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‘Union Budget 2024-25’ is a budget that takes development to new heights; Finance Minister and the entire team deserve congratulations: Prime Minister

24-Jul-2024 65

New Delhi : Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the 'Union Budget 2024-25' in Parliament today. Reacting to this budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that I congratulate all the countrymen for this important budget that takes the country to new heights of development. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ji and her entire team deserve many congratulations.

This budget is a budget that empowers every section of the society. This is a budget to take the villages, poor and farmers of the country on the path of prosperity. In the last 10 years, 25 crore people have come out of poverty. This neo middle class that has been formed, this budget is a budget of continuation of their empowerment. This is a budget to give countless new opportunities to the youth. This budget will give a new scale to education and skill. This is a budget to give new strength to the middle class. It has come with strong schemes to empower the tribal society, Dalits, backward classes. This budget will help in ensuring the economic participation of women. This budget will provide a new path of progress to small traders, MSMEs, i.e. small industries. The budget also focuses on manufacturing and infrastructure. This will give new impetus to economic development and will also provide continuity to the momentum.

Friends, creating unprecedented opportunities for employment and self-employment has been the hallmark of our government. Today's budget further strengthens it. The country and the world have seen the success of the PLI scheme. Now in this budget, the government has announced the Employment Linked Incentive Scheme. This will create crores of new jobs in the country. Under this scheme, our government will pay the first salary of the youth who get their first job in life. Whether it is help for skill development and higher education or the internship scheme for 1 crore youth, this will enable my young friends from villages and poor people, my sons and daughters, to work in the top companies of the country, new doors of possibilities will open in front of them. For this purpose, the limit of Mudra loan without guarantee has been increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh. This will give impetus to self-employment among small businessmen, especially women, Dalit, backward, tribal families.

This budget has brought a lot of new opportunities for our startups and innovation ecosystem. Be it a fund of Rs 1000 crore to promote space economy or the decision to remove angel tax, many such steps have been taken in this budget. Today, defense exports are at a record level. In this budget, many provisions have been made to make the defense sector self-reliant. Today, the attraction towards India has increased all over the world. And new possibilities have been created in the field of tourism in India. The tourism sector brings many opportunities for the poor and the middle class. In this budget, special emphasis has also been given to the tourism sector.

In the last 10 years, the NDA government has ensured that the poor and the middle class continue to get tax relief. In this budget too, a decision has been taken to reduce income tax and increase standard deduction. The rules of TDS have also been simplified. Every taxpayer is going to get additional savings from these steps. Complete development of the eastern region of India for the development of the country... Our campaign will get new momentum, new energy through the vision of Purvodaya. We will give new impetus to development by building many important infrastructures such as highways, water projects and power projects in eastern India.

Today's budget has brought new opportunities, new energy. It has brought many new jobs and self-employment opportunities. It has brought better growth and bright features. Today's budget will act as a catalyst in the entire process of making India the third largest economic power in the world, it will lay a solid foundation for a developed India. Best wishes to all countrymen.(Agency)

AIIMS ophthalmologist Dr. Titiyal operated.

23-Jul-2024 80

Meenakshi Chaudhary

Journalist.

New Delhi : Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) J.S. Titiyal, the country's renowned senior ophthalmologist and head of the ophthalmology department at All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, today operated on the right eye of senior journalist Dr. Samrendra Pathak.

The eye surgery of Dr. Pathak, the executive President of the SAARC Journalist Forum and the pioneer of the UNI movement, was done in the morning at A.I.I.M.S. with ultra-modern laser technology. Some tests were also done before this today. Modern type of lens has been used in his eye. Surgery of the second eye will be done later.

It is noteworthy that Dr. Titiyal has successfully operated the eyes of many prominent personalities of the country, including Tibetan religious leader Dalai Lama and former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, with laser technology.

Apart from Dr Pathak's close family members, All India Mithila Sangharsh Samiti's International Convenor, Prof. Amrendra Jha and leaders of various journalist organizations were present during the surgery at A.I.I.M.S. L.S.

PM Modi returns to Delhi after completing Russia Austria tour

11-Jul-2024 118

- Warm welcome at the airport

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has returned home on Thursday morning after completing his two-nation foreign tour. During his visit to Russia and Austria, Prime Minister Modi talked to the top leadership of the two countries and also discussed in depth the ways to increase bilateral cooperation.

Prime Minister Modi returned home on 11 July after completing his visit to Russia and Austria. His special plane landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday morning. PM Modi was given a warm welcome on reaching New Delhi from Austria. During this, Prime Minister Modi said that my visit to Austria has been historic and very meaningful. This visit has infused new energy in our friendship. During the visit, PM Modi discussed important matters with the top leadership of both the countries and put forth his point of view while emphasizing the ways to increase bilateral cooperation.

PMO gave information on social media

After PM Modi left Austria last night, the Prime Minister's Office posted on the X platform of social media and said that Prime Minister Modi left for New Delhi after completing a successful visit to Austria. It is worth noting that before Austria, PM Modi was on a visit to Russia. In Russia, PM Modi participated in the 22nd India-Russia summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Here PM Modi was officially honored with the 'Order of St. Andrew the Apostle' award by Putin. Let us tell you here that this is Russia's highest honor. After this, PM Modi went on a visit to Austria, after completing which he has returned home this morning.(Agency)

Md Abdur Rahman Secretary General of SAARC journalist forum held an exchange meeting with Kolkata journalists.

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Kolkata : Yesterday at 9 pm Bangladesh time, an online meeting was organized with prominent journalists of Kolkata on the plan of West Bengal SAARC Journalist Forum.

Kaushik Ghosh, a prominent journalist from Kolkata, moderated the online meeting. Howrah Press Club Senior Journalist Shuvendu Kumar Chatterjee presided over the online meeting. Md. Abdur Rahman, Secretary General of the Central Committee of SAARC Journalist Forum was present as the chief guest.

Also present in the online meeting were, Prashant Biswas, Balai Pramanik, Sameer Mondal, Abhijit Sarkar, Rajeev Mondal, Baijid Mondal, Mohammad Zeelan.

The SJF West Bengal State Committee will be formed in a short time by the journalists of Calcutta.

Within a short period of time, the journalists of Kolkata formed the SJF West Bengal State Committee and discussed various issues of human rights and contemporary journalists in online meetings.

Eight points "Kathmandu (Thimi) Declaration" has been declared by First International Mother Language Journalists Conference

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Kathmandu : Demanding preserving of Mother Language journalism and Journalists First International Mother Language Journalists Conference held in Kathmandu has declared eight points Kathmandu (Thimi) Declaration. Journalists from South Asia region demand to declare birth anniversary of first mother language journalist of Nepal Dharmaditya Dharmacharya as an International Mother Language Journalism Day.

They call on governments and all stakeholders to take initiation to develop, preserve and promote mother language journalists and journalism globally. First International Mother Language Journalists Conference organised by National Forum For Newar Journalist in support with SAARC Journalist Forum and Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Journalists held in June first and second 2024 demanded it to all governments and stakeholders of respective countries.

President of NFNJ Nripendra Lal Shrestha, President of SAARC Journalist Forum Raju Lama from Nepal, General Secretary of SJF Md Abdur Rahman from Bangladesh, SJF India Chapter President Anirudha Sudhanshu, likewise Journalist leader of Bhutan and member of SAARC Journalist Forum Kenley Dema have signed the declaration and demanded all respective governments and stakeholders to take the declaration seriously to be implemented.

First International Mother Language Journalists Conference was inaugurated by Former President of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari and closing session by DPM and Foreign Minister Narayankaji Shrestha. Conference has been concluded in the presence of more than 50 journalists from abroad and 100 journalists from Nepal.

Surendra Bhakta Shrestha President of organizing committee of conference told that declaration will be submitted to head of governments and stakeholders for its implementation.

Sunil Maharjan vice president of NFNJ said that this historical conference of mother language journalism is continuity of previous conferences and it will adopt the legacy of those conferences on mother language journalism held in 2018 and 2022.

Md. Abdur Rahman, Secretary General of SAARC Journalist Forum, is going to Nepal to attend the International Mother Language Journalist Conference-2024.

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International Report : The International Mother Language Journalist Conference-2024 will be held in Nepal's capital Kathmandu for two days on Saturday, June 1 and 2. Secretary General of SAARC Journalist Forum Md. Abdur Rahman and Bangladesh Supreme Court Advocate Sheikh Kamal will participate in the International Mother Language Journalist Conference from Bangladesh.

SAARC Journalists Forum and National Forum for Newar Journalists of Nepal are jointly organizing the International Mother Language Journalist Conference on 1st and 2nd June, 2024 in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

The organizing committee is doing all the preparations for the conference seriously. More than 100 journalists from South Asia will participate in the conference and will discuss extensively the challenges, opportunities and prospects of mother tongue journalism.

Deputy Prime Minister Shrestha was invited as the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the International Mother Language Journalists' Conference and he accepted it. It should be noted that SAARC Journalist Forum has been organizing international conferences on various international issues in South Asian countries. This organization has already organized six international conferences in the last one year.

Election atmosphere heated up in Delhi.

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Dr. Samrendra Pathak

Senior journalist.

New Delhi : The election atmosphere has started heating up with the start of the nomination process for all the seven Lok Sabha seats of the national capital Delhi yesterday. Voting on all these seats will be held on May 25 in the sixth phase of voting.

According to the Election Commission, the total number of voters in Delhi is one crore 52 lakh, 2 thousand 161. This time 2 lakh 34 thousand voters will be able to cast their vote for the first time. There will be 13 thousand 713 polling stations for voting. The largest Lok Sabha in the national capital. The biggest area is West Delhi and the smallest is Chandni Chowk.

BJP has been in control of all the seats in Delhi since the last two elections. However, despite all the efforts of BJP, Aam Aadmi Party has been getting a huge majority in the state assembly elections since the year 2012. Meanwhile, it has controlled the Delhi Municipal Corporation for years. BJP had to face defeat there also.

The special thing in this election is that BJP is contesting the elections on its own, whereas for the first time as a part of the Indian Alliance, AAP is contesting jointly on 4 seats and Congress on 3 seats. Due to this, there will be face to face elections on all the seats this time. Front contest is natural. However, small parties and independent candidates from Delhi also enter the fray on a large scale to register their presence.

This time, BJP has fielded all new faces except Manoj Tiwari, the outgoing MP from North Eastern parliamentary constituency. Where Shri Tiwari is facing fire brand student leader Kanhaiya Kumar of Congress. Both of them are from Bihar. Therefore, it is believed that there will be division of votes in this Purvanchal dominated area.

Similarly, from New Delhi, AAP's Somnath Bharti is against BJP's Bansuri Swaraj, Congress's Udit Raj is against BJP's Yogendra Chandolia from North-West, former Congress MP Jai Prakash Aggarwal is against BJP's Praveen Khandelwal from Chandni Chowk, BJP from South. AAP's Sahi Ram Pehalwan is up against BJP's Ramveer Vidhuri from East Delhi, AAP's Kuldeep Kumar is up against BJP's Harsh Malhotra from East Delhi and AAP's Mahabal Mishra is up against BJP's Kamaljeet from West Delhi.

Yesterday, on the first day of nomination on these seven Lok Sabha seats, 15 candidates filed nominations, in which BJP candidate from North Western Lok Sabha seat Yogendra Chandolia is the leader. Today being Tuesday, there is news of large scale nomination.

Renowned educationist Prof. Yogesh Kumar says that with the start of the nomination process in Delhi, the election atmosphere has started heating up. It is the national capital, hence the people of the entire country keep an eye on it. The air here reaches the villages and people generally express their views. However, there are many states where the issues are different. The people there also vote accordingly.L.S.

Dr. Sandhya Thakkar will contest elections from New Delhi parliamentary constituency.

29-Apr-2024 652

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Meenakshi Chaudhary

Journalist.

New Delhi : Well-known social worker Dr. Sandhya Thakkar will contest elections from the National Republican Party from New Delhi parliamentary constituency. She will file nomination tomorrow. Dr. Sandhya gave this information during a conversation here yesterday. She said that there is severe inflation and unemployment in the country. People are desperate. The problems are increasing continuously.

She said that New Delhi parliamentary constituency is a major area of the country. All the major voters are in this area. The number of government employees is also quite high here. Referring to her five priorities, she said that if she wins the elections, she will provide better education, health, employment, sanitation and security to everyone. Dr. Sandhya said that women's safety is most important. If women are safe then home and society will progress. She will try to protect women's rights at all costs. L.S.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 : Voting on 88 seats increasing election excitement tomorrow.

26-Apr-2024 591

Subir Sen

Senior Journalist

New Delhi : Amidst the gradually increasing election excitement, voting will be held tomorrow on 88 seats in 12 states and union territories in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

In this phase, the fate of 1206 candidates including former Congress President Rahul Gandhi Wayanad, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Kota, Union Minister Rajiv Chandrashekhar Thiruvananthapuram, actress Hema Malini Mathura and headline-grabbing Bahubali Pappu Yadav Purnia is to be decided. In the first phase, 19 Voting was held on 102 seats in April.

Election Commission sources said here today that complete arrangements have been made to conduct free and fair voting on these seats. Strict security arrangements have also been made. Special vigilance is being taken especially in those areas where there is a possibility of disturbances.

In this phase, Shri Gandhi's constituency Wayanad, Shri Birla Kota, actress Hema Mathura and Bahubali Pappu Yadav's constituency Purnia were in the news. The stalwarts of the opposition campaigned vigorously in the areas of these maharathis. The maximum heat was seen in Purnia where Mr. Yadav is contesting as an independent candidate.

During the first phase of election campaign, not only there was silence among the voters, but no special enthusiasm was seen among the candidates, but in the second phase of the campaign, amidst the silence of the voters, the leaders fired verbal shots at each other.

Attacks were made on the election manifesto, minority, Mangalsutra, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, inflation and unemployment. When the opposition made many serious allegations against the ruling BJP, in response the BJP also raised nepotism and dynasticism. Regional parties left no stone unturned to corner BJP. L.S.

It is not easy for NDA to achieve the majority figure: Prof. Singh.

22-Apr-2024 829

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Dr. Samrendra Pathak

Senior journalist.

General Election 2024

New Delhi : Dr. Shashi Shekhar Prasad Singh, a prominent socialist and professor of Delhi University, has said that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will not be able to achieve the majority figure in this Lok Sabha election. Dr. Singh, who was active in the JP movement, made this claim during an interview after the end of voting on 102 seats in the first phase. He said that the huge decline in voting percentage has made it clear that people is no inclination towards elections. He said that this decline, especially in the Hindi belt, indicates that people are very unhappy with the functioning of the government.

Dr. Singh, son of a fierce freedom fighter from Bihar, said that anyway BJP and NDA have nothing in South India. They are nowhere in the North-East except Assam. In the central part i.e. Hindi heartland, they were effective in the years 2014 and 2019. But this time they have tough competition in these areas too. Then I am not able to understand from where they will get the majority figure of 272. This time the slogan of crossing 400 will remain just a slogan.

In response to a question, Dr. Singh said, what happened after the abolition of Article 370 in Kashmir? Now it has become a Union Territory. There is no Legislative Assembly there. The rights of the citizens have been limited. This is an example of prejudice against minorities. Post-majority politics is being done by targeting a particular class. Religion and politics are two different things, but by combining them, the neutral nature of the Constitution is being destroyed.

He said that the construction of Ram temple is no longer an issue. BJP wants to keep it alive under majority appeasement. Today's problem is rising inflation and unemployment. People are troubled by this. The economy has been ruined in this regime. Farmers are marginalized in this agricultural nation. They have been fighting for their rights for a year, but their views have been ignored.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 : There is no issue, no noise, voters are silent.

12-Apr-2024 853

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Dr. Samrendra Pathak

Senior journalist.

New Delhi, April 11, 2024. The first phase of general elections in the country will be completed on April 19 with voting on 102 seats. That is, only a week is left for campaigning for this phase, but no issue has been raised yet. It has been found that there is no election noise. Most of the cities and villages are deserted and the voters are silent.

This is the situation in those areas where votes will be cast in the first phase. The surprising thing is that even in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha, which are famous for intense campaigning, noise and great hustle and bustle, as soon as the election bugle sounds, the campaign of this phase is breathless. Somewhere in these areas, BJP's holding and campaign Vehicles will be available but campaigners from other parties will rarely be found.

The condition of the voters of these areas is almost such that they are not even aware of the elections being held on a particular date. However, the local administration is motivating them to cast their votes. Recently, the Prime Minister in Western Uttar Pradesh tried to create excitement by holding rallies and meetings at some places in Meerut, Ghaziabad and Bihar, but voters remain silent.

Veteran Prof.B.N. Mishra says that this is the first general election that has not yet become a major issue of the election. He also said that this means that the voters have decided to remain silent this time and give a major decision. The silence indicates whether the ruling National Democratic Alliance will cross 400 or get stuck at 40.

Yogesh Kumar, ex-professor of physics at Delhi University, says that the cities and villages in the areas where elections are to be held in the first phase are far away from the election environment. It is as if nothing is happening. He said that in his five hundred kilometers, during his journey he observed an atmosphere of silence.

Prof. Kumar while talking about the elections during his childhood days said that the campaigning was like a festival. We children used to get the election symbol of Congress, a bull and a lamp of Jan Sangh, and we used to put it on both sides of our shirts and go out on the streets to campaign in.

Eighty year old Prof.R.N. Singh says that this situation is not good. He said that we have never seen a silent election in his life. Perhaps this is the first election. People are not able to participate openly. People are scared. There is a feeling of despair among them. This is a direct sign of a big change.

Senior leader Pathak appointed as working president of NCP Bihar State Intellectual Cell.

10-Apr-2024 636

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New Delhi : Senior leader Amrendra Kant Pathak (Hira babu) has been appointed as the working president of the intellectual cell of NCP (Ajit Group)in Bihar State.

National General Secretary of NCP (Ajit Group),K.K. Sharma issued the appointment letter of Mr. Pathak on Monday. Mr. Pathak has earlier contested the assembly elections from Janata Dal Secular Bihar and has been associated with many social organizations.

Mr. Pathak expressed gratitude towards the National President of the Party Ajit Dada Pawar, National Working President Praful Patel, National General Secretary and In-charge K.K Sharma, National General Secretary Brijmohan Shrivastava and State President Rahat Kadri.

On this occasion, he was congratulated by Prabhas Mandal, Bishundev Yadav, Harishchandra jha(Matar Jha), Ranjit Sahu, Kusum Lal Chaupal, Murari Jha, Heera Lal Pradhan, Advocate Ajay Pathak and Pawan Mishra etc.

Formation of new executive of SAARC Journalist Forum.

02-Apr-2024 803

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New Delhi : The new executive of SAARC Journalists Forum (SJF) was formed for the next two years, yesterday. International head of the organization Ramnath Vidrohi gave this information in a release issued, here today. According to the letter issued, Sushil Bharti, editor of the rural edition of Prabhat Khabar Patna, has been appointed as the President, Senior journalist of Delhi,

Arvind Kejriwal Sent To Tihar Jail, before he is shifted to the Tihar Jail meet his wife and two ministers

01-Apr-2024 479

New Delhi : The court has allowed Arvind Kejriwal to meet his wife and two ministers - Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj - before he is shifted to Tihar Jail. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will spend the next two weeks in jail in the liquor policy case after his Enforcement Directorate custody ends today. The probe agency did not seek custody of the AAP leader, after which a local court this morning sent him to jail till April 15. The court has also allowed him to meet his wife Sunita Kejriwal and ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj before he is shifted to the Tihar Jail.

Mr Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 in the alleged liquor policy scam after he skipped nine central agency summons, and has been running his government from the ED lock-up since then. In Delhi's Rouse Avenue court, where Mr Kejriwal was produced this morning before the expiry of his probe agency custody, the ED said he had been "uncooperative" and was giving evasive answers. He did not reveal the passwords of his digital devices, the ED told the court.

In Delhi's Rouse Avenue court, where Mr Kejriwal was produced this morning before the expiry of his probe agency custody, the ED said he had been "uncooperative" and was giving evasive answers. He did not reveal the passwords of his digital devices, the ED told the court. The central agency, which is probing money laundering charges in the alleged liquor policy scam, also said it may need his custody again in the future.

The agency said Mr Kejriwal gave false evidence against other AAP members, and when confronted with the statements of his own party leaders, he called them confused. He also said that Vijay Nair, AAP communications in-charge who has turned an approver, didn't report to him but to Atishi and Mr Bhardwaj, according to the ED.

Mr Kejriwal's lawyer has demanded some medicines and a special diet for him inside the jail in view of his illness. A request has also been made to provide a copy of Ramayan, Mahabharat, and How Prime Ministers Decide (by Neerja Chowdhury) to the jailed Chief Minister.

The Chief Minister has also moved the Delhi High Court against his arrest, arguing that his fundamental rights were violated by the probe agency. The court had issued a notice to the ED, seeking a reply by April 2. The hearing will resume on April 3.

Mr Kejriwal is the third AAP leader after his former deputy Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh to be arrested in the liquor policy case. He has dubbed his arrest a "political conspiracy".

He had also addressed the courtroom during his last hearing and asserted no court had proven him guilty. "The CBI has filed 31,000 pages (of chargesheets) and ED filed 25,000 pages. Even if you read them together... the question remains... why have I been arrested?" he had said. The excise policy was introduced to bring an overhaul to the liquor business in Delhi but was scrapped after Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena ordered a probe into the alleged irregularities in the policy. The ED believes the policy provided a high profit margin and bribe money was allegedly used to fund the AAP's election campaigns. (Agency)

The India Alliance called for ousting the NDA government at the Center from power in the elections.

01-Apr-2024 278

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Usha Pathak/Meenakshi Chaudhary.

New Delhi : Leaders of the India Alliance today called on the people to oust the NDA government at the Center from power in this election. The leaders of the alliance made this call in the "Remove Dictator, Save Democracy" rally organized from the historic Ramlila Maidan here. This rally was addressed by many leaders including Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Sunita Kejriwal, wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, as he is jailed on corruption charges.

Opposition leaders alleged that the central government wants to suppress the voice of the opposition by misusing the investigating agencies. They said that the arrest of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is part of this.

They also alleged that the ruling NDA government at the Center had taken inflation and unemployment to its peak during its 9-year tenure. Government institutions are being handed over to private hands.

In the rally, CM Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal read out the message of CM Kejriwal. AAP leaders also alleged that the workers coming by bus for the grand rally of India Alliance at Ramlila Maidan were dropped near Rajghat from where the crowd of people passed through the traffic to reach the rally venue. LS.

Naveen Patnaik again trapped in triangular contest in Odisha.

28-Mar-2024 350

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Dr. Samrendra Pathak

Senior journalist.

Bhubaneswar : Once again a triangular contest is going to take place in Odisha. The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could not form an alliance in the state and both the parties are now contesting the elections on their own. Congress is clapping separately.

There are 21 Lok Sabha seats and 147 assembly seats in Odisha and Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are scheduled to be held simultaneously in four phases on 13, 20, 25 May and 1 June.

In the elections held in 2014, Biju Janata Dal got about 43 percent votes. Apart from this, Congress got the support of 25.6 percent and BJP got the support of 18 percent voters. In the year 2019, the situation of BJP changed and it became the second largest party in the state after BJD. However, even after this Naveen Patnaik took oath as the CM of the state.

Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik released the first list of 9 candidates for the Lok Sabha and 72 for the state assembly, yesterday. Mr Patnaik himself will contest from Hinjili Assembly constituency.

BJD General Secretary Organization Pranab Prakash Das has been made the candidate from Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat, where he will face Union Minister and BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan. Odisha minister Sudam Marandi will contest from Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat, while former Indian hockey team captain Dilip Tirkey will face former Union minister and outgoing MP Jual Oram from Sundergarh Lok Sabha seat.

Other candidates for the BJD Lok Sabha seat include Lambodar Niyal - Kalahandi, Ansuman Mohanty - Kendrapara, Prajip Kumar Majhi - Navrangpur, Manmath Routray - Bhubaneswar, Kaushalya Hikaka - Koraput and Ranjita Sahu - Aska.

Mr Patnaik himself will contest from Hinjili Assembly constituency in Ganjam district. The 72 candidates announced for the Assembly include 13 new faces and 12 women candidates.

The BJP last Sunday announced the names of its candidates for 18 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, while dropping four sitting MPs from the list. The party has not yet announced candidates for Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituencies.

The party has fielded four women - Aparajita Sarangi - Bhubaneswar, Sangeeta Kumari Dev - Bolangir, Malvika Keshari Dev - Kalahandi and Anita Subhadarshini from Aska.

The sitting MPs who have not been given tickets by BJP this time include Suresh Pujari - Bargarh, Union Minister Bisheshwar Tudu - Mayurbhanj, Nitish Gang Deb - Sambalpur and Basant Panda - Kalahandi.

The party has nominated Pradeep Purohit in place of Mr Pujari, while Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has replaced Nitish Gang Deb in Sambalpur.

Rairangpur MLA Naba Charan Majhi has replaced Bisheshwar Tudu on Mayurbhaj seat. Malvika Keshari Dev has been made the new candidate in place of Basant Kumar Panda for Kalahandi Lok Sabha seat.

The sitting MPs who have been retained include Jual Oram – Sundergarh, Pratap Chandra Sarangi – Balasore, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo – Bolangir and Aparajita Sarangi – Bhubaneswar.

Other BJP candidates include Anant Nayak - Keonjhar, Abhimanyu Sethi - Bhadrak, Rudra Pani - Dhenkanal, Baijayant Panda - Kendrapara, Balbhadra Majhi - Nabarangpur, Bibhu Tarai - Jagatsinghpur, Sambit Patra - Puri, Pradeep Panigrahi - Berhampur and Kaliram Majhi - Koraput.

Congress has released the list of some candidates but the complete list is likely to be revealed soon. However, a triangular contest is certain in the state. LS.

Prof. R.N. Singh will contest from New Delhi Parliamentary Constituency.

28-Mar-2024 295

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M.K.Madhubala

Journalist.

New Delhi : Renowned educationist Prof. (Dr.) R.N. Singh will contest the elections as an independent candidate from New Delhi parliamentary constituency. Dr. Singh gave this information during a conversation, here yesterday. 80 year old Dr. Singh has also started traveling and growing public relations in this area.

Dr. Singh, who has held high positions in many top institutions of the country for a long time, said that at present fear, hunger and unemployment are at their peak. People are troubled and been divided in the name of caste and religion.

Dr. Singh said that this is the time for all people to unite and uproot sectarian forces, otherwise the country will go into trouble. We can strengthen the country only by realizing Gandhi's dreams.

Prof. Singh, who is entering the electoral battle with the desire to vocally raise the problems of the common people in the Parliament, said that at this time everyone needs to unite to save democracy. He is continuously engaged in this effort. LS.

Lok Sabha 2024 : To counter Uddhav Thackeray, BJP's choice is his cousin Raj Thackeray

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Lok Sabha 2024 : The BJP's push to maximise its Lok Sabha seats tally in Maharashtra is likely to resurrect Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) from political oblivion. Determined to blunt the challenge by the Uddhav Thackeray-led party, the BJP has reached out to his estranged cousin.

Raj Thackeray was in Delhi last night and is learnt to have met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to discuss his party's possible entry into the NDA. "I was told to come to Delhi. So I came. Let's see," the MNS chief said on arriving in the national capital.

MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande has said they will share details of the meeting soon. "Whatever decision will be taken will be for the greater good and in the interest of Marathis, Hindutva and the party," he said.

Why Is BJP Wooing MNS

The answer to why the BJP is reaching out to MNS lies in how Maharashtra's political landscape has transformed since the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. In the last general election, the BJP and the Shiv Sena contested the polls together. The alliance decimated rivals and won 41 out of the state's 48 seats. Months later, it clinched another victory in the state polls. But differences over sharing power led to the Sena parting ways with the NDA. The Shiv Sena, then led by Uddhav Thackeray, teamed up with NCP and the Congress to form the government. But more drama was to follow. In 2022, Sena leader Eknath Shinde led a mutiny that toppled the Uddhav Thackeray government. Mr Shinde then joined ranks with BJP to take over. In the legal battle that followed, Uddhav Thackeray lost his party's name and symbol and his camp was named Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).

In a strikingly similar manner, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP split after a rebellion led by his nephew Ajit Pawar. The NCP veteran, too, lost his party's name and symbol and now leads a faction named NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar). So from a straight contest in 2019, the Maharashtra Lok Sabha fight is now a multipronged battle with the BJP, NCP and Shiv Sena on one side and the Congress and the camps led by Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray on the other.

The BJP knows that it is a tricky terrain and it is in no mood to take chances in the politically-significant state that is critical to the BJP's target to win 370 Lok Sabha seats. So to counter the Uddhav Thackeray factor, it has reached out to his cousin Raj.

MNS Eyes Big Return

Founded in 2006 after Raj Thackeray walked out of Shiv Sena over differences with cousin Uddhav, the MNS recorded its best electoral performance in the 2009 state polls when it won 13 seats. In the 2014 elections, however, it emerged as the big loser, winning just one seat. In the 2019 polls, too, its tally remained unchanged.

Over the past decade, Raj Thackeray has struggled to stay in the political limelight with often controversial remarks in the media. When the Shiv Sena split, he went all out against his estranged cousin, holding him responsible for the party's crisis. He has also warmed up to Eknath Shinde, with the two leaders meeting on several occasions.

If the seat-sharing talks with the BJP are finalised, the MNS may get a shot at reviving its political fortunes (ejency)

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