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Tejashwi Yadav says PM Modi insulted Nitish Kumar by not responding to his letter on caste-based census
Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Assembly Tejashwi Yadav has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday demanding a caste-based census and reconsidering the issue. Yadav also alleged that PM Modi has insulted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by not meeting him and responding to his letter on the issue, while he is meeting the Chief Ministers of other states. Earlier, the Bihar CM had written to the PM requesting him to hold a meeting for discussion on caste-based census.
Taking a jibe at the CM, Yadav said it was an insult to the chief minister of the state, which has given 39 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats to the BJP-led NDA alliance. Despite this, the PM has not given him an appointment. He said that the Center should take immediate steps to fill up about 50 per cent vacancies in government jobs for people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Yadav’s comment came days after the Chief Minister himself said he had not received any response to his letter, received by the Prime Minister’s Office on August 4, seeking to meet PM Modi.
Prime Minister’s Twitter handle says he has time to meet others, but if he is not able to meet Nitish Kumar and a delegation of the entire leadership of Bihar Assembly on such an important issue. Can’t say much, but he should have made time by now, he said in the letter.
The RJD leader said without knowing the numbers, development plans cannot be made. He said that the Bihar government has passed a resolution on this issue twice in the Bihar Legislative Assembly and sent it to the Central Government. Now the government has written a letter to PM Modi regarding the caste census, requesting an appointment.
Yadav said the party would be forced to resort to agitation and hit the streets if the central government did not pay heed to their demands. The party will be left with no option but to sit on dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, he said. The RJD leader said that the states were unable to formulate a policy for poverty alleviation of the poverty-stricken people as they did not have their detailed account.
Fresh demands for a caste-based Census have been triggered by a statement by the Centre in Parliament recently that an exercise to ascertain the population of only Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was under consideration.
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Manipur: N Biren Singh government declares entire state as disturbed area
The details indicate that the state as a whole, with the exception of 19 designated police station districts, has been classified as a disturbed area.
In light of the current state of law and order, the Manipur government on Wednesday announced the whole state as a disturbed area.
The details indicate that the state as a whole, with the exception of 19 designated police station districts, has been classified as a disturbed area.
According to a notification from the state government, the authorities believe that violent activities of various extremist/insurgent groups warrant the use of the Armed Forces in aid of civil administration in the entire state of Manipur.
Manipur’s capital Imphal, Lamphel, City, Singjamei, Sekmai, Lamsang, Patsoi, Wangoi, Porompat, Heingang, Lamlai, Irilbung, Leimakhong, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Nambol, Moirang, Kakching, and Jiribam are listed among the disturbed areas that have been announced.
The notification goes on to say that due to the overall law and order situation in the state and the capability of the state machinery, the state government has decided to maintain the status quo on the present disturbed area status for a term of six months.
Tuesday saw numerous student protest marches over the kidnapping and murder of two youngsters in the state capital Imphal. Following the release of the news of the murders, a new round of protests began on Tuesday. At least 45 protestors were hurt during clashes with the Rapid Action Force (RAF).
In preparation for potential unrest, sizable contingents of Manipur Police, CRPF, and RAF soldiers have been stationed around Imphal and other regions of the state.
Manipur’s Chief Minister N Biren Singh, promised to assure the people of the state that both the state and central governments are closely working together to nab the perpetrators. The CBI has been given the case involving the murder of the two young people.
Meanwhile, as a first step to calming the unrest, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge urged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi remove the BJP’s incompetent chief minister on Wednesday.
Additionally, he charged that the BJP has turned Manipur into a battleground by turning violence against women and children into a weapon.
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Bihar: LJP leader Anwar Khan shot dead by unidentified assailants in Gaya
Furious residents and LJP leader Anwar Khan’s family staged a protest by blocking National Highway 82
In a shocking incident, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Anwar Khan was shot dead in broad daylight by unknown assailants in Bihar’s Gaya. The leader belongs to the faction led by Pashupati Kumar Paras.
According to reports, LJP leader Anwar Khan who was the state president of the LPJ’s labour cell was at a salon on Wednesday when three unidentified assailants on bike opened fire. Following this, the leader was killed instantly.
Reports further stated that people in the area fled from the scene as panic gripped in the neighbourhood. All the shops and other activities were immediately shut down as a protective measure.
Meanwhile, furious residents and Anwar Khan’s family staged a protest by blocking National Highway 82 after the incident took place. A senior police official concerned to the matter asserted that police forces have been deployed at the scene and a forensic team has also been sent to gather evidence. At present, an investigation is carried out in the matter.
Earlier in August, a journalist with a prominent Hindi daily was shot dead by four unidentified assailants at the doorstep of his home in Bihar’s Araria district. The journalist was likely to testify as a prime witness in his younger brother’s 2019 murder. The journalist was gunned down three days after the death of a police officer who was shot by suspected cattle smugglers in Samastipur.
The policeman was critically injured after alleged cattle smugglers opened fire on him in Bihar’s Samastipur. Assistant Sub-Inspector Nandkishore Yadav was shot near his left eye and was undergoing treatment in a hospital. However, he succumbed to his injuries during the treatment.
Nadikishore Yadav was acting on a tip-off and intercepted a truck that was illegally transporting cattle and arrested three alleged smugglers. The accused was taken to the police station, their associates too reached the spot and opened fire on Yadav and escaped.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits robot exhibition in Ahmedabad, inaugurates Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
During his visit, PM Modi also enjoyed tea, served by robots at the Robotics Gallary.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the robot exhibition at Science City in Gujrat’s Ahmedabad on September 27. PM Modi also inaugurated the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit during his visit.
At Science City, PM Modi was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat to take part in a programme marking the celebration of 20 years of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit.
During his visit, PM Modi also enjoyed tea, served by robots at the Robotics Gallary.
Executive Chairman of ArcelorMittal Lakshmi Mittal, at a programme marking 20 years of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, said we have kept a goal to increase our production capacity first 2 fold and then 3 fold. He further said we will make technologically advanced products, that will take India towards import substitution and self-reliance.
During an event marking 20 years of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, PM Modi said Vibrant Gujarat is not just a programme of branding but more than that it is a programme of bonding.
He claimed that those who previously ran the central government would link Gujarat’s growth with politics. Vibrant Gujarat was something the Minister of the then central government used to refuse to attend. They used to threaten foreign investors and tried to stop foreign investors from coming to Gujarat, PM Modi added. He said even after so much of threatening, foreign investors came to Gujarat.
PM Modi further said that we not only did redevelopment of Gujarat but also thought about its future, Asserting that we made Vibrant Gujarat a key channel for this. Vibrant Gujarat was made a channel to increase the self-confidence of Gujarat and a channel to speak to the world eye to eye, the Prime Minister added.
The absence of big hotels in Gujarat made it difficult for foreign guests to stay when Vibrant Gujarat started. Even government guesthouses used to get full and we used even University guesthouses, PM Modi claimed.
