Modis projects that tilted the northeast states towards BJP

NEW DELHI: The stellar performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recent state elections in Tripura Nagaland and Meghalaya is a landmark for a party which had little traction in the region except in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The party never had any significant connect with the masses and was seen as an outsider. What changed the situation? BJP president Amit Shah in his first press conference after the results credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi s Act East policy for the upsurge in fortunes. Modi s Act East policy included a big push for road and railway infrastructure and various steps to boost the regional economy. While most of the infrastructural projects are at various stages of completion Modi s northeast agenda created a rhetoric of inclusiveness that helped bring the masses closer to the BJP. Below are a few important initiatives by the Modi government that may have made the BJP acceptable to the northeast voters: The railways push Before a metre-gauge line started in 2008 Tripura didn t have any railway link with the rest of the country. The Modi government converted it into broad gauge. All over the region the government has converted 900 km of http://kkflipkart.aircus.com/ tracks to broad gauge. It also launched a Rajdhani Express and the Tripura Sundari Express between Agartala and Delhi. In 2016 then railways minister Suresh Prabhu laid the foundation stone for the Rs 2 315 crore 88-km Dhansiri-Kohima railway track connecting Kohima to the national railway network. The government also began railway projects to connect Imphal Aizawl and Shillong. It has introduced more than two dozen new trains in the region. It also signed a deal with Bangladesh to develop a rail link between Tripura and Chittagong which would speed up flow of products especially grains to the region. Roads and highways Modi has branded his policy to build infrastructure in northeast as Transformation by Transportation . Lack of connectivity has been a major roadblock in the economic progress on the region. Modi s promise of connectivity resonates with the masses. More than 3 800 km of national highways with an investment of Rs. 32 000 crore have been sanctioned in the region in the past three years while nearly 1 200 km of roads have been constructed according to the government. In a public announcement in December last year Modi said the centre would invest another Rs. 60 000 crore under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in the northeast and Rs. 30 000 crore under the Bharatmala project over three years. Modi also dedicated to the nation a 271-km two-lane national highway connecting Tura in western Meghalaya to the state capital Shillong last year. Air connectivity The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has allocated Rs 3 400 crore for the upgradation of airports in the North East region. According to the government projects worth Rs 934 crore have already been completed while the rest would be over in the next two or three years. The aviation projects in the northeast include re-carpeting of the runway at Silchar and Lilabari airport and an aviation manpower training institute; development of Rupsi airport; a new integrated airport and an engineering workshop at Agartala; expansion and revamp of existing terminal building and runway at Dimapur; installation of an instrument landing system (ILS) at the Shillong airport; and operationalisation and development of the Tura airport. Other projects and policies Last year Modi dedicated the 60-MW Tuirial hydropower power project which made Mizoram the third power-surplus state in the northeast to Sikkim and Tripura. The project is expected to produce 251 million units of electricity annually. Announced in 1998 by the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government it was the first major central government project to be successfully commissioned in Mizoram. Recently the government decided to fully fund various Central projects being implemented in the northeast instead of the previous practice of sharing 90 per cent of the cost. The Modi government has also made the 1360-km long India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway which is to be completed in 2020 a centerpiece of its Act East policy. Opening the northeast to the ASEAN countries the highway will boost the regional economy. In Budget 2018-19 the government re-classified bamboo from tree to grass which would enable easier cultivation for commercial purposes. Bamboo is central to the rural economy of the northeast. Its classification as tree meant various restrictions on its produce transport and sale.

Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in Andhra Pradesh Government submitted their resignation in the Chief Ministers office on Thursday amid the deteriorating relations between Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and BJP. The ministers who have submitted their resignation are State Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas and State endowment minister Pydikondala Manikyala Rao in N. Chandrababu Naidu s cabinet. The BJP MLAs were given ministerial berths as coalition partner. Earlier Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader P.V.N. Madhav categorically stated Our ministers will resign from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Cabinet . We have decided that our ministers will resign from TDP Cabinet. We will be going to the people and telling them all the things Centre has done for the state. Since independence till date no state has received as many favours as that were given to Andhra Pradesh Madhav told ANI. We consider Andhra as a special state and has provided it with all development that was needed to be done in all factors. Also the moment our minister comes out from the cabinet we will break the news to all he added. Madhav further noted that injustice was not done to the state by Centre but by other things related. This statement came hours after Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu asked the TDP ministers to resign from the Union Cabinet.
ALSO READ TDP-BJP coalition: Andhra CM says I never break mitra dharma Special status: Andhra CM questions BJP s silence Andhra CM warns BJP to not play with Telugu people BJP Congress responsible for injustice with Andhra: TDP AP CM congratulates BJP for winning Gujarat Himachal polls span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in Andhra Pradesh have announced their resignation from state cabinet moments after Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu asked Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ministers to resign from the Union Cabinet.Soon after Naidu s press conference BJP MLA Akula Satyanarayana spoke to media and announced that the two BJP ministers in the state cabinet namely Kamineni Srinivas and Paidikondala Manikyala Rao will resign on Thursday morning. He said both Srinivas and Manikyala Rao would not attend the cabinet meeting to be held on Thursday morning.Meanwhile BJP leader Krishna Sagar Rao on Wednesday called Naidu s announcement a political opportunism . BJP believes what has happened tonight is a classic case of political opportunism and a case of compulsive politics Rao told ANI.He also called Naidu s statement that the central government was not standing up to support Andhra Pradesh a blatant lie .Earlier on Wednesday night Naidu directed two Telugu Desam Party ministers to resign from Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led cabinet amid the growing strain in ties between his party and the Bharatiya Janata Party over alleged neglect of the state in the Union Budget.Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Y. S. Chowdary are the two ministers who have been asked to resign from their respective offices. This is our right. The Centre is not fulfilling the promises it made said Naidu who has been urging the Centre to give special category status to Andhra Pradesh.Naidu s reaction came after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said no to chief minister s demand earlier in the day.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
19:29 (IST) Unfair to say Centre did nothing for Andhra Pradesh: TDP MPs YS Choudhary said that the issue of special category status was very emotive for Andhra Pradesh but the Centre did not address it and added that even the special package was not adequate. Choudhary however said that it would be unfair to say that the Centre did nothing for the state.
Hours after a BJP office in Tamil Nadu was attacked party National Secretary H. Raja on Wednesday expressed regret for his Facebook post that said statues of rationalist movement founder E.V.Ramasamy or Periyar would be razed to the ground in the state. Early on Wednesday a petrol bomb was hurled at a BJP office around 500 km from here in Coimbatore by unidentified persons. Later in a fresh Facebook post on Wednesday Raja expressed his heartfelt regret for his Tuesday s post which he claimed was a message posted by his social media administrator without his permission and hence he had removed it. Raja expressed regret if his post had hurt anybody s feelings. According to him damaging the statues of Ramasamy is not agreeable. The message that was posted and later removed said: Who is Lenin? What is the connection between him (Lenin) and India? What connection between communism and India? Lenin s statue was broken down in Tripura. Today it is Lenin s statue in Tripura and tomorrow it will be the statue of caste fanatic E.V.Ramasamy. Late on Tuesday two persons were arrested in Thirupattur in Vellore district for vandalising Ramasamy s statue. The attackers at the BJP s office in Coimbatore had come in a three wheeler and had thrown the petrol bomb inside the office. Police are investigating the case.
The Big Story: Statutory warningsAfter a number of statues were vandalised this week starting with Lenin in Tripura where the Bharatiya Janata Party just scored a big electoral victory the Central leadership was firm in its response. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the statue toppling spree warning of stern action . Party president Amit Shah also said he had spoken to the state units in Tamil Nadu and Tripura and that any person associated with the BJP involved in destroying statues would face severe action . Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh called the Tripura governor and senior police officials asking them to maintain order till the new government was sworn in. As more statues were defaced in Tripura the Centre asked states to investigate attacks. The vandalisation had travelled from Tripura to Tamil Nadu and then to West Bengal where a bust of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee was blackened in alleged retaliation by Left supporters. So it was commendable that the top leadership stepped in made strong statements and took measures to keep the trouble from spreading. It appears however that the party has not lost its old habit of speaking in mixed voices. Earlier BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav had tweeted appreciatively about the statue toppling in Tripura though he later deleted the tweet. Tripura governor Tathagata Roy who seems to make no secret of his saffron loyalties continues to cheer on the statue toppling. Tamil Nadu BJP leader H Raja s Facebook post seemed to incite the vandalisation of Periyar statues in the state though he also took it down later. In spite of the stern warnings of the prime minister and party president no action will be taken against him. But the BJP has a history of double speak. After the Dadri lynching of 2015 for instance when a man was murdered for allegedly eating beef the party s top leadership had kept silent for months. While one leader at the Centre condemned it another tried to call the brutal crime a misunderstanding or an accident . All the time BJP state-level leaders and workers spewed hate and cheered on the guilty. It had taken quite a while for the prime minister to speak then. Indeed the party top brass s prompt and unequivocal response now is in striking contrast to its reticence on lynchings and attacks by cow vigilantes where human lives were at stake. Modi took more than a week to break his silence on Dadri and even then it was an oblique reference at a political rally rather than a direct condemnation. On cow vigilantes he first said 80% were fake implying that some were genuine and legitimate. It was almost two years after the Dadri lynching that he said killing in the name of the cow was unacceptable. It has been argued that the BJP moved swiftly now to protect its own interests. In Tripura where it had claimed victory over the politics of violence statue toppling did not sit well. In Tamil Nadu where the party is trying to expand its base and reach out to backward communities attacks on Periyar considered founder of the Dravidian Self-Respect Movement could only damage the BJP s image. Political parties will of course act to protect their interests. But an elected government which is responsible for the security of all citizens not merely those who vote for it should perhaps be less selective. As it asks affected states to investigate vandalisations could the Centre also ask others to speed up justice in the lynching cases?The Big ScrollRohan venkataramakrishnan asks whether a toppled statue and warnings to the Supreme Court make acche din.Ipsita Chakravarty reminds that statue toppling is not a democratic sport.Vinita Govinfarajan explains the BJP s animosity towards Periyar and his statues.Punditry1. In the Indian Express Christophe Jaffrelot writes that Karnataka offers an alternative trajectory based on growth and the closing of social religious gaps.2. In the Hindu Gopalkrishna Gandhi warns against Operation Dhakka .3. In the Economic Times TK Arun writes on the lessons these North East elections hold for political parties.GigglesLenin 2.0. # cartoon @timesofindia ##Lenin #TripuraViolence pic.twitter.com/QlXimbAZQD Sandeep Adhwaryu (@CartoonistSan) March 7 2018 Don t miss...Sahana Ghosh writes on the alarming levels of pangolin poaching in India and the urgent need to study the species:Dubbing the number of pangolins illegally traded in India as alarming experts say the estimated total of 5 772 animals is likely to be an underestimate as only a fraction of illegal wildlife trade is detected and the actual number is likely to be far higher.Pangolins commonly referred to as scaly anteaters are reported to be among the most trafficked wildlife species globally the report emphasises. The mammals are mostly poached for their meat and scales.
ALSO READ TN minister condemns BJP leader s Periyar remarks BJP s Raja invites ire of TN parties for social media post TN incubation ground of terror activities: BJP Kamal s political entry will not http://kkflipkart.blogue.fr/ impact us: Panneeerselvam TN BJP sacks functionary for vandalising Periyar statue span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu president Tamilisai Soundararajan expelled R Muthuraman party functionary on Wednesday.Muthuraman was arrested for vandalising the statue of social reformer Periyar (EV Ramasamy) at Thirupathur in Vellore district. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also strongly disapproved incidents of vandalism reported from several parts of the country.Meanwhile Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working President MK Stalin also demanded the arrest of H Raja following his now deleted controversial post on Facebook in which the latter had written that the statue of Periyar would be razed just like Vladimir Lenin s statue in Tripura.The post read Who is Lenin and what is the connection between Lenin and India? What connection has India with Communists? Lenin s statue has been removed in Tripura. Today it is Lenin s statue in Tripura tomorrow it will be the statue of caste fanatic EVR Ramasamy. Raja however apologised for the same by saying that the post was done by one of the administrators of his page without his permission.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Prime Minister speaks to TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu

Just a few months before the Lok Sabha election 2004 the BJP had held its national executive in Hyderabad to chart out the future course of action. Chandrababu Naidu was then the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He was at the peak of his popularity as a cyber CM and a certain flamboyance that literally intimidated friends and foes alike. His shadow loomed large even on the BJP s national executive and Naidu was in the habit of making good use of any opportunity for public relations. Knowing fully well that the national media would be in attendance in Hyderabad to cover the BJP event Naidu sent a message that he would come to address the media. Needless to point out Naidu hogged the limelight at the expense of the BJP executive much to the chagrin of party strategists. File image of Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Prime Minister Narendera Modi. PTI This awe for Naidu and his flamboyance was the touchstone of the coalition between the two parties. Ever since Naidu joined the NDA in 1998 he had a unique leverage with the BJP leadership particularly with prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and home minister LK Advani. Both of them were quite indulgent towards him with the belief that BJP was constricted by its ideological limitation to go across the Vindhyas and make inroads in southern India. http://aquaticdynasty22.spruz.com/profile/kkflipkart/ Moreover the BJP once had a president in M Venkaiah Naidu who was overawed by Naidu. Chandrababu Naidu used the BJP s perceived vulnerability to the hilt and always exploited the situation to his advantage. Remember the manner in which Chandrababu arm-twisted Venkaiah Naidu to grant the maximum share of food grains to Andhra Pradesh even at the expense of other states. Similarly in the corridors of power his method of extracting the maximum from the NDA coalition government was the stuff of legend. Back then Narendra Modi was not a big leader as he had just taken over as the chief minister of Gujarat in 2001 and his image was sullied in some quarters by the post-Godhra riots. But Modi had keenly watched the manner in which Naidu had often been coercing the BJP leadership to fall in line in the name of the coalition even if it caused damage to the organic growth of BJP in the state. Since Modi was not in a leadership role he did not come in the way of the party leadership s self-limiting perception of state politics. In playing the brinkmanship game once again now Chandrababu might run the risk of mistaking the Modi-Amit Shah combine for the Vajpayee-Advani duo. Things have changed drastically. Unlike Vajpayee and Advani who were quite convinced of the party s inability to grow in the south and had sought an alliance with regional groups Modi and Shah outright reject any idea of such an affliction for the BJP. On the contrary they believe in encouraging an organic and robust growth of the party which must not be encumbered by the coalition partners in certain states. This is the precise the reason why Shiv Sena the oldest ally of the BJP has been facing trouble in Maharashtra. The Modi-Shah leadership is wary of the fact that the bad deeds of the alliance partners often hamper the growth of the BJP as it happened in Punjab. The party leadership has evolved a strategy not to be hampered by alliance partners incapacities. The Modi-Shah definition of coalition dharma is distinctly different from the good old days of the Vajpayee-Advani era. At the same time memories have also been playing a critical role in defining the contours of the new NDA coalition. Chandrababu is seen to be in the habit of running after minority votes as the election draws near. Even when the NDA lost elections in 2004 and he was routed in Andhra Chandrababu blamed his alliance with the BJP for his defeat. However the reality was starkly different. He lost it because of his sheer flamboyance that convinced him of his electoral infallibility under the image of a suave and cyber-savvy chief minister. His party the TDP badly lost in rural Andhra Pradesh while YS Rajasekhara Reddy of the Congress had emerged as the new hero who subdued Naidu for a major part of a decade till his death in a chopper crash in 2009. Apparently Naidu s posturing comes from his own political insecurities. Given the all-around decimation of regional parties across the country he fears that a resurgent BJP may relegate him to an extreme background position which does not align with his usual political flamboyance of the past. And if he loses the election he would run the risk of being a relic and be replaced by a new genre of politicians in Andhra Pradesh. The Modi-Shah duo may just have called his bluff this time. Their steadfast refusal to bend to his demands seems to show they have a plan for Andhra without Naidu.
.story-content span .story-content p .story-content div color:#000!important;font-family: open sans Arial!important;font-size:15px!important span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday tried to break the stalemate over the special status tussle between the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government by speaking to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu over phone. The government failed to placate its upset ally Telegu Desam Party (TDP) as two TDP ministers Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Minister of State for Science and Technology Y S Chowdary submitted their resignations on Thursday morning over Centre s refusal to grant Special Category Status to the state. The two TDP ministers are set to meet Modi at 6 pm today. #Delhi: Aviation Minister & TDP MP AG Raju arrives at YS Chowdary s residence. Both the TDP ministers will meet PM Modi at 6 PM. pic.twitter.com/GqmpXLQeC3 ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 After N Chandrababu Naidu asked TDP ministers to resign from the Union Cabinet two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in the state Cabinet State Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas and State Endowment Minister Pydikondala Manikyala Rao also submitted their resignations. This is the first step. We will go ahead with other actions later Naidu said. You are holding the hand of the North Eastern states but not Andhra Pradesh s. You are giving industrial incentives to them not to Andhra Pradesh. Why this discrimination? TDP was an ally of the BJP during the NDA-I years from 1998 to 2004 and then again from 2014 onwards. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday promised that funding equivalent to special-category status would be provided to Andhra Pradesh. He said granting the status to any state except for Northeast and three hilly provinces would not be constitutionally possible after the implementation of the 14th Finance Commission. For special category status the Centre gives 90 per cent of the funds required in a centrally sponsored scheme (CSS) as against 60 per cent in case of normal category states. The remaining is provided by the state government. The Centre committed to provide 90 per cent of the funds through external agencies like World Bank the Naidu government wanted the funds to come through National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (Nabard). Here are the top 10 developments around Chandrababu Naidu pulling the TDP out of the NDA: 1) Classic case of opportunistic politics: BJP considers it as a classic case of opportunistic politics by Chandrababu Naidu. It s also politics of convenience Telangana BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao said. In 2018 one year before the elections again he (Naidu) withdraws conveniently. The very reason for his withdrawal is to ensure that the BJP does not grow by itself and acquire equity politically in Andhra Pradesh Rao told PTI. On what the BJP s approach should now be vis-a-vis TDP he appeared to indicate that the Naidu-led outfit would snap ties with the NDA. We also look at this event (TDP s decision to quit the NDA government) which happened yesterday as an opportunity for the BJP to rise in Andhra Pradesh by itself Rao said. We look at it as a silver lining and as a historic opportunity to disconnect from the TDP and give the BJP a clear and open chance to grow itself (in Andhra Pradesh) and to get the kind of mandate which people across the country have given to BJP state after state. He alleged that the issue of special category status (SCS) is being used to mislead the people. 2) Rajya Sabha adjourned: Rajya Sabha proceedings were washed out for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday amid uproar by opposition members and those from the NDA ally TDP over special category status. Several members raised slogans forcing Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to adjourn the House till 2 pm. 3) Chandrababu Naidu alleges discrimination by Centre: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said that Jaitley s statement on Wednesday that his state could not be granted a special-category status was not good news agency ANI reported. You are holding hand of the North Eastern states but not Andhra Pradesh s. You are giving industrial incentives to them not to Andhra Pradesh. Why this discrimination? Naidu said in the state Assembly. What Arun Jaitley spoke yesterday is not good. You are holding hand of the North Eastern states but not Andhra Pradesh s. You are giving industrial incentives to them not to Andhra Pradesh. Why this discrimination?: #AndhraPradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu in state assembly pic.twitter.com/1RtJsx7sRt ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 TDP MP YS Chowdary and Ashok Gajapathi Raju will give a statement in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha respectively according to news agency ANI. Commenting on the BJP-TDP split YS Chowdary said it was not a good move but unfortunately due to unavoidable circumstances he and Gajapathi Raju were stepping down as ministers. Our President said that we will continue to be a partner of NDA. We are most likely to meet PM also he added. It is not a good move but unfortunately due to unavoidable circumstances we re stepping down as ministers. Our President said that we will continue to be a partner of NDA. We are most likely to meet PM also: YS Chowdary Union Minister TDP pic.twitter.com/wg1YUkEGB0 ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 4) Two BJP ministers in Andhra government submit resignation: Amid deteriorating ties between TDP and BJP two BJP ministers in the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet submitted their resignations at the Chief Minister s office on Thursday. The ministers who have submitted their resignation from Chandrababu Naidu s Cabinet are State Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas and State Endowment Minister Pydikondala Manikyala Rao. The BJP MLAs were given ministerial berths as coalition partner. Two #BJP ministers in AP govt. submit resignation Read @ANI story | https://t.co/cDMafCAOkS pic.twitter.com/oPrfz3Upto ANI Digital (@ani_digital) March 8 2018 Earlier BJP leader P V N Madhav had told news agencies Our ministers will resign from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Cabinet. Madhav had said We have decided that our ministers will resign from TDP Cabinet. We will be going to the people and telling them all the things Centre has done for the state. Since independence till date no state has received as many favours as those that were given to Andhra Pradesh. 5) TDP MPs protest outside Parliament: Continuing with their demands for their state TDP MPs on Thursday protested inside the Parliament premises for granting special-category status to Andhra Pradesh news agency ANI reported. Delhi: TDP MPs protest inside Parliament premises over special category status to Andhra Pradesh pic.twitter.com/tKNTOyPq9f ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 TDP MP Ram Mohan Naidu told news agency ANI: It s the decision we took after Arun Jaitley s statement . Naidu said that when the TDP was asking for its right it could not be rejected. Alliance is still under negotiation. We don t want to make it a political fight between TDP and BJP but a fight for the state he added. The TDP was not alone though. YSR Congress MPs also protested outside Parliament on Thursday for granting special-category status to Andhra Pradesh according to news agency ANI. Delhi: YSR Congress MPs protest outside Parliament over special category status to #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/GqZE9wVeP2 ANI (@ANI) March 8 2018 6) Two TDP ministers resign from Modi Cabinet: Our ministers in the central Cabinet have resigned N Chandrababu Naidu said on Thursday in the state Assembly. The two TDP ministers in the Modi government on Wednesday night were instructed to resign from the Union Cabinet on Thursday by Chandrababu Naidu. The TDP ministers concerned are Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Minister of State for Science and Technology Y S Chowdary. According to sources while Naidu consulted with his party legislators in Amaravati Civil Aviation Minister Raju attended the Wednesday meeting of the Union Cabinet. According to news agencies nearly all TDP legislators and Members of Parliament (MPs) urged Naidu to walk out of the NDA. ALSO READ: 2 TDP ministers to resign from Union Cabinet today: Andhra CM Naidu On Wednesday Naidu had said that Jaitley s announcement was the last straw for him. Following mounting pressure from the Opposition the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister had repeatedly insisted on a special category status for his state. Naidu added that Jaitley s statement was nothing but insulting to the TDP. The TDP supremo and chief minister added that as a courtesy he had tried to speak to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the phone to inform him about the decision to pull out of the NDA government. It is my responsibility as a coalition partner to inform the prime minister about our party s decision. My OSD spoke to his OSD but the prime minister did not come on line he said. Naidu said Jaitley s comments suggested that Andhra Pradesh was asking for too much. He also slammed the finance minister for saying sentiments will not decide the quantum of funds . He said that he made 29 trips to Delhi met with Prime Minister Modi and other ministers and tried to do his best to do justice to his state. I am not angry with anybody he added. Naidu hoped that at least now the Centre would respect the sentiment of Andhra Pradesh s people. 7) Jaitley rejects demand for special-category status: On Wednesday ahead of the TDP-BJP split Finance Minister Arun Jaitley promised Andhra Pradesh funds equivalent to what a special-category state would receive. At a press conference Jaitley said that his government and the Centre were committed to meeting all the promises made to Andhra at the time of the creation of Telangana which was carved out of Andhra four years ago. However he rejected Naidu s demand for special-category status for the state. After the implementation of the 14th Finance Commission recommendation giving special category status as demanded by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to any state apart from those in the Northeast and three hilly provinces was not constitutionally possible Jaitley said. ALSO READ: Can t give Andhra Pradesh special status says Jaitley; top 10 developments Jaitley said: Political issues cannot increase the quantum of money because the Centre has no free-floating funds. Every state in India has the right to the central fund in the same manner. Sentiment does not decide quantum of funds it is the constitutional award of the Finance Commission which decides on the quantum of funds that a state gets. In Andhra Pradesh Jaitley said that the Centre had committed 90 per cent of the funds for centrally sponsored schemes. This according to Jaitley was equivalent to the treatment for special-category states. This he said had been done through other means like external agencies including the World Bank. Jaitley said that the state government however wanted funds to be routed through the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. He had added that the Centre was agreeable to that provided that a mechanism was worked out. 8) More actions may be taken by TDP: At present it is not clear whether the TDP will continue to provide outside support to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre. On Wednesday Naidu had said that while the TDP had pulled out of the NDA party-to-party (TDP-BJP ties) issue would be decided on at a later time. According to news agencies this was a hint that the alliance might continue in the future. However while Naidu announced in Amaravati that the two TDP ministers would resign from the Union Cabinet he also said: This is the first step. We will go ahead with other actions later. ALSO READ: Special package for Andhra: Chandrababu Naidu s game plan a repeat of 2004 9) BJP says it went out of its way for Andhra: The BJP has rejected Chandrababu Naidu s charge that the Centre has neglected Andhra Pradesh. The party said that the Centre had not only fulfilled all its obligations but also gone out of its way to help the state. BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said that the Modi government had worked to ensure that Andhra Pradesh received full resources in the infrastructure and industrial sectors after the bifurcation of the state. Political parties in Andhra Pradesh had been raking up the demand for a special category status for the state without acknowledging that the Centre had offered the state all the benefits without giving this tag which had become redundant after the 14th Finance Commission report Rao said. He added that a special category status had ceased to exist. ALSO READ: Ready to bring no-trust motion against Centre to get justice for AP: Naidu 10) Congress says TDP move too little too late : On Wednesday the Congress said that the TDP s decision to pull out of the NDA government at the Centre was too little too late . The party added that TDP had done nothing to protect Andhra Pradesh s interests in the past four years. This is too little and too late. The TDP has been an ally of the BJP for four years now and has done nothing to protect the interests of Andhra Pradesh senior Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh and former Union minister M M Pallam Raju said. ALSO READ: Budget 2018: BJP ally Chandrababu Naidu unhappy over raw deal to Andhra Earlier this week on Tuesday Congress President Rahul Gandhi batted for a special-category status for Andhra Pradesh. The Congress President announced this after he joined a protest at Jantar Mantar demanding a special status for the state. MPs of the TDP and the Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) had staged the protest. Gandhi told the TDP and YSRCP MPs that the Congress party was in favour of granting a special status to Andhra Pradesh. He added that if the Congress came to power in 2019 it would ensure the same. This afternoon I joined the protests at Jantar Mantar demanding Special Status for Andhra Pradesh. It is my belief that if the opposition stands united on this issue we can force the BJP Govt to do justice to the people of Andhra.#INCStandsWithAndhra pic.twitter.com/sbNqHcEeTW Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) March 6 2018 Later he tweeted that the united Opposition could force the BJP-led Union government to do justice to the people of Andhra Pradesh. .
HYDERABAD: Three and a half years of bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh the two Telugu CMs are at different political crossroads. While Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is firmly ensconced in his throne and pitching for a kingmaker s role at the Centre post-2019 elections his counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu is fighting for survival. Six months ago the two CMs appeared to be in the same boat. Occasionally sparring on water sharing issues they were both busy and in control of their state governments and things appeared hunky dory for both of them in the run-up to the next elections. But the last few weeks saw Naidu and KCR take different political paths one downhill and the other uphill. In KCR s case he appears confident that the TRS will come back to power in 2019 on its own. Smug in that belief he surprised one and all two weeks ago by announcing that he will float a federal front minus the BJP and the Congress. And within hours he was in touch with other leaders like Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and the like. Now he is slated to hop across the country and meet various leaders in his bid to open up a new political front. In contrast Naidu s house has been witnessing a stormy battle. Upstaged by YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy on the Special Category Status (SCS) issue for the last few weeks he has been forced to up the ante with his ally BJP which has now culminated in a cul-de-sac for him with the resignation of two TDP ministers at the Centre and that of an equal number of the BJP from the state cabinet. Naidu now has to deal with issues on several fronts like negotiating Jagan and the BJP politically and ensuring that he has the confidence of the electorate in order to be re-elected to power. And on both these fronts he is abit shaky. While one chief minister is looking at sunny days ahead the other has to brace for trying times and aim to weather them through.
The erstwhile Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government did not do justice to Andhra Pradesh while bifurcating the state in 2014 but the current central government is not even fulfilling the promises made by the Congress Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu told CR Sukumar in an interview. Naidu whose Telugu Desam Party is part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance said the Centre should accord Andhra Pradesh special category status and attendant benefits as it is doing in the case of some other states. Edited excerpts: You came to power amid a lot of hopes and expectations of people of Andhra Pradesh. How do you assess your progress? The state bifurcation was not done scientifically. Andhra Pradesh is left without a capital city educational and healthcare institutions industries and income resources. It was not just injustice but Andhra people were also insulted. People punished the Congress for that. With all my experience as chief minister of combined Andhra Pradesh for nine years and as Opposition leader for 10 years I have started the journey of rebuilding the state. There were promises made under the bifurcation Act by the then United Progressive Alliance government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the poll campaign at Tirupati and other places in 2014 gave hope on many issues including support for a world-class capital city for Andhra. Congress did injustice and we hoped BJP as our alliance partner would do justice. I have visited New Delhi 29 times in the past three and a half years asking that promises made under bifurcation Act and assurances made in Parliament be fulfilled. What is the progress in fulfilling these promises? They didn t give special category status. The nominal industrial incentives that they gave to Andhra and Telangana are unattractive. The division of institutions and assets under Schedule IX and X has not been completed yet. The deficit finance is not given. Why is the Centre not acceding to Andhra Pradesh s requests? I am unable to understand. They should answer. I supported them in all their major reform initiatives in the spirit of cooperative federalism. I supported initiatives like demonetisation and GST (goods and services tax). I was even the convenor for digital economy and submitted recommendations. I am not seeking any favours. Whatever was promised under the AP State Reorganisation Act are the legitimate rights of people of Andhra. People of Andhra were not happy even with those promises made under the bifurcation Act in 2014 and assurances by the Congress and punished it. The current government is not implementing even those promises. What are the options that you are now considering? I will continue to fight for the legitimate rights of people of Andhra. Secondly I may have to take political decisions also accordingly. I will have to arouse people of Andhra to work hard further. Otherwise we will suffer badly. The two leading national parties at the Centre Congress and BJP shouldn t have handled the issues of states like this. They should have been more responsible and sensitive in the interest of the nation. BJP may be thinking that they will not lose anything in Andhra. Elections are held every five years and parties in the government keep changing. You cannot discriminate against districts or states that didn t vote for you. We should think in terms of national interest. Why did you make a U-turn on the special category status by accepting a special package? There was no U-turn. It was a mistake committed by the government of India. They told me that they are not giving special category status to any state. They offered to give us special assistance similar to special category status. Now they are extending the special category status to some states. We are asking them to extend it to us also and not to discriminate. What they are doing is not correct. Why should people of Andhra be deprived of special category status? Give us also the benefits and the status of special category. What is your appeal to BJP now? As a politician who has seen ups and downs of various political parties in this country over the past four decades I appeal to both the BJP and Congress not to offend the sentiments of people of Andhra and deprive them in the interest of the nation. I am appealing to both of them to correct themselves and their mistakes.
HYDERABAD: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will address a mega public meeting at Khammam next month. The party chief has decided to dedicate at least one or two days in a week to review the party activities in Telangana mainly to strengthen the party and restore the past glory to the party in Telangana. Naidu assured the party leaders during his two day meetings with Telangana TDP leaders held on February 28 and March 1. TDP in Telangana lost its sheen for quite some time especially after many party leaders and MLAs left the party and joined either Telangana Rashtra Samithi or Congress. Naidu also didn t tour Telangana for the past two years especially after the cash for vote scam. In the recent past TDP has taken up programmes such as Palle Palle Ku Telugu Desam and even taken up agitational programmes on various issues. But they could not stop migration of cadre from TDP to other political parties. Now with the Lok Sabha elections due either by the end of this year or in the first quarter of 2019 the Telangana TDP boss has decided to strengthen the party and revive its glory. Chandrababu Naidu who is camping in Hyderabad for the past two days held meeting with the party politburo and central committee on Thursday. He directed the party leaders to strengthen the party from the grass root level. Naidu on Wednesday addressed the party general body and dismissed reports that his party will be merged either with the TRS or any other party in Telangana. He made these remarks in the wake of TDP leader Mothkupalli Narsimhulu making such a suggestion. Interestingly Narsimhulu did not come to the party leaders meet. Our party president has directed us to continue the party programme palle palleku TDP to reach out to people in all the villages till March 29. He also asked us to fill up party district presidents in Sanga Reddy Nizamabad Karimnagar Sircilla and Peddapally districts which are lying vacant for the past few months Telangana TDP president L Ramana told TOI. Since the party still has cadre in almost all the Assembly constituencies in Telangana both local and state party leaders will frequently interact with them Ramana said.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: March 2 2018 5:07 pm Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu. (Express Photo by Nirmal Harindran/File) Related News TDP pulls out ministers from Centre but softens stance to keep lines openIn Fact: Challenges of special status and problems in implementing itTDP walks out of Govt: Why fallout poses a challenge to BJP s numbers count for 2019Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday reiterated his demand for a special category status underlining that the state will only be financially stable if all assurances given in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 were fulfilled and implemented. Even after 4 years of bifurcation AP is suffering. Congress faced the wrath of people as they did injustice now people are thinking if BJP will follow the same course. We accepted special assistance as the Centre said there are problems with Special Category Status Naidu was quoted as saying by ANI. He was addressing the TDP Parliamentary Board meeting. The Centre is giving Special Category Status to other states. How? In such a case we too need SCS. YSRCP is speaking of SCS but leaving rest 18 points. SCS alone is not enough all points in the act must be implemented. Only then AP will be financially stable he said while maintaining that the state was given a raw deal and it is encountering problems. In September last year Naidu had accepted the special package announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. For the first time Naidu however directly raised the special status issue last week saying that the special category status is the state s right and that they will continue to fight for it. He further said that in the last three-and-a-half years Andhra Pradesh achieved a lot of growth but it would have done much better had all the promises made in Parliament were fulfilled. ALSO READ | Broken promise funds crunch: Why Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu is angry The ruling TDP has been forced to take a tough stand on the special category status issue after the Opposition YSRCP has stepped up its campaign. Since the Union Budget was presented leaders of the TDP and BJP have been trading accusations over central assistance with the former alleging that Andhra Pradesh had been ignored. CM had also threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against the Centre in Parliament to demand justice albeit as a last resort . For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News Andhra denied special category status: TDP walks out of Govt puts NDA on notice ahead of 2019 Upset over denial of special status for Andhra Chandrababu Naidu pulls out TDP ministers from Modi cabinet Tags: Chandrababu Naidu Nitie VerlekarMar 3 2018 at 1:42 amNo state in India should get special category status. Everyone needs to work hard to come up on their own. Funds given by central govt should be used for welfare of the society not to fill up the politicians pockets. Kashmir s special status should be revoked too. India is a country which needs to teach the world that diversity is a strength. May God give better understanding of humanity to everyone soon.(1)(1) ReplySekhar AMar 3 2018 at 2:52 amU .. First understand on what basis AP is divided.First let s transfer RBI stock exchanges to south so that half of bombay will be empty.(1)(0) Reply Raman KayMar 2 2018 at 11:37 pmOK we will give him special category! You are in the category of dumb and a moron. There nailed it!(1)(1) ReplySekhar AMar 3 2018 at 2:57 am...dont post u r comments with out understanding on what circumustances AP got bifurcated.(0)(0) Reply Sriram KalpathiMar 2 2018 at 10:54 pmThe CM of Andhra is nowhere when compared with the CM of Telangana. The people will drop him if he does not bring results.(0)(1) ReplyVenkat PokkunuriMar 3 2018 at 12:54 amI am from Andhra telangana -HYD is nothing HYD was developed by Andhra people and our CM only. coming to your point telangana CM is just above average CBN is excellent. Telangana CM stands no where in the kind of admin skills leadership qualities and discpline that CBN does have he is a visinory. also TRS MLAS MPS and ministers are dammm corrupt and thugs. they are eating alll prjojects money. also telangana is backward in educaton and in every thing. telangana lands are far lless fetrtile in comparision with andhra lands. also we have vast sea cost which TN doesnt have. dont write nonsense.(3)(8) ReplySekhar AMar 3 2018 at 3:01 amKcr is good for nothing.(0)(0) Reply Venkat PokkunuriMar 2 2018 at 9:55 pmHe is a very good CM but acting alot for no valid reason Andhra is a rich and very progressive state with very fertile lands rivers vast sea coast above alll people are intelligent hard working and highly educated and in many good positions all over country and also overseas. no point in trying to politicise this issue too much and start fighting with center. continous discussions are the only way forward.he knew that there is no way he can win Modi.PM damm care about any blackmailings or abuses he wont get even an appointent if he behaves like this. better he cuts his ego a bit.Modi and Amith shah are not kids to be threatened. he is feeling insecure because of YRCP might have pac with BJP in coming elections and he might loose.(5)(6) ReplyNNAMEMar 3 2018 at 2:50 amDo you call chaotic expansion development?(0)(0) Reply
Written by Sreenivas Janyala | Hyderabad | Updated: March 9 2018 3:09 am TDP should also come out of the NDA alliance and support a no-confidence motion YSRCP will move on March 21. On April 6 all TDP MPs should join us in resigning enmasse YSR Congress Party Jaganmohan Reddy said. Related News Jagan Mohan Reddy to launch YSR Kutumbam campaign on SaturdayChandrababu Naidu should be shot dead for cheating people: YSRCP s Jagan Mohan ReddyPMLA case: ED attaches Jagan Mohan Jagan s assets worth Rs 150 croreA day after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was pulling out its two ministers from the BJP-led government at the Centre YSRCP chief and Leader of Opposition in Assembly Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has dared Naidu to pull out of the NDA completely. TDP should also come out of the NDA alliance and support a no-confidence motion YSRCP will move on March 21. On April 6 all TDP MPs should join us in resigning enmasse Jagan said Thursday. On Wednesday Naidu had said the party will take a call on pulling out of NDA when the time comes . The announcement had come hours after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ruled out special status to Andhra Pradesh. According to political commentators Naidu has stolen Jagan s thunder by asking the two ministers to resign. In Parliament Assembly and across Andhra the TDP is now being seen as champion of the special status issue instead of YSRCP which built up the campaign last year and created pressure on TDP to act says political commentator C Narasimha. With Jaitley categorically stating that there is no question of giving special status to Andhra Pradesh Jagan s plans to join hands with BJP are no longer viable. There is no question of going back on the special category status demand. It is a lifeline for Andhra Pradesh which is suffering due to the bifurcation. The Congress promised it but failed to incorporate it in the AP Reorganisation Act 2014. The BJP supported and made announcements on the House floor it would ensure special status is given but changed its stand after coming to power. We hope it will again change its stand. So we will continue to fight said YSRCP Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Sai Reddy. Asked if TDP has upstaged YSRCP on the special category issue Reddy said Naidu has changed his stand so many times that no one will believe him now. While Naidu had accepted the special package announced by Jaitley on September 7 2016 YSRCP kept raising the issue of the special category status. During his Praja Sankalpa Yatra last year Jagan accused Naidu of compromising interests of the state by accepting the special package. When Jagan announced on February 13 that all YSRCP MPs would resign on April 6 if the Centre doesn t give special status to AP the TDP was forced to act. According to analysts the high-pitched drama in the last two days climaxing in the resignation of Union Ministers from TDP P Ashok Gajapati Raju and Y Satyanarayana Chowdary have created an anti-BJP feeling in the state which might benefit YSRCP. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Related News Jagan fast: Is his demand for Andhra Pradesh s special status just a publicity stunt? Jagan Reddy refuses to be part of Naidu s pompous swearing-in programme Tags: Jagan Mohan Reddy No Comments.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the focus of his government is now on attracting investments into manufacturing. Ahead of the CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam Naidu told ET s CR Sukumar that the state has already received investment interest worth over Rs 5 lakh crore. Edited excerpts: How do you compare Chandrababu Naidu 2.0 with your earlier stint in terms of attracting investments?I was an active participant in India s key economic reforms including the third industrial revolution and now the fourth industrial revolution. I had attracted large investments into information technology and built infrastructure in Hyderabad including India s first greenfield airport apart from attracting the country s first private sector investments in power generation. I also played a key role in landmark reforms in the roads and telecommunications sectors in the country. In my current tenure as chief minister I am more aggressive assertive and progressive in my vision on real-time governance and in reaching out to the common man thanks to matured technology that enables me to monitor progress in all sectors. How is attracting investments different now?I had focused on information technology in the combined state and the focus this time round in Andhra Pradesh is on attracting large-scale investments into manufacturing sector. The investments being brought in this time are much larger compared with my earlier stints and also the highest ever in multiple sectors. In all we had signed 1 946 investment agreements worth ?13.54 lakh crore covering 18 sectors. In the automobile sector alone we could attract over ?30 000 crore of investments. Some of the investors include Kia Motors Hero Motors and Isuzu and ecosystem players like Bharat Forge Apollo Tyres and Ceat Tyres. Electronics hardware is another key sector that we are focussing on. Reliance group s Mukesh Ambani is going to set up a large manufacturing facility at Tirupati to make 1million Jio mobile handsets a year. He will set up a 130 MW solar plant. He along with British Petroleum will make large investments in KG basin s D6 block. Ambani is also interested in setting up a large startup incubation facility and a venture capital fund. He has shown interest in investing in the agro processing sector which we are promoting aggressively. The investment details will be announced at the ensuing Partnership Summit through MoUs. We are also attracting large-scale investments into aerospace and defence. I am drawing my inspiration from resource-constrained developed nations like Japan South Korea Singapore and Dubai https://www.diigo.com/item/note/6edag/o5wp?k=cb10ccb3132433ec00db335db84208f6 in attracting global investments. Compared with them Andhra Pradesh has more resources to leverage on. There has been hype around investment summits in general and those organised by you in particular. How many of your investment agreements could really get converted into reality in terms of production and employment? I can proudly say that my success rate is more than 50% which is considered the highest for any state in India through partnership summits. What are your investment expectations from this partnership summit? It is a continuous brand promotion exercise and we have received interest for over ?5 lakh crore of investments so far for this summit. I had organised four such partnership summits in the combined Andhra Pradesh and three consecutively this time round. I have a record here again organising seven out of 25 partnership summits in the country with one-third share the highest for any chief minister. I also hold the record of highest success rate of converting MoUs into actual investments in the country. Do you think incentives associated with special category status to Andhra would have helped attract more investments? Naturally. Even with lots of constraints post bifurcation of the state we managed to attract many investors. Tax incentives could have helped us attract investments without struggling so much.

Selling pakoras no shame, likening it to begging is', says Amit Shah in his 1st Rajya Sabha speech

NEW DELHI: Selling pakoras is not a matter of shame comparing one who does so to a beggar is BJP chief Amit Shah said taking a combative dig at Congress in his debut speech in the Rajya Sabha even as he told the opposition that he was going to be around for the next six years. Hear me out... You will have to listen to me for six years Shah told the Congress benches on Monday when they sought to interrupt a feisty speech that saw him take on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his Gabbar Singh Tax jibe about GST during the Gujarat campaign. With PM Narendra Modi seated beside him Shah slammed former finance minister P Chidambaram for equating a self-employed pakora-seller to a beggar. A tea-seller s son is now sitting in House as PM What kind of mentality is this? Selling pakodas is not a shameful job comparing one who does so to a beggar is. One who was unemployed is now making a living selling pakoras his next generation will grow up to be a big industrialist. A teaseller s son is now sitting in this House as PM BJP chief Amit Shah said. In defending the government s record in the discussion on the President s address to Parliament Shah made it a point to argue that while he accepted unemployment was an issue the government was dealing with a legacy issue. It has taken a lot of time just to get out of the hole we were in he said. Shah who spoke for 75 minutes as finance minister Arun Jaitley listened intently and former PM Manmohan Singh and leader of the opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad looked on claimed BJP had put an end to the politics of dynasty casteism and appeasement and given the country a transparent decisive and sympathetic government. Countering Rahul s description of GST as Gabbar Singh Tax Shah said Gabbar Singh was a dacoit s character in the film Sholay . Is it dacoity to impose a tax mandated by law? Those who call GST Gabbar Singh Tax should know where it goes... it https://trello.com/rajnadh goes to one rank one pension for the forces ex-gratia for a martyr s wife Ujjwala Yojana that benefits poor women houses for the poor. Instigating people not to pay tax is not a sign of good politics. Today we are in power tomorrow it may be you... GST is a reform aimed at a bright future for the nation. He also underlined how Congress chief ministers were part of unanimous decisions taken by the GST Council. Stating that the Modi government had inherited a ditch from UPA in 2014 he said The achievements of the government must thus be viewed in that context. Apart from Jan Dhan Yojana Ujjwala Yojana electrification of 16 000 villages health cover of Rs 5 lakh per family Mudra Bank to fund start-ups Skill India initiatives crop insurance and neem-laced urea Shah made it a point to mention the improvement in the security situation in Kashmir and the surgical strikes launched days after the Uri attack saw 12 soldiers burnt alive .
.story-content span .story-content p .story-content div color:#000!important;font-family: open sans Arial!important;font-size:15px!important ALSO READ Sonia announces retirement as Cong chief Amit Shah debuts in Rajya Sabha Better to sell pakodas than be jobless: Amit Shah backs Modi in Rajya Sabha LPG subsidy flow stops after credits to Airtel accounts BJP feels poll loss more than Amit Shah s win Patel s victory gives Oppn a boost As he completes 3 years as BJP chief Amit Shah prepares for future span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 On Monday Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah made his maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha. The speech led to much mirth. He said subsidy worth Rs 10.3 million was surrendered after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to people to give up the subsidy on cooking gas cylinders. He likened Modi s appeal to that of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ALSO READ: Better to sell pakodas than be jobless: Amit Shah backs Modi in Rajya Sabha To tide over the scarcity of grains during the 1965 India-Pakistan war Shastri had asked people to fast on Saturdays he said and millions did just that. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) member DP Triparthi corrected Shah and said Shastri had asked people to fast on Mondays. Shah thanked Tripathi and said he wouldn t know because he wasn t born then . According to Shah s official website amitshah.co.in the BJP chief was born on October 22 1964.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: February 5 2018 8:08:42 pm Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday slammed the government o0ver its schemes and initiatives in Rajya Sabha. (Express Photo by Premnath Pandey) BJP president Amit Shah in his debut speech in the Rajya Sabha on Monday during the ongoing Budget Session listed out the achievements of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government in various sectors. In his hour-long speech Shah also said the BJP government under Modi has weeded out the practice of caste dynasty and appeasement from Indian politics as he launched a scathing attack at the Congress over their continued loss in elections and dubbing of Goods and Services Tax (GST) as Gabbar Singh Tax . Some parties are now finding victory in losing the elections said Shah while initiating the debate on the Motion of Thanks for the President s address. Leader of Opposition in Upper House Ghulam Nabi Azad however took on Shah and said the Modi government has only changed the names of the schemes launched by the Congress government and repackaged them as their own. Raising the issue of the increasing number of rape incidents in Haryana Azad while discussing the Vote of Thanks said BJP-ruled states like Haryana have become the hub of criminal activities gruesome rapes are happening with minor and innocent girls. What kind of New India are we developing? If this is the new India return us our old India said Azad. Meanwhile Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day soon after it assembled following the condolence meeting for Kairana MP Hukum Singh who passed away on Saturday. Parliament Budget Session 2018 highlights 8:08PM 05 Feb 18 Rajya Sabha adjourned Rajya Sabha has been adjourned the house will now reconvene tomorrow at 11 am. 7:51PM 05 Feb 18 Amit Shah on GST 7:51PM 05 Feb 18 Amit Shah on Unemployment 7:50PM 05 Feb 18 Amit Shah in Parliament 7:50PM 05 Feb 18 Amit Shah in Parliament 5:49PM 05 Feb 18 Here is What Ghulam Nabi Azad said in Rajya Sabha 5:39PM 05 Feb 18 Rajya Sabha to sit on Tuesday till 8 PM Rajya Sabha will sit on Tuesday till 8 PM to make up for the lost time. A debate on the motion for the vote of thanks is underway in the Rajya Sabha. an important legislation pending in the Upper House is the triple talaq bill and the government is adamant on getting it passed in the budget session. 5:34PM 05 Feb 18 Care for elderly Naresh Agrawal asks the government to make a law that if a son is born he needs to take care of his parents in old age. 5:30PM 05 Feb 18 Pakoda employment Naresh Agrawal slammed the government on demonetisation and failing to curb black money and corners the government on PM Modi s statement that selling pakodas is also a form of employment. 5:25PM 05 Feb 18 Discussion underway on vote of thanks A discussion is underway in Rajya Sabha over the vote of thanks to the President. After Ghulam Nabi Azad SP parliamentarian Naresh Agrawal is giving his speech. 4:55PM 05 Feb 18 Return us our Old India Return us our old Bharat we do not need your New India we need Gandhi s India where Hindu and Muslim were together. Return us the India where a four-month-old child is not raped. Return us our old India. 4:53PM 05 Feb 18 Congress on triple talaq We support triple talaq. But it has two parts one with good intention which talks about banning instant triple talaq and we support it. But the second part which talks about sentencing the husband under a criminal act we do not support this part. You first divided Shia Sunni by your polarisation now you are dividing husband and wife. 4:48PM 05 Feb 18 Poor diplomacy You could do nothing about Masood Azhar because China did not let you do it. You failed to become a member of NSG because of China. What kind of diplomacy is this government practising asks Azad. This government has instead projected the opposition as a terrorist added Azad. 4:47PM 05 Feb 18 Poverty in Kashmir Your government brought poverty in Kashmir because your government has no policy on Kashmir.You sometime pursue the heart of Kashmir sometimes send interlocutor and in between people of Kashmir suffer. 4:43PM 05 Feb 18 Congress on Kashmir Congress flays government on Kashmir Azad said this is the weakest government in 70 years looking at the situation in Kashmir. The maximum number of security personnel armed forces personnel and civilians have died under your government in last three years. 4:41PM 05 Feb 18 Congress on Kashmir Entire India all parties and the opposition was with you on security matters. You said Manmohan Singh govt was nikkami sarkar but we did not respond. The situation in Kashmir today is worst than under Manmohan Singh and we all can say Modi govt is the weakest in 70 years in terms of Kashmir violence. 4:38PM 05 Feb 18 Skill India to Kill India Startup India stood up but never materrialised Skill India became kill India said Azad in Rajya Sabha. The government is yet to create 10 crore jobs in 2015 employment generation was lowest in comparison to last five years. In 2017 BJP defeated the record for employment generation with not a single job. 4:28PM 05 Feb 18 Income lollipop for farmers Modi government is giving a new lollipop to farmers of doubling their income by 2022 they failed to implement their previous promise says Azad. Azad says the government needs atleast Rs 6.5 lakh crore to spend on agriculture to fulfil its promises. 4:25PM 05 Feb 18 Azad on Jay Shah BJP has one original scheme on how to turn Rs 50 000 to over Rs 80 00 00 000 but they don t share it with us if they do everyone would be happy. Azad targets Amit Shah on his son s sudden gain in income. 4:17PM 05 Feb 18 New India is unsafe for girls Targetting BJP on crime in various states Azad says BJP ruled states like Haryana has become the hub of criminal activities gruesome rapes happening with minor and innocent girls. What kind of New India are we developing? If this is the new India give us our old India. 4:11PM 05 Feb 18 Azad targets govt on petrol prices Azad while discussing the vote of thanks to President s joint session address said that this government has failed to control petrol and diesel prices despite a slump in prices of crude oil in international market. 4:05PM 05 Feb 18 India to New India Azad talking about various schemes whose names have been changed in last 3.5 years said You have even changed the name of the country from India to New India. 4:02PM 05 Feb 18 Namechanger government Replying to BJP Azad said that the Modi is the government is not game changer they are just namechangers. Azad said that this government has changed just names of the schemes launched by the Congress and packaged it as their own. 4:01PM 05 Feb 18 Congress on appeasement On appeasement Azad said today a different form of appeasement is taking place. There is only one party and people of their choice and belonging are getting employed and opportunities. 3:59PM 05 Feb 18 Azad on dynastic politics Azad says in last 29 years there has been no Prime Minister from Gandhi family or even a minister so how did you get rid of the dynasty when there was no dynastic politics. 3:56PM 05 Feb 18 Congress on 2G verdict 2G was like a Himalayan mountain against the Congress giving us the name of the most corrupt government but under your government the CBI court acquitted everyone. 3:52PM 05 Feb 18 Opposition leader Gulam Nabi Azad begins his speech Gulam Nabi Azad congratulates Amit Shah on maiden speech says I was surprised to see that Amit Shah did not talk about Sardar Patel in his speech. 3:51PM 05 Feb 18 Watch | Amit Shah s maiden speech in parliament 3:48PM 05 Feb 18 Amendments being moved in Rajya Sabha 324 amendments are on the table moved by various MPs in Rajya Sabha. 3:47PM 05 Feb 18 PM Modi s delivering democracy Under the leadership of PM Modi we have given a delivering democracy. We have established that democracy can also deliver says Vinay Sahasrabuddhe. Loading.....LOAD MORE IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd Tags: Union Budget 2018 Ben MorganFeb 5 2018 at 11:11 pmWelcome to Shifa Hospital Specialist hospital that buy organ. Do you wish to donate your organ in exchange of money? If yes. Then contact us today to get a reliable amount for (2 CRORE) and good transaction for good money. Contact via below information email: shifamedicalhealthcare Contact number 917411951612 WhatsApp number: 91-7411951612(0)(0) Reply IGFeb 5 2018 at 8:30 pmGhulam Nabi Azad was most corrupt Minister during cong rule. He used to give permission to Medical colleges after receiving bribes. He used to fix PG seats in medical colleges and recieve bribe. We all know d credibility of this guy. Give money he would sell India(2)(0) Reply IGFeb 5 2018 at 8:06 pmIt is time Modi starts thinking about inducting qualified and intellectuals in his party and govt. If not now atleast for 2019. Congress has d advantage of being in power for long time and they ve d luxury to question d present govt sitting in opposition even after taking all these years of corrupt rule. I would like to remind ppl how it was normal in Congress rule to bribe d ministers mla and MPs.(1)(0) Reply Lalit BagaiFeb 5 2018 at 7:39 pmin year 2000 i worked for a better environment in delhi. in this connection i met mr booparai ias sec ministry of environment. he was polite. however he had a stpry of woes. he had been transferred from his previous job sec tourism ministry. reason he had refused mr azad to collect a 50 lakh bribe to be paid to his wife. this can be verified ftm mt booparai- my compliments to him(2)(0) Reply Lalit BagaiFeb 5 2018 at 7:35 pmxx(1)(0) ReplyLalit BagaiFeb 5 2018 at 7:42 pmmy letter was deleted by ie.(1)(0) ReplyLalit BagaiFeb 5 2018 at 7:44 pmmany years ago i met a mr booparai sec ministry of env. he complained he had been transferred from his former job. reason-he refused to cillect a 50 lakh bribe for mr azad have the guts to print this(2)(0) Load More Comments
BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today attacked BJP chief Amit Shah alleging that instigating communal tension was his standard . Whoever indulges in triggering communal violence in Karnataka we will not allow them. We will take strict action against those who take the law into their hands he told reporters here. I will not say that (Narendra) Modi will come and instigate to do it but Amit Shah...that is his standard. He doesn t know anything other than that. He feels it is (political) tactics the chief minister added. The comments of the Congress leader came on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the city to address a BJP rally. Siddaramaiah also asserted that Modi s visit or the rally would have no implications in Karnataka. They (BJP) are also a political party. He (Modi) is the prime minister of the country so he is coming to seek votes on behalf of his party. It will have no implications in Karnataka he said. Accusing the BJP of spreading lies and indulging only in criticising others Siddaramaiah said They do not know anything else. Lying and criticising are the qualities they have imbibed because they are not pro-people. In a frontal attack on the Siddaramaiah government on January 25 Shah had called it a corrupt malicious and oppressive regime and asked the people of the state to root it out in the Assembly polls due this year.
Written by Johnson T A | Bengaluru | Updated: February 5 2018 1:28 am BJP chief Amit Shah addresses a rally in Mysuru last week. The party is said to be looking for a base for him close to Bengaluru airport. (PTI photo) Related News In Karnataka PM Modi says his govt s TOP priority is Tomato Onion and PotatoKarnataka assembly polls: In run-up to polls eyes on kin of Congress leaders seeking ticketsK C Venugopal prepared to set tone for 2018 Karnataka assembly pollsWith elections to the Karnataka assembly scheduled to be held in about three months campaign managers for the ruling Congress have set up a base in Bengaluru even as the BJP is finalising a base for its main election strategist Amit Shah. Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned with a public meeting in Bengaluru Sunday. The Congress which is attempting to take a leaf out of Shah s book when it comes to drawing up election strategies has provided two plush flats in central Bengaluru for AICC general secretary K C Venugopal and four secretaries Manickam Tagore P C Vishnunadh Madhu Yashki Goud and Sake Sailjanath tasked with helping the Congress win the polls. A four-bedroom flat is being shared by the four secretaries. A second flat has been rented in the same apartment complex for K C Venugopal who will move in shortly to oversee Congress affairs in the state on a daily basis a source in the party said. The flats at the Embassy Habitat apartment complex in central Bengaluru have been chosen considering their proximity to the Congress head office in the city and the Vidhana Soudha the seat of government. The two flats are close to each other so that the election campaign managers can meet frequently in order to strategise party sources said. Venugopal announced plans for the Congress pre-election campaign on Tuesday January 30. From February 1 we will begin an aggressive grassroots-level campaign and all leaders of the party will reach out to voters at the level of the booths where they vote to ensure that the Congress leads in these booths. From February 15 to March 1 we will meet at the booth level again through sub-committees. From March 1 to 20 all the senior state Congress leaders will travel together in a bus across the state and this will complete the pre-election ground-level campaign Venugopal said. The early phase of the Congress s pre-election campaign has seen Chief Minister Siddaramaiah helihop across the state over a month to highlight achievements of the government. Congress president Rahul Gandhi too is scheduled to be part of the pre-election campaign this month beginning with a three-day visit to the Hyderabad Karnataka districts of Bellary Koppal and Raichur from February 10-12. Karnataka Congress officials said Rahul will pay scheduled and unscheduled visits to temples in the state during the campaign. There are no scheduled visits to temples during the first trip but if he is invited in an informal way to participate in a temple ritual he will participate. It is not a form of soft Hindutva but inclusive Hindutva that we follow state Congress president G Parameshwara said. Rahul will participate in five pre-election campaigns across the state Congress leaders said. The BJP which kicked of its poll campaign in November with Amit Shah flagging off a tour of the 224 constituencies by former CM B S Yeddyurappa the face of the party in Karnataka has been simultaneously engaged in setting its booth-level organization in order over the last two months. Shah held two separate meetings to review the progress of organisational efforts at the grassroots on December 31 and January 9. Yeddyurappa s Parivartana Yatra across the state concluded in Bengaluru with Sunday s rally addressed by Prime Minister Modi. With Shah expected to be in the state for long periods of time during the polls the BJP has been making efforts to find a house that can be used as a base by the party chief and key strategist. During recent visits to Bengaluru Shah has held party strategy meetings at a resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru in the vicinity of the international airport. The BJP president is said to prefer staying in the vicinity of the airport to enable quick visits and meetings without hindrances. While an effort was made a few months ago to buy a villa for Shah on the outskirts of Bengaluru from where he would orchestrate the BJP s poll efforts the plan was later dropped BJP sources said. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Related News Nandan Nilekani welcome but many worried as he isn t attached to seat Karnataka loss not a surprise but a lesson to BJP Congress: L K Advani Tags: Karnataka Assembly polls No Comments.
The ruling BJP s embarrassing defeat in the recent Rajasthan bypolls has triggered an upheaval within the party ranks with Rajasthan BJP leaders writing to party president Amit Shah demanding the ouster of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. According to CNN-News18 several leaders had been deliberating on the reasons for the triple drubbing in the bypolls one in Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats and now feel that all is not well within the Rajasthan BJP. #BREAKING -- After bypoll drubbing Rajasthan BJP leader writes to Amit Shah; demands resignation of CM Vasundhara Raje | @bhupendrachaube with more details pic.twitter.com/RfwGSGThNv News18 (@CNNnews18) February 5 2018 The news channel reported that the anti-Raje camp within the party has chosen to capitalise on the recent results to try and settle the score with her by demanding her resignation. Raje on Sunday had said that the bypoll results were a wake-up call for her government and had asked her MLAs to avoid self-goals . Addressing a BJP legislative party meeting Raje had said that there was no need to lose hope over the bypolls. But it seems that her call to unite her cadre ahead of the polls had little effect on some within the party ranks. The Congress won the Ajmer and the Alwar Lok Sabha seats and the Mandalgarh Assembly constituency in recently held bypolls. The seats were with the BJP earlier. With inputs from PTI
New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah today said the Union Budget would ensure that development touched all sections of society and help the government realise its dream of a New India by 2022.Speaking to the media Mr Shah highlighted various budget provisions especially those aimed at weaker sections and said it was a pro-people Budget that would take the country ahead on the path to development.The Budget gives new wings to the aspirations of the poor he said citing measures aimed at giving a boost to farmers infrastructure rural sector and small and medium enterprises.Mr Shah also posted a number of tweets as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented his fifth straight budget today to highlight the significance of the measures especially those for the weaker sections.This is the last full-fledged budget of the BJP-led NDA government before the next Lok Sabha polls scheduled for 2019 and the ruling alliance hopes that its emphasis on the rural sector will help it connect with the masses as the elections approach.The BJP president said the record allocation to the rural sector and agriculture would lead to unprecedented rural development and agricultural growth and asserted that the consistent focus on these sectors had been a hallmark of the government.He praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Jaitley for the historic step of raising MSPs to 1.5 times the costs incurred by farmers and said it showed the government s commitment to farmers and resolve of doubling their income. This budget gives new wings to the aspirations of the poor farmers and the middle class. The #NewIndiaBudget will truly empower all sections of society to attain prosperity he tweeted.There was a tremendous stress on improving the ease of living for the common man and this was happening by improving affordability and access and would give a boost to the aspirations of the common man Mr Shah added.He also termed the government s Ayushman Bharat scheme an unparallelled initiative to ensure health insurance as well as health assurance .Protecting 10 crore families which is about 40 per cent of India s population with a health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family was a global first he said.The scheme had received a good response from the people who were calling it ModiCare he added.The Saubhagya Yojana which aims at providing electricity connection to 4 crore families reflected sensitivity and the commitment of the Modi government in brightening the lives of the poor and bringing them into the mainstream of India s development he said.The Modi government s decision to provide 8 crore LPG connections under the PM Ujjwala Yojana was a landmark decision and testimony to its commitment towards the empowerment of women and improving the quality of lives of the poor both urban and rural the BJP president said.The proposed Eklavya Schools in tribal blocks reflected the govt s resolve to uplift tribal communities and help them secure a better future he said.The significant benefits to the MSME sector would not only give relief to small and medium entrepreneurs but also help them achieve new heights of development he added. I thank the government for the budgetary allocation of Rs 3 lakh crore under the Mudra Yojana for the year 2018- 2019 that will boost employment generation. This will especially benefit women OBC SC & ST as so far 76 per cent of loan accounts are of women and more than 50 per cent belong to SC ST & OBC Mr Shah said.Building a solid Infrastructure for a New India has always been the focus of the government and the BJP welcomed and appreciated the record allotment to infrastructure and hastening the pace of completion Shah said.He also referred to the mention of the Swachh Bharat scheme in the Budget and said it had been one of India s biggest success stories.Six crore toilets built under the mission so far had helped poor women lead a life of dignity and the proposed 2 crore toilets for 2018-2019 would add another chapter to this success story he said.Mr Shah also highlighted the budgetary allocations of Rs 56 619 crore and Rs 39135 crore for SC and ST welfare and said these reflected the government s commitment to uplifting marginalised and other deprived sections of the people. CommentsClose X Reducing corporate tax to 25 per cent was a major initiative towards creating a competitive environment for doing business in India and was in line with global standards he said. The Modi government has continuously improved fiscal deficit since its first budget. The target of 3.3 per cent for 2018-19 is another effort in the same direction and will certainly improve investor confidence in the Indian economy he said.
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: February 2 2018 8:36 am BJP president Amit Shah (Express Photo by Praveen Jain/ File) Related News Sensex falls another 310 pts on domestic global woesTDP and friendsSensex isn t evilPitching the budget as the BJP government s initiatives for farmers and rural sector BJP president Amit Shah Thursday said it has given new wings to aspirations of the poor. This budget gives new wings to the aspirations of the poor farmers and the middle class. The #NewIndiaBudget will truly empower all sections of the society to attain prosperity Shah tweeted. He posted a number of tweets highlighting the significance of announcements made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the Budget. The BJP chief said the record allocation to the rural sector and agriculture will lead to unprecedented rural development and agricultural growth and asserted that consistent focus on rural development and agriculture has been a hallmark of the government. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jaitley for the historic step of raising MSPs to 1.5 times the costs incurred by farmers Shah said it showed the government s commitment to farmers and doubling their income. There is a tremendous stress on improving ease of living for the common man and this is happening with improving affordability and access which will give boost to aspirants of common man Shah said. Terming Ayushman Bharat as an unparalleled initiative to ensure health insurance as well as health assurance Shah said protecting 10 crore families which is about 40 per cent of India s population with a health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family is a global first. The Modi govt s decision to provide eight crore LPG connections under the PM Ujjwala Yojana is a landmark decision and a testimony of its commitment towards woman empowerment and improving the quality of lives of poor both urban and rural the BJP chief said. There are significant benefits to the MSME sector which will not only give relief but also help small and medium entrepreneurs to achieve new heights of development he said. I thank the government for the budgetary allocation of Rs 3 lakh crore under Mudra Yojana for the year 2018-2019 that will boost employment generation. This will specially benefit the women OBC SC & ST as so far 76 per cent of loan accounts are of women and more than 50 per cent belong to the SC ST & OBC he said. Reducing corporate tax to 25 per cent is a major initiative towards creating a competitive environment for doing business in India and is in line with global standards he said. The Modi govt has continuously improved fiscal deficit since its first budget. The target of 3.3 per cent for 2018-19 is another effort in the same direction and will certainly improve investors confidence in Indian economy he said. The BJP is gearing up for crucial elections in some states later this year and the next general election. The BJP and its governments have been criticised for their failure to provide jobs and addressing concerns of farmers. Critics said that demonetisation and roll out of the GST have adversely affected the rural economy. The party is expected to face a tough battle in elections in Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. For all the latest Business News download Indian Express App More Related News Primary Mistake Selling pakodas better than being jobless: Amit Shah Tags: amit shah Union Budget 2018 Ben MorganFeb 5 2018 at 11:11 pmWelcome to Shifa Hospital Specialist hospital that buy organ. Do you wish to donate your organ in exchange of money? If yes. Then contact us today to get a reliable amount for (2 CRORE) and good transaction for good money. Contact via below information email: shifamedicalhealthcare Contact number 917411951612 WhatsApp number: 91-7411951612(0)(0) Reply gomathi raghavanFeb 2 2018 at 5:03 amTherefore one another Ins ution / organisation is targeted by bioterrorist but with 24X7 maneuvering bioterrorist bounces bac and patriotic individuals are spellbound. how long this is going to happen ? damage that is caused to India patriotic individuals is enormous. There was lot of dirty tricks by the team. cheap gimmics of bioterrorist defeated bioterrorist retraced its own dirty tricks thus exposing its own filthy tricks. bioterrorist is to b tackled once again if sr leaders combine it is easy to neutralise bjp one and only dravida bioterrorist(0)(0) Reply

Uttar Pradesh: Police rescues Ghaziabad business from kidnappers, arrests man claiming to be IAF personnel

Ghaziabad: A businessman kidnapped from the Patel Nagar area in Ghaziabad was rescued by police from the clutches of his kidnappers one of whom claimed himself to be an IAF personnel an official said on Sunday. The accused were arrested from Haridwar following an encounter on Saturday the official said. Anil Arora was kidnapped on Thursday evening when he was returning home from his factory. A ransom call demanding Rs 2 crore was made to his family police said. The accused were identified as Mohsin from Masuri town of Ghaziabad Rashid from Meerut and Pradeep from Jind. Representative image. AFP Pradeep told police that http://www.mfpc.tv/ch/userinfo.php?uid=6432847 he was working with the Indian Air Force and had a lot of debt which was the reason why the kidnap was planned officials said. The accused one of whom was an acquaintance of Arora would be brought here once the police gets their transit remand Senior Superintendent of Police HN Singh said. Arora said in his complaint that he was kidnapped at gunpoint shoved in a car and sedated by the accused he said. Acting upon the ransom call details four police teams reached Jawalapur town of Haridwar tracked down the car using electronic surveillance and tried to intercept the vehicle on the Delhi-Haridwar highway near Jawalapur Singh added. However instead of giving up the kidnappers drove into the city and were finally cordoned off by the police at about 5pm he said adding that the accused then opened fire on the police party who returned fire. Two of the accused sustained bullet injuries in their legs in the encounter the SSP said. There kidnappers targeted Arora as they saw him as a soft target and affluent enough to pay the ransom the officer said adding weapons and the vehicle used in the crime were recovered.
Noida: Development projects including multi-level parking and underpasses worth over Rs 500 crore were on Wednesday dedicated to the public in Ghaziabad and Noida on the occasion of Uttar Pradesh diwas. File image of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. PTI Union Minister Mahesh Sharma and UP minister Jai Prakash dedicated eleven development projects worth Rs 350 crore to the public. The projects include a multi-level car parking and two underpasses. At Sector 18 the Noida Authority has developed multi-level parking at cost of Rs 243 crore which has a capacity of parking of 3 000 cars. An underpass at Sector 60 61 66 and 71 was constructed by the Noida authority with project cost of Rs 64.80 crore while another underpass is constructed on the MP road number 3 between sector 94 and 95 at a cost of Rs 40.72 crore according to a release. In Ghaziabad developmental schemes worth Rs 157 crore were lunched by Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh. He laid down foundation stones of total 40 schemes for the development of the city he represents in the Lok Sabha administration sources said. District Magistrate and vice chairman of Ghaziabad Development Authority Ritu Maheshwari said Singh launched 14 schemes of GDA Electricity and Urban Development departments. Maheshwari said Rs 32 crore will be spent on 14 of GDA schemes. A total amount of Rs 157 crore will be used for the development of the district she added.
The crime branch of the Delhi Police rescued a child in the early hours of Tuesday 12 days after he was kidnapped from his school van. After a raid and shootout at a Ghaziabad flat around 1 am police arrested one suspected kidnapper while another was killed and a third injured ANI reported.The police have handed over the child to his parents and an investigation is under way. A policemen was shot at as well but escaped due to his bulletproof jacket The Times of India reported.On the morning of January 25 two armed bike-borne men had stopped the school van in which the boy was travelling in Delhi s Dilshad Garden locality. They shot at the driver grabbed the boy in front of his sister and rode towards the Uttar Pradesh border.The bikers got away with the kidnapping even though New Delhi was on high alert and security was tightened across the city for Republic Day the ASEAN Summit and the release of the film Padmaavat.On January 28 the kidnappers had called the boy s parents to demand a Rs 50-lakh ransom after which police reportedly got a lead.A Crime Branch team of Delhi Police rescued a child from Ghaziabad last night where he was kidnapped & held captive. 1 arrested another injured & a 3rd kidnapper killed after they opened fire on police & they retaliated. Child handed over to his parents. Investigation underway. ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 6 2018
New Delhi: A five-year-old nursery student who was kidnapped from east Delhi area late last month by two armed bikers who climbed aboard a school van full of children and shot at the driver has been rescued after a shootout in Sahibabad 40 kms from the national capital early this morning police said.In the shootout that lasted for nearly 30 minutes the police shot down one of the kidnappers and arrested two others who were injured in the gunfight. At about 1 am Delhi Police s crime branch officials raided a flat on the fifth floor of an apartment complex in Shalimar City in Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh. The shootout started soon after as kidnappers fired at cops.A video from the shooting site showed blood on the floor of the flat and bullet marks in the netting of a door. The child sources said was kept in this apartment for over 10 days.The police had been on the trail to catch the kidnappers for the last 10 days they got a lead when the captors called the parents on January 28 and demanded Rs 50 lakh ransom.On January 25 around 14 children were on the bus when the kidnappers blocked it in east Delhi s Dilshad Gardens. The driver had stopped to pick up a student. A black bike with two men pulled up alongside. The bikers their faces obscured by helmets held a gun to the driver s head and threatened to shoot if anybody raised an alarm. CommentsClose X While one man kept the driver rooted at gunpoint the other grabbed the four-year-old child. The boy s sister who is in Class 3 tried to hold on to him but couldn t say sources. When the driver tried to stop them the men shot him in the leg and ran away with the child.The brazen kidnapping by armed men had left the city in shock especially since happened at a time there is tight security in the capital for the Republic Day celebration as well as the ASEAN summit for which 10 world leaders are in Delhi.
The National Human Rights Commission on Monday accused the higher-ups in Uttar Pradesh of allowing the police to freely misuse their power and settle scores with people . Two days after a sub-inspector allegedly shot at a gym trainer in Noida the human rights body observed a sequence of such police encounters in the state.The sub-inspector was arrested and three other police personnel were suspended after the incident. The man s family alleged it was a fake encounter though the police ruled it out. The 25-year-old is in hospital.Taking suo motu cognizance of the incident the NHRC on Monday issued a notice to the state s chief secretary and director general of police and asked for a report within six weeks. The panel asked them to look into the emerging scenario personally and to take appropriate action to sensitise police personnel not to abuse their power to harass innocent citizens .The panel said police in the state are feeling free misusing their power in the light of an undeclared endorsement given by the higher-ups . Creating an atmosphere of fear is not the correct way to deal with crime the NHRC s statement said. In this particular case the injured man is not an offender. In November 2017 the NHRC had sent a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over Chief Minister Adityanath s alleged endorsement of encounter killings in the state. Adityanath had said: We will make life difficult for criminals. They will have only two places to go: either they will be sent to jail or they will be killed in police encounters. The shooting incidentThe alleged incident took place around 10 pm on Saturday when gym trainer Jitendra Kumar Yadav and his three friends were on their way back from a wedding in Ghaziabad. Sub-inspector Vijay Darshan and three other policemen stopped their car near Noida Sector 122 and said they would be taken to the police station alleged Yadav s friend. We aren t criminals why should we have gone to the police chowki? he said. As soon as we sat in the car he took out the gun and shot...We thought that the bullet has been fired in the air but we saw blood and panicked When we reached the chowki he parked the car. I broke the windscreen of the car and started creating a hue and cry because he was not taking us to the hospital He called someone and said an encounter has taken place here cross firing has happened. District Senior Superintendent of Police Love Kumar said the police suspected personal enmity to be the reason behind the shooting as Darshan knew Yadav s elder brother very well.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: February 4 2018 5:12 pm Noida fake encounter : Heavy security has been deployed outside Fortis Hospital in Noida where Jitendra Yadav is being treated. (ANI/Twitter) Related News Uttar Pradesh: One gangster killed 24 criminals arrested in 15 encounters in 48 hoursTeenager dies after jilted lover sets her on fire near KotaCommunal tension in West Delhi area after man held for killing daughter s friend: CopsA twenty-five-year-old gym trainer was on his way home after attending a wedding in Ghaziabad when he was allegedly shot at by a sub-inspector. While his family claimed that the sub-inspector had allegedly told someone over the phone that an encounter had taken place Gautam Buddha Nagar SSP said prima facie it is not an encounter case . The sub-inspector was arrested and suspended along with three other police personnel SSP said. Around 10 pm on Saturday Jitendra Kumar Yadav (25) was going back to his house in Parthala village along with three friends when their car was allegedly stopped by sub-inspector Vijay Darshan another sub-inspector and two constables near Noida Sector 122. Narrating the sequence of events on Saturday night a friend of Yadav who is also an eye-witness in the case said that the police stopped the car and said that they would be taken to the police http://samsungmobiles.spruz.com/pt/Picking-the-Correct-Baby-Care-Product-1.17.2018/discussion.htm chowki. We aren t criminals why should we have gone to the police chowki? As soon as we sat in the car he took out the gun and shot. We thought that the bullet has been fired in the air but we saw blood and panicked. The police did not even take him to the hospital. We begged them to take us to the hospital told them that if we reach on time he might be saved. But he said not now and asked us not to pick and phone calls. My phone had fallen in the car I was trying to pick it up but he kept hitting me. When we reached the chowki he parked the car. I broke the windscreen of the car and started creating a hue and cry because he was not taking us to the hospital. I did so in the hope that someone helps us. He called someone and said that Sir an encounter has taken place here cross firing has happened the eye-witness said. He further alleged that Darshan took them to Fortis hospital but the vehicle was being driven very slowly while Darshan was talking on the phone throughout the journey . On Sunday afternoon addressing reporters in Noida Gautam Buddha Nagar SSP Love Kumar maintained that while Darshan had been arrested three other police personnel a sub-inspector and two constables had been suspended. He further added that the service pistol used by Darshan had been recovered. Prima facie what has come to be understood that this is not an encounter case. This is an unusual incident in which the accused subinspector has been arrested and being sent to jail. We are investigating the case on different angles and all facts are being verified Kumar said. The SSP further maintained that Darshan who was in plain clothes during the incident knew Yadav s elder brother very closely and the investigation was looking at personal enmity in the case. It is possible that there might have been some personal reason due to which he fired from his gun. We condemn this incident and a sub-inspector is not expected to do such a thing. That is why he has been suspended and he is being arrested. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News Pregnant woman s chopped body found in sacks: No headway Hyderabad cops offer Rs 1 lakh reward for clues Two snatchers held after they drop bag at crime spot Tags: crime fake encounter Ben MorganFeb 6 2018 at 12:10 amWelcome to Shifa Hospital Specialist hospital that buy organ. Do you wish to donate your organ in exchange of money? If yes. Then contact us today to get a reliable amount for (2 CRORE) and good transaction for good money. Contact via below information email: shifamedicalhealthcare Contact number 917411951612 WhatsApp number: 91-7411951612(0)(0) Reply sstalin_jolly1966@yahoo.comFeb 4 2018 at 9:26 pmWho is the master of all fake encounters ? If you know this answer you will understand why such incidents are happening in BJP ruled states.(27)(3) Reply Mohd Sarwar NasreeFeb 4 2018 at 7:15 pmNorth india is fast becoming the wild west . What ever news originate from here is rape vandalism or lynching riots or caste politics . No matter that is the reason it has highest un unemployment ratio . Most of the FDI either comes in south India or in Gujarat which is fast becoming the economy hub and corridor for progress . These state contribute more in Indian GDP maximum contribution to taxes and education . Soon the south will be asking more share from national exchequer . It was noida and Gurgaon that was considered as the economic corridor of north fast becoming part of unruly state . If it continue there will complete chaos in the state with no foreign investment as people want to invest in places which has law and order you can be helbound against the Taj Mahal but it brings lot of tourist and money to state .shift to south India they will make it into seven wonders .(8)(0) Reply Mithun KumarFeb 4 2018 at 5:41 pmMost of the encounter cases in UP are fake...Worst form of governance is this..(43)(4) Reply

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl in Ghaziabad in 2013 and came down heavily on the conduct of Uttar Pradesh Police by ordering action against its prosecutor and a woman constable for lack of sensitivity in handling the case. Additional sessions judge Gurdeep Singh observed that UP Police had turned away the victim and her parents who were Delhi residents and asked them to approach Delhi Police even though the incident https://www.hopespeak.com/umfqie5hzgg-m1d142808/?lang=vn took place in Ghaziabad. The conduct of the UP Police is a matter of concern as in this case the court said. The court awarded life term imprisonment to an autorickshaw driver for abducting and raping the minor girl in August 2013. It said I think it appropriate that the above conduct of the prosecutor in-charge be brought to the notice of the IG Meerut Range who shall take appropriate action against the errant police officials. The shifting of burden by sending the child and her parents to a Delhi police station the court observed not only showed insensitivity but also an offence. A fine of Rs 40 000 on was slapped against the 40-year-old autorickshaw driver Om Prakash for the offences of rape kidnapping and criminal intimidation. On August 31 2013 the survivor was picked up by the convict and taken to a deserted area in Ghaziabad where he raped her and threatened to kill her if she told anyone.