DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2014 (PAGE 7) Advani turns 87; Modi Modi's trip saw no conveys b'day greetings steps for poor welfare: Mayawati NEW DELHI, Nov 8: , Nov 8: led Central Government fulfil its each... If they get Rs 15 lakh each, poll promises even as she claimed they will definitely celebrate the BJP patriarch L K Advani today turned 87 and received greet- BSP chief Mayawati today that the failure to carry out any birth of a girl child," she said. ings from Prime Minister , who described him as charged that Prime Minister such assurances in his constituen- Mayawati further alleged that "one of the tallest personalities in public life" with "unparalleled Narendra Modi had not taken any cy goes on to prove that Modi and the Centre was playing with the intellect and insight". concrete steps for the welfare of his party only want to gain elec- weavers of Varanasi and claimed Modi, who was in Varanasi the poor during the visit to his Lok toral mileage by making tall that the Rs 2,375 crore package since yesterday, drove down to Sabha constituency of Varanasi claims. which Modi announced for them Advani's residence on Prithviraj and said that populist promises The Modi Government is now is not one which would directly Road to personally wish the for- alone are not going to be of any being accused by the people of benefit them. mer Deputy Prime Minister on help anymore. misguiding them by undertaking The BSP chief last night his return here. "Instead of taking any con- only symbolic works, she said. addressed her party's MLAs and Advani came out to receive crete steps for the welfare of the "As the Government is now Modi. Home Minister Rajnath poor and deprived, he continued completing six months, Modi is directed them to raise issues relat- Singh and some other BJP lead- to blow his trumpet... But now, again misguiding people by ed to public welfare in a forceful ers were also present there at the making populist promises alone claiming 'will not talk but work' manner in the coming session of time. are not going to be of any help and whereas people who are fed up the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, "Wishing Advani ji a very something concrete would have to with all this have started demand- beginning November 14. happy birthday. May he be be done for the crores of deprived ing 'Modi sarkar kala dhan vapas The prime minister today blessed with long life & good people," the Bahujan Samaj Party lao, pratyek deshwasi ko 15 lakh winded up a two-day whirlwind health," Modi tweeted earlier. Prime Minister Narendra Modi participating in 'Shramdaan' as part of 'Swachhta Abhiyaan' (BSP) national president said in a dilao'," she said. tour of his constituency, the first "His unparalleled intellect Mayawati said that BSP, too, in Varanasi on Saturday. (UNI) release here. after assuming power, during and insight make Advani ji one of the tallest personalities in pub- Mayawati claimed that social wants the black money to be which he, among other things, lic life. All of us have learnt a lot from him," the Prime Minister justice is nowhere on the agenda brought back and Rs 15 lakh said in another tweet. of Modi but said at the same time deposited in every citizen's bank adopted a village as part of his MP Modi wields spade, launches Advani had been upset when Modi was named as BJP's Prime that it is not wrong for the people account as was promised by Modi. Model Village Scheme and also Ministerial candidate at the party's National Executive in Goa in to have expectations of the gov- "If everyone has money, he initiated the cleanliness drive at May last year. In protest, he had quit from all the posts he held at ernment. (Modi) would not have to give dis- Assi Ghat, the oldest ghat in the time, but withdrew the resignation the next day after being per- cleanliness drive in Varanasi She demanded that the BJP- course on planting five saplings Varanasi. (PTI) suaded by senior party colleagues. VARANASI, Nov 8: forward the drive. Dwivedi and writer Manu In another tweet, Modi also appreciated film star Kamal The nine persons named by Sharma, best known for his book Picking up a spade, Prime him included the UP Chief – Krishn Ki Atmakatha (autobi- Haasan for joining Swachh Bharat campaign on his own birthday Parsekar: A 'rebel' who made Minister Narendra Modi today today, saying it is "A touching gesture & super effort!" (PTI) Minister, party MP and Bhojpuri ography of Lord ) launched the ‘Swachh Bharat’ Singer Manoj Tiwari, Sufi singer After leaving Assi Ghat, campaign in his Lok Sabha con- Kailash Kher, stand-up comedi- where he started off with special Central Govt to push for it big in Goa with BJP stituency removing silt deposited an Raju Srivastava and cricketers along the banks of the River prayers to the holy river, he visit- PANAJI, Nov 8: coastal state, was received with Luck failed him again in the Suresh Raina and Mohd Kaif. ed a nearby ashram set up by the shock by his family and the vil- Assembly polls in 1999. By Ganga here and nominated nine The remaining three persons BPOs in small towns, cities Laxmikant Parsekar, who persons, including Chief Minister followers of spiritual leader Sri lage, an MGP stronghold. then BJP had become an estab- nominated by the PM were – Anandamayi Maa where he gar- had rebelled against his family "I had almost packed my bag lished player in the coastal state, , to carry forward founder and Chancellor of the PATNA, Nov 8: landed a statue of the 20th centu- of die-hard MGP supporters to and left the house as my family notorious for political volatility the drive in UP. University for the Blind at contest on BJP ticket his first Winding up a two-day whirl- ry saint and paid a visit to a char- The Central Government has decided to set up Business refused to digest the fact that I and defections, which often led Chitrakoot, Swami Assembly election in 1988, has wind tour of his constituency, the itable hospital in the premises. Process Outsourcing (BPO) centres in small towns across the am contesting against MGP can- to toppling of Governments. Rambhadracharya, noted reaped the reward for his loyal- first after assuming power, Modi country to boost their economic development, Union Minister for didate Ramakant Khalap. It was "My only consolation was scholar Devi Prasad (PTI) ty to the party with his election initiated the cleanliness drive at Communications and Information Technology in the year 1988 when BJP was that I managed to save my as Chief Minister of Goa. Assi Ghat, the oldest ghat of Prasad said here today. hardly known in the state. deposit," Parsekar said. The 58-year-old leader, with Varanasi, where he dug vigorous- Zia-ul-Haque in NIA custody "I have directed my officials to formulate guidelines regarding "I was looked upon as a Undeterred by the setback, ly with a spade, removing the silt establishing BPO centres in small towns and cities across India strong RSS connection, is the rebel," Parsekar told. he again contested the KOLKATA, Nov 8: that had gathered there. like Gorakhpur, Ghazipur, Sagar and similar places in Bihar, 22nd Chief Minister of the A postgraduate in science, Assembly election in 2002 and politically volatile state and Parsekar, initially took up a emerged a giant killer, defeating After digging for about 15 Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative Zia-ul- Odisha and West Bengal," Prasad said. minutes, he shared his plans of 12th person to hold the post. teaching job and started out as MGP's Khalap, then considered Haque, who was arrested by the National Investigative Agency Tax exemptions would be provided under the new guidelines spreading the cleanliness drive Branded a 'rebel', Parsekar an RSS volunteer in Pernem "invincible", by a wafer-thin (NIA) last evening allegedly involved on October 2 Khagragarh for BPOs and the process for opening them would be liberalised, across Uttar Pradesh in general started his political journey in taluka. margin of 750 votes. blast, was today remanded to NIA custody by a local court here he said, adding this would be done adhering to BJP's Lok Sabha and Varanasi in particular. the 1980s, treading a path that He began working for BJP in There was no looking back today. The NIA, probing the October 2 blast in Burdwan's Khagra- poll manifesto to focus on the development of Eastern and “I have come here to exhort his family strongly disapproved late 1980s and was instrumental for Parsekar ever since. Northeastern region. the people of Kashi to become garh village in which two JMB jihadis were killed, believed Zia- of when he had his first tryst in building the party's support In 2007, he doubled his vic- Pitching for eight to 10 BPOs in Patna, he said proper power active participants in removing ul-Haque had actively involved in jihadi activity by supplying study with the hustings in 1988 from base along with veterans like tory margin and was re- elected and connectivity would be needed for such projects. filth from the ghats along the materials to madrassas in Burdwan and Murshidabad where youths Mandrem constituency as a BJP Parrikar, Rajendra Arlekar, now in 2012 when BJP posted a Prasad was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation Ganges.I have been assured by were inducted to training in extremist activities. candidate. Goa Assembly Speaker, and remarkable victory, winning 21 stone of an incubation facility at the Software Technology Park social organisations here that in Zia-ul-Haque was a close associate of Yosuf, the latter is mas- (STP). It would cost Rs 10 crore, and would be ready in 18 months. His farming family was a Sripad Naik, Union Minister for of the 40 Assembly seats. one month’s time all the ghats termind still evading arrest. Zia-ul-Haque was arrested from Bur- The Minister sought more STPs in different parts of Bihar and staunch supporter of then politi- Tourism. It was a landmark election as will become spotlessly clean. I dwan railway station while fleeing. The Metropolitan court after said the central government wanted to open them at Bhagalpur and cally powerful regional outfit-- "I lost miserably from after a long time a party had expect that the words will trans- hearing the counsel of NIA, ordered the NIA custody until Novem- Darbhanga. He requested Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Mandrem in 1988. My entire won a clear majority in the late into deeds”, Modi told was also at the dais, to provide land for it. Party. family rooted for MGP. Even Assembly, fuelling hopes of ber 14. The NIA counsel had sought for 14 days custody. reporters at the ghat. Along with Zia-ul-Haque, Abdul Hakim, another JMB oper- Manjhi, on his part, said the State Government was ready to He was pitted against one of the trucks used by the political stability. The Prime Minister said that provide land for STPs at Bhagalpur and Darbhanga engineering Ramakant Khalap, an influential MGP candidate for campaign- Parsekar, who then headed ative who was injured during the accidental blast at Khagragarh, like in Delhi, where he had was also sent to NIA custody till November 14. Meanwhile, an colleges. Expressing happiness at this, Prasad said if the State politician in the state polity, and ing was owned by my father," the Goa unit of BJP, was reward- launched the campaign by nomi- Government provides land, his ministry would open branches of lost. Parsekar's decision to con- said Parsekar, who was Health ed with a Cabinet berth in the NIA team headed by an ADG is expected to fly Dhaka tomorrow nating nine celebrities, he had for an in-depth investigation after the Bangladesh Government National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology test as a candidate of the BJP, Minister in the Parrikar BJP-MGP coalition Government chosen an equal number of (NIELIT) at Muzaffarpur and Buxar in the State. (PTI) then a virtual a non-entity in the Government. led by Parrikar. (PTI) okay following India submitted details about JMB activities in renowned persons in UP to carry West Bengal. (PTI)