BJP, on the call of its state president Satish Poonia, on Tuesday staged a huge protest against the Congress government in Jaipur alleging that it was turning a blind eye to the 55,000 cattle deaths in the state due to the Lumpy virus.
The protest was also staged to highlight other raging issues like increased electricity rates and power cuts, unemployment, worsening law and order, fake farmer loan waiver promises, etc.
Hundreds of party workers, led by Poonia, marched from the BJP office to the Assembly but were stopped by the police on Sahakar Marg. Here the leaders and workers raised slogans against the government and were detained.
Addressing the gathering at the party office this morning, Satish Poonia said that “Shraddha Paksha was going on right now. In 2023, the Congress party will see its permanent Shraddh rituals. The Congress government will be wiped out from India and Rajasthan,” he said.
The party workers, who were going to besiege the Assembly clashed with the police. The workers also broke the police barricade on the Sahakar Marg in Jaipur. Poonia, who climbed the barricade, was pushed by the policemen. A heavy police force was deployed to stop the activists from moving forward.
Jaipur Police detained the office-bearers, party workers, MPs, and MLAs, including BJP Poonia Ji, and took them to Bani Park police station, confirmed BJP media cell at the time of filing of the report.
BJP holds big protest against Gehlot govt in Jaipur
Telangana CM KCR greets PM on birthday
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday.
Rao expressed his best wishes for good health and long life. “On my behalf of the Government and people of Telangana and on my personal behalf, I wish you a very happy birthday. May God bless you with good health and long life for serving the nation for many more years,” the chief minister wrote to the Prime Minister.
Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan also greeted Modi on his birthday. She took to Twitter to convey her best wishes and called him the most adored global leader. “Your hard work, dedication & efforts to bring new opportunities to the youth of the nation to meet their aspirations are inspirational,” she wrote.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president and former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu also extended his heartfelt greetings to the Prime Minister
“May God bless him with many more years of good health and energy to tirelessly strive for the welfare of people and all-round development of the nation,” tweeted Naidu.
Jagan defends three-capital formula amid fresh protest by Amaravati farmers
Defending his three capital formula, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday said the government would go ahead with the decentralization of administration.
Virtually ruling out the development of Amaravati as the only state capital, he told the Assembly that building the capital city Amaravati would be like a dream-chasing as this would cost Rs 30 lakh crore and take at least 100 years.
He was replying to a short discussion in the house on Decentralisation-Administrative Reforms.
The discussion assumed significance in view of the second Maha Padyatra launched by farmers and other locals of 29 villages of the Amaravati region demanding implementation of the High Court order for the development of Amaravati.
Jagan Mohan Reddy dismissed the long foot march as a drama and said it was aimed at fomenting regional hatred by provoking people of other regions.
He alleged that those involved in irregularities in land transactions in Amaravati and those who want to protect their lands and other interests were behind the protest for the last 1,000 days.
On the demand for the development of Amaravati as the only capital, he remarked that the state was not restricted to just an 8 square km radius or 50,000-acre land parcel.
Claiming that he is not against this region (south coastal Andhra), Jagan, as the leader is popularly known, said he wants to develop it at par with other regions and this was the reason the government decided to make Amaravati one of the three capitals.
As per the three-capital formula mooted by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government, Visakhapatnam in north coastal Andhra will be developed as the administrative capital, Kurnool in Rayalaseema region as judicial capital, and Amaravati in south coastal Andhra as legislative capital.
Jagan stated that Rs 1.05 lakh crore would be required for developing just the basic infrastructure like roads, drains, and power supply in Amaravati. On the other hand, spending just Rs 10,000 crore on Visakhapatnam would be sufficient as basic infrastructure is readily available there, he said.
Explaining why he believes the development of Amaravati is like dream-chasing, the Chief Minister said the state was not even in a position to spend Rs 1,000 crore or Rs 2,000 crore per annum on capital works.
He said at this rate, it will take 100 years to build the capital city and because of inflation, the cost will go up to Rs 20 lakh crore or Rs 30 lakh crore. He remarked that a state, whose 80 percent population is still living on white ration cards, can never mobilize such a huge amount of money.
Hitting out at his predecessor N. Chandrababu Naidu, Jagan said the previous government could not go beyond graphics.
He said those who cheated people through false hopes in the name of Amaravati development should be booked under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
He also dismissed the argument that Amaravati can be developed as a capital city through a self-financing model and pointed out that only 4,997 acres of land were available for sale.
The Chief Minister recalled that in February 2019, the Chandrababu Naidu government issued an order that 5,020 acres of land be available for commercial monetization. “Now, we have to sell each acre for Rs 20 crore to raise Rs one lakh crore, required only for the creation of basic infrastructure. How could it be a self-financing project when the land did not command such a price,” he asked.
Earlier, the debate saw a heated exchange between members of the ruling YSRCP and opposition TDP.
Pandemonium over certain allegations made by the YSRCP over insider trading in Amaravati lands and the protest by the TDP led to the suspension of the opposition legislators.
Speaker Tammineni Seetharam suspended 16 members of the TDP when they trooped towards his podium demanding an opportunity for party leader P. Keshav to speak.
Earlier, responding to allegations made against him, Keshav threw a challenge that if the ruling party proved them he would resign and give the lands to the ruling party leaders.
Teacher recruitment scam: Partha, Arpita’s judicial custody extended by 14 days
A special court of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday extended former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close associate Arpita Mukherjee’s judicial custody by 14 more days for their alleged involvement in the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC).
The matter will be heard next on September 28.
Although the hearing on Wednesday was concluded by 5.30 pm, the judge of the special court reserved the judgment. Finally, at around 8 pm, he gave the order directing additional 14 days of judicial custody for the accused.
Earlier in the day, during the course of the hearing, Partha Chatterjee, who attended the hearing virtually, broke into tears and pleaded for bail under any condition.
“Sir, please have mercy on me. Let me leave in peace. Please understand that I am a victim of a conspiracy,” he told the judge of the court, sobbing profusely.
However, all his appeals did not have any impact on the judge as is evident from the verdict on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a team of ED officials on Wednesday went to the BCM International School at Pingla in the West Midnapore district, which is named after Partha Chatterjee’s deceased wife, Babli Chatterjee.
Partha Chatterjee’s son-in-law, Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya, who is currently in the US, is the chairman of the school, and the latter’s maternal uncle, Krishna Chandra Adhikari, is a director of the school.
ED sleuths suspect that a portion of the proceeds of the WBSSC recruitment irregularities was invested behind this school. A couple of companies with Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya and Krishna Chandra Adhikari as directors are also under the scanner of the central agency sleuths.
Complaint against Sharmila for making inappropriate remarks about T’gana CM, MLAs
Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker has referred to the Privileges Committee a complaint by the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) against YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) president Y.S. Sharmila for making inappropriate comments about Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, ministers, and the legislators.
Chief Whip D. Vinay Bhaskar along with ministers Niranjan Reddy and Srinivas Goud and some MLAs met the Speaker and submitted the complaint. They said her remarks against the members amounted to a breach of privileges and sought action against her.
Niranjan Reddy informed that a complaint was already filed against Sharmila to the Director General of Police (DGP).
Meanwhile, police in Wanaparthy registered a case against Sharmila for making personal remarks on Niranjan Reddy and for holding a public meeting without police permission, leading to a traffic jam. The case was registered on a complaint by local TRS leaders.
Reacting to TRS’s complaint to the Speaker, Sharmila urged the Speaker to take action against minister Niranjan Reddy for insulting her and women like her with his comments.
In a series of tweets, Sharmila also sought action against Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his son and cabinet minister K.T. Rama Rao. She said before taking any action against her the Speaker should act against Rama Rao who made inappropriate remarks about the hunger strike she is undertaking every Tuesday on the problems of unemployed youth.
Sharmila also posted a video of the chief minister and urged the Speaker to first take action against him for making objectionable comments on several occasions.
Sharmila, daughter of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, is currently undertaking a padyatra across Telangana.
Centre trying to establish ‘Agency Raj’, deterring job creation: Mamata
Two days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized Rs 17.32 crore in cash from the residence of a city-based businessman in connection with a mobile gaming app fraud case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee echoed her Cabinet colleagues in slamming the recent central agency activities in the state.
“The Union government does not want more jobs to be created. An attempt is being made to establish an ‘Agency Raj’. There is absolutely no development,” the Chief Minister said at an event to hand over appointment letters to various beneficiaries under ‘Utkarsh Bangla’, a skill development scheme of the state government, at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here.
She also launched a scathing attack on the Centre over the disinvestment of government stakes in public sector entities.
“The Union government is selling Railways, SAIL, and CIL. How will new jobs be created? In the midst of this Agency Raj, we are trying to develop industries and create jobs in the state. I am proud that after being trained here, the youth of West Bengal are getting job offers from outside. I request those who are going outside to come back to the state as there will be enough jobs in West Bengal only,” the Chief Minister said.
She also attacked the opposition parties in the state and the media for showing West Bengal in poor light.
“They are always resorting to slander. Had they highlighted the positive works of the state government, both Bengal and its people would have benefited,” Banerjee said.
Ever since the seizure of a large amount of cash by the ED on Saturday, Trinamool Congress leaders have been slamming the recent central agency activities in the state.
When the counting of notes was on Saturday, state minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim had said that the continuous raids and search operations by the central agencies were part of the Centre and BJP’s ploy to show West Bengal in poor light.
“Such excessive central agency actions, in my opinion, is a ploy to send a negative image about West Bengal to potential investors,” Hakim said.
Soon after that, veteran Trinamool leader Lok Sabha MP Saugata Roy said that the ED raids were deliberately meant to deprive Trinamool of any assistance from the business community in the future.
“This is not happening just in case of Trinamool Congress. This happens in any state which is not ruled by the BJP. The idea is to conduct raids and search operations at the premises of businessmen so that they refrain from helping the Trinamool in the future,” Roy had said on Saturday.
Andhra Pradesh owes Rs 17,828 crore power dues to Telangana: KCR
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday claimed that it is Andhra Pradesh that owes Rs 17,828 crore towards electricity dues to Telangana.
On the Centre’s direction to Telangana to pay over Rs 6,000 crore dues to Andhra Pradesh, he demanded the Centre make Andhra Pradesh pay his state the remaining dues.
KCR told the Assembly that the power dues from Telangana were only Rs 3,000 crore but the Centre has asked it to pay another Rs 3,000 crore towards interest. The Centre has also stated that if the dues were not cleared in a month, action would be taken.
He argued that the dues receivable by Telangana distribution companies (discoms) from Andhra Pradesh are over Rs 17,000 crore, and the Centre should ask Andhra Pradesh to pay the remaining dues after adjusting Rs 6,000 crore dues as claimed by it.
The Chief Minister questioned the silence of the Centre over Telangana’s request to order Andhra Pradesh to pay power dues.
The Power Ministry on August 30 directed the power distribution companies (discoms) of Telangana to pay the dues of Rs 6,757 crore to the Andhra Pradesh Generation Corporation (APGenco) within 30 days.
Citing provisions C(2) and (7) of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, the Power Ministry stated that there was no dispute regarding the amount to be paid for the power dues – the principal amount of Rs 3,441.78 crore and late payment surcharge of Rs 3,315.14 crore up to July 31, 2022 – to be paid in addition to the principal amount as per the applicable provisions.
Telangana’s Energy Minister G. Jagadish Reddy has already announced that the state will wage a legal battle against the Centre’s direction.
Terming the Centre’s order as “absurd” and “politically motivated”, Jagadish Reddy said this was an act of vengeance against Telangana. He alleged that the Centre was conspiring to create a situation of power cuts in Telangana.
KCR told the Assembly that per capita power consumption in Telangana is 1,250 units against the national average of 957 units. He said power capita consumption in India is less compared to even smaller countries.
He alleged that the BJP government is misleading the country with wrong statistics about power consumption and that the Centre is working to hand over the electricity sector to big corporates.
KCR also threw the challenge that if the statistics he has given about electricity are proved to be wrong, he would immediately resign.
The Chief Minister said the power situation in Telangana would improve further with the completion of the Yadadri power plant.
Great arrangements of Telangana National Integration Day
The Telangana government is doing a big setting for the Telangana National Integration Day which is going to be held from the 16 to 18 of September 2022 in Hyderabad city.
According to settings checked by the MLSs, several ministers, higher authorities, Celebrations road shows, and CM, public meetings will be happing at NTR Stadium and People’s Plaza on Necklace Road.
For rechecking the arrangements, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar was taken to a meeting at BRKR Bhavan.
Saying the media, Talsani clarified the root map of the cm celebrations in Hyderabad, which starts from the People’s Plaza to NTR Stadium where CM will be meeting via Ambedkar Statue.
To make the celebrations successful way, the chief secretary ordered officials to another meeting. CM of Telangana shall do the national flag praise at the Public Gardens on Sep 17 as the first part of the celebrations and then cm initiation Banjara Bhavan and Adivasi Bhavan at Banjara Hills, the chief secretary said.
A big rally with artists of around 30 different performances like Gond, Lambadi, and Gussadi dancers will be going on from Necklace Road.
Modi ruling similar as British and plunder wealth: Rahul Gandhi
The exciting biggest political task has been launched by Rahul Gandhi against criticism from the remaining party leaders.
To change the opinion of the biggest political party leader our Honorable Prime Mister and activities of the pm in the states of India, Rahul Gandhi congress party leader started the yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir for the 200 days for the coming 2024 elections.
With slogans of the “Nafrat Chodo, Bharat Jodo” and with several party leaders of the other states, Mr. Gandhi saluted the National Flag in the yatra.
Several former Union ministers and former CMs, MPs, PCC chiefs, Congress Chief Ministers, Ashok Gehlot, and Bhupesh Baghel, and functionaries of the AICC, CWC, Youth Congress, Mahila Congress, Seva Dal, and the NSUI were on the stage.
The stage was not taken by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, but He came to the meeting and meet Gandhi with warm wishes.
“From unemployment to high prices of goods in India very high, currency or money going down to weaker, farm bills, Modi failed to create a new job, GST, demonetization, etc..” Gandhi said the in the meeting.
When they overcome the walkway, history is made.
They might go to sleep with yesterday night upset and overcome, and failures, but they shall go wake up with strong hope to fulfill their dreams on next day. The Congress leader’s spirit and level of energy traveling from Telangana to Kanyakumari will contagious.
Rahul Gandhi will be going to start the Bharat Jodo Yatra at the former Cape Comorin with thousands of people. This yatra will between seven to eight months and cover around 3,570 kilometers.
Present Leaders of Karnataka or Madhya Pradesh, and other states of governments also, where the congress party lost, are neglecting their responsibilities for years. So we will go for the yatra and see the situation of the state people and the power of the congress party in the states with millions of the congress supporters to give hope to the congress party.
Shah calls on ministers to give priority to organisation’s work
Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah, during a meeting at the party headquarters here, has exhorted all the ministers to give priority to the work of the organization.
The meeting was convened on Tuesday to discuss the party’s preparations for the Lok Sabha elections to be held in 2024.
According to sources, Shah expressed displeasure over many ministers not spending time in their constituencies as per the schedule set by the party organization.
Shah made it clear to all the ministers that it is their responsibility to complete the work of the organization without compromising their responsibilities as ministers.
Meanwhile, he also praised the ministers who did good work in their constituencies.
Aiming to win the maximum number of ‘lost’ seats, Shah said that in 2019 the party had won 30 percent of the seats, which it had lost in the previous elections, and now this should reach 50 percent in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
The BJP is making special preparations this time on the 144 seats, which it lost in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. These 144 seats in different states include those on which the party candidate stood second or third, or on which the party had won at some point but could not win from there in 2019.
The party ministers will be deployed to these 144 constituencies between October and January 2023.
These ministers will also have to visit their respective Lok Sabha constituencies during the period.
They have been directed to take night rest in the area, have food at local workers’ houses and interact with the grassroots workers.
KCR promises free power to farmers across India
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday predicted that a non-BJP government will definitely come to power at the Centre in the next elections and assured farmers that it will provide free electricity to farmers across the country.
Rao called for sending the BJP home in 2024. He urged people to back the slogan for “BJP-Mukt Bharat” and elect a democratic and secular government.
Addressing a public meeting in Nizamabad after inaugurating an integrated district collectorate complex, he, terming Narendra Modi government anti-farmer, said it was not ready to spend 1.45 lakh crores to provide free electricity to farmers but looted Rs.12 lakh crore in the name of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) and loan waivers to corporates.
Claiming that Telangana is the only state in the country supplying 24 hours of free electricity to farmers, KCR announced when a non-BJP government comes to power, this will be extended to the entire country.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief alleged that Prime Minister Modi is hatching a conspiracy to install water meters on agricultural borewells.
He slammed the Modi government for not buying agricultural produce from the farmers, not ensuring remunerative prices, and conspiring to capture the lands of farmers.
“The BJP at the Centre has been selling everything like airports, ports, banks, and industries. Now there is a conspiracy to grab the lands of farmers,” he said.
The Chief Minister said under BJP’s rule unemployment has increased in the country and the rupee has fallen to a record low. Nothing has been done for Dalits, weaker sections, and women, he added.
He alleged that Modi is only busy toppling the opposition governments in states.
The TRS leader said with the blessings of the people he would be entering national politics. He said a beginning would be made from Nizamabad.
KCR called for a debate on what is happening in the country and for awareness among people. He said the BJP government which was fueling religious madness and hatred must be sent home.
“Should we allow the nation to burn in the flames of religious madness? Do you wish to see water flowing in the canals or the blood? Do you want to see crops or the blood drops,” he asked and urged the Indian farmers to ponder.
Ethic character-building new lesson will be included in the Bengal school syllabus soon: Mamata Banerjee
As Bengal CM said, new the section for “character building” will be included in the Bengal syllabus soon.
Based on the West Bengal government and the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress with the force of corruption situation, a new statement has been announced on this particular subject.
Mamatha declares the statement about the new subject of character building in the syllabus when giving the felicitate to teachers on the occasion of ‘the Teacher’s day” On Monday.
Mamatha asked Bratya Basu who is the State Education minister about the quick process of adding subjects in the function.
The chief minister also made a significant statement on the occasion when she said that a person is not known by the property he or she owns. “How much money one owns is not the only identity of a person. Always remember the money you own today might perish tomorrow. Whether I will remain honest or not will depend on me only. All fingers are not the same. Just as there are good people in society, there are also bad people. So, for some bad people it would be unfair to malign the entire society,” she said.
To recall, since the time Partha Chatterjee and Anubrata Mondal were arrested in connection with teachers’ recruitment and cattle smuggling scams respectively, several Trinamool Congress leaders had been facing public wrath and humiliation. Several top Trinamool Congress leaders, including the chief minister, had been insisting in public meetings that it would be unfair to malign the entire party for the wrongdoings of some.
Speaking at the teachers’ felicitation program, the chief minister also said that at times even good people adopt the wrong path because of ill associations or mental depression.
The ongoing imbroglio over the teachers’ recruitment scam could have been solved much before had there not been constant public interest litigations (PIL) filed in the matter. “These legal hassles are delaying the entire process. I admit there had been some mistakes. But at least we should get a chance to rectify them,” the chief minister said.
According to her, the irregularities in the Trinamool Congress regime are coming to the limelight because of proper documents and papers. “During the previous Left Front regime, they used to destroy all papers and documents,” she alleged.
Ultimate Kho Kho league: Patnaik congratulates Odisha Juggernauts on reaching final
The discussion has been made between the Odisha players, who are in the ongoing Ultimate Kho Kho league, and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
After a good performance is performed by Odisha Juggernautsagaints the Gujarat Giants, on Friday, Odisha team qualified for the Sunday match.
Best wishes from the Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to the team who will be going to perform their talent in the finals.
The qualified team players and coaches are very excited as met with the Chief Minister over video.
They thanked Patnaik for the support that had been extended by him and the Odisha government and said that they will give their best performance and return to Bhubaneswar with the coveted trophy.
Head coach Ashwani Kumar Sharma, co-captain Dipesh Vijay More and player Jagannatha Murmu interacted with the Chief Minister.
Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel to launch 36th National Games’ Anthem and Mascot
The 36th National Games, Gujarat 2022 will be officially launched at the EKA Arena TransStadia here on Sunday evening in the presence of eminent dignitaries from the world of politics and sport.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will grace the mega event along with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur. Over 9,000 distinguished guests from across the state are expected to attend the glittering ceremony.
The curtain-raiser event will witness the unveiling of the Games Anthem and Mascot, as well as a custom-curated website and mobile application, marking the beginning of the biggest sporting extravaganza in the country, the organizers informed in a release on Saturday.
“We are delighted and proud to host the National Games,” Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel said. “We are eagerly waiting for India’s top athletes and officials and are leaving no stone unturned to make this the best Games ever,” he added.
The 36th National Games, whose theme is Celebrating Unity Through Sports, are being held after a gap of seven years and will take place from September 29 to October 12.
As many as six cities in the state — Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, and Bhavnagar — will play hosts. New Delhi will additionally host the track cycling event.
An estimated 7,000 athletes from 28 states and eight Union Territories are expected to take part across 36 disciplines that include most traditional Olympic sports. Indigenous sports like mallakhamb and yogasana will also feature in the National Games for the first time.
The Games were last held in Kerala in 2015.
Stalin to meet Pinarayi today, Siruvani water sharing to be discussed
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will be meeting his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday in Thiruvananthapuram.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is reaching Kerala to participate in the South Indian Chief Ministers’ conference, also being attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The discussions between the two Chief Ministers will be mainly centred around Siruvani and Mullaperiyar water sharing issues.
Located inside deep forests in Palakkad district of Kerala, the Siruvani dam is a major source of drinking water for the people of Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu.
Notably, after the 2019 floods in Kerala, the state waer resources department has been maintaining water levels below the Full Reservoir Level (FRL). The Kerala irrigation department has been maintaining the water level of Siruvani dam at 44 ft since 2019 instead of 49.5 ft which is the water level agreed between Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Lowering of water level by five feet will lead to a shortage of 122.05 mcft (million cubic feet) which is 19 per cent of the storage capacity of the dam.
The Water level in Siruvani dam has gone up following incessant rains in the catchment areas of the dam and on Thursday the water level touched 43.5 ft and Coimbatore receives 101.4 MLD of water from Siruvani. However once the water level touches 44 ft, the water will be discharged.
Sources in the Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department told IANS that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister will take this matter up with his Kerala counterpart and try to convince him of the necessity of maintaining the FRL of Siruvani dam so that drinking water for Coimbatore is not affected.
Mullaperiyar dam issue which is again a contentious one between Kerala and Tamil Nadu will also come for discussion during the meeting between the two Chief Ministers.
Nadda meets previous cricketer Mithali Raj in Hyderabad
BJP public president J.P. Nadda on Saturday approached the previous cricketer Mithali Raj here, in what is viewed as one more endeavor by the saffron party to charm famous people to its crease.
Nadda met the previous skipper of the India ladies’ group at Novotel Hotel at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad.
The gathering occurred not long after Nadda arrived in the city.
He later left for Hanamkonda to address a public gathering to stamp the summit of Praja Sangrama Yatra of BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar.
After the gathering, Nadda tweeted that he had an extraordinary connection with Mithali Raj. He composed that it was lowering to take note of her appreciation about the fillip that the sportspersons are getting under the authority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The BJP president said she hailed the instrumental individual help and direction given by the Prime Minister.
Mithali Raj, one of Indian cricket’s unsurpassed greats, resigned from global cricket in June this year. Brought into the world in Rajasthan, she lives in Hyderabad.
Mithali Raj additionally took to Twitter to say thanks to Nadda for the gathering. “It was an outright delight to have a cooperation with you,” she composed adding that under the direction, backing, and inspiration given by the Prime Minister, sportspersons the nation over have accomplished brilliance for our country.
While the BJP authority was quiet about the reason for the gathering, it came in the midst of the endeavors by the BJP to charm famous people to its crease in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Nadda is probably going to meet Tollywood entertainer Nitin on Saturday night at similar lodging after his return from Hanamkonda.
The gatherings with two big names come close behind association home priest Amit Shah’s gathering with famous entertainer Junior NTR in Hyderabad.
Shah had approached Junior NTR on August 21 subsequent to tending to a public gathering in Munugode Assembly supporters, which fell empty after the renunciation of Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy. The Congress chief joined the BJP at the public gathering.
However BJP pioneers guaranteed that legislative issues were not examined during Shah’s gathering with NTR, its a well-known fact that the saffron party is looking for a few magnetic countenances to charm the electorate and merge its base in the two Telugu states, particularly in Telangana where Assembly decisions are expected one year from now.
Jagan urges Modi to help in early completion of Polavaram project
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assist in finishing the development of the Polavaram with projecting at the earliest.
He additionally encouraged him to endorse the overhauled quotes of Rs 55,548.87 crore as currently supported by the Technical Advisory Committee.
Jagan Mohan Reddy approached the Prime Minister at the last’s home in Delhi and examined a few main points of contention connected with the state including the Polavaram project, repaying asset hole reserves, levelheadedness in the inclusion of recipients under the National Food Security Act, unpaid debts from Telangana Discoms to the state, and Special Category Status.
As per the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) here, Reddy mentioned Modi to repay Rs 2,900 crore which was spent by the state government towards the Polavaram Project, and to clear the bills on a fortnightly premise like in other public undertakings and not part wise.
The Chief Minister likewise mentioned him to give Rs 10,000 crore on an impromptu premise with the goal that the development works of the task can continue without a hitch. He engaged give alleviation and restoration bundles to the uprooted families in a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) way, which guarantees straightforwardness.
He requested that the Prime Minister discharge assets of Rs 32,625 crore under the Resource Gap Fund for different forthcoming bills under the tenth Pay Commission, including federal retirement aide annuities and others during the period 2014-15.
The Chief Minister cleared up for the Prime Minister that because of the absence of legitimization in the choice of qualified people under the National Food Security Act, the state is experiencing serious misfortunes and has previously drawn this matter out into the open, where an enormous number of destitute and it were revealed to merit people.
Reddy said that the state government is giving a proportion to 2.68 crore recipients, of which 61% have a place with country regions and 41 percent are from metropolitan regions. He reminded that according to the law, 75% of individuals in provincial regions and 50 percent of individuals in metropolitan regions ought to get benefits under PDS and said that states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Gujarat, which are monetarily better than Andhra Pradesh, have right around 10% a greater number of recipients than Andhra Pradesh, because of which the state government is giving proportion to the extra 56 lakh qualified recipients bearing an extra weight of Rs 5,527.63 crore.
He said that the NITI Aayog has previously met with the state government authorities and advised the Central government to modify the information in such a manner and reminded the Prime Minister that the allotments to Andhra Pradesh ought to be analyzed.
He cleared up for the Prime Minister that 3 lakh lots of the rice amount designated to the express consistently remains unutilized, and requested that he allow just 77,000 tons, which will be adequate for the dispersion without bringing about any extra weight on the Center.
Examining the commitments given during state bifurcation, Reddy expressed that there was no objectivity in the bifurcation, in view of which the state endured a great deal, and mentioned the Prime Minister to satisfy the commitments given as a parliamentary observer including Special Category Status.
He said that exceptional class status will support the development in the modern area, work creation, awards from the Center, and duty concessions, in this way decreasing the weight on the state.
The Chief Minister additionally let the Prime Minister know that an arrear of Rs 6,756 crore receivable by Andhra Pradesh Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO) from the Telangana government has stayed unsettled for north of eight years and mentioned the Prime Minister to guide the concerned specialists to settle the levy at the earliest so the state power area could be monetarily reinforced.
He likewise asked the Prime Minister to surrender endorsements for setting up one more 12 clinical universities in the state to take special care of 26 areas. As to setting up an Integrated Steel Plant in the YSR locale, he mentioned dispensing iron mines to APMDC for a continuous stockpile of iron metal to work the plant. He said that the distribution of mines is vital for setting up a steel plant, which empowers a steady vehicle of minerals.
Kannur University row: Kerala CPI-M hits back at Governor Khan
The decision Left in Kerala on Saturday hit back at Governor Arif Mohammed Khan who blamed the party for “anomalies” in arrangements at different colleges in the state, saying he was enjoying “modest” legislative issues.
Close helper of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Kannur CPI-M region secretary M.V.Jayarajan said: “Tragically the Governor is playing modest legislative issues like a nearby Sangh Parivar laborer. He waded into the controversy to get a ‘post’ and when he fizzled, he has all the earmarks of acting in a way not befitting his post,” said Jayarajan.
With Jayarajan taking the principal action, it wouldn’t be long when the spat between Khan and the decision CPI-M snowballs into a significant contention and it’s inevitable when Khan will see the going intense.
Since the supposed abnormality in the arrangement of Priya Varghese as the Associate Professor at Kannur University surfaced, Khan has been taking on the college specialists and the decision Left government in the state.
Priya is the spouse of previous CPI-M Rajya Sabha part K.K.Raghesh, who is as of now the confidential secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
A couple of months prior, Khan made restless minutes for the Vijayan government when he would not sign his location in the standard first meeting of the state Assembly. It was shortly subsequent to showing the leave entryway to a top IAS official, did he concur, and from that point forward Khan and the Vijayan government are not having the best of relations.
Coming to the Governor’s protection, state BJP president K.Surendran hammered the CPI-M for running Universities in the state like a “feeder association” of the CPI-M.
“It ought to be perceived that Khan is simply calling attention to the blemishes in the administration of Vijayan. Assuming that anybody figures they will actually want to see the rear of Khan, then, at that point, they are mixed up. ‘PinarayiRaj’ won’t be permitted any longer, as Kerala is important for India and he feels like a ‘ruler’. He can act like in his party. In any case, not somewhere else,” said Surendran.
In the meantime, sources in the loop of things said that Khan, who is as of now out of the station, is normal report an undeniable level board to investigate every one of the parts of arrangements to educating and different posts in the different colleges in the express, that was finished in the beyond a couple of years.
Speaker of the Assembly M.B.Rajesh attempted to make light of the continuous spat between the public authority and lead representative saying that both the Speaker and Governor need to work as indicated by the Constitution.
“Am not remarking on the current issues,” said Rajesh.
T’gana BJP leader arrested for derogatory skit against KCR
Telangana Police on Friday arrested state BJP leader Jitta Balakrishna Reddy for insulting Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao by organizing a skit.
Police arrested him from Ghatkesar toll plaza near Hyderabad in the early hours of the day. A court in the Rangareddy district later granted him bail.
Police said the BJP leader was arrested for indulging in hate speech and inciting hatred and causing provocation for violence through an event organized by the cultural team of the BJP on Telangana Formation Day (June 2).
On a complaint by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) social media convenor Y. Satish Reddy, police booked Balakrishna Reddy, state BJP chief Bandi Sanjay and others under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 114 (abettor present when the offense is committed), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 505(2) (statements causing public mischief, promoting enmity) read with 109.
A case was registered against them at the Hayathnagar Police Station under Rachakonda Police Commissionerate.
The complainant had alleged that the organizers misused the platform to defame the government schemes with false accusations of the CM and the government with an intention to mislead the people and provoke hatred and unrest.
According to police, under the leadership of state BJP president Bandi Sanjay and organizers, Jitta Balakrishna Reddy and Rani Rudrama organized an event in view of Telangana Formation Day and ‘misused the dais for performing a skit (hate act)’ with the help of the BJP cultural team member Boddu Yellanna alias Daruvu Yellanna by insulting a person who is holding a constitutional post being democratically elected by the people of the state. The skit was telecast on a Telugu TV news channel.
A case was registered against Bandi Sanjay, Balakrishna Reddy, Rani Rudramma, Boddu Yellanna, and his team.
On examining the video, police found that the organizers made ‘derogatory comments, personal attacks depicting the chief minister as a boozer, cheater, etc., to lower the image of a person elected by democratic means and holding a constitutional post’.
The police also recovered the ‘chief minister’s face mask’, a liquor bottle, and Flexi of Telangana Formation Day.
Meanwhile, Bandi Sanjay condemned the midnight arrest of Balakrishna Reddy. He alleged that the TRS government was trying to create an atmosphere of fear by resorting to ‘undemocratic means’.