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  • Third Eye: Kerala leaders’ pain in Delhi, Badruddin Ajmal in sweet mood, and Sanjay Raut’s theory

    From Boiling Point to Rain Relief: Both BJP and Congress leaderships had brought their respective party leaders from Kerala to Delhi to campaign among the Malayalee pockets of the national capital. While these Kerala functionaries did their job, most of them wilted due to Delhi’s unfamiliar simmering summer and heat wave. Done with their job, some of them said the biggest relief was the certain prospect of returning to the torrential downpour lashing across Kerala.

    Already in ‘Sweet Mood’: Looks like AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal believes in early celebrations. Confident of victory, he is preparing a list of people to whom he will send packets of sweets. Seeking re-election from Dhubri, Ajmal is pitted against Congress’ Rakibul Hussain. Ajmal, who is an MP since 2009, said that the largest packets would be sent to MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi and AJP leader Lurinjyoti Gogoi. Both are Congress allies. He said the packets will also be sent to Assam Congress chief Bhupen Borah.

    Who is Lying? Game on: Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has claimed in his weekly column in ‘Saamana’ that BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, at the behest of the PM and Amit shah, has helped Congress’ Vikas Thakre to defeat Union minister Nitin Gadkari. While BJP leaders and even Thakre have slammed Raut, BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar took on Raut with an interesting word play. He claimed that Raut always had a habit of lying, but it has now become an ‘addiction’. Mungantiwar added that due to his ‘fertile imagination’, Raut was churning out such ‘barren ideas’.

  • dhruv rathee: ‘Getting rape and death threats’: Swati Maliwal opens up on campaign by AAP, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee

    Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has opened up about the death and rape threats she has been receiving, following an alleged “character assassination” campaign launched by AAP and she claimed that the situation just got worse when YouTuber Dhruv Rathee released a one-sided video against her on the assault allegations.

    Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Maliwal said that after the leaders and volunteers of AAP orchestrated a campaign of charachter assassination, victim shaming and fanning of emotions against her, she has been getting rape and death threats.

    “This got further exacerbated when YouTuber @Dhruv_Rathee posted a one-sided video against me. As far as the party leadership goes, it is very clear that they are trying to intimidate me into withdrawing my complaint. However, for Dhruv, I tried my best to reach out to him to tell him my version but he ignored my calls and messages,” she further said.(More to come)

  • Third eye: Copyright on guarantees, experiencing choppy ride, and specific to region

    Copyright on GuaranteesWith AAP pitting ‘Kejriwal ki guarantee’ against ‘Modi ki guarantee’, ‘Congress ki guarantee’ is caught between the two. Congress believes that the patent for coining pre-poll ‘guarantees’ rests with it as it first chanted the mantra during Karnataka elections and then in Telangana polls. Congress spokespersons maintain that BJP and PM aped the party’s word play by coining ‘Modi ki guarantee’, but it finds itself in a piquant situation with ‘Kejriwal ki guarantee’ as AAP is a sensitive ally. It can’t endorse it either as it risks eclipsing Congress’ own ‘guarantees’. While some Delhi Congress leaders are wondering how to streamline the alliance with AAP and the two, yet competing, guarantees, a little bird says at least two Congress LS candidates in Delhi are raring to chant ‘Kejriwal ki guarantee’.Experiencing Choppy RideFund-strapped Opposition parties are facing a major crisis during campaigning — lack of helicopters. Apparently, helicopter companies have demanded that all political parties pay upfront 70% of hiring fee and that too in cheque. This has limited the use of choppers, making it difficult for leaders to cover more constituencies and campaign in remote areas. Last heard, Congress leaders were pushing for a chopper to campaign in the last phases. Specific to RegionEven as India has expanded its regional dialogue partners, Russia remains a close ally for discussing key developments in the region. Senior Russian diplomat and presidential envoy on Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, will be in New Delhi this week to engage with his counterparts on the AfPak region and the necessity for an inclusive government in Kabul. Kabulov, a former envoy to Afghanistan, is considered one of the best Afghan experts.

  • Varanasi: PM Modi to hold road show in Varanasi on May 13 before filing nomination

    Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be filing his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on May 14 and before filling his nomination papers, he will hold a road show in his parliamentary constituency on May 13.

    Before starting the roadshow, PM Modi will first pay tribute to the Madan Mohan Malviya statue at the main gate of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Lanka.

    The roadshow will go until Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.The high-voltage roadshow is likely to see the participation of lakhs of workers from the party.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesMeanwhile, preparations are underway for the PM’s roadshow. In the Lok Sabha management committee meeting held in Varanasi, regional president Dilip Patel said that PM Modi’s roadshow will start by garlanding the Malviya statue in Lanka.”It will go to the Vishwanath Corridor via Assi, Sonarpura, Jangam Bari, Godaulia, and Bansphatak,” he added.PM Modi will be given a grand welcome during this. Responsibilities are being assigned to the workers to make the road show historic.Meetings of all the assembly constituencies in the Varanasi parliamentary constituency have been organised for tomorrow. After this, meetings will be held with workers in all 21 divisions in one day. The organisation is busy preparing with the target of participation of lakhs of workers in this roadshow.

    Varanasi is the stronghold of the Prime Minister. He won the seat twice – the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

    Congress has pitted Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai against PM Modi in Varanasi. This is the third time Ajay Rai will face PM Modi in a Lok Sabha contest

    In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi won the seat with over 674,664 votes and commanded a vote share of 63.6 per cent.

    Earlier in 2014, PM Modi fought on two Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat’s Vadodara and the second was Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.

    The Varanasi seat comprises five Assembly segments including Rohaniya, Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantt, and Sevapuri.

    The voting for the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency will be held in the seventh phase of the elections on June 1. The counting of the votes will be held on June 4.

  • Union Minister Giriraj Singh launches national campaign against gender-based discrimination 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday launched a month-long national campaign against gender-based discrimination, and stressed that the government is committed to end gender-related violence.

    At an event held to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj minister also remotely inaugurated 160 gender resource centres across 13 states.

    Stressing on ending violence against women, Singh called upon the women not to tolerate violence and expressed his government’s commitment towards ending gender-based discrimination.

    “Modi government is committed to women empowerment just as it is dedicated to development. Under the Modi government women have been included in the Army as well,” Singh said.

    The Minister also suggested that women should be provided martial arts training for self-protection.

    On the occasion, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Niranjan Jyoti said the ‘Sanatan’ religion gave equal status to women, and blamed invasions and cultural changes brought in by it for the prevailing gender discrimination.

    “Women have always been worshipped in India. Gender discrimination was not a part of Indian culture,” she said.

    “After the invasions, beautiful women were being abducted, and hence the parda system came. It is not our tradition,” she said.

    The minister also recounted an incident when a bus conductor misbehaved with her.

    “I slapped him four times. We need to be strong no one will dare to touch us. I am the daughter of an uneducated father, became a ‘sanyasi’ at the age of 14, no one ever dared to even look at me,” she said.

    Rural Development Secretary Nagendra Nath Sinha also stressed that women should not tolerate violence and seek help.

    “It is not right to tolerate violence. If there is violence they should seek support. We need to celebrate the life of women who have sought support in case of gender violence. They should be made heroes,” he said.

    NEW DELHI: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday launched a month-long national campaign against gender-based discrimination, and stressed that the government is committed to end gender-related violence.

    At an event held to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj minister also remotely inaugurated 160 gender resource centres across 13 states.

    Stressing on ending violence against women, Singh called upon the women not to tolerate violence and expressed his government’s commitment towards ending gender-based discrimination.

    “Modi government is committed to women empowerment just as it is dedicated to development. Under the Modi government women have been included in the Army as well,” Singh said.

    The Minister also suggested that women should be provided martial arts training for self-protection.

    On the occasion, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Niranjan Jyoti said the ‘Sanatan’ religion gave equal status to women, and blamed invasions and cultural changes brought in by it for the prevailing gender discrimination.

    “Women have always been worshipped in India. Gender discrimination was not a part of Indian culture,” she said.

    “After the invasions, beautiful women were being abducted, and hence the parda system came. It is not our tradition,” she said.

    The minister also recounted an incident when a bus conductor misbehaved with her.

    “I slapped him four times. We need to be strong no one will dare to touch us. I am the daughter of an uneducated father, became a ‘sanyasi’ at the age of 14, no one ever dared to even look at me,” she said.

    Rural Development Secretary Nagendra Nath Sinha also stressed that women should not tolerate violence and seek help.

    “It is not right to tolerate violence. If there is violence they should seek support. We need to celebrate the life of women who have sought support in case of gender violence. They should be made heroes,” he said.

  • Centre postpones ‘healthy boy-girl contest’, asks states to observe ‘Poshan Pakhwa

    Express News Service

    The Centre has postponed the earlier scheduled week-long event ‘Healthy boy-girl contest’ to start from March 21 (Monday) and directed the states to instead begin a two-week-long campaign ‘Poshan Pakhwada’ on nutritional challenges, a senior official said.

    Poshan Pakhwada this year will be rolled out from March 21 to April 4 with the key focus on creating awareness on community-based activities, gender sensitisation, prevention of anaemia, encouraging traditional food for securing healthy mothers and children in the scheduled tribe areas.

    To ensure wider people’s participation all the district collectors and the district project officers of the women & child development department have been asked to seek support from the other departments, local organisations and people’s representatives, panchayats, self-help groups, farmers’ groups, youth clubs to achieve the desired goals of ‘Poshan Abhiyan’.

    Ahead of the campaign, the Chhattisgarh government claimed to have achieved remarkably in the fight against malnutrition. “In the year 2019, 4.33 lakh malnourished children were identified and Mukhyamantri Suposhan Abhiyan was launched. So far, 1.72 lakh children are out of the vicious cycle of malnutrition”, CM Bhupesh Baghel said in the Assembly.

    The scheme now is a target-based intervention programme, the children from 6 to 54 months were considered as ‘earmarked’ as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation that the child growth standards can be effectively measured under the age of 5 years.

    According to the state WCD officials, The number of malnourished children has declined by nearly 36 per cent in the state since the launch of the ‘Mukhyamantri Suposhan Yojana’.

    Arrangements were made to provide hot-cooked food for children under Suposhan Abhiyan, the supplementary nutritional food to the identified kids at anganwadi centre, distribute free nutritious food at local-level to the malnourished women and children.

  • Rajasthan to administer polio vaccine to children on Sunday

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: Children up to five years of age will be administered polio vaccine in the state on Sunday as part of a campaign to eradicate the disease, officials said.

    Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena had appealed for the drive to be held on February 27, saying polio can be eradicated only by administering its vaccine to the children. In a statement, Meena said 54,627 polio booths have been set up across the state to make the campaign a success.

    Apart from this, 2,215 transit teams and 3,381 mobile teams have been formed. He said that on the first day of the campaign, the medicine would be given at the booths Those left out will be administered the medicine in a door-to-door drive by health workers for the next two days.

    The minister said the last case of polio in the state came to light in November 2009. Since then, not a single case has been reported. He said no new case of polio has been found in our country after January 2011.

    Significantly, India was declared polio-free by the World Health Organization on 27th March 2014, Meena added. He said that the second phase of Mission Indradhanush 4.0 will be organised from March 7. In this, related vaccines will be given to children up to two years of age and pregnant women.

    He informed that the first phase of this year was organised from February 7 and the third phase will start from April 4. This is the 27th year of the Pulse Polio programme, which was launched in 1995.

  • Malaria free Chhattisgarh campaign launched in the district from village Hiramadala

    To make the state malaria-free, the Chhattisgarh government had decided to run a malaria-free Chhattisgarh campaign in the entire state. Under which, under the direction of Collector Pushpendra Kumar Meena, a malaria-free Chhattisgarh campaign was started in the development block Kondagaon village Hiramadala on Tuesday. Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. TR Kuwar, District Program Manager Sonal Dhruv, Block Medical Officer Dr. Suraj Rathore along with health workers, local Sarpanch, other public representatives of the village and villagers had reached to participate in this program.
    During this, the Chief Medical and Health Officer advised the villagers to use mosquito nets to avoid malaria, prevent water logging, wear covered clothes in the evening, and immediately go to the nearest health center and get blood tests done. Asked to take medicines.
    It is noteworthy that under this campaign, survey work will be done in all the identified 99 villages of the district till July 31 for the causes of malaria and efforts to prevent it. In this survey, along with blood test for malaria, maintenance of information in the register, marking the code number in the RD test, administering the first dose of medicine to the positive patient, nail marking etc. will be done.
    In connection with the successful operation of Malaria-free Chhattisgarh campaign, Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. TR Kuwar organized a meeting of all the Block Medical Officers, Development Block, Program Manager, BTEO before the start of the campaign. Guidelines have been given to complete the preparations and conduct the campaign. During this all the instructions of Kovid-19 will be followed.
    It may be noted that prior to this campaign, malaria-free Bastar campaign was launched in the villages affected by malaria in the aspirational districts of Bastar division. Which had a wide impact. According to the API report released by the Government of India, an average of 5.21 people per thousand population used to suffer from malaria, in 5 years this number has come down to just 1.17. This campaign has also been praised by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and NITI Aayog.

  • Promotional campaign of traders intensified after filing nomination papers

    The electoral movement of the Chhattisgarh Chamber of Commerce has begun to increase after the submission of nominations. A campaign of tremendous publicity has been started once again by the trading panels. Members of the Jai Trade Panel and the Merchant Integration Panel set out on a tour of various regions. With the publicity spread through the internet media, personal public relations is being done by the panels with the traders.

    Election Officer Prakash Golcha said that after scrutiny of these nomination papers, the list of candidates will be published on 24 February. After this, objection can be lodged on February 25 from 12 to 3 pm. These objections will also be resolved from 4 to 6 pm on 25 February. This process of chamber election will continue till March 2.

    Jai business panel chairman Amar Parvani says that the business community has understood who will be the right candidate for him. Traders should choose the one who only takes care of business interests and always stays with them. For the last six years, he and his team have been fully engaged in business interests and this is why the businessmen are getting tremendous support during the campaign.