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FELUDA TEST SOON: MINISTER First in line for Covid vaccine: UddhavjunksAareyMetroshed, ` 110 per kilo those at high risk, exposure shiftsprojecttoKanjurmarg ` 138 per kilo KAUNAINSHERIFFM Avoid big gatherings, ostentatious NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 festival celebrations: Harsh Vardhan BJP lashes out, Fadnavis underlines hugecostescalation, ‘indefinite’ delay ` 171 per kilo LAYINGOUT the sequence of dis- test is likelytoroll out “within the youhavetocelebrateinanos- THE CITY ` 72 per Dozen tribution of Covid vaccines that next fewweeks”. tentatious way, that youhaveto SANDEEPASHAR areexpected to be available in The test,whichuses gene ed- visit pandals and temples and MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 GOVT REVIVES AN India, Union Health Minister iting technology to detect the mosques to pray... thereisno OLD OPTION, WITH MAHARASHTRA Dr Harsh Vardhan said Sunday virus in less than 30 minutes, has needtocongregateinlarge num- REVERSINGTHE decision of the that the firstpriority will be for been developedbythe New bers to proveyour faith or your previous BJP-ledgovernment, HELP OF A MASKNOTPAIROF those facing occupational Delhi-basedCSIR-Instituteof religion. If we do this, we maybe MaharashtraChief Minister TECHNICALITY GOGGLESYOUCAN hazards from the virus and ex- Genomics and Integrative heading forbig trouble,” he said. UddhavThackeray on Sunday posurerisk,indicating that Biology (IGIB). Responding to aquestion announcedthe scrapping of the ACTIVISTS, TRIBALS, WEARONHEADFOR healthcareprofessionals at the Harsh Vardhan also warned during his weeklysocial media construction of the Colaba- PARTIES SAY CITY STYLE:UDDHAVIN frontline would be among the againstlarge congregations interaction on whether the gov- Bandra-Seepz Metrocar shedin WILL BENEFIT ADDRESSTOPEOPLE early recipients. forthe festivals that arecoming ernment will ignorethe elderly Mumbai’s AareyMilk Colony. PAGE 3 PAGE 4 The Ministersaid that the up. and prioritise the young and The decision, communicated much-awaitedFeluda paper strip “Noreligion or God says that CONTINUEDONPAGE2 during an online address, came days afterthe Maha Vikas Aghadi Thackeray had stoppedthe work coalition government withdrew on itsconstruction, and ordered AN EXPRESSINVESTIGATION cases againststudentsand ac- At AareyMilk ColonyinMumbai. File areviewofthe feasibility of re- tivists who had protestedthe pre- locating it elsewhere. vious regime’s overnight felling On Sunday, Thackeray said Untold story of lockdown: of trees at Aarey—one of the last in the DevendraFadnavis-led out in opposition to the move. the newsitewould be at vestiges of green space remain- regime, had backedthose who The Aareycar shedhad been Kanjurmarg. “The costofacquir- ing in Mumbai —afew weeksbe- were protesting the felling of the abone of contention between ing this land is zero. We will not fore the Assemblyelections last trees, with Thackeray’s son the former allies. On November letthe moneyalready spent on October. Aaditya, nowthe state’s 29 lastyear,aday afterbeing the construction at Aareygoto sharp surge in child trafficking The ShivSena, then apartner Environment Minister, coming sworn in as Chief Minister, CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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petition seeking fast-tracking of ANANTHAKRISHNANG pending criminal cases against COVID ABUSE-1 &SREENIVASJANYALA sitting and former legislators. NEWDELHI,HYDERABAD, Indeed, it wasafter an order OCTOBER11 by this benchthat proceedings DIPANKARGHOSE againstReddy,inadispropor- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 WHY THIS ELECTION ANDHRA PRADESH Chief tionateassets case, resumedina MATTERS, AND MinisterYSJagan Mohan CBI Special CourtinHyderabad AS THE pandemic struck, and the Reddy’s letter alleging impropri- on October 9. government imposedanation- TO WHOM etybyJustice NVRamana, asit- The very next day, Principal wide lockdown, the country ting judgeofthe Supreme Court Advisor to the AndhraPradesh HASHTAG POLITICS: CPMMPWRITESTO woke up to countless images of JDU’S TECH REVAMP and next in line to be Chief Chief MinisterAjeya Kallam re- migrant workers returning to Justice, comes when abench leasedthe CM's letter to Chief PMSEEKINGSTAN their villages with their children, PAGE 8 headedbythe judgeishearing a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SWAMYRELEASE P5 on cycles, buses, lorries and trains, manywalking hundreds of kilometres. But as the eco- nomic distress begantosink in, a moresinistermovement of chil- dren gathered pace —ofthose being takenawayfromtheir A1098Childline booth at the NewDelhi railway station on homes forillegal labour,traffick- SOSAT1098 Sunday. Trains serveasvital transportlines in child trafficking. ing and forced marriages. The lockdown should have brought the numbers down but The crisis ledtoaspikein“in- movement wasdivertedtointer-state buses. GajendraYadav terventions”whereofficialsoraid 27 lakh workers steppedintorescue chil- DISTRESS CALLS drenindistress,andexposedanill- During the same period lastyear, guidelines mandateatleast50 equippedgovernment apparatus the number was1.70lakh. per cent police districtsineach with toomanyholes to stem the 1.92 lakh ■ In those six months, the statetohaveAnti-Human flow, letalonepreventit,aninves- INTERVENTIONS childline received27lakh dis- Trafficking Units, severalkey tigationof Childlinedataobtained MARCH-AUGUST tress calls. Officials who logged states, including UP and by The Indian Express has found. 36 lakh calls in the same period Maharashtra, have fallen farshort. Consider some of the key lastyear arealarmedbecause CONTINUEDONPAGE2 findings: 10,000-plus theyhad expected the numbers ■BetweenMarchandAugust, CASES OF CHILD to fall sharplythis year due to the officials manning 1098,the na- MARRIAGE nationwide curbs on movement. PART II: CRACKS tionalchildlinefordistresscallsset ■ Between April and August, IN SYSTEM: WHY upby theMinistryforWomenand Source: Datalogged by officials trackedover10,000 STATES NEED TO Child Development, tracked1.92 national childline 1098 cases of child marriage. WAKE UP lakh interventions on the ground. ■And, although government Property cards launched; Hathras case: CBI takes will end disputes, says PM over probe, registers FIR

formallytook over the case. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The agency registeredanFIR NEWDELHI,LUCKNOW, Howthe NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 under sections of the IPC dealing OCTOBER11 E with gangrape and murder,and ● cardworks EXPLAINED AWEEK afterthe UP government thoseundertheSC/ST(Prevention HITTINGOUT at the Opposition said it would hand over the probe of Atrocities) Act. CBI spokesper- forits protests againsthis gov- TO BEGIN with, over 1 intothe alleged gangrape and son RKGaursaid that ateam has ernment's farm reforms, Prime lakh beneficiaries will be death of the 19-year-old Dalit been constituted and investiga- MinisterNarendraModi Sunday able to download these woman in Hathras to the CBI, fol- tionshave begun.Sourcessaidthe launchedthe Survey of Villages cards through an SMS. lowing outrageoverthe statepo- case has been handedovertothe and Mapping with Improvised This will be followedby lice’s handling of the incident and Ghaziabad unit of the agency. Technology,orSvamitva, anew the distribution of cards. hurriedcremation of the victim's “The CBI has todayregistered CONTINUEDONPAGE2 body,the central agency Sunday CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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RISINGAVERAGE temperatures At least66species have been found 1,000mhigher than in the Himalayanregion have their previouslyrecordedmean habitat altitudes. Photos: ZSI drivenseveral dozen species of butterflyand moth to habitats higher up the mountains, anew —the order of insectsthat in- siderable newupwardaltitude study commissionedbythe gov- cludes butterflies and moths – records”, with adifference of ernment has found. species found in India. morethan 1,000metres between The findings of the study will The survey,fundedbythe their current and previously beusedasabaseline indicator to MinistryofEnvironment, Forest recordedmean habitat altitudes. trackthe impact of climate and ClimateChangeand carried Sevenspecies in particular changeonanimal species over out by the Zoological Survey of have startedtoinhabit altitudes SUKHBIR BADAL the coming decade, officials said. India (ZSI), identifiedatleast49 morethan 2,000 metres higher SAD PRESIDENT The Himalayasare home to more species of moth and 17 species of than the previous mean, officials PAGE 7 than 35 per cent of Lepidoptera butterflythat have shown “con- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER12,2020

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Jaganletter High Courts to furnish details on of land in Kanjurmarg wasun- committed in the course of the pending cases againstlegisla- der litigation, and anotherwas same transaction or arising out Justice SABobde. tors, asked them to provide one notusable. The Fadnavis gov- of the same facts". The CM lastappeared in the morepiece of information — First in line for Covid vaccine ernment had brieflyconsidered CBI CourtonFebruary7and he “expected time of completion of the possibility of shifting the Climate change has filed11petitions seeking ex- trial in the matter”. working-class population for tion groups, the mortality rate “...considering the large popu- in India is also being looked at. project to Kanjurmarg, but had said. These include the moth emption from personal appear- All the information fur- vaccination to revive the econ- among Covid-19cases, and lation size of India, one vaccine “Adequatesafetyand efficacy assessedittobeunviable. species Trachea auriplena ance citing logistical reasons nishedbythe different HCs was omy, the Ministersaid: severalother reasons, rather or vaccine manufacturer will dataare required foremer- Thackeray's government had (Noctuidae), Actias windbrech- and his busy schedule. subsequentlycollated by “Prioritisation of groups to be than randomlyvaccinating notbeable to fulfill the require- gency use authorisation vac- considered private land at lini (Saturniidae), and On October 9, when hearing Hansaria and presented to the vaccinated shall be basedon everyone. If these nuances are mentsofvaccinating the cine approval forensuring pa- Pahadi Goregaon and aplotin Diphtherocome fasciata resumed, Reddy’s counsel G SC. The reportpointed out that twokey considerations: first, is notaddressedappropriately, whole country. Therefore, we tient safety. Further course of Sariput NagarinJogeshwari, but (Noctuidae), with mean altitu- Ashok Reddy sought forvirtual thereare around 4,442 cases occupational hazardand risk then people who mayactually areopen to assessing the fea- action will depend on the data did notfind them suitable. dinal differences of 2,800m, hearing of the case. The court currentlypending againstthe of exposuretothe infection; needthe vaccine mayeventu- sibility of introducing several generated,” he said. Sunday’s decision is likelyto 2,684 mand 2,280 mrespec- has postedthe matter to MPs and MLAs including 2,556 second, is the risk of develop- allynot getit,” he said. Covid-19 vaccines in the coun- On the paper strip test, win the ShivSena the goodwill tively. Monday. againstsitting people’s repre- ing severe disease and in- Seeking to counter ru- tryasper their availability for Harsh Vardhan said: “While I of citizens’ groups and environ- “The Common Map and The case againstthe CM goes sentatives. creasedmortality.” mours and speculation on so- the Indian population,” he said. cannotput an exact dateonthe mentalists who have been peti- Tailless Bushblue butterflies backtoAugust10, 2011,when The amicus reportsaid that At the moment though, he cial media, the Health Minister The Ministersaid that India availability,weshould expect tioning the Thackeray familyto were previouslyfound at 2,500 the AndhraPradesh High Court one of the reasons forthe pen- stressed, it is anticipated that underlinedthat no official an- is looking at the availability of this test within the next few scrap the project. Using the m, as has been recordedinhis- directed the CBI to inquireinto dency of the cases wasthe stay supplies of Covid vaccines nouncement has been made different types of vaccines, of weeks.” So far, the test has protesthashtag #SaveAarey, torical data. During our survey allegations of corruption and granted by higher courts. would be available in onlylim- so farregarding the dateofa whichsome maybesuitable shown 96 per cent sensitivity Aadityatweeted:“Aareysaved”. we recordedthem at 3,577 mat misappropriation in the lateDr Taking note,the Justice ited quantities in the begin- vaccine rollout. foraparticular agegroup while during clinical trials, almost NCPchief spokesperson and the Ascott wildlifesanctuaryin YSRajasekharaReddy’s govern- Ramana bench, on September ning. “...vaccine development is others maynot.“Cold chain close to the accuracy levels of CabinetMinisterNawab Malik Uttarakhand, Dr Kailash ment in apetition filedby 16,asked High CourtChief “...it is very important to aresource-intensive and time- and other logistics needtobe the RT-PCR test,whichisthe said: “This wasthe demand of Chandra, director of ZSI, told The Congress MLAPShankar Rao. Justices to constituteaSpecial plan the rollout of the Covid- consuming process...every plannedappropriatelytoen- gold standardfor Covid. It dis- the people, theyhad protested Indian Express. On August17, 2011,the Anti- Benchtomonitor the progress 19 vaccine... to begin with, it is phase has to be analysed scien- surenoglitches occur in vac- plays resultsinaway that is againstthe project.” Congress “In Ladakh, the Indian Red Corruption BureauofCBI regis- of trial of these cases and to anticipated that the supplies of tificallytoensurethat vaccine cine delivery even to the last similar to pregnancy strip tests, leader SanjayNirupam said this Admiral butterflywas histori- teredanFIR againstYSJagan “forthwith” listall suchcases Covid-19vaccines would be development is on the right mile. Community sensitisation changing colour if the virus is had been his promise to citi- callyfound at 3,900m;itisnow Mohan Reddy and others under whichhavebeen stayed and de- available in limited quantities. track.This process ensures that activities to understand the detected. zens, and thanked the govern- found at 4,853 m, an altitudinal IPC Sections 120-B (Criminal cide whether the stay should Therefore, in ahugecountry the vaccine is notonlyeffective reason forvaccine hesitancy Asking people to celebrate ment. increase of 950 m,’’ Dr Chandra Conspiracy); 409 (Criminal continue or not. likeIndia, it is critical to priori- but also safe,” he said. and address them appropri- festivals at their homes, he ActivistZoru Bhatena, who said. breachoftrust); 420 (Cheating); All eyes arenow on howthe tise vaccine delivery based According to Harsh atelyalso needtobelooked said: “...Our goal is to finish this had gone to courtagainstthe The study found that eight 468(Falsification of docu- Supreme Courtresponds to this upon various factors suchas Vardhan, multiple manufac- into,” he said. virus and save humanity.This project, said, “Weare thrilledto moth species, including the ments); 471(Using forged doc- unprecedented letter from aCM the risk of exposure, co-mor- turers arelikelytobedrafted to He said that emergency use is our religion. The religion of hear that the government has mulberry silkworm moth and umentsasgenuine); and to the CJI. “It would be less than bidity among various popula- fulfill India’s requirement. authorisation of Covid vaccines the whole world.” agreedthat thereisaneasy way tiger moth, whichwould histor- Sections 11,12, 13 (2) of responsible forapolitical party to move the depotout of Aarey. icallybefound at 2,000 m, are Prevention of Corruption Act. from apolitical podium to com- Citizens will getthe priceless nowtypicallyfound at 3,500m Afterseven months of inves- ment at this early stageonthis benefit of better Metroconnec- or higher altitudes. tigation by aCBI multi-discipli- letter.Ithink it has been en- Untold story of lockdown: surge in child trafficking tivity,government will benefit “The extension of the range naryteam, the agency filedits trusted to what we call the from lifelong costsavings from of Lepidoptera due to climate firstchargesheetonMarch 31, Parens patriae, the guardian of So muchso, that on July6, School, came across aClass 9 dren had been spotted “with winner Kailash Satyarthi. merging depots,and changehas been observed all 2012.The 68-pagechargesheet this citadel and it is forhim to the Union Home Ministryis- student who wasforcedto telltale signs of trafficking” on According to BBA, their ac- Mumbaikars will foreverbene- over the world,” Dr Chandra namedJagan Mohan Reddy react. It is notappropriatethat suedadesperateappeal to marry her classmate. three buses that had leftfrom tivists in association with law fitfromthe preservation of the said. “The dataand evidence- who wasMPfromKadapa then, anyofusmakes anyirresponsi- states in anotethat described With the school shut, the Gogunda blockfor Surat and agencies aidedinthe rescue of Aareyforest. Awin-win for basedstudy (in India) confirms as AccusedNumber One and al- ble comment at this stage,” said the unfolding tragedy. boywas asked to work on a Rajkot.The team rescuedtwo 823 children between March everyone.” this trend, and shows us which leged that he amassedwealth Congress spokesperson “Children and youth aremore fishing boat forRs160 aday children from the firstbus and 24 to September 2, several In October 2019,the species aremoving, and how. disproportionatetohis known Abhishek Singhvi when asked likelytobepersuadedor and twoHilsa fish. Days later, twomorefromthe second.“An from trains. Fadnavis government had This will be the baseline by sources of income. about the issue at an AICC press trickedbycriminals who take he went missing afterthe boat hour later,the thirdbus came One of them wasfromthe scored avictoryafter the whichwecan trackchanges in Twelve others, including his briefing. advantageoftheir emotional capsized. “Thereisalocal cus- but therewasn’t asingle child Old Delhi railway station on BombayHigh Courtallowed biodiversity due to climate confidant VVijay Sai Reddy, instability and missing support tomthat forseven years the girl in it,” said Santosh Poonia of September 7, when rescuers construction on the land. changeoverthe years.” were also namedinthe Property cards system. Once trafficked,the has to wear awhitesaree as a Ajeevika Bureauwho waspart interceptedthe Mahananda Almostovernight, the govern- The four-year study tracked chargesheet. The CBI's primary scheme to distributeproperty victims fall prey to manyforms widowand pray everyday for of the team. Express and found a14-year- ment ordered the clearing of 1,274species of moth and 484 charge againstJagan Mohan cards that will enable benefici- of unfair treatment suchas her husband to return. Icoun- “The driverhad been old boywith 13 other children hundredsoftrees on the land, species of butterflyinJammu Reddy wasthat he influenced aries to take loans and resolve forced prostitution, forced selledbothfamilies, and alertedand he had got the kids being brought to work in leading to strong protests by en- and Kashmir,Himachal his father —when he wasCM land disputes. labour,forcedbegging, forced broughtthe girlbacktothe in an auto,whichwas waiting sewing units. From Kishanganj vironmentalists. Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, from 2004 to 2009 —toissue “With the help of property marriages, etc,” it said. school,”Maity said. at aspotfurther away.We in Bihar,hewas the son of a NorthBengal, and Arunachal orders that favoured some pri- cards, alot of disputes in villages “The number of ground in- The interventions include found the six children with an dailywagefarm labourer,and Hathras case Pradesh. It also identified80 vate companies and individuals can getresolved. No one needs terventions is higher,effec- at least32,700cases of traffick- agent,” Poonia said. “With had five other siblings. “The acase againstanaccusedand newspecies of butterflyand by granting mining leases or to be worriedabout issues like tively indicating that more ing, child marriage, sexual schoolsshut,theirparentshad trafficker took advantageof takenoverthe investigation of moth. land at cheap rates, who, in turn, encroachment anymore... children areindistress,” said a abuse, emotional abuse, beg- sent them to work.Theywere their povertyand lured the the case... The complainant had The tracking of the insects' invested in Jagan Mohan's busi- Experts across the worldhave senior official of Childline India ging and cyber crime. to be employedaskitchen parentsintosending their child alleged that on 14.09.2020, the movement waspossible be- nesses in a quid proquo. stressedthat property owner- Foundation, the agency in “Between April and August, hands in hostels or hotels or to work,” said aBBA official. accusedtriedtostrangulatehis cause the ZSI has historical The CBI filed10more ship rightsplayabig role in a charge forsetting up, monitor- Childline intervenedin10,000- dhabas.” But then, notmanystories sisterinthe milletfield. The case records of manyspecies since chargesheets related to various country’s development,” Modi ing and managing the plus child marriage The next fewmonths will end the waytheyshould. has been registeredbyCBI on 1865. Records from 1865 to projectsand individuals who in- said while launching the Ministry’s distress service. cases...mostofthese marriages be crucial, sayofficials and res- In Bengal, headmaster the requestofUPgovernment 2015 were scannedand exam- vested in Jagan’s companies, in scheme via videoconference. The Indian Express also were prevented.The number cuers, as the economyopens Maity attempted another res- and further notification (from ined to makeacomparative as- whichJagan is namedasanac- The scheme will pave the spoketoseveral rescuers who is significant considering the up and industries look for cue wherethe familyofa the central government),” CBI sessment. cused. wayfor residentsinvillages to narratedharrowing accounts lockdown restrictions, with cheap labour. priest, leftwith no income in spokesperson RKGaursaid in a Receding ice caps and gla- Basedonthe CBI’sfindings, use property as afinancial asset —from the dramatic rescue of lackofpermission forsocial “Trafficking from villages the lockdown, wasset to con- statement. ciers leading to ascarcity of wa- the Enforcement Directorate fortaking loans, Modi said, tenchildren from three buses gatherings and functions,” an- backtocities has startedin duct the marriageofhis 15- An official said the CBI's FIR terinthe Himalayashas been a also filedfivecases againsthim. adding that it is necessaryfor a in Rajasthan to a15-year-old other official said. earnest. From August12to year-old daughter.InAugust, is areproduction of the UP major reason forthe altitudinal On January17this year,Jagan developing countrylikeIndia to girlwho attempted suicide to That’s notall. With indus- September-end, we were able Maity travelledtothe villagein Police's FIR, and mentions only shiftofthe Lepidoptera.The in- Mohan Reddy petitionedthe have clear land ownership avoid marriageinWestBengal tries, factories and businesses to stop 78 buses, and 300chil- Mathurapur to stop the mar- one accused. “But as the investi- crease in averagetemperature CBI courttopostpone money rights. but wasstill marriedoff after shut, child labour “should have dren from getting trafficked. riageand counsel the family. gation progresses, morearrests has also resulted in an altitudi- laundering cases until the trial The Prime Ministersaid that she survived. been close to nothing”. “And Thereare manymorewho are “Despitemyattempts, the girl, will be made,” the official said. nal shiftinvegetation —trees, in the CBI cases wascompleted the scheme will also makeman- But nothing illustrates the yet, between March and coming with their who is agood student, was The 19-year old woman was shrubs, and plantsthat once but the courtrejected his peti- agement easier forgrampan- challengebetterthan an inter- August, Childline dealt with parents...manyofthese chil- takentoher maternal uncle’s allegedly rapedbyfour upper- grew at loweraltitudes in the tion. chayats“in asystematic way”, vention reportedfromSouth 6,800interventions related to dren usedtoattend school in home forthe marriage. But she caste men on September 14.She Himalayasare nowfound only The ED arguedthat its likemunicipalities and munic- Parganas in West Bengal child labour,” the official said. their villages (beforethe lock- drank poison and washospi- diedatDelhi's Safdarjung higher up in the mountains. moneylaundering cases and ipal corporations. The govern- whereChandan Maity,ananti- LikeinRajasthan’s Udaipur down),” said DhananjayTingal, talised. The familydid nottell Hospital on September 29. Increasing human habita- CBI cases were linked and ment will trytoprovide the trafficking activistand head- on July23. Around 6.30 pm the executive director of anyone, and in their despera- The UP Police had registered tion too, has contributed to the should be heardtogether. cards to everyrural household masterofthe that day, rescuers and police Bachpan Bachao Andolan tion, still got her married,” he acase of attempt to murder shift, Dr Chandrasaid. “For in- Meanwhile, in the apex over the next three-four years, Krishnachandrapur High receivedatip-offthat tenchil- (BBA), foundedbyNobel Prize said. (WITHRITIKACHOPRA) basedonastatement by the vic- stance, Shimla and Darjeeling court, the 2016 petition seeking he said. tim's brother who, according to were twobig hotspots of rich aban on convicted legislators The firstphase will cover1 the FIR logged at Chandpa po- butterflydiversity.But expand- and special courts to fast-track lakh beneficiaries, including people to keep villages and the elsewherehad recommended knowthat jungles areconverted and anew process will have to lice station, said that the ac- ing towns have encroachedon their cases, filedbylawyer residentsof346 villages in UP, poor in penury. The pastsays that the shedremain in Aarey, to cities, but here, the city is con- be followed. No DPR or feasibil- cusedtriedtostrangulatehis virgin territory, and the space Ashwani Upadhyay, washeard 221inHaryana, 100in that. We have run amission to citing logistical hurdles, costes- verted to ajungle. We mustpre- ity reporthas been made forthis sisterinamilletfield and es- forthe butterflyhas shrunk,’’ he by benches headedbyJustice Maharashtra, 44 in Madhya free the poor from deprivation,” calation, and further delayinthe servewhat we have and carry site. capedwhen she raisedan said. Ranjan Gogoi till his retirement Pradesh, 50 in Uttarakhand and Modi said. commissioning of the 33.5 km out development in the remain- “This means that the Metro alarm. The study identifiedtwo in November 2019 afterwhich twoinKarnataka. The scheme “Suchpeople think that if underground Metroroute. The ing areas,” he said. project, whichwould have been The police had later filed21 species richness hotspots —one it waslistedbeforethe bench envisages mapping all 6.62 lakh the villages, the poor,the farm- committeehad recommended Thackeray's government in the service of Mumbaikars cases across the stateagainst, in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills, headedbycurrent Chief Justice villages in the country, to be car- ers and the tribals getempow- that green areas inside the had earlier declared 600acres justnextyear,has nowbeen among other charges, attempts wheremorethan 400species SABobde who markedittothe riedout by Survey of India with ered,who will respect suchpeo- colonyshould be preserved like of land in Aareyasareservefor- postponedindefinitely. Rs 400 to “incitecaste and communal records were documented,and benchheadedbyJustice averylow estimated errormar- ple? Howwill the businesses of aprotected forest. est; on Sunday, the Chief crorewas already spent for tension and defame the state another in Kumaon, Uttara- Ramana. gin of plus-minus five centime- those people run? Theywanted Thackeray has overruled Ministersaid this had nowbeen AareyCarShed, Rs 1300 crore government” using social me- khand, wheremorethan 600 In November 2017,the apex tres,officials said. people to stay entangledintheir these recommendations based enhancedto800 acres. There wasted due to staying of project dia platforms and public meet- species records were found. In courtbenchheadedbyJustice The target is to complete the problems. Nowadays,these on arecent reportbythe Delhi will be no infringement on the &additional costescalation of ings. Himachal, high diversity areas Gogoi had ordered setting up of exercise in four years whereas people have aproblem with the MetroRail Corporation (DMRC) rightsoftribal people residing Rs 4000 crore!” The chargesinclude sedi- were identifiedinDharamshala Special Courts in eachstate to this year,the government plans historic reforms done in the that found technical merit in in- in the area, he said. The BJPdescribed the Chief tion, criminal conspiracy and and Shimla. trythe pending cases. to complete about alakh vil- farm sector.Theyare perturbed tegrating the underground Fadnavis criticisedthe deci- Minister's decision as “anti-peo- promoting enmity. The study revealedanin- Accordingly,12suchcourts lages, theysaid. The states will and misleading the country,”he Metroline with another Metro sion as “unfortunate”, and taken ple”, and an example of his gov- This move came aday after crease in the richness of were setupacross the country. implementing the scheme us- said. line —the 14.5-km Jogeshwari- “justtosatisfy ego”. The ernment's “anti-development” Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath Lepidoptera biodiversity from However, with pendency ing statelawsunder the “People who weaved aweb Lokhandwala-Vikhroli- Thackeray government's own agenda. “The Thackeray govern- alleged “conspiracies” against Western to Eastern Himalayas– still high and disposal rate slow, Panchayati RajorRevenue Act, of middlemen in the country Kanjurmargline —near Aarey committee had estimated it ment has cheated the people of his government by “those who it found 211species of butterfly the SC has continuedtomoni- and can decide on the type of areprotesting againstthe re- Colony, and relocating the pro- would result in acostescalation this state, this will onlydelaythe want to incitecaste and com- in the West,and 354inthe East. torthe matter and issue direc- cardtobedistributed. forms in the farm sector,” Modi posedcar shedtostate-owned of at leastRs4,000crore, he said project,” MLARam Kadam said. munal riots”. But the Lepidoptera habitat tions. The courtalso appointed At the launch, Modi also tar- said. land that has recentlybecome on Twitter. BJP leader Kirit Somaiya The notification issuedby is shrinking. Senior AdvocateVijay Hansaria getted the Opposition, saying available in Kanjurmarg. In aseries of tweets,the for- said: “The move will costthe the Centre, on the requestofthe The ZSI predictsadecline of to assistitasamicus curiae in the that those who do notwant Metro car shed “Biodiversity in Aareyneeds mer CM underlinedthat not stateRs5,000 crore. It will also stategovernment,asked the CBI 91 per cent in the suitable area matter. India’s farmers to become self waste, we will use it forsome to be conserved and protected. onlywas the Kanjurmargsite delaythe project by five more to probechargesofrape, mur- forthe Notodontidae familyof The Justice Ramana Bench reliant, or “atmanirbhar”, have other purpose,” he said. Nowhereistherean800-acre under litigation, it was“marshy years. The Metrocars will have der and atrocity —and "anyat- moths in J&K, Himachal, and took up the matter firston problems with the farm re- In January, afour-member jungle in an urban set-up,” land” that “will requireatleast to take an 8kmdetour to reach tempt, abetment and/or con- Uttarakhand by 2050. March 4, 2020. forms. committee appointed by Thackeray said in the course of 2years to stabilise”. Kanjurmarg, whichwill raise spiracy,inrelation to or in On March 5, the SC which “History says that it has been Thackeray to explorethe possi- his online address. “Mumbai Also, “all the previous ten- operational costs.” connection with suchoffence(s) FULLREPORTSON had earlier directed the various the basis of the politics of some bility of shifting the car shed has natural forest cover. We ders will have to be scrapped Somaiyaalso said one piece and/or forany other offence www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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AAREY CAR SHED RELOCATION Spiked TRP ‘scam’: Republic TV Man arrested for stealing Govtrevivesanoldoption, CEO, COO appear before police from relative of Bhandari. “Location of these questionthemaswell,”theofficer Covid patient EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE houses areconfidential and he added. MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 should nothavekeptitathis res- The police have also obtained Mumbai: The Mumbai Police idence,” API Sachin Vaze, crime detailsof Republic’sbankaccount crime branchSundayarresteda withhelpofatechnicality THE MUMBAI Police recorded branch, said. to seeif anypaymentsweremade 30-year-old Goregaon resident Sundaythe statementsof Another crime branchofficer to theaccusedarrestedinthecase forallegedly stealing from arel- Republic TV chief executive offi- said police have found the names so far. The officer said ateam had ative of apatient admitted at concurredwith this viewpoint, groundMetro3corridor,willnow cer (CEO) Vikas Khanchandani, of afew channels in addition to also visited Rajasthan to track Covid-19hospitals in the city. Kanjurmargto Uddhavdirected suburban construct a1.5-km long elevated Projectshiftedto chief operating officer (COO) the three channels booked in the down another accused. Inspector Mahesh Tawde, in- servetwo Metro CollectorMilindBorikarto initiate viaduct from the Aareysiteto Hersh Bhandari and channel dis- case. “Weare checking if those Sofar, theMumbaiPolicehave charge crime branch(unit XII), formalitiesof allotmentof thesalt meetthe other line between satisfyego,Metro tributionheadGhanshyamSingh channels,too,were payinghimto arrested four persons in the case said an FIR had been registered lines, Metro3 pan land to the Mumbai Seepz and Saki Naka. The MM- in connection with the ongoing increase their TRPs,” the officer and areonthe lookout forthree at Dindoshi police station on Metropolitan Region RDA, whichisbuilding the Metro costtogoupby investigation intoanalleged tele- said. others. Of the four persons ar- October 4after aman lost costs to escalate Development Authority (MM- 6corridor,hasconsentedto thein- vision rating points(TRP) manip- The three officials from rested,one is aformer employee Rs 80,000he wascarrying to pay RDA) forthe purpose of the car tegration. Rs4,000crore, ulation scam. Republic TV,asenior officer said, of HansaResearch thatcalculated forthe treatment of his relative, shed. “Some system specifications While Khanchandani and were questionedSundayto TRPs of channels forBroadcast admitted at aCovid-19hospital, SANDEEPASHAR& Borikar said he had issuedan will have to change. The stations saysFadnavis Bhandari appeared at the mainlyunderstand the natureof Audience Research Council besides his mobile phone. The NEERAJTIWARI orderfortheallotmentonOctober will forcorridor 6near the Mumbai Police headquarters, a their work.“We firstwant to un- (BARC).Hansainitscomplaintal- crime branchcheckedCCTV MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 1, whichwas processedbythe Kanjurmargendwillnowhaveto Mumbai: Calling the decision police team reachedDaman to derstand howthe channel oper- leged their former employeehad footageofover100 cameras in- government within five days.On designedtoaccommodateeight to shiftthe Metro3car shed recordSingh’sstatement.Thepo- ates and howitgetsadvertise- paid people to watchparticular stalledbetween Goregaon and KEEN TO shiftthe Metrocar shed October 6, the revenue depart- coaches instead of six,” an official out of Aareyasunfortunate, lice have asked the three to ments. Theyhaveexplained channels to increase their TRPs. Andheri and zeroedinonthe ac- out of Aarey, the Uddhav ment passedorders allotting the said. Leader of Opposition in the return Mondaywith certain things to us and we have asked The police said, so far, theyhave cused, Irfan Pathan, travelling in Thackeray governmenthasmade 41-hectareland to MMRDAatno While the integration of the Assembly, Devendra documents. them to getsome documentsto found Republic TV,Fakt Marathi an autorickshaw. During inter- useof apreviouslyignoredtechni- cost. lineandtheconstructionof thecar Fadnavis, on Sundaysaid that On Sunday,the crime branch getfurther clarity on the opera- andBox Cinemaswereinvolved rogation, the police found the cality to optfor the Kanjurmarg Accordingto sources,theland depotisestimated to costRs300 the decision had been taken claimedtohavefound adiary tions of the channel,” the officer in the manipulation of TRPs, and man had stolen twoautorick- land. isapartofa200-hectarelandpar- to Rs 400crore,MMRCL officials to merelysatisfy someone's fromVishalBhandari,thefirstper- added. areexamining if other channels shaws.Hewas later handedover According to sources, the 41- cel that wasunder dispute. The saidthecostofconstructionof the ego. son to be arrested in the case. The The Mumbai Police had also were involvedintheallegedscam. to the Dindoshi police. ENS hectaredriedsalt pan land at Centre’s salt pan commissioner underground line will shootup “The decision will in- policebelieve thediaryhasnames issuedsummons to Republic Kanjurmarg, wherethe car shed had staked claim forthe same further. crease the costofthe project of severalfamilies whom Media’s chief financial officer will nowcome up, wasamuch- land. Therehas already been anear by at leastRs4,000crore,” he Bhandari had allegedly paid (CFO)SSundaramandCOOPriya favoured option forits construc- WhiletheBombayHighCourt 47 per cent increase in the pro- tweeted. Without naming moneytowatchaparticularchan- Mukherjee. “Theyhavegiven us tionwhenplans forthe 33.5-km had in 1997 ordered astatus quo ject’s cost–fromRs23,000 crore ChiefMinisterUddhav nel to increase itsTRP. reasonsasto whytheycouldnot long underground Colaba- inthematter,theUddhavgovern- when work beganin2016toRs Thackeray,headded: “Why Thepolicesaidtheyalsofound appear forquestioning. While Bandra-Seepz Metro3corridor ment has nowtaken recourse to 34,000crorelastOctober–owing suchahugeburden justto alistofthe 1,800houses where Sundaramhasmentionedsome were firstdrawn up in 2013.A asubsequent order by the quasi- to changes in technical specifica- satisfy someone’s ego? barometers were installedinthe health issues, Mukherjee said Congress-NCP government was judicial authority that had ruled tions, increase in civil costand Whom does government city from the residence of she wasout of the state. We will in powerinthe stateatthat inthestate’sfavour.“Thiswasnot construction delays. want to sufferand forwhat?” time. challenged by the salt commis- Sources said the stateurban Admitting that the In2015 again,whenagovern- sioner’s office. So, the title is set- developmentdepartmentisinthe Kanjurmargsitewas consid- PUBLIC NOTICE ment panel appointed by then tledinthe state’s favour,” asenior process of submitting aproposal ered by his government, Take notice that our client, Ms. Aekta Balkrishan Gupta residing at rd chief ministerDevendraFadnavis official said. to the Cabinetfor issuance of Fadnavis added, “It wasun- 19, Seeta Mahal, 3Floor,Bomanji Petit Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai 400 036 is the absolute owner of Flat No. 401 admeasuring about considered alternativestothe Asked whythe same option state’s guarantee forthe MMRCL der litigation and stayed by 2250.50 square feet (built-up area) on the 4th oor along with 2 Aareysitefollowing widespread wasnot exercisedearlier,asenior to avail an additional Rs 8,000- the high court. Some private car parking spaces in the building formerly known as "Anand protests,the same Kanjurmarg official said: “One of the deciding croreloan from Japanese individuals claimedtheir Vihar", now known as “Siddharth” constructed on the land bearing land wasthe firstchoice. Back factors in notfollowing up on the InternationalCooperationAgency rights. The stay wasre- located on Plot No. 42, Scheme No. 58, Worli Estate, Dr.R.G. Thadani Marg, bearing Cadastral Survey No. 901 of Worli Division, then, the Fadnavis government legal matter wasthe deadline set (JICA), whichisfunding the proj- questedtobewithdrawn. But lying and being the registration District and Sub-District of Mumbai hadcitedanongoinglegaldispute by the previous government for ect. thecourt wantedthe amount City and Mumbai Suburban now in Greater Mumbai. Our client states to rule out the option. the project.” “Construction of the depotis (around Rs 2400 crore) to be that her title to the same is clear and marketable title, free from encumbrances and with vacant possession thereof. Revivingthesameoptionnow, TheHChadinitiallyalsoasked one of the mostcritical activities deposited if the claims got Any person having any right, title, interest or claim of whatsoever sources said the Uddhavregime the statetodeposit Rs 2,661 crore forthe successful delivery of the settledinfuture." nature in the said Flat or the said Car Parking Spaces or any part has dustedoff an old legal order during the pendency of the dis- Metro3for receiving, testing and He inquiredabout the sta- thereof should raise such objections with the undersigned within 10 passedbythe staterevenue min- pute. commissioningthetrains.We are tus of this case, adding that it days of publication hereof failing which we shall issue acerticate to our client that we have not received any objection to the present ister’soffice,actingasaquasi-judi- Incidentally, the newsitewill nowstarting from scratch. This would take at leasttwo years public notice and all the rights, if any,ofsuch third party shall then be cialauthority,totakeovertheland nowserveasthecardepotfortwo will push the project by at least to stabilise the marshyland. deemed to be waived and abandoned. at zerocost. Metrocorridors –line 3and the two-and-a-half years,” an official Accusing the government of Dated: 10 October,2020 Anurag Palrecha, Advocate Beforemakingtheannounce- 14.47-km long elevatedMetro 6 said,addingthatasingledaydelay misleading people, Fadnavis For Khambatta and Associates ment of relocating the car shed corridorbetweenSwamiSamarth wascosting Rs 4.5 crore. allegedthe government had “Parmar Chambers”, Ofce No 116, B-Wing, Opp Ambica Petrol Pump, Sadhu Vaswani Chowk, Pune 411001 out of Aarey, sources in the Chief Nagar(Lokhandwala,Andheri)to “The likelihood of the costes- already lostRs1,700 crore In reference please quote PN/4584/F-252/1/2020 Minister’sOfficesaidthatUddhav Vikhroli,whichisunderconstruc- calationby anotherRs2,500crore since the stay wasimposed took legal opinion from state tion. The decision also entails in- cannotberuledout,” the official on the car shedworklast AdvocateGeneral Ashutosh tegration of twoMetro lines near said.About60percentof thecon- November,and would need Kumbhakoni on whether the the Aareysiteitself. struction work forMetro 3has to bear an additional costof Kanjurmargland vested in the The Mumbai MetroRail been completed, while 18 per Rs 4,000 crore. stategovernment. Corporation Limited (MMRCL), cent work has been done on the ENS Acting swiftlyafter the latter whichisbuilding the under- other line.

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DevendraFadnavis government “I have been detainedbythe SRINATHRAO& to use Aareyforestwas itsgreed policeforprotestingagainstapro- SADAFMODAK forrealestate andit’sablatantdis- posednuclear powerplant at MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 regard forthe well-being of Nanar,proposedWadhawanPort Mumbaikars.” andbullettraincorridorinPalghar. THIS KIND of thing hasn’t hap- Prakash Bhoir,amember of On eachoccasion, Iwas released penedinMumbai in along time, the Adivasi Haq Samvardhan aftersometime.Butlastyearwas saidenvironmentalistShashikant Samiti, whose wifePramila was the firsttime Iwas placedunder Sonawane afterthe stategovern- amongthosearrested,saidthede- arrest,” he said. ment Sundayannouncedthe cision of the stategovernment to The arrested persons had to Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metrocar shiftthe Metrocar shedwas a spendaday injailbefore beingre- shedwill be shiftedfromthe “long-fought-for victory” forthe leasedonbail. Aftercoming to AareyMilkColonytoKanjurmarg community.“We had fought for power, Thackeray hadannounced in the eastern suburbs. Protests were held lastyear five years to protect the area. that the chargesagainstthe ar- This is the firsttime in recent over the felling of trees to When the decision wasmade to rested protesters would be re- memorythat agovernment has makeway forthe Metrocar fell trees, we would form human viewed. givenintoapeople’s protest shedinAarey Colony. File chains everyday with participa- “Afterthegovernmentformed againstaninfrastructureproject. tion from women and children, acommittee to examine the On Sunday, the Chief Minister too. On that night (October 4), we charges, we had some hope. But UddhavThackeray also said the Bathena, who had campaigned leftinthe middle of our dinner thennothinghappenedforalong cases againstactivists who againstthe previous govern- when he heardthe sound of ma- time and we had to put alot of protestedagainstthe felling of ment’s decision to fell trees at chines felling trees,” Bhoir said. pressureonthe government. Our trees forthe project had been AareyColony, said, “Weare He recalls howhis wifewas demand since the outsetwas to withdrawn. thrilledtohear the government among the people detainedfor shiftthe car shedout of Aarey. Lastyear,onOctober 4night, has agreedthat thereisaneasy sitting in protestatthe siteand Once that happened, the charges when the Mumbai MetroRail waytomovethe depotout of waslater shown arrested.“Ire- againstuswouldimmediatelybe Corporation Limited (MMRCL) Aarey. Citizens will getthe price- turnedhomewithmy childrenat dropped,” Sonawane said. startedfelling trees at Aarey less benefit of better Metrocon- 3am.Whilemanyotherswere al- Freelance artdirector Akshay Colony, hours afterthe Bombay nectivity.The government will lowedtogoafter being detained Patankar,whowasamongthear- High Courthad allowedthe con- benefit from lifelong costsavings forafew hours at the police sta- rested protesters, too, expressed struction of the car shedonthe from merging depots.And tion,my wifehadto spendanight surprise and jubilance afterthe land, Sonawane wasamong sev- Mumbaikars will foreverbenefit in jail before being granted bail,” Sunday’s announcement. Last eral hundred people who had fromthepreservationof theAarey he said. The government’s deci- year,the 29-year-old had dashed rushedtothe sitefromacross forest.Itisawin-win forevery- sion to withdraw cases, he said, outof hishouseinAndheriEastat Mumbai and Thane to document one.” The onlyquestion that re- has brought relief “as we’reonly 9.30 pm afterreceiving avideo of the incident even as the Mumbai mains unanswered,headded, is protesting to save the forest”. the MMRCL felling trees. Like Police and local security triedto whythe previous government Morethan 100people, de- manyofthose who had sponta- keep them out. had “refusedtoact forthe overall tainedonOctober 4night, were neouslyjoinedthecitizens’agita- The firstcall forthe protestto benefitof Mumbaiwhenallthese takentoatleastthreedifferentpo- tion that night, Patankar said save the greens had come from benefitswereknownwaybackin licestations.Thearrestedpersons couldnotholdhimself backashis the Adivasi padas within the 2015 itself”. were booked on chargesofun- association with the forest had AareyColony, Siddhi Shelar,a Astatement issuedbythe lawful assemblyand assaulting onlygrown over the years: from lawyer who wasalso apartofthe AamAadmi Party(AAP) said the policeofficers.Thenextmorning, schoolpicnicsto trekkingandpur- protest, said. “Wereceivedcalls party “welcomes the shifting of leaders from the ShivSena and suit of photography, and then at- frompeoplefromthepadaswhen the MetroIII car shedto AamAadmi Partyhad protested tending the weekend human theyheardloud sounds from the Kanjurmarg… Aunited citizenry againstthe MMRCL’s alleged chains to save the green zone. proposedsite. Manyrushedto has always triumphed... Chief haste to fell trees. Accordingto Sonawane,itwas protest.Thereweresit-ins.People MinisterShri UddhavThackeray Sonawane, too, had rushedto the spontaneous natureofthe were beingstoppedatmanyspots has kept his poll promise and Aareyfromhis home in Virarthat protestthathadmadeitasuccess. andtakentopolicestations.While freedAarey from the rampant eveningafterhearingthatthepo- “Therewasacross-sectionof peo- manyweredetainedand later al- concretisation that would have lice had detainedlocal Adivasi ple who had turnedup. There lowedtogo,complaintswerefiled been the direct fall out of the men and women protesting were noanti-socialelementswho against29people, including six Metrocar shed.” againstfelling of trees. Having could have diverted attention women.We immediatelyfiledfor The statement added, “The protestedagainstprojectsad- away from the coreissue. Ihave their bail and theywerereleased mostimportant aspect in this verselyimpacting the environ- attendedsomanyprotestsbut aday later,”Shelarsaid.She,along changeisthat it proves beyond ment forthe lasttwo decades, neverbeen apartofapeople’s withothers,representedthe29in doubt that viable alternatesites whenSonawanewasdetainedby protestthat has been successful. seeking their release. were always available and the the police that night, he had ex- It is very unusual forMumbai,” Environmental activistZoru onlything that drovethe pected to be releasedsoon after. he said. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER12,2020 4 MAHARASHTRA Inshortsupply,relativesofCovidpatients ‘Thane’s post-Covid centre will open in scrambleforplasmaamidstricthospitalnorms 7days for those who of antibodies from arecovered Hansmukh Gandhi wasalso shortage thrice. “It’s atask to look TABASSUM Covid-19patient and injection No administeredplasma at fordonor on shortnotice,” he have recovered’ BARNAGARWALA intoanother patient to fasten lat- proof of 15.28lakh Hiranandani hospital and his son said. On August28, his father-in- MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 ter’s immune response against E efficacy Amit Gandhi wasasked to lawwas admitted in Saifee hos- ● coronavirus. EXPLAINED TOTALPOSITIVECASES arrangefor replacement donors. pitalwith Covid-19. It took aday The Thane Municipal Corporation PATIENTS ARE on adesperate While this therapyispartof INMAHARASHTRA “But theydid notmakeitcom- to find adonor.But he could not (TMC), at 88.2 per cent, has the chase forconvalescent plasma, ongoing research and thereislit- CONVALESCENT PLASMA Active Cases 2,21,174 pulsory,”Gandhi said. be saveddespitethe therapy. highestrecovery rate when it an experimental therapyfor tle evidence about itsefficiency, therapystill remains un- Hospital CEO Dr Sujit On September 8, Shaikh’s 76- comes to Covid-19cases in NewCases 10,972 Covid-19, as demand growsbut the Drug Controller General of der discussion forits effi- Chatterjee said: “Wedonot have year-old father also tested posi- Maharashtra. Civic body chief very fewrecoveredpatientsare India allows itsoff-label use for cacy.Itisyet to be proved TotalDeaths 40,349 apolicy as suchofnot accepting tive and sufferedacytokine DR VIPIN SHARMA speaksto willing to donate. Covid-19treatment. that the therapyprevents NewDeaths 309 outside plasma donation but we storm. HolyFamilyhospital, NEERAJ TIWARI about thechal- DatafromFood and Drug Maharashtrahas 12.55 lakh mortality among Covid-19 Quarantined23.34L requestand encouragefamilies wherehewas admitted,did not lenges he faces. Administration (FDA) until recoveredCovid-19patients, but patients. But with limited of patientstoget their own have plasma. September 30 shows that blood it has managed to tapless than 1 treatment options, doctors Tested 76.43 lakh donors to ensurethat patient “I calledseveral blood banks, HowisTMC dealing with the bankshavesold 9,194plasma per cent of them forplasma do- areincreasingly relying on gets good quality plasma. But in KEM and Sion hospitals, none pandemic? unitsacrossMaharashtraand nation. Lackofplasma in blood it. The stigma around be- 2,29,446 cases wherefamilies areunable had plasma,” he said. Shaikh fi- We arefocussing on the five 1,216unitsremain in stock. banksand insistence of hospitals ing infected with Covid-19 to getdonors forsome reason, nallypurchasedtwo unitsfrom Ts and one I—test, track, trace, TOTALPOSITIVE Across the state, 108blood to getadonor have put the bur- has kept donors at bay, and we procureplasma from sources Nalasopara-basedSathiya treat, technology and isolation CASESINMUMBAI bankshavethe license to col- den to secureplasma on the kin lackofpromptavailability available outside." blood bank. of patients. Therewereover lect plasma through aphaeresis of the patients. of plasma remains amajor NewCases 2,170 He addedthat plasma ther- His father survivedbut his 39,000 positive cases in our ju- machines. “Everyday,Iget 10 to 15 calls hurdle in itstimelyand ef- TotalDeaths 9,433 apyhas scientific evidence and friend’s mother wasdiagnosed risdiction, of whicharound MONDAY On October 8, ParomitaSen forplasma. We desperately fective use to tackle the helps fight the infection better. with Covid-19onSeptember 29 35,000 patientshavebeen dis- NewDeaths 42 INTERVIEW went on acalling spree to every reachout to people on virus. Thane FDADrug inspector and required plasma. She was chargedfromhospitals while acquaintance to scout forare- WhatsApp to donate. It takes VirendraRavisaid hospitals admitted to Neptune hospital, 1,038 have died. We aretrying DR VIPIN SHARMA coveredCovid-19patient who days to find adonor,” said social cannotinsistonreplacement MiraRoad. to save everylifewecan. THANE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION COMMISSIONER matches her mother Ranjana worker Darshan Popat, partof But the shortage has forced donor cannotbearranged by the donors or live donors if they “The price capping notifica- Sen’s blood group and is willing #SOSSaviours, agroup of hospitals to do so. In Nanavati hospital, we encouragepatient's have plasma available in their tion had been releasedbythen, Howmanydailytests are to donate. Ranjana, aged 70 and Mumbai residentswho help hospital, Nirmala Singh wasad- familyinlocating aplasma bank. and everyblood bank we called being carriedout by TMC adiabetic, wasbreathless and on Covid-19patients. ministeredfirstplasma dose donor from outside. Forthe “The problem hospitals are refusedciting theyare facing loss currently? medical infrastructure? oxygen supporttwo days after On September 24,the through the hospital’s blood safetyofthe patient and to en- facing is in convincing recovered at selling plasma forRs5,500. We aretesting morethan Earlier,thesituationmayhave testing positive at Vedant hospi- Maharashtragovernment had bank.But forthe second dose in surestandardclinical quality patientstoreturn 28 days after Even during the pandemic, 5,600people everyday as com- beendire,butnowwehave4,429 talinThane. cappedplasma chargesatRs September,her son Niraj Singh control protocols arefollowed, discharge to donateplasma. Very blood banksare looking for pared to around 1,500between Covid-19beds, including forpa- By the night of October 9, 5,500per 200mlunit. Dr Arun wasasked to look foradonor.“I we prefer to perform the plasma feware willing to donateevenif profit,” Shaikh said. March and June. Since June, over tientsinICUandonventilators.Of with help of FDA, she had pur- Thorat, in charge of StateBlood asked if Icould getplasma from transfusion at our facility.” said a theybenefited from someone His friend’s mother wasa 150teams, comprising 3,500 these beds, 2,749 arestill empty, chasedone unit from Navi Transfusion Council, said the another bank,but theyinsisted spokesperson from Nanavati else's plasma. In Thane division, heartpatient. While plasma was healthcarestaffers, have been on including 35 bedswith ventila- Mumbai’s Bloodline bank. price cap wasintroducedtocurb on finding adonor,” he said. hospital. we have recordedonly1,100 eventuallyarranged through the ground. These teams include tors. In fact, 30 per cent of our pa- Severalsocial workers came to- profiteering. A200 ml unit of Nirmala continues to remain in Lastweek,Hiranandani hos- donors,” he added. Sathiyablood bank,she passed everyone from a safai karmchari tientsare from outside Thane. gether to find an eligible donor plasma wassold at Rs 11,000be- the ICU. pital officials asked the familyof In Mumbai, 31 blood banks away. to amedical staffer. To increase Hence, no one from Thane has to with Bpositive blood group for fore it wascapped. “Hospitals “Our large pool of recovered TMThomas to getdonors in re- licensedtoextract plasma have Sandhya Fernandes, also a the number of tests, we have de- go anywhereelse fortreatment. asecond unit of plasma. “The cannotinsistonreplacement patientsand employees have placement of the plasma they 591unitsleftinall, FDAdataun- social worker,said hospitals only ployedfour teams at Thane sta- stress is overwhelming,” donor in exchangeofplasma or selflesslydonated plasma since transfused. “I managed to get til September 30 shows. listrequirement of plasma but tion and one at Viviana Mall. Going forward, what other Paromitasaid. refuse plasma from other blood the pastfew months. In ex- three donors,” said Stalgy Bandraresident Lateef do nothand hold patient’s fam- Four TMT (Thane Municipal measures will be takenup Plasma therapyisextraction banks,” Thorat said. tremelyrareinstances, when the Thomas, his daughter. Shaikh has experiencedthe ilyinprocuring it. Transport) buses also conduct tackle the pandemic? testswhile on the move.Till now, Aspecial post-Covid centre we have carriedout around 3.6 will be open in sevendays for MAT allows lakh tests. those who have recovered. TMC Mask not pair of goggles you can wear on should be the firstinthe country Mumbai cop to Did youface anyanxious to have suchacentre. The aim is to moment as the TMC clear doubtsofpeople who had retain service commissioner? testedpositive and recoveredbut quarters allotted head for style: CM in address to people We were worriedduring the feel weak and areafraid. The cen- Ganeshotsav festival, as therewas trewill provide them facilities like apossibility of overcrowding, gym, yoga,dietcharts and coun- to his father leading to aspikeinthe number selling. It will cater to the over EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Govt in talkswith Rlys to increase train services to enable morepeople to travel of cases. Hence, we had the four 35,000 patientswho have been SRINATHRAO MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 the virus. “People have been seen TMT buses deployedatimmer- dischargedsofar. MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 without masksand even those sion points. At one side, people SUBURBAN TRAIN commuters who wear them arewearing were bidding farewell to Lord Howmuchrevenue loss is the THE MAHARASHTRA working in non-essential serv- them in suchaway that you Ganesh, while at the other side, TMC facing? Administrative Tribunal (MAT) ices mayhavetowait longer to might think somebody has our teams were conducting tests. Itwillbedifficultto give anex- recentlyoverturnedadecision avail local train services. grownabeard. But beards arenot act figurebut TMC has suffered by the Mumbai Police to evict Chief MinisterUddhav yelloworgreen. That’s when you Therehavebeen complaints lossesinrevenue—beitinpremi- apolice constable from his Thackeray on Sundaysaid the knowit’s amark. It is also nota of overcharging by private ums, leasing of land, advertising house at the police quarters in government wasindiscussions pair of goggles that youcan wear hospitals and notdischarging spots and property taxcollection. Ghatkopar West that wasfirst with the Railways to increase on your head forstyle. Youneed patientsevenafter recovery. On the other hand, the expendi- allotted to his father while he the number of train services to to protect your nose, mouth and HowisTMC dealing with this? turecosthas increaseddue to the wasinthe service. enable morepeople, including eyes from the infection.” We have takenaction against medical facilities introducedto In 2018,the Mumbai Police’s those involvedinnon-essential “Elsewhereinthe world, around 10 hospitals and till date, fight Covid-19. The stategovern- QuarterAllotment Committee services, to travel in local trains thereare veryheavy penalties for morethan 5,000 hospital bills menthasdirectedusto reduceex- had ordered the applicant, Anil while adhering to social dis- notwearing masksbut Idon’t have been audited.Till October 7, penditureand hence, no new Karande, to move out of a425- tancing norms. want to do that yet.... Youthink hospitals have refundedRs2 projectsare beingformulated.For square-foothouse at the police “Mala gardinako ahe (I don’t aboutit, do youwant to wear a croretoCovid-19patients. The example, TMC had identifiedsix quarters that had been allotted want acrowd to gather). Iknow mask or should we bring back audit is still on. clusters in Thane forclusterrede- to his father,Pandurang, who re- everybody wantsthe trains to the lockdown? Do youwant to To resolve the matter of pa- velopment. These spots were ap- tired as asub-inspector the pre- start,” Uddhavsaid in his address go to work or should we bring tientsnot being dischargedeven proved by the government. vious year.Constable Karande’s to the stateonsocial media. backthe lockdown?” he asked. aftertheyhaverecovered, we However, due to the pandemic, application forcontinuation of Lastweek,the stategovern- Till Sunday, Maharashtra have geo-taggedall patients. Four the project has been put on hold. the service quarters wasre- ment had told the BombayHigh has reported15.28 lakh Covid- teams comprising nine members jected by the committee on the Courtthat suburban railway 19 cases. monitor the number of patients The population of Thane has grounds that he wasonlyenti- services maybeopenedtoall if Another peeve Uddhavex- admitted,how manydays they grownoverthe years and tledtoa350-square-foothouse commuters followsafetynorms Lastweek,the stategovernment hadtold the BombayHigh Courtthat suburban railway pressedwas people notcoming have been in the hospital and if traffichas remaineda due to his rank. of wearing amask and maintain- services maybeopenedtoall if commuters followsafetynorms of wearing amask and forwardtoget testedin time. “We theyare on ventilator or ICU.With perennial problem. The committee had allotted ing social distance. maintaining social distance. File will take responsibility but you asingle click, Ican see who is in To solve trafficproblems, we Karande ahouse in the depart- Even as the BJP has been de- will have to be alert. Public re- the hospital forhow manydays. already have twoMetro corridors ment’s quarters in Saki Naka. But manding that places of worship sponse has notbeen as expected. Besides, if anypatient is stay- coming up —Wadala-Thane- when Karande refusedtoshift, be opened, Uddhavsaid that it that is always open, forCovid-19. discussions with gym owners are discussions areonabout enforc- People arestill behaving irre- ing morethan 14 days in the hos- Kasarwadavali and Thane- the committee sent him an evic- wasout of careand love forthe “Navratri, Diwali and other reli- still underway. “Coronavirus can ing safetyprotocols in gyms. sponsiblyand notgetting tested pital, our doctors’ team physically Bhiwandi-Kalyanroutes. Both are tion notice and ordered him to people that the government gious festivals arecoming up. We spread through our breath, Uddhavalso said that while in time. Please don’t do that. If visithim orher. Also, we carryout expected to be ready forpublic payRs1.24lakh foroverstaying. wastreading cautiouslyover areslowlyopening our doors for whichiswhy we all have to wear the government will beresponsi- youtestpositive,don’t worry surprise visitstoprivate hospitals. use by 2022. Also, thereisaplan Karande’s lawyer,AV this decision. prosperity and good health but masks. Aperson who is working ble forthe people of about whereyou will be taken. to build twoMetro lines in Thane Bandiwadekar,had arguedthat He addedthat while notfor the coronavirus,” he said. out breathes heavily. If sucha Maharashtra, whom he ad- We will take careofthat but it is Therewas aperception that city foraninternal network.Apart agovernment resolution (GR) Maharashtrahas slowlystarted The CM further said that person is (Covid-19) positive, dressedas“my family”, people, important that youget testedand manyfromThane were going from Metrocorridors,widening issuedbythe Maharashtra reopening, he didn’t want it to while restaurantshad been al- then howwill youprotect others on their partalso have to exercise treatedin time. This will save you to Mumbai fortreatment. of roads and construction of fly- Home Department in 2000 al- become likethe Gateway of India lowedtoopen in Mumbai, his from him?” he asked,adding that caretoprotect themselvesfrom and your family,”headded. Does Thane needbetter overs is in progress. lowedthe offspring of retired policemen, who had followed their parentsintothe police de- SVAMITVA SCHEME LAUNCHED partment, to retain their serv- Stolen SUVfound abandoned, ice quarters. Farmer interacts with PM, then puts in arequest... In amorerecent GR, issued in 2016,the home department with broken glassreplaced& in the stateusing Unmanned disputes causedduring the sur- areas and rest of them in the had decidedthat police consta- ATIKHRASHID Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) was vey,”Mujumale told Modi. hamlets.The limitsofthe gaothan bles were entitledto500- PUNE,OCTOBER11 launchedinPune district’s Sonori The Prime Ministerappreci- should be increasedtoinclude square-foothouses. However, in note:‘Return vehicletoowner’ villagelastyear to map spatial in- ated the gesturebyMujumale to the hamlets toosothat theyalso 2015,the committee had taken VISHWANATHKRUSHNA formation. The purpose wasto frame the property carddocu- benefit from suchscheme,” said the decision to allot350-square- 7, Jadhavgot acall from aneigh- On October8night, Gavhane Mujumale, afarmer from give property titles to residential ment and place it in the sight of Mujumale. Modi said that he will foot service quarters to police EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE bouraskingwhetherhewasinthe receivedacall from police in Kondhanpur villageinHaveli and other properties in around cameraasheinteractedvia video- conveythis requesttostate gov- constables. PUNE,OCTOBER11 car as the door wasopen. Ahmednagar district that his car taluka of Pune district, notonly 40,000villages and help residents conferencing with Modi. The PM ernment authorities. MATmember APKurhekar Jadhavrushedoutsidebutbe- wasfoundabandonedonDaund- got the property cardfor the land gain better liquidityonthese as- said the process relies on modern As partofthe pilotproject of observed in his order that as a SHIKRAPUR POLICE aretrying to fore hecouldreachthevehicle,the Ahmednagarhighway,around80 ownedbyhim in the villagebut sets.After successful pilot, the technology and will bring speed SVAMITVA,101 villages in GR is apolicy decision of the solve acuriouscase.AnSUVstolen suspectdroveoff athighspeed,so km from Koregaon Bhima. Police also got an opportunity to inter- RuralDevelopment Ministryand as well as transparency to the Maharashtra, including 26 each government, it would prevail fromKoregaonBhimaintheearly didanothercar—suspectedto be found anotewritten in Marathi act with Prime Minister stateRevenue department had process of measurement of land from Nagpur and Pune division, over the committee’s decision. hours of October 7was found drivenbyhis accomplice. Jadhav on cardboard. The note read that NarendraModi. formulated ascheme to conduct in rural areas. 25 in Nashik and 24 in Auran- Quarterallotmentsmustbein abandonedinAhmednagar dis- couldnot note the registration of “the car belongs to atour and As Modi launchedphysical drone survey in villages across the “I hope the villages arehappy gabad division, will bemeasured, consonance with the govern- trict the next day—with itselec- theothercar.Hetriedtochasethe travel companyinKoregaon distribution of property cards on state. Astate government deci- that therewere‘No officers’, ‘No Land Settlement Commissioner ment’s decisions, he noted. tronicsystemsmissingandanote vehicleinanothercarbutlosttrail. Bhima in Pune. It has been stolen Sundayunder Survey of Villages sion in this regard wastaken on dadagiri’, ‘Nocorruption’ during SChockalingam said. “Consequently, the decision that the vehicle should be re- Acomplaint wasregisteredat fromKoregaonBhimaandshould and Mapping with Improvised February22, 2019. the process. It’s atransparent “The technology helps in in- takenbythe QuarterAllotment turnedtoits owner. Shikrapur police station against be returnedtoits owner”. Technology in VillageAreas The Centrehas replicated the process without discrimination creasing the accuracy of meas- Committee, headedbyAssistant Whatisevenmorepuzzlingis unidentifiedsuspects. Police The central electronic control (SVAMITVA), acentral scheme of scheme at national leveland has and arbitrariness. The entirevil- urement and reducing the time Commissioner of Police, aresu- that the side windowglass that startedanalysing footageofase- units, music system and speak- the MinistryofPanchayati Raj, nameditSVAMITVA.Itwas inau- lageisgetting the document and required.Generally, measuring a persededand quarterallotment the suspect smashedtoenter the curitycamerainstalledacrossthe ers were stolen, but the side win- Mujumale wasamong the fortu- gurated by Modi in April 2020. this will help in development of villagegaothan requires 15-30 nowhas to be in terms of the GR car —asseen in security camera street wheretheSUVwasparked. dowsmashedbythe suspect had natefivewho got an opportunity While interacting with Modi, the villageinaplannedmanner. days.After this, enquiries about dated 1stDecember,2016, read footage—was found replaced The suspect could be seen break- been replaced. It will bereleased to interact with the PM. Mujumale informedhim that the The mapping will come handy ownership and preparation of the with GR dated 10th October, with anew glass. ing the side windowtoget inside to the owner aftercourtformal- Under SVAMITVA,the Union villagehas apopulation of 2002 while designing and creating property documentsand supply- 2000,whichinter alia provides The SUV is ownedbyVijay andisbelievedtohavestartedthe ities, police said. “Weare yetto government aims to distribute and the drone survey went on for sewage system, planning of ing them to the owner takessev- fortransfer of service quarterof Gavhane, who runs atours and car by hot-wiring, whichmeans identify the suspects...While 1.32 lakh property cards in 763 amonth in the village. “The sur- streets,” said Modi while interact- eral months. On average, the en- retired police personnel in the transportbusiness in Koregaon starting it by bypassing the igni- stealing the costlycontrol unit villages in six states namely veyteam came with adrone cam- ing with Mujumale. tireprocess takesabout ayear.In name of his son, if employedin Bhima villagenear Pune. At the tion switch. Police circulated the and music system seem to bethe Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, eraand clickedpictures of the vil- At the end of the interaction, the newprocess, the property the police department and time of theft, the SUV wasparked photo and information about the motive,why did the suspects Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, lagewith it. This is forthe first Mujumale told Modi that he had documentsand maps can bepro- staying with him,” Kurhekar near the house of Gavhane’s car on social media and alerted abandon it afterreplacing the Uttarakhand and Karnataka. time we sawadrone and pictures arequest. “In the villages, 50 per videdtothe owner within a observed. driverGaneshJadhav. OnOctober neighbouring police stations. broken glass?” an officer asked. The firstsurvey of properties takenbyit. Therewerenoissues, cent residentsstayinthe gaothan month,” said Chockalingam. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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QUESTIONS ‘INCRIMINATORY SILENCE’ FIRST BJP PUBLIC RALLY IN BIHAR Covid claims Cong seeks judicial first woman cop Naddaplaysupdevelopmentunder in Mumbai probe, BSY sacking Mumbai: A43-year-old police- woman postedinMumbai Police succumbedto Covid-19onSunday. after graft allegations Modi,remindsof‘LaluRajdarkness’ Sheisthefirstwomanpostedinthe city police forcetopass away after being infected. against CM grandson Surekha Unverkar,postedin DIPANKARGHOSE the special branch, wasadmitted NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 to ahospital in Kalyan, whereshe Enterprises Pvt Ltd and VSS liveswith her family, twoweeks EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EstatesPvt Ltd, whereMardi is a IN THE BJP’s firstrallyinpoll- agoafter she complainedofshort- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 director. bound Bihar amid the pandemic, ness of breath, asenior Mumbai The Kolkatacompanies share party president JPNadda on Police official said. Until Sunday, THE CONGRESS Sundayde- common addresses as per filings SundaysaidBihar’sdevelopment 261police personnelacross mandedthesackingof Karnataka with the RoC, but The Sunday wasonlypossibleunderthelead- Maharashtrahavedieddue to the Chief MinisterBSYediyurappa Expressvisitedthelocationsto find ershipof PrimeMinisterNarendra virus, 86 of them were from the over graftallegations againsthis thatnoneof themwere operating Modi and that the next stategov- Mumbai Police. ENS grandson. from there. The rent agreements ernmentwouldbeformedunder The SundayExpress had re- submitted by VSSEstates and the leadership of JD-U president portedthat twocompanies in Belgravia bear the same and incumbent Chief Minister Surjewala named whichShashidharMardibecame Bengaluru address as on June 15, Nitish Kumar. adirector afterthe BJP came to 2020. Addressing acrowd of about chairman of Cong powerinthe stateinJuly2019re- AttackingtheBJP,Singhvisaid 8,000 at Gaya’s Gandhi Maidan, ceivedRs5crore from seven “misgovernance and corruption Nadda referred to the “darkness” poll coordination Kolkatashellcompaniesbetween go hand-in-hand as Mahatma during the RJD rule in Bihar and panel in Bihar March and July2020. Gandhi had said and this has be- spokeofthe work carriedout un- Arguing that it wasa“glaring, comethesignatureoftheBJPand der Nitish Kumar. BJP national president JP Nadda with leaders from other NDAconstituents, at an election rallyinGayaonSunday. PTI NewDelhi: The Congress on patentandshamelesscaseof cor- the Karnataka government”. TheBJPpresidentsaidSunday Sundayannouncedseveral com- ruption coupledwith brazen in- Singhvisaidthematterrelates wasaspecial daybecause it was mittees to oversee itscampaign action and silence”, Congress to aRs662-crorehousing project the birth anniversaryofboth medical colleges have come up, BJP chief SanjayJaiswal named fortheBiharAssemblyelections.It spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi in Bengaluru, alleging that media Jayaprakash Narayan and Nanaji and 11 areinthe pipeline. All this the symbols of the JD-U,BJP, BJP names ex-CM’s appointedpartygeneralsecretary demandedaprobe intothe mat- reports have “discloseddirect in- Deshmukh. Taking aswipe at the is possible onlywith Modi. Modi HAM-S and VIP and said, “Only Randeep Surjewala as the chair- terbyaSupreme Courtjudgeora volvement of close relativeslike RJD, he said that those that had hai tohmumkin hai,”Nadda said. thesefoursymbolsarewithPrime manof theelectionmanagement High CourtChief Justice. son, son-in-lawand grandson in grownupunder JP’s tutelagehad “I have onlyone request: to MinisterModi and it is his direc- son, retains most and coordination committee. “If youhavenothing to fear corruptionandbriberyinconnec- nowjoinedhands with the keep this development going is tion that the next Bihar Chief This is perhaps the firsttime whyare younot appointing...Why tion with the project”. Congress he fought against. your responsibility and to keep MinisterisNitish Kumar. that the Congress has appointed notregisteranFIR under He also asked whether the “Todayisaday of happiness delivering is our responsibility. Whoeverisnot withNitishKumar MLAs in list of 46 aleader from outside the state Prevention of Corruption Act...,” Karnataka Chief Ministerhad foranother reason: Prime The leadership of the countryis cannotbewith Modiji.” thatisgoingto pollsasheadof the Singhvisaidatapressconference anyleverageoverPrime Minister MinisterNarendraModihasgiven safeinthehandsof PrimeMinister HAM president and former upper castescandidates. management and coordination reacting to The SundayExpress re- NarendraModi, Home Minister independence to India’s NarendraModi. What CM Jitan RamManjhi said Nitish SANTOSHSINGH BJP statespokesperson and committee. port. He said if the BJP and the Amit Shah and the BJP.“Whyis farmers and people in the is necessaryisthat Kumar wasa“far-sighted”Chief PATNA,OCTOBER11 former journalistNikhil Anand The party generallyappoints Chief Ministerhavethe “minut- the Chief MinisterofKarnataka matter of revenue. In 6.32 Bihar’s leadership is in Minister. Manjhi said India is fac- will contestfromManer.From central observers but this time it est” and “slightest”sense of notsackedoverthe lastseveral lakhvillages,anybodywho the hands of Nitish ingtwoaggressorsinPakistanand IN ITS listof46candidates forthe Bhagalpur,BJP district president has turneditintoaninstitutional shame, “he mustresign or be weeks? Whyishenot subject to has land or ahouse...a dig- Kumar.Wewill form China.“Weneedtostrengthenthe second phase of the Bihar Rohit Pandeyhas been fielded. mechanism. sacked". at leastanFIR in criminal pro- ital cardwill become evi- an NDAgovernment, Prime Minister’s hands at this Assemblyelections, in which94 In the 2015 polls, Union Minister Former party general secre- TheSundayExpresshadalsore- ceedings, he includes, of course, dence of ownership... You DECISION and bring Nitish time,” he said. Referring to India’s constituencies will go to the polls Ashwini Kumar Choubey’s son tary Mohan Prakash will be the portedonthe chain of transac- close relatives... It has shocked willnothavetorunaround 2020 Kumar,wewill give lowCovid mortality rate,JDU on November 3, the BJP has re- Arijit had contestedfromthe convenorof the14-memberelec- tions that figured in documents the conscience of the entire to measurethe land. Now BIHAR impetus to the devel- leader RCPSingh said, “This has tainedold faces and triedtobal- seat unsuccessfully. Former tion management and coordina- filedwith the Registrar of countrybut, it appears that the the entireworkwill be opment that has been been possible because of our ance social equations. Among Bhagalpur deputy mayorPriti tion committee whichincludes Companies (RoC). The RoCdocu- BJP has no conscience, because, if done through drones and satel- happening.To voteinthiselection Prime Minister,”Singh said. the prominent names on the list Shekhar wasanother contender senior leaders suchasMeira mentsshowthat Rs 5crore was youhad aconscience, your reac- lites afterverification,” he said. will be to contributeinthis At the venue, while social dis- arethe road construction minis- forthe seat. Kumar,Subodh Kant Sahay, Tariq transferredthroughsevenKolkata tion would notbethis incrimi- Nadda said that it wasunder processof development…Alot of tancing wasmaintainedinVIP, terinthe outgoing government, All sitting Patna BJP MLAs, Anwar, Shatrughan Sinha, Kirti companies to Belgravia natorysilence,” he said. the NarendraModi government peoplehave spokenaboutLaluRaj media and middlerows, it could Nand KishoreYadav, and former SanjeevChourasia (Digha), Nitin Azad, Shakeel Ahmed, Sanjay that Bihar got aRs1.25 lakh crore soIwillnotsay much.ButIwillsay notbeproperly followedinthe CM Dr Jagannath Mishra’s son Navin (Bankipur), Nand Kishore Nirupam, Nikhil Kumar and Ajay packagein2015. that‘ujaalekiizzattabtakrehtihai, rows at the backorthe people Nitish Mishra. Yadav(Patna Saheb) and Arun Yadav. Congress president Sonia “The Congress usedtodopol- jabtakandherekaehsaasho(Light who were standing. The party has fieldedSatish Sinha (Kumhrar) were retained Gandhi also announcedfive TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE itics on the basis of caste,religion. isrespectedaslongasthereisare- Thermal screening wascar- Kumar YadavtotakeonLeader as nominees from their respec- other panels to oversee and ButModi-ji haschanged the tra- alisation of darkness)”. riedout and it wasensured that of Opposition in the Assembly tive seats. Sunil Kumar suc- managemedia coordination, CASES: RECOVERED:60,77,976 ditionsofelections andpolitics. It “Wehaveseen days when it noonewithoutamaskisallowed Tejashwi YadavfromRaghopur. ceededingetting aticket from publicity,legal affairs, office 223 is PrimeMinisterModi who said wasdifficultto standinthemiddle entry. The party has givenaticket his sitting seat Bihar Sharif de- management and public meet- DAYSSINCE 70,53,806 DEATHS:1,08,334 that when we go in front of peo- of Dak Bungalowcrossing at WITHINPUTSFROM to former MP Om Prakash Yadav spiteresistance from asection of ing and logistics. ENS PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 8,68,77,242 | DOUBLING RATE: 67.57** ple, we will go with our report evening.We have seendays when ENS,PATNA from Siwan. Yadavwas among party workers. card... In 70 years, onlyfour med- adoctor lefthome forhis clinic, it five sitting MPs who did notget Casting of votes will take icalcollegeshadopened(inBihar) wasnot certain that he would re- ticketsinthe lastLok Sabha elec- place in three phases in Bihar — CPM MP writes to BATTLE FOR BIHAR and onlyone, in Patna, wasgov- turn,” he said. tions. on October 28, November 3and ernment-run. Three were later At atimewhentheLJPhasde- FULLCOVERAGE In BJP’s listof46names are 7—and the resultswill be de- PM seeking Stan takenover. In Modi-ji’s rule, 14 cidedtocontestagainstJD-U,state PAGE 8 five Paswan candidates and 15 clared on November 10. Swamy release

KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING One party EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** is distorting After AIADMK, DMK blows TN poll NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 ■ Maharashtra 15,17,434 11,416 0.84% 85.44 turban incident: ARGUINGTHATthe arrest of ■ Karnataka 7,00,786 10,517 1.52% 47.34 bugle, announces manifesto panel Father Stan Swamy, aJharkhand- basedJesuit priestand human ■ Andhra 7,50,517 5,653 0.73% 97.96 Bengal govt rightsactivist, by the NIA in the ■ Tamil Nadu 6,51,370 5,242 0.84% 86.15 and DMDK of Captain also assertedthat his party can- Bhima Koregaon case is an at- ■ Kerala 2,79,855 11,755 3.41% 21.13 ARUNJANARDHANAN Vijayakanth, estimates the elec- Doordie didates would contestall the up- tempttocrush dissent, aLeftMP EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CHENNAI,OCTOBER11 tions to be atough challenge, the coming elections on an inde- on Sundaywrote to Prime *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth situation KOLKATA,OCTOBER11 DMK’s poll journeyislikelytobe E forDMK pendent symbol liketheyused MinisterNarendraModi seeking ● CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT FOUR DAYS afterthe AIADMK tougher if the Dravidian major EXPLAINED to do as partofthe DMK alliance his intervention forthe release of THE WESTBengal government announcedEdappadi K wantstoretain itsallies -- ques- since2001. the 83-year-old activist. 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY Sundayaccusedthe BJP of trying Palaniswami as the Chief tions have emergedabout the MKSTALIN’S ‘Namukku While athirdfront ledby “Itisclearly abrazenattackon 1.55 8.29 74,383 to give a“communal colour” to a Ministerial candidateand symbol usedbythe opposition Naame’ yatra(we for Vaiko, Leftand Dalit parties led democracy and freedom of ex- NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: scuffle between aSikh man and formedan11-member steering alliance. The issue of the symbol ourselves), nearly one to the defeat of main opposition pressionandmisuseof Centralin- 1.54 8.12 89,154 the police during whichhis tur- committee and other panels for has become aconcern foral- year ahead of the 2016 DMK forthe second time in the vestigationagenciesto silencethe Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs ban came off. The incident oc- the 2021Assemblypolls, the liance partners following reports polls, had made waves May2016Assemblypolls, the voices of dissent,” CPM Rajya positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more cured in the course of the BJP’s main opposition DMK on that Prashanth Kishore, the during the electioncam- DMK alliance wasstill able to Sabha MP KKRagesh said in his indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days march to statesecretariat Sundayannouncedaneight- DMK’s brand strategist, had told paign across the state. win 98 seatsagainst136 of letter.HesaidFr Swamyhadbeen in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak Nabanna on Thursdayafter the member committee to prepare MKStalin to retain maximum However, the formation AIADMK, whose victorywas takingup“genuineissues”related DataasonOctober10,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive manwasfoundcarryingafirearm. the poll manifesto forthe up- number of seatswith the DMK of athirdfront ledbythe favoured by the splitting of op- to the blatant violation of demo- On Saturday, stateBJP chief coming elections. or under DMK’s symbol during DMK’s potential allies position votes. cratic rights, including persecu- Dilip Ghosh had said the police DMK treasurer TRBaalu, seat-sharing talkswith allies. spoiledthe party’s Asenior DMK leader said tionof thousandsof tribalpeople. 7TH ROUND OF CORPS COMMANDERS MEETING would nothavedisrespected the senior MPs ARaja, TKS The MDMK of Vaiko, one of chances even though thereare concerns about retain- “He wastaking up issues related man had he been wearing a Elangovan, Trichy NSivaand the mostpopular Tamil national- manyfactors were ing allies suchasVaiko, VCKand to violation of laws in acquiring LAC talks today, both sides to “round cap”. The government Kanimozhi, and the party’s istleaders in the DMK alliance, againstthe ruling smaller parties fortwo reasons landformegaprojectsformining wascriticisedafter visuals of the deputy general secretaries said the party will notconteston AIADMK. With another —athirdfront or Sasikala’s re- and infrastructuredevelopment incident spread on social media. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan, the DMK symbol but an inde- election round the cor- turn to the AIADMK fold. “If by flouting the rightsofthe poor, have foreign ministry officials The BJP accusedthe police of Anthiyur Selvarajand professor pendent one this time. In the last ner,itisnot onlyamatter Sasikala makes acomebackand downtrodden and tribal people. roughing up the man, who was ARamaswamyare partofthe Lok Sabha polls, notonlyMDMK, of winning the polls but a unites with AIADMK, that will He wasraising voice in demo- tion includedadiplomat during identifiedasparty leader panel, according to astatement but the prominent Dalit party do or die situation forthe improvetheir position. Even if cratic,legitimateways againstthe KRISHNKAUSHIK the lastmeeting on September Priyanshu Pandey’s bodyguard by DMK general Secretary VCKtoo had to contestonthe DMK, whichhas been Sasikala succeeds to form athird state-sponsoredviolationsof laws NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 21,the Chinese delegation too Balwinder Singh, and hurting the Duraimurgan. DMK’s rising sun symbol as in- out of powerfor adecade front likein2016, we will be fac- and assault on democratic rights will include aForeign Ministry community’s religious senti- While the AIADMK-ledal- sistedbythe Dravidian major. now. ing asetbackasitwould split the of people to pave wayfor unre- THE SEVENTH round of corps official Monday. ments. Singh is aresident of liance, including the BJP,PMK VCKleader Thirumavalavan anti-government votes,” he said. stricted exploitation of land and commanders talkstodiscuss dis- MinistryofExternal Affairs PunjabandaformerArmysoldier. naturalresources.”Rageshwrote, engagement and eventual de-es- Joint Secretaryfor EastAsia, Inaseriesof tweets onSunday, “This is notthe firsttime that the calation of the over five-month- Naveen Srivastava, who has been the statehome department said, ARRESTED ON WAY TO HATHRAS voice of dissent is falselyinter- long militarystandoffineastern representing India in the diplo- “OurSikhbrothersandsisterslive preted to grill those who remind Ladakh between India and China matic discussions, waspartofthe in West Bengal in perfect peace Cab driver among four booked for sedition, the Centreabout democracy.” will take place on Mondaymorn- senior militarycommander talks and harmony, in happiness and ing. the lasttime, whichhad also in- tranquility,with respect from all This will be the lastmeeting cludedMenon, who wasposted of usfortheirfaithandpractices.A family says he did not know the others Manjhi demands in whichXIV Corps Commander in the Armyheadquarters in recentincidentwhenoneisolated Lt General Harinder Singh will Delhi. individual got caught with one il- with the Popular Front of India out of the system at 8.10 am, had shiftedtoDelhi morethan 10 Bharat Ratna lead the Indian delegation before Senior defence establishment legallycarriedfirearm amidstag- AMILBHATNAGAR (PFI) and were allegedly “collect- records show. years ago. While in Rampur,he he hands over the command of sources said the Armywill have itationists inanagitationthatwas NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 ingfunds”forcreatinglarge-scale An Ola spokesperson con- worked as an embroiderycrafts- for Paswan the corps to Lt General PGK another senior official represent- notauthorisedisnow being “unrest” in the wake of Hathras firmedtoThe Indian Express that man in alocal market.Inthe cap- Menon, who will take over later ing the headquarters Monday. < twistedout of context, being dis- ONE OF the four people against gangrape incident. Alam wasattachedtothe plat- ital,hestartedworkingasadriver. Patna:HindustaniAwamMorcha in the week. Atop Armysource said “there torted,and being givencommu- whom UP police have invoked The Indian Express accessed form but said the ride to Hathras His familymembers sayhe (Secular) chief Jitan RamManjhi Singh, who will complete his is no expectedbreakthrough of a nal colours in fractious and parti- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Alam’s driverprofile registered wasnot booked through itsapp. starteddriving acab registered Sundaycalledfor aBharat Ratna one-year tenureasthe corps peace deal”. saninterest...Onepoliticalpartyis Act(UAPA)and sedition charges with cab aggregator Ola. As per “The four accusedwerear- with Ola and ownedbyarelative, forRam Vilas Paswan, echoing a commander on October 14,will The Armyhas prepared for giving communal colour to the isacabdriverwhowasondutyin records, Alam had completeda rested while theywereontheir Anis,merelyaweekbefore hewas demand made by the LJP move to head the Indian Military winter deployment of additional subject in narrowpartisan inter- Greater Noida till Mondaymorn- booking in Greater Noida’s waytoHathras. Theyhavenot arrested. founder's younger brother and AcademyinDehradun. troops. Both sides have around estinamanner thatBengaldoes ing before being arrested in Knowledge Park 3at7.25 am on givenusmuchinformation. We “His (Alam) onlyfault wasto Hajipur MP Pashupati Kumar The meeting on Mondaywill 50,000soldiers each, along with notbelieve in. Policing wasdone Mathurahours later. Mondayafter logging in at 6.01 aretrying to ascertain howthe ferrythem to Hathras. He did not Parasaday earlier.The statement take place on the Indian side of air defence assets,artilleryand as per law.”After Balwinder Alam(30),aresidentof Delhi’s am. The records further showed four accusedknoweachother. knowthem previously. In fact, he by the former Bihar CM, an SC the Chushul-Moldo Border tanksinthe region. As the winter Singh’s turban came off, the po- Sunder Nagri wasarrestedon that he wasonduty between Everyother aspect is also amat- waswearing his driver’s uniform leader,has lefthis NDAcoalition Personnel Meeting Point. sets in, theremight be areduc- lice allowedhim to tie it before Mondayalong with journalist October 1and October 5, on terofinvestigation and further when he wasarrested. If Igivea partnerJD(U)inaspot.Thepartyis Monday’s talkswill be the tion in some troops from the taking him intoavan. The police Siddique Kappan and Campus whichday hewasarrested.Except light can onlybethrownonce lifttoapoliceman,doesthatmake treading carefullyonits stand on firstinwhichbothsides will have heights, but that will depend on actiondrew widespreadflak,with Front of India (CFI) office bearers on October 2, Alam clockedin factshavebeen gathered,” said one apoliceman? Similarly if the country's highesthonour for senior militarycommanders and whether China pulls some troops former India cricketer Harbhajan Atiqur Rahman and Masood. morethan5hoursaverageofduty SSP MathuraDrGauravGrover, someone is guilty of something, Paswan—aprominentDalitleader representativesofforeign min- back. FULLREPORTON Singh tweeting to CM Mamata Police have stated in the FIR in the five days before he wasar- when asked about Alam. he wouldn’t have known," said whosepartyhadwalkedoutof the istries.While the Indiandelega- www.indianexpress.com Banerjee, “Please look intothe that the four had connections rested.OnMonday, hehadlogged Alam hails from Rampur and Bushra(27), Alam’s wife. coalition. ENS matter.This justisn’t done.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER12,2020

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7 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER12,2020 IDEA EXCHANGE Newsmakersinthe Newsroom SUKHBIRSINGH BADAL, SHIROMANI AKALI DAL PRESIDENTAND MP ‘ One party dominating country may work in short term… (But) Like Cong collapsed, same can happen

Badal says while split with NDAis“sad”, his party couldn’t compromise on itsprinciples, asserts Akali Dal is notagainstcorporates but wanted MSP includedinfarm laws,and accuses‘Cong of “playing games” on the legislation. The session wasmoderated by Resident Editor (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh) Manraj Grewal Sharma

MANRAJ GREWAL SHARMA: What tion lastyear,wegained7per cent as neededallies in itsfirstterm to the exactlyhappenedinthe period comparedtothe Congress, whilethe second term when it has complete between the preparation of the farm AAP’s sharefell from 21 percent to 6per majority? Bills and when theyweretabledin cent… The Shiromani Akali Dal has a We maynot have been that affected Parliament? Initially, theAkali Dal very strong base. My father waschief as compared to otherallies because we defendedthe Bills. ministerfor 25 years. Nearly 90 per cent neverdemandedanything... But,yes, Letmerecountthe events and situa- of Punjab’sagriculture infrastructure therehas been achange... We were never tion before the farm Bills (werepre- wascreated by him. consulted on the agriculture Bills. pared), what happenedinthe Cabinet, and afterthat. We areafounder mem- NAVJEEVAN GOPAL: Youhave MANRAJ GREWAL SHARMA: Youhave berofthe NDAand we represent the WHY criticisedAmarinder Singh’s said that in lastseven-10years, no farming community... ChaudharyDevi government forpassing the meeting wascalledbythe Prime Lal, Charan Singh and my father (Parkash SUKHBIR BADAL APMC Actin2017. Whydid the Ministertoconsult allies. Can you Singh Badal) arestill the face of the farm- Akali Dal notobject to it at the elaborate? ers in this country. Whenthe govern- ne of the oldest allies of time? Yes, therehas ment decidedtointroduce aradical the BJP,and afounding During the neverbeen anyin- changeinthe system of agriculture, they firsttwo ses- Since we arenolonger apart ‘ teraction (with al- Omember of the NDA, the should have consultedtheir allies. We sions we were of the alliance,obviously we lies) by theBJP as a were notconsultedatall when the Bills Akali Dal walked out of the alliance thrownout of major player.We were beingprepared. the Assembly. will fight the BJP.Itook my foundedthe NDA They(theCentral government) in protest against the recent farm Theypassedthe when therewere formedacommittee withseven chief laws.AsSAD president, Badal said lawwithout father into confidence.He onlytwo BJP MPs in ministers whichincluded Punjab Chief even adebate, said we have to leaveaswe the whole country. I MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh and the legislation did not address without anything. ‘ don’tremember the then Madhya Pradesh chief minister All Akali MLAs and represent certain people them calling the Kamal Nathji,who were giventhe task concerns of his party’score base, even AAP MLAs Akali Dal leadership, to go throughit(theBills). But it never the farmers. He is nowtrying to were barredfrom the ShivSena lead- came in publicdomain.Theyshould getting in... Ithink ership (which have calledameeting of the stakehold- cobble together afront to put 10-15Actswere parted ways earlier). ers, and we should have been oneof pressure on the governmentto passedinamatter of 30 minutes. (Nodiscussions have been heldon) How them because we represent Punjab to take the alliance forward, what issues whichisthe heartlandofagriculture. makeamendments to the laws KAMALDEEP SINGH BRAR: In 2016, we have,how do we solve them...Even Nearly 95 percent of our cadreand lead- your party had releaseda when the Citizenship (Amendment)Act ership arefarmers. documentaryinwhichyou claimed waspassedand the decision on Article Secondly, when it came to the that the Akalisfought hard for 370was taken, we were notapartofthe Cabinet,itwas just broughtinasatable discussions. Therewas no discussion on item. (Former minister) Harsimrat Kaur theIndo-China standoff either. Badal objected.She said that since you areplanning to bring about amajor re- VANDITAMISHRA: The NDAlostthe form in the agriculturesector,please de- ShivSena notsolong agoand now feritand don’t take adecision now, let’s the SADhas leftthe alliance. In Bihar, getviews on it.Wewereassured that this the LJP has walked outofthe NDA. Is is justanordinanceand views of allthe the NDAnow less of acoalition stakeholders will be takenbeforethe whichrepresentsfederal concerns Bills aretabledinParliament. We started and regional parties? Howdoyou see meeting all the stakeholders ourselves, this panning out forfederal relations whichwas thejob of the government. I in the country? metall the kisan unions, all 30, individu- The success of our countryhas been ally. We also metagricultural econo- thatvoices from differentregions are mists,and people from farming commu- heard. It is very important to have re- nities. Therewas alot of gapbetween gionalforces as partofthe system. what the government wassaying and The minuteyou startdominating what people felt. We went to andfro,try- everything, things will collapse. ing to take the government’s views to the Forexample, we were notcon- people and bringing the people’s views sulted on farm Billseven to the government.That wasmiscon- though Punjab provides50per struedasour supportfor the Bills. We cent of the country’s food- were actuallytryingtofind asolutionso grains. Bad decisions get thatwecould getall that the farmers takenwhen youstart decid- wanted incorporated in the Bills. ing at the toplevel without Everyfarmer in Punjab and Haryana consulting the regions.Itis fears that bigcorporates will take over nothealthytotakeover the marketfirstand then exploit them everything.India is acoun- and finish the Minimum SupportPrice. trywithdifferent lan- Theyfear that the Bills will end the APMC guages, beliefs, people. mandis. Punjab has 1,900mandis for The concept of one party 12,000 villages, whichmeans thereis trying to dominatethe countrymay one mandi forabout six-sevenvillages. work in the shortterm… Likethe Amandi is 25 minutesfromyour village, Congress collapsedslowly, Ithink the youcan sell your produce thereand get same could happen. the money, whichisnot so in anypartof Illustration: Suvajit Dey the country. NITIN SHARMA: What has been your Itold the government that we needa players to buy belowMSP,you help in the NIRUPAMA SUBRAMANIAN: You Punjab has already passedalaw to this ef- ensuring afederal structureinthe father’s reaction to thebreak-up? Is legal provision in the Bill assuring that exploitation of farmers. Today, the cot- alwayssaid your alliance with the fect in the state. Even if PrimeMinister countryand that the Anandpur the SADready to take on the BJP? MSP willbearightofthe farmerand tonfarmers arebeing exploited by pri- BJP wascrucial forthe social fabric of NarendraModiji withdrawsthe Acts,the Sahib Resolution waspartofthat Since we arenolonger apartofthe everypurchase, even by aprivate player, vate players in Punjab. Punjab. Now, youhavequit the NDA. Punjab Actwill still stand. Iposedthese move.Now that youhaveleftthe alliance, obviouslywewill fight the will be abovethe MSP,and the mandi What impact will it have? questions to Rahul Gandhi but got no an- NDA, will yougobacktothat BJP.Secondly, we took my father into system would remain unchanged.But HARISH DAMODARAN: Since you Everypolitical party has certain prin- swers. Actually, it’s theywho areplaying Resolution to strengthen the federal confidence. He said we have to leave theywerenot ready to put it in the legal mentionedcotton, if Iamaprivate ciples it cannotcompromise on. The games. structure? because we represent certain people. language. Finally, the Prime Ministeran- trader,Ibuy the kapaas (raw,un- AkaliDal representsfarmers. Theywere When the Anandpur Sahib nounced theBills in the (Monsoon) ginnedcotton) whichhas three notbeing protected and so it wasvery SUNNY VERMA: Youhavebeenthe Resolution waspassed, manypeople and SAURABH PRASHAR: Recently, the Session. Ihad told the government not components—lint (fibre), difficult forustobepartofthe alliance. closestallyofthe NDAgovernment. the media thought that we were asking Punjab CM said that if we give water to bring the Bills tillall the apprehensions cottonseedoil and oilcake. Ilook at If youlook at the philosophy of the Akali Do youthink their refusal to forKhalistan. Everyone thought we are to Haryana, Pakistan’s ISI will take of farmers were allayed. Ievenrequested the prices basedonwhat my Dal, we have fought the Congress. We consider your concerns reflectsthe anti-nationals. Today, everystate is ask- advantageofthe situation. What is

the ministerand the BJP presidentto realisations on these three things feel they have ruinedthis nation. From arrogance of the ruling party? ing forthe same thing. We have always your take on this? send it to aparliamentaryselect commit- are. Aftermylabour,processing costs Emergency to the attackonthe Golden Idonot want to getintothat.But, we stressedonmorepower to the states. Captain Amarinder tries to bring tee, so thatthe com- etc, Isay Ican only Temple and whatever happenedin have had longrela- Today, states are theISI into everything.Hegavea mittee meets the payRs4,000 per Punjab, they were the root cause of our tionships with constantlybegging similar statement on farmers’ agitation farmers and incor- quintal today. problems. So, we formedthe alliance... It everyone and still from the Centre. At too. Yes, we areaborder state but that ‘ PM hastaken some very ‘ Laws arebeing made porates their con- Now, howcan you is sad that over 20 years later this rela- have... The PM has present, everything doesnot mean the ISI will take cerns,but theyre- good decisions,like ask me to pay tionship has broken. takensome very keeping in mind UP,Bihar, (finances) comes advantageofeverything. What is the fused. Itold them if Rs 5,000-5,500or This farm Bill is notrelated to farmers good decisions also... from the government sittingherefor?People of thatwas the case we Kartarpur... Ican name 10, whatever is the alone. Farmers areconnected to arhatiyas He has been ableto from where maximum MPs Government of Punjab want peace. Terrorism can only can’t be part of their 20 things. But they should MSP? It’s not (commission agents), farm labourers and do thingslikeopen- come… Punjab has only 13 . India. Initially, ma- flourishwhen it has ground support. government. practical. even shopkeepers. If the farming commu- ing of (the jority of the finances My father has taught me thatwecan have consulted us on our The wayatrader nity faces adrought, youwill see the sales Kartarpur) corridor. More powerfor states were generated prosper onlyifthereispeace and HARISH ‘ doeshis calculation, in mandis go down drastically. If the Ican name 10,20 ‘ from Punjab and we communal harmony. If youlookatour DAMODARAN: core issue,agriculture the farmeralso does farmer has got abumpercrop, the oppo- thingswhichhehas would take countryforward couldget our money party,wehavebeen represented by Howcan youforce his ownreverse cal- sitehappens. We triedhardtosavethis al- done. But, the prob- in our accountsim- everycommunity... Punjab is one place theprivate sector culation. He knows liance but in the end we had no choice. lem is that they mediately. Today, whereyou have neverheardofriots. to paythe MSP? this is the MSP,and should have con- youhavetowaitfor The people of Punjab live together like Secondly, whyare all politicians plans accordingly. Butifthe government DIVYAGOYAL:The Congress and also sulted us on ourcoreissue, agriculture, GST. Things have become morecen- afamily. ManyHindus visit the Golden opposing the entryofcorporates? doesnot come and buy,the farmer is left some sections of farmers have been whichtheydid notdo. tralised. Apolicy which is good forBihar Temple and lotofSikhs go to mandir Firstofall, we arenot against corpo- at the mercy of privateplayers. The gov- accusing the Akali Dal of maynot be good forPunjab.Thisfarm (temples) and masjid (mosques). rates. What India needs todayis(food) ernment of India hascome up with the doublespeak on farm Bills... NAVJEEVAN GOPAL: The Shiromani legislation maybegood forother states, processing and it can onlyhappen if Right to Education,Right to Food... you We were justgoing betweenthe gov- Akali Dal is in its100th year now. Idon’tknow, butitisnot good for us... If MANRAJ GREWAL SHARMA: What is companies come in. During our govern- can then saywhy is everyone getting ernment and farmers so that the govern- Under your leadership, the SADcame youlook at it, the majority of laws are the wayforward on the farm Bills? ment, we made anything that youbuy food, education. MSP means Minimum ment could address the farmers’ concerns. to powerfor an unprecedented made keeping in mind Uttar Pradesh, We have setupacommittee forprocessing tax-free... What people do, Support Price.How can yousay thepri- We objected to the Bills in the Cabinet second consecutive term in 2012 but Bihar,fromwhere themaximum chunk including the senior leadership. We theybuy grains or vegetables, forexam- vate sector can be allowedinwithout meeting, on the floor of the House... it also gave itsworstperformance in of the MPs come... Has anylaw ever been will talk to all the jathebandis ple onions, forRe1akg, storeitand sell paying the MSP? Nowthe government Secondly, actualdoublespeak is being 2017.Manysenior leaders have left made forthe hills, especially for (organisations), kisan unions, as well forRs20per kg.Iam akinnowfarmer is notbuyingcotton, and farmersare be- done by theCongress. Rahul Gandhi’s the party.What is the party’s Nagaland or Northeaststates? It’sbe- as all the people who arepartofthis myself. Isell it to the trader at Re 1a ingpaidathousand rupees per quintal manifesto of 2019 clearly says that it will roadmap forthe future? cause of numbers (of MPs)... Punjab has struggle. We canachieve resultsonly piece, whichyou then getinaDelhi mar- less than MSP in Malout and Mansa abolish everygovernment mandi and Everyparty goes through good and only13people (MPs).Giving more if it is acoordinated effort. My only ket forRs10or12or15apiece.What is mandis.Atrader keeps his marginso onlyprivate mandiswill be available.Can badphases... But if youlookatthe last powertothe state, especiallyfinancial requestisthat the Prime Minister their input cost? Onlystorage.Private high thathehas acushion. Apoor farmer youimagine, he went astepahead (of the performance whichpeopleterm our power, would take the countryforward. should consider the feelings of the players coming in forprocessing is no will notroamfromvillagetovillageto NDA)? Captain Amarinder said in his worst, withonly15MLAs, we stillgot a people. Sometimes, we maythink problem. What farmers aresaying is that getagood price, he will sell his crop for manifesto that he will allowprivate man- 31 per cent votesharewhile the Congress MANRAJ GREWAL SHARMA: Howhas certain decisions aregood but the if corporates want to buy,theyshould whatever he gets in his fields. dis, e-trading, all the things whichare part got 37 per cent and the AamAadmi Party your relationship with the BJP people who youare taking these for buy at MSP.Once youencourage private of the Bills. TheCongress government in got only 21 percent... In the general elec- changed over the years, from when it maynot likethem. FORFULLCOVERAGEOFBIHARELECTIONSLOGONTOINDIANEXPRESS.COM/ELECTIONS THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER12,2020 2020 8 DECISION BIHAR

BATTLE FOR BIHAR HASHTAG POLITICS WhatsApp chain down Why it matters to booths, FB Live with The statethathas directed the course of national politics is seeing polls unique forseveral reasons —the pandemic, absence of Lalu and Paswan, as well as Nitish’s diminishing returns. As Modi coasts on his Nitish slogan: @JDU popularity,result will decide howmuchfireOpp, chargedupafter farm laws and Hathras, has in itsbelly

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THE CHESSBOARD is set, the sides have been chosen, the backchannels areover, and the battle lines drawn. In astate that has always been watchedfor what itssocial and politi- cal undercurrent signify,Election 2020 is be- ing keenlywatched. It is India’s firstmass polls in the shadowofthe pandemic, and Bihar’s firstinalong, long time without ei- ther Lalu Prasad or the justdeceasedRam Vilas Paswan present. Nitish Kumar,mean- while, has concededmuchground in his al- liance with NarendraModi’s BJP. The importance of Bihar Historically, Bihar has been acradle of grass-rootpolitical and social movements, in- Facebook pages suchas‘Nitish Cares’ have 230 videos, 900infographics. PTI cluding Jayaprakash Narayan’s Total Revolution that shook the mighty Indira Gandhi government, and ledtothe imposi- tion of Emergency and the firstnon-Congress DIPANKARGHOSE government at the Centrein1977. The coali- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 tion of anti-Congress forces sowedthe seeds of social justice politics, and gave Bihar lead- FROM 53 Facebook pages, to connecting @iChiragPaswan ers likeNitish Kumar,Lalu Prasad and Sushil booth-levelworkers and reaching 200 Kumar Modi —though the three nowstand in voters per booth via WhatsApp. Aweekly Lok Janshakti Party(LJP) different political corners. In 1977,Bihar chief online newsletter sent via these twoso- president Chirag Paswan ministerKarpoori Thakur implemented the cial networking sites, and aFacebook Live tweeted “heartfelt gratitude” Mungerilal Commission’s recommendations, programme called“SundaySamvad” to Prime Minister Narendra providing forreservations forthe backward everyweek.The JD(U) has been laying the castesinjobs and educational institutions. PM Modi at aBJP meeting to decide candidates in Delhi on Saturday. Apartfroma groundworkfor what will be the firstma- Modi forhis “cooperation in The churning setinmotion the assertion of voteonthe lockdown and economy, Bihar is important forBJP politically. PTI jor election in India in times of Covid, with the last rites of my father”. backwardcastesinnational politics, which BUSINESSASUSUAL curtailedcampaigning. “Sir,you made all the has lastedfour decades. Could the BJP with SanjayKumar Jha, Bihar Water BY UNNY arrangements formyfa- itslargerHindutvanarrative override that? JD(U)’s Lok Sabha rout in 2014,switchtoLalu Tejashwi’s silence in the wake of the Babri Resources Ministerand JD(U) national ther’s last journey without The importance of Bihar polls to form an unlikelyMahagathbandhan, and case acquittals has also been noted. It wasLalu general secretary, says,“Nitish Kumar, me asking forit. As ason, I an even moreunlikelyturnaround to em- who as CM had stoppedLKAdvani’s Rath right from the JP movement, has done am going through adifficult India’s thirdmostpopulous state, it was bracethe BJPin2017and stay in power— YatrainOctober 1990. Does enough of the mass-basedpolitics. He can gauge from home to 10.4 crorepeople in the 2011 Census. lingers. While astute, the metamorphoses goodwill Muslims have forthe RJD linger? the people what the mood is by looking at time. Yo ur support provides This election, about 7.29 crorewill beeligible might have been one toomanyinthis deeply them. We will nowuse technology to me with courage and to vote —morethan the populations of coun- political state. Nitish is also up againstmount- The Dalit vote communicatewith people. He will of strength.” tries likethe UK, France or Italy. It also lags be- ing anti-incumbency,with his government The SCs constituteabout 16%ofthe state’s course head out intothe field but this will 36.5K LIKES AND 4,372 hind mostofIndia on manysocial indicators, seen as stumbling on jobs, coronavirus and population, with Paswans (about 5.5%) and be asecond levelofcommunication.” RETWEETS IN 2HOURS causingits youth to seek out jobs and hence floods. Could Nitish’s slogan of his 15 years Ravidas (about 4%) the largest blocks.When Work beganinMay this year,with a carry their imprint across the country. Since against15years of Lalu be potent enough? Lalu wasathis peak,the RJD enjoyedthe team of 12 to 15 people basedinPatna. the lockdown, manyhavereturned. backing of mostOBC groups, Muslims and The team wasled by ArunodayPrakash, @RJDforIndia In 2015,Bihar dealt one of the biggest Lalu’s absence Dalits. Over the years, Nitish has managed to who had worked with the AamAadmi blows to the then seemingly invincible Modi Forthreedecades,politicsinBiharrevolved split that with his EBC-Mahadalit focus. Partyfor manyyears, with his lastdesig- Tweeted aslogan promising juggernaut. But, this time, Nitish’s JD(U) is aroundtheRJDsupremo,withAssemblypolls But nowthe matrix is all mixed.The LJP is nation that of Chief Media Adviser,Delhi jobs, tagging RJD chief Lalu with the BJP and thereisnoLalu around. fought either to bring him to power, or keep notinthe NDAalliance “but with Modi”; Jal Board, attachedtothe Chief Minister’s Prasad,Tejashwi Ya davand Could Bihar,still, spring asurprise? him out. Tejashwi, emerging from abruising Manjhi,thetallestMusaharleader(2.5%of the Office. “Prakash is from the Anna Andolan others: familytussle, is farfromhis father’s shadow. statepopulation) has pitchedhis pole in the and worked with the Delhi government The impact of the pandemic Humhain taiyaar Lastmonth, Lalu’s long-distance lieutenant NDAtent;the RJD has got backformer state and the CM. Our ground workers, block- Dene ko rozgaar At 56.8%, Bihar sawits highest-evervoter RaghuvanshPrasadSinghquittheRJD,inwhat ministerShyamRajakwithaneyeontheDalit levelworkers, all were connected online. turnoutin2015. While Election Commission wouldbehislastdays,overhow thepartywas votes; and crowding the poll fray are There has been no negative communica- Ek baar bana ke dekhein hasput coronavirus precautions in place, will While the RJD, with CM ambitions for being run. The exitsofcrucial caste partners ChandrasekharAzad’sBhimArmyandtheBSP. tion. The work Nitish Kumar has done in Yuva Te jaswi sarkaar it be enough to getadequatenumbers to the Tejashwi Yadav, has got the alliance it wanted, RLSP,HAMandVIPhave followed.Sourcessaid While the BSP is amarginal playerinBihar, the lastsomanyyears, the idea is that it 269 LIKES, 68 RETWEETS booths? Could alow turnout be afurther dis- tying up with the Congress and three Leftpar- Tejashwibelievesthesesmallerpartiesarenot in areas likeSasaram, Buxar and Aurangabad, should penetratetothe ground,” Jha says. IN 58 MINUTES advantagefor the Opposition, giventhe BJP’s ties and retaining itspre-eminent position, able to transfer their votes, and their MLAs are partner RLSP will add to itsnumbers. The The firstjob wassetting up Facebook committedcadre? Or will therebemoreofa the Congress wanted amorebroad-based vulnerableto post-electionpoachingattempts. RLSP,headedbyformer union minister pages and WhatsApp chains, getting dip in urban voting, wherethe BJP is strong? coalition. However, in the bargain, the However, 31-year-old Tejashwi’s lackof UpendraSingh Kushwaha, claims the sup- party workers on Facebook,and training Congress has got 70 seats—far morethan the administrative experience weighs against portofthe Kushwahas (including Koeris, them on aspectssuchasFacebook Live. Digital campaign 41 lasttime. With the Congress winning him, especiallyinthe contextofNitish’s gov- around 8% of Bihar’s population). The outreachalso neededtobetailored chain. It is likealadder,firstthe central Apredominantlyrural state, Bihar will around half then, and the party as muchofa ernance plank.Lalu, who remains in jail, can’t The VIP’s Mukesh Sahani brings to the BJP to Bihar.“Facebook has ahigh number team, then the area secretary, district witness the mostdigital-drivencampaign in cipher on the ground, could RJD calculations lend the charisma that earlier helpedover- the Mallah votes, whichwill provecrucial in with people spending time on it. The sec- president, blockworker, panchayat India’s history.Leaders of major parties have lie in the seats(read difficult) Congress gets? look that. Does he still wield enough sway? the tightlycontestedriverine seats. ond wasWhatsApp. These arethe two worker and booth worker.Atevery already held virtual rallies (with the BJP lead- Tejashwi has triedtowoo backthe non- we focusedon. Twitter and Instagram, booth, these people were then meant to ing the way), and the familiar sight of huge The Modi factor The Muslim vote Yadavs,with not-so-fond memoryofLalu rule, some people arethereonthem in the makeaWhatsApp group of 200. One poll gatherings is likelytobemissing. Could In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls that the Modi- Traditionally, the Muslims in Bihar have by apologising formistakesthen. In the run-up cities, that’s about it,” Prakash says. booth doesn’t have morethan athou- the migrantswho arehome (an estimated25 ledBJP swept, the NDAalliance (including the formedone leg of Lalu’s MY plank (the sec- to the polls, the Congress is likelytoplayup The firstFacebook Live washeld on sand voters anyway because of Covid re- lakh) provedecisive,given their familiarity JD-U and LJP) had wonall but one of the 40 ond being Yadav). However, sidelinedunder the assault leading to the death of aDalit May24, and party leaders nowhostit strictions. If youcreateagroup of 200 with digital compared to others? seatsinBihar.The Congress had wonthe re- the Modi government, alienated over legis- woman in Hathras, including the Yogi govern- everyweek.The JD(U) nowhas 53 pages, people, mostofthe electoratecan be cov- maining one. However, since then, the BJP has lation likethe CAAand plans foranNRC,wary ment’s ham-handedhandling of the episode. updatedeveryday with videos, templates ered through their family. This is updated The alliance math lostJharkhand, Delhi and Maharashtra, and afterthe Delhi riots,and disappointed by Willthat proveenough of acaste pull? and infographics. Apagecalled“Nitish at leastfive-seventimes per daywith dif- Down to the wire, leaders with caste vote hasbeen dented in Haryana. Plus, Bihar saw Ayodhya verdicts, the Muslims in Bihar may Cares” wascreatedon May30and has 230 ferent kinds of videos, infographics and bases have switchedsides —the LJP is out of amongthe largestmigrantsreturn home in beready to embrace someone else. Firebrand The national message videos and 900infographics. “The team information.” theNDAalliance,butitstargetisonlytheJD(U), the lockdown. However, will that prove AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi sees an HowBiharvotes,willbeasignalnotjustfor covers issues likeCovid, floods, develop- In the firsthalf of July, aweeklydigital notBJP;whileUpendraKushwaha’sRashtriya enough againstModi’s popularity? opening, and has announcedplans to contest Modi, NDA’s star campaigner —whatever the ment, the Saat Nishchay programme (of newsletter wasstarted called, “Bihar ke Lok SamataParty (RLSP), Mukesh Sahni’s across Bihar.While it had onlywon one of the noises made about Nitish —but also the Nitish), the CM’s speeches etc,” amember Naam, Nitish Ke Kaam.” Everyweek,seven Vikassheel Insaan Party(VIP), and Jitan Ram ‘Sushasan Babu’s’ credibility six constituencies it fought in 2015,the Opposition. The result will be seen as areflec- says.Overall, 350videos and over 1,200 items arecarriedinthe newsletter,and Manjhi’s HindustanAwami Morcha(HAM) Nitish has been CM for15years now, a AIMIM soundedits arrivalwith the tion on Modi government’s handling of the graphics have been created. disseminated digitally. “Thereisaperson- have exitedtheMahagathbandhan.AstheVIP longevity sustainedbyhis imageof‘Vikas Kishanganj bypoll win in October lastyear. pandemic and management of the economy. Prakash says,“On WhatsApp, we col- alisedtouch. Everybody thinksthis has andHAMmove to theNDAandtheRLSPfloats Purush’, as opposedtoLalu’s ‘Goonda Raj’. The AIMIM has tiedupwith the RLSP,BSP and Plus, it could be afactor in West Bengal, a lected dataand then made acentral come to my phone,” Prakash says. athirdfront with the BSP and AIMIM, all the However, the memoryofhis pole vaultssince former RJD MP DevendraPrasad Yadav’s statethe BJP has setits eyes on and which above developmentscouldenduphelpingBJP. 2014 —sullen resignation as CM afterthe Samajwadi JanataDal (Democratic). votes next, in April-May2021.

FIGURING OUT THE NEW THE MIGRANT VOTE

TOTAL VOTERS 5,51,20,656 Hit by floods, pandemic, Seemanchal residents 5,13,85,891 7,29,27,396* 6,70,56,820 head out for work, ask where are jobs, factories 2005 2010 2015 2020 *(Out of theenrolled voters this year,2.3 lakh aremigrants who Such storiesareechoedbymanyresidents but we didn’t getany,” complains Mohid. returned to Bihar afterthe COVID-induced lockdown) WALIAHMAD across the state’s Seemanchal region Says HajiAbdusSubhan,thelocalRJDMLA, BAISI(PURNEA),OCTOBER11 (Kishanganj,Purnea,Arariaand Katihar), “Agriculturealone cannotgenerateenough PASTPOLLING PERCENTAGES among Bihar’s mostbackwardareas. Of the employment. Thereare no factories here.” IT’SNOT9pmyet,whenafleetofbusescarry- nearly 30millionBiharimigrantlabourerswho Mostfarmers in the region have switched Womenpolling%Menpolling%Totalpolling% ing migrant workers to Mumbai, Pune and returnedtothe statesince March,2,45,000 to maizefarmingfromthetraditionaljutecul- 2015: 60.48% 53.32 % 56.66% cities in Punjab and Rajasthan will leave from stayed in quarantine centres in Seemanchal. tivationbecausethelatterwasn’teconomically the bus stand in Baisi, asubdivision in Bihar’s Over the years, frequent flooding of the viable,explainstheMLA.“Aproposedjutemill 2010: 54.49% 51.12% 52.67% Purnea district. Waiting to boardabus is Mahananda riverand itstributaries has ren- inKishanganjnevercameup…Now, thefarm- 2005: 47.02% 44.62% 45.91% MohammadObaid,37.Likemanyofthework- dered agricultureunviable in the region. ers sell their maize produce to godown own- ers at the bus stop who returnedhome when BehindhishouseinBadaRehuwa,7kmnorth ers wheretheyare notevengetting the MSP. thecoronaviruslockdownwasenforced,Obaid of Baisi, Kamrul Haque, 50, owns four bighas We needlocal processing units. The farm Bills says hecannolongerwaitforthepandemicto of agriculturalland,whichisnow coveredwith will further harm farmers,” adds the MLA. end or to vote in the upcoming polls. waterhyacinth.Haque,whoearliergrew three AdvocateFiroz Ahmad who foundedthe “Wehavelabour cards forMGNREGAem- crops, including paddy,can nowonlygrow NGOSurjapuri Development Organisation to B IHAR E LECTION O NLINE ploymentbutthere’snowork here.Theentire maize, the one crop notaffected by flooding. work forSeemanchal’sSurjapuriMuslimcom- area is flooded,” says Obaid, who has been Four years ago, his twosons, of ages 18 and 21, At Baisi bus stand, workers wait to munity,says the government mustcome up THE KEY PLAYERS working at aconstruction siteinPune for12 movedtoworkatagarment factoryinJaipur. leave forMumbai, Pune. Wali Ahmad with aframework to develop industries for years, sending moneytohis familyofnine. Manyofthe young voters among Bada employment. “Tea and pineapple plantations AND WHAT’S AT STAKE FORTHEM, THE STATE Birenlal Yadav, 50, alabourer from Marwa Rehuwa’s 1,200voters work in the unorgan- areanoption,butpeoplearen’taware,”hesays. villagewho is headedtoPunjab, joins in, isedsectorincitiesoutsideBihar.Mohammad to borrowRs8,000 to buy their bus tickets… Backatthe Baisi bus stop, perched on his WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM “Floodsinundatethefieldseveryyear.Punjab’s Mohid’s twosons, both of whom neverwent The government had promised35kgration brand-newbicycle, a20-year-old says,“Had I harvestseason guarantees us alivelihood.” to school,returnedtoJaipur15 days ago.“Ihad forthose who returnedduring the pandemic notgone out, Icouldn’t have afforded this.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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The Kerala detected 11,755new cases worldover, morethan 37 million peo- on Saturday, while the count in ple have so farbeen infected,which Maharashtrafell to an means India has been unusuallylow 11,416. carrying close to one What’satstake on Nov 3 Maharashtra’s tallyon fifthofthe global bur- Saturday wasthe low- den of the disease. estsince September, The lasthalf amil- Justoverthree weeksfromtoday,the United States will voteinone of the mostconsequential and bitterly contested barring lastMonday lion cases in India have presidential electionsinits recent history.What is at stakefor Americansastheychoosebetween giving when the justabout been addedinonly 10,000 newcases were eightdays,eventhough DonaldTrumpfour moreyearsinthe WhiteHouse andreplacinghim with the Democratic candidateJoe Biden? detected due to low therehas been asignif- testing the previousday. CORONAVIRUS icant reduction in the This is Part 1ofathree-part weeklyseries explaining the US Presidential Election, 2020,and whyitmatters to India. Kerala has been in COUNT number of newcases themidst of itsworst being reportedevery Under the Act, those individuals who did ever surge in coronavirus cases,and day. On Saturday,about 74,000 new notcomplywith the mandatefrom2014on- the stategovernment has said it was cases were detected —whichisless EXPERT WHAT MATTERS TO US VOTERS wards, would berequiredto makea“[s]hared expecting the dailynumbers to go than the 90,000 people declared to responsibility payment” to theFederal even higher,and the decline waslikely have recovered, continuing arecent EXPLAINS Topissues forTrump supportersare economy, Government, whichwas referred to as a to begin onlynextmonth. State welcometrend. crime; Biden supportersprioritize health care, Economyistop “penalty”.Inthe 2012 decision of the Supreme Health MinisterKKShailaja had told In manyother parts of the world, Amitabh Mattoo coronavirus issue forvoters Court, the majority held that the penalty was The Indian Express that the daily mainlythe US and Europe,coronavirus in the 2020 election justifiedonthe basisofCongress’ powerto numbers could go as high as 20,000, numbershavebegun to rise again. In From The Indian Express panel ■ BidenSupporters ■ TrumpSupporters “layand collecttaxes”.Themajority’sreason- though the effort wastocontain it the UK,forexample, dailynew casede- of specialists, exclusive insight Economy 72 88 79 ing wasthat the so described “penalty” im- within 15,000 perday. tections had fallen to threedigitsbe- Healthcare 48 84 68 posedinthe individual mandate, in fact re- The state’s coronavirus numbers tween June and August, but therehas PART1 sembledatax. SupremeCourtappointments 61 66 64 aregrowing at the fastestratefor al- been abig surge over the lastone Withthe election of Trumpin2016, the in- mostthree weeksnow.While India month. In the lastone week,the daily Giventhe manner in whichPresident Thecoronavirusoutbreak 39 82 62 dividual mandatewas amendedsothat the has been adding coronavirus cases at numbers have been morethan 10,000. DonaldTrump and former Vice President Violentcrime 46 74 59 paymentofthe penalty wasnolonger re- arateofroughly one per cent every AMITABHSINHA Joe Biden have carriedout the campaign, Foreignpolicy 57 57 57 quiredandcouldnot beenforced. This has un- including their sparringduringthe derminedthe validity of the individual man- Gunpolicy 50 60 55 recent televised debate, is this the most date, the constitutionality of whichhad been INDIAACTIVE CASES 867,496 divisive election in current history of the Raceandethnicinequality 24 76 52 upheld on the basis of the taxitwas found to United States? Immigration 46 61 52 impose. This has also raiseddoubtsabout the In terms of publicand even academic Economicinequality 28 65 49 constitutionality of the Actasawhole,with 950,000 memory, this election is as divisive and signif- theSupreme Courtexpectedto hearoral argu- Climatechange icant as the 1968 Presidential Election. The 11 68 42 mentsonthe matter on November 10,2020, 1968election destroyedthe “New Deal”coali- Abortion 35 46 40 shortlyafter the Presidential elections. If Judge tion,which hadenabledtheDemocratstobe- Barrett is confirmedtothe Supreme Courtbe- 942,217 %ofregistered voters sayingeachis‘very important’ to their vote in the 2020 presidential election come the natural party of power. The 1968 Note:Based on registered voters. fore that date, it maymeanthat the Actisheld election wasthus aturning point, whichmade Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted July 27-August 2, 2020PEW RESEARCH CENTER to be unconstitutional by the majority. 900,000 the Republicansthe newnaturalparty of 867,496 poweruntil the early 1990s (with the excep- ROEV.WADE tion of JimmyCarter’s one-term Presidency). (including the Supreme Court) and violence House on down, the Republicans nowmake The 1973 landmarkSupreme Courtdeci- The 2020 elections maynow confirm the on the streetsofmanycitiesincluding extreme appeals once associated onlywith sion in Roev.Wade is rooteddeepinthe LAST 10 DAYS domination of the Republican Party, witha Minneapolis (where George Floyddied, and fringeright-wing partiesinotherrichnations, American psyche. The case concernedthe Trumpre-election; or generateaNew Deal 2.0 whose“killing”inspiredtheBlackLivesMatter stoking the firesofwhiteidentityandworking constitutionalityofaTexasstatute, which 850,000 through the “rainbow” that the Democrats movement), Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis, class outrage.” made it acrime to obtain an abortion, except Oct 1Oct 10 have coalesced. In manyways, this election is Cleveland,Raleigh,LosAngelesandNewYork. Not surprisingly, Trumprefuses to de- whereabortion wasnecessarytosavethe abattle forbothAmerica’s body and soul. nounce whitesupremacy or condemn xeno- mother’s life, but is embeddedintolargeris- Note:The Oct 10 figureinthisgraph is based on thegovernment updateonOct 11 The similarities between1968and 2020 Whyistheresuchagreat divide between phobia; these maybepartofhis individual sues related to choicesand women’s rights. do notend there. America wasfacedwith the Republicans and the Democrats, and idiosyncrasies,but capsule intoawider polit- The Court, by a7:2 majority,held that the TOTAL CASES 7,053,806 choices as starkin1968asitisfaced with to- whyhas the Republican ical strategy.The choice constitutional “right of personal liberty” in- day. Not surprisingly,the 1968 presidential Partytaken an before the electorateisfor cludes the mother’sright to take adecision Source: Ministry of Health&Family Welfare, updated at 11 pm on Oct 11 election wasprobablythe mostbitter in pub- apparent turn towards avisionof America forthe about abortion. lic memoryuntil the present one. It decisively the extreme right? THEEXPERT 21st century, andthe con- The right wasnot absolute, and wastobe brokethe consensusaroundthe seriesof wel- The root of theprob- trasts couldn’t be clearer. balancedagainstthe interests of statesin reg- Blocking keyprotein may guard fare schemes that were putinplace afterthe lem lies in the inability of PROFESSOR AMITABH ulation. The Courtheld with respect to the Great Depression in the 1930s; but it was right wing mainstream MATTOO is one of India's Whyhas the Trump Texas statute, whichcriminalisedall abortions markedalso with as muchturbulence as we parties, likethe leading specialists on nomination of Amy (other than those required to save the against severe Covid-19: study arefacing today. 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He has of trying to appoint, liter- tional protection forwomen’s right to take de- flammatoryreactions doorwayintothe at- national mood; acharismatic Democratic to widentheir con- spent severalsemesters as ally weeksbeforethe elec- cisions fortheir ownhealth, and pavedthe that manypatientshave tacked cell. hopeful, Senator Robert Kennedy,was assas- stituencybyadding a Visiting Professor at the tion, ajudgefor lifetothe wayfor greater political, social and economic to the novelcoronavirus. In aseries of experi- sinated;the greatestAmericancivil rights “toxic” emotional content University of NotreDame highestcourtofthe land— involvement of women in public life. The protein is known as PAPER ments, researchers in the leader,Martin Luther King Jr,was killedinhis to their political ideology. at South Bend, Indiana. when the Senate As highlighted by Professor Erwin factor D, and the re- newstudy usednormal hotelbalconyinMemphis, Tennessee. As Franklin Foer wrote Coincidentally, Justice Amy Republican majorityhad Chemerinsky of BerkeleyLaw School (in are- searchers saytheremay CLIP human blood serum and It wasin1968that America “lost” the in TheNew York Times,in ConeyBarrett, Donald blockedconfirmation cent UC Berkeleylecture, ‘BerkeleyConversa- already be drugs in de- three subunitsofthe Vietnam Warathome.The Americans were his reviewofJacob S. Trump’s nominee to be a hearings forJudge Merrick tions: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her legacy, velopment forother dis- NEWRESEARCH SARS-CoV-2 spikeprotein able to militarilyprevail over the TetOffensive, Hackerand Paul Pierson’s justice of the US Supreme Garland, nominated by and what mayfollow’), if JudgeBarrett were eases that can blockthis to discoverexactlyhow but the government lostdomestic public sup- brilliant book Letthem eat Court, wasaProfessor of President Obama as early confirmedtothe Supreme Court, this would protein. The study,byJohns Hopkins the virus hijacks the immunesystem port(with the growing number of casualties Tweets: Howthe Right LawatNotre Dame; and as in March of 2016 —and mean the Courtwould likely be run by Medicine researchers,ispublished in and endangers normal cells. The team within the US armedforces), as opposition to Rules in an AgeofExtreme one of the early and allegations of aretaliatory Conservativesfor years to come. Until the the journal Blood. foundthat by blockingfactor D, they thewarandto compulsoryconscription(“the Inequality:“From their leading contenders forthe “packing of the court” by deathofJusticeGinsburg, therewerefour lib- Scientists already knowthat spike were able to stop thedestructive chain draft”)reachednew heights.Anti-warstudent 19th-century inception, Democratic nomination, apossible Democratic eral justices and four conservative justices on proteins on the surface of SARS-CoV- of eventstriggered by SARS-CoV-2. protests and actsofviolence were witnessed political parties of the Pete Buttigieg, wasMayor majority in Congress, theSupreme Courtinrecentyears, with Chief 2are the means by whichitattaches SOURCE:JOHNSHOPKINS oncampusesboth on theEastand West Coast. right have facedanelec- of South Bend. thereare anumber of crit- Justice John Robertsasamoderatelyconser- to cells targeted forinfection. The MEDICINE One of the centres of the protests wasBerkeley, toraldisadvantagesince, NEXTMONDAY,OCT19: ical cases whichmay be vative justice who agreedwiththe liberal bloc whereKamala Harris’s mother,Shyamala forthe mostpart, they PARTII:USPresidentsand heardbythe Supreme of justices in certain decisions. Gopalan, became active in the resistance. emergedasvessels forthe ForeignPolicy Courtinthe next few As Chemerinsky emphasised, if Judge Todaytoo,theelectorateisdeeply divided, wealthy, adefinitionally months, includingpossi- Barrett is confirmed, Chief Justice Robertsis along partisan and racial lines, andthe US is small coterie. Their ble cases involving the likelytoexpress agreement with the conser- facedwithsevere economicdisparitybetween growth seemedfurther constrainedbythe fact Presidential election itself. But twocases need vative bloc, and the Courtmay be willing to the richand thepoor.Onalmost everyissue that theycould nevermatchtheir opponents’ to beflaggedandfleshedout:Obamacare, and overrule Roev.Wade.Therehavebeen several that matters, thereisaManichean divide; be- enticingpromisesof governmentlargessebe- Roeversus Wade. hintsofBarrett’s openness to overruleRoe,in- tween Trumpsupporters andthe rainbow cause their wealthybackers steadfastlyre- cluding her 2013 article for Texas LawReview, coalitionthatstandsby Biden.Thereisnomil- fusedtopay higher taxes...” OBAMACARE whereshe observedthat certain “superprece- itarywar comparabletoVietnam, butthe Hackerand Pierson believe that therehas In 2012,the US Supreme Courtdecision dents” couldnot be overruled; Roev.Wade United States is fighting the Covid pandemic been atwo-way shiftinthe Republican Party. establishedthe constitutionality of the Patient wasnotablyabsent from her listofsuchland- (with over 200,000 liveslostalready,com- On the one hand “is the rise of the plutocracy Protection and Affordable CareAct 2010 (“the markcases (“Precedent and Jurisprudential pared to justabout 50,000 in Vietnam), deep —agovernment of, by,and forthe rich... in- Act”, popularly referred to as “Obamacare”). Disagreement”, AmyConeyBarrett, 91 TXLR economic precarity,unprecedented levels of creasingly divisive,distant from the centre, The Actestablishedan“individual mandate” 1711, Texas LawReview). racialtension, fundamental differences over and disdainful of democracy”. And on the forAmericans to maintain“minimum essen- (RESEARCHASSISTANCE:POOJAARORA health care, concernsoverpacking the courts other is dangerous populism. “Fromthe White tial” health insurance coverage. &ISHITAMATTOO) ThepoliticsbehindUddhavgovtdecisiontomovecontentiousshedoutofAarey

SEEPZ, the location forthe car-shedwas iden- the‘Save Aarey’banner.ThethenBJP-ledgov- shedout of AareytoKanjurmarg, an eastern politically? had stayed the car-shedconstruction work MAYURAJANWALKAR tifiedasAarey —1,800-plus acres of green ernment(the Shiv Sena waspartofitbut op- suburb. He said the car-shedwill berelocated Even as an alliance partner in the erst- and ordered areviewofthe feasibility of re- MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 space in suburban Goregaon, whichishome posedtothetree-felling)invokedSection144 to aplotofgovernmentland forwhichthe while BJP-ledgovernment, the ShivSena had locating it elsewhere. to290specieswildof floraandfauna,andsur- inAarey, whichishometo about10,000peo- government will incur no extracost, aclaim opposedthe felling of trees in Aareywith “Biodiversity in Aarey needstobecon- ON SUNDAY,MaharashtraChief Minister roundedonmanysidesbyconcretestructures. plelivinginits27tribalhamlets,anddeployed senior BJPleader KiritSomaiyahascontested. Yuva Sena leader AadityaThackeray in the served andprotected.Nowhere is therean UddhavThackeray announcedthat the Shiv On October 4lastyear,the BombayHigh about 500policemen. Twenty-nine protest- On September 1, Thackeray had said the lead.Having bitterly partedways with the 800-acrejungle in an urban setup. Mumbai Sena-NCP-Congressgovernment has de- Courtdismissedfourpetitions challenging erswere arrested,butreleasedonbailfollow- governmentwoulddesignatea600-acrepar- BJP afterthe Assemblypolls lastNovember, has natural forest cover. We knowthat jun- cidedtomovethe proposedcar-shedforthe the decisiontocut treesatAarey.The peti- ing directions of theSupremeCourt. cel of land in the heartofurban Mumbai as a Thackerayisnow making an assertion of pre- gles areconverted to cities, but here, acity is underground Metro3railout of Aarey. This tioners had questionedthe propriety and le- Activists argue that Aareyisanextension reserveforest.OnSunday,hesaidthegovern- vailingover hisformersaffronally. Thisis be- converted to ajungle,” Thackeray said in his haslong been acontentious issue between galityoftheBMCTreeAuthority’spermission, of SanjayGandhi National Park,and that the ment had decidedto expand the reservefor- ing seen as Thackeray further distancing the online address to the stateonSunday. environmentalactivists andthe government. and asked forAarey to be declared aflood car-shedwould pave theway forgreater estinAarey from 600acres to 800acres. ShivSena from the BJP by allowing the car- He described his son AadityaThackeray, plainandaforest.Withinhoursof thecourt’s commercial exploitation of the area. Third, he said the governmentwould shedtobeshiftedout of Aarey, amove the nowthe Environment Minister, as having Whyhas it been contentious? decision, the MMRCL (an SPVexecutingthe withdraw thecriminal cases registered previousDevendraFadnavis government worked very hardfor this andthanked his The tussle has been ongoing since 2014. underground project) axed 2,135trees in 24 So, whathas the CM announcednow? againstthe29protestersarrestedlastOctober. had fought in court. Cabinetcolleagues from NCPand Congress, Whilethe33.5-kmundergroundMetro3isan hours. This ledtoactivists andAarey locals Thackeray announcedonSundaythat the On November 29 lastyear,adayafter be- Ajit Pawarand BalasahebThoratrespectively, ambitiousprojectconnectingColaba-Bandra- pouring out on the street,protesting under government had decidedtomovethe car- What does this meanfor the ShivSena ing sworn in as the Chief Minister, Thackeray fortheir role in making this possible. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER12,2020 WORDLY WISE Environmental pollution is an incurable 10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE disease. It canonlybeprevented. —BARRY COMMONER Recovery and its discontents

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA NewMPC’s unambiguous messaging on inflation BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL should help buyersofgovernment bonds take therisk

POLLUTIONAMID COVID Neelkanth Mishra Dealing with bad air during pandemic will call forconcerted effort by Delhi and neighbouring states, notband-aid solutions THE ECONOMYISreboundingfasterthan omywill stay elevated. extending the increase in the Hold-To- earlier expected,and year-on-year compar- Over the pastfew months, the RBIhas Maturity limitsbyone year to March 2022, ASTWEEK, AS Delhi’s airqualitylevels dippedbelow “poor”, pollution con- isons, onlypartlyhelpedbythe economic alsobeen facedwithanother equally impor- banks, whichhavemostofthe surplus liq- weakness seen in the second half of lastyear, tant but rare challenge—asubstantial bal- uidity,havebeen reassured that theyneed trol authorities in the NationalCapital Region (NCR) issuedaset of directives areturning positive forseveral (though not ance-of-payments(BoP) surplus.This means notfear bookinginterim losses if bond prices thatevoke asense of déjàvu. The Supreme Court-mandatedEnvironment all) indicators of economic activity.But the that India is getting farmoredollars than it arevolatile. The announcement that the RBI Pollution(Prevention and Control) Authorityasked thechief secretaries of economystill needspolicysupport:Not only needs. The country’s foreign currency re- would purchase stateand central govern- LDelhi,Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthantoimplement the GradedAction aremanyindicators still farfromnormal, the serveshavebeen growing at an unprece- ment bonds on themarket (evenifinsmall ResponsePlan —measures deployed since 2017 to take on the toxic cocktailofpollutants economyhas losttwo years (eventhe most dented rapid pace. Some of this is drivenby sizes) would provide further comfort. thatmakes an appearance in the capital’s atmosphereduringautumn and continues to optimistic of forecasters expect the fiscal year short-term factors, as aweak domestic econ- The mostimportant change, though, 2020 output leveltobecrossedonlyinlate omykeptimports weak,evenaslarge fiscal wasthe unambiguous messaging on itsas- chokethe city in the winter.The use of dieselgenerator sets willbebannedfromOctober fiscal year 2022), and mostimportantly, the stimuli in the developedworld and arapid sessmentofinflation, whichshould help 15,industrieshavebeen asked to use only “authorised” fuels, andmunicipal bodies have lastsix months of extreme economicweak- output revivalinChina ledtoafasternormal- buyers of government bonds take the risk. been directed to putdustcontrol measures in place.Inthe past, this strategy has, at best, ness have created theirown victims who isationofexports. These short-term changes The MonetaryPolicy Report states that80 producedmixed results. Acomplete ban on diesel generators, forinstance, hasn't proved needhelp. Small firms have depletedtheir could be ignored,but therehavealsobeen per cent of the inflation deviation from tar- viablebecauseofthe frequent poweroutages in parts of Gurugram, Noidaand Ghaziabad. capital, millions of households have lostas- structural shifts in India’s economic policy getisdue to asupply shock in food and the Moreover, Delhi’s annualencounter withbad air has been compoundedby the lackofcon- sets or have become moreindebted,and risk whichpoint to apersistent BoP surplus. In elevatedtaxes on fuel, and that the MPC in- certedstrategytodeal withthe fumes from the post-harvest stubble burninginneigh- appetitehas fallen sharply. addition to lowenergy prices, policies sup- tends to look through this period of high in- Giventhis backdrop, the newly-consti- porting Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant flation. Banksorother bond investors that bouring Haryana and Punjab. Lastyear,the Delhi and Punjab governmentswereembroiled tuted Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) India) naturallymean lowerimports,and the refrainedfrompurchasing government in an unseemlyblame-game, while NCRresidentsgasped forbreath. Thereisverylittle challengewas to continue itssupport for push towardsmakingIndia aparticipant in bonds because theyfelt the RBI would in- evidence, so far, that the twogovernmentshaveplanstoact in unisonthis year. growth without compromising credibility. global value chains mean higher exports.At crease interestrates at some point to com- Last week,the Delhi government launcheda“warroom” to monitor particulate mat- Prudently, the RBI and the MPC focusedon the same time, India’s capital account is be- plywith itslegal mandate, wouldbereas- terinreal-time and gaugethe pollution causedbycropresidue burning. Othersolutions, improving rate transmission, as the ratesfor ing openedupfor reasons that have very lit- sured by this clearcommunication. suchasabio-decomposertomanagestubble, arealso in the works. But these projectsmay borrowers have notfallenasmuchasthe tletodowithattracting dollars: The special- The RBI also announced somemeasures RBI’s cutstothe repo rate this year.Infact, categorygovernment of India bonds,for to boostcredit growth: The targeted refi- notyieldimmediate results. The bio-decomposer —developedatthe Indian Agriculture the gapbetween the repo rate and the aver- example,can attract nearly 1per cent of GDP nancing operations (TLTRO) should help Research Institute (IARI)inDelhi —willbeusedinonlyafraction of the twomillionhectares agelending rate of banksisatarecordhigh. worthofdollars annually. bring down borrowing ratesinthe targeted of landwhere stubbleisburnt.Meanwhile,IARI has reported afive-time increase in farm This gapcan be broken up intotwo parts This provides awindowofopportunity. industries. While other measureslikethe firesinthe firstweek of October comparedto the corresponding period lastyear.Thatthis to understand it better:The firstisthe gap Economic challenges may When the RBI buysthe excess dollarscom- counter-cyclical changes in risk weightsfor is largelybecausethe area undershort-duration paddyisonthe rise,and farmers areina betweenthe RBI-setrepo rate and therateat persist forthe foreseeable ing intoIndia to prevent the rupee from ap- home loans,higher single-borrowerlimits haste to preparetheir fields forthe wintercrop, showsthatthere canbenoeasysolutions whichthe government of India borrows (the future. Theeconomic scars preciating, it sells rupees. When theexcess forsmall borrowers and expansionofthe GSec yield). The second is the gapbetween dollar inflows turn intoadeluge, as theyhave co-origination model (wherebanksand to NCR’s pollution woes —the issueinvolvespeople’s livelihoodsand requires the states of the last six months are the GSec yield and the rate at whichindivid- over the pastsix months, the supplyofrupees non-bankingfirms jointlylend to borrow- in the region to keep talking to eachother,and with the agriculturists,through the year. uals or private firms borrow. Thesetwo are likely to take timetoheal, the in the domestic economyalso becomes ex- ers)inour viewmay onlyhaveminor im- This year the COVID-19pandemic has made Delhi’s bad-air challengetougher —it’s drivenbydifferent factors, but both areat financial system still needs a cessive.Ifthe RBI can direct this surplusinto pact, that these tools have been pulledout is well-known that people with respiratoryailmentsare morevulnerable to the coron- extreme levels currently. While the latter re- major overhaul, and the only government bonds,itcan maintainits inde- apositive development. avirus. The Delhi government has said that it will resorttothe odd-evenpolicy if the city’s flectsrisk aversion in the financial system permanent solution to the pendenceand credibility,and at the same Economic challenges maypersistfor the and alackofcapacity,the former,also called time achieveits target of rate transmission. foreseeable future. The economic scars of the pollution becomes grave. It should keep in mind the constraintsimposedbythe pan- large BoP surplus is stronger demic.With social distancing imperativespreventing optimum passenger use of public the “term premium” can be influencedby Severalofthe announcementsmade by lastsix monthsare likelytotaketime to heal, the RBI’s actions. domestic demand,whichwill the RBIare designedtoachieve this. Firstand thefinancial system still needs amajor over- transport, policies that inconvenience commuters maynot be in tune with the impera- The RBI has been somewhat hesitant so take time,and is best foremost, the buyers of thesebonds need to haul, and theonlypermanentsolution to the tive to put the economybackonrails. It's apparent thatpollution controlauthorities in NCR farindirectlyinfluencing the term premium, achieved through awell- feel reassured of notgetting hurtbythe large BoP surplus is stronger domestic de- will have to join severaldotsthis year —theywill be watched. perhapstomaintainits credibility and inde- volatility in bond prices. When bond prices mand, whichwill take time, and is best pendence, staying clear of accusations that designed fiscal stimulus. The rise, the yields fall, andvice versa. Banks achievedthrough awell-designedfiscal it is financing the government’sfiscal deficit. RBI and the MPC,which parking trillions of rupees with the RBI at stimulus. The RBI and the MPC, whichhave However, unlessthe rate at whichthe gov- have been proactive,creative 3.35per cent overnight would earn nearly been proactive, creativeand accommodative TALKING PEACE ernmentborrows comes down (thisisthe and accommodative so far, 6per cent if they bought government bonds. so far, mayhavetostaysofor awhile longer. “risk free rate”, as the government cannotde- That theydid notwas becausetheywere fault, at leastnot on localcurrency borrow- mayhavetostaysofor a afraid of the bond pricesfalling, which The writer is co-head of APAC Strategy and India is an important link in the ongoing process in Afghanistan. ings), borrowing costs forthe whole econ- while longer. would offset the gains from higher rates. By India Strategistfor Credit Suisse Delhi needs to define itsroleinatime of transition

BDULLAH ABDULLAH IS no stranger to Delhi, and his visit lastweek as the Chairman of the High Council forNational Reconciliation in Afghanistanwas partofbuilding a“regional consensus” forthe Afghan talksinDoha between the Taliban and representativesofthe Afghan ROAD FROM HAT HRAS Agovernment, civil society and others. India, with itsage-oldties to Afghanistan, as well as itsstrategicinterests in the region, is an important link in this process. The ball, now, is in Delhi’s court. Police needstobemade accountable, and freed from grip of politics As the US and the Taliban engaged in talkstofix atimeline forthe exit of American and other internationaltroops from Afghanistan, it wasPakistanthat playedthe facilitator in bringing the Taliban to thenegotiating table. The memoryofthe Kandahar airstrip in 1999, MRShamshad whereIndiahadto give in to thedemands of thehijackersin adealnegotiatedbythe Taliban, who were actingat the behestofPakistan,has been the ghostatthis table forDelhi. And the THE HATHRASCASE has once again put the laws on citizens. It has been reportedthat the one hand and notinitiating the process fears have only grownas, facilitatedby the US’s urgent desiretoquit Afghanistan, the Taliban spotlight on our criminal justiceprocess. The of the139 people booked under national of criminal justice altogether on the other looksset to makeacomebackinKabul, with Pakistanplaying asupportive role. In the best factsofthe crime and subsequent support security laws in 2020, 76 arefor cowslaugh- hand. Action and non-action aremoreinflu- casescenario, the Taliban will return in apower-sharing arrangement with the electedgov- from powerful interests in favour of the ac- ter, 13 foranti-CAA protests andonly37for encedbypolitics than the motivation to en- cusedare very similar to the 2018 Kathua heinous crimes. These harsh laws aremis- sure the rule of law. That is whyreportson ernment. In the worstcase scenario, it could be areturn to chaos, or aviolent take-overas rape case,wheretwo sitting ministers ad- usedbecause the stateismixing up “na- policereforms andcriminal lawreforms, in- in 1996, shouldthe talkscollapse. Alongwith the strugglebythe twosides in theAfghan talks dressedarally, largely of upper castes, in sup- tionalsecurity” withgeneral issues of cludingthe 14-year-oldSupreme Court to find common ground —one of the sticking pointsiswhichschool of Islam should be the portofthe accused.InHathras, too, we saw “maintenance of public order” through judgment in PrakashSingh,havebeen ig- basisfortalks,anotherif the talksshouldmention the US-Taliban agreement—the violence upper-caste mobilisation in favour of the ac- statutoryprovisions, contrarytoconstitu- nored by the political powers. in Afghanistanhas continued, underlining the needfor aceasefire. cused. TheKathua case wasofatribal girl, tional norms. At thesame time, public order In 1886, the US SupremeCourt in Yick Wo Delhiappearstohaveacceptedthatithasto play aroleintheemergingAfghanistan.From Hathras of aDalit girl. The 2012 Delhirape did notseemtobeanissueingangsterVikas vHopkins stated that “the lawitself be fair Abdullah’svisit,itisapparentthatKabulalsowantsmoreIndianengagementintheprocess. and murder case wasgruesome, but no one Dubey’s caseuntil he killedpoliceofficers. on itsface, and impartial in appearance, yet, sought to justify the accused.Infact, it re- Though it wasacase of policefailure, peo- if it is appliedand administeredbypublic But India seems as yetunsureastowhatthat role should be.Certainly, opening channels of sulted in an overhaul of rape-related law. pleglorifiedthe Dubey encounter. authority with an evil eyeand an unequal communication with the Taliban nowseems inevitableeventhough concerns about the Initial factsinthe Hathras rape show The government’s control on the police is hand,soaspractically to makeunjustand Taliban’s linkswiththe Pakistan-nurtured Haqqani networkand the ISIL areonlygrowing. that it has alot to do with hateand caste- suchthat even the Supreme Court’s direc- illegal discriminations betweenpersons in India mustalso resolve acontradiction inherent in anyoutreachtothe Taliban. Can Delhi related issues.The National CrimeRecords Whenever the criminal tion forthe registration of FIRs forcogniz- similar circumstances, material to their continue to maintain that it willhavenothing to do with Pakistan? At theveryleast, it would Bureau does notcompile crimes within cat- able offences is notadhered to by the police rights, the denial of equal justice is still justice processfails, there is meananacknowledgementthatPakistanhasanequallyimportantroleinanyregionalcon- egories of hatecrimes,lynching, khap-re- system. In 2003, the Justice Malimath within the prohibition of the constitution”. lated issues,etc.AreportbyAmnesty Committee recommendedthat the registra- BRAmbedkar spokeonthe same lines while sensus. Considering the differences in what eachcountryand the twosides in the Afghan an outcryfor new laws.We International stated that“it is essential for have enough laws.What we tion of FIRs should be the obligatoryduty of framing our Constitution. talkswantasoutcomes of the process in Doha, this is Delhi’s difficult dilemma to solve. the country’s penal laws to firstrecognise the policeofficer and breachofthis duty Wheneverthe criminal justice process the bias behind the commission of such lack is the honest should become an offence punishable in law fails, thereisanoutcryfor newlaws. We have crimes and document the occurrence of implementation of existing to prevent the misuse of powerbythe offi- enough laws.What we lackisthe honestim- Freeze Frame EPUnny such incidents —bothofwhichremain con- laws.Now there is a cer.Then came aSupreme Court judgment plementation of existing laws.Now thereis spicuouslyabsentcurrently”. committee working on stating if the informationgiven clearly men- acommittee working on reforms in criminal The government respondstoincidents tions the commission of acognizable of- laws.Hopefully, the committee will suggest likethe Hathras case by transferring offi- reforms in criminal laws. fence, thereisnoother option but to regis- ways to makethe police accountable, and cials. Often, it is misleading forthe public Hopefully,the committee terFIR forthwith. Even today, for free them from the influence of politics. This and arbitraryand frustrating forthe con- will suggest waystomake non-registration of complaints, one has to is necessarytosavethe system from embar- cernedofficers because theydonot have the police accountable,and approachthe courts of magistratesand the rassmentslikethe Hathras case. anyeffect in ensuringthe rule of law. Then cases remain pending formonths. comesarbitraryaction through the police, free them from the influence It is notamatter of non-action, but an is- The writer is Advocate-on-Record, forinstance, invoking the moststringent of politics. sue of authoritative and arbitraryaction on Supreme Court of India

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QUAKE IN ALGERIA NEW ANDHRA CM Iraq to move to Kuwait.This is about a THE MOANS OF hundredsoftrappedand THE VETERAN LABOUR leader TAnjiah was fourth of theIndian labourforce employed injured people rose todayfromthe ruins of sworn in as Chief MinisterofAndhra in various projects in Iraq. Theyare arriving the western Algerian city of Asnam, which Pradesh. He is the firstbackwardrepresenta- at Abdali at the Iran-Kuwait border at the wasvirtuallylevelledbytwo earthquakes. tive to become the CM of the state. Anjiah rate of 500aday. Herethe Kuwait govern- The deathtollmay exceed20,000according who belongs to the Telangana region is likely ment issues transit visas to those who have to estimates. At leastfivedistrictsare feared to revive thepostofthe Deputy CM and in- confirmed flights to India –the airportis to have been destroyed by the earthquake. duct asenior leader from the Andhraregion about 150-km away. The greatestnumber of victims appear to to fill the post. Anjiah wasearlier unani- have been in the Nasr housing project mously elected leader of the Congress-I GAVASKAR AGAIN whichhas morethan2,000 residents.The AndhraPradesh legislative party. His name SUNIL GAVASKAR WASreinstatedasIndia’s Swedish seismological instituteinUppsala wasproposedbyMChenna Reddy. captain forthe tour of Australia and New whichbroke the news said the quakemeas- Zealand. He replaces GRViswanath who ured sevenonthe Richter scale. According INDIANS FLEE IRAQ captainedIndia in the one-offtestagainst to eyewitnesses, the earth shook formore FLEEINGTHE WAR, morethan 4,000 England and in thelasttestinthe series thanaminute. Indians have crossedthe desertborder in againstPakistan. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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STOCKSOFRICEANDWHEATWITHFCIASON The federalism test JULY1STVIS-À-VISTHEBUFFERSTOCKNORMS Forthe futureofCentre-state relations, Centre 100 ■ BufferstockofRice ■ BufferstockofWheat ■ Buffernorms 90 should borrowtofund states' GSTloss 80 70 wasaclear commitmentofthe Centre on 60 the issue of compensation and the method of recouping the loss. Tonnes 50 The paymentofcompensationhas 40 plunged theUnion-state relationship to a Million 30 newlow.Besidesthe issue of compensation 20 itself,the waythe entireepisode has been 10 managed smacksofgaming and strategy in aperiod of crisis whichdoes notaugur well 0 forthefutureoftheUnion-state relationship.

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0-11 First, the presentationofthe twooptions 6-17 7-1 3-14 15-1 18-19 20-21 without anydiscussion in the council and 201 201 201 201 2012 20 20 2014 201 20 2019 ON THE ISSUE of compensating states for mandating thatstateschoose one of the op- Source: Food Bulletin (GoI) the loss of theirGST revenues, in the 41st tions within aweek wasnot in the spirit in meeting of the GSTCouncil held on August whichthe compensation waspromised. In 27,the Union government hadpresented fact, reneging on the agreement, by not the states with twooptions. The Centrehad recognising the Centre’s commitment, will estimated thestates’ totalloss of GSTrev- makestateswaryofany futurereforms in- enue at Rs 3lakh crore, of which, Rs 65,000 volvinganagreement with the Centre. crorewas expectedto accrue from the com- Second, giving selective pressstatements pensation cess. Of the remaining Rs 2.35lakh fromtimeto timeby “officials”and“sources” CRSasikumar crore, the loss due to an “Act of God” —the to pressurisethestatesintoacceptingoneor pandemic —was estimated at Rs 1.28 lakh theotheroptiondoesnot infuseconfidence. crore. The firstoption wastoprovidestates Therewasastatementinthepressafew days aspecialwindowtoborrowRs97,000crore agothat21stateshaveacceptedthe firstop- MSP in theage of surplus from the RBI, whichwas later revisedtoRs tion and if the rest of the states do notexer- 1.1lakh crore. Under this option, both the in- cisetheiroptionwithinaweek,theywillhave terest paymentsand therepaymentswould to wait until 2022. Third, therewas astate- bemade from futurecollections of the com- mentby theUnionfinance ministryofficials Governmentbuyingofagriculturecommoditieswas acrisis-erapolicy.Today, we need laws that pensation cess. In the second option,the en- that the GSTCouncil does nothavejurisdic- tireshortfall of Rs 2.35lakhcrore could be tion over borrowing and borrowingisanin- give farmers more space to selltheirproduce —new farm laws fitthis bill borrowedfromthe market andthe states dividual stateand Centre’s decision under would have to bear the interest costs,but the Article 293 of the Constitution. If so, why able providedwecan “get the markets —somewhat akin to milk pricing —the prob- repaymentswould be adjustedagainstfu- were thetwo borrowing optionspresented right”. Letmeexplain thatinsome detail. lemsofthe sugar sector will notgoaway. turecollections of the cess. While the states to thestatesinthemeetingof theCouncil?Is MSPs pertain primarilytopaddy and That brings me to themostimportant ruledbythe BJP and itsallies have optedto this notcompletely contrarytothe promise wheat in selectedstates —inrecentyears, the commodity of Indian agriculture, milk,whose take the firstoption, 10 states ruledmainly made by the finance ministerinthe 8th government has also been buying some value is morethan that of rice, wheat, and by theOppositionparties have rejectedboth meeting of the council quotedabove? amountsofpulses, oilseeds and cotton occa- sugarcane combined. In thecase of milkco- the optionsand have stated thatitisthe The issue is one of compensation to be sionally. Aperusalof the MSPdominatedsys- operatives, pricing is done by the companyin Centre’s responsibility to compensatethe paid to the states forwhich asolutionmust temofrice and wheat shows that the stocks consultation with milk federations, notbythe states, and therefore, it should borrow. be found. It is the Centre’s commitment to with the government areway above the buffer government. It is moreinthe natureofacon- Building the consensus whichculmi- find the compensation mechanism and FROM PLATETOPLOUGH stocknorms(see figure). The economic cost tract price.RSSodhi, the managingdirector nated in the creation of the GSTCouncil in borrowing is one of the options —that of procured rice comes to about Rs 37/kgand of the largest milk co-operative (GCMMF, 2017 to levy GST—aunifieddomestic con- mustbediscussed in theCouncil. by Ashok Gulati that of wheat is around Rs27/kg. The CTC(cost AMUL) has said that milk doesnot have a sumption tax—was hailedasagreat ex- Furthermore, if the commitment of the to company) of departmentallabour of the MSP.Itcompeteswith private companies, be ample of cooperativefederalism.The Centreisrecognisedasadmitted by the fi- INDIAN DEMOCRACY HAS been at full play Food Corporation of India is six to eight times it Nestle, Hatsun or SchreiberDynamix states had agreedtojoininthe reform even nance ministerinthe 7th GSTcouncil in reaction to thenew farm laws.While the higherthancontractlabourinthe market.No dairies. And, the milk sector has been grow- as it involved sacrificing their fiscalauton- meeting, giventhe relative fiscalstrength government haileditasahistoric decision— wonder,marketprices of rice and wheat are ing at aratetwo to three times higher than omy. Concerned withtheir Central Sales of the Centre and the states and as the in- Itend to agreewith that —the Opposition muchlower than the economic costincurred rice, wheat and sugarcane.Today, India is the Taxcompensation experience, states terest rate of the Centre’s borrowing is parties described thepassing of these farm by theFCI. In Bihar’s rural areas, forexample, largest producer of milk —187 million tonnes wanted afirm assurance from the Centre. lowerthanthatofthe states, the Centre laws as “a darkday forfarmers” and a“sell out one can easilyget rice in the retail marketat In the next three to five annually—way aheadofthe second-ranked The minutes of the 7th and 8th GST should take the responsibility to borrow. to corporatesharks”. What amused me the Rs 23-25/kg. The bottom line is that grain years, hundreds and US which produces around 100million Council meeting showthat mostofthe Both interest paymentsand repayment of mostwas howeveryone’s heartwas sud- stocks with the FCI cannotbeexportedwith- thousands of companies will tonnesevery year. states wanted the Centretocommit on theprincipalliability can be metfromfu- denlybleeding forthe farmer. outasubsidy,whichinvites WTO’sobjections. be encouraged to build My reading is that in the next three to paying compensation from the turecollections from the cess. Icould, however, see that both sides of the The real bill of food subsidy is going through five years, hundredsand thousands of com- Consolidated Fund of India (CFI) at which This issue is of immense significancefor political spectrum want farmers’ incomes to the roof but that is notreflectedin the Central efficient supply lines panies will be encouraged to build efficient the Union Finance Ministerhad stated, the futureofCentre-state relations. This is increase. The Opposition partieswanttoen- budget as the FCI is askedto borrowmoreand somewhat on the lines of supplylines somewhat on the lines of milk, “….Compensation to the States shall be notmerelyamatter relatedtocompensa- surethatthrough higher and moreeffective more. The FCI’s burden is touching Rs 3lakh milk,asaresult of these as aresultofthese changes in farm laws. paid for5years in full within the stipulated tion forthe loss of revenue, but has to do MSP (minimumsupport prices),while the crore. We aresimplypostponingafinancial changes in farm laws.These These supplylines —beitwith farmers pro- period of 5years and, in case the amount with the credibility of honouring the agree- government is offering greater choices to crisisinthefoodmanagement system.The FCI ducer organisations (FPOs) or through ag- in the GSTcompensationfund falls shortof ment. So fardeliberations in thecouncil have farmers through markets, without demolish- can reduce costs if it uses policy instruments supply lines —beitwith gregators —will, of course, be created in the compensation payable in anybi- been carriedout in the spiritofcamaraderie. ing the existing MSP system. like“put options”. But who cares forcosteffi- farmersproducer states wherethesecompaniesfind the right monthlyperiod, the GSTCouncil shall de- But pressuringstates on thebasis of political Having analysed the MSP business over ciency when argumentsare put forwardin organisations (FPOs) or investment climate. Some will fail, but many cide the modeofraisingadditional re- strength will have adverse consequences for decades, letmesay clearly that the regime the name of the poor? through aggregators—will, will succeed. These companies will help sources including borrowing from the the country’s federal structure. wasthe creation of the eraofscarcity in the Some scholars have even spoken of sug- raise productivity,similar to what has hap- marketwhichcould be repaid by collec- mid-1960s. Indianagriculturehas, since arcanepricingand milk pricing by co-opera- of course,becreated in states penedinthe poultrysector.Milk and poul- tion of cess in the sixth year or further sub- The writer wasmember,Fourteenth then, turnedthe corner from scarcity to sur- tivesinthe sameveinasthe MSP.Technically, where these companies find trydon’t have MSP andfarmers do nothave sequent years” (Para23iii. Page 27 of the Finance Commission and former director, plus. The policy instrumentsofdealing with that is notcorrect.The MSP is an assurance the right investment climate. to go throughthe mandi system paying high minutes of the8th meeting) Thus, there NIPFP.Views arepersonal shortagesare different from thosedealing (notlegal binding) by the government to the Some will fail but manywill commissions,marketfees and cess. The withsurpluses. In asurplus economy, un- farmers that it willbuy at this assuredprice if choiceisours: Do we want growth that is fi- less we allowagreater role formarketsand themarket prices go belowit. In the case of succeed. These companies nanciallysustainable, or createamess some- makeagriculturedemand-driven, the MSP sugarcane, the government announces a“fair will help raise productivity, what likewhat we have created in the case routecan spell financial disaster. This tran- and remunerativeprice”(FRP) to be paid by similar to what has of rice, wheat, and sugar. LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR sition is about changing the pricing mix — sugar factories —Uttar Pradesh announces Imustsay also that the pricing system has howmuchofitshould be state-supported itsown “state advisedprice” (SAP). Look at happened in the poultry itslimitsinraising farmers’incomes. More and howmuchmarket-driven. The new the mess we have createdin the sugarsector. sector.Milk and poultry sustainable solutionslie in augmenting pro- CLOSING THE VA LVE laws aretrying to increase the relative role of The sheer populism of SAPhas resulted in don’t have MSPand farmers ductivity,diversifyingtohigh-value crops, and IDEAS marketswithout dismantling the MSP sys- cane arrears amountingtomorethan Rs do not have to go through shifting people out of agriculturetohigh pro- THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Dissent,to tem. Letmealso saythat, currently, no sys- 8,000crore, with large surpluses of sugar that ductivity jobs elsewhere. But no one talked order’ (IE, October 9). Discouraging peo- ONLINE temisperfect, be it the one basedonMSP or can’t be exported. This sector has, conse- the mandi system paying about these duringthese agitations. ple from venting out their irepeacefully that ledbythe markets.But the MSP system quently, become globallynon-competitive. high commissions, market willhaveserious ramifications. People ONLYINTHE EXPRESS is muchmorecostlyand inefficient, while Unless sugarcanepricing follows the C fees and cess. Gulati is InfosysChair Professorfor maygounderground, and the pressure the market-ledsystemwill be moresustain- Rangarajan Committee’s recommendations AgricultureatICRIER cooker (touse the apexcourt’s analogy) ● DIGITALTECHNOLOGIES mayexplode. The Court’sobservation ANDTHE thatprotests ought to be in designated PANDEMIC: places is aflight of fancy,given that no UMESHKHANNA suchplace exists in mostcities. Deepak Singhal, Noida ● REIMAGINING He held his own in Delhidurbar CITIES: PROTESTNEEDED PUSHPAPATHAK THISREFERSTOthearticle,'Indefenceof RamVilasPaswanwasanadvocateofMandalandcoalitionpolitics.Bothfaceirrelevance commons' (IE, October 9). The Supreme Courthas ruledagainstprotestsonpub- www.indianexpress.com licroadsandspaces.Thisisasteptowards NeerjaChowdhury curbingthe democraticrighttodissent. Does one go on therooftops and show IT WASAUGUST6,1990inDelhi. Ministers Hindutva, an underlying theme of his victory cal limitations, as Paswan did. The realist He wasone of the six who had resignedhis dissent? Who will listento, and under- reflect the spirit of the Constitution. As were trooping intoSouth Blockfor aCabinet washis OBC credentials —that forthe first thathewas, he decidedtoconcentrateon assemblyseatin 1974 whenJPgavehis callfor stand, the pain and agonyofthe pro- of now, theBill has manyshortcomings. meeting whichwas to changethe political time an OBC leader would be becoming national politics, when he could notbreak a“total revolution” and became aherofor tester? The protestonamajor road en- HarshitaGarg, Mumbai dynamics of NorthIndia. Half an hour later, prime minister. Paswan’s death has created intothe Bihar landscape as he had wanted manyinBihar.His staturegrewfurther when sures thecause is seen and heard.One Prime MinisterVPSingh turnedtoRam Vilas apiquant situation forthe NDAgovernment. to.LikeJagjivanRam, he became aDalit face he wonbyarecord5lakh votes from Hajipur agreeswiththeSCto theextentthatsuch UNFREE INDIA Paswan, his minister forsocial welfare, and It is left without anyCabinet-levelminister, at the Centre, in his case undersix prime at the end of the Emergency,during whichhe protests should be symbolic, and notfor asked him to move theproposaltobring 27 from itsallies, afterthe exit of theAkali Dal ministers, VPSingh, HDDeveGowda, IK wasimprisoned. an indefiniteperiod. But the manner in THIS REFERS TO thereport, 'Freedom of per centreservationingovernment jobsfor and earlier of the Shiv Sena. Gujral, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,Manmohan VPSinghusedtosay thathewouldone whichthe order is beingread it will lead speechmostabused: SC; slams Govt for socially and educationallybackwardclasses. The second major shiftinpolitics of which Singh and NarendraModi. That he managed daybecome prime minister.UnlikeKanshi to ablanket ban on protests. The SC itsevasive affidavit' (IE, October 9).Itis While some of the bureaucratslooked up in Paswan became an accidental “chehra” had to to retain his relevance in six governments, Ramwho wasambivalent about “Mandal” shouldcomeoutwithaclarificatorynote ironic howinademocracy likeours, po- surprise —for this wasnot partofthe agenda do with alliances which, likereservation, despitethe supportonlyamongstasection whichempoweredthe OBCs, Paswan wasfor on this subject at the earliest. liticaldissidentcanbechargedwithsedi- —Paswanlaunchedforth into his speech.He threw up coalition politics. In early 2004, of the Dalitsand that tooinone stateofIndia, asocial tie-up between the OBCs and the RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur tion. Ajournalistcan be booked under made acase forthe implementation of the Sonia Gandhi walkedacross from 10,Janpath, spokevolumes about his political savvy.In Dalits(and Muslims and women), on the lines the UAPA Actfor speaking truth to power. Mandal Commission’s reportfor OBCreser- to Paswan’s home, seeking to join hands with the eighties and the nineties, thereweretwo of the SSP’s battlecry: “Sansopa (SSP) ne PAROCHIAL BILL Arachaic laws likethese areinimicalto vationswhichhad been languishing in some him in the generalelection that followed. He political weathercocks who usedtobe bandhigaanth, pichhdapavesau meinsaath.” the right to free speechand expression forgottenalmirah since 1980. wasthe firstnon-Congress leader she reached talked about, who couldsense whichway Paswan’s death is another reminder that THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘Bill of ex- enshrinedinthe Constitution. Paswan, who diedinaDelhi hospitalon out to in an attempt to sewupalliances, shed- the wind wasblowing —Ram Vilas Paswan the wheel is nowcoming aroundafull circle, clusions’ (IE, October 9). The Assisted Varun Das, Zirakpur Thursdayatthe ageof74, had been acon- ding the Congress’s go-it-alone policy.The al- and Sitaram Kesri! both on “Mandal” and coalition politics, the Reproductive Technology Bill is much- vincedproponent of Mandal and “social liances she forged in early 2004 catapulted In private,Paswanwould concede that twothemes of the last 25 years, of whichhe neededkeeping in mind the exponen- A REVOLUTION justice”. He spokeaboutitlong before VP the Congresstopowerfor 10 years at the head he had had to compromise on his earlier wasanadvocate. However, both caste and tial growth of ARTinthe lastfew years. Singh, or Sharad Yadavorothersgot around of the United ProgressiveAlliance of which ideals to be able to survive in parliamentary alliances remain factors in states,particu- The provisions fornational and state THIS REFERSTOthe editorial,'Journey to it. Buthewas notits beneficiaryinBihar. Paswan wasaminister. Sonialooked at him politics wheremoney, MPship and minis- larly in Bihar,where elections arescheduled boards, stringent punishment forsex and the prize' (IE, October 9). Twoscien- Thatspace wastaken over by Lalu Prasad withfavour because he had leftVajpayee’s tership determineapolitical role or rele- from October 28. selection and the confidentialityclause tistswontheNobelPrizeinchemistryfor and Nitish Kumar. NDAgovernment as ministerafter the 2002 vance. Wheneveryou visited him, there Howwill history judge RamVilas arewelcome. However, thereisama- developing amethod of genome editing Mandal unleashed forces whichde- riots in Gujarat. would be at least 40-50people hanging Paswan? AMandal proponent who wanted jor issue of accessibility. TheBill ex- likenedtomolecularscissors that offer voured the VPSinghgovernment, changed In later years, Paswan usedtosay that around at his residence to getsome work “sattamein shirkat” forall those kept out of cludessinglemen,unmarriedhetero- the promise of one daycuring inherited powerequations, spawnedanewbreed of going with the Congress wasamajor mis- done, and he believedinthe adage, “Logon the powerstructure? “A disappointed so- sexual couples and LGBTQI individuals diseases and even cancer. It has notonly OBC leaderswho went on to ruleNorth India take,for he wasthrownatthe mercy of the ke kaam karte raho”. cial reformer”, as asocialistfriendofyes- and couples. Merelyscrapping Section revolutionised science, but alsoresulted in the quartercentury afterwards, like party’s Bihar leaders, and that he should Paswan had startedhis political journey teryears put it?“Apopulist democrat?” Or 377isnot going to help if the commu- in innovative crops and will lead to MulayamSinghYadav, LaluPrasad,Nitish have launchedhis regional party earlier, on adifferent note —firstbywinning an as- aDalit leader who managed to hold his own nity still struggles to legallyacquire groundbreaking medical treatments. Kumar,Shivraj Chouhan, UmaBharati, Kalyan rather than waiting for2000,when he semblyseat in1969,onthe SamyuktaSocialist in the Delhidurbar? parental rights. These exclusions fail to SSPaul, Nadia Singh and Ashok Gehlot. Though Narendra formedthe Lok Janshakti Party. Partyticket, broughtup as he wasonthe ideals Modi came to powerin2014on“vikas” and Notall areable to recognisetheir politi- of RamManohar Lohia and Karpoori Thakur. 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NepalCovid-free US PRESIDENT Donald Trump testspositive said on Sunday hisdoctors had found he no longer had Covid-19 NEPAL’STOURISM min- and would notbeatransmission isterYogesh Bhattarai has risk to others as he returns to tested positivefor Covid- holding big rallies during the fi- 19,heannounced on so- nal weeksofthe race forthe cial media, months after WhiteHouse. declaring the country Trump’s physiciansaid on free from the deadly Saturdaythe presidenthad Trumpremoveshis mask before speaking to acrowd of coronavirus. Bhattarai, HURRICANE STRIKES ALREADY BATTERED LOUISIANA takenatestshowing he wasno supporters from aWhite House balconyonSaturday. AP 54, who also holds the longer infectious and therewas cultureand aviationport- Flooding and debris fill astreetinCreole,Louisiana, on Saturday. Hurricane Deltatoreacross Louisiana,leaving atrail of no evidence “of actively repli- folios, has become the destruction as it turnedroadways into rapids and uprootedtrees that crashedontoroofs. It also dealtademoralising blowto cating virus”, but did notdi- crowdofhundredsoflargely firstminister in the astate still staggering itsway backfromAugust’s Hurricane Laura, one of the most powerfulstorms that it has ever endured. rectlysay whether Trumphad Blackand Latino supporters to Cabinet of PrimeMinister Deltacut asimilar path across awide swath of Louisiana, hurling debris still piledupfromthe laststorm and toppling utility tested negative. help getout the voteinthe KPSharma Oli to con- poles and powerlinesthat crews had justput backup. NYT “I passedthe highesttest, the November 3election. It was tract the contagion higheststandards, and I’m in Trump’sfirstpublicappearance whichhas so farinfected great shape,” Trump, whospent since returning to the White over 100,000 peoplein three days in the hospital afterre- RACE FOR House afterbeing treated for the Himalayannation. In CORONAVIRUSSURGE CONTINUESINEUROPE After protests & vealing he had testedpositiveon the coronavirus at amilitary aFacebookpost, the min- Oct 2, said on FoxNewsChannel. THE WHITE hospital. isterrequestedall those global social media Trumpsaid he wasnolonger Trumptook offamask mo- who came in contact UK at Covid-19 ‘tipping point’, on medicationsfor thecoron- HOUSE mentsafter he emergedonthe with him to be on alert. campaign, Nigeria avirus. “I beat this crazy,horrible balconytoaddress the crowd The ministersaid he had police dissolves China virus,” he said, adding “it “I beat this crazy, on the lawn below. Hisreturn no other symptoms other Johnson to unveil more curbs seems likeI’m immune.” horrible China virus... it wasabrief one. With bandages than “a little fever”. PTI controversial unit The scientific evidence is un- visible on his hands, likelyfrom bad as Madrid or Brussels. clear on whether people who seems like I’m immune.” an intravenous injection, PANPYLAS As aresult, nationalrestric- have recoveredfromCovid-19 DONALD TRUMP Trumpspoke for18minutes, LONDON,OCTOBER11 tions suchasa10 pm curfew on REUTERS and have antibodies arepro- U.S. PRESIDENT farless than hisnormal hour- IRAQ pubs andrestaurantshavebeen LAGOS,OCTOBER11 tected from asecond infection, plus rallies. Militiasagree MILLIONS OF people in northern supplemented by local actions, and howlong that immunity “I’m feeling great,” said England areanxiously waiting to including in some cases banning THE HEAD of Nigeria’spolicedis- might last. Tuesdayand Wednesday, re- Trump, who said he wasthank- ‘conditional hear howmuchfurther virus re- contactsbetween households. In solvedits Special Anti-Robbery Trumpiseager to getbackon spectively. ful fortheir good wishes and strictions will be tightenedas Scotland’s twobiggestcities, Squad with immediateeffect on the campaign trail afteranab- Trump, trailing his prayers as he recovered. He then ceasefire’ one of the British government’s UK PM BorisJohnson is Glasgowand Edinburgh, pubs Sunday, apolice statement said, sence of morethan aweek.He Democratic challenger Joe declared that the pandemic, AN ARRAYofIran-backed leading medical advisers expected to announce anew have already closedfor 16 days prompted by days of protests plans to travel to the keybattle- Biden in opinion polls, ad- whichhas killedmorethan Iraqi militia groups have warnedSunday that the country three-tier local lockdown to suppress the outbreak. acrossthecountryagainstalleged ground stateofFlorida on dressedsupporters from a 210,000Americans, was“disap- agreedtosuspend rocket is at acrucial juncture in the sec- system Monday. Reuters In response to the virus’ brutalityby thecontroversialunit. Monday, followedbyrallies in WhiteHouse balconyon pearing” even though he is still attacks on US forces on ond wave of the coronavirus. resurgence, Prime MinisterBoris The protests brokeout in re- Pennsylvania and Iowa on Saturdayafternoon. He urgeda recovering from the virus. condition that Iraq’s gov- England’s deputy chief med- Johnson is expected to announce cent days afteravideo circulated ernment presentsa ical officer,Professor Jonathan as well as schools and universi- anew three-tier local lockdown lastweekalleging to show mem- timetableforawithdrawal Van-Tam, said the UK is at a“tip- ties. Infection levels —and system Monday, whichcould bersof theunit—knownasSARS— Trump’s SC pick of Americantroops,oneof ping point similar to wherewe deaths —inthe UK arerising at temporarilyclose pubs and shootingdeadamaninDeltastate. thegroupssaidonSunday. were in March”following asharp their fastestrates in months. restaurantsinthe virus hotspots. It also promptedaglobally- pledgesfealty “The factions have pre- increaseinnewcoronaviruscases. Although newcoronavirus The speculation is that those ar- trending social media campaign sentedaconditionalcease- “But we can preventhistory infections arerising throughout eas put under the tightest re- to disband the group. to law as Senate fire,” said Mohammed repeating itself if we allact now,” England,cities in the north— strictions would forbid all house- “The dissolution of SARS is Mohi,spokesman forthe hesaid.“Now we knowwhereitis Liverpool, Manchester, hold mixing, indoors or out. in response to the yearnings of hearing looms Iran-backedKataib and howtotackle it —let’s grasp Newcastle —haveseen adispro- Local leaders in northern the Nigerian people,” the state- Hezbollah group. Mohi thisopportunityandpreventhis- portionateincrease in newcases. Englandhaveventedtheir furyat ment said. said the Iraqi government tory from repeating itself.” While somerural areas in east- the Conservative government It addedthatthe police was LAWRENCEHURLEY mustimplement aparlia- All across Europe including ern England have less than 20 over what theysee as an “inade- redeploying members of the WASHINGTON,OCTOBER11 mentaryresolution in the UK, the pandemic has found cases per 100,000people, major quate”wage supportschemethat unit and would announce anew Januarythat calledfor the fresh legs over the pastfew metropolitan areas suchas it announcedFridayand fornot strategy to tackle SARS’ remit of US SUPREME Courtnominee withdrawalfromIraqof weeksfollowing the reopening Manchesterare recording levels properly telling them about the fighting armedrobbery,kidnap- AmyConeyBarrett will tell sena- foreign troops. REUTERS of large sectors of the economy, above 500per 100,000,nearly as upcomingrestrictions. AP ping and other violent crime. Aman uses aspray justbeforehewas shot, as opposing tors in her high-stakesconfirma- rallies were winding down in DenveronSaturday. AP tion hearing this week that she FRANCE will approachcases basedonthe Dozensstage SKoreaworries Pak cleric shotdead, Hindu temple law, nother personalviews,as Fatal shooting in Denver Democratsurgedher to step aside attackonpolice about North’s vandalised in on an upcoming challengetothe Imran Khan blames India Obamacarelaw andanypotential stationnearParis new missiles Pakistan’s Sindh amid rival protests, 1held election-related disputes. ABOUT40unidentified Farooqia, decades ago. The semi- Afour-day SenateJudiciary people armedwith metal ASSOCIATEDPRESS naryadheresto the Sunni Muslim The man who wasshotwas Committee confirmation hear- barsandusingfireworksas HYUNG-JINKIM KARACHI,OCTOBER11 teachings of the Deobandi sect, SAJJADHUSSAIN ASSOCIATEDPRESS takentoanearbyhospital, ing forthe conservative appel- projectilestriedtostorm a SEOUL,OCTOBER11 whosescholarshavebeenthetar- ISLAMABAD,OCTOBER11 DENVER,OCTOBER11 wherehediedanhour later,the latecourtjudgeisset to begin on police station in the Paris GUNMENRIDINGonamotorcy- getofkillings in the past. KUSATVstation said. Monday, akey step before afinal suburbsonSaturdaynight, SOUTH KOREA urgedthe North cle shotand killedareligious Khan held adoctorateinre- AHINDU temple has been van- APRIVATEsecurity guardwork- The KUSATVstation said on full Senatevotebythe end of officials said. “Violent at- on Sunday to sticktoagreements scholarinPakistan’s bustlingcity ligious studies, receivedtraining dalisedbyaperson in Pakistan’s ing foraTVstation wasincus- itswebsitethat it had contracted October on her nomination fora tack lastnightonthepolice that bar armedclashes between of Karachi, policesaid on Sunday. in his father’s seminaryand had southeastSindh province, ac- tody Saturday afterapersondied the private securityguardwho lifetime job on the court. stationof Champignywith the neighbours, in comments The killingofMaulanaAdil taught in Malaysia. cording to police. from ashooting that took place wasarrestedinconnection with In acopyofher prepared re- mortarshots and various made aday afterNorth Koreaun- Khan wasimmediatelycon- Police chief Ghulam Nabi One person has been ar- during duelling protests in the shooting. “It has been the marks releasedonSunday, projectiles. No police offi- veilednew strategic and tactical demnedand seen as an attempt Memon said the cleric and his rested and acase registeredin downtownDenver. practiceof9NEWSfor anumber Barrett said that as ajudgeshe cer wasinjured,” the Paris weapons at amilitaryparade. to triggersectarian violence be- driverwerebothkilledinthe at- connection with the incident The shooting took place of months to hire private secu- seeksto“reachthe result re- police headquarters said The massive parade showed tween Sunnis andShias in the tack Saturdayevening,whichtook whichtook place on Saturday, shortlybefore3.50 pm in Civic rity to accompanystaff at quired by the law, whatever my Sunday. Police posteda offnew weapons,including anin- country. Prime MinisterImran place in the middle class neigh- The Express Tribune reported. Center Park afteraman partici- protests,” the stationsaid. ownpreferences might be”. videoshowingabarrage of tercontinental ballistic missile Khan termedit“an attempt by bourhood of Shah Faisal Colony. Accordingtopolice,com- pating in what wasbilleda Police said it could notcon- Barrett’s confirmation to re- fireworks going offinthe (ICBM) and asubmarine- India to create sectarian conflict Policesaid that when the plainant Ashok Kumar alleged “PatriotRally”sprayed mace at firm the shooter’s or the victim’s placeJusticeRuthBaderGinsburg direction of the police sta- launchedballistic missile (SLBM). across the country”,though no cleric’s vehicle stoppedinfront of that suspect Muhammad Ismail another man, the DenverPost re- affiliations. would createa6-3 conservative tion in Champigny-sur- SouthKorea’spresidentialBlue evidence wasgiven thatIndia abusy shopping area, gunmen damagedthemakeshifttemplein ported. Thatman then shot the The PatriotRallywas one of majority on the courtthat could Marne,15 kmsoutheastof House said it held an emergency wasbehind the attack. openedfiretargetingthedriverbe- theremote Badindistrictandfled. other individual with ahandgun tworallies taking place about the lead to rulings rolling backabor- central Paris.Assailants meeting of the National Security Adil Khan is the son of late fore firingthreebulletsthatstruck ABadin police spokesperson near the courtyardoutside the same time in the park. A tion rights, expanding religious triedtoforce intothe sta- Council to discuss the weapons prominent scholar Maulana Khan’s head, neckand chest. The said the suspect wasarrested DenverArt Museum, according counter-protestcalled“BLM- and gun rights,and upholding tion, but failed. REUTERS and aspeechbyNorth Korean Saleemullah Khan, who founded three attackers then fledonthe within afew hoursofreceiving to a DenverPost journalistwho AntifaSoup Drive”took place GOP-backedvoting restrictions, leader Kim Jong Un. REUTERS the grand seminary, Jamia backofashared motorcycle. the complaint. PTI witnessedthe incident. nearby. among other issues. REUTERS

FAR-RIGHT ACTIVISTS BECOME FIRST TO LATCH ON QAnon springs up around the world, finds fertile ground in Germany

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER12,2020 MarketWatch FPISPUMP IN `1,086 CR SO FARINOCT NewDelhi: Foreign portfolio investors(FPI) have invested Rs 1,086 crore on anet basis so far in October in Indian markets, tracking encouraging factorsincluding improved GSTcollection, 13 ECONOMY PTI acceleration in economic activityand positive global cues.

DEMAND IN SOME SECTORS IN SEPTEMBERSURPASSES LEVELSINFEBRUARY SEENASSTEPPINGSTONE FORFUTURE LEGAL CHALLENGE Not keen on voting at GST Council Pathtorevival:Manyindicatorslinked meet, opposition states to push for toconsumptionregainpre-Covidlevels dispute resolution mechanism had earlier told this newspaper AANCHALMAGAZINE ED Supreme thatthedisputeresolutionmech- over the months since April. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 Courtlast anism, stated in Article 279A of SUNNYVERMA& HIGH-FREQUENCYINDICATORS—ASONOCTOBER8,2020 Among the areas facing chal- PLAIN E theConstitution,needsto beacti- ● resort SANDEEPSINGH lenges,hotels,tourismandhospi- AS THE Goods and Services Tax EX vated. “Under Article279A,there NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 February2020=100unlessspecifiedotherwise talityare on the top. In India, (GST) Councilisset to meeton isadisputeresolutionmechanism INDICATORS FEB MAR APR MAYJUN JUL AUGSEP tourism’sshareingrossdomestic Mondaytoresolve thecontenti- THE CONSTITUTION(One that needs to be activatedwithin THE STOCKmarket rallyoverthe product(GDP)hasbeendeclining ous issue of borrowing by states Hundredand First theGST Council. We needtoex- lastseven trading sessions — Electricity demand 100958299101 108105 108 overthelast 10 years,butthecon- to meet the compensation short- Amendment), 2016 pro- haustthat.Onecannotopt forvot- where theSensexjumped2,536 Steel consumption 10082205879105 94 101 tribution of tourism to employ- fall, opposition-ruledstateswill videsfor alegal remedy by ingonevery matter,” he said. points,or6.7percent,to closeata ment increasedsomewhat,from push foractivation of the dispute setting up aresolution At Monday’s meeting,the seven-monthhighof40,509orat Automobile sales 10065019 67 88 98 10 percent in FY10to13per cent resolution mechanismasastep- mechanismtosolve any Centreisexpectedtooppose any pre-CovidlevelsinFebruary—co- Freight trafficnet tonne kilometre100 81 60 70 84 87 91 102 inFY19,asperalatestWorldBank ping stone towardstakingthe disputearising out of the move towardsgoingforavote,un- incideswiththe fact that anum- reportonCovid-19impact on compensation disputefor alegal recommendations of the derscoring that the issue of bor- Port cargo 10092787384868894 berofconsumption-relatedeco- SouthAsianeconomies.Thestrict challengelater on. GSTCouncil. If thatoption rowings areoutsidethe jurisdic- nomic indicators have surpassed Toll collection: Volume 10077950 74 79 88 100 localcontainment measures and Non-BJPruledstatesare notin were to be exhaustedto tionof theCouncil.Thereisalsoan the Februaryorpre-Covid levels. the pandemic’s impact on global favourof pushingforavoteonthe resolve the compensation emergingviewaheadof themeet GSTE-way bill 100711545768586100 Datashows thatinSeptember, travelhave resultedinasignificant compensationmatterbutinstead deadlock,the states would that anypolicy decision takenby demand forfuel and electricity — PMI: Manufacturing54.5 51.8 27.4 30.847.246.052.0 56.8 decline in touristarrivals in will emphasise on setting up of have theoption of moving individual states on the issue of among the major indicators of Source: RBI Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the disputeresolutionmecha- the SupremeCourt. borrowingsneednot be uniform economicactivity—toosurpassed and Maldives, it said. nism,whichisalreadyoutlinedin forall states, unlikeother GST-re- Februarylevels. While the stock The WorldBank reportalso The Constitution (OneHundred lateddecisions. The GSTCouncil marketshavecheeredthe better- levelof100inFebruary2020,sur- await revivalindemand. While in itspassengervehicles sales in noteddeclineinmobilityinIndia. and FirstAmendment), 2016,but dispute.Compensationlaw says willdiscussthesingleagendaitem than-expected recovery of eco- passed the Februarylevelsin the bankingsectorcontinues to the domestic market. It sold “FromFacebook Datafor Good, wasnever put intomotion ever thatcompensation has to bepaid of compensation,inameeting nomic activity acrosssectors — September to reach108. seemutedcreditgrowthamidex- 1,47,912 units—itshighest mont- whichutilises information about since the July2017rollout of the everytwo monthsandwe arenot whichwillnot be counted as a barring fewsuchastourism, air- Fuelconsumption,aprimein- pectationsofrisingnon-perform- hlysales in 24 months, i.e since Facebook usageinspecific areas, indirect taxregime. beingpaid,soit’sadispute.Ifadis- fresh meeting but as acontinua- lines and hospitality —research dicatorofnormalisationof people ing assets (NPAs),domestic air September 2019.EvenHyundai one can assesschanges in mobil- Kerala Finance MinisterTho- puteisnot going to be discussed tion of the 42nd meeting held a houses nowsay that this has led movement across the country, passenger traffic, domestic air Motorreporteda23.6percentrise ityduringtheCovid-19pandemic mas Isaac said while the resolu- in the disputeresolutionmecha- week earlier on October 5. to expectations of upwardrevi- witnessedarecovery lastmonth, cargo,portcargo,andexportsand in sales over the corresponding at highspatial granularity ... In tion adoptedbythe Council for nism, then what is the remedy This is the thirdconsecutive sioninGDP growth forFY21. withpetrolsalesrising3.3percent imports continuetoremain be- year-agomonth.Amongtwowh- India, mobility declinedstrongly borrowing options willbebind- other than SupremeCourt.” meetingof theCouncilwhichwill InSeptember,consumptionof comparedto the year-agoperiod. lowthe Februarybaselevels. eelers, HeroMotoCorp announ- nearly everywhere: foraround a ing on all states, it givesrise to a The Constitution(One see adiscussion on the compen- steel, toll collection, saleoftrac- Dieseldemandtoosomewhatre- If the strong vehicle sales cedsale of 7,15,718 units and reg- thirdofthe total districts the av- dispute on the manner in which Hundred and FirstAmendment), sationshortfallissue.Opposition- tors, passenger vehicles and two- covered, but wasstill 6per cent numbers forSeptember show isteredagrowth of 16.9 per cent eragedeclinewasbetween20and compensationmechanism is be- 2016 providesfortheGSTCouncil ruledstateshavebeenlockedina wheelers among otherssur- belowdieselconsumptioninSep- uptickinfactoryoutputacrossthe over the same periodlastyear. 30 per cent, forhalf of them it de- ing decidedcontrarytowhat is to “establishamechanismto adju- battle with the Centre, opposing passedpre-Covid levels seen in tember2019.Dieselconsumption auto sector value chain, TCSan- The jumpinvehicle sales sig- clinedbetween 30 and 35 per specifiedinthelaw. Therefore,the dicate anydispute—betweenthe borrowingto bedonebystates,to February. While datafromthe had declined by 20 per cent year- nouncing astrong performance nals pent-up demand as well as cent,andfor15percentitdeclined issue needs to be raisedasadisp- Government of India and one or bridgethe compensation deficit ReserveBank of India, Finance on-year in August. forthe quarterended September riseinprivate modeof transporta- even more,” the reportnoted. ute,failingwhichtheonlyremedy morestates; or between the and have instead demandedthat Ministryand market sources in- Executivesatoil marketing liftedthestockpricesofleadingIT tion due to Covid-19, the Finance Banksare the other trouble would be to approachthe Supr- Governmentof Indiaandanystate theCentreshouldborrowtomeet dicate anunevenpaceof recovery companies have notedthat the companies last week. Ministrynotedinitseconomicre- spots in the economy —credit emeCourtforaresolution,hesaid. or states on one sideand one or the compensation shortfall. across sectors, severalkey seg- demand fordiesel is expected to TheE-way billsjumped10per viewfor September. growthcontinuedtomoderatein “It seems the centralgovern- moreother states on the other TheCentre hadinAugustpro- mentsofthe economysuchasIT, reachnearpre-Covidlevelsby the centinSeptemberandthepower Tractor sales have also sur- thefirstsix monthsofthis year to mentdoesn’twantto have anyse- side; or betweentwo or more posedtwo options to states:bor- pharma, automobiles and retail end of the year.Rising fuel de- demandtoohaswitnessedadou- passedSeptember 2019 levels as reach5.3 per cent as on Septem- rious negotiation or discussion. states,arising outofthe recom- rowRs97,000 crore(on account have shown robustrecovery. mandisexpectedly accompanied ble-digit growth. Areport pre- the rural economyhas been rela- ber11—downfromdouble-digit Decisions takenbythe GST mendations of the Council or im- of GSTimplementation) from a Spendingonelectricity,which by toll count and collections sur- pared by Credit Suisse said that tively resilient on the backof expansion lastyear. Council,voteorotherwise,willbe plementationthereof”. special windowfacilitated by the is stronglyrelatedtooverall eco- passingtheirpre-Covidlevelslev- faster-than-expected normalisa- healthy kharif output.For in- Bank credit to commercial binding on allstates. But then we Otheropposition-ruledstates RBIorthecomplete shortfallof Rs nomic activity has also seen an els in September. tionhasledtotheexpectationthat stance, M&M’s domestic tractor sector sawagrowth of 5.4 per have adispute.So,whilethebind- suchasPunjab and Chhattisgarh 2.35lakh crore(including Rs 1.38 uptick. According to theRBI’s lat- On the other hand, state- FY21GDP growth expectations salesinSeptember 2020 rose to cent, mirroring weak credit de- ing resolution will hold that, the have also voicedtheir supportfor lakh croredue to Covid) from the estdataonhighfrequencyindica- ownedbanks,energycompanies, maysee upwardrevision now. 42,361units, as against36,046 mandandincreasedriskaversion disputewillhavetoberesolved,” settingupadisputeresolution market. The options have since tors, electricity demand thathad tourismand hospitality,and the In September, Maruti Suzuki unitsinSeptember 2019.Tractor in the banking system, according Isaac told The Indian Express. mechanism. Punjab Finance been revisedtoRs1.10lakhcrore slumpedto 82inApril,fromabase informal economycontinue to announceda33.9 per cent jump sales have shown asteady pick to theFinanceMinistry. He further said, “Wehavea MinisterManpreetSingh Badal andRs1.8lakhcrore,respectively.

`96,963CR `1,20,439CR Steep cut in capital, entry of more players: ‘Discoms’ outstanding dues AMOUNT OWED BY TOTAL OVERDUEAMOUNT DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES, NOTCLEAREDBYDISCOMS to producersup37% in Aug’ OR DISCOMS, TOPOWER INAUGUST, EVEN AFTER ProposalsbyIrdai panel on micro-insurers GENERATION COMPANIES, 60-DAY GRACE PERIOD Gencos’ totaldues owed by distribution firms rose over 37% ORGENCOS,INAUGUST 2019 OFFERED BY GENCOS capitalrequirement,morepeople purview.“This will includedefin- year-on-year to Rs 1.33 lakh croreinAugust2020, reflecting GEORGEMATHEW will have the opportunity of ob- ingmicro-insurance,micro-insur- stress in thesector,according to thePRAAPTI portal MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 ❸KEYPOINTS taining financial protection and ers, reducing the capital require- Share of `10,908.65 cr: Overdues of security,enablingthemto emerge ment and/or giving powers to 32.07% overdues of non-conventional energy THE COMMITTEE on Standalone The Committee on from povertyand to move to- Irdai to decide on capitalrequire- independent gencos within producers like solar and wind Micro-insuranceCompanyset up 1Standalone Micro- wardsself-reliance,thepanelsaid mentsfor SAMI. However, the total overdue amount of in April by insuranceregulator Irdai has insurance Companyhas in itsreporttothe Insurance amendingtheInsuranceAct,1938 `1,33,062 crore on discoms recommendedthat entry-level recommendedentry- Regulatoryand Development mayrequiretime, it said. Overdues of central public capital requirement forstand- levelcapital requirement Authority of India(Irdai). IrdaishouldestablishaMicro- `78,646 cr: Total overdue sector gencos on discoms: alone micro-insurance compa- forstandalone micro- Thereportsaidrisk-basedcap- insurance Development Fund to amount in August 2019 ■ NTPC: `20,113.04 crore nies(SAMIs)shouldbereducedto insurance companies ital (RBC) approachshould be support andpromote thegrowth Rs 20 crorefromthe current level (SAMIs) to be reducedto adoptedtoenabletheprogressive of the micro-insurance business ■ NLC India: `6,450.50 crore `1,30,452 cr: Total of Rs100crore,inorderto provide Rs 20 crore growth of the micro-insurance acrossthe country, it said. “The outstanding dues on discoms ■ Damodar Valley insurance protection to around businesswhilemaintaining the fund couldsupport human re- in July 2020 Corporation: `5,470.57 crore 500millionpeople in the low-in- The reportsaid risk- highestprudential standards. source development, digital and ■ NHPC: `3,390.34 crore come group. 2based capital (RBC) ap- “Micro-insurance companies financialliteracy, ITinfrastructure `1,17,637 cr: Total overdue ■ THDC India: `1,977.96 “The minimum capital re- proachshould be adopted should be allowed to act as com- and product development, to amount on discoms in July crore quirement of Rs 100crore stipu- to enable the progressive positeinsurersto transactbothlife mention afew,” the panel added. latedundertheInsuranceActhas growth of the micro-in- and non-lifebusiness through a The committee is of the view acted as the biggestimpediment surance business while single entity,” it said. thattheabove recommendations Outstandingdues and overdues: Gencos give 60 days to PRAAPTI: The Payment Ratification And to theexpansion of themicro-in- maintaining the highest Ithasproposedthatacellcap- should be implemented at the discoms for payingbills for supplyofelectricity.After that, Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Source: surancemarket,” the committee prudentialstandards tive model maybeoffered as a earliestinorderto raisethespread outstanding dues become overdue and generators charge Transparency in Invoicing of generators —or PRAAPTI/PTI said in itsreport. Large insurers wayfor microplayers to under- and outreachofmicro-insurance penal interest on that in most cases PRAAPTI —portal was launched in May 2018 have notworkedonbuildingtrust The committee has writethe micro-insurance busi- in India. This is especiallyurgent with low-income clientele. This 3also proposedthat a ness. As per this model,existing giventhe current Covid-19pan- segment is particularly vulnera- cell captive model maybe insurers andothers can become demicandtheinsecurityithasre- ble to mis-selling, fraudand at offeredasaway formicro cell owners by bringing in capital sultedinforcitizens,andespecia- BRIEFLY timestheirtrusthasbeenshaken. players to underwritethe and sharethe underwriting risk llythe vulnerableworkingpoor. RBI to move to next gen application While the market has expanded, micro-insurance business with SAMIs with acapital of no The regulator can facilitate LabourMinister therehas been limitedimpact on morethan Rs 5crore or suchcon- reinsurance of micro-insurance for managing forex, gold reserves the livesofthose from low- and tribution as maybeconsidered through the existing licensed in- addresses middle-incomeeconomic back- exists as mostinsurers in India appropriate,the panelsaid. surance or reinsurance compa- exchangeand gold reserves. The NGTA,for whichthe RBI grounds, it added. have been focusedonthe low- “Thefocusmustbeonex- nies. “Regulations forstandalone BRICSsummit PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA The NGTA,accordingtothe hasinvitedbidsfromeligibleven- The micro-insurance sector hangingfruit whichisthe more panding the marketand that micro-insurance mustbedevel- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 RBI,wouldbeaweb-basedappli- dors,wouldbesupportingvarious has onlycovered9per centofthe affluent and urban segment. This could be done by enabling entry opedwith the highestprudential NewDelhi: Union Labour cation providing scalability, ma- transactions in assetclasses like overall populationand 14.7 per segment is moreprofitable and of multiple players by reducing standards in consultation with Minister Santosh Gangwar IN Abid to improveits function- neuverabilityandflexibilitytoin- FixedIncome, Forex, Money centof thepotentialmicro-insur- comparatively easier to convert the capital requirements,” it said. thosewho arealready undertak- hascalledforsuitableglobal ing,theReserveBankhasdecided troduce newproductsand Market andGold. As per the doc- ance market size in thecountry. intoclients,” the committeesaid. The Insurance Act, 1938 ing micro-insurance as interme- action especiallybyBRICS to move to the Next Generation securities,besides supporting ument, the prime bidder should “Compared to this, around 500 By implementing changes to should be amended to bring the diaries (cooperatives, mutuals, towardseffectingabalance TreasuryApplication (NGTA) for multi-currency transactions and be aregisteredIndian entity un- millionpeopleneedtobecovered facilitatestandalonemicro-insur- standalonemicro-insurancebusi- NGOs)aswellasotherstake-hold- between labour and em- managing the country’s foreign settlements. der the respectiveActsofIndia. by micro-insurance.Thislarge gap ance businesses with reduced nessunder the regulatory ers,”the panelsaid. ployerwhichwill generate growthandcreatemorejobs and greater labour welfare, Saudi’s National the Labour Ministrysaid. Oil Ministry wants PSUs Q2FY21 earnings: Faster-than-expected Speaking at aBRICS Commercial MinisterialFriday, Gangwar to build 50K houses to said that safety, health, wel- uptick in some key sectors,but miles to go Bank buys fare and improved working conditions areessential for rent to migrant workers ura’s India Business Resumption Samba in well beingofworkers. PTI ENSECONOMICBUREAU Index(NIBRI)rose to anew post- housingunits on theland they MUMBAI,OCTOBER11 lockdown high of 82.3 forthe $14.8-bn deal PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA have,threeofficialswhoattended week-ending September 20. ‘UScurbs NEWDELHI,OCTOBER11 ameetingonthesubjectsaid.The INDIA INCisexpected to have Economists at the brokerageob- unlikelytohurt meeting,theysaid,waschairedby stagedafairly goodrecoveryinthe served themobility-driven surge ASSOCIATEDPRESS THE PETROLEUM ministryhas OilMinisterDharmendraPradhan September quarterafter profits in the NIBRI suggestedlockdown DUBAI,OCTOBER11 AntGroupIPO’ asked oilPSUs suchasIndian Oil who asked thePSUstocome up plunged83 percentyear-on-year fatiguewascausingconsumersto Corp(IOC)to build50,000houses with plans to build the housing (y-o-y) in Q1FY21, aquarter in disregardpandemic concerns. SAUDI ARABIA’S National Hong Kong: Ant Group’s $35 forrenting to migrant workers as unitsatthe earliest. whichIndia’sGDPcontracted23.9 TheyestimateGDP would have Commercial Bank said Sundayit billion initial publicoffering part of governmentplantode- The ministry hadonOctober percenty-o-y.Thenumbersmust contracted by 10.4 per centy-o-y will purchase rivallender Samba (IPO)isunlikelytosuffer velopaffordablerentalhousingaf- 5tweetedaboutthemeetingsay- be viewedagainstthe high base in Q2FY21. Financial Group in adeal valued from anyUSrestrictions on termillionsof labourersfledcities ingPradhan“heldameetingwith of Q2FY20 when corporatetax Auto sales, railway freight and manufacturing PMI all Retailing, capital goods,con- at $14.8 billion, creatingwhat the Chinese financial tech- forvillages amidstcoronavirus officialsof MoPNGandPSUsto re- rateswerecut. reflectedanuptickinactivity in September afteraslower sumer durables, real estate and would become the kingdom’s nology giantdue to itsvery lockdown. view theefforts made by PSUsin Activitydata suggest theecon- pick-up in Julyand August. File healthcarewould have been the largest bank. limitedoverseas presence, The ministrywants IOC and providing houses on rent to mi- omyisonthe mend and that the worsthitwhileITserviceselectric The bankwillcontrol some potentialinvestorsandana- other public sector undertakings grantsandurbanpoorworkingon recoveryis somewhat faster than utilities, consumer staples and $223billion in assets andamar- lysts said. Trumpadminis- (PSUs) under itsadministrative oil&gasprojectsundertheafford- anticipated.Autosales, railway y-o-y reversing the negative 12.7 Businessactivitywasbetterin pharmaceuticals would have ketcapitalisationof $46billionaf- trationofficials areconsid- control suchasHindustan able rental housing scheme of freightandmanufacturingPMIall percenty-o-yslideinAugust; an- AugustthaninJulythoughthese- faredrelatively well.While asec- terthemergerwinsregulatoryap- eringcurbs on Ant, an Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), @MoHUA_India.”MoPNGisthe reflected an uptickinactivity in alysts said exports were backat quentialpaceof theimprovement tion of the bigger companies provalsandiscompleted,National affiliate of Alibaba, Bloom- BharatPetroleumCorpLtd(BPCL), Ministryof PetroleumandNatural September afteraslowerpick-up closeto 98percentof normallev- slowedslightlyacross the board would likelyhavebounced back, Commercial Bank said in afiling bergNewsstated. REUTERS GAILIndiaLtdandOilandNatural Gas,whileMoHUAistheMinistry inJulyandAugust.Exportsrevived els.However, subdued domestic andtherewasadropintheindus- manyothers would have strug- on Riyadh’s Tadawul stockmar- Gas Corp (ONGC) to build the of Housing and Urban Affairs. in September,rising 5.3 per cent demand leftcoreimports weak. trial sector.Nonetheless,Nom- gled to stay afloat. FE ket announcing the deal. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 14 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER12,2020

FORMULAONE Not aset out of line ...while Hamilton ties with Schumi Nadal beatsDjokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 in a'perfect' match, wins 13th FrenchOpen title without dropping aset Michael Schumacher’s 19-year long recordfor being the driver Sunday, the final wasplayedwith the roof with the greatestnumber of NEWYORKTIMES closed—afirstinthe history of the tourna- victories in Formula One was OCTOBER11 ment, whichwas firstplayedatRoland Garros MOSTGRANDSLAMTITLES equalledbyMercedes’ Lewis in 1928. WONWITHOUTDROPPINGA Hamilton lastnight at the Eifel NEITHER NOVAKDjokovic nor RogerFederer That is agreat deal of changetoprocess Grand Prix at the famed could resistRafael Nadal on Sunday. forachampion likeNadal, who thriveson SET(OPENERA) Nürburgring strip in Nürburg, Nadal made astonishingly quickworkof routine. But he managed to maintain tradi- Nadal (2008, 2010,2017, 2020 Germany. Hamilton, who had them both in the FrenchOpen final, annihilat- tion by extending his rule and ending his los- 4 FrenchOpen) missedout on pole to teammate ing Djokovic, the world’s No.1player, 6-0, 6- ing streak againstDjokovic. Valtteri Bottas, found his groove 2, 7-5 to equal Federer’s recordof20Grand “Everybody knows this courtisthe most Borg(1976 Wimbledon; 1978, early in the race, took the lead and Slam singles titles. important courtinmytennis career,” Nadal 3 1980 FrenchOpen) rarely gave anysigns of letting his It wasarguablyNadal’s finestperform- said, before striking amoresomber tone. Federer (2007 Australian winnings go in his ride to history – ance at Roland Garros, whichisquiteastate- “Weare under verytough circumstances,” 2 Open; 2017 Wimbledon) 50 miles away from Kerpen, where ment considering that he had already won12 he said, amask on his face. “In some ways it’s the German great whose recordhe Grand Slam singles title on the same rectan- notthat happybecause we can’t celebratethe NADALATROLAND GARROS equalled, wasborn. gleofred clay. tournament in anormal way.” ■ 100-2 Matches 19-YROLD RECORD Therewas nothing unlucky about No.13. He added: “I reallyhope that in acouple of ■ 1,938-969 Games He wasontask and on target from the very months when we will bebackhere, hopefully Michael Schumacher’s lastvictory ■ 299-27Sets startagainstDjokovic, ripping groundstrokes in June, we will beable to celebratethis amaz- in aFormula One car came with winners, running down drop shots and keep- ing, new, beautiful stadium with afull crowd.” Nadal beat Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 to bag his 13th FrenchOpen title. Reuters ■ 243h10m On-courttime Ferrari in the 2006 Chinese Grand ing his unforcederrors to astrict minimum. Nadal and Djokovic have facedeachother Prix –itwould be his lastseason He made justtwo in the opening set, giving 56 times: morethan anyother men have with the Prancing Horse before a Djokovic little time or space to find his range. facedeachother on tour in the Open era. fabledcomebackattempt with Djokovic, the 2016 FrenchOpen cham- Djokovic leads by the narrowmargin of 29-27. Mercedes from 2010-12. The return pion, is one of onlytwo men to beat Nadal at “Today, youshowedwhy youare the king of didn’t yield anyvictories but it laid Roland Garros. He had beaten Nadal in their clay,”Djokovic said during the awards cere- How Nadal beat the unbeaten Djokovic the foundation forayoung Lewis lastthree Grand Slam finals againstone an- mony. “I experienceditinmyown skin. It was Hamilton to take Mercedes to other.The mostrecent of those came at the averytough match. I’m obviouslynot so SOME KINGDOMS simplycannotbecon- that lastedfour shots –Djokovic had 25, weaker second serves, winning 62% of the heightstheyhad neverreached 2019 Australian Open, whereDjokovic over- pleasedwith the wayIplayed, but Iwas def- quered.And Rafael Nadalhas defended Nadal had aremarkable 53. receiving pointsand 3out of 6break- before. whelmedNadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in what initelyoverplayedbyabetterplayertoday.” his Parisian crownwith unparalleledde- points. Djokovic still maintains wasthe finestper- Nadal, 34,did notdropaset in seven termination. In ayear wherenobody Unforced errorcount Djokovic found his rangeasthe match SCHUMACHER’S SON AWARDS formance of his career.Nadal could onlypurse matches, and Sunday’s victorywas his 100th seemedtobeable to beat Djokovic, it was Forall his efficiency and accuracy over progressed, improving his first-serveper- HAMILTON his lips, shakehis head and say“toogood.” in amatch at Roland Garros. That would cer- Nadal at Roland Garroswho delivered the fortnight, the Serb simplycould not centageto67. He oftenalso attempted But that rout took place on ahardcourt, tainlyhavebeen the number of the dayifnot that firstloss. Nadal won6-0, 6-2, 7-5 to find his usual rangeinhis strokes. riskier,bigger second serves. But the jit- Afterhis win at the Eifel Grand Prix, Djokovic’s best surface, at the major tourna- forFederer’s record. take 13th FrenchOpen title –taking him Granted,Nadal’s vicious topspin is no tery opening setallowedNadal to setthe Schumacher’s son Mickpresented ment he has wonmostoften. Sunday’s pay- Nadal and Federer have been friendlyri- levelwith RogerFederer’s easy shottocounter,but some- tone with a76% first-serverate. Hamilton with his father’s old backcame in Nadal’s kingdom. vals formorethan adecade, playing some of recordofmostMajor ti- one of Djokovic’s experience Mercedes F1 helmetto “Sorry fortoday,”Nadal said to Djokovic the mostmemorable matches in the game’s tles, 20. Here’s howit should arguablybeable to keep commemoratethe Brit’s 91st F1 in his post-victoryremarks.“In Australia he long history,including their classic 2008 pannedout. the ball in play. Instead, his un- Drop shot victory. Afterreceiving the helmet, a killedme. It’sclear todaywas forme. That’s Wimbledon final, wonbyNadal in five sets. forced errorcount endedupbe- One of the storylines going intothe fi- visiblymoved Hamilton said, partofthe game. We’veplayedplenty of But Federer,39, is nearly five years older ing alarmingly high. Of the 106 nal wasDjokovic's effective drop shots. “When yougrowupwatching times together.” than Nadal and has always been ahead of him Aggressive intent pointsNadal wononthe night, With heavier balls and colder conditions, someone and youidolise them, This wasnot aFrenchOpen likeany in the Grand Slam chase. Until Sunday. The Spaniard’s playing 52 were through aDjokovic un- Djokovic had usedthe drop shot147 really, forthe quality of the driver

EXPLAINED E● other,however. It wasmoved from the The Grand Slam singles recordhas be- styleoften involveshim forced error. Nadal meanwhile times before Sunday's title clash; more theyare and what theyare spring to the autumn because of the coron- come the mostsignificant reference point in engaging in long rallies, playing percent- committed just14unforcederrors. than twice the tallyfromhis semis run continuallyable to do as adriver avirus pandemic, making forcooler temper- the game in this erawith Federer,Nadal and ageshots to tireout the opponent before lastyear (72). and with his team week on week… atures that rendered Nadal’s topspin fore- Djokovic dominating the men’s game and unleashing the winner.But against Shaky firstserve In the opening game alone, Djokovic Seeing his dominance forsolong hand less lively than in the past. The crowds pushing eachother to improvetheir games Djokovic, Nadal wasaggressive from the Djokovic's first-servepercentage triedthe shotfivetimes and failedtowin and Idon't think anyone -especially were limited to just1,000 paid spectators and extend their careers. onset. He playedaccurateangledshots to throughout the tournament had been a apoint. Overall, he triedthe drop shot28 me -thought Iwould getclose to per dayatRoland Garros. “I have always had the utmostrespect for move Djokovic around court, instead of healthy65. In the opening setonSunday, times, but got 13 pointsfromit. When this record.” It wasalso the firstFrenchOpen to be my friend Rafa as aperson and as acham- the safetystrokes, searching foranopen- it crasheddownto42. quizzedabout the tactic in the press con- Schumacher Jr.will be racing with playedwith aretractable roof and lights, pion,” Federer said on Twitter shortlyafter ing to hit another winner. Djokovic landedonly11ofhis 26 first ference, the Serb said: "It didn't work the AlfaRomeo team next season whichmeant that Nadal had to win his quar- Sunday’s final. “As my greatestrival over The tactic resulted in him dominating serves, and could onlywin three points great today, let's say." along with one of his father’s terfinal matchoverJannik Sinner well after manyyears, Ibelieve we have pushedeach the statsfor mostpointswon in rallies from them. Nadal capitalisedonthe SHAHIDJUDGEANDGAURAVBHATT perennial rivals Kimi Raikkonen. midnight. Because of rain in the afternoon on other to become better players.” Löw’s Germany MumbaioverpowerDelhi Anwar should be allowed to bag their first play, FA expert tells AIFF victory in the withall-roundshow MIHIR VASAVDA Nations league NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 11 Rohit's men have toomanyguns as theyconquer Capitals with ease THE CHAIRMAN of England Football ASSOCIATEDPRESS Association’s cardiology consensus panel KYIV,OCTOBER11 SYNOPSIS and the lead cardiologistfor the London Slugger de Kock putsDhawan’s Olympics has said junior India interna- GERMANY FINALLYwon aNations League glorious grind in perspective tional AnwarAli should be allowedtoplay game at the seventh attempt,holding on to competitive football as long as he ‘under- beatUkraine2-1to easethepressuregrowing stands the risks’ and ‘is under regular sur- on coachJoachim Löw. veillance by an expertteam.’ DefenderMatthiasGinterand midfielder SanjaySharma, who is also the medical Leon Gortezka scored to give Löw 's team its SANDIPG director of the London Marathon, has sub- firstwin in Group 4ofLeague A, itsfirstofthe OCTOBER11 mitted his analysis in writing to the All year,and coming afterthree games including India Football Federation (AIFF). Sharma the friendlyagainstTurkeyinwhichitsquan- THEENDwasnervous,butotherwiseMumbai wasalso present in Sunday’s AIFF’s med- dered leads to draw. Indians out-muscledDelhi Capitals to climb ical committee meeting, whichlastedfor AlatepenaltyfromRuslanMalinovskyien- atopthetable.Oncetheyrestrictedtheiroppo- morethan an hour.The AIFF will study suredanothernervyending,butaUkraineside nentsto162,RohitSharma’ssidewastheodds- Sharma’s remarks and is likelytomeet depletedby coronaviruscasesandinjurieswas on favouritetowin the battle of twobowling- again in the coming days. unable to draw level. Andriy Shevchenko's heavy sides. Enabledby53s from Quinton de Sharma’s commentsare in contradic- side wasthrashedbyFrance 7-1 in their Kock and Suryakumar Yadav, theywerein tion to those made by the AIFF and Asian friendlyonWednesday. charge of the game, but forthe lastthree overs. Football Confederation’s medical commis- Afterdrawing with Turkey 3-3 in Cologne sions, whichhaverecommendedthat Ali, AnwarAli’s fledgling career has been thesameday, Löwrestoredhisregularplayers Slugger de Kock who has been diagnosedwith congenital put on hold afterhewas diagnosed in Kyiv,building the team around the Bayern Inhisadolescence,QuintondeKock wanted heartdisease, should notplaycompetitive with aheartproblem called Munich,block, of Manuel Neuer,Niklas Sule, to pursue baseball and even persuadedhis fa- football as it would pose a‘serious risk to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy(HCM). Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka and Serge therto migratetotheUnitedStates.Butthesen- his life’. Gnabry. Leipzig's Lukas Klostermann and ior de Kock didn’t budgeand his son picked Mumbai’s Quinton de Kock hitsashortduring his 36-ball 53. BCCI Ali’s fledgling career has been put on Marcel Halstenberg, and Real Madrid mid- cricket,resulting in the emergence of the clos- hold afterhewas diagnosedwith aheart fielderToniKroosalsoreturnedtothestarting estclonetoAdamGilchrist.It’sdiscerniblethat problem calledHypertrophic SanjaySharma, who is also the lineup. None of them were involvedinthe de Kock does have some baseball background, Cardiomyopathy(HCM), acondition opening goal, however, down to good work forfew batsmen despatchthe ball so furiously bowlers, thus furnishing his side acompeti- TEWATIA,PARAG TURN where aportion of the heartbecomes medical director of the London from defender Antonio Rudiger,who beat his over midwicket as de Kock. tive total. thickwithout anyobvious cause. Afterthe Marathon, has submitted his markerand crossedlow forGinter to convert He goes deep in his crease, coils up all his To elaboratethe firstpoint, he struggled THETIDEFORROYALS AIFF’s recommendation, Ali approached atthefarpostinthe20thminute.Gnabrytried energyintohishandsandshovelstheballdeep forplacement early in his innings. That he the Delhi High Court, whichtold the AIFF analysis in writing to the All aback-heel but failedtoconnect fullybefore intothe stands. Thereisnopretence of effort- wasfar from fluent manifestedonseveral in- to consider allowing the defender to rejoin India Football Federation (AIFF). the ball reachedGinter. lessness, and one wonders howhegenerates stances, and it washis muscle that made up RAHUL TEWATIA's uncannyability his team Mohammedan Sporting and train Itwasfarfromconvincingfromthevisitors, suchpower. De Kock doesn’t have massive forthe missing finesse. Some of his old fail- to win tricky games rescued with them until the medical committee who remainedprone to mistakesunder pres- shoulders or bulged-out biceps, but strong ings kickedin—likefalling over when try- Rajasthan Royals yetagain as they arrivesataconclusion. surefromthe home side. wristsandtransfershisweightintohisstrokes. ing to flick, getting intoatangle when trying eked out afive-wicket victoryagainst expertteam,” he said. Amiscuedback-pass from Ginter would Besides,likebaseballsluggers,heopensthehips to playthe cut. Sunrisers Hyderabad to snap their Minervareachout likelyhavebeen punishedbyShevchenkoin slightlytoprovide torque to hit the ball. The other waytolook at his effort is that four-matchlosing streak in the IPL, Simultaneously, Ranjit Bajaj, the Staying on guard hisprime,buttheMilangreat,nowtheUkraine On asurface difficult forbatting, the South he made all these runs despitethe scratchi- on Sunday. Tewatia, who founder of MinervaPunjab Academy Sharma said it is essential ‘the club coach,couldurge hismakeshiftteamonlyfrom African purredwith the freedom of asedan ness and gave the stability that Delhi Capitals became ahousehold name with five whereAli beganhis career,reachedout to physiotherapists and doctors aremade the sideline. on an emptyhighway.Therewerenoobsta- required.Infairness, Mumbai bowlers kept sixes in an over againstKings XI Sharma who agreedtolook intothe awarethat thereisanathlete with an in- cles. Once he sawofhis pal Kagiso Rabada, de Dhawanand Co on aleash with stifling Punjab, smashedanunbeaten 45 off player’s case. In aletterdated October 8, creasedrisk of cardiac arrest and all med- Spain getlucky Kock unleashedacarnageonthe rest,includ- lengths and nasty lines. 28 balls as Royals overhauledthe 159- whichhas been submitted to the AIFF, ical personnel should be trainedincardio- Spain neededapassing blunder by inganothercompatriotAnrichNortje, whom Againstsuchanattackonasluggish sur- run target with aball to spare. Sharma wrote: “According to the ESC pulmonaryresuscitation and in the use of Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer to se- he punishedfor abrace of sixes. As signifi- face, it’s foolhardy to launchanall-out attack. Along with Riyan Parag(42 notout (European Society of Cardiology) guide- adefibrillator.’ In addition, he has recom- cure a1-0 win and keep the lead of itsNations cantly, he quelledthe threat of Ravichandran The plan clearly seemedtobeDhawanan- off26balls), Tewatia wonthe game lines in sports cardiology and exercise in mended the club musthaveadefibrillator League group. Ashwin by clubbing him over mid-on, before choring the innings and the bigger hitters in 'Royals' stylekeeping SteveSmith's patientswith cardiovascular disease, ath- on standbyeachtime the playeristraining Sommer got flusteredbySpain's pressure sweeping him through square-leg. The left- prospering around him. The strategy could men in the mix aftertheywerere- leteswho do nothaveestablishedhigh risk or competing, should notcompete in ex- and passedthe ball pasthis teammateand di- hander’s charge ensured that Mumbai were notbeexecuted to perfection —Delhi kept ducedto78for 5in12overs. With features associated with arrhythmogenic tremelyhot environments(temperature rectlytoMikel Merino, who setupReal notpushedtothe back-foot despitelosing losing wicketsinthose potentiallybreak-free twoneededoff twoballs, Paraghit sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic car- above 30 degrees) unless he is already accli- Sociedad clubmateMikel Oyarzabal to score Rohit Sharma cheaply. His 36-ball 53 loaded moments—but Dhawanensured that the Khaleel Ahmedfor asix over extra diomyopathymay participateincompeti- matisedtosuchconditions, avoid ‘anyper- the game's onlygoal in the 14th minute. the chase with enough impetus forMumbai to plan didn’t falter either.Itmight nothave coverand brokeintoanimpromptu tive sportprovidedthereisregular surveil- formance enhancing substances including WhereSommer lethis team down, David overhaul the target. been the mostspectacular of knocks,but in 'Bihu jig'. lance of the phenotype.” large doses of caffeine tablets’and be as- de Gea rescuedSpain. the circumstances, his runs were of immense BREIF SCORES:Rajasthan Royals 163 Sharma addedAli does nothave‘any sessedinanexpertcentreonasix-monthly Switzerland's onlyscoring opportunity Dhawan’s (in)glorious grind value, though theyfell shortofhelping his for5(Tewatia 45*, Parag42*, Rashid obvious risk factors’. “Anwarand his basis. Amember of the AIFF medical com- came before Oyarzabal's goal. SilvanWidmer Thereare twodistinct ways of looking at side to victory. 2-25) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 158 guardians areaware that the condition is mittee said theyreceivedSharma’s report got freeonacounterattackandhispassacross Shikhar Dhawan’s 52-ball 69. A) Ahardgrind, BRIEF SCORES: Delhi Capitals 162/4 in 20 for4(Pandey54, Warner 48,Archer incurable and maycause symptoms dur- ‘around 15 minutes’ before Sunday’s meet- theareareachedfellowwingbackLorisBenito tooslowbyT20 yardsticks,whicheventually overs (Dhawan69not out, Iyer 42; Krunal 1-25) by five wickets ing intensive exercise whichmay curtail ing and have sought moretime to study it. arriving alone on the leftside. De Gea, how- costDelhi Capitals the match. B) Amature Pandya2/26) losttoMumbai Indians 166/5 RCBvsKKR 730pm his footballing career.The risk profile can The next meeting is likelytobeheld before ever,made agreat one-handedsavetoparry knock, considering the sluggishness of the in 19.4 overs (de Kock 53, Suryakumar Yadav Star Sports and Hotstar alter with time; therefore, it is important the next courthearing, scheduledfor Benito's powerful strike. surface and efficiency of Mumbai Indians 53; Rabada 2/28) by five wickets. that he is under regular surveillance by an October 20.

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