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Uttar Pradesh polls 2022: BJP’s booth level workers to have decisive role in candidates selection
By Express News Service
LUCKNOW: Booth level workers are likely play definitive role in selection of ruling BJP candidates for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.According to sources in the saffron party’s state unit, the workers’ committees, which comprise of grassroot BJP workers, will have a decisive sway in selection of candidates in the next assembly polls which are just around nine months away.
The first step of the exercise of candidates selection will happen in over next two months, when the performance reports of each individual sitting legislator will be prepared. The performance reports will be prepared based on the feedback about individual legislator’s performance from independent agencies, party organisation and most importantly booth level party workers.
The booth level committees will also list the best alternative candidate in place of a non-performer sitting MLAs. Based on feedback about every legislator, the sitting MLAs will be graded as Excellent, Good and Average.
Those, who will graded as Excellent will not only be fielded again by the party in 2022 polls, but also act as local star campaigners on seats of neighborhood. Those graded as good will also be repeated, but only stay confined to their individual seats, while those graded as average will be asked to perform in six months or perish,” a senior BJP organisation leader told The New Indian Express.
According to informed sources, the idea to give more power to booth level party workers in candidate selection isn’t only aimed at their empowerment, but also to address the discontent prevailing among grassroot workers over the candidate selection in the recently concluded panchayat polls.
Holding panchayat polls just 10-12 months before the assembly polls has divided the party workers on Ground Zero on caste and other lines. Rendering them more power in selecting candidates for 2022 polls is likely to address the discontent among them and motivate them to work together.
Once the legislators are aware that booth level workers will have considerable clout in candidate selection, then they will work more closely with the party’s last possible workers in the coming months.
In the 2017 assembly polls, the saffron party had returned to power after a decade and half with a monstrous 312 seats majority, but internal surveys ahead of next polls don’t paint a rosy picture for the ruling party in the next elections
The recent visits of party’s in-charge for the state Radha Mohan Singh and national organisation general secretary BL Santosh have marked the beginning of party’s organisation leaders from centre and master strategists spadework on ground in the politically crucial state.
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Over 2 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Uttar Pradesh till now
By PTI
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh has administered over two crore COVID-19 vaccine doses till now with over 30 lakh jabs given to beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group, the state government said on Sunday.So far, 1,66,27,059 people have received the first dose of vaccine while 36,27,433 have received both doses, it said.
“Till now, we have administered more than two crore (2,02,34,598) doses of vaccine. In view of the huge population of Uttar Pradesh, we have to speed up the vaccination drive,” Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said at a high-level COVID review meeting.
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the country. Last month, Maharashtra has achieved the milestone of administering two crore vaccine doses.
“We must now work on increasing the target set under Mission June by three times for July,” the chief minister said. Uttar Pradesh had set a target of administering one crore vaccine doses in one month under ‘Mission June’.
The UP government also said the state has administered over 30 lakh vaccine doses in the 18-44 age category, the highest in the country. In a day, the state has jabbed around 3.88 lakh people.
CM Adityanath said the speed of vaccination must be increased further to prevent a third wave of COVID-19 infections and start targeting to administer at least 10 lakh doses a day from July. The target is to administer at least 10 crore people in the next three months.
So far, India has administered around 22.80 crore vaccine doses, with Uttar Pradesh accounting for around 8.9 per cent of it.
“A district-wise strategy should be prepared to meet the target of administering 10 lakh doses a day in July. There is no shortage of vaccines. With the help of the Centre, many new vaccines will be available soon,” Adityanath said.
“About one lakh additional vaccinators, including the nursing students, should be trained to achieve the new target.” To encourage women to take the jabs, ‘Special Pink Booths’ will start operating in all the 75 districts of the state from Monday. Each district has been directed to set up at least two such booths.
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Environment suffered most since BJP came to power in UP: Akhilesh Yadav
By PTI
LUCKNOW: The environment has suffered the most ever since the BJP came to power in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday and accused the government of making tree plantation drive a “joke”.On World Environment Day, he alleged that the BJP government has been making false claims about environmental protection and the “trees have been growing only in government flies”.
It was under the Samajwadi government that concrete steps were taken in this direction.
It had set a Guinness Book world record in tree plantation while ponds were dug and green parks developed in the Bundelkhand region, he said.
“In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP government runs tree plantation campaigns every year. But to date, it has not been able to give details about where and how many trees have been planted in which year during his reign, and how many saplings planted are left. In fact, the environment has suffered the most ever since BJP came to power,” he said.
The BJP government has squandered the budget under the cover of tree plantation drive, the Samajwadi Party chief alleged in a statement.
“Its latest claim has been planting 30 crore saplings this year. If we go by the claims of the government, there should have been a forest growing in every house. The BJP, which plants the seeds of hatred and lies, are playing with the environment and have made tree plantation a joke,” he said.
The forest wealth is facing danger. The imbalance in nature has increased, as a result of which heat is increasing.
There is a shortage of different resources and a change is also seen in the season cycle, Yadav said.
“Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath can make any claim he likes but the Niti Ayog has exposed the reality of where the state stands.”
Yadav also extended his wishes to all the countrymen on World Environment Day and stressed that environmental protection is indispensable for the earth.
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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man seeks police protection, alleges threat against riding horse during wedding
By ANI
MAHOBA: A Dalit man in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district has asked sought police protection ahead of his wedding, alleging that local villagers have threatened him against riding a horse during the ceremony.The police are keeping a close watch on the matter, but say that they have not found anyone in the village who has issues with the groom-to-be riding a horse. Alakh Ram, the groom-to-be, said that people have threatened to kill him if he goes through with his plans to ride a horse during his wedding procession.
“For the last several years, marriages in our village have been taking place according to old traditions. I want to ride a horse for my marriage procession but some people, from other communities, are threatening to kill me,” Ram said.
“My son’s marriage is on June 18 and he wants to take out a procession on a horse. People have warned that if he takes help from the police now, they will kill him later,” Ram’s father Gayadin said.
Prabhakar Upadhyay, sub-inspector at Mahobganj Police Station, meanwhile, said, “We could not find a single person in the village who has any issues with the groom riding a horse. We are, however, still keeping a close watch on the matter.”
A two-person delegation of the Congress party has reached the village to extend their support to the family. Nirdosh Dixit, former General Secretary of the party in Uttar Pradesh, said that he would make arrangements for the same.
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Man dies after neighbours force him to drink poison in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi
By PTI
AMETHI (UTTAR PRADESH): A 35-year-old man was allegedly killed by his neighbours who beat him up and forcibly gave him poison in Amethi area, police said on Friday. The deceased’s brother Shiv Bharat said that Ram Bharat Srivastava was on Thursday beaten with sticks by Umesh Pandey and Nilesh, who dragged him to their house in Ganesh Lal Bharetha village.He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition from where he was referred to Lucknow but he died on the way, the brother added. Locals said the neighbours were not on good terms and used to fight often.
The victim’s body has been sent for post-mortem and an FIR has been registered in the matter, SHO, City Shyam Sunder said. Attempts are on to nab the accused who are absconding, he added.
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Gas cylinder blast triggers collapse of 2 houses in UP, 8 from same family killed
By Express News Service
LUCKNOW: A multi-pronged probe has been started by the Uttar Pradesh Police into the alleged gas cylinder blast, which triggered of collapse of two attached houses, killing eight members of a family in Gonda district on Tuesday night.With the rescue teams and police yet to find remains of the exploded gas cylinder from the debris in the congested locality in Wazeerganj area of Gonda district, sniffer dog squad, bomb detection and disposal squad have been pressed into action at the spot. A team of the state police’s anti-terrorism squad has also arrived from Ayodhya to investigate the incident.
According to Gonda SP Santosh Mishra, the incident happened at around 10.30 pm in the house of small farmer Noorul Hasan. One of the family members called the Dial 112 service to inform about a gas cylinder blast having triggered the collapse of large portion of the house.
The police team rushed to the spot and rescue operations started in the night only. In all, 15 persons, all from the same family, were taken out of the debris, but while seven had died on spot, while one person succumbed to injuries at the hospital.
The deceased included head of the family Noorul Hassan’s three sons, aged 35, 23 and 11 years, his 38-year-old daughter, 37-year-old daughter-in-law and three grandchildren, youngest of them being a 2-year-old boy.
Seven persons injured in the incident, including 60-year-old Noorul Hassan.
“Our first priority was to rescue those trapped in the debris and ensuring their timely treatment. Our other teams, including the sniffer dog squad, bomb detection and disposal squad are now at the spot to speed up investigations into the incident,” Gonda SP said.
According to sources, since the affected family hailed from Manihar community (which is skilled in making of firecrackers), the police probe is looking into all possible angles. The ATS too have joined the district police in the investigations.
According to Gonda DM Markandey Shahi, since the family is primarily an agrarian family, they will be eligible for the benefits unde the Farmers Insurance Scheme and the National Family Benefit Scheme.
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Families of frontline workers who died of Covid didn’t get ex-gratia, alleges Akhilesh
By PTI
LUCKNOW: The BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government broke its word by not making ex-gratia payments promised to the families of frontline workers, who died of COVID-19, Samajwadi party alleged on Monday.“Chief Minister used to announce compensation for the families of health workers and others who died due to the coronavirus while serving patients. Prime Minister was seen getting emotional about the loss of lives many a time during the pandemic but BJP has an expertise in forgetting promises,” SP President Akhilesh Yadav said in a statement.
“In the injustice meted to the families of the corona warriors, who lost their lives (due to the virus), BJP’s insensitive and inhumane behaviour is clear,” he added.
The former UP chief minister felt that the government made mockery of itself and people’s expectations. According to him, the saffron party lost its credibility and people’s trust in its rule of four years in the state so far.
“Seven months after Sub-Inspector Mukesh Arya died in Kanpur, his family did not receive pension or the government job promised to one of them,” Yadav said, claiming that Rs 50 lakh compensation was announced for them.
He also alleged that there were irregularities on part of officers in preparing list of Covid deaths.
“At Kanpur’s Kakadev police station, eight policemen died but the list sent to the government mentioned only two names,” he alleged, adding: “In Lucknow, family members of LDA engineer SK Agarwal have not received the PF money yet.” According to the teachers’ body, over 1,600 teachers and workers of the Basic Education Department have died in the state since the first week of April due to Covid-19 and 90 per cent of them were on panchayat polls duty.
“While over 1,600 teachers died but the Basic Education says only three did many families have lost their only earning members,” he said.
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Uttar Pradesh: Two arrested for dumping COVID patient’s body in river
By ANI
BALRAMPUR (UTTAR PRADESH): Two people have been arrested after a video went viral on social media showing a COVID-19 patient’s body being dumped from a bridge into the Rapti river in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district.In a video statement on Twitter, the Balrampur Police informed that the patient, identified as Prem Nath Mishra, had been admitted to a hospital on May 25 and tested positive for the coronavirus. He died on May 29 and the body was handed to his nephew while following COVID-19 protocol.
“On May 29, a video went viral on social media that showed PPE-clad persons dropping a corpse into the Rapti river. As per the Chief Medical Officer, Balrampur, the body has been identified as Prem Nath Mishra, who was admitted to a hospital on May 25,” the Additional Superintendent of Police said on Sunday.
“After he tested positive for COVID-19, he was shifted to another ward on May 26. He died on May 28. The body was handed over to his nephew on May 29 as per COVID-19 guidelines. A case has been registered and two people have been arrested,” he added.
Confirming the same, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Balrampur said yesterday, “The COVID patient’s whose body was thrown into the river, was handed over to family under protocol. A case has been registered and a probe on.” Several reports have surfaced over the last few weeks of decomposed bodies floating in rivers.
In Ghazipur, several bodies washed up on the shores of river Ganga. Similar scenes were also witnessed in Bihar’s Buxar. Bodies have also been found buried in the sand in Unnao. Locals describe the bodies as bloated and decomposed and many fear that the corpses are those of COVID-19 patients.
As per the union health minister, there are currently 41,214 active COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh. As many as 16,28,456 recoveries and 20,346 deaths have been reported in the state so far. (ANI)
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Uttar Pradesh: Children of alleged bovine smuggler stir row on his death, accuse police of murder
By Express News Service
LUCKNOW: Children of a man who died recently in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahar district said that their father was thrown down from the rooftop of their house by the local police, which led to his death few days later.According to the police, Aqeel Qureshi was wanted in connection with cases of buffalo theft and cow slaughter. “A team of cops came to our house around 1 am. After beating him (father) up with lathis and rifle buts, they threw him down from the rooftop,” two daughters and a son (all minors) of Qureshi alleged.
“After entering the house, they caught hold of my father and assaulted him with rifle buts in the head and lathis on other parts of the body before throwing him down from the rooftop,” the eldest of three children alleged in a video that has gone viral on social media.
“They (cops) abused my father verbally after throwing him down to the ground. We want justice for our father and the entire family,” the three children said on Saturday. A probe has meanwhile been ordered into the incident. (Bulandshahar Rural) SP Harendra Kumar is conducting the probe. “We’re recording the statements of all concerned,” Kumar told The New Indian Express.
“The man, Aqeel Qureshi, aged around 42 years, was accused in six criminal cases, including four cases of cow slaughter. He was also wanted in connection with a buffalo theft case from October, last year. Coming to know about his presence at the house, the local police went there on the night of May 23 to detain him. But his wife told the police that he wasn’t there,” he said.
The senior police officer further said though the cops then left the house. But Aqeel, fearing that the cops would return, tried to escape. In the process, he fell down from the terrace. “His neighbours say that he has done such acts in the past too,” Kumar said.
The officer said that Aqeel’s family rushed him to a hospital in Bulandshahar. He was admitted there under the name Rehan. He was later referred to Aligarh Medical College, and subsequently, to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, where he died.