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AHMEDABAD l THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 70 CHIEF MINISTER PINARAYI VIJAYAN BJP CAN BUY FEW CORRUPT LEADERS HAS LOST HIS CREDIBILITY, SAYS JP BUT NOT TMC’S DEDICATED WORKERS: P5 NADDA DURING 2-DAY VISIT TO KERALA WEST BENGAL CM MAMATA BANERJEE P6 OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia No propaganda can deter India’s unity: Shah TIKAIT’S HUNKAAR ...FROM MAHAPANCHAYAT IN JATLAND 5 resolutions passed at gathering including Union Home Ministry says no extension withdrawal of farm laws, MSP legal guarantee of internet suspension at Delhi borders Rihanna Amit Shah Greta Thunberg Jind: A huge crowd gathered on Wednesday Delhi Police New Delhi: Home national unity. at Jind in Haryana for a announces Minister Amit Shah “No propaganda farmers’ “mahapan- became the senior- can deter India’s uni- chayat” or meeting to reward on most member of the ty! No propaganda can push for the repeal of government to warn stop India to attain three new laws at the Sidhu, 3 others of the “temptation of new heights! Propa- heart of farmer protests sensationalist social ganda can not decide outside Delhi since No- media hashtags and India’s fate only ‘Pro- vember. While several comments” - a re- gress’ can. India such gatherings have sponse to the wave of stands united and to- been seen in the past few support for farmers gether to achieve pro- days in Uttar Pradesh, protesting the new gress,” Shah tweeted. Jind’s meeting took it to New Delhi: The Delhi agriculture laws, a Late Tuesday night Haryana’s Jat heartland. Police on Wednesday an- wave generated by a Rihanna tweeted to Five resolutions were nounced a cash reward six-word tweet from her 100 million follow- passed at the “mahapan- of Rs 1 lakh for anyone pop star Rihanna. ers: “Why aren’t we chayat”. Apart from the who provided informa- Shah joined the talking about this demand that the gov- tion on actor Deep Sid- growing list of BJP #FarmersProtest?” ernment withdraw the hu, his two associates, politicians and lead- and shared an article farm laws, the resolu- and Jugraj Singh, ac- ers, and Bollywood on the farmers’ pro- tions called for a legal cused of hoisting the celebrities tweeting test by American guarantee of minimum Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait addresses Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jind district on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI Nishan Sahib, a flag sa- against “propagan- news outlet CNN. support price for crops, cred to Sikhs, at the Red da” that threatens Turn to P6 a farm loan waiver and Fort during the farmers’ the release of farmers SC REJECTS JUDICIAL PROBE INTO R-DAY VIOLENCE protest on Republic Day. arrested after the vio- The police are con- New Delhi: The Supreme ment reportedly given by to the media not to declare COMPLY OR FACE ACTION: GOVT TO lence on Republic Day. ducting multiple raids Court on Wednesday re- Prime Minister Narendra farmers as ‘terrorists’ TWITTER ON ‘GENOCIDE’ HASHTAG Bharatiya Kisan Un- fused to entertain a clutch Modi during the all-party without any evidence, in Delhi and Punjab to New Delhi: Twitter may face action if it does not ion leader Rakesh Ti- of petitions demanding meeting that “the law will news agency ANI reported. look for the accused comply with the government’s orders, the centre kait addressed the gath- judicial investigations into take its own course” and In their petition, advocates who participated in the warned on Wednesday, stressing that the social ering at Jind, consid- the violence during the allowed the petitioners to Vishal Thakre and Abhay violent clashes between media giant “unilaterally unblocked” accounts and ered the epicenter of tractor rally in Delhi on Re- withdraw pleas. The court Singh Yadav, both practis- police and farmers dur- tweets - linked to an objectionable hashtag related to Jat politics in Haryana. public Day. The apex court also dismissed another ing in Delhi, sought probe ing the Republic Day the farmers’ protest - despite its order. Turn to P6 also referred to a state- petition seeking direction by the CBI, Turn to P6 tractor march. Turn to P6 Historic: Sensex closes SC refuses plea against Ekana may host IPL, World T20 religious conversion laws as Jay Shah all praise for stadium above 50,000 for first time New Delhi: The Su- Mumbai: The BSE of 14,789.95. It touched preme Court Wednes- Vishal Srivastav Sensex closed above the an all-time high of day refused to entertain historic 50,000-mark for 14,868.85 during the day. a plea challenging the Lucknow: ‘Yahan to the first time ever on IndusInd Bank validity of laws enacted IPL hona hi chahiye’.... Wednesday as the post- topped the Sensex gain- by states, including Ut- (IPL must happen here) Budget euphoria con- ers’ chart, zooming 7.65 tar Pradesh and Uttara- were the first words of tinued for the third per cent, followed by khand, which deal with Jay Shah as he had first straight session amid a PowerGrid, Dr Reddy’s, religious conversion by We are not on merits glimpses of the Bharat spurt in buying by for- Sun Pharma, NTPC and marriage and others. at all. Allahabad and Ut- Ratna Shri Atal Bihari eign funds and positive Axis Bank. A bench headed by tarakhand high courts Vajpayee Ekana Cricket global cues. On the other hand, Ul- Chief Justice S A Bob- are entertaining simi- Stadium in Lucknow on Banking, finance and traTech Cement, Maru- de, while saying that lar petitions. We are not Wednesday. pharma counters ti, ITC, Kotak Bank, the petitioner should denying the importance Shah, Honorary Sec- hogged the limelight, Asian Paints, Nestle In- approach the concerned of matter at all. We are retary, Board of Control BCCI Secretary Jay Shah and VP Rajiv Shukla inspecting the while cement and FMCG dia and TCS were among high court, observed saying we would like to for Cricket in India Ekana stadium. Also seen are Ekana Stadium MD Uday Sinha stocks succumbed to at 50,255.75, up 458.03 the losers, slipping up to that the issue raised is have the benefit of high (BCCI) and newly elect- and UPCA Secretary Yudhvir Singh along with other offi cials. profit-taking. points or 0.92 per cent. 0.90 per cent. important and the high courts view, said the ed President, Asian After touching a re- Similarly, the broader “Domestic equities courts of Allahabad bench, also comprising Cricket Council (ACC), hold a meeting with Ut- However, exclusive cord intra-day high of NSE Nifty surged 142.10 continued to remain in and Uttarakhand are Justices A S Bopanna was in the city along tar Pradesh Cricket As- sources have revealed 50,526.39, the 30-share points or 0.97 per cent to the grip of bulls already dealing with pe- and V Ramasubrama- with BCCI Vice Presi- sociation (UPCA) office- to First India that BSE benchmark ended its fresh closing record Turn to P6 titions on it. nian. Turn to P6 dent Rajiv Shukla, to bearers. Shah’s visit Turn to P6 ADDL DIRECTOR PRAVEEN SINHA MISSING INFO APPOINTED ACTING CBI CHIEF New Delhi: CBI Addi- AMC lacks data on RAT kits worth `130 cr: RTI tional Director Praveen Sinha, a 1988-batch ing kits and that two these kits discarded af- Gujarat cadre IPS, has Of 34 lakh kits purchased, lakh kits remain un- ter use? How do we know been appointed acting two lakh remain unused used.” these purchases were chief of the agency till In its reply, AMC said not just on paper?” a decision on a new Gargi Raval data on how many peo- that 32 lakh kits were He also raised ques- Praveen Sinha director is taken to ple tested using the 32 bought (from SD Biosen- tions on the difference in succeed Rishi Kumar of the director with Ahmedabad: The lakh kits turned out to sor Healthcare Ltd) for cost for both lots of tests. Shukla who retired immediate effect till Ahmedabad Municipal be positive for COVID-19, Rs121.12 crore, while two “Why would the civic on Wednesday after a the appointment of a Corporation has admit- either. lakh kits were pur- body pay Rs81 more per two-year fi xed stint. The new CBI chief or until ted that about two lakh Social activist Ankur chased (from MyLab kit from a separate com- Appointments Com- further orders, which- antigen test kits remain Sagar, who filed the RTI Discovery Solution Pvt. pany in the second mittee of the Cabinet ever is earlier. Shukla, a unused. In all, the civic application, said, “I had Ltd) for Rs9.18 crore. round of purchasing? chaired by PM Narendra 1983-batch IPS offi cer body spent a whopping sought information re- “The civic body has The AMC does not even Modi chose Sinha. An from Madhya Pradesh Rs130.3 crore to buy 34 garding how many such failed to share zone-wise have any information on order issued by the cadre. The CBI director lakh tests, it said in re- kits were purchased Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation —FILE PHOTO or month-wise usage de- either state or Central DoP and Training on is chosen by a high- ply to an application from February 2020 to tails,” Sagar told First government SOPs Wednesday stated that powered committee of filed under the Right to December 2020, and tion.