EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH MYANMAR’S SHADOW GST COUNCIL EXTENDS TEAM TO INCREASE Max 34°c government parades new armed compliance relief for all, attention training gradually during Min 28°c force P 6 on smaller taxpayers P 9 isolation in England P 10 Humidity 76% VOL II, ISSUE 235 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM SILCHAR GUWAHATI PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `5 SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2021 Remdesivir output jumps Can touch Modi's feet for 10 times, government halts Bengal's welfare: Mamata central allocation to states AGENCIES AGENCIES vendetta," she asserted. termed by the ruling Trinamool Talking about the criticism Congress as "forced deputation". NEW DELHI: As the production KOLKATA: Alleging that the she faced for skipping the review Bandyopadhyay, a 1987-batch of Remdesivir was ramped BJP-led Centre was pursuing meeting with Modi on cyclone IAS officer of cadre, up ten times from 33,000 vials "vendetta politics", Chief Min- devastation, Banerjee said, "It was scheduled to retire on May per day to 3.5 lakh, the Central ister on Sat- was supposed to be held between 31 after completion of 60 years government on Saturday de- urday appealed to the Union the PM and the CM. Why were of age. cided to discontinue the cen- government to withdraw its BJP leaders called to the ses- However, he was granted a tral allocation of Remdesivir order recalling Chief Secre- sion?" three-month extension following vials to states. tary Alapan Bandyopadhyay She also claimed that oppo- a nod from the Centre. Minister of State for and allow the senior bureau- sition leaders were not invited West Bengal Chief Minister Chemicals and Fertilisers, crat to work for people amid to similar review meetings held Mamata Banerjee had written Mansukh Mandaviya, made the the COVID-19 crisis. in Gujarat and Odisha, the two to Prime Minister Narendra announcement and also directed She also claimed that Prime states that also faced cyclone Modi urging him to grant the National Pharmaceuticals was ramped up ten times from in a month. "Now the country Minister and Banerjee further stated that in (Bengal), you have started fury over the past few days. Bandyopadhyay an extension Pricing Agency and Central 33,000 vials per day on April 11 has enough Remdesivir as the Home Minister Amit Shah were she was ready to touch Modi's creating problems for us from The Centre on Friday night for at least six months in view Drugs Standard Control this year to 3,50,000 vials per day supply is much more than the trying to create problems for her feet if told to do for the sake of Day 1. What is the fault of the sought services of Bengal of his experience of handling the Organisation (CDSCO) to contin- on Saturday. demand." government at every step as they West Bengal's growth and devel- chief secretary? "Recalling the Chief Secretary Alapan COVID-19 pandemic. uously monitor the availability He said that the Central gov- The Central government has were yet to come to terms with opment. chief secretary amid the COVID Bandyopadhyay and asked the In a communique to the state of Remdesivir in the country. ernment has also increased the decided to procure 50 lakh vials BJP's defeat in the assembly "Because you (Modi and crisis goes on to show that the state government to relieve the government, the Personnel The Minister informed that number of plants producing of Remdesivir to maintain it as elections. Shah) cannot digest BJP's defeat Centre was indulging in political officer immediately, a move Ministry on Friday... Pg 5 the production of Remdesivir Remdesivir from 20 to 60 with- a strategic reserve... Pg 5 SPOTLIGHT Mamata's `20,000 crore demand for 4 IAS officers Monthly stipend till age 18, other Tripura initiates shuffled in minor special breeding Delhi issues first cyclone relief unrealistic: Bengal BJP chief schemes to support children drive for wild cats global tender for bureaucratic rejig AGENCIES as she did not want to elaborate AGENCIES orphaned due to COVID-19 AGARTALA: The forest depart- Covid-19 vaccines on this unrealistic demand," ment of Tripura has begun a KOLKATA: Asserting that state Ghosh said. AMARAVATI: In a minor bu- NEW DELHI: Prime Minister an official statement announced special ex-situ breeding pro- NEW DELHI: Amid a shortage Chief Minister Mamata Baner- The CM had on Friday said reaucratic rejig, four IAS Narendra Modi on Saturday a slew of measures to support gramme for clouded leopards. of Covid-19 vaccines across jee's demand of Rs 20,000-crore that she, in separate proposals officers have received announced that all children the children, it says the children The initiative has been taken the country, the Delhi gov- for cyclone relief was "unre- submitted to Prime Minister fresh postings in Andhra who have been rendered or- will get a monthly stipend from in view of the rapid decline of ernment has issued its first alistic", state BJP president Modi, sought Rs 10,000 crore Pradesh. The orders have phan due to COVID-19 will PM-CARES fund once they turn the animals in their natural global tender for 10 million Dilip Ghosh on Saturday said each for rebuilding the seaside been issued by Chief secre- be supported under the 'PM- 18-years-old and a fund of Rs 10 habitats. The programme is doses of vaccines, Delhi she skipped the review meet- tourist town of Digha and the tary Aditya Nath Das. CARES for Children’ scheme. lakh when they turn 23. being run at Sepahijala zoo, Chief Minister Arvind Ke- ing with Prime Minister Nar- ravaged parts of the Sunderbans As per the orders issued "Children represent the future Other benefits announced: Tripura Chief Wildlife warden jriwal said on Saturday. endra Modi to avoid giving a to decide on the list of invitees. region. on Friday, P. Bhaskara, of the country and the country * Children to get a monthly Rameshwar Das said. Accord- "We have rolled out glob- detailed account of the claims "Odisha faced the brunt of the Banerjee, however, skipped a collector and district mag- will do everything possible to stipend once they turn 18 and a ing to Das, one of the female al tenders. All our efforts that she has made. cyclone while Bengal was largely review meeting on cyclone dev- istrate, Prakasam district support and protect the children fund of Rs 10 lakh when they turn cats preserved in the zoo is ex- are on but other states that Ghosh also pointed out that spared, but she is asking for Rs astation with Modi, seeking to is transferred and posted so that they develop as strong cit- 23 from PM CARES pectant. went for it so far did not the Prime Minister's Office 20,000 crore. She did not attend know why opposition BJP lead- as commissioner, collegiate izens and have a bright future," * Free education to be ensured Not only the leopards, spec- receive encouraging results," (PMO), which called the review the review meeting with the ers were present at the session. education. Pg 5 Modi said. for children who lost their par- tacled Langoor and pig-tailed Kejriwal said while inaugu- meeting on Friday, is entitled Prime Minister at Kalaikunda Ghosh further... Pg 5 The Prime Minister's Office in ents to Covid... Pg 5 macaque have also... Pg 5 rating the... Pg 5 Wrestler murder case: Court ON OXYGEN SUPPORT IN HOSPITAL Cong terms Centre's order Assam Guv condoles to recall Bengal chief secy the untimely demise sends Sushil to another 4 leader Azam of Tamulpur MLA days of police custody as 'lethal blow to federalism' GUWAHATI: Assam Governor NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on him up mercilessly. The police Khan in critical condition AGENCIES "The "abrupt, malicious Prof. Jagdish Mukhi con- Saturday sent Olympic medal- submitted that eight people and unilateral" recall of West doled the untimely demise list Sushil Kumar to four more have been arrested so far in AGENCIES COVID-19 on April 30. Azam NEW DELHI: After the central Bengal's Chief Secretary by Modi of Tamulpur MLA Leho days of police custody in the the case and one licenced pistol Khan’s health suddenly deteri- government recalled West Government has shocked the Ram Boro. murder case of a 23-year-old was recovered from Kumar. The LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party orated on May 9 following which Bengal Chief Secretary from conscience of the entire Nation. In a statement here wrestler. police added that Kumar did not leader Azam Khan is on oxy- he along with his son was sent the State, Congress on Satur- This is a double whammy, when today, Prof. Mukhi said, “It is The Delhi police had sought cooperate during the 6-day cus- gen support and his condition to Lucknow by an ambulance. day termed the Centre's action viewed in light of the fact that really unfortunate to have lost seven more days of police custo- tody period. is critical, informed Medanta Earlier, on May 2, the jail as a "lethal blow" to federal- the Chief Secretary was granted a public representative like dy, after Kumar was produced The prosecutor argued that Hospital, Lucknow on Satur- administration reportedly ism said that the decision has an extension for three months Leho Ram Boro at a young before Metropolitan Magistrate Kumar's custody is required day (May 29, 2021). tried to convince Azam Khan shocked the conscience of the by the Modi government itself, age”. He was a very simple Mayank Goel in the case, after to recover more incriminating "Condition of Samajwadi for treatment at Lucknow's King entire nation. as recently as four days ago," leader who chose to serve the expiry of his 6-day police evidence, unearth the complete Party leader Azam Khan is George's Medical University but In a statement, Congress gen- he said. the people, but the fortune custody. However, the court conspiracy and trace the accused critical. He is on oxygen sup- the SP leader refused to move eral secretary and spokesperson "This is a lethal blow to the had taken him away. Pg 5 ordered another four days of who are yet to be arrested. The port," said Medanta Hospital, out of the jail. He was later Randeep Singh Surjewala asked Constitution of India, as also police custody. prosecution alleged that Kumar Lucknow. Azam Khan convinced and officials con- the Central government to dis- Federalism. If the union gov- According to the prosecu- is the main culprit in the heinous Azam Khan was shifted to the coronavirus disease. His son firmed in the evening that he close the reason for the U-turn ernment is permitted to recall Guv inaugurates tion, Kumar and other accused crime, where a young wrestler Lucknow’s Medanta Hospital Abdullah Khan was also shifted along with his son were headed in recalling the Chief Secretary the All India Service Officers i.e. took the deceased allegedly to had died, and added that it was from Sitapur jail on May 9 where to the same hospital. The father- to Lucknow's Medanta Hospital. within four days of granting him IAS and IPS from the States for park and Surya Chhatrasal Stadium and beat evident in the... Pg 5 he is undergoing treatment for son duo was tested positive for The Samajwadi... Pg 5 a three months extension. bipartisan political... Pg 5 Namaskaram model Manipur records statues BJP supporters victims of over 1000 C-19 'No word to criticise the way Mamata, GUWAHATI: Assam Gover- nor Prof.Jagdish Mukhi cases in a single day Chief Secretary insulted PM': Suvendu along with the First Lady post-poll violence in Bengal of Assam Smt.Prem Mukhi NEWMAI NEWS NETWORK inaugurated a recreational AGENCIES caused by the cyclone in the park and model statues rep- AGENCIES sections of Hindu society who IMPHAL: Manipur recorded state, and sought a Rs 20,000 resenting Surya Namaskar- supported or voted the BJP". over 1000 COVID-19 cases in a KOLKATA: Leader of the opposi- crore package for redevelopment am positions in Raj Bhavan NEW DELHI: Women have been It said that "TMC model of single day for the first time on tion in West Bengal Suvendu of the worst-hit areas. today. singled out "for most horrific violence to win elections and Saturday. This update made Adhikari on Saturday alleged She was accompanied It may be mentioned that terror and intimidation" in the retain power" was at play in state the state to come close to 49,000- that Chief Minister Mamata by Chief Secretary Alapan the recreational... Pg 5 post-poll violence in Bengal assembly elections. The report mark of the disease. According Banerjee and the Chief Secre- Bandyopadhyay. with victims primarily belong- also said that "state machinery to the Health department, the tary have insulted Prime Min- A few hours after the meeting, ing to very marginal sections was used for violence against state recorded 1,007 new cases ister Narendra Modi by not the Centre ordered his transfer Fund embezzlement: of Hindu society that are BJP the political opponent thus this of COVID-19 on Saturday. attending a meeting chaired to Delhi. Claiming that Banerjee ques- supporters, says a report by angle". bears the marks of a pogrom". With 15 more people succumb- by him to discuss the ravages "I have no word to criticise tioned his presence in the meet- No Trust in Tripura Group of Intellectuals. It has The report 'Khela in Bengal It said that women have "been ing to the COVID-19 related com- caused by Cyclone Yaas. the way the West Bengal chief ing held at Kalaikunda air base recommended SIT probe un- 2021: Shocking Ground Stories' raped, stripped beaten and vio- plications in the same period, the Banerjee did not attend the minister and the chief secre- in East Midnapore district on milk society der a retired Supreme Court said that treating the violence lated in the most horrific ways," state’s fatality tally also rose to meeting but entered the room tary insulted the prime min- Friday, Adhikari said that he judge and NIA investigation in Bengal merely as "political crude bombs have been used, 776, the state Health department from where Modi was holding ister," Adhikari, a BJP MLA, was invited to it as the leader of AGARTALA: Allegations of "as the gruesome violence violence is to trivialise the hor- men murdered and shops and reflected in its daily COVID-19 the meeting and submitted a told reporters in a virtual press opposition in the state assembly fund embezzlement, major- may have cross border terror rors faced primarily by marginal ration cards looted". Pg 5 situation report... Pg 5 report to him on the damages conference. and MLA of... Pg 5 ity of the elected members of Kalibazar milk producers cooperative society limited moved a no confidence no- Nature of war changing, need to engage tice against the incumbent Has this ever happened since chairman of the society--Su- man Ghosh. Sources close to Ghosh, however, termed the adversary in all domains: Navy Chief Independence, asks TMC whole incident as a political strategy to oust Ghosh from PUNE: Naval Chief Admiral the past," he said. seeing landmark defence AGENCIES Secretary of a state? How much but vindictive politics of the the post as his honesty has Karambir Singh said the Singh was reviewing the reforms with the establish- lower will Modi-Shah's BJP BJP," he told a news agency. turned out to be... Pg 5 nature of war is changing Passing Out Parade of the ment of the Department of KOLKATA: The Trinamool Con- stoop," Roy said. "At a time when Bengal is where there is a need to 140th course at the National Military Affairs, institution gress said that the Centre's "All because people of Bengal facing the COVID pandemic engage adversaries in all Defence Academy (NDA) at of Chief of Defence Staff(CDS) decision to seek the services humiliated the duo and chose and the devastations caused by Assam C-19 cases domains and stressed on Khadakwasla. and soon to be formed theatre of state Chief Secretary Ala- Mamata Banerjee with an over- cyclone Yaas, the central gov- cross 4 lakh mark, state the increased importance Calling NDA a symbol commands, the Navy chief pan Bandyopadhyay was be- whelming mandate," he added ernment is trying to make the of "jointness" among coun- of jointness for 72 years, he said. cause the people of the state late on Friday. people of the state suffer. They reports 77 new deaths try's three services — land, remarked that the acade- During his visit, the Navy gave an overwhelming man- TMC spokesperson Kunal are acting like an enemy to the sea, air. my's existence enforces the chief got down on his hands date to Chief Minister Mam- Ghosh said the decision was people of Bengal," Ghosh said. "The nature of war is core values of jointmanship, and did push-ups with the ata Banerjee. taken to derail the good work BJP's state general secretary changing and it is important which are the founding prin- three services. But jointness cadets, as is the tradition Trinamool Congress done by Bandyopadhyay, Sayantan Basu said that it was to engage adversaries in all ciples of the academy. in the armed forces is para- followed in the squadron, an MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy "a true soldier of Mamata an administrative decision by domains, like land, sea, air, "Traditions, identity, mount for more synergised official statement said. The described it as "forced central Banerjee." the Centre. space and cyber. It is for this uniforms and customs of and effective application of entire staff of the Admiral, deputation" of the chief secre- "The BJP is yet to accept its "It is an administrative issue reason that the jointness each service matter as do force in today's complex bat- NDA Commandant and other tary. "Has this ever happened loss in the assembly elections involving two governments and among the three services is the requirements generated tlefield," Admiral Singh said. officers present there also since Independence? Forced and that is why it is doing such the state BJP has nothing to Full Story on Page 5 far more important than in by the distinctive role of the The armed forces are joined him. central deputation of a Chief petty politics. This is nothing comment on it," he said. Pg 5