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  • Amit Shah Hails Union Cabinet’s ‘landmark Decision’ To Export Akash Missile System

     Amit Shah on Wednesday hailed the Union Cabinet’s decision to approve the export of indigenously-developed Akash missile system and said this will further propel India’s effort to achieve the target of $5 billion of defence export.

    In a series of tweets, Shah also congratulated the Prime Minister for approving the proposals for industrial corridors worth ₹ 7,725 crores that will generate over 2.8 lakh jobs.

    In a major move to boost domestic defence manufacturing, the Union Cabinet approved the export of surface-to-air Akash missile system and set up a panel to ensure faster approvals for acquisition proposals by various countries. The Akash missile systems have over 96% indigenous components and the weapon can hit targets at a range of 25 km.

    The cabinet also approved a proposal to set up industrial corridor nodes at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Tumakuru in Karnataka under the Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC). The proposals have a total estimated cost of ₹ 7,725 crores and an estimated employment generation of more than 2.8 lakh people, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar had said.

    The cabinet also approved a scheme to provide bank loans at lower rates to distilleries producing ethanol for doping in petrol, with a view to raising India’s ethanol production capacity to suck out surplus sugar as well as cut oil imports.

    In a related development, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) identified 108 military systems and subsystems like navigation radars, tank transporters and missile canisters for the domestic industry to design, develop and manufacture.

  • Amit Shah will go again in January, will spend a week every month from February

    Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah will visit the election meetings of West Bengal from January before the 2021 assembly elections.

    Sources said that Shah would visit West Bengal for a week every month from February. This was communicated by Shah in an internal meeting with state leaders on his recent visit.

    Senior party leaders in the BJP said that two dates are being fixed by Shah’s office for his next visit. While he is likely to visit his kingdom on January 12, which is the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the second date under consideration may be around January 23, the birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose.

    When asked about Shah’s next visit, a top state leader said, “There is a possibility after January 20”. The pressure will increase due to Shah’s visit and his presence on the state government, a senior party leader informed.

    He said that he would spend about a week every month in the state till the assembly elections in February. Their presence gives a boost to the party cadre, which has been under the grip of harassment by the state for some time, ”said a senior BJP MP from West Bengal.

  • Bengal’s political mercury heats up with Amit Shah’s tour, road show to pay tribute to Tagore

    Today is the second day of Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit in West Bengal. Amit Shah will attend the Vishwabharati University program in Bolpur at 11 am today. Guru will pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore. At the same time, there is also a meal program at the house of the folk singer Basudev Das. The Home Minister will do a road show at 2 pm.

    On the first day of the West Bengal tour, the Home Minister addressed a large rally in West Midnapore. During this, he attacked the Mamata government fiercely. She said that Mamata Banerjee will be left alone in the party till the elections come. Home Minister Shah said that Mamta Banerjee has no relationship with her mother, Mati, Manush, and West Bengal will now accept changes.

  • Amit Shah will begin a two-day visit in West Bengal from Saturday

    Though the dates of the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal have not been announced yet, but before that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy preparing the electoral atmosphere in the state. In this sequence, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will begin his two-day visit on Saturday. Former state minister and TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari is likely to join the BJP during Shah’s visit.

    According to sources, the Home Minister is expected to visit nearby temples and have lunch with the locals. On Saturday, he would go to a farmer’s house and would have lunch on Sunday at the Baul singer’s house. Keeping an eye on the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, the BJP is vigorously pursuing its campaign in the state. Central ministers, a deputy CM and central leaders are stationed there and assigning six to seven Lok Sabha constituencies to each leader.

  • Amit Shah and JP Nadda to visit Bengal every month till elections

    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh has said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party’s national president JP Nadda will visit the state every month till the end of assembly elections in the state. Elections for the 294-member assembly of West Bengal are to be held in April-May of the year 2021.

    Mr. Ghosh said that both the top leaders of BJP will visit different states every month before the assembly elections in the state to take stock of the party organization. Mr. Ghosh told reporters, “Amit Shah and JP Nadda will come separately every month till the end of the assembly elections. The dates are yet to be finalized. Their regular visits will increase the enthusiasm of the party workers.

    ‘Party sources said that Amit Shah is likely to visit two consecutive days every month, while JP Nadda’s visit will be for three days. Lashing out at the Congress-CPI-M alliance, Dilip Ghosh said that people have rejected both the parties long ago.

  • Governor calls on PM Modi, Amit Shah

    Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at their residences in New Delhi on Wednesday.

    During his three-day visit to the national capital, Mr. Purohit is expected to call on President Ram Nath Kovind too.

    Mr. Purohit’s visit comes a day after the Supreme Court said the Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency probe into the larger conspiracy behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi need not deter the Governor from deciding on the remission plea of the life convicts, who are in jail for nearly 30 years.

    The Governor’s meeting with the Prime Minister lasted over 20 minutes.

  • Amit Shah isn’t God, his prediction of BJP ruling for 50 years an exaggeration: MNF

    Mizo National Front, a constituent of the BJP-led NEDA, dismissed saffron party chief Amit Shah’s remarks that the party will rule India for the next 50 years if it wins the 2019 general elections, saying he is not a God and the prediction is an exaggeration.

    The principal opposition party in Mizoram is, however, confident that the Congress or the UPA will not come to power at the Centre in the next year’s general elections.

    Former chief minister and MNF chief Zoramthanga told PTI in an interview that his party and the BJP can never be allies in the hill state because of the saffron party’s Hindutva politics.

    “I doubt. He (Shah) is not a God. He cannot predict that in politics. Even Modi cannot predict that. That is his wishful thinking. Nobody can predict that,” he said, when asked about Shah’s claim of BJP ruling for the next 50 years.

    The Congress is not coming to power again in 2019 at the Centre and nobody can predict how many decades it will take to form the next government, the veteran politician from the north-east said.

    “For decades, he (Shah) may predict that Congress will not come to power. But to predict for 50 years or 100 years, it is rather an exaggeration,” Zoramthanga said.

    In September, Shah had said at the BJP’s National Executive meet that the party will win the 2019 elections because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hard work and then no one can dethrone it for the next 50 years.

    Talking about the relations between the MNF and the BJP, the two-time chief minister said he was completely against the BJP as far as the ideology and other things are concerned.

    “Because we are Christians. They want to promote the Hindutva. We cannot be together as far as these things are concerned. We have a different ideology.

    “But as far as the country is concerned, the NDA is better than the UPA and that is why we joined them at the Centre. But ideologically, the MNF and the BJP are poles apart. The BJP knows it very well,” he said.

    In the recently held Assembly elections in Mizoram, the MNF contested alone against the ruling Congress and the BJP. Both the Congress and the MNF contested in all the 40 constituencies, while the BJP fought in 39 seats.

    The Congress has been in power in Mizoram since 2008 and is eyeing a third consecutive term. In the 2013 elections, the Congress had won 34 seats, while the MNF got five and Mizoram People’s Conference one.

    Mizoram went to polls on November 28 and counting of votes will be taken up on December 11.

  • WB govt denies permission to Amit Shah’s rath yatra

    The West Bengal government has refused permission to BJP president Amit Shah’s proposed ‘rath yatra’ from Coochbehar on grounds that it might cause communal tension, the state’s advocate general informed the Calcutta High Court on Thursday.

    Kishore Dutta told the court that the Coochbehar superintendent of police refused permission for the BJP president’s rath yatra from Friday.

    The state submitted that it might cause communal tension.

    Asked by the judge who will take responsibility if anything untoward happens,  BJP counsel Anindya Mitra submitted it is the duty of the state government to maintain law and order.

    The advocate general opposed the BJP filing a supplementary affidavit opposing the refusal of permission, saying it can either come with a fresh petition or an amendment to his petition.

  • Editorial :- Rahul SiphSalar and Imran Khan’s Yar Sidhu would be interval due to slogan in has rally : Pakistan Zindabad

    On 05 December in Jaipur, Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah held a press conference. In the press conference, he talked about two Issues.

    On the Agusta-Westland issue, BJP President Amit Shah said that the opposition has no issue, so speaking on the issue of Christian Michelle. Does the opposition want to save the middleman?

    On being questioned, Amit Shah said about Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu that we have never said that Sidhu is unholy, we do not believe that. He said that the Congress should clarify whether Navjot Singh Sidhu had gone to Pakistan with the consent of Rahul Gandhi hugged Bazwa, the Pak army chief there. If such Happened  then it is natural the slogan of Pakistan Zindabad would be shouted in the rally.

    What is Sidhu’s Pakistan connection, Crime Branch will investigate: Now, during the visit of the Delhi crime branch Navjot Singh Sidhu to Pakistan, during a visit to Pakistan, investigate the case with several suspects. BJP spokesman Naveen Kumar met the special commissioner of Delhi Police, Rajesh Basti and he has given this complaint to the Crime Branch. The complaint has been lodged by BJP spokesman Navin Kumar.

    The big impact of Zee Media news : The slogan Pakistan Zindabad be shouted in Sidhu’s rally in Alwar has had a major impact. In this matter, Rajasthan Election Commission CEO Anand Mumar has summoned the full report and the video.

    Congress leader and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu may be in trouble. CEO Anand Kumar has summoned the report in the case of allegations of sloganeering of Pakistan’s Zindabad in his meeting of Alwar. In the case, he has sought a complete factual report from Alwar collector. Along with this, the video of the alleged gathering has also been ordered. In the matter, CEO Anand Mumar has summoned the video and the complete factual report. After the report comes, the Election Department will decide on the action. It is also verbally told that the police was standing behind Sidhu in the meeting and the voice of the alleged slogan came from behind the gathering.

    If the case is found to be more sensitive and suspect, then the entire report and video can be sent to ECI, after which he can take necessary action. It is worth noting that a video was viral in which Siddhu’s meeting was heard by slogans of Pakistan Zindabad. In this, Siddhu has clarified that this video has been edited to spoil his image.

    It is worth noting that suspicion is being expressed on this alleged video of Zee News. Similar suspicion was also expressed on the Zee News video related toslogan of AAjadi JNU,but  it was later found to be correct in the investigation.

    The second fact is that Sudhir Chaudhary of DNA has detailed the alleged video related to Pakistan Zinderabad slogan. Whether it is a real video or not, it is a matter of investigation but with the discussion of the alleged slogan of Pakistan Zindabad, the events of the slogan are being shown in the media ,in the praise of  Siddhu and Congress and criticizes modi Government by hated words.

    Amit Shah had questioned in the Press Conference held in Jaipur whether the opposition wants to save the middleman Michelle? Congress has appointed congress leader Aljon Joseph to defend the declared in a manner that yes, in a way, yes, that the Chopper scandal, Agusta Westland has been accused by Congressman Aljon Joseph the alleged middleman Michelle in a bribe transaction.

    We are unable to understand that on the instructions of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, why does the Congress leader’s advocate come forward to defend alleged criminals and organizations involved in anti-India protests? The SIMI was banned in the NDA regime. At that time Salman Khurshid came forward to defend Simi.

    The way Sidhu had built bridges in praise of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in his journey to Pakistan just a few days ago and on the contrary, in the rude language for India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, in his election rally in Rajasthan. Similarly when Salman Khurshid had gone to Pakistan, then the praise of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, then the Prime Minister of Pakistan  and he used hated word for the PM of India.

    Similarly, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Spokes person of congress and lawyer of Supreme Court , came forward in the court  to defend the arrest of the urban Maoists.

    In the presence of Kanhaiya Kumar and Omar Khalid, freedom slogans where shouted in JNU. Immediately after that, Rahul Gandhi reached JNU to pat there backs.

    Recently, Justice Kurien Joseph made a allegations own former CJI Deepak Mishra and said that  former CGI Mishra was doing his duty by the presser of external forces. Former Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran, while correcting this question, described the allegations of Kurien Joseph as serious and said that retired judge (Joseph) should be told that on what basis he gave such statements after his retirement.

  • Rahul Gandhi insulting slain Army soldiers: Shah

    BJP chief Amit Shah Saturday alleged that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was insulting slain Army soldiers by claiming that the 2016 surgical strike across the LoC was conducted to win the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

    He said that today Army jawans have developed a sense of pride that their government is standing behind them rock solid.

    “Prime Minister Narendra Modi took revenge for Army martyrs. Rahul Gandhi is saying that surgical strike was conducted to win Uttar Pradesh election. You insult the martyrs of the country. You could not even show some courage,” Shah said at a public meeting in Phalodi town of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

    Addressing a gathering at Udaipur in poll-bound Rajasthan earlier Saturday, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the surgical strike was made public as the BJP was fighting elections in Uttar Pradesh.

    He also told the gathering, “Like during the Narendra Modi government, surgical strike was conducted thrice during Manmohan Singh government. Are you aware of it? Modi actually reached into the Army’s domain and shaped surgical strike into a political asset.”

    Hitting out at the Congress, Shah said, “On one hand there is a troop of patriots under leadership of Narendra Modi and on the other hand there is a troop which doesn’t have a leader, policy and principles.”

    He also took a dig at Gandhi’s party for not declaring its chief ministerial candidate, and wondered how can an “army” win which has not been able to finalise its leader.