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Today, on 20 June 2020, the former Home Minister, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after the Indo-China conflict in Ladakh, termed the Chinese goods bycott campaign as unavoidable and said that it would not affect China much.

Chidambaram is also one of the Brain Children of Marx in India. The same Chidambaram, when he was the Home Minister during the UPA regime, invented the words Hindu Terror and Saffron Terror.

On August 24, 2007 in Lucknow, P. Chidambaram said that there was always poverty in India and the fact that it was promoted as a prosperous country was false. He said that teaching that India was rich and milk-honey country 500 years ago is factually incorrect. There was and is poverty in India. Yes, there were definitely rich areas. He said that books teaching the glorious past of India should be burnt. The full news is quoted below the editorial.

 The PM had said a few days ago that as a nation today we are standing at a very important juncture. Such a big disaster has brought signs for the country. When this crisis started there were not a single PPE in India, the nominal production of N95 mask. Today the situation is that every day 2 lakh kkkshwash and 2 lakh n-95 masks are being made in India itself.

He further said that the culture and culture of India speak of that self-reliance, whose soul is Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. India does not advocate a self-centered system when it comes to self-sufficiency. There is concern about happiness, cooperation, peace of the world. Today, India’s medicines reach the world with new hope. These steps are praising India all over the world. The reason for this is the resolve of 130 crore countrymen for self-sufficiency.

>> A video went viral in March 2020 – recitation of ‘Om Mantra 4’ in a hospital in Spain, this prayer to recover from Corona.

It is worth mentioning that in Hindu religious texts, many extraordinary benefits of reciting Om Mantra have been told. On many occasions such claims have been made that many diseases are removed by its chanting.

>> ‘Namaste’ becomes global power, big leaders are joining hands to avoid corona virus. Its photo is given below the editorial.

>> President of Brazil wrote to PM Modi, said- India has given us ‘Sanjeevani Boot’ as hydroxychloroquine medicine.

 Global to Local: Khadi Masks knocked in foreign markets

 On the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Khadi is ready to go global from local. After the ban on export of all types of masks was lifted in the Corona crisis, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is now going to export Khadi cotton and silk face masks. This step has been taken after Prime Minister Modi’s call for “Local to Global” keeping in mind the “Self-reliant India Campaign”. 8 million face masks orders KVIC plans to supply Khadi face masks in Dubai, America, Mauritius and many European and Middle East countries, where Khadi’s popularity has grown significantly over the years.

 >> To be global, stay “vocal for local”: PM Modi 12 bd 4 2020

 “Time has taught us that we should make our life mantra Hldhddahl Local।. The global brands today were once local but when people started supporting them, they went global. That’s why from today onwards , Every Indian should be vocal to our local, “said PM Modi

The PM emphasized the importance and use of local products. He said that the importance of local manufacturing and supply chain has also come to the fore in this crisis. It is not just the need, we all have responsibility. Time has taught that local we have to make life spells. Global brands too were once such local but when people started using them, started promoting, branding, they became global products.

Therefore, the Brain Children of Marx P Chidambaram ji, who called the Baikat China campaign as not necessary, should consider the facts given above. They should understand that Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is the soul of self reliance in India. We have given Buddha to China, but China has given us war(Yudh).

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PM Modi ,gave a strong message to China on the martyrdom of Indian soldiers yesterday and said that the soldiers who have been martyred will not go in vain.

PM Modi made a similar statement at the time of the Pak sponsored terror attack in Pulwama and Balakot surgical strike took place immediately thereafter.

Therefore, India has taken revenge for the soldiers who died in the Galvan Valley ,from China.

Some news on Friday, 19 June, 2020 and in the all-party meeting held today, the way the Congress and the Left party stood together against the Modi government, on the contrary, the other opposition parties were one-on-one with the Modi government in the struggle against China. Seen converging.

Today Rahul Gandhi’s tweet was appreciated by China on June 14, 2020 and after that the statement of Congress leaders Zakir Hussain Salman Soz and Hussain Dalwai in Kashmir today is blasphemous and according to the spokesperson of the ruling party, the Congress Of China mentality.

Salman Anees Soz of Congress made communal statement about Ladakh deadlock. Salman Anees Soz of Congress made the Ladakh deadlock communal. There is a Hindi-Muslim angle, which is being provided through a tweet by Salman Soz of Kang.

Salman Anees said in a tweet, “Just FYI. The Galvan River is named after Ghulam Rasul Galvan. Ghulam Rasool means the servant of Prophet Mohammed. The same Prophet whose religion is abused by bigots of Hindutva which is now ‘ Ghulam Rasul cares for Ó Galvan. Valley. “

Imitating Rahul Gandhi, now Congress leader Hussain Dalwai has targeted the central government with this. He taunted that soldiers were sent with sticks in their hands. Is there an RSS branch?

 >> Congress leader Zakir Hussain has given a very objectionable and disputed statement about Indian Army and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Galvan Valley violence.

An audio clip of Zakir Hussain’s conversation with his friend has gone viral. In an audio clip, Zakir has given a statement ‘degrading the Indian army and glorifying Chinese soldiers’. The Congress leader has been arrested in Kargil after the audio clip went viral. In the audio clip, Zakir has been found saying that ‘the Chinese army had entered 135 km in Ladakh and killed the Indian troops from there.’

  Yesterday, in an editorial on 14 June 2020, I asked in my editorial why Rahul Gandhi signed the MoU treaty with the Chinese Communist Party in 2008?

With the Communist Party of China, not only the Communist Parties of India, but also the Congress Party has also been with that. In 2008, Rahul Gandhi signed an MoU with the Communist Party in Beijing in the presence of Sonia Gandhi on behalf of the Congress Party. The question arises as to why Rahul Gandhi signed the said rare treaty.

Thereafter, on 26 September 2014, the ruling communist parties of Nepal and China signed a memorandum of understanding to establish fraternity between the two parties.

It is to be mentioned here that all the Presidents of the world were invited on the occasion organized at the Beijing Olympics but not the Prime Minister or President of India. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and the Vadra family were joined in their place.

The signing of MOU with the Communist Party of China has meant that the BJP is extracting that the Congress Party of India and the Communist Party of China, ie the Government of China will Consult, from time to time, on India’s local problems and world-class problems. – Will keep on talking and consulting each other.

Many Chinese have liked the targeting of Prime Minister Modi by former Congress President Rahul Gandhi. This is evidenced by a Chinese Twitter handle,  @lijeng_ in which Rahul Gandhi is thanked. Also it has been said that as long as you are there (in India), we do not have to worry about anything.

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The Congress party has tweeted a tweet:

The BJP government is unable to take the nation into confidence due to the tense atmosphere prevailing over India-China. The nation should be taken into confidence by making the nation aware of the environment created on the India-China border.

On Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi tweeted that the Central Government should tell what is the status of the dispute on the border of China with China. He asked whether the Indian government could confirm that no Chinese troops had entered the Indian border.

Congress leader Manish Tiwari also surrounded the Modi government. Manish Tiwari wrote, ‘A dangerous lie is being hidden by the government. Fact is that China has 40-60 square km of Indian land. Is captured till. But the government is sleeping.

 The basis of the comments made by the Congress on the ongoing India-China dispute, are the fake videos being made viral on social media by China to confuse the people of India?

The viral video on social media about the Indo-China border dispute in eastern Ladakh has been termed by the army. The army has issued a statement dismissing the video. It also said that there is no violence happening at the China border right now. Differences between the two countries will also be resolved through negotiations between military commanders.

“The viral video has not been verified. Attempts have been made to link it to the situation in the northern borders which is wrong,” the military said in a statement. The differences between the India-China protocol under the military commander were discussed Efforts are being made to sort it out.

Do not spoil the atmosphere by showing on the media

The army said, “An attempt was made to sensationalize the matter.” We strongly condemn this and there is an appeal to the media not to show such videos, which increase the tension on the border and spoil the atmosphere.

BJP IT Cell national convenor Amit Malviya replied that the Congress was trying to mislead the country on China’s aggression. So, I want to remind them of a 2013 report when Dr. Manmohan Singh was a PA. This report states that under UPA 2, China occupied 640 square kilometers of Indian territory in eastern Ladakh. They have to understand.

At the same time, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh also confirmed that the Chinese soldiers are present on the border but India is also strengthening its position. He said that India’s negotiations with China are going on. If the issue is resolved through dialogue then what else can be a good thing. However, he also said that India’s forehead will not bend under any circumstances.

China, engaged in the fight to capture Ladakh, has now given India ‘greed’.

 China’s multipurpose project One Belt One Road (OBOR) project is also known as Belt and Road (BRI).

India is the only country which has not come under the guise of BRI Incentive of China. That is, it has been rejected completely. Therefore, by creating tension in Ladakh, China is trying unsuccessfully to blackmail India. Not only Pakistan, Nepal but Italy have also come under the grip of China’s BRI. Communists and CPM speak the same thing that China wants.

Both the current Prime Minister and the former Prime Minister of Nepal are having differences between the Communist Prime Ministers. To resolve this, China called both the leaders and their pro-communist leaders here and asked them to forget their differences.

 It means to say that Communist parties and CPM of India and Pakistan and Nepal are dancing at the behest of China but why is Congress doing this?

Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, tweeted, ‘China! Be careful. India knows how to destroy poisonous snakes like you. The whole world is watching you. I now suggest the government to establish diplomatic relations with Taiwan without losing time.

If the said tweet was opposed by the Congress High Command, then the impatient Ranjan Chaudhary had to delete the tweet against China.

Rahul Gandhi described his Mansarovar Yatra as a religious journey. Despite this, he secretly met the Chinese minister.

Not only this, Rahul Gandhi met the Chinese Ambassador twice in the same manner without informing the media and the government. He was accompanied by Anand Sharma from the Congress in a meeting. So Robert and Priyanka Vadra were together in the second meeting.

Are all these events just coincidence?

Even during the Doklam controversy, Rahul Gandhi had raised similar questions on the Modi government in the context of the ongoing tension in Ladakh.

Congress has a similar history to Nehru’s time. The right hand of Pandit Nehru was Sheikh Abdullah and the left hand was the communist lobby of the time like the then Defense Minister Comrade Krishna Menon.

Slogans of Chinese Hindi bhai bhai were chanted, we know what the result was. Even today, does the Congress want to repeat the same history?

There was a time when Pandit Nehru sent an Indian airplane to China and called the Chinese leader, because at that time China did not even own any airplane.

Under the guise of Sheikh Abdullah, Pandit Nehru gifted Pakistan to PoK. Why is the present leadership of Congress also adopting the policy of Pakistan and getting stuck in the sugar trap, rather than correcting that mistake of Nehru.

Congress-communists in the context of a stressful atmosphere on India-China

But why does the nation not believe?

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In October 2018, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav strongly supported the updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, even coming up with a 3D formula — to detect (illegal migrants), delete (names from electoral rolls and other government documents) and deport (to parent country/ies).

Then, with NRC work on in full swing in Assam, under the supervision of the Supreme Court, the BJP had resolved to conduct the exercise on a pan-India basis, the seeds of which were sown 14 years earlier, on 7 January 2004, when, led by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2003 making key changes to the law that was formulated way back in 1955.

It was for the first time the term “illegal migrant” became part of the law in this amendment. The law states:

(b)”illegal migrant” means a foreigner who has entered into India-(i) without a valid passport or other travel documents and such other document or authority as may be prescribed by or under any law in that behalf; or
(ii) with a valid passport or other travel documents and such other document or authority as may be prescribed by or under any law in that behalf but remains therein beyond the permitted period of time;’;

Another important component was the addition of the date 1 July 1987 on the basis of which deciding the citizenship became a factor.

(1) Except as provided in sub-section (2), every person born in India-(a) on or after the 26th day of January, 1950, but before the 1st day of July, 1987 ;
(b) on or after the 1st day of July, 1987 , but before the commencement of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 and either of whose parents is a citizen of India at the time of his birth;
(c) on or after the commencement of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003, where-(i) both of his parents are citizens of India; or
(ii) one of whose parents is a citizen of India and the other is not an illegal migrant at the time of his birth, shall be a citizen of India by birth.
Unlike in 2010, where the National Population Register did not seek information on the date and place of birth of the parents of an individual, the upcoming data will ask for this data.

The most important amendment to this Act in 2003 was the insertion of the need for the National Register of Indian Citizens, which is equivalent to the NRC conducted in Assam.

The law says: “The Registrar General of Citizen Registration shall establish and maintain the National Register of Indian Citizens. (2) The National Register of Indian Citizens shall be divided into sub-parts consisting of the State Register of Indian Citizens, the District Register of Indian Citizens, the Sub-district Register of Indian Citizens and the Local Register of Indian Citizens and shall contain such details as the Central Government may, by order, in consultation with the Registrar General of Citizen Registration, specify.“

It also says: “The Central Government shall, for the purpose of National Register of Indian Citizens, cause to carry throughout the country a house-to-house enumeration for collection of specified particulars relating to each family and individual, residing in a local area including the Citizenship status.“

What surprised everyone was when the prime minister claimed that ever since his government first came to power in 2014, no discussions were held on a nationwide NRC. Starting from Union home minister Amit Shah, many BJP chief ministers have reiterated on a nationwide NRC at different points in time. This is what Shah had to say on a nationwide NRC on 1 May this year:

The IAS officers of the state got very angry due to the question asked by Dr. Raman Singh on foreign tour . IAS officials say that all the officers who have gone abroad have done foreign visits with the approval of the previous government and at their own expenses. The IAS Association is also going to hold an important meeting soon on this issue.

Circular no. 11019/06/2001-AIS-III dated 5 December 2007 issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India, clearly states that permission is not required for private All India Services travel abroad . Today in the assembly, Dr. Raman Singh questioned during the course of his own tenure. He himself caught up in the question of IAS officers traveling abroad, in which he has questioned the loyalty of officers engaged in his government in the last 15 years in his government.

He also asked what private lawyers the government has appointed in the PIL in the Nan scam filed in the High Court. Has the government aircraft been used for these.

 This question was overshadowed by Dr. Singh when Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said in response that we have constituted the SIT to find out who is CM Sir, and CM Madam in Non’s Diary. First the matter will be thoroughly investigated and strict action will be taken against the culprits.

Manish Pandey summed up what went Karnataka’s way in the thrilling Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final over Tamil Nadu on Sunday night. Pandey couldn’t have been more right – Tamil Nadu punched above their weight, but Karnataka were the best team through the competition.

In fact, Karnataka have been the best domestic side across competitions and formats for the last few years. The trophy cabinet at KSCA stands as a testament; Karnataka have won 10 trophies across formats in the last five seasons. It includes two trebles (Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Irani Cup) in 2013-14 and 2014-15, the Vijay Hazare trophies of 2017-18 and 2019-20 and the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophies of 2018-19 and 2019-20.

It wouldn’t be too wrong to say Karnataka are the powerhouse of domestic cricket in India; Mumbai dominated in earlier years, but Karnataka’s consistency in an era where cricket has spread across the country, and when more states are lifting their competence levels, is incredible.

The victories are a result of everything coming together: a state with great cricket legacy and infrastructure at every level. The facilities in Bangalore in particular are second to none; not many associations can boast of having multiple grounds like the ones in Alur (three of them), Just Cricket Academy, apart from the M Chinnaswamy stadium. Needless to say, Bangalore also hosts the National Cricket Academy.

For all its recent issues, there’s the Karnataka Premier League too, helping take the sport to other parts of the state. It’s probably worth noting that the finalists of the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy this year – Karnataka and Tamil Nadu – have their own T20 leagues.

Add to this the cricketing culture and rich history of producing stalwarts, and it’s no surprise that Karnataka are where they are.

This season has seen Karnataka extend that legacy, especially through their batting. At their strongest, like in the final, Karnataka boast of a batting line up with internationals in KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey and Karun Nair. Add to it an upcoming star in Devdutt Padikkal, and it’s easily the most complete batting unit in Indian domestic cricket. They also have an off-spinning all-rounder in K Gowtham who is knocking on the doors through India A.

For all the big names, it’s Padikkal who has stolen the show. The left-handed opener was the highest run-getter in Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali trophies, amassing over a thousand runs in the season already. With five fifties and a century in the SMA, at a strike rate of 175.75, Padikkal has made heads turn. Many, including coach Mike Hesson, are already looking forward to how he goes in the IPL for RCB next year.

It helped Karnataka that their seniors were available for major parts too. That Karnataka won the title without many hassles in the tournament despite Agarwal playing only a couple of matches says a lot about their depth.

Fortunately they had Rahul. Not a part of the Test squad, Rahul showed his class scoring 313 runs from 8 innings, happy to play second fiddle to his younger partner Padikkal. Rahul has also improved as a wicketkeeper, giving Karnataka the freedom to play an extra batsman or bowler.

The main man though, is captain Pandey. The bridge between the top order and lower order, Pandey has the dual role of carrying the top order’s momentum while ensuring there are no collapses. He did just that in the final – he came in after R Ashwin bagged Rahul and Agarwal in successive balls, and the story could have been very different had Pandey too fallen early. But Pandey showed experience, knowing exactly when and who to attack, while also respecting the situation. His 45-ball 60* was the difference between the sides in a game of small margins.

Pandey’s captaincy was top notch too. It took a bold captain to finish Ronit More’s spell by the 18th over, leaving the inexperienced V Koushik and an off-spinner in Gowtham to bowl the last two. And what about his fielding, which made all the difference in the end?

Apart from the biggies, Karnataka also had Rohan Kadam contributing crucial runs in the middle order, like in the final.

Karnataka’s bowling was not the strongest but they still got the job done. Shreyas Gopal finished second in the wicket takers list with 19 scalps from 12 games at an economy of 6.78, bowling mostly on batsmen friendly conditions. Small phases made big differences; Abhimanyu Mithun’s five wickets in the last over against Haryana in the semifinal that pulled momentum back to Karnataka is an example.Crucially, they had experience in their side to guide through tough phases and overcome relative weakness in the ball.

The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Thursday on 65 petitions (review pleas and writs) filed against the apex court’s 2018 verdict on Sabarimala, where the ban on the entry of women between the ages of 10 and 50 was lifted. If the court decides that the review petitions are acceptable, then a bench may be set up to hear the case again.

The Supreme Court in February 2019 had reserved judgement after hearing around a bunch of pleas, filed by various parties, including Nair Service Society, the priest of the temple and the temple’s board, Travancore Devaswom Board, seeking a review of the court’s September 28 judgement.

On September 28, 2019, the five-judge Constitution bench comprising then Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra gave the verdict allowing entry of women of all ages. Justice Indu Malhotra was the lone dissenter in the verdict.

On November 13 last year, the apex court had agreed to hear in open court the pleas seeking review of its verdict but had refused to stay the judgement. 

Here’s what the main petitioners sought in the review pleas:

The pleas filed by the petitioners relied heavily on Justice Indu Malhotra’s dissenting judgement in 2018. 

The petitioners seeking recall of the verdict argued that besides “patent legal errors” in the verdict, the assumption that the temple practice was based on notions of menstrual impurity was factually erroneous. Quoting the protests that broke out after Supreme Court’s September 2018 verdict, the petitioners said that these “clearly demonstrate that overwhelmingly large section of women worshippers are supporting the custom of prohibiting entry of women”.

The Nair Service Society: Senior advocate K Parasaran, the counsel for the Nair Service Society, had argued before a five-judge bench and urged the court to set aside its earlier verdict. The Nair Service Society had said that the custom banning menstruating women from entering the temple was essential to maintain the sanctity of the temple in following the age-old practice.

Travancore Devaswom Board: While the TDB, which handles management of the Sabarimala temple, had earlier opposed the entry of the women, stating that the SC’s earlier judgement did not take into consideration the ‘essential character’ of the deity. The TDB had also opposed the PIL by the Indian Young Lawyers Association, adding that the celibate character of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala temple was a unique religious feature, and it is protected under the Constitution. However, on the second day of the hearing, the TDB reversed its stand, submitting in the court that discrimination on the grounds of biological attributes was not correct.

Former India opener Aakash Chopra is, no doubt, a thoroughly entertaining commentator. However, fans see a future in scouting for Aakash after his tweet from 2010 resurfaced for all the right reasons earlier this week.

At a time when Indian fast bowling reserves were not as healthy as now, Aakash Chopra got a prediction about Deepak Chahar’s future spot on. As early as 2010, the India cricketer had tweeted about an 18-year-old Deepak, saying he had spotted a young talent whom he believed will shine in the future.

“I’ve spotted a young talent…Deepak Chahar in Rajasthan. Remember his name…you’d see a lot of him in the future,” Aakash Chopra had written in 2010.

Aakash Chopra’s tweet is now a hit among cricket fans, given Deepak Chahar’s rise in international cricket.

On Sunday, Deepak Chahar became the 1st Indian men’s cricketer to pick up a T20I hat-trick. He finished with figures of 6-7 — the best-ever bowling figures in T20I cricket – as he helped India clinch a series win over Bangladesh.

Deepak Chahar also became the 1st bowler to pick up hat-tricks in 2 successful matches in T20 cricket. Deepak followed up the Sunday’s feat with a hat-trick for Rajasthan in their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match on Tuesday.

Deepak Chahar, who earned the limelight after his performances for Chennai Super Kings over the last two years, told India Today that he relishes challenges and that he never gave up despite facing a lot of hurdles in his nascent career.

“I have always believed in my abilities and that can make a huge difference in anybody’s game. Confidence makes all the difference, provided it is in the right amount. I have been through a lot in my cricket career and that’s why I am no stranger to challenges. In fact, I love them and perhaps, that is what gets the best out of me,” Deepak Chahar said.

Xiaomi Mi Watch, the first smartwatch from the Chinese company, is set to launch in China tomorrow. Ahead of its launch, the smartwatch has leaked multiple times and even Xiaomi has revealed key details. In a new leak, the Mi Watch has surfaced in live image. The leaked image shows how the wearable will look when worn by a user. It would be fair to say that it looks similar to Apple Watch but it does not look like an exact copy.

The Mi Watch was spotted earlier today on the wrist of Li Xiaoshuang, the general manager of the Xiaomi TV (Air Conditioning) Department. The image clearly shows that Mi Watch will feature a rounded square design with all the four sides curved. It seems inspired by Amazfit GTS more than Apple Watch. The watch is paired with a black strap but leaks have shown four different strap options.

After weeks of hectic lobbying, finally, the State got a new face for the post of chief secretary (CS) on Thursday. The 1987-batch IAS officer RP Mandal outsmarted his potential rival, CK Khaitan, to become the 11th CS of the mineral-rich State.

Mandal is considered close to Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel but his reputation as an able administrator and sharp-brain bureaucrat turned the table in his favour. The State has high hopes from Mandal to speed up development works and unlock the stalled infrastructure-related projects in poverty-hit and leftist insurgency-hit regions.

Khaitan who had exhausted his almost all potential contacts within and outside the state to become chief secretary, has been shifted to Bilaspur as Chairman of the Revenue Board.

Baghel who had made up his mind a month ago to go with Mandal for the post of new chief secretary, maintained a complete suspense till last day about the new CS. Mandal has a tag of a hyper active IAS officer who knows tricks to act in accordance with incumbent government to speed up development.

Sources say that Khaitan was reportedly infamous for taking credit for everything while doing literally nothing. He made several attempts in recent weeks to grab Baghel’s eyeball at public debates and workshops organised by private think tanks or individuals either in Chhattisgarh or in Delhi, which was reportedly disapproved by the chief minister.

Highly placed sources claimed that a former chief secretary who presently holds considerable clout in Baghel government, was dead against Khaitan becoming CS and his opinion was also said to be a key factor in appointment of the new CS.