blue have a great op-
portunity to learn
from former skipper
Dravid. —ANI
EXPRESSWAY WILL ACT AS THE
LIFELINE OF EAST UP: CM YOGI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the function.
PM Modi being greeted by UP CM Yogi Adityanath at inauguration of Purvanchal Expressway. Governor Anandiben Patel and State BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh also seen.
New Zealand players during a practice session at the SMS Stadium in Jaipur, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
IAF fighter planes during airshow over the Purvanchal
Expressway. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
This greenfield express-
way has its starting
point at Chand Sarai
village, located near the
existing Lucknow-Sul-
tanpur Road (NH-731)
in Lucknow district. Its
ending point is near
village Hyderia on NH-
19 in Ghazipur district,
about 18 km before the
UP-Bihar border. It has
service road, toll plazas
on the carriageway.
GREENFIELD
PROJECT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The BJP has
drawn up a masterplan
to woo the youth in a big
way ahead of the Uttar
Pradesh assembly elec-
tions.
To draw the young
voters, the ruling party
has roped in Bhojpuri
film star Gorakhpur
MP Ravi Kishan, for-
mer cricketer Gautam
Gambhir, wrestler Bab-
ita Phogat, National
President of BJYM
Tejasvi to lead the cam-
paign.
The newly formed
youth brigade has al-
ready embarked on a
fortnight long outreach
campaign, which was
kicked off by BJP
spokesperson Sambit
Patra from Subharti
University in Meerut
on Monday
.
Named 'Yuvotthan',
the drive will continue
till November 30 during
which there will be a
youth dialogue pro-
gram in 14 cities of UP.
These include Meerut,
Moradabad, Aligarh,
Agra, Kanpur, Jhansi,
Bareilly, Gorakhpur,
Lucknow, Ayodhya,
Prayagraj, Varanasi,
Saharanpur, and Noida.
This event will be held
in any major education-
al institution or univer-
sity of the city. This
event will be held from
November 15 to 30.
A state general secre-
tary of the BJP said
that keeping in mind
the Uttar Pradesh as-
sembly elections, the
party is making every
effort to woo the youth.
In this episode, now
the BJP is going to
launch its youth bri-
gade in Uttar Pradesh,
so that this youth bri-
gade goes among the
youth and talks about
their issues and direct-
ly connects with BJP
for the 2022 assembly
elections.
BJP ropes in stars to woo
youth ahead of UP elections
Priyanka will hold women’s
conference in Chitrakoot
10 MLCs of Opposition
parties to join UP BJP
Gautam Gambhir
Ravi Kishan
Babita Phogat
state crick-
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nesses of
the past.
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seen you on
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Gehlot

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2NDFRONT
If your efforts can bring joy to
even a single person, they are
worth it.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Union FM lauds Haryana for POWERFULLDiscoms
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Union Fi-
nance Minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman while
chairing a high level
meeting with Chief
Ministers, State Fi-
nance Ministers, held
through video confer-
encing here lauded the
revolutionary steps
taken by Haryana un-
der the leadership of
Chief Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar to re-
duce line losses of DIS-
COMs and further tak-
ing the State at a profit-
able position.
The Finance Minister
said that Secretary
, Cen-
tral Power Department
would be asked to study
Haryana’smodeltogeta
better understanding of
the blueprint followed
by Haryana. During the
meeting,detaileddiscus-
sionswereheldoncreat-
ing an enabling ecosys-
tem for increased pro-
active facilitation for in-
vestmentsbesidestopics
of energizing growth,
reforms,augmentingin-
vestments and creating
a reform-focused busi-
ness climate.
Manohar Lal
Khattar said that
under the Struc-
tural Reforms in
Power Sector,
the State Gov-
ernment is mak-
ing dedicated ef-
forts to reduce the
gross distribution
and commercial deficit
of DISCOMs under
UDAY Yojana. During
the last five years, the
Gross Distribution and
Commercial Deficit de-
clined from 30.02 per-
cent in 2015-16 to 16.22
percent in 2020-21. Fur-
ther, during 2017-18,
DISCOMs have
achieved operating/net
profit of Rs. 412 crore by
achieving a financial
turnaround two years
ahead of the target year.
This profit was Rs 291
crore in the year 2018-19
and Rs 331 crore in the
year 2019-20, he in-
formed.
The Chief Minister
said that Haryana DIS-
COMS have signed MoU
with Energy Efficient
Services Limited to in-
stall 10 lakh smart me-
ters in the next 3 years.
As many as 2.15 lakh
smart meters have been
installed in the State by
December 2020. Smart
metering project by
DISCOMS includes sev-
eral citizen-centric fea-
tures like prepaid facil-
ity, trust reading-based
billing, missed call fa-
cility to view electricity
bill online, making bill
payment through post
offices, consumer satis-
faction rate for new con-
nection and average
time of delivery servic-
es, shared Khattar.
The Chief Minister
revealed that due to ef-
ficient financial man-
agement during the cri-
sis of the COVID-19
Pandemic, Haryana has
been able to maintain
the fiscal deficit at 2.90
percent of GSDP
against the sanctioned
limit of 5 percent for
the year 2020-21. The
state has also success-
fully controlled its debt
liability, as the debt to
GSDP ratio stood at
23.27 percent in 2020-21.
Strategy for the revival
of the economy adopted
by the State Govern-
ment to achieve a ‘V
shape’ recovery and
pave the way for the re-
vival of the economy
, on
four-pillar strategy was
adopted by the state sov-
ernment, he added.
Telangana village in
UN World Tourism list
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Po-
champally Village in
Telangana State has
been selected as one of
the best Tourism Villag-
es by the United Nations
World Tourism Organi-
sation (UNWTO). The
prestigious award will
be given on the occasion
of the24thsessionof the
UNWTO General As-
sembly on December 2
in Madrid, Spain.
Union Minister of
Culture, Tourism and
Development of North
Eastern Region G Kis-
han Reddy congratulat-
ed the villagers and
said, “Pochampally’s
unique weaving styles
and patterns received
special focus through
Prime Minister Sri Nar-
endra Modi’s mantra of
Vocal4Localasapartof
Atma Nirbhar Bharat.”
“Onbehalf of thepeople
of Pochampally in par-
ticular and the people of
Telangana,Iamgrateful
that this award has been
bestowed on the Village
of Pochampally
. I am
also grateful to the Min-
istry officials in present-
ing the case for Pocham-
pally and other entries
effectively
,” he added.
vestments and creating
a reform-focused busi-
ness climate.
Khattar said that
ernment is mak-
ing dedicated ef-
forts to reduce the
gross distribution
and commercial deficit
Union Power Department to study Haryana model, says Nirmala Sitharaman chairing CMs’, FMs’ high level meeting
HARYANA NOT TO FACE ANY
MANURE SHORTAGE: KHATTAR
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar
Lal Khattar has said that there will be no shortage
of manure for sowing wheat and mustard. The
supply of fertilizers is being ensured in the entire
state by holding regular talks with the Central
government. In the last three days, eight racks of
DAP manure have been received from the Central
government, and in the coming three days nine
more racks are being ordered. He said that the
Government of India is providing 7000 to 8000
metric tonnes of DAP and NPK fertilizers every
day. Haryana government will not let the farmers
face any kind of trouble. The Chief Minister said
that keeping in view the sowing season, fertilizers
are being made available in every district as per
the requirement. —FIB
Punjab Cabinet to
pay obeisance at Sri
Kartarpur Sahib
First India Bureau
Dharowali (Gur-
daspur): Punjab Chief
Minister Charanjit Sin-
gh Channi on Tuesday
announced that entire
Punjab Cabinet will pay
obeisance at Sri Kartar-
pur Sahib on November
18 as a part of first del-
egation after reopening
of Kartarpur corridor.
At the function to
mark the death anniver-
sary of former Punjab
Minister Santokh Sin-
gh Randhawa here on
Tuesday, Channi
thanked the Prime Min-
ister and Union Home
Minister for re-opening
the Kartarpur corridor
ahead of Prakash Purb
of Guru Nanak Dev ji.
He said that he had per-
sonally taken the issue
of reopening of corri-
dor with the Prime Min-
ister and Union Home
Minister. He said that
this is a joyous occasion
for entire Punjabi com-
munity adding that the
entire Punjab Cabinet
will pay obeisance at
Sri Kartarpur Sahib on
November 18.
PICTURE PERFECT
The Jayadri Valley in Pune district of Maharashtra presents a picturesque scenery. The Central Railway Department is currently working on the development of
several railway lines and railway stations in various states of the country by modernizing and beautifying them.. —PHOTO BY VIJAYKUMAR HARISHCHANDRE
Police grill
10 booked
for illegal
conversion
First India Bureau
Bharuch: After a FIR
was registered against
nine persons for alleg-
edly luring tribals from
Kankariya village in
Bharuch district to con-
vert them to Islam,
Bharuch police have
swung into action and
begun questioning the
accused for their al-
leged role in illegal con-
version of 100 Hindu
tribals over the last few
years.
On Monday, convert
tribals from the village
had lodged a complaint
at Amod police station
with the allegations.
District Superinten-
dent of Police R V Chu-
dasama and Deputy Su-
perintendent of Police
(SC/ST cell) M P Bho-
jani and their teams
have been camping in
Amod town since
Wednesday morning.
GROWING PUNJAB
BRO feat recognised by Guinness World Records
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Director General
Border Roads (DGBR) Lt Gen
Rajeev Chaudhry received the
Guinness World Records cer-
tificate on Tuesday for the
achievement of Border Roads
Organisation (BRO) of con-
structing and black topping
the world’s highest motorable
road at 19,024 feet at Umlingla
Pass in Ladakh.
In a virtual ceremony, offi-
cial adjudicator of the Guin-
ness World Records based in
the United Kingdom Rishi
Nath acknowledged the re-
markable achievement of
BROforconstructingthehigh-
est altitude road in the world.
In a four-month long process
undertaken by the Guinness
World Records, five different
surveyors verified the claim.
The 52-kilometre long
Chisumle to Demchok tarmac
road passes through the 19,024
feet high Umlingla Pass and
betters the previous record of
a road in Bolivia, which con-
nects volcano Uturuncu at
18,953 feet. The Umlingla Pass
road is another landmark in
resurgentIndia’sachievement
as it has been constructed at
an altitude higher than the
North and South Base Camps
of Mount Everest which are at
an altitude of 16,900 feet and
17,598 feet respectively
.
On the occasion, DGBR Lt
Gen Rajeev Chaudhry spoke
about the challenges faced
during the road
construction to
U m l i n g l a
Pass, which
he said,
tested both
the human
spirit and
efficacy of
machines in
an extremely
tough terrain
where temperatures in win-
ters dip to -40 degrees and
oxygen levels are 50 percent
below normal.
ROAD TO DEVELOPMENT
Shah tried to topple Cong govt in Raj too: Gehlot
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Tuesday ac-
cused Union Home Min-
isterAmitShahof being
involved in the fall of
Congressgovernmentin
Madhya Pradesh and
trying to do it in Ra-
jasthan too last year.
Gehlot made the alle-
gation while referring
to the crisis over the
stability of his govern-
ment in 2020 and said
the Congress MLAs
stayed in hotels for a
long time but the pre-
sent government is in
place only with the
blessings of the people .
“The Home Minister
could not do anything,
said Gehlot, without
naming Shah.
He had a lot of arro-
gance over Madhya
Pradeshbutthepeopleof
Rajasthan shattered his
arrogance, he asserted.
Is it a way to act in a
democracy -- bringing
down governments?’ he
asked.
In which direction
the country is going?
Nobody knows. Today
the Constitution and de-
mocracy are in danger.
The situation is very
serious. Every person
will have to think,” the
chief minister added.
Gehlot made the re-
marks while addressing
a state-level teacher
award ceremony at Bir-
la Auditorium here.
The chief minister
also targeted the Centre
over the rising prices of
petrol and diesel.
Gehlot said when the
Manmohan Singh-led
UPA government was at
the Centre, it did not al-
low the fuel prices to
rise and kept its prices
under check despite
high crude oil prices in
the international mar-
ket. —PTI

While
addressing a
state-level
teacher award
ceremony in
Jaipur, the
Rajasthan CM
also targeted the
Centre over the
rising prices of
petrol and
diesel.
Gehlot said this
referring to the crisis
over the stability of
his govt in 2020 and
said the Cong MLAs
stayed in hotels but
the present govt is
in place only with
people’s blessings.
Raj CM Gehlot and Education Minister Govind S Dotasra light lamp
to open state-level teacher award ceremony in Jaipur, on Tuesday.
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Politics,
Democracy
Academics!
Digital Baal Mela’s initiative
‘Baccho ki Sarkar Kaisi Ho’, intends to connect
young children with our democratic ethos, show
them the spirit of our constitution and the
governance structure of our nation!
he Digital Baal
Mela which
celebrated the
second season
this year is a
concrete step
forward in
bringing the idea of
Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru to life when he
said, “The children of
today will make the In-
dia of tomorrow.”
Dr CP Joshi launched
the campaign Baccho
Ki Sarkar Kaisi ho on
June 15, 2021. Digital
Baal Mela, sponsored
by LIC, co-sponsored by
IDBI, and designed by
the Future society wit-
nessed children in vari-
ous roles like Assembly
Speaker, Leader of Op-
position, Chief Whip
and ministers on 14 No-
vember 2021 at the Ra-
jasthan Assembly
.
Jagdeesh Chandra
also hosted the young
masterminds at Ram-
bagh Palace, Jaipur on
Tuesday and motivated
them to continue to
bring their own per-
spective to the politics
of the nation and high-
light the issues faced by
the young generation
and also their expecta-
tions from the political
leaders.
CM Ashok Gehlot
and other ministers
congratulated and ap-
preciated Dr Meena
Sharma for her efforts
to make this a success-
ful program.
The Digital Baal
Mela was started by a
10-year-old girl, Janhvi
Sharma, during the
first lockdown when
the children were
cooped up in their
homes and had a lot of
problems adjusting to
this new life thrust
upon them.
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Raj Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi and MLA Sanyam Lodha with the Baal Mela children outside Rajasthan Vishan Sabha
CM Ashok Gehlot, Om Birla, Dr CP Joshi, Sanyam Lodha, Mahendra Choudhary and others
walk forward happily to the Children’s Govt proceedings day!
Jagdeesh Chandra with Sanika Lalwani, Aayushi Saini, Priya Sharma, Raghav Kalla, Janhvi Sharma, Anita Hada,
Meena Sharma, Lipi Gupta, Vaibhavee Goyal, Harshsardhan Sharma, Aditya Sharma, Ronit Jain and Shreyansh Agarwal
Samyak Jain as MLA of opposition shedding
some light on almsgiving
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressing the Children’s Assembly
Gulab Chand Katariya addressing the Baal Vidhansabha
Vidhan Sabha session for children
Kashwini Gehlot addressing the house Baal Session Speaker Janhvi Sharma
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Special Guest and All India BBC Head Rupa Jha with Himanshi Gehlot

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P
rof Rattan Lal Mittal is
former Head of Orthopae-
dic Department, Principal
Government Medical Col-
lege, Patiala; Director, Research
Medical Education, Government
of Punjab, Chandigarh and Dean
as well as Chancellor’s nominee
Punjabi University, Patiala. He
has been a Member of the Medical
Council of India (1993-95), Chair-
man of the ESI Medical Board
(1981-1995) and Sports Medicine
teacher at the National Institute
of Sports, Patiala.
Born on April 23, 1937, Prof
Mittal completed MBBS in 1960
and MS in 1966 from Punjabi Uni-
versity, Patiala. He has been a
passionate researcher in diverse
areas with 135 landmark global
publications. He has been a
strong advocate of low-cost tech-
nology for LMICs (Low and Mid-
dle-Income Countries), including
India. He invented numerous or-
thopaedic instruments. Superan-
nuated in April 1995, Prof Mittal
has been a passionate researcher.
His special field of lifetime inter-
est has been the grey area of ex-
treme clubfoot deformities in
which he has done pioneering
original research with 11 global
publications in reputed journals
during the last half-century. His
research includes the all-inclu-
sive four in one plastic surgery
procedure for correction of se-
vere clubfoot deformities. He has
been a distinguished Orthopae-
dic surgeon with numerous
awards and rewards viz. Govern-
ment of India’s Senior Common-
wealth Fellowship to UK 1984,
Indian Council Medical Research
award for Skeletal Fluorosis in
1991, Dr BC Roy National Award
1994, President, Asia Pacific Foot
Ankle Society 2000-2002, Life
Fellow National Academy Medi-
cal Sciences since 1995 etc. He
was specifically authorized by
Punjab Government in 2016-2017
and performed unprecedented 38
free unique clubfoot surgeries at
Government Mata Kaushalya
Hospital, Patiala. He has written
an invited book on congenital
club foot published in the USA by
Taylor and Francis released at
IOACON at Coimbatore in 2018.
r Niru Kumar has
been honoured as Pad-
ma Shri Awardee 2021
for her tireless work in
the field of Diversity
and Inclusion. She is
also the National Icon
and Board member Election
Commission of India. She is a
Diversity and Inclusion Con-
sultant, Medical Doctor, Execu-
tive Coach, NLP Master Practi-
tioner trained from Dr Richard
Bandler founder NLP and a
CHI Certified Teacher and
Practitioner of Hypnosis.
Dr Niru’s consulting and
training sessions are one of its
kind as she skillfully uses Di-
versity and Inclusion, Coach-
ing skills, NLP and Hypnother-
apy techniques to bring pro-
found and authentic transfor-
mation in the personal and
professional lives of the par-
ticipants.
Dr Niru is the founder of a
DI Consulting firm Ask In-
sights. This is a woman-owned
firm and is the only DI Con-
sulting firm that has partnered
with the world’s best thought
leaders in the field.
Dr Niru offers her expertise
in Diversity Strategy, Policies,
Talent Management, Assess-
ments and Analytics covering
areas of Gender Generation,
LGBTQ, Disability and Uncon-
scious Bias and Inclusion. She
has provided consulting to
more than 50 leading organisa-
tions and trained more than
30,000 people from Global Lead-
ers to the frontline in plants in
remotest areas. Some of her
clients are Unilever, Google,
Amazon, Flipkart, Aditya Bir-
la, PepsiCo, TATA etc.
She also coaches top Global
Leaders in the field of Inclu-
sive Leadership in one-to-one
sessions. Through the work-
shops and these sessions, the
leaders are able to drive
change within the organisa-
tion to not only be inclusive
but to leverage Diversity of
Thought in Innovation and be
Market Leaders.
Dr Niru is currently running
many Global Projects for top
leaders in various geographies
in companies like Unilever,
Concentrix etc.
THE UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT
City First brings to you the Padma Shri Awardees, Dr Niru Kumar and Prof Rattan Lal Mittal who
because of their hard work and efforts were conferred the award by President Ram Nath Kovind!
D
The work and the
transformation I saw in
people was my award.
Receiving this honour has
intensified my belief that I
am in service of the
divine. My life story
including getting polio at
age 3 was for a purpose
and I was being prepared
for this role since then.
From an early age being
different myself, made me
feel the pain of others who
were different and were
not included.
—DR NIRU KUMAR
Receiving this
award is the
culmination of my
original work over
the last 50 years in
the field of
congenital clubfoot. With this
novel surgical concept, even the
most severe deformity can be
corrected. I am grateful to the
Government of India for reaching
out to all the corners of the
country and giving recognition to
the efforts of its citizens. I draw
my inspiration from the teachings
of Swami Vivekananda.
—PROF RATTAN LAL MITTAL
President Ram Nath Kovind conferring the Padma Shri Award to Dr Niru Kumar
Dr Niru with her students while taking a session on empowering women
Dr Niru at the Minneapolis Forum
Dr Niru with the Hindalco Factory Unit
Prof Rattan Lal Mittal with Dr Arun Kumar Chopra, Dr Suruchi Chopra, Bhuvan Mittal,
Pritha Khurana and Sanjiv Khurana among other family members
President Ram Nath Kovind conferring the Padma Shri
Award to Dr Rattan Lal Mittal
Dr Mittal with his wife Dr Radha Rani Mittal and daughter Dr Suruchi Chopra
Picture of a patient before and after surgery treated by Dr Mittal
Dr Mittal greeted by his wife Dr Radha Rani Mittal, neighbors and
friends on his homecoming
Dr Niru Kumar with her family

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Janhvi is the first child
in the country who
stepped out in the Coro-
naAwarenessCampaign
of the Government of
Rajasthan during the
lockdown of March -
April 2020. On learning
of the plight faced by
her ‘locked down’
friends, Janhvi the logo
of this new kids’ world
in her notebook and did
everything from her
home.
The Future Society
heard the children’s call
and turned this into a
national initiative by
formally launching the
Digital Baal Mela on No-
vember 14, 2020, Chil-
dren’s Day. Rajasthan
Education Minister Go-
vind Singh Dotasara re-
leased a video of the
Baal Mela and appealed
to the children to par-
ticipate in large num-
bers. Dr BD Kalla, Minis-
ter of Arts and Culture,
Government of Ra-
jasthan, described it as a
platform for children.
Children from across
the country participated
in 10 kinds of competi-
tions of Digital Baal
Mela. Not only chil-
dren, but their
parents also showed
huge enthusiasm.
As a result, in one
month, children
from all over the
country appeared
at this Baal Mela.
While one
thousandchildren
became active mem-
bers of Digital Baal
Mela, about fifteen lakhs
also reached social me-
dia platforms. DBM 2021
was designed to take
the voice of children
to the political func-
tionaries so that they
also become stake-
holders in the politi-
cal process even
though they don’t
vote. Starting on June
15, DBM, 2021 has al-
ready been able to con-
nect more than 15 lac
children and their fami-
lies.
Children have been
selected to experience
for themselves how the
state Assembly func-
tions. These children
were allowed inside the
Rajasthan Vidhan Sab-
ha and got the opportu-
nity to run the House.
FROM PG 09
Chief Minister of Children’s assembly Harsh Bharat Bhai
Piyush Goyal as Health
Minister shared his views
on children’s health issues
Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha Secretary
Pramil Kumar Mathur
Finance Minister Anushka Rathore answering
questions on the child development budget
Proud mothers of the children of Baal Mela sitting as MLA in Vidhan Sabha Children’s Assembly
Opposition MLA Anvesha Singh discussing on effective operation
on E- vehicles for the prevention of air pollution
Dinesh Bairad as Minister of Social justice and welfare
development giving possible solutions on child marriage issues
Dr CP Joshi with Dr Meena Sharma
and Digital Baal Mela team
Dr Meena Sharma giving brief instructions to the children before the session
Children of Digital Baal Mela outside the Assmebly on 14 November
Jagdeesh Chandra presents Certificate of Participation to Vaibhavee Goyal Jagdeesh Chandra appreciates Lipi Gupta on Tuesday evening Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Ronit Jain
Mayank Potaliya
Politics,
Democracy
Academics! BD Kalla, Rajendra Pareek,
Mamta Bhupesh, Meena Sharma, Lalchand Kataria,
Ashok Lahoti, Prasadi Lal Meena at the Vidhan Sabha
DURING THE INTERACTION! —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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