THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU THURSDAY APRIL 08, 2021 NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL 7 India administering vaccine UP cops denied food, water to Mukhtar during transfer: Brother at the fastest rate: Govt NEW DELHI, APRIL diabetes, have increased 07: Gangster-turned-politi- and alleged that the jail ad- NEW DELHI, APRIL chaired a high-level review cian Mukhtar Ansari's ministration is not accept- 07: India has surpassed the meeting on Friday last with brother alleged on Wednes- ing the request to provide United States to become the chief secretaries, DG Police day that inhuman treatment him a doctor. fastest COVID-19 vaccinat- and health secretaries of all was given to him while be- "Instead of treating him, ing country in the world States/UTs, with focus on 11 ing transferred to Banda jail he was being administered with an average daily rate of states and UTs that have from Punjab, saying it could injection to put him to 30,93,861 vaccine doses, been reporting very high have been better had he sleep," Afzal Ansari alleged. the Union health ministry rise in daily cases and daily been shot dead at a road He further claimed that said on Wednesday. mortality because of crossing. his brother was kept in the The cumulative number COVID-19 in the last two The Uttar Pradesh gov- ambulance for over one- of COVID-19 vaccine doses weeks. ernment, however, said a and-half-hours even after administered in the country Regular review meetings team of doctors of the reaching the Banda jail. has crossed 8.70 crore. are taken by Union Health Banda Medical College ex- "At around 9 am, some Cumulatively, 8,70,77,474 Secretary with secretaries of amined Mukhtar Ansari at he (Mukhtar) was made to who is also BSP MLA from persons known to Mukhtar vaccine doses have been ad- all States and UTs. the jail and no 'immediate' stand at some road crossing Mau. reached the jail to meet him ministered through The Centre has rushed 50 health issues were found by and shot dead," he said. Elaborate arrangements but were returned from the 13,32,130 sessions, as per received 2nd dose of vac- A net increase of 55,250 high level teams to Maha- it. The Uttar Pradesh gov- have been made inside the prison premises. Mukhtar is the provisional report till 7 cine. cases recorded in the total rashtra, Punjab and Chhat- "Inhuman treatment was ernment in an statement is- prison, where he will be kept an undertrial and despite am. India's daily new cases active caseload in a span of tisgarh to assist the states in meted to Mukhtar while be- sued in Ballia said, 'Under- in barrack number 16, this he is getting treatment These include 89,63,724 continue to rise and 24 hours. COVID control and man- ing shifted from Punjab to trial Ansari was brought which will be under 24-hour like a convict," he said, health care workers 1,15,736 new cases were reg- Maharashtra, Chhattis- agement measures. Banda jail. In over 15 hours from Punjab's Ropar jail at camera surveillance, the adding 'such a treatment (HCWs) who have taken the istered in a span of 24 garh, Karnataka, Kerala and These teams will be sta- journey, he was not given about 4.50 am to Banda statement said, adding the was never given to any un- 1st dose and 53,94,913 hours. Uttar Pradesh cumulatively tioned in the states for 3-5 water and food on the way prison gate by a special team entire Banda jail is covered dertrial in the history of the HCWs who have taken the Eight states including account for 74.5 per cent of days. and was also denied medical and he finally got entry at 5 with CCTV cameras and is country'. 2nd dose, 97,36,629 front- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, India's total active cases. India's cumulative recov- aid. am. being monitored by senior After spending over two line workers (FLWs) who Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra alone ac- eries have surged to "Due to this, he became 'All his belongings were officers from jail headquar- years in a Punjab prison, have received the 1st dose, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, counts for 56.17 per cent of 1,17,92,135 with 59,856 re- unwell and reached Banda checked and no objection- ter command centre in Luc- Mukhtar Ansari was 43,12,826 FLWs who have Tamil Nadu and Kerala the total active caseload of coveries being registered in a jail in a semi-unconscious able items were found. A know.For outer security of brought back to Banda jail taken the 2nd dose. have shown a rise in the the country, the ministry span of 24 hours. state," Afzal Ansari, the team of Banda Medical col- the jail, additional force of in the early hours of Besides, 3,53,75,953 and COVID daily new cases ac- said. A total of 630 deaths were Bahujan Samaj Party MP lege doctors did his check- PAC has been deployed and Wednesday. 10,00,787 beneficiaries counting for 80.70 per cent The Centre is actively en- reported in a span of 24 from Ghazipur, told PTI. up and found no immediate Banda city magistrate has He was ferried in an am- more than 60 years old have of the new cases reported in gaging with all states and hours. Afzal Ansari, however, did health issues.' been made in-charge jail su- bulance guarded by a strong been administered the 1st a day. UT governments, especially Eight states account for not elaborate on how did he 'Mukhtar Ansari would be perintendent for adminis- posse of gun-toting security and 2nd dose respectively Maharashtra has re- those showing an upsurge 84.44 per cent of the new get to know about the treat- tested for COVID-19 later in trative and security arrange- personnel throughout his while 2,18,60,709 and ported the highest daily new in daily new cases and with a deaths. Maharashtra saw ment meted out to his the day inside the jail. Ac- ments, it said. 900-km journey from Rup- 4,31,933 beneficiaries aged cases at 55,469. high caseload of active the maximum casualties brother during his transfer cording to the Supreme Two new deputy jailors nagar to the Uttar Pradesh 45 to 60 were given the 1st It is followed by Chhattis- cases. (297). Punjab follows with to the Banda jail. Court orders, with the help have been deputed and ad- town in the Bundelkhand and 2nd dose respectively. garh with 9,921 while Kar- Union Health Minister 61 daily deaths. "The Yogi Adityanath of district administration ditional head jail warder region. More than 33 lakh vacci- nataka reported 6,150 new Harsh Vardhan had on Eleven states and UTs government has left behind and Chief Medical officer, and jail warder have been Mukhtar Ansari was nation doses were adminis- cases. Tuesday chaired a high- have not reported any Britishers by such acts. Con- Banda, his health arrange- made available to the lodged in Rupnagar jail in tered in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity graph level meeting through video COVID-19 deaths in a span trary to the jail manual, ments are being ensured,' prison, the government January 2019 in connection As on Day-81 of the vacci- is on a steady incline and conference to review the sit- of 24 hours. Mukhtar has been kept in the statement said. statement said. with an extortion case. nation drive (6th April), currently stands at 8.40 per uation of COVID-19 and These are Odisha, Ladakh isolation barrack. ADG, Prison Anand Ku- Afzal Ansari also claimed He is facing 52 cases in 33,37,601 vaccine doses cent, the ministry said. progress of vaccination in 11 (UT), D&D & D&N, Naga- "Those who have to pro- mar has given strict instruc- that the blood-sugar level Uttar Pradesh and else- were given. Out of which, India's total active case- states and UTs that are land, Meghalaya, Sikkim, tect laws are creating terror. tions for round-the-clock and blood pressure of where, and 15 of them are in 30,08,087 beneficiaries load has increased to showing very large numbers Manipur, Lakshadweep, It would have be better that security of Mukhtar Ansari, Mukhtar Ansari, who has the trial stage. were vaccinated across 8,43,473 and now com- of daily cases and high mor- Mizoram, Andaman and 41,396 sessions for 1st dose prises 6.59 per cent of the tality due to coronavirus. nicobar Islands and and 3,29,514 beneficiaries country's total cases. The Cabinet Secretary Arunachal Pradesh. EC removes returning officers 'It is not easy to misappropriate Netaji' NEW DELHI,APRIL Congress, and Netaji's but he took sentences out of lines. of 8 Kolkata constituencies 07: In the run-up to the grand-nephew, answers context. He would have worked NEW DELHI, APRIL for allegedly favouring the West Bengal election, questions put to his alter 'Democracy is by no out an equitable power- 07: The Election Commis- ruling Trinamool Congress. Bharatiya Janata Party ego -- Bose, the historian, means a Western institu- sharing arrangement, sion has removed returning Kolkata Port assembly leaders Narendra Modi, scholar and author of sev- tion,' Netaji had said, 'it is a which Nehru signally failed officers of eight constituen- constituency will vote on Amit Shah, Jagat Prakash eral books. He is the Gar- human institution.' to do. cies in Kolkata that will go to April 26 and the elections to Nadda have invoked Netaji diner Professor of Oceanic Unfortunately, Modi Nehru tried to impose ar- the polls in the last two other seven seats will be held Subhas Chandra Bose sev- History and Affairs, Har- cited this line while con- tificial secular uniformity phases of the West Bengal on April 29. eral times, calling him the vard University. demning what he deems from above while Netaji assembly elections on April "Returning officers play 'true son of mother India'. The 'idea of India' has foreign destructive interfer- forged genuine secular 26 and 29, an official said on an important role in the elec- On April 4, Modi been much debated ever ence in India as the outside unity from below. Wednesday. tion process, and the norm slammed West Bengal Chief since Narendra Modi be- world criticises India's Netaji was much more at- New officials have already of transferring officers was Minister Mamata Banerjee came prime minister. As a growing democratic deficit. tuned to Indian notions of been appointed in the followed in these cases," the for branding BJP leaders as historian and a scholar, Netaji had gone on to say, justice and equity. He knew Chowringhee, Entally, official of the poll panel 'outsiders' and said it is an what were Gandhi and 'Wherever man has at- how to respect and cre- Bhowanipur, Beliaghata, Jo- Chief Electoral Officer their posts for more than said.The EC had recently re- insult to the inclusive ideol- Nehru's definition of the tempted to evolve political atively accommodate reli- rasanko, Shyampukur, Ka- Ariz Aftab described the three years'. moved three officials, in- ogy of Netaji Subhas Chan- 'idea of India'? institutions, he has hit upon gious and linguistic distinc- shipur-Belgachia and transfer of the eight return- Sources in the poll panel cluding the returning officer dra Bose and principles of In a speech in Parliament this wonderful institution of tiveness in order to craft a Kolkata Port assembly seg- ing officers 'as a routine said complaints were re- of the Ballygunj assembly the Constitution. on February 24, 2016, I had democracy.' larger unity. ments, he said. move since they had held ceived against the officers constituency in Kolkata. On Netaji's 125th birth said that the idea of India In addition to making his What was Gandhi, Nehru, anniversary on January 23, was not so brittle as to case for federalism as an in- Bose's definition of Hin- 2021, both the BJP and rul- crumble at the echo of a few trinsic element of democ- duism? ing Trinamool Congress slogans. racy, he called for 'cultural On January 23, 1948, Ma- Waze was posted in CIU on Param vied with each other to ho- That grand idea must be intimacy' among India's dif- hatma Gandhi had noted nour him -- speeches, distinguished from the con- ferent communities. that Netaji 'knew no provin- coinage, a stamp. temporary Indian State. 'It is necessary for the dif- cialism nor communal dif- In fact, Modi began Both Gandhi and Nehru ferent religious groups,' Ne- ferences' and 'had in his Bir's orders: Police report reaching out to Bengal im- had an inclusive and capa- taji urged, 'to be acquainted brave army, men and NEW DELHI, APRIL telligence Unit after oral in- found in a vehicle near the Notably, Singh was mediately after assuming cious view of India. They with the traditions, ideals women drawn from all over 07: Suspended police officer structions from the then Po- residence of Mukesh Ambani shunted out as Mumbai Po- office in 2014. His govern- also had their differences. and history of one another India without distinction Sachin Waze was posted in lice Commissioner Param Bir case along with the then Com- lice Commissioner in the ment began the declassifi- Gandhi believed India because cultural intimacy and evoked affection and the Crime Intelligence Unit Singh. Waze was reporting to missioner of Police in the im- wake of the Antilia bomb cation of the Netaji files, lived in its villages and will pave the way towards loyalty, which very few have (CIU) after oral instructions Singh directly, bypassing portant briefing to the minis- scare case. making available in public wanted decentralisation of communal peace and har- been able to evoke'. from the then Police Commis- other officers.' ter.' Sachin Waze, API in the domain, 200 of a total of power. Nehru wielded mony. I venture to think That day, a lawyer friend sioner Param Bir Singh, ac- 'Waze was following the According to the report, As- CIU who was in charge of the 300 files. power from the apex of a that the fundamental basis had asked Gandhi for a cording to a Mumbai Police guidelines of the then Com- sistant Police Inspector (API) Mansukh Hiran case, was in If Modi has consistently centralised post-colonial of political unity between good definition of Hin- report. missioner of Police about the Sachin Waze was mainly us- NIA custody till April 7, for his heaped praise on Netaji, his nation-State. different communities lies duism. Mumbai Police Commis- raid on illegal activities, whom ing high-end luxury cars and alleged role and involvement contempt for Jawaharlal Did it align with Subhas in cultural rapprochement. The Mahatma simply said sioner Hemant Nagrale has to arrest. Waze strictly pro- other private vehicles to reach in placing the explosives- Nehru is also a constant in Chandra Bose's idea of what As things stand today, the that 'Hinduism regarded all submitted a report to Maha- hibited his colleague of CIU the office other than govern- laden vehicle outside the resi- his speeches. India should be? different communities in- religions as worthy of all re- rashtra Home Department from reporting to senior offi- ment vehicles given to him. dence of Ambani. On February 6, 2020, While having much in habiting India are too exclu- spect'. about the reinstatement of cers of the crime branch,' the Meanwhile, former Mum- Hiran, the owner of the ve- during a 40-minute speech common with both Gandhi sive.' In Gandhi's view, Netaji Sachin Waze and his nine report added. bai Police Commissioner hicle that was found contain- in Parliament, Modi men- and Nehru, Subhas Chan- Netaji achieved his goal of was 'such a Hindu' and, months tenure in Mumbai The report further states, Param Bir Singh on Wednes- ing explosives materials out- tioned Nehru 23 times. dra Bose was even more cultural intimacy in the therefore, 'in memory of CIU, Crime Branch. 'Sachin Waze used to remain day has been called by Na- side the house of the Reliance Each time to berate In- successful in uniting Indi- Azad Hind Fauj, which was a that great patriot', he called The report submitted by present in all important mat- tional Investigation Agency Industries chairman Mukesh dia's first prime minister for ans by gaining the trust of shining example of political upon Indians to 'cleanse Mumbai Police states, 'Sachin ters like TRP Case, Dilip (NIA) to record a statement in Ambani, was found dead on perceived lapses in polity all the communities of In- unity. their hearts of all communal Waze was posted in Crime In- Chabriya case and explosive Sachin Waze's case. March 5 in Thane. and therefore to justify the dia. With Hindutva holding bitterness'. Citizenship (Amendment) 'Speaking for myself,' he sway with the ruling party, The BJP latches on to Ne- Act. had declared in his presi- a pet peeve of Modi-Shah- taji during every election -- The BJP's attempt to ap- dential address to the Ma- RSS (Rashtriya Swayamse- whether Lok Sabha or state Delhi HC says wearing mask propriate Bengal's greatest harashtra Political Confer- vak Sangh) is that Nehru assembly. This appropria- sons -- Ishwar Chandra ence, on May 3, 1928, 'I designed the new republic tion of Netaji is based on the Vidyasagar, Rabindranath stand for an independent of India on a non-Hindu im- possible belief that Netaji while driving alone must Tagore, Netaji among oth- Federal Republic. That is age, a secular image. and Nehru were at logger- ers -- during the state-wide the ultimate goal which I Had Netaji not died, heads. NEW DELHI, APRIL Justice Prathiba M Singh alone in the car one could be Masks are necessary irre- rallies has not gone unno- have before me.' would his ideas for a new It is probably also based 07: Wearing a mask while refused to interfere with the exposed to the outside world. spective of whether a person is ticed, with a TMC leader I had drawn on this his- India have matched with on the BJP's belief that Ne- driving alone in a private vehi- Delhi government's decision Thus, it cannot be said that vaccinated or not, it added. pointing out caustically that toric address during the Lok Nehru's? taji symbolises the use of cle is compulsory as it is a to impose challans for not merely because the person is Justice Singh's ruling and the party should first be able Sabha debate on the grow- Had Netaji not died in force (the setting up of the public place in the context of wearing a mask while driving travelling alone in a car, the observations came while dis- to pronounce the names, ing intolerance in our coun- August 1945, the deep INA) to dismantle an alien COVID-19, the Delhi high a private car alone, saying a car would not be a public missing four petitions by never mind appropriating try on December 1, 2015. I reservoir of trust he enjoyed power (British). court held on Wednesday vehicle even if occupied by place. lawyers who challenged the them. see that Prime Minister from all communities In today's context, it is the and described face covering one person would constitute a "Wearing of a mask therein imposition of 'challans' for Sugata Bose, a former Ra- Narendra Modi quoted would have enabled him to systematic dismantling of as a 'suraksha kavach' or pro- public place. would be compulsory in the not wearing a mask while dri- jya Sabha and Lok Sabha from this same speech a few prevent the tragic partition Opposition parties. Com- tective shield against the "There are several possibil- context of the COVID-19 ving alone in a private vehi- MP with the Trinamool weeks ago in Parliament, of India along religious ment. spread of the infection. ities in which while sitting pandemic," the court said. cle.