JAIPUR l WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 150
FIRST SNOW FALL
OF SEASON
Tourists visit the Atal Tunnel after fresh snowfall in Lahaul-Spiti. —PHOTO BY PTI
ASHOCK TO BJP’S 54.44 per cent cast their vote STATE LEADERSHIP! BIHAR 2ND PHASE POLLING
MASTERMIND GEHLOT’S STRATEGY ENSURES CONG’S WIN DELVING MAJOR BLOW TO OPPOSITION
Kartikey Dev Singh Jaipur: In political parlance, they say that a smart leader is one who can gauge the tide even before the current becomes turbulent, and succesfully turns the odds in his favour thus. One look at the Municipal body result would be enough to tell that the political stalwart of Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot not only perfectly gauged the ‘waters’ ahead of the local body polls, but also devised successful strategy to counter threat posed by the BJP. It was Gehlot and his trusted lieutenant, LSG minister Shanti Dhariwal who devised bifurcating the three most important local bodies of Jaipur, Jodpur and Kota. Furthermore, increasing the number of wards also ensured that Congress candidates would have to target lower number of voters, a point where Congress always fares well. And the results of the six local bodies on Tuesday proved once again that Gehlot is a mastermind when it comes to
ML LATHAR APPOINTED DGP Jaipur: Late on Tuesday night, the state government issued orders appointing Director General (Crime) ML Lathar as the next DGP of Rajasthan Police. The top cop has been made DGP for a term of two years. Moreover, he has also been promoted to apex scale as well. Notably, Lathar had been discharging his duties as acting DGP as well since former DGP Dr Bhupendra Yadav took VRS.
Celebrations galore as Congress party registers thumping victory.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
BJP LEADERSHIP’S ABJECT FAILURE BJP’s comparatively poor performance at Jaipur Kota and Jodhpur also indicate the failure of the pesent state leaership of BJP which mainly focuses on Gulab chand Katriya, Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore and Chandrashekhar. In Vasundhara’s Raje’s absence, where she refrained from campaigning, is one important pointer to again review and judge whether the BJP can stay afloat without Raje. One important factor for BJP’s drubbing at Kota is that in absence of Om Birla, after his taking over the charge of Lok Sabha speaker, there is no other versatile and popular BJP leaer left behind in Kota to take on the Congress. winning elections. The Congress party went on the register thumping victory in 3 out of the six boards and such has been its performance that the party has been able to form a board in
Jaipur first time since 1994, the year when the formal formation of Jaipur Municipal Corporation was announced. The state capital was divided in Jaipur Heritage and
Jaipur Greater wherein Congress is in the driving seat in Jaipur Heritage and is all set to form its board with independents. However, in Jaipur (Greater) BJP has fared well. Turn to P6
Bihar: Over 53 per cent of the total 2.85 crore electors in 94 constituencies of Bihar exercised their franchise till 5 pm in the second phase of voting on Tuesday, according to Election Commission data. The estimated overall turnout at 6 PM is 53.51 per cent (provisional), the poll panel data said. Prominent personalities including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi, Tejashwi Yadav, and LJP president Chirag Paswan cast their votes in their respective polling
Punjab CM to lead ‘dharna’ at Rajghat New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced that he will lead a relay ‘dharna’ of Congress MLAs at the Rajghat on Wednesday morning to highlight the state’s “power crisis and critical essential supplies” situation amid the Centre’s alleged adamant refusal to allow movement of goods trains due to farmers’ agitation. The Chief Minister said that Punjab had run out of coal, Turn to P6
HIGH POLLING IN BYPOLLS
Bhopal/Lucknow/Ahmedabad: Moderate to high polling was recorded on Tuesday in by-elections to 54 assembly constituencies in 10 states despite the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly 68 percent turnout in 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh where the results will decide the fate of the seven-monthold BJP government. Stray incidents of clashes between Congress and BJP workers were reported in MP and one person was injured in firing in Morena district, according to officials in the state. Turn to P6
booths in the morning. Polling began at 7 am, but the time for its conclusion has been extended by one hour till 6 pm to facilitate COVID-19 patients and those with
CBI, ED to grill Chidu, Karti for another month New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday (3 November) granted time till 2 December to the CBI and ED to obtain report on Letters Rogatory form the UK and Singapore in connection to their ongoing probe in the AircelMaxis case against former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar allowed the request for more time after Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, appearing for
GEHLOT OPENS FRONT ON SAFFRON PARTY
‘BJP unmasked, people will teach them lesson’ Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot opened a front against the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Tuesday and said that the party has been unmasked. Sharing a sting video of former Gujarat Congress MLA, who recently joined BJP, on his social media handles, Gehlot said that the people will teach BJP a lesson to keep the democracy alive.
“The tru face of the BJP has been unravelled and to keep the democracy alive, people will teach it a lesson. their countdown has started,” Gehlot said, and further added, “We have always said that BJP resorts to horsetrading to snatch power and now it has been proved how they indulge in these activities. BJP has made a fashion out of this. They, against the tradi-
CM Ashok Gehlot
symptoms of the disease to exercise their franchise during the final hour. The process, however, concluded early in Maoist-hit areas. Turn to P6
tions of Democracy, have entered in horse trading in Goa, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Karntaka and Madhya Pradesh and tried a lot to do so in Rajasthan too but couldnot do so.” Gehlot’s tweets came after a video of a former Congress MLA went viral where he is allegedly saying that he hasnt resigned for nothing but since BJP offerred him a deal.
the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforement Directorate, informed that the LRs have been sent to the countries but no reply has yet been received. The matter, which is at the stage of taking cognizance, is adjourned for 2 December. Turn to P6
‘MODI CARES FOR MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS’
Araria: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing an election rally in Forbesganj here on Tuesday, said that he wins elections because he cares about mother and daughters of the country. “People question why Prime Minister Modi wins elections. He wins because he cares about mothers and daughters of the country. Turn to P6
BJP MLA seeks police action against Bachchan Mumbai: A BJP MLA in Maharashtra on November 3 approached the police seeking action against actor Amitabh Bachchan and makers of TV show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 12’ for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments. Abhimanyu Pawar, BJP legislator from Ausa in Latur district, in a complaint to Latur SP Nikhil Pingle said action should be taken against Mr. Bachchan Turn to P6
Expedite decision on Rajiv killer’s plea: SC to TN Guv New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed unhappiness over the Tamil Nadu Governor for not taking a decision for over two years on the remission plea of AG Perarivalan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao asked the Tamil Nadu government to request the State Governor to expedite his decision on the State’s recommenda-
tions for the remission of sentence of the convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. “We don’t want to exercise our jurisdiction, but we are not happy with how this recommendation Turn to P6