First india jaipur edition-09 november 2020

1. Notebandi was greatly beneficial: PMModi 4 jawans, 3 militants killed in J&K clash New Delhi: Four years after he announced a surprise decision to re- place nearly 86 per cent of all of India’s cash sending shockwaves through the economy which is yet to fully re- cover, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sun- day defended the move, saying it had reduced corruption and increased transparency. On November 8, 2016, with four hours’ notice, PM Modi had announced the decision to ban Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes from midnight. People stood in queues for weeks at ATMs and banks to withdraw new notes which were rationed, plunging businesses into chaos. In a famous speech, he asked people to bear the pain for 50 days and if the situation did not improve, he said, he was ready for “any pun- ishment”. It took months for people to get the cash they needed and India’s annual economic growth slid from 8.25 per cent in 2016 to 5.02 per cent in 2019, according to the World Bank. Initially billed as a silver bullet to eliminate everything from ill-gotten wealth to ter- rorism, demonetisation has been widely seen by economists as a major blunder. Meant to wipe out black money, the Re- serve Bank of India said 99.30 per cent of all notes banned managed to come back into its system. Srinagar: An officer of the Army and three security personnel, including a constable of the Border Security Force or BSF, were killed in the line of duty during a major anti- terror operation along the Line of Control or LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said. Three terrorists were also gunned down in the anti-terror operation, which took place in north Kashmir’s Machil sector, they said. This is one of the biggest en- counters in the Union Territory since April. Around 1 am, a patrol party of the Border Se- curity Force noticed suspicious movements near the Line of Con- trol and challenged the intruders, leading to a three-hour gun-battle in which a terrorist was eliminated. One BSF constable was killed in action. “Constable Sudip Sarkar lost his life during the operation in Machil Sector. Rein- forcements received from Indian Army, the Joint operation still un- derway,” said the Bor- der Security Force. The gun-battle ended around 4 am, as the army moved in rein- forcements. Around 10.20 am, more intruders were de- tected approximately Turn to P6 Washington: Presi- dent-elect Joe Biden is planning to quickly sign a series of executive orders after being sworn into office on Jan. 20, immediately forecasting that the country’s politics have shifted and that his presidency will be guid- ed by radically different priorities. President Biden will rejoin the Paris climate accords, according to those close to his campaign and commit- ments he has made in recent months, and he will reverse President Donald Trump’s with- drawal from the World Health Organization. The 46th President Biden will also repeal the ban on immigration from many Muslim-majority countries, and he will reinstate the program allowing “dreamers,” who were brought to the United States illegally as chil- dren, to remain in the country, according to people familiar with his plans. Tell people, my life is under threat:Arnab THUMPING WIN President-elect Joe Biden gestures while his first address to the nation. ATTORNEY GENERAL REFUSES TO REVIEW DECISION DECLINING CONSENT TO INITIATE CONTEMPT AGAINST JAGAN NCB HELD BOLLYWOOD PRODUCER FIROZ NADIADWALA’S WIFE AFTER MARIJUANA WAS FOUND AT HOMEINITIATE CONTEMPT AGAINST JAGAN 15°C - 32°C www.firstindia.co.in | www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia | instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR l MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 155 OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD ‘I’M HERE TO UNIFY’ Mumbai: Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested in connection with the suicide of an interior designer, was on Sun- day shifted to Taloja jail in Maharashtra’s Raigad district from a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Alibaug, a police official said. Goswami was moved to the Taloja jail after he was allegedly found us- ingamobilephonewhile in judicial custody at a local school designated as COVID-19 centre for Alibaug prison in Raigad district, he said. The Raigad crime branch found Goswami was active on social media using somebody’s mobile phone, despite his personal mobile phone having been seized by police when he was taken into custody on November 4, the official said. While being escorted to Taloja jail, Goswami shouted from the police van, alleging that he was assaulted by Ali- baug jailer on Saturday evening, his life was in danger and he was not allowed to speak to his lawyer. Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has approached the President about conceding the closely- fought election to his Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to media reports on Sunday. Kushner has approached the Presi- dent about conceding the election, CNN quoted two unidentified sources as saying. Kushner approached Trump on conceding New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani on the occasion of his birthday at the latter’s residence on Sunday. He also lauded the veteran leader’s role in taking the party to the masses and being a ‘living inspiration’ to BJP workers and the countrymen. Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda were also present to wish the veteran party leader who turned 93 today. In a tweet in Hindi, PM Modi said that LK Advani played a significant role in taking the party to the masses and is a ‘living inspiration’ to BJP workers and the countrymen. “Many congratulations to Shri LK Advani Ji, who played an important role in the development of the country. He is a direct inspiration to millions of party workers as well as countrymen. I pray for his long life and healthy life,” PM Modi tweeted. Amit Shah also wished Advani on birthday. “Advani Ji not only contributed to the development of the country by his hard work and selfless service but also played a major role in the expansion of BJP’s nationalist ideology. I wish him all the best on his birthday and wish him good health and longevity,” Amit Shah tweeted. See also P6 A SPOONFULL OF CAKE FROM MENTOR ON BIRTHDAY The J&K anti-terror operation took place in Machil sector. Arnab Goswami JINPING ORDERS ADVANCING CONSTRUCTION OF TIBET RAIL LINE, CLOSE TO ARUNACHAL Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday instructed officials to expedite the construction of the new USD 47.8 billion railway project connecting the country’s southwest Sichuan province to Linzhi in Tibet close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh, saying it would play a key role in safeguarding stability in the border areas. The Sichuan- Tibet Railway will be the second railway line into Tibet after the Qinghai- Tibet Railway project. It will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the world’s most geologically active areas, according to the Chinese official media. The Sichuan- Tibet Railway starts from Chengdu and travels through Ya’an and enters Tibet via Qamdo, shortening the journey from Chengdu to Lhasa from 48 hours to 13 hours. 46TH US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SEEKS TO ‘UNTRUMP’ AMERICA US President Donald Trump golfs at Trump National Golf Club on Saturday. PM Narendra Modi with Joe Biden. PM Modi tweeted this picture to congratulate Biden on becoming the 46th President of the United States. Congratulations @ JoeBiden on your spectacular victory! As the VP, your contribution to strengthening Indo-US relations was critical and invaluable. I look forward to working closely together once again to take India-US relations to greater heights, the PM tweeted. PM MODI WISHES PRESIDENT BIDENWHAT PREZ BIDEN MEANS FOR INDIA Biden has always advocated strong Indo-US relations. In 2006, three years before he became the Vice-President of the US, Biden announced his vision for the future of US-India relations: “My dream is that in 2020, the two closest nations in the world will be India and the United States,” he had said. DEMONETIZATION 4TH ANNIVERSARY Goswami shifted to Taloja Central Jail for using cellphone in custody Jaipur: After about two months, Congress General Secretary and Rajasthan Incharge Ajay Maken will visit Jaipur on November 11. Maken, who had been holding VCs with party workers and post holders, will be in the city till November 13. Maken will hold meeting to analyse recently held elections and to discuss the upcoming panchayat election and its preparations. During his two-day visit Makan is also expected to meet CM Ashok Gehlot. Ajay Maken to visit Jaipur on Nov 11 P5 P6 NARENDRA MODI @narendramodi Demonetisation has helped reduce black money, increase tax compliance and formalization and given a boost to transparency. These outcomes have been greatly beneficial towards national progress. Electoral Bond biggest scam, must be stopped: Gehlot Yogesh Sharma Jaipur: While Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Demoneti- zation as a major move against black money, Congress has termed the day as Day of Be- trayal and therefore on Sunday, on the direc- tions of All India Con- gress Committee (AICC), the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Com- mittee observed the Day of Betrayal against the Central Government. Holding a presser against the Modi government with PCC Chief Govind Singh Do- tasara, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who appealed to the people of state to observe No mask, no entry strictly and extended Diwali wishes, said that there was a need to celebrate Betrayal Day since people are still in shock of demonetization. “Be- cause of demonetization the public is in a shock today. Unemploy- ment has spread all around, the rural economy has been completely destroyed,” Gehlot said. The Chief minister said that “despite the demonetization black money is still flowing in the economy like before and there is a threat to democracy due to electoral bonds. Turn to P6 Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasara interacting with mediapersons on Sunday. CONGRESS OBSERVES BETRAYAL DAY ON DEMONETIZATION ANNIVERSARY  Centre not giving its right money to the state, CM said  Demonetization was totally anti-people, says Dotasra The African American community stood up again for me. They always have my back, and I’ll have yours. I said from the outset I wanted a campaign that represented America, and I think we did that I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify. Now, let’s give each other a chance. It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other

2. RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 02www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia First India Bureau Kota: Deputy Leader of Opposition and senior BJP leader Rajen- dra Rathore on Sunday accused the Congress leaders of misusing power to form a board in the Kota South Mu- nicipal Corporation where none of the parties has gained a clear majority. Both the Congress and the BJP got 36 wards each out of 80 and eight independents hold the key to formation of the board there. Rathore said that at the behest of the Urban development minister Shanti Dhariwal, the police was threatening the independent councillors and their family members to support the Congress. “The BJP has enough support to form a board in KMC South as four independent councillors have announced support to the party. This is not going well with the Congress and the leaders are adopting all tactics to form the board in KMC South,” Rathore said in a press release on Sunday. Rathore said that the Congress leaders lured the independent councillors first by offering money and plots, and then by threatening them with criminal cases. There are reports that the Congress is filling police reports about independents be ing missing and ab- ducted. Rathore said the mayor election could be rigged as such he demanded to send observers from the State Election Com- mission. Dhariwal rubbished aside the charges saying that the Congress never misused power and it had always been the case with the BJP governments. He said that an independent councillor was forcibly picked up from his house and taken to Madhya Pradesh and whenhisfatherreached there, he was arrested by the MP police. ‘Cong misusing power to influence independents’ BLAME GAME “MISSING”COUNCILLOR’S FATHER, COP HELD IN MPBJPcouncillorsget lessonsfromleaders ‘Demonetisation broke back of Cong leaders’ 30-year-old man shot in the head, dies Breach of Food Safety Act 2006 Cong shifts JMC Greater councillors to new location Chinks in BJP cadres in Jodhpur ‘Congress will register a historic win’ Street lights repaired at Amber road Widow raped by her brother-in-law Battle for the mayor post has become tough & interesting in Kota South municipal corporation First India Bureau Kota: The father of an independent councillor from Kota South municipal corporation and an assistant sub inspec- tor were detained by the Madhya Pradesh police when they went to search for the councillor. The BJP has herded the party councillors and some of the independents also at a hotel in Madya Pradesh ahead of the mayor elections on November 10. The issue also led to war of words between the Congress and the BJP leaders with both sides accusing each other of intimidating, luring, and cajoling the independents. The family of independent councillor Le- khraj lodged a missing report on Saturday and a team led by ASI Daul- atraj went to Sihor in MP searching for the councillor. The MP police detained the ASI and the councillor’s father but released them later. They reached Kota but without the “missing” councillor. The BJP, as per the sources, changed the venues where the councillors are herded in MP and shifted them to separate hotels on Sun- day. The hotels are being guarded by the MP police. Battle for the mayor post has become tough and interesting in Kota South municipal corporation as both Con- gress and BJP have bagged 36 wards each out of 40 and eight independents hold the key to the power. BJP has named Vivek Rajvanshi and Con- gress has fielded Rajiv Agarwal as the Mayor candidates from KMC South. Meanwhile, the Con- gress councillors in Jaipur visited the Na- hargarh Biological Park on Sunday. Dhariwal said that the independent councillor was forcibly picked up from his house and taken to MP and his father was also arrested. IN a statement issued on Sunday, Dhariwal said that the BJP is not able to di- gest defeat in the corporation elections as such are resorting to such tactics. First India Bureau Jaipur: As the race for mayor elections is hotting up, the Con- gress on Sunday shifted its councillors of Jaipur Greater municipal corporation from Hotel Shakun to Majestic re- sort in Mansarovar to ensure more privacy and secrecy. Both the Cong and the BJP are suspecting cross-voting in JMC Greater the Congress has just 49 out of 150 wards whileBJPhasamajor- ity with 88 wards. The BJP has fielded Somya Gurjar as the mayor candidate but there is resentment in some BJP leaders to her candidature. The Congress has named Divya Singh and is hoping to turn the ta- bles with the support of some independents and due to expected cross-voting in the BJP. The Congress is eyeing to capitalise on the infighting among the BJP leaders. Transport minister Pratap Singh told the media persons on Sun- day that the party was forming the board in JMC Heritage with 47 councillors and eight independents and Munesh Gur- jar would be the may- or. The minister said he would himself pre- pare a road map for the development of the areas under JMC Heritage. Chief Whip Dr Ma- hesh Joshi said that in JMC Greater the may- or should be of Con- gress as the BJP ranks were divided. “We hope BJP councilors will listen to their conscience in JMC Greater and not vote for a candidate who is an outsider and against whose husband police cases are filed,” said Joshi. First India Bureau Jodhpur. In the political fallout for field- ing Vanita Seth for the post of BJP Mayor candidate after it at- tained a clear majority in Jodhpur South municipal corporation, the Rajpurohit community on Sun- day protested against BJP and burnt the ef- figy of Union Jal Shakti minister Ga- jendra Singh Shekha- wat at Ravan Ka Chabutra. Shekhawat hails from Jodhpur and has been holding the command of the municipal corporation elections in the Sun City. It is noteworthy that Indira Rajpuro- hit who won from ward number 1 on BJP ticket was the front runner for the post of Mayor but BJP allegedly went back on its commitment of putting up a Rajpuro- hit candidate as May- or candidate while denying 4-5 ticket con- tenders from the community before the elections. First India Bureau Chittorgarh: Congress leader Dharmendra Rathore claimed that the myth of Chittor- garh being a BJP fort will be broken and Con- gress will win the Zila Parishad elections along with all 11 Pan- chayat Samities in the district. He said that pro-poor work done by CM Ashok Gehlot in his tenure es- pecially during the corona crisis along with the pro-farmer stand of the Cong will ensure that Congress registers a historic win in the district. Rathore said that the people are tired of PM Modi’s false and un- fulfilled promises. He had reached Chittor- garh late Saturday night with the party symbols for the candidates. First India Bureau Jaipur: The street lights on Sagar road and khedi darwara- Amber palace road have been repaired and the roads are illuminated at night once again due to the efforts of Amber MLA and BJP state president Satish Poonia. The heritage street lights were not working for several months. Poonia had asked a question related to the repairing of lights in assembly and in a written reply to the question, UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal informed that a budget of 58 lakh was sanctioned for the repairing works. However, the work got delayed initially due to lockdown and later due to monsoon season. First India Bureau Bharatpur: A man put humanity to shame by allegedly raping the widow of his younger brother at gun point in Bharatpur district. The victim’s brother had died in a road accident a year ago. She reached Kaman police station with her mother and lodged a complaint against the accused. Data released by the NCRB for 2019 puts Ra- jasthan at the top when it comes to rape or attempt to rape cases. Be- tween 2018 and 2019, there was a drastic increase of 49.11 per cent in cases of crimes against women in Ra- jasthan. When it comes to IPC section 376 (rape), Ra- jasthan again tops the list. First India Bureau Jaipur: Sikar MP Sumedhanand Saras- wati and former MLA Phoolchand Bhinda ad- dressed on Sunday the BJP councillors herded at the Chomu Palace. The party has herded the councillors terming it to be a training camp for them. The councillors were given lessons about the voting process for the mayoral posts. The election of the mayors will be held on November 10 and for the deputy mayors on November 11. BJP spokesperson Ramlal Shar- ma was also present in the hotel where the councillors will remain till November 10. The party has a clear majority in JMC Greater with 88 out of 150 wards while is falling short of the required numbers in JMC Heritage with just 42 of the 100 wards. But the party leaders are making efforts to turn equations in the JMC Heritage also by focusing on the independents as well as some rebels of the Con- gress. Union Minister Arjun Meghwal and former BJP state president Arun Chaturve- di held discussions in this regard on Sunday. Earlier, former state president Ashok Par- nami, former MLA Mo- hanlal Gupta, Rajsa- mand MP Diya Ku- mari, and other party leaders have also held meetings on the issue. Reacting to transport minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas’ statement about the Herit- age and the strategy of the city, Arun Chatur- vedi said that the Con- gress should first peep into its own house. First India Bureau Jaipur: State BJP president Satish Poonia on Sunday said that the Congress forgot that black chapters of corruption were written under the Congress rule and records of corruption were made during the UPA regime, on which the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh remained silent, did not speak nor was anyactiontakenagainst corruption. Reacting to the state- mentsof Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot against demonetisation on Sun- day, Poonia said that all the leaders including Congress national president Sonia Gandhi, Chief Minister Gehlot, and Rahul Gandhi are opposing demonetisation and their pain was justified as everyone knew that most of the black money and for- eignaccountsof corruption were with Congress leaders. Since the era of Jawa- harlal Nehru, defence to jeep scam to common- wealth, coal, bofors, 2G, etc. big scams took place. “Black money, corruption, and collec- tion of currency notes were the strength of Congress and demonetisation broke their back. All know that inflation, corruption, and unemployment in the country is the legacy of Con- gress. Most of the cor- rupt Congress leaders are either in jail or are on bail,” he said in a press statement. He said that the Con- gress is still living in the 18th century. Now the generation has changed and the issues have also changed. Today Con- gress has been completely rejected in thoughts and behavior and hence it is fright- ened by the efficient leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Congress is di- rectionless, issueless, and leaderless. Now it has nothing left but political rhetoric,” he said. First India Bureau Jaipur: A 30-year-old man was shot dead on Sunday night in the Sodala area of the city by bike-borne assail- ants. The incident caused a sensation and the senior police officers rushed to the spot. DCP South Manoj Ku- mar, Additional DCP Avnish Kumar, and other policemen reached the spot. According to police, the incident took place around 9 pm. The victimwasyettobeiden- tified, the police said. The victim was passing through Govindpu- ri Colony in the Sodala area when the accused came on a bike. One of the accused approached the victim and shot him in the head, the police said. The victim fell on the ground and died on the spot, the passersby told the police. The victim was wearing jeans and a black shirt. The spot was smeared with blood oozing from the head of the victim. A number of shopkeepers gathered at the spot but the accused fled away from the spot before that. Sodala SHO Suren- dra Singh Ranawat said that barricading was done in the area to nab the accused. The police are searching the CCTV footage of the nearby areas to identify the accused. He said that teams have been formed to crack the case and the efforts are also on to identify the victim. First India Bureau Jaipur: The Jaipur district administration teams continued with their tirade against the adulterators under the Shuddh ke liye Yuddh campaign on the 14th day. Team one took samples from Ajab Foods (P) Ltd. in Jhotwara and GoaKajuwalainVaisha- li Nagar. The teams found a breach of the Food Safety Act 2006 regarding labelling of the products specially prepared to be sold during the Diwali season at GoaKajuwalainVaisha- li Nagar. Samples of almond and almond oil were also collected from this place along with serving its notice for the breach. Another district team collected samples from Sitapura Industrial Area, Ramchandrapura Industrial Area, and Ja- gatpura. The teams collected kaju katli, and paneer samples from Assam Edibles, Krishna Sweets, Gauri Sweets, & Pandit Kachoriwala. Congress councillors in Jaipur visited the Nahargarh Biological Park on Sunday. Rajpurohit community on Sunday protested against BJP. Satish Poonia Rajendra Rathore CLEAR MAJORITY

3. RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 03www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia MoS instructs officers to expedite work AGENCY TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN CANAL (Kalraj Mishra) @KalrajMishra Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the senior politician of the country, Shri Lal Krishna Advani on the occasion of his birthday, I pray to God for his good health and longevity. THE MIRACLE SPARK! Kota: A fire burning inside a hollow neem tree caught the attention of people in Kota who thought it was some kind of divine miracle but later it turned out to be an incident caused by sparking in an electricity distribution board installed close to the tree. As soon as the fire inside the tree spread, people gathered in the area. After the flames were doused, the fire fighters found that sparking in an electricity DB placed just near the tree had caused fire. It took nearly two hours to completely douse the flames. Shubham Jain Ajmer: Panic gripped covid-19 ward in JLN hospital after a short circuit that also left several equipment damaged. Sources said that a minor fire broke out in the hospital due to a short circuit which was controlled in time but patients suffered due to smoke. During this, two covid-19 positive patients reportedly died and sources indicated that they felt suffocat- ed due to smoke but the hospital administration did not con- firm this. The superintendent of JLN hospital Dr Anil Jain rejected the allegations that there was any mismanage- ment in the hospital. He said it was just a fluctuation of voltage in which some of the equipment were damaged. He said that 18 covid-19 patients were admitted in the ward and most of them were on ventilator. Dr Jain said that one of the critical patients died during the shift- ing of the patient to another ventilator. District collector Prakash Rajpurohit also visited the hospital after the incident and instructed the hospital administration and public works department to pre- pare a report of the matter. He said that appro- priate action will be taken after the report. Two corona patients die as fire breaks out in hospitalFirst India Bureau Jaipur: An eight year old girl who was missing since 6 November was found dead in a heap of garbage in Shahpura area of Jaipur. Neetu Gurjar, resident of Lomodi ki dha- ni in Khori village, went missing while playing outside her house on 6 November. Later family lodged a missing complaint with the local police station. Nearly 150 policemen were engaged in the search operation and a drone was also used but the girl could not be traced and her body was recovered in a sack dumped in a heap of garbage. A team of FSL was called from Jaipur to collect the samples. Shahpura MLA Alok Beniwal, Manish Ya- dav, Praveen Vyas con- soled the family. They also demanded from the police to identify the accused. Police said that the case will be solved very soon. First India Bureau Jaipur: Dronacharya awardee athletics coach Virendra Poonia, the husband of Olympian and Congress MLA Krishna Poonia has become the secretary of JaipurAthleticsassocia- tion. He replaced Gopal Saini in the association. Now, he is eying a position in the Rajasthan Athletics Association. Poonia has been an ath- lete and coach and mentor of Krishna Poonia. First India Bureau Jaipur: A 17-year old dispute between two factions of Rajasthan Ten- nis Association came to an end after the unanimous elections in the association were held. Former income tax commissioner Dilip Shivpuri was elected as the president, Dr Rajiv Sharma as secretary and Pankaj Dixit was elected as the treasurer. There was a dispute between the two factions led by Dilip Shivpuri and former IAS officer Sanjay Dixit which is over now after the elections in which Rajiv Sharma, who is close to Sanjay Dixit, became secretary. First India Bureau Jaipur: Pradesh Con- gress President Govind Singh Dotasra on Sun- day said that the state government was with the police and justice should be served to the family of Mada Ram who was killed in an accident on Sodala flyover onNovember6morning. He tweeted on Sun- day that the passion for speed of a rich person has taken the life of a poor person and the only support of his family is no more. “I appeal to the DGP to get this matter inves- tigated without any pressure, the government is with you and Mada Ram’s family should get justice under any circumstances,” Dotasra tweeted. The incident has led to protests from several corners. A group of lawyers also went to the Accident Police station and demanded strict action, cautioned to launch protest. Victims body will be handed over to his family today. Bharat Dixit Jaipur: A shocking case of sexual harrasment for consecutive three years with a 13 year old student of Neerja Modi school by his tour operator has come to light. According to the report registered with the Mansarovar police station on 2nd Novem- ber 2020 the owner of the Incredible Journey tour agency sodomized the 13 year old student from 2016 to 2019 every time the child went on the school tour. Equal- ly shocking is the atti- tude of the Mansaro- var police which is yet to arrest the accused tour agency owner. It is noteworthy that the child recently came to know about the nature of the act he was being subjected to after a session of school counsel- ling on good & bad touch. He then told about the act to his NRI parents.The school administration did not respond for their reaction. Satyanarayan Sharma Jaipur:Police commando Ajit Kumar deputed with DRF company died by suicide by hanging himself from an iron railing in the police lines on Saturday night. Sindhi camp police along with FSL team reached the spot and took the dead body to SMS hospital and got post mortem done on it. Thepolicehaven’tfound any suicide note with the body. It is noteworthy that the 2015 constable entrant Bharatpur residentAjitKumarwas scheduled to get mar- ried on 7 December. He had conversed with his family on the phone on Saturday night. Body of missing girl found in garbage heap Virendra Poonia becomes JAA secy (From L) Kapil Meena (VP), Rajbala Saini (prez),Virendra Poonia (secy). TENNIS BODY GETS NEW PRESIDENT,SECY Dotasra asks DGP Latherforfairprobe Noactioninteensexual harrasment case Commando dies by suicide in Jaipurpolicelines 4 killed in fatal accidents in PaliIn one case, jeep & truck collided whereas in other case truck hit a tractor; 2 hurt in separate incidents First India Bureau Pali: Four persons were killed and two others injured in two separate road accidents in Pali district. Three persons who were travelling in a pick- up jeep were killed when the jeep rammed into a stationary truck on a four- lane highway near Sanderao area. The incident oc- curred in the wee hours on Sunday when the victims were on their way to Jodhpur from Gujarat to supply gua- vas in vegetable market. The truck was stationary on Birami flyover after one of its tyres got punctured. The pick up jeep with Gujarat registration number rammed into the truck in which Kas- veer Bhai (26), Yogesh Bhai (28) and Bhupat Bhai (29) were killed. They were coming from Umrala village of Surendra Nagar, Guja- rat, police said. In Sojat area, a truck hit a tractor from be- hind in which a woman was killed and the tractor driver and a child were injured late on Saturday night. The deceased woman was identified as Ba- narsi devi. THREE KILLED, WOMAN INJURED AS JEEP OVERTURNS IN RAJIYASAR WOMAN KILLED, 2 INJURED IN BARMER MILKMAN KILLED IN FREAK ACCIDENT Barmer: A woman was killed and two others injured when a tanker and a Bolero camper vehicle collided in Baytoo area. Both the vehicles hit shops after the collision in which an unidentified woman, who was buying vegetables, was killed while two shopkeepers were injured. Karauli: A milkman who was riding a bicycle was killed when a speeding roadways bus hit him on Karauli-Gangapur road in Karauli. The bus also overturned in the incident but no passenger received critical injuries, police said. Villagers of Rajiyasar took injured people to the hospital. First India Bureau Ganganagar: Three persons were killed and a woman injured when a jeep in which they were travelling overturned on an under construction road in Rajiyasar police station in Gan- ganagar district of Rajasthan. The driver of the jeep lost control over the vehicle and it overturned which left 2 passengers dead on the spot and one man died on the way to the hospital. A child who was also travelling in the jeep miraculously es- caped unhurt in the incident. Wreckage of the jeep and truck that had been involved in an accident on highway near Sanderao area. Govind Singh Dotasra Deepak Lavania Bharatpur: MoS (Tech- nical and Sanskrit Edu- cation)DrSubhashGarg on Sunday took the first- hand stock of the situation of Sujan Ganga canal along with municipal corporation officers. Dr Garg instructed the officers to increase the number of people involved in taking out the dead fish and ensure that the work is completed in the next 2-3 days. He also gave instructions for the beautification of the canal. He asked the officers to co-ordinate with the archaeological department while planning for the beautification of Sujan Ganga canal. Dr Garg instructed the officers to place 8 feet high iron angles at every 100 feet and in- stall flood lights to illu- minate the canal. Dr Subhash Garg also dis- cussed the possibility of hiring some big agency to promote tour- isminthecanalthrough boating. Municipal corporation Mayor informed that soon two STP plants will be installed at the canal to rotate the water ensuring proper oxygen supply for the fish in the canal. Municipal corporation commissioner Neelima Takshak and XEN Vinod Kumar were present with the minister during his tour. Dr Subhash Garg alongwith Municipal officials during Sujan Ganga observation on Sunday. First India Bureau Jaipur: A single-day riseof 1,872COVID-19 cases took Ra- jasthan’s tally of infection on Sunday to 2,11,310 while 10 more fatalities during the same period pushed the death toll to 1,989. Of the cases reported in the state so far, 16,376 were still under treatment. According to an official health bulletin, 1,92,945 people have been discharged after treatment till now. In Jaipur, the death toll from coronavirus infection was 384, followed by 194 in Jodhpur, 148 in Ajmer, 145 in Bi- kaner, 116 in Kota, 96 in Bharatpur and 76 in Pali. Of the new COV- ID-19 cases recorded on Sunday, Jaipur registered 1,872 new cases, Jaipur 351, Jodhpur 253, Bikaner 204, Alwar 117, Ajmer 115 and Srigangana- gar 91. 1,872 Covid-19 new cases in state, 10 deaths Security personnel checking temperature of woman under corona guidelines in police constable exam on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR RATHORE TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS

4. PERSPECTIVEJAIPUR | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 04www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia G Vol 2 G Issue No. 155 G RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra. Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act PLEASE WELCOME JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS! t is against protocol, in a way, to write about Kamala Devi Harris becoming the next Vice President of America instead of Joe Biden’s hard-fought and well-deserved victory over Donald Trump. It is not to down- play the significance of Biden’s win but to emphasise how Kamala has broken the pro- verbial glass ceiling in more ways than one. To begin with, she is the first woman to be elected to the high office in America’s history. Two, she is the first black woman and daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India to become the vice president of a country splintered on racial lines. She is as proud of her womanhood as she is of the colour of her skin. Simply put, hers is no mean achievement. Together, Biden and Harris promise to unite America and not divide it like Trump who tried every trick to whip up racial tensions. However, credit must go where it is due. Kamala, whose name Trump distorted and mispronounced to insult, was Biden’s choice after all. President-elect Biden has said that he would be honoured to be serving with a “fantastic vice president” Kamala Harris. Trump, on the other hand, said it would be an “insult” to America if she got elected. In a more disparaging remark, Trump even called her a “monster”. Biden, a white, who will be the 46th Presi- dent of the United States at 77, ran a biparti- san election campaign with Kamala’s pres- ence as vice-presidential candidate lending credibility to his unifying appeal. In a speech post his election, Biden told the American peoplethatitwas“timetoheal”afterTrump’s presidency left America badly bruised. While voters have shown Trump the door, the President himself has refused to concede defeat. After prematurely declaring himself the winner, he and his campaign have already said that the “election is not over.” So what if Trump, who has become the first President in 30 years to not win a second term, digs his heels in and refuses to leave the White House saying that he’ll stay put for four more years even after the new President and vice president are sworn-in? That will be a hugely em- barrassing moment for one of the biggest democracies and create what we Indians know as a constitutional crisis. If Trump contests the results and there’s a long legal battle, it will be difficult for the Democrats to remove him from office. It will then be interesting to see if Trump would attend the inauguration ceremony as is cus- tomary. To avoid that, Biden and Kamala must emerge clear winners in states where counting and recounting of votes is still on. One only hopes that despite his doubtful in- tentions, Trump would not rob Joe Biden of a historic victory. But given Trump’s unpre- dictability, one can only say, God, save Amer- ican democracy! IN-DEPTH I n day one, a newly inaugurated United States President Joe Bidenwillhavetoaddressadev- astated economy – much like he and former President Barack Obama did a decade ago. WHAT CAN THE COUNTRY EXPECT? Forecasting how the economy will perform under a new president is generally a fool’s errand. How much or how little credit the person in the White House deserves for the health of the economy is a matter of debate, and no economist can confidently predict how the president’s policies will play out – if they even go into effect – or what challenges might emerge. Regardless, voters tend to believe it makes a difference. And going into the election, 79% of registered voters – and 88% of Trump supporters – said the economy was their top concern. Given that, his- torical data suggests that those who are concerned with the economy have reason to be fairly satisfied with the election results: the economy generally fares better under Dem- ocratic presidents. INHERITING A STRUGGLING ECONOMY Biden will be inheriting an economy with serious problems. Things have improved markedly since the darkest days – at least, so far – of the pandemic back in the spring, but the economy remains in a dire state. The latest jobs report shows that 11 million people remain unemployed – a third of whom have been without a job for at least 27 weeks – down from a peak of 23 million in April. Tens of thousands of small businesses and dozens of major retail chains have closed or filed for bankruptcy. Many states, cities and municipal agencies are reeling from the tremendous costs of spring lockdowns. And the economy has contracted 2.8% since the end of 2019. And that does not include the impact of what some officials – including Biden – have dubbed a “dark winter,” as severe coronavirus out- breaks in many regions of the US prompt new economic re- strictions. DEMOCRATS HAVE A BETTER RECORD In trying to get a sense of what kind of impact the election result will have on the economy, the past is a useful guide. I study how the economy per- forms depending on which political party is in charge. Ear- lier this year, I did an analysis of this question, focusing on 1976 to 2016, and recently up- dated the data to include 1953 through October of this year. In general, since President Dwight D Eisenhower took office in 1953, the economy – as measured by gross domestic product, unemployment, inflation and recessions – has typi- cally performed better with a Democrat in the White House. GDP growth has been signifi- cantly higher. Inflation – a measure of the change in prices – has been lower and unemployment has tended to fall. The stock market tends to perform better with a Demo- cratic president, rising 11% per year on average compared to 6.8% for Republicans. Despite his claims to the contrary, the stock market’s performance underPresidentDonaldTrump has been about average. A SILVER LINING In my analysis, I also examined the impact of Congress and how having all, part or none of the legislative branch controlled by the president’s party affected the economy’s performance. Interestingly, the US has not seen Democrats in control of the White House and the House of Representatives with Repub- licans in charge of the Senate since 1889, when Grover Cleve- land was president. So my data- set, going back to 1953, does not shed any light on this particu- lar legislative configuration. However, I did find that the economy did pretty well when a Democratic president faces either one or both houses of Congress controlled by the opposition. During the 144 months when one of those conditions were true, the US was never in recession. And when Republicans controlled Con- gress under a Democratic president, average monthly unemployment was the lowest of any condition, at 4.85%. Of course, this does not mean a divided government will lead to good results today. A pessimistic take is that there will be gridlock, and nothing will get done. In order to pass and sustain major ini- tiatives, bipartisanship will be needed. There is an off chance that Democrats take control of the Senate if two runoff elections scheduled for January in Geor- gia both fall into the Demo- crats’ column. Historically, such a Democratic trifecta ex- isted for 192 months, 14 of which – 7% – were in recession. Source: The Conversation JOE BIDEN’S WIN SHOULD BECAUSEFORCELEBRATION O Forecasting how the economy will perform under a new president is generally a fool’s errand. How much or how little credit the person in the White House deserves for the health of the economy is a matter of debate, and no economist can confidently predict how the president’s policies will play out – if they even go into effect – or what challenges might emerge Biden will be inheriting an economy with serious problems. Things have improved markedly since the darkest days – at least, so far – of the pandemic back in the spring, but the economy remains in a dire state he degree to which about half the US electorate supported Donald Trump in this presidential election, following a steady stream of outrages over the past four years, is a sad testament to how small- minded a significant per- centage of the American public remains. The partisan battle lines have only grown stronger and appear to be insurmountable, at least in the short term, as blue and red America seem perfectly content to lash out at each other in perpetuity. The Founding Fathers would be spinning in their graves if they could see what America has become. I published an article in July 2016 stating that I be- lieved that Donald Trump had narcissistic personality disorder, and tried to warn America what would be in store for it if we elected him president. Ex- actly four years ago, on the eve of the US presidential election, I wrote an article predicting that Trump would win. My view was based largely on the belief that Hillary Clinton’s in- tended “coronation” was premature, that she was a flawed candidate, and that Trump had succeeded in tapping into an important vein in American political culture — the neglected blue-collar voter. I published that article at 3:00 the morning after the election, one of the very first to have acknowledged the birth of Trumpism. “It is doubtful that Trump will be able to heal our terribly divided nation, which he so handily and successfully contributed to. Now that the battle lines are drawn — between those who cling to an ‘Ozzie and Harriet’ vision of America, in which everyone is white, conservative, straight and Christian, and those who recognize and accept the multi-racial, ethnic, religious and sexual orientation of this great land — there is no putting Humpty Dumpty back together again, certainly not with a leader hell bent on fanning tendencies toward divisiveness, rather than unity. While we are certainly not all going to be joining hands together and singing kumbaya, no matter who is president, we are not going to get there by having a Divider-in-Chief at the helm.” We have seen the result of four years under his thumb. America has rarely been more partisan or divided. Those who yearned for an Ozzie-and-Harriet vision of America have become more emboldened four years later, apparently believing that America can once again become a bas- tion of white conserva- tism, replete with racism, bigotry and misogyny. That is unlikely to happen. America has become too diverse, and sufficient progress has been made toward equality to revert to that sad vision. The parti- sanship will surely only continue to get worse in the coming four years. The question is, can we ever re- turn to a time when bipartisanship reigns? To achieve that, Ameri- ca will need a wholesale change in how it is gov- erned in Washington, complete with cleaning house, term limits, man- datory accountability pledges and an end to special interests, lobbyists and corruption, among other things. There’s little chance that will be hap- pening any time soon. It appears that we will have to settle for just heading down that road, which would be a victory in itself, knowing that Ameri- ca has saved itself from perhaps insurmountable damage of a second Trump term. 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6. IN PLAYFUL MODE... Zebras play at Alipore Zoo in Kolkata on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI New Delhi: Attorney General K K Venugopal has refused to reconsider his November 2 decision declining consent to BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upad- hyay to initiate contempt proceedings against the Andhra Pradesh chief minister and his principal advisor for making allegations against judges. The topmost law officer, in his reply to Upadhyay’s letter seeking reconsideration of the decision, reiterated his stand saying that the issue of contempt was between Chief Jus- tice of India (CJI) S A Bobde and Chief Minis- ter Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and his principal advisor Ajeya Kallam. Venugopal on Satur- day also said in the re- sponse that the lawyer was not precluded from raising this issue on his own before apex court judges or during the hearing of a PIL filed by him only seeking the lifetime ban on convict- ed lawmakers. Upadhyay, on Novem- ber 5, had urged Venu- gopal to have a relook on the decision and said, “I humbly request you to peruse these points and kindly reconsider the granting of consent to my request. “This is an issue of great importance at a time when our judiciary continues to be be- sieged by attacks, he said. —Agencies AG refuses to reconsider decision to initiate contempt against CM Reddy INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 05www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia New Delhi: The Con- gress on Sunday congratulated US Presi- dent-elect Joe Biden on his electoral triumph, with party chief Sonia Gandhi saying his measured speeches during the campaign and stress on healing divisions among the people were greatly re- assuring. Gandhi also hailed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ success as a “triumph for Black Americans and Indian Americans”. The Congress chief said she knew Harris would work to heal and unite a “bitterly divided nation”. Sonia Gandhi’s felici- tations came in congratulatory letters sent by her to both Biden and Harris. In her letter to Biden, Gandhi conveyed the party’s and her “warm- est congratulations” and said that like millions around the world, the Indian people have followed with great interest the course of the election during the last 12 months. “We were greatly re- assured by your measured speeches, stress on healing divisions among the people, and promotion of gender and racial equality, global cooperation and sustainable development of all countries,” she said.The Indian people share these con- cerns, and “we are con- fident” that India and the United States will continue to work together, as in the past decades, for the welfare of the people of both countries, the Congress chief said. Noting that business, trade, education, tech- nology and defence cooperation have forged strong bonds between the United States and India, Gandhi said that under Biden’s “wise and mature leadership, we look forward to a close partnership that will be beneficial to peace and development in our region and around the world”. In her letter to Har- ris, Gandhi said her win is a victory for the noble values enshrined in the American Consti- tution — democracy, social justice, and racial and gender equality.”It is a triumph for Black Americans and Indian Americans, and for the humanity, compassion and inclu- siveness that you have stood for throughout your public and political life,” she said. “I admire the unwa- vering courage with which you have fought for your convictions — the beliefs and values you imbibed from your remarkable mother!” she said. As Vice President of America, Gandhi said, she knew Harris would work to heal and unite a “bitterly divided nation”, that she would strengthen the ties of friendship with India, and that she would support democratic values and human rights throughout the world. “We hope we will have the opportunity soon to welcome you to India, where you will be warmly hailed not just as a much admired leader of a great democracy, but also as a beloved daughter,” Gandhi said. Congress looks forward to working with you to further bonds between the world’s two largest democracies, Gandhisaidinherletter to Harris.Biden defeat- ed incumbent Republi- can US President Don- ald Trump in closely- fought presidential election, according to Amer- ican media. —Agencies Sonia sends congratulatory letters to Biden, Harris, hails their poll victory Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis- ter Yogi Adityanath said it would be after five centuries that the lights of happiness would be lit at the Ram Janmbhoomi site after the ‘bhoomi poojan’’ for building the temple this year. While announcing his government’s plans to make this year’s Dee- potsav at Ayodhya “his- torical” after the pav- ing of the way for the construction of the temple, the chief minister also reiterated his government’s commitment to turn Ayodhya into a major tourism hub in the country. A government spokesman quoted the CM as saying that the Deepotsav this year would be “nothing short of a dream come true” for millions of people, not only in the temple town and UP but across the entire country and the world. “It will be after 492 years that the lamps of happiness will be lit at the Shri Ram Janmb- hoomi,” an official statement said, adding Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is person- ally monitoring the preparations for the Deepotsava and has already seen presenta- tions on what is to take place and where. After winning laurels for organising a successful, Kumbh at Pray- agraj, the CM has now set his eyes on the Dee- potsava at the holy town this year. —PTI ‘Ayodhya to see light of happiness after5centuriesduringDeepotsav’ New Delhi: Demon- etisation led to better tax compliance and a major push towards digital economy, Un- ion Minister Nirma- la Sitharaman said on Sunday, the fourth anniversary of the contentious policy announcement, even as the Congress asserted that the move was aimed at helping a few of his “crony capitalist friends”. Underlining the merits of demonetisation, in a series of tweets, Sitharaman said: “To fulfill its promise of freeing India from corruption, the Modi govt implemented De- monetisation 4 years ago on this day, today. The move that was an unprecedented at- tack on Black Money also led to a major push to digital economy.” Meanwhile, in a video, Rahul Gandhi said the question was how the economy of Bangladesh “surpassed” Indian economy as there was a time when In- dia used to be one of the most high performing economies of the world.Gandhi said the question is how the economy of Bangladesh “surpassed” Indian economy. —Agencies Demonetisation increased tax collections: FM Bhopal: A religious re- treat, or ashram, of self- styled godman “Com- puterBaba”,whobacked the Congress in Madhya Pradesh bypolls held last week, has been de- molishedoverencroach- ment, officials said. Six people, including the godman, have also been arrested. Thedemolitioncomes days after voting ended in Madhya Pradesh bypolls, in which Namdeo Das Tyagi, popularly known as Computer Baba, had campaigned for the Congress. Officials claimed that Tyagi’s ashram en- croacheduponalmost46 acres of land, which is valued at around Rs80 crore. A team from the Indore Municipal Cor- poration and the district administration cleared this land reportedly two months after Tyagi was issued notices. —PTI MP: Ashram of ‘Computer Baba’ who backed Cong demolished Bijapur: A Naxal was killed while two security personnel sustained injuries in an encounter in Bijapur in Chhat- tisgarh on Sunday, police said. The exchange of fire took place at around 10:30 am near Bhat- tiguda village under Pamed police station limits, on the border with Telangana, a senior official said. “The District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF) and CRPF’s Commando Bat- talion for Resolute Ac- tion (CoBRA) personnel were carrying out a counter-insurgency operation along the Chhattisgarh-Telanga- na border since Satur- day,” he said. “The encounter took place when the patrol- ling team was cordon- ing off a forest at Makrajgatta hill this morning. One Naxal was killed and a huge quantity of explosives etc were found at the spot,” he added. CoBRA 204th battal- ion constable Sandip Ghosh and constable Chandu Kadti of the district police sustained leg injuries after step- ping on an iron spike trap set up by the ultras, the official said. Further details of operation are awaited. Naxal killed in Chhattisgarh encounter, 2 jawans hurt Adv Upadhyaya had urged AG Venugopal to reconsider decision. Six people, including the godman, have also been arrested. OUT ON BAIL, UP MAN RAPES, KILLS 7-YR-OLD GIRL; ARRESTED Sant Kabir Nagar: A man was arrested here on Sun- day in connection with the alleged abduction, rape and killing of a 7-year-old girl, police said. Superin- tendent of Police Brijesh Singh said the girl had gone missing on Novem- ber 4 and her body was recovered on Saturday. During post mortem, rape was confirmed, he said. The arrested accused has confessed to his crime. He told police that on November 4 when he saw the girl all alone, he ab- ducted her. The man then took her to a jungle, raped and then killed her, the police officer said. Singh said the accused was recently released from jail on bail in a case of having unnatural sex with a boy. MIZORAM TO PARTLY WITHDRAW FORCES FROM ASSAM BORDER Aizawl: Mizoram would withdraw a section of its forces from the border with Assam and BSF personnel will be deployed in their place, a senior official said. The decision was taken at a meeting, chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, between the CSs of Assam and Mizoram. Addressing the press, Mizoram CS Lalnunmawia Chuaungo said a unanimous decision was taken that Mizoram will withdraw its forces from the disputed areas and the blockade on National Highway-306 on the Assam side will be lifted. TEEN DIES AS MOTORBIKES COLLIDE IN UP’S BANDA Banda: An 18-year-old man died and two others were seriously injured on Sunday, when the motorcycles on which they were travelling collided at Nadanmau village in Badausa police station area here, police said. Badausa police station SHO Arvind Singh Gaur said the two motorcycles rammed into each other around 8 am and Deepu alias Chhotu (18) died on the spot, while his cousin who was riding pillion and the man riding the other motorcycle got critically injured. The teenager’s body was sent for a post-mortem. DELHI GOVT TO SHARE EXPERIENCE AT DIALOGUE ON ZERO EMISSION New Delhi: Delhi government has received invita- tion from non-profit body Climate Group to share its experience at the ‘Race to Zero Dialogues: Launch- ing the global race to zero emission mobility’, according to an official statement. Vice chair- person of Dialogue and Development Commis- sion, Delhi, Jasmine Shah will virtually represent the Delhi government at the event on November 11. He will participate in the session ‘Governments leading the way’ to share experiences on how governments can effectively lead the transition to zero emission vehicles. Delhi is among 4 global cities chosen to share experiences in the session. Congress @INCIndia “Your victory is a victory for the noble values enshrined in the American Constitution - democracy, social justice, and racial and gender equality.” - Hon’ble Congress President Smt Sonia Gandhi in her congratulatory letter to Vice President-elect Ms. @KamalaHarris. Harris would work to heal a ‘bitterly divided nation,’ Sonia said. Nirmala Sitharaman Yogi Adityanath

7. INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 06www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 4 jawans... 1.5 km from the Line of Control, leading to a fresh gunfight in which an army officer and two jawans died. “Contact was re-es- tablished at 1020 hours when heavy fire was drawn by own search parties approximately 1.5 km from the LoC. In the ensuing firefight, two more terrorists were killed. Own troops suffered three KIA (killed in action) and two injured,” defence spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said. Electoral Bond... This is a scam, it should be finished.” The CM said that the NSS figures were not allowed to come out since they would reveal the unemployment figures of the country. “They were stopped due to the election. Even the nation’s media is under pressure while some media houses are godi media. Today there is a need for the central government to bring a white paper. PM should tell us how his decisions fared, if they have been wrong he should accept them. The states are not being given their share in GST while the centre has betrayed the states in our federal system. The central government cannot shy away from giving GST to states on the pretext of Act of God,” a visibly charged Gehlot said. Interestingly, Gehlot also said that most of the demands made by the Gurjar community have been accepted. “This agitation is not in the interest of the community. The entire nation is watching. Gov- ernment will do justice with your demands. The judiciary has already commented on people sitting on railway tracks,” he said. Meanwhile, PCC Chief Govind Singh Do- tasra said while addressing the media that the demonetization de- cisiontakenbyPMModi was being observed as anti-people by Congress workers. First India asked questions to both Gehlot and Dotasra related to the election results, wherein Dotasra said that the people of the cities rejected BJP and supported Congress. “The biggest reason be- hind this is joining link to link and Corona management of Gehlot government. PM Modi himself praised the state government for its han- dling of Corona. Con- gress will do well in the upcoming panchayat and local body elections,” Dotasra said, further adding, that even during the corona, the state government helped its own people, there was no help from the centre. On First India’s second question on the Bi- harExitPoll,thetwotop Congress leaders said that the people have made up their mind against Central government’s policies and Nit- ish is set to move out. Gehlot even hit at the union government on its economic policies. FROM PG 1 ‘THIRD WAVE OF COVID-19 IN DELHI’Delhi has been witnessing a fresh surge in coronavirus cases amid the festive season New Delhi: The national capital has hit the peak of the third wave of COVID-19, and the number of cases suggests that it has been the worst since the pandemic arrived in the city, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Sunday. He said the government had no plans yet to rope in hotels and banquet halls to aug- ment the bed capacity for COVID-19 patients as the AAP dispensa- tion had increased the number of beds in hos- pitals of Delhi. The national capital has been witnessing a fresh surge in coronavirus cases amid the festive season and rising air pollution. On Fri- day, Delhi recorded over 7,000 COVID-19 cases for the first time. The city on Saturday reported 79 deaths, the highest number of fatalities in over four months. Jain, who is on an official visit to Ra- jasthan’s Dungarpur, said the first wave had hit its peak around June 23 and the second on September 17. “The third wave of COVID-19 is at its peak in Delhi. The number of cases suggests it is the worst wave so far. But the cases will come down soon,” Jain told PTI. Mumbai: Maharash- tra Chief Minister Ud- dhav Thackeray on Sunday hinted at reopening places of religious worship, saying a standard operating procedure for avoiding crowds and ensuring physical distancing there will be drafted after Diwali. In a webcast, Thack- eray said he is getting flak for going slow on reopening of places of religious worship. “I am ready for brickbats if it ensures good health and safety of citizens. How to avoid crowds and ensure physical distancing in places of worship will be worked out and a standard operating procedure will be drafted after Diwali. “We are so involved in offering prayers and may neglect COV- ID-19 safety protocols. What if a coronavirus positive person infects senior citizens from our families who visit the places of worship he said. Maha CM hints at reopening religious places after Diwali CM’S ORDER India’s corona fatality rate on steady decline New Delhi: India’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of COVID-19 has touched 1.48 per cent and the country continues to report one of the lowest mor- tality rates, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Sunday. The Ministry said that the widespread and comprehensive testing, prompt trac- ing, quick isolation, and effective treatment of severe patients in ICUs through a standard of care protocol across government and private hos- pitals have resulted in this outcome. It also said that 22 States and UTs demonstrated CFR of less than the national average. India moving ahead cautiously at LAC: Sources New Delhi: After the standoff that lasted more than six months in eastern Ladakh, it seems India and China are close to a break- through over disengagement on the LAC. The development is in the process after the eight-round of Corps Commander level talks between the two sides held on November 6 in Chushul. “The two sides are likely to disengage from some of the friction points in next few days and they have been discussing the modalities for doing so in a phased manner,” defence sources told ANI. “However, the Indian side is moving ahead cautiously on this matter as they want the discussions and agree- ments to be implemented on the ground,” they continued. In June also, the two sides were discussing disengagement when the Galwan incident took place in which 20 India soldiers lost lives while a large number of Chinese troops also lost their lives. After the 8th round of talks, the two sides have to discuss some more issues to finetune the present proposals before acting on them,” they added. Nadiadwala’s house raided by NCB, wife held with weed ‘Pride of our village’: Kamala Harris’ ancestral village celebrates her victoryTiruvarur: US vice president-elect Kamala Harris’ ancestral village in India made a ‘’rangoli’’ to congratulate her on election win on Sunday. Women in Thulasen- drapuram village in Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu, the native village of US vice president-elect Kamala Harris, drew a special colourful ‘’rangoli’’ to congratulate her. The message says, ‘’Con- gratulations Kamla Harris, the pride of our village,’’ along with ‘’Vanakkam America’’. In addition to this, lo- cals in Thulasen- drapuram celebrated her win by putting up posters, distributing sweets, and burning firecrackers. She has broken many glass barriers by becoming the first woman and Indian Ameri- can to be elected as the US vice president. The village has been in news since the day, Democratic candidate Joe Biden chosen Kam- la Harris as his run- ning mate and vice- presidential nominee. Kamala Harris was born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mother Shyamala Go- palan, who was born in Chennai before she moved to the US for further study. Shy- amala was a leading cancer researcher and activist. Mumbai: In a major development in the ongoing drugs probe in Mumbai and nearby areas in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, drugs have reportedly been recovered from the residence of Bolly- wood film producer Fi- roz Nadiadwala on Sun- day. Meanwhile, NCB continues to search and raid as many as five lo- cations, namely Malad, Andheri, Lokhandwala, Kharghar and Koparkhairane. News agency ANI revealed that one peddler has also been nabbed by the NCB on the inter- vening night of 7th and 8th November. Following drugs sei- zure at Firoz’s house, the NCB has decided to issue him summon to appear before the agency for questioning, reports have alleged. As per a Times of India report, Firoz’s wife was questioned by the NCB on Sunday. Firoz is credited for producing films like Welcome Back, Phir Hera Pheri, Welcome among many others. Meanwhile, Arjun Rampal’s partner Ga- briella Demetriades’s brother Agisilaos, who was arrested in connection with a drugs case by the NCB, was grant- ed bail by a special court on Friday. DRUG MESS Patna: In the wake of Bihar elections, Con- gress leader Randeep Surjewala on Sunday asserted that the results of the Bihar elections would change the dominance of caste and religion in politics. “Bihar will break the caste and religion bar- rier and will give way for the rest of the country to follow. The Bharatiya Janata Par- ty divided the country through fear, hatred and religion. Prices of farm produce and aspi- rations of the weaker sections have taken a backseat,” Surjewala said in Patna. The Congress leader further said that Bihar has always changed the politics in the country. Gearing up for launch of small satellite launch vehicles: K Sivan UP govt to launch website for ‘virtual Deepotsav’ Sriharikota: Indian Space Research Organi- sation is gearing up for a series of missions, including launch of small satellite launch vehicles, chairman K Sivan said on Saturday. He made the com- ments after the successful launch of earth observation satellite - EOS-01- and nine cus- tomer satellites on- board its Polar rocket, PSLV-C49, from this spaceport, about 110 km from Chennai. According to ISRO, those satellites which weigh less and come with limited launch op- tions, can be sent on Small Satellite Launch Vehicles (SSLVs). The earth observation satellite sent on PSLV-C49 was weighing around 630 kg. Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will soon launch a website to enable people to take part in a virtual ‘Deepotsav’ celebration, which will take place on No- vember 13. As per a statement, Prime Minister Nar- endra Modi will also participate in the virtual ceremony that will take place in the Sri Ramlala Darbar in Ayodhya, which will be decorated with over 5.5 lakhs of diyas. ‘Bihar victory will beat caste-religion politics’ Wrong to treat protesting farmers as ‘enemies’: SAD chief to Centre Amritsar: SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday slammed the Centre over the suspen- sion of freight trains in Punjab, saying it is wrong to treat farmers protesting against the central agriculture laws as enemies. The Rail- ways on Saturday de- clined to resume goods trains in Punjab, saying it will either operate both freight and passenger trains or none. The train services in Punjab are suspended since September 24, when farmers started their rail roko agitation against the central laws. Goods trains had re- sumed briefly after farmer unions on Octo- ber 21 announced ex- empting them from their “rail roko” stir but the Railways suspended them again, saying farmers are still block- ing the tracks. Image for representational purpose only. Uddhav Thackeray K Sivan Sukhbir Singh Badal BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR ADVANI! Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President JP Nadda meet BJP leader LK Advani to wish him on his 93rd birthday, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

8. Shivendra Parmar Jaipur: The 3-day long, written examination for Rajasthan Police Constable recruitment spread over 6 shifts, concluded without any untoward incident. DGP ML Lather said that 12,41,609 candidates appeared for the exam out of the total 17,61,760 registered ones. The DGP said that the mammoth examination was conducted in 13,500 rooms at 518 centres spread across 32 districts of the state. There were jammers installed at all examination centres, which did not require the suspen- sion of internet services anywhere. DGP Lath- er congratulated his team and expressed gratitude for successful and peaceful organisa- tion of the the constable recruitment examination. He said to organise such a big examination during corona crisis was a challenging task which also entailed to ensure that no fake candidates,cheating gangs and use of any electronic gadget pre- vailed during the examination. Mandor SHO, Suresh Kumar Soni arrested Ashok Vishnoi appear- ing for some other candidate in the exam. Meanwhile, Kota police arrested Deepak Shuk- la & Chomu police held Rajesh Kumar & Vijay Meena. A candidate was held for cheating in Kishangarh as well. First India Bureau Pali: A police constable was injured in firing by smugglers in Desuri area of Pali. Following information on the movement of Dota-post smugglers in two Scor- pio vehicles by Rajsa- mand police, Desuri police had barricaded the Hariom Ashram on Saturday night. At around 3 am on Sunday, the vehicle of smugglers reached Des- uri. The smugglers opened fire at police when the cops tried to stop them. A police constable, Ranveer Singh received bullet injuries in thigh. The smugglers managed to escape and are being searched for, police said. Senior police officials including additional SP Brajesh Soni reached the spot after the firing. The constable is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Jodhpur. First India Bureau Pali: A woman and her paramour were arrested for allegedly killing her step son in Pali district of Rajasthan, the police informed the police officers. The police solved the murder mystery of 20- year old, Avishek, who was killed on Novem- ber 1, by her step mother, Chhoti Rani and his cousin brother, Rupesh, who allegedly had illicit relationship with Chho- ti Rani. Chhoti Rani and Ru- pesh developed an illicit relationship. Av- ishek opposed it and thrashed her when he came to know about their relationship a few days back. The woman, who is 32 years younger than Av- ishek’s father, hatched a conspiracy to eliminate Avishek and she along with Rupesh and third accused, who is the brother of Rupesh, hit him with an object and dumped the body on a road to make it look a case of road accident. After detailed investigation, the police arrested Chhoti Rani and Rupesh while the third accused is being searched for. First India Bureau Ganganagar: Aspecial court has awarded 10 years of imprisonment and imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 on a man for raping and threatening a minor girl. The special POCSO court pronounced the judgment on Friday. The court awarded 10 year jail term to Vijay Kumar, a resident of 2 Jogiwala, Sadulshahar for raping the girl five years ago in July 2015. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 and he will have to remain in jail for one more year, if he fails to deposit the penalty amount. The court also acquitted another man in the case. Public pros- ecutor Gurcharan Sin- gh Rupana said that Kumar had raped the 13-year old victim in July 2015 and threat- ened her of dire conse- quencesif sheinformed anyone about the incident. Vijay Kumar was arrested on July 7, 2015. First India Bureau Jaipur: Forum of Pri- vate Schools of Ra- jasthan (FPSR) has announced that it will march to Raj Bhavan along with 10,000 teach- ers from 50,000 private schools of the state, to apprise Governor Kalraj Mishra of their pain by submitting a memorandum to him. FPSR will also stage a sit-in at the Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur on November 10 to protest against the negative at- titude of the state government towards their demands. Meanwhile after Haryana, the Pun- jab Private Schools Or- ganisation (PPSO) has also given its support to FPSR in its protest by writing a letter to CM Ashok Gehlot request- ing him to sympatheti- cally hear their side of the story. All private schools under the ban- ner of FPSR, have announced an indefinite closure of online class- es until govt takes back its fee orders. Vimal Kothari Jaipur: The customs officers at the Jaipur In- ternational Airport on Sunday, arrested a passenger from the toilet and seized gold biscuits weighing 1.225 kg worth Rs 65 lakh in the market. Customs commissioner Subhash Agrawal said that a chartered flight SG 144 landed on the airport at 10:00 am and all the passengers of the flight were being prop- erly checked while passing through the green channel when one of the passengers rushed to the toilet without getting checked. When thoroughly questioned, he revealed about hiding two gold biscuits in toilet flush. A senior officer said thatthearrestedpassen- ger is being probed and will be presented in the court on Monday. First India Bureau Kota: Three persons were arrested for allegedly stealing 64 kg silver from a transport company in Kota. One of the accused identified as Mukesh, who sells fruits near the office of the transport company situated at the Seven Wonders Park Road, came to know about the silver parcel in the transport company and hatched the conspiracy with two other fruit vendors, Junaid and Javed to steal it. SP Kota, Gaurav Ya- dav formed a team of policemen and the matter was solved within three days. The police have recovered the stolen silver from the pos- session of the accused. First India Bureau Kota: A phone call from New Delhi, brought re- lief to an injured camel in Kota. Animallover,Devvrat Hada spotted the injured camel on Garadia Mahadev temple road and called MP Maneka Gandhi, who is a noted animal rights activist, in Delhi and informed her about the camel. She in turn, called KotaCollector,following which, a team of seven persons including two veterinary doctors was sent on the spot. The team started treatment of the camel who got injured after being hit by an unidentified vehicle. First India Bureau Udaipur: Akshat Ranaut, brother of film actress Kangana Ranaut, will tie the knot this month at Udaipur, which has been selected as the destination wed- ding. Akshay is marry- ing Ritu, Kangana informed through a tweet on Sunday. Kangana, while giving this information on her Twitter handle, said that on November 10 a post lunch matrimonial ceremony would be held at Sheesh Mahal in Leela Palace, Udaipur. She said that due to Covid-19, very close relatives and friends have been invited to the wed- ding ceremonies. Apart from this, there is also a programme to visit the temple of Mata Ambika located in Jagat town, about 45 km away from Udaipur. First India Bureau Dausa: A doctor couple was held hostage in their house by unidentified miscreants, who looted valuables and de- camped in the wee hours. The armed accused barged into the under construction house of Dr Rajkumar Meena in Rajmahal colony, where he was sleeping with his family. They held them hostage and looted valuables. The accused also thrashed the victims. The police reached the spot and the area was searched. Efforts are being made to identify and locate the accused, the police added. NEWSJAIPUR | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 07www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia First India Bureau Barmer: Unidentified thieves have stolen gold and silver ornaments and Rs. 1.46 lakh in cash from the house of a jeweller in Barmer. The victim jeweller Anil Soni, who is a close relative of senior IPS officer and DG- ACB BL Soni, said the thieves stole 18 tola gold, 1.5 kg silver and Rs 1.46 lakh cash when he was not present in the house. SHO Balotra police station, Niranj Pratap Charan and other policemen reached the house of Soni after the matter was reported to the police and started investigation of the case. Meanwhile, four unidentified masked men robbed a Bhilwara based jeweller, Om- Prakash Soni, near Kanda village of Sawaipur, of his bag containing gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh. The Sadar police later laid barricading in the surrounding areas to nab the robbers. One of the robbers have been arrested cops said. IPS BL Soni’s relatives looted, probe started CURBING CRIME Sponsored by Fidelity Traders Deadlock continues between Gurjars and Government Ashwani Yadav Bharatpur: The deadlock between agitating Gurjar leaders and government continued on Sunday as Vijay Bain- sla, the son of Kirori Singh Bainsla, is ada- mant on his demands. Kirori Singh Bainsla is taking rest at his homeinHindaun,while his son is leading the agitation at railway tracks in Pilupura. He met his father at the residence and later re- turned to the track and went live on Facebook to address his followers. Vijay Bainsla has held several rounds of meeting with adminis- trative officers, but there was no consensus on the issue of recruitment on backlog and ongoing recruitments. The state government wants to form a commit- teeformonitoringof the ongoing recruitment process but Vijay Bain- sla is not ready for it. He was live on Face- book on Sunday and appealed the community for a bandh, but it seems that his call did not evoke a desired re- sponse like his father. Meanwhile, the Sarv- samaj people in Hindaun have appealed to call off the agitation. In Sawai Madhopur, Bhura Bhagat has made several efforts for a bandh, but the impact was not much visible. Apart from it, there were no preparations for bandh in Dholpur and Dausa as well which indicates that all Gurjar leaders are not united on the issue of agitation this time. A faction led by Him- mat Singh has already expressed satisfaction on the assurance by the state government. Sin- gh held a meeting in Bayana on Sunday and said that Vijay Bainsla should withdraw the agitation. SportsministerAshok Chandnaislikelytohold discussion with agitating leaders on Monday and after that, the agitation may be called off. Senior IAS officer Niraj KPawan,BharatpurCol- lector Nathman Didel, Karauli collector Sidh- harth Sihag and other officersaretryingtocon- vince the Gurjar leaders to end the agitation. Constable exam concluded peacefully: DGP Lather Rush at Sindhi Camp Bus Stand as aspirants for Police Constable Exam arrive in Jaipur to take the exam on Sunday. Doda post smugglers open fire at cops, constable hurt Woman, paramour held for killing stepson in Pali district Man sentenced to 10 years in jail for raping minor School owners to meet Guv, protest on Nov 10 Gold worth ` 65L siezed @ Jpr airport 3 held for stealing 64 kg silver in Kota Kota:CallfromManeka helps treat hurt camel Kangana’sbrotherto tietheknotinUdaipur Unidentified miscreants loot doc couple in Dausa Sports minister Ashok Chandna is likely to hold discussion with the agitating leaders on Monday and it is belived after this the agitation may be called off Robbers snatched jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh Om Prakash Soni. Customs Commissioner, Subhash Agarwal along with his team. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR First India Bureau Jaipur: Railway administration has decided to lodge cases against the agitators, who have blocked railway tracks, which may go wrong for those, who are preparing for competitive examination. Such candidates may face difficulties in getting a government job, if they are booked in cases. The Railway Protec- tion Force may register the cases against the agitators and sources said that many of the agitators, who are stu- dents and preparing for competitive exams, have been identified by the RPF. Several trains have been cancelled and some have been divert- ed due to the agitation. People of Gurjar community have blocked Delhi-Mumbai tracks in Pilupura area for the last eight days. Sources said that if the cases are registered by RPF, it will not be in the hands of the state government to withdraw the cases at a later stage because the railways come under Cen- tre’s jurisdiction. RPF to register cases against agitators Members of the Gurjar community block the railway track as they sit on a protest in Bharatpur. —FILE PHOTO Ranveer Singh Kirori Singh Bainsla Vijay Bainsla

9. BhagwatattendsRSSmeeton volunteer work during covidGehlot allows ad-hoc bonus on Diwali, voluntary salary cut CM’S DIWALI GIFT TO STATE EMPLOYEES First India Bureau Jaipur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and other leaders attend- ed the meeting of all India executive committee of RSS at Swas- tik Bhawan in the Ambabari area on Sunday. The leaders dis- cussed and reviewed the service and public welfare works done by the RSS vol- unteers across the country during the corona pandemic and preparations to resumeRSSshakhas and other activities as per the government’s covid-19 related guidelines. The future plans of the RSS were also dis- cussed in the meeting which was also at- tended by Sarkar- yawah Bhaiyaji Joshi and others. The meeting began with garlanding the portrait of Bharat Mata. Nearly 400 workers attend the all Indian meeting but this year, in view of the corona pandemic, the meeting is held at various places where 30-40 workers remain present at each venue. Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has decided to give ad-hoc bonus on the occasion of Diwali in the interest of the employees, despite the severe conditions arising out of Covid-19 pandemic. Also, keep- ing in view the demand of some employees to end the salary cut, Ge- hlot has also taken the important decision to make the salary cut, voluntary. As per the decision taken by the Chief Min- ister, 25 percent of the bonus will be paid in cash to the employees and 75 percent will be deposited in the General Provident Fund Ac- count (GPF) of the em- ployee. Similarly, for employees recruited after 1st January 2004, a separate scheme will be prepared. It is noteworthy that due to the ad- hocbonus being givento more than 7.30 lakh employees of the state, a financial burden of about 500 crores is likely to come on the treasury. Gehlot said that in times of disasters like famine, flood, earth- quake, etc the employees have gone ahead and voluntarily contributed by observing salary cuts. “Also, during this time, people including public representatives, voluntary organizations, Bha- mashah, NGOs, mi- grants have been supported. After the out- break of Covid-19 in March, 29 organizations of officers and employees had request- ed the government to cut the salary to help the victims. Later in the meeting of various em- ployee organizations with the Chief Secre- tary and ACS (Finance) on 20 August 2020, the salary cut was also agreed, but on the request of some employees to abolish the salary cut, it has been decided to make it a voluntary deducation,” he said. The CM said that State Government has made excellent management of Covid-19, expanding health facili- ties and helping the needy people in this epidemic. “In this time of crisis, saving life and livelihood is our top pri- ority. The state government is currently taking an additional loan of Rs 5500 crore as the state has not received its full share of GST compensation from the Government of India. The amount received from the salary deduc- tion is being used to as- sist the needy affected by Covid-19, corona management and to strengthen financial resources. Nearly 55.47 lakh needy and poor families who are outside the National Food Security Scheme have been distributed 10 kg of wheat per person and two kg of gram per family free of cost,” Ge- hlot said, further adding, similarly, a total cash assistance of Rs.1144.39 crore was given to 32.27 lakh families of various catego- ries like poor, construction workers, helpless, rickshaw drivers, street vendors etc. under the socialsecurityschemes. The Chief Minister said that despite the odd economic challenges, the State Government will not have any short- age in resources to com- bat this pandemic and help the needy. Ultimately, we all have to live a life that we ourselves are answerable to... not our family not our friends. Choose that life today! —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India JAIPUR | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 08 2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 Aditi Nagar New Delhi: In what could be termed as an ever expanding role of senior Congress leader and Chairman of Con- gress’s screening committee for Bihar, Avi- nash Pandey has now been delegated with yet another major re- sponsibility of being party’s observer for the results due on 10th No- vember. Pande will be accompanied by party General Secretary Ran- deep Singh Surjewala as the second observer for the result day and both are expected to reach the state capital Patna today. Just a day after exit polls predicted an edge for Mahagathbandhan of RJD-Congress in Bi- har, Congress plans to tighten the rope between the alliances in Bihar. The proactive step from the Congress party comes in view of exit polls predicting a close fight between the ruling JDU-BJP government and the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Maha- gathbandhan of which the Congress is a part. The Mahagathbandhan had already announced before the polls that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav would be its Chief Minister, if it came to power. On asking about further strategy as an observer on post result management , Pandey, speaking to First India, said, “meeting all 70 contestants, analysing the ground report and discussing the future aspects once results are out, holding organisa- tional level meets, strategy on alliance, to save the winning candidates from possible horse- trading attempt by the saffron are just some of the aspects we will be looking into.” However, Pande went on to say that further strengthening of Mahagatband- han in ideas , perspec- tives and actions is also an important aspect th at the two observers would be keenly involved in. Notably, the party also seems to have learnt from its previ- ous mistakes where the delay in sending poll observers to some states gave the BJP an opportunity to form the government. Also it is obvious that if the results turn out to be completely in favour of the Mahagathbandhan then poll observers would play a crucial role in deciding the role of the Congress party in the future government headed by Tejashwi Yadav. Pande, who has proved his mettle in Rajasthan and Maha- rashtra elections in a gap of almost two years, proved once again that he is fast becoming Congress’s ‘man for all seasons’ as inspite of corona and less time as screening committee chief, he es- tablished connection with workers and boosted their morale. Holding several inter- active seesions he met more than 10-12 thou- sand people from or- ganisation of different groups to gather feed- back of the undercur- rent in Bihar to draw the winning strategy for the party. Even during the crucial meets on ticket distribution with their partner parties, Pande managed to get the allies agree to the terms and conditions as he simply mentioned that Congress will fight the elections alone too if needed. Therefore, all eyes are now on 10th No- vember when the counting of votes will be conducted. Ahead of Bihar results, Sonia sends Avinash, Surjewala to Patna DEEPOTSAV AT AYODHYA Working on the grand Deepawali celebrations ordered by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, wherein not just Ram temple and its surrounding sites, but entire Ayodhya and specially 300 religious sites would be illuminated with lights, senior bureaucracy including Additional Chief Secretary Home Avnish Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary Information Navneet Sehgal, Principal Secretary Tourism and Culture Mukesh Kumar Meshram, ADG Lucknow Zone SN Sawant, ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar and several other officials took stock of preparations at Ayodhya on Sunday. The grand fair will start on November 12 and the main event will be held on November 13. Avinash PandeSonia Gandhi Randeep Surjewala Mohan Bhagwat and other RSS leaders performing prayer ritual before the meeting. OLD AGE ‘HAUNTS’ BHAISAHAB AND JIJI! The ‘Lakecity’ is abuzz with speculations these days. Speculation on the future of the political ‘stream’ of the city since ‘Bhaisahab’ and ‘Jiji’ have both crosed 75 years of age. Inter- estingly, with the coming of age, their ‘throne’ seems to be on a wobbly stand since their own ‘lieutenants’, although in whispers, are heard saying that both of them should retire from active politics now. However, none of the lieutenants has the courage to say this to either ‘Bhaisahab’ or ‘Jiji’ since all hell breaks loose if this topic is mentioned and then it becomes a problem to mind the tongue, specially at this age in life. Interestingly, in the recent past several times it has happened that such incidents have come forward when these two leaders from BJP and COngress have not been able to keep themselves under ‘verbal control’. —Ravi Sharma ONE MAN’S LOSS IS ANOTHER’S GAIN! While Jaipur Heritage Municipal Corpora- tion might have fallen in Congress’s kity with party’s board and now a Mayor being appointed there, there is a different sort of politics going on in the party which reveals why the Mayoral post did not go to a Muslim candidate? Highly placed sources reveal that a ‘stal- wart leader’ from walled city wanted the Mayor’s seat to be handed to a Muslim candidate from Adarsh Nagar, however, the man was not given a ticket for which the local MLA objected. Inspite of objection, the female Muslim candidate won the election as an independent. When Congress did not get majority, then the independent candidate’s name was called out by ‘relevant sections’ for the post and the MLA from nearby seat also supported her however, the local MLA did not support her and lobbied for female Muslim candidate from another area. The MLAs got entangled in the fight and the ball finally landed in ‘netaji’s’ lap. Without wasting a moment, the ‘Rajput’ leader played his own ‘game’ and the result is before everyone! —Yogesh Sharma CM Ashok Gehlot COVID-19 UPDATE RAJASTHAN 1,989 DEATHS 2,11,310 CONFIRMED CASES GUJARAT 3,763 DEATHS 1,80,699 CASES DELHI 6,912 DEATHS 4,30,784 CASES WORLD 1,259,346 DEATHS 5,05,15,504 CONFIRMED CASES INDIA 85,41,173 CONFIRMED CASES 1,26,525 DEATHS MAHARASHTRA 45,240 DEATHS 17,19,850 CASES TAMIL NADU 11,344 DEATHS 7,43,822 CASES KARNATAKA 11,369 DEATHS 8,44,147 CASES

10. fter conduct- ing auditions in cities like Jodhpur and Udaipur, beauty pageant ‘Elite Miss Ra- jasthan 2020’ conducted its first round of auditions in Jaipur on Sunday, at Hotel Hilton. 22 girls from in and around the city were short listed to be a part of the second round in the city, which will take place on 14 December, followed by the finale of the pageant on 20 December. Jagdeesh Chandra was the chief guest at the event and judged a few of the participants based on their personality, skills and talent. The judging panel also included actress Kriti Garg, Charvi Tanya Dutta, Aditi Hundia, Akanksha Bhalla, and Mona Gautam among various others. During the event, director Ku- nal Sharma said, “With each passing year, the magnanimity of Elite Miss Rajasthan is expanding as the platform to show- case brilliant beauty and talent. We are happy to see the enthusi- asm in the participating girls.” “As the world is struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, we have tried our best to create a virus-free environment for the competition. Be it bio-secure bubble protection or the usage of masks and sanitizers, we are taking all necessary measures to stay healthy and safe. Along with these, we have taken special care to maintain social distancing and applied the clause of ‘No Mask, No Entry’ for the participants.” JAIPUR, MONDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09 GLAMOUR ON RAMP ELITE MISS RAJASTHAN 2020’S FIRST AUDITIONS IN THE PINK CITY WERE HELD ON SUNDAY, WHERE 22 GIRLS WERE SHORT LISTED FOR THE SECOND ROUND! NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in A Short listed contestants with the judges of Elite Miss Rajasthan 2020 Jagdeesh Chandra with (from left) Nishi, Samriddhi, Sonaxi, Daisy, Kriti, Yasheel Pandel, Gaurav Gaur, Akansksha, Mona, Surbhi Joshi and Ishika Jagdeesh Chandra at the judging panel, alongside (from left) Kriti Garg, Akanksha Bhalla, Mona Gautam and Ishika Dabhai

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