Senior BJP leader Ram Pratap Singh, who was found corona infected, worsened today. Considering the situation, preparations are to be taken by air ambulance to Delhi.
According to the information, BJP leader Ram Pratap Singh Corona has been found infected. He is currently undergoing treatment at Balaji Hospital, Raipur. After the situation has not improved, preparations are being taken to Delhi by air ambulance today.
As soon as the information about the health of the BJP leader deteriorated, the workers gathered outside the hospital. BJP workers were worried about the health of Rampratap Singh.
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Senior BJP leader found corona infected, deteriorated, preparations to be taken by air ambulance to Delhi
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BJP Lok Sabha members move privilege notice against Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Two BJP MPs in Lok Sabha have moved A notice of privilege against Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday.The notice has been given against the Congress leader for calling teen activist Greta Thunberg ‘persona non grata’.
Chowdhury had made these remarks on Monday while participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address.
The notice of privilege has been moved against Chowdhury by BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and P P Chowdhary.
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BJP facing ‘spontaneous anger’ of farmers: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
By PTI
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said BJP leaders were facing ‘spontaneous anger’ of farmers and rejected as ‘hilarious’ claims of the saffron party’s state unit that the protesters were not peasants but Congress workers.Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma had earlier in the day accused the Punjab government of organising protests under the guise of farmers’ agitation to “prevent” candidates of the saffron party from campaigning ahead of the February 14 civic polls.
Singh said the ‘cornered’ BJP failed to muster candidates to contest even 50 per cent of the civic body seats and ‘tried pathetically’ to shift blame for the farmers’ wrath on the Congress.
“The BJP should start preparing itself for political oblivion…Punjab would prove to be the party’s (BJP) nemesis,” Singh said in a statement here. The BJP’s fate is now sealed, not just in Punjab but also at the Centre, where its despotic rule is all set to end,” he said.
“What you see on the roads, and which you allege to be the Congress’ handiwork, is the spontaneous anger triggered among farmers by your arrogant anti-farmer attitude,” said Singh.
He rejected as ‘hilarious’ Punjab BJP’s claims that the protesters it is facing on its campaign trail for the upcoming municipal polls are not farmers but Congress workers.
Several BJP leaders are facing the farmers’ ire while on campaign trail for the civic polls, however, the state BJP has accused the ruling party of ‘orchestrating’ the protests.
Singh said, “The farm laws will sound the death-knell for this repressive, despotic and autocratic party. For nearly seven years they have trampled over human rights, as well as the dignity and aspirations of Indians in every possible way, and now it is the people’s turn.”
If the so-called urban party could not find candidates to field in more than half of the state’s civic body seats, one can only imagine what they will face in rural Punjab if they ever decide to contest there, said the chief minister.
“Did you really think you could get away with abusing farmers and violating their democratic and constitutional rights as you have been doing for the last so many months without any consequences,” Singh asked BJP’s Punjab leadership.
It was unfortunate that even now, the ‘power-drunk’ BJP was refusing to look the truth in the eye, and was taking refuge in ‘nonsensical excuses’ to hide its own shocking failure to address the concerns of the farmers, he stated.
The farmers are angry with the BJP and are looking for every opportunity to vent their ire on their leaders, he claimed, adding that were it not for the excessive police deployment during the outings of these leaders, things could have really got out of hand.
Given the threat perception due to the ‘farmers’ ire’ against the BJP, Punjab Police is deploying an unprecedented number of personnel wherever their leaders are going for campaigning, he said.
Scorning BJP’s charge of the police being mute spectators while they are being stopped from entering constituencies for electioneering, the chief minister said this was ‘ridiculous’ considering that the protesters themselves were complaining of being subjected to lathi-charge by the police.
“The fact is that not only the Punjab Police but also the Election Commission (EC), to whom you keep running with your fabricated and frivolous complaints, are doing their job sincerely,” he said.
To the party leadership’s assertion that it will spring a surprise in Punjab in the Assembly polls, he said, “Yes, there will be a big surprise in 2022, with BJP’s very existence being wiped out from our soil.”
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TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee says she is like Royal Bengal Tiger, cannot be intimidated by BJP
By PTI
BAHARAMPUR: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday likened herself to a Royal Bengal Tiger, saying that she is not a weak person who can be intimidated by the BJP.Addressing a rally here in Murshidabad, the capital of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daullah’s empire, she also compared those who left the TMC to join the saffron party to Mir Jafar, a commander of his army who betrayed him in the Battle of Plassey against the British in 1757.
“There is no reason to think I am weak, I am not a person to be afraid of anything. I am a strong person and will keep my head high as long as I live and till then I will live like a Royal Bengal Tiger,” Banerjee said.
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Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wrongly claiming at a BJP meeting in Haldia on Sunday that government employees in West Bengal do not get salaries properly, she alleged that it is the Centre which is selling off BSNL, SAIL and privatising the Railways and insurance companies.
Banerjee also claimed that the Centre did not give any assistance to West Bengal for dealing with the devastation caused by cyclone Amphan last year, nor did it do anything to support the state to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Raking up the outsider issue, the TMC supremo claimed that the BJP is a party of Gujarat and Delhi, which is bringing in National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).
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The state chief minister asserted that she will not allow these in West Bengal.
“People from Gujarat will not rule Bengal, the Trinamool Congress will rule Bengal,” Banerjee said at the rally held ahead of the assembly elections in the state due in April-May.
Claiming that corrupt people sell themselves off, she said that those who want to leave the TMC and join the BJP are free to go.
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Alleging that some people are joining the saffron party out of fear that they could be implicated in cases related to smuggling of cattle or coal, Banerjee said, “The BJP seems to be a washing machine, those having dirty hands emerge clean after joining it.”
She also attacked the Congress and the Left which will contest the assembly polls jointly in the state.
“The Congress cannot fight the BJP and does not want to do it. The CPI(M) is the BJP’s big friend,” she said, claiming that it is only the TMC which can take on the might of the saffron party in the state.
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Two BJP MPs gheraoed in Bengal’s Jhargram as local women protest over water
By PTI
JHARGRAM: Two BJP MPs were gheraoed in West Bengal’s Jhargram district on Monday as local women blocked a highway, demanding that the party fulfil its Lok Sabha poll promise of providing piped water connections to the households in the area.A large number of women blocked the State Highway 5 at Silda in the Binpur police station area, demanding that local BJP MP Kunar Hembram fulfil his pre-poll promise.
Purulia’s BJP MP Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, who was crossing the area, got stuck due to the blockade.
Stepping out of his vehicle, Mahato told the protesters, “I am with your demands. There is no water, no electricity. Who is responsible for this?” However, the women did not budge and one of them told the lawmaker, “Kunar Hembram promised to provide water to our houses. Why not yet? Why is there no water in our houses?” As the protests intensified, the MP’s security somehow managed to whisk him away from the spot.
As Hembram, the Jhargram MP, later arrived at the spot, the protesting women gheraoed him, raising slogans.
He told the protesters that his MP LAD fund was completely exhausted at the moment and he would resolve their issue after the assembly elections.
Unhappy with the MP’s assurance, the gherao continued for around 40 minutes, though Hembram claimed that nothing as such has happened.
Police and security personnel managed to take him out of the gherao somehow.
Later, Hembram told reporters that he went to the spot to discuss the matter with the women and there were no protests against him.
The protests continued till late in the evening with a substantial police presence in the area.
The protesters were demanding that senior government officials meet them.
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Gujarat polls: BJP MLA Madhu Shrivastav threatens reporters over son’s nomination
By PTI
AHMEDABAD: A BJP MLA in Gujarat on Monday threatened to “finish off” reporters when they sought his reaction on whether his son, who had filed nomination papers for upcoming elections to Vadodara municipal corporation, has three children which is the violation of poll norms.The nomination of Deepak Shrivastav, son of the MLA Madhu Shrivastav, was finally rejected on Monday evening over the issue of the number of children, a poll official said.
Deepak Shrivastav had filed the nomination papers as an Independent candidate from Waghodia ward in Vadodara city, after he was refused a ticket by the BJP.
“Nomination of Deepak Shrivastav was declared invalid over the issue of the number of children,” said Vadodara’s assistant returning officer MS Solanki without elaborating.
BJP candidate Ashish Joshi had raised objection to Deepak Shrivastav’s nomination before the returning officer, claiming the MLA’s son had three biological children but he showed having only two children in his nomination form.
The Gujarat Local Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2005, prescribes disqualification as well as rejection of nomination forms for local body elections if a candidate has more than two children.
“If you again tell me that my son has three children, then I will sue you. He has only two children and not three. He had one child when he won an election for the second time, and now he has two children,” MLA Shrivastav told reporters hours before his son’s nomination was declared invalid.
“He does not have three children. Bring me the proof if you have. Think before you talk….Better do not ask this question, otherwise I will not even let you stand here. Be careful….Do not ask anything, otherwise I will finish you here. I will ask somebody to finish you off, so be careful,” the MLA told reporters.
He said his son had submitted proof to back his claim.
Deepak Shrivastav was denied ticket as the ruling BJP had decided against fielding relatives of the party leaders for the civic elections.
The MLA had earlier expressed his displeasure over the BJP’s decision to not give the ticket to his son.
The BJP had also declared that it will not give tickets to candidates above the age of 60 years and those who have completed three terms as councillors.
Elections to six municipal corporations, including Vadodara, are scheduled to be held on February 21.
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Maharashtra government hailing noises of anarchy from abroad, harassing patriotic India, alleges BJP chief JP Nadda
By PTI
NEW DELHI: BJP president JP Nadda took a swipe at the Maharashtra government on Monday, saying it has a unique model of governance that hails “noises of anarchy” from overseas but “harasses” patriotic Indians who stand for the nation.His tweet came after Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said the state intelligence department will conduct a probe into allegations that some celebrities were pressured recently to issue tweets in connection with the ongoing farmers’ protest.
“MVA in Maharashtra has a unique model of governance – hail noises of anarchy from overseas who show India in poor light but harass patriotic Indians who stand for the nation. It is difficult to decide what is more flawed: their priorities or their mindset?” Nadda said in his reaction.
Deshmukh made the remarks on an online platform after the Congress, a ruling coalition partner in Maharashtra, sought an investigation into the BJP’s alleged connection with tweets of some celebrities and whether the saffron party “arm-twisted” them.
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Bengal cops halt BJP’s Parivartan Yatra in Murshidabad for ‘route breach’
By PTI
KOLKATA: The BJP on Monday had to take an alternative route for its ‘Parivartan Yatra’ in West Bengal’s Murshidabad after the police stopped its rath from venturing into some of the district’s “sensitive pockets”, a senior police officer said.District BJP leader Gourishankar Ghosh, however, claimed that the party had intimated the administration about the route being taken for the yatra well in advance, and no objection was raised back then.
The ‘Parivartan Yatra’ on a rath was flagged off by BJP national president J P Nadda from Nabadwip in Nadia district on February 6, as part of the saffron party’s outreach programme ahead of the assembly polls.
It travelled through Nakasipara before entering Murshidabad on February 7.
Members of the party, decked in saffron attire, are interacting with common people, and distributing pamphlets highlighting central government schemes and development work, as part of the yatra.
An AC van, which has been converted into rath, has faces of BJP leaders painted on it.
According to the senior officer, the rath, which was on its way to Bahrampur, was “told to avoid a particular route, which has a few sensitive pockets.
The vehicle was stopped as it was passing by Bharat Sevashram Sangha at Beldanga in the district”.
Ghosh, on his part, said no such request was made to him or the other the members of his party when the administration was approached for permission.
Echoing him, state BJP leader Kalyan Choubey said, “We held discussions with the police before charting the yatra route.
However, we were taken by surprise when the police stopped us at Beldanga.
We sat on the street there for at least three hours.
” “Later, as suggested by the police, we decided to take an alternative route via National Highway-34 bypass as we wanted to steer clear of any untoward situation,” he added.
Over the next few days, four more chariots of the BJP are set to roll out in Bengal, all of which are likely to be unveiled by the party’s top leaders.
The rallies are expected to crisscross the entire state, touching all 294 constituencies.
Assembly elections in Bengal are likely to be held in April-May.
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Sanjay Raut responds to Amit Shah’s accusation, says ‘closed room’ benefited BJP as well
By ANI
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday responded to Union Minister Amit Shah’s attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about promises made in a ‘closed room’, saying that the same closed room has benefited the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well.“In the same ‘closed room’ that Amit Shah is talking about, Balasaheb ji gave his blessings to the BJP and many senior leaders for Hindutva… PM Modi and Amit Shah have benefitted. Everyone knows this,” Raut told ANI.
“Why should we (Shiv Sena) lie about anything? For power? Shiv Sena was not born for power,” he said, adding that for them, it was a temple, not a ‘closed room’.
This comes a day after Amit Shah’s address in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, where he had said, “Some people here say that we made promises in a closed room. It’s not true. Let’s assume the promise was made. All the candidates of Shiv Sena campaigned with 2.5 times bigger image of Modi Ji on banners and you asked for votes in his name.”
Raut further said the Home Minister should listen to Devendra Fadnavis’ previous statements, where he made similar remarks in a press meet.
“If we’re talking about ‘closed rooms’, the Home Minister should listen to the press conference that Devendra Fadnavis addressed in Hotel Blue Sea once again. He clearly said that in talks that took place in a ‘closed room’, Amit Shah and Uddhav ji were there. After that, it was decided that power-sharing and seat-sharing would be 50-50,” Raut added.
The Thackeray-led Shiv Sena parted ways with the BJP after the Assembly polls in 2019 over the issue of sharing the chief ministerial post in the state, and later forged an alliance with the NCP and Congress to come to power.
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Centre waging war against farmers, BJP chief JP Nadda faking love for them: TMC
JP Nadda had flagged off the BJP #39;s #39;Paribartan Yatra #39; from Nabadwip and addressed a farmers #39; rally in Malda on Saturday.