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CENTRAL CC PAGE 09 PAGE 11 https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle Raipur, Thursday, February 11, 2021 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF ‘GOVT, PARLIAMENT HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR FARMERS’ AMAVASYA FESTIVAL Old system will continue: PM New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): PM attacks ‘confused, divided’ Congress The government and New Delhi: In a sharp dig at the Congress, Prime Minister Parliament have great re- Narendra Modi on Wednesday said its Rajya Sabha and Lok spect for farmers who are Sabha units move in opposite directions, and asserted that such BJP supporters gather at Opera voicing their views on the a "divided" and "confused" party can neither do any good for House in support of veteran three farm bills, Prime itself nor can it think of any solutions for the country's prob- singer Lata Mangeshkar for her Minister Narendra Modi lems. PM Modi's remarks came amid a walkout by members of tweet against farmers agitation, said on Wednesday, and the Congress in Lok Sabha, including former party chief Rahul in South Mumbai, Wednesday. made it clear that those Gandhi, when he was speaking on the three farm laws during who want to continue with his reply to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President Intruder shot dead the old agriculture mar- for his address. "The condition of the Congress party, a very old keting system can contin- party which ruled the country for about six decades, has now Srinagar: The Army shot ue doing so. Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha during the become such that its Rajya Sabha unit moves in one direction dead an intruder near the Replying in Lok Sabha ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday. while the Lok Sabha unit moves in another direction," Modi Line of Control (LoC) in Uri to the discussion on the said. Such a "divided" and "confused" party can neither do any sector of Jammu and motion of thanks to the and Rajya Sabha on the de- son why topmost minis- good for itself nor can it think of any solution to the country's Kashmir's Baramulla dis- President's address to the bate. ters of the government are problems, Modi said. "Nothing can be more unfortunate than trict, police said on joint sitting of Parliament, Seeking to allay appre- constantly talking to this. The Congress is also there in Rajya Sabha, their senior Wednesday. Army troopers Modi staunchly defended hensions on the farm laws, them. There is a great re- leaders are there, they debate with a lot of enthusiasm and killed an intruder near the the three contentious Modi said neither any spect for farmers. express their views. On the other hand, there is the other sec- LoC at Dulanja in Uri in farms laws and attacked agriculture 'mandi' (mar- "After the laws relating tion of the Congress (in Lok Sabha).... Time will tell," the prime north Kashmir on Tuesday the opposition for "mis- ket) has shut down after to agriculture were passed minister said. night, a police official said. leading" farmers, saying the three laws were enact- by Parliament, no 'mandi' He identified the intruder those who are disrupting ed nor has the MSP has shut. Likewise, MSP as Sarfraz Mir, 56, a resi- the House are doing so as stopped, rather the MSP has remained. said, adding agriculture so why did you give. Be it dent of Kundibarjala per a "well-planned strate- has only increased which Procurement on MSP has has been a part of India's issue of dowry or triple Kamalkote, Uri. Mir had gy" as they are unable to no one can deny. remained. These facts culture and the festivals talaq, no one had demand- crossed the LoC in 1990 digest that people can see The Prime Minister also can't be ignored," he said. have all been associated ed laws to deal with them, and then returned in 1992. the truth. "Through their said the government has He said the old agricul- with planting and reaping but the laws were made as games, the trust of the offered to discuss clause ture marketing system of crops. Noting that the they were necessary for Power theft fine people can never be won," by clause of the three farm will continue and those kind of investment farm- progressive society," he Thane: The Thane district he said, amidst protests by laws and if there are any who don't want the new ing needs was not happen- said. court has sentenced a 70- the opposition members. shortcomings it was ready system can continue with ing, Modi said there is a The Prime Minister said year-old man from pow- During his over 90- to make changes. the old system. "Our need to bring investment the NDA government has erloom town of Bhiwandi minute address, the Prime "This House, our gov- farmer should become and modernise agricul- tried everything to bring in Maharashtra to two Minister slammed the ernment and we all re- self-reliant, he should get ture to empower the sector. changes in the country Hindu devotees gather at Sangam on the eve of Mauni years of rigorous impris- Congress as "divided and spect farmers who are freedom to sell his pro- "I am surprised for the and asserted that "if the Amavasya festival during the ongoing Magh Mela in onment and imposed a confused party" for its dif- voicing their views on the duce. There is a need to first time a new argument intention is good, then the Prayagraj, Wednesday. fine of Rs 19 lakh in a ferent stands in Lok Sabha farm bills. This is the rea- work in that direction," he has come --we did not ask, results will also be good". power theft case dating to 2008. In his order, District Judge PP Jadhav Cong will scrap farm laws if U’khand disaster: Drones and more deployed Twitter suspends over 500 a/cs held the accused, Monuddin Mehaboob it comes to power: Priyanka to locate workers trapped in tunnel Shaikh, guilty of offences New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): post on Koo said. Koo is punishable under section Dehradun, Feb 10 (PTI): being touted as the home- 135 of the Electricity Act, Twitter on Wednesday grown contender to Twitter. 2003. The section deals Using drones and remote- said it has suspended over The blogpost by Twitter sensing equipment, rescue 500 accounts, and blocked on Wednesday morning had with theft of electricity. teams intensified efforts on access to several others the microblogging platform Wednesday to reach the 25- within India as it partly ac- emphasising it will contin- Pilgrims obeisance 35 men trapped in a sludge- ceded to a government ue to advocate for the right Jammu: The old and natu- choked tunnel since the order to curb spread of mis- of free expression of its ral cave of the Vaishno Uttarakhand glacier disas- information and inflamma- users and that it is "actively Devi shrine was opened ter three days ago and more tory content around farm- exploring options under for devotees after 'Makar than 170 remained missing, ers' protests. Indian law - both for Twitter Sankranti', and since hopes of finding them alive Twitter, in a blogpost, and for the accounts that then, a large number of fading with every passing said it has not blocked ac- have been impacted". pilgrims have paid obei- hour. ITBP and other agencies cut the loose ends of pipes and wires counts consisting of "news The development comes sance while strictly fol- Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during the Kisan The multi-agency rescue inside the Tapovan Tunnel as rescue operation continues, in media entities, journalists, in the backdrop of the gov- lowing COVID-19 proto- Mahapanchayat at Chilkana in Saharanpur district, Wednesday. operation at the NTPC Chamoli district. activists and politicians" as ernment - on February 4 - cols, officials said on hydel project site has been doing so "would violate ordering Twitter to take Wednesday. Every year, Lucknow, Feb 10 (PTI): She said the party's fight going on uninterrupted 2 listed as missing return home safely their fundamental right to down 1,178 accounts with the natural cave is will continue till the laws since Sunday, when a possi- free expression" guaranteed links to Pakistan and opened for pilgrims after Attacking the Centre are scrapped. ble glacier break in the after being stranded under the country's law. Khalistan supporters that over the new farm laws, The rally is the first in a upper reaches of the The government, howev- were spreading misinfor- Makar Sankranti amid Tapovan: Two persons who were listed as missing in the ava- Congress leader Priyanka series of such farmers' Himalayas triggered an av- er, termed as unusual mation and provocative con- chanting of Vedic lanche and flash floods in Uttarakhand returned to their homes Gandhi Vadra on meetings planned by the alanche and floods in the Twitter's move to publish tent related to farmers' 'mantras' and a number safely on Wednesday after being stranded in different areas of Wednesday told a rally in Congress in western Uttar Alaknanda river system, the blogpost before a slated protest. of other rituals. Ramesh Chamoli district following the calamity three days ago, officials western Uttar Pradesh Pradesh, a year before the with no breakthrough in talks with the IT Secretary In all, Twitter has taken Kumar, Chief Executive said. Suraj Singh from Chamoli in Uttarakhand and Rashid from that if voted to power her assembly elections in the sight, officials said.