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JAIPUR l MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 325
BUT IN RAJ,
BIRTHDAY
BOY GEHLOT
GIVES A SAVING
GRACE TO THE PARTY
Aditi Nagar
here seldom comes a leader whose politics influences not just the
party but an entire region, whose reach is far beyond his own terri-
tory, into the hearts of the people of far away too and such a leader
can only come when one is genuinely an altruistic person. Today,
marks the seventieth year in the life of ‘Marwar’s Gandhi’ Ashok Ge-
hlot and even as lakhs of people want to wish him on his birthday,
the three time chief minister has decided not to celebrate it, as
a mark of respect towards those who have been stung by the Corona virus
and the havoc it is wreaking on Gehlot’s ‘pyaro’ Rajasthan. Handling
the Corona situation is itself a tiresome job but amid all this,
he has managed to give the Congress party, an ‘oasis’ in the
sweltering ‘dry patch’ of electoral politics, where Con-
gress has performed poorly in all the 4 states and 1 Un-
ion Territory namely of West Bengal, Assam, Tamil
Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry , whereas under Ge-
hlot, Congress managed to win two bypolls even
after political pandits claimed an anti-incumbency
in the state.
But what might seem to be a moment of cele-
bration for several others, does not excite Ge-
hlot. The reason: the stalwart considers saving
people’s lives much more important than car-
rying out political agendas in a crisis. And this
is the reason that Gehlot on Sunday, once
again called out the opposition parties and
Central government to work ‘hand in hand’
in order to weed out corona from the state.
The chief minister, just like during the first
wave, has again asked the state BJP leaders
to voice Rajasthan’s concerns before their
bosses in Delhi and help the people, be-
cause after all that is what Gehlot’s ‘dhar-
ma’ is: Rajasthan, Rajasthan and Ra-
jasthan.
Even though down with the virus him-
self, the Chief Minister is continuously
fighting corona on two fronts i.e. outisde
and inside, literally. Like the tenacious
politician he is; it is sure that he will not
give up on the state and has appealed
to the people to help him, help them.
And why does he take such pains for
them? Not because he is represent-
ing a political party, not merely be-
cause he holds a constitutional
office and definitely not because
he wants to earn and make a
name for himself; but because
there is an underlying zeal
for the state which in own
words goes like this: “Main
Thansu Door Koni”...
Therefore, Happy Birthday
Mr. CM!
T
OUR EDITIONS:
JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD
& LUCKNOW
www.fi rstindia.co.in
www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/
twitter.com/thefi rstindia
facebook.com/thefi rstindia
instagram.com/thefi rstindia
JAIPUR l MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 325
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
CONGRESS PERFORMS
POORLY IN 5 STATES
BIRTHDAY
BOY GEHLOT
GIVES A SAVING
GRACE TO THE PARTY
Aditi Nagar
here seldom comes a leader whose politics influences not just the
party but an entire region, whose reach is far beyond his own terri-
tory, into the hearts of the people of far away too and such a leader
can only come when one is genuinely an altruistic person. Today,
marks the seventieth year in the life of ‘Marwar’s Gandhi’ Ashok Ge-
hlot and even as lakhs of people want to wish him on his birthday,
the three time chief minister has decided not to celebrate it, as
a mark of respect towards those who have been stung by the Corona virus
and the havoc it is wreaking on Gehlot’s ‘pyaro’ Rajasthan. Handling
the Corona situation is itself a tiresome job but amid all this,
he has managed to give the Congress party, an ‘oasis’ in the
sweltering ‘dry patch’ of electoral politics, where Con-
gress has performed poorly in all the 4 states and 1 Un-
ion Territory namely of West Bengal, Assam, Tamil
Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry , whereas under Ge-
hlot, Congress managed to win two bypolls even
after political pandits claimed an anti-incumbency
in the state.
But what might seem to be a moment of cele-
bration for several others, does not excite Ge-
hlot. The reason: the stalwart considers saving
people’s lives much more important than car-
rying out political agendas in a crisis. And this
is the reason that Gehlot on Sunday, once
again called out the opposition parties and
Central government to work ‘hand in hand’
in order to weed out corona from the state.
The chief minister, just like during the first
wave, has again asked the state BJP leaders
to voice Rajasthan’s concerns before their
bosses in Delhi and help the people, be-
cause after all that is what Gehlot’s ‘dhar-
ma’ is: Rajasthan, Rajasthan and Ra-
jasthan.
Even though down with the virus him-
self, the Chief Minister is continuously
fighting corona on two fronts i.e. outisde
and inside, literally. Like the tenacious
politician he is; it is sure that he will not
give up on the state and has appealed
to the people to help him, help them.
And why does he take such pains for
them? Not because he is represent-
ing a political party, not merely be-
cause he holds a constitutional
office and definitely not because
he wants to earn and make a
name for himself; but because
there is an underlying zeal
for the state which in own
words goes like this: “Main
Thansu Door Koni”...
Therefore, Happy Birthday
Mr. CM!
T
OUR EDITIONS:
JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD
& LUCKNOW
www.fi rstindia.co.in
www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/
twitter.com/thefi rstindia
facebook.com/thefi rstindia
instagram.com/thefi rstindia
JAIPUR l MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 325
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
CONGRESS PERFORMS
POORLY IN 5 STATES
JAIPUR l MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 325
Mamata loses: A saving grace for BJP
Bangla culture dominates Delhi politics
Several hotshot candidates bite the dust
Bengal saved the country, says Mamata
‘POWERHOUSE’
Didi
...GOES DOWN IN NANDIGRAM,
WHILE CRUSHING SAFFRON DREAM!
West Bengal
TMC+ 216
BJP+ 74
DMK+ 157
ADMK+ 76
OTH+ 1
BJP+ 75
CONG+ 49
AJP+ 1
OTH 1
NRC+ 16
CONG+ 9
AMMK+ 0
OTH 5
LDF+ 99
CONG+ 41
BJP+ 0
LEFT+ 0
OTH+ 2
292 / 294
Target: 148
This is a victory for the people of
Bengal. I am proud to say that
Bengal saved the country. The
Election Commission behaved
badly with us. BJP played dirty
politics and lost the election
Mamata Banerjee,
West Bengal Chief Minister
Tamil Nadu Assam PuducherryKerala
234 / 234 126 / 126 30 / 30140 / 140
OUR EDITIONS:
JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD
& LUCKNOW
www.fi rstindia.co.in
www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/
twitter.com/thefi rstindia
facebook.com/thefi rstindia
instagram.com/thefi rstindia
Top
TWEETS
Cochin: The Left re-
wrote history in Kerala
on Sunday by becoming
the first government to
get a second term in
four decades but its for-
tunes fell to a historic
low in West Bengal
where it failed to bag
even one seat, resulting
in its complete decima-
tion in a state it once
ruled for over three
decades.
Blank for Left in Ben-
gal: The Left’s fall in
Bengal was a sharp one.
It not only drew a blank
in the 2019 national
elections but lost its tra-
ditional supporters to
the BJP, as conceded by
its own leaders. Matters
came to such a pass that
the 2021 assembly polls
became a bipolar con-
test between the BJP
and the TMC, with the
CPI(M), CPI and the
Congress playing in the
background.
Turn to P6
Historic day for
Left in Kerala,
with 2nd term
Stalin-led DMK bags
big win in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: The opposi-
tion DMK-Congress al-
liance is heading for a
big win in the 234-mem-
ber Tamil Nadu assem-
bly. The DMK and its
allies were leading in
150-plus seats. The rul-
ing AIDMK – which
started the day with a
lead on 95 seats -- was
leading in just 70-plus
seats. The majority
mark stands at 118. The
DMK has not been in
power in the state for a
decade,
Turn to P6
NDA TO FORM GOVT IN PUDUCHERRY
NDA TO RETAIN POWER IN ASSAM
Puducherry: The AINRC-led NDA looked
all set to capture power in Puducherry by
winning 16 assembly seats and leading
in two when the results for 22 out of
the total 30 segments were declared on
Sunday. The Congress-led front emerged
victorious in fi ve constituencies.
Guwahati: The ruling BJP-led NDA in
Assam is all set to retain power and won
48 seats and was leading in 24 assembly
seats. The BJP alone has won 35 and
was leading in 22. Asom Gana Parishad
won eight seat. The Grand Alliance led
by the Congress has won 24 seats.
Mohd Fahad/Aditi Nagar
he Mamata
Banerjee-led
TMC pulled
off a spectac-
ular victory
in a high-
stakes electoral battle,
trouncing BJP to form
the government for a
third consecutive term
in West Bengal.
As per the latest data
from the Election Com-
mission, TMC is on its
course to win over 210
seats in a 294-member
Assembly, while BJP is
likely to win 74 seats.
In Tamil Nadu, MK
Stalin is set to become
the state Chief Minister
with the DMK-led alli-
ance leading in at least
157 seats. In Kerala, the
Pinarayi Vijayan-led
LDF government script-
ed history by retaining
power, the first time in
four decades that the
same grouping will
form the government
for the second consecu-
tive time. For the BJP,
Assam emerged as the
lone bright spot with
the ruling NDA pro-
jected to win 75 of 126
seats to retain power in
the state.
However, Mamata
lost the Nandigram
seat to BJP leader Su-
vendu Adhikari by
1,736 votes.
Mamata said, “I
will go to the court
because I have heard
there were some mal-
practices”.
Turn to P6
T
PRASHANT KISHOR
CALL IT QUITS
New Delhi: Even as
trends indicate that
Trinamool Congress is
likely to win big in the
West Bengal Assem-
bly elections, with the
party leading in more
than 200 seats, poll
strategist Prashant
Kishor said on Sunday
that he is quitting as
an election strategist.
“I do not want to con-
tinue what I am doing.
I have done enough,”
Kishor said.
ENFORCE PANDEMIC RED
ALERT CURFEW STRICTLY: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has in-
structed to maintain
constant coordination
with the central govern-
ment to increase the al-
location of medical oxy-
gen in view of the ever-
increasing active cases
of Covid in the state.
Along with this, he has
also directed to strongly
advocate for providing
tankers as per require-
ment to Rajasthan out of
the oxygen transport
tankers being imported
through the central gov-
ernment. “Strict adher-
ence to the Kovid Proto-
col is very important for
saving life,” Gehlot said
and instructed that the
‘Pandemic Red Alert’
starting from Monday
should be strictly fol-
lowed without any laxity.
Gehlot reviewed the
supply of oxygen, avail-
ability of medicines,
Covid infection and the
Pandemic
Turn to P6
Congress clinches
Sahada, Sujangarh;
BJP gets Rajsamand
Jaipur: The Congress
won the bypolls in
Sahada and Sujan-
garh and the BJP in
Rajsamand, with both
parties retaining the
seats in Rajasthan
that fell vacant after
the death of their
MLAs last year. Con-
gress’ Gayatri Devi
and Manoj Meghwal
won in Sahada and
Sujangarh while BJP’s
Deepti Maheshwari
retained seat of her
mother Late Kiran
Maheshwari.
P5
13 Opposition leaders urge Centre to
launch free mass vaccination drive
New Delhi: Leaders of
13 Opposition parties
Sunday urged the Cen-
tre to launch a free mass
vaccination drive across
the country in view of
the unprecedented
surge in Covid-19 cases.
In a joint statement,
they also called upon
the Centre to ensure un-
interrupted oxygen sup-
ply to all hospitals and
health centres as they
manage the staggering
patient loads in view of
the rising cases.
The signatories in-
clude Congress presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi,
JDS leader and former
prime minister HD
Deve Gowda, NCP lead-
er Sharad Pawar, Shiv
Sena chief Uddhav
Thackeray and TMC
supremo Mamata Ba-
nerjee.
Turn to P6
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA
3,92,488
new cases
3,689
new fatalities
RAJASTHAN
18,298
new cases
159
new fatalities
WON’T CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY: GEHLOT
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will not celebrate
his birthday on Monday. Renowned for his ‘sensitivity’ to
the pain of others’, Gehlot said on Sunday, “We all know
about the covid situation in Rajasthan and the troubles
it has posed on us. Due to this I have decided not to
celebrate my birthday. Rajasthan has given me immense
love and blessings and these blessings are my biggest
strength. I do not have words to express the pain I feel
towards those who have lost their loved ones to Corona.
Me and the State Government are standing with the peo-
ple in this hour and I am confi dent that we will continue
to receive your support.”
Try to increase the
allocation of oxygen
from Jamnagar,
Gehlot directs officials
Narendra Modi
@Narendramodi
Congratulations to
Mamata Didi for win
in West Bengal. The
Centre will continue
to extend all possible
support to the West
Bengal govt to fulfi l
people’s aspirations.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Congratulations on
this grand victory @
JPNadda, @Ranjeet
KrDass, @sarbanand
sonwal, @himantabiswa
and all the activists I
am confi dent that under
the leadership of Modi
ji, all the workers of the
Assam, and our allies
will continue to strive for
development of Assam.
Rahul Gandhi
@rahulgandhi
Congratulations to
Shri MK Stalin for the
victory. People of Tamil
Nadu have voted for
change and we will,
under your leadership,
prove to be a confi dent
step in that direction.
Best wishes
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
Congratulations to
TMC president &
#WestBengal CM
Mamata Banerjee ji, @
Mamata Offi cial for a
resounding victory in
the state. It was a very
tough battle, fi ghting
collective central forces.
Every tactic was used
by BJP.
Congratulations to NDA
for winning polls in
#Puducherry. My best
wishes to the people of
Puducherry and to the
new government that
will be formed.
Mamata loses: A saving grace for BJP
Bangla culture dominates Delhi politics
Several hotshot candidates bite the dust
Bengal saved the country, says Mamata
‘POWERHOUSE’
Didi
...GOES DOWN IN NANDIGRAM,
WHILE CRUSHING SAFFRON DREAM!
West Bengal
TMC+ 216
BJP+ 74
DMK+ 157
ADMK+ 76
OTH+ 1
BJP+ 75
CONG+ 49
AJP+ 1
OTH 1
NRC+ 16
CONG+ 9
AMMK+ 0
OTH 5
LDF+ 99
CONG+ 41
BJP+ 0
LEFT+ 0
OTH+ 2
292 / 294
Target: 148
This is a victory for the people of
Bengal. I am proud to say that
Bengal saved the country. The
Election Commission behaved
badly with us. BJP played dirty
politics and lost the election
Mamata Banerjee,
West Bengal Chief Minister
Tamil Nadu Assam PuducherryKerala
234 / 234 126 / 126 30 / 30140 / 140
OUR EDITIONS:
JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD
& LUCKNOW
www.fi rstindia.co.in
www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/
twitter.com/thefi rstindia
facebook.com/thefi rstindia
instagram.com/thefi rstindia
Top
TWEETS
Cochin: The Left re-
wrote history in Kerala
on Sunday by becoming
the first government to
get a second term in
four decades but its for-
tunes fell to a historic
low in West Bengal
where it failed to bag
even one seat, resulting
in its complete decima-
tion in a state it once
ruled for over three
decades.
Blank for Left in Ben-
gal: The Left’s fall in
Bengal was a sharp one.
It not only drew a blank
in the 2019 national
elections but lost its tra-
ditional supporters to
the BJP, as conceded by
its own leaders. Matters
came to such a pass that
the 2021 assembly polls
became a bipolar con-
test between the BJP
and the TMC, with the
CPI(M), CPI and the
Congress playing in the
background.
Turn to P6
Historic day for
Left in Kerala,
with 2nd term
Stalin-led DMK bags
big win in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: The opposi-
tion DMK-Congress al-
liance is heading for a
big win in the 234-mem-
ber Tamil Nadu assem-
bly. The DMK and its
allies were leading in
150-plus seats. The rul-
ing AIDMK – which
started the day with a
lead on 95 seats -- was
leading in just 70-plus
seats. The majority
mark stands at 118. The
DMK has not been in
power in the state for a
decade,
Turn to P6
NDA TO FORM GOVT IN PUDUCHERRY
NDA TO RETAIN POWER IN ASSAM
Puducherry: The AINRC-led NDA looked
all set to capture power in Puducherry by
winning 16 assembly seats and leading
in two when the results for 22 out of
the total 30 segments were declared on
Sunday. The Congress-led front emerged
victorious in fi ve constituencies.
Guwahati: The ruling BJP-led NDA in
Assam is all set to retain power and won
48 seats and was leading in 24 assembly
seats. The BJP alone has won 35 and
was leading in 22. Asom Gana Parishad
won eight seat. The Grand Alliance led
by the Congress has won 24 seats.
Mohd Fahad/Aditi Nagar
he Mamata
Banerjee-led
TMC pulled
off a spectac-
ular victory
in a high-
stakes electoral battle,
trouncing BJP to form
the government for a
third consecutive term
in West Bengal.
As per the latest data
from the Election Com-
mission, TMC is on its
course to win over 210
seats in a 294-member
Assembly, while BJP is
likely to win 74 seats.
In Tamil Nadu, MK
Stalin is set to become
the state Chief Minister
with the DMK-led alli-
ance leading in at least
157 seats. In Kerala, the
Pinarayi Vijayan-led
LDF government script-
ed history by retaining
power, the first time in
four decades that the
same grouping will
form the government
for the second consecu-
tive time. For the BJP,
Assam emerged as the
lone bright spot with
the ruling NDA pro-
jected to win 75 of 126
seats to retain power in
the state.
However, Mamata
lost the Nandigram
seat to BJP leader Su-
vendu Adhikari by
1,736 votes.
Mamata said, “I
will go to the court
because I have heard
there were some mal-
practices”.
Turn to P6
T
PRASHANT KISHOR
CALL IT QUITS
New Delhi: Even as
trends indicate that
Trinamool Congress is
likely to win big in the
West Bengal Assem-
bly elections, with the
party leading in more
than 200 seats, poll
strategist Prashant
Kishor said on Sunday
that he is quitting as
an election strategist.
“I do not want to con-
tinue what I am doing.
I have done enough,”
Kishor said.
ENFORCE PANDEMIC RED
ALERT CURFEW STRICTLY: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has in-
structed to maintain
constant coordination
with the central govern-
ment to increase the al-
location of medical oxy-
gen in view of the ever-
increasing active cases
of Covid in the state.
Along with this, he has
also directed to strongly
advocate for providing
tankers as per require-
ment to Rajasthan out of
the oxygen transport
tankers being imported
through the central gov-
ernment. “Strict adher-
ence to the Kovid Proto-
col is very important for
saving life,” Gehlot said
and instructed that the
‘Pandemic Red Alert’
starting from Monday
should be strictly fol-
lowed without any laxity.
Gehlot reviewed the
supply of oxygen, avail-
ability of medicines,
Covid infection and the
Pandemic
Turn to P6
Congress clinches
Sahada, Sujangarh;
BJP gets Rajsamand
Jaipur: The Congress
won the bypolls in
Sahada and Sujan-
garh and the BJP in
Rajsamand, with both
parties retaining the
seats in Rajasthan
that fell vacant after
the death of their
MLAs last year. Con-
gress’ Gayatri Devi
and Manoj Meghwal
won in Sahada and
Sujangarh while BJP’s
Deepti Maheshwari
retained seat of her
mother Late Kiran
Maheshwari.
P5
13 Opposition leaders urge Centre to
launch free mass vaccination drive
New Delhi: Leaders of
13 Opposition parties
Sunday urged the Cen-
tre to launch a free mass
vaccination drive across
the country in view of
the unprecedented
surge in Covid-19 cases.
In a joint statement,
they also called upon
the Centre to ensure un-
interrupted oxygen sup-
ply to all hospitals and
health centres as they
manage the staggering
patient loads in view of
the rising cases.
The signatories in-
clude Congress presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi,
JDS leader and former
prime minister HD
Deve Gowda, NCP lead-
er Sharad Pawar, Shiv
Sena chief Uddhav
Thackeray and TMC
supremo Mamata Ba-
nerjee.
Turn to P6
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA
3,92,488
new cases
3,689
new fatalities
RAJASTHAN
18,298
new cases
159
new fatalities
WON’T CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY: GEHLOT
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will not celebrate
his birthday on Monday. Renowned for his ‘sensitivity’ to
the pain of others’, Gehlot said on Sunday, “We all know
about the covid situation in Rajasthan and the troubles
it has posed on us. Due to this I have decided not to
celebrate my birthday. Rajasthan has given me immense
love and blessings and these blessings are my biggest
strength. I do not have words to express the pain I feel
towards those who have lost their loved ones to Corona.
Me and the State Government are standing with the peo-
ple in this hour and I am confi dent that we will continue
to receive your support.”
Try to increase the
allocation of oxygen
from Jamnagar,
Gehlot directs officials
Narendra Modi
@Narendramodi
Congratulations to
Mamata Didi for win
in West Bengal. The
Centre will continue
to extend all possible
support to the West
Bengal govt to fulfi l
people’s aspirations.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Congratulations on
this grand victory @
JPNadda, @Ranjeet
KrDass, @sarbanand
sonwal, @himantabiswa
and all the activists I
am confi dent that under
the leadership of Modi
ji, all the workers of the
Assam, and our allies
will continue to strive for
development of Assam.
Rahul Gandhi
@rahulgandhi
Congratulations to
Shri MK Stalin for the
victory. People of Tamil
Nadu have voted for
change and we will,
under your leadership,
prove to be a confi dent
step in that direction.
Best wishes
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
Congratulations to
TMC president &
#WestBengal CM
Mamata Banerjee ji, @
Mamata Offi cial for a
resounding victory in
the state. It was a very
tough battle, fi ghting
collective central forces.
Every tactic was used
by BJP.
Congratulations to NDA
for winning polls in
#Puducherry. My best
wishes to the people of
Puducherry and to the
new government that
will be formed.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021
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FREE VAX DRIVE
EXTENDED TO 12
DISTS: DR RAGHU
M
edical & Health Minister
Dr Raghu Sharma
said that in 12 most Covid
affected districts of the state
(Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur,
Udaipur, Bharatpur, Alwar,
Kota, Pali, Dhaulpur, Sikar,
Bhilwara, Bikaner), free
Covid vaccination has
started for the benefi ciaries
of the age group of 18 to
44 years. He told that more
districts will be added to this
list once they start getting
more doses of vaccine.
There is a separate registra-
tion site for people falling
under the 18-44 year age
bracket. Moreover, no vac-
cination will be done without
registration. He said that a
total of 6000 benefi ciaries
had registered till now.
After oxygen emergency,
now state needs tankers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As the medical
oxygen quota of Ra-
jasthan has been in-
creased, the state is now
facing shortage of tank-
ers to transport it.
Centre has increased
100 metric tonne quota
of oxygen for the state
that is to be transported
from remote areas like
Burnpur, Balinganagar,
and Jamnagar for
which the state needs 54
additional tankers.
The Centre has de-
posed before the Su-
preme Court that there
are 2,416 cryogenic
tankers available in the
country, the minister
said.
The state needs 54 additional tankers to
transport oxygen which is a new chal-
lenge. We are, however, to sort out the is-
sue with the coordination of the Cen-
tre and other states. The state has
only 23 tankers available out of
which four tankers are used for
transportation of nitrogen of
INOX Plot at Bhiwadi and 5
tankers are running in Delhi,
Punjab and UP.
—Dr Raghu Sharma, Health Minister
OXYGEN ON
WHEELS...
(Top) People in queue to collect
oxygen cylinders for patients
at JLN Hospital in Ajmer;
family members take elderly
patient with oxygen cylinder in
auto rickshaw on Sunday.
—PHOTOS BY
ANAND SHARMA
Minister Sukhram
Vishnoi reviewed
the preparations of
new Covid Centre
in Sanchore, where
Corona patients will be
treated free of cost.
Cooperative Minister
Udailal Anjana dis-
cussed Covid situation
in Nimbahera with
medical offi cials
through VC.
Mines Minister Pramod
Jain Bhaya also
interacted with medical
offi cials and reviewed
corona spread in Baran
district.
Ministers unite to
fight against Covid
Jaipur: A pregnant
woman was denied
treatment as she tested
positive for Covid. Rad-
ha Devi was admitted to
Santokba Durlabhji
Hospital in critical con-
dition. She was asked to
undergo screening for
Corona. After a while
when reports were posi-
tive, the hospital ad-
ministration refused
any further treatment,
while the lady was left
bleeding. SDMH asked
her relatives to take her
to another hospital. The
family rushed her to
Mahila Chikitsalaya.
SDMH denies
treatment to
pregnant +ve
Jaipur: Former Minister and BJP MLA
Kalicharan Saraf on Sunday said
that there has been a huge shortage
of beds and oxygen in almost all the
government and
private hospitals of
the city due to con-
tinuous infection.
The government
should immediately
decommission the
TB hospital with
300 empty beds
containing oxygen
plants to provide
relief to the patients who are wander-
ing from beds and oxygen shortage. He
said the state government has failed
to meet the expectations of resource
management and improvement of
systems.
BJP LEADERS RAISE CONCERN OVER COVID
Jaipur: BJP national spokesperson and Jaipur Rural MP Colonel Rajyavardhan Rathore has been continuously communi- cating with BJP workers of his LS constit- uency during second wave of Corona. He on Sunday commu- nicated with workers of Kotputli assembly constituency through VC and inquired about spread of corona also said PM Modi, while showing foresight, increased self-suffi ciency, strengthened medical infrastructure in country. But Cong govt of state did not make any improvement in medical structure. Rathore congratulated BJP candidate Deepti Maheshwari who won from Rajsamand.
Rathore inquires about
corona spread in K’putliSaraf asks state govt to
allot TB hosp for Covid
COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL CASES
CASES (SUNDAY)
RECOVERED (SUNDAY)
RECOVERED TOTAL
ACTIVE CASES
6,33,951
4,40,215
1,89,178
18,298
11262
DEATHS (SUNDAY)
TOTAL DEATHS
4,456
159
JAIPUR 4456
JODHPUR 2212
UDAIPUR 1212
ALWAR 823
KEY
Highlights
COVID
VACCINE
Jaipur Police fulfi lled child’s wish by
celebrating his birthday with cake &
balloon on weekend curfew
Amid rise in cases, markets
of Kesarganj & Padao closed
from 3 to 5 May in Ajmer
Pratapgarh collector imposes `25,000
fi ne on wedding procession
Vaccinations are being done for
people aged 18–45 years. 2,397
were vaccinated on May 1
Minister Tikaram Jully gives
`12,50,000 from MLA Fund
LoP Gulabchand Kataria gives
`74,81,000 for liquid oxygen tank
10 DOCS, 30 NURSING
STAFF TEST +VE IN RUHS
T
en doctors and 30 nursing
staff at the state’s largest Covid
hospital RUHS have tested positive
for corona on Sunday. Prior to this,
many senior professors of SMS
have also been infected with Corona.
Although hospital superintendent Dr.
Ajit Singh is handling the operations,
there is much worry about getting
so much medical staff infected.
+VE COUPLE ENDS LIFE
IN FRONT OF TRAIN
A
n elderly couple died by suicide
by jumping in front of train.
The husband and wife were corona
positive and presumably due to
this tension, they killed self, police
said. The incident happened on the
Delhi-Mumbai rail line of the Railway
Colony police station area, where
they jumped in front of train going
towards Delhi.
Rajasthan Police
@PoliceRajasthan
Hey friends, if you are
over 18, go get the #
Corona vaccine. And
listen, inspire others
for this too. Remember,
the Vaccine Syringe will
protect you like an Ar-
mor Shield in the fi ght
against #Corona.
ALERT! Jaipur District Collector Antar Singh Nehra issued an order on
Sunday to close all sports grounds and public parks from today, 5 AM
till May 17, 5 AM. Those violating this will be dealt in accordance with
legal provisions of Sec 188 of the IPC, Disaster Mgmt & Pandemic Act.
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RAJASTHAN POLICE CONDUCTS FLAG MARCH TO RAISE AWARENESS AGAINST COVID-19, FIRST INDIA
PHOTOJOURNALIST SANTOSH SHARMA CAPTURES THE MOMENT AT THE BADI CHAUPAR IN JAIPUR WHERE
COPS GEAR UP FOR ‘RED-ALERT PUBLIC DISCIPLINE FORTNIGHT’ WHICH STARTS FROM TODAY FOR TWO WEEKS.
‘RED ALERT’
IN RAJ FROM TODAY
A CONCERNED MANTRI
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday visited a 120-bed
isolation centre set up near National Skill Training Institute along with RSS pracharak
Yoginder, Mayor Vanita Seth and the teams of AIIMS and DRDO. Shekhawat also inspected
oxygen tankers sent from Gujarat during his visit to the Bornada Gas Plant in Jodhpur.
Oxy tanker suppliers to
mail, WhatsApp proposal
First India Bureau
Jaipur: For transporta-
tion of liquid medical
oxygen in Rajasthan,
tanker suppliers can
send their proposals im-
mediately to the Trans-
port Department’s email
id - transport@ra-
jasthan.gov.in or What-
sApp number 9829180005.
Transport Commis-
sioner Mahendra Soni
has issued an order on
Sunday to constitute a
departmental commit-
tee for proposals re-
ceived from tanker sup-
pliers. The committee
will issue a letter of ac-
ceptance to the tanker
supplier firm after fix-
ing reasonable rates per
tanker per kilometre
and approving the
rates. The Transport
Commissioner said that
keeping in mind the pri-
ority of saving the lives
of the patients, this
committee will consid-
er the proposal received
on the same day and
submit it for approval.
Soni said that in or-
der to maintain an un-
interrupted oxygen
supply system in the
state in view of the in-
creasing infection of
Covid-19, the state is in
great need of liquid ox-
ygen transport tankers.
JAIPUR | MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021
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FREE VAX DRIVE
EXTENDED TO 12
DISTS: DR RAGHU
M
edical & Health Minister
Dr Raghu Sharma
said that in 12 most Covid
affected districts of the state
(Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur,
Udaipur, Bharatpur, Alwar,
Kota, Pali, Dhaulpur, Sikar,
Bhilwara, Bikaner), free
Covid vaccination has
started for the benefi ciaries
of the age group of 18 to
44 years. He told that more
districts will be added to this
list once they start getting
more doses of vaccine.
There is a separate registra-
tion site for people falling
under the 18-44 year age
bracket. Moreover, no vac-
cination will be done without
registration. He said that a
total of 6000 benefi ciaries
had registered till now.
After oxygen emergency,
now state needs tankers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As the medical
oxygen quota of Ra-
jasthan has been in-
creased, the state is now
facing shortage of tank-
ers to transport it.
Centre has increased
100 metric tonne quota
of oxygen for the state
that is to be transported
from remote areas like
Burnpur, Balinganagar,
and Jamnagar for
which the state needs 54
additional tankers.
The Centre has de-
posed before the Su-
preme Court that there
are 2,416 cryogenic
tankers available in the
country, the minister
said.
The state needs 54 additional tankers to
transport oxygen which is a new chal-
lenge. We are, however, to sort out the is-
sue with the coordination of the Cen-
tre and other states. The state has
only 23 tankers available out of
which four tankers are used for
transportation of nitrogen of
INOX Plot at Bhiwadi and 5
tankers are running in Delhi,
Punjab and UP.
—Dr Raghu Sharma, Health Minister
OXYGEN ON
WHEELS...
(Top) People in queue to collect
oxygen cylinders for patients
at JLN Hospital in Ajmer;
family members take elderly
patient with oxygen cylinder in
auto rickshaw on Sunday.
—PHOTOS BY
ANAND SHARMA
Minister Sukhram
Vishnoi reviewed
the preparations of
new Covid Centre
in Sanchore, where
Corona patients will be
treated free of cost.
Cooperative Minister
Udailal Anjana dis-
cussed Covid situation
in Nimbahera with
medical offi cials
through VC.
Mines Minister Pramod
Jain Bhaya also
interacted with medical
offi cials and reviewed
corona spread in Baran
district.
Ministers unite to
fight against Covid
Jaipur: A pregnant
woman was denied
treatment as she tested
positive for Covid. Rad-
ha Devi was admitted to
Santokba Durlabhji
Hospital in critical con-
dition. She was asked to
undergo screening for
Corona. After a while
when reports were posi-
tive, the hospital ad-
ministration refused
any further treatment,
while the lady was left
bleeding. SDMH asked
her relatives to take her
to another hospital. The
family rushed her to
Mahila Chikitsalaya.
SDMH denies
treatment to
pregnant +ve
Jaipur: Former Minister and BJP MLA
Kalicharan Saraf on Sunday said
that there has been a huge shortage
of beds and oxygen in almost all the
government and
private hospitals of
the city due to con-
tinuous infection.
The government
should immediately
decommission the
TB hospital with
300 empty beds
containing oxygen
plants to provide
relief to the patients who are wander-
ing from beds and oxygen shortage. He
said the state government has failed
to meet the expectations of resource
management and improvement of
systems.
BJP LEADERS RAISE CONCERN OVER COVID
Jaipur: BJP national spokesperson and Jaipur Rural MP Colonel Rajyavardhan Rathore has been continuously communi- cating with BJP workers of his LS constit- uency during second wave of Corona. He on Sunday commu- nicated with workers of Kotputli assembly constituency through VC and inquired about spread of corona also said PM Modi, while showing foresight, increased self-suffi ciency, strengthened medical infrastructure in country. But Cong govt of state did not make any improvement in medical structure. Rathore congratulated BJP candidate Deepti Maheshwari who won from Rajsamand.
Rathore inquires about
corona spread in K’putliSaraf asks state govt to
allot TB hosp for Covid
COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL CASES
CASES (SUNDAY)
RECOVERED (SUNDAY)
RECOVERED TOTAL
ACTIVE CASES
6,33,951
4,40,215
1,89,178
18,298
11262
DEATHS (SUNDAY)
TOTAL DEATHS
4,456
159
JAIPUR 4456
JODHPUR 2212
UDAIPUR 1212
ALWAR 823
KEY
Highlights
COVID
VACCINE
Jaipur Police fulfi lled child’s wish by
celebrating his birthday with cake &
balloon on weekend curfew
Amid rise in cases, markets
of Kesarganj & Padao closed
from 3 to 5 May in Ajmer
Pratapgarh collector imposes `25,000
fi ne on wedding procession
Vaccinations are being done for
people aged 18–45 years. 2,397
were vaccinated on May 1
Minister Tikaram Jully gives
`12,50,000 from MLA Fund
LoP Gulabchand Kataria gives
`74,81,000 for liquid oxygen tank
10 DOCS, 30 NURSING
STAFF TEST +VE IN RUHS
T
en doctors and 30 nursing
staff at the state’s largest Covid
hospital RUHS have tested positive
for corona on Sunday. Prior to this,
many senior professors of SMS
have also been infected with Corona.
Although hospital superintendent Dr.
Ajit Singh is handling the operations,
there is much worry about getting
so much medical staff infected.
+VE COUPLE ENDS LIFE
IN FRONT OF TRAIN
A
n elderly couple died by suicide
by jumping in front of train.
The husband and wife were corona
positive and presumably due to
this tension, they killed self, police
said. The incident happened on the
Delhi-Mumbai rail line of the Railway
Colony police station area, where
they jumped in front of train going
towards Delhi.
Rajasthan Police
@PoliceRajasthan
Hey friends, if you are
over 18, go get the #
Corona vaccine. And
listen, inspire others
for this too. Remember,
the Vaccine Syringe will
protect you like an Ar-
mor Shield in the fi ght
against #Corona.
ALERT! Jaipur District Collector Antar Singh Nehra issued an order on
Sunday to close all sports grounds and public parks from today, 5 AM
till May 17, 5 AM. Those violating this will be dealt in accordance with
legal provisions of Sec 188 of the IPC, Disaster Mgmt & Pandemic Act.
Promoted by
Shree Cement Limited
RAJASTHAN POLICE CONDUCTS FLAG MARCH TO RAISE AWARENESS AGAINST COVID-19, FIRST INDIA
PHOTOJOURNALIST SANTOSH SHARMA CAPTURES THE MOMENT AT THE BADI CHAUPAR IN JAIPUR WHERE
COPS GEAR UP FOR ‘RED-ALERT PUBLIC DISCIPLINE FORTNIGHT’ WHICH STARTS FROM TODAY FOR TWO WEEKS.
‘RED ALERT’
IN RAJ FROM TODAY
A CONCERNED MANTRI
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday visited a 120-bed
isolation centre set up near National Skill Training Institute along with RSS pracharak
Yoginder, Mayor Vanita Seth and the teams of AIIMS and DRDO. Shekhawat also inspected
oxygen tankers sent from Gujarat during his visit to the Bornada Gas Plant in Jodhpur.
Oxy tanker suppliers to
mail, WhatsApp proposal
First India Bureau
Jaipur: For transporta-
tion of liquid medical
oxygen in Rajasthan,
tanker suppliers can
send their proposals im-
mediately to the Trans-
port Department’s email
id - transport@ra-
jasthan.gov.in or What-
sApp number 9829180005.
Transport Commis-
sioner Mahendra Soni
has issued an order on
Sunday to constitute a
departmental commit-
tee for proposals re-
ceived from tanker sup-
pliers. The committee
will issue a letter of ac-
ceptance to the tanker
supplier firm after fix-
ing reasonable rates per
tanker per kilometre
and approving the
rates. The Transport
Commissioner said that
keeping in mind the pri-
ority of saving the lives
of the patients, this
committee will consid-
er the proposal received
on the same day and
submit it for approval.
Soni said that in or-
der to maintain an un-
interrupted oxygen
supply system in the
state in view of the in-
creasing infection of
Covid-19, the state is in
great need of liquid ox-
ygen transport tankers.
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On Expected Lines
Congress retains Sahada & Sujangarh, BJP Rajsamand
In the 200-seat Assembly in the state, the Congress now has 106 MLAs, BJP 72 , RLP 3, CPI-M 2,
BTP 2, RLD 1, and 13 Independents. 1 seat Vallabhnagar is vacant where bypoll is due
Both the Congress and BJP offices in Jaipur wear a deserted look on Sunday as there is ban on victory celebrations due to the Covid-19 guidelines. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
First india Bureau
he results of
the by-elec-
tions in
three assem-
bly seats in
Rajasthan have been on
the expected lines. The
ruling Congress re-
tained Sahada and Su-
jangarh while BJP saved
Rajsamand.
Congress candidate
Gayatri Devi, wife of
late Congress MLA
Kailash Trivedi, from
Sahada recorded the
biggest win by defeat-
ing BJP’s Ratanlal Jat
with 42,200 votes.
BJP candidate Deepti
Maheshwari, daughter
of late Kiran Mahesh-
wari, from Rajsamand
won with the lowest
margin of 5,310 votes by
defeating Congress’
Tansukh Bohara.
Congress candidate
Manoj Meghwal, son of
late Congress MLA and
minister Master Bhan-
warlal Meghwal, defeated
BJP candidate Khemram
Ram Meghwal by 35,611
votes. Manoj has tested
positive for corona on
Sunday as such he stayed
at the home and did not go
to the counting centre.
According to the
Election Commission
data, the Congress got
the highest 51.04% votes
in all three seats while
BJP got 34.98% and oth-
er parties including In-
dependents got 12.44%
votes. This time, nearly
1.55% voters pressed
the NOTA button.
SYMPATHY FACTOR!
The sympathy wave ap-
parently worked in all
three seats as the parties
had fielded kin of the de-
ceased MLAs from all the
seats. There have been
charges of nepotism also
at the time of ticket allo-
cation. This is also be-
cause all the three candi-
dates were contesting the
election for the first time.
NEPOTISM MYTH
BROKEN!
The results have broken
the state’s 56-year-old
record and myth. In the
by-elections held since
1965 in the state, no one
had won if tickets were
allocated to the kin of
the deceased leaders. So
far no party had benefit-
ed from the sympathy
card in the by-election,
but this time the sympa-
thy card has been suc-
cessful in all three seats.
PITLIYA FACTOR
DAMAGES BJP
In Sahada, the BJP has
suffered huge loss due
to the controversy over
forcing BJP rebel Ladu-
lal Pitliya to withdraw
from the electoral fray.
Viral audio of Pitliya’s
refusal to let the BJP
contest the elections
caused damage to the
BJP. At the same time,
Gayatri Trivedi, wife of
late MLA Kailash Trive-
di, received a vote of
sympathy.
MAHARANA REMARK
HAUNTS BJP
In Rajsamand, the state-
ment made on Mahara-
na Pratap by Leader of
Opposition Gulab
Chand Kataria played a
major role in swinging
the votes. Party candi-
date managed to win
with the lowest margin
of 5,310 votes. There
was a direct contest be-
tween Deepti and Con-
gress’ Tansukh Bohara.
RLP DENTS BJP
IN SUJANGARH
BJP’s credibility in Su-
jangarh barely sur-
vived. In several rounds
of counting here, Hanu-
man Beniwal’s RLP had
defeated BJP and
reached number two.
However, later the BJP
reached number two.
RLP candidate Sitaram
Nayak may not have
won from the seat, but
the party made dent into
BJP votes.
T
Clockwise from Top: Counting under way with strict Covid-19 guidelines at a centre; Gayatri Devi’s
son offers her sweets after her win in Sahada; Deepti Maheshwari flashes victory sign in Rajsamand.
RAJASTHAN
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Govind Singh Dotasra
@GovindDotasra
After a 2.5-year tenure
of the Congress govern-
ment of Rajasthan, a 10%
increase in
the vote of
the Con-
gress party
in three
by-elections
is a reflec-
tion of the government's
good governance and the
popularity of the Congress
party in the public. We will
never let down the con-
fidence that people have
expressed in the party and
the government.
Diya Kumari
@KumariDiya
Along with the victorious
candidate Deepti Mahesh-
wari, we will develop the
region to-
gether. The
people have
once again
expressed
confidence
in Bharatiya
Janata Party as before and
this belief will be upheld
by our work in the region
for welfare of the people.
Vasundhara Raje @VasundharaBJP
Best wishes to all the workers for the
victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in
Rajsamand. This victory is a true tribute
to to my political colleague and a person
of high values late Kiran Maheshwari
from Rajsamand residents and our
workers. Hearty congratulations to @kiransnm!
Sachin Pilot @SachinPilot
Congratulations and good wishes to the Congress candidate in Rajasthan Assembly by-elections - Manoj Meghwal ji from Sujangarh and Gayatri Devi ji from Sahada. Thanks to all the voters for expressing confidence in the
policies of the Congress and hearty congratulations to all the workers.
Satish Poonia @DrSatishPoonia
Workers of @ BJP4Ra-
jasthan have worked
tirelessly in adverse
conditions
in all the
three by-
elections,
so we have
retained our
victory in
Rajsamand. Defeat is an
aspect of politics. Victory
challenges us to do more
good and defeat teaches.
We will move forward with
full morale and confidence
and will overcome the
shortcomings.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
@gssjodhpur
Many congratulations
to BJP’s Deepti Kiran
Maheshwari for victory in
Rajsamand
assembly
by-election!
Heartfelt
gratitude
and wel-
come to all
the workers and office-
bearers of the region who
gave their blessings to pave
the way for this victory.
10 PER CENT INCREASE IN
CONGRESS VOTE SHARE
The vote share of Congress increased by 10%.
Despite defeat in Rajsamand, the party’s vote
share increased by 6%. A record 20% in Sahada and
nearly 5% vote share increased in Sujangarh
VICTORY MARGIN: 5,310
RAJSAMAND
DEEPTI KIRAN
MAHESHWARI
74,704
TANSUKH
BOHARA
69,394
49.74% 46.21%
4.05%
Deepti Kiran Maheshwari @kiransnm
Seeing the immense affection of all of you towards me, my mother will be very happy today. The immense love and support that I
have received from Rajsamand in this difficult time is a true tribute to my mother. Thank you all for giving me your affection and blessings.
TOTAL VOTES
POLLED
1,50,184
VICTORY MARGIN: 35,611
SUJANGARH
MANOJ KUMAR
MEGHWAL
79,253
KHEMARAM
MEGHWAL
43,642
49.30% 27.15%
23.55%
Manoj Meghwal @ManojMeghwalSujangarh
Thank you to all the people for making me victorious in the Sujangarh Assembly by- election. It is not my victory but of all
of you. Together we will make Sujangarh a prosperous Sujangarh. Thanks to the top leadership for trusting me.
TOTAL VOTES
POLLED
1,60,765
VICTORY MARGIN: 42,200
SAHADA
GAYATRI
TRIVEDI
81,700
DR. RATANLAL
JAT
39,500
58.21% 28.14%
13.65%
Gayatri Devi @GayatriKailash
The party reposed faith in me and the party workers worked hard round the clock to make the party victorious. I will ensure that the area
develops more under the leadership of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ji. Many thanks to the voters, the party leaders and the workers.
TOTAL VOTES
POLLED
1,40,352
l BJP l CONGRESS l OTHERS
DOTASRA, RAGHU, RATHORE, BHATI, CHANDNA SHINE; ANJANA,
BHAYA GENERATED TOUGH COMPETITION IN RAJSAMAND
First india Bureau
Jaipur: In the three as-
sembly by-elections, the
credibility of Congress
stalwarts was at stake.
Some proved to be suc-
cessful and other re-
mained unsuccessful.
The Congress did not
push the entire govern-
ment into the elections
but entrusted the re-
sponsibility only to the
prominent leaders.
In the upcoming cabi-
net expansion and po-
litical appointments,
the leaders who per-
formed will be taken
care of. The Congress
was hopeful of victory
in Sahada, where
Health Minister Dr.
Raghu Sharma and
Congress leader Dhar-
mendra Rathore had
kept the front and
emerged successful.
Minister Ashok
Chandna conducted in-
tensive electoral tours
in Gurjar belt and his
major success was in Sa-
hada. Legislators Ram-
lal Jat, Rampal Sharma,
Dheeraj Gurjar, Ram
Singh Kaswa, Hari Mo-
han Sharma and Muke-
sh Verma have continu-
ously camped.
Sujangarh by-elec-
tion is credited mainly
to PCC president Go-
vind Singh Dotasra
while Higher education
minister Bhanwar Sin-
gh Bhati, Naseem
Akhtar, Hakam Ali
worked for three
months continuously
with local MLAs.
In Rajsamand, Con-
gress posed tough fight
to BJP. The trusted ad-
visors of Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
were on the strategic
front here. Ministers
Udailal Anjana and
Pramod Jain Bhaya and
leader Pushpendra
Bhardwaj were on the
forefront. CP Joshi’s
key aide Devakinandan
Kaka had an election
strategy in his hands.
In Rajsamand, Satish
Poonia, Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, and Diya
Kumari are credited for
victory. But rallies even
by national leader Jyoti-
raditya Scindia failed to
leave a mark in Sahada.
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot did not conduct
election tours as he
once went to the con-
stituencies at the time
of nomination rallies
along with state in-
charge Ajay Maken, Do-
tasra and former Depu-
ty CM Sachin Pilot.
Govind Singh Dotasra Dr. Raghu Sharma Bhanwar Singh Bhati Ashok Chandna Udailal Anjana Pramod Jain BhayaDharmendra Rathore
Congress retains Sahada & Sujangarh, BJP Rajsamand
In the 200-seat Assembly in the state, the Congress now has 106 MLAs, BJP 72 , RLP 3, CPI-M 2,
BTP 2, RLD 1, and 13 Independents. 1 seat Vallabhnagar is vacant where bypoll is due
Both the Congress and BJP offices in Jaipur wear a deserted look on Sunday as there is ban on victory celebrations due to the Covid-19 guidelines. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
First india Bureau
he results of
the by-elec-
tions in
three assem-
bly seats in
Rajasthan have been on
the expected lines. The
ruling Congress re-
tained Sahada and Su-
jangarh while BJP saved
Rajsamand.
Congress candidate
Gayatri Devi, wife of
late Congress MLA
Kailash Trivedi, from
Sahada recorded the
biggest win by defeat-
ing BJP’s Ratanlal Jat
with 42,200 votes.
BJP candidate Deepti
Maheshwari, daughter
of late Kiran Mahesh-
wari, from Rajsamand
won with the lowest
margin of 5,310 votes by
defeating Congress’
Tansukh Bohara.
Congress candidate
Manoj Meghwal, son of
late Congress MLA and
minister Master Bhan-
warlal Meghwal, defeated
BJP candidate Khemram
Ram Meghwal by 35,611
votes. Manoj has tested
positive for corona on
Sunday as such he stayed
at the home and did not go
to the counting centre.
According to the
Election Commission
data, the Congress got
the highest 51.04% votes
in all three seats while
BJP got 34.98% and oth-
er parties including In-
dependents got 12.44%
votes. This time, nearly
1.55% voters pressed
the NOTA button.
SYMPATHY FACTOR!
The sympathy wave ap-
parently worked in all
three seats as the parties
had fielded kin of the de-
ceased MLAs from all the
seats. There have been
charges of nepotism also
at the time of ticket allo-
cation. This is also be-
cause all the three candi-
dates were contesting the
election for the first time.
NEPOTISM MYTH
BROKEN!
The results have broken
the state’s 56-year-old
record and myth. In the
by-elections held since
1965 in the state, no one
had won if tickets were
allocated to the kin of
the deceased leaders. So
far no party had benefit-
ed from the sympathy
card in the by-election,
but this time the sympa-
thy card has been suc-
cessful in all three seats.
PITLIYA FACTOR
DAMAGES BJP
In Sahada, the BJP has
suffered huge loss due
to the controversy over
forcing BJP rebel Ladu-
lal Pitliya to withdraw
from the electoral fray.
Viral audio of Pitliya’s
refusal to let the BJP
contest the elections
caused damage to the
BJP. At the same time,
Gayatri Trivedi, wife of
late MLA Kailash Trive-
di, received a vote of
sympathy.
MAHARANA REMARK
HAUNTS BJP
In Rajsamand, the state-
ment made on Mahara-
na Pratap by Leader of
Opposition Gulab
Chand Kataria played a
major role in swinging
the votes. Party candi-
date managed to win
with the lowest margin
of 5,310 votes. There
was a direct contest be-
tween Deepti and Con-
gress’ Tansukh Bohara.
RLP DENTS BJP
IN SUJANGARH
BJP’s credibility in Su-
jangarh barely sur-
vived. In several rounds
of counting here, Hanu-
man Beniwal’s RLP had
defeated BJP and
reached number two.
However, later the BJP
reached number two.
RLP candidate Sitaram
Nayak may not have
won from the seat, but
the party made dent into
BJP votes.
T
Clockwise from Top: Counting under way with strict Covid-19 guidelines at a centre; Gayatri Devi’s
son offers her sweets after her win in Sahada; Deepti Maheshwari flashes victory sign in Rajsamand.
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Govind Singh Dotasra
@GovindDotasra
After a 2.5-year tenure
of the Congress govern-
ment of Rajasthan, a 10%
increase in
the vote of
the Con-
gress party
in three
by-elections
is a reflec-
tion of the government's
good governance and the
popularity of the Congress
party in the public. We will
never let down the con-
fidence that people have
expressed in the party and
the government.
Diya Kumari
@KumariDiya
Along with the victorious
candidate Deepti Mahesh-
wari, we will develop the
region to-
gether. The
people have
once again
expressed
confidence
in Bharatiya
Janata Party as before and
this belief will be upheld
by our work in the region
for welfare of the people.
Vasundhara Raje @VasundharaBJP
Best wishes to all the workers for the
victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in
Rajsamand. This victory is a true tribute
to to my political colleague and a person
of high values late Kiran Maheshwari
from Rajsamand residents and our
workers. Hearty congratulations to @kiransnm!
Sachin Pilot @SachinPilot
Congratulations and good wishes to the Congress candidate in Rajasthan Assembly by-elections - Manoj Meghwal ji from Sujangarh and Gayatri Devi ji from Sahada. Thanks to all the voters for expressing confidence in the
policies of the Congress and hearty congratulations to all the workers.
Satish Poonia @DrSatishPoonia
Workers of @ BJP4Ra-
jasthan have worked
tirelessly in adverse
conditions
in all the
three by-
elections,
so we have
retained our
victory in
Rajsamand. Defeat is an
aspect of politics. Victory
challenges us to do more
good and defeat teaches.
We will move forward with
full morale and confidence
and will overcome the
shortcomings.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
@gssjodhpur
Many congratulations
to BJP’s Deepti Kiran
Maheshwari for victory in
Rajsamand
assembly
by-election!
Heartfelt
gratitude
and wel-
come to all
the workers and office-
bearers of the region who
gave their blessings to pave
the way for this victory.
10 PER CENT INCREASE IN
CONGRESS VOTE SHARE
The vote share of Congress increased by 10%.
Despite defeat in Rajsamand, the party’s vote
share increased by 6%. A record 20% in Sahada and
nearly 5% vote share increased in Sujangarh
VICTORY MARGIN: 5,310
RAJSAMAND
DEEPTI KIRAN
MAHESHWARI
74,704
TANSUKH
BOHARA
69,394
49.74% 46.21%
4.05%
Deepti Kiran Maheshwari @kiransnm
Seeing the immense affection of all of you towards me, my mother will be very happy today. The immense love and support that I
have received from Rajsamand in this difficult time is a true tribute to my mother. Thank you all for giving me your affection and blessings.
TOTAL VOTES
POLLED
1,50,184
VICTORY MARGIN: 35,611
SUJANGARH
MANOJ KUMAR
MEGHWAL
79,253
KHEMARAM
MEGHWAL
43,642
49.30% 27.15%
23.55%
Manoj Meghwal @ManojMeghwalSujangarh
Thank you to all the people for making me victorious in the Sujangarh Assembly by- election. It is not my victory but of all
of you. Together we will make Sujangarh a prosperous Sujangarh. Thanks to the top leadership for trusting me.
TOTAL VOTES
POLLED
1,60,765
VICTORY MARGIN: 42,200
SAHADA
GAYATRI
TRIVEDI
81,700
DR. RATANLAL
JAT
39,500
58.21% 28.14%
13.65%
Gayatri Devi @GayatriKailash
The party reposed faith in me and the party workers worked hard round the clock to make the party victorious. I will ensure that the area
develops more under the leadership of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ji. Many thanks to the voters, the party leaders and the workers.
TOTAL VOTES
POLLED
1,40,352
l BJP l CONGRESS l OTHERS
DOTASRA, RAGHU, RATHORE, BHATI, CHANDNA SHINE; ANJANA,
BHAYA GENERATED TOUGH COMPETITION IN RAJSAMAND
First india Bureau
Jaipur: In the three as-
sembly by-elections, the
credibility of Congress
stalwarts was at stake.
Some proved to be suc-
cessful and other re-
mained unsuccessful.
The Congress did not
push the entire govern-
ment into the elections
but entrusted the re-
sponsibility only to the
prominent leaders.
In the upcoming cabi-
net expansion and po-
litical appointments,
the leaders who per-
formed will be taken
care of. The Congress
was hopeful of victory
in Sahada, where
Health Minister Dr.
Raghu Sharma and
Congress leader Dhar-
mendra Rathore had
kept the front and
emerged successful.
Minister Ashok
Chandna conducted in-
tensive electoral tours
in Gurjar belt and his
major success was in Sa-
hada. Legislators Ram-
lal Jat, Rampal Sharma,
Dheeraj Gurjar, Ram
Singh Kaswa, Hari Mo-
han Sharma and Muke-
sh Verma have continu-
ously camped.
Sujangarh by-elec-
tion is credited mainly
to PCC president Go-
vind Singh Dotasra
while Higher education
minister Bhanwar Sin-
gh Bhati, Naseem
Akhtar, Hakam Ali
worked for three
months continuously
with local MLAs.
In Rajsamand, Con-
gress posed tough fight
to BJP. The trusted ad-
visors of Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
were on the strategic
front here. Ministers
Udailal Anjana and
Pramod Jain Bhaya and
leader Pushpendra
Bhardwaj were on the
forefront. CP Joshi’s
key aide Devakinandan
Kaka had an election
strategy in his hands.
In Rajsamand, Satish
Poonia, Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, and Diya
Kumari are credited for
victory. But rallies even
by national leader Jyoti-
raditya Scindia failed to
leave a mark in Sahada.
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot did not conduct
election tours as he
once went to the con-
stituencies at the time
of nomination rallies
along with state in-
charge Ajay Maken, Do-
tasra and former Depu-
ty CM Sachin Pilot.
Govind Singh Dotasra Dr. Raghu Sharma Bhanwar Singh Bhati Ashok Chandna Udailal Anjana Pramod Jain BhayaDharmendra Rathore
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TIME TO QUIT THIS SPACE,
SAYS PRASHANT KISHOR
“I do not want to continue what I am doing. I have done enough. Time for me to take a break and
do something else in life. I want to quit this space,” poll strategist Prashant Kishor said on Sunday
Kolkata: Even as
trends indicate that Tri-
namool Congress is
likely to win big in the
West Bengal Assembly
elections with the party
leading in more than
200 seats, poll strategist
Prashant Kishor said
on Sunday that he is
quitting as an election
strategist.
“I do not want to con-
tinue what I am doing. I
have done enough.
Time for me to take a
break and do something
else in life. I want to
quit this space,” Kishor
told. He added, “In this
victory, I am saying, I
am quitting and I don’t
want to do this any-
more. I have had
enough.”
On being asked
whether he would re-
join politics, he told, “I
am a failed politician. I
have to go back and see
what I have to do.”
Kishor also told that he
was “quitting this
space” and would not
strategise for parties
any more. Kishor also
alleged that the Elec-
tion Commission “has
been working like an
extension of BJP”.
“From allowing use of
religion by BJP to
scheduling poll and
bending rules, EC did
everything to aid the
saffron party,” he said.
Back in December last
year, Kishor had said
that the BJP tally would
struggle to cross double
digits and he would quit
if he was proven wrong.
Senior BJP leader
Kailash Vijayvargiya
had then sneered: “With
the ongoing BJP tsuna-
mi in Bengal, after
forming the govt we
will see the country lose
a poll strategist.”On
Sunday, Kishor’s old
tweet was trending with
trends suggesting that
the saffron party may
not cross 100 seats.
—PTI
New Delhi: The
Trinamool Con-
gress’s Victory is
a message to all
opposition parties
that “they too can
stand up to the
BJP and give them
a contest”, poll
strategist Prashant
Kishor, who crafted
the party’s cam-
paign, told NDTV.
About the Congress,
which has been
carrying the mantle
of the main opposi-
tion party, he said it
is a “100-year-old
political party and
they have their ways
of functioning”.
“They are not open
to working on the
ways suggested by
people like Prashant
Kishor or others”.
‘CONGRESS
MUST REALISE
IT HAS A
PROBLEM’
Kolkata: BJP na-
tional general secre-
tary Kailash Vijay-
vargiya on Sunday
credited Mamata Ba-
nerjee for the TMC’s
astounding perfor-
mance in Bengal
elections, and said
his party would in-
trospect the poll re-
sults.
Earlier in the day,
he had claimed that
initial trends were
not the real indica-
tors of the final out-
come, and exuded
confidence that his
party will win the
elections.
“The TMC won be-
cause of Mamata Ba-
nerjee. It seems peo-
ple have chosen Didi.
We will introspect
what went wrong,
whether it was or-
ganisational issues,
lack of face, insider-
outsider debate,” he
said.
—PTI
‘Mamata behind
TMC’s astounding
performance’
Kolkata: Union minis-
ter Babul Supriyo who
lost from Tollygunge
against Trinamool’s
Aroop Biswas posted a
rant against Mamata
Banerjee saying that he
will not congratulate
her as Bengal people did
a ‘historic mistake’ by
not giving Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party a chance.
However, the post was
deleted, and his Twitter
account also became re-
stricted.
“Neither will I con-
gratulate Mamata Ba-
nerjee for her win in
Bengal nor do I wish to
say that I ‘respect’ the
people’s verdict be-
cause I sincerely
think that peo-
ple of Bengal
made a his-
toric mis-
take by not
giving
Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party a
chance and by
electing this
cor-
rupt, incapable, dishon-
est government and the
cruel lady back to pow-
er!! Yes, as a law-abiding
citizen, I shall ‘obey’ the
decision taken by
the people in a
democratic
country.
That’s it!!
Nothing
more-Noth-
ing less!!,”
the now-de-
leted post
said.
Babul Supriyo was
one of the heavyweight
candidates BJP fielded
in the state. Babul Su-
priyo and Locket Chat-
terjee were the two Cen-
tral BJP leaders who
were fielded in the West
Bengal state assembly
election, hoping they
would guarantee victo-
ry for the party, though
both of them lost to Tri-
namool candidates.
Baul Supriyo lost to
Aroop Biswas by over
50,000 votes.
—Agencies
Babul Supriyo loses Tollygunge to TMC
Kolakata: BJP has lost from Chunchura,
where it had fielded its Lok Sabha MP Locket
Chatterjee. TMC’s Asit Majumdar has defeated
Chatterjee. Born in WB’s Dakshineswar, actor-
turned-politician Locket has been instrumen-
tal in building BJP’s election machinery from
ground up in TMC bastion. However, she, too,
forayed into politics with TMC before severing
ties in 2015 and joining the BJP.
Kolakata: TMC leader
Firhad Hakim said he
has always been telling
that Mamata Banerjee
will be the Chief Minis-
ter for the third time in
a row. He also said that
the Left has vanished
from the state due
to its wrong policies.
Speaking to ANI,
Hakim said, “I was
always telling the press
that Mamata Banerjee
will be CM for the 3rd
time. BJP tried their
best to crack but they
didn’t succeed. The
Left has now vanished
from West Bengal due
to their wrong policy
of taking a communal
force against a com-
munal force.”
LOCKET CHATTERJEE LOSES
CHUNCHURA SEAT TO TMC
HAVE ALWAYS SAID MAMATA WILL BE
CM FOR 3RD TIME IN ROW: HAKIM
ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021
TMC supporters hold party flags and celebrate the victory during the election result day for the West Bengal Assembly election, in
Kolkata on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI PHOTO
New Delhi: Despite the
BJP’s landslide win in
Assam, it seems the par-
ty is not going to have an
easy time deciding its
chief minister nominee.
Usually, the BJP projects
an incumbent chief min-
ister in places where it is
trying to retain power,
but it has not announced
Sarbanand Sonowal as
its chief ministerial can-
didate in Assam. All que-
ries to the leadership
usually end up with the
reply that the party par-
liamentary board will
take a call. On Sunday, as
the party managed a
clear lead in the count-
ing, Jay Panda, BJP vice-
president, repeated it
when asked who would
be the CM.
—ANI
Assam makes its choice, BJP has to
choose between Sonowal & Sarma
Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal hugs senior BJP leader Himanta
Biswa Sarma during an election rally. —FILE PHOTO
Puducherry: When
the Puducherry as-
sembly election re-
sults are declared on
Sunday evening, for-
mer CM of the Union
Territory and All In-
dia NR Congress
(AINRC) party chief,
N Rangaswamy ex -
pects to win and be-
come the CM.
NR Congress chief
N Rangaswamy, who
contested from That-
tanchavady and Yan-
am constituencies,
voted at Govt Boys
Middle School in
Thilaspet on April
6.On March 9, Pu-
ducherry BJP in
charge, Nirmal Ku-
mar Surana had an-
nounced that the
party has finalised
its seat-sharing deal
with the NR Con -
gress and AIADMK
for the legislative as-
sembly elections in
the Union Territory.
“NR Congress will
contest on 16 seats
and BJP-AIADMK
will contest on 14
seats. We will face
elections in Puduch-
erry under the lead-
ership of N Rangas-
wamy,” Surana had
said.
—PTI
Will NR Cong chief
N Rangaswamy
become CM again?
Kailash Vijayvargiya
Enforce Pandemic...
Red Alert - Mass Disci-
pline Fortnight starting
Monday through a vid-
eo conference on Sun-
day night. “Due to the
increasing infection,
the consumption of ox-
ygen in the state is in-
creasing rapidly. Since
the central government
is allocating oxygen un-
der the National Plan, it
is very important to in-
crease the amount of
allocation in view of
Rajasthan’s needs.
There has been an ad-
ditional increase of 350
metric tonnes in the
production capacity of
oxygen at the Jamnagar
plant. Therefore, Ra-
jasthan should get allot-
ment of extra oxygen
from there,” Gehlot
said.
It was informed in
the meeting that about
50 tankers are being im-
ported by the Central
Government through
various companies. Ge-
hlot said that the Gov-
ernment of India has
not provided sufficient
number of tankers for
oxygen lift, due to
which there is a lot of
problem regarding the
transport of oxygen
from remote places. He
directed that the offi-
cials should be given
responsibility to ensure
immediate lifting of the
entire amount of oxy-
gen allocated to the
state under the Nation-
al Plan.
The Chief Minister
instructed to purchase
the oxygen concentra-
tor at the earliest. He
said that a committee
of officials constituted
for importing them
from abroad should
speed up the process so
that patients can be
treated.
“The state govern-
ment is working with
all its efforts to provide
better treatment to Cov-
id patients, but public
participation is equally
necessary to break the
chain of infection. If we
can discipline our be-
havior and ensure the
implementation of the
protocol, then we will
be able to succeed to a
great extent in fighting
this challenge. In addi-
tion to the permissible
activities during the
Pandemic Red Alert -
Public Discipline Fort-
night, no person should
roam about aimlessly. If
no one follows the pro-
tocol then strict action
will be taken,” Gehlot
said and instructed that
a flag march should be
conducted on Monday
for the cradle of the
guideline.
Medical and Health
Minister Dr. Raghu
Sharma said that the
Medical and Health De-
partment is engaged
day and night for the
management of Covid.
“Our whole endeavor is
to ensure proper utiliza-
tion of available re-
sources for the survival
of the people of the
state. The medical de-
partment team is dis-
charging its obligations
with full commitment
in this hour of crisis,”
he said.
MoS Medicine and
Health, Dr. Subhash
Garg said that keeping
in view the upcoming
challenges, efforts
should be made to set
up more and more oxy-
gen plants in the state
through the private sec-
tor, so that we are ready
to face any pandemic in
future. Chief Secretary
Niranjan Arya in-
formed that intensive
monitoring is being
done through nodal of-
ficers to increase the
number of tankers and
the quota of oxygen,
complete lifting, early
purchase of concentra-
tor and oxygen produc-
tion in Dariba and
Chanderia.
‘POWER HOUSE’...
Speaking to the press in
Kolkata, Mamata said,
“Covid is my first prior-
ity. We will work on this
immediately. We will
not do a big oath-taking
ceremony. We will
weather this storm. We
will distribute free vac-
cines to everyone. Also
request the Centre to
distribute free vaccines
to all. If this does not
happen, I will sit on a
dharna in front of the
Gandhi Murti in Kolka-
ta. We appeal to every-
one not to do a victory
rally now. We will do a
big victory rally at the
Brigade Parade Ground
later after the situation
is normal.”
Stalin-led DMK...
and this time the party
and the AIADMK are
contesting without
their towering leaders,
J Jayalalithaa and M
Karunanidhi whose
deaths have brought a
huge change in the po-
litical landscape.
—PTI
FROM PG 1
Historic day...
The CPI(M) in a polit- buro statement said the results of the five as-
sembly polls were a re-
sounding defeat for the BJP, but shed very little light on its own losses.
“BJP suffered a se-
vere setback despite its money power and ma- nipulations in West Ben-
gal. People of Bengal have very clearly reject-
ed the ideology of com-
munal polarisation.
“The performance of
the Sanjukta Morcha and the Left has been very disappointing. Peo- ple’s urge to defeat the BJP led to a sharp po- larisation squeezing out the Sanjukta Morcha. A self-critical review of these results will be un-
dertaken by the party to draw needed lessons,” it
said. In the run-up to the assembly polls, the Left continued to cut a sorry figure in Bengal. Its vote share fell to 40 per cent in 2011 from 50 per cent in 2006. It plunged fur-
ther to 26 per cent in the 2016 assembly polls.
While questions and
murmurs within party remained about partner-
ing with the Congress, which had little or no presence on the ground in the state, senior lead-
ers of the party weighed in and chose to ally with them. Many even ques- tioned the logic of part-
nering with party which fails to even transfer votes to its allies.
13 Opposition...
“In times of the uncon-
trollable surge of the pandemic across our
country, we call upon the Central government to focus all attention in ensuring the uninter-
rupted flow of Oxygen supplies to all hospitals and health centres across the country,” they said in a joint state- ment.
The opposition lead-
ers said the budgetary allocation of Rs 35,000 crore for the vaccina- tion programme must be utilised for this drive.
JMM leader and
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, DMK chief MK Stalin, BSP supremo Mayawati, NC leader Fa-
rooq Abdullah, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and RJD leader Tejashwi Ya-
dav have also signed statement, besides left leaders D Raja CPI & Si- taram Yechury CPM.
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TIME TO QUIT THIS SPACE,
SAYS PRASHANT KISHOR
“I do not want to continue what I am doing. I have done enough. Time for me to take a break and
do something else in life. I want to quit this space,” poll strategist Prashant Kishor said on Sunday
Kolkata: Even as
trends indicate that Tri-
namool Congress is
likely to win big in the
West Bengal Assembly
elections with the party
leading in more than
200 seats, poll strategist
Prashant Kishor said
on Sunday that he is
quitting as an election
strategist.
“I do not want to con-
tinue what I am doing. I
have done enough.
Time for me to take a
break and do something
else in life. I want to
quit this space,” Kishor
told. He added, “In this
victory, I am saying, I
am quitting and I don’t
want to do this any-
more. I have had
enough.”
On being asked
whether he would re-
join politics, he told, “I
am a failed politician. I
have to go back and see
what I have to do.”
Kishor also told that he
was “quitting this
space” and would not
strategise for parties
any more. Kishor also
alleged that the Elec-
tion Commission “has
been working like an
extension of BJP”.
“From allowing use of
religion by BJP to
scheduling poll and
bending rules, EC did
everything to aid the
saffron party,” he said.
Back in December last
year, Kishor had said
that the BJP tally would
struggle to cross double
digits and he would quit
if he was proven wrong.
Senior BJP leader
Kailash Vijayvargiya
had then sneered: “With
the ongoing BJP tsuna-
mi in Bengal, after
forming the govt we
will see the country lose
a poll strategist.”On
Sunday, Kishor’s old
tweet was trending with
trends suggesting that
the saffron party may
not cross 100 seats.
—PTI
New Delhi: The
Trinamool Con-
gress’s Victory is
a message to all
opposition parties
that “they too can
stand up to the
BJP and give them
a contest”, poll
strategist Prashant
Kishor, who crafted
the party’s cam-
paign, told NDTV.
About the Congress,
which has been
carrying the mantle
of the main opposi-
tion party, he said it
is a “100-year-old
political party and
they have their ways
of functioning”.
“They are not open
to working on the
ways suggested by
people like Prashant
Kishor or others”.
‘CONGRESS
MUST REALISE
IT HAS A
PROBLEM’
Kolkata: BJP na-
tional general secre-
tary Kailash Vijay-
vargiya on Sunday
credited Mamata Ba-
nerjee for the TMC’s
astounding perfor-
mance in Bengal
elections, and said
his party would in-
trospect the poll re-
sults.
Earlier in the day,
he had claimed that
initial trends were
not the real indica-
tors of the final out-
come, and exuded
confidence that his
party will win the
elections.
“The TMC won be-
cause of Mamata Ba-
nerjee. It seems peo-
ple have chosen Didi.
We will introspect
what went wrong,
whether it was or-
ganisational issues,
lack of face, insider-
outsider debate,” he
said.
—PTI
‘Mamata behind
TMC’s astounding
performance’
Kolkata: Union minis-
ter Babul Supriyo who
lost from Tollygunge
against Trinamool’s
Aroop Biswas posted a
rant against Mamata
Banerjee saying that he
will not congratulate
her as Bengal people did
a ‘historic mistake’ by
not giving Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party a chance.
However, the post was
deleted, and his Twitter
account also became re-
stricted.
“Neither will I con-
gratulate Mamata Ba-
nerjee for her win in
Bengal nor do I wish to
say that I ‘respect’ the
people’s verdict be-
cause I sincerely
think that peo-
ple of Bengal
made a his-
toric mis-
take by not
giving
Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party a
chance and by
electing this
cor-
rupt, incapable, dishon-
est government and the
cruel lady back to pow-
er!! Yes, as a law-abiding
citizen, I shall ‘obey’ the
decision taken by
the people in a
democratic
country.
That’s it!!
Nothing
more-Noth-
ing less!!,”
the now-de-
leted post
said.
Babul Supriyo was
one of the heavyweight
candidates BJP fielded
in the state. Babul Su-
priyo and Locket Chat-
terjee were the two Cen-
tral BJP leaders who
were fielded in the West
Bengal state assembly
election, hoping they
would guarantee victo-
ry for the party, though
both of them lost to Tri-
namool candidates.
Baul Supriyo lost to
Aroop Biswas by over
50,000 votes.
—Agencies
Babul Supriyo loses Tollygunge to TMC
Kolakata: BJP has lost from Chunchura,
where it had fielded its Lok Sabha MP Locket
Chatterjee. TMC’s Asit Majumdar has defeated
Chatterjee. Born in WB’s Dakshineswar, actor-
turned-politician Locket has been instrumen-
tal in building BJP’s election machinery from
ground up in TMC bastion. However, she, too,
forayed into politics with TMC before severing
ties in 2015 and joining the BJP.
Kolakata: TMC leader
Firhad Hakim said he
has always been telling
that Mamata Banerjee
will be the Chief Minis-
ter for the third time in
a row. He also said that
the Left has vanished
from the state due
to its wrong policies.
Speaking to ANI,
Hakim said, “I was
always telling the press
that Mamata Banerjee
will be CM for the 3rd
time. BJP tried their
best to crack but they
didn’t succeed. The
Left has now vanished
from West Bengal due
to their wrong policy
of taking a communal
force against a com-
munal force.”
LOCKET CHATTERJEE LOSES
CHUNCHURA SEAT TO TMC
HAVE ALWAYS SAID MAMATA WILL BE
CM FOR 3RD TIME IN ROW: HAKIM
ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021
TMC supporters hold party flags and celebrate the victory during the election result day for the West Bengal Assembly election, in
Kolkata on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI PHOTO
New Delhi: Despite the
BJP’s landslide win in
Assam, it seems the par-
ty is not going to have an
easy time deciding its
chief minister nominee.
Usually, the BJP projects
an incumbent chief min-
ister in places where it is
trying to retain power,
but it has not announced
Sarbanand Sonowal as
its chief ministerial can-
didate in Assam. All que-
ries to the leadership
usually end up with the
reply that the party par-
liamentary board will
take a call. On Sunday, as
the party managed a
clear lead in the count-
ing, Jay Panda, BJP vice-
president, repeated it
when asked who would
be the CM.
—ANI
Assam makes its choice, BJP has to
choose between Sonowal & Sarma
Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal hugs senior BJP leader Himanta
Biswa Sarma during an election rally. —FILE PHOTO
Puducherry: When
the Puducherry as-
sembly election re-
sults are declared on
Sunday evening, for-
mer CM of the Union
Territory and All In-
dia NR Congress
(AINRC) party chief,
N Rangaswamy ex -
pects to win and be-
come the CM.
NR Congress chief
N Rangaswamy, who
contested from That-
tanchavady and Yan-
am constituencies,
voted at Govt Boys
Middle School in
Thilaspet on April
6.On March 9, Pu-
ducherry BJP in
charge, Nirmal Ku-
mar Surana had an-
nounced that the
party has finalised
its seat-sharing deal
with the NR Con -
gress and AIADMK
for the legislative as-
sembly elections in
the Union Territory.
“NR Congress will
contest on 16 seats
and BJP-AIADMK
will contest on 14
seats. We will face
elections in Puduch-
erry under the lead-
ership of N Rangas-
wamy,” Surana had
said.
—PTI
Will NR Cong chief
N Rangaswamy
become CM again?
Kailash Vijayvargiya
Enforce Pandemic...
Red Alert - Mass Disci-
pline Fortnight starting
Monday through a vid-
eo conference on Sun-
day night. “Due to the
increasing infection,
the consumption of ox-
ygen in the state is in-
creasing rapidly. Since
the central government
is allocating oxygen un-
der the National Plan, it
is very important to in-
crease the amount of
allocation in view of
Rajasthan’s needs.
There has been an ad-
ditional increase of 350
metric tonnes in the
production capacity of
oxygen at the Jamnagar
plant. Therefore, Ra-
jasthan should get allot-
ment of extra oxygen
from there,” Gehlot
said.
It was informed in
the meeting that about
50 tankers are being im-
ported by the Central
Government through
various companies. Ge-
hlot said that the Gov-
ernment of India has
not provided sufficient
number of tankers for
oxygen lift, due to
which there is a lot of
problem regarding the
transport of oxygen
from remote places. He
directed that the offi-
cials should be given
responsibility to ensure
immediate lifting of the
entire amount of oxy-
gen allocated to the
state under the Nation-
al Plan.
The Chief Minister
instructed to purchase
the oxygen concentra-
tor at the earliest. He
said that a committee
of officials constituted
for importing them
from abroad should
speed up the process so
that patients can be
treated.
“The state govern-
ment is working with
all its efforts to provide
better treatment to Cov-
id patients, but public
participation is equally
necessary to break the
chain of infection. If we
can discipline our be-
havior and ensure the
implementation of the
protocol, then we will
be able to succeed to a
great extent in fighting
this challenge. In addi-
tion to the permissible
activities during the
Pandemic Red Alert -
Public Discipline Fort-
night, no person should
roam about aimlessly. If
no one follows the pro-
tocol then strict action
will be taken,” Gehlot
said and instructed that
a flag march should be
conducted on Monday
for the cradle of the
guideline.
Medical and Health
Minister Dr. Raghu
Sharma said that the
Medical and Health De-
partment is engaged
day and night for the
management of Covid.
“Our whole endeavor is
to ensure proper utiliza-
tion of available re-
sources for the survival
of the people of the
state. The medical de-
partment team is dis-
charging its obligations
with full commitment
in this hour of crisis,”
he said.
MoS Medicine and
Health, Dr. Subhash
Garg said that keeping
in view the upcoming
challenges, efforts
should be made to set
up more and more oxy-
gen plants in the state
through the private sec-
tor, so that we are ready
to face any pandemic in
future. Chief Secretary
Niranjan Arya in-
formed that intensive
monitoring is being
done through nodal of-
ficers to increase the
number of tankers and
the quota of oxygen,
complete lifting, early
purchase of concentra-
tor and oxygen produc-
tion in Dariba and
Chanderia.
‘POWER HOUSE’...
Speaking to the press in
Kolkata, Mamata said,
“Covid is my first prior-
ity. We will work on this
immediately. We will
not do a big oath-taking
ceremony. We will
weather this storm. We
will distribute free vac-
cines to everyone. Also
request the Centre to
distribute free vaccines
to all. If this does not
happen, I will sit on a
dharna in front of the
Gandhi Murti in Kolka-
ta. We appeal to every-
one not to do a victory
rally now. We will do a
big victory rally at the
Brigade Parade Ground
later after the situation
is normal.”
Stalin-led DMK...
and this time the party
and the AIADMK are
contesting without
their towering leaders,
J Jayalalithaa and M
Karunanidhi whose
deaths have brought a
huge change in the po-
litical landscape.
—PTI
FROM PG 1
Historic day...
The CPI(M) in a polit- buro statement said the results of the five as-
sembly polls were a re-
sounding defeat for the BJP, but shed very little light on its own losses.
“BJP suffered a se-
vere setback despite its money power and ma- nipulations in West Ben-
gal. People of Bengal have very clearly reject-
ed the ideology of com-
munal polarisation.
“The performance of
the Sanjukta Morcha and the Left has been very disappointing. Peo- ple’s urge to defeat the BJP led to a sharp po- larisation squeezing out the Sanjukta Morcha. A self-critical review of these results will be un-
dertaken by the party to draw needed lessons,” it
said. In the run-up to the assembly polls, the Left continued to cut a sorry figure in Bengal. Its vote share fell to 40 per cent in 2011 from 50 per cent in 2006. It plunged fur-
ther to 26 per cent in the 2016 assembly polls.
While questions and
murmurs within party remained about partner-
ing with the Congress, which had little or no presence on the ground in the state, senior lead-
ers of the party weighed in and chose to ally with them. Many even ques- tioned the logic of part-
nering with party which fails to even transfer votes to its allies.
13 Opposition...
“In times of the uncon-
trollable surge of the pandemic across our
country, we call upon the Central government to focus all attention in ensuring the uninter-
rupted flow of Oxygen supplies to all hospitals and health centres across the country,” they said in a joint state- ment.
The opposition lead-
ers said the budgetary allocation of Rs 35,000 crore for the vaccina- tion programme must be utilised for this drive.
JMM leader and
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, DMK chief MK Stalin, BSP supremo Mayawati, NC leader Fa-
rooq Abdullah, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and RJD leader Tejashwi Ya-
dav have also signed statement, besides left leaders D Raja CPI & Si- taram Yechury CPM.
FROM PG 1
The unpredictability of life is
what makes it a challenge and
also beautiful and precious... we
must savour every minute of it!
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: In what could
be termed as a thump-
ing victory, the Con-
gress party has man-
aged to regain its hold
on Sahada assembly
constituency in the by-
polls. While thousands
of Congress workers
have put in their efforts
in the constituency, but
their efforts might have
proved naught, had
there not been an expe-
rienced campaigner
like Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma at hand.
Raghu had earlier
proved his 'efficacy' in
the Ramgarh by-polls,
where he ensured vic-
tory for his party and
now when he was given
the charge of Sahada
by-polls, he has yet
again proved his mettle.
The Health Minister
could achieve the 'mar-
vellous feat' of a victory
of over 42,000 votes in
Congress's favour be-
cause at his side, he al-
ways had a seasoned
political catalyst in
Dharmendra Rathore,
who is known to have an
acute political sense
and good understand-
ing of grass roots poli-
tics.
Together with their
zeal and coordinated ef-
forts in campaigning,
raising local issues, re-
vitalising the party
workers, thwarting op-
position's plans, well
thought out booth man-
agement and candidate
projection, the 'dynam-
ic duo' of Congress have
achieved a feat far
greater than any in the
recent political history
of the state. Interest-
ingly, it is their hard
work that has ensured
that Congress garnered
30% more votes against
BJP. When late Kailash
Trivedi had contested,
Congress had received
37% votes, but in the by-
polls, the party has bas
received a whopping 58%
votes while its prime
competitor BJP could
gather only 28.14%.
While Raghu and
Rathore set out like
'warriors' to come out
victorious from the
'electoral chakravyuh',
but to break that
chakravyuh, it was the
much needed guidance
of State In-charge Ajay
Maken, who had prom-
ised the voters of being
provided with all the
developmental aspects
for their respective con-
stituencies. Maken had
even stayed at Sahada
and handled the cam-
paigning and strategy
first hand and as a re-
sult, he was in a better
position to gauge from
the beginning, that the
votes will swing in the
party's favour. Overall,
it will not be wrong to
say that Sahada's result
is due to the Good Gov-
ernance agenda of CM
Ashok Gehlot, which
these two sensible lead-
ers took to public in the
best manner possible.
Chief Minister Gehlot’s ‘troubleshooter’
Raghu- Rathore dominate Sahada win!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Supreme
Court is likely to decide
the matter of school
fees in the state today.
A division bench of
Justice AM Khanwilkar
and Justice Krishna Mu-
rari will pronounce the
judgment. School and
parents have been wait-
ing for this decision for a
long time. Earlier, the
Apex Court had given an
interim decision that
had shocked a large
number of parents in the
state. The court had or-
dered to pay full fees dur-
ing the Corona period.
The bench of Justice AM
Khanwilkar and Justice
Dinesh Maheshwari had
stayed an order of the
Rajasthan High Court.
The interim order
had stated that full fees
will have to be paid ac-
cording to the fixed fees
in the year 2019-20. The
parents were to pay fees
in 6 instalments from
March 5 onwards. Order
was given on the appeal
of Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan, SMS and other
schools. Advocate Pra-
teek Kasliwal, Anuroop
Singhi and others had
pleaded in the matter.
Raj school fees:
Supreme Court
to pronounce
verdict today
Ajay Maken@ajaymaken
Congress’s great performance in
Rajasthan by-elections! Congratulations
to the CM, PCC President and Offi cers,
the Cabinet and the posted supervisors/
in-charge for the historic performance!
This victory is the seal of the public on
the work of the Congress govt- This is
the result of the hard work at the ground
level and unity of the in-charges!Dharmendra Rathore@DRathore_INC
Congratulations to all the workers
and offi ce bearers on the victory of
Congress candidate Smt. Gayatri
Devi ji (Sahada) and Shri Manoj
Meghwal ji by heavy votes in the
Rajasthan Assembly by-election.
This victory is the seal of the public
on the development of the honorable
Chief Minister Mr. Ashok Gehlot ji.
EXCISE DEPT’S
147 CIRCLES TO
BE FUNCTIONAL
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Excise
Department has re-
structured its excise
circles. Till recently
165 excise circles
were approved in the
state, however now
18 of these excise cir-
cles have been re-
duced in restructur-
ing which includes
the Jagatpura circle
of Jaipur city as well
and after the reor-
ganisation, a total of
147 circles will re-
main functional.
Now, out of these 147,
135 Excise Circles
and 12 Construction
Units will have Ex-
cise Inspectors.
At the same time,
the inspectors of the
18 excise circles that
have been dissolved,
will be given new
postings.
Meanwhile, the
Additional Excise
Commissioner’s Of-
fice in Jaipur Zone
will have 3 inspec-
tors. Apart from
Jaipur, there will be 2
inspectors each in
the divisional dis-
trict office of each
zone while DEO Al-
war will have one in-
spector.
In this way the to-
tal number of ap-
proved inspectors
will remain 165 even
after the reorganisa-
tion. Notably, Excise
Commissioner Dr
Jogaram has issued
the order for reor-
ganisation.
Moreover, number of
Excise police sta-
tions has also been
reduced from 149 to
144 in the state. At
the same time, apart
from the police sta-
tions, a total of 88
mobile parties will
be in the field.
Vol 2
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Ajay Maken Dr Raghu Sharma Dharmendra Rathore
Dr Jogaram
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has once
again appealed to the Centre demanding ade- quate oxygen and medi- cine allotment for Ra-
jasthan to ensure the
state’s fight against the corona virus continues
unabated. On Sunday,
the chief minister
took to micro
blogging
site Twit-
ter and
raised his demand saying, “There is a lack of oxygen in Rajasthan in propor- tion to the number of co- rona infected. State BJP leaders have also admitted that the state is not getting enough oxygen from the central government.”
Gehlot then went on to
ask senior BJP leaders to speak with the Central leadership. “I appeal to the Leader of Opposi- tion, Deputy Leader of Opposition, BJP State President and all MPs of the state to speak to the
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Min- ister Harsh Vardhan, Pharmaceutical Minis- ter Mansukh Mandaviya and BJP President JP Nadda with demand to
increase the allocation of oxygen and medicines,” Gehlot tweeted, further adding, “As everyone is aware that our three cab- inet ministers had gone to Delhi and informed
the central government about the state’s situa- tion and demanded to in- crease the allocation of oxygen and medicines. BJP leaders may not go to Delhi due to Covid’s situ- ation, but keep a strong demand for the state by meeting with Union min- isters through video con- ferencing.”
The senior politician
said that it is right time to rise above political agendas. “This is the time to rise above poli- tics and work for the
state. It is our endeavour
that the Central and State Governments work together to fight against Corona. It is our endeav- our that no patient in Ra- jasthan loses their life due to lack of oxygen, but for this we need to al- locate appropriate amount of oxygen. The Centre has controlled production of oxygen & remedial medicine of the entire country, so we can- not buy oxygen & medi- cine from the open mar- ket,” Gehlot said.
It is time to rise above politics and work for state: CM
I appeal to the LoP, Dy LoP, BJP State
President & all MPs of the state to speak
to Union Home Minister Amit Shah,
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Pharmaceuti-
cal Minister Mansukh Mandaviya & BJP Pres-
ident JP Nadda with demand to increase the
allocation of oxygen to state.
—Ashok Gehlot, CM
CM Ashok Gehlot
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: The dead
bodies of a couple were
found in an inundated
closed mine in Piplada
village of Sadar police
station area of Dungar-
pur district. According
to the Sadar police offi-
cials, Sonal Damor and
Pintu Rote, natives of
Wajeda village, were en-
gaged in a love affair
for some time.
But on Sunday morn-
ing, the bodies of the two
were found floating in
the water accumulated
at the abandoned mine.
Both the bodies were
tied with a cloth and it is
thus suspected that they
tied themselves and
drowned in the water.
The families are clue-
less about the reason
behind the incident and
the police has initiated
an investigation.
Bodies of couple
found at
inundated,
abandoned mine
3 IAS & 3 IPS officers to
oversee state’s oxy mgmtMinor raped on way to
school in Jodh, woman
raped at knife-point
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment on Sunday, au-
thorised 3 IAS and 3 IPS
officers to ensure oxy-
gen supply to the state
from oxygen plants lo-
cated in different parts
of the country.
Oxygen management
from Burnpur plant in
West Bengal is with IAS
Abhimanyu Kumar and
IPS Sushmit Biswas, IAS
Purna Chand Kishan
and IPS Bipin Kumar
Pandey for Kalingana-
gar in Odisha, and IAS
Omprakash Kasera and
IPS Bhupinder Kumar
Sahu for oxygen supply
management from Jam-
nagar, Gujarat.
The IAS officers will
coordinate with the of-
ficials of the respective
states and the IPS offic-
ers will coordinate with
the IPS officers of these
states for the safety of
the oxygen tankers leav-
ing for Rajasthan. At the
same time, the services
of RAS Pushkar Raj
Sharma, Anupam Kayal
and Babulal Goyal have
also been assigned to the
Health Secretary for
managing oxygen for
the Corona patients.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur/ Bayana/ Bharatpur: A shock-
ing incident of rape of a minor going to school in the Lohawat police sta- tion area of Jodhpur has come to light. The accused also made a pornographic video and took photos of the vic- tim. The family mem- bers of the victim have lodged a plaint at the Lohawat police station after the accused threat- ened to make the photo and video viral.
In another incident, a
married woman was raped at knife-point at Kaman in Bharatpur. The woman and her husband had lodged a case at a nearby police station. The victim was sleeping when the ac- cused committed the
crime. Her husband rushed to help after hearing her screams, but the miscreant man- aged to flee.
An attempt to rape
and assault case has been reported in a vil- lage under Kalsada po- lice post in police station area on Sunday, where a young man tried to rape a 16 year old minor girl going for defecation. The police have registered a case under POCSO Act and IPC. The victim’s father in the plaint said that when the girl op- posed to the attempt, the accused attacked her with a sharp weapon.
Role of Pressimperative
in generating awareness
about Corona, says Guv
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra on
Sunday, congratulat-
ed on the World Press
Day that is observed
on May 3 every year.
“The press is said to
be the fourth pillar
of democracy be-
cause the media does
the work of creating
public opinion by
creating awareness
through education,”
he said. He called for
maintaining freedom
of press at all levels
and the significant
role the Press has
played in making
people aware
about the
Corona
pandem-
ic and
also in disseminat-
ing information on
how to stay safe from
the virus. He further
appreciated the role
of the Press in creat-
ing an effective envi-
ronment in the coun-
try about vaccina-
tion.
WORLD PRESS DAY
HHH
COOPERATE WITH GOVT: DR RAGHU TO MASSES
Kalraj Mishra
what makes it a challenge and
also beautiful and precious... we
must savour every minute of it!
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082NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In what could
be termed as a thump-
ing victory, the Con-
gress party has man-
aged to regain its hold
on Sahada assembly
constituency in the by-
polls. While thousands
of Congress workers
have put in their efforts
in the constituency, but
their efforts might have
proved naught, had
there not been an expe-
rienced campaigner
like Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma at hand.
Raghu had earlier
proved his 'efficacy' in
the Ramgarh by-polls,
where he ensured vic-
tory for his party and
now when he was given
the charge of Sahada
by-polls, he has yet
again proved his mettle.
The Health Minister
could achieve the 'mar-
vellous feat' of a victory
of over 42,000 votes in
Congress's favour be-
cause at his side, he al-
ways had a seasoned
political catalyst in
Dharmendra Rathore,
who is known to have an
acute political sense
and good understand-
ing of grass roots poli-
tics.
Together with their
zeal and coordinated ef-
forts in campaigning,
raising local issues, re-
vitalising the party
workers, thwarting op-
position's plans, well
thought out booth man-
agement and candidate
projection, the 'dynam-
ic duo' of Congress have
achieved a feat far
greater than any in the
recent political history
of the state. Interest-
ingly, it is their hard
work that has ensured
that Congress garnered
30% more votes against
BJP. When late Kailash
Trivedi had contested,
Congress had received
37% votes, but in the by-
polls, the party has bas
received a whopping 58%
votes while its prime
competitor BJP could
gather only 28.14%.
While Raghu and
Rathore set out like
'warriors' to come out
victorious from the
'electoral chakravyuh',
but to break that
chakravyuh, it was the
much needed guidance
of State In-charge Ajay
Maken, who had prom-
ised the voters of being
provided with all the
developmental aspects
for their respective con-
stituencies. Maken had
even stayed at Sahada
and handled the cam-
paigning and strategy
first hand and as a re-
sult, he was in a better
position to gauge from
the beginning, that the
votes will swing in the
party's favour. Overall,
it will not be wrong to
say that Sahada's result
is due to the Good Gov-
ernance agenda of CM
Ashok Gehlot, which
these two sensible lead-
ers took to public in the
best manner possible.
Chief Minister Gehlot’s ‘troubleshooter’
Raghu- Rathore dominate Sahada win!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Supreme
Court is likely to decide
the matter of school
fees in the state today.
A division bench of
Justice AM Khanwilkar
and Justice Krishna Mu-
rari will pronounce the
judgment. School and
parents have been wait-
ing for this decision for a
long time. Earlier, the
Apex Court had given an
interim decision that
had shocked a large
number of parents in the
state. The court had or-
dered to pay full fees dur-
ing the Corona period.
The bench of Justice AM
Khanwilkar and Justice
Dinesh Maheshwari had
stayed an order of the
Rajasthan High Court.
The interim order
had stated that full fees
will have to be paid ac-
cording to the fixed fees
in the year 2019-20. The
parents were to pay fees
in 6 instalments from
March 5 onwards. Order
was given on the appeal
of Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan, SMS and other
schools. Advocate Pra-
teek Kasliwal, Anuroop
Singhi and others had
pleaded in the matter.
Raj school fees:
Supreme Court
to pronounce
verdict today
Ajay Maken@ajaymaken
Congress’s great performance in
Rajasthan by-elections! Congratulations
to the CM, PCC President and Offi cers,
the Cabinet and the posted supervisors/
in-charge for the historic performance!
This victory is the seal of the public on
the work of the Congress govt- This is
the result of the hard work at the ground
level and unity of the in-charges!Dharmendra Rathore@DRathore_INC
Congratulations to all the workers
and offi ce bearers on the victory of
Congress candidate Smt. Gayatri
Devi ji (Sahada) and Shri Manoj
Meghwal ji by heavy votes in the
Rajasthan Assembly by-election.
This victory is the seal of the public
on the development of the honorable
Chief Minister Mr. Ashok Gehlot ji.
EXCISE DEPT’S
147 CIRCLES TO
BE FUNCTIONAL
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Excise
Department has re-
structured its excise
circles. Till recently
165 excise circles
were approved in the
state, however now
18 of these excise cir-
cles have been re-
duced in restructur-
ing which includes
the Jagatpura circle
of Jaipur city as well
and after the reor-
ganisation, a total of
147 circles will re-
main functional.
Now, out of these 147,
135 Excise Circles
and 12 Construction
Units will have Ex-
cise Inspectors.
At the same time,
the inspectors of the
18 excise circles that
have been dissolved,
will be given new
postings.
Meanwhile, the
Additional Excise
Commissioner’s Of-
fice in Jaipur Zone
will have 3 inspec-
tors. Apart from
Jaipur, there will be 2
inspectors each in
the divisional dis-
trict office of each
zone while DEO Al-
war will have one in-
spector.
In this way the to-
tal number of ap-
proved inspectors
will remain 165 even
after the reorganisa-
tion. Notably, Excise
Commissioner Dr
Jogaram has issued
the order for reor-
ganisation.
Moreover, number of
Excise police sta-
tions has also been
reduced from 149 to
144 in the state. At
the same time, apart
from the police sta-
tions, a total of 88
mobile parties will
be in the field.
Vol 2
Issue No. 325
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Ajay Maken Dr Raghu Sharma Dharmendra Rathore
Dr Jogaram
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has once
again appealed to the Centre demanding ade- quate oxygen and medi- cine allotment for Ra-
jasthan to ensure the
state’s fight against the corona virus continues
unabated. On Sunday,
the chief minister
took to micro
blogging
site Twit-
ter and
raised his demand saying, “There is a lack of oxygen in Rajasthan in propor- tion to the number of co- rona infected. State BJP leaders have also admitted that the state is not getting enough oxygen from the central government.”
Gehlot then went on to
ask senior BJP leaders to speak with the Central leadership. “I appeal to the Leader of Opposi- tion, Deputy Leader of Opposition, BJP State President and all MPs of the state to speak to the
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Min- ister Harsh Vardhan, Pharmaceutical Minis- ter Mansukh Mandaviya and BJP President JP Nadda with demand to
increase the allocation of oxygen and medicines,” Gehlot tweeted, further adding, “As everyone is aware that our three cab- inet ministers had gone to Delhi and informed
the central government about the state’s situa- tion and demanded to in- crease the allocation of oxygen and medicines. BJP leaders may not go to Delhi due to Covid’s situ- ation, but keep a strong demand for the state by meeting with Union min- isters through video con- ferencing.”
The senior politician
said that it is right time to rise above political agendas. “This is the time to rise above poli- tics and work for the
state. It is our endeavour
that the Central and State Governments work together to fight against Corona. It is our endeav- our that no patient in Ra- jasthan loses their life due to lack of oxygen, but for this we need to al- locate appropriate amount of oxygen. The Centre has controlled production of oxygen & remedial medicine of the entire country, so we can- not buy oxygen & medi- cine from the open mar- ket,” Gehlot said.
It is time to rise above politics and work for state: CM
I appeal to the LoP, Dy LoP, BJP State
President & all MPs of the state to speak
to Union Home Minister Amit Shah,
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Pharmaceuti-
cal Minister Mansukh Mandaviya & BJP Pres-
ident JP Nadda with demand to increase the
allocation of oxygen to state.
—Ashok Gehlot, CM
CM Ashok Gehlot
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: The dead
bodies of a couple were
found in an inundated
closed mine in Piplada
village of Sadar police
station area of Dungar-
pur district. According
to the Sadar police offi-
cials, Sonal Damor and
Pintu Rote, natives of
Wajeda village, were en-
gaged in a love affair
for some time.
But on Sunday morn-
ing, the bodies of the two
were found floating in
the water accumulated
at the abandoned mine.
Both the bodies were
tied with a cloth and it is
thus suspected that they
tied themselves and
drowned in the water.
The families are clue-
less about the reason
behind the incident and
the police has initiated
an investigation.
Bodies of couple
found at
inundated,
abandoned mine
3 IAS & 3 IPS officers to
oversee state’s oxy mgmtMinor raped on way to
school in Jodh, woman
raped at knife-point
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment on Sunday, au-
thorised 3 IAS and 3 IPS
officers to ensure oxy-
gen supply to the state
from oxygen plants lo-
cated in different parts
of the country.
Oxygen management
from Burnpur plant in
West Bengal is with IAS
Abhimanyu Kumar and
IPS Sushmit Biswas, IAS
Purna Chand Kishan
and IPS Bipin Kumar
Pandey for Kalingana-
gar in Odisha, and IAS
Omprakash Kasera and
IPS Bhupinder Kumar
Sahu for oxygen supply
management from Jam-
nagar, Gujarat.
The IAS officers will
coordinate with the of-
ficials of the respective
states and the IPS offic-
ers will coordinate with
the IPS officers of these
states for the safety of
the oxygen tankers leav-
ing for Rajasthan. At the
same time, the services
of RAS Pushkar Raj
Sharma, Anupam Kayal
and Babulal Goyal have
also been assigned to the
Health Secretary for
managing oxygen for
the Corona patients.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur/ Bayana/ Bharatpur: A shock-
ing incident of rape of a minor going to school in the Lohawat police sta- tion area of Jodhpur has come to light. The accused also made a pornographic video and took photos of the vic- tim. The family mem- bers of the victim have lodged a plaint at the Lohawat police station after the accused threat- ened to make the photo and video viral.
In another incident, a
married woman was raped at knife-point at Kaman in Bharatpur. The woman and her husband had lodged a case at a nearby police station. The victim was sleeping when the ac- cused committed the
crime. Her husband rushed to help after hearing her screams, but the miscreant man- aged to flee.
An attempt to rape
and assault case has been reported in a vil- lage under Kalsada po- lice post in police station area on Sunday, where a young man tried to rape a 16 year old minor girl going for defecation. The police have registered a case under POCSO Act and IPC. The victim’s father in the plaint said that when the girl op- posed to the attempt, the accused attacked her with a sharp weapon.
Role of Pressimperative
in generating awareness
about Corona, says Guv
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra on
Sunday, congratulat-
ed on the World Press
Day that is observed
on May 3 every year.
“The press is said to
be the fourth pillar
of democracy be-
cause the media does
the work of creating
public opinion by
creating awareness
through education,”
he said. He called for
maintaining freedom
of press at all levels
and the significant
role the Press has
played in making
people aware
about the
Corona
pandem-
ic and
also in disseminat-
ing information on
how to stay safe from
the virus. He further
appreciated the role
of the Press in creat-
ing an effective envi-
ronment in the coun-
try about vaccina-
tion.
WORLD PRESS DAY
HHH
COOPERATE WITH GOVT: DR RAGHU TO MASSES
Kalraj Mishra
JAIPUR, MONDAY
MAY 3, 2021
arzoo Choudhary, a
strong independent
woman, grew up in a
middle-class joint
family. Aarzoo who
is buxom, beautiful
and confident has
the personality of a
true supermodel.
When asked
about her jour-
ney, she
shared. “I was
born in a
small town
Sangaria,
Hanu-
mangarh
district
of Ra-
jasthan and completed my
primary education with my
maternal grandparents. Af-
ter finishing my secondary
education from Sangaria, I
moved to Jaipur.” She fur-
ther added, “I was always a
bright student. Coming from
a conservative family, it was
inconceivable for me to think
of fashion and modelling as
my career. I have 52 members
in my family which is a lot to
deal with. Everyone opposed
and didn’t believe that one
can have a career in the fash-
ion industry. They still have
an orthodox mentality of
women meant to get married
and deal with household
chores. But I am a competi-
tive individual who is driven
and likes to win. My real
struggle began from there.
To my surprise, my father
was the first person to take a
stand for me. He believed in
me and gave me wings to fly
and follow my passion. Later
not just my parents but oth-
ers supported too. “
“When I came to Jaipur,
little did I know about fash-
ion and modelling industry. I
always used to question my-
self, What is this going to
look like? How am I going
to make it different?
Will I be able to do it?
Until in 2018, I
came across the
beauty pageants be-
ing held in Jaipur. I
met Gaurav Gaur, Direc-
tor Elite Miss Rajasthan and
after meeting him all my
questions got answered.
Gaurav Sir is my mentor
who not only believed in me
but helped me tap my poten-
tial. He showed me the right
path and guided me at every
step of my journey so far. I
can’t be more grateful to
him”, Aarzoo said.
When asked what advice
would she give someone
starting, the alluring beauty
replied, “To the girls who
want to come into this in-
dustry should be mature
enough to tackle every situ-
ation with a positive atti-
tude and immense patience.
Well, Aarzoo was very fortu-
nate to have learned so
much at a young age and
she’s now using those expe-
riences as a platform to
speak truth to others.
AARZOO CHOUDHARY STEPPED INTO THE FIELD OF FASHION AND MODELLING OUT OF
SHEER PASSION. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CITY FIRST, AARZOO TALKS
ABOUT CHANGING PERCEPTIONS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY, HER JOURNEY SO
FAR AND THE BARRIERS THAT STILL NEED TO BE BROKEN!
MITALI DUSAD
[email protected]
www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia
facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia09
BREAKING
the Stereotypes
A
MAY 3, 2021
arzoo Choudhary, a
strong independent
woman, grew up in a
middle-class joint
family. Aarzoo who
is buxom, beautiful
and confident has
the personality of a
true supermodel.
When asked
about her jour-
ney, she
shared. “I was
born in a
small town
Sangaria,
Hanu-
mangarh
district
of Ra-
jasthan and completed my
primary education with my
maternal grandparents. Af-
ter finishing my secondary
education from Sangaria, I
moved to Jaipur.” She fur-
ther added, “I was always a
bright student. Coming from
a conservative family, it was
inconceivable for me to think
of fashion and modelling as
my career. I have 52 members
in my family which is a lot to
deal with. Everyone opposed
and didn’t believe that one
can have a career in the fash-
ion industry. They still have
an orthodox mentality of
women meant to get married
and deal with household
chores. But I am a competi-
tive individual who is driven
and likes to win. My real
struggle began from there.
To my surprise, my father
was the first person to take a
stand for me. He believed in
me and gave me wings to fly
and follow my passion. Later
not just my parents but oth-
ers supported too. “
“When I came to Jaipur,
little did I know about fash-
ion and modelling industry. I
always used to question my-
self, What is this going to
look like? How am I going
to make it different?
Will I be able to do it?
Until in 2018, I
came across the
beauty pageants be-
ing held in Jaipur. I
met Gaurav Gaur, Direc-
tor Elite Miss Rajasthan and
after meeting him all my
questions got answered.
Gaurav Sir is my mentor
who not only believed in me
but helped me tap my poten-
tial. He showed me the right
path and guided me at every
step of my journey so far. I
can’t be more grateful to
him”, Aarzoo said.
When asked what advice
would she give someone
starting, the alluring beauty
replied, “To the girls who
want to come into this in-
dustry should be mature
enough to tackle every situ-
ation with a positive atti-
tude and immense patience.
Well, Aarzoo was very fortu-
nate to have learned so
much at a young age and
she’s now using those expe-
riences as a platform to
speak truth to others.
AARZOO CHOUDHARY STEPPED INTO THE FIELD OF FASHION AND MODELLING OUT OF
SHEER PASSION. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CITY FIRST, AARZOO TALKS
ABOUT CHANGING PERCEPTIONS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY, HER JOURNEY SO
FAR AND THE BARRIERS THAT STILL NEED TO BE BROKEN!
MITALI DUSAD
[email protected]
www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia
facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia09
BREAKING
the Stereotypes
A
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FACE OF THE DAY
MARY LANE, Writer
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
A senior will repose full
faith in you for tackling a
man management situation
at work. Situation on the
fi nancial front will remain satisfactory,
despite rising expenditure. A property
issue may create tension on the home
front. Reminiscing about fi rst love
with partner will draw you closer.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A profi table day is also indicated for professionals. There is much that needs to be done, so tighten your
belt. Good health is likely to provide you with oodles of energy and enable you to fi nish your work in a jiffy. Budgetary planning will be required for those going in for a renovation.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20Good diet and regular exercise will keep you both physically and mentally robust. At work, you are
likely to remain in control and see a project to completion. Financially, you remain in a comfortable situation. Travelling long distance is not recommended today.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22Your efforts on the professional front will be noted by those who matter. A child or younger sibling
can make you proud by his or her achievements. Good health keeps you energetic all throughout. A get together can prove expensive and pinch your pocket.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21A new exercise regime may need to be dovetailed to your requirements to benefi t. Your professional
rivals are likely to punch holes in your cost-cutting ideas for a project. Disagreements with a family member is possible. Those proceeding out of town are likely to make good speed.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19An alternative to your staple diet may prove immensely enjoyable. An argument with senior can make you feel
insecure. You may fi nd the atmosphere on the home front serene and most welcoming. Places of tourist attraction may be on the agenda of those travelling on a pilgrimage.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20Self-discipline and not succumbing to temptations will help in maintaining good health. Some of you
may get tied up in offi ce and reach home late today. It may become diffi cult to fi nd time for family today, but you will be able to make up for it later.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20Time has arrived to reap rich rewards of your hard work. Parents or elders may nag you into doing
something you don’t want to, but you will manage to wriggle out of it! Accompanying a family member overseas or out of town cannot be ruled out for some.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23A profi table venture is likely to fi ll up the coffers of some businesspersons. You may be held responsi-
ble for a deed that you have not committed at work. Fitness classes will prove immensely benefi cial, especially for those in the middle age group.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23On the fi nancial front, a new source of income is likely to be tapped soon that may get your coffers
brimming! Health counselling will do wonders for those longing to come back in shape. You are likely to win much appreciation by completing a task in record time.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20This is a very positive day, in which you get to achieve much. It is important to get back into the thick of
things on the work front. Family grapevine can be abuzz with the latest gossip about you. Ensure adequate security in a long journey, as stars for travel are not bright.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22Taking up a good health scheme will prove benefi cial. A practical solution may be found for
a complex problem on the profes- sional front. Support of family members is assured in whatever you undertake. Some builders may start thinking in terms of a township soon.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
have been doing a lot
of thinking. I have
been wondering why
this whole pandemic
has not scared the
c**p out of me like it
has other people.
It is all such an enigma.
No one can explain what is
happening. I bet you have
wondered if the corona is a
zoonotic virus or simply a
bigger government conspir-
acy. No one predicted that
human beings would die in
large numbers. Or did they?
Is this nature getting back at
us?
And as a result of such
confusion, the government
and various other segments
have helped themselves to
our fear.
One such segment is the
Vegan movement, which
had almost hit a jackpot un-
til it didn’t. Initially, they
claimed that we should close
wet markets because corona
allegedly started in the wet
markets of China. Then
they claimed you must give
up animal products because
bats spread Covid. I want
you to read that again. Does
that perplex you as much as
it confuses me? Who in the
world eats bats? I don’t get
the connection. What I
haven’t told you yet, is that
behind it all is a business
empire booming. The NGOs
get big bucks to aggressively
push the vegan agenda and
many use animals to strike
a chord with our animal-
loving hearts. But some
things are amiss.
I am a vegetarian, but that
post about the link between
bats and COVID does little if
anything at all to convince
me to be vegan. I under-
stand their motivation but
not the messaging. Instead,
they should focus on why
consuming animal products
is in the interest of human-
kind. Like everything else
that revolves around our
wellbeing, including the
One Health policy of the
WHO that claims human
health is directly inter-
linked to animal health (as-
sumingly related to con-
sumption only). See it is all
about us- our health and
wellbeing! Do you get the
sarcasm? If not let me break
it down for you.
Nowhere does the wellbe-
ing of animals and nature
come first except in the
heart of animal lovers. And
wait I feel the urge to define
this label. You do not classi-
fy as an “Animal Lover” be-
cause you purchased an ani-
mal, or discriminate
amongst breeds, or dictate
the terms on which your
home pet or your neigh-
bourhood pet has to live. You
are an “animal lover” when
you love, care, and give un-
conditionally, and when you
put them first! And I have
met quite a few animal lov-
ers during my time in
Jaipur and Pune.
Humans have coerced na-
ture to adapt to them when
it should be the other way
around. Man-un-kind has
brought nature to its knees.
Animals continue to suffer
unimaginable suffering at
the hands of human beings
for no fault of theirs. They
have been quite welcoming
of us in their habitat. And
what do we do, we become
occupiers much like the Is-
rael occupation of Palestine.
Animals have been re-
duced to “nuisance” and
“vermin” and “man-eaters”.
I am very curious to know
what the animals think of
us. I hope I will be able to
find out when I complete my
animal communication and
energy healing training.
What a beautiful world it
would be if we could all
communicate with each
other and express how we-
creations of God-feel.
Wait, I am not done yet. I
also have had a lot of time to
imagine the post-corona
world, more like a utopia for
animals.
In my perfect world, Ani-
mal Birth Control (ABC)
will be decided by the ani-
mals themselves. Since they
will be free from fear of
harm at our hands, there
will be no need to coercively
spay or neuter them. Yes, I
am personally not in favour
of ABC, but I realize its im-
portance in the cruel socie-
ty that we live in and that
for their safety we must
“humanely” manage their
population. If humans hat-
ed the initiative taken by
our former PM Indira Gan-
dhi, where 6.2 million men
were sterilized in 1976
alone, what gives us the
right to sterilize animals?
How humane is forced Hu-
man Birth Control?
In my profession, I also
deal with a lot of vets and
veterinary students. It is
heartbreaking to hear from
so many of them that they
became a vet because they
did not score well for medi-
cal school. Read that again.
They did not become vets to
help animals or because
they love animals. Their
heart was in medical
school. How do you then ex-
pect them to save suffering
animals when they cannot
even feel for them? Animals
cannot speak a language we
understand. And so the role
of a veterinary doctor is far
more challenging than that
of a doctor treating hu-
mans. I salute vets who be-
came vets because that was
their first and only choice.
It is quite a twisted educa-
tional system in India that
allows you to pick medicine
as a profession but offers
veterinary medicine as an
option that is shoved down
your throat if you don’t
score well on the entrance
exam of the medical school.
This is such a disservice to
animals. In my utopia,
more vets will be compas-
sionate and will have the
welfare of the animal at
heart! In my utopia vets just
as human doctors will have
a choice.
And what is this about
cows being sacred in India?
Since when does something
sacred eat out of a garbage
dump? If I were a cow, I
would hate to be worshipped
if it means I have to be a
scavenger. The vegans
would like what I am about
to say now- Ever witnessed
a cow’s postmortem? I have,
and I have seen its stomach
full of plastic, metal, broken
glass, and other sharp ob-
jects. In short, these are
things you throw out into
your garbage every day
which then find their way
on the street and into the
tummy of the cow. And wait
for it- into your chai and pa-
neer and ghee. Yes, this is
right, what do you expect of
the quality of milk from a
cow that feeds off your gar-
bage? The blood of this cow
that died and the thousands
of cows that die is on your
hands. In my utopia, gar-
bage will be segregated and
the streets will be clear and
the cows all happy like in
the Swiss Alps and the
Laughing Cow info commer-
cials. In my utopia, nature
will prevail.
But I don’t live in Utopia.
I live in a man-made world.
If COVID is a way for nature
to catch up, then I hope it
does what it is here for. If
not, then I shall pray for my
nature-led utopia to take
root soon! Inshallah!
help animals or because if it means I have to be a
Have we earned
COVID?
MARIAM ABUHAIDERI
[email protected]
I
ETC
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FACE OF THE DAY
MARY LANE, Writer
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
A senior will repose full
faith in you for tackling a
man management situation
at work. Situation on the
fi nancial front will remain satisfactory,
despite rising expenditure. A property
issue may create tension on the home
front. Reminiscing about fi rst love
with partner will draw you closer.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A profi table day is also indicated for professionals. There is much that needs to be done, so tighten your
belt. Good health is likely to provide you with oodles of energy and enable you to fi nish your work in a jiffy. Budgetary planning will be required for those going in for a renovation.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20Good diet and regular exercise will keep you both physically and mentally robust. At work, you are
likely to remain in control and see a project to completion. Financially, you remain in a comfortable situation. Travelling long distance is not recommended today.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22Your efforts on the professional front will be noted by those who matter. A child or younger sibling
can make you proud by his or her achievements. Good health keeps you energetic all throughout. A get together can prove expensive and pinch your pocket.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21A new exercise regime may need to be dovetailed to your requirements to benefi t. Your professional
rivals are likely to punch holes in your cost-cutting ideas for a project. Disagreements with a family member is possible. Those proceeding out of town are likely to make good speed.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19An alternative to your staple diet may prove immensely enjoyable. An argument with senior can make you feel
insecure. You may fi nd the atmosphere on the home front serene and most welcoming. Places of tourist attraction may be on the agenda of those travelling on a pilgrimage.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20Self-discipline and not succumbing to temptations will help in maintaining good health. Some of you
may get tied up in offi ce and reach home late today. It may become diffi cult to fi nd time for family today, but you will be able to make up for it later.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20Time has arrived to reap rich rewards of your hard work. Parents or elders may nag you into doing
something you don’t want to, but you will manage to wriggle out of it! Accompanying a family member overseas or out of town cannot be ruled out for some.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23A profi table venture is likely to fi ll up the coffers of some businesspersons. You may be held responsi-
ble for a deed that you have not committed at work. Fitness classes will prove immensely benefi cial, especially for those in the middle age group.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23On the fi nancial front, a new source of income is likely to be tapped soon that may get your coffers
brimming! Health counselling will do wonders for those longing to come back in shape. You are likely to win much appreciation by completing a task in record time.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20This is a very positive day, in which you get to achieve much. It is important to get back into the thick of
things on the work front. Family grapevine can be abuzz with the latest gossip about you. Ensure adequate security in a long journey, as stars for travel are not bright.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22Taking up a good health scheme will prove benefi cial. A practical solution may be found for
a complex problem on the profes- sional front. Support of family members is assured in whatever you undertake. Some builders may start thinking in terms of a township soon.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
have been doing a lot
of thinking. I have
been wondering why
this whole pandemic
has not scared the
c**p out of me like it
has other people.
It is all such an enigma.
No one can explain what is
happening. I bet you have
wondered if the corona is a
zoonotic virus or simply a
bigger government conspir-
acy. No one predicted that
human beings would die in
large numbers. Or did they?
Is this nature getting back at
us?
And as a result of such
confusion, the government
and various other segments
have helped themselves to
our fear.
One such segment is the
Vegan movement, which
had almost hit a jackpot un-
til it didn’t. Initially, they
claimed that we should close
wet markets because corona
allegedly started in the wet
markets of China. Then
they claimed you must give
up animal products because
bats spread Covid. I want
you to read that again. Does
that perplex you as much as
it confuses me? Who in the
world eats bats? I don’t get
the connection. What I
haven’t told you yet, is that
behind it all is a business
empire booming. The NGOs
get big bucks to aggressively
push the vegan agenda and
many use animals to strike
a chord with our animal-
loving hearts. But some
things are amiss.
I am a vegetarian, but that
post about the link between
bats and COVID does little if
anything at all to convince
me to be vegan. I under-
stand their motivation but
not the messaging. Instead,
they should focus on why
consuming animal products
is in the interest of human-
kind. Like everything else
that revolves around our
wellbeing, including the
One Health policy of the
WHO that claims human
health is directly inter-
linked to animal health (as-
sumingly related to con-
sumption only). See it is all
about us- our health and
wellbeing! Do you get the
sarcasm? If not let me break
it down for you.
Nowhere does the wellbe-
ing of animals and nature
come first except in the
heart of animal lovers. And
wait I feel the urge to define
this label. You do not classi-
fy as an “Animal Lover” be-
cause you purchased an ani-
mal, or discriminate
amongst breeds, or dictate
the terms on which your
home pet or your neigh-
bourhood pet has to live. You
are an “animal lover” when
you love, care, and give un-
conditionally, and when you
put them first! And I have
met quite a few animal lov-
ers during my time in
Jaipur and Pune.
Humans have coerced na-
ture to adapt to them when
it should be the other way
around. Man-un-kind has
brought nature to its knees.
Animals continue to suffer
unimaginable suffering at
the hands of human beings
for no fault of theirs. They
have been quite welcoming
of us in their habitat. And
what do we do, we become
occupiers much like the Is-
rael occupation of Palestine.
Animals have been re-
duced to “nuisance” and
“vermin” and “man-eaters”.
I am very curious to know
what the animals think of
us. I hope I will be able to
find out when I complete my
animal communication and
energy healing training.
What a beautiful world it
would be if we could all
communicate with each
other and express how we-
creations of God-feel.
Wait, I am not done yet. I
also have had a lot of time to
imagine the post-corona
world, more like a utopia for
animals.
In my perfect world, Ani-
mal Birth Control (ABC)
will be decided by the ani-
mals themselves. Since they
will be free from fear of
harm at our hands, there
will be no need to coercively
spay or neuter them. Yes, I
am personally not in favour
of ABC, but I realize its im-
portance in the cruel socie-
ty that we live in and that
for their safety we must
“humanely” manage their
population. If humans hat-
ed the initiative taken by
our former PM Indira Gan-
dhi, where 6.2 million men
were sterilized in 1976
alone, what gives us the
right to sterilize animals?
How humane is forced Hu-
man Birth Control?
In my profession, I also
deal with a lot of vets and
veterinary students. It is
heartbreaking to hear from
so many of them that they
became a vet because they
did not score well for medi-
cal school. Read that again.
They did not become vets to
help animals or because
they love animals. Their
heart was in medical
school. How do you then ex-
pect them to save suffering
animals when they cannot
even feel for them? Animals
cannot speak a language we
understand. And so the role
of a veterinary doctor is far
more challenging than that
of a doctor treating hu-
mans. I salute vets who be-
came vets because that was
their first and only choice.
It is quite a twisted educa-
tional system in India that
allows you to pick medicine
as a profession but offers
veterinary medicine as an
option that is shoved down
your throat if you don’t
score well on the entrance
exam of the medical school.
This is such a disservice to
animals. In my utopia,
more vets will be compas-
sionate and will have the
welfare of the animal at
heart! In my utopia vets just
as human doctors will have
a choice.
And what is this about
cows being sacred in India?
Since when does something
sacred eat out of a garbage
dump? If I were a cow, I
would hate to be worshipped
if it means I have to be a
scavenger. The vegans
would like what I am about
to say now- Ever witnessed
a cow’s postmortem? I have,
and I have seen its stomach
full of plastic, metal, broken
glass, and other sharp ob-
jects. In short, these are
things you throw out into
your garbage every day
which then find their way
on the street and into the
tummy of the cow. And wait
for it- into your chai and pa-
neer and ghee. Yes, this is
right, what do you expect of
the quality of milk from a
cow that feeds off your gar-
bage? The blood of this cow
that died and the thousands
of cows that die is on your
hands. In my utopia, gar-
bage will be segregated and
the streets will be clear and
the cows all happy like in
the Swiss Alps and the
Laughing Cow info commer-
cials. In my utopia, nature
will prevail.
But I don’t live in Utopia.
I live in a man-made world.
If COVID is a way for nature
to catch up, then I hope it
does what it is here for. If
not, then I shall pray for my
nature-led utopia to take
root soon! Inshallah!
help animals or because if it means I have to be a
Have we earned
COVID?
MARIAM ABUHAIDERI
[email protected]
I
ETC
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11
New Poster Out
R
andeep
Hooda
has been
making
the headlines
ever since he
has been roped
in for Salman
Khan star-
rer Radhe:
Your Most
Wanted
Bhai. The
actor will
be seen
playing
the role of
the lead an-
tagonist in
the cop dra-
ma. The mak-
ers released a new poster of the movie featuring Randeep
and it has added to the audience’s excitement on Sunday.
Randeep also shared the poster on his social media account
and introduced his character as Rana.
—Agency
IMPACTFUL
performance
H
ollywood star Angelina Jolie recently
revealed that her latest role in ‘Those
Who Wish Me Dead’ allowed her to tap
into her own emotions and experiences to
create a more impactful performance. According
to People magazine, during an on-set interview,
the actor revealed that in the upcoming thrill-
er ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’, her character
Hannah, a smokejumper still reeling from the
loss of three lives she failed to save from a fire
is “a very broken person who carries a great
deal of guilt.”
—Agency
I
nternational celebs are now joining hands to help
support India in this time of crisis and after actress
Priyanka Chopra set up a fundraiser to help India,
author Jay Shetty is also raising USD 1 million
with Give India. Singer Camila Cabello has come in
support of Shetty’s fundraiser and recently shared
a video appealing to her fans to donate. Resse With-
erspoon also shared the post urging fans to raise
money.
—Agency
A
head of their ‘Saturday Night
Live’ episode on May 8, Ameri-
can singer-songwriter Miley
Cyrus faced criticism on social
media after bantering with Elon
Musk via Twitter. After a fan tweet-
ed on Wednesday a Photoshopped
image of Musk on a wrecking ball
in a nod to Cyrus’ infamous 2013
music video, the controversial Te-
sla CEO, “Might be something there
haha.” The 28-year-old singer then
chimed in, “@elonmusk I’m down if
you are! #MileyAndMusk to the
moon!”
—Agency
Sonu Sood
APPEALS
F
or days on end, Sonu
Sood has been working
nonstop to help families
of those affected during
the deadly second wave of Cov-
id-19 in India. On Saturday,
Sonu Sood took to social me-
dia to make another im-
portant appeal to the In-
dian government. In a
video, Sonu Sood
appealed for free
cremation be-
cause of those
deaths due
to Cov-
id-19.
—Agency
V
eteran actor Dilip Kumar was recent-
ly hospitalised in Mumbai after he
faced some health issues. It has been
a few days since he has been in a city
hospital. However, wife Saira Banu con-
firmed that he is ‘recovering well’. The
98-year-old actor has had quite a few health
scares in the past. Amid the Covid-19 pan-
demic, Dilip Kumar also lost two siblings to
coronavirus last year.
—Agency
Importance
of emotional
well being
mid the deadly sec- ond wave Covid-19 crisis, several Bol- lywood celebs have come forward to do their bit. From set- ting up fundraisers
to donating medical equip- ment and oxygen, actors and actresses are making sure they do their bit. On Sunday, Deepika Padukone joined this list as the actress took to social media to share a list of verified mental health helplines. With almost all of India being forced to stay in- doors once more due to lock- down, Deepika highlighted the importance of emotional well being.
—Agency
A
FACING
BACKLASH
Dilip Kumar hospitalised
Shooting commences
B
ridgerton fans, rejoice! Filming of
the second season of the popular ro-
mantic Netflix series revolving
around the new love story of Antho-
ny Bridgerton and Kate Sharma has offi-
cially started. People Magazine captured
Jonathan Bailey, who is respiring his role as
Anthony Bridgerton with new costar Si-
mone Ashley, who is playing the leading lady
and Anthony’s on-screen love interest Kate
Sharma on the set of the series’ forthcoming
season.
—ANI
O
scar-
winning
actor
Olympia
Dukakis known
for her role in
‘Mr. Holland’s
Opus,’ ‘Steel
Magnolias,’
‘Moonstruck’
has died at the
age of 89 years
at her home in
New York City.
Dukakis’ broth-
er Apollo Duka-
kis confirmed
her demise on
Facebook, say-
ing “My beloved
sister, Olympia
Dukakis, passed
away this morn-
ing in New York
City. After many
months of fail-
ing health she is
finally at peace
and with her
[husband] Lou-
is.”
—Agency
Lost a gem
Joining hands
B
ollywood actress Kanga-
na Ranaut always grabs
headlines for her tweets.
The Queen actress gave a
sneak peek into her daily healthy
diet. And it looks like that she en-
sures that she is eating right while
shedding the calories at the gym.
Like any other Indian where peo-
ple love to start their day with the
most popular beverage ‘Tea’, the
actress also starts with the same.
The actress further shared anoth-
er diet set and it includes a lot of
nuts. —Agency
Diet plan
revealed
I
t’s been a while since Aamir
Khan was last seen on the
silver screen and fans have
been undoubtedly missing
his magic on the big screen.
Fans were eagerly waiting for
Laal Singh Chaddha release, the
COVID 19 pandemic turned out
to be a roadblock in the shooting
which led to a delay in the re-
lease.
—Agency
War scenes
in Ladakh
Miley Cyrus
Deepika Padukone
Camila Cabello
Kangana Ranaut
Angelina Jolie Aamir Khan
Late Olympia Dukakis
Sonu Sood
A still from the series: Bridgerton
Saira Banu & Dilip Kumar
Poster of the film: Radhe
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11
New Poster Out
R
andeep
Hooda
has been
making
the headlines
ever since he
has been roped
in for Salman
Khan star-
rer Radhe:
Your Most
Wanted
Bhai. The
actor will
be seen
playing
the role of
the lead an-
tagonist in
the cop dra-
ma. The mak-
ers released a new poster of the movie featuring Randeep
and it has added to the audience’s excitement on Sunday.
Randeep also shared the poster on his social media account
and introduced his character as Rana.
—Agency
IMPACTFUL
performance
H
ollywood star Angelina Jolie recently
revealed that her latest role in ‘Those
Who Wish Me Dead’ allowed her to tap
into her own emotions and experiences to
create a more impactful performance. According
to People magazine, during an on-set interview,
the actor revealed that in the upcoming thrill-
er ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’, her character
Hannah, a smokejumper still reeling from the
loss of three lives she failed to save from a fire
is “a very broken person who carries a great
deal of guilt.”
—Agency
I
nternational celebs are now joining hands to help
support India in this time of crisis and after actress
Priyanka Chopra set up a fundraiser to help India,
author Jay Shetty is also raising USD 1 million
with Give India. Singer Camila Cabello has come in
support of Shetty’s fundraiser and recently shared
a video appealing to her fans to donate. Resse With-
erspoon also shared the post urging fans to raise
money.
—Agency
A
head of their ‘Saturday Night
Live’ episode on May 8, Ameri-
can singer-songwriter Miley
Cyrus faced criticism on social
media after bantering with Elon
Musk via Twitter. After a fan tweet-
ed on Wednesday a Photoshopped
image of Musk on a wrecking ball
in a nod to Cyrus’ infamous 2013
music video, the controversial Te-
sla CEO, “Might be something there
haha.” The 28-year-old singer then
chimed in, “@elonmusk I’m down if
you are! #MileyAndMusk to the
moon!”
—Agency
Sonu Sood
APPEALS
F
or days on end, Sonu
Sood has been working
nonstop to help families
of those affected during
the deadly second wave of Cov-
id-19 in India. On Saturday,
Sonu Sood took to social me-
dia to make another im-
portant appeal to the In-
dian government. In a
video, Sonu Sood
appealed for free
cremation be-
cause of those
deaths due
to Cov-
id-19.
—Agency
V
eteran actor Dilip Kumar was recent-
ly hospitalised in Mumbai after he
faced some health issues. It has been
a few days since he has been in a city
hospital. However, wife Saira Banu con-
firmed that he is ‘recovering well’. The
98-year-old actor has had quite a few health
scares in the past. Amid the Covid-19 pan-
demic, Dilip Kumar also lost two siblings to
coronavirus last year.
—Agency
Importance
of emotional
well being
mid the deadly sec- ond wave Covid-19 crisis, several Bol- lywood celebs have come forward to do their bit. From set- ting up fundraisers
to donating medical equip- ment and oxygen, actors and actresses are making sure they do their bit. On Sunday, Deepika Padukone joined this list as the actress took to social media to share a list of verified mental health helplines. With almost all of India being forced to stay in- doors once more due to lock- down, Deepika highlighted the importance of emotional well being.
—Agency
A
FACING
BACKLASH
Dilip Kumar hospitalised
Shooting commences
B
ridgerton fans, rejoice! Filming of
the second season of the popular ro-
mantic Netflix series revolving
around the new love story of Antho-
ny Bridgerton and Kate Sharma has offi-
cially started. People Magazine captured
Jonathan Bailey, who is respiring his role as
Anthony Bridgerton with new costar Si-
mone Ashley, who is playing the leading lady
and Anthony’s on-screen love interest Kate
Sharma on the set of the series’ forthcoming
season.
—ANI
O
scar-
winning
actor
Olympia
Dukakis known
for her role in
‘Mr. Holland’s
Opus,’ ‘Steel
Magnolias,’
‘Moonstruck’
has died at the
age of 89 years
at her home in
New York City.
Dukakis’ broth-
er Apollo Duka-
kis confirmed
her demise on
Facebook, say-
ing “My beloved
sister, Olympia
Dukakis, passed
away this morn-
ing in New York
City. After many
months of fail-
ing health she is
finally at peace
and with her
[husband] Lou-
is.”
—Agency
Lost a gem
Joining hands
B
ollywood actress Kanga-
na Ranaut always grabs
headlines for her tweets.
The Queen actress gave a
sneak peek into her daily healthy
diet. And it looks like that she en-
sures that she is eating right while
shedding the calories at the gym.
Like any other Indian where peo-
ple love to start their day with the
most popular beverage ‘Tea’, the
actress also starts with the same.
The actress further shared anoth-
er diet set and it includes a lot of
nuts. —Agency
Diet plan
revealed
I
t’s been a while since Aamir
Khan was last seen on the
silver screen and fans have
been undoubtedly missing
his magic on the big screen.
Fans were eagerly waiting for
Laal Singh Chaddha release, the
COVID 19 pandemic turned out
to be a roadblock in the shooting
which led to a delay in the re-
lease.
—Agency
War scenes
in Ladakh
Miley Cyrus
Deepika Padukone
Camila Cabello
Kangana Ranaut
Angelina Jolie Aamir Khan
Late Olympia Dukakis
Sonu Sood
A still from the series: Bridgerton
Saira Banu & Dilip Kumar
Poster of the film: Radhe
CITY FIRST
A
Music for Hope and
Happiness Series -
Edition 2 was or-
ganised by Saptak-
Society of Music Art and
Culture on Sunday Face-
book Live. This series aims
to spread the message of
positivity and remaining
optimistic about life
through music to the people
amid the present-day Coro-
na crisis. Rajasthan’s fa-
mous violinist Gulzar Hus-
sain gave a message of
peace and humanity
through his compositions
in this musical evening. At
the outset Dr Ruchi Rajesh
Goswami, Director, SSMAC
welcomed Gulzar Hussain.
He started the program
with Chhota Khayal’s beau-
tiful ‘Bandish Tadpat Rain
Bina Piya’. The accompani-
ment on guitar by Bilal
Hussain and Tab-
la by Mehraz
Hussain
gave a
new fla-
vour to
the even-
ing. He
gave the message of world
peace by presenting me-
lodious composi-
tions through
Ragamala depict-
ing aesthetics in ex-
perimenting with various
Ragas. Hussain’s violin
playing is accompanied
by proficiency in tantra-
kari, as well as the work
of the fingers with the
brilliant use of the bow.
On this occasion,
Gulzar said that classi-
cal music is the soul of
our culture, it is very im-
portant to cherish it.
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CITY BUZZGET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
HOPE AND HAPPINESS
PETS: THE PANDEMIC PACIFIERS
he loss of our daily routines and the threat of more seri-
ous casualties to come from COV -
ID-19 has put a seri-
ous emotional
strain on all of us. So per-
haps it should come as no surprise to see social media
feeds flooded with photos and videos of cats, dogs, and other companion animals rising to the occasion. As a result of the restrictions put in place to fight the spread of the disease, pet parents are spending more time at home, City First talked to a few peo- ple about their experiences!
“My dog, Barfi is what’s
keeping me going right now,” Karil Gaur said. “I
suffer from depression and anxiety under normal cir-
cumstances, and current is-
sues have been making those
feelings truly crushing. But my dog who is no less than my baby brother doesn’t know anything is different. He still experiences un- inhibited joy, and still needs a routine. They require that I go outside and get fresh air. We ex- plore nature together, which is also helpful in its own right.”
While Suranjan Das, who
adopted an Indie said, “My dog, Hankie has been a source of strength during this lockdown. She doesn’t
understand what’s happen-
ing in the world but she un-
derstands me and tries her best to keep me engaged with
life. Taking care of her
daily routine helped keep
my sanity in check and
gave me something to
look forward to every day. “
While Shahan Ansari, a
cat lover said, “In this pan- demic time it becomes really hard to manage with the grooming of the cat. Exotic cats require a lot of mainte-
nance and for that, I need to take them to the Pet shop
twice a month. Since the vi-
rus is again at its peak, so it becomes really difficult to get it done. Besides that, it is always a huge relief to have my cat around all the time.”
Reena Tank, an influenc -
er shared, “Being a dog own- er is not easy. Moments of frustration are bound to oc-
cur. Animals’ unconditional love, unsinkable spirit and unbiased smiles can im- prove your health and well- being in many ways. My dog increases feelings of con- tentment and relaxation.”
STARTING
THE SCHEME
O
n the recommen- dation of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Min-
ister Dr BD Kalla, a plan of Rs3.53 crores was approved for drink-
ing water supply in Tilak Nagar, Raja Park, Guru Nanak- pura of Malviya Nagar Assembly Constituency. The resi-
dents of the region ex-
pressed their heartfelt
gratitude towards the leaders. On the occa- sion of Prakash Parv of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the drinking water sup-
ply scheme was started in Guru Nanakpura af-
ter a puja. Only Tri-
pat Kaur, Tejwant
Singh and Sethi
were present on the
occasion and all the
corona guidelines were followed during the puja.
—CITY FIRST
Pets can provide company and comfort in the face of social isolation and high anxiety!
MITALI DUSAD
[email protected]
PASSION
FOR DANCE
S
hahrukh Khan, a young choreogra-
pher from Jaipur who has won over
30 dance competitions is of the view that during this pandem- ic, when everything is shut down, dance is the best way by which we can take great care of our fitness and immunity. This is a kind of physical activity for which we don’t need to go out or meet someone, we at our
places can do it very well as these days various on-
line dance classes are also available. One of the dance forms which is having a very good im-
pact on our body is ‘Zum-
ba’.
Talking about his
achievements, Shahrukh
has received the award
for ‘Best Choreogra-
pher’ for the movie ‘Parking Closed’. He
is having his dance
studio ‘Fusion Dance Academy’ in which he trains hundreds of danc-
ers every month and ac- cording to him, craze for dancing career has grown lot in recent years.
MANSI BACHANI
[email protected]
IAS Deshan Dan celebrated
his birthday on Sunday, May
2. We wish him all the best!
HAPPY B’DAY!
CITY FIRST
F
orti women wing, Ra-
jasthan under the leader-
ship of President Neha
Gupta organised the
online webinar on the
theme ‘How to Brand Your-
self ’ an initiative to pro-
mote women entrepreneurs
and to guide them to grow their
business or startups on Thurs-
day. PR professional Toshi Vi-
jay, Founder of Spotlight PR
has addressed the session and
queries. The talk was moder-
ated by Social Activist and edu-
cationist Poonam K Madan.
Toshi Vijay shared her expe-
riences as a PR (Public Rela-
tions), she shared how you can
display yourself and your
brand through the medium fo
PR, how they enhance the rep-
resentation to make it more
appealing through the medi-
um of print, social media
marketing and the word
of mouth. The talk also
focused on digital PR as
there is an increased demand
for online business. She en-
couraged women to step into
the world of online business
and gain something out of it.
[email protected]
BRAND
YOURSELF
CITY FIRST
O
n the occasion of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Baha-
dur, a talk and presenta-
tion was held on ‘Jeevan Mukti – Jou Sukh Ko Chahe Sada’ message of Guru Tegh Bahadur in Today’s Perspective’ on the JKK Facebook page on Sunday. The pro-
gramme was organised by the Department of Art and Culture, Government of Ra-
jasthan and Jawa-
har Kala Kendra (JKK). The speakers included Rupinder Sin-
gh, IPS and Dr Harpreet Kaur, MD. They were in conversation with the
Secretary, Department of Art, Culture and Lit-
erature, Govern-
ment of Rajasthan and Director Gen-
eral, JKK, Mugdha
Sinha. The talk fo-
cused on Guru Tegh Ba-
hadur’s life, his teach- ings, its relevance in the modern world and ‘Jee-
van Mukti’ (liberation during life).
Talking about the cur-
rent Covid pandemic cri- sis, Rupinder Singh said that in these tragic times the Lord is our only sup-
port. There is a need to have a positive attitude and understand that dur-
ing any sadness, tragedy or grief one must rely on the support of the Lord.
[email protected]
PERSPECTIVE TALK
Information as a Public Good
MITALI DUSAD
W
orld Press Free-
dom Day, cele-
brated on May 3 every year
serves as an occasion to inform citizens of the violations of press freedom. It is a reminder that publi-
cations and social media are censored, fined, suspended, while journalists, ed-
itors and publishers are harassed, at- tacked and even killed worldwide.
This year’s World
Press Freedom Day theme ‘Information as a Public Good’ serves as a call to af-
firm the importance of cherishing information as a public good, and explor-
ing what can be done in
the production, distribu-
tion and reception of con- tent to strengthen journal-
ism and to advance trans-
parency and empower -
ment while leaving no one behind.
The importance of free-
ly accessing reliable infor-
mation, particularly through journalism, has been demonstrated by the
COVID-19 pandemic: in times of crisis such as this, information can be a matter of life or death. This has been especially
true in the face of the COVID-19 ‘disin-
fodemic’, a mixture of misinformation and disinformation that has spread across the world sowing confusion, discord and divi-
sion. The lack of publicly available reliable data and in- formation has cre- ated a vacuum for potentially harmful
content (including hate speech) and misleading conspiracy theories, most-
ly spread online through Internet business models and actors who exploit these.
[email protected]
T
During the Facebook live session Gulzar Husain
Suranjan DasKaril GaurShahan AnsariReena Tank
Shahrukh Khan
During the live session
A
Music for Hope and
Happiness Series -
Edition 2 was or-
ganised by Saptak-
Society of Music Art and
Culture on Sunday Face-
book Live. This series aims
to spread the message of
positivity and remaining
optimistic about life
through music to the people
amid the present-day Coro-
na crisis. Rajasthan’s fa-
mous violinist Gulzar Hus-
sain gave a message of
peace and humanity
through his compositions
in this musical evening. At
the outset Dr Ruchi Rajesh
Goswami, Director, SSMAC
welcomed Gulzar Hussain.
He started the program
with Chhota Khayal’s beau-
tiful ‘Bandish Tadpat Rain
Bina Piya’. The accompani-
ment on guitar by Bilal
Hussain and Tab-
la by Mehraz
Hussain
gave a
new fla-
vour to
the even-
ing. He
gave the message of world
peace by presenting me-
lodious composi-
tions through
Ragamala depict-
ing aesthetics in ex-
perimenting with various
Ragas. Hussain’s violin
playing is accompanied
by proficiency in tantra-
kari, as well as the work
of the fingers with the
brilliant use of the bow.
On this occasion,
Gulzar said that classi-
cal music is the soul of
our culture, it is very im-
portant to cherish it.
12
JAIPUR | MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
CITY BUZZGET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
HOPE AND HAPPINESS
PETS: THE PANDEMIC PACIFIERS
he loss of our daily routines and the threat of more seri-
ous casualties to come from COV -
ID-19 has put a seri-
ous emotional
strain on all of us. So per-
haps it should come as no surprise to see social media
feeds flooded with photos and videos of cats, dogs, and other companion animals rising to the occasion. As a result of the restrictions put in place to fight the spread of the disease, pet parents are spending more time at home, City First talked to a few peo- ple about their experiences!
“My dog, Barfi is what’s
keeping me going right now,” Karil Gaur said. “I
suffer from depression and anxiety under normal cir-
cumstances, and current is-
sues have been making those
feelings truly crushing. But my dog who is no less than my baby brother doesn’t know anything is different. He still experiences un- inhibited joy, and still needs a routine. They require that I go outside and get fresh air. We ex- plore nature together, which is also helpful in its own right.”
While Suranjan Das, who
adopted an Indie said, “My dog, Hankie has been a source of strength during this lockdown. She doesn’t
understand what’s happen-
ing in the world but she un-
derstands me and tries her best to keep me engaged with
life. Taking care of her
daily routine helped keep
my sanity in check and
gave me something to
look forward to every day. “
While Shahan Ansari, a
cat lover said, “In this pan- demic time it becomes really hard to manage with the grooming of the cat. Exotic cats require a lot of mainte-
nance and for that, I need to take them to the Pet shop
twice a month. Since the vi-
rus is again at its peak, so it becomes really difficult to get it done. Besides that, it is always a huge relief to have my cat around all the time.”
Reena Tank, an influenc -
er shared, “Being a dog own- er is not easy. Moments of frustration are bound to oc-
cur. Animals’ unconditional love, unsinkable spirit and unbiased smiles can im- prove your health and well- being in many ways. My dog increases feelings of con- tentment and relaxation.”
STARTING
THE SCHEME
O
n the recommen- dation of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Min-
ister Dr BD Kalla, a plan of Rs3.53 crores was approved for drink-
ing water supply in Tilak Nagar, Raja Park, Guru Nanak- pura of Malviya Nagar Assembly Constituency. The resi-
dents of the region ex-
pressed their heartfelt
gratitude towards the leaders. On the occa- sion of Prakash Parv of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the drinking water sup-
ply scheme was started in Guru Nanakpura af-
ter a puja. Only Tri-
pat Kaur, Tejwant
Singh and Sethi
were present on the
occasion and all the
corona guidelines were followed during the puja.
—CITY FIRST
Pets can provide company and comfort in the face of social isolation and high anxiety!
MITALI DUSAD
[email protected]
PASSION
FOR DANCE
S
hahrukh Khan, a young choreogra-
pher from Jaipur who has won over
30 dance competitions is of the view that during this pandem- ic, when everything is shut down, dance is the best way by which we can take great care of our fitness and immunity. This is a kind of physical activity for which we don’t need to go out or meet someone, we at our
places can do it very well as these days various on-
line dance classes are also available. One of the dance forms which is having a very good im-
pact on our body is ‘Zum-
ba’.
Talking about his
achievements, Shahrukh
has received the award
for ‘Best Choreogra-
pher’ for the movie ‘Parking Closed’. He
is having his dance
studio ‘Fusion Dance Academy’ in which he trains hundreds of danc-
ers every month and ac- cording to him, craze for dancing career has grown lot in recent years.
MANSI BACHANI
[email protected]
IAS Deshan Dan celebrated
his birthday on Sunday, May
2. We wish him all the best!
HAPPY B’DAY!
CITY FIRST
F
orti women wing, Ra-
jasthan under the leader-
ship of President Neha
Gupta organised the
online webinar on the
theme ‘How to Brand Your-
self ’ an initiative to pro-
mote women entrepreneurs
and to guide them to grow their
business or startups on Thurs-
day. PR professional Toshi Vi-
jay, Founder of Spotlight PR
has addressed the session and
queries. The talk was moder-
ated by Social Activist and edu-
cationist Poonam K Madan.
Toshi Vijay shared her expe-
riences as a PR (Public Rela-
tions), she shared how you can
display yourself and your
brand through the medium fo
PR, how they enhance the rep-
resentation to make it more
appealing through the medi-
um of print, social media
marketing and the word
of mouth. The talk also
focused on digital PR as
there is an increased demand
for online business. She en-
couraged women to step into
the world of online business
and gain something out of it.
[email protected]
BRAND
YOURSELF
CITY FIRST
O
n the occasion of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Baha-
dur, a talk and presenta-
tion was held on ‘Jeevan Mukti – Jou Sukh Ko Chahe Sada’ message of Guru Tegh Bahadur in Today’s Perspective’ on the JKK Facebook page on Sunday. The pro-
gramme was organised by the Department of Art and Culture, Government of Ra-
jasthan and Jawa-
har Kala Kendra (JKK). The speakers included Rupinder Sin-
gh, IPS and Dr Harpreet Kaur, MD. They were in conversation with the
Secretary, Department of Art, Culture and Lit-
erature, Govern-
ment of Rajasthan and Director Gen-
eral, JKK, Mugdha
Sinha. The talk fo-
cused on Guru Tegh Ba-
hadur’s life, his teach- ings, its relevance in the modern world and ‘Jee-
van Mukti’ (liberation during life).
Talking about the cur-
rent Covid pandemic cri- sis, Rupinder Singh said that in these tragic times the Lord is our only sup-
port. There is a need to have a positive attitude and understand that dur-
ing any sadness, tragedy or grief one must rely on the support of the Lord.
[email protected]
PERSPECTIVE TALK
Information as a Public Good
MITALI DUSAD
W
orld Press Free-
dom Day, cele-
brated on May 3 every year
serves as an occasion to inform citizens of the violations of press freedom. It is a reminder that publi-
cations and social media are censored, fined, suspended, while journalists, ed-
itors and publishers are harassed, at- tacked and even killed worldwide.
This year’s World
Press Freedom Day theme ‘Information as a Public Good’ serves as a call to af-
firm the importance of cherishing information as a public good, and explor-
ing what can be done in
the production, distribu-
tion and reception of con- tent to strengthen journal-
ism and to advance trans-
parency and empower -
ment while leaving no one behind.
The importance of free-
ly accessing reliable infor-
mation, particularly through journalism, has been demonstrated by the
COVID-19 pandemic: in times of crisis such as this, information can be a matter of life or death. This has been especially
true in the face of the COVID-19 ‘disin-
fodemic’, a mixture of misinformation and disinformation that has spread across the world sowing confusion, discord and divi-
sion. The lack of publicly available reliable data and in- formation has cre- ated a vacuum for potentially harmful
content (including hate speech) and misleading conspiracy theories, most-
ly spread online through Internet business models and actors who exploit these.
[email protected]
T
During the Facebook live session Gulzar Husain
Suranjan DasKaril GaurShahan AnsariReena Tank
Shahrukh Khan
During the live session
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