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A fter galvanising the cadre with the appointment of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as in- charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is like- ly to put in place two State pres- idents in the politically crucial State. The party is serious about gaining its lost clout in UP with Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asserting that the next Chief Minister in the major Hindi heartland will be from the Congress. AICC sources said the party high command is con- templating to appoint two party UPCC presidents, who will share the responsibility of the eastern and the western UP, just like the division of responsi- bility between Priyanka and Jyotiraditya Scindia. The incumbent UPCC chief, Raj Babbar, may be given other role, sources said. While it has been a practice in the Congress to appoint working presidents to aide and assist their chiefs, if the move takes place, it will be for the first time that a State will have two party chiefs. While senior party leader and former Rajya Sabha mem- ber Pramod Tiwari seems to be the front runner for the eastern UP Congress chief post, there is no clarity on who could head western UP. Sources said Priyanka will stage a road show possibly in Lucknow next month. As Priyanka’s political plunge gen- erated enthusiastic support from Congress leaders across the country, posters urging her to contest the coming Lok Sabha election from Varanasi came up at many places. AICC sources, however, said her candidature from any Lok Sabha seat has not been decided, but it is unlikely that she would be pitched against Modi. Meanwhile, continuing his tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul on Thursday exuded confidence in Amethi of reviving the party and prophesised that the next Chief Minister of UP would be from the Congress. Rahul said people were frustrated that the PM fooled them by making tall promises. He also accused Modi of “destroying” Constitutional institutions to protect his party’s illegal interests. “Gali gali mein shor hai, chowkidar chor hai. (Its com- mon knowledge that the the chowkidar is a thief), Rahul said, adding, “The PM says it has no money to waive farm loans. On the other hand, his industrialist friends get sops and one Neerav Modi fled with funds of the poor.” “Our PM swears by God and then dishes out numeorus lies to fool the people. Where are the ‘achchhey din’ as promised by him ?” Rahul asked Addressing a gathering in Amethi on Thursday, Rahul hit out at the Centre over the Rafale fighter jet deal saying the Government paid 1,600 crore per aircraft when it was just 526 crore during the UPA regime. “Our PM talked to his French counterpart and forced him to give 30,000 crore deal to a private company in the country.” “I have conveyed to Priyanka and Scindia that we have to form Governments at the Centre and in UP this time at any cost,” Rahul told the media. Amid sloganeering, Rahul announced that once the party came to power at the Centre, Amethi and Rae Bareli would get food parks, national high- ways and paper mills. “In MP and Rajasthan we are setting up food processing plants in large number to help farmers get good price of their produce. Such things will also happen in Amethi and Rae Bareli. My sister and I will work 24 hours for you,” the Congress president said. T he CBI has booked former ICICI bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon group MD Venugopal Dhoot for alleged cheating and corruption in sanctioning loans to the company, which caused a loss of 1,730 crore to the bank, officials said on Thursday. The CBI conducted search- es at three locations in Mumbai and one in Aurangabad, including at the head office of Videocon Group, Nupower Renewables — the company run by Deepak Kochhar and Supreme Energy — once pro- moted by Dhoot. The four private firms named in the FIR are Videocon International Electronics Ltd, Videocon Industries Ltd, Nupower Renewables Ltd and Supreme Energy Pvt Ltd, besides unknown private and public servants. The FIR registered on Tuesday slapped charges under IPC sections relating to crim- inal conspiracy and cheating and relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Some top names in the banking industry like present CEO of ICICI bank Sandeep Bakshi, Sonjoy Chatterjee, Zarin Daruwala, Rajiv Sabharwal, KV Kamath and Homi Khusrokhan have come under the CBI scanner as they were part of the ICICI bank committees clearing some of the six loans worth 1,875 crore to the Videocon group and associated companies. These loans subsequently turned NPA, the FIR stated. “The role of these senior officers of the sanctioning com- mittee may also be investigat- ed,” the FIR said. The agency had registered a Preliminary Enquiry on December 8, 2017 on the alle- gations that 3,250 crore worth of loans were sanctioned by the bank to companies associated with the Videocon group in violation of the RBI guidelines. Continued on Page 4 T he meeting of the high- powered selection com- mittee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to appoint a new CBI Director remained inconclusive, offi- cials said on Thursday. “A list of eligible officers, along with their dossiers, was shared with the panel mem- bers. But no decision was taken. Another meeting would be called soon to finalise a name for the (CBI chief) post,” an official said. The dossiers of the officials included only sketchy details like the date of appointment and date of superannuation. The names of 70-80 officers eli- gible for the post was present- ed to the panel comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. Kharge and the CJI are learnt to have sought specific details of the career graph of the eligible officers, a reason why the meeting remained inconclusive, sources said. The meeting, was held at the Prime Minister’s residence and was attended by Gogoi and Kharge. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Kharge said, “There was discussion on the names. There was no mention of their career details, includ- ing relevant experience. We (referring to CJI Gogoi) have asked them to provide all the necessary details. The next meeting may be convened by next week.” The post of CBI head has been lying vacant since January 10 after the high-powered selection committee transferred the agency chief Alok Verma as DG of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards. Verma’s removal was necessitated after a bitter feud with his then deputy Rakesh Asthana. Both Verma and Asthana had traded charges of corruption against each other. In a midnight operation on October 23, the Government had sent both Verma and Asthana on forced leave pend- ing enquiries against them by the Central Vigilance Commission. However, Verma chal- lenged the transfer through a petition before the Supreme Court. The apex court on January 8 reinstated him as CBI chief with riders that the issue of his transfer would decided by the PM-led panel. While Verma refused to join as DG Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards and resigned, Asthana was subsequently transferred as DG of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security. Presently, the CBI is head- ed by Additional Director M Nageswara Rao as an interim chief. The post of the CBI Chief enjoys a fixed tenure of two years. On Wednesday, it was reported that the list of officials in the race for the CBI Director’s post are Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat Directors General of Police OP Singh and Shivanand Jha respectively, CISF chief Rajesh Ranjan, and BSF Director General Rajnikarnt Mishra besides Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Union Home Ministry Rina Mitra, sources said. While Singh and Jha do not have any experience in the CBI, Ranjan, Mishra and Mitra have served in the CBI. A mid call for conducting 2019 Lok Sabha elections through ballot papers, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Thursday made it clear that the Election Commission (EC) is not going back to the era of ballot papers. The CEC said political par- ties are the biggest stakehold- ers in democracy, but there is no way the country will be “intimidated, bullied or coerced” into giving up elec- tronic voting machines (EVMs). “It is very unfortunate. We have had different results in various elections since 2014. If result is x then EVMs are fine, if not then EVMs are faulty. EVMs are not a football,” Arora lamented. The CEC made the remarks at an international conference on “Making our Elections Inclusive & Accessible” ahead of National Voters Day on Friday. His remarks came days after in the wake of an alleged EVM hackathon event in London, where a self-proclaimed US- based cyber expert made wild allegations with regard to the possibility of hacking EVMs. Most of these claims have already fallen flat. “However, I would like to make it very, very clear once more. In fact, it is not I, it is the entire ECI, it is the ECIs of the past, and it will be the ECIs of the future... We are not going back to the era of ballot papers,” Arora said. “We are not going back to that era where we have ballot papers being lifted, musclemen being employed besides the delay in the count- ing and also too much harass- ment of polling staff on the ground,” he added. The poll panel chief added that EVMs were being used in India for more than 20 years and that voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) was also introduced. “We are open to any criti- cism, any feedback from any stakeholders, including politi- cal parties, because they are the biggest stakeholders. But at the same time, we are not going to be intimidated or bul- lied or coerced into giving up these and returning to the era of ballot boxes,” he said. Earlier, the EC had approached the Delhi Police seeking probe against Syed Shuja, self-proclaimed US- based cyber expert who claimed EVMs were tampered with in 2014 parliamentary polls. Shuja made the claim at a Press conference held in London on Monday via video- conferencing. The Delhi Police has file an FIR against Shuja. Continued on Page 4 S ix labourers were killed after a pillar-less four-storey under-construction building collapsed at Ullawas village near Sector 65 in Gurugram in the wee hours of Thursday. The victim labourers were asleep when the tragedy struck them. “Those killed were on the second and the third floor, the building’s ground and first floors were vacant,” said a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) official, involved in the rescue operation. Three NDRF teams were deployed. The rescue opera- tions were going on at the time of going to press. “Six bodies have been retrieved from the accident site so far. The rescue teams are on job,” an NDRF spokesperson said. “Villagers had earlier asked the contractor to stop work as he was constructing the four- storey structure without pillars in the building. Judicial probe has been launched in the inci- dent,” said Sanjeev Singla, Gurugram SDM. Continued on Page 4 T errorist-turned-soldier Lance Naik Nazir Ahmed Wani, who died fighting ultras in Kashmir last year, will be conferred with the highest peacetime gallantry medal Ashok Chakra on Republic Day this year. Wani was a sur- rendered terrorist before becoming a soldier in 2004. Earlier, the 38-year-old sol- dier was awarded Sena Medal twice in 2007 and 2018 for showing exemplary bravery in anti-terrorist operations. Hailing from Ashmuji in Kulgam, Kashmir, Wani died on November 25 during a fierce gunfight and hand-to- hand combat with militants in Shopian. He was part of anti- terrorist operations in South Kashmir and had joined 162 Battalion of Territorial Army after surrendering as a terror- ist. He is the first Kashmiri sol- dier to be awarded the highest peacetime gallantry award. His wife, Mahajabeen, will receive the award from President Ramnath Kovind on January 26 at Rajpath. Wani exhibited the most conspicuous gallantry in elim- inating two terrorists and assisting in the evacuation of his wounded colleagues and made supreme sacrifice in the highest traditions of the Indian Army, a Press release commu- niqué from the President’s Secretariat said. Giving details of the encounter wherein Wani attained martyrdom, officials said here on Thursday he was attached with 34 Rashtriya Rifles; on November 23 his unit got an intelligence input about the presence of six heavily armed Hizbul and Lashkar ter- rorists at Batagund village. Wani and his team were entrusted with the task to block the likely escape route of the terrorists. “Sensing danger, the ter- rorists attempted breaching the inner cordon, firing indis- criminately and lobbing grenades. Undeterred by the situation, Wani held ground and eliminated one terrorist in a fierce exchange at close range,” the statement said. Wani then closed in on a house where another terrorist was hiding. As the terrorist tried to flee, Wani engaged him in a hand-to-hand combat. Despite being wounded, he killed the terrorist. Under intense hail of bul- lets from the terrorists, he eliminated the district com- mander of the Lashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT) and one foreign terrorist in an act of raw courage. “In the ensuing gun- fight he was hit multiple times, including on his head. He also injured another terrorist before succumbing to his grievous injuries,” the Army said in a statement. He is survived by his wife and two children. Army officials said here throughout his life, Wani will- ingly faced grave potential threats and was a source of inspiration for others. Incidentally, he was awarded the Sena Medal last year for eliminating a terrorist from very close range. Wani was from a humble background and had worked for the benefit of the under- privileged section in his village and surrounding area, offi- cials added. W ith a survey predicting a BJP rout in Uttar Pradesh if the Congress were to be part of the SP-BSP alliance in the Lok Sabha elections, specula- tion is rife about a possible re- alignment of anti-BJP forces in the State. What gave grist to this rumour is a statement of Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi on Wednesday that the Congress is still open to an alliance with the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party. “We have a common goal to defeat the BJP. Therefore, the Congress is open for an alliance if they (SP and BSP) approach them,” he said. “As I have said, I have immense respect for both Mayawati and Akhilesh. But the Congress party is not going to play on the back foot. Not in UP, not in Gujarat,” said Rahul. Rahul’s statement came just hours after Priyanka was made incharge of eastern UP. By evening when the sur- vey was released saying the BJP would be able to win just 5 seats if SP, BSP and Congress joined hands, murmurs started in Opposition ranks that all the three major players may join hands and give a united fight to the BJP. Continued on Page 4

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    After galvanising the cadrewith the appointment ofPriyanka Gandhi Vadra as in-charge of eastern UttarPradesh, the Congress is like-ly to put in place two State pres-idents in the politically crucialState. The party is seriousabout gaining its lost clout inUP with Rahul Gandhi onThursday asserting that thenext Chief Minister in themajor Hindi heartland will befrom the Congress.

    AICC sources said the

    party high command is con-templating to appoint two partyUPCC presidents, who willshare the responsibility of theeastern and the western UP, justlike the division of responsi-bility between Priyanka andJyotiraditya Scindia. Theincumbent UPCC chief, RajBabbar, may be given otherrole, sources said.

    While it has been a practicein the Congress to appointworking presidents to aide andassist their chiefs, if the movetakes place, it will be for thefirst time that a State will havetwo party chiefs.

    While senior party leaderand former Rajya Sabha mem-ber Pramod Tiwari seems to bethe front runner for the easternUP Congress chief post, thereis no clarity on who could headwestern UP.

    Sources said Priyanka willstage a road show possibly inLucknow next month. AsPriyanka’s political plunge gen-erated enthusiastic supportfrom Congress leaders acrossthe country, posters urgingher to contest the coming LokSabha election from Varanasicame up at many places.

    AICC sources, however,

    said her candidature from anyLok Sabha seat has not beendecided, but it is unlikely thatshe would be pitched againstModi.

    Meanwhile, continuing histirade against Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, Rahul onThursday exuded confidence inAmethi of reviving the partyand prophesised that the nextChief Minister of UP would befrom the Congress.

    Rahul said people werefrustrated that the PM fooledthem by making tall promises.He also accused Modi of“destroying” Constitutionalinstitutions to protect hisparty’s illegal interests.

    “Gali gali mein shor hai,chowkidar chor hai. (Its com-mon knowledge that the thechowkidar is a thief), Rahulsaid, adding, “The PM says ithas no money to waive farmloans. On the other hand, hisindustrialist friends get sopsand one Neerav Modi fledwith funds of the poor.”

    “Our PM swears by Godand then dishes out numeoruslies to fool the people. Whereare the ‘achchhey din’ aspromised by him ?” Rahulasked

    Addressing a gathering inAmethi on Thursday, Rahul hitout at the Centre over theRafale fighter jet deal saying theGovernment paid �1,600 croreper aircraft when it was just�526 crore during the UPAregime. “Our PM talked to hisFrench counterpart and forced

    him to give �30,000 crore dealto a private company in thecountry.”

    “I have conveyed toPriyanka and Scindia that wehave to form Governments atthe Centre and in UP thistime at any cost,” Rahul told themedia.

    Amid sloganeering, Rahulannounced that once the partycame to power at the Centre,

    Amethi and Rae Bareli wouldget food parks, national high-ways and paper mills.

    “In MP and Rajasthan weare setting up food processingplants in large number to helpfarmers get good price of theirproduce. Such things will alsohappen in Amethi and RaeBareli. My sister and I will work24 hours for you,” the Congresspresident said. $��� (!"�3!450

    The CBI has booked formerICICI bank CEO ChandaKochhar, her husband DeepakKochhar and Videocon groupMD Venugopal Dhoot foralleged cheating and corruptionin sanctioning loans to thecompany, which caused a lossof �1,730 crore to the bank,officials said on Thursday.

    The CBI conducted search-es at three locations in Mumbaiand one in Aurangabad,including at the head office ofVideocon Group, NupowerRenewables — the companyrun by Deepak Kochhar andSupreme Energy — once pro-moted by Dhoot.

    The four private firmsnamed in the FIR are VideoconInternational Electronics Ltd,Videocon Industries Ltd,Nupower Renewables Ltd andSupreme Energy Pvt Ltd,besides unknown private andpublic servants.

    The FIR registered onTuesday slapped charges underIPC sections relating to crim-inal conspiracy and cheatingand relevant provisions of the

    Prevention of Corruption Act. Some top names in the

    banking industry like presentCEO of ICICI bank SandeepBakshi, Sonjoy Chatterjee,Zarin Daruwala, RajivSabharwal, KV Kamath andHomi Khusrokhan have comeunder the CBI scanner as theywere part of the ICICI bankcommittees clearing some ofthe six loans worth �1,875crore to the Videocon groupand associated companies.These loans subsequentlyturned NPA, the FIR stated.

    “The role of these seniorofficers of the sanctioning com-mittee may also be investigat-ed,” the FIR said.

    The agency had registereda Preliminary Enquiry onDecember 8, 2017 on the alle-gations that �3,250 crore worthof loans were sanctioned by thebank to companies associatedwith the Videocon group inviolation of the RBI guidelines.

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    The meeting of the high-powered selection com-mittee headed by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi toappoint a new CBI Directorremained inconclusive, offi-cials said on Thursday.

    “A list of eligible officers,along with their dossiers, wasshared with the panel mem-bers. But no decision wastaken. Another meeting wouldbe called soon to finalise aname for the (CBI chief) post,”an official said.

    The dossiers of the officialsincluded only sketchy detailslike the date of appointmentand date of superannuation.The names of 70-80 officers eli-gible for the post was present-ed to the panel comprisingChief Justice of India RanjanGogoi and Congress leader inthe Lok Sabha MallikarjunKharge.

    Kharge and the CJI arelearnt to have sought specificdetails of the career graph of

    the eligible officers, a reasonwhy the meeting remainedinconclusive, sources said.

    The meeting, was held atthe Prime Minister’s residenceand was attended by Gogoi andKharge.

    Talking to reporters afterthe meeting, Kharge said,“There was discussion on thenames. There was no mentionof their career details, includ-ing relevant experience. We(referring to CJI Gogoi) haveasked them to provide all thenecessary details. The nextmeeting may be convened bynext week.”

    The post of CBI head hasbeen lying vacant since January10 after the high-poweredselection committee transferredthe agency chief Alok Verma asDG of Fire Services, CivilDefence and Home Guards.

    Verma’s removal wasnecessitated after a bitter feudwith his then deputy RakeshAsthana. Both Verma andAsthana had traded charges ofcorruption against each other.

    In a midnight operation onOctober 23, the Governmenthad sent both Verma andAsthana on forced leave pend-ing enquiries against them bythe Central VigilanceCommission.

    However, Verma chal-lenged the transfer through apetition before the SupremeCourt. The apex court onJanuary 8 reinstated him as CBIchief with riders that the issueof his transfer would decidedby the PM-led panel.

    While Verma refused tojoin as DG Fire Services, CivilDefence and Home Guardsand resigned, Asthana wassubsequently transferred asDG of Bureau of Civil AviationSecurity.

    Presently, the CBI is head-ed by Additional Director MNageswara Rao as an interimchief. The post of the CBIChief enjoys a fixed tenure oftwo years.

    On Wednesday, it wasreported that the list of officialsin the race for the CBIDirector’s post are UttarPradesh and Gujarat DirectorsGeneral of Police OP Singh andShivanand Jha respectively,CISF chief Rajesh Ranjan, andBSF Director GeneralRajnikarnt Mishra besidesSpecial Secretary (InternalSecurity) in the Union HomeMinistry Rina Mitra, sourcessaid. While Singh and Jha donot have any experience in theCBI, Ranjan, Mishra and Mitrahave served in the CBI.

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    Amid call for conducting2019 Lok Sabha electionsthrough ballot papers, ChiefElection Commissioner (CEC)Sunil Arora on Thursday madeit clear that the ElectionCommission (EC) is not goingback to the era of ballot papers.

    The CEC said political par-ties are the biggest stakehold-ers in democracy, but there isno way the country will be“intimidated, bullied orcoerced” into giving up elec-tronic voting machines(EVMs).

    “It is very unfortunate. Wehave had different results invarious elections since 2014. Ifresult is x then EVMs are fine,if not then EVMs are faulty.EVMs are not a football,” Aroralamented.

    The CEC made theremarks at an internationalconference on “Making our

    Elections Inclusive &Accessible” ahead of NationalVoters Day on Friday. Hisremarks came days after in thewake of an alleged EVMhackathon event in London,where a self-proclaimed US-based cyber expert made wildallegations with regard to thepossibility of hacking EVMs.Most of these claims havealready fallen flat.

    “However, I would like tomake it very, very clear oncemore. In fact, it is not I, it is theentire ECI, it is the ECIs of thepast, and it will be the ECIs ofthe future... We are not goingback to the era of ballot

    papers,” Arora said. “We are notgoing back to that era where wehave ballot papers being lifted,musclemen being employedbesides the delay in the count-ing and also too much harass-ment of polling staff on theground,” he added.

    The poll panel chief addedthat EVMs were being used inIndia for more than 20 yearsand that voter verifiable paperaudit trail (VVPAT) was alsointroduced.

    “We are open to any criti-cism, any feedback from anystakeholders, including politi-cal parties, because they are thebiggest stakeholders. But atthe same time, we are notgoing to be intimidated or bul-lied or coerced into giving upthese and returning to the eraof ballot boxes,” he said.

    Earlier, the EC hadapproached the Delhi Policeseeking probe against SyedShuja, self-proclaimed US-based cyber expert whoclaimed EVMs were tamperedwith in 2014 parliamentarypolls. Shuja made the claim ata Press conference held inLondon on Monday via video-conferencing. The Delhi Policehas file an FIR against Shuja.

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    Six labourers were killed aftera pillar-less four-storeyunder-construction buildingcollapsed at Ullawas villagenear Sector 65 in Gurugram inthe wee hours of Thursday. Thevictim labourers were asleepwhen the tragedy struck them.

    “Those killed were on thesecond and the third floor, thebuilding’s ground and firstfloors were vacant,” said aNational Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) official, involvedin the rescue operation.

    Three NDRF teams weredeployed. The rescue opera-tions were going on at the timeof going to press. “Six bodieshave been retrieved from theaccident site so far. The rescueteams are on job,” an NDRFspokesperson said.

    “Villagers had earlier askedthe contractor to stop work ashe was constructing the four-storey structure without pillarsin the building. Judicial probehas been launched in the inci-dent,” said Sanjeev Singla,Gurugram SDM.

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    Terrorist-turned-soldierLance Naik Nazir AhmedWani, who died fighting ultrasin Kashmir last year, will beconferred with the highestpeacetime gallantry medalAshok Chakra on RepublicDay this year. Wani was a sur-rendered terrorist beforebecoming a soldier in 2004.Earlier, the 38-year-old sol-dier was awarded Sena Medaltwice in 2007 and 2018 forshowing exemplary bravery inanti-terrorist operations.

    Hailing from Ashmuji inKulgam, Kashmir, Wani diedon November 25 during afierce gunfight and hand-to-hand combat with militants inShopian. He was part of anti-terrorist operations in SouthKashmir and had joined 162Battalion of Territorial Army

    after surrendering as a terror-ist. He is the first Kashmiri sol-dier to be awarded the highestpeacetime gallantry award. Hiswife, Mahajabeen, will receivethe award from PresidentRamnath Kovind on January26 at Rajpath.

    Wani exhibited the mostconspicuous gallantry in elim-inating two terrorists andassisting in the evacuation ofhis wounded colleagues andmade supreme sacrifice in thehighest traditions of the IndianArmy, a Press release commu-niqué from the President’sSecretariat said.

    Giving details of theencounter wherein Waniattained martyrdom, officialssaid here on Thursday he wasattached with 34 RashtriyaRifles; on November 23 his unitgot an intelligence input aboutthe presence of six heavily

    armed Hizbul and Lashkar ter-rorists at Batagund village.

    Wani and his team wereentrusted with the task to blockthe likely escape route of theterrorists.

    “Sensing danger, the ter-rorists attempted breachingthe inner cordon, firing indis-criminately and lobbinggrenades. Undeterred by thesituation, Wani held groundand eliminated one terrorist ina fierce exchange at closerange,” the statement said.

    Wani then closed in on ahouse where another terroristwas hiding. As the terroristtried to flee, Wani engaged himin a hand-to-hand combat.Despite being wounded, hekilled the terrorist.

    Under intense hail of bul-lets from the terrorists, heeliminated the district com-mander of the Lashkar-e-

    Tayyeba (LeT) and one foreignterrorist in an act of rawcourage. “In the ensuing gun-fight he was hit multiple times,including on his head. He alsoinjured another terrorist beforesuccumbing to his grievousinjuries,” the Army said in astatement.

    He is survived by his wifeand two children.

    Army officials said herethroughout his life, Wani will-ingly faced grave potentialthreats and was a source ofinspiration for others.Incidentally, he was awardedthe Sena Medal last year foreliminating a terrorist fromvery close range.

    Wani was from a humblebackground and had workedfor the benefit of the under-privileged section in his villageand surrounding area, offi-cials added.

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    With a survey predicting aBJP rout in Uttar Pradeshif the Congress were to be partof the SP-BSP alliance in theLok Sabha elections, specula-tion is rife about a possible re-alignment of anti-BJP forces inthe State.

    What gave grist to thisrumour is a statement ofCongress president RahulGandhi in Amethi onWednesday that the Congressis still open to an alliance withthe Samajwadi Party and theBahujan Samaj Party.

    “We have a common goalto defeat the BJP. Therefore, theCongress is open for an alliance

    if they (SP and BSP) approachthem,” he said.

    “As I have said, I haveimmense respect for bothMayawati and Akhilesh. Butthe Congress party is not goingto play on the back foot. Not inUP, not in Gujarat,” said Rahul.

    Rahul’s statement camejust hours after Priyanka wasmade incharge of eastern UP.

    By evening when the sur-vey was released saying the BJPwould be able to win just 5 seatsif SP, BSP and Congress joinedhands, murmurs started inOpposition ranks that all thethree major players may joinhands and give a united fight tothe BJP.

    Continued on Page 4

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    Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Thursday saidthe Delhi Government’s LawDepartment is examining togrant sanction for the prose-cution of former president ofJawaharlal Nehru UniversityStudents Union (JNUSU)Kanhaiya Kumar in a seditioncase.

    Kejriwal, however, accusedthe Centre of committing a big-ger sedition by creating hurdlesin the works of DelhiGovernment.

    “I do not know whetherKanhaiya has committed sedi-tion or not, which is beingexamined by the Law depart-ment. On the other hand, Modiji has stalled (works on) schoolsfor children, hospitals, installation of CCTV cameras,setting up of mohalla clinics inDelhi — is this not sedition?” Kejriwal said in atweet in Hindi.

    The AAP-led DelhiGovernment is seeking legaladvice with regard to grantingsanction for prosecution inthe JNU sedition case.

    Last week, the ruling AamAadmi Party (AAP) and theDelhi Police had traded alle-gations after a court ques-tioned filing of a chargesheet inthe sedition case against formerJNUSU president KanhaiyaKumar and nine others withoutprocuring required sanctionfrom authorities.

    The Delhi Governmentsources said rules laid down bythe court for sanction of pros-ecution will be followed. Policehad filed the chargesheet onJanuary 14, saying the sanctionfor prosecution was pendingwith the Government.

    “Why did you file (the

    chargesheet) without approval?You do not have a legal depart-ment,” court had asked theDelhi Police on Saturday.

    According to thechargesheet, Kumar was lead-ing a procession and support-ed seditious slogans raised onthe JNU campus during anevent on February 9, 2016.

    Former JNU studentsUmar Khalid and AnirbanBhattacharya were also chargedwith allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during the eventto mark the hanging ofParliament attack mastermindAfzal Guru.

    The event had taken placedespite the university admin-istration cancelling the per-mission for the same followinga complaint by the AkhilBharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad,which had termed it “anti-national”.

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    Delhi saw a sudden outbreakof H1N1 seasonal influen-za commonly known as SwineFlu in the past few weeks.Some doctors in the city, onThursday, blamed it on the badweather which seemed capableenough of holding and thrivingthe viruses.

    “Viruses can thrive whenthere is sudden change inweather which is more capableof holding them. More cases arebeing reported now,” said DrAtul Kakar, Vice-Chairman,Department of Medicine, SirGanga Ram Hospital.

    The hospital is presentlyseeing patients coming with alltypes of influenza, includingSwine Flu, he said.

    According to SeniorConsultant, Dr Vikas Maurya,Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh,not many cases were reportedin December. “We have seenweather changing suddenly inJanuary. Pollution was alsothere. When air is dense, virus-es can contain in the loweratmospheres to which peoplecome in contact easily. Wedidn’t see many patients inDecember,” he said.

    Their hospital is seeingaround 15 to 20 patients com-ing with symptoms all types ofinfluenza with some of themgetting admitted on regularbasis, however, the cases havecome down in the last two days,Dr Maurya added.

    “The severity of influenzais seen in the elderly and peo-ple who already have chronicillness. In the hospital, thesetwo groups are reporting severeinfluenza, others are comingwith normal symptoms,” hesaid.

    The data recently releasedby Integrated DiseaseSurveillance Programme(IDSP), Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare, till January 13this year, Delhi recorded 168cases of Swine Flu which is alsothe third highest number of

    cases in the entire country. Fivedeaths have also been reported.Last year, a total of 205 cases andtwo deaths from Swine Fluwere reported, the data revealed.

    Amid this, doctors havesuggested some basic precau-tions like avoid physical contactwith the infected as it is high-ly contagious and taking prop-er meals to boost immunity.

    The Health Departmentof Delhi Government has alsoissued a health advisory includ-ing the various precautions.

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    With an aim to increase property tax col-lection by �30 crore, StandingCommittee of South Delhi MunicipalCorporation (SDMC) on Thursday estimatedproperty tax collection of �850 crore whileproperty transfer fee collection of �700 crorefor the financial year 2019-20.

    The civic body has also scrapped a proposalto hike the property tax rates on residentialproperties on Thursday. The Commissioner inhis Budget speech had proposed to increaseproperty tax rates on residential propertiesaccording to the category of colonies.

    Presenting the budget proposals for thefinancial year 2019-20, Standing CommitteeChairperson Shikha Rai also proposed instal-lation of solar panels over all the municipalbuildings. Following the recommendation ofCouncillors, Rai also proposed Rs 208 lakh forinstallation of CCTV cameras in respectivewards. Rai added corporation would add addi-tional revenue of �5.5 crore by putting adver-tisements in 11 markets under new adver-tisement policy.

    In order to recycle building waste likebricks, mortars and cement blocks to producebyproducts like tiles, aggregate and silt, theSouth Corporation will set up a constructionand demolition plants at Bakkarwala andMaindangarhi, Rai said.

    To develop scientific temper among stu-dents, the SDMC wwill also develop 40 scienceclubs in its primary schools, Rai said. Further,giving impetus on sanitation, she said an engi-neered landfill site is being set up of Okhla tomanage the solid waste.

    Considering many motels and party lawnswhich are running without having “addition-al built-up areas, violating municipal andGreen norms, it was also announced toimplementation the policy with an aim to putan end of illegal use.

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    In order to provide a chance to the pris-oners to live a respectable life aftercompleting their sentences, the DelhiGovernment has decided toprovide certificate, Diploma,Bachelors and Masters in Yogato the inmates of Tihar Jail.Also, the inmates will be pro-vided foundation courses inYoga Sciences for Wellness(FCYScW).

    The Government has signed aMemorandum of Understanding (MoU)with Moraji Desai National Institute forYoga, Tihar Authority and with theMinistry of Ayush to provide course aswell as Government job after theyrelease out of the prison.

    “Yoga is one of the best exercises aswell as changes a person both mentally aswell as spiritually. MoU has been signedwith Ministry of Ayush, Director General(Prison) and Moraji Desai NationalInstitute for Yoga. The move will helpinmates to earn livelihood after complet-ing the sentence. It will be authority’sresponsibility to ensure job for them,”Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev said.

    “Tihar Jail is a correctional homethat aims to rehabilitate the inmates intoa productive members of the Societywith positive mind. Further, the mainaim of the project is to give the inmatesa respectable job as well as earn theirlivelihood proudly,” Dev added.

    “The inmates will also conduct

    research once they complete the course.They will research on the people who doyoga and who do not, an official involvedin the project,” said.

    Tihar authorities will conduct vari-ous educational and cultural andspiritual programs to the inmatesand this will be part of those pro-grammes. Further, they addedthat course will be conducted ina chain system. For instance, agroup of inmates will be trainedand complete the course and they

    will become teachers and will teach thefellow prisoners, he added.

    “We have titled the programme as‘Sanjeevan’ under which all the inmateswill be provided yoga trainings. Themain objectives of the Sanjeevan Projectare for wellbeing of the inmates for giv-ing them life, making them alive, re-ani-mating and living together. The prison-ers who successfully complete the abovesaid yoga course will not only train theother prisoners of the jails in the yogasciences and meditation but also enableto earn their livelihood proudly aftertheir release from jails,” said Raj Kumar,spokesperson of Delhi Prisons Authority.

    The two yoga training programmesfor all the jail inmates are: ‘MastersTrainers Program’ under which a fourmonth certificate course in yoga sciencewill be provided with 480 hours dura-tion for 75 male and 25 female inmates.The other one is foundation course andwill be provided for a year with the dura-tion of two hours per day, they said.

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    Travelling will be smootherfor the people of Najafgarhand the nearby villages as theGrey Corridor that will connectentire area till Dhansa willstart by September this year.

    The Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC) has alsostarted the construction the lastTunnel Boring Machine (TBM)on Thursday.

    “The TBM will bore a 700-

    metre-long tunnel betweenNajafgarh and Dhansa Standon the up line and the samemachine will be subsequentlyused for tunnelling on thedown line between the samestations. Entire tunnelling workon both up and down lines willbe completed by Septemberlater this year,” said Anuj Dayal,Executive Director, (CorporateCommunication), DMRC.

    This section is an extensionof the 4.295 kilometre long

    Dwarka-Najafgarh Metro cor-ridor. The work for this sectionwas formally awarded in late2017 and the target date forcompletion is December, 2020.On the Dwarka-Najafgarh sec-tion, over 90 per cent of con-struction work is complete andpassenger services expected tostart by September this year.

    The total distance betweenNajafgarh and Dhansa Stand is1.2 kilometres. The entirestretch is underground. While

    700 metres will be constructedusing TBM, the rest will bedone by the Cut and Covertechnology in which excavationis done for underground con-struction and then the area iscovered again.

    Delhi Metro currentlyoperates on a network of 327kilometres with 236 Metro sta-tions. This network includesover a hundred kilometres ofunderground lines spreadacross the national Capital.

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    Agar Malwa (MP): A 55-year-old farmer in Madhya Pradeshwas taken aback when he got aloan waiver of just �13 insteadof �23,815 he was eligible forunder a scheme announced bythe newly elected CongressGovernment.

    Shivlal Kataria, a residentof Nipania Baijnath village inAgar Malwa district, has takenup the matter with the author-ities and is hopeful of its reso-lution.

    Earlier this month, theMadhya Pradesh Cabinet hadapproved a loan waiver schemeunder which farm dues worth�2 lakh would be waived foreach eligible cultivator.

    "The list (of beneficiaries)is with the panchayat, which Isaw the other day. It mentionsthat just �13 of mine (debt),instead of �23,815 loan, hasbeen waived," Kataria said.

    Being a poor farmer, heand his only son's family ekeout a living from their two-acreland by growing soyabean, headded.

    Kataria said he was over-whelmed with joy when the

    Congress promised to write offfarm loans ahead of the assem-bly elections.

    "Undoubtedly, the schemeis a boon. Other farmers of myvillage are reaping its benefit. Ihave taken up the matter withthe authorities and I am hope-ful to get the waiver for the loanI took some 10 months ago," hetold PTI.

    When his attention wasdrawn towards the issue, AgarMalwa Collector Ajay Guptasaid he will look into the mat-ter.

    "Let me check... The dis-trict has a huge number of

    farmers," the collector said.Chief Minister Kamal Nath

    had announced the farm loanwaiver on December 18, 2018hours after taking charge.

    The process of submittingapplications to claim loan waiv-er started on January 15 andwill end on February 5. The eli-gible cultivators will start get-ting written off amount intheir bank accounts fromFebruary 22.

    Around 55 lakh farmers inMP are expected to benefitfrom the loan waiver which willcost the State exchequer�50,000 crore. PTI

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    Lucknow/New Delhi: TheEnforcement Directorate onThursday conducted multiplesearches across various States inconnection with its moneylaundering probe into the�1,500-crore Gomti riverfrontdevelopment project in UttarPradesh Capital Lucknow, offi-cial sources said.

    The project was begun bythe previous Samajwadi Party(SP) dispensation.

    Sources said the raids werebeing carried out in variouspremises of the accused andtheir associates in Uttar Pradesh(Lucknow and Noida), Delhi,Haryana and Rajasthan by ateam of the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) officials assist-ed by local police.

    The teams are looking fordocuments and evidence, theysaid.

    The central probe agencyhad filed a criminal case underthe Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA) inMarch last year. The ED case

    was filed after taking cogni-sance of a CBI FIR.

    The CBI had taken over theinvestigation after the presentYogi Adityanath-led BJP gov-ernment in Uttar Pradeshordered an inquiry into thebeautification project of theGomti riverfront.

    The Yogi Adityanath gov-ernment had asked for an inves-tigation into irregularitiescommitted with a "criminalintent" in the implementation ofthe Gomti River ChannelisationProject and the Gomti RiverFront Development by theState's Department of Irrigation.

    The CBI had filed an FIRagainst then chief engineersGulesh Chandra, S N Sharma,Qazim Ali, then superinten-dent engineers Mangal Yadav,Akhil Raman, KamaleshwarSingh, Roop Singh Yadav andexecutive engineer SurendraYadav.

    Gulesh Chandra, MangalYadav, Akhil Raman and RoopSingh Yadav have retired. PTI

    Udhagamandalam (TN): Acourt here on Thursday direct-ed two accused in theKodanad heist and murdercase to appear before it onJanuary 29 on a plea by thepolice to cancel their bail.

    When the petition by theinvestigating officer came upfor hearing before district JudgeP Vadamalai, the governmentpleader argued that theaccused, Sayan and Manoj werehampering the probe by givingstatements on the case.

    As the counsel for theaccused sought time to presenttheir counter, the judgedeclined to cancel the bail andordered the two accused toappear before it on January 29.

    The Tamil Nadu govern-ment had last week moved thecourt to cancel the bail grant-

    ed to the duo in connectionwith the case.

    Samuel Mathew, formerTehelka managing editor hadon January 11 released a 16-minute video in which the twoaccused in the case, hadallegedly l inked ChiefMinsiter K Palaniswami to thecase.

    On April 23, 2017, thesecurity guard of the Kodanadestate, the late chief minister JJayalalithaa's retreat home inNilgiris district, was murderedin a robbery attempt by a 10-member gang.

    It emerged during theprobe that Jayalalithaa's formerdriver C Kanagaraj and Sayanhad allegedly plotted the crime.

    A total of 10 people werearrested in the case and achargesheet was also filed. PTI

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    Renowned social workerAnna Hazare said onThursday that he would go onan indefinite fast from January30 to demand early appoint-ment of Lokpal and would filePILs in High Courts across thecountry to demand appoint-ment of Lokayuktas in respec-tive States.

    While addressing his sup-porters, who have arrived at hisnative village of RalegainSiddhi in Ahmednagar dis-trict from various parts of thecountry, Hazare said that on the

    morning of January 30, hewould start fast in the localYadavbaba temple for an indef-inite period. He exhorted hissupporters to stage dharnas infront of various offices acrossthe State from January 30.

    “Our activists would stagedharanas for the first four days.If needed, they will also under-take fast after January 3,”Hazare said.

    Hazare said that during thecourse agitation planned byhim from January, PILs wouldbe filed in the high courts ofeach state seeking direction tothe respective state govern-

    ment to appoint Lokayukthasin their states where there arecurrently no anti-corruptionombudsmen.

    Given that the anti-cor-ruption crusader has lost hiscredibility that he enjoyed at theheight of the anti-corruptionmovement in 2013, Hazare’sannouncement did not evokeany political reaction. Duringthe past five years of NarendraModi regime, he has been seenas a man who has soft-peddledthe anti-corruption issue.Hence, his fast is unlikely to cre-ate any ripples in the state andnational political circles.

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    Bill 2016, the Assam BJP onThursday said that the State canbe saved from becoming a'Kashmir' only with the imple-mentation of the Bill coupledwith enforcing the AssamAccord's Clause VI and ST sta-tus to six communities.

    Addressing a rally of partyworkers in Guwahati, stateFinance Minister HimantaBiswa Sarma said he cannotallow Assam to become thenext 'Jammu & Kashmir'.

    Sarma's statement came aday after student outfits from allthe northeastern States under thebanner of North East Students'Organisation (NESO) gatheredin Guwahati on Wednesday andwarned the BJP-led Governmentat the Centre and the Stateagainst the Bill.

    The students' bodies' rallyalso termed Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and AssamChief Minister SarbanandaSonowal as "saviour and pro-tector of illegal immigrants"from Bangladesh.

    "In 1971 Hindus in Assam

    accounted for 71 per cent of thepopulation. It came down to 61per cent in 2011. By 2021 if theeight lakh population of HinduBengali from Bangladesh istaken out from Assam, thecommunity's population ofAssam will reduce to a mere 51or 52 per cent, which will pavethe way for Badruddin Ajmalor Sirajudin Ajmal to becomeChief Minister of the State,"Sarma said.

    "I do not require a certifi-cate if I am secular or commu-nal. People are pitting Hindusagainst Hindus. Those oppos-ing Hindu Bangladeshi do notknow that they have lost thepower to decide in 14 districtsof Assam. Already 30 seats

    have gone, if the Bill comes in,we can still save at least 17assembly seats," said Sarma.

    Earlier the UnitedMinorities Front (UMF) whichwas formed in 1985 as a reac-tion to Assam agitation want-ed citizenship to Hindus fromBangladesh, later they changedtheir stand, Sarma said.

    Targeting the religiousminorities of Assam, Sarmasaid members of the All AssamMinority Students Union(AAMSU) have been sendingmessages on social media tooppose the Bill. "However, thesepeople are themselves eco-nomic refugee in Assam, whyare they talking about whoshould get citizenship? I getthreatening messages on mymobile," said Sarma.

    Announcing that after2021, he will not be in politics,Sarma said, "This is the lastbattle of Panipat. Those peo-ple who did bloodshed inJammu and Kashmir areteaching us secularism. weare committed to protect Jati,Mati, Bheti (identity, land andhomeland)." PTI

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    Mumbai: Justifying its decisionto allocate �100 crore for theproposed Bal Thackeraymemorial, the MaharashtraGovernment on Thursday toldthe Bombay High Court it waswithin its discretion to allotland or money for a monumentfor a prominent person and it

    cannot be questioned in court.The Government made the

    submission before a divisionbench of Chief Justice N H Patiland Justice N M Jamdar whichwas hearing two petitions chal-lenging the State's decision toconvert the mayor's bungalowin central Mumbai into amemorial for Shiv Senafounder Bal Thackeray.

    The petitions were filed byactivist Bhagwanji Rayani andNGO Jan Mukti Morcha inApril 2017 when theGovernment had proposed toset up the memorial. When thepetitions came up for hearingon Thursday, petitioners' advo-cates Pradeep Havnur andUday Warunjikar sought toamend the pleas so as to alsochallenge the decision of theBJP-led Govt to allocate �100crore for the memorial. PTI

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    From Page 1Haryana Chief Minister

    Manohar Lal Khattar hasannounced a compensation ofRs 3 lakh to each family of thedeceased.

    The deceased have beenidentified as Altaf from UP’s

    Ambedkar Nagar, Joginder,Kuldeep, Vishal all residents ofFirozabad; Ram PrakashPaswan, a resident ofSamastipur in Bihar. The iden-tity of one of the deceased is yetto be ascertained.

    “The Gurugram Fire

    Department control roomreceived a call at 5.15 am froma local about the building col-lapse in Ullawas village. Thebodies of the men aged between30 and 40 years have beenrecovered,” said a senior officialof Gurugram Fire Department.

    From Page 1It was also alleged that

    �64 crore were invested byDhoot through one of thecompanies, Supreme Energy,founded by him, which wasalleged as quid pro quo in thecomplaint that triggered theregistration of the PE by theCBI.

    During the course of thePE, the CBI found allegedirregularities in sanctioningsix loans worth Rs 1,875 croreto Videocon IndustriesLimited, VideoconInternational Electronics Ltdand four other companies asso-ciated with the Videocon groupbetween June, 2009 andOctober, 2011, according to theFIR.

    Chanda Kochhar was onthe sanctioning committeedeciding two loans - Rs 300crore to Videocon InternationalElectronics on August 26, 2009and Rs 750 crore to VideoconIndustries Limited on October31, 2011.

    Both these loans were sanc-tioned and disbursed in thealleged violation of the RBI

    guidelines. Most of these loans caused

    a loss of Rs 1,730 crore to theICICI bank and consequentwrongful gains to the borrow-ers and accused persons.

    The term loan of Rs 300crore sanctioned to VideoconInternational Electronics Ltdwas disbursed on September 7,2009. Next day, Dhoot trans-ferred Rs 64 crore to NupowerRenewables Ltd, throughSupreme Energy founded byhim.

    The amount was trans-ferred through a “circuitousroute” using company SupremeEnergy Limited founded byDhoot, alleges the FIR.

    “This was the first majorcapital received by NRL toacquire first power plant. ThusChanda Kochhar got illegalgratification through her hus-band from VIL/V N Dhoot forsanctioning a loan of Rs 300crore to VIEL,” it alleged.

    In addition to the loans toVIL and VIEL, four other loanswere issued to MilleniumAppliances (Rs 175 crore), SkyAppliances (Rs 240 crore),Techno Electronics (Rs 100crore)and Applicomp India(Rs 300 crore) to repay theunsecured loan availed by thesecompanies from VIL, addedthe FIR.

    From Pag e1Following his claims, sev-

    eral Opposition parties havedemanded the use of ballotpapers in the coming LokSabha polls. CEC Arora point-ed out that EVMs and papertrail machines are manufac-tured under highly securedconditions by two PSUs --Bharat Electronics Ltd andElectronics Corporation ofIndia Ltd -- who are doing alot of work for defence estab-lishments.

    Defending EVMs, theCEC said there was one resultin the 2014 Lok Sabha elec-tions and a totally differentresult four months later in theDelhi State elections. “Sincethen, we have had elections inHimachal Pradesh, Gujarat,Karnataka, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, and nowChattisgarh, MP, Telangana,Rajasthan... The results havebeen completely different indifferent times... My simplequestion is that if the result isX, the EVM is right and theresult turns out to be Y, theEVM is faulted,” he said.

    In the recent Assembly

    elections in Rajasthan,Chhattisgarh, MadhyaPradesh, Mizoram andTelangana, a total of six inci-dents were reported.

    “I am repeating, six anec-dotal or real incidents out of1,76,000 polling booths. I amnot defending those incidents.There were some lapses onthose EVMs, that were noteven used for the elections bythe cutting edge staff. Actionswere taken very swiftly, andthey met their nemesis in 24to 48 hours. However, we arenot happy even with those sixincidents. In elections, weshould have zero tolerancefor any incident of suchnature,” he said. FollowingShuja’s Press conference, BSPchief Mayawati had asked theElection Commission to revertto ballot papers in 2019 LokSabha elections to ensure freeand fair polls. Her new ally,Akhilesh Yadav, the SP presi-dent, too echoed the sentimentsaying that reliability of theEVMs had come under thequestion.

    The Congress also soughtclarification from the ElectionCommission over the claimsmade by Shuja. However, theBJP and the JD(U) backedcontinued use of the EVMs inelections.

    From Page 1Dr SP Pandey of Pandit

    Govind Ballabh Pant Institutesof Studies in RuralDevelopment said theCongress stake has gone upafter party inducted Priyankain the mainstream politics.“Her induction as nationalgeneral secretary as well as in-charge of eastern UP will def-initely invigorate Congressworkers and the fight in UP isreduced to three corner. Thisscenario will help the BJP,” DrPandey said.

    If SP, BSP and Congressjoined hands it will prevent

    division of Muslim votes andupper caste.

    Political pundits saiddespite the Congress’ dismalperformance in the recentelectoral battle in the Statewhen it won just two LokSabha seats in 2014 and sevenseats in 2017 Assembly elec-tions, Congress’ vote share isalmost 12 per cent. AfterCongress recent success inMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthanand Chhattisgarh andPriyanka’s nomination asnational secretary the party ishopeful of improving its per-formance.

    “Congress will be able toattract minority votes becausefor the party has in the pasthas been the first choice ofMuslim voters, who relaisethat only the Congress cancounter the BJP at the nation-al level. Priyanka’s entry intoactive politics is bound to fur-ther change the permutationand combination of all the par-ties,” Dr Pandey said.

    In this scenario, the lead-ers of the SP and BSP may haveto rework their strategy toensure that the BJP did not cap-italise on division of oppositionvotes in the State, he said.

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    New Delhi: Railway hospitalsacross the country will soon pro-vide treatment to eligible fami-lies under the Ayushman Bharatscheme, an official statementsaid on Thursday.

    In addition, eligible familieswill soon be able to get benefitsunder the scheme at hospitalsunder the New Delhi MunicipalCouncil and the North DelhiMunicipal Corporation, a state-ment by the National HealthAuthority, the apex bodyimplementing the insuranceprogramme, said.

    The NHA on Thursdaysigned an MoU with theMinistry of Railways in thisregard. The Union Governmenton September 23 had launchedthe Ayushman Bharat PradhanMantri Jan Arogya Yojana,which aims to provide a cover ofRs 5 lakh per family per year andis likely to benefit more than 10crore poor families across thecountry.

    As per the MoU, identifiedmedical establishments havinginpatient hospitalisations underthe Ministry's Railway HealthServices department across its16 zones will be empanelledwith the PMJAY to implementthe scheme. It will providesecondary and tertiary care toeligible individuals.

    "The Government is com-mitted to developing a strate-gic partnership with providersto strengthen service deliveryunder the scheme so that thevision of AB PM-JAY becomesa reality. Empanelment ofhealth care providers and insti-tutions is a key aspect of thispartnership," Dr Indu Bhushan,the NHA CEO, said. Speakingabout the collaboration, hesaid, "I am confident that ourpartnership with the Railways,the NDMC and the NorthDelhi Municipal Corporationwill go a long way". PTI

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    Bengaluru: The rulingCongress-JD(S) coalition inKarnataka will take a decisionon seat sharing for the comingLok Sabha elections in three orfour days, coalition coordina-tion committee chairmanSiddaramaiah said Thursday.

    Ruling out any threat to theH D Kumaraswamy-led gov-ernment amid alleged attemptsby the BJP to topple it, the for-mer Chief Minister said bothparties will face the pollstogether.

    Preliminary discussionshave been held on Lok Sabhaelections and a meeting will beheld in three or four days todecide on the constituencies, hesaid.

    "..Keeping in mind the sit-uation in the constituencies, wewill decide," Siddaramaiah toldreporters after the coordinationcommittee meeting here.

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    and JD(S) supremo H D DeveGowda will also be part of thatmeeting, and it has been decid-ed both parties will go togeth-er for the polls, he said.

    On seats demanded byJD(S), Siddaramaiah said ithas not been discussed.

    "...We will decide on seatsand other things in the nextmeeting," he said.

    Responding to a questionabout opinion within theCongress not to give up seatswhere the party has sittingMPs, he said "We have not dis-cussed it."

    JD(S) secretary generalDanish Ali said "We only start-ed a preliminary discussion onseat sharing, the process willcontinue and it will take manyrounds to have a pre-pollalliance for Lok Sabha seats. Itwill take some time.

    There is no demand, ourcommon motive is to get the

    maximum seats to the coalitionin Karnataka and reduce theBJP to minimum. We will putwinning candidate and makehim contest," he said.

    Their expectation is JD(S)-Congress would win 25 plusout of 28 seats in Karnataka, hesaid.

    JD(S) has alreadyexpressed its desire to contestin 12 seats, on which theCongress party has some reser-vations.

    The Congress has said seatsharing will be on 'candidate-merit' basis.

    Also, several seniorCongress leaders and MPs,including Veerappa Moily, havereportedly asked the leadershipnot to cede nine seats where theparty has its sitting MPs, toJD(S). There are also voiceswith in the party not to field sit-ting MPs in certain con-stituencies. PTI

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    Ahmedabad: The GujaratGovernment has said thosewho have settled in the stateafter 1978 will not get the ben-efit of 10 per cent reservationfor the economically weakersections (EWS) in the gener-al category.

    The move is apparentlyaimed at giving preference toGujaratis in education andjobs and protecting their inter-ests.

    However, the OppositionCongress and people fromother states, who have madeGujarat their home, haveopposed the State Governmentover the move.

    The Gujarat Governmentbecame the first State in thecountry to implement 10 percent reservation in StateGovernment jobs and educa-tion for the economicallyweaker sections (EWS) in thegeneral category.

    To qualify for the newly-introduced 10 per cent reser-vation in general category, theState Government onWednesday announced thatthe family of the quota bene-

    ficiary should have been resid-ing in the state since 1978.

    Since the new rule wouldimpact thousands of youthsfrom other states settled inGujarat, particularly fromHindi-speaking states, theirapex organisation decided tomake a representation toauthorities.

    Maheshsingh Kushwah,president of Uttar BharatiyaVikas Parishad, said it is an"injustice" to exclude thosewho have been living inGujarat since four decades.

    "Forty one years is a verylong period. Many who camebefore 1978 might have alreadydied. This is injustice to us.What about those who camehere and settled permanently20, 30 or even 40 years back?

    Why they have they notbeen included? This criterionshould be 10 years," saidKushwah.

    "We will discuss this issueamong ourselves and make arepresentation to the stateGovernment seeking relax-ation in this new rule," headded. PTI

    Samastipur (Bihar): An RJDleader was shot dead here in thewee hours of Thursday inSamastipur district, evokingcondemnation from Oppositionleaders in the State including theparty's jailed national presidentLalu Prasad.

    Raghuvar Rai (50), Stategeneral secretary of the RJD anda former deputy chairman of theZila Parishad, was gunneddown at Kalyanpur while he wason morning walk,Superintendent of PoliceHarpreet Kaur said.

    She said motorcycle-borneassailants, whose identity andnumber were yet to be ascer-tained, fled the spot after firingat Rai.

    The leader was taken to ahospital in the neighbouringDarbhanga district where hesuccumbed to injuries, Kaursaid.

    Following the murder, theRJD supremo took to the micro-blogging site twitter and trainedhis guns at Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar, though he didnot mention the latter by name.

    Sharing a news report aboutRai's killing being the fifth inci-dent of murder reported fromthe state in the past 24 hours,Prasad tweeted in Hindi: "Hefeels no shame, keeps sayingthere is rule of law. People arebeing killed like insects in Biharand he goes on playing the same

    record".Prasad is serving sentences

    in a number of fodder scamcases and lodged at a hospital inRanchi for various ailments. Hisofficial twitter handle is oper-ated by people close to him.

    Prasad's younger sonTejashwi Yadav, leader of theOpposition in the Bihar assem-bly, tweeted: "Nitish Kumar ji,please rein in the goons whoenjoy state patronage. What isthe use of your keeping theHome portfolio. Criminals havebeen killing workers of RJD andRLSP but till date you have keptsilent."

    Rashtria Lok Samata Party(RLSP) chief UpendraKushwaha also came out with atweet alleging that the StateGovernment had become "deaf,dumb and mute" and also usedthe Bihari slang "thethar" (cal-lous) for the regime whileexpressing concern over thestate of affairs. PTI

    Jaipur: Rajasthan police hasissued a WhatsApp helplinenumber for adult couples whomarry against the wishes oftheir family, to offer protectionand counselling to resolve thematter amicably.

    Complying with a highcourt directive, AdditionalDirector General of Police,civil rights, Janga Srinivas Raoissued a circular on Wednesday,asking all superintendents ofpolice and police commission-ers in the state to provideassistance to the couples facingthreats from their family mem-

    bers and relatives.Rao said the number —

    8764871150 — will functionround the clock, according toan official release.

    A woman IPS officer,assisted by a woman RajasthanPolice Service officer, will bethe nodal officer for this ini-tiative, it said.

    SP (Crime Branch) LovelyKatiyar will be the nodal offi-cer till further orders, therelease said.

    After a complaint isreceived on the helpline, fam-ily members will be counselledwith the help of community lia-soning groups to resolve thematter, it said.

    If needed, prohibitoryactions under CrPC may betaken or an FIR may also befiled. Minors will be encour-aged to follow the advice of thecounsel until they attain adult-hood, it said. PTI

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    Madurai: The Madras HighCourt has come to the rescueof an 84-year old woman, whohad been running from pillarto post to prove she is alive afterher daughter-in-law obtained adeath certificate in a bid to grabher property.

    The High Court benchhere took up the issue on itsown after a media report on theoctogenarian's plight anddirected cancellation of thedeath certificate of AThottiyamal, hailing fromRamanathapuram district.

    A division bench com-prising Justices K K Sasidharanand P D AudikesavaluWednesday impleaded thewoman's daughter-in-law andgrandson in the case and alsodirected the authorities to can-cel the death certificate issuedin her name on September 27,2016 and an enquiry into thematter.

    The bench also directed theRamanathapuram municipalCommissioner and district reg-istrar to file their replies andcancelled the inam settlementby obtaining the woman's sig-nature by giving false infor-

    mation and transferring theland to her grandson PraveenKumar's name.

    According to the report,Thottiyammal had been livingwith her son A Doss, who wasa sheristadar in the districtcourt, and had 12 cents of land.She also had three daughters.

    Her son died in an acci-dent in 2016. Earlier, he hadtransferred the land to hisson Praveen Kumar by aninam settlement withoutinforming Thottiyamal, whowas 81 then.

    She alleged that she wasmisled by her son, who forgedthe signatures of her threedaughters in the settlement.

    After Doss's death, his wifeMeenakshi, a school teacher,produced a legal heir certificateto claim benefits thoughThottiyammal was alive.

    The report said the elderlywoman realised she wasdefrauded and lodged a policecomplaint, but no action wastaken. Even after a directivefrom a local court inRamanathapuram to takeaction against Meenakshi, noth-ing was done, it added. PTI

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    Shillong: The Navy and theNDRF in a joint operation onThursday retrieved the bodyof one of the 15 minerstrapped in the 370-foot deepmain shaft of the illegal coalmine in Meghalaya, officialssaid.

    A statement from the

    National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) said they alongwith the Navy managed toretrieve an unidentified body ofthe trapped miner from themain shaft at Ksan rat-holemine at about 3:00 pm.

    The body of the trappedminer was spotted on January

    16 and efforts were on to pullit out of the shaft of the coalmine filled with water locatedin East Jaintia Hills district ofMeghalaya.

    The miners have beentrapped for more than a monthinside the illegal rat-hole coalmine. PTI

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    Responding to the longpending demand of mem-bers of the Pahari community,J&K Governor Satya Pal Malikon Thursday gave his assent tothe Jammu & KashmirReservation (Amendment) Bill,2014, providing reservation tothe persons belonging to Paharicommunity, clan or tribe hav-ing distinct cultural, ethnicand linguistic identity, in theGovernment jobs.

    The amendment providesfor addition of a separate cat-egory of the persons belonging

    to Pahari community, clan ortribe having distinct, cultural,ethnic and linguistic identityamong the socially and educa-tionally backward classes (otherthan Scheduled Caste andScheduled Tribes).

    The methodology andauthority for identification ofPahari Community shall benotified by the Government.

    Because of the remotenessand inaccessibility of the areasof their residence, the Paharicommunity has historicallyfaced considerable economicdistress leading to overall socio-economic backwardness.

    On one hand, they are notable to compete with othersections of the society who arebetter placed in terms of socio-economic position as also interms of access to services likeEducation and Health Caredue to above mentioned dis-advantages. On the otherhand, the Pahari People arenot able to derive any benefiteven at the lower rung inrespect of getting employ-ment. The reservation provided to them will go along way in improving theirstatus, educational and jobopportunities.

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    Tirunelveli: The Indian OilCorporation in collaborationwith jail authorities will soon setup five petrol stations near pris-ons across Tamil Nadu whichwould be operated by prisonerswhose conduct has been foundsatisfactory, DIG Prisons(Madurai) Palani said onThursday.

    As part of this initiative, apetrol station would soon be setup near Palayamkottai Prison inthis city. The petrol bunk wouldbe operated by prisoners ofgood and satifactory behaviour,Palani said. A seminar was heldhere for providing training forprisoners in operating the petrolstation. PTI

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    Bengaluru: The Congress onThursday formed a panel led bydeputy Chief Minister Dr GParameshwara to inquire intothe incident at Eagleton Resortwhere Kampli MLA J N Ganeshallegedly attacked HosapeteMLA Anand Singh on January20.

    "Police are searching forGanesh to arrest him. Already hehas been suspended from theparty. Further, a committeeheaded by me has been formedto inquire into the matter andfurnish a report to the party highcommand," Parameshwara said.

    He was talking to reportersafter meeting Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy at the BDAhead office.

    Murthy had called onParameshwara to chalk out plansto improve his 'alma mater'—National Institute of Engineeringat Mysuru.

    He also gave some sugges-tions on improving the city.

    Ganesh and Anand Singhhad reportedly entered into abrawl at Eagleton Resorts on thecity outskirts where theCongress MLAs were herdedtogether amid allegations ofBJP's attempts to poachCongress MLAs. PTI

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    The Central Bureau ofInvestigation on Thursdayarrested Srikant Mohta, ownerof one of the biggest producingcompanies in eastern Indiaassociated with a bevy of awardwinning films.

    The noted film and tele-

    serial producer, on who restsa sizeable part of theTollygunge film industry,was arrested in connectionwith Rose Valley chit fundcase, CBI sources saidadding he had allegedlyfobbed jailed Rose Valleycaptain Gautam Kundu of�25 crore.

    Kundu had allegedly toldCBI during interrogation thatMohta had taken �25 crorefrom him for producing mak-ing a number of films whichhowever would not see thelight of the day.

    “And when Kundudemanded his money backMohta allegedly threatenedhim with closing his ponzibusiness with the help ofsome influential political per-son,” CBI sources said. Thetop businessman who alsoowns other businesses includ-ing malls is likely to be flownto Odisha where the caseoriginates for production inKhurda district court, sourcessaid.

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    evaded appearance before theCBI on several occasions wason Thursday picked up fromhis plush South Kolkata officeby a team of Agency officials,driven to the CGO complexand then arrested.

    The CBI was also exam-ining the veracity of com-plaints regarding his connec-tion with the Sharada chitfund case.

    Kundu was the chief ofRose Valley charged with swin-dling about �28,000 crorewhereas Sharada chit fundcompany — led by Sudipto Senwho is also in jail — is chargedwith cheating depositors ofmore than �2,500 crore.

    Srikant Mohta’s company— Shree Venkatesh Films —has produced a number ofaward-winning films, likeChokher Bali, Raincoat, ItiMrinalini, Memories In March,Autograph, Baishey Shrabonand Hemlock Society casting agalaxy of top directors andactors from Mumbai filmworld.

    Meanwhile, coming downheavily on the BJP Governmentfor “victimising and arm-twist-ing people who do not fall inline with them,” seniorTrinamool Congress leaderand Minister Partho Chatterjeeon Thursday said, “the BJP isknown for such vindictive atti-tude. We have tolerated this foryears. They cannot stand oppo-sition. Those who do not fall inline with them are victimisedlike this. But one hopes law willtake its own course and truthwill be revealed.”

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    The Indian Army is effec-tively retaliating.

    "Pakistan Army initiatedunprovoked ceasefire viola-tion by small arms fire andshelling with mortars inSunderbani Sector since 0915hours", the Defence PRO said.

    The Pakistan Army alsotargeted forward posts inMendhar sector of Poonchdistrict on Wednesday night,officials said. Officials said the

    Pakistan Army is continuous-ly firing 120 mm and 81 mmmortars when last reportscame in. The shelling and fir-ing has triggered panic amongborder dwellers.

    Northern ArmyCommander Lt Gen Ranbirhad said on Thursday lastthat a befitting reply will begiven to ceasefire violations byPakistani troops. PTI

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    Chennai: A panel probing for-mer Tamil Nadu Chief MinisterJ Jayalalithaa's death has reject-ed Apollo Hospitals' plea to setup a medical board to helpexamine medical records relat-ed to her treatment in 2016.

    Citing the assistance pro-vided by government doctorsfollowing its request to decipherthe medical records, the JusticeA ArumughaswamyCommission of Inquiry dis-missed Apollo Hospitals' appli-cation saying it could examineany number of doctors on their(Apollo) side.

    Specialists, including a car-diothoracic surgeon and a bio-chemist from Madras MedicalCollege and Rajiv GandhiGovernment Hospital here,scrutinised the medical recordsof Apollo Hospitals on the lateleader's treatment, the com-mission said.

    Affirming that it alone cananalyse the evidence, the com-mission said, "This duty can bedischarged only by the com-mission, not by the panel of doc-tors." It added that even if apanel of doctors is appointed, itsopinion has to be weighed withthe evidence of the doctorsalready recorded by the com-mission.

    "This application is highlybelated...It is an attempt by theApollo Hospitals to scrap theevidence already recorded by

    the commission..That is thereason the applicant has comeforward with this application atthe last stage of evidence," thecommission of inquiry said.

    The commission's standingcounsel, M MohammedJafarullah Khan, objected tothe hospital's application sayingit was "intended to stall" pro-ceedings of the commissionwhich had almost reached thefinal stage.

    He said the commissionalone can evaluate the "medicalevidence and medical records"to see whether proper treatmentwas provided to Jayalalithaa.

    "Medical board cannot beconstituted to play a superviso-ry role," Khan said.

    The Apollo Hospitals herehad petitioned the commissionin December 2018 to rope in 21specialists and set up a medicalboard to examine the volumi-nous medical records related tothe 75-day hospitalisation ofJayalalithaa.

    Pointing out mistakes in thedepositions recorded by thecommission, the hospital hadsaid the panel needed the sup-port of a "medical board of cal-ibre" to help it come to a deci-sion. The bloopers included"enterococcus", a bacteria, get-ting into the commission'srecords as "endocarditis", whichis inflammation of the endo-cardium and heart valves. PTI

    Surat: Veteran actor and BJPleader Moushumi Chatterjeelanded in a controversy forallegedly criticising a youngwoman announcer for herchoice of cloths during an event-cum-press conference here.

    Since the event was fol-lowed by a press conference bythe local BJP unit, organised ata hotel on January 21, the pur-ported advice by Chatterjee tothe anchor hired to handle theevent was captured by camerasof several news channels.

    As soon as the womananchor, wearing a shirt andpants, introduced the guests tothe mediapersons and otheraudience present in a hall,Chatterjee took the mic andexpressed her displeasure aboutthe anchor's choice of dress.

    "See, next time you come forsuch an event then make sure towear Indian dress. We all wearmodern dresses but you have tokeep in mind the place too. PTI

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    Around 15 birds, whichsuffered injuries due to the fish-ing nets, were rescued, theysaid.

    The incident came to lighton Tuesday, officials said.

    The lake is situated inNandur Madhmeshwar BirdSanctuary located in Niphadtaluka in the district. The waterreservoir is popular amongbird lovers as a number ofavians land there for their win-ter sojourn.

    "A large number of migra-tory birds of different varietiesarrive in NandurMadhameshwar during winter,due to which the sanctuary ispopular among bird lovers.On Tuesday, over 20 such birds

    were found dead as they wereentangled in fishing nets spreadat different locations in thelake," assistant conservator offorest Bhagwan Thakare said.

    "We have issued notices tothe fishermen concerned andasked them to stick to the areaearmarked for them for fishingactivities," he said.

    Sources in the forestdepartment said specific areashave been allotted to localfishermen for fishing, althoughsome of them put up the fish-ing nets beyond these desig-nated points. Further investi-gation is on. PTI

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    Davos: United Nations chiefAntonio Guterres on Thursdaycautioned that the world riskslosing the race against climatechange and the political willseems to be slowing down inthis fight.

    "I think the climate risk isthe most important systemicrisk for the near future," he saidin a special address at the WorldEconomic Forum AnnualMeeting here.

    "I believe we are losing therace. Climate change is runningfaster than we are... We are mov-ing dramatically into a runawayclimate change if we are not ableto stop it, and at the same time,I see the political will slowingdown," he said.

    "This when technology ison our side and we see moreand more the business com-munity ready to respond in apositive way and the civil soci-ety more and more engaged, but

    the political will is still very slow,and we see lots of subsidies tofossil fuels, we see carbon pric-ing in a very limited way, and wesee many still putting into doubtwhether climate change is athreat. "In my opinion, it's themost important global systemicthreat in relation to the globaleconomy," Guterres said.

    On globalisation, he saidwith all its fantastic improve-ments in the world and the tech-nological progress, it hasincreased inequality at the coun-try level. "There are people thatwere left behind ... That has cre-ated a sense of frustration in therust belts of these world and thishas been a factor of reducing

    confidence, trust inGovernments, in political estab-lishments, and in internationalorganisations like ours," he said.

    He also warned that thepolitical mega trends show thatwe are witnessing a multiplica-tion of conflicts, more andmore interrelated and related toa threat of global terrorism butat the same time the response ismore and more fragmented.

    "We no longer live in a bipo-lar or unipolar world but we arenot yet in a multipolar world.We are in a kind of chaotic sit-uation of transition.

    "The relationship betweenthe three most important pow-ers, Russia, the United Statesand China, has never been asdysfunctional as it is today andthis is true for the economy, butit's also true in the paralysis ofthe Security Council in manyvery important aspects," hesaid. PTI

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    Peculiarly, in the years leading up to theGreat Chinese Famine, Beijing was actuallyexporting significant amounts of grainswhile a large population of the country wasdying of starvation. Why was this so? Reasonfor this seemingly irrational policy wasapparently an illusion of abundance. Inorder to avoid the wrath of their bosses, itturned out that at each level of the bureau-cracy, every person fudged the grain produc-tion marginally to show better output thanwas the case actually. By the time this infor-mation reached the top brass, an impressionwas already created that China had enoughgrain to spare and, therefore, could fund theGreat Leap Forward by exporting excess grain.As we all now know, the lack of accountabil-ity and the verification of information even-tually contributed to a famine that led to thedeath of tens of millions of people over there.

    While this may just be a morbid exam-ple, it does underline the importance of thebureaucracy, which serves as the frameworkof a democracy and crucially highlights theimportance of keeping this frameworkaccountable. In this week’s column, thiswriter’s focus will be on why it is importantfor Members of Parliament to participate andspend more time in the House so as to ensuregreater accountability.

    Fundamentally, the bureaucracy formsthe other arms of the Government becauseunlike the elected representatives, who maybe voted out in an election or the judiciary,which has to justify its decisions through rea-soned orders that may even be challenged andare a matter of public record, the bureaucra-cy can really be held accountable by electedrepresentatives, who are in turn answerableto the public. This is one of the primary rea-sons why both Houses, at the Centre and inthe States, must be more active so as to ensurethat those individuals, who are actuallyresponsible for the day-to-day working of thecountry, are held accountable along with theMPs and MLAs.

    While it is often thought that theParliament’s role is limited to discussing anddrafting laws for the country, there are othercrucial roles, too, that it fulfills. They are justas important as the drafting and passing oflegislations, including ensuring that individ-uals and departments, which are responsiblefor running the country, actually do their job.This is the role that ‘Question Hour’ is pri-marily meant to fulfill. It refers to the first hourof a sitting Session of the Lok Sabha. Duringthis hour, MPs are free to raise any question

    pertaining to various issuesregarding the actual administra-tion of the country. After a ques-tion has been raised, in accor-dance with the applicable rules ofParliament, the concernedMinister, to whom the query hasbeen addressed, is required toanswer in Parliament itself. Thisis one of the many ways inwhich the Indian public getsaccess to information and detailsabout the manner in which actu-al work is being carried out by theGovernment.

    Take for example, there is aquestion regarding the ‘SmartCities Mission’, such as howmany smart cities have actuallybeen built or what is the successof the said plan that was launchedby Prime Minister Modi? The rel-evant Minister is required to pro-vide the answer along with adetailed reply, placing such infor-mation on record on the basis ofwhich the answer has been pro-vided. The Minister’s speech isobviously made on the basis ofinformation provided by theparticular bureaucrat, who isresponsible for the implementa-tion of the plan. Therefore, if theanswer does not show theGovernment in good light, auto-matically, there will be pressureon the relevant bureaucrat toensure that the programme isimplemented more efficientlyor he/she will have to explain whythe scheme is not being imple-mented as intended.

    Question Hour, therefore,not only ensures that the

    Opposition keeps theGovernment in power honest butalso ensures that the public is pro-vided with authentic data that thebureaucracy has examined andvetted. Such questions, therefore,indirectly force the bureaucracyto answer important questionsand create an indirect account-ability mechanism by which thebureaucrats can be held account-able.

    The UPA did, in fact, con-tribute towards bringing account-ability to the bureaucracy in amajor way through the introduc-tion of the Right to InformationAct, 2005, but there is a need toask more from the Parliament. Itis an extremely sad state of affairsthat in the past three years,Parliament has functioned for anaverage of 60-70 days a year. It is,therefore, imperative thatParliament functions for at least120 days a year. Such legislationhas been proposed in the past aswell by certain MPs as a privateBill but there has, as yet, not beenenough momentum for such aninitiative. This has been particu-larly disappointing. As opposedto Britain, where Parliamentfunctions for around 120 days ayear, over the past three to fouryea


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